RC Buggy & Truggy Masters – Athens

Last weeken the Arena Race track in Athens held the 2nd round of the Greek R/C Buggy & Truggy Masters.

Stelios Madianos (Losi – Picco – Merlin Fuel) took the first palce in “B” categoy in both scales buggy and Truggy.

Karousos Aris (Losi – Picco – Merlin Fuel) took the 6th overall place in Truggy scale, in a race where about 35% of drivers chose Merlin Fuel.

Info: velocitymodels.gr

Tags: Buggy, Greece, Truggy

Catalunya Reg 2010 1:8 Off-Road

The opening round for Reg. Cataluya Off-Road Championship, took place last weekend on Sta. Oliva Track.

The race was clearly dominated by 2008 Champion, Robert Battle during qualifying,  and also in the A-Main

Final Result:

1º Robert Batlle – Associated – Nova

2º Alex Calatayud – Associated – Reedy – Merlin Fuel

3º Jaume Figuls – Losi – Ninja

4º Carlos Pineda – Associated – Orion – Merlin Fuel

5º Albert Navarro – Bergonzoni – Axe

Pics: Picasa – Miguel Ángel

Tags: Catalunya, Off Road

GP Montpellier 2010

Last weekend took place the Montpellier GP in France.

Most of the European biggest names in 1/8th buggy attended the anual race. Yannick Aigoin TQ’ed ahead Reanud Savoya and Daniel Vega in his first race with the new Agama.

The final results:

Pré-FINALE	PLACE	NOM et PRÉNOM	RÉSULTAT
FIN	1	AIGOIN Yannick	1°/ 105 T 01:00:26.17
FIN	2	BAYER Martin	2°/ 105 T 01:00:30.11
FIN	3	AIGOIN Jérôme	3°/ 104 T 01:00:09.69
FIN	4	VEGA Daniel	4°/ 101 T 00:58:57.15
FIN	5	HERNANDEZ Borja	5°/ 101 T 01:00:00.50
FIN	6	TORTORICI Davide	6°/ 100 T 01:00:25.89
FIN	7	FERRATO Bastien	7°/ 98 T 01:00:10.99
FIN	8	PITTET Jérémy	8°/ 98 T 01:00:30.84
FIN	9	SAVOYA Renaud	9°/ 96 T 01:00:00.12
FIN	10	BATTLE Robert	10°/ 95 T 00:55:52.69
FIN	11	EZAZIAN Jérôme	11°/ 90 T 01:00:09.07
FIN	12	CRAGG Neil	12°/ 6 T 00:03:29.31
1/2 B	13	SARTEL Jérôme	7°/ 34 T 00:20:11.29
1/2 B	14	FARINA Michel	8°/ 34 T 00:20:21.38
1/2 B	15	REYNAUD Nicolas	9°/ 34 T 00:20:29.81
1/2 B	16	RODRIGUEZ Nicolas	10°/ 34 T 00:20:29.91
1/2 A	17	BERMUDEZ Cyril	7°/ 33 T 00:20:09.29
1/2 A	18	DEROCH Stéphane	8°/ 33 T 00:20:14.05
1/2 A	19	PINEDA Carlos	9°/ 33 T 00:20:15.21

This vide shows the “A” half final.

Related links

GP Montpellier 2009 – Merlin News

GP Montpellier en Automodelisme.com

GP Montpellier en RCmag

Pictures: automodelisme.com

Video: RCmag.com

Tags: France, Montpellier

TOY FAIR 2010

Next week our team will be in Nuremberg Fair.

We will exhibit at HALL  7 / Stand F25

We will be pleased to meet you in our Stand where we will introduce the new 2010 Range, cinluding the exclusive HI-RES Additive Package, and the new OFF-ROAD BLEND MERLIN ADVANCE 25, ADVANCE 33 and ADVANCE 46%

Tags: Toy Fair 2010

Highlights 2009

In this vide, you can watch some highlights about 2009 season. Also a small referal to new developments for 2010.

Stay tuned for 2010 new developments.

Tags: Team, Videos

Racing in Athens – A new Merlin Victory

Last Sunday the Club Aspropyros – Arena Track , near Athens held the 1/10 Traction XPERIENCE Race for 1/10 On-road scale.

The young Lykaris Vasilis, whos is a real newcommer (firts year racing), took the absolute victory, despite he was starting the race in “B” level.

Final Result Top 3:

1. Lykaris Vasilis + X-Ray/Merlin Fuel 96 L – 30:07.291
2. Kisrkos Panayiotis Kyosho – 96 L – 30:15.407
3. Vlachopoulos Marios Kyosho – 93 L – 30:10.520

Tags: Greece, Onroad, Racing

Spanish 1:8 Onroad – Final Round

Last weekend took place the 4th and last rd for Spanish 1:8 On Road in Club Arca (Madrid)

Merlin Team Driver, Oscar Cabezas took the victory, TQ and overall Championship.

Óscar dominated the race from the early beginning, being the only driver able to set 18 laps in the recently renewed Arca Track.  Moreover he won the 4 classifying heats.

However the Main final, was not as easy as the final result shows. Óscar had a flame out in the first laps, that made him change the strategy and even run out of fuel in the middle of the final. Nevertheless, his pace was so strong and consistent that he could keep the 1st position until the the final flag.

With this Victory, Óscar claims the absolute title, after 2 victories and 2 second places.  It was a challenge for Oscar to win again the Nat Championship after having changed his car and engine. (Motonica – Novarossi).  So after some adaptation time he is again on top.

Josué Artiles, has finished on 2nd in both, the last race and the overall championship. In fact, both them, Oscar and Josue have finished the regular season with the same figure; 1.893 points. However Oscar’s worst classification was a 2nd while  Artiles worst was a 3rd. This fact gives an idea about the tight fight between both drivers that has been constant in recent years.

The Top 10 Result:

1. Óscar Cabezas (Motonica/Novarossi/Merlin Fuel) 146 laps – 45:12.388
2. Josué Artiles (Mugen / Ninja) 144 L – 45:07.313
3. Carlos Peracho (Sheperd Velox) 143 L – 45:04.494
4. Sergio Montesinos – 143 L – 45:09.572
5. Toni Mateo – 143 L – 45:13.833
6. Nacho López – 143 L – 45:16.219
7. Dani Vega – 143  L  – 45:17.003
8. Joaquín Villegas – 140 L – 45:08.358
9. Francisco Lara – 102  L – 40:59.886
10. Víctor González – 91 L – 39:43.929

So that, this year Merlin Fuel is the winner in the most popular Onroad scales, 1/8 with Óscar Cabezas and Rodrigo Pahissa in 1/10.

Tags: 1:8, Onroad, Racing

Spanish 200 mm. Final Round – Rodrigo Pahissa, New Champion

The 5th and final round for Spanish 1/10 200 mm. took place last weekend in Madrid at Club ARCA Track.

It was an extremely interesting round, since the overall title fight was really tight involving more than 10 drivers with real chance to win the aboslubte Spanish Nat Championship.

The weekend looked great for racing, sunny and over 24ºC. Over 80 drivers attended this last round 2009 season in Madrid.

The Saturday qualifying round showed a close fight for the TQ, with the Top 3 almost in the same laptime and a fratricidal duel between Pahissa Brothers.

Saturday Qualifying:

1. Rodrigo Pahissa – 22 laps – 7:13.346 – Xray/Merlin Fuel

2. Iñaky Pahissa – 22 laps – 7:13.395 Xray/Merlin Fuel

3. Josep Gradolí 22 laps -  7:14.744 Xray/Sirio/

4. Javier Hidalgo 22 laps – 7:19:696 Serpent/Max

Coming from semi-finals Xabier Arana, Juan Hidalgo, Sergi Franch, Victor Peláez, Luis Cayetano and Toni Mur completed the starting grid.

One of the main candidates for the Spanish Championship, Johnny Pastor, finished earlier than expected in semi-final A.

The main final was  really dispuetd. Iñaky Pahissa dominated the firsts laps, while his brother Rodrigo was having some trouble after having rolled, running in last position.

After the second refuelling Javier Hidalgo was the leader and Rodrigo Pahissa was climbing  up positions until he managed to reach the first place, keeping a small advantage ahead Gradoli.

So finally, Rodrigo Pahissa made it and won the race 9 seconds ahead Josep Gradolí and Juan Hidalgo completed the podium in third position.

Final Result:

1. Rodrigo Pahissa – 89 laps – 30:10.238 (Xray – Max – Merlin Fuel)
2. Josep Gradoli – 89 laps – 30:19.583 (Kyosho – Sirio)
3. Juan Hidalgo – 88 laps – 30:08.346 (Team Magic – Picco)
4. Xabier Arana – 88 laps – 30:11.997 (Kyosho – Novarossi)
5. Victor Peláez – 86 laps – 29:59.568 (Xray – Max – Merlin Fuel)
6. Sergi Franch – 86 laps – 30:04.026 (Kyosho – Merlin Fuel)
7. Iñaki Pahissa – 84 laps – 30:13.455 (Xray – Max – Merlin Fuel)
8. Luis Cayetano – 81 laps – 30:02.526
9. Tony Mur Ortiz – 67 laps – 26:43.541
10. Javier Hidalgo – 53 laps – 19:12.453 (Serpent – Max)

With his Victory, Rodrigo Pahissa is the absubte Spanish Nat Champion. Moreover he is the youngest ever 1:10 winner with just 16 y.o.

Tags: 1:10, Onroad

Spanish 1:8 Onroad Nats. 3rd Rd.

The 3rd. round for Spanish 1/8 nats, took place last weeken at Gijón (Northern Spain).

The classification was clearly dominated by Oscar Cabezas (recently 11th classfied in Lostallo Worlds 2009), who took the TQ in the 4 heats.

Oscar, also set a new Track Record with a 15:280 lap. Following him Víctor González (Kyosho-MB-JBTRC.Racing) 2nd, Nacho López (Mugen) 3rd and Carlos Peracho (Velox-Sirio) 4th.

The final was dominated also by Óscar Cabezas who conserved his honor position until the end, finishing 3 laps ahead the second Nacho López and 4 laps ahead Sergio Montesinos.

With the 4th rd. to be held in Alcobendas – Madrid, Oct. 25th, the absolubte Championship is still to be decided. For sure Oscar Cabezas and Josué Artiles will offer a nice show in the last Spanish Rd to get the absolubte Nat Championship.

Final Results:

Pos / Driver	Laps	Time	Fast Lap
1  Oscar Cabezas	165	45:11.126	15.515	Motonica – Novarossi – Merlin Fuel
2  Nacho Lopez Lluch	162	45:03.071	15.605	Mugen- Nova Collari-Enneti
3 Sergio Montesinos Ortega	161	45:05.401	15.867	Mugen-JP Racing-Enneti
4 Josue Artiles Santana	160	45:03.931	15.755	Mugen
5 Carlos Peracho Heras	158	45:14.528	15.466	Velox / Sirio
6 Paco Lobo	156	45:10.105	15.963
7 Oscar Cordon Garcia	155	45:01.093	16.188
8 David Menendez Tejedor	154	45:08.012	16.016
9 Joaquin Villegas Gutierrez	152	45:07.208	16.308
10  Victor Gonzalez	40	10:56.191	15.714

Tags: 1:8, On Road, Racing

Merlin success at latest Irish National encounter

It was an all Merlin podium at the rescheduled third round of the Irish National Onroad Championships last Sunday as Austin Elliot claimed his second 1:8 win of the season. Racing in beautiful sunny conditions it was Mugen driver Clive Connolly who took TQ honours.

The multiple champion was in dominant form in the half hour final but 43 laps in, the rear pulley came loose on the leader’s car. This handed Serpent’s Michael Byrne the lead but in the closing stages of the race Elliot found his way through to take the win by half a lap. After losing almost 2-minutes in the pits Connolly rejoined the race to record a new lap record of 14.4 seconds with his Merlin fuelled MRX-4R enroute to taking the final step on the podium. Overall Ian Campbell claimed the Champion giving Merlin back to back Irish titles. In the 1:10 Final Merlin enjoyed two drivers on the podium with Thomas Ward and nitro racing debutant Pat Healy finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively. The eight & final round of the 1:10 200mm National Championship takes competitors to the tight Ballymoney track in Northern Ireland this weekend.

1:8 A Final Result
1. Austin Elliott – Kyosho/Merlin – 109/30m13.794
2. Michael Byrne – Serpent/Merlin – 108/30m 6.160
3. Clive Connolly – Mugen/Merlin - 107/30m 6.879
4. Ian Campbell – Shepherd/Merlin

1:10 A Final Result
1. Chris Lawlor – Kyosho – 99/30m 3.112
2. Thomas Ward – Xray/Merlin - 91/30m17.765
3. Pat Healy – Serpent/Merlin - 90/30m13.757
4. Luke Collins – Xray
5. Michal Ksiezuk – Serpent/Merlin
6. Colm Caffney – Serpent/Merlin
7. David Mulligan – Serpent/Merlin
8. Keith Dempsey – Serpent/Merlin
9. Chris Steele – Kyosho
10.Robert Boylan – Serpent/Merlin

Thanks to Hobbies Ireland for the info and report

Tags: Ireland, Onroad