Chassis – Xray X4’F24
ESC – Hobbywing XR10 Stock Spec 80A
Motor – Hobbywing Juststock 17,5T G2.1
Battery – GensAce Redline 4000Mah
Tires (handout) – Sweep 32 Asphalt
Radio/Servo – Sanwa M17 / Power HD
Body – Blitz YRS
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Chassis – Xray x4’24
ESC – Hobbywing G2S
Motor – Hobbywing G4 17.5
Battery – LRP 5100mah
Tires (handout) – Rush
Radio/Servo – Sanwa M17 / Savox 2263 signature edition
Body – Wolverine 0.5
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Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski has added the MIBO International race to his 2024 winning tally with victory ahead of 2023 Champion Ronald Volker. The current benchmark in both onroad and offroad carpet racing but unable to do offroad at the unique Czech event due to a lack of mechanic, Orlowski dominated proceedings in Modified Touring Car. Taking TQ honours after 3 round of qualifying, but completing the clean sweep by taking Q4 & 5, in the opening A-Main he checked out early his prototype Schumacher finishing 2.5-second clear of Volker’s Mugen. A2 would start with Volker looking a lot more of a challenger and running close enough to give Orlowski the first bit of pressure of the weekend. A tyre additive driven improvement, unfortunately the advantage faded in the second half of the race and Orlowski again cruised to win and the overall MIBO International from Volker with Xray’s Jan Ratheisky completing the podium in Hrotovice.
Summing up his finals, Orlowski said, ‘I’m very happy to get another win for the new prototype chassis. It works good everywhere we go so far and it’s a good start to the year given it’s a Touring Car Worlds year’. The Pole continued, ‘we used Q4 & 5 to try some different things with the set-up as conditions here are different to GP3F and ETS.’ Now working with Italian racer Mattia Collina as his mechanic for electric touring car, describing him as ‘what Francesco (Martini) is to Bruno (Coelho)’, he said while Collina had racing commitments this weekend they did a lot of set-up work together over the phone and the changes for Q5 were ‘really good’ and they just carried that set-up into the finals. On Volker being closer for A2, he said, ‘Ronald tried a different additive and that gave him a good car at the start but I stuck the safer choice of additive and glad I did stick with what I have’. With the prototype chassis, which is a completely new design from the British manufacturer, attracting a lot of attention given Orlowski winning spree, asked about a release date he replied, ‘It is still a few months off release’.
Asked about his finals, Volker said, ‘In A1 I basically lacked grip and I was nowhere near to challenge Michal.’ The former World Champion continued, ‘For A2 I ran a different set of tyres and used a different additive and was right there. I was able to put a little pressure for the first 2-3 minutes but he made no mistake. It was a well deserved win for him’. Happy with his cars performance in A2 he would run the same again in A3 taking the win to secure the runner-up spot at the Michal Bok organised race.
In the other Touring Car Classes Ratheisky added to his Modified podium finish with the overall in win 17.5 Stock. Having taken the TQ from Xray team-mate Stefan Schulz, the German would secure the overall victory after wins in A1 & 2 with the A3 win giving Schulz the runner-up spot ahead of Austrian Tobias Sutrich. Securing the TQ in FWD, Schulz managed the same feat taking the title in A2 to add to his recent win in the Snowbird Nationals in Orlando. Making it a hat trick of wins for Xray on the onroad track British driver Luke Lee to the win in Formula.
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Chassis – Xray X4
ESC – Hobby Wing G2S
Motor – Hobby Wing G3 5
Battery – Nosram Graphene 4.1 4200mah
Tires (handout) – Rush
Radio/Servo – Sanwa M17 / SRT-racing
Body – Xtreme Twister
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Based on recent form there was never much doubt he’d be a force on his MIBO International debut and in a dominant performance that is exactly what Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski has done securing the overall TQ in Modified Touring Car. Starting the day in the Czech Republic with a TQ run, the Pole continued to make the top of the times sheets his own locking in pole position with a third TQ run in Q3 but not done he would cap off the day with a fourth in the day’s final onroad action. Shadowing the 1:12 World Champion every run but never close enough to mount a challenge, defending inaugural MIBO International Champion Ronald Volker will start 2nd on the grid with one final qualifier on Sunday morning to determine how the rest of the grid will line up behind the World Champions.
Reacting to his TQ, his third at an international race already this year having started with the GP3F in France and then the ETS in Germany, Orlowski said, ‘I am happy to seal the TQ early. The new car is good as always and we have shown it works well. I haven’t changed much on it because I want to see if the grip changes but it seems to be staying consistent.’ With the first job of the weekend done after 3 rounds, Orlowski had the luxury of the remaining two rounds ‘to test a few things’ and see if he can further improve the car on a few specific points on the track. Still on the same set of tyres, having matched his two sets for the opening qualifier, he said ‘Pekko (Iivonen) has more experience with these tyres and says they last long and tend to get better and better. After a strong start to qualifying Iivonen finds himself P7 going into Q5 after suffering a battery issue in round 3. Copying Orlowski set-up on to his example of Schumacher’s upcoming new chassis release for the final run of the day the Finn said it was better but contact with the boards meant he pulled up early but he used the opportunity to watch Orlowski drive and said his brake set-up is different and that is something he will adjust for Q5.
Having gone too safe with his Mugen for Q1, Volker said a change of tyre additive for Q2 meant he started better than Orlowski but then the performance faded and so he returned to his previous additive. Putting more steering lock on his MTC2R for Q3, the German said it was better but added ‘Michal is on his A-game so I need to find something extra but I am enjoying him being this competitive.’
Holding P3 overnight ahead of the man responsible for designing his car Martin Hudy and the Yokomo of Christopher Krapp, Jan Ratheisky said changes he made after Q1 was too much of a step so he reverted back for Q3 to claim his first Top 3 run. Changing to a softer top deck for Q3 to get more steering the German would register his fastest time of qualifying once again posting a P3 run. Also racing in 17.5 Stock Ratheisky secured the overall TQ when he posted his third TQ in a row in the Q4 with Xray team-mate Stefan Schulz having taken Q1. Schulz will start the FWD class on pole after getting the job done early as he topped the opening 3 rounds.
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