The controlled practice here at Arena33 is in the books and all drivers are now re-seeded into their qualifying heats. After seeding, everybody got the chance to run in the new sorted qualifying groups in one round of qualification practice. This helped everybody finding the right place on the driver stand before the 4 rounds of Qualifying will start tomorrow morning. The seeding practice was close as always and qualifying will bring us some nail-biting thrillers for sure.
Matrix Modified
Rheinard tops seeding by 0.005 from Völker
The last round of seeding practice at Arena33 showed how small the gaps are in the Matrix Modified class. With Ronald Völker being fastest in all rounds of practice with his LRP powered Mugen Seiki so far, Marc Rheinard was fighting back in the last round of seeding practice with his ORCA powered Awesomatix.
Rheinard topped Völkers 3 fastest consecutive laps by the very small margin of 0.005 seconds. With more wind on the track during the last seeding round, 8 out of the top 10 drivers posted their fastest laps in this run. As the sun was covered by some clouds, the track seemed to be a little faster again, but the wind component made it tricky to drive as well.
Behind Rheinard and Völker, Christopher Krapp, Yannic Prümper and Antoine Brunet completed the top 5. Looking on the overall ranking list, the field of drivers is together super close with P4 and P16 only separated by 0.8 seconds. Saturday`s 4 rounds of qualifying will show us, who will get it together the best over the whole 5 minutes of each round!
The Top 5 after controlled practice (3 consecutive laps)
1. Marc Rheinard | 55.391 (Awesomatix/ORCA)
2. Ronald Völker | 55.396 (Mugen Seiki/LRP)
3. Christopher Krapp | 56.083 (Yokomo/Racing Performer)
4. Yannic Prümper | 56.205 (Yokomo/Dash)
5. Antoine Brunet |56.234 (Xray/Hobbywing)
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/59075/271634?key=201
Xray ProStock
Ratheisky and Duchet on pace for Xray
Jan Ratheisky is the top seed in the Xray ProStock division here at Arena33. Jan was a tenth faster than his French Xray teammate and RD1 winner Alexandre Duchet. Behind them, it is the Awesomatix duo of Max Mächler and Simon Lauter together with the newly crowned German national champion Tim Benson rounding up the top 5 with his Mugen Seiki today.
Can Duchet turn it around in qualifying, or will Ratheisky be the man to start on pole into the mains on Sunday? There are a lot of guys who will try to deny Xray`s next pole position here at Arena33 after they were able to start from the sweet spot here at the last two ETS races.
The Top 5 after controlled practice (3 consecutive laps)
1. Jan Ratheisky | 58.563 (Xray)
2. Alexandre Duchet | 58.681 (Xray)
3. Max Mächler |58.900 (Awesomatix)
4. Simon Lauter |58.940 (Awesomatix)
5. Tim Benson |59.692 (Mugen Seiki)
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/59075/271633?key=201
Hobbywing Frontwheel
Impressive performance from Schulz in FWD
After setting the fastest time in free practice, Stefan Schulz continues to look strong here at Arena33. With his 3 fastest laps being 1 second (!) faster compared to his contenders, it will be interesting to see if guys like Steven Olsen, Philipp Hagnauer or Kevin Sparbier can fight with Schulz for the top spot in qualifying.
Steven Olsen is confident after his win here at ETS RD1, Philipp “Hagi” Hagnauer is always a driver to watch, and Kevin Sparbier is one of the top FWD drivers since the start of this amazing class at the ETS. Who will take pole position at ETS RD2? We will know it tomorrow evening after qualifying.
The Top 5 after controlled practice (3 consecutive laps)
1. Stefan Schulz | 1:10.289
2. Steven Olsen |1:11.390
3. Philipp Hagnauer |1:11.441
4. Kevin Sparbier|1:11.585
5. Oliver Kaufmann |1:11.851
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/59075/271630?key=201
Stock 17.5
Kuschnarew is Top Seed for Qualifying
David Kuschnarew was the fastest driver in the two rounds of seeding practice in the Stock 17.5 class. With the top 9 posting their three fastest consecutive laps in the first of the timed practice runs, Kuschnarew came out fastest with a small gap of 0.092 seconds ahead of Dominik Ruf.
Maximilian Unterschütz postest the third fastest time, another 0.079 seconds behind the leaders. With Philipp Hagnauer (4th) and Thomas Bemmerl (5th) there are two experienced drivers behind the top three and qualifying will guarantee some close racing in the 17.5 Stock class.
The fight for the A-Main starting spots will start on Saturday morning when we head into the 4 rounds of qualifying.
The Top 5 after controlled practice (3 consecutive laps)
1. David Kuschnarew | 1:02.978
2. Dominik Ruf |1:03.070
3. Maximilian Unterschütz |1:03.149
4. Philipp Hagnauer |1:03.376
5. Thomas Bemmerl |1:03.434
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/59075/271629?key=201
Infinity 40+ Master
Schmitzer fastest in 40+ Masters
Werner Schmitzer topped the timed practice in the Infinity 40+ Masters class here at Arena33. He will start first into qualifying and he will see RD1 runner up Caspar Morgen and Thorsten Baggendorf following him closely. The top 10 are separated by only 1.4 seconds over the three consecutive laps and there are a lot of well-known names in the mix to grab one of the highly coveted places in the A-Main.
The Top 5 after controlled practice (3 consecutive laps)
1. Werner Schmitzer | 1:03.029
2. Caspar Morgen|1:03.271
3. Thorsten Baggendorf |1:03.686
4. Manuel Stankowitz |1:03.950
5. Michel Zierold |1:03.971
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/59075/271631?key=201
Scorpion Formula
Ehrbar moves up to second place
After seeding practice, it is still Jan Ratheisky in the first position of the Scorpion Formula class. With a slightly comfortable gap of 0.662 seconds, Ratheisky looks really sharp on track. David Ehrbar found some pace to finish seeding practice second overall, in front of Lukas Hoch in third place. Will qualifying be a case between Ratheisky and Ehrbar only, or will we see Lukas Hoch in the mix in tomorrow`s four rounds of qualifying?
The Top 5 after controlled practice (3 consecutive laps)
1. Jan Ratheisky | 1:06.765
2. David Ehrbar|1:07.427
3. Lukas Hoch |1:07.583
4. Renè Kölbel|1:08.279
5. Michal Wojcik|1:08.338
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/59075/271632?key=201
We are looking forward for Saturday here at ETS RD2 where we expect another sunny day at Arena33 with some great qualifying action in all classes.
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Enjoy ETS RD2 together with us – no matter where you are!
