Q2 Report, ETS RD4 Season #17 2024/25
Völker and Rheinard putting the pressure on Orlowski while Greiner suffers from unlucky DNF
Ronald Völker (Mugen Seiki), and Marc Rheinard (Awesomatix) scored good results with P2 and P3 behind Q2 winner Michal Orlowski. The two former world champions extracted all they could from their packages to fight for the win. However, Schumacher factory driver Orlowski had an advantage of 1.1 seconds when he crossed the loop after five minutes and posted the hottest lap of the race (13.120) with his Mi9. Orlowski had a great start into the heat and was immediately on pace.
Dominic Greiner was in running second place for a while, super close with Völker, Lauter, and Rheinard until he had to stop his car with a technical problem around the four-minute mark. Bad luck for Greiner while everybody else moved up a spot. Orlowski has (again) the best chances for pole position now but “it is not done until it`s done” they say… One more round of qualifying will come up later today with the last round on the line on Saturday morning.
It was not easy out there. The car is feeling super good but on the other side it is difficult to make no mistakes on this flowing fast track where you need to push hard everywhere. Michal (Orlowski) had two very good runs so far, but we will try our best to challenge him. I am also super happy for our Pro Stock driver Sören Sparbier who looked very good in Q1 and Q2. Let`s see what the rest of the day will hold for us!
-Ronald Völker (DE) Mugen Seiki | LRP-
Impressive Sparbier wins Q2 for Mugen Seiki
The Pro Stock class is a very close affair here in Daun. After winning Q1, Sören Sparbier started first into the top heat and showed all his class when he drove to the win again. Adam Izsay (Xray, fastest lap of the heat 14.111) and Dominic Greiner (Serpent) followed very close and tried to set Sparbier under pressure, but the Mugen driver was able to stand his ground on top of the field until the end.
It was a great and very clean qualifying run throughout the field and Lukas Ellerbrock and Jesper Rasmussen rounded out the top 5. Sören Sparbier has a big chance to seal his first ever ETS pole position this weekend and we will know more about it after Q3.
Valent trashes round two TQ in last lap – Langner takes full advantage!
The second round of Hobbywing Frontwheel qualifying saw Mark Valent (Schumacher), Dominik Reile (Iris), and Phil Langner (Awesomatix) fighting for the win. Valent was leading the race all time until he made a mistake in the very last lap of the race. Valent lost three (!) seconds – and his race lead. Phil Langner and Dominik Reile went by and took full advantage of Valent`s error.
Langer scored his second TQ run for the event and is very close to his first ever FWD pole position at the ETS. Michael Bolt and Roman Borschel completed the top 5.
Another TQ run from Ehrbar with Zierold and Stocker in tow
After winning Q1, David Ehrbar was on a mission again in Q2 which he won again with a huge gap of 4 (!) seconds ahead of Michel Zierold and Alexander Stocker. René Kölbel was fourth fastest and Totti Baggendorf scored another fifth place. David Ehrbar is in a world of his own (fastest lap 15.232) and right now it looks like nobody can really challenge him for the win at the Sporthotel Grafenwald! Are we right or wrong with this opinion?
Kriz scores another TQ run and is close to secure pole position
Jaroslav Kriz is the driver to beat so far here in the Orca 21.5 Stock class. Kriz posted another TQ run ahead of Bajusz Zsolt and Pawel Trella. Wolfgang Swoboda had another good run to P4, and Jan Gehrig took fifth place away from Q2. With Kriz almost close to TQ the event, the battle for the positions behind him is in full swing. Championship leader Kristian Jensen is struggling a lot this weekend and was only ranked on P23 after Q2. Everything looks good for Kriz who still has his eyes onto the overall ETS championship trophy!
The Ehrbar show continues in Daun
Reigning ETS Formula champion Andreas Stiebler (Schumacher) and Xray driver Thomas Stenger pushed their cars really hard in Q2 and it looked like they can beat Ehrbar in the first three minutes of the heat. The lead changed multiple times but somehow Ehrbar managed to nail the last 6 laps including the fastest lap of the race (14.147) to pull a gap to Stenger and Stiebler again. Jacques Libar and René Kölbel made it into the top 5 at the end of Q2. One more TQ run for Ehrbar and the pole position would be his…
