IFMAR 1:5 Large Scale World Championship
The IFMAR World Championship for 1:5 IC Track Cars (officially the IFMAR 1:5 IC Track World Championship), commonly known as the IC Large Scale Worlds, is an international radio-controlled car racing competition sanctioned by the International Federation of Model Auto Racing (IFMAR). The championship has been held biennially in odd numbered years since 2001.[1]
The event is uses 1:5 scale on-road car with touring car style bodies powered by internal combustion (IC) engines running on a nitromethanol fuel mixture.
Venues
[edit]| Edition | Venue | Competitors | Ref. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Year | Circuit | Location | Country | Bloc | No. | Nations | Bloc | |
| N/A | 24-26 Nov | 2000 | Stuttgart |  Germany | EFRA | 57 | 14 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 11-19 Aug | 2001 | Minidrom Ettlingen | Ettlingen | Germany | EFRA | 136 | 22 | 6 | [2] |
| 2 | 27Sep -4Oct | 2003 | KZ Speedway | Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California |  United States | ROAR | [3] | |||
| 3 | 18-28 Aug | 2005 | Mini Racing Ticino e Moesa | Lostallo |  Switzerland | EFRA | ||||
| 4 | 20-30 Sept. | 2007 | England Park Raceway | Brisbane |  Australia | FEMCA | [4] | |||
| 5 | 2009 | Tshwane Raceway And Promotions (TRAP) | Pretoria |  South Africa | FAMAR | |||||
| 6 | 23-27 | 2011 | Complexe d'Hanvec (AMCO) | Brest |  France | EFRA | 94 | 18 | 4 | [5] |
| 7 | 3-11 Aug | 2013 | Mini Racing Ticino e Moesa | Lostallo | Switzerland | EFRA | 143 | 22 | 3 | [6][7] |
| 8 | 4-12 Sept. | 2015 | KLIRCC Kepong | Kuala Lumpur |  Malaysia | FEMCA | ||||
| 9 | 25Nov - 2Dec | 2017 | Enzo Bransiforte | Buenos Aires |  Argentina | FAMAR | 37 | 6 | 3 | [8] |
| 10 | 2019 | Associação de Modelismo de Vila Real | Vila Real |  Portugal | EFRA | 84 | 19 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 11-18 Sept. | 2022 | Steel City RC Raceway | Fontana | United States | 55 | 14 | 4 | [9][10] | |
| 12 | 20-27 Oct | 2024 | The John Grant International Raceway | Sydney | Australia | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| 13 | 27 Jul -1Aug | 2026 | MRTM Lostallo | Lostallo | Switzerland | EFRA | 46 | 13 | 1 | [11] |
World Champions Driver and Manufacturers
[edit]Some parts of the car are supplied by the event origanisers. These are typically the fuel to reduce shipping and rule compliance issues and the tyres to make the competition more equal. These parts are marked in italics.
| Year | Driver | Chassis | Bodyshell | Engine | Electronics | Tyres | Ref. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Model | Brand | Model | Brand | Model | Fuel | Transmitter | Model | Servo | Model | Brand | Type | |||
| 2000 | Markus Feldmann (GER) |
Lauterbacher | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | Marcel Strauch (GER) |
FG Competition | |||||||||||||
| 2003 |  Hessel Roskam (NED) |
FG Competition | |||||||||||||
| 2005 |  Ian Oddie (GBR) |
H.A.R.M. | |||||||||||||
| 2007 |  Martin Lissau (DEN) |
FG Competition | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | Barend Myburgh (RSA) |
H.A.R.M. | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | Guillaume Solon (FRA) |
Contrast | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | Jeffrey Van Wijk (NED) |
RS5 | |||||||||||||
| 2015 | Russell Grenenger (AUS) |
H.A.R.M. | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Santiago Meirinhos (ARG) |
RSS | |||||||||||||
| 2019 |  Marko Grigic (CRO) |
Mecatech | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | COVID | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Markus Feldmann (GER) |
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| 2024 | CANCELLED LACK OF ENTRIES | ||||||||||||||
| 2026 | Arthur Simon (FRA) |
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ IFMAR official website – World Championships overview.
- ↑ "2001 IFMAR World Championship 1:5 IC Touring - Event Website".
- ↑ "2003 - Event Website".
- ↑ "2007 - Event Website".
- ↑ "2011 - Event Website".
- ↑ "2013".
- ↑ "2013".
- ↑ "2017 Results".
- ↑ "2022".
- ↑ "Feldmann crowned IFMAR 1:5 Touring World Champion". 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "2026 Results".