October 22, 2016

Chassis Focus – Teemu Leino

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Chassis – Infinity Prototype
Engine – Novarossi Mito .12 C
Fuel – Runner Time
Tires (handout) – HotRace
Radio/Servo – Sanwa
Body – SRC Spark

Remarks – Having qualified second for the start of the A-Main behind Dominic Greiner, Finnish star Teemu Leino is going to battle for the overall Championship running the same prototype he used to win in Aigen with an SRC Spark bodyshell being the only significant change from the Austrian race.

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October 22, 2016

Chassis Focus – Toni Gruber

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Chassis – ARC R8.0 2016
Engine – Novarossi Mito C “WC”
Fuel – Meccafuel
Tires (handout) – Matrix
Radio/Servo – KO Propo
Body – Blitz TS035

Remarks – Breakthrough star of the 2016 ENS, Toni Gruber is set to start from second spot on the grid in tomorrow’s A-Main here in Fiorano at the controls of an R8.0 2016. His car is equipped with a number of options, such as aluminium wheel axles, low friction pulleys and belts, a front carbon steering plate and front air disks. He is also using the rear long arm suspension block set, which utilises a narrower suspension mount to compensate for the longer arms.

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October 22, 2016

Chassis Focus – Andrea Pirani

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Chassis – WRC GTX ’16
Engine – XRD FT Line
Fuel – Energy
Tires (handout) – Matrix
Radio/Servo – Sanwa/Futaba
Body – Xtreme Aerodynamics R18

Remarks – Italian top driver Andrea Pirani is running the 2016 version of the Italian manufacturer’s GTX, equipped with kevlar pulleys and Hiro Seiko aluminium screws. He is also using a FT Line clutch and handmade front bodyshell stabilisers.

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October 21, 2016

Chassis Focus – Alessio Mazzeo

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Chassis – Serpent 748 Natrix “WC”
Engine – Gimar Speed “Superpole”
Fuel – MLC
Tires (handout) – Matrix
Radio/Servo – Sanwa
Body – SRC Spark

Remarks – Vice-World Champion Alessio Mazzeo is running the “WC” edition of the 748 which features new transmission, new differentials and new big bore shocks. Using his standard setup on the Mini Autodromo Jody Scheckter track where he took his first ENS victory last year, he is switching back and forth between the standard and the hard anodised chassis with different weight distribution configurations.

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October 21, 2016

Chassis Focus – Enrico Burato

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Chassis – ZF Z4
Engine – XRD FT Line
Fuel – Homemade
Tires (handout) – Matrix
Radio/Servo – Sanwa/Futaba
Body – Protoform R18

Remarks – Italian veteran Enrico Burato is debuting the new Z4 car from the all new company ZF, which takes its name from the initials of its owner Federico Zugno, formerly involved in the production of a very successful classic car. Nearing the end of the development process, the car is totally designed from scratch and although this example still features a pre-production front end due to a delay in the production of the molds, for the rest it is the very same car that will be available soon.

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