Orlowski from Urbain and Coelho in A2 – who will win in the Netherlands
The second A-Main of the Cayote Modified class saw many drivers already under pressure after the results from yesterday`s first final. Michal Orlowski brought the field around the first lap with Lucas Urbain, Bruno Coelho, Ronald Völker, and Marc Rheinard right in tow. Völker got an unlucky hit by Rheinard in the last right hander before the straight and lost some meters to the top three while Rheinard dropped down to seventh position.
Meanwhile, Orlowski had to execute a perfect job while still leading the race from Urbain and Coelho. The Infin1ty driver was setting Urbain under a lot of pressure and it looked like he was a bit faster than Urbain`s Awesomatix. However, a small bobble from Coelho in the middle of the race gave back some breathing room to Urbain who still was in striking distance to race leader Orlowski.
When the time had expired, Orlowski crossed the line in first place with his Mi9 with Urbain and Coelho following him within six tenths of a second. Ronald Völker was another1.3 seconds behind the top three. He seemed to have the same pace as the leaders but was not able to recover from the little tap he received in the second lap from Rheinard. Simon Lauter had another strong run and finished fifth in A2 followed by A1 winner Marc Rheinard, Tim Wahl, and Berkan Kilic.
The decision for overall victory went down to the line in A3 with Orlowski, Urbain, Coelho, Rheinard, Völker, Hagberg, Wahl, and Lauter all having a chance to win big at the ETS season opener in Apeldoorn!
Bultynck opens new ETS season with a real bangner!
When A2 started, we immediately saw Mächler hitting the rear of Jung in the chicane. Mächler lost a lot of positions and Jung was running in fourth spot after that incident. Ellerbrock took over third spot and was having a nice and intense fight with the Xray car of second placed Adam Izsay. At the half time, race leader Olivier Bultynck was already “checked out gone” as he had a huge lead of five seconds over the rest of the field.
The battle for second was still hot in the last minute of the race and Ellerbrock was all over Izsay with Jung waiting for something to happen behind them. Once Ellerbrock and Izsay touched side by side, Jung took full advantage and took over second place in A2 behind race winner Bultynck.
First ever ETS victory for dominant van Gog
After having a perfect A1 on Saturday evening, Robin van Gog did not slow down and stamped authority onto the FWD class with another strong drive in A2. His Schumacher FT9 car looked “spot on” and Roman Borschel did not find a way to set van Gog under serious pressure. The gap between Borschel and van Gog was always between 0.5 and 0.8 seconds, while Max Weffers was again running in third spot followed by his Xray teammate Jacques Libar, and the Awesomatix car of Phil Langner. In the last minute of the race, van Gog was still in control of the race and celebrated his first ever race win at the Euro Touring Series – congratulations, well deserved!
Ehrbar fights back and wins A2 after a perfect drive
On the sound of the tone, David Ehrbar jumped into the lead from his pole and saw again Alexander Stocker charging hard behind him. The Xray duo opened a small gap to the Awesomatix of A1 winner Ronald Arts in the early stages of the race. Ehrbar looked more comfortable in A2 and did not allow Stocker to come as close as in the first leg of finals.
Ronald Arts also had not the same pace as on Saturday evening and was running constantly in third spot behind Stocker. Ehrbar executed a perfect final run, and everything was wide open for the overall Apeldoorn victory ahead of the third and decisive leg of finals in our 1up Racing 40+ Masters class!
Gridelet wins thrilling A2 in the 21.5 Stock class from sixth on the grid
TQ Levi Berkenbosch had another critical opening lap and dropped down to fourth place when he had to let Jensen, Gridelet, and A1 winner Zühlke by in the early stages of the race. Gridelet took over the lead in lap 6 of the race when Jensen was sliding around on track. The running order after 2 minutes was Gridelet, Jensen, Zühlke, and Berkenbosch in the top four.
Berkenbosch tried everything he can to find a way around Zühlke as he really needed to find his way back to the top if he wanted to stay in the battle for the overall win. He was able to pass Zühlke in lap 10 and moved up to third place.
Berkenbosch also made a great pass on Jensen, to just get countered by Jensen in the next corner again. Zühlke passed Berkenbosch as well and we saw a crazy last lap of the race when Gridelet won the second final three tenths ahead of Zühlke, Berkenbosch, Hörenz, and Reip. The decision for the win went down to the line in the last final of the day and it was all between Zühlke and Gridelet with a clear advantage for Nadine Zühlke!
Ehrbar takes A2 as Hudy was “on a mission” again
The first lap of A2 saw Jitse Miedema loosing positions when he dropped down to the end of the field. Lap two saw Andreas Stiebler and Thomas Stenger falling back to eight and ninth spot – what a terrible start into the race for both. Out front we saw TQ David Ehrbar leading the race. He was hunted down by Michael Lipperheide and A1 winner Martin Hudy. After three minutes, Hudy was already in second and was “bringing the heat” to leader Ehrbar.
Hudy was the fastest on track, but he was running out of time and had to be happy with second behind his team driver Ehrbar. With a first and second place, Hudy had the best chances for the overall win and the decision was to be made in A3 where Ehrbar also needed a win or at least a second spot to fight for the victory in Apeldoorn. Michael Lipperheide, Jacques Libar, and Luka Jovicic completed the top five in A2.
