Urbain, Orlowski, and Coelho putting on a great show
The first A-Main of the Cayote Modified class was one of the best finals we have seen in a long time. After the five-minute run, the crowd was spending massive applause for the drivers who delivered a fantastic show of racing. WATCH THE VIDEO!
On the sound of the tone, TQ Lucas Urbain started off the line, closely followed by Orlowski, Coelho, and Rheinard. Urbain was able to open a little gap to Orlowski, who lacked a bit of pace in the first laps and already had his rear-view mirror full of Coelho. The reigning IFMAR world champion was hunting down the reigning ETS champion and was hard on the binders many times. Coelho had a fantastic pace and was putting on a great pass on Orlowski in the long sweeper after the straightway in lap 5 of the race.
Orlowski was a little wide there and Coelho immediately took the chance and took second place. He then started to hammer down some hot laps and quickly closed the gap to race leader Lucas Urbain. It was spectacular to watch them going for it and several times a murmur went through the audience around the track.
In lap 15 of the race, Coelho was all over Urbain once they entered the Laguna Seca corkscrew and in the uphill section Urbain went a little wider than normal. Coelho placed his Infinity car directly beside Urbains Awesomatix before the downhill section, and passed him coming onto the straightway.
Lucas Urbain showed great driving in this moment as he left Bruno enough room to not collide with the ace from Portugal. Michal Orlowski was right behind them and tried to overtake Urbain around the outside in the long sweeper after the straight. But as there was a bit less traction, Orlowski spun around and lost his position to Sparbier and Rheinard.
After all these spectacular moments, Bruno Coelho won the first A-Main after an epic drive ahead of Lucas Urbain, Sören Sparbier, Marc Rheinard, and Michal Orlowski. What a show of racing – WATCH THE VIDEO and don`t forget to follow our RCRacingTV livestream on Sunday!
Bultynck wins uneventful A1 from pole position after a clinic drive
Top qualifier Ollie Bultynck drove to the win in A1 of the Pro Stock class. The Awesomatix driver had some pressure from Tim Benson in the first minute of the race but could extend his lead to almost 2 seconds over the following minutes. Benson also drove a great race with his Mugen Seiki MTC-3 and was another 1.5 seconds ahead of third place starter Lukas Ellerbrock (Awesomatix). Not a lot happened in the first leg of finals when the top 6 finished exactly how they had started with Johannessen, Ratheisky, and Kretschmer completing the top 6.
Borschel holds off local hero Libar to win A1 from the pole
Pole sitter Roman Borschel brought the field around the first laps and Jacques Libar followed him some meters behind. Phil Langner lost his third position to Matthieu Dambrine, while nothing else happened in the first two minutes. After two and a half minutes, Borschel`s gap to Libar was at around five tenths of a second and Libat pushed really hard to further close it down. But as Borschel did not make any mistake, Libat had to settle for second in A1. Dambrine, Langner, and Delisè completed the top five on Saturday evening!
Ehrbar delivers in A1 – Arts and Stadler second and third!
On the sound of the tone, TQ David Ehrbar launched his Xray car off the line and took over the lead. Ronald Arts also had a good start with his Awesomatix A800RR and was matching Ehrbar`s lap times – so did Alexander Stocker (Xray). The top three broke away from the rest of the field and behind them it was Philipp Stadler running in fourth place with his Mugen Seiki MTC-3.
At the half-time of the race, Stocker rolled his Xray car onto the roof on the uphill section of the corkscrew and handed his third position over to Philipp Stadler on a silver plate. Torsten Baggendorf had a great first final as well when he drove from P10 on the grid all the way up to fifth place behind the Xray of Mirco Thalheimer! On top, David Ehrbar left no doubt about his race craft and took the win by half a second ahead of Ronald Arts.
Gridelet converts pole position into A1 victory
Top qualifier Cedric Gridelet brought the field around the first laps after a clean start of the top 5 cars. Aurelien Threhout was running in second place, followed by Kristian Jensen and Gilles Choque. Gridelet had the fastest car out there and Threhout was not able to match the pace of the leader. Gridelet was a tenth quicker in every lap and slowly extended his lead. But after the leader struggled in lap 9, Threhout was back in the game and a lot closer to the car in front again. However, Gridelet showed strong nerves and got the job done. He took the win in A1 by a gap of 0,7 seconds ahead of Threhout, Jensen, Choque, and Kappes. A perfect start into the triple finals for our top qualifier – more to follow on Sunday!
Thrilling Formula A1 ends with a win for Xray`s Ehrbar
TQ David Ehrbar had a very bad start when he went wide in the long left directly after the sound of the tone. Second place starter Andreas Stiebler immediately took advantage and went by with his Schumacher ride. Ehrbar could reciver quickly from his bad launch and continued the race in second place ahead of Jitse Miedema. When Stiebler had a little slide in lap 5, Ehrbar was back in the game and ran nose to tail with Stiebler. Miedema had the same pace and was sitting in third spot – sometimes the best place to be. Stiebler got it wrong after 8 laps coming into the Laguna Seca and Ehrbar, Miedema, and Wojcik went by.
After that, Miedema started to hunt down Ehrbar with his Fenix chassis and Michal Wojcik also joined the party for the race win in A1. He was able to pass Miedema in the penultimate lap and also came closer to Ehrbar in the last seconds, but Ehrbar was able to stand his ground and took A1 ahead of Wojcik, Miedema, Stiebler, and Libar.
