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January 23, 2025

Polito back with Gimar Engines

After a season away from the brand, Gimar Engines has announce that top Italian 1:8 Offroad racer Mattia Polito has returned to the Italian engine tuner to power his program with Sworkz. Having used O.S. Engines in 2024, securing the TQ and an impressive 2nd place at the SIGP in Xiamen, China, in December after a great battle with World Champion Davide Ongaro. Opening his 2025 season with the 1:8 Nitro Buggy victory at the annual ‘OneRace OneMan’ race at the IBR Padova indoor facility in Italy, Polito now returns to working with Giovanni Crea for his engine needs with the Gimar owner stating, ‘After a year of stop, here we are together again stronger than before, ready to face new experiences and new races together. Welcome back Mattia.’

Source: Gimar [rcgimar.com]

January 22, 2025

Teghesi joins Gimar Engines

Former Italian 1:8 Buggy National Champion Fabrizio Teghesi’s 2025 racing season will be powered by Italian engine tuner Gimar. In a deal that came about through featuring one of the engines from the Giovanni Crea owned brand on his YouTube channel, on the announcement of the new partnership the HB Racing driver from Florence said, ‘I am really excited to join the Gimar Factory team! I had the opportunity to test their engine last year on various occasions thanks to the project “a different engine for every race” that I featured on my channel in 2024, and I was really impressed, so much so that I decided to run my international season with these engines! I do not deny that the choice of the brand was also made with the perspective of the content I will be able to create thanks to this company, which has been nothing short of volcanic lately… They have many exciting new developments in the pipeline that I can’t wait to present in my YouTube videos!’

Source: Gimar [rcgimar.com]

December 17, 2024

Gimar Raptor 1:8 GT Car

Italian engine tuner Gimar has announced the new Raptor 1:8 GT car which is designed and manufactured in collaboration with TES, a renowned company known for excellence in RC components. Born from the innovative vision of engineer Andrea Contarini and the creativity of Giovanni Crea, founder of GIimar, the Raptor sets a new benchmark in the GT class, offering uncompromising performance and cutting-edge design. Building on the expertise gained from the development and testing of previous models, the Raptor is the result of years of refinement and real-world experience. The Raptor will be available from 20th January.

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August 14, 2024

Gimar SRX8 1:8 GT alu front and rear bulkhead

Best known for its engines, Italy’s Gimar has released new optional front and rear bulkheads for Serpent’s SRX8 GT and GTE 1:8 GT Chassis. The engine sponsor of Serpent factory driver & 1:8 GT World Championship podium finisher Andrea Catanzani, the bulkheads are the latest releases for Serpent cars from Giovanni Crea’s company, Crea a major driving force behind GT racing in Italy and Europe. The thickness of the aluminium bulkheads bring a number of advantages in particular greater stability with both the front and rear available in black or aluminium colour finishes.

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October 26, 2023

‘I think Dario was racing European Championships before I was born’ – meet Serpent’s 1:8 Onroad young gun Andrea Catanzani

The last time the 1:8 Onroad World Championship was held in Japan it was Serpent who came away with the title thanks to Japanese driver Tadahiko Sahashi. At the same time almost 10,000km away in Italy an 8-year-old was embarking on his journey into RC Racing. Inspired by his father, one of the country’s top Rally Game drivers (the precursor to what we now know as 1:8 GT), this driver started to master his skills driven by view of his father, ‘for me he was the best and I wanted to be like him’. Now a decade later, that up & coming talent is part of a small select factory Serpent team that will compete for the title at the 23rd running of IFMAR’s original World Championship at the Infinity International RC Speedway in Japan. That driver is recently turned 18-year-old Andrea Catanzani, who earlier this month marked his arrival on the international stage with some stunning displays of outright speed and hunger for success at the 1:8 GT World Championship in Sydney.

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June 30, 2023

Catanzani Top Qualifier at 1:8 GT European C/ship

Andrea Catanzani is the Top Qualifier at the EFRA 1:8 GT European Championships In Croatia. The Serpent/Gimar driver topped 2 of the 5 rounds of qualifying at Mini Autodrom Ayrton Senna circuit in Zagreb, with Xray’s of Martin Bayer his closest rival in the nitro class. Attracting a field of 48 drivers in nitro, qualifying didn’t start well for the Italian as he was only 15th fastest. While Bayer took Q1 from defending champion Bernard-Alain Arnaldi, Capricorn’s Alessio Mazzeo topped Q2 from Catanzani before he found his form in Q3 & 4 to wrap up the overall TQ with one round to go. Behind Bayer in P2, Natanaele Senesi took his Xray to third in the ranking ahead of Alex D’angelo and Arnaldi with Mazzeo 10th behind Buggy World Champion Davide Ongaro. Also the European Championship for 1:8 GT Electric, 36 drivers registering results, Mazzeo is the Top Qualifier with three TQ runs compared to single TQ runs from Arnaldi (P2) and reigning champion Bayer (P3).

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March 10, 2023

Ongaro set for 1:8 GT Worlds with Gimar Engines

Best known for his offroad exploits, back to back 1:8 Buggy World Champion Davide Ongaro has announced a 1:8 GT only programme with Italian engine brand Gimar. Ongaro is the star driver for Team Associated and Japanese engine manufacturer OS Engines in offroad and has added two 1:8 Buggy World titles to both brands illustrious history but is joining forces with Giovanni Crea’s Gimar engines for a GT campaign that includes both the European and World Championships. A huge boost for the GT category which will run only its second ever World Championship later this year in Sydney, Australia, having Ongaro on the grid will be a massive profile raiser for the class. Kicking off his onroad exploits next week at the Italian GT Nationals, his Gimar Venus engine will be fitted to the chassis of another Italian brand Genius Racing – this same engine & chassis combination used by France’s Alain Arnaldi to become the 2022 European GT Champion. Like Ongaro, another driver best known for his Offroad achievements, Joern Nuemann is the reigning 1:8 GT World Champion.

Source: Gimar [rcgimar.com]

August 3, 2022

Gimar 1:8 GT tyre warmers

Italian company Gimar, specialists in GT class and former European champion of the category, introduce this new tyre warmer for 1:8th GT. Featuring a very small control unit with front-side warming belt connectors, the warmer takes up minimal pit space. Gimar is also the first brand that use the CUP warmer for the GT class that is more commonly used in 1:10 touring class. The tyre warmers can be powered by a DC power supply or a 3S LiPo battery pack and come in a Gimar branded carry case.

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