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April 22, 2016

Salemi suprises with TQ run in Q2

Mirko Salemi put in a somewhat surprise TQ run in the second round of qualifying at the Euro Nitro Series in Italy. Having sent out a warning to his rivals in Q1 when from the second fastest heat he posted a P4 time, the BP Racing driver would outpace reigning champion Dario Balestri by half a second on his second attempt. Behind them Carmine Raiola would make it an all Italian Top 3 with his Infinity just outpacing the Mugen of Germany’s Robert Pietsch. In 1:10, Serpent’s Alessio Mazzeo made up for a mistake in Q1, to TQ ahead of team-mate Mark Green with Mugen’s Erik Dankel third.

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April 22, 2016

Bittydesign tease new 190mm touring car bodyshell

Italian company Bittydesign are currently teasing a new 190mm electric touring car bodyshell. The rough sketch leaves room for interpretation whether the body will mimic a full scale vehicle or if it will be modelled solely after the global body spec rules, but a second drawing, issued shortly after, shows that the body in question will sport some real “Italian” lines especially round the grille and headlight section. We bring you more information on the subject as soon as they become available.

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April 22, 2016

Balestri & Coelho take opening ENS qualifier

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Dario Balestri and Bruno Coelho have claimed the first round of qualifying at the Euro Nitro Series season opener in Italy. The reigning 1:8 Champion, Balestri topped the times from Robert Pietsch while in 1:10 Coelho was fastest over the 4-minutes from the touring car class’ reigning champion Jilles Groskamp. Having started out the day with their drivers topping the times in both classes, Serpent wouldn’t be able to maintain their position, driver errors the prblem for Merlin Depta in 1:8 and both Alessio Mazzeo & Dominic Greiner in the 1:10 encounter. Mark Green would at least see Serpent in the Top 3 of 1:10 while in 1:8, World Champion Simon Kurzbuch was third fastest.

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April 22, 2016

Depta tops 1:8 practice at ENS Bologna

Merlin Depta topped 1:8 practice at the Euro Nitro Series season opener in Italy this morning, the Serpent driver fastest from reigning champion Dario Balestri over 3-consecutive laps. With the majority of drivers posting their fastest time in the first of the two controlled practices, an improvement in CP2 would see WRC’s Andrea Pirani complete the top 3 ahead of World Champion Simon Kurzbuch. With the event marking the official debut of class newcomers Infinity it was Francesco Tironi who was fastest of the star studded team, posting the 6th fastest time ahead of team-mates Jesse Davis and Carmine Raiola. Racing at L.Collari RC Raceway, track owner and No.1 Infinity recruit Lamberto Collari would manage only the 22nd fastest time.

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April 22, 2016

Serpent opens ENS#3 with strong 1:10 practice

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Serpent have opened the 2016 Euro Nitro Series season with a strong show of force as their drivers locked out the Top 3 in controlled practice in Bologna, Italy, this morning. With drivers getting two rounds of controlled practice which will determine the heat seeding, it was last year’s season finale winner Alessio Mazzeo who set the pace around the high speed L.Collari RC Raceway. Behind the Italian it was Mark Green, just 0.049 of a second off over 3-laps, with Serpent’s 2015 title contender Dominic Greiner on a further 0.075 adrift. Best of the rest would be Erik Dankel, the 2014 ENS Champion making a good start to his Mugen debut with only 0.029 his deficit to Greiner.

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April 22, 2016

Xray Winter Series Greece Rd5 – Report

Round five of the Xray Winter Series Greece was held at the FRT track in the three classes of Touring Modified, Pan Car and Formula. In the Touring Modified category the qualifiers were dominated by the battle between Batas and Georgiadis (both Xray) with the better end for Georgiadis who took the overall TQ from Batas with Diamadis rounding out an Xray top3 lock-out.

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April 21, 2016

Team Titan Blitz GT2 1/8th scale GT bodyshell

Team Titan have introduced the new Blitz GT2 body shell for 1/8th GT chassis using a wheelbase between 323mm to 328mm. The GT2 body is designed to provide more steering than the previous GT shell, utilising a redesigned rear boot lid that increases air flow to the wing for more stability without losing top end speed from excess drag. The rear of the body features three wing support towers, with included large diameter plastic wing screws, to ensure a lightweight yet durable wing mounting. The body comes clear, with window mask, wing mounting hardware, sticker sheet and two wings to help tailor the required down force.

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April 21, 2016

Muchmore lightweight 40mm cooling fan mount

Muchmore have introduced a lightweight aluminium motor cooling fan mount for 40mm units. Cut from high-quality aluminium and coming black anodised and laser-etched the mount features an inner cut out to route the fan connection wire to in order to make for neat and clean wiring. The mount simply attaches to the motor by clipping it on and it is designed exclusively for the use with 40mm fans.

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