Due to the limit of approx. 280 people in the hall, we have closed registration for the time being. As usual, there will certainly still be cancellations due to holidays or illness, so there will always be opportunities for people to move up.
Völker takes Q4 at ETS in Daun
Q4 Report, ETS RD4 Season #17 2024/25

Völker and Rheinard closest to top qualifier Orlowski

Mugen Seiki`s Ronald Völker secured second on the grid when he took the win in Q4. The Mugen driver was in an intense battle with top qualifier Michal Orlowski all time. When Orlowski rolled his car in the third last lap of the race in the infield section, it was Rheinard and Urbain taking second and third for the round behind heat winner Völker. A rare mistake from Orlowski which is for sure giving some hopes to Völker and Rheinard to have a shot for the win in the triple finals. A1 will be on the line at 18:40 German time and the whole crowd is already looking forward to the show.

The top 10 on the grid for the finals: TQ Michal Orlowski, Ronald Völker, Marc Rheinard, Simon Lauter, Lucas Urbain, Dominic Greiner, Adam Izsay, Christopher Krapp, Yannic Prümper, Lukas Ellerbrock


Sparbier sweeps qualifying, Izsay and Ellerbrock lining up second and third on the grid

Top qualifier Sören Sparbier (Mugen Seiki) used Q4 to break in his second set of race tires and took another fourth consecutive heat win here in Daun. Xray`s Adam Izsay was shadowing him again on the score board and booked his fourth P2 for the weekend behind Sparbier. With the top two looking very strong, it was the Awesomatix A800R of Lukas Ellerbrock who came out “best of the rest” in third place followed by the Serpent of Dominic Greiner who makes his Pro Stock debut here in Daun beside racing modified. Triple finals coming up – don`t miss the show!

The top 10 on the grid for the finals: TQ Sören Sparbier, Adam Izsay, Lukas Ellerbrock, Dominic Greiner, Jesper Rasmussen, Olivier Bultynck, Phil Langner, Louis Kretschmer, Mark Valent, Kevin Schmid


Valent steals last minute TQ from Langner – thrilling finals ahead!

Schumacher driver Mark Valent has turned things around in Q3 and Q4 of the Hobbywing Frontwheel class. After Phil Langer won the opening two rounds of qualifying, Valent was able to win Q3 and Q4 with faster runtimes to roll his Schumacher car into the first box of the starting grid for our upcoming triple finals. A great show of FWD racing is ahead of us with so many fast drivers making the A-Main.
The top 10 on the grid for the finals: TQ Mark Valent, Phil Langner, Dominik Reile, Frederik Hovgaard, Michael Bolt, Alexander Stocker, Roman Borschel, Ben Moorey, Olav Dahle, Gergö Valent


Zierold, Kölbel, and Mateo to hunt TQ Ehrbar down in the finals

Nothing new on top of the 40+ Masters class. David Ehrbar made it four out of four when he took another win ahead of Zierold, Kölbel, and Mateo in the last round of qualifying. The upcoming triple finals will be interesting as everybody wants to find out if somebody can challenge Ehrbar for the win.

The top 10 on the grid for the finals: TQ David Ehrbar,Michel Zierold, René Kölbel, Toni Mateo, Alexander Stocker, Torsten Baggendorf, Mirco Thalheimer, Philipp Hagnauer, Elibert Sievers, Dai Sakaguchi, Bump up driver to be decided in the first B-Main!

Kriz adds another TQ run to his white vest

Jaroslav Kriz had not lost his speed overnight. After dominating the Friday qualifying sessions, the Xray driver also won the last round on Saturday morning. Kriz clearly “sweeped” qualifying at the Sporthotel Grafenwald! Kristian Jensen took another second for the round followed by Bajusz Zsolt, David Reip, and Jan Gehrig. Great job from David Reip who qualified directly into the A-Main at his very first ETS attendance!

The top 10 on the grid for the finals: TQ Jaroslav Kriz, Kristian Jensen, Bajusz Zsolt, Pawel Trella, Wolfgang Swoboda, Jan Gehrig, David Reip, Johannes Röhrich – Hirzel, Elena Fuchs, Michael Koos, Bump up driver to be decided in the first B-Main!


It is on champion Stiebler to battle it out with TQ Ehrbar in the mains

Andreas Stiebler (Schumacher) and Thomas Stenger (Xray) will start from second and third behind top qualifier David Ehrbar. They seem to be the only guys with a serious chance to be in the mix for the race win at ETD RD4 against a strong driving Ehrbar. Jacques Libar is also quick and will start from fourth place ahead of former race winner René Kölbel.
The top 10 on the grid for the finals: TQ David Ehrbar, Andreas Stiebler, Thomas Stenger, Jacques Libar, René Kölbel, Adam Southgate, Balint Rajki, Marc Rahn, Michael Lipperheide, Chris Grenz

Under the Hood – Kazuki Yamashita`s Yokomo MS1.0
Kazuki Yamashita made the trip to ETS RD4 in Germany all the way from Japan. The Yokomo employee is competing the first time in Europe and is running his Yokomo MS1.0 in the Modified class. Kazuki said that the feeling on the ETS carpet is “way different” to what he is used to race on at the famous Yatabe Arena in Tsukuba, Japan. But he is really enjoying his time here in Germany together with Yokomo driver Christopher Krapp and the rest of the team.
Yamashita`s car is equipped with Racing Performer electronics, a Sanwa M17S radio system, and a Sanwa servo. He is running the MS1.0 with an aluminum chassis and some titanium screws. The body is painted by Shimoda paint.

Body Shell: Xtreme Twister Speciale 0,4mm
Speedo: Racing Performer RPX II
Motor: Racing Performer M4 5.0T
Battery: Yokomo 4200
Radio: Sanwa M17S
Servo: Sanwa PGS-LH II
Tires: Matrix ETS Handout
Sponsors and support: Yokomo, Sanwa, Racing Performer, Tsukuba RC Park, Shimoda Paint, 74
Under the Hood – Michal Orlowski`s Schumacher Mi9
Reigning ETS Modified champion Michal Orlowski from Poland is rocking his Schumacher Mi9 at the Sporthotel Grafenwald in Daun – a venue in which he has won the last two ETS races.
Orlowski`s race car is equipped with 1-notch upper arm mounts, kashima coated shock bodies, 26g motor mount weights, and Eclipse 6 ball cups from Schumacher, as well as with some MR33 tungsten weights and JConcepts finnisher steering screws.
Michal is using the Elceram Nitride ESC in his car together with a Hobbywing 5.0T motor, Cayote 5300mAh batteries, a Power HD S15-S direct mount servo, and a Sanwa M17S radio system!

Body Shell: Xtreme Twister Speciale 0,4mm
Speedo: Elceram Nitride
Motor: Hobbywing Xerun V10 5.0T
Battery: Team Cayote 5300mAh
Radio: Sanwa M17S
Servo: Power HD S15-S
Tires: Matrix ETS Handout
Sponsors and support: Schumacher, Elceram, Team Cayote, JConcepts, Power HD, MR33, ToolkitRC, ToniSport, Sanwa, T-Work`s, Core RC, Trishbits, OO Neal, 33Graphix, VP Design
Under the Hood – Jonas Völker`s RC Maker SP1-F
Jonas Völker is running the RC Maker SP1-F here in the highly competitive Hobbywing Frontwheel class with more than 120 entries. It is the first outing for the car on the big ETS stage and Jonas is running his SP1-F “almost” out of the box. He just added some RC Maker ballast weights and a 1up Racing titanium screw set to his car.

The SP1-F features the complete laydown shocks which are making the car very unique on the market. Many other interesting features are turning the SP1 platform from RC Maker into one of the most interesting projects in the electric 1:10 scale racing scene now.
“Jonny” is using his FlySky Noble NB4 Pro+ radio together with a Power HD D12 servo and Cayote 5000mAh LiPo batteries on the electronic side together with the well-known and approved Hobbywing ETS combo!
Body Shell: Blitz YRS 0,7mm
Speedo: Hobbywing G3S
Motor: Hobbywing Justock 17.5 ETS
Battery: Team Cayote 5000mAh
Radio: FlySky Noble NB4 Pro +
Servo: Power HD D12
Tires: Ride ETS Handout
Sponsors and support: RC Maker, ToniSport, FlySky, 33Graphix, MR33, Power HD
Orlowski leads after day one by small margin from Völker and Rheinard
Free Practice Report, ETS RD4 Season #17 2024/25

Close practice sessions on Thursday with Schumacher, Mugen Seiki, and Awesomatix dictating the pace on top

The FlySky Modified class saw Michal Orlowski on top at the end of the day. The top drivers had been “on the money” at the Sporthotel Grafenwald`s flowing and challenging ETS carpet racetrack. Orlowski was able to edge out the competition with his Elceram and Cayote powered Schumacher by half a tenth only as Mugen Seiki`s Ronald Völker was on a similar pace with his LRP powered prototype car, followed by the Cayote powered Awesomatix of Marc Rheinard another half of a tenth behind.

Lucas Urbain and Simon Lauter were putting two more Awesomatix cars into the top five before Dominic Greiner`s very strong looking Serpent, and the RC Maker of Yannic Prümper. Christopher Krapp was eight fastest with his Yokomo car followed by Adam Izsay who was the best Xray driver in ninth place. Patrick Gollner (Mugen Seiki) completed the top 10.

At the end of day one it looks like Orlowski, Völker, and Rheinard will deliver us a great fight for the overall TQ in qualifying – can somebody crash the parts on top?

The Top 5 after Thursday practice (over 3 consecutive laps)
1. Michal Orlowski (PL) 39.292 Schumacher|Elceram
2. Ronald Völker (DE) 39.347 Mugen Seiki|LRP
3. Marc Rheinard (DE) 39.412 Awesomatix|Cayote
4. Lucas Urbain (FR) 39.746 Awesomatix|ORCA
5. Simon Lauter (DE) 39.866 Awesomatix | Hobbywing

GP3F winner Izsay on top, closely followed by Sparbier and Bultynck

In Awesomatix ProStock, Adam Izsay is still running strong after his huge win at the famous GP3F last weekend in Longwy (France). But Izsay only had a very small advantage over second placed Sören Sparbier who looked very fast as well with a Mugen prototype car.

Behind Izsay and Sparbier we saw our reigning ETS Pro Stock champion Olivier Bultynck in third place leading an Awesomatix 3-4-5 ahead of Kretschmer and Rasmussen. Dominic Greiner (Serpent), Lukas Ellerbrock (Awesomatix), Kevin Schmid (Awesomatix), Michael Bolt (Awesomatix), and Andreas Stiebler (Schumacher) completed the top 10 in a field of 70 very fast pro stock racers. Qualifying starts on Friday when it`s time for everybody to show the “real” pace over the full five minute runs!

The Top 5 after Thursday practice (over 3 consecutive laps)
1. Adam Izsay (HU) 43:137 Xray
2. Sören Sparbier (DE) 43:176 Mugen Seiki
3. Olivier Bultynck (BE) 43:245 Awesomatix
4. Louis Kretschmer (DE) 43:392 Awesomatix
5. Jesper Rasmussen (DK) 43:392 Awesomatix

Reile, Borschel, and Langner setting FWD pace…

With the top 20 drivers within just one (!) second over the three fastest consecutive laps, the Hobbywing Frontwheel class will become a real nail biter when we start qualifying on Friday. Dominik Reile was the fastest driver on Thursday with his Iris car and was a tenth ahead of the two Awesomatix cars of Roman Borschel and Phil Langner.
Mark Valent and Michael Bolt completed the top 5. The fight for the A-Main positions will be spectacular and close and we are already looking forward to the action on track!

The Top 5 after Thursday practice (over 3 consecutive laps)
1. Dominik Reile (DE) 50.149 Iris
2. Roman Borschel (DE) 50.287 Awesomatix
3. Phil Langner (DE) 50.300 Awesomatix
4. Mark Valent (HU) 50.351 Schumacher
5. Michael Bolt (GB) 50.428 Awesomatix

Dominant Ehrbar fastest in the masters class – can he win here in Daun?

David Ehrbar showed that he is the man to beat in the 40+ master’s class. Ehrbar was fastest in every of the four practice rounds and showed his clear ambitions to already seal the championship title here in Daun. Michel Zierold was his hardest challenger with his Awesomatix, but already four tenths behind Ehrbar.
With Alexander Stocker we saw a former ETS champion of this class driving to a strong third place at his “little comeback”. René Kölbel from Austria was fourth quickest for the day and Mirco Thalheimer rounded out the top 5. The Masters class is hard fought as always and we expect a real thriller for the battles on top and also for the remaining spots in the A-Main!

The Top 5 after Thursday practice (over 3 consecutive laps)
1. David Ehrbar (DE) 46:193 Xray
2. Michel Zierold (DE) 46.650 Awesomatix
3. Alexander Stocker (DE) 46.848 Xray
4. René Kölbel (AT) 46.884 Xray
5. Mirco Thalheimer (DE) 46.946 Xray

Koos tops Thursday practice sessions at Sporthotel Grafenwald

In the Orca 21.5 Stock class it was routineer Michael Koos (Awesomatix) who was fastest for the day after four rounds of practice. He will start first into qualifying on Friday morning ahead of the Xray duo Jan Gehrig and Jaroslav Jun. Kriz. They had been followed by two more Xray cars of Bajusz Jun. Zsolt and championship leader Kristian Jensen.

The Top 5 after Thursday practice (over 3 consecutive laps)
1. Michael Koos (DE) 46.988 (Awesomatix)
2.Jan Gehrig (DE) 47.314 (Xray)
3. Jaroslav Jun. Kriz (SK) 47.317 (Xray)
4. Bajusz Jun. Zsolt (LU) 47.440 (Xray)
5. Kristian Jensen (DK) 47.780 (Xray)

Stiebler and Stenger chasing Ehrbar at day 1 in Daun

Xray`s David Ehrbar was the fastest in the Matrix Formula class on Thursday. He was followed by our reigning ETS champion Andreas Stiebler (Schumacher) and Thomas Stenger (Xray). Qualifying will be interesting between them as both seem to be able to challenge Ehrbar. Jacques Libar and Michael Lipperheide showed a good pace as well and rounded out the top 5 after day one in Daun.

The Top 5 after Thursday practice (over 3 consecutive laps)
1. David Ehrbar (DE) 42.732 Xray
2. Andreas Stiebler (AT) 42.947 Schumacher
3. Thomas Stenger (DE) 43.062 Xray
4. Jacques Libar (LU) 43.187 Xray
5. Michael Lipperheide (DE) 43.693 Xray
We are looking forward to all the Friday action here at ETS RD4 in Daun. Stay tuned and follow us during the whole weekend. Check our website ets.racing and visit the YouTube channels of the Euro Touring Series and RC Racing TV. There you will find our live coverage from ETS RD4 Season #17 2024/25 at the famous “Sporthotel Grafenwald ”!
Pit Walk @ ETS RD4 Season #17 2024/25 in Daun, GER
Scotty went through the pits on day one of ETS RD4 Season #17 2024/25 in Daun, GER, Let`s hear from drivers and other important persons of the RC industry!