British Racing League 19:30GMT Full Distance Every Day, Everyone welcome to join.

& we have 2 places in Elite


http://igpmanager.com/play/?url=league-info/288

Last race of my season finishes in a few hours, then i will join, look forward to racing with you. :)

Great. We look forward to that

British Racing League – Elite Tier – Season 31 Review

Someone was looking over my shoulder the other evening & asked, “Don't you get bored watching those dots move around the screen?” I replied that not only was it not boring, it was in fact fascinating & frequently exciting, (although this happens less often for me now) (& no this is not a result of my advanced age before someone says so). Anyway, this season was both fascinating & exciting, although the final result did not reflect how close things were.

Josh Brain's Brain GP (BGP) announced their title challenge at the opening round with Moustaoui taking pole & the win, & his team mate Laci was 3rd. Second to announce their intention was Neil Robinson with his Nudist GanGnam Racers (NGR), Van Dyck came from 10th on the grid to be 2nd. At round 2, yours truly was on pole but was beaten to the victory by Meyer from Reidj Free's Scuderia at work (SAW). All these seasons on & he still beats me....... NGR were out of the points here, but Josh's pair came from 26th & 21st to be 3rd & 4th. It might be just 2 races into the season, but it looked as though we had already found the victor.

China saw a lights to flag run for Smith from Anthony Davies' ANT, who was already making sure he would be around in Elite for longer this time. Smith was on pole again in Bahrain, but was beaten to the finish by Van Dyck. Spain saw a new challenger in the shape of Yuri Kasdorp's Peeters Scania F1, (PS), who had taken a 4 race penalty due to the new design cap. He locked out the front row & his pair were 9 seconds ahead of the rest at the end. Effenlift had taken the pole & the win & then repeated this performance in Monaco. The classification after 6 races:

Drivers: Effenlift (PSF1) 65, Van Dyck (NGR) 51, Laci (BGP) 48, Meyer (SAW) 46, Moustaoui (BGP) 45, Smith (ANT) 43.
Teams: PS 101, BGP 93, Team Red (TR) 64, NGR 59, Me (EJTM) 56, Volvo Amazon (VA) 55, SAW 46, ANT 43.

Effenlift made it 3 in-a-row in Turkey coming from 7th on the grid, but Josh's pair were 2nd & 3rd & now the gap in the championship was just 2 points. In Great Britain, Moustaoui battled with Effenlift at the front, but this time he had to settle for 2nd & the gap was down to 1 point. Germany saw a return to form for the reigning champion Clifton Cairo. His Sonic Boom team (SB) were 1st & 3rd on the grid & turned this into a 1,2 finish some 5 seconds ahead of the rest. Josh failed to score here & suddenly the gap was 23 points. There was more good news for Yuri in Hungary as Effenlift won again, this time with De Sousa 2nd & he was now 61 points ahead. We learnt here too that Josh would have to miss the last 3 races of the season & with Neil 90 points behind him, surely the title was decided. There were 2 questions remaining though; would Neil be able to overhaul Josh for 2nd & who was going to relegate?

There were 4 teams trying to get out of trouble at the bottom of the league. James White's Prodrive team (PD) & Ben Garcka's Schumacher racing (SR) had yet to score. Lewis Goodway's Follow me on twitter (FMOT) had 7 points & Bruno Sousa Ferreira's Ferreira racing (FR) had 6.

At the European round it began to rain on lap 16 & as usual this mixed up the result a little. BGP held the front row & led for sometime, but they were beaten by a master-class in handling the changing conditions by Neil Robinson's veteran driver Pedersen. At the other end of the table, Bruno took a fine 5th pulling himself out of the bottom 3. Effenlift had done much of the scoring for PSF1, but De Souza took his 1st win of the season in Belgium some 11 seconds ahead. The classification after 12 rounds:

Drivers: Effenlift 153, Moustaoui 119, Van Dyck 110, De Souza 99, Laci 86, Cooper (SB) 68, Meyer (SAW) 66, Pedersen 60.
Teams: PS 252, BGP 205, NGR 170, SB 102, SAW 87, TR 85, EJTM 80, VA 65, ANT 44,

In Italy the 1st 7 on the grid were the 1st 7 to finish, albeit in a slightly different order. Moustaoui led most of the way to win & Clifton’s pair finished 2nd & 3rd. Niemi managed 4th place dragging FMOT out of the bottom 3 & leaving Ben & James 13 points away from safety. In Singapore there was a repeat of the grid to finishers, this time the top 9 were 1st across the line, with Effenlift winning again from 3rd. Oliveira for FR was 6th & this meant that Ben or James would need at least 20 points from the last 3 races & sadly it looked unlikely.

Japan was wet throughout & I was lucky managing to get wet settings on the car, when almost everyone else had not. Consequently I finished 1st & 2nd, some 14 seconds ahead of Van Dyck. Ben had better fortune here, Robinson was a superb 4th, but he still needed another 8 points to catch Lewis. At Brazil De Souza won again & in a good finish to the season my pair were 2nd & 5th, starting on the harder tyre. At the final round in the desert Yuri's pair scorched round for another 1,2 finish. Tjerk Korving was a Rookie in this league & had scored some points here & there, but he had his best finish of the season here, with a fine podium in 3rd place. Sadly for Ben & James, neither of them managed to score here & they were relegated. Ben had 12 points, which in any other season would have been more than enough to stay up; confirming the challenge that this tier now presents. The final classification:

Drivers: Effenlift 210, De Souza 160, Moustaoui 159, Van Dyck 158, Laci 108, Belmonte (EJTM) 100, Cooper 87, Pedersen 81, Palmer (EJTM) 77, Meyer 66.
Teams: PS 370, BGP 267, NGR 239, EJTM 177, SB 139, TR 104, SAW 87, VA 65, ANT 60, MFP 57.

We were sad to lose Clifton Cairo who won both titles in season 30 & we wish him well.

This is Yuri's 3rd drivers title & his 3rd teams title. I spoke to him about his season:
“For sure my season went well. I took a penalty at the start but my 1,2 in Spain got me to 2nd place. My qualifying improved as the season went on & for sure Josh missing the last few races made things easier for me.” Thank you Yuri.

Once again someone who promoted to Elite went straight back to Pro, hard luck Ben. Anthony Davies faired much better with a respectable 60 points & a brilliant victory in China.

In Pro: Ignatius Corleone won both titles with 9 wins & Pete Chamberlain who chose to leave the league had 7 wins.

In Rookie: Vangel Angelov won both titles with 4 wins & Xavier Cloud is also promoted with just 1 win, proving that the league is highly competitive in the lower tiers too.

Congratulations to you all.

Our award for special achievement, Le Prix de Lyon, was awarded to me, for twice miscalculating fuel requirements. You would think that after all this time I might know what to do.....

What of our 32nd season, well everyone in the tier is a proven winner & having the best car is no longer a guarantee of success as we saw last season. It's back to those 3 variables again: Car, Driver, Strategy. All I can be sure of, as usual, is that there will be some great racing.

Edwin Smith

We have a place in Elite & Rookie

We have a place in Pro

lol edwin i tried to explain the game to my partners aunt because she asked what it was, i had just finished explaining when somone else asked and my partners aunt jumped in and said hes racing around the M25......lol

We are proposing to introduce some rules in order to make a more level playing field. This will also prevent someone joining with a significant car advantage from winning all the races.

The 80% rule for Elite Season 33 & for all tiers from season 34

At the start of the season:

<= 80% car development = no penalty

> 80% but <=87% = 6 race penalty

> 87% but <=94% = 12 race penalty

> 94% = the whole season

The new rule for people joining part way through the season in Rookie & Pro, which could commence immediately:

This is an extension of the 80% rule using a sliding scale of 2% per race.

For example, someone joins after Bahrain, which is 4 races into the season, the threshold increases by 4 times the 2%.

<=88% = no penalty

>88% but <=95% = 6 race penalty

>95% = 12 race penalty or until the end of the season, whichever is soonest.

The new rule for people joining in Elite, which could commence immediately:

This is a 70% threshold & applies for the season they join, with a 2% sliding scale & for the start of the following season.

If someone joins Elite before the start of the season or at the start of their 2nd season:

<=70% = no penalty

>70% but <=80% = 6 race penalty

>80% but <= 90% = 12 race penalty

>90% = the whole season

For example someone joins after Monaco, which is the 6th race of the season, so the threshold is 70% + 6 times the 2% = 82%. So:

<=82% no penalty

>82% but <=92% = 6 race penalty

>92% = 12 race penalty or until the end of the season, whichever is soonest.

The Penalty

The team manager will be required to change 2 of their suppliers away from the optimal for the duration of the penalty.

The optimal supplers are: Murk engines, Beep fuel & Bridgerock tyres. The team manager is free to choose which 2 of those to change & is also free to choose which other suppliers to use.

All of the figures will be the average of the 7 parts for the car.

If any part of this is not clear. please direct your questions to me.

That's great,  Edwin. Clear, concise and fair, thank you very much. 

I'm stuck in elite tier in a league with some ringers that I can't even compete evenly with.  Is there any room in your league left?

Greg, we don't have any places at the moment, but I could add you to the waiting list for Elite if you would like me to?

Sure, please hit me up if a spot opens.  

WINNERS Season 32

Rookie - Paul Blake won both titles & Simon Key is also promoted.

Pro - Phil Kipperman won the teams title & Pete Valley won the drivers title & also promoted.

Elite - Sami Tuukkanen won the teams title & Reidj Free won the drivers title & the other 100 ranking points.

Congratulations to you all

We have a place in Rookie

http://igpmanager.com/play/?url=league-info/288

...Congats to the winner and to those who got promoted...   :-)    ...Will we have a season review soon...?   :D

As a matter of fact I have just been working on it. It's about 1/3 done

British Racing League – Elite Tier – Season 32 Review

Recent seasons have seen titles won & lost by a significant margin. This season however, we were treated to a battle which went to the final race & saw the titles split between the top two teams, which hasn't happened since season 23. You will have become used (dear reader) to me explaining that the close nature of qualifying was having a major effect on the results. This season saw the closest grids ever, with an average of 17 cars separated by just 0.5 at the front of the grid; indeed the pole sitter finished outside the top 4 only once & that was in a race affected by rain.

The season started with a lights to flag victory for De Souza from Yuri Kasdorp's Peeters Scania F1 team, (PS). In a somewhat worrying result, his team mate Effenlift was 2nd from 12th on the grid & the pair of them were 15 seconds ahead of the rest. Malaysia was much more competitive with the top 4 fighting for the victory, but despite this Effenlift converted his pole position & with De Souza in 4th, they already had a decent advantage in the championship. Vettel for Sami Tuukkanen's Koskenkorva Racing (KR) had been 2nd in Malaysia, but went one better in China, converting his pole position for the win. Three races all won from pole.

Sadly for Bruno Sousa Ferreira's Ferreira Racing, (FR) Williams couldn't convert his pole at Bahrain but he & team mate Oliveira did finish 2nd & 3rd. Reidj Free's Scuderia at work (SAW) might have been 1 & 2 here, but Vesely tried to go too far on his fuel & ran out at half distance. Meyer made up for it though winning by 5.5 seconds. Spain saw a 5th different winner, Walker led almost every lap for Lewis Goodway's Follow me on twitter, (sic, I wonder if anyone does?) (FMOT), to make it 5 different winners.

The 6th round is of course by far the most exciting of the season & it started with the closest grid, 25 covered by 0.5. Just to prove that you can overtake here, Arenas (KR) came from 16th to be 5th, but his team mate Vettel was the one making the news with a fine victory from 4th on the grid. The classification after the opening 6 rounds:

Drivers: Meyer 79, Vettel 75, Williams 58, Effenlift 55, Arenas 55, Oliveira 47, De Souza 43, Vesely 34.
Teams: KR 130, SAW 113, FR 105, PS 98.

Vesely was on fire in Turkey. From pole he led nearly every lap & was almost 16 seconds ahead of the rest. In GB we had a superb battle. Vettel started 10th, but slowly made his way through the pack to be 2nd as he emerged for his final stint. Meyer had been on pole & had led for most of the race but Vettel was now less than a second behind. It really was a brilliant finish & it was unfortunate that one of them had to lose. Vettel judged it perfectly though & passed Meyer on the final lap. Meyer was on pole again in Germany, but this time he lost out to De Souza who passed him on lap 4, but he ran strongly to be 2nd again.

Hungary saw a return to form for Chris Louth's King Power (KP), as Frentzen took another lights to flag victory, the 5th of the season. Vesely was at it again in Spain, (Europe). He wasn't so far ahead this time, but it was a superb drive from 10th on the grid. It was a rich vein of form for SAW as Meyer took the win in Belgium, this time from 3rd on the grid. This was the classification after the 12th round.

Drivers: Meyer 148, Vettel 138, Arenas 115, Vesely 100, De Souza 92, Williams 92, Effenlift 75, Oliveira 70.
Teams: KR 253, SAW 248, PS 166, FR 162, KP 85, FMOT 83.

It looked like we were going to get a grandstand finish, with the top 2 teams separated by just 5 points. Qualifying & the first 48 laps in Italy were in the wet, but then it stopped raining. De Souza was leading & stayed on the full wets but despite slowing significantly he held on. Incredibly neither SAW nor KR managed to score. Singapore was dry, then wet & then dry again, which spread the field enormously. SAW however, managed the conditions superbly & took a brilliant 1,2 finish, only the 2nd & last of the season. The KR pair were in the points too, but the gap was now 27 points in SAW's favour. Japan gave us a reversal of that result as KR finished 1st & 3rd, Vettel taking his 4th win of the season & KR were back in front, with a 7 point lead.

At Brazil, SAW chose to start on the hard tyre & they could only manage 5th & 8th. KR chose the soft tyre for the start & finished 2nd & 7th. Was this the choice that made the difference? It meant that KR had a 17 point advantage going into the final round. Laci for Josh Brain's Brain GP (BGP) was the winner in Brazil, the 9th different winner of the season. & so to the final round.....

Qualifying decided the result in Abu Dhabi. Vesely finished 4th from 6th on the grid & Meyer could not improve from 9th .Vettel did not score from 20th but it didn't matter as Arenas converted his pole position & took the title for Koskenkorva Racing. Those 2 points though were enough for Meyer to secure the drivers title. The final classification:

Drivers: Meyer 190, Arenas 188, Vettel 175, Vesely 145, De Souza 142, Williams 93, Moustaoui (BGP) 89, Effenlift 88, Oliveira 83.
Teams: KR 363, SAW 335, PS 229, FR 176, BGP 144, KP 138, FMOT 110.

We were sorry to lose our champion Sami at the end of the season, we hope to see him this way again soon. He had been with us since January 2013, working his way up from Rookie. He will be missed.

I spoke with Reidj Free about his season.
That's your best season for some time Reidj, you must be delighted?
“For sure I am quite pleased. It could have been better had I not made some mistakes with setup but there are always things to improve. For sure it is good for Meyer to win the drivers title.
What was it that made the difference for you this season?
“For sure, the big difference this season has been my ability to attend races which has not been the case for many seasons. I don't know how long it is going to last but for sure I will be trying my best to win a constructor title.
Thank you Reidj & may I say what a pleasure it was to see you battling at the front again.

In Pro: Phil Kipperman took the teams title with 4 wins & Pete Valley took the drivers title with 7 wins. Let's hope Pete can manage a slightly longer stay in Elite this time.

In Rookie: Paul Blake won both titles with 8 wins & Simon Key is also promoted with 4 wins.

Congratulations to all our winners.

So season 33 then......the problem with trying to predict who might win, is that to have reached this tier, in this league, you have to be a proven winner.......& even then we have seen plenty of winners who have struggled.

As usual, all I can be sure of, is that we will have some great racing.

Edwin Smith

Rules for Season 33.

You may only have 1 team per tier.

You are expected to mind your language & show respect for your fellow managers.

In the event of a race failing to start or being interrupted, the 15 minute rule will apply.

You are not allowed to swap your teams in & out of the same tier.

You do not have to attend any of the races, but we do expect you to be racing. Inactivity for more than 7 days will result in your team being removed. If you are going to be absent for more than a week, you need to tell me or you may be removed for inactivity.

In Elite the new 80% rule will apply, as above, to existing members of the tier & those promoting from Pro.

New joiners in Elite will be subjected to the new 70% rule, as above.

Teams joining part way through the season in Rookie & Pro, will be subjected to the new 80% rule as above.

If any part of this is not clear, please direct your questions to me. Thank you.

Rules for season 34.

The new 80% rule, as above, will apply in all tiers.

&......we have a place in Rookie