New Hyper 9 Testing - Exclusive Pics

We have seen recently Borja Hernández testing the new Hobao Hyper 9 Pre-Production Model in La Rioja (Spain).

The driver was quite satisfied about flying ability and weight balance. They have been working in diff and shock oils choice a whole morning.

Check our picture gallery at the bottom.

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Tags: Buggy, Off Road

Merlin Fuel, six consecutive Euro Finals

We are pleased to realize that Merlin Fuel has been represented  in six consecutive Euro Finals in just one year;

-1- Euro 2007 1:10 - Arca -Madrid - España: Oscar Cabezas, 6th position

-2- Euro 2008 - 1:8 B - Kirchberg - Austria: Tobias Hepp 7th position & Junior Champion

-3- Euro 2008 - 1:8 Buggy B - Bergerac - Francia - Carlos PIneda - 7th position

-4- Euro 2008 1:8 Off-Road - Creta - Grecia:  Borja Hernández - 7th position

-5- Euro 2008 1:10 235 mm. - Heemstede - Holanda - Robin D’Hondt - 2nd position

-6- Euro 2008 1:8 A - Alumssafes - España - Michael Salven - 6th position / Oscar Cabezas 10th position

Meet our Team here 

Tags: Euros, Racing

Euro 1:8 Championship

Yesterday finished the 2008 Euro Championship 1/8.

We saw a very interesting final with suspense until the end.

The final results:

FINAL

1	122	072-Jernej Vuga	SI	SIO01	17	05:05.283	V2 [413]	145	45:16.628	Final - A	Dry
2	121	006-Walter Salemi	ITA	I198	17	05:06.384	V2 [314]	145	45:18.210	Final - A	Dry
3	123	004-Andrea Cristiani	IT	I338	17	05:04.378	V2 [134]	145	45:18.612	Final - A	Dry
4	138	002-Daniele Ielasi	IT	I113	17	05:00.679	V2 [341]	144	44:53.799	Final - A	Dry
5	130	011-Dario Balestri	IT	I251	17	05:01.735	V2 [134]	144	44:54.794	Final - A	Dry
6	133	034-Michael Salven	DE	D002	17	05:04.752	V3 [421]	142	45:15.307	Final - A	Dry
7	132	036-Robert Pietsch	DE	D695	17	05:01.505	V2 [314]	135	45:18.116	Final - A	Dry
8	136	012-Andrea Pirani	ITA	I190	17	05:01.195	V2 [341]	134	45:03.198	Final - A	Dry
9	131	003-Massimo Fantini	IT	I016	17	05:00.214	V2 [134]	118	39:37.360	Final - A	Dry
10	139	090-Oscar Cabezas	ES	E395	17	05:01.287	V2 [431]	115	45:09.736	Final - A	Dry

All the information about the event can be find in Red Rc at http://events.redrc.

Merlin Fuel Picture Gallery  [Link]

News about the race (only available in Spanish)

Tags: 1:8, On Road, Racing

Podium for Curtis in Irish 1:8 Buggy Nationals

Irish Merlin team driver David Curtis enjoyed a successful result in the second round of the 1:8 Off Road National Championships which took place in Galway over the weekend.  Driving his Max powered Crono RS7, the 21-year-old finished third after 45-minutes of racing around the rough clay track to claim his first national podium of the season.

 

 

Round 3 of the Irish 1:8 Off Road National takes place on August 10th in County Down, Northern Ireland, where Curtis will be looking to repeat the Galway performance.

 

Pictures and info from Hobbies Ireland

Tags: 1:8, Buggy, Ireland, Off Road

Portuguese North 1:10 Championship

The Portuguese Nat. Championship - North, took place last weekend in Vila Real

Filipe Pinheiro got the 1st place in the extremely fast Portuguese track, where it is quite hard to complete 30 minutes without tyre changing and not every driver is able to run 5 minutes with one fuel tank.

Final results:

Congratulations to Mr. Pinheiro for hisVictory.

Information: Top Car Modelismo

Tags: 1:10, Portugal, Racing

Connolly is 2008 Irish Champion

With the 6th round yet to be run, Clive Connolly has retained his National Title, winning the 5th round last Sunday in St. Annes Track.

Picture by Serpent - Colm Gaffney

Starting from pole the Team Serpent Ireland driver cruised to victory, despite an early tyre stop, to win ahead of the Kyosho pairing of Colin Whelan and Austin Elliot.  Afterwards Connolly thanked his sponsors Serpent Motorsport, IDM Engines, ATS tyres and Merlin fuel for their support of his successful campaign.

Also The 1:8 and 1:10 victories on the same day gave Connolly his third consecutive double National victory of the season.
The Irishman’s next challenge is the EFRA 1:8 Onroad European Championships in Valencia, Spain, which get underway next weekend where the Serpent driver will be looking for a strong showing having done well there earlier this year at the Warm Up race.

Congratulations to Clive for his Title and the best luck for upcoming Euro 1:8 in Valencia and Irish 1:10 title.

Text and information from Serpent News and Hobbies Ireland

Tags: 1:8, Ireland, On Road, Racing

Euro Championship 1:10 235 mm.

The Euro 1:10 235mm. Euro Championship, took place last weekend in Heemstede (Netherlands).

 
Picture ® Heemstede

Also the Euro 1:8 +40 took place at the same time.

1:10 235 mm. Qualifying was dominated by out Team Driver Robin D’Hont, followed by Julius Kolff, former champion Glyn Beal and René Cornella, all them taking direct qualifying.

The very first laps in 1:10 were a close fight between Robin D’Hont and Kloff. Julius Kloff whose car seemed to brake better, hit D’Hont a couple of times. After the second refuelling Robin Had an incident when leaving boxes making him lost 3 laps

Robin went to track again and managed get a 2nd ahead Cornella, who finished 3rd.

Picture Credit REDRC.net

Results;

1. Julius Kolff (NL)

2. Robin D’Hont (BE) - Merlin Fuel

3. Rene Cornella (AT) - Merlin Fuel

4. Jürgen Stark (DE)

5. Bart van Echelpoel (BE)

6. Lee Chapman (GB)

7. Glyn Beal (GB)

8. Gerhard Kandelhart (DE)

9. Jan Pooter (BE)

10.Gabor Laszlo (HU)

A great classification for Robin and Rene Cornella, both them running Merlin Fuel. Robin d’Hont TQ’ed and set the fastest race lap.

Link to complete results.

News and gallery  in Redrc.net

Picture Gallery in Mach80

Final 1:8 +40

1. Richard Keur - 172 Laps in 45:10.730
2. Andreas Giesa - 170 Laps in 45:03.489
3. Stanley Bauer - 166 Laps in 45:15.204
4. Jacky Mouton - 163 Laps in 44:06.038
5. Hanspeter Hulliger - 162 Laps in 45:02.245
6. Michael Pätz - 158 Laps in 45:08.392
7. Andreas Aegerter - 148 Laps in 45:03.164
8. Jürgen Stark - 114 Laps in 32:23.778
9. Luigi Pili - 79 Laps in 23:02.334
10. Rody Roem - 66 Laps in 17:25.048

Tags: 1:10, 235, Euro, Racing

12 hours in Rubí

Last weekend took place the “12 horas de Rubí” endurance race in Rubí (near Barcelona).  This is a really hard endurance test, not only for car an engine, but for the drivers as well.

15 Teams, met in Rubí to complete over 13.000 laps to the Track.
After just five years, this meeting, is becoming a Rally Game Classic in Spain.

Starting the race at 0,00 and finishing 12 hours later, everything can happen.

The Final Classification:
1. Hobby Play Ultimate - 1492 laps

2. Hobby Play Extreme - 1238 laps

3. Flypistons                   - 1195 laps

4. Las Gallinitas            - 1121 laps

5. Team Tarragona      -  1092 laps

6. Hobbyplay 1 Racing  - 980 laps

7. Kibema Racing T

8. Hobby Play 2

9. Hobby Play 3

10. Seta Team

11. RC Racing BCN

12. RC Barcelona                                                                                                                                     4 corner working 

13. Pro Evolution Racing

14. Fuel in my veins

15. Los Pollitos

Race Start Video;

 

Picture Gallery 1 - Fly Pistons

Picture Gallery 2 

Tags: Endurance, Racing, Rally Game

Hobao Master 2008

The Hobao Master Series took place last June 15th in Spain.
Some of the Top European drivers gathered at Malaga (Southern Spain), to fight for the title of the Master fifth edition.

Picture: Hobao.es

Here is the Final result:

1. Borja Hernández (SP) - Merlin Fuel
2. Graham Alsop (UK)
3. Vicente Muela (SP) - Merlin Fuel
4. Carlos Duraes  (PT) - Merlin Fuel
5. Danny Gil
6. Francisco García (SP)
7. Angel Roque (SP)
8. Antonio Golosín (SP)
9. John Howels (UK)
10. Robert Battle (SP)

Related links:

Speedworld - Spain
Hobao Spain

Tags: Buggy, Off Road

Netherland 1:10 Nat. Championship, Rd. 3

Last weekend took place the erd round of the Netherland  Nat. Championship in Heemstede, near Amsterdam.

Martin Van Lierop Tq’ed with just a tenth of second ahead 2nd. classified. However he was the unchallegend winner in the Main Final.

Remy  Möller and Dan Jakobs both them with some problems left him to take a comfortable victory.

Ruud  Schuitmaker, finished 2nd followed by Jurgen Geerlings closing the podium,.

 

Ruud gets a strong position for the Absolute Chamiponship, after his victory in Rd. 2 and his 2nd in the opening race.

Pictures and info from

Tags: 1:10, Netherlands, Racing, Touring