A3 Report, ETS RD4 Season #17 2024/25
Völker wins A3 from Rheinard and Izsay
Race winner Michal Orlowski was a volunteer Marshall in A3 and watched Mugen Seiki`s Ronald Völker bringing a successful weekend to a great end when Völker secured second overall with a clinic drive in A3. Völker outpaced the Awesomatix of Marc Rheinard by 4 (!) seconds which was a real statement from Völker at the end of the event.
Dominic Greiner was hunting down Simon Lauter and showed great pace until he touched Lauter`s car in lap 5 for which he received a stop and go penalty. Adam Izsay found himself in third spot after this happened and he was able to hang on with this result until the end. However, the FlySky Modified podium saw Ronald Völker and Marc Rheinard joining Michal Orlowski on the podium!
Izsay and Ellerbrock joining Sparbier on Daun podium
Adam Izsay had the mission to secure second overall and he delivered! Adam drove to an unchallenged win in A3 which he was leading from tone to tone ahead of Lukas Ellerbrock and Dominic Greiner. Phil Langner had a great fight with Louis Kretschmer for fourth and fifth place until Kretschmer hit the back of Langner`s car coming onto the straightway, Enrico Jung moved up to fourth place and Kevin Schmid took a good P5 away from A3. The final result on the podium saw Sören Sparbier on the top step, flanked by Adam Izsay and Lukas Ellerbrock.
Langner takes A2 from Reile to finish second overall
Mark Valent was not on the line after winning the first two legs of finals and A3 was all about the remaining podium positions. Phil Langner was able to break away from the rest of the field while an intense battle between Reile, Hovgaard, Stocker, Moorey, and Borschel was going on behind them. After the five minutes we saw Phil Langner securing second overall with a clean victory in A3. Dominik Reile finished third in A3 which also earned him third overall and the final spot on the podium.
Ehrbar wins Daun – and the overall ETS title
After losing A2 to René Kölbel it was all between him, David Ehrbar and Michel Zierold in the third and deciding leg of 40+ masters finals. Ehrbar had a perfect start and did never look back. His gap over second placed Michel Zierold was at around one second when he crossed the line after five minutes to seal the victory and also the overall championship title in the 1up Racing 40+ Masters class. Congratulations David Ehrbar for a great season so far. Toni Mateo and Alexander Stocker finished fourth and fifth in A3. The podium positions went to Ehrbar, Kölbel, and Zierold.
Zsolt and Jensen stepping onto the podium beside winner Kriz
Race winner Jaroslav Kriz watched A3 from the stands and saw his Xray teammate Bajusz Zsolt taking the win from Wolfgang Swoboda, Kristian Jensen, Pawel Trella, David Reip, and Elena Fuchs. The win in A3 was enough for Zsolt to take second overall ahead of Kristian Jensen.
Stiebler and Stenger completing Formula podium in Daun
The last A-Main of the Matrix Formula class was a three-horse race between Andreas Stiebler, Thomas Stenger, and Jacques Libar. The podium spots beside race winner David Ehrbar had been wide open and Stiebler was able to control the gap to Stenger and the others for the entire race. Stenger had a good run and pushed hard but he was not able to come close enough to Stiebler. Jacques Libar came very close to Stenger in the last 3 laps of the race and the battle for the last podium position was hot until the finish line with the better ending for Thomas Stenger!
