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We are here in Melbourne once again for the Start of the Third Season for the IGP FMR Championships. Now I can't tell you how excited I am to see this Championship through, if it is anything like last season we are in for a heck of a fight. We got some new faces joining the Divisions and Old hats making a return, but there is still time to submit your Application to the championship listings if you still wish to join a competitive league.

With Practice already underway and so far we see three newcomers topping the times in the Rookie Division, could be a close match between Martin Carroll's Team, Carroll GP; Urban Ciber's Team, Laguna GP Racing and Noah Huffman's team, BMW Red Bull Racing. Some good time's in so far, with the top 6 drivers averaging 1:26.154, with !st and 6th being separated by just half a second. But then we have yet to see a wheel from some of the old faces, so it could all turn around for them, either way it could be a battle to watch with these three.

If we take a look at our Pro Division Times however we see an new story. The two dominant forces of last season, Cruz Crew, led by Mike Carter, and Green Mile, led by Demetrius Landon, seem to have been swamped by the competition this season, in Practice times we see that Demetrius' team are languishing down the table in 9th and 10th, while Mike Carter's drivers only managing 2nd and 3rd as they get thrashed by Natalia Frey's Dylan Mansell for Blood Lines. Diogo Simoes has gained a new contract for this season and with it a new name for their team, they are no longer Scuderia Ferrari F1, but now Benfica F1 Team, and that new contract is certainly working for them so far, storming passed last years rivals to be in a tight battle with Adam The Bassist's, SL Racing Team. We have to give a mention to the two new teams to the Pro Division this season, Matt Dduke, who has yet to assign his team an official name just yet so on record his team name shows as, mattdj77408122909; And finally M Frmn heading the Puputan team, both teams have set some decent times, but the real question is, can they hold their own when it's lights out?

Finally we find the times for our Elite Division, though Both teams are returning teams, we have only seen Paul Skyeladder's Drivers set any time at all and even then, they seem not to be pushing to their fullest extent. Perhaps they are waiting for Kalan Nelson's team to take a few laps before really showing their colours, or perhaps with winning the Elite Constructors Championship last season they have just become far too relaxed. Only time will tell if any of this is true.

Don't forget folks there are still plenty of spaces left to enter, please submit your applications as soon as possible.

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Well we asked for it and we got it. Just as we had predicted Australia was a hell ride and it all starts with the Searing Heat that played absolute havoc on everyone's tires. Even those on hard tires where having to take great care with them so they wouldn't overheat. couple that with the closely fought battles we had across the board, it makes for a nail biter.

Let us first take a look at our Rookie Tables;



As the lights went out it looked as if Carroll GP were going to be storming home with a Victory, but after the first round of pit stops it's seemed to all go down hill, both drivers were swamped by the competition and it was the Laguna GP Racing and Gravitas Motorsport that dominated the front of the grid, closely followed by Carroll GP. Almost every lap there was a lead change, all the while the three cars, both drivers of Gravitas and one of Laguna never going more than a few seconds of each other. Tire wear issues were affecting everyone, even at the lower end of the points; Pandaslo, Schwinesteiger and Keokuk Hell were wheel to wheel for the entire race, jockeying back and forth through pit stops and tire strategies no one was giving so much as an inch.

But in the end it's points that count, and even though Laguna found themselves on the top step of the podium, it's Gravitas that takes the top spot in the Constructors. An excellent exciting race all round.

We move on to the Pro Tables;



What can we say that hasn't been said already? With a new sponsor in the Benfica F1 Team they certainly topped the Tables in the Qualifying with the SL Racing Team tucking in right behind, following them was one of the Blood Lines driver's and both Cruz Crew driver's. We said that these last three would be the ones to watch, and they were. It was as if they were towing each other around, never more than inches apart let alone seconds, DRS played a major part with these three as it allowed them all to stay in close proximity to each other throughout the race, a good battle for them and a great 1-2 finish for Cruz Crew.

But further down the field we see a new story. Where are Green Mile, the second more dominant force last season. Why they were over shot by Benfica F1 and even Hopsocube got between them for the finish. Have they lost the momentum they had last season? Could it be that the new regulation rules have hindered a once front running team? Why even SL Racing had a hard time adjusting to the new regulations, only managing 10th and 17th places, but it has made for an interesting race and a much more open championship.

Finally we see the Elite Tables;



Skyeladder Band were straight out of the gate, and showing the Blue Angels just why they were so dominant last year, easily taking the top two positions, but could it be that the Blue angels, just like the Skyeladder Band last season, are slow off the mark? perhaps in a few races we could see a change in the works.

Only time can really tell for sure.

Join us next time when we take a look at the Malaysian GP, just who will be on top, no one knows.

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As rain plays yet another factor in mixing up our Teams we have a real battle on our hands now;







Just seeing the Tables alone you can just see how much the Teams had to fight against the elements to keep any sort of points. We have front runners only scoring a few points, back markers coming out of the woodwork to stand on the podium, this race would be one to remember.

Let us hope that the following Race in China is not also accompanied by rain.

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We know from history that China always produces some great Races, and it didn't disappoint today.

Qualifying was nothing short of electric as the drivers set out it looked as if Laguna GP was going to take the front row of the grid, but Carroll GP's Robert Brown stormed ahead of the pair of them taking Pole position by just shy of half a second, his team mate slotting in nicely behind them to make it an all out Laguna vs Carroll Lock out for the front two rows. Row 3 consisted of but Pandaslo Drivers while row 4 sees the first Gravitas Driver sitting beside a new comer 'Those Guys' who took 8th and 9th and Byrgil8160499's Jacob Mansell rounded off the top ten, incidentally another Newcomer. Harry Brown of Gravitas just missed out of a top ten grid by just 0.106 Seconds and starts beside Holly Mansell of Schwinesteiger as they take up Row 6.

The race however for our rookie division was nothing short of a white wash for Laguna GP, sure Robert Brown may have beaten them to the Pole, but doing so he had destroyed his tires, making them practically useless at the start of the race. Laguna GP saw this and capitalised, making short work of Brown and taking a 1-2 easily. However, behind them it wasn't such an easy race; Gravitas and Schwinesteiger were in a cage match all of their own. Battling for survival as they each fed off the other as they took charge of the remaining pack and many a time double teamed the field, but it was Schwinesteiger that came out better taking 3rd and 5th leaving gravitas to take 4th and 6th. Charlie White of the new comers 'Those Guys' was the only remaining driver to keep themselves from getting lapped, even Robert Brown after his fantastic run for Pole was left sprawled in the dirt almost two laps down from the Leading Laguna GP, a disappointing drive for Carroll GP 16th and 20th in the end.

And after the Session had ended, our Tables were completely turned over;



The Pro Division however was not such an easy victory in any sense. Qualifying saw some fast times being set by the SL Racing Team and Hopsocube, they were the teams to beat in the Quals, but beat they were as Knudsen of Benfica F1 put out a scorcher of a lap, a 1:33.174. Even Dylan Mansell got in the mix for a while, but sadly after a final push from both Hopsocube and SL Racing he could only manage 6th on those Hard Tires, but was only 0.128 off the Soft Tire runners, it just goes to show you how much the Blood Lines team have made progress after the winter testing. The Second driver for Benfica F1 took 7th beside Cruz Crew's Lizzie Stark. McCarthy Jr and Johnson of Blood Lines rounded off the top ten.

But that all changed during the race, Hopsocube and SL Racing didn't quite have the pace to keep within the top ten, with Hopsocube falling to 12th and 14th, and SL Racing taking up 11th and 13th after an absolute nail biter of a race with a surprising view from Green Mile, a team who had begun the race way down in 17th and 18th position. They had charged through the field like an angry pair of bulls in a ring to go toe to toe with SL Racing. Now we couldn't forget about Benfica F1, Blood Lines or even Cruz Crew who have taken the top two spots all season, and they did the same again today. But it was no picnic for any of those three teams.

From down in 8th and 9th Cruz Crew took a more conservative approach, taking a few laps to feel the track and it's conditions before making a charge. Benfica F1 could be described as the Semi-truck on the highway taking up both lanes of traffic, they were not giving up their positions easily, but the getaway drivers of Blood Lines were determined. All three teams found themselves battling one another for the first half of the race, but it was the patient Cruz Crew that weaved passed the Semi-trucks with Dylan Mansell of Blood Lines following them through, for the latter part of the race it was a tussle between those three drivers for the Podium spots while Knudsen and Pedersen made mince meat out of Johnson, eventually Johnson finished in a Benfica F1 Sandwich as they took 4th, 5th and 6th.

Our tables show just how much just a single day from Qualifying to the Race can change the perspective;



Our Elite Division was in all honesty a disappointment for the Skyeladder team. After a great Qualifying round to take up the front row of the grid, it all seemed to go down hill. Tires that wouldn't grip, DRS Failures and a touch in the first left both cars hindered for the first stint before they could change their nose cone. From then it was a game of catch up with James Johnson of the Skyeladder Band team finishing 43 Seconds behind Adam Hamilton of the Blue Angels. After a very dominant start by Skyeladder could the cracks already be showing for them? Certainly their Director would have to look at these reliability issues and rectify them before Bahrain next week;



And that is all we have time for this evening on IGP FMR News. Tune in again where we'll be analyzing the running of the Bahrain GP. Drive Safe Folks.

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Nice work, Mike.
You really should take it up.

It's that time again as we take a look at the Bahrain GP. Practice was an interesting session for all three divisions, our Rookie Division saw a blistering pace from Carroll GP, as both drivers put in laps over a second faster than anyone else, that speed was carried in through the race as they went on to take 1st and 2nd, which left Laguna GP, Gravitas Motorsport, Schwinesteiger and Those Guys to battle it out for the remaining points that were on offer. After a rather shaky start Gravitas were able to pull away with some good points, 6th and 8th, Schwinesteiger and Laguna fought bravely during the race, some good wheel to wheel action and they swapped and changed places through almost every corner, but it was Schwinesteiger that came out on top as they were able to finish 3rd and 5th leaving Laguna GP to take 4th and 7th after a spin allowed Gravitas to take the 6th spot. Those Guys and Philpy1981 took the last two remaining point slots.

But let us not forget the other teams, who in their own right have come a long way since the start of the season. BMW Red Bull started off well from 13th and 14th on the grid, however an unfortunate connection between one of their own and a Byrgil9160449 driver left them both well behind after an unscheduled pit stop for them both, but their first driver held in well to take 20th. However at the other end of the scale, Keokuk Hell who began the race at the very back of the grid after taking an engine penalty in both their cars charged through the field to finish an absolutely fantastic 19th and 21st place. A great run by that team and for me my favorite for the Division today.



After an impressive run in Qualifying Mattdj77408122909 found one of it's driers sitting on the second row of the grid, taking up the 3rd slot, the front row was once again locked out by SL Racing; Hopsocube found some good grip and planted a solid 4th and 6th place, slit by the first of the Cruz Crew drivers taking 5th while her team mate took up the 8th position who was sandwiched between the Blood Lines cars. a very poor showing from Benfica F1 as they found themselves in 17th and 18th position only just able to stay ahead of the Ford Performance Team. Green Mile sat in front of Benfica, while Puputan took row 6 and Carneiro F1 took row 7.

But it all changed during the race. Puputan's lack of straight line speed was made evident as they were easily outstripped by almost every team ending 17th and 19th while Ford Performance took 18th and 20th. Due to Puputan's poor performance Benfica was able to move up, but only slightly taking up 15th and 16th, all these team found themselves 2 laps down as the checkered flag came out.

Green Mile were able to at least get in the bottom of the points by taking up 10th and 11th while Carneiro F1 took up 9th and 12th with both Mattdj77408122909 drivers behind them. A rather disappointing run for Mattdj, having started so well a mix up in the strategy found them out of the points. Now to the business end of the grid.

After a great qualifying SL Racing were able to battle their way to stay in the points with 6th and 8th respectively sandwiching a Blood Lines driver between them. But a fantastic run from Hopsocube as they take up 4th and 5th and at the front, as they have been for the entire season so far we see our three strongest Drivers, Stark, Mansell and McCarthy Jr from the very start these three were wheel to wheel, but ultimately Mansell would lose out leaving Cruz Crew to take a forth 1-2 finish with McCarthy Jr leading the way.

It begs us to think, is there no driver that can stop these two? Mansell of Blood Lines is certainly trying his hardest no doubt about it, it's only a matter of time before he takes that streak away from them.



A new story began today as a Surprise Application got approved as the SLB Racing team joined the Division, headed by Titi Bird, and they did not disappoint, locking out the second row of the grid Blue Angels had no answer to them as all they could do was stare at their rear wings, while Skyeladder Band took the front row.

It was a good race for all three of these teams. SLB Racing proved just how fast they could go and easily retained their 3rd and 4th positions, but there was no stopping Skyeladder who charged ahead. But could it be that SLB Racing were just warming up? could they be playing the long game and plan to unseat Skyeladder from his current dominant run? We can not know for sure so stay tuned and we'll keep you updated.



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What a day, I could not begin to detail every aspect of the Spanish GP, so much was happening in all divisions it was hard to keep track.

First lets take a look at the Rookie Division and here we'll start with the bottom of the table. As just like the rest of the field, everyone had been mixed up and re shuffled like a deck of playing cards. If we look at the Qualifying we see, Mercedes at the bottom with Hallafax, Lafayette and Keokuk battling it out in front of them, in front of them we see the 4 teams of Byrgil, Those Guys, Stoned Rangers and Philpy having their own battle of the times. then we see if becomes more ordered at the front. JM Motorsports taking row 8, BMW Red Bull take Row 7, Schwinesteiger take row 6, Pandaslo take row 5, Chemql, Gravitas and Laguna share rows 2 to 4 and Carroll GP once again lock out the front row. However if we look at the race everyone got switched around. Nobody was giving so much as an inch on this track.

Going from back to front we see a BMW Red Bull at the back, then a Lafayette, Mercedes, Keokuk, Those Guys, Hallafax; the last 6 places taken up by a completely different team. just this alone shows just how much every driver is desperate for those all important points. The second Lafayette driver takes up the 26th position with JM Motorsport in front, the second driver of the Hallafax team taking up the 24th slot the second Mercedes who was able to launch herself through the grid for 23rd spot. Keokuk in front of her, with both Byrgil and Stoned Rangers driver's battling it out with the remaining JM Motorsport and Those Guys drivers for 16th to 21st. Teams Pandaslo and Philpy were hard pressed to find a way to leave the second BMW Red Bull driver in their mirrors, those 5 drivers took up the remaining none points paying positions.

But now we come to the important top 10, Chemql were able to hang on in there taking up the last two remaining points positions, but more importantly they were able to keep themselves out of the intense battle behind Carroll GP who once again took the lead. Schwinesteiger, Gravitas and Laguna were in a race of their own with several close calls, the shared the last remaining points positions. These three teams right here are going to be the ones to watch for the remainder of the season, there are only 2 slots open for promotion and they are all desperate to get it, but who could it be?



Pro Division was just as crazy as the Rookie. Qualifying saw Puputan at the back of the grid with a Ford Performance Driver in front of them and both Green Mile drivers taking 16th adn 17th. The first Mattdj Driver took up 15th with the Carneiro drivers taking row 7. Row 6 and 5 was shared between the Benfica Drivers and a Ford Performance taking 12th and a Hopsocube taking 10th. Mattdj and Hopsocube share row 4 with Cruz Crew and Blood Lines sharing row 3. SL Racing lock out row 2 while Cruz Crew and Blood Lines were left to fight it our for the Pole.

Unfortunately for Mattdj and Ford Performance their lack in pace found themselves at the back of the field with Puputan; Forrd took 15th and 16th, Mattdj took 17th and 18th leaving Puputan at the back. But even this far back is where things get interesting in the Pro. As we watched the Pit Strategies play out we had many a back marker taking the lead positions, it was anyones game who would actually go home with points. Carneiro finally took positions 12th and 14th but surprisingly a SL Racing driver was sat between them. Hopsocube couldn't find a way passed Blood Lines and just missed out on the points and take up 11th, and Blood Lines take 10th. Benfica could only manage to keep his starting position and finished 9th with the remaining SL Racing driver ahead of him. A fantastic driver by Green Mile sees them lifted from 16th and 17th to finish 5th and 7th sandwiching the last Hopsocube Driver. Benfica found 4th position, but at the front it's the same story again. Cruz Crew took the lead while Blood Lines takes a back seat, someone needs to stop these two drivers.



Elite Division had their own arguments during the race. Qualifying saw Skyeladder on the front row, Blue Angels locking out the second and SLB Racing taking the third row. The Race however was another story. SLB Racing had the pace to keep up with the other teams, but just couldn't find a way through safely, for the rivalry between Blue Angels and Skyeladder had reached a peak. Determined to unseat Skyeladder Blue Angels pushed themselves to the brink to mix it up, but just as determined were Skyeladder to hold on to their lead. It was such a close match that tempers were frayed as Blue Angels and Skyeladder crossed the line practically together, it came as a shock to Skyeladder that Blue Angels were able to take the win after analysts studied the recordings. An altercation ensued between the two lead drivers. It made for a very unique podium celebration as Roberts of Blue Angels sported a bloody nose and Hamilton a black eye, needless to say the podium was short and I recon both drivers will be getting a few stern words from their team bosses, and perhaps race officials. Let's keep those battles on the track boys.



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We apologize for the lateness of our race report, everything was so close and exciting that our ace reporter "Mike the Strike" fainted and is now trying to re-watch the races without gaining again

Welcome once again to the IGP FMR Division review. Today we are surrounded by the Grandeur of Monaco, a truly historical track. Today we saw some fantastic races.

We start of course with our Rookie Division, and today it was a tight race running quickly through the Grid we saw Philpy taking 1st and 3rd, Laguna taking 2nd and 8th, Carroll sat in 4th and 6th, BMW Red Bull taking 5th and 15th, Jaguars taking 7th and 9th, Schwinesteiger taking 10th and 17th, Chemql holding 11th and 13th, Pandaslo; 12th and 14th, Gravitas 16th and 18th, JM Motorsports locked out Row 10, Byrgil following them with Row 11, Stoned Rangers sat in P23 and 25, Lafayette P24 and 27, Those Guys 26 and 30, Mercedes Benz 28 and 30, and finally Keokuk taking the final positions 29 and 31.

If the Grid isnt enough to mix things up, the Race certainly did, how can we summarize this race. IT would be neigh on impossible to include everything that was going on. From battles, to Mechanical Issues, to retirements and more, this race had it all in spades. First lets talk about those Mechanical issues. 4 teams seemed to have Mechanical gremlins today Keokuk Hell found their DRS systems were malfunctioning, causing massive delays in the DRS zone and eventually completely going all together, but despite their issues they held on to take a respectable 29th and 32nd position. Not far in front and also experiencing issues were Mercedes Benz, they had gearbox problems that left them several times without drive, but they crossed the line 26th and 31st. Those Guys were next in the gremlins eye sights, those tricky little devils played tricks on their electrics, as they had false information and even lost all screens for a moment, causing huge problems on the pit wall, after a few mistaken pit stops they were able to keep hold of 28th and 30th position, though narrowly. The last team to have Mechanical problems were Lafayette Mercedes, unable to Cool down the engine they had to practically coast most of the race finally ending 25th and 27th.

In the middle of the field, Pandaslo, Chemql, JM Motorsports, Byrgil and Stoned Rangers were having a race all by themselves. Though some of them had the pace during qualifying, over an extended period it was clear each teams cars were just that much faster than the others. Of these 5 Stoned Rangers were the largest losers as they could only hold on to the tail end of the group, finishing 23rd and 24th, just managing to stay ahead of them, Byrgil in 21st and 22nd. But it was JM Motorsport, Chemql and Pandaslo that had a race through the pits, each stint would see their order switching and changing, but it was the work of the Pandaslo pit crew that got them ahead of the group with Chemql behind and JM Motorsports bringing up the rear.

Starting 16th and 18th it was in no doubt that Gravitas wouldn't be fighting for points today, but fight they did and made a great battle of it right to the finish with the teams of Jaguars and BMW Red Bull, of course it would be BMW taking the points home with them but by gosh did they have to work for it, both Jaguars and Gravitas Drivers were not giving them an inch and in many corners they didnt even going three wide down the home straight but it was Gravitas sandwiched between the two Jaguars' Drivers as those 4 took up positions 11 to 14.

Now i know what you are all thinking, what happened to the other teams, if Jaguars and BMW were taken down through the order what about Schwinestier? Carrolls? Philpy? Laguna? Well i will tell you.

It was a race beyond races. After a promising start Philpy was left hanging, barely able to stop Schwinesteiger from chewing on them, and being absolutely swallowed by Laguna. No one could match their pace, Laguna had the race in the bag everything seemed to be going their way as they charged through the field to take the top 2 with a Schwinesteiger taking the final podium. Philpy managed to hold on for 4th and 5th with the two Carroll drivers squeezing the last Schwinesteiger for 6, 7 and 8.

We have recently found out that after several races of not gaining any points Mercedes have pulled their contract with Lafayette and liquidized their Mercedes Benz team, and without an Engine supplier Lafayette has had to pull out of the Division completely, a great loss for what could have been a promising team.

But the results tell one story where as the Tables tell another, after a blistering race it has become an extremely tight battle in the points;



Pro Division was filled with Mistakes. It made for an interesting Race though. Lets first look at the starting grid: McCarthy Jr easily took the Pole position for Crews Crew with Blood Lines' Dylan Mansell beside him. On the second row, Taylor for SL Racing and Pedersen for Benfica F1. Carneiro took over the 3rd Row with Green Mile's Williams sitting behind beside Cruz Crews Miss L Stark. Johnson for Blood Lines and Saintilus for Green Mile rounded out the top ten. Mattdj's Jones took the lead on row 6 with SL Racing's Wilson beside him. Jones' team mate sat behind him on row 7 with Hunt of Hopsocube beside and Hunt's team mate, Roberts, heading row 8, Benfica F1's Knudsen beside. Puputan took over row 9 and Ford Performance started at the back of the grid.

Ford Performance were forced to retire after a double engine failure in both cars, Team Director Lucas Abelha had this to say about the matter;

"It is unfortunate to have both of our Engines fail during the race, but we are looking into the Issue and will be fit for racing next week"
"But with the performance your team has had over the season so far could this possibly be the first sign of more reliability issues for the next race"
"Our teams are working hard to repair any issues that have or could occur for the next race, we will be fit to race again"
"But Mr. Abelha wouldn't .."
"No more questions"

Clearly after their success in the Rookie Division the sheer pace of the Pros is getting to the cars. On a better note though the remaining teams had a good battle for the race all be it in several small groups but a great days racing as different Strategies came into play making us wonder who would get the points.

Shock report though, after a Mix up on the Pit wall McCarthy was forced to settle for second today as the Pit Crew of Cruz Crew sent McCarthy out for his final stint on Softs rather than the Super Softs he radioed for, so it was Lizzie Stark that took the podium spot, but it was still a 1-2 win for the team with Dylan Mansell forever shadowing them. SL Racing was able to optimize their strategy to take 4th and 5th a great result for them and the team. But a huge upset for Carneiro, they were looking to finish 7th and 8th but Johnson from Blood Lines got between them in the closing laps of the race, a great finish and some much needed points for the team. Williams and Pedersen founded out the last points positions.



Elite Division saw a clean race from all the teams. Skyeladder of course finished 1st and 2nd once again, but SLB Racing made their presence known and would not let Skyeladder get away, these two battling team were able to take the fight to the line but it meant leaving the Blue Angels team far behind.

But on another note Blue Angels have begun a Sister team after an agreement came to light with several new sponsors, thus Blue Angels 2 was born. Using the engines from last year Blue Angels 2 are set to debut in Turkey along side another new team PG Racing, headed by Andrew Ritter, who's application had been approved just moments ago, after the announcement was made Mr. Ritter was all smiles as he spoke with the press;

"PG Racing can happily announce that we will be running in the Turkish GP next week. It has been a huge battle to get the approval and Myself and the team are delighted that is has finally come to pass. We will of course be trying our hardest out on the track and look forward to the opportunity presented to us for racing under the IGP Formula Motorsport Racing banner."

We wish both teams the best of luck for the coming races. We all know how popular the IGP FMR is becoming and it's population and reputation has only grown ever more larger over the last few months.



That's it for another exciting report, join us again as we review the Turkish GP.

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The Turkish GP, what an insane ride that was, lets look at the surprising line up for the grid, not one of us could have predicted the line up for today. Taking the Pole Position was a Jaguar, a surprising run from them, beside them we find once again Laguna GP making their way to the front. 2nd Row, Philpy and Carroll, 3rd row, Laguna and Carroll, 4th row, Jaguar and Philpy, 5th row, Schwinesteiger and Chemql, 6th row, Chemql and Gravitas, 7th row, Schwinesteiger and Blue Angels 2, 8th row, Blue Angels 2 and BMW Red Bull, 9th row, PG Racing and BMW Red Bull, 10th row, PG Racing and Gravitas, Pandaslo lock out row 11 while JM Motorsports Lock out row 12, Byrgil take row 13 with Stoned Rangers and Those Guys sharing Rows 14 and 15 and right at the back of the grid Keokuk take the 16th row.

The Race however found Carroll's usual easy win tampered by Philpy, Schwinesteiger and Laguna today. What ensued was an intense battle across the entire race, no driver was giving so much as an inch away to the others, it was only as the race began to close before Carroll was able to take up a firm lead, they were able to hold of Philpy for 1st and 3rd, good run for them but a fantastic battle for Philpy to gain 2nd and 5th with Schwinesteiger taking 4th and 6th, which unfortunately left Laguna with 7th and 8th, but still tremendous effort from them all.

Behind the leading 4 teams were another battle for the last remaining points. Gravitas, BMW Red Bull, Blue Angels 2 and Chemql had their own battle. First of all it was a awesome run for Gravitas and Blue Angels 2 to come through the field to be battling for the points, both teams gave 110%. But it was Gravitas and BMW that took the last points with Blue Angels 2 close behind.



Moving to the Pro Division, we see that once again Cruz Crew were able to get a front lock out again taking 1st and 2nd wth the ever present Blood Lines behind, but in 4th and 6th after starthing 14th and 17th were Green Mile, on absolute fire they were to get those places, well done to them. Hopsocube had a good race too to finish 5th and 9th Benfica F1 were able to get a car into the top for 7th place and Blood Lines rounded out the points.

At the other end of the scale after a Great run in Qualifying, Mattdj found themselves at the very back of the field incredibly behind both Ford Performance drivers, Puputan finished in front of Ford and Carneiro were able to finish 12th and 14 with the remaining drivers of Benfica and SL Racing taking up 11th and 13th.



Elite became a more standard affair with Skyeladder taking the the front row for the start of the race, SLB taking the 2nd row and Blue Angels taking the 3rd. During the race however it was a different matter. Blue Angels made their presence known to Skyeladder and sat between their drivers for the finish taking 2nd and 3rd while Skyeladder was able to take 1st and 4th, SLB Racing took up the remaining 5th and 6th positions, a great run from the new team.



Join us again for the British GP.

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A rather overcast day saw some unusual strategies come into play today. The British GP was an eventful day both on and off the Track.

Off Track we learn that both drivers for Laguna GP Racing might not be taking part in the final 2 races of the current season owing to the fact that the team boss, Urban Ciber, might be allowing two junior drivers to tread the waters. Incidentally this was certainly not pleasing news to either of the current drivers. On a more positive note, Confirmation from the Gravitas Garage that Harry Brown will be racing for Gravitas next season, no doubt his performance this season has allowed him to stay with the team, however over on the other side that has been no confirmation that Enzo Rossi will be racing for Gravitas next season.

Over in the Carroll Garage , Martin Carroll, team manager for Carroll, has signed new contracts with his driver for another 2 years and after such outstanding performance this season it was in no doubt that this would happen, but with Carroll only managing to stay in the promotion zone, will their current drivers be able to handle the Pro Division? Two drivers hoping to keep their twin seats for next season are the Mansell Sisters, Holly and Olivia who are both running for Schwinesteiger, neither contract has been confirmed yet, but it is clear from their racing that both sisters are out to prove they belong in those seats.

On track it was all out war for the top ten grid positions in Rookie. The top 4 teams of Laguna GP, Carroll GP, Schwinesteiger and Gravitas Motorsport were to battle it out for the grid with a surprise contender in the mix, Jaguars were able to get themselves into the Final part of qualifying to duke it out with the top 4. But it was Laguna and Carroll that came out on top as they shared both front rows with Gravitas and Schwinesteiger shared row 3. The second Schwinesteiger Sister, Holly Mansell shared row 4 with a fantastic run from Julien Mercier of Jaguars seat himself in front of a Schwinesteiger. which left Harry Brown of Gravitas and Sebastian Aksamirski of Jaguars to take 9th and 10th respectively.

During the race these 5 teams were in a class of their own as they retained their positions throughout the whole race leaving the rest of the field to themselves. Altimately it became yet another 1-2 for Carroll GP with Laguna GP taking 3rd and 4th the Schwinesteiger sisters put the squeeze on Gravitas as they finished 5th and 8th, Gravitas taking 6th and 7th leaving Jaguars to pick up their first points of the season.

Behind them though we see the familiar faces of Oliver Palmer and Dylan Smith of Blue Angels 2 leading the rest of the field with both Philpy drivers behind them. You have to start to wonder just how quickly this Sister team of Kalan Nelson will continue to be just outside the top ten, with their performance to date, they could easily snatch a few points in the next couple of Races.



Onto the Pro Division then, and we have to wonder just how long Ford is going to allow such poor performance to continue. Word has gotten around that if things do not improve for the Ford Performance team they could be losing their seat for next season. Riccardo Frattini has already been seen in a meeting with Lucas Abelha from what we gather Riccardo has but 1 race to turn his performance around or they could be replacing him for the Hungarian GP. Puputan are much in the same position, though their drivers are still contracted for another 2 years Mr. M Frmn is taking a lot of pressure from their Engine supplier to perform better during these last races, could it be that these two teams may not have a seat for next season?

At the other end of the table after such Dominating performance for the last 2 years Carter McCarthy and Lizzie Stark have scored themselves new contracts with Cruz Crew so they will be racing with the team for a further two years;

"I can tell you all that thanks to their outstanding performance, I can say that both our drivers will be staying with Cruz Crew for many years to come. It is only due to them that we have been able to maintain the top positions for every race thus far. I could not ask for a better team, a better crew or any more of my drivers than they are already doing. I hope we can still maintain such level of performance if we are promoted to the Elite Division. Though we have had great success so far, there is still a lot of races left in this season."

That was Team Boss, Mike Carter, speaking to our reporter earlier this morning. To the on track action and it was clear to see just how happy those Cruz Crew drivers were as even on Hard tires they managed to seat themselves in the 2nd and 3rd slots of the grid, accompanied by Carneiro F1 as they took 1st and 4th. As always Blood Lines' Dylan Mansell was not far behind them in the number 5 slot with Thomas Wilson beside him for SL Racing. Hopsocube put in a fantastic performance by locking out row 4 with Joshua Taylor of SL Racing and Soren Pedersen of Benfica F1 making up the top ten.

During the race no one knew who was going to win out of the Cruz Crew team as they swapped positions for almost every lap, each time with the help of the DRS thus allowing the pair of them to take an early lead and hold it down very easily for the finish. Clearly both drives enjoying the moment they were able to stay with a top performing team.

Just like always we find Dylan Mansell taking up the 3rd place spot, a great run from him as he tried but ultimately would fail to get by the Cruz Crew cars. So its the usual story at the podium celebrations, but behind them after an absolutely blinding performance from Hopsocube they found themselves crossing the line in 4th and 5th positions leaving Benfica and even SL Racing trailing in their dust, it was needless to say they both Hopsocube drivers were able to secure their seats for next season.

Rounding out the top ten was Benfica F1 taking 6th and 10th; SL Racing taking 7th; the final driver for Blood Lines taking 8th with a Carneiro driver taking the 9th and final slot. But we still have to wonder of Green Mile, currently 4th in the standings, but still a long way off the pace for the last few races, only managing 13th and 14th.



Qualifying for the Elite Division was much the same as each team locked out a row each, first Skyeladder, then SLB Racing and finally Blue Angels. However as we have seen all too often during the race Blue angles were able to come through the field to finish 2nd and 3rd, leaving Skyeladder to take 1st and 4th with SLB Racing bringing up the rear in 5th and 6th.

The real stoy for this Division though is off track. Skyeladder has confirmed that both of their drivers have been given new contracts, but we also know that where as James Johnson has been contracted for just one year, Charlie Roberts has been contracted for 2, could it be that with James Johnson's 4th position in the drivers standing that he has not impressed the team boss to allow him another year? This will mean he will be fighting for his seat next season too, and with two strong teams coming up from Pro Division, it would only make it that much harder.

A similar story is told for the SLB Racing team, Cesar Vega has 1 more year remaining on his contract, but Nigel Mansell has been confirmed for another 2 years. Blue angels have yet to give any information regarding their drivers, but neither of them are concerned for the moment, so we will have to wait and see what the future brings.



That's it for another report from us. Tune in next time for the German GP.

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Once again we have action both on and off the track. Lets first start with our On Track reports. Rookie Division found themselves in difficult waters for qualifying, most drivers seemed off the pace, and many complained that the track just didn't feel right. That was true for many accounts but even so we had a nice mixed up grid for the start of the GP. I will quickly run through the order as it would be far too much time wasted to take into account the amount of mistimed runs there were.

In Pole Position we had Laguna GP with Carroll GP beside; Jaguars and Carroll GP on row 2; Laguna and Pandaslo row 3; Gravitas and Pandaslo row 4; Gravitas and Schwinesteiger row 5; Schwinesteiger and Jaguars row 6; Philpy and Blue Angels 2 row 7 and row 8; JM Motorsport and BMW Red Bull sit on Row 9; PG Racing lock out row 10; BMW Red Bull and JM Motorsport take row 11; Chemql and Byrgil take row 12 and 13 with Stoned Rangers locking out row 14; Those Guys lock out row 15 and finally Keokuk Hell take the final two remaining positions at the back of the grid.

A common sight at the back of the field just lately as we find Those Guys, Keokuk Hell, Stoned Rangers, Byrgil and JM Motorsport left to battle it out in the back 3rd of the field, they took positions 23 to 32. Most unusually PG Racing only managing 18th and 22nd and Chemql just managing to stay ahead in 16th and 20th but most surprising of all BMW Red Bull after a great season so far found themselves languishing far behind the front running pack and finished a rather disappointing 17th and 19th places. taking up the 21st spot was Thompson of Pandaslo after a nasty spin left him way down the field and without a nose wing forcing and unscheduled pit stop.

For the top 15 we have the main event. After a Promising British GP and a great start for the German GP, Jaguars found themselves at the tail end of the points battling hard with the Philpy and Blue Angels 2 Teams. Though it was a hard fought battle for them all with many touches, running wide and a very close encounter between Brown of Philpy and Smith of Blue Angels 2 it was Jaguars that took away the final point and finished 10th and 11th, with Philpy behind them. But it's Blue Angels that will be kicking themselves tonight. After a desperate attempt to get ahead of Jaguars, Blue Angels 2 opted for a softer tire on both of their cars, initially it worked, but as the race drew to a close they lost all grip in their tires and finished a disheartening 14th and 15th, unlucky for them but a lesson well learnt.

The last 9 front running drivers were at the hammer and tongs today. Such aggression you would think they had bombs attached to their cars. no one wanted to be behind and they did anything to get ahead. Such be the case with Carroll Racing, working in tandem the two drivers edged themselves ahead of the rest. Many drivers said they were working unfairly as a team, but the stewards could find no fault in the tactic and they were able to take 1st and 2nd again. Behind them, after the final round of stops, Hunt was able to break away from the group to finish 3rd just managing to fight off the Mansell sisters who took 4th and 5th for Schwinesteiger. Harry Brown for Gravitas proved he was the better choice for the team as he finished 6th and 3 places clear of his team mate Rossi who took 9th. Leaving Thomas to take 7th for Laguna and Lily Wood to take 8th for Pandaslo, an excellent run from her.

Get yourselves ready for a shock ladies and gentlemen as not 1, but 2 teams removed themselves from the Division. That's right we were expecting Keokuk Hell to take the fall but no one expected Stoned Rangers, who were 6th on the Constructors Leader board to pack up and leave. Our new crew here only found had confirmation of this after it was confirmed that Stoned Rangers Team Boss, Mike Rodgers had called to cancel his application to the Division. They had quit via phone call, now i've heard of running with your tail between your legs but this, this was a cowards way out.



Pro Division was of course mostly dominated by Cruz Crew yet again, but push came to shove in the Qualifying as Pedersen of the Benfica F1 Team came out of nowhere to take the pole by 0.623 Seconds, a massive upset for Cruz Crew, but another surprise waited behind them as desperate to prove themselves Argyros of Ford Performance found some pace and put in a stella lap of 1:30.614 to take 4th place away from Dylan Mansell who sat beside Taylor for SL Racing for row 3. Carneiro F1 did well to get a grip on Row 4 while the remaining drivers of Blood Lines and Benfica rounded out the top ten. But focus was on Hopsocube, both Hunt and Roberts confessed after the race that they had deliberately only put in 1 timed lap so that they could stay out of the top ten. they found themselves in 12th and 14th grid slots with SL Racing between them. Green Mile were able to take the 8th Row with Puputan and Mattdj starting at the back.

It was a scramble on the first lap of the race, a saddening end for two teams so very early on, desperate to get higher up the field Taylor of Puputan made an insane move by diving up the inside of turn one, left it too late to brake, locked his wheels and collided with the rear wheel of Frattini's car of Ford Performance. The insane move caused devastation to the back markers as the ensuing crash took out both Puputan and Mattdj cars Frattini managed to limp the car around to the pits ultimately ending 15th after his team mate, after a fantastic Qualifying was forced to retire after an engine blow out. It was a finish that Ford Performance could not have foreseen nor did they need. But just like a Ford Mustang one spokes person for Ford Performance was quoted saying that Ford will 'Muscle their way back up the tables through sheer determination'. I do wish them the best of luck for a most promising team indeed.

Green Mile was able to move up the Tables some after a somewhat strange strategy seemed to work for them, but once again their number 2 driver Williams out shone his team mate to finished 10th and in the points, where as Saintilus languished herself down in 14th, only 2 places above where she began. Carneiro was next up the field, but they had had a difficult race, from taking row 4 it was only Wood that was able to hold onto his position to finish 7th, while Johnson couldn't hold back the competition and ended 13th. Benfica did well to finish 6th and 12th after a good hard battle with Green Miles, Williams and SL Racing who ultimately finished 9th and 11th. Johnson of Blood Lines took 8th.

As we had predicted though, it was Hopsocube the team to watch as they used that free selection of tires to charge through the field and take a very well deserved 4th and 5th. a brilliant effort by them and a boost in moral for the team. The podium was of course taken up by it's usual suspects of McCarthy, Stark and Mansell of Blood Lines.

Surprises are not yet over as we were able to welcome back Suzie Q to the Pro Division and her team BMR Racing. Her team were a treat to watch in our first season and we hope she will be able to retain that level of determination. Our reports were able to get a quick word with Suzie earlier today;

"We are very pleased to be back of course, my team, BMR Racing, have made a lot of new changes and new developments over our absence and we will be working to further improve the car and the team as we advance to the Elite Division"

A very confident Suzie Q earlier this morning. Well Suzie I do hope you bring that confidence onto the track, Good Luck.



"We have made a few new changes to the car for this race and we hope they can advance us forward"

That was Titi Bird speaking to us before the Qualifying, and it seems their new upgrade have done the trick, they were certainly a lot faster in Qualifying as they took up the pole and 3rd position leaving Skyeladder to take 2nd and 4th while the Blue Angels could do little but look at their rear wings in 5th and 6th.

During the race however SLB Racing were able to battle much harder with the other Teams but ultimately Skyeladder's sheer pace out maneuvered SLB Racing and took 1st and 2nd, they also lost a little momentum in defending from Blue Angels who took 3rd but they fought valiantly to take 4th and 5th from the remaining Blue Angels driver. Lets hope that SLB Racing will be able to get those new parts working to their optimum level.









*clears throat* My apologies, I have just been given word that 2 new teams have had their applications approved by our governing body to join the Rookie Division, they are of course;

Hydra Racing; under the leadership of, Johnathan Daniels
and
Frank 115; who's team boss is none other than, Francisco Frank115, the esteemed American Billionaire

We wish both teams the very best of luck for the remainder of the season.

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IGP FMR Season 2

Welcome to the Hungarian GP Review: Laguna GP and Carroll GP found themselves at a loss today especially during Qualifying. Times were run so closely that some grid positions were separated by a mere Thousandth of a second! Carroll GP looked to be on top once again as the Qualifying came to a close, but in the last few moments Schwinesteiger, Frank115, Laguna GP, Philpy and Blue Angels II all came out for 1 last run to beat the times set by Carroll; a 1:24.788 and a 1:24:631.

Schwinesteiger were the first to cross the line with great times of 1:24.754 and 1:24.828, not enough to beat them, but at the minimum split them. We must also mention Schwinesteiger have hired two new drivers for the remainder of the season, the Mansell sisters were both dismissed after a leak of sensitive information was traced back to their hotel room computer.

Laguna GP Followed Schwinesteiger over the line, with blistering times of 1:24.501 and 1:24.502 so close only a fraction of a second separated them. Philpy and Frank115 came through next with Frank115 getting 1:24.503 and 1:24.576 enough to beat Carroll but still 0.001 second from Laguna's time. Philpy had stellar runs with a 1:24.5 and 1:23.909 while one just scraped in ahead of Laguna the other smashed through those times and found the Pole position. Blue Angels II were the final pair to come through; 1:24.102 and 1:24.263 enough to split the Philpy's but not enough to take Pole, just short by 0.193 seconds.

After the upset for Carroll during Qualifying they were determined to pull it all back in the race, and they really did, Battling hard with Laguna, Schwinesteiger and Philpy who were all equally determined to unseat Carroll from their recent 1-2 finishes. And unseat them they did at it was Philpy who stood on the second place podium beside the two Carroll drivers, though Laguna took 4th and 5th and Schwinesteiger took 6th and 7th with the second Philpy driver taking 8th, all of them were still ecstatic to see the chain of 1-2 Carroll finishes broken clean in half.

Jaguars took up the last remaining points with Audi Schaeffler Red Bull taking up 11th and 12th. A great result for them after taking a penalty for changing their engines from BMW to Audi Engines and it seems to be working for them so far. But after a promising start by Frank115 and Blue Angels II both team were left in the rut as Frank115 were able to finish 15th and 16th but poor Blue Angels II only managing 17th and 20th with the Pandaslo drivers between them. But it goes to show just how much pace these two teams have, they just need to transition that to the races.



Pro Division saw a front row lock out for Cruz Crew, SL Racing took Row 3, while Blood Lines and Green Mile shares rows 2 and 4, Benfica and Hopsocube shared row 5 and row 6. But fantastic times from BMR Racing found them on Row 7. Puputan took Row 8, Carneiro locked out Row 9 and Mattdj and Ford Performance shared the remaining 2 rows of the grid.

Once again Ford and Mattdj could not elevate themselves passed their qualifying positions, nor did Carneiro have an answer to the pace of the other teams as they finished just 17th and 18th.

An intense battle between Puputan and BMR Racing saw Puputan lead both drivers of BMR Racing to take 13th and 15th, but it was clear that Puputan were racing in desperation, it begs us to wonder just how bad their situation is right now.

As we move on to the front running teams we of course see the 1-2 Finish from Cruz Crew with Blood Lines again behind them taking 3rd and 5th. A brilliant run from Pedersen of Benfica as he took 4th, his team mate however only managing a mere 12th.

But the Battle to talk about for this race was the one for 6th to 11th places. Green Mile, Hopsocube and SL Racing were at each other throats as the fought hard and long across the race, but it was Green Mile that came out the better team with 6th and 8th places. Hopsocube came out of the battle worse off after only getting 1 car into the points for 7th and 11th, leaving SL Racing to take 9th and 10th, positions they are currently getting used to but they are consistent if nothing else, perhaps their new car design for next season will give them a much better edge.



A Massive Upset for Blue Angels I today as they couldn't bring themselves out of the back of the field, their financial troubles are certainly hitting them hard now, but they are improving and gradually clearing their debts which is very good. They finish 5th and 6th.

Skyeladder of course took the 1-2 finish after Qualifying 1st and 4th, a great run if nothing else. But the real story here is SLB Racing, able to Qualify 2nd and 3rd they held out to finish 3rd and 4th taking Full advantage of Blue Angels I's financial troubles to bring home the bacon. A brilliant result for them and a great step up for the team.



To finish we regret to inform everyone that Those Guys have withdrew from the Rookie Division.

That's it for for another report, until next time.

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Time for another report from this years European GP. To kick things off we have an important announcement to make, after scoring no points or even being very competitive the team bosses of JM Motorsports gave us notification that if they could not place well for the European GP they would withdraw their application. As it stands they did not place well and have since withdrew from the sport.

Another upset for Carroll GP today as they could only manage to get 1 car into the top 10 in Qualifying, but the story for Qualifying was the top 3 grid positions were taken up by Gravitas for 3rd, Jaguars for 2nd, but Audi blinded everyone with a display of speed to take the Pole. It was just unfortunate that they couldn't carry that speed into the race.

The race was a closely fought battle especially for the front running teams, Carroll GP and Laguna GP. After Carroll's display of weakness in the last race that Philpy was able to expose, Laguna gave no mercy as they took Carroll GP for 1st and 3rd leaving Carroll 2nd and 4th a rather disgruntled team went home tonight as they all pondered where they were going wrong.

The duel between Gravitas and Schwinesteiger were to follow the leading pair but after some respectable racing Schwinesteiger took 5th and 8th while Gravitas settled for 6th and 7tth, a great day of racing for both teams as they were a delight to watch.

In the remaining pack it was a good battle for the teams as each driver gave it their all to come out on top, but it was Blue Angels II and Audi Red Bull that came away with points to two very please team bosses; Blue Angels II of course gaining their first points on the board with Audi Red Bull taking a point since Turkey, their new engine is certainly breathing new hope into the team.

Behind the points we see the second drier for Blue Angels II splitting the Jaguars to take 11th, 12th and 13th, while Chemql was split by a Pandaslo driver to take 14th, 15th and 16th with the remaining Audi driver behind them.



The Pro Division saw new spirit from the Hopsocube Garage as they were able to lock out the front row for Qualifying taking what should have been Cruz Crew's start, but to add salt into an already open wound Blood Lines' Dylan Mansell took 3rd place on the grid leaving Cruz Crew to take 4th and 5th. SL Racing took up 6th and 9th with the remaining Blood Lines driver taking 7th as Green Mile rounded off the top ten with 8th and 10th. Behind the top ten however BMR Racing strutted their stuff as they just missed out on the top ten by a small 0.2 seconds, still a fantastic run for them but not enough for the third part of qualifying.

The race however saw an unusual strategy from Blood Lines, perhaps they were trying something new to try and unseat Cruz Crews reign, but sadly it was not meant to be and found themselves in 5th and 6th after a very close battle with SL Racing and Green Mile. Green Mile took 8th and 9th while SL Racing took 7th and 10th crossing the line for 7th right behind Blood Lines, a closely fought race from all team.

But this left 3rd and 4th completely exposed, and it was Hopsocube who took full advantage of their new speed and gave Cruz Crew a good run for their money in the early stages of the race, but ultimately they could just not keep pace with the Cruz Crew drivers and cruised around for 3rd and 4th with Cruz Crew once again taking an easy 1-2 finish. But with their 3rd and 4th finish they take 3rd place in the Constructors Standings, well done Hopsocube a great battle fought.

Behind the point BMR Racing were in a fight themselves with Benfica and Puputan, some great racing from all the drivers, but it was Puputan that took up 11th and 12th while Benfica took 13th with BMR Racing behind them for 14th and 15th.



The Elite Division saw a close match up with all the teams. SLB Racing blitzed the Qualifying surprising Skyeladder by completely locking out the front row of the grid with what seemed like effortless ease. Skyeladder was left on Row 2 with their jaws on the floor while Blue Angels I took the 3rd and final row. But even with their financial troubles Blue Angels I were not giving up without a good fight, and what a fight they gave, jockeying for position throughout the race they were able to split both Skyeladder and SLB drivers to take 2nd and 5th, with Skyeladder stamping their authority as they took to the Podium once again with 1st and 3rd, but it was still a great run for SLB Racing to finish 4th and 6th. It allowed the other teams to really think just how much development will SLB Racing have in them for the next season.



To the side notes then and yes as you can see by the Tables JM Motorsports did indeed withdraw from the Division. But that left two openings for 2 new teams. Ferrari finally make their way back to the FMR Tables with a new head of Management Brendon Bromley, who we have found out is actually the Cousin to Brian Bromley of Jaguars. We wish him the very best of luck as she heads an undoubtedly fast team.

Our second team to join the Rookie Division is out very first team to be owned by a group not just an individual. we welcome WI Racing to the Division headed by the American WI Racing Group, unfortunately we have yet to learn the names of the members for the WI Racing Group but we will get back to you if we can find that information.

Also the American Billionaire Francisco Frank115 has renamed his team the Blue Eagles and given the car a new and very patriotic livery, it looks fantastic and all the more menacing as viewed in the review mirror as an Eagle in full attack mode.

Speaking of Liveries we have a new one for SL Racing too. As a tribute to the Battle our Paul Skyeladder is facing with Cancer they have changed their livery to a brilliant Pink and White with 'Fight Against Cancer' adorning the side pods and engine cover.

That's it for another episode of the IGP FMR Review, let's see what the new teams in Rookie can do.

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Now we've had teams withdraw for various reasons, Financial, Contractual and even just not performing as expected, but for Francisco Frank115 he would top them all. Now we all know making it to the top you would have to step on a few toes, but upon arriving in Belgium Francisco was ram raided by the Belgian government, now details are sketchy at best, but it was the Governments decision to withdraw Francisco from the Division as he was carted away in cuffs. So this left an open slot and we welcome Ryan Timbrell and his RJT Racing team to the Rookie Division.

Now I'm all for a mixed up grid, it makes for some interesting races, but nothing could prepare me for this. Jaguars taking the Pole position from Laguna. That's right, Laguna GP had to settle for 2nd and 3rd on the grid as they each sat beside a Jaguar in 1st and 4th. Now we knew Ferrari were going to be quick and they were able to sandwich themselves in 6th between both Carroll Drivers. Gravitas, Pandaslo and Audi took up the remaining top ten slots.

Laguna GP Stamped their authority once again by taking the top 2 slots in the race, leaving Carroll with little to do but play catch up for 3rd and 4th. Martin Carroll must be wondering what is going wrong with his cars by now. But for 5th and 6th a damned surprise waited for everyone as Chemql were able to stick behind Carroll with only 11 seconds down the track. However this next battle no one was getting in between, Schwinesteiger and Gravitas were once again dueling across the track, the atmosphere between these two teams was palpable. No one cared how they got ahead they just did, at times Schwinesteiger worked together riding side by side to block the track, other time Gravitas would force Schwinesteiger to the edge of the gravel trap forcing them to brake. It was likened to a duel between two dragons, fighting over territory, but Schwinesteiger got the upper hand again taking 7th and 9th leaving Gravitas 8th and 10th.

Outside the top ten we had a wonderful battle between 5 teams; Blue angels II, WI Racing, Jaguars, Ferrari and RJT Racing's remaining driver. RJT Racing were forced to retire the first car before the race had begun. But nonetheless it was a good battle as they each classified well; Jaguars for 11th, RJT Racing for 12th, a brilliant result for them for their first run out, Blue Angles II took 13th and 14th, next came a Ferrari for 15th, WI Racing took 16th, Jaguars took 17th, WI Racing 18th and Ferrari 19th.

Philpy classified above Pandaslo after Pandaslo got themselves a drive through penalty for corner cutting. PG Racing held off Byrgil for 24th and 25th while Byrgil took 26th and 27th. A most unfortunate race for these next two teams, Hydra Racing and Audi Schaeffler Red Bull, the 4 drivers of both teams collected each other after the first round of stops, Audi unfortunately had to bow out after suffering significant damage, bu then Hydra also had to retire a few laps later when the damage to their cars took effect. Finally of course the remaining driver of RJT Racing taking effectively 32nd place but was not classified.



We also have a new face for the Pro Division, Priyanka Tulabha with Aston Martin Red Bull, we are told Priyanka is the daughter of an Ex-French Emperor, the modern day Princess. Most unfortunately due to her late application she was unable to Participate in the Belgian GP however we will see her for the Italian GP Next week.

Qualifying for the Pro League was a Topsy-Terby affair. Benfica was able to take the Pole with both Hopsocube Driver behind them. Cruz Crew settled for 4th and 5th, while Green Mile took 6th and 7th, BMR Racing took 8th with Puputan rounding out the top ten.

The remaining drivers of BMR Racing and Benfica took 11th and 12th respectively, but way off the pace were Blood Lines and SL Racing who took up Rows 7 and 8. Carneiro took Row 9 with Mattdj and Ford sharing the last 2 rows.

Mattdj were force too retire after their financial troubles caught up with them, unable to repair their cars they bowed out with mechanical issues. Ford performance did at least make the end of the race but were way off the pace for 19th and 20. Puputan classified 17th and 18th after taking several Penalties while Carneiro took 15th and 16th.

But here is where things get interesting. Unable to raise themselves any higher SL Racing found themselves finished 11th and 14th, just outside the points but still a disappointing run for them. BMR Racing had a fantastic drive to pick up their first points of the season with 10th and 13th. One of the Benfica Drivers took 12th, and though all these drivers had a great battle in themselves it was still a run none of them wanted, tires were just not working today.

But if it is a disappointing drive for SL Racing and BMR Racing it was certainly a disappointment for Blood Lines, only managing 8th and 9th. Their team manager at a loss for words as we tried to speak with her but she was adamant she did not want to talk. A good driver for Green Mile as they finished 6th and 7th behind the remaining Benfica driver who took 5th.

However Cruz Crew were in for a shock as for most of the race they were hounded by Hopsocube. Hopsocube were not giving up their forward starting grid positions easily, and nor did they, a fantastic battle between these two teams. Blood Line need to be careful as Hopsocube just might take over that 2nd spot in the Tables and snatch their all important Promotion from them. Hopsocube ultimate finished 3rd and 4th with Cruz Crew again taking the victory for 1st and 2nd.



Now if there was ever a turn around point for SLB Racing it was in Belgium. Locking out the front row of the grid they left Skyeladder and Blue Angels I sharing Rows 2 and 3 a full second off their times. They were easily able to carry that through to the race, Blue Angels I and Skyeladder just had no answer for the blistering pace of SLB Racing a fantastic result for them taking their first win for the season and a 2nd place to top it off. Blue Angels I took the last stop on the podium as well as 6th position leaving Skyeladder for 4th and 5th.



It just goes to show that having the right car, with the right set up on the right day you can achieve anything. A huge congratulations to all the teams for making it a very interesting season so far, it was indeed a good question as to who would take the leading roles, but as we know by now, it could all change in a race or two.

Goodnight to you all, and we will see you all again next time for an exciting episode of IGP FMR Racing Review.

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Welcome to Monza everybody, and a rather unusually wet one at that, it had started raining right before Qualifying but set ups already locked in it made for an interesting race. With the top teams set for a full dry track, having a now wet track set them back quite a way, but 4 teams were able to capitalize on the situation. Philpy took Pole and 3rd Grid slots while Schwinesteiger took 2nd and 4th. Laguna GP Locked out row 3 with both Pandaslo drivers behind, Carroll GP with a completely wrong set up rounded out the top ten by taking row 5.

Following the top ten we had a Ferrari for 11th, Jaguar 12th, RJT 13th, Audi 14th, Chemql took Row 8, Merica took row 9, Audi sat in 19th, RJT 20th, Jaguar 21st, Ferrari 22nd, Blue Angels II 23rd, Gravitas took 24th and 25th, Blue Angels II 26th, the last three rows were locked out by WI Racing, PG Racing and finally Hydra Racing rounding off the grid. Yes this rain really did cause a lot of problems for a lot of teams.

However during the race some teams were able to adjust accordingly and set their strategies to best take hold of the situation. Unfortunately Wood for PG Racing had to retire after a mechanical failure towards the end of the race and therefore picked up the 32nd position. With rain and set up already hampering them, Hydra Racing could not make any head way during the race and ended finish what was effectively the back of the grid for 30th and 31st. PG Racing's second driver was able to pick up 29th just behind a WI Racing driver who took 28th. Merica could not take hold of the situation and fell down the grid eventually taking 20th and 26th places, Audi could hardly do much better as one of their drivers took up 25th and the final WI racing driver taking 24th an improvement for him but still nowhere near where they would have liked to have been.

Gravitas were able to improve from their grid positions as they made the best of a bad situation, sandwiching a RJT driver for 21st and 23rd positions. A Blue Angels II driver sat behind both Chemql Drivers for most of the race taking up 19th while Chemql took 17th and 18th a slight drop from their starting position but still the team were they didn't fall much further.

Even in the worst possible situations we can still find a good battle, today most of the focus were on 13th to 16th as the four drivers fought hard in the soaking rain, these four drivers consisted of the remaining drivers for Audi, RJT Racing, Ferrari and Blue Angels II, but out of the top and into 13th place was RJT closely followed by Blue Angels II leaving Audi for 15th and Ferrari taking up 16th, a great battle for all four drivers.

The Team that made the most progress was in no doubt Jaguar, they pushed through the field and the rain to even challenge and beat Carroll Racing who just had no answer for anyone and well to 10th and 11th places while Jaguar took up 9th and 12th a fantastic result for the team and just goes to show that keeping a cool head during a less than ideal situation can come out trumps.

Up front however there was no stopping the last 4 teams, managing the rain and their strategies well, Philpy were able to win the 1st and 2nd positions with Schwinesteiger taking 3rd and 4th, but Pandaslo were able to get one over on Laguna to take 5th and 6th leaving Laguna 7th and 8th. You had to hand it to these 4 teams, they managed the situation well, kept calm and kept racing.



In our Pro Division a sad announcement greeted us in the form of Demetrius Landon's Retirement at the end of the season, though he did assure us all that he would take his fight to the end of the season it will be father sad to see him go.

Just as in the Rookie Division the rain threw a lot of teams off, but nothing would unsettle Cruz Crew as they once again Lock out the front row, a regular sight behind them now Hopsocube took row 2 with Blood lines taking row 3 and as Demetrius had promised Green Mile were taking the fight to the finish and locked out the 4th Row with Aston Martin taking up the 5th Row.

Unusually outside the top ten sat SL Racing for 11th and 13th with Benfica only managing 12th and 20th. Puputan were able to hold onto 14th and 17th with BMR Racing Locking out Row 8 between them. Carneiro took up 18th an 19th with Ford and Mattdj takes the final two rows.

More Mechanical Issues for Mattdj as both drivers retired while Ford still could not improve on their grid slots, even though they have been given lenience until the end of the season by Ford to try and make improvements it seems inevitable that come the final race in Abu Dhabi Ford might just be leaving us. Both Benfica drivers could do little to improve their grid slots, but neither did they fall as they finished where they began in 12th and 20th places, but Puputan did fall and fall hard as they could only manage 18th and 19th position. Carneiro were able to improve a little by taking the fight to BMR Racing ultimately finished between their two driver in 15th and 16th, BMR taking 14th and 17th. Try as had as they could SL Racing couldn't find a way into the points as they finished 11th and 13th, a wonderful effort for them but it has been noted that the team are looking into various ways of trying to improve their situation of late.

Into the top ten now, and we saw the most fearsome dog fight there has been on the track all too true to his word Green Mile threw as many punches as they got, but also determined to improve were Aston Martin, these two team threw everything into the mix; Late brakes, insane drives around the outside edge , drafting of the cars in front, it was a great fight between all the drivers. Aston Martin however could only improve a little by taking 8th and 10th while Green Mile was even able to get one of the Blood Lines drivers into the fight by finishing 6th and 9th. Hopsocube were able to stay out of the fight behind them but couldn't stop the one ahead of them as once again the top three drivers fought it out for the Podium positions of Course Cruz crew would get the top two leaving Blood lines with 3rd and Hopsocube to take 4th and 5th.

What I find amazing though is the relationships and respect between these teams, true they may be rivals on the track but as the race ended all 5 of these teams were seen congratulating each other on their drives and final positions. The Podium celebrations were once again a unique affair because once the official awards were given, the driers of Cruz Crew made a completely unorthodox move by inviting the drivers of Hopsocube, Green Mile, Aston Martin and the remaining Blood Lines driver onto the podium and together they each shared in the celebrations to a more than delighted crowd.



Elite Division was an almost standard affair, there was no stopping SLB Racing as they Locked out the front Row and took 1st and 2nd for the race, behind them Skyeladder kept their grid Positions by taking 3rd and 4th with Blue Angels taking 5th and 6th. All three teams were almost uniform in their racing, under the torturous conditions that the rain gave none of them really wanted to fight too hard and all settled into a set race making sure that they got to the finish in one piece.



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Under the moon and stars, 62 cars prepare to depart. Welcome to Singapore and do we have a race review for you today. I began with a miss matched weather system that made many teams wonder where to start, we had mixed strategies, wrong set ups and even a couple of crashes.

Carroll is just having no answer for anyone just lately, once again they were beaten to the line by Philpy, only managing 3rd and 4th while Philpy took 1st and 2nd. behind them Gravitas, Laguna and Jaguar had a fantastic race, fighting wheel to wheel for every point, but it was Gravitas that took 5th, closely followed by Jaguar and Laguna, then a small gap had opened up to the second drivers, at th head of this one Jaguar with Gravitas and Laguna behind and picking up the last of the points, the two Schwinesteiger drivers were left for 11th and 12th and out of the points without a prayer finishing a full 9 seconds behind the point scorers.

Ferrari was next for 13th with Chemql taking 14th and 15th. both Pandaslo drivers followed suit with RJT Racing, WI Racing and the second driver for Ferrari rounding out the top 20. The remaining RJT and WI Racing Drivers took up 21st and 22nd, but a tough battle followed them over the line. Audi, Merica and Blue Angels II, though they were all at the back half of the grid, they were not letting up. Audi took up 23rd and 28th with Merica taking 24th and 25th and Blue Angels II followed them for 26th and 27th.

But it was the unfortunate dismissal of PG Racing and Hydra Racing that caught a lot of attention, at the back of the grid from start, Hydra Racing were desperate to get further up the field, so much so they were being reckless with their maneuvering, it was the second Hydra car that tried to take a corner by diving for the inside, but there was no room to even start with, the ensuing crash took out all four drivers, luckily no one was injured, but a costly mistake by the driver there.



Pro Division saw a wonderful race, it began with an all Cruz Crew front row, but Rows 2 and 3 were split between SL Racing and Green Mile, Hopsocube shared row 4 with Blood Lines and row 5 with BMR Racing. Outside the top ten, BMR Racing and aston Martin shared Row 6, Blood Lines and Aston Martin took row 7, Puputan took Row 8, Carneiro took 17th and 19th, Benfica took 18th and 22nd with Ford between them taking 20th and 21st and Mattdj rounded off the grid in 23rd and 24th.

It was a bad day for Anderson of Benfica, coming out the pits he was side swiped by one of the Fords who collected his own team mate as they moved to the wall, this unfortunately caused a Safety car as they cleared the track from which Cruz Crew capitalised easily taking a 1-2 finish yet again. Green Mile and Hopsocube fought well as they took up positions 3rd to 6th, Blood Lines 7th, SL Racing 8th and Aston Martin 9th took up the last points with the remaining Blood Lines driver taking up the 10th spot.

Just outside the top ten the remaining drivers of Aston Martin and SL Racing took up 11th and 12th. Puputan took 13th and 14th, BMR Racing finished 15th and 16th, Carneiro finished 17th and 18th, the remaining running Benfica driver was next in 19th and finally Mattdj were the last to cross the line in 20th and 21st.


We Must apologize to BMR Racing, our Table was reading an Error on your points that has now been corrected.

Elite Division saw more dominance from SLB Racing as they took Pole and the Win with the Skyeladder drivers taking up the remaining Podiums, SLB also finished 4th and Blue Angels I's financial troubles still hitting them hard as they finished 5th and 6th.



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The atmosphere in Japan is like no other venue we visit on the calendar. The hospitality is great the fans are wonderful, they really do love their open wheeled racing here. Fueled by the fans the drivers had a great race too.

Ferrari found themselves on Pole and 4th in the Qualifiers, Jaguar found themselves much higher up the field too, in 2nd and 7th, Laguna got 3rd and 6th with Carroll only managing 5th and 8th, Gavitas got themselves 9th and 11th with Schwinesteiger following suit in 10th and 12th. Blue Angels II and Audi fought closely to start on rows 7 and 8 with WI Racing locking out Row 9. Philpy found themselves in Row 10. Chemql started 21st and 25th with Pandaslo taking 22nd and 28th. Merica locked out row 12 while RJT took the remaining slots on Rows 13 and 14 (26th and 27th). PG and Hydra took a row each at the back of the grid.

Laguna GP were able to once again beat Carroll to the line by taking 1st and 2nd, Carroll could only watch in 3rd and 4th. Gravitas drove well to take 5th and 6th but Schwinesteiger were only able to get one car further up the field by finishing 7th and 10th. Jaguar and Blue Angels II took up the remaining Points Positions.

Our story here however lies at the back of the grid. The race almost came to a stand still after a huge crash that took out 3 teams. As we watch the replay once again. After both Audi drivers come out of the pits ahead of the Hydra and PG Racing teams we see PG Racing driver Evans taking the S's far too aggressively by turn 5 of the S's they connect with Wood of Audi, oh that's still bad to watch, Woods car is spin and flipped rolling over and over 5 times before flipping end over end and landing on its side against the barrier. At the same moment Evans car with its left tire buckled outwards spins to the middle of the track, Taylor of Audi and Evans' own team mate have no where to go and quickly split around the stricken car but spin on the grass the second Audi ending up in the tire wall, while the second PG car gets beached into the gravel trap. unfortunately the two Hydra cars were not as quick to react, Hoffman tried to avoid the car but clipped its back wheel and collected her team mate on her way to the grass.

A devastating crash that the officials have given PG Racing all the blame and fined them $1.5 Million for reckless driving and the damage caused to the other two teams. Wood was able to Limp away from the crash but this has caused Noah Huffman quite a dilemma.



SL Racing announced before the race that they will be running 2 new drivers for the rest of the season, fresh from the Youth Academy, Liam Brown and Joshua Hunt did not disappoint, right out of the gate they beat the Cruz Crew Drivers for the Pole position with SL Racing taking Pole and 4th, Cruz Crew left scratching their heads in 2nd and 3rd. Benfica were able to get themselves into the top 10 by obtaining grids 5th and 10th. Hopsocube took 6th and 7th with Blood Lines taking 8th and 9th. Aston Martin just missing out on the top ten by taking 11th and 12th.

During the race some of the newer teams struggled with the technical corners of Sazuka. BMR Racing couldn't improve on their grid slots and finished 19th and 20th with Ford and Mattdj as always at the back of the grid after both Mattdj retired again and one Ford also retired. Puputan fell down the field to 17th and 18th with Carneiro also not improving very much with 15th and 16th. Green Mile were able to make some progress during the race and finished 13th and 14th with the Benfica ahead of them in 11th and 12th after falling from the points.

After a great start from SL Racing the inexperience of the drivers was their downfall. they found themselves battling at the bottom end of the points with Aston Martin. SL Racing eventually took 8th and 10th with Aston Martin taking 7th and 9th after a good battle. Hopsocube did well to hold onto 5th and 6th, with Blood Lines taking 3rd and 4th and once again Cruz Crew dominating the Division with 1st and 2nd.



After a few great races SLB found themselves struggling in Japan only managing to finish 5th and 6th exactly where they started. But Skyeladder had a fight on their hands, after locking out the front row of the grid Blue Angels I came pushing right back during the race to take 1st and 3rd forcing Skyeladder to take 2nd and 4th.

We also welcome a new face to our Elite Division; Mon Sai heading The Pale Rider of the Mist team joins the Division for the remainder of the season, They may not be able to do much for this season but we wish you all the best for the next Mon Sai.



And that is it for Japan, we will see you all again in Brazil.

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Welcome to Brazil. Carroll GP were able to finally get back on the top spot of the Podium after a 1-2 finish for the team. While some teams struggled in the heat, Schwinesteiger and Gravitas made the most of it with Schwinesteiger taking 3rd and 5th, Gravitas 4th and 8th. Laguna fell to 6th and 10th leaving Jaguar to take 7th and 9th.

WI Racing surprised everyone with a fantastic 11th and 12th placed finish beating Ferrari as they took 13th and 15th. Audi was next taking 14th and 18th which was amazing for Wood to take 18th after her injury in Japan. Philpy took 16th and 17th, with Blue Angels II taking 19th and 21st squeezing Pandaslo between them as they took 20th and 24th. Chemql took 22nd and 23rd with Merica taking 25th and 26th. PG Racing were able to keep themselves out of trouble for once and finished 27th and 30th. RJT Took 28th and 29th while Hydra Racing were able to coast home for 31st and 32nd.



But all eyes were on the Pro Division as SL Racing's two new drivers were able to strut their stuff again and lock out the front row of the grid with Cruz Crew taking Row 2. Hopsocube took Row 3 while Blood Lines took up positions 7th and 10th as BMR Racing made an unexpected visit to the shoot out and start 8th and 9th.

A huge upset lay in wait for Cruz Crew though. Their chain of dominance would come to an end after a mistake in the pits forced Stark to pit one last time. She finished 3rd behind Roberts of Hopsocube missing out on that 1-2 finish by just 0.281 seconds. a huge upset for the team but a great run for Hopsocube to ponce on that mistake to take 2nd and 4th, a very well done to you.

Blood Lines finished 5th and 7th after a great battle with Aston Martin who finishes 6th and 8th. Once again SL Racing find themselves rounding off the points in 9th and 10th with BMR Racing just missing out by a couple of seconds on a point paying position.



Blue Angels I took the top Podium spot again for Brazil with Skyeladder either side of them. Blue Angels also took 4th with SLB finished 5th and 6th, and as expected arriving so late into the season the Pale Riders had little in the way of pace to compete with the other teams and finish a few laps down for 7th and 8th.



As expected PG Racing were forced to withdraw after another incident during the race, but it has opened up a spot that has been quickly filled by the Lamborghini team with their team boss, Lavrin Tynkalyuk, Good Luck for the following season Lavrin lets hope the Lamborghini team can keep up with the rest.

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Top class reporting again, Mike. I can't wait for the final race review and the season round up, plus next seasons preview ;-)