A halloween nightmare for Kyosho as their #1 Star European driver and two-time European Champion David Ronnefalk
confirms his departure from the Japanese outfit, bringing a decade-long
association between driver and company, five of which were spent as
factory driver.
Ronnefalk’s time with Kyosho saw him blossom rapidly from a promising
protege nurtured by engine guru Adrien Bertin & his mechanic father
Pierre to challenging for Championship wins, his first breakthrough
coming in 2009 winning the European ‘B’ Championships in Switzerland.
The Swede’s performance curve sharpened further as he went on to take
two back-to-back European Championship titles, 4th at the 2012 IFMAR
Worlds – regarded by his peers as a pacesetter he suffered a
disappointing end to the recent 2014 IFMAR Worlds in Sicily – a race
that would prove his Kyosho swansong...
Source: NeoBuggy.net
