2018 International Procar Championship (Kyalami Complete!)

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 27 Sep 2015, 16:57

Alright, I'm not really happy with how the reverse grid races have been turning out, so I'm putting up a poll to see how everyone else thinks. The poll will be open for 3 days.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 28 Sep 2015, 13:34

Juan-Jose Rendon will replace Marcos Marcia in the #48 Repsol SEAT for the rest of the year.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 03 Oct 2015, 06:04

The A-Class Watkins Glen Feature race has been run - you can find the results on RejectSport.

Highlights

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I still need small upgrade plans from the following manufacturer - please note that the deadline for upgrades is before the Round of New York is complete:

Triumph (pasta_maldonado)

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Aeroracing Engineering will not be competing after the New York meeting, and so 12 cars will now be moving on from the B-Class race.
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From now on, Sprint race grids will be set according to the fastest laps in the Feature race.

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 07 Oct 2015, 21:31

Sometimes it's good, but sometimes kinda suck... and Saillard is still not quite helping himself with his driving

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 08 Oct 2015, 00:17

motorsport-total.com wrote:Kay Lon Abandons Team

A nasty surprise awaited the staff of Best In The World Switzerland on-site at Road Gatineau: instead of their lead driver Kay Lon a hurridly called-in Tristan Jung awaited them on practice day. With only leading personnel informed, this development caused a bit of confusion in the pit.

According to rumours, Kay Lon's wife Du Lon has begun being in labour and Lon took the first flight out of Canada back to Germany. The team has refused to comment on these developments, only declaring Lon's departure is for "personal reasons".

For Round 11:
Kay Lon OUT
Tristan Jung IN

Post by **Ataxia** » 08 Oct 2015, 09:54

Jiri Komarek wrote:*Czech swear words*

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 09 Oct 2015, 11:03

The A-Class Watkins Glen Sprint race has been run, completing the weekend - you can find the results on RejectSport.

Highlights
A-Class Standings
Teams' Standings
Manufacturers' Standings
North American Trophy Standings

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 09 Oct 2015, 13:58

Roberto's race was great. He's getting quicker and more consistent as the championship goes by.

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 09 Oct 2015, 14:22

Michael Rohnstock wrote: All these bumpkins need to tone it down a bit. Everyone was hitting eachother out there and without handing out more penalties drivers who keep it clean will not have a chance to perform well with so many idiots out there.

AxelP800 · Post by **AxelP800** » 09 Oct 2015, 15:23

I made driver changes for #50 car which you can see on the wiki. Giuseppe Markus has health issue and cannot contest the rest of the season anymore.

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 09 Oct 2015, 17:25

Can't hardly wait for Kieth to return

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 10 Oct 2015, 01:13

Rejectsport wrote:Jordan to take Blokkmonsta Promoter's Hotseat

As the team prepared to leave Watkins Glen, Team chief Alexi Schnass announced that Carl Jordan would take the team's B-Class hotseat. "We are please to have Carl on the team." Alexi addressed the team in a small press release. "We are certainly have a better car than the Kiwis, so we hope he will bring us results."

Carl Jordan raced for Kiwi Racing in A-Class, where the SEATs they used proved to be very slow and unreliable. Though there are not many details, KR's poor results made Jordan leave the team on less-than-friendly terms, leaving his spot to Khaled Al-Dizi and, later on, Ofato Galuvao.

The B-Class Blokkmonsta car is scheduled to return to the grid at the Round of Germany on August 25, and will do the Rounds of Paris, the Pacific, Japan, and the season finale in Hong Kong.

(This is done with permission from HawkAussie. Jordan will use the same car, no livery change.)

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 10 Oct 2015, 22:17

Alright, I've been thinking about how I can improve the current system of IPC, to make the cars a little less reliant on complete random chance, and came up with the following proposal.

The new system will be based on the manufacturer standings, with the 16 manufacturers being split into 4 tiers. Each tier will have differing abilities in terms of year-on-year stat degradation, number of upgrades, and what RNG ranges are used for the Aero, Engine, Chassis, and Consistency stats. To give an idea of how this might look if it were implemented, here's the basic idea I have at the moment. It is by no means binding and if you have ideas to make it more workable, I'm more than happy to listen. I've also put a new poll up to keep track of everyone's opinions about this.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 11 Oct 2015, 10:29

I always have a preference towards systems that require diligence from the participants to develop a better end product. How such an approach would be implemented in IPC I do not yet know, but I'll keep thinking about it.

I think in the absence of a diligence-based approach though, this revised ageing system is a reasonably good step forward.

Post by **Miguel98** » 12 Oct 2015, 13:11

Wulfric Wombesi to drive for Lotto Racing in Canada
Congo driver Wulfric Wombesi is going to replace Miguel Rocha for the Canadian round of the IPC. Rocha decided to not drive in Canada in order to focus on working with Alfa Romeo to bring an update for the next European round of the championship. Wombesi is not a rookie on IPC, since he drove last year a race in the Privateer Class, and finished 6th. Wombesi has said his very excited to get back to driving, and he expects to help the team get a place on next year's A-Class grid.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 12 Oct 2015, 15:11

Miguel98 wrote:Wombesi has said his very excited to get back to driving, and he expects to help the team get a place on next year's A-Class grid.

That would be quite a feat if he did through legitimate means, as only the top scoring driver for any team really counts for anything.

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 12 Oct 2015, 15:42

Team name: Valerian Juniors
Nation: France
Car: Dodge Charger
Driver 1 name: Riley Griffith
Driver 1 nationality: USA
Driver 1 number: 01
Driver 1 Previous exp: RSTS, GBRC
Livery: 01 Principal Financial Group. Will have a shot at it in the week. EDIT: Done it: Template (here): http://www.formularejects.com/uploader/ ... iorcar.tga
Rounds: Canada, Calder Park

Motorsport wrote:Valerian Junior car unveiled
The junior car entered by Valerian in the Thunderdome and Road Gatineau has finally unveiled its livery:

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 17 Oct 2015, 12:59

The second small upgrade packages have been unveiled - teams running the following cars will have the respective upgrades:

Infiniti: Engine +1
Dacia: Consistency +2
Chevy: Chassis +6
Mazda: Aero +7
Alfa Romeo: Engine +1
BMW: Consistency +2
Toyota: Engine +2

The updated car stats look like this:

Code: Select all

Car          Aero   Engine  Chassis
Infiniti     51-63   52-64   49-61
Dacia        42-56   50-64   44-58
Subaru       45-62   50-67   58-75
Ford         36-57   35-56   30-51
Mercedes     45-54   47-56   49-58
Honda        49-64   51-66   47-62
SEAT         41-62   31-52   26-47
Triumph      61-71   50-60   54-64
Volvo        34-58   36-60   32-56
Dodge        56-68   57-69   45-57
Chevy        60-71   47-58   50-61
Holden       57-70   45-58   47-60
Mazda        51-65   54-68   49-63
Skoda        49-62   59-72   52-65
Alfa         47-55   53-61   55-63
BMW          48-65   51-68   47-64
Toyota       56-67   56-67   51-62
Lada         42-52   58-68   47-57

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Since there have been few responses in the poll, I've decided to extend it another week.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 09 Nov 2015, 06:31

The B-Class Road Gatineau race has been run - you can find the results on RejectSport.

Highlights
B-Class Standings

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 09 Nov 2015, 06:45

Vic Sunset will be withdrawing from the round of South Africa since it would conflict with his participation in the FIA Prototype Challenge. Sorry I did not advise here earlier, but Rick Miller Racing would need to find a replacement for him for that race. Sunset does want to do the final three races of the IPC season however.

Post by **Miguel98** » 09 Nov 2015, 07:40

Rocha happy with Wombesi performance in Canada

Replacing himself is not common on team owners who drive their own cars. Lotto Racing owner Miguel Rocha did just that for the Canadian round of IPC, putting Congo driver Wulfric Wombesi in the car. While Rocha stayed in Italy to help develop the Alfa Romeo 155 for the final part of the championship, Wombesi went to drive in the B-Class race in Road Gatineau. While in the free practice Torres was 3rd and Wombesi was only 23rd, for the qualifying that would determine the grid draw, Wombesi was 10th, while Torres was 3 places behind in 13th, with the draw ending up with Wombesi in 8th and Torres in 10th.

An inccident in the first lap ended Torres chances of points, with the panamian driver damaging the car, and having to pits for repairs, ending up 34th, and another disappointing performance by the panamian driver, after finishing 3rd and 1st in the first two races of the years. Wombesi on the other hand, took advantage of the incident and climbed into 5th, and despite running closelly to the top 4, he settled down for 5th place in the end, scoring Lotto's best result since Torres win in Bathurst early in the year.

Rocha revealed to the italian press that he hopes that Wombesi drives again this year for the team, and excepts Wombesi now to drive a good race in the A-Class race tomorrow.

Gonzalez · Post by **Gonzalez** » 09 Nov 2015, 09:19

CaptainGetz12 wrote:Vic Sunset will be withdrawing from the round of South Africa since it would conflict with his participation in the FIA Prototype Challenge. Sorry I did not advise here earlier, but Rick Miller Racing would need to find a replacement for him for that race. Sunset does want to do the final three races of the IPC season however.

Current F5000 Driver Roberto Zayas with some experience in the GTI Series is interested in having a one-off go, should you accept him a place.

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 09 Nov 2015, 15:05

Gonzalez wrote:
CaptainGetz12 wrote:Vic Sunset will be withdrawing from the round of South Africa since it would conflict with his participation in the FIA Prototype Challenge. Sorry I did not advise here earlier, but Rick Miller Racing would need to find a replacement for him for that race. Sunset does want to do the final three races of the IPC season however.

Current F5000 Driver Roberto Zayas with some experience in the GTI Series is interested in having a one-off go, should you accept him a place.

Sure, if Salamander allows it.

Post by **Miguel98** » 09 Nov 2015, 16:33

Wombesi will drive the remaining non-european rounds for Lotto Racing in the place of Rocha.

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 09 Nov 2015, 21:50

CaptainGetz12 wrote:
Gonzalez wrote:
CaptainGetz12 wrote:Vic Sunset will be withdrawing from the round of South Africa since it would conflict with his participation in the FIA Prototype Challenge. Sorry I did not advise here earlier, but Rick Miller Racing would need to find a replacement for him for that race. Sunset does want to do the final three races of the IPC season however.

Current F5000 Driver Roberto Zayas with some experience in the GTI Series is interested in having a one-off go, should you accept him a place.

Sure, if Salamander allows it.

Connor O'Heagan has thrown his hat into the ring for this as well. He's doing the European rounds already, but will gladly find some Euro to do the South African weekend too.

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 09 Nov 2015, 21:55

AndreaModa wrote:
CaptainGetz12 wrote:
Gonzalez wrote:Current F5000 Driver Roberto Zayas with some experience in the GTI Series is interested in having a one-off go, should you accept him a place.

Sure, if Salamander allows it.

Connor O'Heagan has thrown his hat into the ring for this as well. He's doing the European rounds already, but will gladly find some Euro to do the South African weekend too.

It will be up to whoever owns Rick Miller Racing then.

Gonzalez · Post by **Gonzalez** » 09 Nov 2015, 22:06

My Apologies as I thought CaptainGetz owned the team. I would rather have not mentioned him as "their" team owner. But nevertheless, my offer is still in the hat depending on whoever owns the team chooses.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 09 Nov 2015, 22:45

CaptainGetz12 wrote:Vic Sunset will be withdrawing from the round of South Africa since it would conflict with his participation in the FIA Prototype Challenge. Sorry I did not advise here earlier, but Rick Miller Racing would need to find a replacement for him for that race. Sunset does want to do the final three races of the IPC season however.

I offer Rick Miller Racing (peteroli34) the services of Renaldo Jimenez for the Round of South Africa. He would bring sweet sweet Tropico cash with him 8-)

Also, why did Cecep need to pit? He was on a charge late in that race

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 11 Nov 2015, 23:41

AndreaModa wrote:Connor O'Heagan has thrown his hat into the ring for this as well. He's doing the European rounds already, but will gladly find some Euro to do the South African weekend too.

Rick Miller Racing would like to offer Connor the seat for the South African Race

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 12 Nov 2015, 00:21

peteroli34 wrote:
AndreaModa wrote:Connor O'Heagan has thrown his hat into the ring for this as well. He's doing the European rounds already, but will gladly find some Euro to do the South African weekend too.

Rick Miller Racing would like to offer Connor the seat for the South African Race

Hey hey! Consider it done!

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 12 Nov 2015, 01:53

Just thinking would it be possible for Jorg Scrattenheim to make a one off return to the category in the German Round, replacing Whiting. Wanted to give him a chance for a last hurrah at his home round?

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 12 Nov 2015, 06:19

RonDenisDeletraz wrote:Just thinking would it be possible for Jorg Scrattenheim to make a one off return to the category in the German Round, replacing Whiting. Wanted to give him a chance for a last hurrah at his home round?

Certainly.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 17 Nov 2015, 06:32

The A-Class Road Gatineau race has been run - you can find the results on RejectSport.

Highlights
A-Class Standings
Teams' Standings
Manufacturers' Standings
North American Trophy Standings

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 17 Nov 2015, 08:58

Apologies for not paying attention Salamander, but why is Dinella in the A Class race a bunch of times this year, whilst still doing B Class?

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 17 Nov 2015, 10:37

AndreaModa wrote:Apologies for not paying attention Salamander, but why is Dinella in the A Class race a bunch of times this year, whilst still doing B Class?

I guess because of that thing where the best classified B-Class cars may do A-Class.

AxelP800 · Post by **AxelP800** » 17 Nov 2015, 14:05

MtC Blog wrote:Not a Bad Debut by Stephan Generic

It was nice to do an international series debut here at home, Road Gatineau. This week has been a good learning process for me. I was called to drive for Mark the Car Team when our team CEO Giuseppe Markus stepped back from the #50 car. They initially wanted to put our Vanuatuan thesantipa junior driver, Iolu Natuman to replace him, but they can't do it on the last-minute due to he doesn't have Canadian visa yet and other personal circumtances. Instead I was called by the proximity.

Yeah! What a debut race. Who could have thought 9th is actually possible? Not even me. The car is good, the speed is good, there's crowd cheering, awesome! I qualified to race in A-Class too! A-Class race was tougher, all factory teams were really quick. It was a good learning experience and I'm looking forward to do next races in this series! That's all folks for today

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 17 Nov 2015, 16:44

Klon wrote:
AndreaModa wrote:Apologies for not paying attention Salamander, but why is Dinella in the A Class race a bunch of times this year, whilst still doing B Class?

I guess because of that thing where the best classified B-Class cars may do A-Class.

Yep. The top twelve finishers will be allowed to take part in the A-Class race now that Aeroracing has been kicked out.

Post by **Ataxia** » 17 Nov 2015, 18:59

Pavel Komarek wrote:See? That's what my son can do when he's not handicapped by stupid B-Class qualifying rules. It's no question he's one of the best drivers out there, and he's just going to get even better. There's not a driver in the field I'd rather have.

Jacques Couteau wrote:We've not enjoyed the best time out here in North America, and after Kyalami everyone's going to have some time off to spend with their families to battle away the homesickness.

Obviously for me it's not too bad having Laurent here, but I'm sure he misses his fiancee, and I miss my wife and daughter Adeline, who's racing in the Clio Cup this weekend. You never know, you might see her racing in this championship some day!

Hopefully, we can regroup, and kick on again with our championship battle.

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 18 Nov 2015, 01:39

Not bad, but still needs to be better

AxelP800 · Post by **AxelP800** » 18 Nov 2015, 12:45

A bit change of plan for drivers linings, but for sure it's final decision, unless extraordinary events happened

Should the chassis system be changed?