Robert Pietsch is the Top Qualifier for the 2011 IFMAR 1:8 Onroad World Championships as track conditions for the fourth & final round of qualifying were not fast enough to see any changes at the top with Atsushi Hara, Dario Balestri and Takaaki Shimo completing the Top 4 that qualify direct for the big race on Saturday.
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Last weekend saw the first round of the Spanish championship run in Elche (Alicante), and saw 56 racers in attendance. Friday’s training day saw very good traction on the small and technical track, with more racers arriving on Saturday morning. The weather is very good all weekend, with the temperature around 35 degrees celsius. Saturday evening saw the first qualifier run with the remaining 3 on Sunday morning and after qualifying it was Luis Condes on pole position followed by Javier Alonso, Toni Mateo, Javier Hidalgo and David Escudero. Following Sunday’s three leg mains it was Tamiya driver Toni Mateo that came home with the win ahead of Luis Condes in 2nd and Javier Hidalgo in 3rd. The next race will in Gran Canary in the Canary Islands on the 1st to 3rd of July.
Thanks to Angel Sosa for the report.
RB have released this new 11.9mm ceramic ball bearing. Designed to fit perfectly into the T11RS engine, it is the perfect upgrade to help improve performance and durability.
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Atsushi Hara has moved into second spot in qualifying at the 2011 IFMAR 1:8 Onroad World Championships after improving his time in this morning’s third round of qualifying at the Homestead RC Raceway in Miami. The Japanese ace improved by almost 6 seconds as he set the second fastest time in the penultimate round behind provisional Top Qualifier Robert Pietsch who was unable to better his Q1 time.
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Xray have introduced these precision moulded 64-pitch composite spur gears, suitable for use with their X10 and XII chassis’. Available in 76T, 78T and 80T versions.
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Robert Pietsch holds provisional TQ honours for the 2011 IFMAR 1:8 Onroad World Championships at the end of the first day of qualifying. The German was fastest in both the rounds that made up today’s schedule but it was his Q1 time that puts him top of the ranking ahead of Dario Balestri, Atsushi Hara and Takaaki Shimo.
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2008 World Championship Top Qualifier Robert Pietsch has topped the opening round of qualifying at the 18th IFMAR 1:8 Onroad World Championship. The reigning European Champion was fastest from 2008 finalist Dario Balestri and class newcomer Atsushi Hara, the three being the only drivers to record 37 laps.
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Schumacher have announced two new chassis plates for their Mi4CX touring car. The new chassis features a different material construction compared to their standard kit configuration and has been under development by their team for several months and used by Martin Hofer to take his 2 recent victories in the ETS series. The chassis is softer in side to side twist yet stiffer forward to back, preventing flex under hard acceleration and braking. Overall testing has shown this will give the cars more traction under the majority of conditions. Available in 2mm and 2.5mm versions.
