Italian UISP Electric On-road Champs – Announcement

ASD Rivoli Racing and Treerremodellismo have announced the 2017 edition of the Italian UISP Electric On-road Championship for the 26th and 27th of August. The event is open to all drivers and will see Formula, Pan Car 1/10 Modified, Le Mans and, for the first time in Italy, GT12 classes. The circuit of Rivoli Veronese, located on the hills surrounding Verona, will play host to the event that is expected to draw sign-ins from several drivers across the country. More information can be found on ASD Rivoli Racing website, while registration for the race is now open here.

EWS Summer Edition – Report

The Adur Model Car Club on the south-coast of England again hosted the popular Essex Winter Series organising team this weekend, as they put on their Summer Edition race. The weather was kind throughout the whole weekend, with just a few spots of rain during the early practice rounds but not even enough to slow the lap times down. This was also the first major race event in the UK at which the well-known ETS Volante tyre and Tonisport/MR33 hand-out additive was used, so the organisers arranged the format to give everyone plenty of track time to get used to the new rubber. It didn’t take people long, with track-record pace being up for grabs on not only new, but also used tyres as well, taking most of the tyre strategy out of play.

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RC LeMans Series Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of this year’s RC LeMans Series was held this past weekend at the Model Race Genk Club in Belgium. Known for its low traction the track still presented itself in good condition thanks to the outstanding work of the club members, a lot of cleaning and even sugar prepping. In the fast LMP1 class Tobias Weist, Tim Altmann and Reinder Wilms traded the top spots and ultimately it was Tim who took the TQ from Reinder and Tobias. Kai Altmann came in 4th, Patrick Vannieuenhuysen completed the top 5 result.

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