Tamiya Euro Cup
The Tamiya Euro-Cup (TEC) is a German popular sports racing series for radio-controlled model cars . It is organized by the Simba Dickie Group and Tamiya Germany and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2015. There are similar racing series in other European countries, as well as in the USA and Japan. In addition, Tamiya also organizes its own European and world championships.
Competition mode
Open races are held in five regions (north, east, south, west and center) for all classes advertised in the racing season. A season always begins after the German championship in August and ends with this as the climax. The first half of the season (schedule 1) is the winter season with indoor races. Schedule 2 from April mainly includes outdoor races.
All the open races serve to collect qualification points for the German championship. The best in points are then admitted to the DM in Sonneberg and can fight for the title. In this championship race, drivers from other nations with similar racing series are also allowed as guest drivers.
Classes
Only models from Tamiya are permitted in the racing series. Only a few parts from other manufacturers may be used on the cars. All classes only use electric motors in different power levels.
The slowest class is the stick , which is aimed specifically at beginners. Simple plastic touring cars on a scale of 1:10 are permitted in this. The Top Stock allows more powerful engines and vehicle tuning than the Stock. The Gentleman expands the Top Stock with further tuning options and has a minimum age of 40 years.
On the other hand, the Euro-TW and Euro-GT classes are on the road with the right racing chassis . These also rely on a more powerful engine than in the stock classes. The Formula class uses vehicles that are modeled on real Formula 1 . Foam tires are driven here. Everyone else uses rubber tires.
Another class are the M-chassis on a scale of 1:12. Plastic chassis in monocoque construction are used here. Along with the Top Stock, this is one of the oldest in the TEC.
Over the years of the TEC, the class structure has been continuously modified and adapted to the needs of the participants and the Tamiya range.
For the 2017/18 season, the Euro-GT and Formula classes were canceled and the M-07 and Truck classes were introduced.
German champion
German champions of the Tamiya Euro-Cup from 1996 onwards are listed here. The 2009 races were not explicitly held as a German championship, but as a Euro-final.
| year | floor | Top floor | gentleman | Euro-TW | Fighter kids | M chassis | Truck |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Florian Gerhard | Dominik Ruf | Alexander Stocker | Simon Lauter | Tim Sorrow | Simon Lauter | Simon Stegmeier |
| year | floor | Top floor | gentleman | Euro-TW | M-07 | M chassis | Truck |
| 2018 | Maarten Wouters | Dominik Ruf | Alexander Stocker | Simon Lauter | Simon Lauter | Tobias Dietrich | Martin Hofer |
| year | = | = | = | = | Euro GT | = | F104 / formula |
| 2017 | Max Poppe | Dominik Ruf | Reto Wagner | Simon Lauter | Simon Lauter | Tobias Dietrich | Thomas Pannwitz |
| 2016 | Alexander Heym | Dominik Ruf | Dietmar Drost | Simon Lauter | Thomas Pannwitz | Tobias Dietrich | Thomas Pannwitz |
| 2015 | Mareike Stegmeier | Klaus Waldmann | Reto Wagner | Lucas Mühl | Thomas Pannwitz | Tobias Dietrich | Thomas Pannwitz |
| year | Euro fighter | = | = | = | = | = | = |
| 2014 | Dominic reputation | Simon Lauter | Markus Fritz | Simon Lauter | Christian Donath | Jörg Frömel | Daniel Reeb |
| 2013 | Simon Lauter | Jan Woidasky | Markus Fritz | Christian Donath | Christian Donath | Matthias Kotte | Mathias Reber |
| 2012 | - | Simon Lauter | Jochen Janik | Christian Donath | Marco Siegenthaler | Christian Donath | Mathias Reber |
| 2011 | - | Simon Lauter | Dirk Gattke | Mathias Reber | Michel Zierold | Christian Donath | Mathias Reber |
| 2010 | Daniel Förnbacher | Daniel Förnbacher | Dirk Gattke | - | Dennis Fadtke | Jörg Frömel | Roman Pichler |
| year | Euro fighter | = | = | - | = | = | TamTech |
| 2009 | Daniel Förnbacher | Steffen Still | Jens Bunge | - | Fabian Ehrhardt | Jörg Frömel | Giuliano Resta |
| 2008 | Daniel Förnbacher | Sebastian Kroh | Jens Bunge | - | Thomas Pannwitz | Matthias Diefenbach | - |
| year | = | = | = | GT1 | GT2 | - | formula 1 |
| 2007 | Sebastian Kroh | Christopher Krapp | ? | - | Patrick Gassauer | - | - |
| 2006 | - | Felix Bischoff | Karl Reiner Mürder | Marcus Pannwitz | Kai Maurus | - | - |
| 2005 | - | Felix Bischoff | ? | Ronald Völker | ? | - | - |
| 2004 | - | Andreas Eckhardt | Heinz-Jürgen Kalinowski | Ronald Völker | Markus Fritz | - | Daniel Sieber |
| year | 4WD / TCC | rally | |||||
| 2003 | - | Toni Rheinard | Heinz-Jürgen Kalinowski | Marc Rheinard | Rino Vogna | - | Ronald Völker |
| year | F1 / GT | ||||||
| 2002 | - | Toni Rheinard | - | Christian Donath | Rino Vogna | - | Ronald Völker |
| 2001 | - | Alex Piperato | - | Alexander Stocker | - | - | Mathias Reber |
| 2000 | - | Matthias Temme | - | Alexander Stocker | - | - | Mathias Reber |
| year | M chassis | F1 | |||||
| 1999 | - | Oliver Basdorf | - | Jochen Janik | - | Mario Glaser | Michael Clauss |
| 1998 | - | Toni Rheinard | - | Alexander Stocker | - | Thomas Wohlhüter | Bjorn Hellwig |
| year | FWD | 4WD | - | = | = | ||
| 1997 | - | Marc Rheinard | - | Marc Pfenninger | - | Thomas Wohlhüter | Ralf Krause |
| 1996 | - | Sebastian Nill | - | Wolfgang Sesterhenn | - | Alexander Stocker | Markus Mobers |
| 1995 | - | Bernd Haas | - | Frank Steinmeier | - | - | Markus Mobers |
| 1994 | - | Thomas Peter | - | Markus Mobers (DTM) | - | - | Markus Mobers |
| 1993 | - | - | - | - | Markus Mobers | ||
| 1992 | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1991 | - | - | - | - |
Austrian champions
All overall winners of the Tamiya Euro Cup Austria are listed here.
| year | floor | Top floor | Euro-TW | M chassis | formula 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Simon Grötz | Markus Fuhrmann | Wolfgang Buresch | Florian Scheer | |
| 2017 | Michael Bohm | Walter Weissenböck | Wolfgang Buresch | Fritz waiter | |
| 2016 | David Weissenböck | Walter Weissenböck | Wolfgang Buresch | Wolfgang Schober | Walter Weissenböck |
| 2015 | Fritz waiter | Manfred Pasch | Manfred Pasch | Martin Holzeis | Martin Holzeis |
| 2014 | Nils Schober | Manfred Pasch | Manfred Pasch | Florian Scheer | Manfred Pasch |
| gentleman | |||||
| 2013 | David Grötz | Vincent's closet | Walter Weissenböck | Robert Lengauer | Martin Szunyogh |