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January 12, 2024

Serpent Medius X20 RTR 1:10 Electric Touring Car

Serpent has released a Ready-to-Race 1:10 electric touring car based on its competition level X20 190mm kit, the ’24 edition of which was released in November. Factory assembled, the Medius X20 RTR comes as a complete full package to get started racing in the electric touring car category or for those who just want to have fun driving a touring car. Fitted with a Dragon-RC 13.T motor and speedo combo it is all controlled using the DTS-3 2.4ghZ transmitter also from Dragon-RC. Dragon-RC rubber racing tyres with foam inlays on Serpent TC wheels ensure super-grip. The RTR package is completed with a supplied pre-cut and painted EFRA approved Touring Car body shell.

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December 20, 2023

Serpent Viper 990 Evo 1:8 GP

One of the pioneers of the category, Serpent has released its latest 1:8 Onroad Nitro chassis the Viper 990 EVO. The gets an number of new features and improves starting with new “flex shock mounts”, which offer the possibility to add more flex by removing the connecting carbon brackets. It is also now possible to change the shock angle on the inner mounting position in small 1mm steps Another improvement has come from the new bumper. It is an aerodynamic improvement, but at the same time it gives more support to the bodyshell and also is a lot more resistant to bending. All of that comes with a reduced weight by almost 10grams. The EVO also features a revised fuel tank, allowing more clearance with the carburettor, and also allowing to raise the tank as desired. The new shape of the tank is accompanied by a revised topdeck. New front arms feature a carbon downstop lever which gives a much more accurate and consistent downstop setting, a very important part of the car’s setup. The other key feature of the new kit is a redesigned front one-way. A modified front one-way shaft allows a more narrow setting than in the past with a front narrow track width is important to be able to achieve on most tracks nowadays.

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December 8, 2023

Greiner rejoins Serpent for electric racing program

Following his announcement earlier this week that he was retiring from nitro competition after 15-years, former nitro World Champion Dominic Greiner is set for a electric touring car race program with the news he has rejoined his former sponsor Serpent. Greiner won his 2016 World 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World title with Serpent and will now try his hand at electric racing with the manufacturers X20/24 electric touring car. Commenting on the announcement said, ‘I’m very happy to join back to my family Serpent and very excited to use and help the team with the X20/24. As I decided to stop nitro I thought electric is the best option I have, and as I saw the first pictures from the new 1:10 electric car it was an easy decision to use Serpent. I’m pretty sure the car has a lot of potential, could test it already indoors on the carpet and was very surprised and happy about the performance. I want to thank Joaquin and Mr. Lau for the warm welcome back.’

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

November 15, 2023

Serpent Medius X20 ’24

Serpent has announced its latest 1:10 Touring Car with the release of the Medius X20 ’24 that will be offered in carbon and aluminium chassis version kits. The 1:10 Touring car market has changed with some new and innovative designs and Serpent have been working hard on their latest and best EP touring car yet. New and improved suspension geometry give maximum rotation. A newly engineered aluminium rear diff, along with a completely new designed rear upper arm link setup providing increased adjustability. The car gets new style flex shock mounts with included 13mm shocks. Also with the new style split top deck the flex is adjustable like never before.

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November 13, 2023

Weigerding joins Serpent Factory Team

Serpent has announced that 2019 Large Scale World Championship podium finisher Marco Weigerding has joined its Factory Team. The German racer will campaign the company’s 990 1:8 Onroad chassis and commenting on the announcement said, ‘I‘m so happy and thankful to join the Serpent Racing Team. It’s an honour to join this team of RC history. I’m very motivated to work together and I’ll do my best for great results! Thanks for this big opportunity, see you soon on the track!’

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

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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October 11, 2023

BREAKING NEWS – Catanzani penalty revoked

Andrea Catanzani’s 3-second penalty for track limits has been rescinded meaning the Serpent driver takes the TQ for the third round of qualifying at the 1:8 GT World Championship. More than two & a half hours after the Italian had 3-seconds added to his time because it was too late in the heat to serve a drive through penalty for track limits, it was rescinded due to IFMAR rules only allowing track limits at pit entry/exit. Jeff Hamon was credited with the TQ for the round when the penalty was imposed but now the top seed gets a P2 for the round as how they originally crossed the line in qualifying.

October 11, 2023

Hamon TQs Q3 after Catanzani penalised for track limits

Jeff Hamon has taken the TQ for the third round of qualifying at the 1:8 GT World Championship but only after a post race time penalty was applied to his Serpent team-mate Andrea Catanzani for track limits. Having run out of fuel while on a TQ run in the opening qualifier this morning, and then suffering a flame out in Q2, Catanzani looked to bring the first day of qualifying in Sydney to a close by finally delivering a TQ run. Given a warning during the qualifier about track limits, later in the heat the Italian was called to serve a drive through penalty but didn’t have time to serve it. Crossing the line as the TQ, it initially looked like the result would stand but a protest was made and some time later he was informed he would have 3-seconds added to his time dropping him behind Hamon. While his team argued that the track limits rule was nothing they had come across before, and was something more applicable to Formula 1, they had no grounds to appeal the penalty. In all the drama it was top be a very good round for defending Champion Joern Neumann as the Sworkz driver posted the third fastest time ahead of Alex D’angelo and Natanaele Senesi. Having TQ’d the first two rounds, Toni Gruber would get 6th for the round having opted to go with used tyres.

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