2018 FIA Prototype Challenge - The champions are...

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 09 Oct 2015, 20:03

Motorsport.com wrote:Prototype series revived by FIA
After the unexpected collapse of ACO Le Mans Cup, a group of investors bought its assets to revive the series, but under a different name, different type of races and is sanctioned by FIA. The series has been dubbed FIA Prototype Challenge, and its expected to start in 2018.

Welcome to a brand new series: the FIA Prototype Challenge! This series will fill the hole, hopefully, let by the collapse of LMC.

But before, dem rules:

1. Drivers
1.1 Drivers may be fictional only.
1.2 Drivers must have previous canon experience before entering the series.
1.3 If a driver replacement for an injury/ban has not been announced by the time i will run the next race, i reserve the right to choose a driver for you.

2. Teams
2.1 Teams may be entered from any nationality - dual nationality allowed.
2.2 There will be 13 teams, with 2 cars each.
2.3 Teams numbers will be chosen by you, with the exception of: 13, 17 and 4. However, Italian teams may choose the number 13.

3. Cars/Engines
3.1 Cars represent the grip of your car. They may be named whatever you want, but i reserve the right to kick out overly-stupid names.
3.2 Engines may be build from a manufacturer of your choice, and you can name the engine whatever you want, with same penalty. They represent BHP and reliability.
3.3 Before the season, you may choose a focus on either BHP, Reliability or Grip.
3.4 After the season, you may choose to either keep the car and engine, or make a new one from the ground-up. If you keep it, you will be given a boost before the season in a area of your choice.

4. Races
4.1 Each weekend feature a single race.
4.2 Qualifying will be two sessions.
4.3 Points system will pick up from SARS.
4.4 Calendar:

1. 3 Hours of Daytona (Stand-Alone) - Daytona Road Course
2. 4 Hours of Bahrain (Supporting F1) - Sakhir International Circuit
3. 3 Hours of Akrotiri Bay (Supporting F1) - Akrotiri Bay
4. 3 Hours of Enna Pergusa (Supporting F1) - Autodromo di Pergusa
5. 4 Hours of As Fartway (Supporting F1) - As Fartway
6. 5 Hours of Spa (Stand-Alone) - Spa-Francorchamps
7. 4 Hours of Karjala (Supporting IPC) - Karjala Raceway
8. 4 Hours of Paris (Supporting F1) - Circuit Charles de Gaulle
9. 3 Hours of Fuji (Supporting ARWS) - Fuji Speedway
10. Finale at San Francisco (Stand-Alone) - Golden Gate Bridgeway

Entry sample:
Team Name: Valerian Motorsport
Nationality: French
Car: Valerian R15
Engine: Audi TDI V10
Focus: POWAH
Driver 1: Gretchen Suarez
Nationality: USA
Driver 2: Takuma Nakamura
Nationality: JAP
Livery: Audi generic. Reminder, contact other people or do your own livery.

Waiting list:
AndreaModa
RonDenisDeletraz
Simtek

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 09 Oct 2015, 20:04

Valerian-Audi (Normal32)
42. Gretchen Suarez (USA)
78. Takuma Nakamura (JAP)
Lotto-Nismo (Miguel98)
41. Stefan Kuntz (GER)
68. Rui Onorio (KIR)
Bentley (Klon)
6. Calvin Brooks (CAN)
11. Asim Adhikari (NEP)
Pulsar-Mazda (Ataxia)
19. Deividas Lukauskis (LIT)
20. Andrea Battini (ITA)
Mont Blanc-Nissan (V8Fan12)
3. Vic Sunset (USA)
24. Dennis Mignolet (BEL)
Scorpio-Dodge (Salamander)
91. Paul Jenkins (GBR)
92. Jackie Gardner (USA)
Adriatica-Subaru (Novitopoli
94. Leandro Moreira (BRA)
95. Yu Hao (CHN)
Noritake-AER (pi314)
7. Ricardo Llosa (SPA)
8. Jordan McKenna (USA)
Nissan (Biscione)
22. Ron Mignolet (BEL)
23. Hagane Shizuka (JAP)
EisenWolf-Mercedes (FMecha)
31. Enrico Molinaro (ITA)
32. Yui Megumi (JAP)
JLD-BMW (Wizzie)
73. Anita Horford (USA)
74. Tristan Jung (USA)
Gulf-AER (peteroli34)
80. Nikolas Hirvonen (FIN)
81. David Simmons (USA)
MKScuderia-Ford (Pinkd56)
56. John Bovy (GRE)
57. Brucie Kibbutz (ISR)

Post by **Miguel98** » 09 Oct 2015, 20:08

Team Name: Lotto Racing
Nationality: Belgium
Car: Gibson 015S
Engine: NISMO VK48DE V8
Focus: Reliability
Driver 1: Stefan Kuntz (41)
Nationality: German
Driver 2: Rui Onorio (68)
Nationality: Kiribati

Lotto Racing is offering a drive to anyone who's interested.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 09 Oct 2015, 20:16

Team Name: Team Bentley
Nationality: English
Car: Bentley Speed 8 Hybrid Edition (available to customers)
Engine: Bentley 5.5 V8 H Series (Skoda/Bentley Hybrid engine) (available to customers)
Focus: Grip
Driver 1: Calvin Brooks
Nationality: Canadian
Driver 2: Asim Adhikari
Nationality: Nepalese
Livery: Link

Numbers are 6 and 11.

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 09 Oct 2015, 20:52

Vic Sunset wants to comfirm if Mont Blanc Racing is still providing him with a seat in prototype racing after the collapse of ACO. His drive in IPC was to be provided by Mont Blanc Racing until a prototype series appeared again.

Post by **Ataxia** » 09 Oct 2015, 20:58

Team Name: Pirtek Mazdaspeed Pulsar
Nationality: British
Car: Mazdaspeed Pulsar P1-18
Engine: Mazda SKYACTIV-D 2.4L inline-4 (twin-turbo)
Focus: Grip
Driver 1: Deividas Lukauskis (LTU) - #19
Driver 2: TBA - #20
Livery: I'll sort mine out.

We welcome applications for the 2nd seat. Anyone with good endurance racing credentials will be welcomed. No time-wasters.

Furthermore, Leandro Moreira is looking for an opportunity to join the endurance ranks. He has backing from Banco do Brasil, MRV Engenharia and Locaweb.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 09 Oct 2015, 21:05

Team Name: Mont Blanc Racing
Nationality: French
Car: Mont Blanc MB1
Engine: Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
Focus: BHP
Driver 1: Vic Sunset
Nationality: USA
Driver 2: Bertrand Beauchene
Nationality: FRA
Livery: Generic French livery (i.e. the tricolour) with sponsors being L'Oreal, Cartier, AXA, Renault/Nissan (if someone can do this that would be much appreciated)

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 09 Oct 2015, 22:16

Team Name: Globex Scorpio Racing
Nationality: American
Car: Scorpio H-1
Engine: Dodge SRT 8.4L V10 (available to customer)
Focus: BHP
Driver 1: Paul Jenkins
Nationality: GBR
Driver 2: Jackie Gardner
Nationality: USA
Livery: The usual Scorpio livery - I'll do it myself.

Car numbers will be 91 and 92.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 09 Oct 2015, 22:29

Team Name: Scuderia Adriatica - Subaru
Nationality: Italian
Car: Adriatica-Subaru SAS18-01
Engine: Subaru EJ25TT-18 (2.5 L twin turbo boxer engine) (available to customers)
Focus: Grip
Driver 1: Leandro Moreira (#94)
Nationality: BRA
Driver 2: Yu Hao (#95)
Nationality: CHI
Livery: Usual yellow-black Adriatica livery with a shade of Subaru blue on it. Subaru, Aachen Münchener, Westinghouse, AleniaAermacchi, Indesit as sponsors for both cars (plus, Banco do Brasil, MRV Engenharia and Locaweb on Moreira's #94). It would be really nice if someone could take care of it

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 09 Oct 2015, 22:32

V8fan12 wrote:Team Name: Mont Blanc Racing
Nationality: French
Car: Mont Blanc MB1
Engine: Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
Focus: BHP
Driver 1: Vic Sunset
Nationality: USA
Driver 2: Bertrand Beauchene
Nationality: FRA
Livery: Generic French livery (i.e. the tricolour) with sponsors being L'Oreal, Cartier, AXA, Renault/Nissan (if someone can do this that would be much appreciated)

Beauchene has no previous canon experience and as such he cant race here.

Post by **Ataxia** » 09 Oct 2015, 22:35

I'm happy to help out with liveries; I was just wondering if you were using a different carshape, Normal?

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 09 Oct 2015, 22:52

Team Name: Noritake Terada Autosport
Nationality: Japanese
Car: Dome S105
Engine: AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6
Focus: Power
Driver 1: Ricardo Llosa (#7)
Nationality: ESP
Driver 2: Jordan McKenna (#8)
Nationality: USA
Livery: White and Pescarolo green

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 09 Oct 2015, 23:23

Team Name: Nissan Motorsports
Nationality: Japan
Car: Nissan R392
Engine: Nissan VRX32A (3.2 L V8 Twin-Turbo)
Focus: Grip
Driver 1: #22 Ron Mignolet
Nationality: BEL
Driver 2: #23 Hagane Shizuka
Nationality: JPN
Livery: Old school blue/white/red Nissan LMP

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 09 Oct 2015, 23:45

Team Name: Eisen Wolf
Nationality: Germany
Car: Eisen Wolf EW-BG "Bergkaiser"
Engine: Mercedes-AMG LM50A 5000cc V12
Focus: Power

Driver 1: [available] - #31
Driver 2: Yui Megumi (Japan) - #32 (time to revive an long unused driver)

Livery: this - additional sponsorship from Tamiya, German Post (ExPostBrief), Blistein, Ricoh (photocopiers), and Castrol Edge (fuel sponsor) - oh and put this logo somewhere on the car too.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 10 Oct 2015, 00:36

Team Name: BMW JLD Motorsport
Nationality: Germany
Car: BMW-Oreca 07/18
Engine: BMW P91 2.5 V6T
Focus: Reliability
Driver 1 (#73): TBA
Nationality: TBA
Driver 2 (#74): TBA
Nationality: TBA
Livery: The same livery as the BMW JLD car in IPC

Also, BMW would like to point out that the P90 is actually a 3.0L V8 engine formerly used in the F1RWRS series by MRT, and thus do not approve of its use in the Prototype Challenge for propriety reasons.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 10 Oct 2015, 02:07

Normal32 wrote:
V8fan12 wrote:Team Name: Mont Blanc Racing
Nationality: French
Car: Mont Blanc MB1
Engine: Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
Focus: BHP
Driver 1: Vic Sunset
Nationality: USA
Driver 2: Bertrand Beauchene
Nationality: FRA
Livery: Generic French livery (i.e. the tricolour) with sponsors being L'Oreal, Cartier, AXA, Renault/Nissan (if someone can do this that would be much appreciated)

Beauchene has no previous canon experience and as such he cant race here.

Well in that case, we offer the seat to any interested drivers.

Also, numbers are #3 for Sunset and #24 for the tba driver.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 10 Oct 2015, 03:36

Wizzie wrote:Also, BMW would like to point out that the P90 is actually a 3.0L V8 engine formerly used in the F1RWRS series by MRT, and thus do not approve of its use in the Prototype Challenge for propriety reasons.

I didn't notice this, and I decide to switch to Mercedes instead. Hopefully I get the name right.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 10 Oct 2015, 06:14

I'm not entering a team, but i like to remind everyone that Dennis and Ron Mignolet are good quality drivers available to hire.

Post by **Miguel98** » 10 Oct 2015, 06:32

This wrote:I'm not entering a team, but i like to remind everyone that Dennis and Ron Mignolet are good quality drivers available to hire.

Lotto Racing offers a seat to Ron Mignolet.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 10 Oct 2015, 07:05

This wrote:I'm not entering a team, but i like to remind everyone that Dennis and Ron Mignolet are good quality drivers available to hire.

Mont Blanc would like to offer Dennis Mignolet a seat

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 10 Oct 2015, 08:35

This wrote:I'm not entering a team, but i like to remind everyone that Dennis and Ron Mignolet are good quality drivers available to hire.

Given we already discussed this at a previous time, Voeckler would now like to formally offer Ron a position with the works Nissan Motorsports team.

Also, I forgot to mention racing numbers - they will be, unsurprisingly, #22 and #23

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 10 Oct 2015, 09:57

Team Name: Gulf Racing
Nationality: UK
Car: Oreca 07
Engine: AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
Focus: Grip
Driver 1(#80): TBA
Nationality: TBA
Driver 2 (#81): TBA
Nationality: TBA
Livery: Gulf Colours

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 10 Oct 2015, 12:10

Biscione wrote:
This wrote:I'm not entering a team, but i like to remind everyone that Dennis and Ron Mignolet are good quality drivers available to hire.

Given we already discussed this at a previous time, Voeckler would now like to formally offer Ron a position with the works Nissan Motorsports team.

Also, I forgot to mention racing numbers - they will be, unsurprisingly, #22 and #23

I wasn't sure which offers were still standing with the re-arranging of championships, so yeah, deal. But the question was also if you need Dennis' services somewhere.

V8fan12 wrote:
This wrote:I'm not entering a team, but i like to remind everyone that Dennis and Ron Mignolet are good quality drivers available to hire.

Mont Blanc would like to offer Dennis Mignolet a seat

Alright!

Pinkd56 · Post by **Pinkd56** » 10 Oct 2015, 14:26

Team Name: MK Scuderia
Nationality: UK
Car: Zytek Z11SN
Engine: Ford Ecoboost 3.5 L V6 Turbo
Focus: BHP
Driver 1(#56): TBA
Nationality: TBA
Driver 2 (#57): TBA
Nationality: TBA
Livery: Orange w/ Easyjet

SeedStriker · Post by **SeedStriker** » 10 Oct 2015, 14:45

Team Name: Porsche by Union Saver Developments
Nationality: Germany/Austria
Car: Porsche 919
Engine: Porsche 2.0 L Direct-Injected Turbocharged V4 with Hybrid Lithium Batteries
Focus: Reliability
Driver 1: Ricardo Llosa
Nationality: SPA
Driver 2: Jordan McKenna
Nationality: USA
Livery: Blue, white and gold (USD 2018 colours)

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 10 Oct 2015, 14:51

SeedStriker wrote:Team Name: Porsche by Union Saver Developments
Nationality: Germany/Austria
Car: Porsche 919
Engine: Porsche 2.0 L Direct-Injected Turbocharged V4 with Hybrid Lithium Batteries
Focus: Reliability
Driver 1: Ricardo Llosa
Nationality: SPA
Driver 2: Jordan McKenna
Nationality: USA
Livery: Blue, white and gold (USD 2018 colours)

Sorry Seed, but all 13 spots were taken.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 10 Oct 2015, 18:11

This wrote:I wasn't sure which offers were still standing with the re-arranging of championships, so yeah, deal. But the question was also if you need Dennis' services somewhere.

I was quite probably going to offer him a seat in 2018 in GT-R, but that doesn't seem to exist anymore, so no worries about sending him elsewhere.

Rejectsport wrote:LMP: Nissan announce veteran lineup for fresh LMP campaign

Nissan Motorsport have announced a second attempt at resurrecting their LMP programme, announcing a brand new project dubbed R392, and a veteran driving lineup for their two cars.

The brand new machines will be piloted by F1RWRS veterans Hagane Shizuka and Ron Mignolet, who have a combined 174 appearances in the single seater series. Shizuka has long been a target for Nissan, having been originally chased to lead their aborted LMP comeback last year before renewing with Kamaha for a final season in top flight single seaters.

Mignolet meanwhile rejoins familiar territory, having driven for the Voeckler racing firm that has been tasked with running the new Nissan LMP venture during his time in F1RWRS.

Unsurprisingly, Shizuka has been awarded the marque's good luck charm, running with the coveted #23 on his car for the upcoming season.

In other news - to differentiate it from the 2015 engine, as we're 3 years down the line with a new LMP project, the new engine shall be the Nissan VRX32A 3.2 L V6 (Twin-Turbo)

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 10 Oct 2015, 22:36

Bugger, one night out and I've missed the sign-up! Put me down on the waiting list for this please!

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 10 Oct 2015, 23:02

BMW JLD Motorsport have signed Anita Horford and Tristan Jung as our two drivers for the 2018 season.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 11 Oct 2015, 11:52

EDIT: Oh bollocks, missed the signups, can I go on the waiting list?

Because GT-R seems to have died, anyone want to hire former F1RWRS driver Andrea Battani

Post by **Ataxia** » 11 Oct 2015, 18:52

RonDenisDeletraz wrote:EDIT: Oh bollocks, missed the signups, can I go on the waiting list?

Because GT-R seems to have died, anyone want to hire former F1RWRS driver Andrea Battani

Sure, I'd be happy to give Battani a shot in the #20...

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 11 Oct 2015, 19:17

The Grenada Informer wrote:Bovy heading to prototypes with MK Scuderia?

There are rumours abound that national treasure John Bovy, who previously competed in the pinnacle of motorsport, Formula 1, will return to the headlines with a turn in the newly established FIA Prototype Challenge.

Bovy, who has spent the past few years in tin-top racing as part of the GT-R World Championship, is hotly tipped to join the MK Scuderia team, having narrowly lost out to former F1RWRS racer Andrea Battani for a spot with the works Mazda squad.

Bovy is now expected to sign with the British outfit in the coming days, with the newcomers widely expected to secure another former F1RWRS racer, Brucie Kibbutz, for their other seat. A sighting of Bovy's agent, Frederic-Maxime Voeckler, heading through Heathrow yesterday, has only further fuelled speculation that a deal is on the verge of completion.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 12 Oct 2015, 04:14

Ataxia wrote:
RonDenisDeletraz wrote:EDIT: Oh bollocks, missed the signups, can I go on the waiting list?

Because GT-R seems to have died, anyone want to hire former F1RWRS driver Andrea Battani

Sure, I'd be happy to give Battani a shot in the #20...

Battani would definitely accept the offer, sounds good

Pinkd56 · Post by **Pinkd56** » 14 Oct 2015, 12:45

MK Scuderia will enter Brucie Kibbutz (ISR) in the #57 car.

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 14 Oct 2015, 14:02

Autosport wrote:Jones miffed at missing entry but plans for the future

Sammy Jones has stated his disappointment at missing the entry deadline for the FIA's new Prototype Challenge series. It's known that Jones himself was keen on seeing a series started after his team manufactured an LMP2-compliant chassis in preparation for the cancelled Le Mans Cup of 2017. It's believed that there as many as five Jones 111 type chassis currently in storage at the Banbury facility.

Despite missing out for 2018 however, Jones is still aiming to enter the series at the earliest opportunity,

"We have it on good authority that we are top of the list of teams waiting to enter, so I've given the green light to begin development on a new car, ready for when we get the nod from the FIA. The 111 was set to be a promising car but we can't simply use that, it will likely be at least two years old by the time we get to the grid so a whole new concept is required. I've always enjoyed prototype endurance racing, and it's no secret that I would have driven the Jones entry in the Le Mans Cup had it not been shelved. Depending on circumstances, I may dust off the helmet this time as well!"

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 15 Oct 2015, 17:55

Still missing:

Eisen Wolf's first driver
Both of Gulf Racing drivers
MK Scuderia's first driver

No rush, just a reminder.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 15 Oct 2015, 18:36

Jochen Märko, 2nd place in RTSS overall, is available to hire. His only clashing commitment, the Czech Republic round of GBRC, will be cancelled if an offer is forthcoming for his services.

Also a reminder that John Bovy, formerly of Formula 1, GT-R, and Touring Car Masters, is still available to hire.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 15 Oct 2015, 19:43

Gia Van Dycke has found Jesus and he told him to become Gio again. He has started a course to become a priest.

Also he has plenty of experience in pretty much all kind of racing series. And a driver who is blessed by Jesus can't possibly be bad, right?

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 17 Oct 2015, 10:22

Rejectsport wrote:Bovy confirmed as MKS lead driver

British team Milton Keynes Scuderia have finalised their line-up for the upcoming debut season of the FIA Prototype Challenge, with Grenadian driver John Bovy taking their lead #56 car, alongside Israeli pilot Brucie Kibbutz.

Both Bovy and Kibbutz have experience in the top flight of motor racing, with Bovy previously being a member of the Formula 1 circus, while Kibbutz raced for F1's main rival AutoReject World Series in the past.

"I am very happy to race in prototypes with MK Scuderia," said Bovy. "There is promise here. The facilities look good, right in the centre of motorsport valley, a relationship with Ford, and drivers hired for their ability rather than money, as many other teams are often tempted to do. We can build a good future together."

"We will have to wait until pre-season testing to understand where we are relative to everyone else. But from my first impressions, MK Scuderia have a good chance of being quite competitive from the outset."

Bovy has been out of single seaters for some time, more recently dabbling in heavier cars like GTs and NASCAR-style pickup trucks. Despite this, he has no concerns about adapting to the faster, lightweight prototypes.

"It's like riding a bike - you never unlearn it," said Bovy, on his ability in racing powerful lightweight cars. "Prototype races are much longer than the average single seater race, so this time I've spent in things like sportscars and trucks has helped me become a bit more focused on driving consistently."

"But that doesn't mean at all that I've lost my touch! The prototypes will be far different to what I've driven recently, that's true, but I don't think it will take much more than a couple of pre-season tests to get back into the groove with the characteristics of LMPs."

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 24 Oct 2015, 18:24

Skilled F1RWRS racer and Sandwich 17/18 champion, Barii Mori is looking for a part time drive, currently in F5000 and willing to do all races that do not clash.