The “old boys” are putting on a show at the Sporthotel Grafenwald in Daun
The second round of Matrix Modified qualifying saw Marc Rheinard and Ronald Völker having a dogfight for the win. The lead was changing multiple times during the run when both drivers pushed their cars to the absolute limit. Awesomatix driver Rheinard posted the fastest lap with a 13.579, and Völker was laying down a 13.592 with his Mugen car.
The battle came down to the line in the last lap and it was Rheinard who had the better ending when he took the win by the invisible gap of 0.014 seconds over Völker. What a super-close finish it was. The crowd`s reaction was insane and everybody enjoyed to watch this masterclass of modified carpet racing!
Serpent`s Dominic Greiner had another stellar drive to third for the round and was able to hole off champion Michal Orlowski who is still struggling a bit with the pace of his Schumacher car this weekend. Simon Lauter completed the top 5 in Q2 with his Awesomatix A800RR.
In the post-race interviews on RC Racing TV, Völker and Rheinard both said that it was “difficult to drive on track” and that “they had been surprised to still have a decent gap over the rest of the field”. They also mentioned that they are 80 years old when adding their ages and that they still enjoy these close battles so much after all these years of professional racing 🙂
The last two rounds of qualifying will take place on Saturday and the battle for the TQ will reach it`s climax then. Ronald Völker is overnight TQ, followed by Rheinard, Orlowski, Greiner, Sparbier, Lauter, Gollner, Hagberg, Urbain, and Izsay. Who will seal the deal here at ETS RD4 in Daun?
Kretschmer wins Q2 ahead of new Schumacher signing Rasmussen
Awesomatix driver Louis Kretschmer won the second round of Awesomatix ProStock qualifying in Daun. After retiring his car in Q1, Kretschmer (hot lap 14.676) had a clean run in Q2 which he won by a gap of 0.8 seconds ahead of Jesper Rasmussen who is looking sharp on track with his new Schumacher Mi9.
The winner of Q1, Adam Izsay, had to settle for a third place in this round of qualifying and saw Olivier Bultynck (Awesomatix) and Jan Ratheisky (Xray) rounding out the top five.
With the faster runtime coming from Louis Kretschmer, he is our overnight TQ here in Daun. Kretschmer is still chasing a maiden ETS race win in his career – can he do it this weekend? The top 10 overnight: Kretschmer, Izsay, Rasmussen, Kriz, Ratheisky, Bultynck, Borschel, Jung, Whitelock, Murray.
Two from two for Langner as qualifying reaches half-time!
Phil Langner was (again) on pace in the second FWD qualifier. The German teenager secured another TQ and was two seconds faster than Kevin Schmid (Awesomatix) who took second place for the round by 0.055 seconds over the Xray of Gergö Valent.
Henrik Heitsch posted the fourth quickest time running in the b-sort and Yokomo`s Frederik Hovgaard finished fifth in Q2. With two TQ runs in the bag, Phil Langner is only a little step away from the very important pole position here in Daun – can he get the job done?
Back in the game – champion Ehrbar wins Q2 in Daun
In the second round of qualifying, reigning 40+ champion David Ehrbar showed that he is in the mix for the win this weekend. Ehrbar drove to the win in Q2 ahead of his Xray teammate Caspar Morgen, and Q1 winner Michel Zierold (Awesomatix). Mugen Seiki driver Philipp Stadler from Austria posted the fourth fastest time and Toni Mateo, the winner of Q1, was able to complete the top five for the round!
ARC and Romondia stamping authority on 21.5 stock class….
Luca Romondia continued where he stopped in Q1. He dominated Q2 with his new ARC A11 and left the rest of the field behind with big question marks. Pawel Trella was posting the second fastest time and was a massive 5 (!) seconds slower compared to TQ Romondia.
Radek Ruszkowski, Wolfgang Swoboda, and Jan Vogler made it into the top 5 of Q2 as well. The class is the Luca Romondia show until now and we are looking forward to the next round when the top groups will hit the track at around 20:40 again!
Ehrbar fights back and wins Q2 ahead of Stiebler and Rajki
After his P3 finish in Q1, David Ehrbar was the fastest driver in the second round of Matrix Formula qualifying. Ehrbar was leading the race and Q1 winner Stiebler was running in second place – separated between 0.5 and 1.5 seconds for the entire run. David Ehrbar also posted the hot lap of the heat, hammering down a 14.283 which left no doubt that the reigning champion found some pace in his package.
Behind Ehrbar and Stiebler we saw a close fight for the positions, and it was Balint Rajki who took third place in front of Martin Hudy and Michael Lipperheide.
