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January 3, 2025

Prümper joins RC Maker

RC Maker continues to grow its international team driver line-up with the announcement that top German Touring Car driver Yannic Prümper will race its SP1. With the Australian brand coming close to its first year since announcing it was going to become a fully fledged chassis manufacturer, the signing of the multiple World Championship finalist is a big boost for Ryan Maker’s project with Prümper set to make his debut at the upcoming GP3F race in France. On the announcement Prümper said, “Im excited to start this next chapter with RC MAKER! Seeing what Ryan has done with the SP1 platform and now driving it, I know that it was a great decision to be a part of this team. I’m looking forward to competing at all the big races in 2025 and beyond, and excited for what we can achieve together! Thanks to Ryan for this great opportunity!”

Source: RC Maker [rcmaker.com.au]

January 2, 2025

Coelho joins Infinity – World Champion explains motivation behind move

Following the announcement on Monday of his departure from Xray after a hugely successful decade racing for the Slovakian manufacturer, reigning 3-time Touring Car World Champion Bruno Coelho has announced a new project that sees him join Infinity. Making the announcement in a video on his social media, in which he only reveals he is teaming up with the Japanese brand right at the end, the Portuguese ace explains that the driving factor for the move was a desire to work once again with his long time mechanic Francesco Martini. With this a project which Coelho instigated himself, his relationship with Martini, who is the driving force behind online RC retailer Monaco RC, is akin to that of Valentino Rossi and his race engineer Jerry Burgess who moved manufacturers as a package and amassed seven 500cc/MotoGP World Championship titles together. With Martini leaving Xray in February and Coelho’s contract up for renewal with a new 6-year contract on the table, these were the catalysts for one of the GOATs of RC Racing to devise this unique project that will bring back together that partnership and fuel new motivation for the 31-year-old into the future. Coelho spoke with Red RC to explain his motivations for the move that few probably expected from a driver widely seen as an ‘Xray for Life’ driver given his success and standing with the Hudy family.

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January 2, 2025

IFMAR announces China to host 2026 1:12 & ISTC Worlds

IFMAR has officially announced China as the host of the next 1:12 and 1:10 Electric Touring Car World Championships, 2026 seeing the two events being brought back together for the first time since South Africa in 2018. The titles will be decided in the city of Foshan on two different tracks with the GDC Indoor track the location for 1:12 and a brand new outdoor asphalt track being built for ISTC. For the passed two years the GDC track has played host to international racers with World Champions Bruno Coelho, Naoto Matsukura and Ronald Volker racing at the impressive facility’s FIRC event which for 2024 was given FEMCA Championship status. Marc Rheinard, Jilles Groskamp and Atsushi Hara also paid the track a visit in December watching Coelho take the FEMCA title, with the trio very complimentary of the race venue owner Gavin Kwok has created. Under the guidance of Kwok the FEMCA Championship was a mini rehearsal for the World Championships with a very impressive opening ceremony, and he will be joined by Rick Wang in bringing the 2026 World Championships to fruition. Wang played a key role in China’s successful hosting of its previous two IFMAR World Championships – 2016 ITSC in Beijing and 2017 1:10 Offroad in Xiamen. With China recently removing Visa requirements for many European visitors, the championships are scheduled for March 27 – April 5, 2026, with the Stage 1 report expected in the next few months.

Source: IFMAR [Facebook]

January 2, 2025

Cayote announces Orlowski signing

Electronics newcomer Team Cayote has announced the signing of World Champion Michal Orlowski to its already impressive team line-up for the 2025 season. The factory Schumacher driver, whose race program includes a busy international calendar of electric onroad and offroad racing including making his TITC debut this year, moves to Cayote from electronics market leader Hobbywing and joins Marc Rheinard, Atsushi Hara, Jilles Groskamp and Christopher Krapp in representing the brand on the global stage. Commenting on the announcement Orlowski said, ‘Since Team Cayote entered the RC market, I’ve been following their progress. The achievements they’ve made in such a short time have left a deep impression on me. Truly excited to be part of this great team.’

Source: Team Cayote [cayote.com]

January 1, 2025

Orlowski leaves Hobbywing and Sunpadow

While social media has been filled with news of driver departures from various sponsors, one of the hottest properties in electric racing in recent years, Michal Orlowski, has just announced the end of his very successful relationship with Hobbywing and Sunpadow. The 23-year-old Polish driver joined Hobbywing for the 2022 season, also announcing at the end of 2021 he had joined Sunpadow batteries, and in that time took his first World title winning the 2023 IFMAR 1:12 World Championship. He also finished runner-up at the ISTC Worlds in November to fellow Hobbywing driver Bruno Coelho. In offroad he also achieved a 1:10 Offroad Worlds podium finish with both manufacturers and he is the reigning European 2WD 1:10 Offroad Champion. Making the announcement, Orlowski posted, ‘As of 31st December 2024 I am no longer a Hobbywing and Sunpadow team driver. I would like to thank both of these companies for the tremendous support over the past 3 years that we have worked together and their belief and trust in me. These have been the most successful years of my life thus far, however I am extremely excited for what the future holds for me. Look out for my new electronics and battery sponsors in the next few days!

Source: Michal Orlowski [Facebook]

December 31, 2024

PowerStar HV Low Profile Digital Servo

PowerStar, a brand of Vapon which also owns VP Pro and Team Saxo, has updated its PM-1805 Brushless Motor HV Low Profile Digital Servo. The new version has inherited the high precision and high torque output characteristics of the PowerStar actuator, and can respond quickly and accurately to various control signals to provide accurate and reliable steering control. The servo features a high efficiency brushless motor, double ball bearings and stainless steel teeth all housed in a high strength CNC all aluminium case with heat sink. A high precision potentiometer is adopted to allow the use under wet or rainy conditions. Suitable for 1:12 and 1:10th use, there will also be an aluminium steering arm for the servo made of high quality aluminium alloy material for excellent strength and lightweight characteristics.

Source: PowerStar [powerstar-racing.com]

December 30, 2024

Atomic MRX ‘Master Edition’ 1:28 pan car

1:28 specialist manufacturer RC Atomic is kicking of 2025 with the release of the MRX ‘Master Edition’ chassis kit. Based on the double PNWC 2024 title winning chassis MRX, the Hong Kong manufacturer has further refined the design of the car and made the centre of gravity extremely low. This kit allows users to choose between from the traditional horizontal battery and the straight battery configurations. In horizontal configuration, battery and equipment’s mass are more centralised and car handling will be more aggressive, and it is suitable for small tight tracks. In Straight battery configuration, mass will be slightly moved away from the centre line and the centre damper is at its lowest position. This configuration makes the car more difficult to flip over from traction roll and more stable in high-speed flow tracks.

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December 27, 2024

Krapp to use Cayote electronics for 2025

Electronics newcomer Team Cayote has announced the addition of Christopher Krapp to its team for the 2025 season. The 2022 World Championship podium finishers joins Marc Rheinard, Atsushi Hara and Jilles Groskamp at the ambitious new brand and the deal will restart a long term working relationship Krapp previous enjoyed with Cayote frontman Oscar Jansen. At Team Orion, the pair successfully worked together when the then up & coming German racer made his first World Championship final in 2010 as a Kyosho/Team Orion driver with further successes following. Recently announced as continuing with Team Yokomo as a factory driver and also filling the role of European Team Manager for the Japanese manufacturer, on the announcement Krapp said, ‘I’m excited to join Team Cayote! I’ve tested their products and I’m very happy with the results. Thank you to Cayote for this amazing opportunity – I’ll give my best in the upcoming season.’

Source: Team Cayote [cayote.com]