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WC - Fantini & Serpent 960 claim TQ in Cordoba (13/10/2007)
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- Eoghain O'Briain
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- Serpent 960 07 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 966 1/8 scale 4WD EVO, Serpent 966 -TE 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 966 -TE v2 1/8 scale 4WD, 2007 IFMAR 1/8th On Road World Championship
With rain affecting round 5 and 6 on Thursday, the organisers cancelled the running for that day and decided to try and run round 6 on Friday morning before the lower finals. Unfortunately the weather didnt want to play along and the 6th round of qualifying was also abandoned. This left Serpent 960 racer, Massimo 'Max' Fantini in pole position for this years World Championship, having set the fastest time in qualifying on Wednesday, a fantastic result for the team who are using the new rear end for this World Championships.
WC - Fantini holds pole position going into day 3 (11/10/2007)
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- Eoghain O'Briain
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- Serpent 960 07 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 966 1/8 scale 4WD EVO, Serpent 966 -TE 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 966 -TE v2 1/8 scale 4WD, 2007 IFMAR 1/8th On Road World Championship
Massimo Fantini has continued to lead the way in Argentina by going faster in Wednesdays round 3 and 4, held early for the faster heats 7-12. The Italian driver, racing the Serpent 960 bettered his previous pole time by 9 seconds to secure the top spot going into the final days qualifting. The 2nd position is held by Lamberto Collari, over 3 seconds behind, with Adrien Bertin in 3rd and Chris Tosolini in 4th.
WC - Serpent top qualifying after 2 rounds (10/10/2007)
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- Eoghain O'Briain
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- Serpent 960 07 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 966 1/8 scale 4WD EVO, Serpent 966 -TE 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 966 -TE v2 1/8 scale 4WD, 2007 IFMAR 1/8th On Road World Championship
The Serpent team are at this years 1/8th scale World Championships in Cordoba Argentina and the event has gotten off to a very good start for the team with the first 2 rounds of qualifying complete and seeing 2 Serpent 960s at the head of the field. Overnight pole position belongs to Italian racer Massimo Fantini who set a time of 33L 10:09.45 in his second round of qualifying to go quickest and improve on his first round time by 1 second. Backing up this top result for Serpent is Fantini's team mate Fabio Domanin who pulled a great run out of the bag in the slightly cooler 2nd round to go 2nd...
Serpent host EC BBQ, Geisendorf Fastest (27/07/2007)
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- Oisin O'Briain
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- Serpent 960 07 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 966 1/8 scale 4WD EVO, Serpent 966 -TE 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 966 -TE v2 1/8 scale 4WD, 2007 EFRA 1/8th On Road European Championships
Serpent and their new Swiss distributor Trading Tech hosted a BBQ yesterday on the eve of qualifying for the 2007 EFRA 1:8 Onroad European Championships to ensure drivers and their mechanics are well prepared for the busy days ahead.
Cristiani opens Italian National campaign with podium (05/04/2007)
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- Oisin O'Briain
Promising young Italian Serpent driver Andrea Cristiani got his 2007 National Championship campaign off to an impressive start over the weekend finishing on the podium with two of the sport's legends - Alberto Picco and 7 times World Champion Lamberto Collari.
Held at the Messina track and run to the ame format as the World Championships, the opening round saw the current European 1:8 B Champion qualify his Serpent 960 4th fastest with team-mate Massimo Fantini securing the 2nd fastest time during the heats which were of 10-minute duration.
The winner of the recent EC-B 'Warm Up' race in...
Fiorano plays host to Italian Nitro Tour (21/03/2007)
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- Oisin O'Briain
Serpent's Nitro Tour travels to Italy this weekend (23-25 March) with the 'Jody Scheckter' track at Fiorano playing host to the extremely popular event that will see a host of star drivers on hand to offer technical assistance to the large gathering of Serpent racers in attendance.
European Champion Fabio Domanin, Massimo Fantini and EC-B 1:8 Champion Andrea Cristiani together with staff from Serpent's Italian distributor Sprint RC will support this exciting three day event.
Serpent announce strong line for 2007 Winternats (26/01/2007)
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- Oisin O'Briain
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- 2007 Winternats
Serpent has put together an impressive team for next months Florida Winternats. The annual event which has now established itself at the first major nitro race responsible for kickstarting each new season runs from February 11-17th.
FANTINI TAKES 960 TO 'TROFEO DEI CHAMPIONI' VICTORY (24/11/2006)
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- Oisin O'Briain
Former European Champion Massimo Fantini took his Serpent 960 to a superb win at the ‘Trofeo dei Campioni’ race held at in Cassino, Italy last weekend.
ITALIAN EFRA GP (20/09/2006)
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- Oisin O'Briain
This weekend Fiorano plays hosts to Italian EFRA Grand Prix for both 1:10 and 1:8 IC.
The sixth EFRA GP of the season, Serpent Motorsport will be represented in the event by current European 1:8 Champion Fabio Domanin, Euro 1:8 'B' Champion Andrea Cristiani and Massimo Fantini.
Situated near Bologna, the track is named after Ferrari legend Jody Scheckter and it is not uncommon for Ferrari F1 cars to be heard testing at their official test track which is situated very near the r/c venue.
Michael's 2006 Euro's 1/8 (01/08/2006)
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- Michael Salven
Dear Racers
Sometimes I wonder if there is anything like luck. I like to think there is no such thing, because that would mean there is something I can’t influence. But I have to admit that it sometimes is difficult to maintain that philosophy.
The European championship 1/8 this year was one of these races. It was held in Staffansdorp in Sweden. We arrived Monday morning on the track, which I already knew form the EFRA GP in June. At that very race we struggled, but we changed a few things after that. We got harder rims, harder front bearingblocks, and stiffer rear wishbones with a different...
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