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British Racing League – Elite Tier – Season 25 Review

This season produced 9 different pole sitters & 9 different winners. Only twice did the winner come from outside the top 4 qualifiers & 8 times the winner came from pole. The drivers championship wasn't decided until the penultimate round & the teams went all the way to Abu Dhabi. With so many competing at such a high level the times of dominance by 1 or a few teams have gone from this league & this is reflected in the quantity of points scored by the championship winners. The drivers title was taken with the equal lowest number of points & the teams just 40 points above the lowest score.

Nudist Wispa Gold Racers, (NWGR) started the season impressively locking out the front row & Pedersen duly took the victory from pole by just 0.18 from Kiss for Allar Foht's Team Red. Malaysia saw a quite extraordinary victory for Rob Walker Racing. Maia started from 21st on the grid, on the harder tyre & somehow turned a long opening stint into a win. Sadly Rob only completed the first 7 races. Kiss took the victory in China from 2nd on the grid & Dias for EJ Technical Motorsport (EJTM) won in Bahrain from pole, in a race that saw the only rain of the season. Dias won again in Spain from 3rd & at this early point in the season it looked as though EJTM & TR were going to contest the title.

A third team immediately emerged from the pack however, as Jeff Wolff's Young Chrome (YC) driver Wood took victory from pole at Monaco & Turkey. These wins catapulted YC into the title race, demoting TR to 3rd. Reidj Free's Fillers Scuderia (FS) were the next team to prove they could win, as Zhu came from 4th on the grid to win, in the dry, in Great Britain. This made it 6 different winners from the opening 8 races, but EJTM still held the lead with 158 points, YC had 141 & TR 131.

Wood was at it again in Germany; pole & the win by 10 seconds, the widest margin of victory all season & YC quickly swept past EJTM in the championship as Wood won again from 4th at the next in Hungary. Zhu took his 2nd win of the season for FS from 2nd on the grid at the European round in Spain & FS suddenly looked as though they might be in the running too. Kiss won again in Belgium from pole & Wood won again in Italy from 2nd on the grid. YC now had a 32 point lead with TR 37 points behind EJTM. Did Jeff have one hand on the trophy?

EJTM had other ideas though as they locked out the front row in Singapore & took a relatively simple 1,2 (their first since season 12). This closed the gap to 8 points & with three rounds still to go the championship was alive again. TR failed to score in Singapore, the only time all season, but were now some 80 points behind EJTM & would have to settle for 3rd place.

That Slow Much Luck Team (TSMLT) took the victory in Japan, just holding off De Sousa (YC). This was their only win of the season & it was the 7th different winner. YC managed 2nd & 8th, while EJTM were 3rd & 5th; & the gap was extended by a single point. At Brazil, Wood took his 5th pole of the season & turned this into a 2nd place finish, behind Muller for Sonic Boom GTI (the 8th different winner). De Sousa followed his team-mate home in 3rd, but EJTM managed just 8 points & whilst they could still win the title, they would need another 1,2 & some luck....

Which they did not get & Jeffrey Wolff clinched the championship with yet another pole to flag victory this time for De Sousa (9th different winner) in Abu Dhabi. This was Young Chrome's 5th Teams title & Wood had taken the Drivers Championship back at Brazil too, his 1st, the teams 6th.

I spoke to Jeff about his season;
“Yes it was a great performance from my 2 drivers. We had a slow start in the beginning of the season due to a lack of car development, but by Monaco and Turkey we were on the pace & took our first and second win of the season. From there on with great competition and a bit of luck it was a tough battle till the end but a great season.”
Thank you Jeff.

I spoke to myself about my season. It had been a while since I had been competitive & I asked myself about what changes I had made?
“I thought I had developed a winning formula, but it was flawed & it took me a while to work out what I was doing wrong. I have won a few races here & there, but this was my first real effort at a championship for some time. Jeff was much too fast in the latter part of the season for me, but I am delighted to be 2nd. It's really nice to be competing again & I reckon my drivers have more to give.”
Thank you me.

Allar Foht was a splendid 3rd & I asked him about his season.
“It was very good, I even managed to get 3 wins, my first in this tier. Would have wanted to take a couple more, but the competition is tough & the races are very close.”
Thank you Allar.

The final classification:

Drivers: Wood (YC) 217, Dias (EJTM) 180, Kiss (TR) 174, Weber (TSMLT) 151, De Sousa (YC) 151, Thompson (EJTM) 145, Zhu (FS) 107.

Teams: Young Chrome 368, EJ Technical Motorsport 325, Team Red 232, That Slow Much Luck Team 222, Fillers Scuderia 154, King Power 136, Nudist Wispa Gold Racers 125.

My award for most improved, (I say award, but it is an award in name only), goes to Allar Foht. He had some wins & he challenged for the titles. He has been gradually improving & I expect to see more from Allar in the coming seasons.

So what of season 26.....

It gets more & more difficult to predict & I am usually wrong. For me though there are at least 6 teams who could be at the sharp end, but I think Adam Gosling & Chris Louth will be leading the charge.

All I can be sure of, as usual, is that there will be some great racing.

Edwin Smith

We have 4 places in Rookie & 3 places in Pro

there is any waiting list for elite? thx

I have added you to the list Gil

The 80% rule for all tiers

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 rule for people joining part way through the season in Rookie & Pro:

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.

For people joining in Elite:

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 1 of their suppliers away from the optimal for the duration of the penalty.

The optimal suppliers 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.

Other Rules

Managers will be removed after 7 days of inactivity. If you know you are going to be absent for 7 days or more, please tell me.

You are expected to take part in the races. Managers who are active but not racing will be removed immediately

You may only have 1 team per tier

You will show respect for your fellow Managers & will mind your language

You may not shuffle your teams in & out of a tier, without a gap of 5 races

The 15 minute rule will apply to all races which do not start on time or are interrupted by a system issue that affects all managers in the race.

In the event that there is an interruption to the service either during or before a race, the league host will post on the league page that the 15 minutes has started, together with the time it started. If the race starts or restarts within 15 minutes, we will carry on with the race. If the race does not start or restart within 15 minutes, the league host will request a complete reset & a postponement of the race until the next allotted race time, (in our case the next day)

Please direct your questions to me.

Our new season will start on Tuesday @ 20:30 GMT.

We have a place in Pro & 4 places in Rookie

Our new season starts in about 90 minutes, so there is still time for 2 more of you to join us in Rookie

We have 1 place in Pro & 2 in Rookie

We have 2 places in Pro & 1 in Rookie

We have 2 places in Pro

We have 2 places in Rookie & a place in Pro

Andrew, I see you got rid of one of the "Tsof" teams in Pro. But neither of them are active and just retiring each race (Tsof Racing 7 & New Tsof Racing)

David, Thank you for that.

We generally allow 7 days without activity before removing someone & the chap you refer to has a couple of days to go.

Which means:

We have 1 place in Pro & 1 in Rookie

We have 2 places in Rookie & 1 in Pro

We have 2 places in Rookie & 3 places in Pro

I'd like to get on the waiting list for elite

Kerry you are 2nd on the list

Winners Season 36

Jason Lee took both titles in Elite

Pedro Rebelo won the teams championship & Ruman Ahmed the Drivers title in Pro

Stan Vapuella won both titles in Rookie & Fran Orteman is also promoted.

Congratulations to you all