ARWS 2023 - PRE-SEASON TESTING RESULTS

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 12 Dec 2022, 21:52

After 2019, ARWS commissioner Daniel Prieto decided it was time to give the series a rest due to exhaustion. Now, the time is back!
ARWS returns to make a case that top class racing with classic V10 state of the art engines running at high revs can still be done, this time using synthetic green fuel to make the racing sustainable. A new gen of raging battles with the best drivers, cars and engine noise awaits!

Wiki overview: https://formularejects.com/wiki/2023_Au ... es_season

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 12 Dec 2022, 21:58

For this new seasons, there'll be up to 20 team spots open, available on a first come first served basis.

To enter, simply post your team name, and nationality. If you miss on a spot, is not a problem as you'll go on a waiting list.

Proceedings;

STEP 1: STATE WHAT KIND OF CHASSIS (and possible extras) YOU WANT, WHICH TYRES, AND YOUR ENGINE BIDS (each engine manufacturer can supply a maximum of 6 teams). Every team starts with 1000 credits (you can go over the limit if you plan to run pay drivers)

Drivers:

Place your driver bids -when the time comes- (feel free to DM me over Discord extra drivers if I forgot anything). You can offer a driver more than 1 to 3 years contract; you can also bid over their stated salary (every offer under will be rejected); pay drivers will offer a random amount of 50 to 150 credits per year (after signing the contract and RNG on a year per year basis). If you fire a driver, you must pay the remaining salary in the contract. No salary will be given back. For Pay Drivers, you must pay the pay driver double of the contract.

DEC owners can state a preference for the destiny of their driver which can affect the RNG if there's more than one offer, but cannot ban their drivers from joining any team, or determine which team their driver go to.

Rest of the rules:

Will be clarified shortly

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 12 Dec 2022, 22:00

2023 SEASON PROVISIONAL CALENDAR - Dates TBD -

PRE-SEASON TESTING - Jerez -- 21st-23th February

1. Tim Tam's Australian GP - Adelaide Street Circuit -- 12th March
2. New South Wales GP - Mount Panorama Bathurst -- 19th March
3. Gran Premio Brahma do Brasil - Sao Paulo Street Circuit -- 9th April
4. South African GP - Aldo Scribante -- 23rd April
5. ARWS Indy 500 km - Indianapolis Speedway -- 7th May
6. Dominion Bank GP of Toronto - Toronto Exhibition Place -- 14th May
7. Automobile Club de Monaco GP -- 28th May
8. Thomas de Bock Memorial GP - Spa-Francorchamps -- 11th June
9. Großer Preis von Franken by Brose - Norisring -- 25th June
10. Scania Scandinavian GP - Ås Fartway -- 9th July
11. Czech Grand Prix - Brno -- 23rd July
12. Gran Premio Movistar de España - Valencia Street Circuit -- 3rd September
13. Barilla Gran Premio D'Italia - Autodromo Nazionale di Monza -- 10th September
14. Tetley's GP of Britain - Brands Hatch -- 24th September
15. KFC Indonesian GP - Sentul -- 15th October
16. Petronas GP of Malaysia - Sepang -- 22nd October
17. NTT. Docomo Japanese GP - Fuji Speedway -- 5th November
18. Macau Grand Prix - Guia Circuit -- 19th November

Hermann95 · Post by **Hermann95** » 12 Dec 2022, 22:19

Well, let's try this.

Team Name: MarchSixteen Racing
Nationality: Austria

Pinkd56 · Post by **Pinkd56** » 12 Dec 2022, 22:27

Team Name: Equipe Gauthier
Nationality: France

Gertrand Bachot · Post by **Gertrand Bachot** » 12 Dec 2022, 22:58

I'd also like to run a team. I haven't got an idea yet (I'd additionally be happy to take an existing team if wanted) so I'll sort that out later this week.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 12 Dec 2022, 23:02

Czechmate Motorsport would like to apply for an entry on the 2023 grid.

Post by **Ataxia** » 12 Dec 2022, 23:06

Team: Jones Couteau Racing Team
Nationality: British

Forti · Post by **Forti** » 12 Dec 2022, 23:24

I'd like to join. My team is run by my retired driver Bert Anzungolst (who will not be able to be hired for a drive).

Team Name: TBA (Team Bert Anzungolst, races under an Austrian license)

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 12 Dec 2022, 23:33

If tommy doesn't continue Gillet, i'd gladly take over the team.

If he does continue, Redfox (formerly RonDen) would like to buy another already existing team, for the sake of continuity.

Aislabie · Post by **Aislabie** » 12 Dec 2022, 23:35

As MinardiFan appears to have disappeared from the site, I would be interested in taking over Simpson Motorsports.

Regardless, I intend to run Emma Kickert in one of the cars, and have agreed with Ataxia to take over her DEC from now on.

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 13 Dec 2022, 01:58

Blokkmonsta will return:

Name: Blokkmonsta Motorsport (Still looking for a title sponsor!)
Nationality: German

NickyDustyOwl · Post by **NickyDustyOwl** » 13 Dec 2022, 03:43

Team Name: Challenger Grand Prix
Nationality: American

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 13 Dec 2022, 07:15

I would like to bring Foxdale Auto Racing Team, from the Isle of Man, back to this series, jointly run by siblings Pippa and Douglas Mann.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 13 Dec 2022, 08:52

Daniel Prieto said:

Selling the business to those australian c*nts was a big buttplug mistake. I should have kept running the business as usual and none of the events of 2020 would have happened. Well, here we are again, ready to give F1 and their hydrogen cars with speakers a run for their money. Bring your earplugs!

Post by **Miguel98** » 13 Dec 2022, 09:09

Team Name: Calinetic Lotto Racing
Nationality: Jamaican/Belgian

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 13 Dec 2022, 09:31

Wooo, yet another ARWS comeback that ain't happening. Bentley Team Kahama (GBR) is in.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 13 Dec 2022, 10:06

Dom_Wings wrote: ↑12 Dec 2022, 23:02 Czechmate Motorsport would like to apply for an entry on the 2023 grid.

The team intends to run in a partnership with an already existing ARWS team. Watch this space!

Post by **Frogfoot9013** » 13 Dec 2022, 10:16

I would like to revive Euromotor for the ARWS revival.

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 13 Dec 2022, 10:17

Kjellerup Racing will return for the new era of ARWS

Jan Magnussen · Post by **Rob Dylan** » 13 Dec 2022, 10:47

Sir Richard Branston is moving on and up from GPR Cards and into ARWS! Enter Dial-Up Racing!

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 13 Dec 2022, 12:10

Spot 17 reserved for Wazzle -- TBD

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 13 Dec 2022, 20:18

Having bought whatever assets MRT did not need in their transition to F1 as BMW's factory team (along with some technical assistance), Bryan Taylor Racing (AUS) will make the step up from F5000/F2 to the big leagues of ARWS

Post by **Londoner** » 13 Dec 2022, 21:18

bathplug it, it's about time I returned to the ASMF

After nearly a decade on the sidelines, old Richie White has decided to revive Shock of the Lightning Motorsports under a new trading name.

Team: Pretty Green Motorsports
Nationality: British

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 14 Dec 2022, 00:33

Scuderia Adriatica (ITA) should not miss this opportunity.

Jan Magnussen · Post by **Rob Dylan** » 14 Dec 2022, 06:27

If sponsors can just be made up, then I shall make up that Vodafone are our primary sponsor. We will be known as Vodafone Dial-Up Racing.

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 14 Dec 2022, 09:40

BORC will attempt to enter ARWS, using the assets of the former Mediterranean Motorsports concern acquired in early 2020

Aislabie · Post by **Aislabie** » 14 Dec 2022, 10:33

RejectFans.net wrote: Simpson confirms sponsor, driver

Simpson, and rookie driver Emma Kickert, will race in the silver and orange of Jetstar this year.

Long-standing ARWS team Simpson Motorsports has today announced a title sponsorship agreement with Jetstar, the "value-based" subsidiary airline of Qantas, and will compete as Simpson Jetstar Motorsport for the coming season. They also unveiled one of their drivers, rookie Emma Kickert who has previously competed in both main ARWS feeder series, and more recently in Super Formula in Japan. Sources close to the team suggest that Kickert's announcement as a race driver has come before receiving approval from the series organisers that she will be allowed to race.

Simpson's prospects for 2023 are hard to guess at [...]

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CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 14 Dec 2022, 18:12

Auto Motor und Sport wrote:snippet, title is missing

..."We don't know who is even running the show at Leipzig, let alone who is bringing the checks in." spoke John Lindt, Blokkmonsta's public relations director, in a leaked video call. "Can we even fund our GTSS team???"

"We need to cut this failure lose. I've been calling potential buyers, hoping one may bite." It is unclear who Blokkmonsta may sell their AutoGP operation to at this time, or if a title sponsor may come in to save the sinking outfit and all the jobs at Pfaffenhausen.

RUF again declined to comment on the termination of their partnership with Blokkmonsta, though their spokesperson clarified...

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Pinkd56 · Post by **Pinkd56** » 14 Dec 2022, 20:41

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 14 Dec 2022, 20:46

Sport.cz wrote:Czechmate Motorsport confirms title sponsor, hints at driver line-up

Earlier this week, the motorsport community in the Czech Republic celebrated as Martin Moravec confirmed that his team, Czechmate Motorsport, would be entering the resurrected AutoReject World Series for the 2023 season. Indeed, no Czech team and even driver has competed in the series to date; Moravec is also hoping to add a Czech driver to the line-up. The most obvious suggestion would be Czechmate's GTSS driver Jiri Komarek, who has got experience in AutoReject 3.5, however some rumours also hint at the possibility of the team signing fellow Czech team Charouz Racing System's F2 driver Vaclav Malsyz (who was supposed to drive for the team in the 2021 Auto2 season).

Czechmate Motorsport has unveiled their title sponsor for 2023, that being Telefonica's subsidiary O2 Czech Republic. O2 is the second-most popular mobile phone operator in the country, and as one of the sponsors for Czechmate's GTSS program, it seemed like a logical decision. The team will henceforth participate as O2 Czechmate Motorsport for the upcoming season.

NickyDustyOwl · Post by **NickyDustyOwl** » 14 Dec 2022, 21:48

(I'll learn fancy stuff later)

Challenger Grand Prix announces their title sponsor: AutoNation

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 15 Dec 2022, 09:44

ARWS approves new pre-qualifying rules for the 2023 season

In a meeting this morning, the ARWS commission announced new pre-qualifying rules , with an exciting pre-qualifying format that will go far beyond the two 15 minute sessions from the past.

In this new format, 10 teams will face on Friday two 15 minutes qualifying sessions, followed by a sprint race of 25% the distance of a normal race. Then, the positions from this race will be combined between the two drivers of each team, with the best 4 teams going through. Shall a driver retire, the driver will be classified according to the moment of retirement, so first lap shunts could have a significant impact in a teams fortunes over the rest of the weekend.

Half of the grid, that is, 10 teams, will be required to go through Pre-Qualifying for a period of 6 races, the teams being drawn at the beginning of the year as the series reboots, then being decided by the constructor championship positions at the end of each 6 races period.

It has also been decided that the main weekend will keep the old format of two 15 minute qualifying sessions followed by a 320 km race on Sunday, except for the round at Indianapolis

Hermann95 · Post by **Hermann95** » 15 Dec 2022, 10:18

Auto Motor und Sport wrote: MarchSixteen announces major sponsor deal

After their recent approval for an entry into the 2023 ARWS season, the MarchSixteen Group revealed a new strategic sponsorship deal with the Austrian OMV Group. The oil company is heavily invested into synthetic fuel production, which is a major component of the ARWS re-boot, and therefore offers more than just a sticker on the car, says MarchSixteen CEO Toto Wolff: "A strategic partnership is what can give us a competitive advantage, and you need every help you can get to compete at a level as high as it is in ARWS. Obviously it helps that they are an Austrian company as well."

A multi-year deal, which will also expand to all other MarchSixteen racing teams in one way or another, starting in 2023 is what the official press release says. Wolff hinted, that it is over a period of at least 5 years.

Given the recent expansions of the MarchSixteen Group, which makes most of their money in the investment capital market, this partnership appears to give the racing operation side of things a bit more independence and a better foundation to work with for the coming years. Recently promoted MarchSixteen Motorsport consultant Günther Steiner thinks: "this will give the whole operation some more room to breath and grow, to become a staple in the motorsport sector."

Post by **Ataxia** » 17 Dec 2022, 15:51

JCR Press Team wrote:Jones Couteau Racing announces title partnership with Samsung

South Korean electronics giant joins British squad on multi-year deal

Electronics giant Samsung has joined Jones Couteau Racing as a title sponsor for its AutoReject World Series team for 2023 and beyond, marking a fruitful relationship between the two teams.

The multinational corporation based in South Korea will have a visible presence on the Jones Couteau Racing 2023 car to signify the intent of the partnership between the two entities, which will involve a technology tie-up across both brands' various products.

In deference to this new partnership, the team will go racing as Samsung Jones Couteau Racing.

"We are delighted to commence our relationship with Samsung for the foreseeable future," says Team Principal and CEO Jacques Couteau. "With Samsung, we have one of the biggest technology and electronics giants in our corner, and this underlines the prestige and the commitment of the Jones Couteau Racing team to engineering excellence."

Samsung joins our excellent portfolio of partners at the team, with Spanish clothing giant Inditex already joining - represented by its Pull&Bear and Zara brands - as the Official Clothing Partner of Samsung Jones Couteau Racing. Automotive marketplace Cazoo has joined the team as our Official Car Retailer Partner, while the likes of 3M, Brembo, Northgate and Castrol continue with us having been key partners of the Jones Racing Group.

Couteau Brands will also continue its partnership with the team; café chain Jacques & The Beanstalk is our Official Coffee Partner, while Couteau Black Label remains as the Official Suitwear Tailor. New digital asset start-up Couteauken is our Official Cryptocurrency Partner.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 19 Dec 2022, 09:59

Foxdale Auto RacingTeam wrote: Press Release

Foxdale Auto Racing Team would like to announce that they have confirmed a title sponsorship deal with The Isle of Man Bank. This is a joint deal with The Isle of Man Tourism Board to draw more awareness to the team's homeland and to increase trade and tourism with Britain, Ireland, Europe and the rest of the world.

In some territories, the title sponsorship may revert to parent company NatWest International, and in testing, the bank's credit card partner MasterCard will be prominently displayed.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 20 Dec 2022, 21:35

We have some high-profile names up our sleeves.

Gertrand Bachot · Post by **Gertrand Bachot** » 21 Dec 2022, 01:33

Generic Z-List Media Source wrote:New ARWS Team Launches

The new 2023 ARWS season is building up, and one team has claimed an entry which was unknown. Until now, when this new team made its official launch. It had a model open wheel car in a black paint scheme with the logos of the team's title sponsor - with Rich Energy CEO William Storey and Racing Point Team Principal Matthew "Matt" Spinotto announcing the creation of the Rich Energy Racing Point ARWS Team.

Storey in his role talked at length about how great his drink was and how fantastic the team is going to be, throwing in a few jibes at F1 to boot. Spinotto meanwhile clarified a few details, revealing that the team will be known as Rich Racing in the Constructor's Championship, and their first chassis will be known as the WJS-23. He then went on to state that the team had a "grand master plan" that would "immediately propel them to the top of the sport" and that he was merely waiting to "spin into action".

He also clarified that the team would race under a British licence and that they had additionally acquired sponsorship deals from technology company ROKiT, chemicals company Ineos and tobacco company British American Tobacco, through which the team will advertise the company's A Better Tomorrow initiative.

No other deals have been announced so far, so we wait for further update on the team's plans.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 21 Dec 2022, 12:57

Hereby Redfox confirms they will run Ecurie Gillet, from the pre-existing base.
Some major sponsors remain, like Proximus, Belfius whilst we got a new deal with Engie to make sure energy prices remain high. Ab Inbev will promote whichever of their beer brands sells best in each country they race in.
Redfox will bring Octan sponsorship to the table and Fabrique Nationale and TNT will also help as logistic partners.

Despite Redfox running the team, the car will not be red, but purple and blue. The drivers helmets will have fox ears though, as an innovative aerodynamic revolution.

We also confirm Lamberigts as reserve driver, negiotations with other drivers are ongoing but those with Belgian nationality are heavily favoured.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 21 Dec 2022, 13:45

novitopoli wrote: ↑20 Dec 2022, 21:35 We have some high-profile names up our sleeves.

I wanna see how all that fits in a GP2 livery