The final round of the 2016 Maltese Onroad Championship was held at the IRMCC track in Pembroke. In the 1/10th 200mm F2 category, Kyle Spiteri (Xray) would seal the championship thanks to a TQ and win at the finale to take the title from Xray team mates Charles Vassallo and William Mallia.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Italy’s A-Paint has announced the cooperation with reigning IFMAR Electric 4WD Buggy World Champion and current ETS Championship leader Bruno Coelho. Having debuted with the new colours in Riccione at the fourth round of the ETS, where he took a TQ and a convincing win, Bruno will now race with A-Paint treated bodyshells in every class he attends.
After a long Winter break the Danish Nitro On-road National Championship kicked off with round 1 held at the famous Odense track. In the 1/8th class Rasmus B. Nielsen took the TQ and overall victory from Martin Dyrlund and Henrik Christensen. The win also marked the first ever 1/8th class win of Rasmus. In the 1/10th 200mm category Claus Ryeskov claimed the TQ from Martin No and Tom Limkilde. In the final Martin No was very unlucky as he smashed his car at the start of the race, allowing Claus to cruise to the win from Tom Limkilde with Rene Kjellerup taking the final podium spot.
The fast Sollenau track played host to the opening round of the Austrian Nitro On-road Championship with windy weather making for low-grip track conditions. 2016 sees a change in the race format with the introduction of a points system, like used at the ENS, with the TQ driver proceeding directly into the A-main while the second to fifth place drivers compete in the Superpole race to battle out the 2 spot on the grid. The qualifiers were dominated by Herfried Pucher who won three of the four qualifiers from Nejc Mihelic and Maximilian Hofer. The first to start the Superpole was Kurt Hubeny who had engine problems, followed by Alain Levy who had a very successful run. Maximillian Hofer did not manage to beat Alain’s lap time and Mihelic lost front belt before the start, meaning Alain joined Herfried in the final.
Round two of the TopRC Track Masters was held in Zagreb, Croatia at the technical yet fast Ayrton Senna track. In the premier 1/8th On-road class Nejc Mihelič, Jernej Vuga Štendler and Herfried Pucher battled for the overall TQ. The opening qualifier was won by Jernej who had to sit out Q2 due to being busy with race support, allowing Nejc to score a 20 laps TQ run, bettering Jernej’s previous time. For the final qualifiers the track had become slower so the top 3 qualifying positions would be Nejc from Jernej and Herfried.
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The Pista Verde track in Fener di Belluno recently hold the 2016 Tecnovi Trophy race. In the 1/8th Nitro On-road F1 category Mattia Collavo came out successful in the A-main from Francesco Mionetto on the runner-up spot. Luca Conte in third rounded out the podium result in front of Alberto De Lotto and Edoardo Beria.
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]
The Novarossi/Ielasi Tuned Trophy was held in Italy at the Pista de Leno track with some of Italy’s fastest nitro on-road drivers in attendance. In the premier 1/8th class Dario Balestri would take the TQ but in the A-main final Walter Salemi held the upper hand with multi-time World Champion Lamberto Collari coming in second. TQ holder Dario Balestri had to settle for third. In the 1/10th 200mm Touring class Luca Redaelli made a clean sweep by taking the top qualifier position and also coming out fastest in the main final from Mattia Rinaldi in second and Angelo Brucculeri in third.
The recent JITC Open was held in Jakarta, Indonesia with the event attracting a range of international top drivers such as reigning World Champion Simon Kurzbuch along the likes of Jilles Groskamp, Teemu Leino, Silvio Hächler or Andy Moore. In the 7-minute qualifier it was Simon Kurzbuch who snatched the top spot followed by Jilles Groskamp and Jesse Davis. In the 45 minute A-main final it was a close race in super hot racing conditions and in the end Swiss ARC driver Silvio Hächler was crowned the 2016 Jakarta Open champion, followed by the Infinity drivers Jilles Groskamp and Chavit Sirigupta.
