Dry track, no rain, Friday is a good day so far at the Hudy Arena…
Friday saw a much better start into the day as the sun was out and the track was dry. The first seeding round got completed followed by the second one to set the qualifying heats. Here is a quick update about the top guys in every class!
Infinity, Schumacher, Xray, and Awesomatix in the top 5
The Cayote Modified class saw a close battle for the top seeding positions between Bruno Coelho, Michal Orlowski, and Marc Rheinard. They came out of seeding practice within 0.32 of a second and had a gap of 0.4 seconds over fourth placed Viktor Wilck, and Simon Lauter.
Bruno was happy with his day so far and commented that his car “was a bit too stable in the rear” which they will try to adjust now with some small changes on the setup of their Infinity IF14 Speciale.
Reigning ETS champion Michal Orlowski was also happy “to be that close to the drivers who practiced in the Hudy Arena last weekend” with him being in contention at the 1:8 electric buggy euros in Estonia. Orlowski looked comfortable on track which is always a thread for his competitors when it`s time for qualifying!
Marc Rheinard was the fastest Xray driver in seeding practice and told us that his car “was still not perfect with room for improvements”. He will check his car once again before qualifying to be ready for a TQ battle against Orlowski and Coelho.
Behind the top three we saw a very competitive Viktor Wilck (4) ahead of Simon Lauter(5), Jilles Groskamp (6), Ronald Völker (7), Alexander Hagberg (8), Mattia Collina (9), and Sören Sparbier (10) completing the top ten!
The Top 5 after seeding practice (over 3 consecutive laps)
1. Bruno Coelho (POR) 49.293 Infinity|Hobbywing|Sunpadow
2. Michal Orlowski (PL) 49.389 Schumacher|Elceram|Cayote
3. Marc Rheinard (GER) 49.495 Xray|Cayote
4. Viktor Wilck (SWE) 49.906 Infinity|Hobbywing|Sunpadow
5. Simon Lauter (GER) 50.108 Awesomatix|Hobbywing|Nosram
Champion Blutynck ahead of Xray`s Havranek and Ratheisky
The reigning ETS Pro Stock champion Ollie Bultynck from the Awesomatix team is top seed for qualifying. He was able to hold off the hard pushing Xray trio of Havranek, Ratheisky, and Kriz by one tenth of a second. Mugen Seiki`s Sören Sparbier was fifth quickest ahead of Adam Izsay, Matej Dobnikar, Louis Kretschmer, Maty Knopp, and Wiktor Smid. Q1 and Q2 are on the line soon – who will end the day on the overnight TQ spot?
The Top 5 after seeding practice (over 3 consecutive laps)
1. Olivier Bultynck (BEL) 56.590 Awesomatix
2. Oliver Havranek (SVK) 56.725 Xray
3. Jan Ratheisky (GER) 56.755 Xray
4. Jaroslav Kriz Jun.(SVK) 56.852 Xray
5. Sören Sparbier (GER) 56.877 Mugen Seiki
Van Gog leads after seeding practice
Dutch FWD ace Robin van Gog was the quickest racer in the two seeding practice rounds at the Hudy Arena. He was 0.2 seconds ahead of Kevin Schmid and Ethan Southall. Qualifying is up next and the battle for the top spots in FWD will be intense!
The Top 5 after seeding practice (over 3 consecutive laps)
1. Robin van Gog (NLD) 1:07.955 Schumacher
2. Kevin Schmid (GER) 1:08.176 Awesomatix
3. Ethan Southall (GBR) 1:08.336
4. Gergö Valent (HUN) 1:08.451 XRAY
5. Filip Bortoli (CZE) 1:08.534
Ehrbar dominates 40+ Masters class before the start of qualifiyng
David Ehrbar was on fire and outpaced the other Masters drivers by a FULL SEDCOND over the three fastest consecutive laps on the Hudy Arena track. His wife, Anna Ehrbar, was second fastest ahead of Renè Kölbel, Michel Zierold, and Manuel Stankowitz. Can Anna hunt David down in qualifying? Or will we see another “David” show here in Trencin?
The Top 5 after seeding practice (over 3 consecutive laps)
1. David Ehrbar (GER) 1:00.590 Xray
2. Anna Ehrbar (GER) 1:02.024 Xray
3. René Kölbel (AUT) 1:00.590 Xray
4. Michel Zierold (GER) 1:02.036 Awesomatix
5. Manuel Stankowitz (DE) 1:02.221 Awesomatix
Xray`s Weffers is top seed for qualifying
After making it onto the podium at the season opener in Apeldoorn, Xray racer Max Weffers showed that he is still in a good form when he topped the time sheets during seeding practice at the Hudy Arena. Behind him, his teammate Ben Gerhardt was second fastest in front of Juraj Gnidiak and Stefan Hois. The top five had been very close and it is hard to point out a favourite for qualifying.
The Top 5 after seeding practice (over 3 consecutive laps)
1. Max Weffers (GER) 1:01.275 Xray
2. Ben Gerhardt (GER) 1:01.310 Xray
3. Juraj Gnidiak (SVK) 1:01.324 Xray
4. Stefan Hois (AUT) 1:01.470
5. Kevin Sparbier (GER) 1:01.470 Mugen Seiki
Libar ahead of Stiebler and Hudy
Jacques Libar from Luxembourg posted the fastest time and is top seed of the Formula class here in Trencin. Schumacher driver Andreas Stiebler was closest to the Xray of Libar and took P2 ahead of Martin Hudy, Lukas Hoch, and Jitse Miedema.
The Top 5 after Thursday practice (over 3 consecutive laps)
1. Jacques Libar (LUX) 59.379 Xray
2. Andreas Stiebler (AUT) 59.521 Schumacher
3. Martin Hudy (SVK) 59.819 Xray
4. Lukas Hoch (CZE) 1:00.006 Xray
5. Jitse Miedema (NLD) 1:00.596 Fenix
