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December 26, 2023

FlySky caps off 2023 with Volker announcement

In what has been a very significant season for Chinese radio manufacturer FlySky in which they announced a number of very high profile users of their Noble Pro transmitter, they have capped off 2023 with the announcement of former IFMAR World Champion and multiple European Champion Ronald Völker. Winner of the recent Foshan Invitational RC Championship in Guangdong recently, the Electric Touring Car ace used the opportunity to visit the FlySky factory. Speaking to the German during our coverage of the event, the Mugen Seiki driver very impressed by the manufacturers ambition and willingness to take onboard feedback for future product development. Commenting on the announcement, having been running the radio for some time before officially agreeing to join forced with them, Volker said, ‘I am excited to join the FlySky team from now on. I was able to see myself how dedicated they are working to keep constantly improving on a platform which is already great. The communication is excellent and the products speak by themselves!’.

Source: Flysky [flysky-cn.com]

December 26, 2023

Power HD signs 1:8 onroad racer Ermen

Power HD has announced the signing of top Dutch 1:8 nitro onroad racer John Ermen to their factory team. Having only announced last week a new radio sponsor in FlySky, the 6-time Dutch Champion and multiple European finalist will use Power HD high end servo GTS-3 for throttle/brake and servo GTS-6 for steering, which is compatible with Flysky Noble Pro radio, to setup the servo parameter and monitor servo usage condition. On the announcement Ermen said, ‘I would like to thank Power HD to give me the opportunity to race for them. I tried the servos and I’m really impressive with servos’ performance and quality. I am excited to be on the team and will represent Power HD in track.’

Source: PowerHD [chd.hk]

December 22, 2023

Senesi leaves Xray

1:8 GT Specialist and World Championship finalist Natanaele Senesi has announced he is leaving Xray after just one year with the Slovakian manufacturer. Taking the GTX8 to fourth place having topped a round of qualifying at the recent World Championship in Sydney, Australia, the Italian had done a lot of own development work on the car and appears this is one of the reasons for both parties having decided not to continue into 2024. On his social media he posted, ‘Here it ends. After only one year with XRAY both the company and I have decided to parts away. I think that this season we really showed the potential of the cars, but after trying to develop and doing my best to improve the car even more I found myself very tight in the team. For this reason I decided to not continue with the brand and move on. In this cases you should ready “stay tuned for an announcement”, but no announcement this time since I decide to don’t team up with any brand that knocked at my door. What does this mean? Well… stay tuned to discover on what we are working. Now I need to rest and prepare for the next season. Cheers Guys!’

Source: Natanaele Senesi [Facebook]

December 22, 2023

Elias back with Capricorn for 2024

Capricorn RC is to welcome back international 1:8 Onroad Nitro racer & World Finalist Flavio Elias to its team for 2024. After four years away from the Italian manufacturer, the Brazilian stalwart of the category rejoins to race their latest LAB C804R as well as now using their ONE brand of engine.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

December 22, 2023

2024 SIGP International Grand Prix – Announcement

Sunpadow Batteries has announced that the SIGP International RC Car Grand Prix Onroad will be resumed in 2024 with the event taking place March 20-24 (Updated). The Sunpadow International Grand Prix (SIGP) event had established itself as one of the leading annual international RC event in China and attracted many of the sports top drivers with World Champion Bruno Coelho the winner of the onroad edition in 2019. Taking place at the 2017 Electric Offroad Championship venue in Xiamen, both the onroad and offroad tracks are built side by side next to Sunpadow’s production facility. The SIGP will continue to offer one of the biggest prizes in the sport with total prize money of $25,000 on offer over the categories which include 1:8 GP onroad, 1:8 EP onroad, 1:10 Modified Touring Car and 1:10 Stock Touring Car. Registration will open on January 20th, 2024.

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December 21, 2023

’23 Foshan Invitational RC C/ship Chassis Focus Index

Last weekend saw the inaugural running of the Foshan Invitational RC Championship at the GDC Indoor Track in China’s central Guangdong Province. The biggest international race hosted in the country post Covid, FIRC attracted a number of international racers to the impressive indoor track with former World Champion Ronald Volker taking the win ahead of an impressive drive from Chinese racer Vening Zhuo with Japan’s Yugo Nagashima completing the podium. During our coverage of the event we featured 10 cars from 5 different manufacturers for our Chassis Focus including some of China’s top Modified Touring Car racers and we have compiled them all here in our latest Chassis Focus index.

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December 21, 2023

2024 MIBO International registration opens

Following the hugely successful inaugural running of the MIBO International Race in the Czech Republic in March of this year, the race is back for 2024 with registration now open for the February 16-18 event. Organised by former international touring car racer Michal Bok the race brings together both electric onroad and offroad racing on two tracks build side by side by the team from Mibosport. A long time dream of Bok to host his own major international event in Hrotovice, the first edition of MIBO International saw Mugen’s Ronald Volker crowned the inaugural Touring Car Champion and Xray’s Bruno Coelho take double buggy honours at the Sport V Hotel venue. With everything from the track, restaurant, bowling alley and hotel rooms all under one roof, the venue was a hit with racers who travelled from 13 different countries. With a capped entry limit the relaxed schedule also meant plenty of time in the evening to wind down and socialise over dinner after each day’s racing. On the onroad track, the racing action will again cater for Modified, Stock & FWD Touring cars plus Formula. The Offroad track will cater for 2WD and 4WD Buggy as well an open class of ‘Offroad Kids’ that will give the future stars of racing an opportunity to be a part of this international event. Red RC is looking forward to making the return trip to Czech Republic for the 2nd edition of the race which will kick off our 2024 race coverage.

Source: MIBO [mibosport.com]

December 21, 2023

British GT12 Nationals RD4 Eastbourne – Report

Round 4 of the BRCA GT12 Nationals took place on the 17th of December and was hosted by the Eastbourne club at their facility in Robertsbridge. 24 of the nations keenest racers took to the track to compete at one of the countries best tracks. A superb venue with a fantastic technical track layout and some great track markings. Along side the GT12 racers they had the mini super cup entries with a support class of LMP12 featuring the former world David Spashett. The day consisted of the usual format of 1 practice, 4 qualifying rounds and 1 final to decide the winner of the Event. Round one saw the usual front runners and title contenders taking the lead with smooth and fast driving from Adam Mackman to TQ the first round of qualifying with a 4 second gap back to his closest rivals Sam Coult and Morgan Williams who was making his return to GT12 after racing LMP at the IFMAR world championships. Round 2 was a virtual stalemate in the top 5 with no improvements in the top 3 and only Ewan Thompson and James Taylor swapping places in the top 5. The big winners of round 2 were Matt Hunter and Matt Gammons as they both made big jumps in the standings.

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