Grand Prix Rejects

Onxy Wrecked wrote:That being said... We're back with Kohei Hirate, Natascha Gachnang, and Roy Guidry.

deportes.elpais.com wrote:Álvarez Competición go to America

Spanish team Álvarez Competición will take part in the brand new AutoReject Indy World Cup.

Run by former racer José Álvarez, the team are based at the former HRT F1 headquarters at La Caja Magica in Madrid. Having primarily been involved with sportscars, Álvarez Competición made their first single-seater appearance at the Indy 500 with current AR3.5 driver Jiri Komarek. The Indy World Cup organisers have invited the Astro Racing Group affiliates back for a full season, and the team have disclosed that former F1RICS driver Jules Vergne will potentially drive for them; the Frenchman raced for Mastercard Lola last season. Their second driver has yet to be decided.

Biscione wrote:

Onxy Wrecked wrote:That being said... We're back with Kohei Hirate, Natascha Gachnang, and Roy Guidry.

Only two full-time cars in the new series, and also driver signing hasn't started yet, it's not a given you'd get Gachnang...

Onxy Wrecked wrote:Onyx Racing has taken the rights to Clint Hillman to RTCC given his lack of desire to race above 250 mph describing it as dangerous to all involved as I am his agent and respect the client's wishes.

Salamander wrote:

Onxy Wrecked wrote:Onyx Racing has taken the rights to Clint Hillman to RTCC given his lack of desire to race above 250 mph describing it as dangerous to all involved as I am his agent and respect the client's wishes.

That's good for him because Cassidy weren't going to retain him anyway.

roblomas52 wrote:May Rob Lomas Racing go on the waiting list please.

Biscione wrote:

roblomas52 wrote:May Rob Lomas Racing go on the waiting list please.

Sure! I mean, there is no waiting list, I expressly wrote in the opening post there wouldn't be any applications for entry accepted from people that didn't own teams in 2016, but sure, I can stick you in the waiting list! Where you'll stay forever! Because you'll be the only one in it!

This wrote:I demand a waiting list! And i want to be in it.

Autosport wrote:Commonwealth to race in resurrected IndyCar full-time for 2017

Commonwealth Group's Data Collection division head David Baldwin has confirmed his outfit's participation in the newly-christened AutoReject Indy World Cup for the 2017 season.

"We are tremendously excited ahead of our first foray into IndyCar racing", said Baldwin, in a Commonwealth Group press conference earlier today. "It has been our desire to expand into North America for a very long time, but with the uncertainty surrounding the previous financial and organizational state of the series, we could not take on the risk of a full-time commitment. We are certainly prepared to make that commitment now."

When asked regarding his opinion on the new machinery, Baldwin replied, "Generally, we've tried to stay away from "spec series" as much as possible; the agglomeration, analysis and actualization of new, innovative technical concepts has always been a central component of our organization, and an aspect which is generally either entirely incompatible or very difficult to achieve in a specification formula. However, the 2017 IndyCar is technologically daring enough, with its active aerodynamics and high output power unit, that it justifies our participation and our concomitant investment through the value of the data gained alone. Obviously, our primary objective remains achieving success in the series, but the radical technical switch was certainly imperative in influencing our final decision."

"Our Data Collection division will be responsible for race and technical management for this inaugural season", concluded the Commonwealth chief, "before handing off to the primary race team from the second year onward as we work to establish a more permanent presence in the United States. Any information regarding driver selection will be announced at a later date."

Biscione wrote:I probably should have asked the nationalities for teams that changed their identies before hand....but I didn't, so I'll belatedly ask for them now! Thanks.

Biscione wrote:I probably should have asked the nationalities for teams that changed their identies before hand....but I didn't, so I'll belatedly ask for them now! Thanks.