BTW, Surikarn is not really new to 1:8. He participated a previous IFMAR once before this year, in 1993 in Sweden when he was only 12 years old. Then he was looking impressive at the Pre-World in his country, in 1994 in Phuket, where he finished 3rd behind M. Salven and S. Grant. However, he refrained (for some reasons) from all RC activities for the following 2 years, right after the Pre World finished. He made a comeback and was doing only EP touring , until he got the World Champion in S. Africa, then he started racing GP locally.
You might want to check the race news section at
www.tq-racing.com ...you can find race reports, Surikarn had been attending.
cheers...
