ETS Preview Report – Part 2, RD4 Season #17 2024/25 Daun, GER
After summing up silly season yestarday, we like to take a closer look onto the championship battles of our ETS racing classes. Season #17 is only consisting of 5 races (with 4 to count) and we only have two of them remaining with the season finale coming up in Wiener Neustadt (Austria) in March. For many racers, Daun will be a crossroads for the overall championship positions. Here is a quick update for you…
Title defence in reach for Schumacher`s Orlowski
Top 6 finish for title defence – a walk in the park for our reigning champion!
The story of the FlySKy Modified class is quickly told. With three victories (including 3 TQs), it is Michal Orlowski who has collected the most points so far this season. Second-placed Marc Rheinard (Awesomatix) is already 14 (!) points behind Orlowski and the Polish Schumacher factory driver only needs one more top six finish in Daun to defend his FlySky Modified championship title.
The weekend in Daun could be another remarkable one in Michal Orlowski’s career and we are sure that the team already has a few bottles of champagne in the fridge!
Behind Orlowski, it is Marc Rheinard who can see his teammates Lucas Urbain and Simon Lauter right behind him in third and fourth place – only a few points behind. It looks like we will see an all Awesomatix fight for the remaining overall podium positions beside Orlowski.
Yannic Prümper is ranked fifth overall and will try to hold this position for sure now after his switch from Yokomo to RC Maker. Prümper is equal on points with Mugen Seiki`s Ronald Völker who aims to improve with the new Mugen MTC-3 prototype car after a disappointing season so far!
Season statistics ahead of Daun
Different Racers: 88 | Most wins: Michal Orlowski (3) | Current top 3: Orlowski, Rheinard, Urbain | Championship decision possible: Yes, with top 6 result for Orlowski!
Ellerbrock and Bultynck “sending it” for thrilling title showdown
Awesomatix will win another Pro Stock title – but who will lift the trophy?
The Awesomatix Pro Stock class was a three-horse race last season with Adam Izsay, Olivier Bultynck, and Lukas Ellerbrock with the best ending for Bultynck. This season, the reigning champion is in the fight for the title again with his Awesomatix teammate Lukas Ellerbrock.
Right now the situation is clear: Ellerbrock has two wins and a third while Bultynck is 4 points behind with one win and two third places. Bultynck still has the chance to turn things around but he needs a win in Daun to shift the championship decision to the season finale in Winer Neustadt.
With the two Awesomatix drives being the only ones remaining in the fight for the title, it is Mugen Seiki driver Sören Sparbier who is currently “best of the rest” sitting in a very solid third position ahead of youngster Phil Langner (Awesomatix) and routinier Helge Johannessen (ARC) from Norway.
Season statistics ahead of Daun
Different Racers: 130 | Most wins: Lukas Ellerbrock (2) | Current top 3: Ellerbrock, Bultynck, Sparbier | Championship decision possible: Yes, with Ellerbrock winning the race!
First FWD title for Yokomo in sight
Hovgaard with epic chance for TeamYokomo
The Yokomo factory team has a hot shot for the Hobbywing FWD title this season. After this title was accupied by Xray and Awesomatix in the past years, this season is different. Reigning European FWD champion Frederik Hovgaard scored a fifth (Apeldoorn) and a fourth (Luxembourg) place and won the race in Aigen.
These results lifted him to the top of the standings so far with a 6 points advantage over Xray driver Jacques Libar, and 10 points over third placed Max Weffers (Xray). Let`s see how Hovgaard will handle the pressure against the super strong and huge field of 122 (!) FWD drivers in Daun !
Season statistics ahead of Daun
Different Racers: 101 | Most wins: Nicolas Delisè, Frederik Hovgaard, Mark Valent (1 each) | Current top 3: Hovgaard, Libar, Weffers | Championship decision possible: Yes, with Hovgaard win and Libar not better than 5th!
Close to the title – Ehrbar and Xray
Ehrbar needs to hold off Anderson in two remaining races of ETS Season #17
David Ehrbar is very close to win his first 40+ masters championship at the Euro Touring Series. The only driver who had a chance to challenge Ehrbar (points wise) to the end of the season was mister EAM, Eric Anderson from the USA. But with EA not making the trip to Daun, David Ehrbar has a huge chance to seal the overall title with a top three finish in Daun. If he can manage to step on the podium in Daun, no other driver in the field will be able to score more points than Ehrbar until the end of the season! Elibert Sievers, Michel Zierold, and Ronald Arts are currently ranked in the top five behind Ehrbar and Anderson!
Season statistics ahead of Daun
Different Racers: 69 | Most wins: David Ehrbar (2) | Current top 3: Ehrbar, Anderson, Sievers | Championship decision possible: Yes, with Ehrbar finishing in the top 3!
Jensen and Siebert leading the field into deciding chapter of the season
We will see a new champion in the Orca 21.5 Stock class
Looking onto the standings of the Orca 21.5 Stock class, Xray driver Kristian Jensen from Denmark comes with a 3-point advantage over German Mugen Seiki racer Timo Siebert to Daun. Both had a really good season so far with one TQ and race win each. It will be interesting to see how the two drivers will handle the pressure in Daun. They are in a very promising position for the overall title for the first time in their ETS racing carreer.
Nadine Zühlke (ARC) is sitting behing the leaders in third place AND also has a chance to win the overall season. All she need to do: Winning both races from TQ. Not an easy job for sure, but nothing is impossible and Nadine is one of the potential championship contenders!
The driver with maybe the “best chances” for the overal title is sitting only in 6th place so far. It is Jaroslav Jun. Kriz who has only raced two times this season. But with a TQ and win and another second place he has the best two-race score which he can now use in the last two races to attack the overall championship for Xray. It is game on in the Orca 21.5 Stock class!
Season statistics ahead of Daun
Different Racers: 48 | Most wins: Timo Siebert, Jaroslav Jun. Kriz, Kristian Jensen (1 each) | Current top 3: Jensen, Siebert, Zühlke | Championship decision possible: We will have our champion crowned at the season finale in Wiener Neustadt!
Schumacher and Xray fighting for glory in Formula class
Stiebler needs to finish ahead of Ehrbar to keep championship hopes alive!
Schumacher driver and reigning Matrix Formula champion Andreas Stiebler is under pressure before the race in Daun. He is only one point behind his rival David Ehrbar (Xray), but the race in Daun is super important. If Ehrbar can win it from pole position, Stiebler can only get equal on points at the season finale (with also a TQ and win) but the amount of TQ`s and podium positions would more speak to Ehrbar`s favour now. Luka Jovicic, Michal Wojcik, and Robert Kampehl are completing the top 5 before the last two indoor races of the season!
Season statistics ahead of Daun
Different Racers: 32 | Most wins: Luka Jovicic, Andreas Stiebler, David Ehrbar (1 each) | Current top 3: Ehrbar, Stiebler, Jovicic | Championship decision possible: If Ehrbar wins from TQ, the championship should be 99% safe for him!
