User:Donnie Park/2016 IFMAR 1:12 Electric Track World Championship

The 2016 IFMAR 1:12 Elecric Track World Championship was the eighteenth edition of the biennial IFMAR 1:12 Electric Track World Championship for 1:12 scale electric powered radio-controlled pan cars with sports prototype bodies; sanctioned by the International Federation of Model Auto Racing (IFMAR) to be run over three days in total on 20 through 22 August 2016 preceding the IFMAR ISTC World Championship.

The  [championships]  was organized by the Car Modelling Association of China (CMAC), in the championship's first event in China, on behalf of on behalf of Far East Model Car Association (FEMCA) and hosted by the Beijing Science and Technology Gymnasium. The championship took place in a temporary circuit built in the Beijing Science and Technology Gymnasium of at Fengtai District, in Beijing, China; the first time any IFMAR Worlds have taken place in the country. Germany's Marc Rheinard was the defending champion after breaking the three title winning streak of Naoto Matsukura of Japan but world regain his forth class title, one short of his mentor Masami Hirosaka.

The success of both the 1:12 and ISTC Worlds resulted in China being awarded to hosting rights for the IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship in 2017.

Circuit
Purpose built within the, the Beijing Fengtai Model Auto Training Center is adjacent to the Fengtai Softball Field that hosted softball in the 2008 Summer Olympics as well as the Beijing Fengtai Stadium. Located in south Beijing, the venue is 44km away from Beijing International Airport and approximately 19km of Nanyuan Airport.

According to organiser, Rick Wang, the event has the backing of the government.

The area have hosted the FEMCA 1:8 Offroad Championships in 2013 won by Atsushi Hara.

http://www.liverc.com/news/special_features/12747-WORLDS%3A_Inside_the_Fengtai_Sports_Center,_host_facility_for_the_IFMAR_112-Scale_and_ISTC_World_Championship/

Rule changes
One of the most major rule changes regards tires as five sets of controlled tires are issued to participants. The driver is required to run on new sets on all "odd numbered" rounds and used sets for "even numbered" rounds. If a driver do not complete a run for at least 95% of their run on new wheels, slows down or deliberately pulls out to save on tires, they will be required to use used tires from the controlled practices given out randomly. Tire warmers are prohibited.

Drivers
A full house of 150 driver from 34 countries took part with host country China having the second most number of entries per nation with 14% of entries although Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Regions of China, makes up the highest number of entrants with 20% then Japan with 13%.

Germany has the highest number of European entrants with 11 drivers, representing 6% overall numbers.

having the most entries per nation with 24 drivers and the United States with 23 drivers.