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April 16, 2008

Chaussard wins 1/10 French Nats Rd2

Last weekend saw the second round of the French 1/10th scale Nationals run at the technical circuit of Vichy. Qualifying for the National class saw Maxime Favrelle take the pole position from Yannick Lesserteur in 2nd and Romain Jaureguy in 3rd while in the Elite Class it was Thomas Eytard that was quickest followed by Thomas Desmarie and Renaud Monin in 2nd and 3rd. The National class main final saw a close race long battle between the pole man Favrelle and Frederic Bourrillon and Yannick Lesserteur, but unfortunately for Yannick he had problems very close the end and fell back to 5th and this allowed J-Philippe Michel into 3rd at the end behind winner Maxime Favrelle and runner up Frederic Bourrillon. In the Elite final, after a restart because of timing problems, it was Mickael Pontal into the early lead from Basile Concialdi, but problems mid way through the race for the front running group allowed Xray driver Arnaud Chaussard through into the lead from where he took control and went onto win from Concialdi in 2nd and Renaud Monin in 3rd.

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April 16, 2008

Morganti wins US Open Fuel Sedans

Morganti wins US Open Sedan Champs

Serpent have a brief report from last weekend’s third annual US Open Fuel Sedan Championships that saw team drivers Paolo Morganti and DJ Apolaro take a superb 1-2 result. Driving his Mega MF powered 720, Paolo Morganti took the TQ in front of team mate Apolaro, with Kyosho racer, and last years winner, Chris Tosolini in 3rd. Unfortunately rain caused the cancellation of the main final and so the organisers called the overall results following the running of the Semi-Finals and this meant the top 3 remained unchanged from qualifying.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 16, 2008

Christian Wurst wins German West Rd3

Last weekend saw the 3rd round of the West German Championship take place at the Motodrom Rhein-Ahr track. Practice on Saturday was run under good weather conditions and temperatures between 14°C and 16°C and from the beginning it was clear that Christian Wurst with his JP-powered Velox was the man to beat. After 4 qualifying heats on Sunday he had taken the pole-postion by 4 seconds from Serpent SDD driver Tobias Hepp in 2nd. After the qualifying it started to rain so the lunch break was extended to race the semi-finals under dry conditions, but after the semi-finals it started to rain heavily again so the race was abandoned and the results were called, which gave Wirst the win from Hepp, with Karl Heinz Meister in 3rd.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

April 15, 2008

Prümper brothers join Speed Passion

Top German Electric touring car drivers Yannic and Bjorn Prümper have confirmed their move to Speed Passion motors and East Coast Bodies. The Serpent team drivers leave behind previous electric suppliers GM Racing and will make their debut for their new sponsors at this weekends German Indoor Electric Touring car Nationals, where both have a good chance at the title. The 2 brothers have been tearing up the tracks recently, with older brother Bjorn winning the recent Corally Thunderdays, while 14 old Yannic was battling with World Champions at last months LRP Masters, where he finished 8th overall.

April 15, 2008

Richard Volta wins French 1/8 Nats Rd2

The second round of the French 1/8th scale on road Nationals was run last weekend in Avignon in the very south of the country. In Saturday’s qualifying for the Elite class it was round 1 winner Richard Volta that claimed the TQ spot from Stéphane Bouche and Richard Zatla, while in the National class the quickest driver during the heats was Serpent driver Mickaël Tequi, placing ahead of Romain Baehrel and Jérémy Becht. Following the Semi Finals the National class main final was run and it was a race long battle between Tequi and Baehrel, but a last minute pitstop meant the win went to Tequi, from Baehrel in 2nd and Arnaud Mathieu in 3rd. In the Elite class final Volta got straight into the lead but was hassled for the first half of the race by the chasing pair of Nicolas Guillot and Jérôme Papaconstantinos. Volta, driving a Shepherd Velox, eventually managed to pull out a gap and take the win, and following problems for Guillot, the Kyosho pairing of Papaconstantinos and Adrien Siefried finished in 2nd and 3rd.

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April 15, 2008

Serpent S400 CFI Wishbones

Serpent have announced the release of this innovative new product for their S400 190mm touring car. These new wishbones have made using a new process to fuse the plastic with plates of carbon fibre, which not only produces these really cool looking parts but also helps create a stiff and strong wishbone. Another great benefit of the carbon insert is that they are less resistant to softening in really hot conditions, meaning the cars handling remains consistent at all times. The front wishbones have also been shortened which helps improve reaction speeds and initial turn in, perfect for tighter tracks.

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April 14, 2008

Domenico Calce wins Italian F1 Nats Rd1

The opening round of the AMSCI Italian 1/8th scale Nationals for F1 level drivers was run at the weekend in Bologna. Qualifying for the race was headed up by ATS shod Serpent racer Giordano Agostinelli with team mate Alberto Tadeshi in 2nd, and young Shepherd Velox driver Stefano Pregnolato in 3rd. In the race, Agostinelli was able to get straight into the lead but was to have some very tough battles but eventually dropped back to finish 4th while Pregnolato managed to work his way to the front thanks to some good driving, fast pit stops and some problems for the guys ahead. Near the end of the race, while still leading, the Velox driver developed some brake problems and this caused some frantic action by his pitman in his last stop which resulted in a stop and go for the young driver which lost him the lead to Serpent driver Domenico Calce, who took the lead and soon after, the win, with Pregnolato only 2 seconds back in 2nd and Alberto Tedeschi in 3rd.

Source: Automodellismo [automodellismo.net]

April 13, 2008

Groskamp & Spitteler take ETS Rd3

ETS Rd3 Modified podium

The 3rd round of the Much More backed Euro Touring series, held at the MACH circuit in Heemstede, The Netherlands is over and it was pole man Jilles Groskamp that took the overall win. Racing under spring sunshine, Groskamp was pushed hard in all rounds of the A-main but was able to wrap up the overall win after taking the first 2 legs. Despite having some run time issues on this big track, Marc Rheinard was able to clinch 2nd while Viktor Wilck could take 3rd to give Tamiya the complete podium. In the Super Stock class, it couldn’t have come to a more exciting climax with Jimmy Maddison taking the Leg 3 victory from George Spitteler but it was the latter that secured the overall win on tie break, with pole man Vasco Christiansse ending up 3rd.

View the full event report here.