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Interview with Marc Rheinard
The following interview is courtesy of David Smith, the editor of Racing Lines magazine. This is only a small snippet from the indepth interview to be featured in the July issue of Racing Lines magazine. Make sure you pick up your copy at your local hobby store or newsagent.
There would be few people in the world who could claim World Championship status in their chosen activity by the time they are 17 years old. Marc Rheinard can. We caught up with this talented and likeable driver in Bangkok for the TITC race earlier this year. Here’s the result of our conversation.


RL: Marc, thanks for taking the time out to talk with us.
MR: My pleasure.

RL: Some pretty hot competition there today.
MR: Yes it was. Atsushi was fantastic, so was Karn and the others.

RL: That third A Final, that was an awesome race, one of the best I have ever seen. The way you and Karn just went at it for lap after lap. Then there was the collision at the end of the straight on the last lap. What is your take on that?
MR: I wanted to get Karn on that last corner but I was pushing on the straight and I crashed into him. Karn told me he turned in too early and so I crashed into him. That’s the way it goes, there is no thought of any hard feeling.

RL: Oscar is playing around with a new style armature. He tells me Atsushi came back with two minutes run time left in his cells. How about you?
MR: I wasn’t running the same armature style as Atsushi but I still came back with 500mAh run time left.

RL: Do you get to choose which armature you run?
MR: No, that’s up to Oscar. Today though I was running a 7 turn single.

RL: Your signature wind, eh? In Europe they race 12 turn motors. Do you like that rule?
MR: I like faster open motors. Full throttle feels awesome.

RL: This is your first trip to Thailand. What do you think of the country?
MR: The people are so friendly.

RL: What’s your verdict on RCS? Do you have anything like this in Europe?
MR: Let me first say this is a superb complex. There is nothing really like it in Europe. The banquet after racing was fantastic. Usually at home we finish racing, the trophies are presented and we go home.Here, everyone stays and continues partying, laughing, having a good time. It’s great.

RL: It’s amazing here that people tend not to take racing so seriously.
MR: Everyone is so friendly, always laughing and having a good time. It’s the way it should be.

RL: How big is R/C in Germany? How many tracks would there be?
MR: It’s big. There’s maybe twenty tracks in Germany.

RL: And are they permanent tracks like here or carpark type tracks?
MR: Outside they are permanent type tracks and we have three permanent indoor tracks with carpet surface.

For more of this great interview grab a copy of the July issue of Racing Lines magazine.