2018 GBRC - Lydden Hill posted! Pykalisto champion!

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 10 Jun 2015, 18:20

Looking for a new challenge in life, Grenadian ex-Formula 1 racer John Bovy is interested in talking to manufacturer teams.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 10 Jun 2015, 18:52

Daniel Polak, who drove in the old Rallycross championship, is interested in driving for Leclerc Competition.

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 10 Jun 2015, 19:34

Salamander wrote:Daniel Polak, who drove in the old Rallycross championship, is interested in driving for Leclerc Competition.

Leclerc Competition will be delighted for Polak to join our team for the upcoming season

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 11 Jun 2015, 00:26

Biscione wrote:Looking for a new challenge in life, Grenadian ex-Formula 1 racer John Bovy is interested in talking to manufacturer teams.

Everest Rally Team would be interested in Bovy's services.

We are also fielding offers from any other interested drivers.

Rated · Post by **Rated** » 11 Jun 2015, 19:57

ICE-3 Racing (GER)
Car: Ferrari 288 GTO
Driver #1: Julia Schilling (GER) - Exp : IFRC, GTR WC
Driver #2: Bernardo González (MEX) - Exp : 2016 RRC
Driver #3: TBD
Guest Drivers: TBD

I would like to also run a Ford Escort, can I get one please ? Florian Grünewald will be at the wheel if my request is accepted.

TheFlyingCaterham · Post by **TheFlyingCaterham** » 26 Jun 2015, 08:40

Albatross Racing (JPN)
Car: Toyota MR2
#37: Jean-Francois Deschenes (Can be confirmed by Salamander)
#33: Outomo Sugomari (JPN)
Guest Drivers: Probably won't have any. i'll think about it though.

Rated · Post by **Rated** » 09 Jul 2015, 10:51

HawkAussie, gib Ford Escort pls.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 13 Jul 2015, 05:25

Update:
Kelly Harris (NZL) will compete for Everest Rally Team in the #17
Jack Connolly (GBR) will drive the #7 and Mark Kirby (AUS) the #777

Post by **Miguel98** » 21 Jul 2015, 09:40

I remember to everyone who's entered that there's a maximum of three drivers per team for the manufacturer squads, and you have the guest drivers that you can enter as well for the races.

For the privateers, I want to hear if Nuppiz is entering or not the Citroen, and what driver is MinardiFan using to drive his car (and to know which rounds you'll enter too).

You can still sign up people, and still fairly number of spots open.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 21 Jul 2015, 10:08

Guest drivers for 4th Trueba;

Rounds 1, 2, 7, 8 - Benoît Voeckler (FRA)
Rounds 3, 4 - Ólafur Ragnar Hannesson (ICE)
Rounds 5, 6 - Jochen Märko (AUT)

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 21 Jul 2015, 18:18

Andrea Schnass (?) wrote:I know Blokkmonsta only put you in a part-time seat, but if things go well you will get that full-time seat next year, maybe even earlier if you-know-who doesn't do well.

Here, this car was found when we bought the garage in Leipzig. It's not the fastest thing around but it should be enough to keep you competitive.

*Tosses the keys and a suitcase full of cash*

I know you did well in rallycross in your early years, so please take this as a token of apology.

So while he's doing a part-time stint in IPCC, Lasse Tilkesson will do a few rounds as a privateer to keep his skills sharpened. Tilkesson did a few rounds of the RRC in 2016, but he did fairly well there before the series went under. Tilkesson did well in a full-time B-class drive in ARST last year and he did impress in the Race of Rejects, so I would consider him to have fairly good driving skill compared to the veterans.

Team Name: Lasse Tilkesson (self entry)
Car: Opel Manta 400 (I'll use the Red and white "Bastos" livery)
Driver #1: Lasse Tilkesson (Swedish)
Rounds: 3, 4, 5, 6

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 22 Jul 2015, 17:25

A change of plans.

New lineups for Trueba No.4;

Rounds 1, 2, 5, 6 - Jochen Märko (AUT)
Rounds 3, 4 - Ólafur Ragnar Hannesson (ICE)
Rounds 7, 8 - TBA

An additional privateer entry;
Benoît Voeckler (FRA) will race a Renault 5 Maxi Turbo under the banner of Diac Voeckler Renault for the whole season.

HawkAussie · Post by **HawkAussie** » 23 Jul 2015, 05:20

Christian Poulsen will also drive for Kiwi Racing.

Post by **Miguel98** » 24 Jul 2015, 08:31

I remind for the people who've entered, and haven't done so, write which number each car will have.

Also, The Flying Caterham, you need to change the number of the #3 car to something else. Trueba has the #3 car.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 24 Jul 2015, 10:33

Miguel98 wrote:I remind for the people who've entered, and haven't done so, write which number each car will have.

Benoît will take #27 for his Renault.

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 24 Jul 2015, 16:17

Lasse Tilkesson will race under number 73.

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 24 Jul 2015, 17:33

Alright.

Vlahovic: #980
Jovanovic: #6
Beneš: #997
Rossi: #810
Plamodon: #78

Post by **Miguel98** » 24 Jul 2015, 19:06

News:
You have until the 7th of August to enter Round 1 of GBRC. Manufacturer teams have to announce guest drivers for that round until then, and sign their remaining drivers, and who still wants to enter a privateer/or a manufacturer, needs to to it until then. Racing should start on the 8th or 9th of August.

Rated · Post by **Rated** » 24 Jul 2015, 21:21

My plans change.
Team Name : Ferrari (ITA)
Car: Ferrari 288 GTO
Driver #1: Julia Schilling (GER) #11
Driver #2: Bernardo González (MEX) #12
Guest Drivers: (Car #28 everytime)
Round 1 : Antonio Delvecchio (ITA) (Pending Biscione's approval)
Round 3 : Luca Pacchiarini (ITA)
Round 7 : Alexandre-Laurent Voeckler (FRA) (Pending Biscione's approval)

Edited. Reason : Can't enter more than 3 different guest drivers.

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 24 Jul 2015, 21:25

Leclerc Competition would like formally offer a contract to Daniel Polak to drive one of our BX for 2018

The second BX will be driven by Afghan driver Hamid Barmak

The team are also on the lookout for Wildcard drivers to fill or second Citroen Visa at various rounds throughout the season

The teams BX will use #10 and #11
The Visa will use numbers #36 and #37

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 24 Jul 2015, 21:39

peteroli34 wrote:Leclerc Competition would like formally offer a contract to Daniel Polak to drive one of our BX for 2018

Polak accepts.

HawkAussie · Post by **HawkAussie** » 25 Jul 2015, 01:40

Rated wrote:HawkAussie, gib Ford Escort pls.

You can have a Ford

Rated · Post by **Rated** » 25 Jul 2015, 13:41

Ace!
Privateer team entry
Team Name : Florian Grünewald (self entry)
Car : Ford Escort 1700T
Driver #1 : Florian Grünewald (GER) #777
Rounds : All of them rounds.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 25 Jul 2015, 23:53

Everest guest drivers (in car #333)

Vern Fraser (Rd 1)
Alvin Ziegler (Rd 2, 5-6)
Hugo Carvalho (Rds 7-8)

SeedStriker · Post by **SeedStriker** » 29 Jul 2015, 14:43

USD guest drivers (#423)

Jordan McKenna (USA round)
Sasha Hawke (GER round)
Ricardo Llosa (FRA round)

Any driver interested in using the #423 for the rest of the rounds, please ask Union Saver Developments

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 29 Jul 2015, 14:51

Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler will race the #24 Trueba guest car in Rounds 7 and 8 of the series.

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 29 Jul 2015, 20:22

Team Name: Mitsuri Motor Engineering
Car: Lancia ECV2
Driver: TBC 42
Livery: Will do soon.
Rounds: TBC

Post by **Miguel98** » 06 Aug 2015, 13:03

I remind everyone that the deadline for making an entry into the USA round ends at midnight of today. For anyone who's still looking to enter a privateer, or a guest car, enter it now!

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 06 Aug 2015, 14:20

More entries? Sure, why not, there's always scope for extra kek in every series.

Privateer entry:
Montgomery Sterling Motorsport (GBR)
#54 MG 6R4
Round 1: Ray Vance (USA)
Rounds 2, 5, 7: Monk De Wally De Honk (BEL)
Round 8: Edward McWilliams (GBR) [tbc]

Montgomery Sterling Motorsport II (GBR)
#154 MG 6R4
Round 1: Toxteth O'Grady (USA)
Round 8: Kendal Mintcake (GBR)

Pinkd56 · Post by **Pinkd56** » 06 Aug 2015, 15:41

If it's still possible to enter, I'd like to enter a privateer Opel Manta 400 (running in the ACDelco livery).

Privateer Entry:
MK Scuderia (GBR)
#106 Opel Manta 400
Round 1: Carlos Sandoval (HON)

Post by **Miguel98** » 06 Aug 2015, 15:44

Pinkd56 wrote:If it's still possible to enter, I'd like to enter a privateer Opel Manta 400 (running in the ACDelco livery).

Privateer Entry:
MK Scuderia (GBR)
#106 Opel Manta 400
Round 1: Carlos Sandoval (HON)

Yeah, of course. Your looking to enter any more rounds?

Pinkd56 · Post by **Pinkd56** » 06 Aug 2015, 18:07

That will be the plan, would like to expand to a second car if allowed for the European races.

Post by **Miguel98** » 06 Aug 2015, 22:18

Pinkd56 wrote:That will be the plan, would like to expand to a second car if allowed for the European races.

For this season, privateers can only run one car each. If you want though, an european driver can race in the european rounds though.

Pinkd56 · Post by **Pinkd56** » 07 Aug 2015, 00:51

Sure, I probably will do that then

Post by **Miguel98** » 07 Aug 2015, 08:34

Entries for USA are... closed!!!
Full Startlist then:

#1 Trueba Racing Team - Massimo Munari (ITA)
#2 Trueba Racing Team - Markus-Petteri Pykalisto (FIN)
#3 Trueba Racing Team - Giovanni Roda (ITA)
#24 Trueba Racing Team - Jochen Märko (AUT)
#6 Valerian Racing Engines - Nikola Jovanovic (MNE)
#980 Valerian Racing Engines - Jozo Vlahovic (CRO)
#997 Valerian Racing Engines - Andrej Beneš (CZE)
#7 Everest Rally Team - Jack Connolly (GBR)
#17 Everest Rally Team - Kelly Harris (NZL)
#777 Everest Rally Team - Mark Kirby (AUS)
#333 Everest Rally Team - Vern Fraser (AUS)
#10 Leclerc Competition - Daniel Polák (CZE)
#111 Leclerc Competition - Hamid Barmak (AFG)
#36 Leclerc Competition - Thomas Westernberg (AUT)
#11 Ferrari - Julia Schilling (GER)
#12 Ferrari - Bernardo Gonzalez (MEX)
#28 Ferrari - Antonio Delvecchio (ITA)
#18 Aeroracing Engineering - Pedro Poole (BRA)
#19 Aeroracing Engineering - Helios Nicolau (GRE)
#21 Kiwi Racing - Barry Edwards (AUS)
#22 Kiwi Racing - Simon Bourne (NZL)
#23 Kiwi Racing - Christian Poulsen (DEN)
#33 Albatross Racing - Outomo Sugomari (JPN)
#37 Albatross Racing - Jean-Francois Deschenes (FRA)
#34 Union Saver Developments - Saheeh el-Hawami (UAE)
#86 Union Saver Developments - Fernando Costas (URU)
#90 Union Saver Developments - Shoi Jun-Seo (KOR)
#423 Union Saver Developments - Jordan McKenna (USA)
#91 Globex Scorpio Racing - Ståle Øivind Røsbjørgen (NOR)
#92 Globex Scorpio Racing - Pierre Deschenes (FRA)
#92 Globex Scorpio Racing - Tamerlan Hasanov (AZE)
#311 Globex Scorpio Racing - Sandra Cessler (USA)
#27 Diac Voeckler Renault - Benoit Voeckler (FRA)
#77 Florian Grünewald - Florian Grünewald (GER)
#15 Gotham RallyRacing International - Jason Grayson-Drake (USA)
#42 Mitsuri Motor Engineering - Shad Griffith (USA)
#54 Montgomery Sterling Motorsport - Ray Vance (USA)
#154 Montgomery Sterling Motorsport II - Toxteth O'Grady (USA)
#106 MK Scuderia - Carlos Sandoval (HON)

39 entries as a all, which means 15 will DNQ. Tune into to the chatroom tomorrow afternoon for the first race weekend of GBRC!

Post by **Miguel98** » 09 Aug 2015, 13:17

Pykalisto comes out on top at the GBRC first event

Finnish driver Markus-Petteri Pykalisto came out on top in the first event of the new Group B Rallycross Championship. The finnish driver won the A-Final ahead of the norwegian Porsche factory driver Ståle Øivind Røsbjørgen, who finished 2nd, and of the best placed american driver, Jordan McKenna, who took the last step of the podium, after dominating the qualifying runs.
In the B-Final, it was mexican Ferrari driver Bernardo Gonzalez that came out on top, beating czech driver Daniel Polák and Jochen Märko to take the win in the B-Final. Remaining points in the A-Final went to american super talent, Sandra Cessler, Pierre Deschenes who, in the A-Final, set the fastest lap of the weekend to take the bonus point, and Massimo Munari, who spend most of the weekend trying to choke away a position in the A-Final. 6th place was more than Munari deserved. In the B-Final, the remaining points went to Hamid Barmak, Fernando Costas and Julia Schilling.

Going for a larger review of the weekend, early reactions to GBRC we're positive from racing fans, team principals and drivers overall. Most of them we're happy with the end result, and congratulated series organizer Miguel Rocha for the work he did in the off-season to get the series ready for 2018.
Now, for the overall results of the weekend then. In qualifying, it was Jordan McKenna who came out on top, taking the bonus point for best time by 0.221 over Deschenes and 0.264 over Pykalisto. It seemed that the Austin of McKenna, the Lancia's and the Porsche's were the quickest cars out there. Qualifying was also noted by Mark Kirby beeing eliminated, after he had showed pace in the winter test races, beeing 25th, missing the heats by just one place, and by only 0.151. A disappointing weekend for Mazda overall.
For the quarter final heats, the draw made life easy for some, harder for others. In heat 1, both the Porsche's of Ståle Øivind Røsbjørgen and Sandra Cessler went through into the semi-final, finishing 1-2 in the heat, and Daniel Polák who eventually went through into the semi-finals as the best overall time. In heat 2, despite all his best to choke away his presence in the semi-finals, by spinning twice, Massimo Munari won the heat ahead of Hamid Barmak. One can say that Munari was lucky to even be in the A-Final, after a weekend where he deserved to be eliminated in quarter-finals after a very scrubby performance. Heat 3 was the strongest of the quarter-finals heats, as it had Pykalisto, Deschenes and Märko with a chance of going into the semi-finals directly. Märko imediatelly had troubles, losing the back end into turn 1, and getting a small nudge by Deschenes which sent the austrian into a spin. He would recover though, and would finish 3rd, and would go into the semi-finals. Later in the same lap, Deschenes spunned Outomo Sugomari into a spin as well, and chased after Pykalisto, exchanging fastest laps with the finn. Pykalisto came out on top ahead of Deschenes, and both went through. In heat 4, qualifying winner Jordan McKenna had a easy life, as he easilly cleared the heat, finishing ahead of Bernardo Gonzalez. The heat was also remembered by an inccident involving Giovanni Roda and Antonio Delvecchio, as the Ferrari driver lost control of his car, and the Lancia of Roda went straight into the Ferrari, finishing both their races on the spot.
In the semi-finals, heat 1 could've been an anticipated A-Final, with Pykalisto, Märko, Deschenes, Cessler and Gonzalez wanting a spot on it. Pykalisto, from 5th on the grid draw, came through to win the heat ahead of Deschenes and Cessler, with the three going into the A-Final. In heat 2, it was McKenna who took the win, mainting his win streak so far of the weekend, with Ståle Øivind Røsbjørgen taking 2nd on the heat and Munari taking 3rd, despite, again, of his best efforts to putting the Lancia in the wall, by spinning the car once, and losing the back end another.
B-Final was next, and it was Bernardo Gonzalez take came out on top, from last on the grid-draw, in a fantastic drive by the mexican. Daniel Polák took 2nd, while Jochen Märko took 3rd. The B-Final finished with a bang, when the top three we're within a second of each other, with Gonzalez attacking Polak into the final sector, and passing him, with a very fast Jochen Märko trying to pass both cars, but eventually managing only for 3rd.
In the A-Final, it was a phenomenal drive from Pykalisto, after getting drawn on pole, he pulled away at the start, taking advantage of a small incident involving both Porsche's, with Deschenes trying to overtake Røsbjørgen round the outside coming out of turn 2, and gave a small nudge to the norwegian, but it was the frenchman that ended up with a spin. Røsbjørgen chased after Pykalisto, but couldn't get closed enough to try and make a move on the finnish driver.
With the win, Pykalisto becames the first leader of the GBRC, with 33 points, 9 ahead of Røsbjørgen and McKenna. Trueba leads the teams championship with 52 points, 1 ahead of Globex Scorpio Racing and 25 ahead of Union Saver Developments. In the manufacturer championship, Lancia lead on 31 points, 5 ahead of Porsche and 14 ahead of Ferrari.

Qualifying Results:
1 MCKENNA Jordan 01:04.161
2 DESCHENES Pierre +0.221
3 PYKALISTO Markus-Petteri +0.264
4 RØSBJØRGEN Ståle Øivind +0.443
5 MUNARI Massimo +0.534
6 POULSEN Christian +2.370
7 DELVECCHIO Antonio +3.361
8 CESSLER Sandra +3.483
9 RODA Giovanni +4.176
10 MÄRKO Jochen +4.235
11 GONZALEZ Bernardo +4.584
12 POLÁK Daniel +6.212
13 BARMAK Hamid +7.024
14 HASANOV Tamerlan +8.062
15 COSTAS Fernando +8.255
16 HARRIS Kelly +9.351
17 SCHILLING Julia +9.800
18 SUGOMARI Outomo +9.809
19 GRÜNEWALD Florian +10.369
20 BENEŠ Andrej +10.464
21 NICOLAU Helios +11.664
22 WESTERNBERG Thomas +12.175
23 POOLE Pedro +12.769
24 EL-HAWAMI Saheeh +12.825
25 KIRBY Mark +12.976
26 FRASER Vern +13.534
27 GRIFFITH Shad +13.690
28 O'GRADY Toxteth +13.712
29 GRAYSON-DRAKE Jason +13.831
30 DESCHENES Jean-Francois +16.197
31 EDWARDS Barry +16.313
32 JOVANOVIC Nikola +16.415
33 JUN-SEO Shoi +17.612
34 BOURNE Simon +18.652
35 VOECKLER Benoit +19.233
36 VANCE Ray +19.552
37 CONNOLLY Jack +19.563
38 SANDOVAL Carlos +20.322
39 VLAHOVIC Jozo +21.448

Quarter-Finals:
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Semi-Finals:
Heat 1
Heat 2
Finals:
B-Final
A-Final

Championship Standings
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Entries for privateers who haven't entered any rounds are again open. For the ones who've already entered, and are looking to make any changes, please post on this topic. For the manufacturer teams, if you are looking to enter guest drivers into the 2nd round, please, do not edit your main posts. Always make a brand new post regarding changes.

I again warn HawkAussie that Bourne can't do F5K full season, since he has a clash with a GBRC round, and captain_getz, as Tilkesson can't do the sixth round, since it clashes with his IPC commitments.

I'll then declare that the entries for Germany are open up into the 18th of September, at 00:00. Put your entries here in this topic.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 09 Aug 2015, 13:44

I realise it's not for the next round, but I'll enter now anyway because I might forget to do later!

Stefan Lada (SRB)
#47 - Lada VFTS
R4 (FIN) - Alexandra Kustova (RUS)
R6 (CZE) - TBA

TheFlyingCaterham · Post by **TheFlyingCaterham** » 09 Aug 2015, 20:54

I've noticed that on the Team Standings you've listed Albatross Racing as an Australian team, but in fact it is Japanese. I would go and make the change but I do not have an account on the wiki as of yet (As in I'm still waiting for the account on the wiki to be confirmed).

Post by **Miguel98** » 09 Aug 2015, 21:09

TheFlyingCaterham wrote:I've noticed that on the Team Standings you've listed Albatross Racing as an Australian team, but in fact it is Japanese. I would go and make the change but I do not have an account on the wiki as of yet (As in I'm still waiting for the account on the wiki to be confirmed).

Woops, my mistake!

It's fixed now TFC..

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 09 Aug 2015, 21:49

TheFlyingCaterham wrote:I would go and make the change but I do not have an account on the wiki as of yet (As in I'm still waiting for the account on the wiki to be confirmed).

The account confirmation queue is currently empty. You'll have to try registering again, as your previous attempt hasn't entered the system.