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Orlowski takes A1 from Völker and Lauter

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12. September 2026

Orlowski takes A1 from Völker and Lauter

On the sound of the tone, TQ Michal Orlowski brought the field around the first lap and saw Ronald Völker, Simon Lauter, and Bruno Coelho following him around the Arena33 track in Andernach. Orlowski was pulling a small gap to Völker in lap one before their laptimes started to stay almost the same.

Behind Orlowski and Coelho, we could see a hard defending Simon Lauter who had Bruno Coelho “all over him”. Coelho tried a move on Lauter but lost a position to Prümper – to just get it back two laps later again.

At the end of A1, Orlowski won with a gap of 1.1 seconds in front of Ronald Völker. Simon Lauter finished third and was another two seconds behind Völker. Bruno Coelho had to settle for fourth place in A1 and was followed by Yannic Prümper and Eric Dankel.

With A2 starting later today under the lights of Arena33, the thrill for the day was not over after an intense first final in the Cayote Modified class.

FINAL RESULTS

So much pressure – Izsay stands his ground to win A1 from Langner and Ratheisky

In the first A-Main of the Awesomatix Pro Stock class, top qualifier Adam Izsay was putting his head down and executed a perfect race on top of the field. Izsay saw Jan Ratheisky hunting him down during the first laps before Ratheisky went a bit wide coming onto the straightway.

Phil Langner took full advantage of that and pulled an inside move on Ratheisky – great to watch. In the following three minutes we could see perfect Pro Stock driving from Izsay, Langner, Ratheisky, and Kriz and Izsay took the very important win in the first final. Phil Langner showed what he is capable of and brought home a strong second place.

FINAL RESULTS

Iceman Borschel takes opening FWD A-Main at Arena33

Roman Borschel drove the perfect race in A1 and took the win from start to finish. For Stefan Schulz and Kevin Schmid, A1 was a different story. They had an amazing battle for the entire five minutes and it was Schmid who could bring home P2 ahead of Schulz, Weffers, and Degoes. This first final showed great FWD racing from everybody and we cannot wait for teh next one!

FINAL RESULTS

Unstoppable Ehrbar wins A1 from Mateo and Dinger

Xray driver David Ehrbar took the win in A1 – even with a small error in lap 9 which had almost cost him the lead.Ehrbar was super-fast (hot lap 20.583) and behind him we saw Toni Mateo creating a lot of pressure on Mirco Thalheimer who was runnign in second place before he made a costly mistake allowing Mateo and Dinger to go by.

The top 5 finishing order after five minutes: Ehrbar, Mateo, Dinger, Thalheimer, and Stankowitz.

FINAL RESULTS

Hiesch takes thrilling first final after Kappes and Anthes had a contact

Top qualifiern Daniel Anthes had a very intense fight with second place starter Christoph Kappes in A1 of the Hobbywing 21.5 Stock class. Kappes was chasing Anthes around the track and it was really nice to watch.

Daniel Hiesch could almost match the pace of the leaders and never lost contact to them. In lap 8 of the race it happened: Kappes was very close to Anthes in front of the driver stand and they had an unlucky collision ending in a big loss of time for both drivers.

Daniel Hiesch took full advantage with his Awesomatix car and took the win in A1 ahead of Anthes, Kuschnarew (from 11 to 3), Buchwald, and Weffers.

FINAL RESULTS

A-Main number one goes to Xray

Martin Hudy converted his Formula pole position into A1 victory after a clean run on the challenging Arena33 track. His advantage over Schumacher driver Andreas Stiebler was at around 1.2 seconds while Stiebler had a nice battle for second and third place with David Ehrbar and Jacques Libar. Michal Wojcik finished fifth in A1 in front of Luka Jovicic and Chris Grenz.

FINAL RESULTS

Thrilling finals ahead – Orlowski takes close TQ in Germany

Patrick Beck

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12. September 2026

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Thrilling finals ahead – Orlowski takes close TQ in Germany

Saturday morning saw Q3 and Q4 happening in Andernach. After a little shower was hitting the track on Friday evening, some heats had to be re-scheduled and mother nature was very pleasant and welcomed the racers with a nice sunrise.

The competition is heating up—Orlowski claims a narrow pole position in Andernach, Völker second

Q3 – After we had seen intense battles on Friday, the third round of Cayote Modified qualifying was not less exciting. Ronald Völker was leading the heat early on before Bruno Coelho popped up on top of the screen after setting the fastest lap of the heat with a 17.058. But in the last 60 seconds of Q3, Michal Orlowski came back strong with his Mi10 and was able to snatch Q3 away from Coelho and Völker.

It was a very important TQ run for Orlowski who was not very happy after the run describing it as “difficult to understand why we lost some pace compared to practice”. Behind Orlowski, Coelho, and Völker, it was Yannic Prümper who had a solid run to P4 ahead of Simon Lauter and Lucas Urbain.

Coelho crashes while leading, Völker struggles, Orlowski takes TQ honors

Q4 – The battle for the overall TQ was on the line between Orlowski and Völker in Q4. But after Ronald was struggling a bit in the first minute, he was out of contention for the TQ and Orlowski could seal it.

However, we also saw a very fast Bruno Coelho leading Q4 for many laps until he crashed his Infinity car out in the long right turn on the right side of the track.

Simon Lauter and Lucas Urbain both popped up on top of the scoring and timing with 90 seconds to go but in the end it was (once again) the Schumacher Mi10 of Michal Orlowski who could take the win and the TQ honors.

Many people hoped for a sensation (RC Maker TQ) but with their second place on the grid they are still “flying high” so far here at Arena3.

10 car A-Main grid: Orlowski, Völker, Lauter, Coelho, Urbain, Prümper, Dankel, Greiner, Manzo, Rheinard

QUALY RESULTS

Great set of qualifying sees Izsay on top – closely followed by Ratheisky and Langner

Langner takes first ever TQ run in Pro Stock during Q3 at Arena33

Q3 – It was on an early and sunny Saturday morning when Phil Langner made it (finally) happen: He was able to lay down his first ever Pro Stock TQ run! After a brilliant drive with his Awesomatix A800RR, he had the small advantage of 0.3 seconds over Xray`s Q2 winner Jan Ratheisky, and Adam Izsay.

With three different TQ drivers from the first three rounds, the thrill was continuing until the last and deciding fourth round of Awesomatix Pro Stock qualifying.

Xray fights back in Q4 when Izsay secures the TQ spot

Q4 – Phil Langner, Adam Izsay, and Jan Ratheisky…. They all had a chance to TQ the event here at Arena33 in Andernach when Q4 got underway. After Langner made some small mistakes, it was Izsay who took advantage to win ahead of his Xray teammates Ratheisky and Kriz. With an Xray 1-2 on the starting grid now, Langner will have a lot of work to do to fight for the win. Let`s go Pro Stock racing!

10 car A-Main grid: Izsay, Ratheisky, Langner, Kriz, Perez Perez, Bultynck, Sparbier, Benson, Ellerbrock, Jung

QUALY RESULTS

Borschel is top qualifier at ETS RD3 in Germany

Q3 – After coming short to Borschel in Q1 and Q2, Stefan Schulz took the win in Q3 of the FWD class and it back in the fight for the overall TQ. Borschel took second place for the round ahead of Max Weffers, Filip Bortoli, and Ronald Arts.

Q4 – Borschel and Schulz had a great fight for the pole position in Q4 when both drivers had the best pace on track once again. Borschel had the better end to his favor and secured the sweet spot on the grid when he won Q4 by a small margin of 0.242 seconds over Schulz. Kevin Schmid was third quickest in Q4 and will line up third on the grid for the finals as well.

10 car A-Main grid: Borschel, Schulz, Schmid, Weffers, Bortoli, Degoes, Libar, Heitsch, Sova, Arts

QUALY RESULTS

Ehrbar wraps up the overall TQ in Andernach

Q3 – David Ehrbar continues to dominate the 40+ Masters class. He took another win in Q3 and sealed the pole position for the triple finals ahead of the competition. Behind him, many drivers had been in the fight for P2 during the run and it was Toni Mateo from Gran Canaria who took it ahead of Anna Ehrbar, Manuel Stankowitz, and Mirco Thalheimer.

Q4 – With the TQ already decided before, all racers aimed for a last shot to collect valuable points in the “last minute”. David Ehrbar took it easy and it was Mirco Thalheimer who took the early lead in Q4 ahead of Toni Mateo and Michael van den Berg. Thalheimer clearly was the fastest in this heat and took the win to secure second overall on the grid behind his teammate David Ehrbar (both with Xray cars). Toni Mateo finished second in Q4 ahead of David Ehrbar, Ulrich Dinger, and Anna Ehrbar.

QUALY RESULTS

10 car A-Main grid: D. Ehrbar, Thalheimer, Mateo, Dinger, A.Ehrbar, Schmitzer, Baggendorf, Stankowitz, Heitsch, Kaufmann

Anthes and Kappes to battle it out in the finals – Anthes on pole

Q3 – Going into the event as one of the top favorites, Christoph Kappes was finally able to execute a clean TQ run in Q3 when he won with a big gap ahead of a superb driving Daniel Hiesch, Max Weffers, Mick Lätsch, and Mario Buchwald. The battle for the overall TQ was shifted to Q4 and it was all about Kappes (fastest overall runtime until then) and Daniel Anthes (two TQ runs).

Q4 – Everybody was watching Anthes and Kappes on track in Q4, but Mario Buchwald was also in the mix so score a TQ run at Arena33. It was a very close fight for the entire five minutes, with the better end for former LRP Touring Car masters and ETS race winner Daniel Anthes. He took the win in Q4 ahead of Daniel Hiesch and sealed the overall TQ spot ahead of Christoph Kappes. The finals in the 21.5 class will be super exciting for sure. Can Kappes win on home soil, or will Anthes claim his second ever ETS race win from the TQ spot?

QUALY RESULTS

10 car A-Main grid: Anthes, Kappes, Hiesch, Bortoli, Lätsch, Buchwald, Gassauer, Schymaniuk, Lütjen, Weffers

Hudy earns pole at Arena33 after strong qualifying performance

Martin Hudy claimed the overall TQ of the Formula class when he added another win in Q3 on Saturday morning ahead of Andreas Stiebler. David Ehrbar, and Luka Jovicic. Stiebler took the win in Q4 afterwards to secure second on the grid in front of Ehrbar and Libar.

10 car A-Main grid: Hudy, Stiebler, Ehrbar, Libar, Wojcik, Jovicic, Kampehl, Grenz, vd Heijden, Jansen

QUALY RESULTS

Under the Hood – Ronald Völker`s RC MAKER SP2

Patrick Beck

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12. September 2026

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Under the Hood – Ronald Völker`s RC MAKER SP2

After making a mid-season move from Mugen Seiki to RC Maker some weeks ago, Ronald Völker is having his first big race with his SP2 here at Arena33 in Andernach. Ronald is working close with the team to quickly get their cars up to speed and so far it is looking really good on track. The car Ronald is using is equipped with the RC Maker 1.2mm Steel Chassis, upper turnbuckle links, and rear aluminum drive shafts. In addition to that, Ronald is also using the great looking bronze coloured aluminum screws and front and rear body supports from INOV8.

As always (since 20 years), Ronald`s car is powered by an LRP speed controller and energized by LRP batteries. As they (LRP) are still working on a new modified motor, Ronald is using a different one here this weekend. His car is steered by a Highest servo and controlled by a FlySky radio.

Chassis: RC MAKER SP2
Body Shell: Xtreme Zenith 0,4mm
Speedo: LRP Flow X2
Motor: 5.0T
Battery: LRP 5900mAh
Radio: FlySky Noble NB4 Pro +
Servo: Highest L250
Tires: Matrix D36 ETS Handout
Sponsors and support: RC MAKER, LRP, INOV8, FlySky, Highest, MPE Stickers, VP-Design, 1up Racing, Arrowmax, Axon, Takashima D-13, Mibosport, Vigor

Völker holds surprising overnight TQ at Arena 33

Patrick Beck

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11. September 2026

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Völker holds surprising overnight TQ at Arena 33

Orlowski wins Q1 from Lauter and Völker

Q1 – Before the first round of Cayote Modified qualifying, everybody expected Michal Orlowski to win it by a mile…. and the Schumacher star driver delivered. However, Orlowski`s margin was at “only 2.1 seconds“ which is still a lot – but not as devastating for his competitors (some people had expected a gap of 4-5 seconds).

Behind Orlowski we saw a hard and super-close fight for the positions between Simon Lauter (Awesomatix), Ronald Völker (RC Maker), Bruno Coelho (Infinity), and Eric Dankel (Awesomatix). The positions changed many times throughout the run, and it was Lauter who could snatch the second place from Völker by 0.157 of a second.

A great result for both drivers and especially for Völker who had hoped for a top three result in his first ever qualifying run for RC Maker.

Lauter and Völker looked quite happy after the run being “best of the rest” behind Orlowski. After his second place in seeding, reigning world champion Bruno Coelho had to take P4 from Q1 and Eric Dankel was able to score good points with a fifth place.

Völker claims first ever Modified TQ run for RC MAKER

Q2 – With Q1 being already entertaining, THE STORY of the day happened in Q2 of the Cayote Modified class. Michal Orlowski saw all of his competitors on a good pace and could not open a comfortable gap to Lauter, Völker, and Coelho as he was able to do in Q1.

The top four all posted 17.1 second laptimes and it looked like Orlowski`s hot lap advantage of a couple of tenths was gone… In the last 2 minutes of the run, it was Ronald Völker who jumped into the lead before Orlowski was able to take it back by three tenths of a second. The crowd was watching and it was almost silent as the thrill was really there. Orlowski, Völker, Lauter, and Coelho had an incredible fight against the clock and once Orlowski was in the lead again, everybody thought “that`s it now”. BUT in the penultimate lap of Q2, Orlowski made a mistake at the last curb of the center chicane and lost 1.6 seconds.

Völker took full advantage and the win in Q1 under the cheers of his new team (including a very emotional Ryan Maker) – what a great story! Völker also posted a faster runtime as Orlowski did in Q1 and is the overnight TQ now in the Cayote Modified class. Behine Völker, it was Simon Lauter who took second spot in front of Bruno Coelho, Michal Orlowski, and Lucas Urbain!

The top 10 after 2 of 4 qualifiers: Völker, Orlowski, Lauter, Coelho, Urbain, Dankel, Prümper, Greiner, Gollner, Rheinard

QUALY RESULTS

Xray 1-2 with Ratheisky and Izsay ahead of Sparbier

Q1 – After some very interesting seeding practice results from Thursday, RC Maker driver David Reip was starting from P1 into qualifying for the first time in his ETS racing career. But it was Xray`s Adam Izsay who made the most out of Q1 when he took the win ahead of an also strong driving Phil Langner (Awesomatix), and Jaroslav Jun. Kriz (Xray). Ollie Bultynck finished fourth in Q1 ahead of David Perez Perez, Tim Benson, Jesper Rasmussen, Enrico Jung, and Lukas Ellerbrock.

Q2 – Jan Ratheisky won Pro Stock Q2 for Xray after a brilliant drive. Ratheisky skipped Q1 to play the tire game – in which is seems to be very good. Jan took the win by 0.7 seconds in front of Mugen Seiki driver Sören Sparbier, the Xray of Adam Izsay, Enrico Jung (ARC), and Ollie Bultynck (Awesomatix).

The top 10 after 2 of 4 qualifiers: Ratheisky, Izsay, Sparbier, Langner, Kriz, Jung, Bultynck, Perez Perez, Rasmussen, Benson

QUALY RESULTS

Borschel on top at qualifying half-time

Q1 – Roman Borschel won the first heat of FlySky qualifying with his Awesomatix car on a cool Friday morning ahead of top seed Kevin Schmid (Awesomatix) and Filip Bortoli (Xray). Stefan Schulz (third after seeding) skipped Q1 to save some tires and it was all about Max Weffers and Jacques Libar to round out the top five.

Q2 – In the second round of qualifying, it was again Roman Borschel who took the win by only 0.016 seconds ahead of Stefan Schulz. Max Weffers was another seven tenths behind Schuz and saw Kevin Schmid and Filip Bortoli rounding out the top five.

The top 10 after 2 of 4 qualifiers: Borschel, Schulz, Schmid, Weffers, Bortoli, Heitsch, Libar, Sova, Degoes, Anthes

QUALY RESULTS

Champion Ehrbar ahead of Dinger and Thalheimer

Q1 – The first round of 1up Racing 40+ Masters qualifying saw top seed Mirco Thalheimer (Xray) posting the fastest lap of the run (20.637), but he had to take second place behind heat winner David Ehrbar who once again managed to TQ the opening round after a very strong performance with his Xray X4`26. David`s wife, Anna Ehrbar (Xray), posted the third fastest time in Q1 in front of Torsten “Totti” Baggendorf (Xray), and ARC racer Ulrich Dinger.

Q2 – After winning Q1, David Ehrbar stamped authority onto the 40+ Masters class when he also won Q2 ahead of Ulrich Dinger and Mirco Thalheimer. Toni Mateo showed a good pace and scored P4 for the round in front of Anna Ehrbar and Henrik Heitsch.

The top 10 after 2 of 4 qualifiers: D.Ehrbar, Dinger, Thalheimer, Mateo, A. Ehrbar, Heitsch, Baggendorf, Stankowitz, vd Berg, Morgen

QUALY RESULTS

Sooooo close – Anthes leads from Kappes with two more to go!

Q1 – Daniel Anthes (fastest lap 20.582) took the win in the first round of Hobbywing 21.5 Stock qualifying when he was able to outpace top seed Christoph Kappes (fastest lap 20.656) by 0.720 of a second after a very intense five -minute run. Filip Bortoli and Horst Schymaniuk (both running in the b-heat), as well as Christian Lütjen made it into the top five as well and collected some valuable points from Q1.

Q2 – After being separated by only 0.016 in Q1, it was another Anthes and Kappes show in Q2. With the gap this time at 0.283 of a second, Anthes could take another important win and is on the way to seal the overall pole position at Arena33. Daniel Hiesch finished third in Q2 ahead of a very fast Mick Lätsch, and “routineer” Patrick Gassauer!

The top 10 after 2 of 4 qualifiers: Anthes, Kappes, Hiesch, Bortoli, Lätsch, Schymaniuk, Gassauer, Lütjen, Kuschnarew, Buchwald

QUALY RESULTS

On a mission – Hudy takes Q1 and Q2 in Andernach

Q1 – Xray`s very own Martin Hudy took the opening round of Formula qualifying at Arena33. Hudy won the heat with an advantage of six tenths over Schumacher`s Andreas Stiebler, and the Xray ride of Jacques Libar. Hudy also posted the fastest lap of the round (19.872) and was looking very strong after Q1.

Q2 – Martin Hudy continued to run strong when he posted another TQ run at Arena33 in Q2. This time he had an advantage of almost 0.5 seconds over David Ehrbar and Andreas Stiebler finished third and was followed by Jacques Libar and Robert Kampehl.

The top 10 after 2 of 4 qualifiers: Hudy, Ehrbar, Stiebler, Libar, Kampehl, Wojcik, Grenz, Jovicic, vd Heijden, Jansen

QUALY RESULTS

Under the Hood – Ludovic Leflon`s ARC A10MF-26

Patrick Beck

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11. September 2026

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Under the Hood – Ludovic Leflon`s ARC A10MF-26

Ride is providing the tires for FWD racing at the ETS since the very first beginning of the class in 2019. For this weekend`s race at Arena33, Ludociv Leflon from Ride came all the way from their headquaters in Bangkok (Thailand) to finally race at an ETS again. Ludo is a part of the ETS family since “forever” and we had been super happy to welcome him here at Arena33 in Andernach.

Ludo is rocking his ARC A10MF-26 FWD car as he is racing ARC stuff since many years now. We topped off the body and took a look under the hood of his car which is equipped with some brass balance weights and an Axon brass battery plate. The rest is as the car comes out of the box. Good luck to Ludo for the race and THANKS FOR COMING.

Chassis: ARC A10MF-26
Body Shell: Blitz MK10
Speedo: Hobbywing G3S V2 ETS FWD
Motor: Hobbywing Justock 17.5T ETS FWD
Battery: Team Cayote 5000mAh
Radio: Futaba T10PX
Servo: Savöx
Tires: Ride ETS FWD 36086
Sponsors and support: Thai Ride, ARC, Rc Addict, FRC, Thai Airways, ToniSport, TITC/Siam Tamiya

Orloswki leads day one from Coelho and Lauter

Patrick Beck

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10. September 2026

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Orloswki leads day one from Coelho and Lauter

The ETS is back at Arena33 in Andernach (Germany) and Thursday was all about four rounds of practice. The weather was stable with a little bit of wind, some clouds, and a lot of sun. All racers used the four rounds of practice to dial in their cars for the technical and very challenging track and here are the results for you…

Orlowski looked untouchable, Coelho quickly on pace, Lauter on a strong third spot!

The Cayote Modified class saw a very dominant Michal Orlowski flying around the track with his Schumacher Mi10. He was on top after each round of practice and left no doubt that a win here in Andernach is only going over his pit table.

Infinity`s Bruno Coelho improved step by step throughout the whole day as he made “many setup changes” together with his mechanic Francesco Martini. Bruno found himself on P2 on Thursday evening – not bad without any pre-event testing at Arena33.

Awesomatix hot shot Simon Lauter was third fastest and showed once again that he is one of the top modified drivers across Europe now. Can he make it onto the podium?

Yannic Prümper (Schumacher) and Eric Dankel (Awesomatix) completed the top five after seeding practice and Ronal Völker was sixth fastest at his first day with his new RC Maker SP2. Two rounds of modified qualifying are scheduled for Friday – can somebody challenge „Mighty Orlowski?

PRACTICE RESULTS

The Top 5 after seeding practice (over 3 consecutive laps)

Reip is top seed with new RC MAKER SP2

David Reip was the surprise of the day when he topped the times in Pro Stock on Thursday evening. Reip was a tenth ahead of the competition with his new SP2 ride and was followed by the more familiar Pro Stock faces of Ollie Bultynck, Enrico Jung, Sören Sparbier, and Adam Izsay. David Reip was showing a very impressive speed with his new car and he never had been ranked that far up in Pro Stock – let`s see what he will show us in qualifying against “the best in the business”.

PRACTICE RESULTS

The Top 5 after Thursday practice (over 3 consecutive laps)

1. David Reip (GER) 57.706 RC Maker
2. Olivier Bultynck (BEL) 57.806 Awesomatix
3. Enrico Jung (GER) 57.813 ARC
4. Sören Sparbier (GER) 57.888 Mugen Seiki
5. Adam Izsay (HUN) 57.922 Xray

Schmid on top after day one at Arena33

Awesomatix racer Kevin Schmid found himself on top of the list after Thursday practice. Roman Borschel was second quickest and 0.3 of a second behind Schmid. Xray driver Stefan Schulz, and his two team mates Max Weffers and Filip Bortoli rounded out the top 5 before the start of qualifying on Friday!

PRACTICE RESULTS

The Top 5 after Thursday practice (over 3 consecutive laps)

1. Kevin Schmid (GER) 1:07.613 Awesomatix
2. Roman Borschel (GER) 1:07.950 Awesomatix
3. Stefan Schulz (GER) 1:08.044 Xray
4. Max Weffers (GER) 1:08.400 Xray
5. Filip Bortoli () 1:08.913 Xray

Thalheimer and Ehrbar with an Xray 1-2

Mirco Thalheimer and David Ehrbar looked strong with their Xray cars on track when they posted the fastest lap times on Thursday. Thalheimer won his only ETS race here at Arena33 when the circus had been here for the last time in 2023 and it seems that he was able to carry over that feeling into 2026. Behind the top two Xray cars, Manuel Stankowitz was the fastest Awesomatix when he posted the third quickest times of the day in front of Ulrich Dinger and Henrik Heitsch.

PRACTICE RESULTS

The Top 5 after Thursday practice (over 3 consecutive laps)

1. Mirco Thalheimer (GER) 1:01.840 Xray
2. David Ehrbar (GER) 45.767 Xray
3. Manuel Stankowitz (GER) 1:02.211 Awesomatix
4. Ulrich Dinger (GER) 1:02.369 ARC
5. Henrik Heitsch (GER) 1:03.026 ARC

Hometown boy Kappes tops Thursday practice

After being a “secret” favourite for the event, Christoph Kappes from Team ToniSport showed that he can have the pace for the win here at Arena33 in Andernach. Kappes was two and a half tenths quicker (over three laps) than second placed Awesomatix driver Daniel Anthes, while Christian Lütjen was third fastest for the day.

PRACTICE RESULTS

The Top 5 after seeding practice (over 3 consecutive laps)

1. Christoph Kappes (GER) 1:01.042 Mugen Seiki
2. Daniel Anthes (GER) 1:01.310 Awesomatix
3. Christian Lütjen (GER) 1:01.660 ARC
4. Max Weffers (GER) 1:01.926 Xray
5. Sven Zietlow (GER) 1:01.999

HUDY on top at last Formula asphalt race

Martin Hudy was the fastest Formula driver on Thursday at ETS RD3. David Ehrbar posted the second fastest time and was followed by Schumacher`s Andreas Stiebler, Jacques Libar, and Robert Kampehl. The battle for the pole position is expected to be a close fight between Hudy, Ehrbar, and Stiebler on Friday.

PRACTICE RESULTS

The Top 5 after Thursday practice (over 3 consecutive laps)

1. Martin Hudy (SVK) 1:00.432 Xray
2. David Ehrbar (GER) 1:00.823 Xray
3. Andreas Stiebler (AUT) 1:00.879 Schumacher
4. Jacques Libar (LUX) 1:01.002 Xray
5. Robert Kampehl () 1:01.221 Xray

The game returns in Andernach

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Oliver Storm

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7. September 2026

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5 things to watch for ETS RD3 at Arena33, GER

Patrick Beck

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6. September 2026

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The Cayote Euro Touring Series season #19 is in full swing with RD3 taking place this upcoming weekend at Arena33. The club has prepared the track over the last year, removed the green astro turf infields, and added some fresh looking blue paint as well as new aluminium barriers instead of the wooden ones. The driver stand main building got some fresh paint as well and looks clean and beautiful again!

On Friday, a huge marquee was erected to provide all the racing drivers with a comfortable pit area, and everything is ready for a fantastic show. As always, there’s plenty to see, and here are our FIVE things to watch for ETS RD3 at Arena33…

1. Orlowski and Coelho level on points

Who will lead the championship before switching to black ETS carpet for RD4 and RD5?

Michal Orlowski (Schumacher) and Bruno Coelho (Infinity) will arrive to Arena33 in Andernach with 602 points each. Something we have not seen at the ETS since a while after two races in a season.

Both drivers dominated RD1 and RD2 and walked away with a TQ/win, and a second place each. This is very promising for the rest of the season even if we need to find out if Bruno and Infinity will compete on carpet this upcoming winter, or not.

They skipped the carpet season last year because of their world championship preparations, but now we are in a completley different film. However it will unfold – the stage is set for a great battle between Orlowski and Coelho. RC Maker`s new signing Ronald Völker is ranked in third position, six points behind the leaders.

1.1 Two debuts, one company – spotlight on RC Maker

Völker and SP2 hitting the track for the first time at the ETS

It was a big move when Ronald Völker left Mugen Seiki after almost six years just a couple of weeks ago. Völker had a good time with Mugen Seiki – especially at Arena33 where he could win twice (2021), backed up with a second place finish at the last Arena33 ETS in 2023.

Fast forward, this all is history and Ronald is now working together with RC Maker company owner Ryan Maker and his new team on the recently launched SP2 touring car.

A great project for Ronald, and a “dream coming true” for Ryan Maker who has now added one of the highest decorated 1:10 scale onroad racers of all time to his team. All eyes will be on RC Maker and the debut of the SP2, wheeled by Ronald Völker!

2. Technical track layout – who will dominate at Arena33

Slower corners and curb riding – precision is key

Compared to AMCA Apeldoorn and the HUDY ARENA, the track at Arena33 in Germany is not that “ultra-fast” and features more slow corners and chicanes where the perfect rythm will be the key to go fast. Overtaking is difficult as well and qualifying will be even more important for everybody!

During some of last weeks practice sessions, we have already seen very fast laptimes in Modified and some drivers broke the old track record already. Let`s see how far the drivers can push with the current cars, three years after we had been at Arena33 for the last time.

3. Tobi’s Kitchen and Hoffmann`s famous ice-cream van

There is no doubt about it – hunger will not be an issue during ETS RD3 in Andernach. Tobias Baumbach will rock the canteen in the same way he does at the ETS races in Daun, serving food, snacks, coffe, and cold drinks all day long.

Hofmann`s famous ice-cream van will “hopefully” shop up as well. Their ice-cream is really good and there’s always a long queue there when they come to Arena33!

4. After intense Pro Stock battles at the Hudy Arena

Have the nerves calmed down again?

The Pro Stock race at the Hudy Arena was a very tight contest at the front, with race winner Jan Ratheisky (Xray), championship leader Olivier Bultynck (Awesomatix) and Adam Izsay (Xray) battling it out for victory. However, there had been some critical moments (contact Izsay/Bultynck) and some very frustrated racers after A3. We really hope to see cleaner fights at Arena33 where overtaking will be more difficult than at the Hudy Arena for sure. It is game on in Pro Stock!

5. Zoo Racing Wolverine vs. Avalon Vortex

Which body wil be the fastest in all stock classes?

The Avalon Vortex body will not be in use in the Cayote Modified class. BUT it can be used in ALL of our three stock classes Pro Stock, 40+ Masters, and 21.5 Stock. We have already heared that the body works great at Arena33 where the amount of rotation and it`s agility might give the Avalon an advantage over the (also very agile) Wolverine from ZooRacing.

At the last ETS (Hudy Arena), David Ehrbar won the 40+ Masters with the Avalon Vortex, whilst the Wolverine continued to lead the way in the 21.5 Masters and Pro Stock classes. We are excited for the next episode of the body shell battles – you as well?

Callens teams up with RC MAKER

Patrick Beck

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17. August 2026

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French touring car frontrunner Remi Callens has left Mugen Seiki and is following Ronald Völker to the RC Maker team. Here is the Facebook announcement of RC MAKER about adding Callens to the team:

We at RC Maker are incredibly excited to welcome top modified French driver Remi Callens to the team! A hugely experienced and accomplished driver, Remi brings an impressive racing resume to the RC Maker family:
Stock Spec French Champion – 2012
Stock Spec European Champion – 2012
Stock Spec ETS A-Main Finisher – 2012
Multiple Modified ETS/EC B-Main Winner
Multiple Modified ETS A-Main Finisher
Modified French Champion – 2022 & 2023
From his success in Stock Spec to becoming a multiple-time Modified French Champion, Remi has been competing at the highest level for many years. We’re excited to have him representing RC Maker and can’t wait to see what the future brings! Welcome to the team, Remi!
-Ryan Maker (AUS) RC Maker-

Remi Had the following to say:

“I’m really excited to announce that I’m joining RC Maker ! I’ve always had a lot of respect for what Ryan has built with RC Maker, and I’m very happy to now have the opportunity to contribute my experience to the project and help develop the products even further. A big thank you to Ryan for his trust and for this opportunity. I’m really looking forward to working together and seeing what we can achieve. I’m also very happy to join Antoine, who is a very good friend of mine. I know how much work he has put into developing the new SP2, so I’m really looking forward to working alongside him and continuing this development together. I can’t wait to get started and put everything to the test at the track! Thank you to the whole RC Maker team for the warm welcome. See you at the track!
-Remi Callens (FRA) RC MAKER-

Formula 1 class to exit ETS end of season #19

Patrick Beck

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13. August 2026

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Formula 1 class to exit ETS end of season #19

Dear ETS Family,

today we have an announcement that not everyone will love to read. From the start of the new ETS Season #20 2027/28, the Formula class will not be a part of the series anymore. We have talked about that topic a lot with the whole team, and the decision was made that we will now finish the Season with our races in Andernach, Daun, and Warsaw to crown our last ETS Formula champion.

The desicion was made , based on pure numbers and stats. The F1 class was not growing at all in the last years, sometimes we did not even reach the mark of 20 entries. When we have our huge events with so many entries already, and the Formula class maybe gets 25 entries, we are really just taking that (track) time away from other potential racers. We are sure that almost all the Formula racers have another class that they would be happy to still race at the ETS.

We hope that (most of) you will understand the decision, which was made by the ETS team with full consensus. To all F1 drivers: Thank you for always supporting the class. Please enjoy the last three races of ETS Season #19 2026/27.

Uwe, Scotty, and the whole ETS crew!