Rheinard takes second in Q2 just two tenths behind Orlowski, Völker in third!
Schumacher factory driver Michal Orlowski took another close win in the second round of FlySky Modified qualifying. Somehow, Orlowski always seems to find a way to have that small edge over the others, and after Völker came short by two tenths in Q1, it was the Awesomatix of Marc Rheinard who had the disadvantage of 0.2 seconds to Orlowski in Q2.
It was a very close race and Lucas Urbain and Ronald Völker had been in the mix as well. Urbain was leading for two laps in the last minute of the run but had to take fourth in the end behind Orlowski, Rheinard, and Völker. David Ronnefalk had another good run to take fifth for the round again!
The overall result sees Orlowski holding the overnight TQ at Arena Nova, followed by Völker, Rheinard, Urbain, Ronnefalk, Lauter, Callens, Kilic, Gollner, and Hagberg in the top 10.
Sparbier delivers another TQ run in Q2
Mugen Seiki`s Sören Sparbier confirmed his form from Q1 and took another impressive heat win with the new Mugen MTC-3. His advantage over second placed Adam Izsay (Xray) was at 2.1 seocnds which is a lot in the world of competitive RC racing. Right now, Sparbier is the man to beat here at Arena Nova – can he seal the TQ spot in Q3 or Q4 on Saturday?
Behind the top two drivers we saw Lukas Ellerbrock taking another third place followed by Schumacher`s Mark Valent and (still) reigning Pro Stock champion Olivier Bultynck. New ARC driver Tobias Sutrich scored sixth place in Q2 while Kevin Schmid, Martin Hudy, Gergö Valent, and Phil Langner completed the top ten.
Yokomo`s Hovgaard wins Q2 ahead of Langner and Valent
Frederik Hovgaard took the win in Q2 with a gap of nine tenths over second placed Awesomatix driver Phil Langner. Schumacher driver Mark Valent had a solid run to third overall making up some ground on the provisional grid – super important to keep his championship hopes alive.
Top seed Dominik Reile posted the fourth quickest time for the Iris team and Wiktor Smid had another good run finishing fifth for the round. With Phil Langner`s time from Q1 being quicker than Hovgaard`s Q2 result, Langer holds the provisional overnight TQ here at the ETS season finale!
The Ehrbar show continues in Q2 – Anderson scores a second place!
After taking Q1, David Ehrbar was once again “spot on” when he drove to another win in Q2. This time it was the Awesomatix of Eric “EA” Anderson who took second for the round crossing the line 1.1 seconds behind the Xray of Ehrbar.
Iris racer Manuel Stankowitz suffered from an unlucky body tuck after riding the curbs and dropped all the way down to the end of the heat. Behind Ehrbar and Anderson, we saw Michel Zierold, René Kölbel, and Mirco Thalheimer completing the top 5 for the round!
Two from two as Kriz takes Q2 from Zühlke and Zsolt
Jaroslav Kriz (Xray) is on a mission as he really wants to seal the overall championship here in Wiener Neustadt. Kriz posted another TQ run and was three seconds faster than Nadine Zühlke (ARC) who had a strong run to second for the round in the B-heat.
Bajusz Zsolt (Xray), Kai Gerhardt (Mugen Seiki), and Tobias Baumbach (Xray) completed the top 5 in the second of four Orca 21.5 qualifying runs. Kristian Jensen had another run to forget and is under serious pressure now before Q3 and Q4 if he wants to jump back into the fight for the title!
Stenger wins second Formula qualifier on Friday afternoon!
Xray driver Thomas Stenger took the second round of Matrix Formula qualifying at Arena Nova. Stenger was eight tenths ahead of Jacques Libar after five minutes and Michael Lipperheide finished third ahead of Schumacher racer Andreas Stiebler, and the Xray of Chris Grenz. With Ehrbar and Stenger winning one round each, the decision for the overall TQ is wide open before Q3 and Q4 on Saturday morning!
