With the 1/8th scale buggy class having had a World Championship for over two decades, the 2010 running of event in Pattaya, Thailand will see the 13th class World Champion crowned.

IFMAR 1/8th scale buggy World Champions
1986 – Frederic Veysseyre (Yankee 86/Cipolla) – Grenoble, France
1988 – Maurizio Monesi (Garbo Roadfighter/Mantua T4) – Mantua, Italy
1990 – Koji Sanada (Mugen Super Sport/Novarossi) – Bangkok, Thailand
1992 – Kokushi Toge (Kyosho Inferno/OS) – Usingen, Germany
1994 – Maurizio Monesi (Kyosho Turbo Inferno/OS) – Kirchschlag, Austria
1996 – Alex Laffranchi (Kyosho Inferno MP-5/Picco) – Beaulieu, UK
1998 – Daniel Reckward (Kyosho Inferno MP-5 EVO/RB WS7) – Coimbra, Portugal
2000 – Yuichi Kanai (Kyosho Inferno MP-7.5/RB WS7) – Las Vegas, USA
2002 – Greg Degani (Kyosho Inferno MP-7.5/OS RZ V01B) – Punta del Este, Uruguay
2004 – Guillaume Vray (Mugen MBX-5/RB WS7II) – Furulund, Sweden
2006 – Mark Pavidis (Kyosho Inferno MP777 WC/OS V-Spec) – Jakarta, Indonesia
2008 – Atsushi Hara (Hot Bodies D8/OS) – Charlotte, USA

> Japan and Italy share the most number of World titles in the class with four each, while France and the USA both have two, with Germany only having the one.
> Only one driver has won twice, Maurizio Monesi in 1988 and 1994, but no one has ever won it back to back.
> The last time the event was held in Thailand it was won by Japanese driver Koji Sanada, but the last time it was run in Asia it was Mark Pavidis that came away with the title.
> Kyosho are the most successful manufacturer with 7 World titles. Mugen is the only other brand to have won it more than once with 2 titles.
> In terms of engines it is reigning Champions O.S. that have emerged on top with 5 victories, with RB the next best with 3 victories.
> Five IFMAR World Champions will compete at the 2010 event.

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