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June 13, 2018

Lostallo 24h race – Report

The iconic Lostallo track in Switzerland recently saw the running of a 24h race for 1/10th electric on-road cars. The rules allowed to use both electric touring and pan cars alongside with the two both making use of 17.5T motors with the faster pan car LM class utilising a 3.00 gear ratio whereas the 4WD touring cars were run using a 4.00 gear ratio. To make up for the slight weight and speed disadvantage the touring cars allowed for quicker battery changes, in under a minute, while the average LM pitstop was at 80 seconds. This made for a level playing field in the dry track conditions. Ultimately it was Team Sitterdorf with the win after 3945 laps, taking profit of fewer pit stops, a slower speed and perfect preparation with 2017 winners, Team Insurbia, coming in 2nd only 17 laps or six minutes behind.

Thanks to Andrea Brianza for the report.

June 13, 2018

LRP Masters Italy – Report

The 2018 LRP Masters Italy were recently held at the CAR Genova track in Pegli. The event attracted some of Italy’s fastest electric on-road racers and kicked off on Friday with free practice. Saturday saw more free practice followed by a re-seeding practice for the Touring and Formula classes while the Truck race was entirely held on Saturday, ending under the floodlights for that special atmosphere. The class was won by Marco Puleo, from Andrea Valerio and Simone Zanon in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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June 12, 2018

Jose Felix wins at Portuguese IC Track Nats Rd3

Last weekend’s third round of the Portuguese IC Track Nationals held in Monsanto not only saw the win of Bruno Coelho in the 1/10th 200mm class but also Jose Felix sweeping the 1/8th Nitro category. After taking the TQ Jose was also able to score the fastest lap and win in front of Vasco Sousa. In 3rd Alexandre Pereira rounded out the podium result. The next round of the championship will be held on the 14th and 15th of July at the Associação Modelismo Vila Real track.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

June 12, 2018

Lazzerini doubles at Italian UISP GT & SGT Champs Rd2

Round 2 of the Italian UISP 1/8 GT & SGT Championship took place at the Monza with 56 drivers in attendance. Federico Lazzerini was the man to beat in the GT and SGT F1 categories and he also confirmed his qualifying performance by bringing home the wins in both categories with a few laps margin. The GT F1 podium was completed by Riccardo Ghidoni and Filippo Biancardi while the SGT F1 top 3 was rounded out by Daniele Stukul and Diego Pizzagalli.

View the SGT F1 podium here

June 12, 2018

Schumacher BTCC Rd3 & KO GP – Report

The 3rd round of the Schumacher BTCC incorporating the KO GP took place this last weekend at West London. Fine weather throughout saw some close racing with the drivers battling some hot tarmac. Schumacher’s Elliott Harper carried on his form from the last race with an excellent TQ and win in the Modified class. Elliott was followed closely by Xray’s Olly Jefferies and Team Associated driver, Matt White took 3rd overall.

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June 12, 2018

RC Lemans Series Rd3 – Report

The newly resurfaced Raco2000 track in Utrecht, The Netherlands played host to round 3 of this year’s RC Lemans Series this past weekend. The track work was finished only two weeks before the event and both club and drivers did their best to make best out of the still slippery track conditions. In the swift LMP1 Modified class the Altmann brothers were a step ahead of the others and both battled for the TQ spot. Both were in a league of their own, being about a lap faster than the other drivers. In the end Kai took the TQ from Tim with a 2-seconds margin. Patrick Vannieuwenhyse came in 3rd in front of Reinder Wilms and Joachim Behnken. Tim also broke the track record by nearly four tenths of a second, setting a blistering 13.275.

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June 12, 2018

Asian Onroad Championships Philippines – Report

The recent Philippines round of the Asian Onroad Championships was held at the Bacolod Central District Speedway with some of world’s fastest electric on-road racers in attendance. This modern facility stepped it up big time providing all the participants with world-class amenities and a high grip track with a technical layout. Thursday started off the event with open practice where racers had to the chance to feel out the layout and dial in their rides. Also lhe local press was present every day of the event and did a great job of exposing RC racing to the locals. With the weather looming in the distance and an unknown forecast for Sunday, Saturday night mains under the lights was a blast to run. Thankfully Sunday was blessed with clear weather all day allowing the organisers to complete the racing program.

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June 11, 2018

Balestri wins ENS Germany as Kurzbuch hits trouble on final stop

Dario Balestri has taken the win at ENS Germany. The Infinity driver came out on top of a close race long battle with Simon Kurzbuch after the Top Qualifier suffered a broken glow plug during his final fuel stop. Kurzbuch had lead the race with Balestri following close behind, the duo doing synchronised fuel stops early on but with a loose clutch on Balestri’s car meant he started to come in early. For Kurzbuch this meant he now had a stop in hand but first of the leaders to take on new tyres, the Shepherd driver made a second tyre stop for just outside tyres. While Balestri looked to have a slight edge as the race entered the final 5-minutes unfortunately we were denied a showdown of the two World Champions. In the pit for his last fuel stop, Kurzbuch’s engine for the second race in a row came to stop and needing a new plug the laps ticked away before he rejoined. This benefited Alessio Mazzeo, who having finished 2nd in the 1:10, finished just shy of two laps down on his fellow Italian. Toni Gruber would return to the ENS by claiming the final podium place ahead of Robert Pietsch with Kurzbuch ending up 5th. The result means it is Balestri who leaves Germany as the championship leader on the completion of the first half of ENS Season #5.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.