All News: brands-hatch

Seeing the Global Picture

July 31st, 2015 by

One of the most important weapons in a race driver’s arsenal is selective memory.  By all means learn from your mistakes, but don’t dwell on them . . . then move on.  Be it the Daytona 500, Monaco Grand Prix, 24 Hours of Le Mans or an iRacing rookie Legends race, the most important race … Read the Rest »

Australian Grand Prix Series Round One: Montreal

June 15th, 2015 by

The inaugural race of the Australian Grand Prix Series took off at Montreal with a massive 27 car field. 2 of the cars were fielded by 2 of our Australian Academy drivers with Daniel Benefield and Scott Newton taking to the grid. After 9 and a half hours of pre-qualifying, it came down deep into … Read the Rest »

iRacing Reaches Licensing Accord with Rockingham

April 28th, 2015 by

iRacing.com, the world’s leading online motorsports service, announced today it has secured a licensing agreement with England’s Rockingham Motor Speedway to create a digital version of the facility.  A team of laser scan technicians and photographers from iRacing traveled to England to conduct work at Rockingham last week. Opened in 2001, Rockingham ranks among the … Read the Rest »

SRO, iRacing.com Announce Blancpain GT Sim Racing Series

March 16th, 2015 by

SRO Motorsports Group and iRacing.com today announced the creation of two online racing series for virtual sports cars that are based on the Blancpain Sprint Series and Blancpain Endurance Series.   The two series will feature iRacing’s digital GT3 cars, including the BMW Z4, Ford GT and McLaren MP4-12C (with Aston Martin and another major manufacturer … Read the Rest »

Tanson’s charge: Almost complete

March 2nd, 2015 by

Brands Hatch; a circuit in the United Kingdom with a lot of heritage. Home of the British Grand Prix for a total of 12 seasons (intermittently) between 1964 and 1986. Gerhard Berger (ex-Ferrari F1 driver) once said that Brands Hatch is “the best circuit in the world,” which is by no means an easy feat … Read the Rest »

Tolnay Takes the Honours in Canada

February 24th, 2015 by

The iRacing Star Mazda championship headed north to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park – formerly known as Mosport – for the tenth round of this season. The track features 10 turns around the 2.459 mi (3.957 km) circuit. The nature of the circuit would certainly make for an exciting race once again! Out of the 10 … Read the Rest »

Via Victorious in Radical Racing Challenge

December 11th, 2014 by

Jairo Via took the 2014 Season 4 Radical Racing Challenge title by a huge margin of 120 points from his nearest rival, DE-AT-CH’s Markus Papenbrock. Papenbrock recovered strongly from a poor first round, to clamber up to a strong second place finish but was unable to challenge for the lead. After five of six rounds … Read the Rest »

No Walk in the Park

November 25th, 2014 by

Brands Hatch located in Kent, England hosted Week 4 of the iRacing Star Mazda Championship. The 2.3 mile circuit is certainly classed as a fan and drivers favourite, and drivers would certainly need to be on their game if they were to do well; and of course not make any mistakes. The 17:45GMT was the … Read the Rest »

Road Warriors Feast at Brands Hatch

October 31st, 2014 by

With the inaugural iRacing Road Warrior Series heading to the checkered flag, competitors assembled at the virtual Brand Hatch for the Formula Festival in honor of the legendary Formula Ford Festival.   iRacing’s Formula Festival had three classes for the 45 minute sim races:  Star Mazda, Skip Barber F2000 or the SCCA Spec Racer Ford. As … Read the Rest »

Road Warriors at Road Atlanta

October 28th, 2014 by

The Road Warriors parked their rigs in Braselton, Georgia for iRacing’s version of Petit Le Mans. The Warriors had three cars to choose from for a 100 minute endurance challenge around one of the world’s most daunting tracks: Road Atlanta. The premiere class was the HPD-ARX 01C LMP2 car, the top GT class consisted of … Read the Rest »