Völker wins again at ETS Rd2

ETS Rd2 took place at Arena33 in Andernach, Germany last weekend, only four weeks after RD1 at the same venue. With 173 entries in the six ETS classes the event started with a free practice day on Thursday and a great weather forecast for the whole weekend. As always at the ETS, the race included 4 rounds of qualifying followed by triple mains for everybody. In the Matrix Modified class, a dominant Ronald Völker took three out of four rounds (with one DNF) of qualifying with his LRP powered Mugen Seiki car ahead of his strongest rival Marc Rheinard who qualified second on the grid with his Awesomatix. Yokomo`s Christopher Krapp took third on the grid followed by Oliver Havranek (Xray) and Yannic Prümper (Yokomo). Völker never looked back after the start of the first and second A-Main and won both heats without any mistakes in front of Rheinard. With Völker sitting out A3, Marc Rheinard took the win in the last modified final ahead of Yannic Prümper who finished second to secure third overall on the podium. For Ronald Völker it was the fourth consecutive ETS race win and his second in a row with his new Mugen Seiki team.

Overall results of the Matrix Modified class
1. Ronald Völker (DE) Mugen Seiki/LRP
2. Marc Rheinard (DE) Awesomatix/ORCA
3. Yannic Prümper (DE) Yokomo/Dash
4. Christopher Krapp (DE) Yokomo/Racing Performer
5. Oliver Havranek (SK) Xray/Hobbywing
6. Antoine Brunet (FR) Xray/Hobbywing
7. Michal Orlowski (PL) Schumacher/LRP
8. Michele Manzo (CH) Awesomatix/Hobbywing
9. Eric Dankel (DE) Mugen Seiki/Hobbywing
10. Marco Kaufmann (DE) Xray
11. Robert Pietsch (DE) Mugen Seiki/LRP

Winner B-Main: Patrick Gollner (AT) Xray/Orca
Winner C-Main: Frederik Hovgaard (DK) Yokomo/Racing Performer

In the Xray ProStock class, Alexandre Duchet qualified first with his Xray after taking the first two rounds. Behind Duchet, Awesomatix Simon Lauter lined up second with one TQ run to his favour and Jan Ratheisky (Xray) started third. Lukas Ellerbrock was fastest in the last qualifier and started fourth on the grid for Xray. In the triple A-Mains the spectators saw excellent ProStock racing, and Alexandre Duchet was able to stand his ground and winning the first two finals under huge pressure from his teammate Ratheisky and Simon Lauter. With Duchet the overall winner after A2, Simon Lauter took advantage of his starting position in A3 and took the win in this heat. This secured him the final position on the podium behind race winner Alexandre Duchet and runner up Jan Ratheisky.

Overall results of the Xray ProStock class
1. Alexandre Duchet (FR) Xray/ORCA
2. Jan Ratheisky (DE) Xray/Sunpadow
3. Simon Lauter (DE) Awesomatix/LRP
4. Lukas Ellerbrock (DE) Xray/LRP
5. Max Mächler (DE) Awesomatix/Sunpadow
6. Olivier Bultynck (BE) Awesomatix/LRP
7. Nicolai Lindegaard (DK) Schumacher/LRP
8. Tim Benson (DE) Mugen Seiki/Nosram
9. Enrico Jung (DE) Yokomo/GensAce
10.Frederik Mikkelsen (DK) Awesomatix/LRP
11.Pawel Staszewski (PL) Awesomatix/LRP

Winner B-Main: Alex Kunkler (FR) Awesomatix/Ruddog
Winner C-Main: Kevin Sparbier (DE) ARC

The Hobbywing Frontwheel class saw Stefan Schulz taking the pole position ahead of ETS RD1 winner Steven Olsen and Mischa Kroos. Stefan Schulz was on fire the whole weekend and no matter what the others tried, he seemed to be unstoppable and took the first two finals to secure the overall win after he finished second at Arena33 four weeks ago. Steven Olsen finished second behind Schulz and Roman Borschel joined them on the podium in third position.

Overall results of the Hobbywing FWD class
1. Stefan Schulz (DE)
2. Steven Olsen (DK)
3. Roman Borschel (DE)
4. Mischa Kroos (CH)
5. Kevin Sparbier (DE)
6. Henrik Heitsch (DE)
7. Patrick Müller (DE)
8. Jacques Libar (LU)
9. Torsten Baggendorf (DE)
10.Frederik Hovgaard (DK)
11.Nicolas Delise (BE)

Winner B-Main: Oliver Kaufmann (DE)
Winner C-Main: Xavier Debroye (BE)
Winner D-Main: Marc Langner (DE)

Great racing was also shown in the ETS 17.5 Stock class. Thomas Bemmerl who won at Arena33 in July, was setting the pace again and secured himself the pole position with his wins in the first two qualifiers. David Kuschnarew and Dominik Ruf won the other rounds and lined up in second and third behind Bemmerl on the grid of the 17.5 Stock class. When the finals started, Thomas Bemmerl was followed by Kuschnarew and Ruf, Unterschütz and Pöhlmann but nobody had a real chance to attack him in the first two finals. Bemmerl drove to victory and secured his third consecutive ETS race win in this class. David Kuschnarew and Dominik Ruf followed him onto the podium.

Overall Top 10 of the Stock 17.5 class
1. Thomas Bemmerl (DE)
2. David Kuschnarew (DE)
3. Dominik Ruf (DE)
4. Daniel Pöhlmann (DE)
5. Roman Borschel (DE)
6. Maximilian Unterschütz (DE)
7. Philipp Hagnauer (DE)
8. Felix Schneider (CH)
9. Wolfgang Hößle (DE)
10.Fabien Valantin (FR)
11.Patrick Müller (DE)

Winner B-Main: Christian Lütjen (DE)
Winner C-Main: Daniel Rausch (DE)

The Infinity 40+ Masters class saw three different TQ`s in qualifying with Caspar Morgen, Werner Schmitzer and Torsten Baggendorf on top of the field. But with Caspar Morgen taking two qualifiers, he was the overall TQ of the 40+ Masters class after he finished second overall at ETS RD1 in July. In the first leg of the finals, Werner Schmitzer found his way by Caspar Morgen and took the win. But Morgen was striking back in the second and third final and brought home the overall win from Schmitzer and Frank Fuchs who started sixth to finish third overall.

Overall result of the Infinity 40+ Masters class
1. Caspar Morgen (DK)
2. Werner Schmitzer (AT)
3. Frank Fuchs (DE)
4. Michel Zierold (DE)
5. Thomas Oehler (DE)
6. Mirco Thalheimer (DE)
7. Flavio Paladin (IT)
8. Torsten Baggendorf (DE)
9. Manuel Stankowitz (DE)
10.Ingo Braun (DE)
11.Oliver Kaufmann (DE)

Winner B-Main: Marc De Witt (DE)
Winner C-Main: Thomas Steinhage (DE)

In the Scorpion Formula class Jan Ratheisky, David Ehrbar and Lukas Hoch being fastest in qualifying with the master of F1, Jan Ratheisky, taking another pole position. David Ehrbar who was the biggest contender of Ratheisky at most of the ETS races in the past was able to qualify in front of  Ratheisky’s teammate Lukas Hoch. In the finals, Ratheisky showed that he is in a class of his own right now and brought home an unchallenged victory in the first two finals. The battle for second and third was right behind Ratheisky between Hoch and Ehrbar who showed some amazing F1 racing on the track of Arena33. In the end David Ehrbar was the runner up finishing second ahead of Lukas Hoch.

Overall Top 10 of the Scorpion Formula class
1. Jan Ratheisky (DE)
2. David Ehrbar (DE)
3. Lukas Hoch (CZ)
4. Renè Kölbel (AT)
5. Herbert Weber (AT)
6. Tomas Sova (CZ)
7. Michal Wijcik (PL)
8. Chris Grenz (DE)
9. Robert Kampehl (DE)
10.Patrik Sadrinna
11.Alessandro Giubbilei (IT)

Winner B-Main: Alexander Bremer (DE)
Winner C-Main: Manuela Borrmann (DE)

ETS Rd3 will see drivers traveling to Apeldoorn in September where the amazing track of the AMCA Apeldoorn awaits the ETS circus for some great racing action!

Source: ETS [eurorcseries.com]