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February 8, 2011

Bowie Ginting wins Jakarta GP series Rd1

The first round of 2011 Jakarta Grand Prix series for 1/10 200mm was held at the JITC Race Track, with this championship series also used for “Indonesian Selection Championship” for the 2012 IFMAR World championship. The start of the race was delayed for about 1 hour to wait for the track to dry after it rained on Saturday night. In qualifying it was Bowie Ginting that took the TQ spot with the only 16 laps in the round followed by Fayakhun Andriadi, Chandra Yosef, Andhyka Pranusatya and Heri Susanto.

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February 7, 2011

Marc Rheinard extends contract with Much More

Much More Racing have been in contact to tell us that they have a signed an extension to Marc Rheinard’s contract, which will see the 3-time World Champion use their products for the coming years. This season, the factory Tamiya driver will use their full range of electronic devices, such as their Cell Master charger, Power Master power supply, CTXW tire warmers and full range of pit bench accessories when competing with his EP TC and EP 2wd and 4wd buggies.

Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.net]

February 7, 2011

Daniele Ielasi and Shepherd continue indefinitely

Shepherd have announced at the Toy Fair that they have signed an open ended contract with former World and European Champion Daniele Ielasi. The deal will see the Italian driver race for the German company indefinitely. The new contract follows on from their previous 2 year contract together and so happy with the working and personal relationship, referring to him as a member of the family, they have come up with this new contract. Daniele has been testing the Velox V8 ‘eleven’ recently in Miami and will go for more testing prior to April’s World Championships where he aims to compete for the win.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

February 7, 2011

EFRA 2011 list of homologated bodies

EFRA 2008 Approved Muffler list

EFRA have been in touch with us to announce the definitive list of homologated body shells for the 2011 season. The different lists include 1/8th scale on road, Electric touring 190mm and Gas touring 200mm classes and you can download the PDF’s directly from here (1/8th), here (190mm) and here (200mm).

Source: EFRA [www.efra.ws]

February 7, 2011

Alexander Hagberg to be fueled by Orcan

Two time European Championship runner up Alexander Hagberg of Sweden has signed a deal that sees him use Team Orcan fuel for 2011. The factory Xray driver had this to say about the deal:

After two successful years with the Spanish company Merlin Fuel, I thank them for their support, and look for new challenges with my new sponsor, Orcan. At the end of 2010 I compared many types of fuel to determine which would be best suited to my high demands. I am confident that Orcan fuel will provide me with the best consistency and power in all conditions, and I will rely on the experience of Mr. Bertram Kessler in this department.

Source: SMI Motorsport [smi-motorsport.de]

February 3, 2011

Simo Ahoniemi joins Team CRC

Calandra Racing Concepts is happy to report a great new addition to the European race team, Finnish racing star, Simo Ahoniemi. The 2004 European Champ will use the full CRC race package; CRC Gen-XL 1:12th car, Pro Cut tires and Maxxcell Lipo battery pack. This season, Simo will attend the 2011 Euro’s in France as well as competing in the Finnish Nationals and other large events. Good luck to the new CRC Ace pilot. After a few practice sessions, Simo reports;

I have done my first test with CRC car and first impression is very good. Compared to the past, I have lots of rear traction. In the past, I have to be always very carefully not to steer too much into to corner. With CRC I can go much faster to the corners without loosing rear grip. I am very satisfied about the car performance. I can see lot of potential!

In his very first event running CRC, Simo dominated the first round of the Finnish Nationals with a T.Q. and wins in all 3 A-finals. Taking second at the event was Simo’s good friend and countryman, Teemu Saarinen. They dominated qualifying and the finals with a 1-2 effort over a very talented field. Joining the top 2 in the A-final was another CRC driver, Tony Raikas.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

January 31, 2011

Oscar Cabezas signs for Vox Engines

Vox engines, the sister brand of Motonica, have announced that they have signed 2010 Spanish 1/8th scale champion Oscar Cabezas for 2011. Motonica driver Oscar will use the new Vox Otto V.1 FT 3.5cc engine to defend his National title as well as compete at the 1/8th scale World Championships in Miami, Florida in April.

Source: Vox [voxengines.com]

January 31, 2011

Bowie Ginting wins opening Indonesian National

The first Indonesian 1/8th scale national championship race was held in JITC Senayan circuit, Jakarta last weekend. It was perfect sunny weather for race with only a little rain in the semi finals. The race system was 5 x 3 minutes qualifying with the top 5 drivers going directly into the Grand final, while the rest of the grid qualified through a 20 minute Semi Final. It was Bowie Ginting who took the TQ spot with his Mugen MRX5, followed by Senior driver, Toni Kundjung and 2010 National champion, Ricardo Carnadi. Hendry and Sani Nugroho completed the top 5.

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