The brand of multiple IFMAR world champion Marc Rheinard, MR33, has released a nice new carrying bag for 1:10 scale touring cars in Marc`s actual SIGNATURE design!
The MR33 touring car bag protects your precious 1:10 racing car during transportation to the race track, in the car or even in your hand luggage when travelling by plane. The bag is made of a very durable and dimensionally stable material and is designed in the current MR33 SIGNATURE look.
Your 1:10 touring car fits perfectly in the bag with bodywork and mounted tires, but also without. The sturdy carrying handle ensures that the bag always sits comfortably in your hand, and the red straps on the zippers make it easy to open and close the bag
There is an elastic strap on the back of the bag to attach the bag to another piece of luggage (e.g. the handle of a trolley case). This is a very convenient feature, especially when traveling, and makes the MR33 touring car bag the perfect travel companion. There is also a practical mesh pocket on the inside back of the lid for storing flat items and documents.
Team Yokomo has posted the first pictures of their new MS1.0 touring car. Further details will follow very soon and the car should be available at the end of April. The Yokomo factory team will use the new car at all major events around the world in 2024 including the IFMAR worlds at Finishline Rc Raceway in Bakersfield (USA) in November.
It was already the SIXTEENTH season of the Euro Touring Series which came to an end and which is done and dusted now. We had six amazing races and the highest average of racers attending the races (248 per race) since 5 or 6 years. Also at the last round of Season #16 there had been 5 things which we learned and noticed and here they are….
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1) The job of the 1. MRC Wiener Neustadt was OUTSTANDING
Organizing an ETS event is a lot of work.! Well, that is nothing new and we have seen so many great races over the last 16 seasons. All the clubs which organized ETS races with us in the past have worked hard for the best possible outcome and we are proud of each and every race we had in all these years. Last weekend it was the 1.MRC Wiener Neustadt with the team around Sascha Klug who was in charge to make sure everybody was having a good time. And what a hell of a job they did. It was also very nice that the “Bürgermeister” of the city, Klaus Schneeberger, joined us on Friday evening to see what the ETS is all about!
There was no single negative word about something all weekend long. As we arrived on Monday to start setting everythign up, the first helpers had already been waiting to unload the truck. The whole team worked togehter super good and it was a breeze to transform the empty hall 3 of Arena Nova into a paradise for all ETS enthusiasts.
Also on the side of food and drinks there was nothing to complain about. The food was amazing all the time as it was fresh and veryyyy tasty. There had been good coffee machines in use and the BWT water dispensers worked fine too. One of the highlights was the drivers dinner on Froday evening which the club organized as well – it was just fantastic and we didn`t have had this since many years!
A lot of drivers said that it was “the best indoor ETS event they have ever attended” and this was probably the best compliments the club could get for all their hard work! THANK YOU 1.MRC WIENER NEUSTADT
2) We have crowned six well-deserved champions at Arena Nova in Wiener Neustadt
All our champions received their trophies and many congratulations during the trophy ceremony on Sunday. There is not a lot to say about them as everybody has worked so hard throughout the season to take the nice trophy and the honours back home!
Michal Orlowski – the champion was in a class of his own in the Matrix Modified class
Michal Orlowski won four out of four races and three of them from pole position. We have not seen such a dominant champion in some years after Bruno Coehlo or Ronald Völker had been on a roll at the ETS. Congratulations to Michal Orlowski, Schumacher Racing, and the whole team behind him!
Olivier Bultynck – worked hard and was fighting for the Pro Stock title like a lion
Ollie Bultynck had a great season with his Awesomatix A800R. He was able to win two races and finished also two times in second place. It was a thrilling showdown with him (1206 points) , his teammate Lukas Ellerbrock (1205), and Xray`s Adam Izsay (1205) until the very end. Thank you guys for these great races all season long and congratulations to Ollie Bultynck and his team for winning the Pro Stock title!
Adam Izsay – a true master of the Hobbywing FWD class
Nobody was able to keep up with the pace of Adam Izsay this season. After Stefan Schulz won the prestigious FWD title in the last two years, it was Adam Izsay who made it three consecutive titles for Xray. Adam won four races from TQ and scored the magic number of 1212 points – it doesn`t get any better than this!
Michel Zierold – mister BOOM RC wins the 1up Racing 40+ Masters title
Awesomatix driver and Boom RC founder Michel Zierold is the champion of the hard-fought 1up Racing 40+ Masters class. Michel Zierold was scoring constant points all season long with two third places, one second place, and one race win (RD2 in Aigen). Michel was very happy when he lifted up the trophy for which he printed the plastic stands by himself 🙂 Thank you Michel, and congratulations for winning the 40+ Masters title!
Tristan Bergheim – drove a strong final race and was holding off quick Phil Langner
The Orca 21.5 Stock class was a nice and fair fight between champion Tristan Bergheim and his strong challenger Phil Langner. Tristan had the better ending for himself when he drove to TQ and victory in Wiener Neustadt. With three race wins, two second places, and one third place, he was on the podium at every race and is a well-deserved champion. Congratulations to Tristan and his dad for getting the job done!
Andreas Stiebler – the strongest force in Formula racing since two years
Andreas Stiebler defenden his championship title from last season. His competitors had been fast and very strong, but Stiebler was always there when it was counting. The Schumacher driver scored 1211 amazing points when he won four races of the season (three from pole position). Let`s see if anybody can beat him in Season #17!
3) Tim Benson is a “Beast” in creating and building amazing racetracks and made his masterpiece at Arena Nova
Tim Benson is well-known for always being fast on track and for always having a casual saying on his lips. But since a couple of years he is also famous for the fantastic carpet tracks he is able to build. He did it for the first time when the ETS stopped in teh city of Neumünster in 2021 where drivers fell in love with his track layout.
After creating more great layouts for the ETS races in Daun and Hann. Münden, Tim Benson knocked it out of the park once more and made the track for the season finale at Arena Nova possibly the “best ever ETS carpet track”. Together with all the helping hands from the local club and the ETS crew the track looked just fantastic with all the green carpet inlays, the full flag banners all around, and the super cool layout Tim had drawn.
By the way: beside building the track, Tim was also super successful at the weekend where he finished 2nd in the Awesomatix pro Stock class and 11th in the Matrix Modified A-Main. Congratulations Tim and once again THANK YOU for doing this great job for us in Wiener Neustadt. The whole ETS family appreciates it a lot!
4) Harley Eldridge made history and was the driver of the weekend
Xray racer Harley Eldridge was the driver of the weekend as she wrote history. After some great runs, she qualified herself straight into the Modified A-Main and became the first famle racer to ever achieve this in the history of the Euro Touring Series. Well done Harley! She worked hard for this in the past years together with her dad and it was finally paying off at the ETS in Austria. Harley also received the “One to Watch” award from Uwe Rheinard and Scotty Ernst during the tropy ceremony!
As I came here I was aiming for a solid B-Main result. But to make it into the A-Main with a P5 and P6 in qualifying is just fantastic and I am super happy and proud about it.
Harley Eldridge (UK) Xray
5) We saw many “first timers” in Austria which was just fantastic
Another thing which wa samazing to see was that almost 30 drivers attended their first ETS at Arena Nova in Austria. We saw many “first timers” from Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, and also from Macau. We are super happy that more and more people want to join our events and we hope that all these drivers felt welcome in the middle of the ETS family. Thank you all for coming and being a part of this amazing season finale at Arena Nova in Wiener Neustadt – you rock!
A2 – Michal Orlowski is the newly crowned champion of the ETS Matrix Modified class. Orlowski did not look back in A2 and drove dominant like he did all season long. The Schumacher lead driver crossed the finish line under a huge applause of the audience and celebrated his victory with a loud scream and the trophy on the driver stand. Orlowski is a well-deserved champion as he won all four races which he attended this season without having any kind of throw out result.
It was a long journey for Orlowski who raced at the ETS the first time as a young kid in 2009 where he won the championship in the hobby class while one of his idols, Marc Rheinard, won the modified title. After the race Michal said:
“It is a very emotional day for me. It means a lot to win this title and I like to thank all my supporters and sponsors who are trusting in me. I like to thank everybody at Schumacher racing, my mechanic and friend Mattia Collina, our car designer Andy Murray, mister Niko who came here to watch and who was my first sponsor back in the day – and finally I like to thank my dad for EVERYTHING. Another shoutout goes to Uwe and Scotty and the whole ETS for giving me the opportunity to race at this big stage all the time!”
Michal Orlowski (PL) Schumacher | Hobbywing
Lucas Urbain (Awesomatix) finished second again behind race winner Orlowski – it was the maximum he could do against an “unbeatable Orlowski”. Simon Lauter (Awesomatix), Alexander Hagberg (Xray), and Harley Eldridge (Xray) completed the top 5 in A2.
A3 – Lucas Urbain took the win in the last A-Main and was followed by a superb driving Simon Lauter who defended his place against Alexander Hagberg, Harley Eldridge, and Jan Ratheisky. With the results from A3, Lucas Urbain and Simon Lauter joined race winner Michal Orlowski on the podium here at the season finale in Wiener Neustadt!
Bultynck wins his first ETS championship title and the third in a row for Awesomatix. Ellerbrock takes the victory at the last race of the season!
A2 – Lukas Ellerbrock (Awesomatix)had another brilliant drive in A2 and sealed the overall victory right before the last final of the day. Second place starter Tim Benson (Awesomatix) lost two positions in the race and allowed Mattia Collina (Schumacher) and Olivier Bultynck (Awesomatix) to go by. Stefan Schulz took 5th place from the second Pro Stock final. With the race win already decided, all eyes had been on the championship decision between Izsay and Bultynck for A3. Bultynck had the best cards in his hands but as a lot can happen in racing it went down to the line in the last final of the season!
A3 – Tim Benson took full advantage of the clen track in front of him and took the win in A3 from Stefan Schulz and Mattia Collina. With The results from A3 Benson and Collina secured their spot on the podium with Stefan Schulz taking fourth spot and our new ETS Pro Stock Champion Ollie Bultynck in fifth spot.
Izsay wins season finale at Arena Nova ahead of Reile and Stankowitz and crowns a great FWD season
A2 – Adam Izsay brought a fantastic season to an end with another race win in the Hobbywing Frontwheel class. The Xray driver had a three second advantage over second placed Manuel Stankowitz (Iris) while second place starter Dominik Reile got taken out with a hard move from the car behind and dropped back at the beginning of the race. Yokomo`s Frederik Hovgaard had a great drive from sixth on the grid to 3rd place and he was followed by Mark Valent and Marcus van Elling who made it into the top 5.
A3 – Dominik Reile took the win in A3 to secure second overall. Manuel Stankowitz finished second which brought him on to third place overall on the podium in Wiener Neustadt. Marcus van Elling took third lace in the last final and finished fifth overall behind Gergö Valent.
Winner B-Main: Andrea Ghilotti (IT) Winner C-Main: Christoph Grach (AT) Winner D-Main: John Trottmann (CH) Winner E-Main: Andreas Teubl (AT) Winner F-Main: Raymond Libar (LU) Winner G-Main: Robert Berner (AT)
Zierold succeeds Stankowitz and is the new 40+ Masters Champion
A2 – The second A-Main was in the hands of David Ehrbar again. He drove to an unchallenged victory and was followed by René Kölbel and Michel Zierold. They had a great and close fight for second place on track with the better ending for Kölbel. Manuel Stankowitz and Ulrich Dinger finished behind the top three and the last final of the season was the decider for the championship between Kölbel and Zierold.
A3 – René Kölbel won the last final of the season in front of Michel Zierlod. They will step onto the podium beside race winner David Ehrbar, and the third place from Zierold was enough for him to win the overall championship of the 1up Racing 40+ Masters class. Zierold had a very good season, was scoring consistent points, and is a well-deserved champion of this class. René Kölbel is our vice-champion and Mirco Thalheimer finished his season third overall. Congratulations guys!
Winner B-Main: Michael Lipperheide (DE) Winner C-Main: Matyas Mohl (HU) Winner D-Main: Andreas Holzer (AT) Winner E-Main: Günther Weinberger (AT)
Bergheim is the first 21.5 Stock champion at the ETS
A2 – Tristan Bergheim has put the icing on the cake as he won the second final and the overall championship of the Orca 21.5 Stock class here at Arena Nova in Austria. The German had to survive a tough moment when he was hitting the boards in the infield allowing his championship contender Phil Langner to close in. But somehow, Bergheim could defend his position and took a well-deserved win away from the ETS season finale. Phil Langner never backed off and tried all he could but in the end the title went to Bergheim, with Langer in second overall. Jaroslav Kriz, Jan Gehrig, and Nadine Zühlke completed the top 5 in A2.
A3 – Jaroslav Kriz won the last A-Main from first place on the grid as champion Bergheim watched the race on site. Kriz had a strong drive and won by 2.3 seconds from Nadine Zühlke and Jan Gehrig. The overall race result saw Tristan Bergheim on top of the podium flanked by Jaroslav Kriz and vice-champion Phil Langner.
Winner B-Main: Jan Vogler (DE) Winner C-Main: Eric Champion-Rieger (DE) Winner D-Main: Rafael Kerschbaumer (AT)
Champion Stiebler brings an amazing season to a close with another victory in Austria
A2 – Andreas Stiebler did not slow down and won the second A-Main and the race in his home country. He was the dominant driver in this season and is the actual benchmark in Formula racing. David Ehrbar, Jan Ratheisky, Robert Kampehl, and Michal Wojcik rounded out the top five.
A3 – With Stiebler watching from the side-line, David Ehrbar took the win in A3 to secure second place overall. He was followed by his Xray teammate Jan Ratheisky, Mathias Domig, and Michael Lipperheide. The podium saw Stiebler on top for Schumacher with Ehrbar and Ratheisky taking second and third for Xray.
Winner B-Main: René Kölbel (AT) Winner C-Main: Andreas Kalker (DE)
We like to congratulate all champions, race winners, and everybody who joined us during ETS Season #16 2023/24. Thank you for your support and we will see us again in June at the start of Season #17 in the Netherlands!
Michal Orlowski took the win in the opening A-Main at Arena Nova. Orlowski had a good start of the line and Lucas Urbain was staying in striking distance. But as much Urbain pushed his Awesomatix car around the track, there was no chance to come closer to the Schumacher of Orlowski. Urbain said after the race that “he (Orlowski) is just flying around the track” and that he was “ok” with finishing second behind Orlowski.
When our media team talked to Orlowski after A1 he mentioned that “we have found some issues on the car before the run and had to replace bearings and a not 100% tightened outdrive. I take it on me as I was not checking the car good enough but luckily Mattia (Collina) noticed it and we had been able to sort things out”.
Simon Lauter had a lonely race on P3, the same as Alexander Hagberg who finished the race in fourth place ahead of Marc Rheinard and Harley Eldridge. Michal Orloswki is only one more win away from his long-awaited ETS title and at the moment there is no doubt that he will win it on Sunday at Arena Nova.
Lukas Ellerbrock had a great start from his TQ spot and converted it into a hard-fought A1 victory against Tim Benson. Behind the top two, we saw many close battles on track. Stefan Schulz had a good time with Mattia Collina and Adam Izsay was pushing Ollie Bultynck around the track. Somehow, Izsay found his way by Bultynck who dropped back to ninth place after a unfortunate contact with Izsay. With two more finals to come we are excited for the final results in the Awesomatix Pro Stock class.
TQ Adam Izsay left no doubt about his great season performance when he drove to a dominant win in the first final of the Hobbywing Frontwheel class. Behind Izsay we saw a really nice battle between Dominik Reile and Gergö Valent which had the better ending for Valent after several contacts. Marcus van Elling and Manuel Stankowitz crossed the line in fourth and fifth position after the 5-minute A-Main.
Kölbel and Zierold taking 2nd and 3rd behind A1 winner Ehrbar
René Kölbel and Michel Zierold had the closest battle on track in A1 of the 40+ Masters class. It took Zierold some time to close in on Kölbel but he was close enough to ride an attack in the last lap – which was not successful in the end. Top qualifier David Ehrbar won the race in a dominant way with his Xray car and was followed Kölbel, Zierold, Stankowitz, and Dinger.
Bergheim on the way to the title as he takes A1 from Langner
Tristan Bergheim was in control of A1 on Saturday evening here at Arena Nova. Bergheim only had to survive a nice and smooth roll over in lap 8 when he was steering too much when riding the curb at the end of the straight. Luckily, he landed rubber side down and could continue his race. Phil Langner was earning the second place in the last lap after Kriz and Zsolt collided on the right side of the track.
The first Formula A-Main saw TQ Andreas Stiebler taking the win in front of David Ehrbar. The Xray driver was about to close the gap to the Schumacher car of Stiebler but small mistakes here and there kept the gap at the same level all the time. Stiebler crossed the line in front of David Ehrbar, Jan Ratheisky, Robert Kampehl, and Adam Southgate.
ARC has released their new A10-25 touring car a couple of days ago. We have it here at the ETS and Henrik Heitsch qualified the new car into the Pro Stock A-Main (P8 on the grid) while his team mate Torsten Baggendorf achieved the same (P6 on the grid) great result in the 1up Racing 40+ Masters class – a great debut for the new ARC car. We had a chance to top off the Wolverine bodyshell of Torsten Baggendorf`s car which is equipped with the ORCA ETS ESC and Motor, a LRp 5100 battery, and a PowerHD servo. The car is also equipped with aluminim lower shock mounts, a split topdeck, low friction drive belts, and a set of Team Titan titanium screws!
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Qualifying is over at the last race of ETS Season #16 2023/24. All racers had a blast on the amazing track layout at Arena Nova. Now it is time for our title decisions in the upcoming triple A-Mains but also the lower mains will produce some cool and thrilling RC racing. We hope that everybody will enjoy them on track, watching them live on site, or on our livestream which is once more produced by RC Racing TV. The whole event is running smooth like butter and the ETS is more than happy to be at this amazing facility in Wiener Neustadt, AUT.
Pole position for Schumacher`s Orlowski at ETS season finale
Q3 – Michal Orlowski will start from the sweet spot on the grid in the triple A-Mains of the Matrix Modified class. The Schumacher lead driver had another ballistic run on track at Arena Nova and his advantage over second placed Awesomatix driver Lucas Urbain was (once more) at two and a half seconds. Orlowski was very pleased with his run as he mentioned “It was a good one and it was great that I could do a 14.9 in the first lap of the race – something I was struggling with in Q1 and Q2”. Awesomatix racer Lucas Urbain finished second again in Q2 and his teammate and three time ETS Pro Stock champion Simon Lauter showed that he has found his place in the top group of the Modified class now as he took third for the round. Alexander Hagberg (Xray) and Marc Rheinard (Awesomatix) rounded out the top 5 for the round!
Q4 – The last round of Matrix Modified qualifying saw Orlowski taking another win making qualifying a clean sweep. This time it was Simon Lauter who finished second after a great run. Lucas Urbain took P3 and was followed by Alexander Hagberg and Pekko Iivonen. Michal Orlowski is only two or three finals away from winning the overall ETS title. The first A-Main will be on the line on Saturday evening – don`t miss to watch it in our ETS live stream.
Benson takes Q3, Ellerbrock is overall TQ, and Izsay needs to win from P6 on the grid to snatch the title away from Bultynck – CRAZY PRO STOCK CLASS
Q3 – The designer of our amazing racetrack, Tim Benson, was the fastest in Q3 of the Awesomatix Pro Stock class. Benson outpaced second placed driver Stefan Schulz by four tenths of a second and had great chances to claim the TQ spot in Q4. Behind Benson and Schulz we saw Olivier Bultynck, Jan Ratheisky, and Gergö Valent making it into the top 5. The decision for the TQ came down to the line in the last one and it was all between Ellerbrock and Benson. Adam Izsay had a hard time on track and was only able to score P13 for the round.
Q4 – The last round of Pro Stock qualifying saw Lukas Ellerbrock on top of the board again. Benson had to retire his car after a technical problem and it was all about Stefan Schulz, Adam Izsay, Jan Ratheisky, and Gergö Valent to round out the top five in Q4. With Bultynck and Izsay “only” have qualified 5th and 6th on the grid, we have kind of an unexpected situation for the finals. But anyway – Izsay needs to win the race if he wants the title and that will be a difficult job to do. Bultynck needs to somehow survive the finals without a disaster and the title will be his.
At the front of the grid, we can expect a nice race with Ellerbrock, Benson, Schulz, and Collina involved. Austrian racer Tobias Sutrich made his second ETS A-Main and Henrik Heitsch made the show as well with the all new ARC A10-25 touring car – congratulations!
Q3 – Xray`s Adam Izsay continued to dominate in the Hobbywing Frontwheel class and posted another TQ run. Dominik Reile took second for the round with his Iris car with Pawel Staszewski, and the Valent brothers Gergö and Mark rounding out the top 5. The battle for the spots on the 10 car A-Main grid was super intense so far and the last round of qualifying was important for many drivers!
Q4 – After he had already sealed the TQ , Adam Izsay skipped the last qualifier to prepare his stock touring car. Dominik Reile took full advantage and won a super close qualifying heat in front of his Iris teammate Manuel Stankowitz, and the Xray of Gergö Valent. The Q4 result moved Reile to second on the grid – can he fight with champion Izsay for the win in the finals?
Ehrbar is top qualifier at Arena Nova – Kölbel and Zierold will battle out the title from second and third on the grid
Q3 – David Ehrbar made it three out of three on Saturday morning and earned himself the pole position for the finals. Ehrbar was just too quick for everybody else and it was again his Xray teammate René Kölbel who took second for the round ahead of Ulrich Dinger, Michel Zierold, and Manuel Stankowitz.
Q4 – David Ehrbar made it a clean sweep in qualifying and won Q4 in style. Michel Zierold posted the second fastest time out of the B-heat and Stankowitz, Baggendorf, and Schmitzer completed the top 5 in the last 40+ Masters qualifier of the season. The top 5 on the starting grid are Ehrbar, Kölbel, Zierold, Stankowitz, and Dinger. We expect the most exciting battle on track between Kölbel and Zierold as these two drivers can win the championship on Sunday!
Big break for Bergheim as he is overall TQ in Austria
Q3 – Tristan Bergheim made a big step on his way to the championship when he posted the fastest runtime in Q3 of the Orca 21.5 Stock class. Bergheim had a clean run and did the hot lap of the round as well (17.192). After a bad start into qualifying, Phil Langer finally got a good run together and took second place ahead of Bajusz Zsolt and Jaroslav Kriz. Nadine Zühlke and Jan Gehrig completed the top 6 in Q3.
Q4 – The last round of Orca 21.5 Stock qualifying saw Jaroslav Kriz taking the win. He was followed by overall TQ Tristan Bergheim, and Phil Langner. The overall qualifying results are putting Bergheim on pole with Kriz in second, Bajusz Zsolt in third, and Phil Langner in fourth position. A very good situation for Tristan Bergheim when looking on the overall championship table!
Pole position for Stiebler at last race of the season
Q3 – Andreas Stiebler was still on a mission, and it is easy to see that he wants to finish the season on a high. He had a huge advantage of 3.1 seconds over second placed David Ehrbar and it had been Jan Ratheisky, Robert Kampehl, and Mathias Domig who completed the top 5 once again. Stiebler will be hard to beat in the triple A-Mains of the ToniSport Formula class, that`s for sure!
Q4 – It was another Stiebler show in the last qualifying round of the season – until he had to retire his car in lap 8. David Ehrbar took full advantage and won the round in front of Jan Ratheisky, Robert Kampehl, Mathias Domig, and Adam Southgate. Can Ehrbar and Ratheisky attack pole sitter Stiebler in the finals?
Xray factory driver Alexander Hagberg is here at the ETS in Austria and he is running the current Xray X4-2024 touring car. Alex is using a Twister bodyshell from Xtreme with his famous trademark paintjob on. He is using Hobbywing electronics and Nosram batteries to power his car while a Sanwa servo and radio is responsible for the precise steering inputs. On the option part side, Alex has equipped his Xray car with aluminum spring retainers, aluminum diff bearing holders, and a two-piece 1.6mm carbon topdeck. He is also using the 1.5mm “thin” aluminum chassis (301020) from Xray!
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The second round of qualifying here at the ETS season finale was split in two pieces with Pro Stock and Modified running on Saturday morning whils the other four classes had been up on Friday afternoon right before the driver`s dinner. The Saturday schedule is fully packed as we will wrap up qualifying and one complete round of A-Mains as well.
The second round of Matrix Modified qualifying saw again Michal Orlowski on top. In the first lap of the race Yokomo`s Antoine Brunet was popping up on top of the board and it looked like he could have a very good run – but a mistake after four and a half minutes was very costly for the French racer as he dropped all the way back to P8.
Out front it was Orlowski who had everything under control with his soon to be released Schumacher car. His driving was close to perfection, and he ripped the fastest lap of the race in lap 18 with a 14.872 while nobody else was able to turn a 14-second laptime during Q2.
Lucas Urbain scored another second place for Awesomatix crossing the line 2.3 seconds behind Orlowski. Simon Lauter (Awesomatix), Alexander Hagberg (Xray), and Marc Rheinard (Awesomatix) rounded out the top five.
Harley Eldridge (Xray) from the UK took sixth for the round. Harley is on the way to become the first ever female racer to make the Modified A-Main at the ETS and we wish her the best of luck for Q3 and Q4.
Q2 video to follow soon (had some technical issues)
Ellerbrock wins early morning Q2 ahead of Benson while Bultynck suffered a DNF
The second round of Pro Stock qualifying was up on a very early Saturday morning at Arena Nova. Olivier Bultynck was in the battle for the win until he made a small mistake in lap 10. Pawel Staszewski could not avoid touching Bultynck`s car after that and both drivers had to finish their race after the contact – tough luck for them.
Meanwhile Lukas Ellerbrock was in the lead and brought home another important TQ run in front of Tim Benson and Adam Izsay. Bultynck and Izsay are fourth and fifth before the last two rounds of qualifying – we couldn`t have asked for more tension in the battle for the overall championship!
Izsay adds another TQ run to his amazing FWD season
The second round of Hobbywing Frontwheel qualifying at Arena Nova saw again Adam Izsay ahead of everybody. Adam won by a second from Gergö Valent again and Dominik Reile finished third in Q2 followed by Frederik Hovgaard and Marcus von Elling. After Adam had almost secured the pole position on Friday, he could focus more on his Pro Stock racing where he was in the fight for the title as well here in Austria.
Zierold and Kölbel on the way to the title as Ehrbar wins Q2
David Ehrbar took another win in Q2 and is still sitting on top of the 40+ Masters class. René Kölbel was able to close the gap to Ehrbar down to 1.8 seconds in Q2 and Michel Zierold posted the third fastest time once again out of the B-heat. Ehrbar will be hard to beat, and it looks the same as in Daun where he raced in the 40+ Masters class for the first time. Asked about his dominance Ehrbar mentioned that “his time racing in the KEIL DTM series in the 90`s (brushed 17T Motors) helped him to quickly adapt to the 21.5 Strock racing as it felt very similar to the good old times from the first moment on”.
In the fight for the championship, we still have René Kölbel and Michel Zierold with good chances. They are sitting second and fourth place overnight while Mirco Thalheimer`s title chances are melting away with him on P8 at qualifying halftime.
In the Orca 21.5 Stock class, Tristan Bergheim was leading Q2 on Friday afternoon and he was on the way to make it two out of two. But when Bergheim was riding too many of the curbs in the last lap, he lost his lead to Jaroslav Kriz and Bajusz Zsolt and dropped back to third place. Jaroslav Kriz from Slovakia took the win by 0.25 seconds from Bajusz Zsolt.
The overnight ranking list still saw Bergheim on top as he had the faster runtime to his favour. Jan Gehrig and Nadine Zühlke took P4 and P5 for the round while Phil Langner had another run to forget. He needs two very good ones on Saturday if he still wants to keep his championship hopes alive.
Another TQ run from Stiebler who was followed by Ehrbar and Ratheisky again
David Ehrbar finished second again behind Andreas Stiebler who took Q2 in style again. Jan Ratheisky was third with his Xray car and that was how they went to bed on Friday evening. Robert Kampehl, Mathias Domig, and Adam Southgate completed the overnight top 6 of the ToniSport Formula class. The question before Q3 and Q4 was: Can anybody challenge Andreas Stiebler for the win?
The first round of ETS qualifying at the season finale in Wiener Neustadt is completed. It was a nice day here so far and the evening programme looks promising as well as we will have a driver`s dinner in combination with a tombola for which every racer received a ticket. But before we will enjoy the Austrian cuisine we will tell you what happened in Q1 at Arena Nova in Austria!
Urbain: Maybe we need a “Super Modified class” for Orlowski 🙂
After topping all rounds of practice, Michal Orlowski was also on top of the board at the end of the opening Matrix Modified qualifier. In the early stages of the race, Urbain, Lauter, and Hagberg had been able to almost match Orlowski`s pace. But after two minutes Orlowski switched on his afterburners and built up a gap of 2.7 seconds to Urbain until the end of the race. In the interview after the run Orlowski mentioned “I was a little cautious in the beginning when I noticed that I was not much faster than the others on track. But after some laps the feeling for the car and the track was good again and I checked out a bit. It was a great start into qualifying and now I am looking forward to the driver`s dinner here in the hall this evening”.
Lucas Urbain finished second in Q1 behind Orlowski. The Awesomatix factory driver commented his run “After messing up Q1 at the TITC and also at the last ETS in Daun I am very happy to have a good start into the event now. Michal (Orlowski) is driving in kind of his own league right now, maybe we should create a super-modified class just for him 😊. But apart from that my car felt good and we will try to improve the pace for sure. But if Michal will not start to make stupid mistakes I can hardly imagine that we can beat him”
Behind Orlowski and Urbain, Simon Lauter (Awesomatix) and Alexander Hagberg (Xray) took third and fourth, followed by a sensational driving Harley Eldridge. Harley posted the fifth fastest time with her Xray car coming out of the B-heat. Jan Ratheisky (Xray), the Yokomo duo of Christopher Krapp and Antoine Brunet, Patrick Gollner (Xray), and Robert Pietsch (Mugen Seiki) completed the top 10 for the day!
He is not in the fight for the overall title anymore but he was on fire in Q1 – we are talking about Awesomatix driver Lukas Ellerbrock. After his TQ run he was very happy and said “It feels great to TQ this one. My car was super good, and I really hope that I can fight for the race win here this weekend. I am not in the championship battle anymore which still hurts a bit, but I will do my best to help my teammate Ollie now to secure the title for Awesomatix”
Behind Ellerbrock it was Schumacher driver Mattia Collina who took second place. Collina posted the fastest lap of the run and was only 0.4 behind Ellerbrock. Ollie Bultynck and Adam Izsay were fighting for third and fourth place most of the time – with the better ending for Bultynck. Top seed Tim Benson could not match his own pace from controlled practice but still managed to score good points with P5 for the round.
Can anyone challenge Izsay for the win during the weekend?
Adam Izsay took the win in Q1 of the FWD class with his Xray car. Who thought that the racer from Hungary will slow down a bit after having already secured the championship at the last race in Daun was on the woodway. Izsay had a clean run which earned him a 1.5 second advantage over Gergö Valent, Manuel Stankowitz, Henrik Heitsch, and Andreas Myrberg.
Zierold best of the championship contenders while Ehrbar wins Q1
Xray driver David Ehrbar took the win in Q1 of the 1up racing 40+ Masters class. Manuel Stankowitz scored a strong second place for the Iris team but was already 3 (!) seconds behind Ehrbar after the 5-minute run. However, it was a good start into qualifying for David Ehrbar and out outgoing champion Manuel Stankowitz.
Championship contender Michel Zierold was third fastest with his time coming from the B-heat. This third place was very important for Zierold as he was the highest ranked championship contender in Q1. His rival René Kölbel finished fourth and Mirco Thalheimer had to walk away with a P9 only.
Bergheim takes opening qualifier at the ETS season finale
In the Orca 21.5 Stock class, championship leader Tristan Bergheim took the win in Q1. The Awesomatix driver had a great run and outpaced our top seed Bajusz Zolt (Xray) by one second. Jaroslav Kriz, who seeded in eight place, had a great drive and took P3 away from the first round of qualifying.
Tristan Bergheim`s close championship rival Phil Langner had a run full of small bobbles and was only able to score a P10 in Q1. Behind Bergheim, Zolt, and Kriz, it was Jan Gehrig and Kristian Jensen who completed the top 5 in the Orca 21.5 Stock class.
Stiebler wins Formula Q1 ahead of Ehrbar and Ratheisky
The first round of ToniSport Formula qualifying saw Andreas Stiebler leading the race from tone to tone. Stiebler`s Schumacher car was on rails, and he had a gap of 1.4 seconds and the fastest lap of the race to his favour. David Ehrbar took second place in front of his Xray teammate Jan Ratheisky who was some six seconds behind the leaders. Robert Kampehl and Mathias Domig rounded out the top 5.
