Coelho and Orlowski taking second and third behind the “master of the track”!
With “knowing the track like the back of his hand”, it was Awesomatix driver Lucas Urbain who was able to TQ the first round of qualifying ahead of Infinity`s Bruno Coelho, and champion Michal Orlowski (Schumacher). When the heat started, top seed Ronald Völker was leading the field out of the gate with his Mugen car. Behind him, Bruno Coelho was coming closer and closer until Völker needed to open for him in lap eleven. But as this happened, Lucas Urbain was already leading the race after posting a new track record lap time of 16.415 (!) in the second lap of the race.
I had a tough day yesterday and I struggled a bit. I checked the pictures of my car on track in the evening and noticed something which we changed for today. It was a lot better then, and even the warmer temperatures played to my favour as I know these conditions very well here in Luxembourg. I was fully sending it out there and I am happy to start qualifying with a TQ run!
Lucas Urbain (FRA) Awesomatix|ORCA
Urbain was flying around the Mini Circuit “Ville de Luxembourg” and showed that a win will only go over his table this weekend. Coelho had a stellar pace as well and delivered a great run to finish only three tenths behind Urbain. Coelho maybe lost a tenth here and there before he was able to pass Völker on track and the next round of qualifying will be even more exciting to watch between the top guys.
Our reigning ETS champion Michal Orlowski took third for the round (0,9 behind Urbain) with his Schumacher Mi9 ahead of Ronald Völker (Mugen Seiki), Marc Rheinard (Awesomatix), Simon Lauter (Awesomatix), David Ronnefalk (Xray), Alexander Hagberg (Xray), Eric Dankel (Awesomatix), and Sören Sparbier (Mugen Seiki). The heat is on in the Cayote Modified class and the rest of the weekend will become a thriller…..
Bultynck wins Q1, Kretschmer bins a good run, Benson second!
The first qualifier of the Awesomatix Pro Stock class saw current championship leader Ollie Bultynck taking the win with his EAM powered Awesomatix A800RR. Early in the run, his teammate Louis Kretschmer was leading the race but crashed out in lap seven – bad luck for the German. Meanwhile, Tim Benson was pushing hard behind Bultynck and took second overall for the round ahead of Xray`s Jan Ratheisky.
My run was clean and ok but my car was not turning like I wanted it to do. Once Louis (Kretschmer) crashed out it was bit easier for me to control the pace but it was for sure one of the more lucky TQ runs I had so far…
Ollie Bultynck (BEL) Awesomatix | EAM
Andreas Stiebler had a fantastic run with his Schumacher Mi9 in the third fastest group (!!!) and took a mighty fourth place for the round. However, it was a great start into the event for Bultynck (hot lap 19.802) and it will be exciting to see how qualifying will unfold when we keep in mind that Lukas Ellerbrock and Sören Sparbier were both sitting out Q1 to have a tire advantage later on!
Top seed Borschel takes Q1 in Luxembourg from Gridelet and Delisè
Awesomatix privateer Roman Borschel took the win in the opening round of FlySky FWD qualifying by three tenths of a second from Cedric Gridelet and Nicolas Delisé. Matthieu Dambrine from the UK scored a strong fourth place and was followed by Alexander Stocker and Robin van Gog. The heat was very close, and the lead changed multiple times during the run.
Robin van Gog lost some time in lap 5 which was very costly for him as he had a great pace and posted the fastest lap of the heat with a 23.877. It was a perfect start into qualifying for Borschel – let`s see what he can do in the next round against the strong competition!
Stocker takes Masters Q1 from Ehrbar and top seed Arts
The first round of 40+ Masters qualifying was a close race between top seed Ronald Arts, champion David Ehrbar, and the returned “King of the class” Alexander Stocker. Toni Mateo from Gran Canaria was also in the mix but had to take fourth place for the round after four minutes. Alexander Stocker (fastest lap 21.593) outpaced his Xray teammate David Ehrbar (21.751) by 0,4 seconds and is in a good situation now while Ehrbar needs to fight back in Q2 if he wants to take the pole position here in Luxembourg. Top seed Ronald Arts finished third for the round – can he improve his pace again?
Perfect run earns Threhout the victory in Q1
He was only seeded in eight place, but French racer Aurelien Threhout managed to post the fastest overall runtime in the 21.5 Stock class. Gilles Choque from Luxembourg finished a second behind him and took second place for the round, followed by Felix Hörenz in third spot. Carlos Gabriel do Pinhal had a superb run in the b-sort and scored good points with a P4, followed by his RC Maker teammate David Reip, and Mugen driver Christoph Kappes. The 21.5 class is wide open and it seems that the class will unfold absolutely great during the rest of the weekend!
Dominant Ehrbar wins Formula Q1 by a good margin from Miedema and Stiebler
Xray driver and championship leader David Ehrbar came out on top of the board after the first round of Matrix Formula qualifying. He had a pretty comfortable gap of 2,3 seconds over the rest of the field where it was Fenix driver Jitse Miedema being his closest follower in second place. Top seed Andreas Stiebler took third from Q1 with his Schumacher car and the four Xray cars of local heros Luka Jovicic, Jacques Libar, Xray designer Martin Hudy, and Michal Wojcik rounded out the top seven for Q1.
