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November 17, 2025

Oscar Piastri RC car themed Las Vega helmet reveal

FIA Formula 1 World Championship title contender Oscar Piastri has unveiled a special helmet design for this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix that is inspired by his National Championship winning RC car body shell paint scheme. The McLaren driver won his National 1:10 Electric Touring Car Championship 15-years ago to the weekend and to mark that achievement, which the Australian describes himself as his ‘first success in racing’, he has replicated the colour scheme onto his Bell helmet that he will race around the streets of Las Vegas. The 9-time Grand Prix winner’s reveal gives some nice exposure to both Xray and LRP, with whom he won his 2010 Australian RC National title.

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November 17, 2025

Inaugural Asia 1:8 GT Nitro C/ship – Announcement

Continuing its roll out of Asia Championship title races, FEMCA has announced the inaugural 1:8 Nitro GT Championship for 2026. The Far East Model Car Association (FEMCA), the governing body for RC racing that represents 15 nations in Asia and Australasia, has awarded the first 1:8 GT title race to the very impressive X-RC Complex in Lam Dong, Vietnam. An event that crowns the ‘Champion of Asia’, while titled the Asia 1:8 GT Nitro Championship, alongside the nitro cars the event will also cater for Electric GT. With GT crowning only its third World Champion this year in Chile, Raptor/Gimar driver Alessio Mazzeo doing the double, the first Asian Champions are set to be crowned between July 17-19th, 2026. FEMCA will publish further details on the championship in due course.

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November 17, 2025

Ielasi Tuned ‘Hard Coated’ .21 WRC03 Pipe Set

New from Ielasi Tuned comes this hard coated 1:8 Onroad WR03 EFRA 2196 Pipe set. An ideal match for the Italian engine tuner’s latest ‘Pista’ .21 Onroad engine which was launched in July, the O.S. manufactured and Ielasi Tuned treated pipe plus W4 manifold was used by team drivers at this year’s EFRA 1:8 Onroad European Championship in Halifax where team driver Simon Kurzbuch secured the TQ. Following its success, the Hardcoated option has now been added to their product line-up.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

November 17, 2025

Capricorn welcomes back Vrielijnck

Capricorn has announced that Dutch 1:8 Onroad racing stalwart Rick Vrielijnck has joined its official race team. A podium finisher during this year’s Euro Nitro Series, the World and European Championship finalist returns to the Italian manufacturer having previous signed with them back in 2016. Representing Infinity for the past number of seasons Vrielijnck announced his departure from the Japanese team at the end of last month. On welcoming back Vrielijnck to its line-up Capricorn posted, ‘His comeback is not only a technical and competitive choice, but also proof that when there is mutual trust, shared goals and real passion, you always return to the place where you felt you truly belonged.’

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

November 17, 2025

Serpent X25 Link Suspension Upgrade Set

Serpent has released this Link Suspension Upgrade Set for their X25 1:10 Electric Touring Car. The set is designed to give racers finer and more accurate caster adjustment. It has also been engineered to ensures no suspension binding, giving a smoother, more consistent response across every driving condition.

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November 17, 2025

Hudy Droop & Upstop Set-Up Tool

Slovakian RC tool manufacturer Hudy has released this new Droop & Upstop Set-Up Tool. Machined from 7075 T6 aluminium, the compact sized tool is intended for universal application in precise droop & upstop measurement. With the three piece tool able to be stored within itself when not in use, each wheel is ball bearing equipped for convenient use and the droop guage is finished with laser engraved measurements in 0.2 increments.

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November 14, 2025

CRC 2026 MetriCKs Machined Alu Upper Chassis

Stalwart 1:12 manufacturer CRC have unveiled this new Machined Aluminium Upper chassis for its 2026 MetriCKs as part of a series of new releases for the car. The 3mm thick chassis is produced to the highest quality in-house in CRC’s own workshop. The process sees the chassis cross hatch machined, pocketed and lightened everywhere possible. After this it is anodised and “re-pressed’ to insure perfect flatness for premium performance. This new upper deck was on the winning CRC cars at the recent Montech NYGP and Masters of Foam and are a standard kit part in the new 2026 MetriCKs.

Source: Calandra Racing Concepts [teamcrc.com]

November 14, 2025

RC Maker SP1 Options

RC Maker has introduced three new options for its SP1 1:10 Touring Car platforms in the form of a Front Lower Bumper Mount for 1.2/1.5mm Chassis, Heavy Duty Ceptor VI Bando Drive Belt, and Analogue Caster Tool. The Front Lower Bumper Mount bumper has been CNC machined down to suit the thinner profile of RC Maker’s optional 1.2/1.5mm chassis. The 351 Heavy Duty Ceptor VI Bando Drive Belt is a 351mm (117T) belt from Bando constructed with the latest in belt technology. Featuring a fibreglass reinforced construction, it is ideal for high powered modified racing, where normally you might experience belt skipping. T hese belts prevent belt skipping and have incredible durability and are highly recommended for modified racing with the SP1. Final the Analogue Caster Tool for SP1/SP1-F are to be used with adjustable upper arms for setting correct caster. They are manufactured from PLA-CF 3D Printing Filament.

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