After Jilles won at Heemested, Tamiya won 5 out of 7 Worlds! They were UNTOUCHABLE and every successful car was basically a 416 copy. Then the 417V5 came out as a direct copy of Jilles Worlds winning car complete with the aeration/emulsion shocks TRF used to get NEGATIVE rebound as this event BANNED all traction compound (but did allow tire warmers) and the emulsion shocks were perfect for this super low traction surface. The problem with the 417V5 was that it was garbage on medium and high bite and the BD7 was a MUCH better car. Tamiya lost the 2014 Worlds to Naoto and the BD7z Yokomo won again with Ronald in 2016. Tamiya called it quits and disbanded their factory team, and by 2018, Bruno was fully in his bag and the T4 was probably the best asphalt car available. 2020 was canceled and 2022 Bruno ran a FLAWLESS race with the (even better) X4. Now that Tamiya has a modern car in the 421 (the 420 and 420X, while good cars were basically what Xray was doing in 2016 lol) I hope they get a factory team going again and get Marc, Jillles and Victor back on the team. And Naoto too. I think they would have a shot sat this years Worlds with the right drivers. Marc won 3 World Titles in TC with Tamiya, I know he would LOVE to come back! TRF/Tamiya fanatic for LIFE!!
