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June 5, 2024

Ehrbar & Lee win at FFFF1 RC Race

The FFFF1 RC Race took place over the weekend at the Riccione track on Italy’s Adriatic coast where Xray duo David Ehrbar and Luke Lee took the wins, Lee winning a rather innovative ‘Long run’ 20-minute final. Attracting a number of international drivers a field of capacity 72 competitors from 7 nations made for an impressive F1 gathering with all cars running to the same technical regulations of using Hobbywing’s Justock 21.5 combo, minimum ratio of 2.4, and very resistant Fenix A rubber tyres. In the qualify German Ehrbar secured the TQ ahead of local star Gianni Zonzini and Dutch F1 stalwart Jitse Miedema. With 12 different brands of car represented at the event in the finals it was Ehrbar who completed a clean sweep to win ahead of Fenix Racing’s Miedema with Lee coming through from P6 on the grid to complete the traditional format finals. To complete the weekend in Riccione, drivers had the opportunity to try something different with a single 20-minute that include two mandatory pit stops. Drivers had a pit stop window with the first stop needing to take place between 2nd and 9th minute and the second between the 12th and 18th minute. Ehrbar would make a early mistake and unfortunately for Miedema his race was done after 5-laps as drivers faced a few drops of rain. All the while Lee was leading the way chased by a train of drivers but at the end of the 20-minutes the British racer had 2-second advantage over Luca Buono who was closely followed by Gonzalo Garcia for the final podium place and all all Xray Top 3.

View ‘Long Run’ podium here

June 5, 2024

Veseli wins European Large Scale Series Round 2

The second round of the European Large Scale Series took place at Lostallo in Switzerland over the weekend where MCD Racing’s Dario Veseli took the win. In qualifying it was the Mecatech of Emanuele D’Amico winner of the season opener in Bologna in March who took secured the TQ. The Italian set the fastest time in the 3rd round of qualifying with reigning World Champion Markus Feldmann second fastest ahead of fellow German Veseli. With the Top 2 locked into the half hour final, reigning European Champion Veseli would win his Semi final to secure P3 on the grid while World Championship Top Qualifier Marius Hetland won the other putting the Norwegian fourth on the grid for the main event. In a rain effected final, the rain arriving as the race enter the second half, a decision to switch the wet tyres would pay dividend for Veseli allowing him to take the win by almost a lap from D’Amico with Hetland getting passed Feldmann to complete the podium.

Image: MCD Racing [Facebook]

June 5, 2024

MCD Racing announce 1:8 GT Onroad market entry

One of 1:5 scale racing’s most successful manufacturers, MCD Racing has announced plans to enter the 1:8 GT Onroad market with its own electric car. The Turkish based manufacturer who are the reigning European Large Scale Touring Car Champions with Dario Veseli posted the announcement on their social media. Together with an image of sketches of an 1:8 GT Onroad chassis they wrote, ‘Exciting news! Over the past few months, we have been working on a new project: developing a new 1:8 scale GT-E 4WD car. Keep an eye for further updates!’.

Source: MCD Racing [mcdracing.com]

June 4, 2024

Canas wraps up National title with 3 from 3

Factory Sworkz star Juan Carlos Canas has wrapped up the Spanish 1:8 Nitro Buggy National title early with his third win of the season in as many races. The reigning European Champion, who this year has the potential to consecutively hold a National, European and World title, secured the TQ and win at the third round which was hosted at the Circuito de Alhaurin de la Torre over the weekend. Winner of the Silver State Indoor Championships in the US last month, starting from pole after winning his Semi Final in the fastest time, Canas was chased home over the 45-minute final by the Tekno of João Figueiredo, who after qualifying P18 after a tough five rounds of heats, started 4th on the grid. Posting the fastest lap of the race, in the end he would finish just 4.7-seconds back from Canas. Despite a bad tyre choice, Daniel Pariente made it a second Tekno on the podium as he finished third.

Image: Sworkz [Facebook]

June 4, 2024

Infinity IF11-2 Alu Servo Mount Set

Infinity has released a new optional Aluminium Servo Mount Set for its IF11-2 1:10 Formula chassis. The high-precision, machined high-rigidity aluminium servo mount increases the mounting rigidity of the steering servo enhancing the steering response and allowing the servo’s performance to be fully utilised.

View Alu Servo Mount Set mounted here

June 4, 2024

SMJ 1:10 Formula 1 body, wings & driver helmets

Japan’s SMJ has released a new Formula 1 body shell together with a number of front & rear wing options and F1 driver’s helmet for 1:10 Electric Formula use. The body is designed to match wide tread and foam tyres. In terms of wings SMJ gives you two type options. The Type-A wing is created in 90s F1 style, the front wing is a narrow type with a width of approximately 133mm. The matching rear high downforce type wing has a width of approximately 110mm. The Type-B front wing is 133mm wide and fits well with any body in terms of appearance and driving characteristics, making it a user-friendly. The matching rear wing has a V-shaped second flap, featuring three adjustable angles for the main flap. The driver helmet set has an emphasis on scale realism and includes two types: visor type and open type.

View more images here

June 3, 2024

Harper leads Schumacher 1-2 at British Nationals Rd2

Having announced his return to racing competition last September following a 3-year break, Elliot Harper led a Schumacher 1-2 at the second round of the British 1:10 Electric Touring Car National Championship over the weekend. Racing at the West London track, the former World Championship podium finisher secured the TQ with fastest times in 2 of the four qualifiers. Topping Q2 multiple Champion Chris Grainger secured P2 with teenager Daniel Robins making it a Schumacher Top 3 on the grid. Having made history recently as she became the first female driver to make a BRCA Offroad A-Main, Xray’s Harley Eldridge lined up P4 followed by Andy Murray and the Mugen Seiki of Alex Thurston who secured his first ever National win at Round 1 last month at Halifax. In the double mains, Harper lead home Grainger in A1 and Eldridge in A2 for the overall win from Grainger and with his third from Round 1 now leads the championship standings. After an intense battle in A2 to take second from Grainger, Eldridge would completed the podium ahead of Thurston with Robins finishing up P5.

Image: Schumacher [Facebook]

June 3, 2024

Sawada wins Hobbywing Cup

Attracting a number of international factory team drivers, it was Xray’s Shin Sawada who took the big win at the Hobbywing Cup which took place at the Shanghai International Model Auto Racing Arena (SIMARA) in China over the weekend. Qualifying would see the Japanese driver top 3 of the 4 rounds of qualifying to secure the TQ ahead of team-mate Alexander Hagberg who went fastest in the final qualifier. Team Yokomo’s Nicolas Lee would complete the Top 3 in the feature Open Brushless class ahead of China’s very own JJ Wang. Representing Awesomatix and a driver who does a lot of development work for Hobbywing, 1:12 Spec World Champion Max Mächler lined up 6th on the grid. In the triple final Sawada continued his form setting the fastest lap of the race to win A1 repeating the feat again in A2 for the overall win. Winning A3, Hagberg would finish runner-up while P2 in A3 promoted Wang to third overall for an all Xray podium. Lee was best of the rest taking his Yokomo to fourth ahead of Mächler who moved up one spot to finish fifth.

Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]