The second leg of finals took place on Sunday morning in Apeldoorn. With some rain on the radar around lunch-time, racers frequently watched the sky and the main goal was to bring in the second round of finals in dry conditions for everybody – which finally (and luckily) happened.
Coelho and Orlowski dominating A2, driving “in a world of their own”
Bruno Coelho suffered from “low traction” in the opening laps of yesterday`s first Modified A-Main. When A2 was on the line on Sunday, Coelho had a much better pace right from the start and he was breaking away from the rest of the field together with Michal Orlowski.
It was an impressive performance from the top two who could open a huge gap to the rest of the field to build up a distance of almost 7 seconds over third placed Simon Lauter at the end of the run – what a massive gap!
Ronald Völker and Marc Rheinard took fourth and fifth place in A2 ahead of Lucas Urbain, Eric Dankel, Dominic Greiner, Alexander Hagberg, Tim Wahl, and Yannic Prümper.
The battle for the overall win will be on the line between Orlowski and Coelho in the last final of the weekend. Coelho has a first and third place so far while Orlowski scored a first and second place. Coelhos A2 overall runtime was quicker than the A1 result from Orlowski so we can all expect a great showdown for the Modified win in Apeldoorn.
Bultynck strikes back and wins A2 on Sunday morning – all to play for in A3
When A2 got underway, Ollie Bultynck had a way better start compared to his unfortunate moment in yesterday`s A1. The Awesomatix driver had the Xray of Jan Ratheisky in his rear-view mirror and could not take it easy on track as Ratheisky looked agressive and quick on track.
But as the race progressed, Bultynck found his rythm and opened up a gap of almost 2 seconds when they entered the last minute of the race. Bultynck stayed calm and cool and brought home a great recovery win ahead of Jan Ratheisky, Timon Coenen, Louis Kretschmer, and Rob Jansen. With this result from A2, the decision for the overall win in Apeldoorn was shifted to the third and last Pro Stock A-Main.
Schulz wins Sunday morning A2 from Sievers and Weffers
In the second FWD A-Main, Stefan Schulz had a way better start than on Saturday. But it was once again Robin van Gog who quickly moved up to second place to start hunting down Schulz in full force. Dutch Schumacher racer van Gog was very fast and looked racy when he was putting on a great pass on Schulz in lap 5 of the race after the chicane, right in front of the timing loop. Elibert Sievers was running in third place ahead of Ronald Arts and David Reip.
After Robin van Gog made a huge mistake in lap 9 of the race, he dropped nack to second place again it was Stefan Schulz who jumped back into the lead. When they entered the last minute of A2, van Gog was pushing super hard behind Schulz and made another mistake at the same spot to loose his second place to Elibert Sievers. The top five in A2: Schukz, Sievers, Weffers, Reip, and Romondia (from 11 to P5).
Ehrbar didn`t crack under pressure to secure another ETS win!
Top qualifier David Ehrbar and second place starter Michael van den Berg both had an amazing start into the second final – so had Torsten Baggendorf who jumped from fifth on the grid to third in lap one. Baggendorf and van den Berg could match the pace of leader Ehrbar in the first two minutes of the race and created a lot of pressure behind the Xray car of David Ehrbar.
It was a three-horse race, great to watch, and thrilling to the very end. Van den Berg was all on the money in the last 90 seconds of the race and tried to find a way around Ehrbar. Baggendorf suddenly moved up to second spot but lost it in the next lap later after making a small mistake. David Ehrbar was able to win A2 and the overall race in Apeldoorn when he crossed the line ahead of van den Berg, Stocker, Stankowitz, and Thalheimer.
Berkenbosch joins the club of ETS race winners after strong A2 performance
After winning A1 on Saturday, TQ Levi Berkenbosch was just one final away to seal his first ETS victory on home soil. Levi had a great start and already had half a straightway lead after three laps in A2. Richard Oversloot, Max Weffers, and Nadine Zühlke had a great race for the positions behind Berkenbosch for the entire race.
Meanwhile, Levi Berkenbosch had everything under control running ahead of the field with his Mugen Seiki MTC-3 and finally brought home a well-deserved win ahead of Oversloot, Weffers, Jarosch, and Zühlke. Berkenbosch crossed the line under the applause of all his friends and club members to win his first ETS race after a great performance all weekend long. Congratulations Levi, great job!
Schumacher`s Stiebler wins big in Apeldoorn
The second Matrix Formula A-Main saw Andreas Stiebler and Jacques Libar running on top again. Andreas Stiebler made no mistake and brought home A2 from the pole position to take his first win since Aigen 2025 -well done!
