’26 1:10 Nitro Onroad World C/ship Chassis Focus Index
A decade after Gubbio hosted the IFMAR 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World Championship, the category was back in the world capital of nitro onroad racing with the return to Italy creating a real resurgence of interest in these 2.1cc powered cars. With 114 drivers from 20 countries turning laps of the Miniautodromo Internazionale M.Rosati, six car manufacturers were represented at the 11th edition of the Worlds with Infinity the best represented with 39% of the entry and Shepherd the smallest with just 4 drivers. In the 11 car Main final, we would see 5 x Capricorn, 3 x Infinity, an Xray, a Serpent and a Mugen Seiki make up the grid. During our race coverage, which was made possible thanks to the support of LensBodies, Energy Fuel, Gimar Engines, and PowerHD Servos, we managed to photograph cars from all 6 manufacturers including the winning car of Naoto Matsukura. In case you missed any of these we have compiled all 7 cars in our latest Chassis Focus Index –
Naoto Matsukura (Q3/World Champion) – Infinity
Filippo Domanin (Q2/P2) – Xray
Kyle Branson (Q4/P4) – Capricorn
Andrea Catanzani (Q19/P5) – Serpent
Dario Balestri (TQ/P6)- Infinity
Alex Thurston (Q6/P7)- Mugen Seiki
Alex Esser (Q50/P66 )- Shepherd
