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Völker wins AOC in Korea

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Race Report from the AOC Facebook page!

Ronald Völker capped a dominant qualifying performance with two straight wins, stamping his authority on the 2025 Asian Onroad Championship here at GRC.

Beyond Völker, A1 was chaotic, a lap one spin from Jin Heon Yoo burying him in the field and opening an opportunity for Alexander Hagberg and Akio Sobue. We’ll need to watch the video back to unpick all that went on from there (and we’ll get that video out as fast as we can), but the upshot of all of it was Hagberg second, a brilliant drive from Marc Rheinard from 9th on the grid to third, then Sobue and Keven Hebert picking his way through to fifth. A huge last-lap tangle between Jacob Cruz and Ji Heon Yoo in the flat-out front chicane left both cars heavily damaged.

A2 was, on paper at least, a little less chaotic. Except that it started raining again right as drivers prepared for their warmup lap, the misty rain fortunately light enough to not impact track conditions. As Völker ran away out front, a battle brewed between Jin Heon Yoo, Alexander Hagberg, and Akio Sobue. Eventually, Sobue and Yoo tangled, dropping the local driver down the order, Sobue hanging on for P2, and Marc Rheinard once again driving through the field to P3.

That left Völker an unchallenged winner over Hagberg, Sobue, Rheinard, and an impressive Hayato Ishioka.

17.5 BOOSTED: LAM DOMINANT

No surprise here either, Singapore’s Zaccheus Lam too strong in what was a powerful performance for the RC Maker pilot. The top qualifier drove to a big A1 win over Jihoon Jeon (who made big ground late) and Yeonwoo Kim, then repeated the process in A2, untroubled ahead of Kim and Taejung Park. That’s three big wins for Lam in 2025 (here, SIGP and GDC), making this something of a breakout year for the 18-year-old. He’s joined on the overall podium by Yeonwoo Kim and Jihoon Jeon after a tie-break split the pair.

MINI: CHOI THE MINI-MASTER

Yong Wan Choi continued on from his dominant qualifying performance in Mini, easing away to a five-second win over Max Park and Dy Jung in A1, and then repeating that over Max Park and Sang Bim Yim in A2. Dy Jung did enough to get to the podium behind Choi and Park.

FRONT WHEEL DRIVE: CHOI DOUBLES UP

Having been fastest all day, Yong Wan Choi put himself under pressure with a late race mistake in A1 handing the win to an ever-present Kyung Taek Kim, Chang Gyu Na a good third. In A2, Choi made no such mistake, ensuring he’d win the overall with the fastest time of the two finals, ahead of Kyung Taek Kim and Chang Gyu Na.

SUPER GT: WONIK CHOI FROM P3!

Continuing the mixed-up results in Super GT, third-placed starter Wonik Choi got around pole-sitter Sang Bin Yim in A1, Jun Sik Lee in third. In A2, Sang Bin Yim spent the bulk of the race out front, the fight for the overall entirely down to whether he could outpace Choi’s A1 time. The margin at the line just one second, Wonik Choi’s A1 time holding up, Sang Bin Yim second overall, and Gilwoong Park rounding out the podium.

Complete report (text) and pictures from AOC Facebook Page

EWS 2025/26 Season kicks off with wins for Branson, Finlay, and Blake

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The 2025/26 Essex Winter Season got underway with the first round, presented by RC Maker, taking place this weekend.

LRP Modified

With the LRP Modified defending champion Olly Jefferies missing this round, there was an opportunity for his competitors to get a head-start.  It was Tonisport-backed driver Kyle Branson who secured the TQ with his Awesomatix, ahead of Mugen’s Alex Thurston with the rest of the top five made of the Schumacher trio of Elliott Harper, Peter Eagles and Matthieu Dambrine.

Kyle continued to remain in control for the Final, taking a lights-to-flag win to secure the maximum points at the season opener. Alex and Elliott finished second and third, reflecting the qualifying positions, Peter holding on to fourth place as Stefan Chodzynski moved up to fifth at the finish.

Rush Stock

In the Rush Stock class, Zak Finlay picked up where he finished last season, the series champion winning all qualifying rounds. Andy Murray secured second on the grid ahead of Adam Southgate, Finley Whitelock and Sam Nicholls. The final saw Zak run away with the win, Andy having a rather lonely drive to second place, and Adam run in third for the majority of the race until an incident with a back marker forced him out, promoting Finley into a podium place.

ToniSport FWD

In ToniSport Front Wheel Drive, Dan Blake took TQ after a nice fight in qualifying with Michael Chapman. Nathan Parker was best-of-the-rest and would line up third, ahead of Jon Seals and Mark Young.  The top three from qualifying held their positions through the final to make the podium places, whilst Sid Lawrence raced up to fourth and Mark Burgess took a well-deserved fifth place in the final.

The series continues with Round 2 in November – join us then!

Coenen teams up with Awesomatix

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Young Dutch Talent Timon Coenen Joins Awesomatix. Here is the full Awesomatix announcement:

We’re thrilled to welcome 15-year-old rising star Timon Coenen to the Awesomatix Team! At just 15, Timon has already proven himself as one of Holland’s brightest RC prospects, showing incredible speed and consistency in the ultra-competitive 1/10 Stock class.

– P3 at the Dutch National Championship

– ETS Apeldoorn 2025 A-Main Finalist (P8)

– ETS Luxembourg 2025 B-Main Winner

– Multiple strong A-Main appearances across national and international events

Timon will continue to focus on 1/10 Stock in 2025/26, with key appearances at the Dutch Nationals, MRC Cup, ETS Events!

“I’m very happy to have the opportunity to join team Awesomatix. I’ve been driving the car for nearly 3 years now and have achieved quite some results with it. I’m very grateful for this big opportunity and the trust that is put in me. I’m looking forward to keep improving, learning and working together with Awesomatix and their drivers!”
Timon Coenen (NL) Awesomatix

New ETS Indoor Tire Additive

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Dear ETS Family,

with the start of the indoor season, we introduce our new carpet tire additive for the Euro Touring Series. The new “MR33 V5 Carpet Tire Additive” will be in use at our indoor races from now on and replaces the well-nown MR33 V4.

New formula for better traction levels throughout 4-day events

The reason for a change is easy to explain. As we recently had massive entries at our carpet events, our black ETS carpet got soaked full of MR33 V4 quickly, and the track was hard to drive on, especially in the last two days of the event. Most racers reported from “unlikeley” changing conditions, slower lap-times, and a scary level of traction which was not great for racing.

Together with the supplier of the new MR33 V5 additive, we worked on a better formula to create an additive that will behave different during the duration of a 4-day ETS event. Even if it was not possible to test it with 400 racers at one weekend so far, the testing we did was very promising and we expect to have an additive which is better now for the demands of the ETS.

The MR33 V5 is already added to the RULES on our website and you can already order it at ToniSport! The “old” MR33 V4 additive will still be available and can be used with good success at smaller races as well!

Schmid joins Awesomatix

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Awesomatix Announcement

We’re excited to welcome German racer Dominik Schmid – better known in the RC scene as “The Finger” – to the Awesomatix Team!

Dominik has already shown his speed and determination on both national and international tracks. His highlights include Top 5 finishs at the german nationals in TC Modified and 1/12 Stock class, as well as some close misses to the A-mains at ETS Modified class.

Whether it’s tearing up the asphalt in 1/10 TC Modified or pushing the limits in 1/12, Dominik is ready to take his racing to the next level with Awesomatix.

“I am very pleased to announce that I will be joining the Awesomatix Team. I am looking forward to this new chapter and the challenges ahead, and I truly appreciate the trust and support from the team.”
Dominik Schmid

Registration opens for ETS RD4 Season #18 2025/26 in Daun, GER

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Dear ETS Family,

we will open the entries for ETS RD4 in Daun on MyRCM on Tuesday, 23. September 2025 at 20:00 MEZ. Yes, it is a very early call again but as we expect Daun to be fully booked, we like to give everyone the chance to plan well ahead. The ETS race at the Sporthotel Grafenwald has become the most important indoor race in the whole of europe and we are already looking forward to it!

Entry-limit at 475

Before you sign up, we like to give you some important imformations about our biggest event of the season. The number of entries will be limited to 475. We have already created a provisional time table and here is what you can expect from your race in Daun.

Thursday: 4 rounds of controlled practice (4 minutes per round). Start 7:30, end of day around 20:30.

Friday: Complete rounds of Q1 and Q2, followed by half of Q3. Start 7:00, end of day around 21:45.

Saturday: Second half of Q3 followed by Q4. Afterwards, we will have one and a half round of finals. Start 7:00, End of day around 21:45.

Sunday: We will finish the second and third round of mains, followed by the trophy ceremony. Start 7:00, end of day around 16:00.

That means that everybody will have four rounds of practice (4min), four qualifiers (5 min), and triple finals (5min). We will only do bump ups from the B-Main into the A-Main. It is very important for us to point this out clearly as we don`t want to have disappointed racers who think there would be more possible track-time at ETS RD4.

Event Date: 29.01. – 01.02.2025
Location: Sporthotel Grafenwald, Im Grafenwald 1, 54550 Daun, Germany
Track: ETS carpet track (non permanent)
Driving direction: Anti-clockwise
Pit area: Crowded and packed pit area with tables and benches 🙂
Catering: Tobias Baumbach and his crew will be there for you!
Entries open: MyRCM from Tuesday, 23.09.2025 at 20:00 MEZ

Hotel Booking Information

Season #19 – Outdoor Races Scheduled!

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With the current eighteenth season of the Euro Touring Series still in full swing, we have worked behind the scenes to fix the first three race dates of Season #19 2026/27 as early as possible. We are now happy to share these dates and venues with you. It is always our goal to give everybody the chance to plan ahead as we all know how difficult it is to arrange all these trips, vacations, etc.

Rotation adds different tracks to the calendar

As you can see on the calendar for Season #19, we have rotatet two tracks out (Aigen and Luxembourg), and replaced them with the fantastic Hudy Arena, and Andernach. We like to follow a rotating system from now on and will exchange the outdoor tracks more frequently than we did in the last 3-4 years.

It is important to keep the series interesting, and we are sure that the selection of tracks for next year is amazing. All the amazing tracks like Aigen and Luxembourg will come back to the calendar for sure….

HUDY Arena and Andernach back on the calendar

We are super happy to announce that we will return to the world famous Hudy Arena in July, and to the fully refurbished track of Arena33 (Andernach) in September. Both places are amazing and we hope that you will like the selection we have made.

We have not been in the Hudy Arena for an ETS since 2019, and the time has finally come to return to the home of the Hudy Family and their fabolous Xray brand. We are extremeley happy that the Hudy family will welcome us at their fantastic place, which is a MUST GO for all RC racers!

New tracks welcome

As we mentiones many times int he past: If you are a club that has all we need for a proper ETS event with 300 and more entries, you are always welcome to contact us. Then we can discuss and check if an ETS event will be possible in your area or not!

It requires things like a well maintained track, a good infrastructure with Hotels and Restaurants close to it, a motivated crew from the club, a covered pit area and additional space for tents, and kind of a canteen or snackbar trackside. The ETS crew is always open to talk to you!

5 things we learned from ETS RD3 Season #18 at LMCC Luxembourg, LUX

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After the weather was not with us during ETS RD2 in Austria, the third round of the season was a much better one with a lot of sunshine and only a small shower on Friday evening. With 340 entries, it was one of the biggest outdoor race in the history of the ETS so far, and we saw great racing on track. As always, there was alot to learn from drivers, cars, teams, and the action on track. Here are our 5 THINGS WE LEARNED…..

1) “Every streak comes to an end….”

We have talked and written about it all the time – Michal Orlowski`s impressive winning streak. With 12 wins in a row, he dominated the Cayote Modified class since January 2023 which is still unbelievable. The Schumacher driver won eleven of his twelve races from the pole position which is another record in the history of the ETS. At last weekend`s race in Luxembourg, the time had finally come and it was Bruno Coelho who was able to win the race after a spectacular performance.

Orlowski`s streak ended with a big bang and a disappointing fifth place overall, but Michal also had some bad luck when he lost the pinion of his Mi9 in A2. We will never find out what would have happened without this mechanical issue, but as they say: “It is like it is now”! Michal took the defeat like a true champion and we can be sure that he will be back at it when the ETS will meet again in January for RD4 in Daun. Michal is still leading the championship and his goal must be the defence of his title to win it for a third time in a row.

Once again – hats off to Michal Orlowski for his impressive series of victories, and also to Bruno Coelho for ending it in a spectacular way. We are looking forward for their next battle on track at the Euro Touring Series.

WATCH THE TRIPLE FINALS AGAIN

2) “Carbon is NOT DEAD”

As the touring car market is developing quickly and intense, it was cool to see many fast guys rocking their cars with an “old school” carbon chassis. Carbon is still very common on track, but in the last two years the trends had gone towards steel and aluminium chassis on many tracks and the top guys always tried to get their cars dialed in with these chassis.

In Luxembourg, Bruno Coelho won the Modified class with his Inf1nity IF14 Spec1ale on a carbon chassis, while Ollie Bultynck and Lukas Ellerbrock also used carbon to secure first and third on the Pro Stock podium for Awesomatix. That clearly shows that “carbon is not dead” and that you can still find a perfect and “easy to drive” setup on asphalt. Watch the press conferences where we also asked the drivers about their chassis choice!

3) “Gridelet joins “ETS Race Winners Club”

Cedric Gridelet from Belgium won the Hobbywing 21.5 Stock class and celebrated his first ever ETS victory at what just was his third try. He secured the pole position in qualifying and drove very strong with his Awesomatix A800RR in the finals. Congratulations Cedric, you have now officially joined the club of ETS race winners – something that you will never forget!

4) Sparbier with impressive double A-Main performance

It is not easy to qualify for the A-Main in Pro Stock or Modified at the ETS, and it is even more difficult to squeeze into both finals at the same event. Not many drivers have achieved this in the past, and in the short term we can only remember of guys like Adam Izsay, Tim Benson, and Jan Ratheisky who lined up on the A-Main grid for Pro Stock and Modified at the same weekend.

Mugen Seiki`s Sören Sparbier managed to make both mains already at the last season finale in Wiener Neustadt (P1 in Pro Stock and P6 in Modified), and HE DID IT AGAIN in Luxembourg. Sören took a very strong fourth place in Modified and finished seventh overall in Pro Stock. A great performance and something we found “good enough” to write about 🙂

5) “The ETS is also great for RC beginners”

The “Spirit of the Event” award was handed over to Sebastian and Maximilian Müller – two brothers who took part at the ETS for the second time. The cool thing behind the story: They are still totally new in the RC hobby as they just got started with it at the end of 2024. But due to watching videos on YouTube and talking to members from their home club, they quickly became “fans of the ETS” and decided to join us immediateley.

After already joining us at the “rained out event” Aigen, they were not hesitating to sign up again for Luxembourg. The They did a great job and finished 41st and 44th in the Hobbywing 21.5 Mastets class. And the most important: They had a great time with us. They truly deserve this award for their courageous participation on the big ETS stage. Welcome to the ETS family, Sebastian and Maximilian!

5.1) “Entertaining Pit Walk`s with Martin and Milan”

Last, but definateley not least, enjoy the entertaining pit walks from Martin Hofer and Michal Milanowicz. They did a great job and showed that they need to do that more often in the future – THANK YOU GUYS…

Awesomatix extends lead in ETS Constructors Championship

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Last weekend was a good one for Awesomatix team manager Max Mächler. With three TQ`s and three wins added to another second place, their points haul was close to perfection. Other teams like Xray and Mugen Seiki had strong weekends too and cemented their standings in the top three of the championship. At the end of the rankings, the battles for the positions is intense as well and some teams really need to improve the average points they score at the race weekends!

OVERALL STANDINGS AFTER THREE RACES

Team results from ETS RD3 in Luxembourg, LUX

1 – AWESOMATIX (1210 pts.)

Trend: DOMINANT – Top force of season #18 so far with the title clearly in sight

Team Awesomatix is enjoying some smooth sailing in the constructors championship. The whole team did fantastic in Luxembourg and almost scored the maximum possible points. Lucas Urbain (Modified | 301), Olivier Bultynck (Pro Stock | 303), Roman Borschel (FWD | 303), and Cedric Gridelet (21.5 Stock | 303) scored the points for the team and Awesomatix is now 16 points clear of the second placed Xray team. If they will score constant A-Main results at the last two races of the season, they can take the constructors championship away from last season`s winner Xray.

2 – XRAY (1195 pts.)

Trend: CONSISTANTLY STRONG – Race win and good points to stay in touch with Awesomatix

With one victory in 40+ Masters and strong results from Ronnefalk, Libar, and Ratheisky, the team is still sitting in second place. They lost some ground to the leading Awesomatix team but still managed to score good points with David Ehrbar (40+ Masters | 303), David Ronnefalk (Modified | 295), Jacques Libar (FWD | 300), and Jan Ratheisky (Pro Stock | 297). For the upcoming indoor season, they will be trying their best, and they still have some last hopes to defend their current championship title with their soon to be released new touring car.

3 – MUGEN SEIKI (1188 pts.)

Trend: SOLID – Unchallenged third place, but loosing ground to the top two teams

The Mugen Seiki team is sailing along on a solid third place since the very beginning of the season. They always scored a strong amount of points but have not won a race yet in the current ETS campaign. In Luxembourg, the team managed to get enough cars into the A-Main of the counting classes and the points got delivered from Sören Sparbier (Modified | 298), Tim Benson (Pro STock | 300), Philipp Stadler (40+ Masters | 297), and Tasos Batas (21.5 Stock | 293). It seems that the Mugen team will not be able to fight for the championship title anymore, but they will do their very best to defend third spot until the end of the season!

4 – SCHUMACHER (891 pts.)

Trend: UPWARDS – Moved up to P4 of the championship after scoring three good results

The team around Andy Murray and Michal Orlowski moved up a spot in the overall rankings and is now one point ahead of Team Iris. This time Michal Orlowski did not win the race, but still scored valuable points. The overall amount of points got stacked together from Michal Orlowski (Modified | 297), Andreas Stiebler (Pro Stock | 296), and Mathieu Dambrine (FWD | 298). If they will be able to continue like this, P4 can be a realistivc goal to achieve at the end of Season #18.

5 – ARC (591 pts.)

Trend: IMPROVED – Because of two A-Main appearances

It was a good weekend for ARC. Even without their current top driver Enrico Jung, it was all about Helge Johannessen (Pro Stock |298) and Torsten Baggendorf (40+ Masters | 293) to secure the points for the championship and the first double points result of the current ETS season. In the overall standings, ARC had now passed RC Maker and is ranked seventh overall!

6 – INF1NITY (302 pts.)

Trend: POSITIVE BUT – Team only scored points in Modified

Infinity was celebrating their first win at the ETS since Bruno Coelho has joined the them together with his mechanic Francesco Martini. It was a huge success for their new IF14 Speciale platform and Bruno was putting on an amazing show to win the first two Cayote Modified finals. But when lookig on the constructors championship, the 302 points from Coelho had been the only ones to count as there was no Infinity car in the A-Main of a different class. As they are still in the early stages of their “second life” in 1:10 scale electric racing, they need patience to further work on the strength of the team throughout the classes!

7 – RC MAKER (297 pts.)

Trend: DIFFICULT – Not enough cars in several A-Mains

For RC Maker, it was a difficult weekend! Yannic Prümper had left the team some weeks ago (to Schumacher) and Antoine Brunet was the only top-gun on track. He scored a good 12th place overall in Modified but it was not enough to count his points as he was not in the A-Main. However, Carlos Gabriel do Pinhal scored the best result for the team and brought home 297 points from his strong 5th place in the Hobbywing 21.5 Stock class. The team is ranked in eight position overall and is still in striking distance to ARC`s P7. Can they improve their team resulty on carpet?

8 – IRIS (294 pts.)

Trend: NOT EASY – Poor result after strong start into the season

IRIS had a very positive start into the season and was ranked on a surprisingly strong fourth place after RD2 in Aigen. They have now lost a position, but are still ranked on a good fifth place. In Luxembourg, they only managed to secure 294 points, scored by Felix Hörenz in the 21.5 Stock class. After loosing Jesper Rasmussen as one of their top drivers, it will be interesting to see how the IRIS team will perform when the ETS will be back on carpet in January!

9 – YOKOMO (290 pts.)

Trend: STAGNANT – Team needs more drivers to compete for points

Yokomo recently released their good looking Master Speed MS2.0 touring car to catch up tp the top cars on the market again. Unluckily, Christopher Krapp could not race in Luxembourg due to work commitments. Frederik Hovgaard, who was super fast at the Euros in Utrecht, could not make the Pro Stock final and Yokomo only got the 290 points which Hovgaard was able to score at least in the FWD class. Yokomo is still dead last in the standings and they need to perform great on carpet if they want to climb the ladder until the end of the campaign!

Coelho, Urbain, and Rheinard – the top 3 after an epic weekend!

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Urbain wins A3 while Rheinard sneaks onto the last step of the podium

The last final of the Cayote Modified class saw Lucas Urbain taking the win from the pole position after race winner Bruno Coelho was not on the grid anymore. Urbain had a great battle with Michal Orlowski until the Schumacher Mi9 of the current ETS champion was airborne once riding the second curb in the fast infield chicane a bit too much. Luckily, Orlowski`s car was landing rubber side down and he could continue in second place.

Ronald Völker was third during most of the time until he got hit by Simon Lauter in the Laguna Seca. Both drivers lost positions and Sören Sparbier went by to take another third place after getting the same result from A1. The final result saw Bruno Coelho stepping onto the top step of the podium where he was joined by Lucas Urbain in second, and Marc Rheinard in third place.

Three out of three – Bultynck crowns perfect outdoor season!

After Tim Benson made a mistake in the opening lap of A3, his hopes for the win had been blown away. At the same time, Ollie Bultynck made not the same mistake as in A2 and drove a dominant race out front. Bultynck posted the fastest lap of the race and won by a gap of 1.1 seconds ahead of Lukas Ellerbrock, and Helge Johannessen. Even with throwing A3 away, Tim Benson took second overall on the podium on which he was joined by race winner Bultynck, and Lukas Ellerbrock in third. It was the perfect ending to a great outdoor season for Ollie Bultynck who managed to will all three races of the season so far!

Local hero Libar takes A3 and second overall ahead of Langner

The podium behind race winner Roman Borschel was wide open ahead of A3 where Libar, Langner, and Dambrine went for it. Phil Langner created a lot of pressure on Libar`s car during the first laps and it was great to watch their FWD cars on track. Langner was two tenths behind Libar during the whole run and Mathieu Dambrine was also able to match the leaders pace.

With all of them having a chance for second overall, the tension was high, and no mistake was allowed. Nicolas Delisè and Max Weffers followed the trio in fourth and fifth spot, running another couple of tenths behind them. In the end, Jacques Libar made no mistake and took the win under the applause of all his friends to seal second overall ahead of Langner and Dambrine.

Stocker wins A3 to finish second overall ahead of Arts

The last A-Main was a close fight between Ronald Arts, Alexander Stocker, and Toni Mateo. Stocker found a way around Arts after five laps and Mateo was also pushing hard behind the Dutch driver Arts. Philipp Stadler quickly joined the fight and was running in fourth position while having a great pace. Out front, Stocker had checked out completely when the cars entered the last minute of the race. Stocker took the win in A3 to secure the second overall position on the podium. Ronald Arts took second place which was enough for him to take third overall.

Threhout and Choque taking second and third overall behind winner Gridelet

After his wins in A1 and A2, overall race winner Cedric Gridelet watched A3 on site and saw Gilles Choque taking the early lead from third on the grid. He was leading ahead of Carlos Gabriel do Pinhal, Christoph Kappes, and David Reip. The two locals Choque and Gabriel do Pinhal showed great driving and David Reip was also joining the battle for the lead in the last minute of the race.

Reip found his way around Gabriel do Pinhal and was all over Choque with 45 seconds to go. But as much Reip was pushing, there was no chance to pass Choque as he just made no mistake. With the results from A3, Aurelien Threhout and Gilles Choque secured their podium positions!

Libar and Wojcik joining race winner Ehrbar on the podium

David Ehrbar was not lining up on the grid anymore as he had already sealed the victory in the first two final races. But even without Ehrbar, the last A-Main was another great display of ETS Formula racing. Andreas Stiebler had a lot of work to do on his radio when Luka Jovicic was all over him in the first minutes before he could make a nice pass on Stiebler. But shortly after, they collided and lost many positions. Jacques Libat took full advantage and won A3 ahead of Martin Hudy, and Michal Wojcik.