Re: EuroV8 Cup

by Milan655 Mon Mar 16, 2015 5:23 pm

Milan655 wrote:
Milan655 wrote:
Milan655 wrote:The deadline for cars and ratings is the 2nd March 2015. However, I will happily take up any requests for painting.

The date for cars and ratings has been extended to the 16th March 2015, although I would really like to have them within the next week. As I said, I am happy to paint your car if you ask me to.

I'm still awaiting both cars and ratings for:
#27 Rafael Modena (VVV)
#28 Thomas De Bock (VVV)
#28 Benoit Voeckler (VVV)
#28 Giovanni Roda (VVV)
#888 Adilmar Caeteno Xairim (VVV)
#17 Haziyoki Kazayoshi (Nickpericles)

I'm still awaiting ratings for:
#2 Callum Morgan (Rykia)

That's now just one week remaining, if you're included in the list above please get at least your ratings in soon

If you are listed in the quote, you have until Saturday 12:00AM GMT.

by Milan655 Sun Mar 22, 2015 1:14 pm

2015 season begins in Belgium
(OOC: Qualifying will be run tomorrow, race likely to be run on Tuesday/Wednesday. Bare this in mind if I still don't have ratings, your car, or both. If I am missing any of those two, your car won't be on the grid.
The inaugural EuroV8 Cup season kicked off on Friday evening in Belgium with Friday practice where 23 of the 29 entered cars took to the circuit.

Both Trueba cars of Rafael Modena and Thomas De Bock failed to take to the track for unspecified reasons, as was the same for Macanese Adilmar Caetano Xairim. The #27 of Modena was present in it's garage, while the De Bock and Caetano Xairim's cars are yet to be seen.

In similar news, the Ole Riders team have failed to show up to the circuit and are seemingly unlikely to race in Belgium with no known news since their planned entry in November. The final two entered cars which failed to take to the track were the two Rubidium Racing cars which both failed technical scrutineering although are expected to take part in both qualifying and the race over the weekend should they follow up on the track marshall's requests.

FIAM have seemingly taken an early hold on the race weekend, after successfully claiming 3 of the top 5 positions in free practice however drivers from both Kanako and STS did challenge throughout with Team Kwik Fit's James Burnley holding the lead for most of the session, while Greenflag STS's Callum Morgan was consistently towards the top end of the charts with a final position of 5th.

However, it was a surprise when German driver Viktoria Draachreider ended the session on top in her independent FIAM, outdoing all 4 of the works cars. While only just beating Dash Cup race-winner Franco Giovanardi by half a tenth of a second, she can be more than pleased with her result.

STS were the weakest of the main 3 manufacturers however, with only 3 cars in the Top 10. Both Marianna Palazzo and Brianna McDonough experienced mechanical gremlins early into the session with the former's session ending after just 10 minutes whilst McDonough did return to the circuit following a lengthy stop in the pits.

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by PackerMan71 Sun Mar 22, 2015 2:37 pm

VIKTORIA ALL SMILES, CAN'T WAIT FOR SEASON TO START

After a lackluster 2014 season, FIAM Scuderia Modena driver Viktoria Draachreider impressed a lot of the top brass by posting the fastest time in Friday practice. Viktoria was all smiles after the practice session.

VIKTORIA: I know it's just practice, but I'm really pleased with how the car is handling right now. I'm really looking forward to the race, and as the only German in the field, I've got to make my country and my brother [Erik] proud. Very Happy

by Milan655 Mon Mar 23, 2015 4:29 pm

Full Q1 results:

Let me know if it's worth continuing with qualifying videos or what needs improvement? I know it's quite short, and I forgot corner names after Kemmel Straight Laughing

Super Pole:

by navycook75 Mon Mar 23, 2015 5:09 pm

I didn't know the series had numberplates, now my car sticks out like a sore thumb... (I used the Dash Cup template minus that numberplate)

If it's not too late I'll change that before the second race.

by Milan655 Mon Mar 23, 2015 5:14 pm

navycook75 wrote:I didn't know the series had numberplates, now my car sticks out like a sore thumb... (I used the Dash Cup template minus that numberplate)

If it's not too late I'll change that before the second race.

The race is yet to be run, so it's possible to have it all set for Belgium Smile

Don't think I'll run the race until Wednesday or Thursday, so before then will be fine

by navycook75 Mon Mar 23, 2015 5:58 pm

Milan655 wrote:
navycook75 wrote:I didn't know the series had numberplates, now my car sticks out like a sore thumb... (I used the Dash Cup template minus that numberplate)

If it's not too late I'll change that before the second race.

The race is yet to be run, so it's possible to have it all set for Belgium Don't think I'll run the race until Wednesday or Thursday, so before then will be fine

Ok.

I also just realized the difference in the template sizes. it's no big deal though.

by SpeedDemon37 Mon Mar 23, 2015 7:49 pm

I would say that 4 or 5 minutes would work well for Q2 videos. If time constraints or something of that nature were to arise, then I would understand not having one made one for each race, but it's whatever you wish to do, of course! If I could make a suggestion, I would suggest aligning the graphics into one column to make them slightly easier to read, although that is a minor critique.

Otherwise, I really liked your Super Pole coverage! I think that the quick showcase of the drivers and the onboard analysis of the pole lap worked very well.

by Milan655 Thu Apr 23, 2015 5:17 pm

2015 EuroV8 Cup - Race of Belgium

Full Standings

Full Results:

by SpeedDemon37 Thu Apr 23, 2015 6:53 pm

Spoiler:

by bsoyuz Thu Apr 23, 2015 7:07 pm

Spoiler:

by Mother of Invention Thu Apr 23, 2015 8:02 pm

Milano, whats the name of the the background song? I really liked it.

Schleir finishes mid pack, fairly quiet afterwards

"I really couldn't go anywhere after the initial burst. I guess I just out myself in some bad spots and payed the price at points, but you know what they say? We'll get them next week"

by Milan655 Fri Apr 24, 2015 1:12 pm

Mother of Invention wrote:Milano, whats the name of the the background song? I really liked it.

It's the instrumental of Lana del Rey's West Coast.

by Milan655 Sat Apr 25, 2015 3:23 pm

No show Trueba Racing replaced by Lukoil Racing
Trueba Racing Team, who failed to appear on the grid at the Race of Belgium, have had their entrance revoked by organising body TCI Group after failing to pay their season's entrant fees. They join KQ Motor Sports, Ole Riders and Rubidium Racing in having their position on the entry list chalked off for the same reasons.

Scuderia Modena, who have already entered two cars in Viktoria Draachreider and Alessio Fabiani, will therefore field an additional two entries under the Lukoil Racing Team banner for Russian Viktor Ladygin and Italian Maurizio Menuzzo, who are both switching this season from the Russian Touring Car Championship. Both have had relative success in the RTCC with some victories where Scuderia Modena also ran them in Tolyatti's, again under the Lukoil Racing Team banner.

Trueba Racing Team are the only team thus far to have had their entry entirely replaced, while the other 4 open spots on the entry list still yet to be field. The TCI Group has stated that the entry process is still firmly open, but entrants will be moderated to avoid any further teams registering ghost cars into the series.

(OOC: If you wish to enter a team, PM me and I sort details out first)

by Milan655 Thu May 21, 2015 4:48 pm

Race of Yorkshire Super Pole

Full Quali Results:

by Milan655 Tue Jun 16, 2015 1:33 pm

Round 2 - Race of Yorkshire

*Currently ill so voice has nearly went whilst commentating.

by PackerMan71 Tue Jun 16, 2015 6:18 pm

EuroV8 Cup:

by SpeedDemon37 Fri Jun 19, 2015 12:59 am

2015 Race of Yorkshire:

by Milan655 Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:16 am

AsiaV8 Cup planned for winter 2015
The Touring Car International Group (TCI Group) which organises and promotes the EuroV8 Cup and Auto3000 Series has announced plans for an Asian touring car series, the AsiaV8 Cup, to take place in the winter months of the 2015 and 2016 season.

In contrast to the EuroV8 Cup which is limited to the 4 established manufacturers of FIAM, STS, Kanako and Indama, the series will likely be open to manufactures of the EuroV8 Cup, the Dash Cup series which compete with similarly homologated chassis, as well as the Zhuhai and Maple manufacturers from the Chinese Touring Car Series.

The series is set to be contested between November and February when the European and American championships are in their off-season. The calendar is expected to include circuits from the Philippines, Thailand, Japan and China.

Indama announce will not contest the 2016 EuroV8 Cup series, 4th manufacturer position open to new manufactures
Malaysian-manufacturer Indama have officially announced that following what has so far been a disappointing season in the EuroV8 Cup, they will step down from the 4th manufacture entry in 2016 instead with an aim to focus on what will be the AsiaV8 Cup.

This leaves a position open either for a new manufacturer for the 2016 season to replace it, or for the TCI Group to open the limited registration of 8 cars per manufacture to 10 should the requirements not be met for a new manufacturer next season.

Indama has so far experienced a highly disappointing opening two rounds in which they have yet failed to score points with a best finish of 11th at the Race of Belgium at Spa. They have also failed to meet the EuroV8 Cup requirement of 8 cars sold, resulting in the TCI Group allowing them a concession of 4 cars which they have also failed to meet.

The next round of the EuroV8 Cup will be at Silverstone, with STS favourite after a disappointing round at Croft.

by Milan655 Thu Aug 20, 2015 5:14 pm

Franz Kimmeleich takes impressive pole position at Silverstone

Kanako independent driver Franz Kimmeleich has secured his first pole position in only his second start of the season. Having joined the field at Croft, Kimmeleich had a strong start before dropping down the order to finish 21st but has proven himself following a strong qualifying session at Silverstone by taking pole from STS driver Mattais Schleir by 2 tenths.

Schleir, who will join him on the front row, has so far had an unimpressive season with only a best finish of 6th so far. Tanya Carter, so far STS' best driver this season, will be unsurprisingly on the 2nd row however will start 4th behind another newcomer in Russian Viktor Ladygin who is driving the Scuderia Modena-run Lukoil Racing FIAM. His team-mate, the highly experienced Maurizio Menuzzo, also made it to the Super Pole session but finished in 8th place by the end of Saturday.

Championship leader, Viktoria Draachreider, will start in 5th place while her closest rivals Yuji Hirate and Franco Giovanardi will start 6th and 18th respectively, the Italian having an awful qualifying missing out on Super Pole by 5 tenths of a second.

The Top 16 qualifying times are as follows:

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by Milan655 Mon Aug 31, 2015 6:39 pm

Round 3 - Race of Great Britain

Results and Standings

by SpeedDemon37 Mon Jan 11, 2016 10:52 pm

2015 Round 4 - Race of Nogaro

(OOC: I remembered that car #9 was a factory car, but mistakenly thought that it was a FIAM Engineering car and didn't have TMpedia available to realize that that was the case. I apologize for that mistake; I'm afraid that I made it multiple times.)

Race Results:

Post-Race Press Release:

by Milan655 Tue Jan 12, 2016 11:59 am

OOC: The #9 is a FIAM Engineering car entered under the Castrol Racing Team banner, so technically they are still one team anyway

Spoiler:

by PackerMan71 Tue Jan 12, 2016 7:58 pm

DRAACHREIDER CELEBRATES FIRST CAREER VICTORY IN DOMINATING FASHION AT NOGARO

It was a clean sweep for Scuderia Modena driver Viktoria Draachreider at Circuit Nogaro.

Starting with earning her first career Super Pole, Draachreider would dominate the entire race weekend by leading all 35 laps, winning by 1.6 seconds over championship rival Franco Giovanardi

VIKTORIA: This is just incredible. I can't believe what kind of car the team brought here this weekend. It was fun to drive, and we kicked some major butt today. The lapped cars were a bit of a pain, but we were able to get around them without too much trouble. The only downside is that my rival in the championship finished second, so I didn't gain as many points as I would've hoped, but I'm still happy about my first win. Hopefully, we'll win a few more before the season's over.

With her win, she strengthens her hold on the championship to 4 points over Giovanardi, while she increases her lead in the Independent's championship to 11 points over Yuji Hirate.

by SpeedDemon37 Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:52 pm

2015 Round 5 - Race of France

(OOC: Known mistakes in the commentary:
- Carter STS is a factory team, as is Greenflag STS
- Giancarlo Corelli is a full-time racer)

Race Results:

Post-Race Press Release:

by PackerMan71 Fri Jan 15, 2016 9:38 pm

DESPITE WORST FINISH OF THE SEASON, DRAACHREIDER EXTENDS HER LEAD AT SICOTTE

It may have been her worst finish of the season, but you know you're running good when it's a 6th place finish.

Viktoria Draachreider didn't have a very good Super Pole qualifying session, but she managed to salvage a 6th place effort at Circuit Thiery Sicotte, and with her main rivals not scoring points, including 2nd place man Franco Giovanardi, she extends her lead in the championship to 7 points. She is also the only driver left to have scored points in every race this season.

by Milan655 Thu Feb 11, 2016 8:01 am

Work has had me too busy really to get anything done. Hoping I can get the final 3 rounds recorded and posted soon, but here are Round 6-9:

Results:

by SpeedDemon37 Sun Feb 14, 2016 5:52 pm

Perreault Takes First Victory of 2015; Wins Gran Premio Merano
30 August 2015

2015 marks the first year in which the prestigious Gran Premio Merano weekend includes a touring car event, as the EuroV8 Cup joined the Auto300 Series at the Autodromo di Merano for the headline races of each of their seasons.

In the EuroV8 Cup, it would be (interestingly) an open-wheel veteran who would take victory in Jean-Marc Perreault of Lausanne, Switzerland. Perreault took the lead from Englishman and Greenflag STS racer Callum Morgan on lap 29 of the 50-lap race and would never look back, building an eight-second lead over Morgan during the remainder of the event and taking the checkered flag. Ironically, Perreault was excluded from the Race of Nogaro earlier in the year after spinning Morgan's car while the two drivers were racing for the fourth position.

Perreault's victory is the second in 2015 for FIAM Engineering, as Vittorio Amati scored a win in the Race of England at Brands Hatch. Originally scheduled to compete for the championship, Perreault has missed three races thus far after a mid-season offer from FIAM to replace Giuseppe Marchetti in the team's #15 entry in the Dash Cup Pirelli Super Touring Series.

After competing in six of the nine races that have been run at this point in the season, Perreault has scored 22 points, and sits seventh in the driver's championship standings.

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