Orlowski wins world Q1 in a world-class field of drivers – Völker and Urbain second and third!
Top seed Lucas Urbain broke the official track record in Modified when he ripped a 13.188 (!) into the asphalt in the second lap of the race. His car looked amazing, and he was leading the heat, closely followed by Ronald Völker and Michal Orlowski. David Ronnefalk lost his third spot in the fifth lap of the race when he once drove through the grass dropping down the way to ninth position.
Meanwhile, it was Orlowski who jumped into the lead after the half time of the race. The top three had a close battle for positions within one second all the time and it was just fantastic to see Orlowski (13.347), Völker (13.325), and Urbain going for it. Behind the top three there was a little gap to the rest of the field, and it was Simon Lauter (Awesomatix) and Alexander Hagberg (Xray) who finished fourth and fifth in Q1.
In the last laps of the heat, Orlowski was still leading and Völker was third behind Urbain. Völker then punched his car over the finish line to snatch second place away from Urbain by 0.005 (!) of a second – what a finish of a very intense first round of Cayote Modified qualifying in Apeldoorn. Urbain, Völker, and Orlowski delivered a great show – so did the top 20 of the field!
Behind the top 5 we saw Marc Rheinard, Bruno Coelho, Akio Sobue, Patrick Gollner, and Antoine Brunet making it into the top 10. The second round will be on the line later today and we are already thrilled about it!
Izsay splits the Awesomatix cars on top while Bultynck grabs Q1
The first round of Awesomatix Pro Stock qualifying was super-close in the top 20. Top seed Olivier Bultynck had a great run and was able to stand his ground when he won the round with seven tenths of a second gap to Adam Izsay. It took some minutes until Izsay popped up in second place with his Xray when he was able to get ahead of the Awesomatix rides of third placed max Mächler, and reigning champion Lukas Ellerbrock (fastest lap of the heat 15.738).
Enrico Jung (ARC) had a strong run to fifth for the round and was followed by Jan Ratheisky (Xray), Bart Wubben (Xray), Olav Dahle (Yokomo), Tim Benson (RC Maker), and Martin Hofer (Xray).
Borschel takes FWD Q1 from van Gog and Baggendorf
The FlySky Frontwheel class saw Awesomatix racer Roman Borschel laying down the fastest run onto the tarmac in Apeldoorn. The sun was shining and Borschel executed a perfect qualifying run when he outpaced Robin van Gog (Schumacher) by six tenths of a second. Borschel posted the fastest lap of the run as well with a 19.264 and can be very confident for the rest of the day.
Behind the top two it was Torsten Baggendorf taking third place with his ARC ahead of Jacques Libar (Xray), and last year`s Apeldoorn race winner Nicolas Delisè (Xray).
Arts and Stocker chasing Ehrbar in super-close 40+ Masters Q1
David Ehrbar had a lot of work to do in Q1 of the 1up racing 40+ Masters class. Ronald Arts and Alexander Stocker had been right on pace and challenged Ehrbar for the victory until the very end of the head. After five minutes, Ehrbar (fastest lap 17.226) was four tenths ahead of Arts (17.351) with Stocker (17.431) another couple of tenths behind them. Michael Podeszwa and Michael van den Berg rounded out the top 5 in the first round of qualifying. David Ehrbar looks strong now, but there are some real contenders looking for their chance to beat him!
TQ run for Mugen driver Berkenbosch on home soil
Hometown boy Levi Berkenbosch had a great time on track when he took the win in the first round of Hobbywing 21.5 Stock qualifying. Berkenbosch was the fastest driver on track (fastest lap 17.351) and had a gap of 3.9 seconds over second placed Nadine Zühlke (Xray), and the Mugen of Kai Gerhardt. Last season`s vice champion Kristian Jensen (Xray) and local “old but gold” racer Ben Loojen completed the top five.
Xray`s Ehrbar wins Q1 at ETS season opener!
Being second after practice did not stop David Ehrbar from posting the fastest overall runtime in Q1 of the Matrix Formula class. We saw an excellent run on track as all drivers worked together very well once traffic became an issue. Dutch driver Jitse Miedema (Fenix), who was only sitting P10 after practice, moved his way up to second place overall in the final stages of the run.
Schumacher`s Andreas Stiebler scored a third for the round and the Xray duo of Jacques Libar and Thomas Stenger rounded out the top 5 in Q1.
