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!

Mugen`s Völker edges out the competition by 0.8 seconds, Rheinard scores a strong second place after disappointing seeding practice. Orlowski third after Q1!

Top seed Ronald Völker took the opening round of Cayote Modified qualifying. His LRP powered MTC-3 was fastest after lap one, but then he “missed a bit of overall traction” in the next laps and dropped back to third or fourth position while we saw the Awesomatix of Marc Rheinard popping up on top of the board.

Rheinard, who was only sixth quickest after seeding, had a great pace as well and was in a close fight with David Ronnefalk (Xray) and Michal Orlowski (Schumacher) for the lead.

As the race reached half-time, Völker`s set of tires came alive again and he could immediately post the hottest laps of the race (15.173) and a couple of 15.2`s to take over the lead again. Völker was totally in “the zone” and opened a gap of 0.8 seconds over Rheinard till the end.

Mugen`s Völker took the win after a great drive ahead of Marc Rheinard (Awesomatix), Michal Orlowski (Schumacher), David Ronnefalk (Xray), and Dominic Greiner (Serpent). Simon Lauter (Awesomatix), Christopher Krapp (Yokomo), Antoine Brunet (RC Maker), Alexander Hagberg (Xray), and Oliver Havranek (Xray) completed the top 10 after Q1.

Xray strikes back as Izsay wins Q1 ahead of Sparbier and Kriz

Top seed Sören Sparbier saw a hard pushing AdaMi ZSAY in his rear-view mirror for the entire runtime of Q1. Jaroslav Kriz Jun. was super-fast as well with his Xray car and was in the mix on top of the board as well. These three drivers had been clearly the fastest on track and only ones posting 16.1 lap times (fastest lap from Sparbier 16.145).

After an intense five-minute run, Adam Izsay was the lucky guy walking away with the TQ points for the round. He won Q1 half a second ahead of Mugen Seiki`s Sören Sparbier and his Xray teammate Jaroslav Kriz Jun.

Schumacher`s Mark Valent was fourth fastest and the top 10 got completed by Tim Benson (Mugen Seiki), Jesper Rasmussen (Schumacher), Olivier Bultynck (Awesomatix), Louis Kretschmer (Awesomatix), Tobias Sutrich (ARC), and Kevin Schmid (Awesomatix).

Schmid takes Friday morning Q1 from Langner and Buchhalt

The first round of FlySky Frontwheel qualifying was a close fight between top seed Kevin Schmid and Phil Langner. Schmid had a perfect run on the huge carpet track and won the heat with a gap of 1.5 seconds ahead of Langner, and the Iris car of strong driving Matheo Buchhalt.

Luca Romondia (ARC) and Dominik Reile (Iris) completed the top 5. Kevin Schmid looks very comfortable on track since he has arrived at Arena Nova – will he be the man to beat throughout the wekeend?

Awesomatix driver Anderson TQ`s the first round of Masters qualifying

US racer Eric “EA” Anderson took the win in the opening round of 40+ Masters qualifying. Anderson had a flawless run on track with his Awesomatix A800RR and won the heat with an advantage of 0.8 seconds over Xray`s David Ehrbar. A brilliant start into the weekend for Eric Anderson – the man behind the line of EAM Batteries.

Top seed Manuel Stankowitz was another second behind Ehrbar and took a solid P3 away from Q1 where he was followed by “comebacker” Renè Kölbel (Xray), and the Mugen of Philipp Stadler.

Top seed Jensen wins Q1 ahead of Dinger and Anthes

Championship contender Kristian Jensen had a perfect start into the day when he posted his first TQ run of the event. The Danish Xray driver was very fast (hot lap 17.087) and outpaced the rest of the field by 2.3 seconds (!). Ulrich Dinger took second for the round and was followed by Daniel Anthes, Cedric Gridelet, and championship leader David Reip.

The 21.5 Stock class is in a spotlight this weekend as the championship is still undecided. David Reip, Kristian Jensen, and Cedric Gridelet are the three drivers who can still win the trophy. If Jensen will manage to TQ and winthe race here at Arena Nova, David Reip must finish in the top 4 to still become champion!

Ehrbar leads impressive Xray 1-2-3-4-5 in Q1

Old and new Matrix Formula champion David Ehrbar took the win in the first round of qualifying. He had an advantage of 1.7 seconds over his “boss” Martin Hudy, who posted the fastest lap of the race laying down a 16.054. Michal Wojcik, Jacques Libar, and Chris Grenz completed an all Xray top 5 before we saw the Schumacher cars of Alexander Bremer (6) and Andreas Stiebler (7).

Völker, Orlowski, and Lauter – the top three after Thursday practice

The Cayote Modified class saw Ronald Völker continuing his strong 2026 carpet season. The Mugen Seiki factory driver was fastest over three consecutive laps with his MTC-3 and had the small advantage of 0.138 seconds over championship leader Michal Orlowski (Schumacher), the Awesomatix of Simon Lauter, his Mugen teammate Sören Sparbier, and the Xray of Swedish ace David Ronnefalk.

Marc Rheinard finished sixth for the day and the top heat for qualifying got completed by Dominic Griener (7), Lucas Urbain (8), Antoine Brunet (9), and Dominik Schmid (10).

Qualifying will start immediately on Friday morning and right now, it looks as we will see a battle between Völker, Orlowski, and Lauter for the top spots. Can Marc Rheinard improve form his current P6? He is still in a good championship position but needs to TQ and win the event to keep his title chances alive. Let`s head into qualifying!

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

1. Ronald Völker (DE) 45.887 Mugen Seiki MTC-3|LRP
2. Michal Orlowski (PL) 46.025 Schumacher Mi9|Elceram|Cayote
3. Simon Lauter (GER) 46.038 Awesomatix A800RR|Hobbywing|Nosram
4. Sören Sparbier (GER) 46.264 Mugen Seiki|LRP
5. David Ronnefalk (SWE) 46.290 Xray X4`26|Cayote

Mugen`s Sparbier leads day 1 from Izsay and Bultynck

The Awesomatix Pro Stock class saw familiar names on top of the board. Last year`s Arena Nova winner Sören Sparbier was the fastest with his Mugen MTC-3 when he outpaced the Xray X4`26 of Adam Izsay by 0.279 of a second.

Our newly crowned Pro Stock champion Ollie Bultynck was third fastest with his Awesomatix A800RRm. Jesper Rasmussen (Schumacher) and Oliver Havranek completed the top 5 in the ultra-competitive Pro Stock class.

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

1. Sören Sparbier (GER) 48.733 Mugen Seiki
2. Adam Izsay (HUN) 49.012 Xray X4`25
3. Olivier Bultynck (BEL) 49.228 Awesomatix A800RR
4. Jesper Rasmussen (DNK) 49.262 Schumacher Mi9
5. Oliver Havranek (SVK) 49.458 Xray X4`26

Schmid fastest after Thursday practice at Arena Nova

Kevin Schmid (Awesomatix) was the quickest FWD driver on Thursday when he set the pace in the first of the two seeding rounds. Schmid was two tenths faster than newly crowned FWD champion Phil Langner who was followed by ARC`s new kid on the block Luca Romondia. British ace Adam Southgate and former FWD champion Stefan Schulz completed the top 5.

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

1. Kevin Schmid (GER) 56.508 Awesomatix
2. Phil Langner (GER) 56.711 Awesomatix
3. Luca Romondia (GER) 57.086 ARC
4. Adam Southgate (GBR) 57.126 Iris
5. Stefan Schulz (GER) 57.340 Xray

Stankowitz is top seed for qualifying – can he fight for the win against champion Ehrbar?

Former 40+ Masters champion Manuel Stankowitz seems to be back in the game. The German “Iceman” posted the fastest three consecutive laps of the day with his Mugen Seiki MTC-3 and was four (!) tenths quicker than the current dominator and newly crowned champion of the class – David Ehrbar!

Mirco Thalheimer, Philipp Stadler, and Caspar Morgen rounded out the top five. We wxpect nothing than a very thrilling set of qualifying heats and we cabn`t wait for the Masters to lay dowen a great show at Arena Nova in the next three days!

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

1. Manuel Stankowitz (GER) 52.000 Mugen Seiki
2. David Ehrbar (GER) 52.401 Xray
3. Mirco Thalheimer (GER) 52.533 Xray
4. Philipp Stadler (AUT) 52.662 Mugen Seiki
5. Caspar Morgen (DNK) 52.806 Xray

Jensen dominates Thursday practice in Wiener Neustadt

Danish Xray driver Kristian Jensen opened his challenge for the 21.5 Stock title with a strong showing in practice. He was four tenths ahead of the competition, led by the German RC Maker driver Daniel Anthes who was second fastest ahead of French racer Aurelien Threhout. Ulrich Dinger finished fourth for the day while championship leader David Reip (RC Maker) was sitting in fifth place overnight. Cedric Gridelet from Belgium, who is also in the fight for the championship was only ninth fastest. Friday qualifying will be close in this class and there is still a lot to play for as we will crown a new champion on Sunday!

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

1. Kristian Jensen (DNK) 52.191 (Xray)
2. Daniel Anthes (GER) 52.618 (RC Maker)
3. Aurelien Threhout (FRA) 52.619
4. Ulrich Dinger (GER) 52.683 (Awesomatix)
5. David Reip (GER) 52.719 (RC Maker)

Xray`s Hudy on top of the Formula class after practice

Xray`s very own Martin Hudy was quickest in the Formula class and posted the fastest times in the last round of seeding practice. He was followed by three more Xray cars of David Ehrbar, Michal Wojcik, and Jacques Libar. Alex Bremer was the fastest “non Xray” driver and placed his Schumacher car fifth before the start of qualifying.

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

1. Martin Hudy (SVK) 49.141 Xray
2. David Ehrbar (GER) 49.276 Xray
3. Michal Wojcik (POL) 49.976 Xray
4. Jacques Libar (LUX) 50.389 Xray
5. Alexander Bremer (GER) 50.526 Schumacher