the last ETS season has just finished, and today we are reaching out to you with some information about the fifth roudn of the new campaign. What sounds a bit crazy is mandatory for the Trans World Hotel Auefeld in Hann. Münden as they need to manage all their regular hotel bookings around our ETS and EOS events in November. ETS RD4 Season #16 2023/24 will take place from 16. – 19. November 2023 and is scheduled as a 4 day event. We are expecting a higher number of entries compared to our first race in Hann. Münden, and therefore we make it a 4 day event to ensure enough track time for everybody.
Book now and join us in November
You can already book your room in the Trans World Hotel now to make sure that your stay in the hotel is guaranteed. Take the chance immediateley and get in touch with the hotel now!
Available from: Wednesday, 15.11. to Sunday, 19.11.2023
Room Rates:
Single Room 114,–€ per night including Breakfast and Dinner (Buffet) Double Room 159,–€ per night including Breakfast and Dinner (Buffet)
Note: The accommodation tax of the city of Hann. Münden of 3.5% is not included. This tax is only levied on the accommodation fee (i.e. excluding the catering portion) and is also payable on site at the end of the stay.
Reservations via E-mail only
Please contact the Hotel via E-Mail to guarantee a smooth booking process.
reception.auefeld@twhotels.eu
Book now and enjoy the race in November together with us.
Schumacher factory river Michal Orlowski won the Modified class atthe Charity race in Scandiano, Italy. The race, hosted by Team la Gang, is running since many years and money get`s collected there for a good cause. The race was fully booked as 120 racers found their way to the carpet indoor track in Scandiano. Michal Orlowski took the win in the Modified class in front of his Schumacher teammate Mattia Collina. Xray driver Luca Romagnoli finished third overall. The 13.5 Stock class was in the hands of Filippo Domanin. He won ahead of Luca Romagnoli and Orlando Fenili to make it an all Xray 1-2-3.
Last weekend, the fourth round of the Essex Winter Series happened. In our report you can quickly update yourself about the action going on in England!
In Modified, Alexander Hagberg made a guest appearance, but it was his Xray team-mate who got out of the blocks first as Harley Eldridge topped the first Qualifier. Alexander got up to speed by Q2 to take control, and secured pole position. In the Final, Alexander had a unchallenged lights-to-flag win, whilst behind some close racing led to some side-by-side action, allowing Chris Grainger to take second for Schumacher, with Kyle Branson rounding out the podium.
Over in the Stock class, it was business as usual for Zak Finlay, who took command of Qualifying and led every lap of the final. Billy Fletcher was his closest challenger and looked like he could challenge early in the final, but Zak pulled away and Billy had to settle for second. Ricky Copsey made the best start and moved from sixth on the grid up to third on lap 1, and held that to the end.
Front Wheel Drive was a three way battle in both Qualifying and the Final between Shane Chipolina, Nathan Parker and Adam Southgate. Shane secured pole, but it was Adam who came through to win a very close final, with Nathan taking second and Shane third.
In Junior-E, James Snashall was the man to beat, as he took pole position and won the final. Harry Woron managed to secure second on the grid after some close fights with Chloe Snashall, and the Final ended up with the finishing order the same as the grid.
As we just wrapped up our season with a fantastic event in Daun, we now look forward to finalizing our plans for the 2023-2024 season. Some time ago, we put out a message to our ETS family looking for locations that we could host future ETS events at and we are thankful many of you had great suggestions that we looked into. As we looked at new venues, we talked about hosting an event in Austria at the end of March but after much consideration and discussions with our team, it is not possible to prepare everything in such short notice for the new season. We also know that our ETS family needs time to plan vacations, so we have decided to not have an event in such short notice. The ETS 2023-2024 Season will begin in Apeldoorn at the beginning of June.
Planning RD6 after the 2024 race in Daun to be our season final
Of course it is still our ambition to hold six races in the ETS season, we are working to find a location that will be able to host our RD6 event for this season and it will be next year after the Daun event and RD6 will be our season finale! NOTE: The date for Round 5 in Hann. Münden will get possibly switched s to one week earlier (changed with EOS), but we will let you know in the next days. Here you can find our current schedule.
Use the break to regroup, relax, and race
We know that not everyone will be happy with this break, but it is also important for us as an organization to be able to plan the new season well and thoroughly. We hope everyone uses this time to practice, visit other clubs and races and then start again with full motivation ready for the new season at RD1 in Apeldoorn. We have put a lot of consideration into the plans for the new season and we hope you can understand our intensions. We do have some rules changes and electronic changes planned for the new season and are working very hard to finalize all of these and will let everyone know as soon as possible to these changes.
Until then, stay safe, healthy, and keep racing -on the sound of the Tone!
Lee Martin will use Nosram Batteries from now on. Nosram announced him joining the team today with the following statement:
Thrilled to announce that Lee Martin joins Team Nosram and will use NOSRAM batteries in all his Schumacher R/C Racing and Nemo Racing Agama Racing rides!! IFMAR Vice World Champion and mulitple EFRA European Champion Lee Martin brings a wealth of experience to the team and will not only race Nosram batteries but will assist in product development. A very warm welcome to Team NOSRAM Lee! We are really looking forward to the bright future together!
The season finale of ETS Season #15 and 2022/23 is done and dusted, and today we like to present you the overall top 10 of each class again to homour their great results diring the complete season. It takes a lot of work and passion to finish in the top 10 of an ETS category at the end of the season.
Matrix Modified
Völker claims a record eight (!) ETS Modified title
Overall Season results (Car|Elecronics): Champion Ronald Völker (DE) Mugen Seiki|LRP 2. Marc Rheinard (DE) Awesomatix|Orca 3. Christopher Krapp (DE) Yokomo|Racing Performer 4. Yannic Prümper (DE) Yokomo|Orca 5. Lucas Urbain (DE) Yokomo|Orca 6. Marco Kaufmann (DE) Xray 7. Michele Manzo (CH) Awesomatix|Hobbywing 8. Eric Dankel (DE) Mugen Seiki|Hobbywing 9. Oliver Havranek (SK) Xray|Hobbywing 10. Robert Pietsch (DE) Mugen Seiki|LRP
Awesomatix Pro Stock
Third ProStock title for Lauter and Awesomatix
Overall Season results (Car|Battery): Champion Simon Lauter (DE) Awesomatix|LRP 2. Max Mächler (DE) Awesomatix|Sunpadow 3. Olivier Bultynck (BE) Awesomatix|LRP 4. Tim Benson (DE) Awesomatix|Ruddog 5. Luks Ellerbrock (DE) Awesomatix|LRP 6. Frederik Mikkelsen (DK) Awesomatix|LRP 7. Sören Sparbier (DE) Mugen Seiki|LRP 8. Alex Kunkler (FR) Iris|Ruddog 9. Enrico Jung (DE) Yokomo|Gens Ace 10. Adam Izsay (HU) Xray|Nosram
Hobbywing Frontwheel
Title defence successful as Schulz did it again
Overall Season results (Car|Battery) Champion Stefan Schulz (DE) Xray|Gens Ace 2. Steven Olsen (DE) Awesomatix|LRP 3. Sören Sparbier (DE) Mugen Seiki|LRP 4. Roman Borschel (DE) Awesomatix|LRP 5. Kevin Sparbier (DE) Mugen Seiki|LRP 6. Max Weffers (DE) Mugen Seiki|Orion 7. Jacques Libar (LU) Xray|Nosram 8. Nicolas Delisé (BE) Mugen Seiki|Gens Ace 9. Ulrich Dinger (DE) Awesomatix|Sunpadow 10. Caspar Morgen (DK) Xray|Gens Ace
Orca 17.5 Stock
Reile wins his first title ahead of Donath and Schmid after thrilling season
Overall Season results (Car|Battery) Champion Dominik Reile (DE) Awesomatix|LRP 2. Jasmin Donath (DE) Awesomatix|Gens Ace 3. Kevin Schmid (DE) Awesomatix|Orca 4. Roman Borschel (DE) Awesomatix|Sunpadow 5. Daniel Pöhlmann (DE) Awesomatix|Gens Ace 6. Joshua Winkler (DE) Awesomatix|Gens Ace 7. Tristan Bergheim (DE) Awesomatix|Orca 8. Niclas Storm (DE) Mugen Seik|LRP 9. Michael Koos (SK) Awesomatix|Intellect 10. Elena Fuchs (DE) Awesomatix|Gens Ace
ToniSport 40+ Masters
“Stanko” is the Master of 40+ racing at the ETS
Overall Season results ( Car|Battery) Champion Manuel Stankowitz (DE) Awesomatix|Orca 2. Toni Mateo (DE) Awesomatix|Nosram 3. Michel Zierold (DE) Awesomatix|Gens Ace 4. Ulrich Dinger (DE) Yokomo/Orca 5. Mirco Thalheimer (DE) Xray|Nosram 6. Torsten Baggendorf (DE) Awesomatix|LRP 7. Thomas Oehler (DE) Mugen Seiki|LRP 8. Werner Schmitzer (AT) Yokomo|LRP 9. Ronald Arts (NL) Awesomatix|Gens Ace 10. Caspar Morgen (DK) Xray|Gens Ace
Scorpion Formula
Stiebler becomes the second Austrian Formula champion after Weber won the title in 2012
Overall Season results: Champion Andreas Stiebler (AT) Schumacher|Sunpadow 2. René Kölbel (AT) Xray|LRP 3. Gergö Valent (DE) Xray|LRP 4. Herbert Weber (AT) Xray|LRP 5. Luka Jovicic (LU) Xray|Orca 6. Michal Wojcik (PL)Xray|Ruddog 7. Alexander Bremer (DE) Schumacher|Nosram 8. Robert Kampehl (DE) Exotek|Orca 9. Patrick Sadrinna (DE) 10. Chris Grenz (DE) Xray|Nosram
Awesomatix factory driver Marc Rheinard won the “Road Cup Champion” title at the Snowbirds Nationals race in Orlando, Florida (USA). The trophy was given to the best driver after combining the 1:12 modified and touring car modified race results. Rheinard took the win in the single A-Main of the 1:12 scale modified class from the TQ spot in front of Xray´s Alexander Hagberg and Awesomatix racer Donny Lia.
In the modifed touring car class, Rheinard took a very close second place in the single A-Main behind Xray`s race winner Bruno Coelho. Behind Coelho and Rheinard, Alexander Hagberg finished third on the podium.
The combined results of both races handed the Road Cup Champion trophy to Marc Rheinard and the Awesomatix team – congratulations!
Ratheisky second in Super Stock touring car
Jan Ratheisky (Xray) finished second in the very competitive Super Stock touring car class behind race winner Eric Anderson, and in front of Mike Gee. Max Mächler (Awesomatix) made the A-Main as well and finished fifth overall in Super Stock Touring (17.5T) and sixth overall in Stock Touring (21.5T).
Schulz wins USGT class in Orlando
Reigning ETS FWD champion Stefan Schulz took the win in the very famous USGT class. Schulz was able to repeat the great result from his last visit at the Snowbirds Nationals and drove to the win in front of Cory Craig and Martin Lecuyer.
Enjoy a quick review from our amazing season finale in Daun. Hanno van den Boogaard produced some nice video content during the ETS. Enjoy some impressions and let us take you back to the action and experiences from one of the most famous locations of the Euro Touring Series!
Italian bodyshellmanufacturer Bittydesign has released a new 1:10 scale FWD bodyshell a couple of days ago. Important: The CA45 will be the body of choice from Bittydesign for the new ETS Season #16 2023/24.
Read the full Bittydesign Announcement here:
This project was born from the 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗙𝗪𝗗 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 but with different aerodynamic solutions in order to obtain the 𝗺𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 for this category. The design phase took several months, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗮𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 while remaining faithful to the original shapes. If the main intent was that of performance alone at the expense of aesthetics, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸, with TCR-style widened wheel arches and a harmony of shapes and proportions that make the CA45 both beautiful for pleasure of the eye is remarkably fast. Thanks to the aerodynamics fine-tuned to obtain excellent entry and smoothness when cornering, you will immediately feel a very positive driving feeling that will allow you to push the pace and maintain it for the entire 5 minutes. 𝗖𝗔𝟰𝟱 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗹𝘆.
After everybody has returned home after ETS RD6, we once again a lot of social media postings with many positive words and comments around the event. The four days at the Sporthotel Grafenwald had been amazing, very demanding, and also a great show of world class RC racing. Now, we are looking back onto the event and the “5 Things” we have learned from ETS RD6 in Daun.
1) Schumacher can not only win at Offroad races
Schumacher is one of the most iconic brands in RC racing. Being along in the industry since 1980, the company has won many international titles, national championships, and other big events. Michal Orlowski is their top driver right now and won multiple European championships and EOS titles in the last years. But one thing never happened until now: A win in the Modified class at the ETS. Michal Orlowski was in the A-Main many times and scored podium finishes as well, but ons single victory has so far eluded him.
As the Schumacher team never stopped working hard on their touring car programme, the time had finally come at the ETS season finale in Daun. Michal Orlowski was on fire and took the TQ and win in front of the ETS most successful driver Ronald Völker, and multiple IFMAR world champion Marc Rheinard. A great result for the British manufacturer and the team around Andy Murray. The crowd was cheering as Orlowski crossed the line in A3 on Sunday afternoon and Michal was celebrating with his father, Andy Murray, Mattia Collina, and almost everybody came to congratulate him for this epic race victory. Let`s see if Schumacher can carry the great pace over into the new ETS season!
2) The TQ is a 89% chance to win the race
A mystery we have watched during the entire season. In Daun, ALL race winners started from first on the grid into the triple A-Mains. The pole position is very important at the ETS, as we saw 89% of drivers taking their wins from the TQ spot during the complete season. But what does this mean? Is the competition not strong enough? For sure, this is not the fact! The competition at the ETS is at it`s highest level and drivers are just not making many mistakes when driving on track. Especially the top A-Main drivers are in a world of their own and it seems like a “classic overtake” has gotten very rare.
In only 4 out of 36 decisions, the TQ was not winning the race in the end. In the Orca 17.5 Stock class it was once Dominik Reile who got beaten by Kevin Schmid in Luxembourg, and Jasmin Donath was able to win in Andernach as pole sitter Alvaro Fernandez was not able to convert his TQ into a race win. In the Scorpion Formula class, it was René Kölbel who won the race in Hann. Münden from second on the grid in front of TQ Andreas Stiebler. And in the Matrix Modified class it was Yannic Prümper who found his way around TQ Ronald Völker at the season opener in Apeldoorn. All other races had been won by the top qualifier (TQ). Will this trend continue in the next season, or will we see more action on the front row of the grid again?
3) Awesomatix A800R already on the winning way
The new Awesomatix A800R was in use at the ETS season finale by a hand full of factory drivers. The car is not available for the market yet, but the request is already huge as the car features a lot of new things. The performance is also looking very strong so far. Simon Lauter took the Pro Stock win in Daun with the new A800R, with Lukas Ellerbrock also using the car to finish second on the podium – his best ETS result so far. Marc Rheinard (3rd in Modified) had a good pace as well and the team will work hard to improve the A800R even more in the future. Whenever a new car is already at the same level compared to the old one at the first big race, it is clear that there is a lot more potential to unlock in the future which looks very bright for Awesomatix.
During the ETS season finale, every racer who attended at least 5 or 6 races of the season received a special gift. It was a setup board with a personalized ETS sticker and the driver`s name on it. We like to thank everybody again for coming to so many of our races.
ToniSport was offering free cans of energy drinks, apple juice, and beer on Saturday afternoon. Every racer could pick up a free refreshment together with stickers, lighters, and pencils. A lot of drivers showed up to collect some of this stuff and it was a pleasure having a quick talk with everybody.
The “The Spirit of the Event” Award was given to a very sympathic group of racers who made their first trip to the ETS from Greece: Stam Kontouzoglou, Tasos Batas, Andreas Koutras, and Filippos Koutras. Thanks a lot for coming and we hope to see you again soon.
5) Sparbier and Mugen Seiki – a perfect fit!
Shortly before the start of the season finale in Daun, Sören Sparbier announced his departure from long term sponsor Serpent. The next announcement saw him teaming up with the Mugen Seiki team around Robert Pietsch and Ronald Völker. Sören was driving his Mugen cars for the first time in Daun and his results had been better than ever. He was able to take the pole position in the Hobbywing FWD class and after winning A1 and A2 he celebrated his first ever win at the ETS. A great drive from the young and very talented German driver from Hann. Münden. Sören was racing in the Pro Stock class as well, and after some real good qualifiers he started from fifth on the grid and was able to defend the position until the end to bring home his best Pro Stock result so far. It seems that Sören and Mugen already “clicked”, and we are looking forward to see him racing with his new team in the new season.
