All News: Gernot Fritsche

Fristche’s Hat Trick

February 25th, 2014 by

The iRacing.com Classic Lotus Grand Prix Series held its fourth racing week of 2014 Season 1 in Australia last Sunday. The 4-mile (6.2km) Mount Panorama was the setting, and the weather was gorgeous. With the drivers still reeling from last week’s wreck-fest at Circuit de Spa, much practice and care was on display prior to … Read the Rest »

Fritsche Wins Demo Derby at Spa

February 18th, 2014 by

Week 3 of this season’s iRacing.com Classic Lotus Grand Prix Series was held at Belgium’s Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. This popular track always draws a crowd, and this weekend was no different despite the cold weather of the last two weeks. The 7km (4.2mi) course was slippery as a result of the cool weather, but most … Read the Rest »

Fritsche Flies at Freezing Zolder

February 11th, 2014 by

The second week of this year’s iRacing.com Classic Grand Prix Series was held at Belgium’s Circuit Zolder this weekend. A cold weather system made this 4km (2.5mi) course very slippery and challenging, and reduced the number of pre-Sunday warm-up races to a below-average six as drivers and teams worked on setups and acclimatization. 33 cars … Read the Rest »

Fritsche Back on Top in Canada

December 12th, 2013 by

As the iRacing.com Classic Lotus Grand Prix series moved from the Netherlands Coast to Canada, the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (aka Mosport) hosted the Lotus 79-based series on a sunny Sunday afternoon. The twisty, fast paced turns of the circuit greeted more than one hundred sim-racers distributed over a total of 10 races during the … Read the Rest »

Fritsche, Moreira a Step Ahead in CTC

November 29th, 2013 by

For Round 4 of the iRacing.com Classic Lotus Grand Prix series the field arrived at sunny Zandvoort to battle it out among the dunes by the virtual North Sea. A strong attendance of 31 drivers gridded up for Sunday’s main event, even though it coincided with the final (real) Grand Prix of the season – … Read the Rest »

Fritsche Champion After Stellar Season

October 23rd, 2013 by

Despite a quiet end to the season, Gernot Fritsche comfortably retook the Classic Teams Championship as the veteran sim-racer fully got to grips with the Lotus 79 on the NTMv5 (new tire model version 5) after two slightly off-colour seasons. Fritsche finished the season with a massive 134 point lead over second placed Tapani Linnaluoto, … Read the Rest »

Linnaluoto Wins But Fails to Close Gap

October 15th, 2013 by

A quiet week for the Classsis Teams Championship saw just 54 sim-racers take their Lotus 79s to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. This challenging circuit surprisingly lacked popularity despite being one of the basic content tracks, but half a dozen online races that went official and produced good racing.

Fritsche in Control

September 20th, 2013 by

After seven rounds of the 2013 S3 Classic Teams Championship, Gernot Fritsche has the inside line on another champion’s crown. With a string of strong 220+ scores the multiple champion and Ferrari driver has amassed a nearly 350 point lead over McLaren’s Tapani Linnaluoto and fellow Ferrari driver Michel Dudognon. The lead isn’t quite as … Read the Rest »

Fritsche Opens CTC Defense in Style

August 9th, 2013 by

Gernot Fritsche started the defense of his title in style at Brands Hatch as 110 drivers opened the 2013 S3 CTC and Classic Lotus Grand Prix season at the classic Kent race track. Brands Hatch presented a new opener for the season but this fantastic roller coaster track drew  over a hundred drivers and races … Read the Rest »

Fritsche Scorches to Another Championship

July 25th, 2013 by

Over the course of 12 rounds Gernot Fritsche stormed to another CTC World Championship. Since January 2010 the veteran DE-AT-CH driver has notched up an impressive 344 starts in the Lotus 79 and, even more impressively, won 130 of them. During that time he has driven cars painted in the liveries of famous names including … Read the Rest »