# 2015 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships

36°00′45″N 140°05′09″E﻿ / ﻿36.012406°N 140.085835°E﻿ / 36.012406; 140.085835
The 2015 IFMAR 1:10 scale Electric Off-Road World Championships (2015年IFMAR EP オフロード世界選手権) is the 16th edition of the IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship for 1:10 scale radio-controlled electric off-road buggies sanctioned by the International Federation of Model Auto Racing (IFMAR). It was run over two separate classes (2WD and 4WD) over eight days from 3 to 10 October, with each class running for three days each in total.
The national sanctioning body, Japan Model Racing Car Association (JMRCA), acted as the host nation on behalf of the Far East Model Car Association (FEMCA), with JMRCA Kanto acting as the host club for the championship taking place at the Yatabe Arena in Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture. This was the arena's third time hosting the event and its second time hosting a 1:10 off-road race, the first since the 1995 event. It also became the first Off-Road Worlds to take place in an indoor venue since 1999.
The event was best known for its decision to be run on artificial turf for the first time, ending a tradition of dirt tracks in the tournament's entire 30-year history, a decision that has not been met without controversy. As a result of this controversy, the decision became known as "Astrogate" and the event as "Turf Worlds".
Jared Tebo and Steven Hartson, both of the United States, were the defending champions of the 2WD and 4WD class respectively. The 2WD class was won by Team Associated's Spencer Rivkin who, at the age of 16, became the youngest driver to win the 1:10 off-road race. After losing to Naoto Matsukura in electric touring car when he won the last two of three heats needed to secure a title the previous year, XRAY's Bruno Coelho of Portugal won the 4WD class.

## Background

During the annual general meeting for electric racing on September 26, when the Off-Road Worlds was still in session, Yatabe Arena was awarded hosting rights under IFMAR's bloc host rotation order as it turned to FEMCA, who represents Asia,
This was the Yokomo owned venue's third IFMAR event, its first was as a 1:10 electric off-road championship in 1995. They also hosted the 2000 Electric On-Road Worlds (1:12, PRO 10, touring car), the only time three official world championship events took place under the same host. Beside the Worlds, the circuit regularly hosts the JMRCA All-Japan Championships.

## Circuit

The circuit was originally famously built by Yokomo as a replica of the circuit used for the 1989 Worlds in Australia to help themselves prepare for the race three months prior, using soil samples collected from the track. The circuit was at the time built over a large plastic awning. The venue was reopened in 2011 following a major refurbishment work which included a new permanent building that was built.
There are currently four circuits in total, one is used for off-road racing in its original building, three others are on-road circuits housed under the new building, two are used as a drift circuit and the other used for on-road carpet racing.
When Yatabe Arena was given the right to host the world championship following the 2013 Worlds; at the time, the rulebook stated that the choice of surface was packable rock free dirt but a proposal was sent to IFMAR to run the event on artificial turf. On December 15, 2014, the rules was reamended to allow for the track to be entirely run on artificial turf following a vote by the four continental blocs with only ROAR of North America opposing, with some traditionalists branding this decision to run the world championship on a "touring car track with jumps" and in a public poll conducted by the NeoBuggy website, 62% of readers opposed the decision. The reason for this decision was in response to the rise of professional carpet racing for off-road racing, particularly in Europe, with its highly successful Euro Offroad Series [de], a winter multi-round professional championship taking place on indoor carpet tracks.
As off-road racing has traditionally taken place on dirt track, artificial turf in off-road racing is considered to be easy to set up, durable and easier to maintain and thus became a choice surface over dirt, with manufacturers producing parts and cars designed for racing on this type of high-grip surface. Also, it enables events to take place in commercial venues such as shopping malls.
Instead of using the existing track, a new track will be temporarily built over its indoor on-road circuit in the venue's newly built extension, the Center Building; to achieve this, the track require two layers of wooden sheeting put underneath the new surface to enable the piping, strips and corner dots to be screwed securely to the track. Because of it being an indoor venue, it is the first Off-Road Worlds to take place in an indoor venue since 1999 which took place in Finland.
The overall dimension of the track is 21.5m deep by 38m wide. The circuit was extensively modified from the track originally used in the pre-Worlds based on feedback from competitors that was criticized for "lacking obstacles". The most significant additions from the IFMAR warm-up race is the inclusion of the large tabletop, originally built but was left out by the organizers. Another change made for the two events was that the main straight was relocated front of the drivers stand to the opposite side of the track.
During the first day of racing, many of the drivers praised the overall layout some more positive than initially thought but criticized the circuit's five washboard section, with some branding it "stupid" especially from Jörn Neumann and Ryan Maifield and it being too high however the sections was praised by a few drivers including the defending 2WD champion, Jared Tebo who claimed it encouraged driver errors. The strips consisted of five black rubber strips placed underneath house doors, designed to force drivers to set their car to off-road racing ground clearance. Four times world champion Ryan Cavalieri praised the track, describing it "fun except for the black strips".

## Dates

The event was initially to take place on September 26 through October 3 but a decision was made to move it forward 7 days to prevent a clash with the prestigious All Japan Model & Hobby Show [ja] in Tokyo as a number of important JMRCA officials were required to be present at the show.

## Tires

Schumacher Racing Products have been announced as the sole supplier of control tires for the world championships. The tire used will be Mini Spike 2 Yellow compound with Med. Rear CAT foam insert for both 2WD and 4WD with Wide Stagger Rib Yellow compound with Med. Front CAT insert for the 4WD front.

## 2WD results

| | | | | Qual | A1 | A1 | A1 | A1 | A1 | A2 | A2 | A2 | A2 | A2 | A3 | A3 | A3 | A3 | A3 | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Ref |
| Pos. | Driver | Car | Motor | Qual | Pos. | Laps | Time | FL | Pt. | Pos. | Laps | Time | FL | Pt. | Pos. | Laps | Time | FL | Pt. | Tot | Disc | Net | Laps | Time | Ref |
| 1 | Spencer Rivkin (USA) | Associated RC10B5M | Reedy Sonic Mach 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 5:01.181 | 17.064 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5:16.137 | 17.137 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5:15.551 | 17.175 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 10:31.688 | |
| 2 | Jared Tebo (USA) | Kyosho Ultima RZ6 | Orion VST2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5:14.709 | 17.142 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 5:03.793 | 17.129 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 5:01.535 | 16.909 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 10:16.244 | |
| 3 | Ryan Cavalieri (USA) | Associated RC10B5M | Orion VST2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 5:02.505 | 17.294 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 5:01.328 | 17.301 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 5:00.830 | 17.131 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 10:02.158 | |
| 4 | Neil Cragg (GBR) | Associated RC10 | Reedy Sonic Mach 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 5:09.235 | 17.109 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 5:01.978 | 17.183 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 5:02.951 | 17.196 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 10:04.929 | |
| 5 | Jorn Neumann (GER) | Serpent Spyder SRX-2 MM | Orion VST2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 5:06.651 | 17.357 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 5:11.622 | 17.316 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 5:06.129 | 17.229 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 10:12.78 | |
| 6 | Ryan Maifield (USA) | Losi 22 Development | Orion VST2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 5:04.911 | 17.274 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 5:07.407 | 17.331 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 4:02.679 | 17.168 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 10:12.318 | |
| 7 | Martin Bayer (CZE) | X-Ray XB2 2015 | Orca RX3 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 5:16.223 | 17.522 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 5:07.079 | 17.394 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 5:06.884 | 17.403 | 6 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 10:13.963 | |
| 8 | Kody Numedahl (USA) | Associated RC10 | Reedy Sonic Mach 2 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 5:18.247 | 17.330 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 5:07.375 | 17.457 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 4:35.361 | 17.393 | 8 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 10:25.622 | |
| 9 | Michal Orlowski (POL) | Schumacher KF2 Low Grip | Speed Passion 4.0 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 5:11.246 | 17.455 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 5:14.934 | 17.692 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 5:10.475 | 17.687 | 7 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 10:21.721 | |
| 10 | Lee Martin (GBR) | Yokomo YZ-2 | Muchmore Fleta ZX | 5 | 8 | 17 | 5:15.735 | 17.185 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 5:10.982 | 17.251 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0:00 | | 10 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 10:26.717 | |
| | | | Qual | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Ref |
| Pos. | Driver | Car | Qual | Pos. | Time | Laps | FL | Pt. | Ref |
| 11 | Elliott Boots (GBR) | | 12 | B-1 | 17 | 5:05.137 | 17.34 | 1 | |
| 12 | Dakotah Phend (USA) | | 15 | B-2 | 17 | 5:07.719 | 17.34 | 2 | |
| 13 | Joona Haatanen (FIN) | | 16 | B-3 | 17 | 5:07.998 | 17.38 | 3 | |
| 14 | Kyle McBride (AUS) | | 13 | B-4 | 17 | 5:08.401 | 17.354 | 4 | |
| 15 | Steven Hartson (USA) | | 18 | B-5 | 17 | 5:11.722 | 17.301 | 5 | |
| 16 | Patrick Hofer (SUI) | | 17 | B-6 | 17 | 5:13.671 | 17.693 | 6 | |
| 17 | Yusuke Sugiura (JPN) | | 11 | B-7 | 17 | 5:14.453 | 17.574 | 7 | |
| 18 | Carson Wernimont (USA) | | 19 | B-8 | 17 | 5:17.086 | 17.617 | 8 | |
| 19 | Kohta Akimoto (JPN) | | 20 | B-9 | 16 | 5:05.549 | 17.765 | 9 | |
| 20 | Naoto Matsukura (JPN) | Kyosho Ultima RB6 WC | 14 | B-10 | 16 | 5:14.79 | 17.735 | 10 | |
| 21 | Hupo Hoenigl (AUT) | | 21 | C-1 | 17 | 5:08.171 | 17.613 | 1 | |
| 22 | Dustin Evans (USA) | Losi 22-4 | 22 | C-2 | 17 | 5:16.107 | 17.448 | 2 | |
| 23 | Hayato Matsuzaki (JPN) | | 29 | C-3 | 17 | 5:18.594 | 17.701 | 3 | |
| 24 | Kaito Kodera (JPN) | | 25 | C-4 | 16 | 5:01.052 | 17.577 | 4 | |
| 25 | Jesper Rasmussen (DEN) | | 28 | C-5 | 16 | 5:03.074 | 17.69 | 5 | |
| 26 | Chris Sturdy (AUS) | | 30 | C-6 | 16 | 5:03.229 | 17.912 | 6 | |
| 27 | Marc Rheinard (GER) | | 23 | C-7 | 16 | 5:04.049 | 17.686 | 7 | |
| 28 | Bruno Coelho (POR) | | 26 | C-8 | 14 | 4:31.951 | 17.821 | 8 | |
| 29 | Tom Cockerill (GBR) | | 24 | C-9 | 8 | 2:32.178 | 18.143 | 9 | |
| 30 | Craig Collinson (GBR) | Team C TM2 V2 | 27 | C-10 | 2 | 0:47.057 | 18.44 | 10 | |
| 31 | Travis Amezcua (USA) | Durango DEX210F | 31 | D-1 | 17 | 5:15.639 | 17.796 | 1 | |
| 32 | Ty Tessmann (CAN) | | 32 | D-2 | 17 | 5:17.625 | 17.863 | 2 | |
| 33 | Ben Jemison (GBR) | | 40 | D-3 | 16 | 5:03.222 | 17.984 | 3 | |
| 34 | Kazuki Sasatsu (JPN) | | 33 | D-4 | 16 | 5:05.68 | 17.797 | 4 | |
| 35 | Zacarias Villalba (ESP) | | 39 | D-5 | 16 | 5:10.823 | 17.954 | 5 | |
| 36 | Raymond Munday (AUS) | | 37 | D-6 | 16 | 5:12.145 | 17.956 | 6 | |
| 37 | Juriya Kajiwara (JPN) | | 38 | D-7 | 16 | 5:13.22 | 17.828 | 7 | |
| 38 | Malin Karlsen (SWE) | | 34 | D-8 | 16 | 5:16.553 | 18.496 | 8 | |
| 39 | Richard Lowe (GBR) | | 36 | D-9 | 14 | 4:20.445 | 17.845 | 9 | |
| 40 | Shiniosuke Adachi (JPN) | | 35 | D-10 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 10 | |
| 41 | Joshua Pain (AUS) | Yokomo YZ-2 | 41 | E-1 | 16 | 5:01.29 | 18.045 | 1 | |
| 42 | Sylvain Gallo Selva (FRA) | | 44 | E-2 | 16 | 5:04.596 | 18.235 | 2 | |
| 43 | Nana Kaiho (JPN) | | 43 | E-3 | 16 | 5:07.604 | 18.46 | 3 | |
| 44 | Kai Kikuchi (JPN) | | 42 | E-4 | 16 | 5:10.803 | 18.15 | 4 | |
| 45 | Daisuke Sakamoto (JPN) | | 46 | E-5 | 16 | 5:11.685 | 18.363 | 5 | |
| 46 | Kyle Moon (GBR) | | 48 | E-6 | 16 | 5:12.098 | 18.14 | 6 | |
| 47 | Billy Easton (USA) | Serpent Spyder SRX-2 MH | E-7 | 16 | 5:15.864 | 18.029 | 7 | |
| 48 | Nathan Ralls (GBR) | | 49 | E-8 | 16 | 5:17.955 | 18.2 | 8 | |
| 49 | Andrew Smolnik (USA) | PR Racing PRS1 V3 | 47 | E-9 | 15 | 5:02.566 | 18.2 | 9 | |
| 50 | Peter Forster (SUI) | | 45 | E-10 | 11 | 3:37.833 | 18.479 | 10 | |
| 51 | Bartomiej Zambrzycki (POL) | | 52 | F-1 | 16 | 5:05.5 | 18.399 | 1 | |
| 52 | David Ronnefalk (SWE) | | 56 | F-2 | 16 | 5:12.179 | 17.969 | 2 | |
| 53 | Fabian Widmer (SUI) | | 53 | F-3 | 16 | 5:15.331 | 18.503 | 3 | |
| 54 | Oliver De Montfumat (FRA) | | 57 | F-4 | 16 | 5:18.064 | 18.757 | 4 | |
| 55 | Guan-Shian Chen (TWN) | | 58 | F-5 | 16 | 5:19.129 | 18.587 | 5 | |
| 56 | Ju Won Kyou (KOR) | | 60 | F-6 | 15 | 5:00.912 | 18.284 | 6 | |
| 57 | Frederik Hovgaard (DEN) | | 51 | F-7 | 15 | 5:01.974 | 18.058 | 7 | |
| 58 | Brett Birch (GBR) | | 55 | F-8 | 15 | 5:02.461 | 18.748 | 8 | |
| 59 | Frederic Pain (FRA) | | 53 | F-9 | 15 | 5:10.651 | 18.524 | 9 | |
| 60 | Hayate Obokata (JPN) | | 59 | F-10 | 5 | 1:49.991 | 18.791 | 10 | |
| 61 | Kevin Lee (GBR) | | 61 | G-1 | 16 | 5:16.075 | 18.185 | 1 | |
| 62 | Jonathan Yeung (HKG) | | 67 | G-2 | 15 | 5:01.929 | 18.607 | 2 | |
| 63 | Mathieu Chaffardon (FRA) | | 64 | G-3 | 15 | 5:06.873 | 19.009 | 3 | |
| 64 | John Wakins (AUS) | | 63 | G-4 | 15 | 5:08.316 | 18.792 | 4 | |
| 65 | Tomoaki Kato (JPN) | | 69 | G-5 | 15 | 5:08.393 | 18.662 | 5 | |
| 66 | Carson Yeung (HKG) | | 65 | G-6 | 15 | 5:11.726 | 18.942 | 6 | |
| 67 | Scott Pettet (AUS) | | 70 | G-7 | 15 | 5:14.585 | 19.191 | 7 | |
| 68 | Yu Kikuchi (JPN) | | 68 | G-8 | 15 | 5:17.649 | 18.825 | 8 | |
| 69 | Yoshiki Masuda (JPN) | | 66 | G-9 | 13 | 4:11.232 | 18.729 | 9 | |
| 70 | Kevin Seysen (FRA) | | 62 | G-10 | 0 | 0:00 | | 10 | |
| 71 | Mike Walker (USA) | PR Racing PRS1 V3 | H-1 | 15 | 5:05.165 | 18.661 | 1 | |
| 72 | Jori Mykknen (FIN) | | 73 | H-2 | 15 | 5:06.264 | 18.883 | 2 | |
| 73 | Eiji Chiba (JPN) | | 72 | H-3 | 15 | 5:06.543 | 18.863 | 3 | |
| 74 | Arne-Peder Flesvik (NOR) | | 78 | H-4 | 15 | 5:07.374 | 18.88 | 4 | |
| 75 | Yoshiaki Amasaki (JPN) | | 76 | H-5 | 15 | 5:09.606 | 18.781 | 5 | |
| 76 | Hajime Ishihara (JPN) | | 75 | H-6 | 15 | 5:13.146 | 18.676 | 6 | |
| 77 | Yuichi Aoyagi (JPN) | | 77 | H-7 | 15 | 5:15.173 | 19.319 | 7 | |
| 78 | Derek Mccloskey (IRL) | | 74 | H-8 | 14 | 5:03.131 | 19.199 | 8 | |
| 79 | Yavuz Kura (GER) | | 80 | H-9 | 14 | 5:06.186 | 19.302 | 9 | |
| 80 | Kouki Kato (JPN) | | 79 | H-10 | 1 | 0:29.207 | 29.207 | 10 | |
| 81 | Frank Lemke (GER) | | 87 | I-1 | 15 | 5:03.347 | 18.603 | 1 | |
| 82 | Satsuki Yasmane (JPN) | | 82 | I-2 | 15 | 5:04.606 | 18.852 | 2 | |
| 83 | Juraj Hudy (SVK) | | 88 | I-3 | 15 | 5:11.824 | 18.823 | 3 | |
| 84 | Hidetoshi Matsuda (JPN) | | 83 | I-4 | 15 | 5:16.567 | 19.409 | 4 | |
| 85 | Da-De Sun (TWN) | | 90 | I-5 | 15 | 5:17.489 | 19.156 | 5 | |
| 86 | Yuzo Furudate (JPN) | | 85 | I-6 | 14 | 5:01.517 | 19.478 | 6 | |
| 87 | Mikko Helistl (FIN) | | 86 | I-7 | 14 | 5:02.785 | 19.772 | 7 | |
| 88 | Yusuke Kobayashi (JPN) | | 81 | I-8 | 14 | 5:05.349 | 18.218 | 8 | |
| 89 | Takahiro Ideura (JPN) | | 89 | I-9 | 14 | 5:05.988 | 19.026 | 9 | |
| 90 | Tadashi Hattori (JPN) | | 84 | I-10 | 5 | 1:40.476 | 19.224 | 10 | |
| 91 | Kiyotaka Ichikawa (JPN) | | 91 | J-1 | 16 | 5:20.675 | 18.934 | 1 | |
| 92 | Kazuo Yokokawa (JPN) | | 96 | J-2 | 15 | 5:06.858 | 19.547 | 2 | |
| 93 | Sven Rudig (AUT) | | 95 | J-3 | 15 | 5:07.345 | 18.698 | 3 | |
| 94 | Michael Bolger (IRL) | | 92 | J-4 | 15 | 5:11.802 | 19.249 | 4 | |
| 95 | Si Chang Su (KOR) | | 99 | J-5 | 15 | 5:13.658 | 19.491 | 5 | |
| 96 | Masahiro Otsuka (JPN) | | 100 | J-6 | 15 | 5:16.609 | 19.76 | 6 | |
| 97 | Yutaka Takizawa (JPN) | | 93 | J-7 | 15 | 5:17.686 | 18.86 | 7 | |
| 98 | Hidemine Ono (JPN) | | 94 | J-8 | 15 | 5:18.274 | 19.322 | 8 | |
| 99 | Tohru Iwata (JPN) | | 98 | J-9 | 14 | 5:02.488 | 19.542 | 9 | |
| 100 | Satoshi Okayama (JPN) | | 97 | J-10 | 14 | 5:10.262 | 19.629 | 10 | |
| 101 | Shin Chi Chou (TWN) | | 106 | K-1 | 15 | 5:00.538 | 18.839 | 1 | |
| 102 | Yui Kaino (JPN) | | 103 | K-2 | 15 | 5:05.126 | 19.17 | 2 | |
| 103 | Tzu-Chuen Wang (TWN) | | 108 | K-3 | 15 | 5:10.101 | 19.726 | 3 | |
| 104 | Kazutaka Sera (JPN) | | 102 | K-4 | 15 | 5:13.014 | 19.224 | 4 | |
| 105 | Yosuke Hosaka (JPN) | | 104 | K-5 | 15 | 5:15.509 | 19.295 | 5 | |
| 106 | Yu-Kai Zeng (TWN) | | 107 | K-6 | 15 | 4:54.512 | 18.737 | 6 | |
| 107 | Akihiko Takasaki (JPN) | | 105 | K-7 | 14 | 5:00.419 | 19.388 | 7 | |
| 108 | Jing Ming Chen (TWN) | | 110 | K-8 | 14 | 5:00.541 | 19.559 | 8 | |
| 109 | Rene Levetzow (AUT) | | 109 | K-9 | 14 | 5:01.829 | 19.842 | 9 | |
| 110 | Alexandre Beauquier (FRA) | | 101 | K-10 | 14 | 5:10.614 | 19.253 | 10 | |
| 111 | Shinya Kimura (JPN) | | 113 | L-1 | 16 | 5:09.224 | 17.663 | 1 | |
| 112 | Scott Yang (TWN) | SWORKz S12-1M | 111 | L-2 | 15 | 5:08.811 | 19.208 | 2 | |
| 113 | Daisuke Kato (JPN) | | 114 | L-3 | 15 | 5:16.076 | 19.432 | 3 | |
| 114 | Yutaka Furuyama (JPN) | | 118 | L-4 | 15 | 5:16.355 | 18.971 | 4 | |
| 115 | Ping Hung Hsu (TWN) | | 112 | L-5 | 15 | 5:16.516 | 19.913 | 5 | |
| 116 | Ashley Peeler (AUS) | | 110 | L-6 | 15 | 5:20.731 | 18.878 | 6 | |
| 117 | Motoyoshi Seki (JPN) | | 120 | L-7 | 14 | 5:02.5 | 19.547 | 7 | |
| 118 | Satoshi Fujii (JPN) | | 115 | L-8 | 14 | 5:03.521 | 19.347 | 8 | |
| 119 | Fumiyasu Toku (TWN) | | 117 | L-9 | 14 | 5:10.27 | 19.616 | 9 | |
| 120 | Arnaud Taibi (FRA) | | 116 | L-10 | 13 | 5:20.554 | 19.767 | 10 | |
| 121 | Tsuyoshi Ito (JPN) | | 122 | M-1 | 15 | 5:11.994 | 19.643 | 1 | |
| 122 | Kenji Fukaya (JPN) | | 123 | M-2 | 15 | 5:17.895 | 19.584 | 2 | |
| 123 | Ren Jie Chen (TWN) | | 125 | M-3 | 14 | 5:03.813 | 19.85 | 3 | |
| 124 | Andrew Molkentin (AUS) | | 129 | M-4 | 14 | 5:05.367 | 19.726 | 4 | |
| 125 | Mark Lim (SGP) | | 127 | M-5 | 14 | 5:06.381 | 19.767 | 5 | |
| 126 | Toshiaki Fujimori (JPN) | | 130 | M-6 | 14 | 5:06.996 | 19.63 | 6 | |
| 127 | Naoki Umezawa (JPN) | | 126 | M-7 | 14 | 5:11.002 | 19.786 | 7 | |
| 128 | Susumu Tamura (JPN) | | 124 | M-8 | 14 | 5:16.251 | 19.247 | 8 | |
| 129 | Keiiti Fujita (JPN) | | 121 | M-9 | 14 | 5:19.171 | 19.939 | 9 | |
| 130 | David Church (GBR) | | 128 | M-10 | 13 | 5:01.141 | 20.098 | 10 | |
| 131 | Lee Back Hee (KOR) | | 131 | N-1 | 15 | 5:12.39 | 19.767 | 1 | |
| 132 | Kai Koivuranta (SWE) | | 132 | N-2 | 14 | 5:03.54 | 19.764 | 2 | |
| 133 | Masanori Komada (JPN) | | 134 | N-3 | 14 | 5:05.386 | 19.991 | 3 | |
| 134 | Chien-Fa Lin (TWN) | | 135 | N-4 | 14 | 5:06.827 | 20.228 | 4 | |
| 135 | Mami Hoshino (JPN) | | 136 | N-5 | 14 | 5:10.376 | 21.037 | 5 | |
| 136 | Jung-Nan Yen (TWN) | | 133 | N-6 | 14 | 5:16.906 | 20.158 | 6 | |
| 137 | WK Foong (MYS) | | 138 | N-7 | 14 | 5:17.718 | 21.038 | 7 | |
| 138 | Seiichi Takahashi (JPN) | | 137 | N-8 | 14 | 5:18.36 | 20.447 | 8 | |
| 139 | Koichiro Teramoto (JPN) | | 139 | N-9 | 13 | 5:01.049 | 20.931 | 9 | |
| 140 | Naomi Tomita (JPN) | | 140 | N-10 | 13 | 5:02.876 | 21.075 | 10 | |
| 141 | Thierry Rosado (MON) | | 141 | N-11 | 13 | 5:13.412 | 21.455 | 11 | |
| 142 | Masatsugu Ido (JPN) | Yokomo YZ-2 | 142 | N-12 | 6 | 2:12.592 | 19.119 | 12 | |

## 4WD results

| | | | | Qual | A1 | A1 | A1 | A1 | A1 | A2 | A2 | A2 | A2 | A2 | A3 | A3 | A3 | A3 | A3 | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Ref |
| Pos. | Driver | Car | Motor | Qual | Pos. | Laps | Time | FL | Pt. | Pos. | Laps | Time | FL | Pt. | Pos. | Laps | Time | FL | Pt. | Tot | Disc | Net | Laps | Time | Ref |
| 1 | Bruno Coelho (POR) | X-Ray XB4 '16 | LRP Vector X20 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5:00.652 | 17.263 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5:01.589 | 17.405 | 1 | 10 | DNS | DNS | | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 34 | 10:02.241 | |
| 2 | Naoto Matsukura (JPN) | Kyosho Lazer ZX-6 | Muchmore Fleta ZX | 3 | 2 | 17 | 5:02.864 | 17.198 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3:44.231 | 17.116 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 5:00.415 | 17.179 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 34 | 10:03.279 | |
| 3 | David Ronnefalk (SWE) | HB D413 | Orion VST2 LW | 4 | 3 | 17 | 5:03.312 | 17.409 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 5:09.686 | 17.303 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 5:01.992 | 17.262 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 10:05.304 | |
| 4 | Michal Orlowski (POL) | Schumacher CAT K2 | LRP Vector X20 5.5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 5:07.861 | 17.329 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 5:04.182 | 17.371 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 5:11.995 | 17.235 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 10:12.043 | |
| 5 | Ryan Maifield (USA) | Losi YZ-4 | Orion VST2 LW | 9 | 10 | 16 | 4:56.172 | 17.435 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 5:08.186 | 17.459 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 5:08.896 | 17.445 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 34 | 10:17.082 | |
| 6 | Tom Cockerill (GBR) | Yokomo YZ-4 | Yokomo RP M | 5 | 4 | 17 | 5:06.887 | 17.447 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 5:12.739 | 17.337 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4:14.835 | 17.263 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 10:19.626 | |
| 7 | Martin Bayer (CZE) | X-Ray XB4 2015 | Orca RX3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 5:07.356 | 17.547 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 5:14.961 | 17.654 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 5:07.124 | 17.462 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 10:14.48 | |
| 8 | Yusuke Sugiura (JPN) | Kyosho Lazer ZX-6 | Muchmore Fleta ZX | 8 | 7 | 17 | 5:10.493 | 17.231 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 4:53.355 | 17.388 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 5:06.229 | 17.298 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 10:16.722 | |
| 9 | Hayato Matsuzaki (JPN) | Yokomo YZ-4 | Yokomo RP M | 10 | 8 | 17 | 5:13.965 | 17.615 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 5:22.116 | 17.499 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 5:09.096 | 17.452 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 10:23.061 | |
| 10 | Jared Tebo (USA) | Kyosho Lazer ZX-6 | Orion VST2 LW | 7 | 9 | 17 | 5:16.128 | 17.305 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5:17.259 | 17.487 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 5:17.256 | 17.336 | 8 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 10:33.384 | |
| | | | Qual | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Ref |
| Pos. | Driver | Car | Qual | Pos. | Time | Laps | FL | Pt. | Ref |
| 11 | Lee Martin (GBR) | | | B-1 | 17 | 5:04.255 | | 1 | |
| 12 | Masatsugu Ido (JPN) | | | B-2 | 17 | 5:07.56 | | 2 | |
| 13 | Carson Wernimont (USA) | | | B-3 | 17 | 5:08.187 | | 3 | |
| 14 | Marc Rheinard (GER) | | | B-4 | 17 | 5:10.582 | | 4 | |
| 15 | Kohta Akimoto (JPN) | | | B-5 | 17 | 5:12.052 | | 5 | |
| 16 | Kai Kikuchi (JPN) | | | B-6 | 17 | 5:12.568 | | 6 | |
| 17 | Jörn Neumann (GER) | | | B-7 | 17 | 5:13.127 | | 7 | |
| 18 | Ryan Cavalieri (USA) | | | B-8 | 17 | 5:16.612 | | 8 | |
| 19 | Ty Tessmann (CAN) | HB D413 | | B-9 | 5 | 1:37.422 | | 9 | |
| 20 | Kody Numedahl (USA) | | | B-10 | 0 | 0:00 | | 10 | |
| 21 | Kaito Kodera (JPN) | Yokomo YZ-4 | | C-1 | 17 | 5:03.753 | | 1 | |
| 22 | Shinya Kimura (JPN) | | | C-2 | 17 | 5:07.038 | | 2 | |
| 23 | Joona Haatanen (FIN) | | | C-3 | 17 | 5:11.89 | | 3 | |
| 24 | Elliot Boots (GBR) | | | C-4 | 17 | 5:12.453 | | 4 | |
| 25 | Dustin Evans (USA) | | | C-5 | 17 | 5:13.924 | | 5 | |
| 26 | Hupo Honigl (AUT) | | | C-6 | 16 | 5:00.797 | | 6 | |
| 27 | Dakotah Phend (USA) | | | C-7 | 16 | 5:01.229 | | 7 | |
| 28 | Malin Karlsen (SWE) | | | C-8 | 16 | 5:01.946 | | 8 | |
| 29 | Shiniosuke Adachi (JPN) | | | C-9 | 16 | 5:02.42 | | 9 | |
| 30 | Juriya Kajiwara (JPN) | | | C-10 | 16 | 5:05.6 | | 10 | |
| 31 | Neil Cragg (GBR) | | | D-1 | 17 | 5:11.426 | | 1 | |
| 32 | Chris Sturdy (AUS) | | | D-2 | 17 | 5:16.569 | | 2 | |
| 33 | Philipp Huber (SUI) | | | D-3 | 16 | 5:00.627 | | 3 | |
| 34 | Frederik Hovgaard (DEN) | | | D-4 | 16 | 5:00.808 | | 4 | |
| 35 | Ben Jemison (GBR) | | | D-5 | 16 | 5:04.121 | | 5 | |
| 36 | Jesper Rasmussen (DEN) | | | D-6 | 16 | 5:12.799 | | 6 | |
| 37 | Nana Kaiho (JPN) | | | D-7 | 16 | 5:13.121 | | 7 | |
| 38 | Steve Hartson (USA) | | | D-8 | 15 | 4:36.36 | | 8 | |
| 39 | Craig Collinson (GBR) | | | D-9 | 15 | 5:02.003 | | 9 | |
| 40 | Kyle Ward-McBride (AUS) | | | D-10 | 1 | 0:20.449 | | 10 | |
| 41 | Billy Easton (USA) | | | E-1 | 17 | 5:13.878 | | 1 | |
| 42 | Daisuke Sakamoto (JPN) | | | E-2 | 17 | 5:15.82 | | 2 | |
| 43 | Fabian Luca Widmer (SUI) | | | E-3 | 16 | 5:01.416 | | 3 | |
| 44 | Raymond Munday (AUS) | | | E-4 | 16 | 5:04.226 | | 4 | |
| 45 | Richard Lowe (GBR) | | | E-5 | 16 | 5:04.979 | | 5 | |
| 46 | Kevin Lee (GBR) | | | E-6 | 16 | 5:09.208 | | 6 | |
| 47 | Zacarias Villalba (ESP) | | | E-7 | 16 | 5:14.223 | | 7 | |
| 48 | Bartolomiej Zambrzycki (POL) | | | E-8 | 15 | 5:01.041 | | 8 | |
| 49 | Joshua Pain (AUS) | | | E-9 | 13 | 5:12.685 | | 9 | |
| 50 | Peter Forster (SUI) | | | E-10 | 10 | 3:18.789 | | 10 | |
| 51 | Spencer Rivkin (USA) | | | F-1 | 17 | 5:19.974 | | 1 | |
| 52 | Andrew Smolnik (USA) | | | F-2 | 16 | 5:11.895 | | 2 | |
| 53 | Oliver De Montfumat (FRA) | | | F-3 | 16 | 5:12.945 | | 3 | |
| 54 | Nathan Ralls (GBR) | | | F-4 | 16 | 5:14.454 | | 4 | |
| 55 | Brett Birch (GBR) | | | F-5 | 16 | 5:19.826 | | 5 | |
| 56 | Kevin Seysen (FRA) | | | F-6 | 16 | 5:19.858 | | 6 | |
| 57 | Guan-Shian Chen (TWN) | | | F-7 | 16 | 5:20.301 | | 7 | |
| 58 | Sylvain Gallo Selva (FRA) | | | F-8 | 15 | 5:00.492 | | 8 | |
| 59 | Yusuke Kobayashi (JPN) | | | F-9 | 15 | 5:04.477 | | 9 | |
| 60 | Alexandre Privat (FRA) | | | F-10 | 6 | 1:55.514 | | 10 | |
| 61 | Mathieux Chaffardon (FRA) | | | G-1 | 16 | 5:06.61 | | 1 | |
| 62 | Juraj Hudy (SVK) | | | G-2 | 16 | 5:07.017 | | 2 | |
| 63 | Nick Sava (USA) | | | G-3 | 16 | 5:16.78 | | 3 | |
| 64 | Ju Won Kyou (KOR) | | | G-4 | 16 | 5:17.371 | | 4 | |
| 65 | Alexandre Beauquier (FRA) | | | G-5 | 16 | 5:17.983 | | 5 | |
| 66 | Kiyotaka Ichikawa (JPN) | | | G-6 | 15 | 5:01.364 | | 6 | |
| 67 | Scott Pettet (AUS) | | | G-7 | 15 | 5:05.119 | | 7 | |
| 68 | John Wakins (AUS) | | | G-8 | 15 | 5:08.003 | | 8 | |
| 69 | Kouki Kato (JPN) | | | G-9 | 15 | 5:13.625 | | 9 | |
| 70 | Si Chang Su (KOR) | | | G-10 | 14 | 4:59.601 | | 10 | |
| 71 | Yu Kikuchi (JPN) | | | H-1 | 16 | 5:13.731 | | 1 | |
| 72 | Tadashi Hattori (JPN) | | | H-2 | 16 | 5:15.674 | | 2 | |
| 73 | Sven Rudig (AUT) | | | H-3 | 16 | 5:21.46 | | 3 | |
| 74 | Frank Lemke (GER) | | | H-4 | 15 | 5:03.482 | | 4 | |
| 75 | Hidetoshi Matsuda (JPN) | | | H-5 | 15 | 5:05.905 | | 5 | |
| 76 | Yutaka Takizawa (JPN) | | | H-6 | 15 | 5:06.954 | | 6 | |
| 77 | Frederic Pain (FRA) | | | H-7 | 15 | 5:08.358 | | 7 | |
| 78 | Shih Chi Chou (TWN) | | | H-8 | 15 | 5:10.799 | | 8 | |
| 79 | Michael Bolger (IRL) | | | H-9 | 14 | 5:07.227 | | 9 | |
| 80 | Yuichi Aoyagi (JPN) | | | H-10 | 11 | 3:48.104 | | 10 | |
| 81 | Kyle Moon (GBR) | | | I-1 | 16 | 5:20.392 | | 1 | |
| 82 | Kazuki Sasatsu (JPN) | | | I-2 | 16 | 5:20.568 | | 2 | |
| 83 | Mike Walker (USA) | | | I-3 | 15 | 5:00.993 | | 3 | |
| 84 | Yavuz Kura (GER) | | | I-4 | 15 | 5:06.071 | | 4 | |
| 85 | Derek Mccloskey (IRL) | | | I-5 | 15 | 5:10.365 | | 5 | |
| 86 | Tsuyoshi Ito (JPN) | | | I-6 | 15 | 5:11.172 | | 6 | |
| 87 | Hidemine Ono (JPN) | | | I-7 | 15 | 5:11.59 | | 7 | |
| 88 | Ashley Peeler (AUS) | | | I-8 | 15 | 5:15.274 | | 8 | |
| 89 | Da-De Sun (TPE) | | | I-9 | 14 | 5:03.837 | | 9 | |
| 90 | Tohru Iwata (JPN) | | | I-10 | 6 | 1:58.717 | | 10 | |
| 91 | Yoshiaki Amasaki (JPN) | | | J-1 | 16 | 5:15.967 | | 1 | |
| 92 | Tomoaki Kato (JPN) | | | J-2 | 15 | 5:04.531 | | 2 | |
| 93 | Yutaka Furuyama (JPN) | | | J-3 | 15 | 5:09.642 | | 3 | |
| 94 | Mark Lim (SGP) | | | J-4 | 15 | 5:14.694 | | 4 | |
| 95 | Jori Mykknen (FIN) | | | J-5 | 15 | 5:18.473 | | 5 | |
| 96 | Kazutaka Sera (JPN) | | | J-6 | 15 | 5:18.783 | | 6 | |
| 97 | Akihiko Takasaki (JPN) | | | J-7 | 14 | 5:00.838 | | 7 | |
| 98 | Lee Back Hee (KOR) | | | J-8 | 14 | 5:08.702 | | 8 | |
| 99 | Ping Hung Hsu (TPE) | | | J-9 | 6 | 2:08.095 | | 9 | |
| 100 | Yu-Kai Zeng (TPE) | | | J-10 | 4 | 1:25.497 | | 10 | |
| 101 | Arne-Peder Flesvik (NOR) | | | K-1 | 15 | 5:06.218 | | 1 | |
| 102 | Carson YEUNG (HKG) | | | K-2 | 15 | 5:12.717 | | 2 | |
| 103 | Fumiyasu Toku (TPE) | | | K-3 | 15 | 5:14.42 | | 3 | |
| 104 | Scott Yang (TPE) | | | K-4 | 15 | 5:15.218 | | 4 | |
| 105 | Tzu-Chuen Wang (TPE) | | | K-5 | 15 | 5:19.965 | | 5 | |
| 106 | Rene Levetzow (AUT) | | | K-6 | 15 | 5:23.986 | | 6 | |
| 107 | Masahiro Otsuka (JPN) | | | K-7 | 14 | 5:00.433 | | 7 | |
| 108 | Jonathan Yeung (HKG) | | | K-8 | 14 | 5:00.87 | | 8 | |
| 109 | Satoshi Okayama (JPN) | | | K-9 | 14 | 5:01.676 | | 9 | |
| 110 | Ren Jie Chen (TPE) | | | K-10 | 12 | 4:23.852 | | 10 | |
| 111 | Travis Amezcua (USA) | | | L-1 | 16 | 5:01.033 | | 1 | |
| 112 | Yui Kaino (JPN) | | | L-2 | 15 | 5:02.158 | | 2 | |
| 113 | Motoyoshi Seki (JPN) | | | L-3 | 15 | 5:09.717 | | 3 | |
| 114 | Kazuo Yokokawa (JPN) | | | L-4 | 15 | 5:13.878 | | 4 | |
| 115 | Jing Ming Chen (TPE) | | | L-5 | 15 | 5:18.486 | | 5 | |
| 116 | Daisuke Kato (JPN) | | | L-6 | 14 | 5:04.14 | | 6 | |
| 117 | Susumu Tamura (JPN) | | | L-7 | 14 | 5:05.351 | | 7 | |
| 118 | David Church (GBR) | | | L-8 | 14 | 5:07.479 | | 8 | |
| 119 | Mikko Helistola (FIN) | | | L-9 | 14 | 5:14.525 | | 9 | |
| 120 | Andrew Molkentin (AUS) | | | L-10 | 14 | 5:20.416 | | 10 | |
| 121 | Koichiro Teramoto (JPN) | | | M-1 | 14 | 5:00.407 | | 1 | |
| 122 | Naoki Umezawa (JPN) | | | M-2 | 14 | 5:04.576 | | 2 | |
| 123 | Kai Koivuranta (SWE) | | | M-3 | 14 | 5:05.114 | | 3 | |
| 124 | Jung-Nan Yen (TPE) | | | M-4 | 14 | 5:06.855 | | 4 | |
| 125 | Chien-Fa Lin (TPE) | | | M-5 | 14 | 5:07.803 | | 5 | |
| 126 | WK Foong (MYS) | | | M-6 | 14 | 5:10.829 | | 6 | |
| 127 | Toshiaki Fujimori (JPN) | | | M-7 | 13 | 5:04.526 | | 7 | |
| 128 | Thierry Rosado (MON) | | | M-8 | 13 | 5:20.11 | | 8 | |

## Entries

| Entrants | Alloc. | 2WD | 4WD |
| ROAR | 32 | 14 | 15 |
| FEMCA | 42 | 83 | |
| FAMAR | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| EFRA | 32 | 48 | 48 |
| IFMAR | 12 | n/a | |
| Total | 150 | 142 | 128 |
A number of federations submitted their entry lists in August. The Association of Australia Radio Controlled Model Car Club (AARCMCC) announced in August that they will be sending nine drivers. Remotely Operated Auto Racers (ROAR), representing the North America intended to send 15 drivers with all but one (who is a Canadian) from the United States, half of its allocation total. European Federation of Radio Operated Model Automobiles (EFRA) sent 58 drivers but with late cancellations and no-shows, 48 drivers competed. British Radio Car Association (BRCA), representing the United Kingdom, being the majority being the most with 12 drivers followed by Federation Française de Voitures Radio Commandees (FFVRC), representing France, with 7.
The most entries per country is the Japan Model Racing Car Association (JMRCA) with a total of 54 entries Fourth Association of Model Auto Racing (FAMAR), representing South Africa, South America and the rest of the world did not send any drivers.