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March 27, 2016

Jitse Miedema takes 2016 Dutch F1 Masters

This weekend the Heemstede track played host to the International Dutch F1 Masters. Friday started with free practice without heats and at the end of the day there were 2 rounds of free practice heats which saw Jitse Miedema with the best pace followed by his brother Tjitte Miedema and Milan Holthuis. Saturday was a nice day with the sun shining and all drivers having fun. Following 2 rounds of controlled practice it was last year’s winner Jitse who had a really good pace with the fastest time in the controlled practice followed by Roy Bakker and Sidney Blokker. Qualification was up next and it was again Jitse on position 1 followed by Milan Holthuis and Stephan Beelen. On Sunday the beginning of the day was a little bit wet what offered up some surprises but in the first final it was business as usual for Jitse who took the win followed by Milan and Sidney. In A2 there was a crash in the first lap but for the rest of the final the guys shows a good pace and clean racing. It was Jitse who would bring home the win and take the overall win for the IDFM 2016 followed by Milan and Tjitte. In the 3rd final it was again Jitse followed by Milan and Niels.

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March 26, 2016

Mibosport Cup 2015/16 – Season review

The 2015/16 Mibosport Cup held its season finishing final round last weekend with the series attracting a total of 487 drivers of which 245 attended in the off-road classes while the on-road categories drew a total of 242 entries. This season drivers from 9 countries including Slovakia, Austria, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Great Britain, Estonia, Finland, Switzerland and the Czech Republic made their way to the Hotel-Sport in Hrotovice.

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March 23, 2016

Davide Ongaro sweeps FastRace Trophy

The recent FastRace Trophy was held at the beautiful Asti track with more than 100 entries from France, Switzerland, Germany and Italy. The 2-day event saw the controlled practice and the opening qualifiers run on Saturday with qualifying resuming on Sunday. At the end of the four rounds it was Davide Ongaro to take the TQ, and in the 45 minutes final the Mugen ace also took the win over Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton ending his domain on the Asti dirt. Marco Natale rounded up the podium, also running a Kyosho.

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March 22, 2016

Kurzbuch & Schäfer successful at Team C Cup

Last weekend the Team C Cup was held at the TRC track in Hong Kong in several 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road classes. In the premier class of 1/8th nitro on-road is was Simon Kurzbuch who dominated the event. In qualifying he took a convincing TQ in front of Luk Chi Hung and Senna. Right from the start of the 45 minute main final Simon stormed away and increased the gap over the rest of the field lap by lap, setting a new lap record and after 45 minutes he crossed the finishing line five laps in front of Hay with Chan Chau Man completing the podium.

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March 22, 2016

Xray X-Race Italy – Report

The recent X-Race Italy was hosted by the Team La Gang in Scandiano, Italy with the event attracting over 100 drivers to compete in the five classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T, Formula, 1/10th GT and 1/12th scale. The 2-day event saw controlled practice and the first three qualifying rounds on Saturday followed by two more qualifiers and triple mains on Sunday. In the Touring Modified class Coelho Bruno would take the TQ from Marco Kaufmann and Martin Hudy while in Touring Stock Jan Ratheisky would come out fastest from Davide Bertuzzi and Andrea Valerio. In the Formula class Guido Barbera would grab the pole position for the finals while 1/10th GT had Jan Ratheisky took the TQ honours. Finally in 1/12th pan car it was Alessio Mota who placed his car on the 1 spot for the finals.

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March 22, 2016

2015/16 Mibosport Cup Rd5 – Report

The fifth and final round of the 2015/16 Mibosport Cup was held this past weekend at the Hotel-Sport in Hrotovice, Czech Republic with a total of 225 entries that split into 120 on-road and 105 off-road entries. The Touring Car Modified class was dominated by Ronald Völker who won the qualifying and took TQ without any problems. Second in qualifying was Michal Orlowski ahead of Elliot Harper.

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March 22, 2016

Tobias Kerler teams up with Ielasi Tuned

Ielasi Tuned have announced the signing of Germany’s Tobias Kerler to their team. The ARC driver already used the Novarossi-based Ielasi Tuned engines in the past and for 2016 he will utilise the company’s ITD.21-9CL WC Edition engine at races such as the European Championships and all ENS events.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

March 21, 2016

Jimmy Maddison joins Xray factory team

Xray have announced the addition of Jimmy Maddison to their factory team. Winner of several international races including the DHI Cup, Jimmy and has been the main force together with Olly Jefferies in UK and he will now get full factory support. The multiple BRCA National champion has the following to say:

Words cannot explain how this feels. A dream come true I guess. Joining the Xray factory team is such a great achievement and with the chance to continue driving the best quality cars on the market and constantly developed products will only allow me to grow from strength to strength. I would like to thank everyone involved in making this opportunity a reality, and I can’t wait to start working with my all new team around the world.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]