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March 28, 2023

Felix Heyse (1970 – 2023)

The nitro onroad community is in shock today with the news of the untimely passing of well known race mechanic Felix Heyse. A gentle giant of the sport, Felix was a huge part of the racing scene and was one of the most recognisable faces in pit lane at World and European Championships. Having worked with some of the best drivers, he played an integral part in many of their racing achievements. A member of the Infinity team, when he wasn’t busy executing super fast pit stops Felix was a keen racer himself. Having travelled the world alongside Felix and had the chance to spend time with him both on and off the track, Red RC would like extend our condolences to his family, the Infinity team and all those who had the pleasure of calling Felix their pitman over the years. Rest in Peace.

March 28, 2023

Fenix Racing Phigamma3 Bodyshell

Italian specialist RC Formula car producer Fenix Racing has introduced their latest Formula body, the Φγ3 (Phi-Gamma3). As the predecessor PhiGamma and PhiGamma2, the body has been designed on 3D CAD with CFD validation. Phi-Gamma3 in intended to give the best result on typical “electric” circuit, giving to the model a nice amount of steering while still keeping a solid rear end, sidepods are shaped in order to allow a good speed with a minimal amount of aero resistance. The Phi-Gamma3 is supplied transparent with “retro” decals included.

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March 28, 2023

Ryosuke Yamamoto joins Hobbywing

Hobbywing has announced the addition of Japanese touring car talent Ryosuke Yamamoto to its team line-up. The factory Infinity driver was runner up at the 2022 Japanese Touring Car Championship to Akio Sobue. On the international stage Yamamoto just recently had a very impressive showing at the legendary TITC in Bangkok where he just missed the podium finishing 4th in the Modified A-Main which was won by World Champion Bruno Coelho who he joins now as a Hobbywing team driver.

Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]

March 28, 2023

Capricorn C04 EP Touring Car

Italian manufacturer Capricorn RC has just released the C04 EP, an electric version of its 1:10 nitro Touring Car chassis. Based off their 2022 1:10 Nitro European Championship winning platform, the C04 EP car is fundamentally the same as the successful nitro car. The new kit release comes out of the box with a Carbon Chassis plate as well as a custom radio plate to accommodate the 2S shorty lipo battery. The electronics to be used are what you would find in conventional 1:10 Touring Cars.

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March 27, 2023

Balestri wins Italian 1:8 Onroad National opener

Dario Balestri opened the AMSCI Italian 1:8 Onroad National Championship over the weekend with a dominant winning performance at Locorotondo. The former World Champion would take three of the four qualifiers to secure the overall TQ from the Xray of rising talent Filippo Domanin who was quickest in Q3 with Carmine Raiola securing third on the grid. With reigning European Champion Dominic Greiner taking part, qualifying his Capricorn 5th, in the half hour final Balestri took control of proceeding setting the fastest lap of the race en route to winning by lap as his Infinity team-mates Raiola and eight place qualifier Francesco Tironi battled for second. With Domanin retiring after 12-minutes, Raiola held off Tironi by just 2/10th of a second at the finish. Having qualified 6th, Jonathan Gandin took his Serpent to fourth followed home by Davide Caporossi and Shepherd’s Luca Romagnoli.

Image: Francesco Tironi [Facebook]

March 27, 2023

T-works MTC22 CVD set

T-Works have released a new CVD set for the Mugen MTC22 1:10 Electric Touring Car. The CVDs have been machined from 7075 T6 aluminium for light weight and hard coated for increased durability and is supplied with a 44.5mm aluminium black anodised drive shaft.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

March 27, 2023

Senesi dominates UISP 1:8 GT Italian National opener

The opening round of the UISP 1:8 GT Italian National Championship in both GT and GTE classes took place over the weekend with Natanaele Senesi dominating to take the TQ and win in both categories. The Xray team driver took the win at a temporary track that was build in Gropello Cairoli, in the north of Italy. Senesi topped all four rounds of qualifying with his Senesi Motorsport powered X-RAY GTX8 ‘23 and his Hobbywing powered X-RAY GTXE ‘23 and would confirm both the results after the finals. The podium in the GT class was completed by Adriano Tarragoni in second and Filippo Beretta in third, while Fabrizio d’Aietti in P2 and Stefano Tallarico in P3 completed the GTE podium.

Source: Natanaele Senesi [Facebook]

March 27, 2023

VP-Pro RS-804 hard anodised alu pinions

New from VP-Pro are these RS-804 series of hard anodised aluminium pinion gears. Available in 15, 16 and 17 tooth options, these new style pinions are machined from 7075 aluminium and are intended for plastic spur gear use only.

Source: VP Pro [vp-racing.com]