Yuichi Kanai returns to his World Championship winning RB Engine team

0 May 13, 2013, 5:59 a.m.

Main Photo: Yuichi Kanai returns to his World Championship winning RB Engine team

5/13/2013

By Mike Garrison
LiveRC.com

Last week the news of IFMAR 1:8 World Champion, Yuichi Kanai, leaving Team Orion engines came as a shock to the industry. Today, Kanai has announced that he has re-joined the RB engine team, which was his World Championship winning team in 2000!

Kanai made the following statement announcing his return to RB:

"I have decided to rejoin RB engines, it is a pleasure to be back as this was the engine which I won the World title. So it is so great to be back with such memorable engine manufacturer and cooperating and building again a good relation with RB engines.

Currently, I am the only driver who is keep competing at 1/8th Off Road Buggy World Championship from first time. So based on such long period of my experience, know how, etc. I would like to help and support RB engines for coming years for their development to achieve best performing engine in the world. So, I would like to thank Eric from RB Engines, I appreciate from bottom of my heart of your kind opportunity at this time ! Thank you very much."