European Scooter Trophy 2nd run EST 2021 Wittgenborn

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EST scooter race Scooterracing Wittgenborn 2021

Race report for the 2nd round of EST 2021 on the Vogelbergsring on August 21-22.08.2021, XNUMX

Finally again the European Scooter Trophy scooter race - motor scooters - motorsport at its finest! That Scooter Center is happy to support these great EST events. After the start on the Harz-Ring, after the summer break it was time to hunt for points Vogelbergsring in Wittgenborn. The call for the 2nd run was terrific. Full starting fields in the classes promised a great racing weekend. The development in Class 7 - Beginners was particularly gratifying. After a somewhat hesitant start, the popularity in Wittgenborn with 19 starters exceeded all expectations. The class 6 GP-Open was also the second largest class in Wittgenborn with 25 starters. All in all, we were able to close 150 participants be recorded in all classes. Therefore, the schedule was exhausted until the last minute. The conditions on Saturday were perfect. The freshly tarred asphalt offered the best conditions with a sunny 25 degrees.

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The results of the race weekend by class:

Class 1 - Rookies SA:

With 39 starters the absolute top class of the line-up. After the schedule had provided for two classes, it was possible to switch to one class after qualification, as not all scooters ran smoothly. Norman Neufang and Sascha Hüskes drove away from the field in qualifying. A gap of more than half a second to the rest of the field showed the differences in performance.

Hüskes won the start of the first race. Neufang behind. Janz lost most of the ground at the start. However, Hüskes missed his chance for a clear victory after crashing at start-finish. The top duo had a lot to do to fight their way through the full starting field. In the end, Neufang had to admit defeat, who in the end was the beaming winner of the first race. Kevin Kugel landed in third place with a clear gap, followed by Fränkle and Heidemann.

Excitement at the start of the second race. Three starters were too late at the pre-start and had to start the second race from behind. The winner was Neufang ahead of Hüskes. Both were able to set themselves apart from the field. Behind it, a three-way battle raged between wire, sphere and Buschsieweke. Janz, who had to start from behind, started a good race to catch up. The top trio with Neufang, Hüskes and Draht had to work hard not to make any mistakes when lapping them. The competitors were just waiting for your chance to overtake your opponent. Neufang stayed cool and showed no nerves and took victory in the second race. 2nd place went to Drath and Hüskes followed in 3rd place.

Day classification class 1 - Rookies SA

  1. # 281 standards Neufang 45 pts.
  2. # 93 Dustin-Miles Drath 45 pts.
  3. # 23 Kevin Kugel 29 pts.

Class 2 - SuperSport

In SupertSport, Sperling wanted to know. As always well prepared, he set the best time in his class in Wittgenborn. He relegated Triebs to second place with a gap of two tenths. Everything was just behind.

The start of the race went according to plan for the top. In midfield, Moutschka and Richter collided early in turn 2, but were able to get up again and continue. Sperling drove an absolutely unrivaled race. A great speed, a cool head and a significantly slower chasing field catapulted him to victory. However, the further podium places were not so unrivaled. Triebs, Thönnern and everything gave each other nothing. Tire on tire, the three drove a great race. In the end, Triebs prevailed over Thönnern and Schiller.

It shouldn't have that easy for Sperling in the second race. A good start secured the top position. Everything was groomed and attacked immediately. A great duel led through the next rounds. Behind that, too, there was tension again about the third podium place. This time it was Triebs, Thönnern and Schiller who gave everything. In the end, Triebs was left behind and had to retire. At the front, Sperling kept his nerve and also won the second race, ahead of Alles und Thönnern.

Day classification class 2 - SuperSport

  1. # 13 Sascha Sperling 50 pts.
  2. # 43 Philipp Thönernen 32 pts.
  3. # 411 Christian Schiller 26 pts.

Class 3 - Expert SA

Marc Harder once again showed his excellent condition and set the fastest time in the qualification on the new asphalt. Ong lurked. The two races were a pure nerve and weather battle and the excitement couldn't be beat. Absolute fantastic duels and excitement until the end was offered to the spectators.

Free to start for the first race. And already in the first corner the battle of nerves started. Harder at the top made no move to let Lukas come by. While he was waiting for the tip, he had to fend off the first attack from the third Andersen. A brief interruption of the nerve battle was inserted after Boceda fell. The driver and scooter were unhappy on the route and had to be briefly looked after. At the restart, the field was led by Harder, ahead of Lukas, Andersen and Ong. And now it was getting wild. Andersen started the best and sat in front of Lukas and Harder. All three immediately in attack mode. Harder immediately attacked Lukas. He stayed cool and turned Harder off. Boceda fell again and had to put his podium claims behind. Lukas also fought on the last groove and fell. The way was clear for Harder. This immediately focused Andersen and clung to his rear tire. Fantastic inner fights followed curve by curve. You could hear the spectators breathing, the race was so exciting. Harder was a lot faster, but Andersen repeatedly let him down. Great motorsport. Fair and respectful. In the long left before 180 degrees, Andersen had finally settled down. Inside it was over for him. Unnoticed by the duel, Ong had positioned himself and was waiting for his chance. Schnell with a fall was able to continue, but was passed through. Andersen was motivated to the tips of his hair, did not give up and increased the pressure to the limit. He had made it when accelerating to start-finish. He cheekily overtook Harder and was able to recapture first place. Harder tried everything to attack again. That was too much of a good thing and so Harder fell 1 lap before the end. Lukas was also very unlucky and fell right in front of the start and finish line and was passed on. After Andersen, Ong crossed the finish line. Beerhus had a laughing eye and was able to take third place.

After the nerve battle in the first race, the weather battle followed in the second race. The announced rain approached 20 minutes before the race. The weather forecasts were ambiguous and the race management announced the race as a wet race in advance. So the choice of tires was up to the drivers. The last laps of the SuperSport, which drove before the expert class, were nerve-wracking. The gates were opened 12 minutes before the race and a monsoon-like rain soaked the track into a pure water slide. Hustle and bustle in all boxes. Change the tires and go straight to the pre-start. It then started with two warm-up laps. Harder in advance. Andersen, who got off to a good start and passed the others in second place, crashed on lap 2. The new top trio here Harder, Lukas and Ong. It's amazing how fast the field plowed through the rain. Ong braked Lukas and went to two. Lukas then fell with problems in the rain. Schmitt fell too, but everyone went on. Harder at the top fell and was passed through to fourth place. That was the chance for Yannik Ong, who was leading ahead of Boceda and Schnelle. Schnell grabbed the Italian and went to second place. This was followed by several falls from Schnell and second place was quickly gone. In addition to the rain, lightning and thunder were now approaching and it was only a matter of time before the race had to be stopped. Lukas in second place went down and found himself in a duel with Andersen and Harder. Harder grabbed Andersen. After another crash by Boceda, Beerhus was in second place and Schnelle in third. An insane race. Harder and Lukas fell again. At the front, Ong drove lonely and confidently. After lightning and thunder were almost directly over the track, the race management decided to stop the race. A crazy race came to an end after 1 laps and more than 4% of the race distance. The radiant and at the same time wet winner was Ong, ahead of Beerhus and Schnelle.

Day class 3 - Expert SA

  1. # 169 Yannik Ong 45 pts.
  2. # 76 Julian Beerhus 36 pts.
  3. # 135 Stefan Andersen 33 pts.

Class 4 - Supramatic & BigBore

A total of 4 drivers started for class 4. With Moutschka there was also an old hand back at the start.

Moutschka dominated both races. Second place in the first race went to Lövenich and third place to Stefan. In the second race, behind Moutschka Kazilas, who retired early in the first race, followed Tobias.

Day rating class 4 - Supramatic & BigBore

  1. # 53 Max Moutschka 50 pts.
  2. # 261 Stefan Tobias 32 pts.
  3. # 191 Georgios Kazilas 20 pts.

Class 5 - PitBike Stock by Scooter-Attack

At the top for the best starting position in the PitBikes there was a four-way battle. Jonas Wittwer had repeatedly set the best lap and took pole position with a 4. Ullrich and Brzeski followed behind.

In the race, Wittwer went straight to the front from the start. His pursuers had no chance. Ullrich had to forego the start in the first race. Brzeski still had the best speed, but couldn't keep up with Wittwer's pace. Ullrich and Forster fought in 3rd and 4th place for the last place on the podium. Ullrich kept his nerve and was able to keep Förster at bay in the end. In the front, Wittwer didn't let anything burn in front of Brzeski and drove confidently to first place.

There was a lot more excitement in the second race. Wittwer had it much more difficult and was able to win the start for himself. However, Ullrich was there and immediately put pressure on Wittwer. He felt something was going on. Förster prevailed against Brzeski and finished third. Nikita Rademacher was also able to present herself much better in the second race and speculated on a mistake by the two competitors Förster and Brzeski. Wittwer had to give everything to keep Ullrich behind. In the approach to the curve Ullrich Wittwer braked heavily and took the lead in class 5. That was also the preliminary decision in the second race. Wittwer could no longer be dangerous to Ullrich. Shortly before the end, Brzeski was rewarded and passed Förster.

Day rating class 5 - PitBike Stock by Scooter-Attack

  1. # 112 Jonas Wittwer 45 pts.
  2. # 60 Paul Ullrich 38 pts.
  3. # 469 Nils Brzeski 36 pts.

Grade 6 - GP Open

Full house in the GP class promised a great race. Bresciani and Girolomini from Italy pinned Volk in their place for the best starting positions Bresciani came on pole, followed by Volk, Girolomini and Gras.

The Italian driver Bresciani slept through the start of the first race. He was handed 7 places behind. That promised a lot of excitement for the next 15 laps. Gras thus took the lead in front of Girolomini. Both drivers fought a great duel. V. Stevens, who started the race from second place, had to retire after a fall during the race.

The second race started according to the same pattern as in the first race. Bresciani missed the start again and was overtaken by Gras. Steven was unable to attack again after retiring in the first race. Bresciani immediately countered after a messed up start and was able to collect grass quickly. In the constellation, the field then crossed the finish line.

Day ranking class 6 - GP-Open

  1. #16

 

Grade 7 - Beginners

This time the beginners showed that the newcomers to motorsport could also fight properly. With 19 starters, the class was very well attended and a colorful starter field drove to the starting grid on time

At the head of the field it was always back and forth between the two pit bikers Bang and Siegmann. Who really gave each other nothing. The first scooter driver, Krawitz, finished third until the end of the race. Until shortly before the end, Siegmann was ahead. However, Bang felt that he would still get his chance and was rewarded in the end with a courageous maneuver and won the race.

Day rating class 7 - Beginners

  1. # 197 Florian Bang 25 pts.
  2. # 317 Jannik Siegmann 20 pts.
  3. ## 593 Alexander Krawitz 16 pts.

Class 8 Endurance & 9 Endurance Split

The long distance was an absolute magnet for drivers. 30 teams started punctually at 15:30 p.m. for their 3-hour challenge. Happy scene at the start. With a lot of luck, a helper got away unharmed when pushing the bike after the helper accidentally checked the driver from Team Chaos off the scooter. After the start, Learn2Slide was able to take the lead. This was followed by a strong three-way battle between Parts2slide, Pitom and SuperMoto S Factory Friends. Streetlights was particularly strong in class 8. Learn2slide continuously expanded its lead until the end of the race. Parts2slides and Supermoto S Factory Friends watched each other. It got crazy again shortly before the end. The race director already had the checkered flag in hand to wave the first place winner to victory. Two turns before the end, the bike suddenly started to stutter. The driver just turned into the start and finish line, but then parked his bike in the tire wall. What happened next has never happened before. The driver was about to sprint into the pit lane when he was walking in the middle of the track and noticed that I can just slide across the start and finish line. There was almost another collision between the driver and other two-wheelers on the route. The last 40m the bike was pushed over the finish line in a sprint and the lucky winner of the 3h race was certain: Learn2slide.

Daily classification class 8 endurance

  1. #82
  2. # 168 Pumba Racing II
  3. # 10 Pumba Racing I

Day classification class 9 Endurance Split

  1. # 37 Learn2slides
  2. # 52 Parts2slides
  3. # 154 Supermoto S Factory Friends

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