Track Focus – Aigen-Schlägl

Track Name – Aigen-Schlägl
Club – Modell Auto Verein Aigen-Schlägl
Country – Austria
Location – Aigen-Schlägl (50km Northwest of Linz)
Direction – Clockwise
Surface – Asphalt
Previous key events hosted – Kyosho World Cup (2008), European B Championship 1:10 (2008) and 1:8 (2013)

Round 2 of the Euro Nitro Series takes places in Austria at the Aigen-Schlägl track. Nestled in the hilly Austrian countryside the track is 602 metres above sea level and is situated in the North of the country just 10km from the German border and 7Km from the Czech Republic. Built in 2006 on land donated by the governments of both Aigen and Schlägl, the club, ‘Modell Auto Verein Aigen-Schlägl’, funded the building of the track with money raised from local businesses whose banners line the 290 metre long track. With around 70 active members the club is predominantly a nitro club although it does also regularly attract around 30 electric racers. Host of two European B Championships, the track’s biggest event has been the 2008 Kyosho World Cup. With a very welcoming staff looking after the ENS racers needs this weekend, club President Martin Mayrhofer was keen to highlight that the track is always open and visitors are always welcome to come and avail of the track for testing.

Featuring a 65 metre long straight in terms of the layout which rises by 5 degree, Mugen/Picco team driver Robert Pietsch said the biggest challenge of the track is the gearbox set-up. A previous race winner at Aigen-Schlägl, the German said with the gearbox good up the hill on the downhill it changes too early but he said its impossible to get a good balance. He said driving the downhill section you feel you can carry more speed than you can and its important to get off the throttle in time or it leaves you wrong for the chicane.  He added the line through the chicane is key to a good lap as getting it wrong leaves you slow for the following two corners. Describing it as a fun track to drive, he said on a dry track, something we will hopefully get to see this weekend, the traction levels are medium but with the asphalt rather abrasive he said tyre wear is pretty high.

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