Red RC » International

January 12, 2019

A1 wins for Akio & Jan at Feiteng Raceway

Infinity driver Akio Sobue has moved a step closer to securing the 2018/19 OneTen Series Modified title as he took an easy win in A1 this afternoon in Guangzhou. The Japanese driver was never challenged and could win by a substantial margin, which had increased to 9 seconds as team mate Sawada crashed on the last lap coming onto the back straight. Having managed to get pass the line before the buzzer Jin was luckily able to maintain his runner up position.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

January 12, 2019

Sobue & Ratheisky to start title deciding finals from pole

Akio Sobue will start Rd5 of the OneTen series presented by Infinity from pole position having wrapped up qualifying in the Sweep Modified class early by taking the opening 2 rounds. Team mate Jin Sawada would take the 3rd and final round to secure 2nd place overall with an improving Gary Huang to start from 3rd place. Local kid Haoran Ma will start an impressive 4th, while Nicholas Lee endured a difficult qualifying to end up 5th just had of Lao Minhao and Jan Ratheisky. Sobue, who can secure the title with a win in today’s 4-minute long triple A-mains, was again happy with his IF14, only adjusting his tire prep during the day and commented that he has saved 2 of his allotted sets of Sweep tires for the finals, the drop off in tire performance in qualifying minimal on the 2nd and 3rd runs.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

January 12, 2019

Guangzhou qualifying Rd1 goes to Sobue

The 3rd stop of the 2018/19 OneTen Series presented by Infinity kicked off with Rd5 getting underway in dry but cool conditions at Feiteng Raceway in Guangzhou, China. It was current championship leader Akio Sobue from Japan that topped the opening round of qualifying. The Infinity driver, as has been the norm this season, headed home his team mate Jin Sawada by 3 seconds. Next up was Chinese national champion and Guangzhou local Gary Huang in 3rd followed by 13 year old Haoran Ma just 2 seconds back, while Jan Ratheisky, who had an incident in traffic completing the top 5. Sobue had rebuilt his car overnight, not happy with the balance of his IF14 following Friday’s free practice. Reverting to a softer variation of his home track setup, which was being used by Sawada, he said the car was now better balanced, having been very loose on Friday.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

January 11, 2019

Reds Racing sign Juan Carlos Canas

Reds Racing have announced that the top Spanish driver Juan Carlos Canas has joined their team for the 2019 and 2020 racing season. The former EFRA Euro B champion will be using Reds Racing nitro engines in his campaign that will include all major races. Juan Carlos had the following to say about the deal:

I wanted to thank Mario Rossi an his Family for the confidence to represent their Brand, I am delighted with the delivery of power of Reds engines and good fuel mileage. For me it’s a pleasure to join the world’s famous engine guru for RC nitro engines. Looking forward to this weekend at the Spanish Championship.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

January 11, 2019

Nicholas Lee partners with Dash brand

Following his announcement at the end of last year that he was leaving long time electric sponsors Hobbywing and Sunpadow, Nicholas Lee has today announced he is partnering with Arrowmax’s electric brand Dash. Set to not only be a team driver for the brand, the Yokomo factory driver has also revealed that he will be the brand’s team manager, the Singaporean saying:

“There will be a lot of development in the coming years and I am very excited to be a part of this. Look for me at the tracks as there will be a lot of new products coming soon. I want to say thank you to Mr. Lau and Felix Law for this opportunity.”

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

January 9, 2019

HB Racing sign Elias Johansson

HB Racing have announced the addition of their latest factory team member, Swedish talent Elias Johansson. Elias joins the team in time for the first important race of the year, this weekend’s 2019 DHI Cup in Denmark. The former Team Associated driver says:

I’m happy to announce that I will run the HB Racing cars starting with the DHI Cup for 2019 and beyond. Big thanks to Adrien Bertin and all the HB Racing team for giving me the opportunity to join such a successful brand. Looking forward to race these new cars. Learning, testing and meeting all race-friends will be my task with hopes to get race wins and titles.

Source: HB Racing [hbracing.com]

January 9, 2019

Kyle McBride leaves Team Associated

Multi-time Australian National Champion and IFMAR World A-main finisher, Kyle McBride has announced his departure from Team Associated and Reedy. With the iconic US brand since 2015, Kyle has achieved four national championships and three Worlds A-main finishes during that stint, but he will not continue with the company for 2019. In a statement on social media Kyle had the following to say:

As 2018 has ended up and we are now early into 2019… I’d like announce to everyone that I will no longer be continuing with Team Associated/Reedy. It is very bitter sweet but I just want to take this time to go back and look at how much I achieved with Team Associated and how much they supported me through my racing career from 2015 through to 2018. Together we managed 4 National Australia Championships, 2 x 1/8th IFMAR world championship final positions and 1x 1/10th scale World Championship final position, which was most first 1/10th Worlds A Final. And that’s just a few to say the least…

I really can’t thank the entire of Team Associated enough, and all of the amazing people I met along the way. Brent Thielke, Richard Saxton, Kody Numedahl, Shawn Ireland, Rick Howard, Nick Wautlet and my team mates Ryan Cavalieri, Spencer Rivkin and so many more awesome people! I’m super appreciative of how much you guys looked after me and my dad and the amount of things we learnt whilst working together! I’ll never forget all of it. I really look forward to the upcoming year and what my future holds in racing, stay tuned for what’s next.

January 8, 2019

Viktor Wilck teams up with Infinity

Creation Model have announced the signing of Swedish electric on-road ace, Viktor Wilck to their factory team. The former Serpent driver, who claimed back-to-back podium finishes at the most recent Electric Touring Car World Championships in South Africa, joins former team-mate Marc Rheinard, Akio Sobue and Yannic Prumper to further strengthen the Japanese manufacturer’s Touring Car programme. A multiple ETS race winner, Wilck will make his race debut with the team at the second round of the championship in Daun, Germany, next month as they strives to add the Euro Touring Series title to their IF14’s list of achievements. Commenting on his move to the Reedy Race and TITC winning manufacturer, Wilck said:

I am very pleased to be joining the Infinity team. I have seen the dedication and professionalism going into the team and products. I know Infinity will keep improving and give me the best package for the upcoming season. I would like to thank Infinity and especially Kenji Taira for this opportunity and I am looking forward to the next years together.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]