Chassis – Gizmo GZ1
Motor – Muchmore 4.5T
ESC – Muchmore Fleta Pro
Batteries – Reedy 5300 mah
Tires – Volante (handout)
Radio/Servo – Sanwa
Bodyshell – Protoform MazdaSpeed 6
Remarks – Former ETS race winner Adrian Berntsen has made his return to international racing running the all new GZ1 platform from newly formed Danish company Gizmo. Designed by 2010 200mm European Champion Martin Christensen, the project which involves fellow top Danish racers Martin Lissau and Steen Graversen has been in development for a long time. Exploiting the improvements made by the LiPo industry in the last years, the car has been designed around a “shorty” battery, the extra space enabling the motor to be mounted along the car’s centre line. This position in the car prevents the use of a standard single drive belt so the car has integrated two separate drivetrains, driven by two separate spur gears, which drive the front and rear wheels separately. The car utilizes high quality 3D printed parts, the new technologies allowing for lower costs without compromising quality. The side stiffening plates also work as bulkheads/differential support, so as to eliminate any kind of tweak when assembling the car. The actual car Adrian is running here is a pre-production car with all the parts being now definitive, although the car is not expected to go on sale until spring.