2020 Asian F4- Preseason Testing Up!

[This Could Be You]

I'd like to join, but what happens when your in the waiting list?

Well, what happens is that if an existing team owner elects to leave the series (or disappears off the face of the Earth) during the preparations for next season, you get to run your own team, replacing them on the grid (provided you're first on the waiting list at the time, so in your current place, you'll need four users to quit the series before your team gets a place on the grid)

[AcesCalifornia]

Ah! Understood This Could Be You Thank you

[John Rafael]

A list of four can take five. It's probably useless to try now, but if a complete unusual cataclysmic event occurs and leave five people without access to GPRejects, Team Rising Sun is here.

[This Could Be You]

So, now that my A-Levels are out of the way, Asian F4 preparations can restart- so without further ado, here are the RL Driver RNGs:

TATA Racing Academy sign Kush Maini

Isyraf Danish
1-50 AirAsia Magnum Petronas Team Malaysia, 51-100 Luxray Engineering
71!

AirAsia Magnum Petronas Team Malaysia hence sign Nazim Azman

Liam Lawson signs for Spark Black Racing Team

Omar Aswat and Hamda al Qubaisi both resign for Aspire Formula

Kane Shepard and Ben ("Grimey"? ) Grimes both sign for Kubota United Nippon Team.

And with that, all driver lineups are full, and available on the wiki page. The 2020 calendar is also available there, as well as on the first post (in a bit, at least).

Next on the agenda is the first test session of the year: Only drivers who competed in 2019 are elgible for this test, which teams can use to improve their drivers in one specific area (of three available). The possible areas for improvement are:

• Race Grip
• Quali Grip
• Consistency

Due to the long break, I'll also take the opportunity to do a roll-call as teams confirm their testing plans (if applicable). It would be helpful if teams ineligible for testing respond also just so I know that their owners aren't AWOL also.

(key: Unconfirmed- missing, presumed lost, Confirmed- testing, Confirmed- declined testing, Confirmed- ineligible for testing, Withdrawn)

Spark Black Racing (aggi)
St. George Racing Alliance (takagi_for_the_win)
Team Mecha Racing Jr. (FMecha)
Khmer Racing Organisation (Normal32)
Korea Motorsport Holdings (V8Fan12)
Aspire Formula (pinkd56)
Luxray Engineering (RealRacingRoots)
Fujibayashi Racing Team Juniors (Gonzalez)
Red Dragon Junior Team (CarloSpace)
AirAsia Magnum Petronas Team Malaysia (GertrandBachot)
TATA Racing Academy (Reject_Dom)
Houkago Race Time (Racing Heart)
Kubota United Nippon Team (Wizzie)
Tsujimura Scuderia (novitopoli)
All teams must confirm by 9th July 2018 or risk losing their place on the grid (or at the very least, their chance at testing, depending on how far behind the series is by then...)

[Gertrand Bachot]

My team will be back, though I have no clue if we’re eligible for testing or not.

[Dom_Wings]

I will confirm, however I believe my team is not eligible for testing at this stage.

[This Could Be You]

My team will be back, though I have no clue if we’re eligible for testing or not.

One of your drivers, Muizzuddin Gafar, is eligible for testing, having competed in 2019.

Also, I have noticed that the previous links to the liveries have broken, so I have reuploaded them all into thr Imgur folder below:
https://imgur.com/a/7NdnyZA

[Gonzalez]

Rio confirms her Fujibayashi Juniors will take part in the test.

Kurumi Fujibayashi - Consistency
Atsushi Koizumi - Consistency

[CarloSpace]

Xu Shiqing will take part in the test improving his Race Pace.

[Gertrand Bachot]

My team will be back, though I have no clue if we’re eligible for testing or not.

One of your drivers, Muizzuddin Gafar, is eligible for testing, having competed in 2019.

In that case, Gafar will appear at the test.

He'll do qualifying grip.

[FMecha]

Team Mecha Jr confirms and wants to check their testing eligibility status.

[This Could Be You]

Team Mecha Jr confirms and wants to check their testing eligibility status.

Both of Team Mecha Jr's drivers are eligible for appearing at the test.

Speaking of which, it would be helpful if the team owners specify which of the three areas of improvement that their driver(s) at the test will be focusing on (essentially, this test has the same format as last year's mid-season test, only with rookie drivers being ineligible). If this is not provided, the area of improvement for your driver(s) will be random.

[RealRacingRoots]

Luxray will go for Q Grip for both of our boys in the test.

[Pinkd56]

Both of mine on race grip pls

[novitopoli]

Tsujimura confirms its participation. Satoshi Murakami will test with focus on race grip.

[V8fan12]

KMH will be back.

Driver focuses:
Seong-Jin Cho - Quali Pace
Aggi Dilimanto - N/A, did not compete in 2019

[FMecha]

Team Mecha Jr confirms and wants to check their testing eligibility status.

Both of Team Mecha Jr's drivers are eligible for appearing at the test.

Speaking of which, it would be helpful if the team owners specify which of the three areas of improvement that their driver(s) at the test will be focusing on (essentially, this test has the same format as last year's mid-season test, only with rookie drivers being ineligible). If this is not provided, the area of improvement for your driver(s) will be random.

Rudiartono: Race Pace
Sekai: Quali Pace

[TomWazzleshaw]

Kubota United Nippon Team will run the corporate White and Teal livery for all Japanese events, and the Black and Orange alternate livery for all other events

[Racing Heart]

Houkago Race Time will be focused on race pace testing, if either of our drivers are eligible.

[This Could Be You]

Houkago Race Time will be focused on race pace testing, if either of our drivers are eligible.

Unfortunately, as both of your drivers are rookies, none of your drivers are eligible for testing. Thanks for confirming though.

[Gonzalez]

Team Mecha Jr confirms and wants to check their testing eligibility status.

Both of Team Mecha Jr's drivers are eligible for appearing at the test.

Speaking of which, it would be helpful if the team owners specify which of the three areas of improvement that their driver(s) at the test will be focusing on (essentially, this test has the same format as last year's mid-season test, only with rookie drivers being ineligible). If this is not provided, the area of improvement for your driver(s) will be random.

Rudiartono: Race Pace
Koizumi: Quali Pace

Excuse me, but Koizumi is in my team. You have my driver Sekai.

[Gertrand Bachot]

Rudiartono: Race Pace
Koizumi: Quali Pace

Excuse me, but Koizumi is in my team. You have my driver Sekai.

If you wanna swap drivers that’s fine by me.

[takagi_for_the_win]

The St. George boys will focus on qualifying pace, as well as reminding everyone that they are still alive.

[Normal32]

I will be confirming my withdrawal.

[This Could Be You]

I will be confirming my withdrawal.

A pity, but I guess that's what happens if you neglect a series for five months... Anyway, this means that Bandon23, who's next on the waiting list, can make a last-minute (and I mean last-minute) entry to the series, if he can be ready in time.

[FMecha]

Rudiartono: Race Pace
Koizumi: Quali Pace

Excuse me, but Koizumi is in my team. You have my driver Sekai.

If you wanna swap drivers that’s fine by me.

I typo'd; don't worry, it's fixed now.

[Bandon23]

I will be confirming my withdrawal.

A pity, but I guess that's what happens if you neglect a series for five months... Anyway, this means that Bandon23, who's next on the waiting list, can make a last-minute (and I mean last-minute) entry to the series, if he can be ready in time.

Team Name: Thai Alliance Racing (THA)
User: Bandon23
Livery/Sponsors: White with blue stripes. Sponsors will be Thai Airways and Samsung.
Numbers (2-99): #25, #26
Driver 1: Daniel Cao (CHN)
Driver 1 DEC (if fictional): RL
Driver 2: Jaidee Vanich (THA)
Driver 2 DOB: 29/07/2004
Driver 2 DEC (if fictional): Me

[This Could Be You]

I will be confirming my withdrawal.

A pity, but I guess that's what happens if you neglect a series for five months... Anyway, this means that Bandon23, who's next on the waiting list, can make a last-minute (and I mean last-minute) entry to the series, if he can be ready in time.

Team Name: Thai Alliance Racing (THA)
User: Bandon23
Livery/Sponsors: White with blue stripes. Sponsors will be Thai Airways and Samsung.
Numbers (2-99): #25, #26
Driver 1: Daniel Cao (CHN)
Driver 1 DEC (if fictional): RL
Driver 2: Jaidee Vanich (THA)
Driver 2 DOB: 29/07/2004
Driver 2 DEC (if fictional): Me

That's a perfectly cromulent entry, and I'll get to work on your livery right away (well, right after I repair my laptop, anyway...)

[This Could Be You]

Right, now for testing (apologies for being slightly late, this is due to persistent computer issues affecting my preparations). Teams that haven't specified which area their drivers are working on will have their drivers work on a random area of improvement, and Spark Black Racing (aggi's team) will be assumed to be continuing for now, despite not confirming their presence (I honestly can't be asked to prepare yet another entry).

Each area may improve by as much as 15% for each driver.
Team Mecha Racing Jr.
Rudiartono - Quali Pace
...2% improvement
Sakura Sekai - Quali Pace
...9% improvement

Korea Motorsport Holdings
Seong-Jin Cho - Quali Pace
...15% improvement

Aspire Formula
Hamda al-Qubaisi - Race Pace
...1% improvement
Omar Aswat - Race Pace
...1% improvement
(sorry about that)

Luxray Engineering
Kosuke Setou - Quali Pace
...3% improvement
Isyraf Danish - Quali Pace
...13% improvement

Fujibayashi Racing Team Juniors
Kurumi Fujibayashi - Consistency
...9% improvement
Atsushi Koizumi
...13% improvement

Red Dragon Junior Team
Xu Shiqing - Race Pace
...11% improvement

AirAsia Magnum Petronas Team Malaysia
Muizzuddin Gafar - Quali Pace
...15% improvement

Tsujimura Scuderia
Satoshi Murakami - Race Pace
...12% improvement

The first race will be up within a week, assuming nothing else breaks...