May 17, 2019

Track Focus – Arena33

Name – Arena33
Owner – Tonisport
Country – Germany
Location – Andernach (130 km East of Frankfurt)
Direction – Anti-Clockwise
Surface – Astro
Previous key events hosted – 1 x EOS Outdoor & 1 X EOS Indoors

Making its debut on the EOS calendar last season as the first ever outdoor race in the series, Arena33 returns this year as the first of two outdoor events that make up the remainder of the 2018/19 series. The astro turf surfaced track, which takes up an area of 24 meters by 41 meters, is located to the rear of the Tonisport owned Arena33 in Andernach, and alongside the astro turf main surface the jumps feature new EOS carpet. With converted shipping containers as a drivers stand, drivers are pitting inside the adjacent Arena33 pit area.

In terms of layout, it remains largely unchanged from last season with only the addition of a small roller on the centre left side of the track and the spacing of the larger jumps has been brought closer together to make it easier for everyone. Having rained all morning forcing a delay to the start of Rd5 of the series, and with organisers working hard to remove the standing water, the track is still wet and so the racers will run handout wet tires, more specifically the Schumacher Mini Darts in silver compound.

Speaking with last year’s winner Michal Orlowski, the Polish driver sealing both the 2wd and 4wd titles here some 12 months ago, the Polish driver described the track as having a very unique feeling especially compared to the UK astro tracks, elaborating by saying it feels ‘slightly softer’. Liking the layout he said ‘last year was very successful for us and we have prepared a lot for this race’, continuing ‘the weather is not so good this weekend but I enjoy racing in the rain’. Feeling it is very important to be smooth, Michal says the track has some ‘sneaky bumps which can catch you out’ and so to be quick you have to ‘learn the bumps’.

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