Motonica

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• Promising new talents win!

  

  Our congratulations to Francesco Costa (in the middle), a young promising talent who made the Pole and won the first place in F2 Category at the Champion Race Trophy held at Rme L. Collari track in Cassino.
  Keep up the good work Francesco!

  july 29, 2010

• European Championship 2010

  
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  At the end of an intense and exciting final, Dario Balestri gets very close to victory, finishing just 10 seconds behind first classified Robert Pietsch.
  Congratulations and a big Thanks to Dario and all the supporting team that made this great result possible. Thank you guys!
  
  
  1. Robert Pietsch (D) – 167 laps in 45.14.746
  2. Dario Balestri (I) – 166 laps in 45.09.394
  3. Lamberto Collari (I) – 163 laps in 45.11.659
  4. Oliver Mack (D) – 161 laps in 45.05.579
  5. Andrea Cristiani (I) – 159 laps in 45.12.022
  6. Michael Salven (D) – 154 laps in 45.00.435
  7. Michele Romagnoli (I) – 150 laps in 45.03.397
  8. Alberto Picco (I) – 148 laps in 45.07.655
  9. Andrea Pirani (I) – 82 laps in 23.04.125
  10.Ilia van Gastel (B) – 62 laps in 16.54.111
  
  For a full detailed report of the race: www.modellismoinpista.com
  EFRA

  july 05, 2010

• Portugal Championship

  

  Another good result for Motonica with Pedro Praça endig up in second place in Portugal Nationals.
  
  On the Podium:
  
  1º Bruno Coelho
  2º Pedro Praça
  3º Raul Prata

  june 28, 2010

• Swiss Championship Round 3

  
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  The third round of the Swiss Championship was held during the weekend in Herblingen.
  
  Mattia Pesenti takes the pole position and the first place by two laps over the sencond place Henzi Thomas. A good race also for Shasa Laskner that ends up third.
  
  To mention, the placement of another Motonica driver, Erol Sehirtoy in the EXPERT final and the outstanding performance of the young Swiss driver Fabio Marzini in the AMATEUR final.

  june 21, 2010

• Classic France Nationals Round 4

  

  The fourth round took place in Monteux in the south of France, an exciting track for all drivers.
  During qualifying it’s Motonica P8C Extreme drivers Julien Mathieu and Romain Delaunay in front. After the semi final it’s Fréderic Accomaso, the new Motonica team mate who will start in first position, followed by Romain Delaunay, Julien Mathieu.
  During the final, all 3 drivers take the lead, but in the end it is as an experienced driver, Christophe Bataillard with its Motonica P8C Extreme who makes a consistent race and takes victory.
  100% Motonica on the Podium, and 7 in the final. After four races in the French championship it’s the fourth win for Motonica.
  
  BATAILLARD Christophe C.F. 125 45:07.44
  DURAND Maxime C.F. 123 45:13.24
  DELAUNAY Romain C.F. 122 45:13.74
  

  june 15, 2010

• Luxembourg Nationals 2 Round

  

  Round 2 of the Luxembourg 1/8th scale nationals saw Motonica racer Patrick Belltrallo cross the finishing line in first position, followed by Jerome Hirtziger and Libar Laurent. Congratulation from all the Team!
  
  (Picture source "Red RC")

  may 24, 2010

• Kamikaze Invitational Race Los Angeles

  
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  Garen Hagobian wins with Motonica at Kamikaze Invitational Race held in Los Angeles.
  You find his full report of the race"here" , while the full picture report is "here"

  may 18, 2010

• Spanish Championship Round 2

  
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  Oscar Cabezas is the fastest in 2 Round of Spanish Campionship in Valencia! It was an exiting race until the end with the close fight between Oscar and Nacho. At last the victory was granted by Oscar's good tactics, smart strategy and his P81 PRO of course!
  
  The rankings:
  1- Oscar Cabezas 144 giri 45:04.986 (17.658 fastest lap)
  2- Nacho Lopez 144 giri 45:06.319 (17.741)
  3- Sergio Montesinos 144 giri 45: 08.128 (17.924)
  

  may 17, 2010

• Dutch Championship 2nd Round

  

  The second round of the Netherlands championship was held at the fast track of Rucphen. Robin D'Hont and Ilia van Gastel fought for the first place during all the final gaining and losing the lead many times but in the end is Robin who takes the first place! A breathtaking victory!
  The Podium:
  1 Robin D'Hondt 132 30:09.386
  2 Ilia van Gastel 132 30:09.713
  3 Rick Vrielijnck 130 30:13.054
  

  may 10, 2010

• France Classic Championship 3rd Round

  

  Two Motonicas on the podium of France Classic Championship. Romain Delaunay and P8C Extreme prove to be once again the top, but our congratulations go to the runner-up Sylvain Domain!

  may 10, 2010

• Austrian Championship 2nd Round

  

  Strong 2nd and 3rd place during 2nd Round of Austrian Championship on the Morac Race track in Styria.
  After a close battle for the victory here is the podium:
  
  Klausner in front of Pucher Herfried (Motonica/Picco) and Mihelic Njec (Motonica/Picco)
  
  We would like to remember also the Youth ranking who saw two Motonica drivers in 1st and 2nd place with Mihelic Njec in front of Höller Michael.
  
  

  may 03, 2010

• Portugal Championship 2nd Round

  
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  José Pequito and Claudio Souto win first and third place at the 2nd Round of Portugal Championship.

  april 20, 2010

• First Round Swiss Championship in Lostallo

  
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  Shasa Lackner dominates the whole First round being the only driver to lap under 20.0 sec the whole weekend with a best time of 19.90 sec.
  During the final he loses 2 laps due to a gearbox change but then he is back flying and is able to catch up on the other drivers winning by 1 lap.
  Great Job, Shasa!

  april 19, 2010

• 1/8 4x4 France Championship

  
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  Nice victory for Arnaud Matieu, the new driver of the French Team in the Elite category.
  
  The results:
  
  1) Matieu Arnaud 1°/ 183 T in 45:00.57
  2) Zatla Laurent 2°/ 182 T in 45:05.99
  3) Baehrel Romain 3°/ 178 T in 45:07.90

  april 12, 2010

• French Classic Championship - Open

  

  Romain Delaunay wins pole position and first place in the Opening Round of Classic Category Championship at Evry.
  And Congratulations also to the other Motonica finalists!
  
  Classique - CF OPEN 17:09:07 FINALE Durée : 00:45:00
  
  1 Delaunay Romain 132 t (motonica) 45:13.32
  2 Dell Unto Marc 129 t (DXF) 45:07.65
  3 Accomasso Frédéric 127 t (mantua) 45:08.19
  4 Brincat Rodolphe 126 t (DXF) 45:06
  5 Lecour Eric 125 t (BRX) 45:04.40
  6 Maniere Pascal 124 t (motonica) 45:12.55
  7 Boutebien Morgan 92 t (motonica) 32:11
  8 Baron Nicolas 83 t (monaco) 36:02.48
  9 Assomption Stéphanie 36 t (motonica) 20:35.15
  10 Velvindron Jean-François 12 t (contact) 03:59

  april 12, 2010

• Slovenian Championships - Opening round

  

  An all Motonica podium for the opening round of the 2010 Slovenian on road National Championships! Mihelic Nejc ends up 1° with a 6 lap advantage on the Austrian driver Michael Höller in 2nd and Sasa Matijek in 3rd.

  april 12, 2010

• 2010 EuropeanChampionship - Locorotondo Warm up

  
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  Last weekend at Locorotondo took place the 2010 European Championship Warm Up.
  A very good test for Motonica Team.
  Walter Salemi at his début with P81 made an excellent performance that, together with Dario Balestri's e allows two Motonicas to access directly in the final.
  After the qualifications potentially 5 P81 Pro are already in the final.
  Walter Salemi, Dario Balestri, Robin D'hondt, Nicola Marrone, Stefano Solaroli.
  In the final, Walter Salemi fights for the first place with multi World Champion Collari for a good part of the race, unfortunately to be stopped by a technical problem 10 minutes from the end when he was leading the chart.
  A very good second place for Dario Balestri who confirms his champion attitude.
  Ok guys, let's start from here. P81 are at Top and Motonica is here to support you!
  
  Final result and time report here
  Photo credits: www.modellismoinpista.com

  march 22, 2010

• France National Classic Championship 2010

  

  Pole position for Romain Delaunay with P8C Extreme in the first round of France National Classic Championship. First place for Christophe Bataillard with his P8C.
  
  

  march 15, 2010

• 2010 Victorian State Championships & New Zealand Championships

  
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  A great start of the year for Motonica with Jovanovic brothers in Australia and New Zealand.
  
  In January, Peter and Steven top qualified and finished 1st and 3rd at 2010 Victorian State Championships. In the same competition good placements for others Motonica drivers too, at 5th and 7th place.
  
  In February, for the second year consecutively, Steven Jovanovic won the New Zealand GP On Road Champions titles in 1:8 held at Ruapuna Raceway (Christchurch) leading throughout the 60 minute A Main with his Motonica P81.
  
  1. Steven Jovanovic 125 laps
  2. Andrew Kirk 122 laps
  3. Daniel Burrows 121 laps
  
  All the best congratulation from all Team Motonica!
  
  Photo credits: "Chris Trotman"
  
  "Here" for the complete 2010 Victorian Championships time report.
  "Here" for the complete 2010 New Zealand Championships time report.
  
  Special thanks to Motonica local dealer "Radical Hobbies"
  

  march 03, 2010

• Walter and Mirko Salemi with Motonica

  
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  february 26, 2010

• Spain National Championship 2009 Last Round

  
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  Oscar Cabezas with his P81 wins the last round of the National Championship in Madrid and becomes Spain Champion 2009.
  Oscar ruled the race from start to finish after having claimed the pole position in all four qualification rounds, and wins the finals two laps ahead of the secon classified driver.
  All the warmest congratulations to Oscar and to his father Alberto from the whole Motonica Staff.
  
  1. Oscar Cabezas 146 laps
  2. Josue Artiles 144 laps
  3. Carlos Peracho 143 laps
  4. Sergio Montesinos 143 laps
  5. Toni Mateo 143 laps
  6. Nacho Lopez 143 laps
  7. Daniel Vega 143 laps
  8. Joaquin villegas 140 laps
  9. Francisco Lara 102 laps
  10. Victor Gonzalez 91 laps

  october 26, 2009

• EFRA GP in Monaco

  
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  Robin D’Hondt and his P81 make second place on the podium of the final EFRA GP in Monaco, and together with winner Andrea Cristiani, Robin is the only one to enter the 13 second zone with a best laptime of 13.815.
  
  1. Cristiani Andrea 154 laps
  2. D'hondt Robin 152 laps
  3. Christiany Serge 143 laps
  4. Mouton Jacky 141 laps
  5. Smaldone Nicola 139 laps
  6. Smolderen Tom 137 laps
  7. Salemi Walter 65 laps
  8. Lorenzi Andrea 63 laps
  9. Bertin Adrien 55 laps
  10. Riccobono Stéphane 17 laps
  

  october 25, 2009

• West German NRW Championship rd. 3

  
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  Double presence on the podium of the 3rd rd. of the West German NRW Championship, with Christian Wurst's and Uwe Baldes' Motonica P81 finishing respectively first and third.
  
  1. Christian Wurst, 167 laps – Motonica
  2. Ralf Vahrenkamp, 166 laps
  3. Uwe Baldes, 163 laps – Motonica
  4. Frank Schewiola, 161 laps
  5. Tobias Hepp, 134 laps
  6. Andreas Goebel, 117 laps
  7. Sebastian Scheidweiler, 106 laps
  8. Christian Willert, 79 laps
  9. Ingo Odenthal, 71 laps
  10. Emil Kostadinov, 71 laps

  october 19, 2009

• 2009 Slovenian National Championship

  
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  Nejc Mihelic winning with his P81 all 5 rounds of this year’s Championship claims the title of National Slovenian Champion 2009. All the best congratulations to Nejc from the Motonica Staff.

  october 12, 2009

• Spain Nats Rd. 3

  
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  Oscar Cabezas driving his P81 wins the third round of the Spain National Championship in Gijòn three laps ahead of the driver in second position, after having ruled the qualifications and also having set the new track record - reducing it by three tenths of a second with the fastest lap at 15.280.
  
  
  

  september 27, 2009

• Belgian Championship Final Round

  

  Robin D'Hondt strikes again, winning the final round of the Belgian Championship after having TQ'd 21 laps in 05.10 and then leading the Final with his Motonica P81 for almost the entire race.

  september 21, 2009

• Italian National Classic Championship 2009

  
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  Our congratulations to Nicolas Gilioli who is once again Italian National Classic 2009 Champion in the Senior category with the new P8C.
  In a final ruled by him since the first lap, Gilioli arrived first ahead of the Italian Amsci champion in charge Paolo Gaggiola. Also good the placements for the two other Motonica drivers – Matteo Comoglio third and Emanuele Oberto Tarena fourth.
  Congratulations as well to Natale Frigerio who won with the new P8C in the Junior category.
  
  Video >>
  
  
  1. Gilioli Nicolas, 163 laps – Motonica
  2. Gaggiola Paolo, 158 laps
  3. Comoglio Matteo, 155 laps - Motonica
  4. Oberto Tarena Emanuele, 154 laps – Motonica
  5. Censi Ivano, 153 laps
  6. Poldi Massimo, 151 laps
  7. Baseggio Emilio, 138 laps
  8. Carboni Emanuele, 138 laps
  9. Giordano Simone, 101 laps
  10. Bovio Gabriele, 86 laps
  
  

  september 20, 2009

• Classic France Championship 2009

  
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  Romain Delaunay driving his Motonica wins the last race of the national championship making him the 2009 Classic Champion in France. All the warmest congratulations to Romain from the Motonica Staff.

  september 15, 2009

• Nomac Championships 2009

  

  Robin D'Hondt continues his collections of victories: driving his P81 he wins the last round of the Nomac Championship in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, making him the 1/8 Nomac Class Champion 2009.
  

  september 14, 2009

• Portugese National Championships Rd. 5

  

  Two Motonica P81s on the podium of the Portugese National Championships Rd. 5: Claudio Souto takes the win and Pedro Praça takes third place.
  A total of four Motonicas in the top ten, with Fernando Dantas and José Felix placing themselves respectively 5th and 7th.

  september 13, 2009

• Austrian Championships Rd. 5

  
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  Herfried Pucher wins the 5th round of the Austrian Championships after setting the TQ and the fastest lap with the track record.

  september 13, 2009

• Swiss Championships Rd. 5

  
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  Shasa Lackner wins the Swiss Championship Rd. 5 on one of the most difficult and demanding tracks in Switzerland.
  Shasa took TQ by more than 3 seconds. In the Main Final he took the lead from the start and after 45 minutes he won by an advantage of two laps, also setting a new lap record.
  3 Motonica P81 in the Expert Main Finals, with Shasa 1st, Pascal Ludi 7th and Mattia Pesenti 8th.
  In the Amateur Finals a great win for Giacomo Moretti with his P81.

  september 13, 2009

• European Championships +40

  
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  The Arca Club in Madrid held the European Championships +40 that saw both participating Motonicas in the finals.
  Cayetano Martìnez conquered the podium placing himself second, while Alberto Cabezas placed eighth. Charming switch of roles between father and son, in fact Oscar in this occasion was pitting Alberto.

  september 06, 2009

• Lostallo Worlds Championships 2009

  
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  Motonica sends a warm thank-you to all drivers that participated in Lostallo and that proved all the new P81's potential.
  In particular our compliments go to Dario Balestri and to Robin D'Hondt for their presence in the main final of this last World Championship, and to Oscar Cabezas, whom only just didn't make it by a hair's breadth, placing himself eleventh.
  
  >>report

  august 23, 2009

• African Cup 2009

  

  At the 2009 African Cup in Pretoria, South Africa, Leigh Dytor places his P81 second place on podium only less than two seconds away from winner Wayne Joelson after a 1 hr race. Three other Motonica drivers finished in the top ten: Steven Jovanovic, Jaques Liebenberg and Kobus Swanepoel.
  

  july 19, 2009

• 25 Years Anniversary Race, Lamac

  
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  Triple Motonica victory at the 25 years anniversary race in the beautiful Lamac track: winner is Herfried Pucher, followed by Mihelic Njec and Harald Himler, all driving their P81s.

  july 18, 2009

• Motonica and D´Hondt celebrate German Title win

  
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  Team driver Robin D`Hondt has won the German Championship 2008/09 at the one-event decision at Hildesheim. In an exciting 40 minutes finale the 20 years old Belgian took an early lead with his P81 which he quickly extended. After 169 laps he brought the impressive victory home with a three lap advantage over former champion Robert Pietsch. Well supported by his father in the pits, Robin left other favourites like Salven, Mack, Schaefer, Hanauer, Hammerl, Dankel and others behind. The cornerstones of his success were the excellent set-up of his flawlessly running P81 and his strong performance during a rain affected qualification when he took second spot close behind Pietsch. His team fellows Christian Wurst and Uwe Baldes had no lucky weekend and finished on 22nd and 30th position respectively.
  
  Podium
  
  1. Robin D´Hondt, 169 laps
  2. Robert Pietsch, 166 laps
  3. Toni Gruber, 165 laps
  

  july 12, 2009

• Spain Nats rd. 2

  
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  Oscar Cabezas, after having won the pole position in all four rounds of the qualifications and scoring the fastest lap overall, takes second place in rd. 2 of the National Championship of Spain.

  june 15, 2009

• Novarossi Trophy - Fiorano

  
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  Stefano Puccinelli takes third place at the Novarossi Trophy in Fiorano, Italy.

  june 08, 2009

• 2009 Futaba OS Jakarta Open

  
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  Steven Jovanovic driving his Motonica P81 wins the 2009 Futaba OS Jakarta Open leading the final from start to finish.

  may 24, 2009

• Swiss Nats rd. 2

  
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  Mattia Pesenti and Shasa Lackner take first and third place with their Motonica P81s at the second round of the National Swiss Championship.

  may 10, 2009

• Portugal Nats Rd. 2

  

  Pedro Praça conquers the podium placing 2nd in the Portugese National Championship Rd. 2.

  may 09, 2009

• 1/8th Nomac Cup Rd2

  

  Nico Boeren and Robin d’Hondt both driving Motonica take first and third place at the Dutch 1/8th Nomac Cup Rd2.

  may 04, 2009

• Priori Trophy

  

  On the Leno track, at the Priori Trophy, Stefano Solaroli wins the final preceeding the present leader of the Italian Expert Championship Francesco Tironi.

  may 03, 2009

• P81 - weekend on the track

  
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  The first weekend of April saw the world’s début of the P81, with excellent results in the first round of the season’s championships in Europe for the official Motonica drivers: Cabezas in the opening round of the Spanish national series, D’Hondt in the Dutch NOMAC class, and Balestri, in the first round of the Italian championship in Cassino.
  
  Sincere thanks to all the drivers for having shown all the full potential of the P81.
  
  -Team Motonica

  april 06, 2009

• New Zealand

  

  Steven and Peter Jovanovic, both driving the Motonica P8.0R, win the New Zealand National Championship respectively placing 1st and 2nd.

  february 12, 2009

• Singapore

  

  Tay Wui Kiat driving the Motonica P8.0R wins the Singapore National Championship.

  february 11, 2009

• Sponsor PAT

  

  Motonica sponsores the junior PAT team ("Pattinatori Artistici Torino", Figure Skaters Turin) The young champions on ice, at the center in photo Nicolò Cafaro -Italian Champion-

  january 01, 2009