The EFRA AGM (Annual General Meeting) is in full swing with a fantastic turnout of RC federations and representatives from across Europe. The AGM is an extremely important event in the EFRA calendar, where all federations and members present their proposals for rule changes and other initiatives.
The first day, Saturday saw the general topics discussed among all delegates with the individual Sections (the various racing categories) splitting into breakout rooms to focus on specific changes related to their own Sections.
Sunday AM will see the remaining and any other business topics discussed in the main room.
Some of the highlights of the section meeting proposal votes are listed below. This is not an exhaustive list of the proposals. The minutes of the various meetings will contain the specific details of all the rules changes.
2026 Race Calendar
The provisional Race Calendar for 2026 is available here (PDF)
General Meeting
- Race officials now have the power to impose immediate penalties and sanctions to drivers in the event of gross misconduct
- The Secretary and Treasurer positions are now appointed for 4 years
- Race transponders are now fully the responsibility of the driver
- The minutes for General Meeting are available here (PDF)
IC Track (1/8 IC Track, 1/10 IC Track, and GT8 & GT8E)
- The 2027 World Championship for 8th IC Track will be in Fiorano, Italy
- The 2027 European Championship for 10th IC Track will be in Groningen, Netherlands
- The 2027 World Championship for GT8/GTE will be in Lostallo, Switzerland
- The 2027 European Championship for 40+ 8th & 10th IC Track will be at La Turbie, Monaco
- A Nitro Track Commission will be formed to recommend the most suitable venues for each EC category
- The minutes for this Section meeting are available here (PDF)
1/8 Buggy (8th IC Buggy & 1/8 E-Buggy)
- The 2027 European Championship for 8th IC Buggy A will be in Sacile, Italy
- The 2027 European Championship for 8th E-Buggy will be in Fehring, Austria
- The 2027 European Championship for 8th IC Buggy B will be at Mach One, Netherlands
- HV batteries are not allowed to be charged at high voltage after advice was taken from battery manufacturers
- 8th IC Buggy Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) will now be 10 minutes
- A three-sided ‘Christmas tree’ will now be an option for race organisers to use
- 8th E-Buggy will now have 7-minute LCQ with bump-ups
- The minutes for this Section meeting are available here (PDF)
Electric Sections (1/10 TC, 1/12 Track, & 1/10 Off Road)
- The 2026 European Championship for 12th Track will take place in Sicily, shortly after the World Championship
- The 2027 European Championship for 10th Buggy will be in Bergen, Norway (carpet)
- The 2027 European Championship for 12th Track will be in Trencin, Slovakia
- The 2027 European Championship for 10th Touring Car will be in Lidkopings, Sweden
- 2WD Buggy will now have controlled front tyres
- 10th Buggy will now have a limit on quantity of tyre sets
- Three finals for all final races in 1/10 Off Road
- The minutes for this Section meeting are available here (PDF)
Large Scale (Touring Car, 2WD & 4WD buggy, & Short Course)
- The 2027 European Championship for Large Scale Touring Car will be in Macon, France
- The 2027 European Championship for Large Scale Off-Road will be in Sonseca, Spain
- Top LSTC drivers will be excluded from participating in the Sport class
- The Large Scale Touring Car wing rules have been expanded
- Superpole for LSTC has been amended to require less time during the Finals day race programme
- The minutes for this Section meeting are available here (PDF)
