Done and dusted – that`s what we can say about ETS Season #18 2025/26. The season came to an end with another fantastic event which was also ETS race number ONE HUNDRED. We saw spectacular races on track, celebrated a great driver`s dinner, had a lot of laughs, welcomed new racers, and are already

Champion Orlowski second overall at ETS season finale – Rheinard third!

In the third Cayote Modified A-Main, the podium positions behind race winner Ronald Völker had been up for grabs. Michal Orlowski started from the pole and was leading the race from start to finish.

Marc Rheinard looked very fast behind him as well, but the Awesomatix driver was not able to take big risks as he could have lost his podium position to his teammate Simon Lauter who was also able to stay close with the frontrunners in A3. The race was close and Orlowski brought home the win and second place overall ahead of Marc Rheinard, Simon Lauter, and David Ronnefalk.

In the overall season rankings, Völker moved up to second overall behind champion Orlowski and swapped positions with Marc Rheinard who finished the season in third place.

Izsay wins A3 ahead of Sparbier and Bultynck

Adam Izsay was able to take the win in the last Pro Stock A-Main. He drove a very clean race and took the win ahead of Sören Sparbier, Ollie Bultynck, and Louis Kretschmer. The podium saw Jaroslav Kriz Jun. stepping on the top step between Adam Izsay and Sören Sparbier, while newly crowned Pro Stock champion Ollie Bultynck finished fourth overall ahead of Mark Valent.

Buchhalt seals maiden IRIS victory at the ETS

Before the third and last FWD A-Main, there was some tension in the air as Matheo Buchhalt and Kevin Schmid both had the chance to win the overall race. Schmid took the win in A1, Buchhalt fought back in A2 and it was all on the line in the third and deciding A-Main at Arena Nova.

On the famous “sound of the tone”, pole sitter Matheo Buchhalt brought the field around the first corners of the track. Buchhalt and Schmid pulled a gap to the rest of the driver again, while Phil Langner was running a lonely race in third spot. In the last two minutes of the race, Schmid came a bit closer to the Iris car of Buchhalt in front of him.

But as Buchhalt made no mistakes anymore, Schmid was running out of time and Buchhalt celebrated his first ETS FWD victory, which also was the first one for the Iris platform designed by Andreas Myrberg and Ruddog. Congratulations to Matheo Buchhalt and his entire team for this great effort!

Ehrbar and Kölbel securing podium positions in A3

In the absence of winner Eric Anderson, it was Manuel Stankowitz who had a nice battle with David Ehrbar on the Arena Nova track. Ehrbar was all over Stankowitz and tried everything possible to force the Mugen driver into a mistake. In lap 14 of the race Stankowitz was a bit wide in the infield section and drove through the center chicane side by side with Ehrbar. Both cars touched and Stankowitz landed on the roof. Tough luck for Stanko who lost many positions, but it was just an unlucky race incident and Ehrbar just took the chance when it was there!

After the carnage, Ehrbar took the win in A3 ahead of his Xray teammate Renè Kölbel, Manuel Stankowitz, Toni Mateo, and Casper Morgen. The overall result saw Stankowitz knocked off the podium in the last minute. The two Xray drivers David Ehrbar and Renè Kölbel joined race winner Eric Anderson on the 40+ Masters podium!

Championship title for Xray`s Danish ace Jensen

Kristian Jensen took the win in the last A-Main of the weekend. Race winner Daniel Anthes watched the show from the side-line and saw Jensen taking an unchallenged win ahead of Ulrich Dinger, Krystian Kopacki, Cedric Gridelet, and David Reip. After the race, it was clear that the championship trophy would go to Denmark and Kristian Jensen.

David Reip became the vice-champion of the class and Cedric Gridelet finished the season in third place overall. Congratulations guys! The top five at the end of the race in Wiener Neustadt had been Daniel Anthes, Kristian Jensen, Ulrich Dinger, Krystian Kopacki, and Cedric Gridelet.

Ehrbar wins A3 to seal second overall behind Hudy

The last Matrix Formula final was fully in the hands of David Ehrbar. He was leading an all Xray 1-2-3 from Wojcik and Libar, while Schumacher`s Andreas Stiebler was running in fourth position for the entire race. The overall result of the Matrix Formula class saw David Ehrbar and Micha Wojcik joining race winner Martin Hudy on the podium at Arena Nova!

Rheinard takes second from Orlowski, Völker cruises to A2 victory

After the sensational Cayote Modified A1 on Saturday evening, the crowd expected another close battle between Völker and Orlowski. But once the race got underway, the closest battle was going on between Rheinard and Orlowski as the Awesomatix driver had a much stronger pace than in yesterday’s first fun.

Rheinard was putting on a lot of pressure on Orlowski and found his way by in lap 13 of the race when Orlowski made a small mistake before coming onto the straightway.

Orlowski struggled a bit with his car in A2 and needed to defend his third place against Simon Lauter until the very end of the run. Marc Rheinard was running in second place behind the LRP powered Mugen of Ronald Völker for the last 7 laps but could not come close enough to lead Völker into a mistake.

Völker executed another perfect run and took a well-deserved overall win away from the finale of ETS Season #18. It was Völker`s second win in a row after he won RD4 in Daun 6 weeks ago. Völker was very strong the whole weekend and won three rounds of qualifying and the first two A-Main finals – a strong statement from the Mugen driver who is absolutely back “on winning ways”.

With the result from A2, Michal Orlowski has secured the overall Cayote Modified championship title – his third in a row. Orlowski needed to score at least a fourth place overall this weekend, and nobody can kick him out of the top 4 anymore – no matter how the A3 results will look like. A very important day for the Schumacher lead driver and the whole ETS crew likes to congratulate him and the Schumacher team for another amazing achievement!

Behind the top four drivers Völker, Rheinard, Orlowski, and Lauter it was the Xray of David Ronnefalk in fifth spot followed by Sören Sparbier (Mugen), Dominic Greiner (Serpent), Christopher Krapp (Yokomo), Alexander Hagberg (Xray), Oliver Havranek (Xray), and Antoine Brunet (RC Maker) rounding out the field in the second Modified A-Main!

THE perfect weekend – Kriz Jun. takes maiden Pro Stock victory at Arena Nova!

Jaroslav Kriz Jun. had another clean start and was hammering down some hot laps. Adam Izsay was able to follow him and Kriz made a little mistake in lap 3 of the race. Kriz could feel the pressure as Izsay came closer and closer to the tail of his car.

Sparbier was running in third spot with his Mugen car ahead of Mark Valent`s Schumacher and the Awesomatix of Ollie Bultynck.

After two minutes, Kriz Jun. was completely in “the zone” and pulled a gap of 1.2 seconds over Izsay. Kriz simply executed another perfect final and celebrated his first ETS Pro Stock victory after a brilliant performance all weekend long. Congratulations for this big achievement. Behind Kriz and Izsay, the finishing order in A2 was Sparbier (3), Valent (4), and Bultynck (5).

Buchhalt takes earls morning A2 from Schmid, A3 will the decider!

After losing A1 to Kevin Schmid on Saturday, Matheo Buchhalt was under pressure when the second final started. The Austrian Iris driver had a good launch off the line and was leading the race ahead of Kevin Schmid and Phil Langner.

Buchhalt posted a hit lap in lap 4 (18.975) and had already a gap of one second over Schmid. But the German Awesomatix racer Schmid was not giving up and tried everything to close in on Buchhalt again.

Once the race progressed, the top 2 had been able to break away from third placed Phil Langner and the crowd was fully focussed on the battle for the win. This time, Matheo Buchhalt had his nerves under control and made no single mistake. He took the win in A2 ahead of Schmid, Langner, Southgate, and Dobnikar. The decision for the overall win went down to the line in the last final of the day between Kevin Schmid and TQ Matheo Buchhalt.

Anderson wins the Master`s class at ETS Season Finale

In lap one of A2, Manuel Stankowitz made an early mistake and lost three positions. David Ehrbar took over the second place and was chasing race leader Eric Anderson. Ehrbar looked really fast with his Xray car and was able to cut away some tenths of a second here and there.

After two and a half minutes, Ehrbar was only one second behind Anderson and pushed super-hard. Behind the leaders, the Mugen duo of Philipp Stadler and Manuel Stankowitz was running tin third and fourth spot.

Meanwhile, the gap between Anderson and Ehrbar remained the same and it was US racer Anderson who took the win in A2 to seal the overall victory here at the season finale of ETS Season #18 2025/26 at Arena Nova in Wiener Neustadt. A massive win for Anderson and important points for Awesomatix in the battle for the constructor’s championship.

Anthes wins 21.5 Stock class for RC Maker

Top qualifier Daniel Anthes (RC Maker) won the first leg of finals on Saturday and had the chance to seal the overall win already in A2. On the sound of the tone, Anthes brought the field around the first lap where he was followed by the Xray of Kristian Jensen, and the Awesomatix of Ulrich Dinger.

Cedric Gridelet moved up to P3 quickly and out front we saw a close battle between Anthes and Jensen for the lead in A2. Jensen had a stellar pace, but Anthes was on the same level as well. Both posted 17.0 lap times and opened up a gap of more than 4 seconds over the rest of the fielduntil half-time of the race. The gap between Anthes and Jensen remained between 6 and 8 tenths of a second lap after lap and Xray driver Jensen simply had no chance to close in on the RC Maker car of Anthes.

Once the time had expired, Daniel Anthes crossed the line and celebrated his first ETS victory, and the first one for RC Maker as well – what a magic moment. Kristian Jensen finished second in A2 ahead of Gridelet, Dinger, Kordick, and Threhout.  The second leg was a nightmare for championship contender David Reip as he suffered from a unlucky DNF.

Impressive performance as Hudy wins Formula class

Martin Hudy left no doubt that he was the quickest F1 racer this weekend. He converted his pole position into a dominant win ahead of David Ehrbar with his gap being at some very impressive 5 seconds at the end of the run.

Hudy celebrated a well-deserved race win here at Arena Nova and was really happy with it when he was coming down the drivers stand. David Ehrbar and Michal Wojcik finished A2 right behind him in second and third spot.

Völker wins A1 ahead of Orlowski as both were putting on a show!

The first A-Main is always the most magic moment of the weekend when the best in the business are going for it. And so it was during the first Cayote Modified final at Arena Nova in Wiener Neustadt. The track was fully crowded before the start and the stage was set for some of the best drivers in the world to go for it.

Top qualifier Ronald Völker was bringing the field around the first corners with his LRP powered Mugen car after all racers had a great start. Völker and Orlowski managed to quickly open a small gap over the two Awesomatix A800RR cars of Marc Rheinard and Simon Lauter, while David Ronnefalk was running in fifth spot with his Xray X4`26.

Out front, Völker was driving a perfect race (hot lap 15.416), but Orlowski seemed to have a similar pace (hot lap 15.437)and his car looked really strong in all sections of the track too. Orlowski was charging super hard behind Völker and was always in striking distance. The crowd watched the race with a lot of excitement as both drivers were putting on a great show. In one lap, Völker was a tenth quicker, in the next one it was Orlowski.

The Schumacher driver was all over the Mugen car of Völker for many, many laps and was only a few centimeters away from Völker’s rear bumper – a masterclass from both drivers. Orlowski chased like a champion, Völker was defending like a hungry lion.

In the last lap of the race, Orlowski was still super close and Völker “almost” had a bad last corner allowing Orlowski to stick his nose to the inside. But somehow, Völker could hang on and took A1 from Orlowski. The crowd was going nuts and Völker celebrated with many fist pumps before he was shaking hands with Orlowski.

Behind the top duo, Marc Rheinard took third place in A1 ahead of Lauter, Ronnefalk, Greiner, Sparbier, Krapp, Hagberg, Brunet, and Havranek. What a race is was…. with two more to follow on Sunday. Make sure to not miss it and watch out live stream on RC Racing TV and our Social Media channels!

Xray`s Kriz Jun. continued to shine when he took A1 from Izsay and Sparbier

Jaroslav Kriz Jun. earned his first Pro Stock TQ in qualifying and had a great start ahead of his teammate Adam Izsay. Sören Sparbier ran in third spot, followed by Mark Valent and Ollie Bultynck. Kriz was right on the money and posted the fastest lap of the final (16.058) in the first minute of the run.

It looked like “business as usual” for Kriz and Adam Izsay was not able to come closer than 6 tenths of a second to the car in front of him. The two Xray drivers showed a real masterclass in front and Jaroslav “Jerry” Kriz brought home the win in A1 by a gap of 2.8 seconds over Izsay after a fantastic drive.

Sören Sparbier finished third in the first final and was followed by Bultynck, Valent, Kretschmer, Benson, Ratheisky, Jung, Ellerbrock, and Schmid.

Schmid wins FWD A1 after an epic battle with TQ Buchhalt

After a clean start, Matheo Buchhalt was leading the race from his hard fought TQ spot. Kevin Schmid was right on the money as well with his Awesomatix car and tried to stay as close as possible with Buchhalt. The running order behind the two leaders saw no changes with Phil Langner in third, Adam Southgate in the four, and Luca Romondia in the five.

In lap 6 of the race, Schmid dived to the inside of Buchhalt at the end of the straight, made a pass, to just lose the position again to Buchhalt who countered the attack in the next corner. Nice and clean from both drivers – that`s how respectful driving should look like.

In the last two minutes, Buchhalt was able to open a small gap of 0.8 over Schmid and had at least some breathing room with his Iris car. But in the last minute of the race, Buchhalt got a bit nervous, made some small bobbles, and Schmid was all over him again.

20 seconds before the end of the run, Schmid made a great pass on Buchhalt and took the win in A1 under the applause of the audience. What a great show of FWD racing from Schmid and Buchhalt. The story will be continued on Sunday in A2 and A3…don`t miss it!

Anderson converts pole position into A1 victory after brilliant drive!

Right after the start, the top 3 drivers checked out from the rest of the field. Ehrbar made a lot of pressure on Stankowitz while Anderson was able to pull a little gap running out front. Eric Anderson drove smooth lines and looked really confident on track with his Awesomatix A800RR.

Stankowitz and Ehrbar had a great fight for second and third and Ehrbar found no way around the Mugen of Stankowitz in the first three minutes. In lap 10 of the race, Ehrbar was able to pass Stankowitz at the end of the straight and jumped into second place.

Ehrbar then tried all he can to close the gap to Eric Anderson in the last 90 seconds of the race, but Anderson did not slow down and brought home the win in A1 some 1.3 seconds ahead of David Ehrbar, Manuel Stankowitz, Renè Kölbel, and Philipp Stadler.

Anthes holds off hard charging Jensen to win A1

After the sound of the tone, top qualifier Daniel Anthes was leading A1 with his RC Maker SP1 ahead of a very hard pushing Kristian Jensen (Xray). Both opened a huge gap over the rest of the field while Krystian Kopacki was running in third place followed by David Reip, and Aurelien Threhout.

Once the leaders approached some lapping traffic, Jensen was able to come very close to Anthes and both were running nose to tail around the track in the last minute of the race. But Anthes was able to use all his experience from his entire RC racing career and managed to win A1 from Jensen and Kopacki.

Hudy executes a perfect first final ahead of Ehrbar

After a perfect start off the line, Xray car designer Martin Hudy took over the lead and started to post some very fast lap times on the challenging track at Arena Nova. David Ehrbar was the only one who could match Hudy`s pace and stayed within a gap of half a second as both cars drove away from the rest of the field.

Michal Wojcik was running in third spot while Andreas Stiebler and Jacques Libar enjoyed a nice battle behind him for positions 4 and 5.Out front, nothing changed as Hudy and Ehrbar were equaling out themselves matching lap times lap after lap. After the five-minute run, Martin Hudy took the win in A1 ahead of David Ehrbar, Andreas Stiebler, Jacques Libar, and Michal Wojcik.

Orlowski loses close battle for overall TQ against Völker by 0.104

Ronald Völker will start from the best spot on the grid when we will head into the triple A-Mains with A1 later today. Völker took the win in Q4 with his LRP powered Mugen Seiki MTC-3 and was able to outpace the Schumacher car of Michal Orlowski by one tenth of a second.

Orlowski was very close to the overall TQ (fastest lap of the heat 15.260) but he will line up second on the grid now. Dominic Greiner had a great run in Q4 where he would finish in third place ahead of Simon Lauter and Sören Sparbier.

TQ VÖLKER, Ronald (GER) Mugen Seiki|LRP
2 – ORLOWSKI Michal (POL) Schumacher|Elceram|Cayote
3 – RHEINARD Marc (GER) Awesomatix|Cayote
4 – LAUTER Simon (GER) Awesomatix|Hobbywing|Nosram
5 – RONNEFALK David (SWE) Xray|Cayote
6 – GREINER Dominic (GER) Serpent|Hobbywing|Nosram
7 – SPARBIER Sören (GER) Mugen Seiki|LRP
8 – KRAPP Christopher (GER) Yokomo|Cayote
9 – HAGBERG Alexander (SWE) Xray|Hobbywing|Team EAM
10 – BRUNET Antoine (FRA) RC Maker|Hobbywing|Nosram

Kriz Jun. celebrates first Pro Stock TQ at Arena Nova

We knew that Jaroslav Kriz Jun. has a lot of talent and potential, but maybe most people did not expect him to TQ the event here in Austria. When he added another TQ run in Q4, the pole position was sealed for him and the Xray team. A really impressive performance from the Slovakian youngster.

Adam Izsay finished second behind Kriz Jun. in Q4 and was followed by the Mugen of Sören Sparbier, with the top three only separated by eight tenths of a second.

Ollie Bultynck and Jan Ratheisky completed the top 5 in the last qualifier. Finals will be up next and Jaroslav Kriz Jun. will be under a lot of pressure with all the big names lining up behind him!

TQ KŘÍŽ, Jaroslav Jun. (SVK) Xray
2 – IZSAY Adam (HUN) Xray
3 – SPARBIER Sören (GER) Mugen Seiki
4 – VALENT Márk (HUN) Schumacher
5 – BULTYNCK Olivier (BEL) Awesomatix
6 – KRETSCHMER Louis (GER) Awesomatix
7 – BENSON Tim (GER) Mugen Seiki
8 – RATHEISKY Jan (GER) Xray
9 – JUNG Enrico (GER) ARC
10 – ELLERBROCK Lukas (GER) Awesoamtix

Pole for Buchhalt and the IRIS team

Iris racer Matheo Buchhalt took another win in Q4 and will start from the very important pole position into the triple finals. Buchhalt is in a fantastic form this weekend and his Iris car is very fast and consistent on track.

Buchhalt took the win in Q4 by the small advantage of 0.055 (!) of a second from the Awesomatix of Kevin Schmid, and our new FWD champion Phil Langner. Adam Southgate and Stefan Schulz completed the top 5.

TQ BUCHHALT, Matheo (AUT) IRIS
2 -SCHMID, Kevin (GER) Awesomatix
3 -LANGNER, Phil (GER) Awesomatix
4 -SOUTHGATE, Adam (GBR) Awesomatix
5 – ROMONDIA, Luca (GER) ARC
6 – BUCHHALT, Loris (GER) IRIS
7 – DOBNIKAR, Matej (SVN)
8 – SCHULZ, Stefan (GER) Xray
9 – VALENT, Gergő (HUN) Xray
10 -REILE, Dominik (GER) IRIS

Anderson snatches last second TQ from Ehrbar and Stankowitz

Mister EAM, Eric Anderson from the United States of America, will start on pole position into the finals. Q4 of the Master’s class was a dog-fight between Ehrbar, Stankowitz, and Anderson. Stankowitz had a great pace but a bigger mistake at half-time of the race ended his hopes for the overall TQ.

David Ehrbar and Eric Anderson had been on a very similar pace for the entire run and the lead changed many times on the scoring board. In the last lap, Anderson took the lead from Ehrbar once again to take the win by the small gap of 0.3 seconds over Ehrbar. The result from Q4 handed the TQ over to Anderson and the Awesomatix team in the very last minute.

Manuel Stankowitz (Mugen Seiki) will start second on the grid, and David Ehrbar missed the pole position this time lining up third for Xray. After this set of qualifying rounds, we can expect some great races in the finals form all these guys!

TQ ANDERSON, Eric (USA) Awesomatix
2 – STANKOWITZ Manuel (GER) Mugen Seiki
3 – EHRBAR David (GER) Xray
4 – STADLER Philipp (AUT) Mugen Seiki
5 – KÖLBEL René (AUT) Xray
6 – MATEO Toni (ESP) Awesomatix
7 – MORGEN Caspar (DNK) Xray
8 -SOMMER Patrick (GER) ARC
9 – SCHMITZER Werner (AUT) Mugen Seiki
10- BAGGENDORF Torsten (GER) Mugen Seiki

Anthes claims first ETS TQ for RC Maker

German racer Daniel Anthes will start from the sweet spot into the triple finals with his RC Maker SP1 Hara Edition car. Anthes, a former LRP Touring Car Masters stock class race winner, showed that he still has the skills and earned this TQ after delivering some very clean runs on track.

Kristian Jensen from Denmark will start second behind him and is still in a good position for the championship. Cedric Gridelet will start from P5 on the grid and championship leader David Reip is qualified on P7 for the triple A-Mains. A real tough thriller is ahead of all drivers in the 21.5 Stock class. Who will win the championship title?

TQ ANTHES, Daniel (GER) RC Maker
2 – JENSEN, Kristian (DNK) Xray
3 – DINGER, Ulrich (GER) Awesomatix
4 – KOPACKI, Krystian (POL) Xray
5 – GRIDELET, Cédric (BEL) Awesomatix
6 – HIESCH, Daniel (GER) Awesomatix
7 – REIP, David (GETR) RC Maker
8 – SWOBODA, Wolfgang (GER)
9 – THREHOUT, Aurélien (FRA)
10 – KORDICK, Jonas (GER) Awesomatix

Hudy is top qualifier at Austrian ETS

Martin Hudy will start on pole into the upcoming triple finals. He won two rounds of qualifying, so did David Ehrbar who managed to win the last round ahead of Michal Wojcik and Jacques Libar. However, Martin Hudy had the fastest overall runtime to his favour (posted in Q2) which earned him the overall TQ in the Matrix Formula class. Thrilling finals are ahead of us when the Xray drivers will battle for the win…

TQ HUDY, Martin (SVK) Xray
2 – EHRBAR David (GER) Xray
3 – WÓJCIK Michał (POL) Xray
4 – LIBAR Jacques (LUX) Xray
5 – STIEBLER Andreas (AUT) Schumacher
6 – KAMPEHL Robert (GER)
7 – GRENZ Chris (GER) Xray
8 – RUF Dominik (GER)
9 – DOMIG Mathias GER) Xray
10 – LIPPERHEIDE Michael GER) Xray

One hand on the trophy for Orlowski who still has a chance to TQ the event!

The third round of Cayote Modified qualifying was event changing. Ronald Völker made some small mistakes here and there and only scored a P5 for the round.

Marc Rheinard was leading the race for 15 of the 20 laps – until he rolled his car in lap 16 to lose one second of time – a very costly second…! Michal Orlowski jumped into the lead and took the win with the fastest overall runtime of the weekend (as the track was very fast in the morning).

With the result from Q3, Marc Rheinard has no chance to TQ the race anymore which also means that his hunt for the overall title has come to an end as there is no more chance to beat Orlowski on points. A big break for the Polish Schumacher driver who just needs to finish in the top 4 now to seal his third consecutive ETS Modified title.

Behind Q3 winner Orlowski and Rheinard, we saw Simon Lauter, Sören Sparbier, and Ronald Völker completing the top five.

Kriz Jun. close to seal overall TQ in Wiener Neustadt

In Q3 of the Pro Stock class, Jaroslav Kriz Jun. showed that his win in Q2 was not based on luck – it was based on speed and performance. The young Xray racer from Slovakia took another impressive win ahead of his teammate Adam Izsay.

Awesomatix driver Olivier Bultynck had a better pace than yesterday and was only one second behind Kriz Jun. in Q3.

Mark Valent and Sören Sparbier completed the top 5 in Q3. One thing is clear for now – the TQ will go to the Xray team. But who will grab it – Kriz Jun. or Izsay?

Buchhalt close to FWD pole position at ETS Season Finale

After winning Q2 was a little surprise, Matheo Buchhalt just pressed the “repeat” button and did the same in Q3 of FWD qualifying on Friday evening.

He won again ahead of Kevin Schmid and Phil Langner, and it was Adam Southgate who posted the forth quickest time ahead of Matej Dobnikar. Matheo Buchhalt is only one run away from his very first overall TQ at the ETS – will he seal it in Q4?

Three different TQ`s as Ehrbar wins the Friday evening round!

The last heat on Friday evening (before the big drivers dinner) went to Xray driver and ETS 40+ champion David Ehrbar. He won Q3 with an advantage of one second over Manuel Stankowitz.

Eric Anderson was another two seconds behind and scored a third place for the round. Philipp Stadler was fourth quickest while Toni Mateo rounded out the top 5.

The battle for the overall TQ will be on the line in Q4 as we have seen three different TQ drivers so far with Stankowitz, Anderson, and Ehrbar.

Anthes takes Q3 – decision for overall TQ on Saturday

RC Maker driver Daniel Anthes took the win in the third round of 21.5 Stock qualifying. The German won the heat 0.2 seconds ahead of Kristian Jensen who would for sure have loved to win and seal the overall TQ.

Behind Anthes and Jensen we saw Ulrich Donger in third, Daniel Hiesch in fourth, and Krystian Kopacki in fifth spot. With three rounds of qualifying complete, the pressure on David Reip and Cedric Gridelet is not getting less. They are ranked in sixth and seventh place overnight while their hardest competitor Kristian Jensen is overnight TQ. The scenario is getting even more exciting now!

Hudy dominates and takes early morning Q3

Martin Hudy was on point in the third round of Matrix Formula qualifying. He once again had a huge gap to the rest of the field and it looks like nobody can match his pace right now. Behind Martin Hudy is was David Ehrbar and Jacques Libar rounding out the top three. With one more round to come, Martin Hudy has the best shot so seal the overall pole position here at Arena Nova in Austria.

Völker wins again, Orlowski misses TQ run by four tenth, Ronnefalk grabs strong P3, Rheinard only fourth

The second round of Modified qualifying saw once again Mugen driver Ronald Völker taking the win. This time, it was Michal Orlowski who was in second place – only four tenths behind Völker. But as the race was finished, Orlowski (fastest lap of the race 15.292) came down the drivers stand with a very disappointed face when he walked to his Marshall position.

Also, Völker said after the run that he is somehow “happy to TQ again”, but that there “was so much on the table to do even better” as he was not 100% happy with his own driving. However, Völker secured his second TQ run for the weekend.

Behind Völker and Orlowski, we saw a very strong David Ronnefalk taking third place ahead of Marc Rheinard, Simon Lauter, Alexander Hagberg, Christopher Krapp, and Dominic Greiner. Ronald Völker is the overnight TQ in Austria with two more rounds of qualifying coming up on Saturday!

Kriz Junior steps on the big stage an wins Pro Stock Q2

He raced 21.5 Stock last year, and now managed to TQ the second round of Pro Stock qualifying at the ETS season finale in Austria – what a great story. “Jaroslav Kriz Junior is a name we will hear many times in the future” – this is what his Xray teammate Adam Izsay had to say about him…

Kriz Jun. took the win in Q2 b a gap of 0.6 seconds ahead of Mugen Seiki driver Sören Sparbier, Adam Izsay, Mark Valent, and Jan Ratheisky. Kriz Jun. also posted the fastest lap of the race (16.108) and his car looked very good on track. Can he claim the pole position tomorrow?

First ever ETS TQ run for Iris racer Matheo Buchhalt

Matheo Buchhalt came out on top of FWD Q2. The Iris racer from Austria had a super good pace and made no mistakes on the big and technical track layout at Arena Nova. It was a special moment for Matheo as he had never posted a TQ run at an ETS race before. Q1 winner Kevin Schmid finished two tenths behind Buchhalt, followed by Phil Langner, Luca Romondia, and Loris Buchhalt.

Stankowitz fights back and takes Q2 from Ehrbar and Anderson

The second round of 40+ Masters qualifying saw top seed Manuel Stankowitz performing on the highest level. Stankowitz is driving a Mugen MTC-3 since a couple of weeks, and he was absolutely flying around the track. Xray`s David Ehrbar and Awesomatix racer Eric Anderson had been super-fast as well, but Stankowitz was able to hang on and brought home the TQ with the small advantage of two tenths over Anderson. At qualifying half-time, the top 5 of the class are Stankowitz, Anderson, Ehrbar, Stadler, and Kolbel!

Dinger takes Q2 and mixes up the 21.5 Stock class

Ulrich Dinger won the second round of 21.5 Stock qualifying. Dinger, who raced in the 40+ Masters class most of the time, is now mixing up the 21.5 Stock class where he managed to win Q2 by 0,153 of a second ahead of Krystian Kopacki, and round one TQ Kristian Jensen. Awesomatix racer Daniel Hiesch and Cadric Gridelet completed the top 5 on Friday afternoon.

In the ongoing battle for the championship, things are swinging a bit into the direction of Kristian Jensen. He is 6 points behind Reip in the standings but as Reip (currently 8th) and Gridelet (currently 6th) are both struggeling a bit, Jensen can have some real hope again to lift the big trophy on Sunday. Can Reip find his mojo again and move up the rankings?

Hudy sets new TQ time and wins second round of qualifying

After losing Q1 to David Ehrbar, Martin Hudy was on top of his game in Q2 in which he postet a new fastest overall runtime. Hudy won the heat by a massive gap over the rest of the field and is overnight TQ in the Formula class now. Behind Hudy and Ehrbar, it was Jacques Libar who took third place from the round in front of Robert Kampehl, and Andreas Stiebler!