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Red Sox Belgium 30 at Spa GP
May 20th, 2013
Story by James Prostell Jr. SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, BELGIUM – Turn 1 at Indianapolis. Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca’s corkscrew. Monaco’s Nouvelle Chicane. All thousands of miles apart, all on very different racetracks, but share some distinct characteristics that highlight the essence of auto racing – risk versus reward.. Get these turns right and the driver can shave precious time off their lap or set up that critical pass. Get it wrong, and well, the team is going to be spending time fixing a vehicle that spiraled as it dropped a few stories or crashed hard into the wall. Add two words to that list of challenging turns – Eau Rouge. Only get it wrong here, and repairs will have to be made to a car that spiraled up a few stories and [...]
Red Sox Spring Fling at Sebring
May 13th, 2013
Story by James Prostell Jr. SEBRING, FL. – After a month-long hiatus, the cars and stars of the Red Sox Racing League’s McLaren Turbo Challenge kicked off season two of the fixed racing series Thursday night. Over the next three months the points battle will rage through famous tracks around the world including Spa, Laguna Seca, Twin Ring Motegi, and Daytona with the drivers competing in identical McLaren MP4-12C GT3 race cars. As daunting as the historical tracks may be, the McLaren is definitely up for the challenge. It’s V8 engine pushes out 550 horsepower (after being detuned to meet FIA regulations!), and mated with an aero package crafted in McLaren’s F1 simulator makes this one GT3 car to look out for. This week the competitors visit sunny Sebring, Florida [...]
Lidqvist Storms to CTC Drivers Title; Lotus Tops Constructors
by Katier Scott on April 26th, 2013
A quiet final week at Oran Park didn’t dampen the fact that — once again, the Classic Teams Championship provided an excellent and exciting player-led addition to the official iRacing.com Classic Lotus Grand Prix Series. For the second season in a row, multiple-champion Gernot Fritsche had to play second fiddle to a superb newcomer to the championship. In this case Nicklas Lindqvist proved to be more than up to the task, scoring 1885 points in the first eight rounds before being forced to retire from the series. Fritsche put up a brave fight and closed the gap to the leader but had to settle for second best on 1724 points. Audrius Valantiejus netted an excellent third with 1630 points. Altough the top five drivers were AWOL at the Oran Park [...]
Fritsche Closes Gap; Lotus Falter
by Katier Scott on April 12th, 2013
Road Atlanta is a popular and challenging track, with the sweeps early in the lap being both exciting and testing in equal amounts. In all 100 Lotus 79 drivers took on the challenge over the course of 10 races during Week 10 of the Classic Teams Challenge in 2013 Season One. Gernot Fritsche took full advantage of the absence of the championship leading Nicklas Lindqvist to win twice, from two starts, and take the maximum points possible during the week. Unfortunately, a comparatively low SOF in the main race of the week limited the former champion’s inroads, but he still closed to within 160 points of the championship lead. That is a mountain to climb in the final weeks at Suzuka and Oran Park, and it likely means Lindqvist is [...]
Lindqvist Leads as Fritsche Falters
by Katier Scott on February 25th, 2013
Nicklas Lindqvist continued his great start to the season as he won the third round of the Classic Teams Championship with a stunning 248 point haul at Road America ahead of Tomasz Kozdron who bumped a faltering Gernot Fritsche to third overall. In all 143 drivers took their Lotus 79s to the long straights of Road America during 20 starts over the course of the week with Tomo MegIic logging the most wins with five victories from seven starts, and managing 195 points overall. During the course of the week several sim-racers made great strides up the championship with Graham Eden’s Luca Zanetti climbing a massive 29 places as he posted a superb 179 point haul at the North American circuit. Other notable performances included Melchester’s Stephen Ellis, Arrows’ Stephen [...]
Williams Consolidate as Surtees Extend Lead
by Katier Scott on January 4th, 2013
As the season moves into its last quarter, championship positions are settling but, by no means, are they confirmed as many drivers still have plenty to fight for in the Classic Teams Championship. Ferrari have faded somewhat as their popular driver (and CTC photographer!) Kalle Ruokola has failed to score for three successive weeks, but so substantial is their lead that the Prancing Horse are well and truly favourites for the title. Brabham’s Roland Ehnström also continues to keep one hand firmly on the drivers championship, although he does have three dropped scores. That does put the pressure on him to ensure he finishes the season strongly as two bad scores or missed weeks will hand the title to Gernot Frische. Amongst the Aurora runners Surtees continue to run strongly [...]
Salminen, Ehnström Lock Horns for the CTC Drivers Crown
by Katier Scott on November 28th, 2012
With a third of the Classic Teams Championship season gone the inter-team battles are settling down, the front runners are becoming clearer and the understanding of the revised car is improving . . . but there is still plenty for drivers to fight for. Round Three of the championship took the drivers to the famous former grand prix venue of Watkins Glen for 25 laps of the Boot Course. Watkins Glen is always popular and this proved the case once again with a season record 234 sim-racers putting in at least one appearance during the course of the 29 online races during the week. Renault’s Jan Beyer finished with a 138 point haul from his four wins and seven days as he took the most wins of anyone around this [...]
Ferrari Falter as Ligier Close-in on Top Spot
by Katier Scott on October 1st, 2012
Sebring marked the point in the Classic Teams Championship where many drivers and teams will have scored eight times and dropped scores will start to become a factor. To date 303 drivers have entered an online race during the season with a whopping 46 of them registering at least a single win with 96 registering multiple top five finishes. Henri Salminen moved into top spot with wins for the season and celebrated with an overall win this week as championship leader, Gernot Fritsche, was unable to race. This meant that at the head of the championship Kalle Ruokala retook the lead by 43 points from Ligier’s David Jaques. Fritsche slipped to third with Salminen a solid, but lonely, P4. Amongst the Aurora teams Tony Lamberti and Nick Thissen continued to [...]
Ferrari Charge, McLaren Show Their Hand
by Katier Scott on September 21st, 2012
For the seventh round of the Classic Teams Championship the field flew back to the UK for one of the most iconic circuits on the calendar. Silverstone hosted the first ever Formula 1 race in 1950, the British Grand Prix since 1948 and has hosted the event 27 times. Coming into the week Ferrari had put-in two performances that were more in keeping with what was expected of the famous marque at the start of the season. The question was, though, whether they would continue the surge or ATS would be able to re-assert their dominance. Ferrari soon put any doubts to rest with a superb 37 point run as they closed to within eight points of the championship lead and, in doing so, moved past Ligier into second place. [...]
Valantiejus Wins, Fritsche Leads
by David Roberts on July 4th, 2012
Classic Teams Championship Round 9: Oulton Park The Classic Teams Championship continues to go from strength to strength. This week saw the roster of drivers grow to 86. And what better place to celebrate than Oulton Park. Regarded by many as a spiritual home to the series, everyone had a smile on their face being back at the picturesque layout. As a circuit that is notoriously hard to pass on, qualifying was once again of utmost importance and was extremely close right throughout the field. Qualifying Qualifying was possibly as close as it has ever been in a CTC round, the top three cars being covered by just 0.043s, the top ten by 0.6s. At the front Valantiejus (Ligier) bested Fritsche (Ferrari) around the sweeping English countryside, his pole time [...]
No Love for Motegi
by David Roberts on June 5th, 2012
Classic Teams Championship Round 5: Twin Ring Motegi, Japan For the first time the Classic Teams Championship visited Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi for Round 5 of the championship. The racing was tough as usual, but the circuit found few supporters. In fact, as the sun set on our week in the Land of the Rising Sun, just 52 sim racers had competed over 10 races resulting in just about as many changes of position on the championship tables as we had seen on the track. QUALIFYING Fritsche and Ferrari were back in full flight in Japan taking another storming pole with a 1.37.727 second lap. But this time just 2 tenths back, and again showing exceptional pace, was Hulbert’s Chevron. There were only 3 other drivers under the magic 1.39 [...]
Nixon Wins, Ruokola Scores
by David Roberts on May 15th, 2012
Unchanged in layout since it opened back in 1955 Elkhart Lake features many elevation changes, along with a very high speed front stretch and the famous Kink in the middle of the back stretch. In other words, an ideal venue for the Classic Teams Championship contenders to stretch their legs. It was also the site for four new drivers to join the circus this week making a total of 75 point scoring competitors in the first two weeks. This week saw 17 races gain official status with Sunday again providing the main race of the week with 44 starters. Drivers spent the week searching for the perfect balance between speed and grip, most running a much lower downforce setup than they did last week at The Glen. Once again the [...]
Sim Racing Meets Real World Racing
by Katier Scott on January 10th, 2012
This weekend features one of the most eagerly-anticipated shows on the motor sport calender as Autosport International opens its doors at the NEC Birmingham. Covering over one million sq ft of floor space, Autosport International is widely regarded as Europe’s largest motorsport exhibition. The event opens to the members of the motorsports trade for two days on 12th and 13th January before the public get the chance to enjoy the wide range of exhibitors on the weekend of the 14th and 15th. This exciting event features stands from companies as diverse as Formula 1, down to go-karting and both oval and road, national motorsport. Amongst the hundreds of stands, and probably thousands of steel, plastic, carbon fibre and fibreglass cars, will be exhibits featuring various elements of sim racing, reflecting [...]
Sudden Impact
by David Phillips on December 30th, 2010
Some questions about iRacing’s relevance to real world racing were answered last summer when Greger Huttu acquitted himself quite well in the Skip Barber Racing School and in a test of Andersen Racing’s Star Mazda at Road Atlanta. An accomplished sim racer who dominated the iRacing World Championship Series Road Racing championship, Huttu had never so much as sat in a race car before his experiences at Road Atlanta. A few more questions were answered last month when Panther Racing signed J.R Hildebrand to a multi-year agreement to drive their IndyCar following a successful test at Phoenix International Raceway. Winner of the 2009 Firestone Indy Lights Championship but with no previous experience at PIR in an IndyCar, Hildebrand used iRacing to prepare for the test. Although the results speak for [...]
The 28th Vintage Racing Festival Formula 1 Reunion June 22 – 25, 2007
by Divina Galica on August 15th, 2010
Editor’s Note: Divina Galica, iRacing.com’s Director of Partner Relations, has enjoyed a thoroughly remarkable sports career. A two-time captain of the British Olympic Ski team, she competed in the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympic games and also set a world speed skiing record of 125 mph. She later turned her competitive focus to race cars, and competed in sports cars, Formula Vauxhall Lotus, Formula Renault, Formula 2 and, ultimately, Formula 1. These days, when not working on various iRacing assignments, “Divi” takes full advantage of each and every opportunity that comes her way to race vintage cars. One such opportunity came at Mosport a few years ago, and we thought you would enjoy her account of the event. I am blessed with good friends and one of the best [...]
Hamilton: McLaren is only third best car
July 29th, 2010
Lewis Hamilton believes McLaren currently has only the third quickest car in Formula 1 – but he still thinks it can be made fast enough to win the world championship. Although the Briton leads the title standings heading into this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, Hamilton is under no illusions that his outfit needs to make big development steps to improve its current challenger. And with Ferrari having delivered a 1-2 finish in the German GP, Hamilton believes his team is no longer Red Bull Racing’s closest challenger
McLaren still confused by flexi-wings
July 28th, 2010
McLaren has admitted that it has no idea how to replicate the front wing set-up currently being used by Red Bull Racing and Ferrari. The legality of the front wings – approved by the FIA prior to the German Grand Prix – had been questioned by rival teams after close scrutiny revealed the wings, and endplates, seemingly flex up to 25mm lower to the ground at high speed, producing more downforce as a result. McLaren’s engineering director Paddy Lowe conceded that despite reviewing the flexi-wing design repeatedly, he is struggling to emulate it.
McLaren ‘behind the curve’ on diffuser
July 28th, 2010
McLaren engineering director Paddy Lowe has admitted that being ‘behind the curve’ on blown diffuser development was probably the main factor in his team’s disappointing German Grand Prix result. Ferrari dominated at Hockenheim, with only Red Bull offering a challenge while McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button finished fourth and fifth, 25 seconds adrift. While Red Bull has used a blown diffuser from the start of the year and Ferrari introduced its version for Valencia, McLaren did not race the device until Hockenheim.
Kubica rules out Monaco GP repeat
July 27th, 2010
Robert Kubica has played down his chances of fighting for victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix – even though his car should be well-suited to the tight and twisty Hungaroring circuit. The Pole was very fast at the Monaco Grand Prix earlier this year, fighting for pole position and the win – and his performance there prompted talk he could stage a repeat at this weekend’s event. However, Kubica believes that his R30 does not quite have the speed needed to take the fight to the current pace-setters Red Bull Racing, Ferrari and McLaren
McLaren hopeful of stronger weekend
July 27th, 2010
McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh is hopeful that his team will enjoy a stronger outing at this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix following a difficult race in Germany. Although the Woking outfit decided to keep its blow diffuser for the Hockenheim weekend, the team was still far from the pace of Ferrari and Red Bull









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