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Massimo Fantini meets S120 (09/10/2008)
- By:
- Ronald Baar
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- Serpent S120 1/12th scale
Many Italian hotshots from 1/8 and 1/10 scale gas-racing, dive into the indoor-halls for some 1/12 scale electric car racing.
Its all about reflexes and concentration. Good practise for the 2009 1/8 worlds and the 1/10 euro's ???
Lackner takes European 1:8 Junior title (29/07/2008)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD
Promising young Swiss driver Shasa Lackner took the biggest title of his career on Sunday when he was crowned the 2008 EFRA European 1:8 Onroad Junior Champion in Valencia, Spain.
The Serpent 960 '08 driver finished a very creditable 29th overall from the 129 car field to claim the title for the higest placed driver under 17 years of age.
Fantini puts 960 on EC pole position (26/07/2008)
- By:
- Oisin O'Briain
- Linked to:
- Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD
Serpent factory driver Massimo Fantini has TQ'd his 960 '08 for the European Championships which are taking place in Valencia, Spain, this week.
WC - Andrea Cristiani is Vice World Champion (15/10/2007)
- By:
- Eoghain O'Briain
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- Serpent 960 07 1/8 scale 4WD, Serpent 960 08 1/8 scale 4WD, 2007 IFMAR 1/8th On Road World Championship
After an amazing run from the quarter finals and overcoming a lost lap at the beginning of the hour long main final, young Italian Serpent 960 driver Andrea Cristiani has claimed the runner up spot at this years World Championships. Having had to pit early in the race for a tire related problem, caused by contact, Andrea rejoined over a lap down on the rest of the field and set about unlapping himself from the entire field, setting the fastest lap of the race by 2 tenths of a second on his way to 2nd. At the end he was only 4 seconds behind the now 8-time World Champion Lamberto Collari, which...
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 - Fantini holds pole position going into day 3 (11/10/2007)
- 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
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)
- 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.
Cristiani opens Italian National campaign with podium (05/04/2007)
- By:
- 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...
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