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WC - Fantini & Serpent 960 claim TQ in Cordoba (13/10/2007)
- By:
- Eoghain O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Serpent 960 07 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 960 08 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 - Serpent top qualifying after 2 rounds (10/10/2007)
- By:
- Eoghain O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Serpent 960 07 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 960 08 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 TQ Euros. 960 best represented car in the Final (02/08/2007)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
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- Mega ZX21 DSII+ Race, Body Lola 1/8th Central EFRA #31490, Serpent 960 07 1/8 scale 4WD, Mega ZX21 DSII+ EM, Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD
The 2007 EFRA European Championship was a very good result for Serpent overall despite the fact we did not retain our European title, which Fabio Domanin claimed in Sweden last year.
Having TQ'd this year's event at the Swiss Lostallo track, Michael Salven was leading the final for over 15 minutes with his Mega powered 960 when a race-accident with Alberto Picco send him into the grass. Coming back from this further bad luck hit the German when during his tyre-change pit-stop his carb-balljoint popped off somehow and he lost valuable time, which at this level of racing is impossible to regain....
Serpent host EC BBQ, Geisendorf Fastest (27/07/2007)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Serpent 960 07 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 960 08 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.
Fiorano plays host to Italian Nitro Tour (21/03/2007)
- By:
- 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.
ATS Trophy Report (05/01/2007)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
Last month new Serpent Team Netherlands signing John Ermen made his race debut with the Serpent 960 at the ATS Trofeo. The following is his account of the event on this beautiful new Italian circuit -
'TROFEO SERPENT MAX POWER' A HUGE SUCCESS (30/10/2006)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
Last weekend Serpent's Italian distributor Sprint RC hosted its annual 'Trofeo Serpent Max Power' at the Battipaglia circuit near Naples and once again the event was a huge success.
Open to 1:10 Touring car drivers the event attracted 100 racers and team driver Fabio Domanin, the current 1:8 European Champion, was on hand to povide tech support to competitors.
This weekend Sprint RC will run another 'Trofeo' event this time open to both 1:8 and 1:10 cars at the Codana circuit near Torino.
ITALIAN EFRA GP (20/09/2006)
- By:
- 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.
TRATNIK AND KNEHTL CROWNED SLOVENIAN SERIES CHAMPIONS (20/09/2006)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
The Slovenian Serpent Series reached its climax over the weekend with Izidor Tratnik and Vladimir Knehtl claiming the 1:8 and 1:10 titles respectively.
Held at the Tomlin circuit, the event took place in less than ideal weather conditions with heavy raining forcing the cancellation of the Serpent Tech day on Saturday.
With Vladimir Knehtl having little to do to sew up the 1:10th Series title all attention was on the four way battle for the 1:8 Series honours.
Qualifying saw 2005 Junior Series Champion Nejc Mihelic take TQ ahead of standings leader Izidor Tratnik. The 30 minute final...
Down Under - Wednesday Day 7 (13/09/2006)
- By:
- Michael Salven
And here we go again... Some minutes ago the third qualification round of Group B has been finished at the beautiful race track here in Brisbane. Today the weather is fine. Eventually the sun is shining and luckily there is less (cold!) wind than yesterday. This morning the track seems to be a little bit slower than during the last heats being run yesterday evening. For sure, this will change until the afternoon as racing will continue...
To keep you informed, here are first three top qualifiers after round 3:
1. Chris Tosolini 34 laps, 10:08.00 min
2. Takaaki Shimo 34 laps, 10:09.26...
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