EcoGrandPrix, the 24h challenge in Schotten

In the town of Schotten has been organized the third 24 hours endurance race with 100% electric cars of the season 2022 for the EcoGrand Prix Series.

Seventeen teams with electric cars competed for the winner title on the second weekend of October 2022, electric car drivers and fans met at MSC Rund um Schotten e.V. im ADAC und VFV, in the heart of the Vogelsberg volcanic region.

All team members had the opportunity to participate at the Slalom which was organized for fun and participants aligned at the starting line according to Slalom qualification.

Slalom competition – results and qualification

17 teams with electric cars from following brands participated: Tesla Model 3, Skoda Citigo-e, Honda e, Volkswagen e-Golf, Opel Corsa e, BMW i4. Fourteen German teams, one Romanian team and one Czech team enjoyed the thrilling event. Team Tesclicka CZ from Czech Republic – the winner of ecoGP’s famous competition at Nürburgring 2021 and Transilvania Motor Ring 2022 and Czech Ring 24H challenge – won this Slalom competition with the best time driven by Ondrej Huncovsky with Skoda Citigo – 00:01:06.381800.

Slalom Ranking:

1. Teslicka CZ – 00:01:06.381800
2. Tesla Happy Owners Romania – 00:01:10.105800
3. E-Golfis – 00:01:10.724700
4. Pathfinde:r – 00:01:12.454800
5. MSC is coming home – 00:01:12.890100
6. E-lectrified – 00:01:13.677800
7. Electrified women go to MSC Rund um Schotten – 00:01:14.720200
8. Drillinge – 00:01:16.486100
9. Team M14 – 00:01:19.014600
10. Type e – 00:01:19.014600
11. Team Hamann Spedition – 00:01:19.014600
12. Catch me if you can – 00:01:23.947600
13. BSSE GmbH – 00:01:23.947600

Czech Ring 24 Hours endurance race – official results

Then the teams started Saturday 9.10.22 at 2 PM alongside the legendary street route near Schotten. During the competition several times the leader changed during the charging stops but at the end the Team Hamann Spedition from Germany and  Tesla Happy Owners Romania won this race.

Official ranking:

1. Team Hamann Spedition with Tesla Model 3 – 25 GP points

       1. Tesla Happy Owners Romania with Tesla Model 3 – 25 GP points

2. Teslicka CZ Challengers with Skoda Citigo e – 20 GP points
3. Team M i4 with BMW i4 – 15 GP points
4. E-lectrified with Opel Corsa e – 10 GP points
5. MSC is coming home with Mini – 7 GP points
6. Pathfinde:r with Honda e – 5 GP points
7. E-Golfis with Volkswagen e-Golf -7 GP points
8. Type E with Honda e – 5 GP points
9. Catch Me IfYC with Honda e – 5 GP points
10. Drillinge with Mitsubishi Imiev – 4 GP points
11. JP7 with Honda e – 4 GP points
12. Electrified Women go to MSC Rund um Schotten with Mini – 4 GP points
13. JP8 with Honda e – 3 GP points
14. BSSE GmbH with Opel Vivaro-e Cargo – 2 GP points
15. TRON Influencer – Tesla Model S – 1 GP points

Impressions after the race

Patrick Ponec represents Honda Company which came with 6 teams, 40 members and 6 cars Honda e. This car won several including Red Dot award for great design.

Honda is coming with a lot of new ideas looking towards the future. First of all we have been considering joining your events for many specific reasons. We are looking forward to transforming our racing spirit into a new era. We have a long tradition in racing and Eco Grand Prix is a nice experience to test new technologies. We are also considering this opportunity for donation. We are basically collecting money and each team is contributing with each lap with some amounts and we are considering to support some social activities and the company will double this amount.

Lucia Rispoli from Electrified Women team came with a Mini electric:

It was nice and we had to concentrate because you always have to look around and to drive carefully. I participated at the 24H endurance race in Schauinsland and it was different. Here in Schotten is a little bit better.

Vlad Radulescu behalf Tesla Happy Owners Romania participates with this team for the third time at ecoGP races:

One week later we are here again at Eco Grand Prix races. This time we chose a different car. We participated with Model 3 long range and we think this is the best car for this track. It is really cool and there are a lot of teams. The track is very long and it is very difficult, but we loved it.

Drivers came with pure electric cars, a lot of energy and patience to compete at the race. After the award ceremony, all participants were invited to take the traditional champagne douche. Rafael de Mestre, initiator of Eco Grand Prix invited everyone to join the next race in Meppen, on November 4 and 5.

EcoGP is really glad to be supported by Motorsportclub Rund um Schotten im ADAC. They helped them to organize this race in Schotten reviving this legendary racetrack.

This is a historic race that opened in 1925 (before Nurburgring even existed) and hosted many motorcycle and sports car races from 1920s to 1950s. These competitions attracted tens of thousands of spectators. In 1953, it even hosted the German Motorcycle World Championship.

Source: ecoGP