Serpent have announced that Italian driver Luca Piromalli has joined Serpent and will run the Serpent 966-Team Edition in the coming season. Having recently tested the 966-TE in Cassino, he was very impressed with the speed and handling of the car. Luca will take part in all the main Italian races as well as the Euros and be joined by Mazzeo, Tedechi and more strong Italian drivers this year.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Hot Race tires have announced the continuation of cooperation with the German driver Sabrina Lechner for 2012. The Serpent/OS driver will participate in the German national championships and international competitions in both 1/8th and 1/10th on road using the Italian made tires.
Source: Hot Race tires [hotracerc.com]
Multiple Euros A-Finalist and well respected racer, Richard Cree has signed up to race with Team Durango for 2012. Richard, who works as a design engineer for McLaren F1, transitioned to 1/8th buggy a few years ago from 1/10th off road and this is where he’ll be concentrating his skills as well as contributing his vast knowlege to the development of the DNX408. Richard will also be wheeling the new DEX210 at some select races between his 1/8th commitments. Richard had this to say:
I’m really excited about getting involved with the development of the Team Durango platforms. I feel my blend of professional motorsport experience mixed with my RC experience puts me in a unique position to help the guys in the design team push things forward. My first priority is getting plenty of track time with my new rides to get familiar with the geometry, then we can start working on set ups and future developments.
Source: Durango [team-durango.com]
Stephane Bouche has rejoined Team Shepherd for the 2012 season. After one year away the front running Frenchman has switched back to the German manufacturer using the Velox V8 in the upcoming season. Stephane plans to attend both Euros A and B as well as all rounds of the French National Expert Championship giving support to all fellow Shepherd drivers. Stephane has the following to say:
I’m really enjoying to come back to the Team Shepherd for 2012 after 1 year of transition. The Velox V8 “eleven” is really successful and I hope to have some good results for the Euro B in France and Euro A in Portugal next year. I would like to thank Team Shepherd and French distributor Andelle Competition for their confidence, and best whishes to all for 2012.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Xray have announced that Alessandro Remia, the very talented but young 12 year old Italian driver, joins their team in 2012 to race the all-new XB9. Alessandro was 2011 National Champion in the F2 category and this year he will be attending all Italian races as well as the European Championships.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The TLR exodus continues with French & European Champion, and World Finalist, Yannick Aigion joining Team Associated. For many years Yannick has been at the very top of the European and World 1/8th nitro scene. A consummate professional, his dedication to performance and promotion is exactly what Team Associated and CML have been looking for as they look to build on the success of the new RC8.2 in France and into further International markets. In addition to driving the RC8.2, Yannick will also be working with CML to further drive sales of Team Associated product through a new business venture, CML France. Since being granted distribution rights for France alongside their established UK market, CML have been steadily building a customer base within France and will now be able to provide dealers with a more attractive one-to-one contact through Yannick both trackside, in-store and online.
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Hobby Pro USA have announced that Agama driver Jason Branham will join Beta Racing Tires in 2012. Pro Driver Jason Branham said “First of all I would like to thank Pro-Line, Todd Mattson, Tim Clark and Daniel Adams for all the help and support over the last 6 years. Everyone at Pro-Line has been very committed to helping me as much as possible and for that I can’t say thank you enough. I’m excited to move on to Beta tires for 2012 and I want to thank Beta, Gene Hickerson and Andrew Smolnik for this opportunity. I’ve had very positive testing sessions with the Beta Tires and they feel extremely planted and consistent. Looking forward to using their products!”
Source: Hobby Pro USA [vp-pro-usa.com]
Pro-Line has made another big name signing with the announcement that Adam Drake will join their team. Tim Clark said “Pro-Line’s #1 core value is team 1st and that is why we are so thrilled to have TLR’s Adam Drake join forces with Team Pro-Line for 2012. Adams performance and professionalism on and off the track combined with a never give up attitude is well deserving of his overwhelming popularity amongst fellow racers and fans. Adam Drake added “I’m excited to have signed with Pro-Line Racing for 2012. Pro-Line is a world class manufacturer and has a wide range of tires for all scales of racing along with 11 IFMAR World Championships. I will be running Pro-Line tires and inserts on all my TLR and Losi vehicles for 2012.”
Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]
