We wrote yesterday that David likes these morning rounds and he definitely delivered today by taking the TQ by three seconds against his rivals. In second it was Ryan Maifield, who ran a nearly perfect 10 minute stint without stopping for fuel and put himself 2nd in the round.

Mason Fuller continued his great form from yesterday and jumped to second just a few tenths behind his countryman, also running without a pit stop similarly to the fresh ROAR National runner-up, Chase Lemieux.

With the track being so slow speed and technical, these guys are able to easily stretch out their fuel mileage close to that 10 minute mark. All of the three Americans in the top 5 as well as Noha Ben Mohamed and Aydin Horne ran without a fuel stop. Pit stop loses you 6 seconds and with the field so tight it can be the difference between a top 5 or a top 15 from the round.

Canas and Ongaro who were predicted to be the favourites for the TQ ended up both having costly mistakes, but even without those mistakes neither had the speed to challenge Ronnefalk’s flawless run. Noha Ben Mohamed and Pekko Iivonen both got a great start for their bid of qualifying straight to the semis. Berton was able to again show some good pace in the morning along with now both the Kilic brothers.

It is Mason Fuller who completes a mistake free 10 minute stint without a fuel stop that is able to hold the fast charging David Ronnefalk behind! Chase Lemieux shows his pace once more and takes third just a few tenths back from David.

It was again the Americans who were able to stretch out their mileage as all Americans on the top 13 barring Brandon Rose ran a full 10 minute stint. For the Europeans the story was the exact opposite as Noha Ben Mohamed was the only European who was able to make the run without a fuel stop.

Ronnefalk's pace right now is able to be matched by no one and if he is able to go 10 minutes there should be no stopping him. The whole Xray seems to be on great pace with 3 cars in the top 5 as Dakotah Phend joins Chase and David at the top. Canas and Fuller are the clear top guys for Sworkz looking really comfortable. Even though Davide Ongaro seems to be struggling like we rarely see him do, the rest of the Associated team seems to be doing really well with Rivkin in 6th and Rose, Kaerup and Horne in 9th, 10th and 11th.

Ryan Maifield was on really good pace but a costly mistake dropped him from a likely top 5 down to 13th and a similar story was in play for Burak Kilic who ended the round in 9th. Noha Ben Mohamed seems to have eaten something great for breakfast today as he is right there in terms of pace with the top 5 losing out 4th in the round due to a slightly slow last lap.

Davide Ongaro stamped his authority once more as he went out and put together the fastest lap of the event so far along with the fastest 10 minute run of the event so far. Chase Lemieux did however put together an incredible run only getting beat by a tenth of a second but managing to beat out Spencer Rivkin by a few tenths himself.

This round every single American on this list went the full 10 minutes whereas all of the Europeans except for Remy Bermudez stopped for fuel. Clearly there is some benefit for the American racers running 10 minute qualifiers at the roar nationals and pushing that fuel mileage. It can however bite you back as shown by Dakotah Phend who has now ran out of fuel twice out of three tries.

This round the weather did indeed play a role as the moisture changed drastically during the top heats. Some heats looked slower than they have previously been and others faster. Jermaine Robinson and Remy Bermudez took full advantage and put themselves within the top 13 from the lower heats by putting on stellar drives.

Ronnefalk leads from Fuller, Ongaro and Lemieux who seem to be the guys that will be fighting for the overall TQ tomorrow!

We will have three more rounds to go with final results based on three best runs meaning that the game is still wide open. Maifield and Rivkin have found some good speed today and we should be rushing to count out Juan Carlos Canas just yet either!

Fuller goes 17 again with no pit stop and nearly a flawless run closely followed by the two southern Europeans Juan Carlos Canas and Davide Ongaro who have openly admitted they are not able to stretch their mileage to 10 minutes.

From the top 13 it was Canas, Ongaro, Ronnefalk, Phend, Kilic and Boda who stopped for fuel with other 7 drivers stretching it out for the full 10 minutes.

Kaerup got his best run so far finishing in 6th now running without a pit stop as well. Noha Ben Mohamed gets another top 10 in his books and surely secures his spot in the semis. Berkan Kilic makes his way back into the top 13 as he still fights for a spot in the top 16. Clement Boda establishes himself as yet another Frenchman able to put his name into the top 13 after a stellar run.

David Ronnefalk dominates Q5! 🇸🇪🔥

🚨 These results are unofficial as there is a possibility for drivers from heats 10-12 to beat some of the set times! 🚨

David puts together the fastest run of the event so far and holds the overall going into Q6. Canas puts together a great run himself to take second in the round once again. Fuller makes a few mistakes dropping him of Ronnefalk's pace but he still gets a solid 3rd for the round.

Corrected Q5 Results! 🚨

Marcus Kaerup gets DQ for changing chassis and forgetting to mark it and Bruno Coelho and Kouki Kato go into the top 13 from the lower heats on a significantly faster track because of IFMAR group rotation.

Mason Fuller takes the final qualifier to his name with a margin of just 6 tenths and performs under pressure to take the first World Championship TQ of his career! Ronnefalk gave it everything but with a pit stop he just missed out. The reigning ROAR national champion Seth VanDalen found some much needed form and places third for the round and secures his place in the semis.

Q6 presented a few return to form type runs from the likes of Phi-Long and Seth along with a stellar top 10 placing from Oscar Baldo. Marcus Kaerup bounced back after a disqualification in Q5 by taking his best run of the event so far in 4th. Marco Baruffolo finally gets a placing in the top 13 but similar to his American team mate Phi-Long, fails to make it into the top 16 overall.

The biggest talking point of the round however was Juan Carlos' run that looked to be the new TQ run until on the penultimate lap he slightly nudged the pipe on the left hand side of the track and got stuck in a screw between the tracks roof post and the pipe that had come loose and twisted outwards locking his rear tire in there pretty good. Canas also let the pole know their place with international signage but of course blamed himself in our post race interview for making the mistake in the first place.

It was exactly 10 years ago in Las Vegas where Jared Tebo took the most recent TQ at the worlds for an American driver and its now the time for Americas next generation to shine!

David Ronnefalk looks to be the best version of himself this week putting all that speculation (by me, sorry David) to bed of him not being in a good enough form to challenge for the title. David is here to fight and by pure pace looks to be the class of the field right now.

Davide Ongaro might not look like he is his usual self but he has won three worlds in a row and taken the TQ in just one of them. Davide is running his 2018 worlds winning tribute paint scheme where he qualified third, a North-American took the TQ and David Ronnefalk qualified second, perhaps this is all going to plan...

Juan Carlos Canas said before qualifying that all he cares about is being in the top 5 and he finished 4th with some good speed so he is certainly still in the fight. Chase Lemieux was the second best American looking incredibly sharp and with no doubt going 10 minutes in the mains.

Spencer Rivkin seems to always do well here in Thornhill and he proves himself once more sitting 6th in front of his fellow Arizonan Ryan Maifield. Noha Ben Mohamed went 10 minutes confidently in all rounds and ran at an incredible pace earning that 8th spot in front of Marcus Kaerup who seemed to find his footing towards the end of qualifying.

Brandon Rose definitely earned that top 10 by placing towards the top almost every round and showing some great pace. Seth VanDalen and Dakotah Phend probably are incredibly relieved after making those semis after a very difficult qualifying for both of them. The Kilic brothers and Berton complete your top 16 leaving Clement Boda out to dry in 17th tied on points with Berton.