F3RWRS - Yet another feeder series

[the Masked Lapwing]

Lappy can I get a preview of the Mazzacane livery, want to make sure I did it properly

I meant to get a picture today but it slipped my mind. I have tested it in game though, it looks pretty good to me

It seems I'm just waiting for Wizzie to get a chance to name a replacement driver and for takagi to describe Restov's livery before preparations for Spa are done. I don't think I've ever been ready for a race before Aerond did the appropriate F1 race before

[the Masked Lapwing]

New Spa liveries:

Mazzacane:

Miccoli:

Douglas: (although I have a feeling I won't need it....)

Case:

Tassie's:

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Edited due to short-term memory loss

[the Masked Lapwing]

Silva will be in the REd Bull third car again

I know, you said that already.

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Silva will be in the REd Bull third car again

I know, you said that already.

Crap, I completely forgot. I blame F1 Deprivation

[TomWazzleshaw]

Oh for the love of HWNSNBM. In one weekend, one driver gets a ban and the other's 15 bathplugging points away from the exact same fate!

Well, we'll move Douglas up to the second JLD and open the seat up to anyone who wants to troll around the lower-midfield in the F3RWRS. If I can't accept any offers in time, I'll let the evil overlord decide who gets the drive.

And BLN, if this means Douglas is no longer eligible for the RDS, you'll be hearing from MRT's lawyers when I get back.

[Ataxia]

Oh for the love of HWNSNBM. In one weekend, one driver gets a ban and the other's 15 bathplugging points away from the exact same fate!

Well, we'll move Douglas up to the second JLD and open the seat up to anyone who wants to troll around the lower-midfield in the F3RWRS. If I can't accept any offers in time, I'll let the evil overlord decide who gets the drive.

And BLN, if this means Douglas is no longer eligible for the RDS, you'll be hearing from MRT's lawyers when I get back.

If he's in the guest seat and ineligible for points, he's alright (as are all the other guest drivers). If he's not...well, I guess I've got a lawsuit on my hands.

[DemocalypseNow]

Oh for the love of HWNSNBM. In one weekend, one driver gets a ban and the other's 15 bathplugging points away from the exact same fate!

Well, we'll move Douglas up to the second JLD and open the seat up to anyone who wants to troll around the lower-midfield in the F3RWRS. If I can't accept any offers in time, I'll let the evil overlord decide who gets the drive.

And BLN, if this means Douglas is no longer eligible for the RDS, you'll be hearing from MRT's lawyers when I get back.

Need someone for the points scoring car? Well, Nobushige Fukuda won't have any RoLFS apperances for a while now....

[Ataxia]

It's official! I will be a @FusionMotorsports driver in #F3RWRS next season. Looking forward to 2016!

[DemocalypseNow]

Parma Corse to run charity livery at Monza


Parma Corse have revealed a special one-off livery which will be used at the team's home event at Monza, in aid of social enterprise San Patrignano. The charity, which has for thirty years rehabilitated former drug addicts through various means, including sport. Both Parma Corse cars will run in a plain white livery with San Patrignano logos placed on various parts of the car.

"Drug addiciton is not just a problem in Italy, but worldwide. But here, in the home country of Il Barone Rampante, we have this great institution San Patrignano, who are doing a fine job of using restorative justice to change lives," said team CEO Alasdair Lindsay. "Every year all us RWRS teams spend so much money jetting around the globe, and we thought it was about time to give something back. So now, we are giving the San Patrignano cause worldwide exposure for free. Hopefully it will make more people aware of its existence and to contribute in some way. And hopefully one day they can expand fully outside of Italy."

You can take a look at both Alessandro Lucarelli and Olafur Ragnar Hannesson's cars for the upcoming F3RWRS rounds in Italy by clicking the links below.
#27 ALESSANDRO LUCARELLI
#28 OLAFUR RAGNAR HANNESSON

[the Masked Lapwing]

Dammit, you stole my idea! I was gonna run a charity livery at Surfers (because what's better than 3 bright pink cars? )

[DemocalypseNow]

Dammit, you stole my idea! I was gonna run a charity livery at Surfers (because what's better than 3 bright pink cars? )

Blerg. It was my idea because I made it first! So says the letter of the law. Unless you have a copy of this livery already produced, then, it was my idea, and you are planning to steal it from me

Also, I'm winding down the Peroni Parma Corse brand, I will probably revert back to Scuderia Alitalia again, but under what branding I don't know yet. San Patrignano might have a permanent place on next year's car.

[the Masked Lapwing]

Dammit, you stole my idea! I was gonna run a charity livery at Surfers (because what's better than 3 bright pink cars? )

Blerg. It was my idea because I made it first! So says the letter of the law. Unless you have a copy of this livery already produced, then, it was my idea, and you are planning to steal it from me

Also, I'm winding down the Peroni Parma Corse brand, I will probably revert back to Scuderia Alitalia again, but under what branding I don't know yet. San Patrignano might have a permanent place on next year's car.

Fine then. I'll run the pink on the F2 cars, less hassle for me and more for Melrose

Speaking of which, I'm gonna just put Fukuda in the #73 to save a whole lot of trouble with the RDS and all that. Also, I really need an idea for Restov's livery or he's just gonna get a nice, bright, sponsorless red one.

[WaffleCat]

As said in the silly season thread,Linton-Solindahl Motorsports have announced George McDrage as their third driver for the Surfers SuperPrix in the #199 car.

[DemocalypseNow]

Provera: This will finally be our weekend

After a very slow start to the season, followed by better pace but dire luck, Parma Corse team principal Corrado Provera is sure that the Spa SuperPrix will finally deliver a good result for his beleaguered team.

With only six points on the board for the whole season - five of which came from Lucarelli's fourth place at the second race in Germany two weeks ago - the team's fortunes are finally starting to look up, with a much faster but ultimately disappointing weekend last time out. This time, Provera is conviced both drivers will finally deliver on their potential.

"Alessandro is a proven winner in this series, and Olafur has been looking devastatingly quick since switching to F3RWRS. And, this weekend, we'll have Salvatore Miccoli with us, who is locked in a championship challenge over in America. The boy looks very quick indeed, it will be interesting to see how he does back in Europe again."

Miccoli, who is running in the third SuperPrix-only car this weekend, has high hopes for his debut in F3RWRS.

"Si...for sure, I am feeling...molto bene...., my result in Indy are eh...molto bene...but okay, is my first time in F3. But, my speed in Eurocup last year was fast, so, I think, I do well this weekend."

It is however expected to be a do-or-die race for the current full-time drivers to stake a claim for next year. Hannesson has been fast but erratic, and will need to deliver a concrete result to prove to management he deserves a full season next year. It is Lucarelli however whose seat is really under threat - the Italian has years of experience in Italian F3 and has now been in F3RWRS for over a year, but has failed to replicate the form shown on his debut, where he won at Brands Hatch in the final race of the weekend. Nipping at his heels for the second seat next year are F1RDS rookie Tonu Pykälistö, currently locked in a battle for the title, and RoLFS driver Marcel Agyemang-Badu, who has had mixed fortunes but generally held an edge on more experienced team-mate Marco Bizzarri.

Note: As you may know, Salvatore Miccoli has already won the 2015 F1RICS title, but of course the end of the season in that series wouldn't be until after the Italian round/before the Japanese round, so it technically hasn't 'happened' yet.

[TomWazzleshaw]

Dammit, you stole my idea! I was gonna run a charity livery at Surfers (because what's better than 3 bright pink cars? )

Blerg. It was my idea because I made it first! So says the letter of the law. Unless you have a copy of this livery already produced, then, it was my idea, and you are planning to steal it from me

Also, I'm winding down the Peroni Parma Corse brand, I will probably revert back to Scuderia Alitalia again, but under what branding I don't know yet. San Patrignano might have a permanent place on next year's car.

Fine then. I'll run the pink on the F2 cars, less hassle for me and more for Melrose

Speaking of which, I'm gonna just put Fukuda in the #73 to save a whole lot of trouble with the RDS and all that. Also, I really need an idea for Restov's livery or he's just gonna get a nice, bright, sponsorless red one.

Yeah, put him in the 73 car. And you're doing the livery yourself

[the Masked Lapwing]

2015 Surfers SuperPrix - Qualifying

Spa is much more suited to 60+ cars than Monaco, yet several drivers were still in a bit of hot water for blocking. Alessandro Lucarelli got blocked by Ristic for pretty much his entire lap, Takagi blocked Desai and Piscine, which continued on their in laps, at one point swerving at Pouhon, forcing Desai onto her brakes and leaving Piscine with nowhere to go. When they got to the pits, Piscine stopped near the Takagi garages and yelled for a bit before continuing on to his own.

As for the actual results, Jordan Davies has done himself a world of good by taking pole ahead of Marko Jantscher and Rick Simpson (who got a brilliant tow from Travesen down the Kemmel straight). The only non-blocking incident was Fukuda almost spinning at the top of Eau Rouge, which forced Kazama to slow and ruined both their laps.

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Pos Driver                     Team               Time

1   Jordan Davies              West Cliff         2:03.509
2   Marko Jantscher            Fusion             2:03.664
3   Rick Simpson               Gulf JCW           2:03.677
4   Daniel Melville            ZimSport           2:03.791
5   Eric Swerts                Jones              2:03.940
6   Dan Greenlaw               Prospec            2:03.969
7   Judd McAllister            BITWM              2:04.254
8   Jef Verbeeck               BITWM              2:04.281
9   Carsten Jancker            Hydook             2:04.382
10  Raul Souto Maior           Aeroracing         2:04.388
11  Olafur Ragnar Hannesson    Parma Corse        2:04.456

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12  Nick Nurmester             Kamaha             2:04.601
13  Salvatore Miccoli          Parma Corse        2:04.624
14  Nathanael Cameron          Prospec            2:04.934
15  Gary Pacer                 Aeroracing         2:05.168
16  Stephanie Brown            JLD                2:05.292
17  Stefan Kuntz               Fusion             2:05.378
18  Takuma Taki                Red Bull           2:05.425
19  Thomas Yorke               Good Call          2:05.536
20  Ryan Zimmer                ZimSport           2:05.545
21  Peter Port                 West Cliff         2:05.564
22  Kevin Bainomugisha         Octan              2:05.593
23  Miguel Silva               Red Bull           2:05.593
24  Paul Travesen              Linton-Solindahl   2:05.621

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25  Thiago Mazzacane           Mazzacane          2:05.659
26  Matt Grove                 ZimSport           2:05.772
27  Joe Harmsky                Shonan             2:05.898
28  Shane Walsh                ZombieKart         2:05.926
29  Ragnar Larsen              Nurminen           2:05.936
30  Scott Davidson             Kingfisher         2:05.994
31  Franc Piscine              Good Call          2:06.008
32  Quentin Reatherson         Linton-Solindahl   2:06.015
33  Tomo Kazama                BITWM              2:06.208
34  Roberto Dinella            Jones              2:06.264
35  Jari Lappalainen           Nurminen           2:06.342
36  Tonu Pykalisto             Prospec            2:06.386
37  Justin Case                Octan              2:06.452

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38  Colin Peynirci             Hydook             2:06.550
39  Richard Hershall           ZombieKart         2:06.612
40  Roland Davidson            Gulf JCW           2:06.635
41  Alessandro Lucarelli       Parma Corse        2:06.782
42  Dale Hamilton              Red Bull           2:06.808
43  Bob Sampson                Kamaha             2:06.911
44  Joao Antonio Soares        Porto Wine         2:06.955
45  Calvin Brooks              Kingfisher         2:06.965
46  Tetsuya Takagi             Takagi             2:07.141
47  Victoria Desai             Kamaha             2:07.147
48  Tommi Hamalainen           Good Call          2:07.428
49  Jules Vergne               Octan              2:07.635
50  Edward Restov Jr           Restov             2:07.666

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51  Branko Ristic              Hydook             2:07.820
52  James Douglas              JLD                2:07.906
53  Roberto Zayas              ZombieKart         2:08.026
54  Cezary Samelko             Dofasco            2:08.159
55  Frank Tenpenny             Takagi             2:08.666
56  Yuri Sokolov               Shonan             2:08.805
57  Nobushige Fukuda           JLD                2:08.942
58  Samora Mondlane            Porto Wine         2:08.963
59  Benoit Voeckler            Takagi             2:09.136
60  Jan Maylander              Dofasco            2:10.410
61  Barry Edwards              Tassie             2:13.364
62  Fidel Edwards              Tassie             2:13.434

[DemocalypseNow]

I'm both happy and livid at Hydook. Jancker NINTH?! WTF? And Ristic...what a f***ing asshat...

Not a bad debut quali for Salvatore Miccoli! Only a tenth or so slower than his (slightly) more experienced team-mate Hannesson. Pykalisto is gonna have to really kick his RDS challenge up a notch to get a promotion now.

[Nuppiz]

Midfield? Not bad for a one-off entry. Not expecting much from the race, considering where my other drivers are...

[Salamander]

Yaaaaay! Now I just need to do a good start and hope that things go good for me.

[Gerudo Dragon]

Is it to late for me to make an entry for next season?

[pi314159]

Not bad for a one-off. Mazzacane will be back at the Surfers SuperPrix with Thiago Mazzacane and one of the Autobahn GP RDS drivers.

[the Masked Lapwing]

Is it to late for me to make an entry for next season?

Probably, since I'm keeping the main grid to 44 cars next season, so you'd need teams to pull out, and you'd be after Nuppiz and whoever else was on the reserve list.

[FMecha]

62 CARS??!! I demand, for the next SuperPrix, pre-qualifying SHOULD BE NECESSARY. Otherwise, it would be a roadjam.

[HawkAussie]

62 CARS??!! I demand, for the next SuperPrix, pre-qualifying SHOULD BE NECESSARY. Otherwise, it would be a roadjam.

You got that right, their should of been Pre-Qualfying in Monaco.

[RonDenisDeletraz]

The resident Tasmanians were absolutely hopeless, but what do you expect when one of their drivers has a stupid name like Fidel Matt121, you're probably better off getting faster drivers

Takuma did quite well, Miguel was OK and Dale can't qualify to save himself

[the Masked Lapwing]

62 CARS??!! I demand, for the next SuperPrix, pre-qualifying SHOULD BE NECESSARY. Otherwise, it would be a roadjam.

Shh, you'll ruin my brilliant plans
I have an announcement about the way Surfers will be done, but I'm leaving it until after I finish Spa.
(And big words considering none of your cars would stand a chance of starting )

[The Lukas]

is not bad, but the car balance is terrible, but it will be better

[the Masked Lapwing]

2015 Spa SuperPrix
There were three huge accidents during this race, fortunately with no injuries, in a 16-lap race that required a lot of slipstreaming. And patience, which is something not a lot of these drivers have. It took 2 laps for the battle for the win to be over, but behind them battles raged throughout the field, especially for the podium spots, often coming out of Eau Rouge three-wide and maintaining those positions all the way to Les Combes. Rather than explain the crashes in team reviews (I don't feel like describing them over and over again), here is a rundown:

Lap 1/16 - Les Combes
Roberto Dinella, Kevin Bainomugisha and Alessandro Lucarelli are coming down the straight three wide (Dinella on the outside, Lucarelli inside). Bainomugisha gives Lucarelli a tap as they turn into the corner, which sends the Parma Corse spinning off to the inside of the track, and to the back of the pack. Bainomugisha bounced off and was saved from spinning by Dinella's car, which spun off to the outside. Bainomugisha continued on his merry way, until he had to wait for traffic.
Right behind them, the exact same thing happens to Tomo Kazama, Franc Piscine and Roland Davison, except the outside car, Kazama, didn't get hit. She took to the grass to avoid it, but was too fast and spun anyway.
Right behind them, a third group were being muppets, Calvin Brooks, Jules Vergne and Yuri Sokolov. This time the outside car (Brooks) was the really unlucky one. While Vergne and Sokolov went spinning, Brooks got hit by the Octan and went rolling instead, and the resulting damage forced him out of the race. Of 9 cars involved in these incidents, he was the only one who didn't continue (in fact, the only one with major damage).

Lap 7/16 - La Source to Les Combes
This one started at La Source, after Salvatore Miccoli got sideways and struggled to keep control, which backed up a lot of cars. Specifally, about 7 or so - it's a miracle they got through La Source in one piece (probably because of yellows from Dinella's retirement). When they get to the braking zone for Les Combes, Tommi Hamalainen, Ragnar Larsen and Tonu Pykalisto (outside to inside) are three wide. Larsen in the middle had the scariest ride - Pykalisto was later on the brakes and when Larsen turned in, he hit the rear wheel of the Prospec. He was launched into the air, and was saved from going upside down by Hamalainen. Pykalisto is spun and hits the wall, losing a front wing. Hamalainen doesn't spin, and in fact does a remarkable job of staying on the track, but lost his wing in the hit from Larsen. The Swede miraculously continues, missing not only his front wing but the entire nose section of his car. There was almost nothing left for the pit crew to take off.

Lap 16/16 - Les Combes
This one wasn't so much about three drivers being idiots, just one. Takuma Taki had just left the pits, and was being challenged by Stefan Kuntz, when Thomas Yorke decided to dive down the inside of both. Kuntz was caught completely unaware, and turned in normally, right into Yorke's car. Yorke spins and rolls onto the apex of the left hander. Kuntz is forced into Taki, who is turned sideways, and his speed results in a roll. Kuntz bounces across the grass, but continues on. While this is happening, Peter Port and Joao Antonio Soares are fighting their own battle, and Soares is to be commended for pulling out of a move down the inside. If he had, Port would have been hung out to dry and would have hit the still moving Yorke, but as a result both were able to get through safely. Behind them however, it got worse for Red Bull - Dale Hamilton couldn't avoid Yorke, and put himself out. This has an added problem - Yorke bounces off Hamilton, and straight into the path of Victoria Desai. She only lost a front wing. In the end, both Red Bulls and Yorke did not make it to the finish.


Prospec
Both Cameron and Greenlaw were part of the melee for the podium, but couldn't quite get to the front of it. In the end, it didn't matter, as both cars became victims of problems on consecutive laps, Cameron on lap 6 with an oil leak and Greenlaw on lap 7 with a puncture that threw him into the inside wall on the main straight. Between these retirements Pykalisto was involved in the second crash at Les Combes, which put him well out of contention.

Aeroracing
Souto Maior spent most of the first stint running a magnificent second, holding off Swerts and Melville beautifully. But when he was passed by Swerts into Les Combes on lap 8, he lost his cool a bit, and despite being left a gap the size of Belgium to the inside of Swerts at the Bus Stop, still managed to hit the Jones car. Swerts managed to continue almost completely unaffected (for a few corners anyway), while Souto Maior managed to save a spin, but lost a spot to Melville as an added bonus. As for Pacer, his full time debut was fairly solid, running inside the top 15 all race and in the end only 2 seconds from a point.

Jones
Swerts took yet another fine podium, plus fastest lap as well. The collision with Souto Maior brought Melville right to Swerts' wing, and the Aussie powered past on the Kemmel straight, Swerts unable to do anything about it. He was one of the latest stoppers, which meant he had a shorter stop and less fuel for the last two laps, but his pace between Souto Maior's stop and his own was not terrific and he lost the place, only to pick it up on lighter fuel. Dinella's race came to an unventful end on lap 7 with an oil leak after the first big accident.

West Cliff
Wow. Davies really needed a big result, and boy did he deliver. He never looked in doubt for the win, taking it by almost 20 seconds. With Greenlaw retiring and Jantscher only 5th, the only bad result was Melville in second. Port, on the other hand, was less impressive. The total spots gained by West Cliff drivers: 0.

Takagi
Meh. Two cars didn't finish, Voeckler was pathetic and eventually went out with a brake failure while Tenpenny came within metres of being classified, and was marginally less pathetic. Takagi didn't do much better, finishing outside the top 30.

Octan
Bainomugisha couldn't be solely blamed for the first Les Combes Crash, and despite that managed to finish in the top 20. Justin Case was also good on debut, a mere three tenths of a second outside the top 20. Vergne was slow all race, and was the last car on the lead lap. Probably because he had a full tank of fuel, as he didn't pit.

Porto Wine
Mondlane did not finish, a puncture at Pouhon on lap 12 forcing him out. Annoyingly for the team, he was scheduled to pit that lap. Soares spent most of the day fighting Ristic and Case, but couldn't pass them by the end of the race.

Kingfisher
With Brooks the first DNF, Davidson had to do the work for the team, and took a solid 15th place. He was quiet, and did most of his passing without anyone knowing he was even there. A fair feat considering his grid position.

ZombieKart
Another point, with Walsh taking a very good 10th place without getting into any major incidents. He spent all race fighting with Hannesson and Pacer, before they spread out after their stops. Hershall only managed 32nd, with Zayas even further behind in 37th, both not having brilliant races.

Parma Corse
Miccoli impressed in qualifying, not much slower than Hannesson, but couldn't keep up in the race. He had a fairly long train of cars behind him for most of the race, and a good job of keeping them behind. Hannesson managed to score another point, while Lucarelli never really recovered from the first lap incident, mostly because of slower cars who refused to make it easy for him.

ZimSport
Melville's second place and the poor results of his main challengers mean he moves into the lead of the championship with three rounds to go. Melville looked destined to finish fourth early on, until Souto Maior's brain fade gave him a sniff. The team had one scary moment, when Zimmer picked up an electrical problem and was forced into the pits - on the same lap as Melville. He entered the pits just as Melville rejoined, so the team got very lucky. It was late enough to ensure he didn't need to pit again. Matt Grove wasn't particularly good, but managed a top 30.

Fusion
At least Jantscher scored points to keep Melville honest. He wasn't very quick, but drove smart with a no-stop strategy, and made a last moment pass on McAllister for fifth, although it wasn't a clean one. He also picked up a trip to the stewards office for passing Rick Simpson under yellow flags at the Bus Stop for Tenpenny's stranded car. Kuntz was on track for a top 20 when he got taken out in the third Les Combes Crash, but was relegated to 26th as a result.

Gulf JCW
Davidson spent most of the day stuck behind Samelko, and once he got past it was too late for him to do anything of note. Simpson, despite his brilliant qualifying effort, couldn't take home any points, as he was defenseless on anything that even remotely resembled a straight. To his credit, he lost 13 places and only one was because someone outbroke him into a corner - and even then it was under yellows. Any chance at a top 10 disappeared when he had a collision with Yorke on lap 12, which saw the Good Call spin.

Best In The World
Tomo Kazama was making a brilliant fight through the field - right up until a wheel fell off, and the reigning champion recorded a DNF. McAllister at least scored points, and Lon's gamble to put Verbeeck in the non-scoring car almost loooked stupid as he had a brilliant start to be in the top 10 - until his electrics packed up and he fell to the back of the pack after repairs.

Good Call
Yorke went out in Les Combe Crash III, plus caused a collision with Simpson that out Reatherson out and cost himself a front wing. Hamalainen's race was ruined in Les Combes Crash II. Piscine managed 12th, not enough for points but enough to salvage some dignity.

Linton-Solindahl
A double-DNF sadly, Reatherson was the innocent bystander in the Simpson/Yorke crash as he came into Pouhon and didn't see the stranded Yorke, putting himself out. Travesen picked up dangerous driving penalty points after he picked up a puncture and decided the best place to stop was in the middle of Eau Rouge.

Dofasco
Maylander was crap, as usual, but Samelko did a decent job, keeping faster cars behind him fairly and generally being faster. Still not enough to call the team good. Or even for a result - both cars were disqualified from the race for pit irregularities - both Maylander's and Samelko's stops were some 5 seconds faster than anyone else's, despite putting more fuel in than those on similar strategies. It was revealed they used a pump that put fuel in too fast, and both cars were excluded from the results. As it was a team penalty and not a driver one, neither driver received penalty points and the team given a suspended event ban. At least Samelko finished on the lead lap. (Seriously, 5 seconds! When most were doing 8-10s)

Red Bull
It's bad enough that two cars retired on the final lap in the same incident, but it got worse. Silva retired moments later with an oil leak. 3 cars, 3 final lap DNFs.

Hydook
Any chance Jancker had of points vanished when he was punted off by Hannesson, who had been punted off by Brown. He spent the remainder of the race following Lucarelli around, but never able to make a pass. Ristic actually managed to beat him for once, finishing 23rd, while Peynirci was doing a fairly good job, hanging around Larsen and Grove, before a suspension failure put him out.

JLD
Team of the race. Annoyingly. If it wasn't for Davies' domination, Nobushige Fukuda would be completely unchallenged for driver of the race, fighting from nowhere up to 8th place. The only driver he couldn't pass was his teammate, who was just as quick but a bit less noticeable. Brown was very good and Mad Uncle El Presidente now has some thinking about whether its worth keeping Joel in the car...
Oh, and Douglas did sod all after pitting to fix an electrical issue. Apart from hitting Hamalainen and thus losing 4 places. At the final corner.

Kamaha
It says a lot that I very nearly forgot to write something about them Nurmester was his usual awesome qualifying/poor racing self, including an almost spin at Eau Rouge, Desai was lucky to finish after Les Combes Crash III, and Sampson was just anonymous.

Shonan
Sokolov didn't make any of his usual forward progress, stuck with the weakest car in the field apart from the Octans. Harmsky only wound up 13th due to some brilliant defending.

Nurminen
Lappalainen had a very strong performance to take 14th place, one of the few drivers who managed to pass Miccoli (and he did it twice!). Larsen's race was ruined by Les Combes Crash II, but just finishing after that was a magnificent effort.

Mazzacane
Not much was expected of the single-car team, but to take 20th place was spectacular, and it should single out Thiago as one to watch, both at Surfers and next season. An inability to pass Miccoli hurt, but a good defensive drive ensured he didn't suffer too much as a result.

Restov
Meh. Not nearly as impressive as Mazzacane, Restov Jr spent the race fighting with Richard Hershall until his engine sprung a leak on lap 10.

Tassie
I didn't think it was possible to get more pathetic than Dofasco, but here we are. The Tassies were the only two to benefit from Maylander's disqualification. 'Nuff said.

Results

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Pos  Driver                     Team                  Time/Retired         Gap

1    Jordan Davies              West Cliff            33:48.417            16 LAPS
2    Daniel Melville            ZimSport              34:05.535            +   17.118
3    Eric Swerts                Jones                 34:06.789            +   18.372
4    Raul Souto Maior           Aeroracing            34:08.549            +   20.132
5    Marko Jantscher            Fusion                34:17.751            +   29.334
6    Judd McAllister            BITWM                 34:18.693            +   30.276
7    Stephanie Brown            JLD                   34:21.401            +   32.984
8    Nobushige Fukuda           JLD                   34:34.038            +   45.621
9    Olafur Ragnar Hannesson    Parma Corse           34:36.951            +   48.534
10   Shane Walsh                ZombieKart            34:39.925            +   51.508
11   Gary Pacer                 Aeroracing            34:42.081            +   53.664

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12   Franc Piscine              Good Call             34:43.484            +   55.067
13   Joe Harmsky                Shonan                34:45.609            +   57.192
14   Jari Lappalainen           Nurminen              34:47.073            +   58.656
15   Scott Davidson             Kingfisher            34:47.309            +   58.892
16   Rick Simpson               Gulf JCW              34:47.665            +   59.248
17   Ryan Zimmer                ZimSport              34:47.750            +   59.333
18   Kevin Bainomugisha         Octan                 34:52.865            + 1:04.448
19   Salvatore Miccoli          Parma Corse           34:55.734            + 1:07.317
20   Thiago Mazzacane           Mazzacane             34:58.113            + 1:09.696
21   Peter Port                 West Cliff            34:58.289            + 1:09.872
22   Justin Case                Octan                 34:58.323            + 1:09.906
23   Branko Ristic              Hydook                34:59.695            + 1:11.278
24   Joao Antonio Soares        Porto Wine            34:59.813            + 1:11.396

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25   Alessandro Lucarelli       Parma Corse           35:06.440            + 1:18.023
26   Stefan Kuntz               Fusion                35:07.712            + 1:19.295
27   Carsten Jancker            Hydook                35:07.754            + 1:19.337
28   Bob Sampson                Kamaha                35:15.407            + 1:26.990
29   Ragnar Larsen              Nurminen              35:15.507            + 1:27.090
30   Matt Grove                 ZimSport              35:16.039            + 1:27.622
31   Victoria Desai             Kamaha                35:18.625            + 1:30.208
32   Richard Hershall           ZombieKart            35:21.090            + 1:32.673
33   Tetsuya Takagi             Takagi                35:23.218            + 1:34.801
34   Nick Nurmester             Kamaha                35:24.336            + 1:35.919
35   Yuri Sokolov               Shonan                35:32.989            + 1:44.572
36   Tommi Hamalainen           Good Call             35:35.440            + 1:47.023
37   Roberto Zayas              ZombieKart            35:36.046            + 1:47.629

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38   Tonu Pykalisto             Prospec               35:38.661            + 1:50.244
39   Jef Verbeeck               BITWM                 35:43.866            + 1:55.449
40   Roland Davidson            Gulf JCW              35:45.279            + 1:56.862
41   James Douglas              JLD                   35:46.738            + 1:58.321
42   Jules Vergne               Octan                 35:56.935            + 2:08.518
43*  Dale Hamilton              Red Bull              Collision (L16)      +1 LAP
44*  Thomas Yorke               Good Call             Collision (L16)      +1 LAP
45*  Takuma Taki                Red Bull              Collision (L16)      +1 LAP
46*  Miguel Silva               Red Bull              Oil Leak (L16)       +1 LAP
47   Fidel Edwards              Tassie                                     +1 LAP
48   Barry Edwards              Tassie                                     +1 LAP
49*  Colin Peynirci             Hydook                Suspension (L13)     +4 LAPS
DSQ  Cezary Samelko             Dofasco               Disqualified

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DSQ  Jan Maylander              Dofasco               Disqualified
DNF  Frank Tenpenny             Takagi                Water Leak (L12)
DNF  Samora Mondlane            Porto Wine            Puncture (L12)
DNF  Quentin Reatherson         Linton-Solindahl      Collision (L12)
DNF  Edward Restov Jr           Restov                Water Leak (L10)
DNF  Benoit Voeckler            Takagi                Brakes (L9)
DNF  Paul Travesen              Linton-Solindahl      Puncture (L8)
DNF  Dan Greenlaw               Prospec               Puncture (L7)
DNF  Roberto Dinella            Jones                 Oil Leak (L7)
DNF  Tomo Kazama                BITWM                 Loose Wheel (L6)
DNF  Nathanael Cameron          Prospec               Oil Leak (L6)
DNF  Calvin Brooks              Kingfisher            Collision (L1)
Fastest lap: Eric Swerts (2:03.882)

Championship standings and stewards' report coming soon.

[Nuppiz]

So the driver who drives for my F1RDS team manages to crash with not one, but two of my F3RWRS drivers. Brilliant. Still a great battle from Larsen to finish, and Lappalainen's result is our best to date.

Shame about Kuntz and Hämäläinen, and the less said about Nurmester the better...

Forgot who was driving for me again...

[WaffleCat]

*tosses steering wheel into metal sheet* I think we had a bad race,didn't we,Paul?

*tosses lightning bolt into metal sheet*Ya think?

*stares in amazement*

What?!It's a plastic toy I took from that 3 year-old over there.*Random toddler runs past,crying and pointing at Traversen* See?

[MinardiFan95]

Judging from the pace of Rick Simpson, one of the regular Gulf JCW drivers will be without a drive quite soon...

[the Masked Lapwing]

Drivers' Championship
1st: Daniel Melville - 69.5
2nd: Marko Jantscher - 69
3rd: Jordan Davies - 64.5
4th: Dan Greenlaw - 64
5th: Nathanael Cameron - 40
6th: Eric Swerts - 37
7th: Ryan Zimmer - 29
=8th: Raul Souto Maior - 26
=8th: Victoria Desai - 26
10th: Quentin Reatherson - 21
11th: Paul Travesen - 19
12th: Joel Melrose - 16.5
13th: Judd McAllister - 13
14th: Shane Walsh - 11
=15th: Franc Piscine - 10
=15th: Peter Port - 10
17th: Dorien Lamberigts - 7
18th: Alessandro Lucarelli - 5
19th: Stephanie Brown - 4
=20th: Dale Hamilton - 3
=20th: Leandro Moreira - 3
=22nd: Olafur Ragnar Hannesson - 2
=22nd: Nobushige Fukuda - 2
=24th: Diego Mauricio Batistuta - 1
=24th: Stefan Kuntz - 1
=24th: Joao Antonio Soares - 1

Teams' Championship
1st: Pemberton Prospec Racing - 104
2nd: ZimSport-Rosenforth - 98.5
3rd: West Cliff Racing - 74.5
4th: Gatorade Fusion Motorsport - 73
5th: Linton-Solindahl Motorsports - 40
6th: Jones Racing - 37
7th: Repsol Aeroracing Engineering Audi - 27
8th: Kamaha Junior Motorsport - 26
9th: JLD Motorsport - 22.5
10th: Best In The Word Motorsport - 15
11th: ZombieKart - 13
12th: Foster's Good Call Racing - 10
=13th: Peroni Parma Corse - 7
=13th: Octan Young Drivers - 7
15th: Red Bull World Race Team - 3
16th: Porto Wine Motorsport - 1

Constructors' Championship
1st: Dallara - 142
2nd: Fusion - 86
3rd: Jones - 70
4th: Linton-Solindahl - 55.5
5th: Kamaha - 47
6th: Aeroracing - 34
7th: Zytek - 32
8th: Plus One - 30.5
9th: Red Bull - 17.5
10th: Suzuki - 15
11th: Vaillante - 14
12th: Kingfisher - 8
=13th: Hydook - 3
=13th: Simpson - 3
15th: Porto Wine - 1

STEWARDS' REPORT
MATTERS ARISING FROM QUALIFYING:
Car #61 (B. Ristic) given 45 penalty points for blocking Car #27 (A. Lucarelli).
Car #9 (T. Takagi) given 45 penalty points for blocking Car #79 (V. Desai) and Car #46 (F. Piscine).

MATTERS ARISING FROM THE RACE:
Car #74 (S. Brown) given 45 penalty points for causing an avoidable collision with Car #28 (O. Hannesson).
Car #48 (P. Travesen) given 45 penalty points for dangerous driving with a damaged car.
Car #33 (M. Jantscher) given 20 penalty points for passing Car #95 (R. Simpson) under yellow flags.
Cars #50 (J. Maylander) and #51 (C. Samelko) were disqualified for using illegal fuel rigs during the race. Dofasco Junior Racing are now probation. If their drivers accumulate 150 penalty points total from now until the completion of the Surfers SuperPrix, they will be banned from competition for the remainder of the season.

TOTAL PENALTY POINTS
D. Lamberigts - 270 (Ban completed)
I. Pitea - 220 (Ban completed)
J. Melrose - 210 (Ban completed)
T. Buckley - 180 (Ban completed)
S. Brown - 180 (1 event ban to be applied)
J. Cabral - 165
H. Naufal - 155 (1 event ban to be applied)
A. Horford - 155
C. Brooks - 140
L. Moreira - 135
B. Ristic - 135
T. Takagi - 135
S. Davidson - 110
M. Jantscher - 95
M. van der Maeyede - 90
V. Desai - 90
P. Travesen - 90
R. Zayas - 85
A. Lucarelli - 75
K. Bainomugisha - 70
S. Garfunkel - 70
J. McAllister - 65
R. Hershall - 65
Y. Sokolov - 50
F. Piscine - 45
S. Mondlane - 45
J. Maylander - 45
E. Swerts - 45
T. Taki - 45
H. Tojo - 45
D. Batistuta - 45
D. Melville - 45
R. Zimmer - 45
J. Verbeeck - 45
S. Kuntz - 45
R. Souto Maior - 45
S. Walsh - 45
N. Nurmester - 45
D. Hamilton - 45
L. Crescenzi - 40
J. Harmsky - 25

Stephanie Brown has passed 150 penalty points and will be excluded from taking part at the Round of Italy. JLD Motorsport must specify a replacement.
Dorien Lamberigts is now free to return to racing.
Iulian Pitea is now free to return to racing.
Joel Melrose is now free to return to racing.
Tyler Buckley is now free to return to racing.

[Ataxia]

Probably a good job Yorke is going back to sportscars next season...

Not as good a race as the grid promised, but points are still useful. Marko's only half a point off of the summit.

[The Lukas]

really great w***e thanks to Dofasco Racing!, which have to be moron w***e to use another fuel rigs, I had a chance to show the other teams and what crap!

[the Masked Lapwing]

SURFERS SUPERPRIX RULES:

I will accept 66 entrants for the Surfers SuperPrix.
Every entrant will take part in a pre-qualifying session.
The fastest 22 of these will take part in main qualifying and the race.
The remaining 44 record a DNQ and take no further part in the weekend.

PRE-QUALIFYING:
Every driver gets one lap.
Only one driver will be out on track at a time to ensure no one is blocked.
I will probably do a video of this session. My plan is to record every car's lap, then do one (very) long video. That way, every car appears.

QUALIFYING:
Usual rules apply: 60 minutes, one lap each (although since they go out 11 cars at a time, it'll take about 10).

RACE:
Will either be the usual SuperPrix distance of 110km, or it will be 200km, I haven't decided yet.

There will be live race coverage in the F1 Rejects chatroom, and likely a highlight video (something which I meant to do for most races this year but then promptly forgot about).

And don't start submitting entries yet, we'll wait until after Japan so that I don't forget any.

[Nuppiz]

Two thirds of the entries will DNQ? Well I won't expect many of my drivers to qualify then.

At least I'll get to see my cars in action - might change the livery again though.

[pi314159]

Two thirds DNQing, isn't that a bit too much?

How about 22 DNQs and the normal amount of 44 race starters?

[dr-baker]

I'm glad to see Jordan Davies return to the winner's circle but Peter Port, really? What happened there? Qualifying normally isn't your strong point, but you are normally so good at slicing through the field. That was disappointing.

[the Masked Lapwing]

Two thirds DNQing, isn't that a bit too much?

How about 22 DNQs and the normal amount of 44 race starters?

Because I really want to try some race coverage, which I can only do with 22 cars.