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ETS Q2 Report RD1 Season #14 2021/22

Patrick Beck
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ETS Q2 Report RD1 Season #14 2021/22

Matrix Modified

Völker takes another TQ

The second round of qualifying saw the same two drivers battling it out for the win – Ronald Völker (Mugen) and Antoine Brunet (Xray). Ronald had a tough start into the race with his car sliding in the third corner. He was able to save it and back up the bad first lap with the fastest lap of the run (17.73). Asked about his feelings after his second TQ run he said:

I am happy with the outcome of Q2 as I almost lost my car in the first lap. Maybe the tires and the track have been too cold at the start of the run. But after that my MTC2 felt even better, and I was able to slightly increase the gap to Antoine. For tomorrow we will monitor the weather in case of a different tire preparation when the sun comes out.
– Ronald Völker –

After taking a surprisingly strong P2 in the opening round, Antoine Brunet (Xray) took another one in the second round of qualifying here at Arena33. Talking to Antoine Brunet after his second run he told us:

I am still super excited to run with all the top guys here. My car was amazing again, and in the beginning of the run I pushed more than in Q1 where I took it a little easier in the beginning. With two good results in the bag, I will try to push even harder tomorrow.
– Antoine Brunet –

Third for the round, a confident Lucas Urbain (Awesomatix) improved his Q1 performance sitting on P5 overnight. The Awesomatix factory driver said:

My run was pretty good, even if I almost destroyed my car when I was riding the curbs on the edge. But anyway, my car feels good now and tomorrow I just will go and send it!
– Lucas Urbain –

The overnight Top 5 of the Matrix Modified class: Ronald Völker (1), Antoine Brunet (2), Marc Rheinard (3), Christopher Krapp (4) and Lucas Urbain (5).

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269596?key=202

Xray ProStock

Masterclass from Duchet

In the Xray ProStock class it was once again Alexandre Duchet (Xray) who edged out the rest of the field on track. The Xray driver took the round with a comfortable gap of 2.9 seconds. We talked to him after Q2 and Alexandre said:

I just want to thank Martin Hudy again for the preparation of my car – it was amazing to drive and really fast. The track layout here in Andernach suits my driving style and that is another key fact for our strong result today. I am confident for tomorrow and can`t wait to race it out on the track!
– Alexandre Duchet –

Finishing second in Q2, Jan Ratheisky (Xray) is back in the game here at Arena33. After sitting out Q1 to save his new tires, he transformed them into a strong result in the evening qualifier.

After I decided to save my tires and not running in Q1, the feeling on track was a little different in Q2. My car pushed more than I expected and finishing second in this round was the maximum I could do. I am very happy for my teammate Alexandre Duchet, who is just driving amazing here until now!
– Jan Ratheisky –

Another tire gambler, Alex Kunkler (Mugen), was able to benefit from the risk he took, with not driving in Q1. He was able to take P3 for the round and was in a good mood while talking to us:

In this run my car was the best it has been since I arrived here at Arena33. I made some small mistakes during the run with not hitting all lines perfectly. That means I am not 100% satisfied with my run, but for tomorrow we plan some minor tweaks on my car.
– Alex Kunkler –

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The overnight Top 5 of the Xray ProStock class: Alexandre Duchet (1), Frederik Mikkelsen (2), Valentin Hettrich (3), Lukas Ellerbrock (4) and Louis Kretschmer (5).

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269589?key=202

Hobbywing Frontwheel

Another TQ run from Heitsch

The FWD class saw Henrik Heitsch taking round 2 of qualifying again, with his hardest contender Stefan Schulz coming short by only 0.4 seconds behind Henrik. Both drivers matched their times lap after lap, and their fastest laps were almost the same as well.
Behind the leading duo, Kevin Sparbier, Jaques Libar and Patrick Müller completed the Top 5.

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269595?key=202

Stock 17.5

Reile improves in Q2

In the second round of 17.5 Stock qualifying, top seed Dominik Reile was able to improve his Q1 performance with a third place overall. In the front it was a two-horse race between Rd1 TQ Thomas Bemmerl and Daniel Pöhlmann with the better end for Bemmerl again.
He won the heat three tenths of a second in front of Daniel, which takes him really close to the overall TQ here in Andernach. Alexander Müller and Joachim Altenhof completed the Top 5 in qualifying RD2 at Arena33.

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269593?key=202

Infinity 40+ Masters

Bartsch again in Q2

Karsten Bartsch carried his momentum from Q1 into the next round of qualifying here at ETS RD1 in Andernach. Karsten was in a super close fight with Ulrich Dinger, and in the end, he finished ahead of Ulrich with the small margin of 0.2 seconds. Ulrich tried everything to win the run, but now he must win tomorrow`s heats to keep a chance for the overall TQ in the Infinity 40+ Masters division.
Caspar Morgen recovered his bad Q1 with a strong run to P3 for the round. Behind him, Werner Schmitzer and Thomas Oehler made it into the Top 5 of Q2.

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269594?key=202

Scorpion Formula

Same running order in Q2

The Scorpion Formula class saw no changes on the leader board, as the top 6 finished exactly in the same order as they did in Q1. Jan had a super clean and consistent run, which allowed him to open a gap of 2.4 seconds to David Ehrbar in second position.
Still in the Top 5 are Renè Kölbel, Herbert Weber and Chris Grenz. With Jan now having two TQ runs in the bag, David only can deny him the overall pole position with winning Q3 and Q4 on Saturday.

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269592?key=202

ETS Q1 Report RD1 Season #14 2021/22

Patrick Beck
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ETS Q1 Report RD1 Season #14 2021/22

Matrix Modified

Völker ahead of anybody

Ronald Völker (Mugen) is the TQ in the Matrix Modified class after the first round of qualifying here at Arena33 in Andernach. He constantly was able to stretch his lead during the run to win it some 3.1 seconds ahead of Antoine Brunet (Xray). Asked about his run, last year’s race winner said:

My car felt the same as in the Controlled Practice and had a very good overall balance. I expected the track to have a little less grip, but the pace was right there. I am happy that I could carry over the gap from controlled practice into Q1.
– Ronald Völker –

Very fast in all rounds of practice, Antoine Brunet (Xray) was very pleased with the start into his first international outing with Xray. A very satisfied Antoine told us after Q1:

My car is just amazing, it is very easy to drive and that gives me a lot of confidence. At the beginning I was a little nervous in the heat as this is my first big event in my new Team, but in the end the result of Q1 is just fantastic. I am excited what Q2 will bring for me!
– Antoine Brunet –

Third in the ranking list after Q1, Marc Rheinard (Awesomatix) was not happy with his overall situation on track. When looking on the fastest lap times, Marc is absolutely on pace. But he lost some time in the opening laps and in the middle of the race.

Directly after the run, I don`t know where I lost the time. At the beginning I missed a little overall traction, and I must think about some small changes for Q2. At least, P3 is not a bad start but I want to close the gap to the front in the next one!
– Marc Rheinard –

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269596?key=202

Xray ProStock

Perfect TQ run from Duchet

In the Xray ProStock class Alexandre Duchet (Xray) won the first round of qualifying in front of Max Mächler (Awesomatix) with a comfortable gap of 0.9 seconds. Asked about his TQ run Alexandre said:

My run was almost perfect, as my setup was totally on point. I just had to focus on my driving.
– Alexandre Duchet –

With Martin Hudy on side as his mechanic, they are not planning any major changes on the car of Duchet. They only will focus on some standard maintenance work before the next run.

In the opening laps of Q1, it looked like Max Mächler would be able to match the laptimes of Duchet permanently, but after the first 2 minutes Max lost some bite in the corners.
Max said:

Basically, the car was very good, but the pace dropped from the middle of the run until the end and I was not able to follow Duchet. I talked to Oleg (Awesomatix Designer) in Russia right now, and we discussed some small changes. Let`s see if we can transform his input into a better pace for Q2.
– Max Mächler –

Simon Lauter (Awesomatix) finished third for the round. He was happy with his car, but he criticized his own driving which he was not happy with:

My first lap was very critical as the tire temperature was not perfect after my car was standing on the line too long before the start. I will not change anything on my A800MMX, my goal is to simply drive it better in Q2.
– Simon Lauter –

Behind Alexandre, Max and Simon the Top 5 got rounded up by a fast Louis Kretschmer (Awesomatix) and Lukas Ellerbrock (Xray).

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269589?key=202

Hobbywing Frontwheel

Close fight between Heitsch and Schulz

Stefan Schulz is the RD1 TQ in the Hobbywing Frontwheel class. He had a close fight with Henrik Heitsch over the complete runtime, both separated by only 0.4 seconds. With Heitsch turning the fastest lap of the heat, the consistency of Stefan was a little better in the end.
A group of three drivers, lead by Kevin Sparbier from Steven Olsen and Jacques Libar followed them with a gap of 2.5 seconds. Sebastian Meibörg, Sören Sparbier, Simon Stegmeier, Ulrich Dinger and top seed Patrick Müller, who had to stop his car after 8 laps, completed the Top 10.

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269595?key=202

Stock 17.5

Bemmerl TQ`s round 1 at Arena33

Round 1 of qualifying saw a dominant TQ run from Thomas Bemmerl. He was in front of his contenders by 2 seconds and collected maximum points for the round. Behind Thomas, it was a two – horse race between Maximilian Unterschütz and current champion Daniel Pöhlmann, with Daniel finishing second and Maximilian third.  Another 2 seconds back, top seed Dominik Reile and David Kuschnarew completed the Top 5. Joachim Altenhof, Patrick Miekautsch, Alexander Müller, Felix Schneider and Dominik Ruf rounding up the Top 10 of Q1 in the 17.5 Stock class.

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269593?key=202


Infinity 40+ Masters
Bartsch fastest in the Masters class

Karsten Bartsch, Ulrich Dinger and Werner Schmitzer are on top of the Infinity 40+ Masters class after Q1. While Karsten leading the field by one second, he also turned the fastest lap with 20,7 seconds.
Top seed Caspar Morgen suffered from technical problems and added a DNF to his scoring sheet. Søren Boy Holst and Manuel Stankowitz completed the Top 5 in Q1 of our 40+ Masters division  

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269594?key=202

Scorpion Formula

Ratheisky from Ehrbar in Q1

It was Jan Ratheisky who won RD1 of Formula qualifying here at Arena33. After 5 minutes he was 0.5 seconds ahead of David Ehrbar. For sure, David will try to fight back in Q2 to keep the pressure on Jan as high as possible. Behind them, it was Renè Kölbel, Werner Schmitzer and Chris Grenz who made it into the Top5.

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269592?key=202

ETS Controlled Practice Report RD1 Season #14 2021/22

Patrick Beck
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ETS Controlled Practice Report RD1 Season #14 2021/22

Controlled Practice – important for everybody

The controlled practice here at Arena33 was the first serious racing situation of the weekend, as all teams and drivers had to show their real performance on track. During the controlled practice (also called seeding practice), everybody gets ranked by his 3 fastest consecutive laps. The ranking list after the 2 rounds of controlled practice is very important for the grouping for the qualifying heats.

It can be a big advantage to be in a higher rated (faster) group when you lay down some good clean runs – on the other side it can also create some more pressure on every driver to run with the top dogs. The controlled practice here at Arena33 saw drivers lining up very closely and we can look forward to some thrilling rounds of qualifying.

Matrix Modified

Ronald Völker (Mugen) continued with a very strong performance here at Arena33 in seeding practice. With his three consecutive laps being 02. Seconds faster then the rest of the pack, he is in a very good position for qualification. Behind him, Antoine Brunet (Xray) showed that he can be a real contender this weekend with his second position. Robert Pietsch, Michal Orlowski and Marc Rheinard completed the Top 5.

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269596?key=201

Xray ProStock

In the ProStock class, Max Mächler (Awesomatix) is the top seed after the two rounds of timed practice. Max was able to pace out Alexandre Duchet (Xray) in the last run, being 0.13 seconds faster over his three consecutive laps at Arena33. Enrico Jung (Yokomo), Lukas Ellerbrock (Xray) and Lars Hoppe (ARC) rounded up the Top 5 before we head into qualifying.

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269589?key=201

Hobbywing Frontwheel

Steven Olsen, the fastest driver in free practice, is now in third spot as Patrick Müller and Henrik Heitsch placed their cars in front of him in the first round of controlled practice. Sebastian Meibörg is new in the mix, sitting in fifth position after spending the whole Thursday (11 hours) in a huge traffic jam on the highway.

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269595?key=201

Stock 17.5

In the 17.5 Stock class Dominik Reile was able to keep up his pace from free practice. He is the top seed of the class, followed by a much-improved Maximilian Unterschütz in second place. Another big improvement came from Klaus Waldmann from P11 to P5. There will be a close fight in the upcoming qualifying heats as a lot of quick guys want to make the A-Main

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269593?key=201

Infinity 40+ Master

Caspar Morgen still is in front after seeding practice. Will he be the first guy to take TQ or a race win in the 40+ Masters division, not being Alexander Stocker? The guys behind Caspar will try everything to catch him in qualifying and as the Top 10 are only separated by 0.80 seconds, it will be a thriller for sure.

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269594?key=201

Scorpion Formula

Finally, Jan Ratheisky found something on his car, edging out his rival David Ehrbar by 0.012 seconds. The fight between them is very promising once again and the field behind will fight for the A-Main spots in the Scorpion Formula class in all 4 rounds of qualifying.

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269592?key=201

ETS Free Practice Report RD1 Season #14 2021/22

Patrick Beck
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ETS Free Practice Report RD1 Season #14 2021/22

Free practice started, as track dried out

After having a wet track in the morning, all drivers were able to start free practice at around 11 o`clock. Once the asphalt dried out, the track at Arena33 provided a good amount of traction immediately. With the track crew had to focus on cleaning and drying the curbs, the weather looked dry and solid for the whole Thursday.

With another unsafe weather forecast for Friday, all drivers tried to use todays runs as efficient as possible to prepare themselves and the cars for the upcoming 4 rounds of Qualifying. With controlled practice scheduled for Friday morning, a well-prepared car with a perfect setup will be the key to make it into a good qualifying heat.

Matrix Modified

In the Matrix Modified class we saw a Mugen 1-2 in front, with reigning ETS champion Ronald Volker 0.35 seconds ahead of Mugen Onroad Designer, and former 1:8 scale nitro World Champion Robert Pietsch. With Volker collecting his 3 fastest laps in practice round 5, Robert Pietsch was able to improve in the last session of the day.

Behind the Mugen duo, a great performing Antoine Brunet (Xray) will sit in third position overnight, directly in front of Christopher Krapp (Yokomo). Marc Rheinard (Awesomatix), who suffered from small problems in round 5, is closely behind the Top 4 and will try to improve his 5th place tomorrow.
Yannic Prümper (Yokomo), Lucas Urbain (Awesomatix), Michal Orlowski (Schumacher), Tim Wahl (Awesomatix) and Marco Kaufmann (Xray) are the guys completing the Top 10 in the Matrix Modified class.

We expect a super close Qualifying and we are looking forward to the controlled practice sessions which will be up right before on Friday.

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269596?key=200

Xray ProStock

The Xray ProStock class saw last years race winner Alexandre Duchet (Xray) with the best pace over 3 consecutive laps. He was followed by Enrico Jung, who looked strong after his move to Team Yokomo. Anyway, Duchet`s gap of 0.3 seconds showed that his car is really strong for tomorrow`s start into Qualifying.

Behind Enrico, it was Jan Ratheisky (Xray), Tim Benson (Mugen), Lars Hoppe (ARC) and Max Mächler (Awesomatix) with P2 to P6 in about a tiny little gap of only 0.080 seconds. As this is almost nothing, it shows how close the top guys in the Xray ProStock class are at Arena33.

Olivier Bultynck (Awesomatix), Simon Lauter (Awesomatix), Frederik Mikkelsen (Awesomatix) and Alex Kunkler completed the Top 10.

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269589?key=200

Hobbywing Frontwheel

Fastest in the very competitive FWD class was Steven Olsen who nailed his fastest 3 consecutive laps in the sixth and last practice run in the evening. He was 0.15 seconds ahead of a triple pack with Henrik Heitsch, Stefan Schulz and Kevin Sparbier.

Olsen, who TQ`ed the first ever ETS FWD race 2019 in Vienna, will try everything to keep up the pace against the best FWD drivers of last season including current champion Heitsch. Behind them, the Top 10 were completed by Patrick Müller, Jaques Libar, Caspar Morgen, Manuel Stankowitz, Sören Sparbier and Karsten Bartsch.

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269595?key=200

Stock 17.5

The free practice sessions of the 17.5 Stock division included almost every top driver of the class from last season. Only Luis Moreno and Tony Mur were not able to make the trip from Spain (Covid-19 restrictions).

After today`s free practice it is a very strong looking Dominik Reile with a super small gap of 0.052 seconds in front of the current 17.5 Stock champion Daniel Pöhlmann. Another 0.012 seconds back – last years Arena33 race winner Thomas Bemmerl. Felix Schneider and Maximilian Unterschütz completed the Top 5, still being in striking distance to the Top 3.

The Top 10 were completed by Joachim Altenhof, Dominik Ruf, David Kuschnarew, Klaus Waldmann and Niclas Storm.

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269593?key=200

Infinity 40+ Masters

“Old but gold” as we say here at the ETS about the class for the guys with an age above 40. In the last years, the 40+ Masters class was totally in the hands of Alexander Stocker. He won every single race since the start of the class at the ETS and earned some well-deserved ETS titles. With Alex not racing here at Arena33 this weekend, we will see a different winner on Sunday – that`s for sure.

In todays free practice Caspar Morgen impressed with the fastest 3 consecutive laps, leading the field into Friday. With a gap of 0.7 seconds Mirco Thalheimer is in the hunt, followed by Manuel Stankowitz, Werner Schmitzer and Ulrich Dinger who completed the Top 5 today.

Behind them we will see an intense fight for the A-Main spots which are occupied by Thorsten Baggendorf, Ingo Braun, Christian Müller, Christian Drießle and Karl-Heinz Moritz who is rounding up the overnight Top 10.

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269594?key=200

Scorpion Formula

The Scorpion Formula class saw the reigning champion David Ehrbar leading with the fastest car on track, followed by his all-time Formula rival Jan Ratheisky. As mentioned in our ETS preview report, these two drivers are the guys to beat for everybody who wants to win a race in the F1 class at the ETS. David was a little quicker (compared to Jan) in all practice rounds and it will be exciting to see if Jan can find something to get closer in Qualifying.

Behind the leading duo, Renè Kölbel, Olivier Bultynck, Tim Benson, Herbert Weber,  Michal Wojcik, Patrick Sadrinna, Chris Grenz and Luka Jovicic made it into the Top 10 of our Formula class.Will David and Jan control the field in Qualifying, or can Olivier and Renè challenge them in the fight for the win?

Link to the Results on MyRCM:
https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/58419/269592?key=200

Friday forecast

Friday morning will see an hour of open practice on track for all the guys who were not able to be with us on Thursday. After that, there will be another round of free practice for everybody. With the expectation of a slightly slower track in the morning (after some expected rain showers in the night), the 6 rounds of today`s free practice seem to be really close to the overall free practice result we will see tomorrow.
With all cars very close together on the timing sheets, controlled practice and qualifying should be something you should not miss.

Follow us during the whole weekend and check out the LIVE section on our website. There you find the livestreaming from ETS RD1 Season #14 2021/22 at Arena33 in Andernach / GER via pullstart.tv!

Inside ETS – The Tire Ladies

Patrick Beck
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Inside ETS – The Tire Ladies

No Racing without Jutta & Marlo

Every event needs a lot of helping hands to make it a good one. Since more than 10 years, Marlo Prümper and Jutta Treder are two of the most important assistants at the ETS. They established themselves as a great team, being responsible for handing out the controlled tires, motors, and speed controllers to the racers of the ETS family. Another important task is to cash up drivers practice tires or track fees for example.

Both joined the ETS because of their sons racing RC cars

Asked about the story behind their activities at the ETS, Jutta and Marlo told us that they first visited races because of their sons racing. Jutta`s boys Mike and Lars raced for a very long time, and Marlo`s son, Yannic Prümper, is still out there racing as one of the top drivers at the ETS.

First it was for fun – now it´s passion

Asked about the reason behind all the years supporting the ETS, Marlo Prümper told us:

It is always very nice to meet the drivers from all the different countries, we saw a lot of very talented kids growing up in the ETS becoming stars in the world of RC. To be a part of this journey is something I will not miss in my life.

Jutta Treder also seems to be full of motivation and she pointed out:

First it was a funny hobby for us to help, but it turned into a real passion. We are proud to be a part of the amazing ETS family. As we travel to all races in Europe with the ETS circus, it is a nice extra to visit some interesting places.

Thank you, Marlo & Jutta,

The whole ETS crew is very proud to have these two amazing ladies on board and we are looking forward for many years to come.
THANK YOU in the name of everybody!

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Wet track delays free practice at ETS RD1 Season #14 2021/22

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Wet track delays free practice at ETS RD1 Season #14 2021/22

After a complete day of rain on Wednesday, the weather looks tricky as well for the first day at ETS RD1 Season #2021/22 at Arena33 in Andernach/ Germany. With a lot of rain clouds on the weather radar, it will be very hard to make any forecast for today`s six rounds of free practice.

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As the Arena33 track is absolutely level without any kind of descent, it takes some time to dry out the asphalt when it is wet. Nevertheless, all drivers and mechanics are hoping that the sun will break through the clouds. The ETS crew will additionally use some water soaking rolls to speed up the drying process.

We hope to have a dry track for most of the day, as everybody likes to get in as much practice time as possible at Arena33.

As soon as there is any action on the track we will be back with an update for you!

ETS Media Team Update

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ETS Media Team Update

Changes in the ETS Media Team

After all the Covid-19 circumstances which started at the beginning of 2020, the ETS Media Team also had to deal with some changes. Due to personal (and jobwise) reasons, our friend and long-term pit reporter, race announcer and media helper Oli Meggitt is not frequently available for us at the ETS anymore. The whole ETS crew would like to shout out a huge “THANK YOU” to Olli for all his help in the last years. We hope to welcome him as a driver (and part of the Media Team) at the ETS in the near future again. Oli will still be around the ENS series, as far as his time will allow him to. We are very happy about that!

Oli Meggitt

USA travel restrictions

For RD1 of season #14 in Andernach, our famous race announcer Scotty Ernst will not be with us. Unfortunately, there are still very hard travel restrictions in the United States of America. These don`t allow him to fly over for the race without having to deal with quarantine. We all hope for a more relaxed situation very soon as we all miss “the voice of the ETS”. Hopefully, we can see Scotty on the ETS microphone again very quickly!

In Andernach, Uwe Rheinard will be the race director and announcer for the weekend, and we all know that he will give everything to make it a thrilling race for everybody!

Scotty Ernst & Marvin Riedelbauch

Media Team with new ETS website and different tasks

On the reporting site, our technical supporter Oliver Storm built up a fresh website for the euroRCseries, featuring the ETS, ENS and EOS. During the first race in Andernach the new website will be the platform for all information going on around the whole event. We are always trying to improve, but we think that we made a huge step forward with our new page and their functions.

Another change in the ETS media team is a new role for Patrick Beck. He is with us since last season, helping with interviews and videos, and he will fill out the role of the “race reporter”. Patrick will be the guy writing the race reports during the whole ETS event.

Asked about his new role Patrick told us:
“I am really excited to step a little deeper in the coverage of ETS events. It is a completely new challenge for me as I am only used to do some videos or interviews until now. I will do my best to keep everybody updated about the racing action on our new website in a cool and entertaining way. With the technical support from Oliver I am really confident and I hope people will like it – see you trackside”

Patrick Beck & Henrik Heitsch

Pictures by Tom Wald

The photographer for RD1 Season #14 2021/22 at Arena33 in Andernach will be Tom Wald from Hamburg (bildwald.de). He is a very experienced photographer with very interesting ideas and his pictures will be a major part of our ETS coverage. Be excited and check the picture galleries from Friday to Sunday.

Pullstart.TV and Race Videos

As you may have noticed last week, the Arena33 onroad track got an amazing Upgrade with the installation of the pullstart.tv live streaming system. There are three cameras located at the track which are connected to the time keeping. People now can follow a very modern live stream with automatically switching cameras during the race all weekend.

But as we still want to film the most thrilling qualifying heats and A-mains of the weekend for you, our Video expert Hanno van den Boogaard will be in charge. He will produce great clips which we will upload to our website and YouTube channel for you.

Hanno van den Boogaard

We are ready to go and the whole ETS crew wishes you a maximum amount of fun at ETS RD1 Season #14 2021/22 at Arena33 in Andernach – let`s go racing!

ETS Preview (Part 2) RD1 Season #14 2021/22 Andernach, GER

Patrick Beck
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ETS Preview (Part 2) RD1 Season #14 2021/22 Andernach, GER

Hunting titles

Before every season, drivers and teams have high expectations and goals they want to achieve. Some drivers only want to have the maximum amount of fun with their friends, others want to make their first A-Main. The top guns are chasing the biggest trophy – the overall ETS championship title.

But in the end only one driver can call himself ETS Champion in every class. Let us take a closer look on all categories and what to expect from season #14.

Matrix Modified – the fastest class at the ETS

Last season, Ronald Volker was able to claim his 6th overall ETS title in the prestigious modified class. Ronald was able to win 2 out of 3 races (Daun & Andernach) while finishing 3rd in the season opener (Vienna). At the end of 2020 Ronald changed his chassis sponsor and is now running for Mugen Seiki after being with Yokomo for almost 12 years. The Japanese company (Mugen Seiki) now hopes for a real chance to fight for the top spot in the championship with the 2016 world champion coming on board.

The champion of the previous years, Bruno Coelho, had a tough season finishing 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Results which put him into 4th position overall – something Bruno wants to improve in the new season for sure. His Xray team mate Alexander Hagberg was able to collect a race win at RD1 in Vienna, and he finished in a very strong 2nd overall position calling himself the ETS modified vice champion. As always the Xray team will be one to watch as they find the pace to be competitive on every track. Unfortunateley, Alex and Bruno will not be able to attend RD1 at Arena33. The travel restrictions in Portugal (both live close to Lisbon) don`t allow them to travel to Germany without going into quarantaine. This case produces a unwanted throw out result for both directly at the start of season #14.

The best Awesomatix driver was Marc Rheinard who secured himself the last spot on the podium of the modified class – equal on points with Coelho. A strong result when keeping in mind that Marc didn`t have a lot of chances to practice with his new Awesomatix ride coming into last season. His team mate Lucas Urbain finished 5th overall with a blistering performance at RD3 in Andernach where he finished 3rd on the podium. It will be interesting to see how Marc will perform in his second campaign with the Russian brand and how much Lucas can attack on track in the new season.

Team Yokomo added Yannic Prümper to their factory team once again, and he will be in contention together with Christopher Krapp and Loic Jasmin. All three drivers are very experienced and they carry plenty of speed in themselves. Yannic and Christopher were able to win ETS races in the past and for sure we can expect something from them after their lead driver Volker left the team.

Behind the top guns, there are more than enough drivers with high quality aiming to catch up with them and trying to make A-mains constantly. Drivers like Michal Orlowski, Marco Kaufmann, Eric Dankel, Robert Pietsch, Carl Grössel, Tim Wahl, Thimo Weissbauer and Antoine Brunet (only to name a few) will try everything they can to achieve top results in the new season. After the retirement of Freddy Südhoff and Elliott Harper it will be very exciting to see who can qualify for the A-main now constantly instead of them.

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Xray ProStock – the biggest show for everybody

The ProStock division is the class for the very ambitioned hobby driver, and in almost every season ProStock was the class with the highest amount of overall participants. The class nowadays is very professional as most of the top drivers doing a lot of practice and racing during the whole year to be as competitive as possible.

Last season’s champion Jan Ratheisky (Xray) will be one of the title contenders in the new season as he comes along with a lot of race craft and somehow he is fast with whatever car he is racing with. He was under huge pressure by his French Xray team mate Alexandre Duchet and Awesomatix Team Manager Max Mächler until the very end of season #13.

The new season looks to be very close again as 2019 champion Simon Lauter will try to improve his 4th overall position as well. He finished on the podium in all races of last season showing that he is still hungry for more. The top 4 will see a huge field of drivers hunting them down. Guys like Frederik Mikkelsen, Olivier Bultynck, Alex Kunkler, Kevin Nielsen and Lukas Ellerbrock (only to name a few) will be very close , trying their best to step up onto the prestigeous ProStock Podium at the ETS.

Will we see a new “old” champion in Xray ProStock, or can somebody else in the highly talented field of drivers capture one of the most important 1:10 scale trophies?

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Hobbywing FWD – amazing scale look on track

The FWD class looks back on a very great first season after getting implemented into the ETS. With high numbers of entries at all events the class brings a nice scale look onto the track – something all drivers complimented a lot about.

The first season saw 3 different FWD race winners – Enrico Jung (Vienna), Henrik Heitsch (Daun) and Stefan Schulz (Andernach). Henrik Heitsch (ARC) went away with the overall championship title, only 1 point ahead of Stefan Schulz (Xray) and Enrico Jung (ARC) who finished 2nd and 3rd (equal on points).

The new season will see close FWD racing – that`s for sure. But who will be in the mix for the overall title? Heitsch and Schulz will go for it once again but drivers like Steven Olsen, Jacques Libar, Sebastian Meibörg, Kevin Sparbier and Jonas Völker (only to name a few) will try to keep up the pace with them.

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17.5 Stock – pure hobby stock racing

The 17.5 Stock class was created for “non-sponsored” drivers only and the racing we saw in this class was super entertaining and thrilling as well.

Last season, it was Daniel Pöhlmann taking away the championship title in front of Thomas Bemmerl and Joachim Altenhof. Alexander Müller finished 4th ahead of Dominik Ruf in a strong 5th position in the championship.  Pöhlmann took RD1 in Vienna, Altenhof won a nail biter in Daun and Thomas Bemmerl was able to win the last race in Andernach – securing himself the vice champion title in the 17.5 Stock class.

With Luis Moreno and Tony Mur not beeing able to travel to Germany (Covid-19 restrictions), it will be the job of drivers like David Kuschnarew, Felix Schneider, Maximilian Unterschütz and Werner Schmitzer (only to name a few) to make pressure on Pöhlmann, Altenhoff, Ruf and Bemmerl.

Everybody is looking forward to a close fight in the 17.5Stock class at the ETS.

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Infinity 40+Masters – old but gold

This class saw one dominator last season – Alexander Stocker. He TQèd and won all three races and earned himself a well-deserved title. Behind Alexander, Caspar Morgen finished the season as the 40+Masters vice champion ahead of Thomas Oehler in 3rd position. Nathan Parker (4th) was always in the mix and drivers like Christian Drießle (5th)Toni Mateo and Mirco Thalheimer will do everything they can to improve their results in season #14.

As the 40+Masters class now switched from a 13.5T to a 17.5T Motor for the new season, we are looking forward to see how the field of drivers will lineup at the end of RD1. Who will be the driver to step into Alexander Stocker`s footprints? Let`s go and battle it out!

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Scorpion Formula & 40+ Formula – for real F1 enthusiasts

Formula 1 racing is a class for real enthusiasts. The cars are very nimble to drive and they can look amazing on track with the right setup and driving style. The Formula class formed two major champions in the past – Jan Ratheisky and David Ehrbar. These two guys battled out so many tight races and it always is a pleasure to watch them going at it.

Even if the field was closing up to them in the last years, it was David Ehrbar taking the titel in front of Jan Ratheisky and Jitse Miedema who was able to challenge them by winning RD3 in Andernach with a great show of driving.
The new season will be a close fight again, and maybe Olivier Bultynck can put some serious pressure on Ratheisky and Ehrbar in contention for the overall ETS title in the Formua class.

The 40+ Formula ranking is included in the Formula class to find out who is the fastest 40+ driver running  these cars.  Herbert Weber took the top spot in front of Chris Grenz and Marek Sova to be the 40+Formula champion.

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Everythinig is set to go and we are looking forward to another great season of racing at the worlds most prestigeous 1:10 scale electric onroad racing series – the ETS!

Let`s go racing – on the sound of the tone!

ETS Preview (Part 1) RD1 Season #14 2021/22 Andernach, GER

Patrick Beck
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ETS Preview (Part 1) RD1 Season #14 2021/22 Andernach, GER

The magic of ETS!

The ETS is called the most prestigious 1:10 scale electric onroad racing series in the world. With this weekend’s RD1 in Andernach, we are heading into season #14 which is an amazing achievement for any RC racing series on the planet. The Series was launched in 2008 by Uwe Rheinard and Scotty Ernst, building up on the Team Orion Speed Weekend which was really famous back in these days.

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During the seasons the ETS was growing all the time and we saw fantastic races at different tracks all around Europe. Champions like Groskamp, Rheinard, Volker, Coelho, Ratheisky, Cerny, Lauter and many others were crowned, and the ETS Family became something really special in the world of RC racing.

Attending a race of the Euro Turing Series is always something special and on the “Bucket List” of almost every 1:10 scale electric onroad racer around the globe. It is the platform for everybody, and drivers get the chance to compete against the best in the world at the same weekend on the same track – something only RC racing provides!

As people say the atmosphere at the ETS is “MAGIC”!

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The longest season ever

Season #13 started in October 2019 at the nice toy fair in Vienna, and continued in February 2020 in Daun where the ETS is racing at the Sporthotel Grafenwald since a couple of years now.

In March, the Covid-19 pandemic came out of nowhere and nobody ever had a situation like this in mind. We saw a lot of cancelled races, and for a while the world of RC racing had fallen asleep.

Season #13 2019/20 was the longest ETS season ever, but it only included 3 races overall with the last one taking part in September 2020 at Arena33 in Andernach. This particular race was the first event after all the major lockdowns in Europe and all racers came to Andernach with a lot of excitement. Everybody was simply thankful to finally get back into RC racing again.

The ETS crew then tried to schedule some indoor races for the end of 2020 (Berlin & Mühlheim Kärlich). As the situation was getting even more worse after a pretty relaxed summer, it finally was not possible to continue with season #13 at all. At the beginning of 2021 the longest ETS season ever was announced to be over after only 3 races in 17 months.

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Season #14 – a new hope!

Due to the growing numbers of vaccinated persons the situation is improving now almost everywhere. That`s the reason why everybody is very optimistic right now. The ETS crew is looking forward to return back to normality in case of racing and the schedule for the new season. There are three outdoor races planned, followed by three carpet races when it will be allowed to host indoor events again.

The ETS crew in leadership of Uwe Rheinard and Scotty Ernst is doing everything to bring ETS racinig back to as many facilities as possible. Daily monitoring of the changing Covid-19 situations in all european countries and the communication with governments, RC clubs and ETS sponsors are the most important duties right now.

But as we know from the last 16 months – nothing seems to be really predictable and a season forecast is not easy to point out.

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New Season – New Rules

Season #14 faces changes in the rules for some of the ETS classes. There will be a new Motor/Speedo Combo in use for ProStock, 17.5 Stock and 40+Masters. After a very long and successful stint with Muchmore the ETS now cooperates with ORCA and trusts in their products for the power delivery.

The tires for the touring car classes are now coming from the Italian manufacturer Matrix. In F1 we see the comeback of Ride tires. The race proven Ride FWD tires received a small update with a belt to prevent them from getting bigger in diameter during the race.

Also new is the official ETS body shell list. All ETS supporting body shell manufacturers had the chance to list their bodies of choice for the whole season, making the drivers choice of body shells easy and provident for the whole season #14 campaign.

The ETS crew decided all changes in rules to make racing more enjoyable for everybody participating at the ETS.

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We are looking forward to a great season with the whole ETS Family! We hope to see you soon in Andernach for RD1 of Season #14 2021/22.

Until then, stay healthy and keep racing!

Coming up next:

Read about the hunt for the title in our next ETS Preview article (Part 2) for season #14.

ETS Another location change for RD2 Season #14 2021/22

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ETS Another location change for RD2 Season #14 2021/22

From Luxembourg to Slovakia and back to Germany

Dear ETS family,

we just informed you about the change for RD2 from the LMCC Luxmbourg to the Hudy Racing Arena in Slovakia. As everything was confirmed by the authorities we received another bunch of bad news, only some hours later. Due to the ongoing problems and the unsure situation with the Covid-19 Delta virus, the Slovakian administration installed a quarantine rule for everybody who wants to enter the country without being vaccinated completely.

Arena33 as last chance

Because of that, the amazing Hudy Racing Arena is not an option for RD2 in August anymore. The whole ETS crew now decided to cancel the new scheduled event and move it back to Arena33 in Andernach /GER. As we race RD1 in Andernach too, we know that this will not be the most attractive change in our schedule. But as we have everything, we need, at Arena33 it is kind of an economic decision for us as well.

We would like to point out, that we need planning security in these hard times and a change of RD2 to almost any other RC track would produce high numbers of costs. We need larger pit spaces (extra tents) to go with all Covid-19 rules and we see no permanent track being able to offer pits with 200+ places and enough space in between. In Andernach we now have the structure to comply with all Covid-19 rules in a good way and therefore we will stick with Arena33 for ETS RD2.

Racing Clockwise

To create a little bit of a “new track” for RD2 in August, we decided to run the track in the opposite direction (clockwise). That will create a new challenge for everybody and we are pretty sure that the track will be great running it clockwise as well.

We hope for your ongoing support

At this point we would like to say thank you for your understanding and we hope to welcome all of you for ETS RD2 in Andernach in August. It is amazing to see, that so many of you made their entries for RD1 and we are doing everything possible to get at least some big races organized during this summer as we don`t want to cancel out until the end of the year!

We will open the entries for RD2 very soon and we will inform you about it on time.

Thank you once again and see you soon,

Uwe, Scotty and the whole ETS crew!

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