Coelho joins ONE Engines for nitro onroad return

Bruno Coelho will make a return to nitro onroad racing with ONE Engines announcing the former European 1:10 Nitro Tour Car Champion as a team driver.  While best known for his Electric Touring Car exploits, that includes three consecutive World titles, the Portuguese driver began his racing career in nitro racing.  The 2015 European 200mm Champion and 2016 World Finalist, he stopped nitro onroad racing at the end of 2017 after a dominant championship win in the Euro Nitro Series due to commitments in other more important sales categories for then chassis sponsor Xray.  However joining reigning 1:10 and 1:8 Nitro Onroad World Champions Infinity for 2025 to head up its new electric touring car program, he will also combine this with a return to nitro racing as well as its relatively new 1:8 Nitro Offroad project.  On the announcement with One Engines, a brand owned by Italian nitro onroad chassis manufacturer Capricorn, Coelho posted, ‘For many years, I have been passionate about Nitro, in fact, I started my journey with Nitro. Patrício Rossi was one of the people who always supported and helped me behind the scenes, a great friend that has always been there when needed, even though I was never sponsored by any of his brands.  Now, after so many years, we finally have the opportunity to work together which I’m so proud of.  ONE Engines are well known in on-road racing, having achieved numerous major victories, and now they are in the final phase of developing their off-road engines.  I am proud to be part of this exciting project and actively involved in testing to help bring these engines to the highest level of performance.’

Source: ONE Racing [Facebook]