Lucas Urbain remains on top of the Cayote Modified class after two rounds of qualifying. The Awesomatix factory driver posted another TQ run when he won Q2 by 0.2 seconds from Schumacher`s Michal Orlowski. In the opening laps of the heat, Urbain opened up a gap of five to seven tenhths ahead of second placed Bruno Coelho, and Michal Orlowski.
After a couple of laps, Orlowski came closer to race leader Urbain (on the scoring system) and also closer to the Infinity car of Coelho which was running right in front of him on track. After Coelho lost half a second after a small mistake in lap 12 of the race, the reigning world champion opened for Orlowski and let him go by.
The running order now was Urbain, Orlowski, Coelho, Völker and Lauter and the song remained the same until they crossed the finish line. With two victories for the day, Lucas Urbain is the overnight TQ here in Luxembourg and only a small step away from sealing the pole position. Can he end the series of Orlowski pole positions at the ETS?
DRIVER STATEMENTS AFTER Q2
I had a good run and was able to open a gap just at the beginning, but somehow Scotty announced Michal to come closer and closer and I really had to keep everything perfect to win Q2 . Luckily, the conditions had changed a bit when the “happy hour clouds” arrived before the run. I like these conditions a lot and knew that I could push the car to the absolute maximum. Tomorrow I will do all I can to seal the overall TQ here on my home track! Lucas Urbain (FR) Awesomatix | ORCA
It was bad in the beginning, and strong in minute five which did not exist 🙂 My car was a bit loose in the beginning and I lost some time to Lucas and Bruno. After the first laps it was pretty ok and to the end of the run I was in the fight for the win again. As we expect warmer temperatures tomorrow, I am sure that it will suit our car better. We will discuss some possible small setup changes and see what Saturday will hold for us! Michal Orlowski (PL) Schumacher | Elceram | Cayote
I tried to stay with Lucas at the beginning of the run but Michal was catching up a bit after the first minute. My car basically felt good, but after I made a smal lmistake (lost 0.5 seconds) I needed to open for Michal. After that, I just tried to save a top three result in Q2. I am feeling good with the car and we only will make some small tweaks tomorrow when we see the weather conditions. It will be another exciting day for sure! Bruno Coelho (PT) Inf1nity | Hobbywing
Today was difficult as I did not have the balance I wanted to have in my car. It was too difficult to drive which is something you don“t want to have here in Luxembourg. We will talk through possible changes for tomorrow and will try our best to fight back in Q3 and Q4. Ronald Völker (GER) Mugen Seiki | LRP
The second round of Pro Stock qualifying saw the two Mugen Seiki drivers Sören Sparbier and Tim Benson on top after the intense four-minute run. Both had been on new tires (Sparbier skipped Q1 to save tires) and showed a good pace on track, only separated by half a second in the end. Tim Benson was able to win the heat and posted the fastest lap as well (20.053).
Xray racer and newly crowned stock TC European champion Adam Izsay finished on a solid third spot ahead of Ellerbrock (who also skipped Q1) and Jan Ratheisky (Xray). With still the faster overall runtime to his favor, Ollie Bultynck is the overnight TQ here at ETS RD3 in Luxembourg.
Borschel hammers down another TQ run ahead of Libar
Roman Borschel (Awesomatix) backed up his great Q1 with another blistering win in the second round of FlySky FWD qualifying. Xray racer Jacques Libar took second place for the round and was four tenths behind Borschel.
Nicolas Delisé scored another good result and finished third, ahead of championship leader Max Weffers and Phil Langner. After the Q2 results, Roman Borschel was very close to the overall TQ.
Arts takes Friday evening Q2 from Ehrbar and Morgen
Awesomatix racer Ronald Arts from the Netherlands won the second 40+ Masters qualifier with an advantage of 0,4 seconds over reigning champion David Ehrbar (Xray), and “Danish Dynamite” Caspar Morgen (Xray).
Mirco Thalheimer scored fourth place with his Xray car ahead of Q1 winner Alexander Stocker (Xray). With Arts and Stocker having already scored one TQ run each, the battle will continue on Saturday!
Cedric Gridelet from Belgium took the win in the last race of the second day at ETS RD3 in Luxembourg. He was three seconds faster (!) as the rest of the class and posted the fastest lap of the heat as well with a stellar 21.744.
Michael Koos was second fastest in Q2 and scored a big amount of good points when he was followed by the Mugen of Christoph Kappes (running in the B-group), Kristian Jensen (Xray), Carlos Gabriel do Pinhal (RC Maker) and Q1 winner Aurelien Threhout.
Stiebler fights back in Q2 – the battle for the pole is getting HOT
After David Ehrbar took the win in Q1 of the Matrix Formula class, Andreas Stiebler was able to win the second qualifier on the challenging Luxembourg track. Stiebler was able to beat Ehrbar`s overall runtime by 0.166 of a second and is now sitting in first position overnight.
Jitse Miedema took second for the round with his Fenix chassis and David Ehrbar, Luka Jovicic, and Jacques Libar rounded out the top five again. What will happen on Saturday in the F1 class? The fight for the pole position is getting intense now….
