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November 21, 2024

2025 MIBO International registration opens

The MIBO International Race in the Czech Republic which takes place on February 07-09 has announced that registration for the third edition of the annual race is now open. 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. Realising a long time dream to host his own major international event in Hrotovice, Bok’s 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. In 2024 it was Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski who took the Touring Car win while on the Offroad track it was Sworkz’ Joern Neumann in 2WD and Xray’s Bartek Zalewski in 4WD that came away as the Champions. 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 more than 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 car with a 1:12 GT 13.5T class being introduced for 2025. Having successfully had an offroad class for young racers the past two years, for 2025 there will also be ‘Onroad Kids’. The Offroad track will cater for 2WD and 4WD Buggy and of course ‘Offroad Kids’. Red RC is once again looking forward to making the return trip to Czech Republic which will kick off our 2025 race coverage.

Source: MIBO [mibosport.com]

November 20, 2024

2026 1:10 Nitro Worlds return to Gubbio, Italy

IFMAR has announced that the next 1:10 Nitro World Championship has been awarded to the former host track of Gubbio in Italy. With the 10th edition of the World Championship for the nitro touring car class currently taking place at Huge RC in Bangkok, Thailand, in a similar repeat of history to the current event, the 2026 Worlds will mark the return to the same track one decade on from it last staging the greatest prize in racing. The always excellently presented track of Club Automodellistico 5Colli, which is located in the picturesque medieval town of Gubbio in the centre of the Country, also staged the 2022 IFMAR ISTC World Championship. In 2016 it was Serpent’s Dominic Greiner who took the win ahead of Alessio Mazzeo and former 1:8 World Champion Simon Kurzbuch.

November 20, 2024

Leino takes Q3 to hold overnight TQ at Worlds

Infinity’s Teemu Leino holds the overnight TQ at the 1:10 Nitro World Championship after the Finn became the third different driver in as many rounds to top the times at the Huge RC Circuit in Bangkok today. Having come close to a TQ run in the second qualifier only to hit traffic at the end of the run allowing team-mate Dario Balestri to take it with the smallest of margins, this time round it was a clean run for Leino who was fastest by 8/10ths of a second from Jilles Groskamp. The second P2 run from Groskamp it is the Dutch driver who sits second in the ranking overnight ahead of Q2 pace setter Dario Balestri and Toni Gruber who claimed the fastest time in the opening qualifiers of these the 10th running of the Nitro Touring Car class Worlds.

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November 20, 2024

Balestri just edges out Leino to take Q2 in Bangkok

Dario Balestri has taken the second round of qualifying at the 1:10 Nitro World Championship after just edging out Infinity team-mate Teemu Leino in the closing laps of the 7-minute encounter. After both himself and Leino DNF’d the opening qualifier, both drivers needed to get their first points on the board. With Toni Gruber, who took everyone by surprise with his TQ in Round 1, having a slower Q2, and second fastest man Jilles Groskamp unable to start after suffering an engine failure in the warm-up for his second quali run, it was Leino who lead out the top heat. However, hitting traffic at the end of the run as Balestri set his fastest lap on his penultimate lap it was the Italian who took it by 13/100ths of a second from the Finn. Behind the Europeans Australia’s Jessie Davis bettered his Q1 P6 with the third fastest time with Francesco Tironi again in the mix at the front after his opening P3 effort. While Gruber would set the 6th fastest time for Q2 the Capricorn driver would have his time deleted as his rear wing was deemed to be too high in post tech inspection.

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November 20, 2024

Gruber catches World by surprise with opening TQ run

Toni Gruber caught the world by surprise this morning after the Capricorn driver TQ’d the opening round of qualifying at the 1:10 Nitro World Championship in Bangkok, Thailand. Having struggled in yesterday’s seeding, ending up only 18th and in the second fastest heat, a very deflated Gruber surprised even himself with his 7-minute effort in the first of the six scheduled rounds of qualifier. Having been so far off the pace in seeding, Gruber’s performance would also catch out Jilles Groskamp. Topping the fastest heat from Infinity team-mate Francesco Tironi, Groskamp admitted afterwards he thought he had TQ’s the round and it wasn’t until he looked up the times afterwards he realised Gruber’s impressive turn around in form. As the Top Seed for qualifying reigning World Champion Tadahiko Sahashi was running the Top 3 but his car came to a stop after running out of fuel. 1:8 World Champion Dario Balestri also had a rough start to Day 1 of qualifying traction rolling and then suffering a flame out. Topping the final seeding round yesterday, Teemu Leino also had a flame out.

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November 20, 2024

Matsukura confirmed for FEMCA Championship in China

Former Electric Touring Car, Nitro Touring Car and 1:12 World Champion Naoto Matsukura has been confirmed for the 2024 FEMCA ISTC Championship which takes place in China next month. The Infinity driver joins newly crowned triple Touring Car World Champion Bruno Coelho in leading the international entry for this year’s Foshan International Invitational RC Championship (FIRC), which after a successful debut last year, will now host ‘Asian Championship’ title race. Last December the GDC Indoor Race Club in Guangdong, China, hosted the inaugural FIRC where Mugen Seiki’s Ronald Volker took the win and announcing in July the 2nd edition would take place December 5-8 the race has since been award the FEMCA ISTC Championship status. One of the four blocs that make up IFMAR, FEMCA represents 15 nations in Asia and Australasia however the FEMCA Championship has been open to drivers from across the globe with entries from the likes of Coelho and Matsukura helping to put the spot light on the Asian racing scene.

Source: FEMCA [Facebook]

November 19, 2024

Sahashi opens WC title defence as Top Seed in Thailand

Infinity’s Tadahiko Sahashi is the Top Seed at the IFMAR 1:10 Nitro World Championship in Thailand, the reigning World Champion topping the ranking after today’s four rounds of seeding practice at the Huge RC Circuit in Bangkok. With drivers counting the best two points from the four rounds, having posted the fastest time in SP1 Sahashi would top seeding from team-mate Teemu Leino, the Finn setting the fastest 3-consecutive laps of the fourth & final practice. While not topping a round and crashing out of SP4, it is reigning European Champion Dario Balestri who will carry the No.3 on his Infinity in the top qualifying heat tomorrow having posted the second fastest times in SP1 & 3. With a different driver topping each of the seeding rounds, the fastest time in the penultimate round would see Takaaki Shimo fourth ahead of Australian Jesse Davies with Jilles Groskamp completing the Top 6. The other driver to top the time sheets today when he went fastest in SP2, local Gamee Mongkolpan concluded seeding in 7th ahead of Swede Viktor Wilck.

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November 19, 2024

Defending Champion Sahashi leads way in early seeding

With seeding practice underway at the IFMAR 1:10 Nitro World Championship in Bangkok, Thailand, it is defending Champion Tadahiko Sahashi who leads the way with 2 of the 4 rounds completed. The Infinity driver who secured his title 2-years ago on the opposite side of the capital city, set a fastest 3-consecutive laps of 45.540 as driver grapple the Huge RC Circuit’s challenging high grip levels that constantly change over the day. With Sahashi second attempt 3/10ths slower, it would be Thai driver Game L. Mongkolpan who would set the pace of SP2 6/100ths of a second up on Sashasi. With drivers best two points scores to determine the order of tomorrow’s qualifying heats, overall it is free practice pace setter Teemu Leino who holds P2 at the halfway mark ahead of fellow Scandinavian Wilck Viktor with Mongkolpan holding fourth having only managed the 13th fastest time in SP1. While Sahashi comes into the 10th running of these World Championships aiming to become the first driver to defend their title, current 1:8 Onroad World Champion Dario Balestri will chase the record of becoming the first driver to hold both title simultaneously with the Italian completing the Top 5 ranking going into the lunch break.

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