Luis Cortez wins Portuguese Regionals Rd4

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Last Sunday the fourth round of the Portuguese Regional’s was held in the Circuito Automodelismo do Funchal. In the Main Final the hot temperatures meant that the engines would not last the 5 minutes for refueling and the track asphalt was at 68º Celsius, so tire wear was the big issue, Mugen Driver Luis Cortez was on pole and needed the victory to become regional champion, Serpent Driver and Defending champion Duarte Faria was starting from 9th position. Ten minutes into the race and the two drivers were fighting for the lead and the championship, with drama a few laps later when Duarte Faria had a flame out and lost some time. Luis Cortez also made a mistake and the fight was on again until 2 laps from the end, Duarte Faria run out of rear tires, meaning that Mugen Driver Luis Cortez was the winner of the event and the championship with one round to go, Faria took second and Team Magic Driver Mário Oliveira in 3rd.

Luis Cortez takes the win at 2nd Portuguese Regional

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Last Sunday the second round of the Portuguese Regionals was held in the Circuito Automodelismo do Funchal. Mugen driver Luis Cortez, took the pole and another perfect win, the temperature variations having a big influence in the outcome of this event with a lot of drivers having engine trouble all weekend, getting the engine perfectly tuned was a challenge. In the main final Team Magic driver Fabio Barros drove a smart race managing the second place of the podium, while Veteran Serpent driver Alcino Camacho, after a difficult year, returned to the podium in 3rd place showing us that experience and know how is far more important than a top engine or chassis.

Thanks to Paulo Rodrigues for the report.

Francesco Tironi wins Rd1 in Italy

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Something we missed last week, but the 1st round of the Italian 1/10th scale 200mm Championships took place in Gubbio the weekend before last and in the expert class it was current World Champion Daniele Ielasi, with the new Velox V10, that took the pole position. In the race however, Mugen Sirio driver Francesco Tironi won the final by a lap, while in 2nd place was former European champion and Team magic driver Dario Balestri, with 3rd place going to NT1, Max power racer Guido Barbera. Good performance in F1 class for the F.V.S.S. driver Mattia Collavo with 3rd place after a good race.

Source: F.V.S.S. [fvssrc.com]

Shasa Lackner joins Hot Race Tyres

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Italian company Hot Race Tyres have signed front running Swiss driver Shasa Lackner to run their tires in both 1/8th and 1/10th scale for the 2010 season. The Motonica driver, who just signed for Team Magic in 1/10th scale, used the tires to great success, winning the opening round of the Swiss 1/8th scale Nationals in Lostallo last weekend.

Team Magic Switzerland sign Shasa Lackner

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Team Magic Switzerland & Germany distributor, HRC Distribution, are pleased to announce that they have signed Swiss driver Shasa Lackner to race for their team in 1/10th scale. The 1/8th scale on road Junior European Champion, and winner of the first round of the Swiss 1/8th Nationals last weekend, will race the 1/10th 200mm Swiss Nationals, as well as various major European races, with the Team Magic G4RS ‘09 and will represent Team Magic and HRC at all 1/10 nitro on road competitions. Shasa continues to run for Motonica in 1/8th scale and Corally in 1/10th EP.

Source: HRC Distribution [teammagicrc.com]

Shasa Lackner dominates Swiss 1/8th Nats Rd1

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Last weekend saw the opening round of the Swiss Championship take place in Lostallo, home of last year’s World Championships. Qualifying saw Motonica team driver Shasa Lackner take the pole position with a fastest lap of 19.90 seconds, the only driver to go under the magical 20 seconds, to end up 3 seconds clear of 2nd place qualifier Silvio Hächler. Simon Kurzbuch and Luca Martinelli completed the top 4 direct qualifiers following the 7 minute heats. In the final an early problem for the pole man Lackner saw him lose 2 laps as he needed to replace the gearbox, but a determined drive to the end of the 45 minute final saw him claw back the time to win by 1 lap ahead of Silvio Hächler in 2nd and Luca Martinelli in 3rd a lap further back.

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Matrix Tires sign Raimondo Gilletti

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Matrix racing tires have announced that Raimondo Gilletti will join their already impressive team for the 2010 season. The Italian factory Team Magic/Novarossi driver will use Matrix tires in all of this year’s Italian National championship rounds as well as during the 1/10th 200mm World Championships that take place this summer in the USA. Raimondo’s 2010 campaign is also supported by Savox and Dynamic Fuel.

Source: Matrix Tires [matrixtires.it]

Luis Cortez wins opening Portugal Regional

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Last Sunday the first round of the Portuguese Regional was held in the Circuito Automodelismo do Funchal. This year the qualifying rounds were extended from 5 to 7 minutes making the fight for the pole position very close. Team Magic driver Mario Oliveira took the pole position but the first seven drivers all managed to complete 21 laps. Mugen driver Luis Cortez, who had engine problems all weekend and opted to change to a Siro XXX for the final, started from 4th position and took the early lead of the race and managed to win the race with 87 laps. Kyosho driver Paulo Rodrigues lost six positions following a driver error, but drove a very good race managing to get the 2nd position of the podium on the final lap. The current regional champion Duarte Faria, who started from the second position on the grid, set a new track record but at the final stage of the race didn’t have any rear tires left and he ended up in 3rd.

Thanks to Paulo Rodrigues for the report.