The Street Racing League - Brought to you by F1 Rejects

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 24 May 2012, 17:24

Martini Racing had planned to enter SRL right before the series collapsed. They are still interested in entering, and have Marcus Gronholm and Gigi Galli lined up to drive

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 24 May 2012, 17:59

RT Solvalou is interested! (Old entry applies)

Post by **Londoner** » 24 May 2012, 18:28

Going for Gold Racing (an offshoot of Woolworths Shed Seven in the Lotus Racing League) has announced it's provisional entry into this revived series.

Driver 1: Jerome D'Ambrosio
Driver 2: Ralph Firman
Chassis: Any car from the 1996 F1 season (just choose a random one)
Engine: 1999 Mugen Honda V10

Livery (if needed): The same as the Woolworths Shed Seven entry, with gold replacing the red areas of the car. Sponsorship from Ferrero Rocher, replacing Woolworths. 8-)

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 24 May 2012, 21:47

Kamui Kobayashi and HWNSNBM will return, but with a different team which I will decide later.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 24 May 2012, 22:11

MLDC has dissapeared because of having spent most of their budget in ROLFS.

So i will enter Wafflesports with François Duval, the only rally driver that crashes more frequently than Latvala, and Vladimir Chagin, who is a rally legend and brings technology from Kamaz with him.
Wafflesports has its headquarters in the Atomium in Brussels, still the coolest architectural landmark in the world.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 24 May 2012, 22:13

Embassy-Hill Ferrari have decided to pull out, considering the series died before.

I'll be entering a new team: Spyker-Racing

Drivers: Adrian Sutil and Jos Verstappen
Chassis: What can I have?
Engine: The same engine Spyker actually used in 2007, a Ferrari V8(10?)

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 24 May 2012, 22:34

Chassis is pretty much just what your car looks like - I'd say you just go with any Spyker livery

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 24 May 2012, 22:36

Michael Schumacher and Alain Prost will drive for Aeroracing Engineering - Audi SRL Team.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 24 May 2012, 22:43

Klon wrote:Chassis is pretty much just what your car looks like - I'd say you just go with any Spyker livery

I quite liked their orange and black with the Superfund logo anyway so that'll be what it is.

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 25 May 2012, 01:41

Euromotor will return to the series , keeping Bertrand Gachot and Heinz-Harald Frentzen as its drivers

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 25 May 2012, 01:41

Mustafaa will return with Claudio Langes and Jose Maria Lopez.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 25 May 2012, 02:28

MRT will not reenter the category as we already have enough championships to focus on as it is.

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 25 May 2012, 02:50

GRM will continue to race, with Bargs and Caruso.

Post by **tommykl** » 25 May 2012, 15:19

Gillet - ENB will continue on, same as before. It's not like Adams and Bachelart have anywhere else to race :roll:

Pointrox · Post by **Pointrox** » 25 May 2012, 17:27

Albertini Siderurgia GP will continue as well under the new name of Hydook GP, and with new line-up, that is Marin Colak and Milos Pavlovic.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 30 May 2012, 17:43

Alright guys, you will have until Friday morning to decide whether you want to stay, leave or change something about your entry. Then, the Group Stage will be drawn and I shall explain you how it works.

Ferrarist wrote:BTW, does this mean that I take over the Skoda Team Cyprus.

If you insist, sure. 8-)

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 02 Jun 2012, 16:14

Here we go, Group Stage time.

The 18 teams in SRL are split into three pots according to their championship position at the point of cancellation which leads to six groups of three teams which are as follows...

Group A:
Skoda Team Cyprus
Motorsport Bleu
Going For Gold Racing

Group B:
Garry Rogers SRL Motorsport
555 Racing
Top Gun Racing

Group C:
Glass Hammer Racing
Hydook Grand Prix
Spyker Racing

Group D:
Aeroracing Engineering
Trueba Corse
Prada Grand Prix

Group E:
Euromotor
RT Solvalou
Martini Racing

Group F:
Mustafaa Racing
Team Holden
Wafflesports

Now, on each Street Challenge there will be two races - one involving Groups A, C, E and one involving B, D, F. While all 18 cars of these groups will fight on track, your team only truly fights against the other teams in your group with the best driver of a group earning six points and the worst only earning one. The two teams with the most points after St. Petersburg will advance to the knockout round together with Euromotor.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 02 Jun 2012, 16:49

Martini Racing aren't allowed to enter?

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 02 Jun 2012, 16:55

kostas22 wrote:Martini Racing aren't allowed to enter?

Since Melley is AWOL, would you like to replace Trueba with Martini, Klon?

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 02 Jun 2012, 17:58

kostas22 wrote:Martini Racing aren't allowed to enter?

I must apologise, I forgot about that entry when making the groups, of course you are in it. I followed FMecha's advice. Sorry once more. :oops:

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 03 Jun 2012, 01:54

As they were leading the championship at the time of cancellation, Euromotor will get a bye and have already qualified for the knockout round.
The 18 remaining teams are split into three pots according to their championship position at the point of cancellation which leads to six groups of three teams which are as follows...

I don't know if this can be good or bad... or kinda reject-awesome

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 04 Jun 2012, 14:26

On second thought, I think you should remove Métro Léger De Charleroi, because This withdrew the team. Reinistiate Trueba in place of MLDC.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 05 Jun 2012, 16:26

Since I made a mistake and had one team too much, Euromotor are out of luck and will have to enter the group stage which has been redrawn for fairness. I sure hope everything is okay now. Either way, you will get the first race this evening.

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 05 Jun 2012, 17:34

Klon wrote:Since I made a mistake and had one team too much, Euromotor are out of luck and will have to enter the group stage which has been redrawn for fairness. I sure hope everything is okay now. Either way, you will get the first race this evening.

Well, now that was... AWSOME

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 05 Jun 2012, 18:52

=== PAU STREET CHALLENGE - RACE 1 ===

Grid:
1.: Rubens Barrichello - Skoda Team Cyprus (Group A) - 1'04.334
2.: Heinz-Harald Frentzen - Euromotor (Group E) - 1'04.464
3.: Constantinos Tingirides - Skoda Team Cyprus (Group A) - 1'04.694
4.: Bertrand Gachot - Euromotor (Group E) - 1'05.507
5.: Massimilano Papis - RT Solvalou (Group E) - 1'05.618
6.: Jerome D'Ambrosio - Going For Gold Racing (Group A) - 1'06.398
7.: Andrea Montermini - RT Solvalou (Group E) - 1'06.635
8.: Natacha Gachnang - Glass Hammer Racing (Group C) - 1'06.714
9.: Ralph Firman - Going For Gold Racing (Group A) - 1'07.152
10.: Milos Pavlovic - Hydook Grand Prix (Group C) - 1'07.247
11.: Alli Owens - Glass Hammer Racing (Group C) - 1'07.396
12.: Marin Colak - Hydook Grand Prix (Group C) - 1'07.400
13.: Jos Verstappen - Sypker Racing (Group C) - 1'07.475
14.: Adrian Sutil - Spyker Racing (Group C) - 1'07.639
15.: Jamie Whincup - Motorsport Bleu (Group A) - 1'08.000
16.: Juan Pablo Montoya - Motorsport Bleu (Group A) - 1'08.978
17.: Marcus Grönholm - Martini Racing (Group E) - 1'10.662
18.: Gigi Galli - Martini Racing (Group E) - 1'11.418

A new era begins, the Street Racing Leauge returns on the 5 and 6 October 2013 under the guidance of Kay Lon who was present to see the first group of cars take the track for a 120 km race. Since most of the cars remained unchanged, it was obvious that the balance of power would not see radical changes and since the group draw pretty much forced the two most powerful teams in one race, there was no doubt that the qualifying and race would see either Euromotor or Team Cyprus walk away with the win. The new group system immediately saw different approaches to the race, such as Euromotor who did not bother trying to keep up with Barrichello out-front, instead opting for a more secure one-stop strategy (although Frentzen never let the distance to his Brazilian opponent never grow bigger than 10 seconds before he was forced to retire). This one-stop strategy even payed off, Bertrand Gachot drove almost unnoticed within a stop's range and had the upper hand against Barrichello taking the win just before the 50-minute limit. A very interesting story is going down at Martini Racing, whilst lacking competitive power their car seems to handle the streets bloody well and despite finishing dead last on the track, they lead their group due to other cars retiring. Will their strategy bring them in the knockout round or even in the finals?

Race Result:
1. (4.): Bertrand Gachot - Euromotor (Group E) - 49'59.059
2. (1.): Rubens Barrichello - Skoda Team Cyprus (Group A) - +15.925
3. (6.): Jerome D'Ambrosio - Going For Gold Racing (Group A) - +26.781
4. (9.): Ralph Firman - Going For Gold Racing (Group A) - 1 Lap
5. (14.): Adrian Sutil - Spyker Racing (Group C) - 2 Laps
6. (12.): Marin Colak - Hydook Grand Prix (Group C) - 2 Laps
7. (17.): Marcus Grönholm - Martini Racing (Group E) - 3 Laps
8. (18.): Gigi Galli - Martini Racing (Group E) - 3 Laps
DNF (13.): Jos Verstappen - Sypker Racing (Group C) - Puncture
DNF (2.): Heinz-Harald Frentzen - Euromotor (Group E) - Water Leak
DNF (8.): Natacha Gachnang - Glass Hammer Racing (Group C) - Puncture
DNF (11.): Alli Owens - Glass Hammer Racing (Group C) - Engine
DNF (16.): Juan Pablo Montoya - Motorsport Bleu (Group A) - Transmission
DNF (10.): Milos Pavlovic - Hydook Grand Prix (Group C) - Transmission
DNF (5.): Massimilano Papis - RT Solvalou (Group E) - Suspension
DNF (7.): Andrea Montermini - RT Solvalou (Group E) - Transmission
DNF (3.): Constantinos Tingirides - Skoda Team Cyprus (Group A) - Water Leak
DNF (15.): Jamie Whincup - Motorsport Bleu (Group A) - Engine

Group Standings:
- Group A
1.: Going For Gold Racing - 9 Pts.
2.: Skoda Team Cyprus - 7 Pts.
3.: Motorsport Bleu - 5 Pts.

- Group C
1.. Spyker Racing - 10 Pts.
2.: Hydook Grand Prix - 6 Pts.
3.: Glass Hammer Racing - 5 Pts.

- Group E
1.: Martini Racing - 11 Pts.
2.: Euromotor - 9 Pts.
3.: RT Solvalou - 3 Pts.

Team Championship:
1.: Going For Gold Racing - 7 Pts.
2.: Euromotor - 6 Pts.
3.: Skoda Team Cyprus - 5 Pts.
4.: Spyker Racing - 2 Pts.
5.: Hydook Grand Prix - 1 Pt.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 05 Jun 2012, 18:55

Why are my cars so much slower than everyone else?!

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 05 Jun 2012, 19:08

kostas22 wrote:Why are my cars so much slower than everyone else?!

Because you did not bother to tell us which engine your team uses so I took a 6.4L 392 Hemi V8 engine (as used in the Lancia Thema) with 465 bhp and gave your cars a much better reliability (and made Grönholm technically the best driver in the game :lol:

) to offset that disadvantage.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 05 Jun 2012, 19:22

Klon wrote:
kostas22 wrote:Why are my cars so much slower than everyone else?!

Because you did not bother to tell us which engine your team uses so I took a 6.4L 392 Hemi V8 engine (as used in the Lancia Thema) with 465 bhp and gave your cars a much better reliability (and made Grönholm technically the best driver in the game ) to offset that disadvantage.

No-one said anything to me about engines

If I can have it swapped out for the next round I want a Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5L V8 Turbo :twisted:

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 05 Jun 2012, 19:28

kostas22 wrote:
Klon wrote:
kostas22 wrote:Why are my cars so much slower than everyone else?!

Because you did not bother to tell us which engine your team uses so I took a 6.4L 392 Hemi V8 engine (as used in the Lancia Thema) with 465 bhp and gave your cars a much better reliability (and made Grönholm technically the best driver in the game ) to offset that disadvantage.

No-one said anything to me about engines

It says so in the OP and in several other posts. But, being generous as he is - it comes with being the Best In The World™ at what he does - Kay Lon allows this single change due to a rejectful reason I am going to make up before St. Petersburg.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 14 Jun 2012, 20:27

=== PAU STREET CHALLENGE - RACE 2 ===

Grid:
1.: Jason Bargwanna - Garry Rogers SRL Motorsport (Group B) - 1'04.664
2.: Michael Schumacher - Aeroracing Engineering (Group D) - 1'04.740
3.: Michael Caruso - Garry Rogers SRL Motorsport (Group B) - 1'04.863
4.: François Duval - Wafflesports (Group F) - 1'05.140
5.: Claudio Langes - Mustafaa Racing (Group F) - 1'05.424
6.: Jose Maria Lopez - Mustafaa Racing (Group F) - 1'05.428
7.: Toshihiro Arai - 555 Racing (Group B) - 1'05.545
8.: Stephane Sarrazin - 555 Racing (Group B) - 1'05.991
9.: Alain Prost - Aeroracing Engineering (Group D) - 1'06.075
10.: Kamui Kobayashi - Team Holden (Group F) - 1'06.676
11.: Vladimir Chagin - Wafflesports (Group F) - 1'06.794
12.: HWNSNBM - Team Holden (Group F) - 1'07.078
13.: Giovanna Amati - Trueba Corse (Group D) - 1'07.921
14.: Gilles Panizzi - Prada Grand Prix (Group D) - 1'08.153
15.: Jean Alesi - Top Gun Racing (Group B) - 1'08.604
16.: Sebastien Loeb - Prada Grand Prix (Group D) - 1'09.049
17.: Andrea de Cesaris - Top Gun Racing (Group B) - 1'09.334

If there is one thing that can be said about this race it's that it was impossible to predict a winner - at first it looked like we would see a thrilling battle between Jason Bargwanna and the legend Michael Schumacher until the latter had a bad spin and could thank his god (a.k.a. HWNSNBM) for not hitting the wall. Bargwanna did not have much from it, however, he retired shortly afterwards. Former rallye driver Duval looked good, however he was beaten by Langes who however suffered from an awful strategy giving first position back to François Duval who finally kept it on track to take an impressive win on his SRL debut. Wafflesport's owner happily recieved the trophy from Kay Lon and will be confident in his chances to advance to the knockout round. For the fans of statistics: in both races, the fourth-placed starter ended up winning the race. The race did not went without a healthy dose of controversy. Despite leading his group - with Amati the only other runner still in the race and down in eight - he nearly took out himself and Claudio Langes on the second-to-last lap, trying to take third place ... unsuccessfully. Lon advised the "useless parasite" to "finally leave racing for good" but decided together with the stewards against a penalty due to nobody suffering any obvious damage from the event.

Race Result:
1. (4.): François Duval - Wafflesports (Group F) - 50'00.970
2. (7.): Toshihiro Arai - 555 Racing (Group B) - +7.812
3. (5.): Claudio Langes - Mustafaa Racing (Group F) - +21.063
4. (4.): Michael Schumacher - Aeroracing Engineering (Group D) - +21.676
5. (3.): Michael Caruso - Garry Rogers SRL Motorsport (Group B) - +26.131
6. (6.): Jose Maria Lopez - Mustafaa Racing (Group F) - +48.040
7. (10.): Kamui Kobayashi - Team Holden (Group F) - 1 Lap
8. (13.): Giovanna Amati - Trueba Corse (Group D) - 1 Lap
9. (8.): Stephane Sarrazin - 555 Racing (Group B) - 2 Laps
DNF (12.): HWNSNBM - Team Holden (Group F) - Engine
DNF (17.): Andrea de Cesaris - Top Gun Racing (Group B) - Engine
DNF (1.): Jason Bargwanna - Garry Rogers SRL Motorsport (Group B) - Engine
DNF (16.): Sebastien Loeb - Prada Grand Prix (Group D) - Loose Wheel
DNF (9.): Alain Prost - Aeroracing Engineering (Group D) - Engine
DNF (16.): Jean Alesi - Top Gun Racing (Group B) - Engine
DNF (11.): Vladimir Chagin - Wafflesports (Group F) - Accident
DNF (14.): Gilles Panizzi - Prada Grand Prix (Group D) - Transmission

Group Standings:
- Group A
1.: Going For Gold Racing - 9 Pts.
2.: Skoda Team Cyprus - 7 Pts.
3.: Motorsport Bleu - 5 Pts.

- Group B
1.: 555 Racing - 10 Pts.
2.: Garry Rogers SRL Motorsport - 7 Pts.
3.: Top Gun Racing - 4 Pts.

- Group C
1.. Spyker Racing - 10 Pts.
2.: Hydook Grand Prix - 6 Pts.
3.: Glass Hammer Racing - 5 Pts.

- Group D
1.: Aeroracing Engineering - 9 Pts.
2.: Trueba Corse - 6 Pts.
3.: Prada Grand Prix - 6 Pts.

- Group E
1.: Martini Racing - 11 Pts.
2.: Euromotor - 9 Pts.
3.: RT Solvalou - 3 Pts.

- Group F
1.: Mustafaa Racing - 9 Pts.
2.: Wafflesports - 7 Pts.
3.: Team Holden - 5 Pts.

Team Championship:
1.: Going For Gold Racing - 7 Pts.
2.: Euromotor - 6 Pts.
=.: Wafflesports - 6 Pts.
4.: Skoda Team Cyprus - 5 Pts.
=.: 555 Racing - 5 Pts.
6.: Mustafaa Racing - 5 Pts.
7.: Aeroracing Engineering - 3 Pts.
8.: Garry Rogers SRL Motorsport - 2 Pts.
=.: Spyker Racing - 2 Pts.
10.: Hydook Grand Prix - 1 Pt.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 14 Jun 2012, 21:25

1st in Group E is Martini Racing, not Wafflesports!

Post by **tommykl** » 15 Jun 2012, 05:50

WOAH, WAIT! What happened to Gillet - ENB?

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 15 Jun 2012, 11:45

tommykl wrote:WOAH, WAIT! What happened to Gillet - ENB?

AW BATHPLUG! That's what I get for trying to play this realistically and not just completely restart the series with new entries. Would you - as in "you, tommykl" not in "you folks" - accept if you get a bye to the knockout round because of "absence due to mourning" (I don't know why, either sacrifice someone of your staff or think of some awful incident happening to Belgium in December 2013). I am not re-simming any races.

Post by **tommykl** » 15 Jun 2012, 11:47

Klon wrote:
tommykl wrote:WOAH, WAIT! What happened to Gillet - ENB?

AW BATHPLUG! That's what I get for trying to play this realistically and not just completely restart the series with new entries. Would you - as in "you, tommykl" not in "you folks" - accept if you get a bye to the knockout round because of "absence due to mourning" (I don't know why, either sacrifice someone of your staff or think of some awful incident happening to Belgium in December 2013). I am not re-simming any races.

I will accept the bye. And as a story, I'm thinking another political crisis turning bad, with Bart de Wever completely blocking everyone and everything from entering or leaving the country. How's that?

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 15 Jun 2012, 11:50

tommykl wrote:I will accept the bye. And as a story, I'm thinking another political crisis turning bad, with Bart de Wever completely blocking everyone and everything from entering or leaving the country. How's that?

Sounds good enough for me. Thankfully we have that solved.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 15 Jun 2012, 22:31

Klon wrote:
tommykl wrote:I will accept the bye. And as a story, I'm thinking another political crisis turning bad, with Bart de Wever completely blocking everyone and everything from entering or leaving the country. How's that?

Sounds good enough for me. Thankfully we have that solved.

Why would he bother blocking you inferior Walloons? Perhaps your team was in Brussels (at the Wafflesports team presentation for example) and he invaded Brussels, as it obviousy belongs to the great nation of Flanders. Thankfully, your dear leader Di Rupo came to personally rescue you.

I also should mention Brussels Waffles are superior to Liège waffles

(epic team rivalry coming )

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 15 Jun 2012, 22:52

This wrote:
Klon wrote:
tommykl wrote:I will accept the bye. And as a story, I'm thinking another political crisis turning bad, with Bart de Wever completely blocking everyone and everything from entering or leaving the country. How's that?

Sounds good enough for me. Thankfully we have that solved.

Why would he bother blocking you inferior Walloons? Perhaps your team was in Brussels (at the Wafflesports team presentation for example) and he invaded Brussels, as it obviousy belongs to the great nation of Flanders. Thankfully, your dear leader Di Rupo came to personally rescue you.

I also should mention Brussels Waffles are superior to Liège waffles (epic team rivalry coming )

Jupiler Pro League 2011-12 Standings;
2nd Club Brugge 61pts
4th Standard Liège 51pts

Therefore, I declare your accusation of Brussels > Liège as valid

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 15 Jun 2012, 22:58

kostas22 wrote:

That picture stands for "challenge accepted". Was there any challenge - in the competitive sense - in the post, no there wasn't. Aaaargh, get your macros and memetic pictures right, you probably don't like it if people were to confuse AC and Inter, so please...

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 15 Jun 2012, 23:19

Klon wrote:
kostas22 wrote:

That picture stands for "challenge accepted". Was there any challenge - in the competitive sense - in the post, no there wasn't. Aaaargh, get your macros and memetic pictures right, you probably don't like it if people were to confuse AC and Inter, so please...

Challenge accepted being used in slightly different context than ususal?

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 16 Jun 2012, 00:37

Cancer indeed spreads everywhere. Well, me complaining about the state of the Internet is like an addict complaining about low-quality heroin, it's not like we won't pump that mess into our veins.

=== ST. PETERSBURG STREET CHALLENGE - RACE 1 ===

Grid:
1.: Heinz-Harald Frentzen - Euromotor (Group E) - 1'00.569
2.: Marcus Grönholm - Martini Racing (Group E) - 1'01.113
3.: Bertrand Gachot - Euromotor (Group E) - 1'01.114
4.: Rubens Barrichello - Skoda Team Cyprus (Group A) - 1'01.449
5.: Constantinos Tingirides - Skoda Team Cyprus (Group A) - 1'01.234
6.: Gigi Galli - Martini Racing (Group E) - 1'01.347
7.: Natacha Gachnang - Glass Hammer Racing (Group C) - 1'01.392
8.: Jerome D'Ambrosio - Going For Gold Racing (Group A) - 1'01.586
9.: Alli Owens - Glass Hammer Racing (Group C) - 1'01.589
10.: Andrea Montermini - RT Solvalou (Group E) - 1'0.787
11.: Ralph Firman - Going For Gold Racing (Group A) - 1'02.166
12.: Juan Pablo Montoya - Motorsport Bleu (Group A) - 1'03.150
13.: Adrian Sutil - Spyker Racing (Group C) - 1'03.425
14.: Massimilano Papis - RT Solvalou (Group E) - 1'03.547
15.: Jos Verstappen - Sypker Racing (Group C) - 1'03.661
16.: Jamie Whincup - Motorsport Bleu (Group A) - 1'03.818
17.: Milos Pavlovic - Hydook Grand Prix (Group C) - 1'04.020
18.: Marin Colak - Hydook Grand Prix (Group C) - 1'04.724

Euromotor conquers a city named after a European city - how fitting in a way. Despite Barrichello taking the lead with a mighty impressive start, especially considering his large fuel load, there was no doubt on Frentzen taking his first win in the new SRL if his car would hold together which it did. With Bertrand Gachot profiting from the usual failure of the Volkswagen engine in the Team Cyprus cars, it could not have been any better for Euromotor who obviously win Group E as the result of their success and must be considered favourites for the finals. An amusing story took part in Group E with Martini Racing having used new engines for this weekend, after their supposed engines were not delivered to Pau in time, forcing them to buy and take engines out of local folks' Lancias. One must ponder whether it might have been better to keep those bought engines and parts because their new engine did send Grönholm to the first row but like his team mate he was forced to retire due to a transmission problem. Still, they manage to finish second in their group, advancing to the knockout round and finishing only two points behind Euromotor is nothing to be ashamed of. Group C saw a close finish for P2 (Spyker Racing took first by a mile) with Pavlovic's finish allowing his team to advance to the next round by a single point. The biggest upset was in Group A, where the double retirement of their drivers and Montoya's and Whincup's decents efforts spell the end of Skoda Team Cyprus, surely leaving their drivers disappointed.

Race Result:
1. (1.): Heinz-Harald Frentzen - Euromotor (Group E) - 45'22.110
2. (3.): Bertrand Gachot - Euromotor (Group E) - +14.322
3. (11.): Ralph Firman - Going For Gold Racing (Group A) - +1'02.582
4. (13.): Adrian Sutil - Spyker Racing (Group C) - 2 Laps
5. (15.): Jos Verstappen - Sypker Racing (Group C) - 2 Laps
6. (12.): Juan Pablo Montoya - Motorsport Bleu (Group A) - 2 Laps
7. (16.): Jamie Whincup - Motorsport Bleu (Group A) - 2 Laps
8. (17.): Milos Pavlovic - Hydook Grand Prix (Group C) - 2 Laps
9 (6.): Gigi Galli - Martini Racing (Group E) - Transmission
DNF (8.): Jerome D'Ambrosio - Going For Gold Racing (Group A) - Engine
DNF (2.): Marcus Grönholm - Martini Racing (Group E) - Transmission
DNF (4.): Rubens Barrichello - Skoda Team Cyprus (Group A) - Engine
DNF (7.): Natacha Gachnang - Glass Hammer Racing (Group C) - Engine
DNF (5.): Constantinos Tingirides - Skoda Team Cyprus (Group A) - Transmission
DNF (10.): Andrea Montermini - RT Solvalou (Group E) - Engine
DNF (14.): Massimilano Papis - RT Solvalou (Group E) - Oil Leak
DNF (9.): Alli Owens - Glass Hammer Racing (Group C) - Transmission
DNF (18.): Marin Colak - Hydook Grand Prix (Group C) - Transmission

Group Standings:
- Group A
1.: Going For Gold Racing - 18 Pts.
2.: Motorsport Bleu - 14 Pts.
3.: Skoda Team Cyprus - 10 Pts.

- Group B
1.: 555 Racing - 10 Pts.
2.: Garry Rogers SRL Motorsport - 7 Pts.
3.: Top Gun Racing - 4 Pts.

- Group C
1.. Spyker Racing - 21 Pts.
2.: Hydook Grand Prix - 11 Pts.
3.: Glass Hammer Racing - 10 Pts.

- Group D
1.: Aeroracing Engineering - 9 Pts.
2.: Trueba Corse - 6 Pts.
3.: Prada Grand Prix - 6 Pts.

- Group E
1.: Euromotor - 20 Pts.
2.: Martini Racing - 18 Pts.
3.: RT Solvalou - 6 Pts.

- Group F
1.: Mustafaa Racing - 9 Pts.
2.: Wafflesports - 7 Pts.
3.: Team Holden - 5 Pts.

Team Championship:
1.: Euromotor - 17 Pts.
2.: Going For Gold Racing - 11 Pts.
3.: Spyker Racing - 7 Pts.
4.: Wafflesports - 6 Pts.
5.: Skoda Team Cyprus - 5 Pts.
=.: 555 Racing - 5 Pts.
7.: Mustafaa Racing - 5 Pts.
8.: Aeroracing Engineering - 3 Pts.
9.: Garry Rogers SRL Motorsport - 2 Pts.
10.: Hydook Grand Prix - 1 Pt.
=.: Motorsport Bleu - 1 Pt.