Hobbywing has announced that Singapore racer Nicholas Lee (Yokomo) will be their new team manager for the South East Asia region. Nicholas is a ISTC World Championship Finalist and TITC podium finisher. The Yokomo factory driver will also switch back to Hobbywing products in his BD12 touring car after a 5-year stint racing with Dash RC electronics.
Registration opens for ETS RD6 Season #16 2023/24 in Wiener Neustadt, AUT
Today we like to inform you that the registration for ETS RD6 Season #16 2023/24 will open on Friday, 05.01.2024 at 20:00 MEZ. We are looking forward to welcome you at Arena Nova for the season finale of ETS Season #16. The 4-day event will start on Thursday 21st, and will end on Sunday 24th of March 2024.
Place your entry soon as we are expecting another amazing turnout at the last race of the season. We are planning a big driver`s party at one evening together with a big raffle including cool prices from our ETS partners and sponsors!
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We are already looking forward to our event and we are sure that it will be the absolute highlight to bring another amazing season of the Euro Touring Series to an end. See you there!
Scotty, Uwe, and the whole ETS crew!
Gruber joins Power HD
Toni Gruber RC, the champion of IFMAR World Championship in 1:8th Nitro GT 2023, has been announced as a big shot of Team Power HD!
In 2023, he also won the Vice Champion of IFMAR 1/8 Nitro Onroad GP and the champion of EFRA 1/10 Nitro Onroad, the champion of ENS – Euro Nitro Series 1/8 Onroad (Overall 3 Rounds) , the 3rd place of EFRA 1/8 IC Track, and won the German National Championship three times in a year.
Toni will be using the lighter and faster S15 on his 1/8 and 1/10 Nitro Onroad Car and had the following to say:
2024 starts for me with a big announcement. I am really looking forward to work together with Power HD for the next 2 years. I will be using there servos in my 1/8 & 1/10 nitro on-road car for all coming races. Can’t wait to hit the track with them!
Toni Gruber (DE) Hong Nor / Power HD
Yokomo welcomes Brunet to their factory team
After announcing his departure from Xray a coulpe of days ago, French onroad driver Antoine Brunet joined the Yokomo factory team. Antoine will use the current BD12 and will help the team around Yannic Prümper, Christopher Krapp, and Nicholas Lee, to become even stronger at big international races. Antoines will also race at the French national series for Yokomo. His first big outing with his new team will be the GP3F in Longwy, followed by ETS RD5 in Daun.
Official Yokomo announcement
Team Yokomo is very happy to announce that French top touring car ace, ETS podium finisher and finalist Antoine Brunet has joined the Team Yokomo factory team.
I’m very pleased and honored to join an iconic brand like Yokomo. I can’t wait to hit the track with the car. I’m highly motivated for the next races and see what I can achieved with this beast! Thanks to Christopher and Naoya to taking me onboard! I hope we will achieved some great things together . See you soon on track !
Antoine Brunet (FR) Yokomo
Dankel moves from Mugen Seiki to Awesomatix
An unexpected change has taken place in the 1:10 touring car modified class. Eric Dankel has announced his departure from his long-term chassis sponsor Mugen Seiki, and is joining the Awesomatix factory team for 2024 and beyond. Eric was a major part in Mugen Seiki`s electric touring car programme, and helped to develop the MTC-1, MTC-2, and MTC-2R in the last 7 years. His best season with Mugen Seiki (2023) saw him two times on the ETS podium (Apeldoorn and Aigen) and finishing fifth at the EFRA euros in Türkheim. Now, Eric will rock the Awesomatix A800R at many major events.
Official Awesomatix announcement (Facebook):
We are pleased to announce the addition of the German racer Eric Dankel to the Factory Team. Eric is a known racer with a lot of experience from the past years racing all around the World. Vice European Champion, Multiple German Champion, Multiple EC A-Main finalist and ETS modified podium finisher are just a few of his best achievements in the past years! We are looking forward to see Eric at the Euro Touring Series events as well as other well known regional and European events.
“First of all I want to thank everybody at Mugen Seiki for their support in the past years. I decided to start a new challenge, and I am more than happy to join the Awesomatix Team for the upcoming season. Thanks everyone for your support”
Eric Dankel (DE) Awesomatix
Yokomo BD12 Aluminum Chassis and Horizontal Body Mounts
Yokomo has released two now products for their current BD12 touring car platform which will be available in europe very soon. Find out about the new stuff in Yokomo`s official product description:
Chassis
As we are about to head to a brand new 2024, we would like to introduce a new aluminium chassis for the BD12!!The center of gravity is lowered by using an aluminium, which is also effective as a high-side countermeasure. A must-use chassis on carpet surface, medium-high grip asphalt, or sugared outdoor tracks.
Body Mounts
Compatible with rear body posts that protrude rearward, such as
BD12, these mounting parts reliably receive downforce and increase rear traction.
Compatible with Twister/Twister Special bodies, the mounting parts are secured to the body using the wing fixing screws. Offset can be adjusted by using the fixing direction of the parts and the included spacers. The height of the body can also be fine-tuned by adjusting spacers on the body post side, such as BD12. This optional part is highly beneficial for race users as it can minimize problems caused by body damage due to crashes, etc.
FlySky adding Brunet to lineup of drivers
FlySky is happy to announce that French top 1:10 electric onroad driver Antoine Brunet has signed with FlySky team!
Brunet is a 2 time RC bike world champion, XRS grand final winner, European bike champion and multiple ETS A-Main finalist.
Antoine will be using the FlySky Noble Pro transmitter in all his 1:10 scale racing cars.
“I’m really happy and grateful to join FlySky team. The team is super motived to go forward. I use the radio since few month and I’m impressed by the quality. The handling of the radio as well as the touchpad are simply amazing. The menu is very intuitive and easy to use.”
Antoine Brunet (FR) FlySky
Völker signs with FlySky
ETS record champion Ronald Völker (Mugen Seiki) has officially teamed up with FlySky now after using their Noble Pro radio since a couple of months. During his last China trip, Ronald also had the chance to visit the FlySky headquater and a part of the factory. FlySky announced the signing of Ronald Völker on the first christmas day with the following statement:
FlySky is excited to announce that former IFMAR World Champion, multiple European, National and ETS champion, legendary German top 1:10 electric on-road driver Ronald Völker RC has signed with FlySky team! Ronald is an excellent driver who wants to improve himself everyday. We’ll be working closely with him to refine our current products and to develop new transmitters and receivers for our valued customers to enjoy. Ronald will be using FlySky Noble Pro transmitter in his forthcoming 1:10 scale onroad racing programme.
“I am excited to join the FlySky team from now on.
Ronald Völker (GER) Mugen Seiki | LRP | FlySky
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!”
New Awesomatix A800R suspension arms!
Right before christmas, Awesomatix released some new parts for the A800R touring car.
C204-S-1 Suspension Arm set x 4
Awesomatix C204-S-1 Suspension Arm set x 4
It narrows the track width of the car and is especially recommended for lower grip levels. The arms have a “-1” engraved on the lower side for easy identification.
contains: 2x C204L-1
2x C204R-1
ST123 – M2.5X7 Arm Screw x 8
Awesomatix ST123 – M2.5X7 Arm Screw x 8
CNC Machined Steel Screws. Perfect length for a clean look when screwing together C04/C204 and P04.
contains: 8x ST123
C204L-1 Suspension Arm
Awesomatix C204L-1 Suspension Arm.
This version is 1mm shorter compared to the C204L Suspension Arm.
It narrows the track width of the car and is especially recommended for lower grip levels. The arms have a “-1” engraved on the lower side for easy identification.
contains: 1x C204L-1
C204R-1 Suspension Arm
Awesomatix C204R-1 Suspension Arm.
This version is 1mm shorter compared to the C204R Suspension Arm.
It narrows the track width of the car and is especially recommended for lower grip levels. The arms have a “-1” engraved on the lower side for easy identification.
contains: 1x C204R-1
Brunet leaves Xray
French touring car frontrunner Antoine Brunet has announced his departure from his chassis sponsor Xray on his social media today:
From 1st January 2024 , I will not be a Xray driver anymore . I would like to thanks Martin and all Xray team for the support since end of 2020 . Working from the beginning on the X4 plateform was a such an enriching and learning experience as well a real pleasure . It was a great experience with some good results together and great memories on the pits and track . I wish all the best to Martin and all the Xray team for the future . Stay tuned for some more infos soon
Antoine Brunet (FR)
Source: Antoine Brunet (Facebook)
