Daniele Ielasi is 2008 World Champion

At the end of qualifying he was delighted to make his first ever 1:10 200mm World Championship Final but now Daniele Ielasi has gone one better and won a thrilling one hour Main Final here in Portugal to become the 2008 World Champion. Having suffered cruel luck at the 1:8 European Championship last month, Ielasi was clearly emotional after claiming his first ever World title which was greeted by huge applause from the large crowd who witnessed the race.

Check out the full report on our event site here.

Categories - Gas, International, Racing

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Comments

1. M. B. - August 17th, 2008 at 02:44

That is awesome, congrats to Daniele, it was a well deserved win, and should open more doors and opportunities for him.

2. Andy - August 17th, 2008 at 20:07

Congratulations to Daniele!!!!!!
But what was with tosolini ? He smashed his trophy, how stupid is he?
Fore sure he didn´t deserve the win when he did such stupid things!!!!!

3. M. B. - August 17th, 2008 at 20:44

I think he accidentally dropped it and it had broken. But his statement about Bertin is not suprising as Bertin can be quite the aggressor and bad sport at times.