Rheinard and Lauter on the podium as Orlowski makes it ELEVEN in a row

Before the last A-Main, we saw a lot of tension in the driver`s faces when they walked onto the drivers stand. Many guys still had a chance to win but only one driver could do it – our reigning ETS champion Michal Orlowski. Right after the start, Orlowski led away and never looked back.

He also benefitted from second placed Lucas Urbain spinning his car coming onto the straight in the first lap. Urbain`s car then got slightly touched by Coelho (who was just trying to find away around), and another car from the back of the field was hitting Urbain as well leading his car to be damaged. Urbain was out of contention and his chances for a top three result had been blown away!

Three more cars did not survive the first lap somehow. The unlucky guys had been David Ronnefalk, Tim Wahl, and Berkan Kilic. Bruno Coelho also lost all his hopes for a podium position when he had to retire his Inf1nity prototype car in lap 12 after losing a lot of time in the sixth lap of the race. After all these cars being out of the race, Orlowski had a comfortable lead over Rheinard, Lauter, and Völker which he managed until he crossed the finish line under the cheers of the crowd to win his eleventh (!!!) ETS race in a row.
HATS OFF to Michal Orlowski for an outstanding performance against toe best in the business all weekend long!

Mächler wins A3 from Hofer when Jung and Izsay secured their spots on the podium

Ollie Bultynck watched the last A-Main relaxed from the sideline and saw many position changes in the opening laps. Max Mächler found his way to the front quickly and drivers like Izsay, Jung, and Benson lost a lot of ground in the first minute of the race. This mix-up brought Martin Hofer to second place, and he had a great race on track with his Xray teammate Jan Ratheisky for second spot. Hofer showed that he still has all you need to perform well after his 2-year break from RC and it was great to see him fighting at the sharp end of the Pro Stock class again.

Mächler saw Hofer coming closer in the last minute but Hofer was simply running out of time. A-Main number three went to Max Mächler ahead of Martin Hofer, Jan Ratheisky, Lukas Ellerbrock, and Timon Coenen. However, Jung (2) and Izsay (3) still joined race winner Ollie Bultynck on the podium!

Borschel wins A2 to secure second overall ahead of Weffers

After van Gog had already won the whole event, he was not racing anymore in A3 of the FlySky Frontwheel class. Roman Borschel took full advantage of the clear track in front of him and took the win in the last A-Main from Max Weffers, Jacques Libar, and Phil Langner. The overall result saw Max Weffers (3) and Roman Borschel (2) joining Schumacher`s race winner Robin van Gog on the podium in Apeldoorn!

Mission completed as Ehrbar takes hard-fought win in the Masters class

A3 saw a clean start from the field with Ehrbar leading away from pole position. Alexander Stocker and Ronald Arts kept up the pace with Ehrbar and that was how the cars circulated around the track for the first minute of the race. Stocker then came closer to Ehrbar but spun out once he was on Ehrbar`s tail.

After Stocker had disappeared from Ehrbar`s rear -view mirror, he could drive a safe and solid race out front. Stocker made another mistake in lap 9 and lost second place to Michael Uhlir. David Ehrbar then used all his race craft to bring home the overall victory at the opening round of ETS Season #18 2025/26 in Apeldoorn – congratulations on a very strong performance.

Zühlke withstands the pressure and wins for the first time at the ETS

After having two bad starts in A1 and A2, top qualifier Levi Berkenbosch did a much better job in A3 off the line and led after the first lap. Unfortunately, he was riding a curb too much in A2 allowing Jensen and Zühlke to go by. It was a tactical game then afterwards from Nadine as she knew that a second place behind Jensen would have been enough for her – but only if Jensen would not win A3 with a faster time than her winning time from A1. The forecast for leader Jensen looked faster on the timing screen, but Nadine found a way by Jensen in lap 13 to jump onto the captain`s seat of the race. Jensen was still close behind, followed by A2 winner Cedric Gridelet.

The last lap was a thriller to the finish line, but Nadine was able to stand her ground celebrating her very first race win at the Euro Touring Series. Congratulations from the whole ETS crew to Nadine – amazing drive. Kristian Jensen, Cedric Gridelet, Felix Hörenz, and David Reip completed the top 5 in the last final of the weekend!

Great battle in A3 when Xray`s Ehrbar wins ahead of Fenix racer Miedema

After we had seen Martin Hudy and David Ehrbar each taking a win in the first two finals, it was a fight with a distance in A3 as Martin Hudy had to work his way through the field again from his eight starting position. This time, David Ehrbar had the car of Fenix driver Jitse Miedema running close to his rear wing. The car of the Dutch driver Miedema looked like it had more pace than Ehrbar`s Xray, who was defending well knowing that a second place would maybe not have been enough for the overall win. Ehrbar kept his nerves together and brought home the overall win in A3 to step onto the top step of the podium. Martin Hudy finished second overall and the podium was completed by Jitse Miedema.

Orlowski from Urbain and Coelho in A2 – who will win in the Netherlands

The second A-Main of the Cayote Modified class saw many drivers already under pressure after the results from yesterday`s first final. Michal Orlowski brought the field around the first lap with Lucas Urbain, Bruno Coelho, Ronald Völker, and Marc Rheinard right in tow. Völker got an unlucky hit by Rheinard in the last right hander before the straight and lost some meters to the top three while Rheinard dropped down to seventh position.

Meanwhile, Orlowski had to execute a perfect job while still leading the race from Urbain and Coelho. The Infin1ty driver was setting Urbain under a lot of pressure and it looked like he was a bit faster than Urbain`s Awesomatix. However, a small bobble from Coelho in the middle of the race gave back some breathing room to Urbain who still was in striking distance to race leader Orlowski.

When the time had expired, Orlowski crossed the line in first place with his Mi9 with Urbain and Coelho following him within six tenths of a second. Ronald Völker was another1.3 seconds behind the top three. He seemed to have the same pace as the leaders but was not able to recover from the little tap he received in the second lap from Rheinard. Simon Lauter had another strong run and finished fifth in A2 followed by A1 winner Marc Rheinard, Tim Wahl, and Berkan Kilic.

The decision for overall victory went down to the line in A3 with Orlowski, Urbain, Coelho, Rheinard, Völker, Hagberg, Wahl, and Lauter all having a chance to win big at the ETS season opener in Apeldoorn!

Bultynck opens new ETS season with a real bangner!

When A2 started, we immediately saw Mächler hitting the rear of Jung in the chicane. Mächler lost a lot of positions and Jung was running in fourth spot after that incident. Ellerbrock took over third spot and was having a nice and intense fight with the Xray car of second placed Adam Izsay. At the half time, race leader Olivier Bultynck was already “checked out gone” as he had a huge lead of five seconds over the rest of the field.

The battle for second was still hot in the last minute of the race and Ellerbrock was all over Izsay with Jung waiting for something to happen behind them. Once Ellerbrock and Izsay touched side by side, Jung took full advantage and took over second place in A2 behind race winner Bultynck.

First ever ETS victory for dominant van Gog

After having a perfect A1 on Saturday evening, Robin van Gog did not slow down and stamped authority onto the FWD class with another strong drive in A2. His Schumacher FT9 car looked “spot on” and Roman Borschel did not find a way to set van Gog under serious pressure. The gap between Borschel and van Gog was always between 0.5 and 0.8 seconds, while Max Weffers was again running in third spot followed by his Xray teammate Jacques Libar, and the Awesomatix car of Phil Langner. In the last minute of the race, van Gog was still in control of the race and celebrated his first ever race win at the Euro Touring Series – congratulations, well deserved!

Ehrbar fights back and wins A2 after a perfect drive

On the sound of the tone, David Ehrbar jumped into the lead from his pole and saw again Alexander Stocker charging hard behind him. The Xray duo opened a small gap to the Awesomatix of A1 winner Ronald Arts in the early stages of the race. Ehrbar looked more comfortable in A2 and did not allow Stocker to come as close as in the first leg of finals.

Ronald Arts also had not the same pace as on Saturday evening and was running constantly in third spot behind Stocker. Ehrbar executed a perfect final run, and everything was wide open for the overall Apeldoorn victory ahead of the third and decisive leg of finals in our 1up Racing 40+ Masters class!

Gridelet wins thrilling A2 in the 21.5 Stock class from sixth on the grid

TQ Levi Berkenbosch had another critical opening lap and dropped down to fourth place when he had to let Jensen, Gridelet, and A1 winner Zühlke by in the early stages of the race. Gridelet took over the lead in lap 6 of the race when Jensen was sliding around on track. The running order after 2 minutes was Gridelet, Jensen, Zühlke, and Berkenbosch in the top four.

Berkenbosch tried everything he can to find a way around Zühlke as he really needed to find his way back to the top if he wanted to stay in the battle for the overall win. He was able to pass Zühlke in lap 10 and moved up to third place.

Berkenbosch also made a great pass on Jensen, to just get countered by Jensen in the next corner again. Zühlke passed Berkenbosch as well and we saw a crazy last lap of the race when Gridelet won the second final three tenths ahead of Zühlke, Berkenbosch, Hörenz, and Reip. The decision for the win went down to the line in the last final of the day and it was all between Zühlke and Gridelet with a clear advantage for Nadine Zühlke!

Ehrbar takes A2 as Hudy was “on a mission” again

The first lap of A2 saw Jitse Miedema loosing positions when he dropped down to the end of the field. Lap two saw Andreas Stiebler and Thomas Stenger falling back to eight and ninth spot – what a terrible start into the race for both. Out front we saw TQ David Ehrbar leading the race. He was hunted down by Michael Lipperheide and A1 winner Martin Hudy. After three minutes, Hudy was already in second and was “bringing the heat” to leader Ehrbar.

Hudy was the fastest on track, but he was running out of time and had to be happy with second behind his team driver Ehrbar. With a first and second place, Hudy had the best chances for the overall win and the decision was to be made in A3 where Ehrbar also needed a win or at least a second spot to fight for the victory in Apeldoorn. Michael Lipperheide, Jacques Libar, and Luka Jovicic completed the top five in A2.

Spectacular first final as Urbain, Völker, Orlowski, and Coelho all suffer from collisions

What a race we saw in the first A-Main of the Cayote Modified class at the ETS season opener in Apeldoorn. The grid was set under the floodlights of the AMCA track and Michal Orlowski brought the cars around the first lap of the race.

In the second lap of the race, Lucas Urbain had some trouble when he entered the left turn after the front straight. He got a bit off the racing line and Bruno was side by side with him. Völker could capitalize for a moment and passed Bruno`s car. This led to the situation that Urbain, Völker, and Coelho entered the straightway together and we saw a drag race down the straight. Urbain and Völker had been side by side at the middle of the straight and when Urbain started to break he was somehow in front of Völker`s car.

Ronald had no chance avoid hitting the back of Urbain`s A800RR and both cars flew off the track. We had a similar situation last year when Rheinard and Sobue had almost the same take off in A1. After the crash, Völker was out of the race and Urbain was only able to score a P6 in the first A-Main – a big disappointment for both drivers.  

Bruno Coelho was now running in second spot and started to hunt down race leader Michal Orlowski. Coelho was on fire with his Inf1nity Speciale prototype car. He closed the gap to Orlowski, and everybody was expecting a battle for the win between them. But somehow, Orlowski lost traction when entering the chicane after the straightway and spun sideways. He immediately tried to counter steer and when he returned to the racing line Bruno was there and the cars collided. It was the end of the race for Bruno. Michal could still finish fifth for the run, but it was a nightmare for both – same as it was earlier in the race for Völker and Urbain.

After all these unlucky race incidents, Marc Rheinard had taken over the lead and was defending his position against a crazy fast Awesomatix teammate Simon Lauter. Before A1, Rheinard joked when he said “I will win the first one from P5 on the grid” – and it happened. Lauter drove a hell of a race and was all over Rheinard in the last lap, but the five-time world champ brought it over the line and celebrated the win. WHAT A RACE.

Behind Rheinard and Lauter, Alexander Hagberg finished third ahead of Tim Wahl and Michal Orlowski. A2 and A3 will be on the line on Sunday and just say: DON’T MISS THE SHOW!

Bultynck shows the muscles in Saturday evening A1

In lap one of the race, all drivers had a good start and Ollie Bultynck showed that his qualifying pace wasn`t pure luck. The Awesomatix driver checked out from the rest of the field while a nice three-horse race for the positions was going on behind him. Enrico Jung (ARC) was able to take second place from Adam Izsay after seven laps and Ellerbrock was running in fourth place. At the halftime of the race, Bultynck`s lead was at almost three seconds which is a lot in the world of Pro Stock racing.

In the last minute of the trace, Izsay was right on the back of Jung again and they had a great fight for second place – with the better ending for ARC driver Jung. Izsay finished third and Lukas Ellerbrock and Jan Ratheisky rounded out the top five in the first Pro Stock A-Main. Bultynck is now half way there and the others will need a miracle to happen if they want to stop him from winning on Sunday!

Dominant van Gog takes opening leg of FWD finals

Top qualifier Robin van Gog left no doubt about his pure speed this weekend in Apeldoorn. The Schumacher FT9 driver had a perfect start and was driving almost in a world of his own (fastest lap 19.309) in A1 when nobody was able to close in on his tail. Roman Borschel, Max Weffers, and Jacques Libar all kept their positions for the entire race and behind them it was Phil Langner who could find a way by Nicolas Delisè to take fifth place away from A1. Van Gog looked so strong in A1 that it is hard to bet against him on Sunday – let`s see what will happen in our FlySky Frontwheel class in Apeldoorn!

Arts takes A1 as Ehrbar and Stocker putting on a big show!

David Ehrbar brought the field around the first lap after a clean start from his hard-fought pole position. Alexander Stocker and Ronald Arts followed him as close as they could and the top 3 immediately pulled away from the rest of the field. Stocker was shadowing Ehrbar around the track with the gap always between 2 and 4 tenths of a second. In lap 8, Stocker was all over Ehrbar and the pressure was immense.

Stocker tried to make the leader nervous with driving different lines and was “looking high and low” but there was no way to go for him am Ehrbar was defending like a lion. In lap 12 of the race the cars slightly touched each other after running side by side for many corners, and Ronald Arts was able to jump onto the captain`s seat of the race. Arts had a big lead in the last minute of the race and brought home the victory in A1 under the applause of his fellow Dutch countrymen. It was a thrilling race to watch as Ehrbar, Stocker, and Arts went for it, and we can expect more of that in A2 and A3 on Sunday.

Zühlke wins first 21.5 Stock A-Main after chaotic start

Top qualifier Levi Berkenbosch had a very bad start on the sound of the tone and dropped back to the end of the field in the very first corners of the race – what a disaster for the young Dutch racer. Nadine Zühlke took over the lead after the chaotic first lap and opened a gap of 1.5 seconds to second placed Kristian Jensen until the half time of the race.

Kristian Jensen had his mirror full of sixth place starter Cedric Gridelet and was not able to close in on the leading car anymore. Nadine Zühlke drove a perfect race and crossed the finish line to win A1 ahead of Jensen, Gridelet, Reip, and Hörenz. A1 was a thrilling start into the triple finals. Can TQ Berkenbosch recover from his unlucky race on Sunday?

Hudy wins first A-Main from eight on the grid!

Andreas Stiebler made a nice pass on David Ehrbar`s Xray car in lap five of the first Matrix Formula A-Main. Stieber’s car looked “right on the money” and Ehrbar had a lot of work to do to defend his second spot against his teammates Thomas Stenger and Luka Jovicic for the rest of A1. Martin Hudy also joined the party (from eight on the grid !!) and after Stenger lost his position, Hudy was able to take second spot ahead of Ehrbar. Hudy closed in on Stiebler in the last 50 seconds of the race and risked a brave pass at the end of the straightway. It worked out for Martin Hudy and he brought home the win in A1 with all his team spending applause for “the boss”. Many positions changed during the run and the top five saw Martin Hudy ahead of Andreas Stiebler, David Ehrbar, Luka Jovicic, and Robert Kampehl.