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July 7, 2015

F1ItalianSeries GP17 & GP18 – Report

The F1ItalianSeries drivers met at the MiniAutodromo T5 for the final two GP of the 2014/15 season. The fight for the championship title was still on due to the double points rule at the final events and after two nice races with great sportsmanship Antonio Capuano, whose Mercedes caught fire in Q1, was very fast and he ultimately won both the GP 17 and 18 to snatch the overall title. Great performance also from the other competitors for the championship, Magnocavallo, Cardelli and Manciocchi. The team trophy was won by team RedBull of Cardelli and Cutugno. Davide Morgagni (Renault Ing) and Alessandro Bagagli (Mercedes) also showed great performance. The season finale was celebrated by a group dinner with a lottery and a body contest that was won by Roberto Sellani and his beautiful Toro Rosso.

Click here to view the GP18 podium and the top 15 result

July 7, 2015

Cockerill & Rasmussen win at Belgian GP

The legendary Belgian GP at the MBV Kampenhout was held this past weekend. In the 2WD class Tom Cockerill brought home the win, beating all the youngsters who made it into the A-final. Nico Risser managed to take 2nd place in front of Jesper Rasmussen in 3rd. Jesper then went on to the 4WD class win after some great qualifying and truly epic wins in A final 1 and 2. Nico Risser showed great patience and took the runner-up spot that won’t be quickly forgotten while Danish talent Frederik Hovgaard completed the podium in 3rd.

Source: MBV Kampenhout | Image: Rene Hovgaard

July 7, 2015

David Perez wins at Spanish National Series Rd3

The third round of the Spanish National Series was recently held in Parla near Madrid. David Perez took the TQ in three out of the five qualifiers but Gonzalo Garcia grabbed the overall TQ in the final qualifier by being some four tenth of a second faster. David then stroke back by winning the first two A-mains with Oscar Romero in 2nd and Carlos Ferrando, who rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Click here to view the final result

July 7, 2015

Martin Wollanka teams up with LRP

LRP have announced the signing of 2014 Vice European Champion Martin Wollanka to their electric off-road team. The Austrian frontrunner will use LRP motors, controllers and batteries in his 1/8th and 1/10th scale buggies from now on and he has the following to say about the deal:

Right from the first test I was impressed by the feeling and power. There was really no other option. To make sure I can gain my future goals I need the power of the LRP components.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

July 7, 2015

Rob Janssen wins at Dutch Touring Car Nationals Rd3

The third round of the Dutch Touring Car Nationals was held at the technical Lelystad track in hot weather conditions. Rob Janssen was the man to beat as he made a clean sweep by winning all qualifiers to take the overall TQ and he also went on to win the triple A-mains to take the day’s win from Ronald Arts in 2nd and Mitchell v. Es in 3rd place.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

July 6, 2015

Elliott Boots grabs BRCA 1/8th E-Buggy Championship

Round four of the BRCA 1/8th Truggy and E8 Nationals was held this past weekend at the Herts Nitro Model Car Club. Kyosho’s Elliott Boots was able to grab the TQ and win in the E-Buggy class and with it he also secured himself the 2015 National Championship title with one round to go.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]

July 6, 2015

Yugo Nagashima takes JMRCA 1/12th Modified title

The 2015 JMRCA 1/12th Electric On-road Championship was held this past weekend in Fukuoka in the two categories of Modified and Stock. In the Modified class Toto Ebukuro (Yokomo/Yokomo) took the TQ from Yugo Nagashima (CRC/Trinity) and Hideo Kitazawa (Morotech/Trinity). The finals Toto was a bit unlucky as Yugo was able to secure the win in A1 and A2 to take the championship from 4th placed after the qualifiers, Hayato Ishioka (CRC/Trinity). Naoki Akiyama (Yokomo/Yokomo) rounded out the Modified class podium in 3rd.

Source: Kimihiko Yano [kimihiko-yano.jp]| Images: Crest Speedway

July 6, 2015

Kaja Novotny wins at KS Challenge Rd3

The 3rd round of the KS Challenge was held at the Kolin RC track in the three classes of 1/10th Electric Open, 1/8th Nitro Buggy and 1/8th E-Buggy. In the 1/8th Electric class Kaja Novotny (Team Durango) took the win from the Serpent duo of Vaclav Broz in 2nd place and 3rd placed Jiri Garbaczewski.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]