All News: iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series

Luis Takes World Championship Finale

October 8th, 2013 by

In the final race of the 2013 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series, Hugo Luis powered to victory at the Circuit Gilles Villenevue, aka Montreal. It was the series first visit to iRacing’s latest track rendition, and whilst Greger Huttu wrapped-up his third championship title two-weeks ago, there were still several placings to be decided. … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Fulvio Barozzini

October 7th, 2013 by

This week, I interviewed iRacer Fulvio Barozzini, a 28 year old sim-racer from Besana, Italy.  A member of iRacing since October of 2010, Fulvio — just like last week’s featured driver Matthias Egger– is a regular in the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series. In 274 starts on the road side of iRacing, he has … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Matthias Egger

September 30th, 2013 by

There is always something that just clicks for a person. Whether it’s riding a bike or playing checkers, everyone has something they are naturally good at. For 26 year old Italian Matthias Egger, that something is road racing on iRacing. Since joining the iRacing service in 2008, he has started 224 road races and has … Read the Rest »

Huttu Heads Redline One-Two at Suzuka

September 25th, 2013 by

Freshly-crowned iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series champion Greger Huttu secured his ninth finish on the top step of the podium with a dominant pole-to-flag performance at Suzuka International. The Finn, who recently secured his third world title, held-off a spirited early challenge from his erstwhile championship rival, Hugo Luis, to cruise to victory, with … Read the Rest »

Kerkhof’s Dutch Treat

August 28th, 2013 by

This weekend saw the virtual Williams-Toyota FW31s take to Dutch shores for Round 13 of the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series. Not only did the 29 sim-racers have to face the twisty turns of the former Formula One circuit, but in addition an updated tyre model released to competitors since their last race. Starting … Read the Rest »

New Tyres Deliver at Interlagos

August 24th, 2013 by

Interlagos Circuit – known officially as the Autodromo José Carlos Pace – played host to Round Three of the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series (iGPS), and the dawn of potentially a new era with the whole paddock anticipating the hyped changes to its open-wheel racing car, the Williams-Toyota FW31. With discontent lingering on many fronts, a … Read the Rest »

Masterful Huttu Wins at Motegi

August 13th, 2013 by

Round 12 of the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series brought the virtual Williams-Toyota FW31 Formula 1 cars to Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi complex, where Greger Huttu continued his rich vein of form to extend his lead in the standings. The Finn has 500 points to his name and now leads his closest rival, Hugo … Read the Rest »

2013 iGPS Opener: Well Worth the Wait

August 12th, 2013 by

With 2013 Season Two of the iRacing Grand Prix Series (iGPS) finally water under the bridge, Season Three is now upon us. Now that the top finishers from S2 have achieved their long-awaited promotion, new opportunities present themselves for those awaiting S3 as this is the last chance during 2013 to join the sim racing … Read the Rest »

Prototype & GT Challenge Week One: Sebring

August 6th, 2013 by

The iRacing.com Prototype & GT Challenge series arrived at the historic Sebring International Raceway for the first of twelve rounds this season.  With iRacing’s decision to mothball the original GT Challenge series, this series is now the sole playground for the HPD ARX-01c, the Corvette C6.R GT1 and the Ford GT.  The decision has also … Read the Rest »

Barozzini Scores World Championship Win at Indianapolis

July 30th, 2013 by

Taking full advantage of the absence of front-runners Greger Huttu, Hugo Luis and Atze Kerkhof, Italy’s Fulvio Barozzini scored his first 2013 iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series victory at the virtual Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In an accomplished pole-to-flag drive, the MMM sim-racer was able to capitalise on some first corner dramas to claim are … Read the Rest »