By Post months-and-months of hard-work, the ESR (European Series Road Racing) Championship officially got going today at a fair weather induced Hengelo.
Competing alongside BeNeLux Trophy-BK Superbike competitors, ESR second qualifying opened at near 1:30 PM (UK time) – 2:30 PM (local time).
Event wildcard Thijs Peeters (1.47.554 – Peeters Racing BMW) was lead ESR racer, finishing second sprightliest behind Yan Ancia (1.47.328).
2023 IRRC Superbike Champion Lukas Maurer (1.47.866 – Maurer Racing Yamaha) ended P3, 0.538 adrift of Ancia.
Fourth to eighth rapidest were five Belgian riders, Sander Claessen (1.48.261), Mike Parmentier (1.48.491), Laurent Hoffmann (1.49.815), Thibault De Hert (1.50.585) and despite a low-side incident earlier in the session, Hoffmann by MRP’s Fedrik Matthys (1.51.217).
Remaining first ten leader-board positions went the way of Anssi Koski (1.52.005) and Kees Boekel (1.52.056).
Benelux Trophy-BK Superbike/ESR Qualifying Results:
Q1:
1 – Yan Ancia – 1.49.020
2 – Mike Parmentier – 1.50.208
3 – Fedrik Matthys – 1.50.418
4 – Sander Claessen – 1.50.683
5 – Laurent Hoffmann – 1.50.961
6 – Lukas Maurer – 1.51.289
7 – Wally Jacobs – 1.53.174
8 – Thibault De Hert – 1.53.706
9 – Kees Boekel – 1.53.934
10 – Marcel Elsner – 1.54.321
11 – Anssi Koski – 1.54.514
12 – Amalric Blanc – 1.55.049
13 – Stephane Bednarek – 1.55.108
14 – Mike Cleutjes – 1.55.506
15 – Wesley Ankersmid – 1.55.574
16 – Kevin De Haan – 1.56.204
17 – Lukas Vaclavovic – 1.56.933
18 – Jakub Sprojcar – 1.56.942
19 – Gijs Mertens – 1.57.061
20 – Christophe Kreller – 1.59.234
21 – Paul Manx – 2.01.416
22 – Jerome Vignaud – 2.01.591
23 – Karel De Groote – 2.01.724
24 – Rob Van Eijs – 2.05.349
25 – Roy Tepper – 2.05.595
26 – Damien De Reys – 2.12.074
27 – Rasmus Lindstrom – 2.15.457
Q2:
1 – Yan Ancia – 1.47.328
2 – Thijs Peeters – 1.47.554
3 – Lukas Maurer – 1.47.866
4 – Sander Claessen – 1.48.261
5 – Mike Parmentier – 1.48.491
6 – Laurent Hoffmann – 1.49.815
7 – Thibault De Hert – 1.50.585
8 – Fedrik Matthys – 1.51.217
9 – Anssi Koski – 1.52.005
10 – Kees Boekel – 1.52.056
11 – Kevin De Haan – 1.52.439
12 – Amalric Blanc – 1.52.501
13 – Wally Jacobs – 1.53.010
14 – Jakub Sprojcar – 1.53.391
15 – Marcel Elsner – 1.53.595
16 – Mike Cleutjes – 1.53.707
17 – Lukas Vaclavovic – 1.55.314
18 – Gijs Mertens – 1.55.647
19 – Wouter De Cooman – 1.55.870
20 – Rasmus Lindstrom – 1.57.479
21 – Karel De Groote – 1.57.599
22 – Christophe Kreller – 1.58.388
23 – Paul Manx – 1.58.871
24 – Wesley Ankersmid – 1.59.775
25 – Jerome Vignaud – 2.00.011
26 – Roy Tepper – 2.02.350
27 – Rob Van Eijs – 2.02.989
Photo credit: Jan Vavra
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
