December 5, 2025

Capricorn Quantum 1:8 Onroad Chassis

After unveiling the first CAD images last October, Capricorn officially presents the new Quantum 1:8 Onroad, a completely new project that marks the beginning of a new era for the company.  The Quantum is the result of an extensive process of design, development, and technical validation. Over the past four months, the car has undergone an intensive testing program in prototype configuration, allowing all key technical solutions to be fully validated. Today, the car is complete in every aspect. Thanks to Capricorn’s production facility in Cologno Monzese, component manufacturing and track testing take place in extremely short timeframes, allowing Patrizio Rossi and his team to immediately refine every detail and optimize each technical solution. The development process was focused not only on creating a new model, but also on defining a base setup that is truly usable by all drivers, from professional racers to hobbyists. Development will continue intensively over the coming weeks, with the goal of starting the first deliveries by the end of January, bringing to the track a technically advanced, reliable, and high-performance project, in true Capricorn style.

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December 3, 2025

Gruber takes Q3 as Ripoll holds overnight TQ in Chile

Day 1 of qualifying at the IFMAR 1:8 Onroad World Championship has been completed in Chile and it has provided plenty of variety with the three rounds producing TQ runs from three different drivers, Capricorn’s Toni Gruber coming good on his status as one of the title favourites to TQ the day’s final encounter.  With Top Seed Andrea Catanzani steering his Serpent to the opening TQ, the second round saw the number 2 seed Maxime Ripoll deliver on his impressive practice form with a TQ run and together with a P2 in the last run of the day the 19-year-old French driver leaves the CACH Facility this evening as the overall TQ holder.  With Gruber having highlighted the afternoon runs were he was strongest, the German was locked in a tight battle for the Q3 top spot with it going down to the wire with Ripoll, and Mugen Seiki’s Shoki Takahata until the latter had a bad lap.  In the end Gruber would have an advantage of 3/10ths of a second over Ripoll at the end of the 7-minutes with Takahata competing the Top 3 ahead of the Capricorn of Thilo Diekmann.  For Catazani the day wouldn’t finish as it started as his car came to stop on track.  Having had his crew practice pit stops during the lunch break, this time it would be Catanzani’s own error during the stop as he came in too fast and got out of shape under braking.  Still in TQ contention however, a driver error on track at the same spot as his contact with Ripoll a round earlier, would cancel that potential.  With his engine running very lean in the qualifier it would eventually stop just shy of the 7-minutes.  With the 7-minute heats bringing an extra element to the qualifiers and piling the pressure on pit crews, Simon Kurzbuch would end the day with a bad stop.  With his pitman unable to catch the car properly, the fuel was released all over the car causing the former World Champion to spin on release and with no fuel taken on he would have to revisit the pit lane, the result being a P9 for the round.  Despite this the Swiss racer holds P3 just ahead of team-mate Takahata with Catanzani fifth.

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November 24, 2025

Capricorn 2026 T-shirt

Just in time for the upcoming IFMAR 1:8 Onroad World Championship in Chile, title contenders Capricorn has released its new 2026 t-shirt design.  Moving away from their tradition red branding, the Italian manufacturer has gone for yellow graphic in the new design and we can expect to see team-driver Toni Gruber and the rest of the team modelling the new t-shirt at CACH, where it will be perfect t-shirt weather as the temperatures are set be in the high 20-degree range for the championships.  The t-shirt is available in S, M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL, and XXXXL.

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November 19, 2025

Rozycki joins official Capricorn team

Nitro Onroad Specialist manufacturer Capricorn has announced that Polish 1:10 Onroad racer Jakub Rozycki has joined its official race team.  Rozycki claimed the 2025 Euro Nitro Series 1:10 title with the perfect season of 4 wins from 4 races giving the Italian manufacturer the title double as Toni Gruber took 1:8 ENS Championship.  Finishing 4th at this year’s EFRA European Championship at Apeldoorn in the Netherlands despite being sick during the event, Rozycki will bolster Capricorn’s efforts ahead of next year’s IFMAR 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World Championship which return to Gubbio, Italy, which hosted the 2016 World Championships.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.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 12, 2025

Capricorn 804 Centre Weight

New from Capricorn comes this new Centre Weight which is a technical detail for their 804 1:8 Onroad chassis. Designed to optimise mass distribution and further lower the centre of gravity, the carbon plate features a thin outer contour, while the 80 gram brass weight is fully embedded into the carbon, sitting perfectly flush and as low as possible on the chassis.  This solution maintains the full flexibility of the chassis, adding weight in the most neutral area of our 804, without altering the car’s dynamic behavior while enhancing overall responsiveness.  The result is a compact, flexible and clean assembly, improving stability and precision under all track conditions.  The new design also allows the weight to be rotated 180°, thanks to the upper housing for two additional tungsten plates, allowing the mass to be shifted forward or backward, adding 13.5 grams per side, for a total of +27 grams where extra balance is needed.

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October 23, 2025

Capricorn Quantum 1:8 Onroad Chassis

Italian nitro onroad specialists Capricorn has unveiled CAD images of their all new Quantum 1:8 Onroad car.  Developed in-house, Capricorn say it represents a design concept and technical exercise marking the beginning of a new generation of 1:8 GP cars.  The Quantum stands as a conceptual and engineering evolution, created to explore new technical solutions and define the future standards of the category. It is a completely new car that is the result of Patrizio Rossi’s experience, continuous research for top-level performance, and a distinctive design that reflects the Capricorn philosophy.  The first production batch will be strictly limited to 150 numbered units, distributed across key markets, with no reproduction planned for at least the next six months.  Expecting strong demand for pre-orders, Capricorn will release more technical details and official photos shortly while also stating that the Capricorn C804 “R” remains their proven, title-winning platform, continuing to deliver championship-winning performance and world-class quality.

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October 12, 2025

Gruber caps off ENS title with Lentiai win

Capricorn’s Toni Gruber has capped off his title winning Euro Nitro Series campaign with victory at the fourth & final round of the 2025 Championship held at the MyCandy Arena in Lentiai, Italy.   The German driver would secure the TQ for the45-minute final topping the opening 3 of the four qualifiers.  Arch rival and ENS Round 2 winner Simon Kurzbuch put his Mugen Seiki top of the times in Q4 to secure P2 on the grid.   Jonathan Gandin and 2023 ENS race winner Mirko Salemi completed the Top 4.  In the final, 2023 Champion Gruber and 2024 Champion Kurzbuch would swap the lead but a flame out on his final fuel stop ended the Swiss driver’s challenge.  Allowing Gandin through to second, Gruber took the win, his third of the season, by 2-laps, with Kurzbuch hanging on for the final podium spot ahead Infinity’s Francesco Tironi.  In 1:10 Nitro Touring Jakub Rozycki completed the dream season with four wins out of four races as he takes the overall title giving Capricorn the title double.

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