Strong Ronnefalk takes P2 for the round ahead of Rheinard
Michal Orlowski took another impressive win in Q3 of the FlySky Modified class. His Elceram and Cayote powered Schumacher Mi9 was looking good on track and the ETS champion had a gap of 0.7 seconds over Xray`s David Ronnefalk in the end. Ronnefalk had his best run of the weekend so far and was very pleased with his result after the run.
I am pretty happy with the run. We improved the car after losing a bit of pace in Q1 and Q2 after having a real good speed in practice. Scoring a second now is great as it gives me a lot of confidence for the finals. I hope to be able to fight in the top five for the best possible result. Overall the event is great and we have a good time here with the team!
David Ronnefalk (SE) Xray|Cayote
Marc Rheinard came short to Ronnefalk by two tenths and had to live with third place from Q3. The Awesomatix cars of Lucas Urbain and Simon Lauter rounded out the top five. Sören Sparbier (Mugen Seiki) scored some good points when he took sixth for the round ahead of his teammate Berkan Kilic (7), Adam Izsay (8), Alexander Hagberg (9), and Dominic Greiner (10).
Michal Orlowski will now start from the sweet spot of the grid on his way to a possible (and record breaking) 10th ETS win in a row. What sounds like an impossible streak can become reality at Arena Nova in Wiener Neustadt – the place where Orlowski won his first ETS championship title last year. Time for a coffee with Marc 🙂
Pole position for Sparbier and the new Mugen Seiki MTC-3
Mugen driver Sören Sparbier posted another third consecutive TQ run at Arena Nova. The German was 1.1 seconds faster than Xray`s Adam Izsay who finished second again, followed by Lukas Ellerbrock from Awesomatix. It seems like the top three positions are relatively settled now as Sparbier, Izsay, and Ellerbrock always finished in this 1-2-3 order until now.
Olivier Bultynck showed a better pace on Saturday morning when he drove to fourth place in Q3 ahead of Schumacher`s Mark Valent. With the TQ now going to Mugen and Sparbier, the battle for the remaining spots at the end of the grid is still in full force with Langner, Benson, Valent still fighting for their spot in the A-Main.
Hovgaard wins early morning Q3 and is close to the overall TQ now
Frederik Hovgaard is on fire in the battle for the ETS FWD championship. The Danish Yokomo driver had an advantage of 1.9 seconds over second placed Wiktor Smid. Dominik Reile took another third place away from Q3 followed by Gergö Valent and Matheo Buchhalt. Hovgaard`s championship rival Mark Valent is still struggling a bit with the pace and is ranked fifth overall after Q3. Let`s see how Q4 will unfold and how our starting grid will look like at the end of FWD qualifying!
Pole position for Ehrbar after dominant Q3
All the 40+ Masters drivers are scratching their heads thinking about “how Ehrbar always can be so fast”. In Q3 he had a big gap of more than 2 seconds again when Michel Zierold took second place with his Awesomatix car, followed by Eric Anderson, Simon Schindler, and René Kölbel. With the result from Q3, Ehrbar will start on pole position in the triple finals which was a 100% guarantee for him to win the races in the 40+ Masters class so far.
One hand on the trophy as Kriz seals overall TQ
Jaroslav Kriz had another perfect run and is the top qualifier at the ETS season finale at Arena Nova – a huge step on the way to the championship for the young Xray racer from Slovakia. Bajusz Zsolt took second for the round followed by Nadine Zühlke, Kristian Jensen, and David Reip. The last round of qualifying will set the grid for the A-Mains. Who will become the biggest contender for Kriz? Will it be Zsolt, Zühlke, or Baumbach?
Another TQ run from Stenger – can he snatch the pole away from Ehrbar?
After taking the win in Q2 on Friday evening, Xray driver Thomas Stenger was again “on the money” in Q3 where he outpaced his teammate and long-time friend David Ehrbar by 2.0 seconds. Stenger also posted the fastest lap of the run with a 14.087 and it looks like we have a new contender for the win here in Austria. Michael Lipperheide took second for the round, followed by David Ehrbar, Andreas Stiebler, and Jacques Libar!
