Mugen`s Völker edges out the competition by 0.8 seconds, Rheinard scores a strong second place after disappointing seeding practice. Orlowski third after Q1!
Top seed Ronald Völker took the opening round of Cayote Modified qualifying. His LRP powered MTC-3 was fastest after lap one, but then he “missed a bit of overall traction” in the next laps and dropped back to third or fourth position while we saw the Awesomatix of Marc Rheinard popping up on top of the board.
Rheinard, who was only sixth quickest after seeding, had a great pace as well and was in a close fight with David Ronnefalk (Xray) and Michal Orlowski (Schumacher) for the lead.
As the race reached half-time, Völker`s set of tires came alive again and he could immediately post the hottest laps of the race (15.173) and a couple of 15.2`s to take over the lead again. Völker was totally in “the zone” and opened a gap of 0.8 seconds over Rheinard till the end.
Mugen`s Völker took the win after a great drive ahead of Marc Rheinard (Awesomatix), Michal Orlowski (Schumacher), David Ronnefalk (Xray), and Dominic Greiner (Serpent). Simon Lauter (Awesomatix), Christopher Krapp (Yokomo), Antoine Brunet (RC Maker), Alexander Hagberg (Xray), and Oliver Havranek (Xray) completed the top 10 after Q1.
Xray strikes back as Izsay wins Q1 ahead of Sparbier and Kriz
Top seed Sören Sparbier saw a hard pushing AdaMi ZSAY in his rear-view mirror for the entire runtime of Q1. Jaroslav Kriz Jun. was super-fast as well with his Xray car and was in the mix on top of the board as well. These three drivers had been clearly the fastest on track and only ones posting 16.1 lap times (fastest lap from Sparbier 16.145).
After an intense five-minute run, Adam Izsay was the lucky guy walking away with the TQ points for the round. He won Q1 half a second ahead of Mugen Seiki`s Sören Sparbier and his Xray teammate Jaroslav Kriz Jun.
Schumacher`s Mark Valent was fourth fastest and the top 10 got completed by Tim Benson (Mugen Seiki), Jesper Rasmussen (Schumacher), Olivier Bultynck (Awesomatix), Louis Kretschmer (Awesomatix), Tobias Sutrich (ARC), and Kevin Schmid (Awesomatix).
Schmid takes Friday morning Q1 from Langner and Buchhalt
The first round of FlySky Frontwheel qualifying was a close fight between top seed Kevin Schmid and Phil Langner. Schmid had a perfect run on the huge carpet track and won the heat with a gap of 1.5 seconds ahead of Langner, and the Iris car of strong driving Matheo Buchhalt.
Luca Romondia (ARC) and Dominik Reile (Iris) completed the top 5. Kevin Schmid looks very comfortable on track since he has arrived at Arena Nova – will he be the man to beat throughout the wekeend?
Awesomatix driver Anderson TQ`s the first round of Masters qualifying
US racer Eric “EA” Anderson took the win in the opening round of 40+ Masters qualifying. Anderson had a flawless run on track with his Awesomatix A800RR and won the heat with an advantage of 0.8 seconds over Xray`s David Ehrbar. A brilliant start into the weekend for Eric Anderson – the man behind the line of EAM Batteries.
Top seed Manuel Stankowitz was another second behind Ehrbar and took a solid P3 away from Q1 where he was followed by “comebacker” Renè Kölbel (Xray), and the Mugen of Philipp Stadler.
Top seed Jensen wins Q1 ahead of Dinger and Anthes
Championship contender Kristian Jensen had a perfect start into the day when he posted his first TQ run of the event. The Danish Xray driver was very fast (hot lap 17.087) and outpaced the rest of the field by 2.3 seconds (!). Ulrich Dinger took second for the round and was followed by Daniel Anthes, Cedric Gridelet, and championship leader David Reip.
The 21.5 Stock class is in a spotlight this weekend as the championship is still undecided. David Reip, Kristian Jensen, and Cedric Gridelet are the three drivers who can still win the trophy. If Jensen will manage to TQ and winthe race here at Arena Nova, David Reip must finish in the top 4 to still become champion!
Ehrbar leads impressive Xray 1-2-3-4-5 in Q1
Old and new Matrix Formula champion David Ehrbar took the win in the first round of qualifying. He had an advantage of 1.7 seconds over his “boss” Martin Hudy, who posted the fastest lap of the race laying down a 16.054. Michal Wojcik, Jacques Libar, and Chris Grenz completed an all Xray top 5 before we saw the Schumacher cars of Alexander Bremer (6) and Andreas Stiebler (7).
