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November 12, 2026

Coelho Top Seed in Thailand – Seeding Round 2 Update

Reigning World Champion Bruno Coelho is officially the Top Seed at the IFMAR ISTC World Championships in Thailand, the Infinity driver counting the time of his opening seeding run after a crash on just his 3rd lap of CP2 which ending his run. It would be main rival Michal Orlowski who topped the round but unable to improve his earlier time the Schumacher driver will carry the No.2 on his car for qualifying. With the heat groupings now set based on drivers best 3-consecutive laps from the first two rounds, the third seeding run will determine how the leave the start line for the opening qualifier here at Huge RC Circuit. With no change up front, the top improvement came from Marc Rheinard, the Xray driver managing to promote himself to 3rd but the big surprise would come from Coelho’s team-mate Viktor Wilck. A surprise podium finisher for Serpent 10-years ago from P6 on the grid, the Swede tried a new set-up for CP2 that while he said ‘felt slow to drive’ gave him a quicker car. He would go on to set the fourth fastest time ahead of top Awesomatix contender Simon Lauter and the impressive Antoine Brunet who is putting RC Maker in the mix – the latter 2 drivers unable to better their CP1 times. The Top heat will be completed by Lucas Urbain, Soeren Sparber, David Ronnefalk and Ronald Volker, all four drivers getting a better 3-laps second time round. In Stock, Oliver Bultynck kept yesterday’s momentum going again setting the fastest time in both seeding rounds to secure the No.1 race number for his Awesomatix in the top heat of the 7 groups.

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November 12, 2026

T-Work’s V10 G5 Titanium Screw Set

Tying in nicely with the Electric Touring Car World Championships which are underway in Thailand this week and where the motor is leading the way, T-Works has released this Titanium Screw Set for the V10 G5 motor from Hobbywing. A lightweight upgrade to reduce motor weight, the non-magnetic titanium alloy will not interfere with motor magnetic field for stable power output. Corrosion and rust resistant, the set is ideal for wet or muddy track conditions.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

November 12, 2026

Orlowski closes gap as Coelho tops 1st seeding round in Bangkok

Michal Orlowski has closed the gap to defending World Champion Bruno Coelho, the Schumacher driver looking now looking like he has the best 5-minute car around the Huge RC Circuit here in Bangkok as Day 2 of IFMAR ISTC World Championships gets underway. With Coelho’s Infinity cars topping all 5 practice rounds yesterday, switching to running just a single white body shelled car in the opening seeding round this morning, while he topped the 3-laps just from Orlowski, it was Awesomatix’s Simon Lauter with the fastest complete run however take out a first lap crash by Orlowski and it looks like the Pole has the edge with just two more practice runs to go before the day ends with the opening qualifier. Suffering a big crash on the first lap, giving him a lap 23-second lap time, almost 10-seconds off his fastest lap, he would finish 7-seconds off the pace of Lauter who was 0.29 up on Coelho. Over 3-laps Orlowski was just 0.063 off Coelho’s time, a massive reduction on the 6/10ths advantage the Portugese driver had yesterday. With the official ranking for the first seeding round Coelho from Orlowski from Lauter, we would see another strong showing from RC Maker’s Antoine Brunet who set the fourth fastest time ahead of the Xray’s of Marc Rheinard and David Ronnefalk, the newly crowned 2-time 1:8 Nitro Buggy World Champion having a good showing on what is only his second ISTC Worlds appearance.

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November 12, 2026

Lostallo reveals 1:8 GT World Championship Layout

MRTM Lostallo, the host club of next year’s IFMAR 1:8 GT World Championships in Switzerland, has unveiled the layout that will be used to determine the categories fourth Nitro GT Champion. Introducing 1:8 eGT last year in Chile as an official World Championship class, there had been some concerns with the GT racing world regarding the size of the iconic track. A previous host of the 1:8 Onroad Worlds and 3 Large Scale Worlds including this year’s race, the club has created an inner circuit within its huge circuit also confirming the racing will run in the clockwise direction. The first time a European country will host the World Championships, the previous editions being the United States (2020), Australia (2023), and Chile (2025), Switerland is expected to be the largest staging of the race to-date. With Italian Raptor driver Alessio Mazzeo the double World Champion of GT, the race will take place from 26-31 July. Having covered the last two 1:8 GT Worlds, Red RC is looking forward to returning to Lostallo 18-years after our last World Championship experience there when a certain Lamberto Collari claimed his 9th World title.

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November 11, 2026

Day 1 complete, World Champion Coelho sets benchmark

Day 1 of the 2026 IFMAR ISTC World Championships is done and it is defending World Champion Bruno Coelho who set the benchmark all day, the Infinity driver topping all five rounds of free practice today in Thailand. With drivers getting their first taste of the track’s updated Huge RC Circuit layout in FP1, any concerns of traction where quickly quashed as the grip came up quicker than anticipated, Coelho setting his fastest 3-consecutive laps in Round 4. Starting the day with the second fastest time, Marc Rheinard would finish free practice with another strong run, his FP5 time the second fastest time of the day running a 41.075 – no one able to join Coelho in running 3-laps in 40-seconds. Having lost his way a little with set-up in the afternoon, Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski would complete the Top 3 in the final run with the Awesomatix of Simon Lauter fourth fastest. In the previous round the Stock World Champion would post the second fastest time in between Coelho and Rheinard with 2014 World Champion Naoto Matsukura clocking the 4th fastest time ahead of RC Maker’s Antoine Brunet. It was to be a similar story of one driver setting the benchmark in the Stock class also with Oliver Bultynck fastest on every occasion. The Belgian would cap off a strong opening day with his fastest time in the final run ahead of Awesomatix team-mate Max Machler as we head into seeding tomorrow and end Day 2’s action with the first qualifier.

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November 11, 2026

Coelho remains in control in Bangkok with Orlowski closest to pace

Infinity’s Bruno Coelho remains in control in Bangkok, the reigning IFMAR World Champion’s IF14 Speciale fastest in all three free practice rounds so far at Huge RC Circuit. Further back than expected in the first official practice of these IFMAR ISTC World Championships, Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski would get into the groove to be closest on pace in the the 2nd and 3rd rounds, the gap however still a considerable 4/10ths over each drivers’ best 3-consecutive laps. In FP2, it was the Axon prototype of Akio Sobue who set the fourth fastest time from Marc Rheinard’s Xray and Simon Lauter’s Awesomatix. Second fastest in the opening practice, Rheinard would come together with team-mate Alexander Hagberg after the Swede got out of shape, and then making a set-up change for FP3 it would be in the wrong direction. With the track continuing to improve as the new sections after the layout change start to grip up, Coelho stepping into the 40-seconds for his 3-laps, French RC Maker driver Antoine Brunet set the 3rd fastest time ahead of Lauter and Xray’s Jin Sawada who set identical times. Third fastest in FP1, a diff change in FP2 on Ronald Volker’s RC Maker didn’t prove fruitful and trying other changes in the latest round he declared they have a bit of work to do. In Stock, Oliver Bultynck is the benchmark, the Belgian’s Awesomatix topping all three rounds.

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November 11, 2026

World Champion gets things underway at top of time sheets

With some having completed double digit days of testing and others just two days of IPD, with the 13th running of the IFMAR ISTC World Championships official getting underway in Bangkok today on a new layout it was Infinity’s Bruno Coelho who topped the opening times. Chasing after a 4th consecutive World title here this week at the unique Huge RC Circuit, the Portuguese driver set the fastest 3-consecutive laps as well as the only 13-second lap on the new World title deciding layout. With the layout getting a generally positive reaction, it was Marc Rheinard, winning last time Thailand hosted these Worlds 18-years ago, who set the second fastest time for the reigning World Champion manufacturer Xray. Suffering a heavy crash towards the end of the run which ended his first free practice early, 2016 World Champion Ronald Volker set the 3rd fastest time for RC Maker. Making it four different manufacturers at the top of the times it was another World Champion with Awesomatix’s reigning Pro Stock Champion Simon Lauter living up to expectations of the German being one of the pre-event title contenders come Saturday. A driver who has already tasted World title success at Huge RC Circuit when he won Nitro Touring Car here in 2014, Alexander Hagberg backed up Xray’s performance with P5 ahead of Axon’s Akio Sobue. Another of the pre-event title favourites, Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski opened with the 8th fastest time behind Xray’s newly crowned 1:8 Nitro Buggy World Champion David Ronnefalk.

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November 10, 2026

R1 Wurks R1B Reduced Ackermann Steering Plates

Adding to the tunability of their R1B 2WD Buggy, R1 Wurks has released #2 Reduced Ackermann Steering Plates. Providing a slightly reduced Ackermann setting, they offer an additional setup option to experiment with and fine-tune your steering characteristics. Precision CNC-routed from premium carbon fibre, they deliver a smoother steering feel that may be particularly well suited to high-grip surfaces.

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