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hat an electrifying year 2017 was both on and off the race track, especially with Lewis Hamilton taking his fourth World Championship title, Ashley Sutton winning the BTCC and Josh Files capturing the ASAC TCR Germany – a really great year for the Brits. Of course, Formula E still stands out to impress and we’ve seen some encouraging results from this new era of motorsport. This includes new championships homing in on electric and hybrid racing, even at amateur level, as well as EV track days entering the organisers’ calendars, something we at MotorsportDays are keen to keep an eye on. Now in 2018, we have our very own launch event at Silverstone, Motorsportdays.LIVE. You can find out more within this edition of your PROAM Annual so I won’t go on for too long here. However, I do want to highlight that this landmark event, which will take place over two days 2nd-3rd November 2018, will be the first motorsport event where you can get on-track, behind the wheel and find new race teams and championships. Utilising Silverstone’s state of the art Wing facilities’ full potential, we will create an exhibition featuring the latest equipment – everything you need to prepare for the season ahead. We will also be hosting a conference to enable you to engage and improve in all areas, ranging from sponsorship to sim racing, engineering to tyre pressures. This is a very exciting development in European motorsport so make sure you don’t miss out and buy your ticket today at www.motorsportdays.live.

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SIM TO REALITY

The MsD Editor gets back on track in a Caterham C400

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MEDIA+ MOTORSPORT

Louise Goodman on the importance of media training to racing drivers at every level of the sport

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STUCK IN THE MUD

Citroen’s Total Abu Dhabi Team’s World Rally campaign hits problems in Australia

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MAGIC IN MACAU

Britain’s Daniel Ticktum collects top spot for a Volkswagen customer after epic Formula 3 battle

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TIMO SCHEIDER

Former DTM star tells Alex Goldschmidt why a change of pace has proved fruitful

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FILE UNDER SUCCESS Josh Files reflects on an amazing year which saw him claim a second TCR championship. Alex Goldschmidt report.

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ADVANTAGEOUS

Aston Martin launches its latest WEC championship contender, the Vantage GTE

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JACK YOUNG

The Renault Clio Cup Junior Champion delivers a grown-up performance to seal victory

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FEARLESS DRIVER

Tiago Monteiro talks to Alexandra Legouix on staying positive during a tough battle back to race fitness

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RSR - PUTTING FUN ON TRACK

RSR trackdays in Spain, Portugal and Germany offer the perfect solution to beat the winter blues

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THROUGH THE LENS

Reflecting on Andrew Soul’s life capturing the action in the fast lane

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A GOOD QUOTE

Insurance specialists Adrian Flux talks about the importance of the right cover in the sport

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TOM CHILTON

The tin top star in conversation with Eurosport TV presenter Alexandra Legouix

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REFUELING WITH MILK

Sarah Waights looks behind the glass at the new post-race drink

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THE RINGMASTER

Marcello Lotti reveals the secrets of TCR’s success with Alex Goldschmidt

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FROM SPACE SUITS TO RACE SUITS

How Walero has used space technology to capture the US race wear market

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FXX-K – YEAH!

Ferrari unveils the latest edition of its stunning XX marque outside of Italy for the first time

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VERNAY CAPTURES TCR SERIES

Jean-Karl Vernay holds off rivlas to secure back to back championships

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TRAILING BEAUTY

Innovative Turatello Trailers importer Cip Nistorică on his passion for all things Italian

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MOTORSPORTDAYS PRO-AM AWARDS 2018

We reveal the winners of our coveted awards, nominated by you, after another year of thrilling motozrsport

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Comprehensive coverage of the 2017 season racing results

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‘I felt that I had returned to where I belonged. All the preparation from the previous days was paying off, the car felt comfortable, the track was dry, my lap times were good and I wasn’t last!’

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RETURN TO THE TRACK:

SIM to REALITY After some time away from the hot seat, Editor Ben Whibley finds himself falling in love with motorsport all over again – thanks to an invitation from Boss Racing and a seat in a Caterham C400

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t’s been a while, racing a car I mean. Although I have driven numerous cars over the past four years on various track and test days, I haven’t raced one. So, it was back to basics for me to get myself ready to do it all again. With the race weekend firmly on the calendar I started my preparation. OK, so the more frequent racers among us would perhaps swallow the excuse book and just get on with it, but this time around I was invited to race with Boss Racing in their Caterham C400 in the Classic Sports Car Club (CSCC) round at Brands Hatch Indy. I have competed in this series before and know that it not only delivers on track, but it doesn’t break the bank as it represents great value for money. The C400 however offers rapid speeds; achieving 0-60 in under three seconds and capable of sub 50-second laps around the Indy circuit, all thanks to its mighty, two-litre Cosworth engine with refined sequential gearbox. Allin-all, a bit of an animal and a brave choice for my return to the grid, but it was time to blow off the cobwebs and get some more trophies in the cabinet from a glorious comeback... what could possibly go wrong? The race weekend started a little earlier for me, on the Thursday, with a trip to Banbury, Oxfordshire. It was here that I met the team from Base Performance Simulators. A simulator company with a difference and a team that has a real passion for getting the best out of drivers at both pro and amateur level. The company is led by Darren Turner, who is known for taking the double at Le Mans as the Aston Martin works team driver. And what a team he has produced at Base, including the few that I met such as Lucy Woodbridge (marketing & sales), Nick Boaz (operations & support) and Marc Wood (technician). First impressions were high as I headed to the technical room with its multiple screens for analysing my driving. Marc Wood strapped me into the state-of-the art, inhouse simulator allowing me to interact in virtual reality, which enables any driver/team to maximise both experience and potential. Being just over 6ft tall I

have always struggled fitting into a single seater cockpit, but this was ok and is a seat that Daniel Ricciardo has had the pleasure of sitting in. The adjustment was easy and with a press of a button the pedals moved forward and I sat comfortably, ready to begin. As this is a fully immersive motion system, it recreates every bump making the experience as real as possible. This can make

‘We started looking at the braking as the first point and Marc pointed out I could push 15% harder at Paddock Hill Bend, 10% at Druids and 20% at Clearways’ some people feel motion sickness – if anyone would be affected it would be me – but after about a lap, I didn’t even notice. So, I placed the headset on – it has a microphone so I could speak with Wood – the cockpit rose up to the 6m arched screen and I was in the pitlane ready to go. The one thing I’d say about simulators is that it wipes out any cost estimates compared to the real world of racing. Not a false sense of hope, but it means you can push yourself more than you might otherwise. Although, simulator or not, that is probably

the attitude you should have, rather than worrying about a potential excess bill from Grove & Dean Motorsport Insurance! As we had an hour, we decided to get as much seat time as possible. I spent the first session getting used to the setup, car and my visual markers for braking. That quickly became normal, so we started looking at the braking as the first point and Marc Wood pointed out that I could push 15% harder at Paddock Hill Bend, 10% at Druids and 20% at Clearways. I quickly adapted and managed to improve on the pressure, and spilt seconds after each corner Wood gave me direct feedback – “good”, “bad” or “get on the power earlier”. As a reference for past coaching, one tends to look at this out of the car using the Racelogic system, but this was instant and something I found extremely useful. A few sessions in and Wood fell silent as I was getting to grips with the car. I honed in on my lap times which improved by 10ths each lap. After the last lap of the first session, Wood went through the data, suggesting that I try working on a few corners and focus on laying down a qualifying style for five laps. I tried to treat it as real as possible; head down and go for it. As the tyres don’t need warming up (just the driver) I managed to secure my fastest lap which I could see on the steering wheel. This was great to see. I know that if I’d had the simulator to myself I couldn’t have pushed as hard. I tend to have my fastest laps following rather than leading. Wood’s instruction and guidance was a huge help, informing me as I went and explaining what I was doing right or wrong within split seconds. After the coaching, I asked Marc Wood and Nick Boaz for their take on dealing with amateur drivers to professionals. “This is a product for all levels and budgets in the sport and something that has grown to be the norm in the world of motorsport,” they said, something which we all agreed on. They have also seen the technology grow and at pace too: “We’ve spent many hours and days improving the simulator for our clients and are able to take on almost any circuit and car to give the best experience possible.”

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Something that has also grown significantly over the past 12 months is Virtual Reality (VR). A newcomer to the world of motor racing, VR has seen the likes of HIVE, PS4 VR and Oculus all aiming to take this market on for home entertainment. But will it threaten the simulator market? “Not at all” said Boaz. “It’s something we are aware of, but it’s not strictly ready and is also a different dimension to what we are offering.” He added: “VR is still only running at 720p and is not hi-res for starters and the perception of the car is different. With Base you are fully submersed in a car with the steering wheel in front of you and a huge screen which offers that realistic perception but we are always keeping an eye on it.” I took a lot from my day with Base Simulators and was now ready for Friday test day at Brands Hatch. I was keen to put everything I had learnt into practice, literally. So, come Friday morning I was confident, but the heavens opened. A cold, wet and windy morning was probably not the best weather in which to drive the Boss Racing C400 beast, but I was itching to get going. I signed on at MSV, got comfortable with the C400 and headed out on track. I’ve driven in the wet numerous times in a Caterham – even got on the podium – so I was no stranger to the elements. What I wasn’t used to were less powerful cars overtaking me as I found it hard to lay down the power in this animal. Especially on the straights going into gears as high as fourth and fifth and the backend still wanted

to come out. It was a firm reminder from Rob and Colin at Boss Racing that you needed to press the clutch when going up and down the gears. As the first session came to an end, I hoped the circuit would dry as I only had three halfhour sessions left, but the next was equally damp. However, I was starting to work on the wet lines which Darren Burke (ARDS instructor) had told me to take – “wider around Paddock and Druids take the normal dry line”. I won’t go into details on his tips here, but I recommend a session with him to open your potential.

‘Having the right mind-set is critical and can be the difference between winning and losing a race’ In the MsD Summer Annual, we published an article by Gavin Gough, a sports psychologist. He’s worked with numerous drivers over the years and offers a new approach to help them mentally, on and off the track. Motorsport has so few areas to find improvements that every little counts. So I was keen to take up Gough’s offer to open my mind up about racing. I’d already told him about an incident I had at Paddock Hill Bend back in 2011. It’s haunted me for quite some time, a stupid mistake in which we changed a few areas

on the car, tampering with the brakes etc, and somehow the brake bias was moved to all front without me noticing. I did a warmup lap and heading into Paddock I locked up, bounced over the gravel and into the tyre wall. It was my first real incident and going from 70-0 on the data logger really showed how accidents can happen in the blink of an eye. To this day I find it hard to fully commit on the brakes and cannot pass Paddock Hill Bend without the accident haunting me. Gough was keen to dive deeper and so we found a quiet spot at Brands and he put me in a state of hypnosis. He wanted me to recreate that moment back in 2011 in my mind, but from a third person perspective, an out-ofbody replay and imaging the incident in black and white as if I was watching it on TV, constantly rewinding and playing it until I played it without the incident and could look through the corner. At first I was a little apprehensive, but just as I got back into the car he told me to relax and be at one with the car – close my eyes and create the perfect lap! As I headed off into the session I did look through the corner and didn’t, for the first time, think about the incident. I came back in buzzing and felt like a new racer again. This highlights to me the importance of the mind, especially in a sport like this. Having the right mind-set is critical and can be the difference between winning and losing a race. As we moved into the final two sessions, which were held in almost completely dry conditions, I started to feel at one with the car. With the sequential box, you don’t need to dip the clutch and just flat shift into gear which is even faster and it felt like I could really launch the car out of Clearways and down the start/finish line. I managed to keep up and I started to beat the other drivers’ times, which was exciting. I found time to sit down with Gavin Gough again, who went over a few more points and started digging deeper into my mind to learn more about me and my personality. He explained some reasoning into my thought processes and gave me some homework – looking at areas where I can improve my mentality on and off the track.

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Gavin Gough talking mind set with Ben Whibley before going out in his first session at Brands Hatch

After the last session, I still had around one second a lap to find, but as we still had old rubber and had begun to work on the car setup, I knew there was plenty of time available. Having said that, overall the car handled beautifully and was a testament to Boss Racing who have created a perfect and well-balanced car. The C400 had me wanting more and after watching Darren Burke’s lap on the VBox, I could see how much harder I could push, albeit a few hundred tenths a corner. Of course, I was never going to be a race winner by having an hour’s practice, but I moved into race day with the right mindset and solid lap times from my practice sessions. This gave me the

confidence I had so desperately been looking for at the start of the week. We started with the usual essentials – driver briefing, scrutineering – and then got ready for qualifying. We warmed up the car and setup and I soon got myself up to a comfortable seventh on a drying track. This wasn’t enough for me. I wanted to push it now, get closer to the top of my class. I felt that I had returned to where I belonged. All the preparation from the previous days was paying off, the car felt comfortable, the track was dry, my lap times were good and I wasn’t last! After about five laps disaster struck. My run of confidence was over. The engine failed in quite

spectacular fashion, which resulted in a DNF and an abrupt end to my comeback. I cannot praise Rob and Collin of Boss Racing highly enough though; they worked tirelessly to get me back out in a different car, but it just wasn’t possible. To be honest, it didn’t feel right either after all my preparation in the C400. So my race weekend was over, but what an experience those last few days had been. The bug was well and truly back and I am now more desperate than ever to get back on track.

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What did I learn and would I do it all again? I’ve always been a keen advocate of simulator training and instruction and it is something I’ve always pushed through MsD. Talking to people and learning from all experiences is key to progression in anything and these beliefs were only cemented further over that race weekend. You could take the approach of just hiring a car and getting on track, but I didn’t want to do that. I was keen to see how I could improve myself and make the most of the race weekend. The simulator training teed me up perfectly for the test day and the psychology dealt with my inner demons which would have held me back, while the car hire and the support team from Boss Racing meant that I was ready to go and do my thing on track. I’d like to thank everyone from Boss Racing, CSCSS, Darren Burke, Base Performance, Gavin Gough to name a few and look forward to getting back on track with them all again very soon.

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Louise Goodman is an award-winning TV presenter and journalist with over 20 years of media and motor racing experience. Dubbed ‘the first woman of Formula One’ she made her name as part ITV’s Grand Prix presentation team and now co-presents the channel’s BTCC coverage. In her own words, Goodman talks the do’s and don’ts in front of camera, ways to improve and the importance of on-screen exposure

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“You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.” That’s how legendary NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Sr summed up a racing driver’s lot. He was right; there’s not a driver out there who hasn’t experienced both the highs and the lows of motorsport. Whether you’re winning, losing or wrecking though, one thing all drivers should be doing, is talking about it. Earnhardt was renowned for his memorable quotes. It was his character and personality off track as much as his sublime skills on track that earned him the legions of fans who still revere his name to this day. He built that reputation, and won those fans, via the media that covered the sport.

“Any racer who’s looking to make a living from their passion needs that media exposure to achieve their ambitions in the first place” No driver sets out to be a media star. It’s the adrenalin rush when the lights go out, the satisfaction of pulling off that overtake, the thrill of crossing the line first and looking down from the top step of the podium that you sign up for, not the media interviews that follow it. But any racer who’s looking to make a living from their passion needs that media exposure to achieve their ambitions in the first place. Some drivers like to think they can do all their talking on track, but delivering the goods behind the wheel just isn’t enough in this day and age. Even if you’re winning races and championships in karting and junior series, that’s probably not going to be enough to get you to a point where your pastime can become your profession. Budgets are high in motorsport and, as most racing drivers know all too well, money is hard to come by. The “Bank of Mum & Dad” will probably only fund you up the first few rungs of the motorsports ladder. After that, you’re going to be in need of some sponsorship. Opposite: ITV4s live coverage of the British Touring Car Championship provides vital exposure for the drivers and team

Unfortunately, companies that will pay your racing bills just for the love of the sport are all too few and far between. Most sponsors need exposure to justify that funding and it’s the media the provides that exposure. Sponsors also want ambassadors to represent their brands so ensuring that you’re getting the right kind of exposure is vital too. So how do you ensure that you’re getting your share of the limelight? How do you shine in the spotlight when it falls on you? Some teams and drivers employ press officers to manage their PR. It’s not always an easy job as I can testify having been a press officer for the Jordan Formula 1 team earlier in my career. Luckily for me, I never had the thankless task of managing Kimi Raikkonen’s PR, although I often had the unenviable job of trying to get a usable quote out of him when I was ITVs Formula 1 pitlane reporter. Don’t get me wrong – I love Kimi – but trying to get him to respond positively to a microphone is never easy. He has an impressive lack of interest in promoting himself, his team or his sponsors and any answers that you do manage to elicit are delivered in that familiar monosyllabic drone. Kimi has become a cult figure thanks to his disregard for the media. His “I was having a s***” response to Martin Brundle’s question about why he hadn’t appeared at a presentation to mark Michael Schumacher’s final race in Brazil is still many fans all-time favourite grid-walk interview. It’s partly Kimi’s lack of interest that’s led to his popularity but just because Kimi gets away with it, that doesn’t mean today’s young drivers can. Kimi started racing in a very different financial and media age. It’s debatable whether he’d had have made it out of karting if he was at the start of his career now rather than getting close to the end of it.

“Knowing how to announce bad news in a good way is a vital skill” There are times when every driver - even Kimi - has to stand up and defend himself in front of the media. No matter how skilled you are at racing on the edge, there will always be times when you’ll trip over it. Accidents and incidents are part and parcel of motorsport and how >>

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you handle yourself in those trickier interview situations can have a large impact on your reputation. It’s much easier to convey the good news - to talk about that late braking overtake that led to your race win - but knowing how to announce bad news in a good way is a vital skill for anybody who will ever have to face a journalist after an uncomfortable outcome. It’s difficult to explain that you dropped out of a podium position because your engine gave out, but there is a way to say it without throwing anybody under the bus. The way you handle yourself in those tricker interview situations can have a huge impact on your reputation.

“It’s important for everyone in sport these days to manage their reputation” It’s important for everyone in sport these days to manage their reputation; that’s why Formula 1 teams have all those press officers you see holding voice recorders in the background of

interviews. It was a one-woman job back when I was the press officer for Jordan Grand Prix, but the media landscape is very different 25 years later. Nowadays we live in a world of 24-hour rolling news and a world where social media can play as big a part as the mainstream media in shaping reputations. That takes a lot more managing. On the plus side though, it also adds up to a lot more exposure that’s potentially out there for the taking. Unlike the Formula 1 drivers, you may not have the advantage of a press officer to help you find your way through the media maze but there’s a lot that drivers can do for themselves. You could start by building a relationship with the journalists who cover your series. Making a personal connection with some key media in the paddock can pay dividends in the long run – especially in those tricky interview situations. A quick chat in the paddock might be all it takes. Much as I’d love to, I don’t have the time to catch up with all 120+ drivers racing on the BTCC package over the course of a race weekend. The drivers who approach me have a better chance of shaping my perceptions of them and getting their stories told. It stands to reason, if we don’t know about you, we can’t talk about you! Make contact with your local media too – local newspapers and radio stations are always

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on the look-out for interesting stories about sportspeople in their region. Generating media coverage isn’t always easy. It takes bit of persistence on your part and an interest in motorsport from the journalist in question. Most of all though it needs to be an interesting story. A lap by lap account of how you trailed home in ninth place isn’t going to have any radio station rushing to book you for an interview. ‘Local driver breaks through for a maiden win” has a far greater chance of appearing in the sports pages of your local paper.

“Social media is a fantastic tool for doing just that and it enables you to shape exactly how you’re seen without your image being filtered through a journalist’s perceptions” So, get out there and meet the press … and interact with the fans as well. After all, the fans are the lifeblood of any sport. Not only do they travel for miles and spend their hard-earned pennies to watch you race but they are the very people who those all-important sponsors are trying to reach. Drivers are the most visible face of motorsport so use that visibility to your advantage. Social media is a fantastic tool for doing just that and it enables you to shape exactly how you’re seen without your image being filtered through a journalist’s perceptions. It’s a tool that needs handling with care though. There are plenty of reasons for drivers to be fighting against each other but the ones that should matter are the battles you have out on track, not the ones that rage over social media. They’re undoubtedly entertaining for onlookers but not what your team, your championship or your sponsors want to see.

So how can a driver help themselves to get the exposure their sponsors demand, get the kind of exposure that benefits rather than detracts from their reputation and build a loyal fan base for themselves? That’s where training comes in. Training is now recognised as an integral part of every racing driver’s life. The days when weight lifting for drivers involved raising a few pints in the bar after the race are long gone. Beneath every modern professional driver’s race suit lies a serious athlete honed through hours in the gym and miles on the bike. Simulators are increasingly employed to perfect on-track skills via virtual training laps and many top stars employ sports psychologists to sharpen their minds and focus their goals. The same approach applies when it comes to the media. Don’t just take it from me though. As nine-times Grand Prix winner and FIA World Endurance Champion Mark Webber puts it: “It’s a no-brainer that working with the press is a huge part of being a driver. Understanding how the media operates and learning how to work with them is essential if you want to make it to the top of your game.” So, what does media training involve? First and foremost, it’s not about turning racing drivers into PR machines who give bland quotes and gratuitously name-check their sponsors. That’s not what I want to hear when I approach a driver with a microphone and it’s not what the public wants to watch on their televisions either. We want memorable personalities with original comments who aren’t afraid to speak their own minds. Dull quotes and worn clichés won’t get you column inches in a newspaper >>

Top left: Formula 4 drivers training at Donington Park Above: : FIA F3 drivers honing their media skills at a training session in Hungary

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or magazine either; they want stories with a controversial quote that grabs their readers’ attention or a novel angle that make those readers want to learn more.

and professionally, look at how your body language can impact an audience’s perception of you and how you can use your voice for maximum impact.

My media training sessions are about giving racing drivers a better understanding of how the media actually works so they can work with them to mutual benefit. You’re never going to get the maximum out of a car you’ve never sat in. The same principle applies to working with the media. It’s all about being prepared. If you know the different approach to take for live rather than pre-recorded TV interviews you’re more likely to make a good job of it. If you understand how to pitch your comments so that your audience can relate to it, you’re going to make more of an impact on them. Viewers who’ve tuned in to watch a motorsport show will be interested to hear about your turn-in-understeer. Tell that to your local TV station and the audience is likely to switch off, mentally if not literally, because they won’t understand what you’re talking about.

It’s not just a lecture though – we put the theory into practise so in my sessions I put the drivers through a whole range of different interviews, on camera, including some of those more uncomfortable ones! Reviewing the footage together enables the drivers to see what they’re doing and how they can do it better. It’s not always a comfortable watch but it’s like media telemetry; a tool you can use to improve your performance.

Media training helps put a driver into the driving seat in an interview rather than being a passenger and having to go wherever the journalist takes you. It’s about making sure that you use the exposure to benefit your own agenda and not just the journalists. We teach people how to use social media productively

If you understand your environment and feel in control you’re more likely to make the right impression and have the confidence to get your personality across… whether you’re winning, losing OR wrecking,

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Stuck in the mud CitroĂŤn finds frustration Down Under Things did not go quite to plan for the Total Abu Dhabi Team in the final World Rally stage of the 2017 season

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ally Australia was not a happy hunting ground for the Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT teams this year. Incredibly, two of its crews – Stéphane Lefebvre/Gabin Moreau and Craig Breen/Scott Martin – retired after going off within a few minutes of each other. Although the Kris Meeke/Paul Nagle partnership, despite breaking a right-rear suspension when hitting a bridge during one of Friday’s stages, was able to finish seventh thanks to the Rally2 rules.

the extreme conditions, the Irishman was forced to push to hold onto fourth place, but he ran wide on a bend and rolled the car. In less than 15 minutes, the Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT team had recorded a second retirement. Although Breen did find some positives from his car’s off. “It was a big off; I’ve not had one like that for a long time. Fortunately, the C3 WRC is a solid car and the safety features did their job perfectly. We weren’t sure of finishing in fourth place and I knew I had to push to counter a return from [Hayden] Paddon, who had slightly better road conditions than we did. I didn’t want to end the season with another fifth place without making a fight of it.”

Unfortunately, heavy rain showers hit the Coffs Harbour region on the final day of Rally Australia

Unfortunately, heavy rain showers hit the Coffs Harbour region on the final day of Rally Australia. So crews had to complete the Pilbara Reverse, Bucca and Wedding Bells stages - equalling a total competitive distance of 48km – in difficult conditions. Lefebvre reached the end of SS17 with heavy damage to the rear-left suspension and wheel of his C3 WRC. The Frenchman had understeered on mud and ran wide on a bend, hitting a tree stump on the exit and ripping off the wheel. The damage was too significant to continue and Lefebvre was forced to retire.

A disappointed Lefebvre reflected: “Obviously, it’s not the best way of ending the season. I just made a mistake on the first stage, a long right-hander. The conditions were awful, with a lot of water, which made the ground as slippery as ice in places, I got caught out by a slippery patch of mud. The car understeered, ran slightly wide and we hit a big tree stump. It’s a shame and I’m sorry for everyone in the team.” A few minutes later, Craig Breen’s C3 WRC showed up on the monitors as having stopped on SS18. Despite

Fortunes were a little better for Kris Meeke, who had been able to re-join under Rally2 rules on Sunday morning. His aim was to use the leg as a full-scale test. However, when the organisers cancelled the second pass on Pilbara Reverse due to Sunday morning’s rain showers, that left only the Wedding Bells Power Stage to conclude the season. Meeke set the fifth fastest time on stage, moving up to seventh overall following the dramatic retirement of Jari-Matti Latvala of the Toyota Gazoo team. A day later, Meeke said: “The idea on Sunday was to prepare for 2018. From that perspective, it was pretty handy that it started raining because we could work in conditions where we have quite a lot of room for improvement. It wasn’t easy for me to push when I had nothing to gain, but what we learnt yesterday will undoubtedly prove useful in the future.”

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xtreme tension to the finish. Daniel Ticktum (GB) from the Volkswagen customer team Motopark with VEB has recorded a surprising and historic win at the prestigious Formula 3 Grand Prix in Macau. The British driver only moved into the lead from third place on the home stretch after Volkswagen drivers Ferdinand Habsburg (A/Carlin) and SĂŠrgio Sette CĂ˘mara (BR/ Motopark) had slid into the tyre wall whilst battling for the lead on the final turn. Habsburg was able to continue and claim

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Macau fourth place, but Sette Câmara had to retire. Formula 3 European champion Lando Norris (GB/ Carlin) crossed the finish line behind Ticktum to complete the one-two result for Volkswagen. Third place went to Ralf Aron (EST/Dallara-Mercedes). This was the tenth win for Volkswagen as an engine manufacturer at the official FIA Formula 3 World Cup.

“This Macau Grand Prix really did have everything a motorsport fan could ask for,” said Volkswagen Motorsport Director Sven Smeets. “The stars of tomorrow showed all their driving skills today. Daniel Ticktum carried on fighting right to the end and was rewarded after a turbulent race. Congratulations to him and his Team Motopark with VEB! This year, the Volkswagen drivers continued to be a great advert for this sport – including Ferdinand Habsburg and Sérgio Sette Câmara, who fought out a thrilling duel to the final turn and showed immense will to win.” Volkswagen drivers were always involved in the battles for the leading positions at the 64th edition of the street race in the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Macau. Joel Eriksson (S/Motopark) went past polesitter Callum llott (GB/ Dallara-Mercedes) from the start. However, both drivers missed their braking points shortly thereafter and fell back

down the order. This benefited Volkswagen driver Sette Câmara, who now moved into the lead ahead of Maximilian Günther (D/Dallara-Mercedes) and Habsburg. Lando Norris, starting from seventh place, had worked his way up to fourth position by this stage. While Sette Câmara was able to defend his slender lead and fend off the attacks mounted by Günther, Habsburg lay in wait behind Günther and produced a nice manoeuvre to overtake the German driver. Another Volkswagen driver provided a further highlight. Daniel Ticktum, who would go on to win the race, pulled out of Norris’ slipstream on the long straight of the penultimate lap, overtaking the British driver and Günther, who was on the inside, to take third place. A decisive manoeuvre in the race that eventually led the way to his victory in Macau. The Formula 3 Grand Prix in Macau was a success all the way down the line for Volkswagen: a total of 12 young drivers were competing with Dallara chassis “powered by Volkswagen”. Six of these made it into the top ten. In addition to Norris in third and Habsburg in fourth place, Sacha Fenestraz (BR/Carlin) crossed the line in seventh, followed by Tadasuke Makino (J/Motopark) in ninth and Jehan Daruvala (IND/Carlin) in tenth. Despite his accident on the final turn, Sérgio Sette Câmara was awarded 13th place, but Devlin Defrancesco (GB/Carlin), Yuhi Sekiguchi (J/B-Max Racing), Kenta Yamashita (J/B-Max Racing), Joel Eriksson and Marino Sato (J/Motopark) did not see the chequered flag.

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TOM CHILTON WTCC racer and tin top star, Tom Chilton talks Nordschleife, Formula E, family and Tarmac run-offs with TV presenter Alexandra Legouix

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have presented the World Touring Car Championships (WTCC) for the past four years so I know the drivers well, but having the opportunity to sit down with them, one on one, and finding out a bit more about what makes them tick is a rare opportunity. However, I was lucky to spend some time with Tom Chilton in China recently so thought I would pick his brains. He has been busy this year. Not only was he behind the wheel of the Citroën C-Elysée in the WTCC, but he also drove the Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC). Having lead the Independents Trophy within the WTCC and he finished p15 in the BTCC. “It has been a good year,” admits Chilton, “but I have definitely had some bad luck at some rounds. My goal was to be at the top of the WTCC trophy from 2016 and so far I am on the right track... but it is so close right now between at least 6 of us in both classes that anything can happen” Less than two weeks later we were at the extremely challenging and risky track, Macau - a circuit known to throw even the best drivers off kilter. Chilton has had some good results there in the past and this time was no different despite a fairly large incident in the opening race at Police “I had a great start and even gave Michelisz a nudge going in to Mandarin as I had better pace on both front runners but when Norbie lost the car at the corner we just had no chance. I had no time to react any differently and was sadly one of the four to end up in the mix.” The main race however was full of a very gripping tango that took place between Chilton and Argentine, Esteban Guerrieri. “I loved it! It was such a fun race. We were on the limit all the time. I was desperate for a podium before we went and I was willing to do everything possible. It’s one of the hardest circuits in the world and I wanted to prove my ability and I felt I did that”. Finally, after an entire race of chewed nails from the respective teams in the pits, Esteban made a small mistake on the final lap and penultimate corner that cost him

greatly “...Honestly, I am sure he was intentionally holding me up at the hairpin. Every lap I was losing three seconds. So I feel it was karma that he lost the podium”. Fighting talk from Tom, but after hearing his passion at wanting to get a podium so much, I could understand his need to vent. So with another podium under his belt we moved to the final race of the 2017 WTCC season and Tom was sitting p4 in the main Drivers Championship - proudly perched above four works drivers - and p2 in the WTCC Trophy of which he was only 0.5 off the title win: his main contender being his Sebastien Loeb Racing team mate, Mehdi Bennani Day one gave him little feedback. After a clash with a tyre stack he was left with only one lap time on the board for FP1. FP2 was far more positive and put him in a more optimistic frame of mind ahead of the final day however he would have rather had more time behind the wheel “I made a stupid mistake. I could give you all sorts of excuses but ultimately, I just shouldn’t have hit the tyres as I put the team and I in total jeopardy. They’ve worked so hard to fix the car. Thank God I have such a solid team at SLR”. The final day dawned and Tom had a very positive attitude. “I slept well. I’ve exercised hard again this morning. I am ready to win the title.” And win he did. Not only that but after such a fantastic race win he scored maximum points which catapulted him up to p3 in the main Drivers Championship - a position he never expected to find himself in. “I kept asking: “Are you sure?? Are you really sure??” I couldn’t believe it. It was the race of my life. I was desperate to win the Independents Trophy but never in my wildest dreams did I expect to come third overall. It meant I get to go to the FIA Gala and mix with the ‘big boys’ and I was so, so happy and excited. All my dreams came true in one go! What a way to end my WTCC season and possibly my final year in WTCC!”

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“Being on the limit around the Nordschleife is the best feeling in the world I’d say it’s as much fun as you can have with your pants on!” “The Nordschleife ring is by far my favourite track -166 corners of which only six have gravel traps. The rest have just barriers or trees. Being on the limit around there is the best feeling in the world,” recalled Chilton wistfully. “I’d say it’s as much fun as you can have with your pants on! In 2016, I got a double podium and outright lap record, winning C a Tag Heuer watch for the fastest lap. This year, in race one, I managed to get the fastest lap result M again and loved every second of it”.

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The Nordschleifen is a physically and mentally demanding circuit and we have seen even the fittest CM drivers struggle to cope with the demands, but Tom Chilton has been focusing on his fitness levels thisMY year more than ever before. “The fitter you are the faster you heal which is important in our business CYas we can sometimes race two or three times in a day CMY or at back-to-back weekends like I am doing this year with BTCC and WTCC. It gets very hot inside K a touring car, with temperatures at some tracks showing around 76C and we are sitting in it for 45minutes, working hard. Then a 15-minute break and we must do it all over again. That, plus the challenge of coping with jetlag, sometimes makes it impossibly tough. “At the end of the race you still need a strong left leg to hit the brake pedal very hard to get the car to stop, especially as the brakes lose their efficiency with wear and tear and build up of temperature. You also need a strong core to hold your legs in position whilst turning and controlling the car between the left and right leg whilst jumping around over kerbs and bumps and crests etc. All in all, if you’re not fit and you don’t work on your fitness levels, life is just harder. I’m hardly super fit, but I do try to improve myself all the time.” Tom Chilton has no airs nor graces. Having worked in this industry for around 12 years, I have met many drivers who seem to have lost a grip on reality and their roots. It’s no secret that Chilton comes from one of the more privileged of backgrounds, but he is aware of this and he still counts himself as very lucky. It is a real eye opener to find someone who is still so grounded. >>

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“Keeping grounded is an interesting one. It is very glamorous and easy for people like me to think it’s ‘normal’ to be racing expensive race cars flat out around the track, but there’s nothing normal about it” “Thank you, I do like to think I’m one of the happy ones,” said Chilton. “Keeping grounded is an interesting one. It is very glamorous, and it is easy for people like me to think it’s ‘normal’ to be racing expensive race cars flat out around the track, but there’s nothing normal about it. We use a car on the road to get us from A to B with the kids/work colleagues and for those who are fortunate enough, they may have a sportscar for the weekend. However, you would never think that going bumper to bumper racing in your sportscar is normal. You’d never risk scratching it. So I am aware that I am lucky. My parents have been a big part of my life and they are both very hard working, lovely, respectful, grounded and down-to-earth folk and they have helped me stay human. I was taught to treat others as you wish to be treated. I believe in karma on and off the track.” There are many talented drivers out there who can only dream of his opportunities, so I wondered what his advice would be if he could do it all over again with the knowledge he has now? What would he do differently? “It is really tough for up and coming drivers now, more than ever before,” said Chilton. “The easiest part for them is the simulation because the younger generation love their Xboxes and Playstations! However, that world has also grown so

competitive too. So much now goes into being the best. There is so much to consider from fitness and consistently fast driving through to marketing and PR. Raising sponsorship is probably the hardest thing nowadays and without that you struggle to do anything behind a wheel. I would highly recommend doing some media training on the side as you need to come across well for companies who want to invest in you and use you as their ambassador. “Would I do anything differently though? I’m not sure. I feel I do the above to the best of my ability. I’ve always gone with the best option on the table at the time. Hindsight is always easy, but at the time you always go with what you currently know and what’s around.” It seems like Tom Chilton has his foreseeable future pretty much mapped out. There has been much speculation and uncertainty around the future of WTCC and time will tell how that will pan out, but for certain he has another year, at least, in BTCC much to his fans’ delight “I love the British championship and all the fans who have been following me from a young age are so supportive. I have such fond memories and I will always cherish them. Commercially, for my main sponsors, the BTCC fits in well for their PR and marketing budgets. It is a good championship

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“I hate driver aids and most of all hate the run off areas on new race tracks which are just Tarmac. In the old days I’d be cheering as I drove past as they were stuck in the kitty litter!” to invest in with such great TV coverage and fan attendance is always so high. I’ve been in the BTCC for 11 years and am proud that I now have the largest social media following which, these days, is so important. So, it’s the strongest place for me to be for now.” That made me wonder what this BTCC driver’s thoughts are on the world of electric racing and whether he would consider making a move to Formula E or similar one day. His reaction wasn’t overly positive. “Manufactures are investing into electric/hybrids at the moment and to ensure they want to spend their money in motorsport we have to accommodate it, but I hate it really as it’s soulless and quiet. In the back of the paddock they are burning 1000s of litres of diesel in generators

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to charge up the batteries. As for autonomous racing, if you want to watch a car going around with no driver go and buy a radio-controlled car for your kids.” I guess that’s a no then! We swiftly move on to the development of cars and safety. Martin Brundle recently said that he felt racing needs more danger. With the likes of Goodwood Revival and the classic racing series, Tom Chilton has had the chance to get behind the wheel of some old cars that have zero in terms of extra safety, so what does he make of Brundle’s comments? “I think the cars/safety gear being safer is a really good thing especially as I have kids and want to be around to watch them grow up. But I hate driver aids and most of all hate the run off areas on new racetracks which are just Tarmac. It means when somebody makes a mistake and runs wide they come straight back in front of you with two fingers up their nose. In the old days I’d be cheering as I drove past as they were stuck in the kitty litter!” It’s clear that Tom Chilton is a true, old-school petrol head. He is extremely positive about his future in BTCC and, despite the rumours, believes that the WTCC will continue in some format or other and he still hopes for a place there. No matter what the future holds within motorsport, this racer is living his dream and we can be sure that we will see his happy face for many years to come.

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REFUELING WITH MILK by Sarah Waights

Want to know the perfect post-drive drink? After an intense workout you need to put something back in. Artificially formulated exercise recovery drinks might be heavily marketed, but the latest studies show that, possibly, the best all-round energy, rehydration and nutrient replenishment food to have post exercise is milk. Who knew? ilk provides an allin-one solution; an immediate hydration boost with calcium, magnesium and potassium to maintain fluid balance; whey protein to build muscle, vital calcium for bone strength, as well as the carbohydrate lactose, for a gentle and natural energy replenishment to stave off post-workout fatigue. Milk – as a whole food – has exactly the combination of nutrients the body requires to repair and restore itself. Flavoured options such as chocolate or strawberry milk are increasingly popular

among athletes, but maybe watch the refined sugar content? In recent years, there has been a trend for replacing common dairy foods with non-dairy alternatives. Some people are even cutting dairy out of their diets completely. This is a problem as dairy foods provide nutritional benefits which cannot be easily obtained elsewhere. “The popular expression “clean eating’ has gone beyond its original meaning and has started to become associated with the exclusion of major food groups. Dairy foods in particular have been demonised >>

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3 DAIRY A DAY We all know about the importance of having our “5 a day”, but many countries, including Canada, USA, France and Australia, now advise three portions of dairy too. So here are some really easy ways to get your “dairy 3 a day”:

1 2 3 Make your breakfast porridge more warming and satisfying by making it with milk instead of water or dairy milk alternatives (300mls semi-skimmed typically provides 33% of calcium RDA and 10gms protein)

Stir a dollop of delicious, creamy Greek-style yoghurt into your bowl of soup at lunchtime (150g Greek style yoghurt typically provides 17% of calcium RDA and around 10gms of protein)

For a quick, long lasting energy boost, add a chunk of cheddar cheese to an apple for a calcium-rich snack which will keep you full for longer (75g cheddar typically provides 53% calcium RDA and 18g protein)

So that’s your entire RDA of calcium – essential for strong bones – and half your protein requirement

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unfairly. It seems there is a welcome backlash against ‘clean eating’ as the benefits of dairy are being too casually dismissed, leaving people liable to deficiencies, with young people being particularly at risk of storing up health problems in the future.” So in this article we examine some of the common misconceptions and make the case for the defence:

The truth about calcium According to most health advice, we should all be eating around 800mg of calcium every day to build strong bones and teeth and to stave off osteoporosis in later years. Calcium is also needed for muscle and nerve function. Milk, cheese and yoghurt are excellent sources of calcium, with figures from the National Osteoporosis Foundation showing that – portion by portion - milk or hard cheese have the most calcium content of any food, matched only by tinned fish, eaten with the bones (which, let’s face, it, few people actually do). Replacing milk with non-dairy alternatives such as nuts, rice and soy milks decreases calcium intake by up to 90%. This then needs to be replaced elsewhere in the diet. The real concern is that people are not going out of their way to ensure they replace this essential nutrient with sufficient quantities of other, less calcium rich foods and whilst they think they are doing their bodies a favour

with dairy substitute products, they might well be storing up problems for their future health.

The truth about micronutrients Like other whole foods which are natural, milk and other dairy products provide a wide range of micronutrients including riboflavin, vitamin B12, iodine, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium. This richness of micronutrients has a positive effect on a huge number of body functions from blood pressure to weight management, making dairy wholefoods superior to heavily processed foods - even those which are fortified in some way. For example, the iodine content of cow’s milk is critical for metabolism regulation and foetal brain development. Iodine deficiency is a big issue for young women, in particular pregnant women. Women need to know that, in contrast, soya milk, for example, has negligible iodine content.

The truth about lactose Lactose is the name for the naturally occurring sugar in milk - a useful energy source not thought to have the negative effects that added sugar does. However, lactose requires an enzyme called lactase to digest it and a minority of people in the UK have lower levels of lactase by the time they

reach adulthood, meaning they can find it difficult to digest large quantities of dairy. However, the nutritional benefits of eating dairy are so great, it makes sense for people who do not have an actual milk allergy, but may have lower lactase levels, to try again. It is worth experimenting with smaller quantities of lower lactose dairy such as cheese and yoghurt and/or eating dairy alongside other food. People often find this eliminates their symptoms.

The truth about fat Saturated fat from cream and cheese has long been associated with weight problems and heart disease. While it is true that any food eaten to excess can have a health impact, the picture with saturated fatty acids is more complicated than previously thought. Saturated fats found in dairy are increasingly thought to have a more complicated role with health benefits including protection against heart disease and a positive effect on weight control. A little of what you fancy does you good it seems, so we can enjoy that cheese fondue every once in a while.

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Marcello Lotti is one of the big players in terms of global touring car series promotion. But since leaving the FIA World Touring Car Championship and Eurosport Events he has reinvigorated touring car racing through the TCR concept. Alex Goldschmidt finds a gap in this Italian maestro’s schedule at Oschersleben to discover the secrets of TCR’s success

f touring cars had a proverbial “godfather”, the TCR chief promoter Marcello Lotti is a pretty neat fit for the role, considering the hard work that both he and the entire World Sporting Consulting (WSC) team have done to give those drivers that wouldn’t have a chance the opportunity to elongate or elevate their careers. The TCR International Series hit the racetrack in 2015, with series-based racecars providing more of a generic platform, using standardised regulations and promotion of driver skills to add to the dynamic of what touring cars should all be about - the best drivers fighting in similar machinery around some of the most iconic modern-day tracks across the world. Fastforward to now, and the TCR

concept has been adopted globally through more than 20 series so far, be it either sprint or endurance-based in format, along with multiple car brands embracing the regulations, such as Audi Sport, VW, SEAT, Opel and Hyundai. You can now also add the newly-announced World Touring Car Cup for next season, following an agreement between WSC and the FIA to bring this series in over the next two seasons, as a result of the decision to dissolve the World Touring Car Championship after 14 years of competition. Although Marcello Lotti admitted that he was as surprised as everybody else on how quickly the TCR concept had grown, in terms of adoption. “For me, the thing that makes me crazy is how do I keep all this interest under control? There was no offer from

each of the championships, so we decided to create something that could work pretty much everywhere,” admitted Lotti, who has spent a lot of his motorsport career within the touring car arena.

“ADAC TCR Germany has single-handedly collared the biggest grid for 2017, with an impressive 44 cars registered for the sevenrace weekend calendar” “The key was the manufacturers, because for them, it is business. They see it from two perspectives: business from producing and selling the cars, and free marketing and advertising of the brand itself on the racetrack. I think that these points are the answer to the amount of interest that we have around the world.” From his ideal position as a promoter himself – the man that calls the shots in the TCR International Series – Lotti revealed that there are many

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“I’m sure that the UK might even beat the amount of cars that we have in TCR Germany. Although even I think that it is too much to manage from a promoter point of view, as you’d have to do a top five podium so as to not upset too many drivers!” different aspects of the sport to take into consideration, but remains adamant about cost control: “Reality, economy and affordability are some of the main areas to look at. And the costs are still very affordable in a lot of places, if drivers and teams decide to run the cars which are cheap to run, except if you crash. “In some areas, the cost of the car itself is still high, such as India. They asked me to consider them, but at the moment, the costs are not perfect, but they may be in the future. In the end, for all parts of the globe, it is a concept that makes it truly affordable for all.” Lotti felt that it was beneficial for the series to have a good collaboration for the 2018 race calendar, citing that the traditions of UK motorsport should help it become a success in its inaugural season. “There is a strategy that TCR UK will follow, but it is still too early to say anything about it, as there are a few other people working on it too, a lot more closely than me,” explained Lotti. He added that TCR UK was more of a stepping stone in the UK racing scene, which could see a title contender move up to the BTCC itself.

“BTCC is the reference point, especially as some of the dealings are through ‘works’ teams, with a lot of others involved,” explained Lotti. “Even though those teams are privately-run, they can still be considered as ‘works’ teams. TCR is a different prospect and I’m sure that the UK will also have a strong grid in its first year.” The interest in TCR UK has been very apparent, especially with the November open test day at Brands Hatch showcasing seven different manufacturers, along with over 30 drivers taking part in the machinery on show at the Kent circuit (see below). Lotti also highlighted the fact that TCR is more of a universal platform, more about equal

footing for all drivers taking part, irrespective of their skill level, through the same regulations being used. He added that through the medium of TCR as a baseline for each respective series, it helps to promote all that are taking part in TCR machinery, including those talents that have yet to find the right vehicle to move forward up the racing ladder. In recent times, Hyundai has been more of a prevalent tour de force within TCR itself, with the new i30N making its initial début at the 24 Hours of Misano, under the guiding hands of Gabriele Tarquini and Anti Burri, while other brands are looking to join in the highly-charged action that the TCR cars provide.

PRO ANNUAL 2018 “Hyundai is not running under the TCR category at the moment because the i30 N was not fully homologated at that time,” said Lotti. “We don’t know what the car has for performance, as well as the technical specifications, but we are happy that they have started to develop the car in competition. There is another brand that is currently going through the process as well, but I can’t say anymore, because we have a non-disclosure agreement in place. “Peugeot is developing the 308 Cup at the moment, but the problem for them is that you must use a 1.75 to 2-litre engine which comes from the road cars.” There is also an opportunity for other manufacturers, including Lada and Peugeot, to come into TCR with a fully-homologated car in future seasons, having already run in particular series with certain dispensations from the respective regulatory bodies. But now both Renault and Hyundai have started delivering their relevant cars to several teams, following full TCR homologation being approved by WSC. Although a “mix” between customer and works teams, in Lotti’s opinion, is not what TCR is really about. All the teams involved in series around the globe are not part of a “factory” team, which goes against the ethos that proves its attractiveness. He also clearly stated about his preference for TCR is in its bare

bones approach, with no-frills racing at its heart. With the number of cars set to rise closer to 1,000 units in the next 12 months or so, it provides a bigger challenge for the rule makers, especially when it comes to considering the balance of performance scale that has been in force since TCR was introduced. Lotti gave his honest opinion about this open-door policy, in light of cars that have been racing since 2015 under TCR regulations: “The manufacturers are aware of this and they are on board. We discussed this from the very beginning, especially the fact that we may have to deal with over 1,000 cars racing. But I think that the power is enough and the regulations are open to everybody. We even have to look at helping some if they are suffering with major problems.” He added that Romeo Ferraris, who build the Giulietta, came to him and were not looking for any special dispensation under the current TCR regulations. “They then decided to come to this round in Germany with the new turbocharger from a 2-litre engine, which I think is from the Mercedes, which has a 2-litre engine in the A45 AMG, which could also run in TCR. I’m very happy because from an engineering standpoint, it shows the professional approach to use this kind of thinking.” TCR, in my opinion, has been that welcome “breath of fresh air” that the touring car world

needed and it is making sure that the world takes notice. Marcello Lotti is a very clever man. He has looked at the constraints that many of the top-end touring car championships have had, from a global standpoint, and simply made it work. Credit to Marcello Lotti and the team at WSC for making the TCR International Series a nice place to be. When I visited him in Germany there were some things that stood out above the rest of the paddocks that I’ve visited over the past six seasons - a chilled-out atmosphere, accessibility towards drivers and teams, and a boss that was charming, full of humour and one of the best well-dressed people I’ve ever met. Even with three seasons of racing already under its belt, I can only sum up with this one phrase: TCR is definitely here to stay - Grazie Marcello!

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After a stellar career in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters spanning 181 races and 16 years, German racing ace Timo Scheider took a dramatic new direction in racing after the 2016 season. The two-time champion gave Motorsport Days an interesting insight into his new efforts both on and off the track ith 11 years of racing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) under his belt for Audi, veteran racer Timo Scheider was not expecting to have feelings of uncertainty in October 2016. But after an unexpected call from the then Head of Motorsport Dr Wolfgang Ulrich during a regular Team Phoenix meeting before the final round of the season, things began to look very different. “That phone call meant that the history of Timo Scheider and Audi was over,” recalls Scheider.

taking championships. Even after that, we could still show that we were able to win races. The last set of results has been a bit more difficult over the past couple of years, but there was never a sign of struggles regarding any contract extensions.” “The way that the decision was explained was shocking and, after so many years, I had expected a lot more respect, and expected them to be open-minded about going forward. But to get the statement that it would ‘probably not happen any more, but we may do something else together,’ was a difficult moment.” Incredibly, Scheider elected to not mention anything to the team at that point, but confirmed that it was difficult to focus on

preparing for the season finale at the Hockenheimring just a couple of days later. “I tried to not lose face and stay professional, keep doing my job and prepare for the forthcoming weekend. But it wasn’t possible to do this, to think clearly and for it to be straightforward in my mind,” said Scheider looking back on last year. However, a lifeline came to him through a mutual ally - his then race engineer Laurent Fedacou, who had links within the rallycross arena. These had developed into some wildcard appearances with Münnich Motorsport in both 2015 and 2016, before Scheider made the full-time switch. “He would tell me about rallycross from time to time and then Mattias [Ekström] joined World RX, and he was always so positive whenever we talked about it,” said Scheider, admitting that he felt that it got too much at times. >>

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“It got to that point where I was like: ‘Come on, just shut up now!’

“I was honest with the teams, saying that I needed to earn money, being a professional racing driver, rather than bringing a budget up to 1 million Euros to race for the year”

“But Laurent kept in touch with [Johan] Kristofferson, who later moved to Marklund Motorsport and I started to listen carefully and follow what was going on, before Laurent tried to make a deal with Münnich. Although I thought it was a good idea, I had no real experience in rallycross, going sideways.” That said, Scheider felt that same sensation as he did when getting behind the wheel of a trusted DTM steed and despite being initially off the pace in his first test, he impressed the team, prompting him to explore competing in World RX. But it was his performance in the SEAT Ibiza at the final round of the 2016 World RX season in Argentina finishing fourth in the final - that made a few heads turn. “After Argentina I tried everything to make something happen after an outstanding result for me and the team, so I got in contact with a few teams. I got some phone calls, with some asking me about my 2017 plans. I was honest with them, saying that I needed to

earn money, being a professional racing driver, rather than bringing a budget up to 1 million Euros to race for the year.” Then MJP Racing Team Austria and team owner Max Pucher, a rallycross champion in his own right, came calling with an offer that saw Scheider sign for 2017. “Max was one of the guys wanting to pay money, and the car was not too bad for a privately-run team and so I did the first test. From then on, I only had one test day, even though 90% of the tracks this year were new to me.” Scheider went on to reveal that the 2017 season opener in Barcelona sent the MJP clan into a literal frenzy. “I expected nothing at that first round and was given a choice as to whether I wanted the old or new car to race in, so I took the former. I just went out there to do my best and finished second in the final,” admitted Scheider. “It was a special situation. It was not just pure luck, although you do need a good draw and good measure of the conditions. This was also through both performance and speed, >>

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“Getting the BMW contract was a big thing for me as it showed me my value as a professional driver on the market, which made me so proud” something that was quite positive. But I also knew that some of the teams had some issues, such as Volkswagen, who were not ready at the start.” Not surprisingly it wasn’t long before the factory-backed outfits, including Audi, VW and Ford, were able to fight back, while a rookie, despite all his experience, was facing a steep learning curve. “I hoped that we could do that in small steps at least and adapt my style, getting used to the car, and then with the new car would come more performance. This was probably not the case, as I had thought, because there are not the resources and manpower available to move forward like the factory teams can do.” Scheider knew that it was not going to be easy to get into the fine-tuning details during practice sessions, because setting up a rallycross car is a far cry from a DTM racer. “It cost us quite a lot of performance over the season. especially with me being a rookie,” he explained.

However, Scheider did believe that his experience of racing at tracks at Lohéac and Riga would be of some help. However, going to Estering was a disaster, with weather and track conditions being major contributing factors. “It was a really shitty draw for me – going pole in the wet at the beginning and dry conditions at the end. It was the same on the Sunday as well. I was faster on a single lap, but we lost time in the race through the little details. “The good news is that I will know all the tracks apart from America for next year, although nothing is decided on my 2018 World RX plans yet,” added Scheider A raft of announcements followed Scheider’s full-time switch to the rallycross arena, including one he didn’t expect - being signed as a works BMW Motorsport driver. “I was really impressed by the phone call from Jens, and it was really nice to have the kind of situation. He said to me: ‘Ah, Timo, you know it’s really quite late, but if I’m honest, I can’t

Scheider admitted to MsD that he was “simply overwhelmed” with the amount of opportunities, following the sudden and surprising decision to axe him from the Audi DTM team in October 2016. “Getting the BMW contract was a big thing for me as it showed me my value as a professional driver on the market, which made me so proud and I cannot thank them enough for that. It only ended up being the one-off at the Nürburgring 24 Hours, where we were running in P3 before Augusto’s crash, along with a VLN race earlier in the year. When I did the VLN race, the race pace showed and lap times I did were always competitive, which was important for me to showcase against the BMW lineup, which is strong.” As a result of his efforts behind the wheel of the M6 GT3, plus a quick blast on the gravel with good friend and DTM driver Timo Glock in the M4 DTM at Hockenheim in May this year, Scheider’s contract has now been extended, with further news about his 2018 season set to be unveiled soon. Scheider also got wind of a racing site down in Mallorca that needed a new lease of life, thanks to a DTM team manager who put the idea to him. So Scheider headed to the Circuit Mallorca, the only test track in the locality, and just 15 minutes from Palma de Mallorca airport. “When I got there, I literally said ‘Wow!’ It was so different to every race track that I have ever been to in my career, because it had that ‘holiday’ feeling included at a circuit environment. It was so close to the beach with both city and ocean views from the paddock, which looks so spectacular at night!” Despite Scheider’s enthusiasm, it took a few conversations with the circuit’s main owner to get

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a partnership agreed. And the work is ongoing as there are plans for this facility to host a FIA-approved rallycross track, with help from legendary circuit designer Hermann Tilke. This in in addition to the 3.2-km long circuit and 1.2-km kart track that the location currently houses. “This year has already been a success for the circuit itself, but the rallycross track is not quite finished yet,” said Scheider, who hopes to do the roll-out this December or January 2018. “However, we are building many different things at the track itself to create further opportunities, including offices. The track has also been used a lot more though, with the ABT Formula E team coming out to do a lot of testing and so we’ve had a few different racing categories out here. It’s good to see and it’s helping us to move in the right direction.” Despite an already busy schedule, Scheider has also been running his own race team, in the form of Scheider Motorsport, which took part in the ADAC Formula 4 Germany championship for two

seasons from 2015. However, after investing a lot of personal money into the outfit, and with results not forthcoming, Scheider has pulled the plug for the shortterm. “I was very open with my team with regards to the level of budget in young motorsport these days, like Formula 4, which has gone quite high. I told them that either we find a driver that has that kind of budget, or we just leave it. I don’t want to just be a part of racing, I want to be successful and I need to present it like I want it to be.” Scheider has also found a use for the Formula 4 cars at their new home in Mallorca. Young drivers can hire them to test and hopefully prepare for their own campaigns in the class, at a price and location that Scheider considers to be one that is the best value in Europe. However, he also hopes that another familiar type of racecar may provide a chance for Scheider Motorsport’s return to the race tracks and paddocks, whilst keeping a realistic view on the possible situation.

“I had already ordered two Audi RS3 LMS TCR cars before the decision about DTM from Audi, but I couldn’t give one of them back. There is a chance that we could be running one or two cars in 2018, but this topic is still open for discussion, with no actual deals made yet. For me, it is the same as Formula 4 - either we do it with a proper budget, or we leave it. There are times when you have to make a decision, particularly for yourself, when you put up your own money and not get anything back. That’s the wrong decision, so you have to be sensible about it.” With a very busy schedule keeping him on toes, life for Timo Scheider after DTM isn’t looking too bad at all. So, could there a renaissance for Herr Scheider, and a return to the fastest tin-top series around? He seems pretty happy for now, but just keep an open mind – anything is possible...

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any drivers from our shores have made a name for themselves in various different categories over the past few decades, but there is one driver that is very much in demand - Josh Files. Before he first got his experience of a TCR racer at the 2015 TCR International Series finale at Macau, the 26-yearold came through the Renault Sport racing scene, picking up the 2013 UK Clio Cup and Clio EuroCup titles in the process.

Files would partner up with now Hong Kong-based Brit Dan Wells in the former Portuguese colony, each driving an Opel Astra TCR around the 6.2km Circuito de Guia. The former was not initially impressed by the Astra itself, with the three-door hatchback being far from what he initially thought a TCR car may perform like. However, a meeting with a team that had just won the International Series Team Trophy changed his outlook. “I wasn’t looking into TCR in any massive detail,” Files admitted, revealing that Target Competition’s Andreas and Markus Gummerer had actually approached him to test with them. “I learned about it from a chap called Michele Rangoni, who was at the time racing Clio Cup Italia. He asked me to race for him there, which I did in 2014 with Rangoni Corse, finishing third overall. I heard about TCR because of him, and so when TCR International got up and running the year after, I followed it and got the chance to go to Macau’.” So when the Briton headed off to work with Target Competition for the first time, he knew that the team’s intentions of being successful were not being taken lightly. “All their equipment and trucks were brand new, along with former-DTM engineer Albert, who is no fool, when it comes to strategies,” explained Files, who has been given the nickname “Feile” by the South Tyrol-based outfit, which is also emblazoned the doors of his Honda Civic Type-R TCR. “It showed that they had success in everything that they have done. They do throw money at it to make sure that they win. I jumped at the chance to join them, as the opportunity was too good to miss.”

“There are quite a few big names set to go into it, along with some really big names talking about it, giving it real consideration, if they do go in, it’ll be a big shock to many” This Brit then joined the ranks of the ADAC TCR Germany Series for the inaugural 2016 season with Target Competition, opting to go for the Honda Civic. From that moment, Files has shown his calibre in a truly international field. He is the only driver to have won drivers’ titles in TCR Germany so far, as well as taking a clean sweep of victories to secure the TCR Middle East driver early in 2017 with Lap 57 Motorsports. With regards to the TCR programme’s everincreasing expansion going further afield, news broke back in July that TCR UK would be joining the party for 2018. This was not a surprise to Files, who said that he knew it was happening a year in advance of the news being confirmed, even with no real game plan being put into action by TCR UK, which will be run through the British Racing and Sports Car Club. “It wasn’t really a shock, but having said that, I didn’t know at the time what their plans were, the package they were planning to put together, etc,” said Files, who feels that TCR UK will be “a hit,” along with working its way towards being a direct competitor to the British Touring Car Championship in due course.

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in the championship. This means that they are having to look elsewhere for competitive drives. Although Files’ thinking, seeing the potential of his experiences using TCR machinery, is that there could be a noticeable shift in the way TOCA may have to adapt to ensure its survival.

“I think they are going to have to adopt the TCR regulations, but not necessarily in the near future - maybe in about three to four years’ time” “What they are doing with it now, making it its own series and being a stand-alone, top bill championship in its own right is absolutely the right direction to go. There are quite a few big names set to go into it, along with some really big names talking about it, giving it real consideration, if they do go in, it’ll be a big shock to many.” Josh Files was quick to point out that a lot of BTCCdedicated fans feel that the emergence of TCR UK is going to be “useless for our championship”, but I can see his chain of thought on how TCR UK can make a hefty impact on its début season. The BTCC will have to work harder to keep its spot at the top of the high-profile, tin-top ladder here in the UK. “To be honest, I think they are going to have to adopt the TCR regulations, but not necessarily in the near future - maybe in about three to four years’ time,” said Files. “They’ll more than likely take on the TCR regulations and merge with TCR UK, thus becoming the BTCC, because the cars are getting faster and faster and they are also three times cheaper than the BTCC cars to buy. “They’re already as fast, if I’m honest, and because I’ve driven some BTCC cars, I can say that I don’t really like them, whereas ours are so much nicer to drive. Everyone whom I have spoken to that has driven both has literally said ‘Wow!’ about the TCR car, as they feel it is a real racing car. The concept is right and it is the best way to go, touring car-wise, and there are plenty of manufacturers that have come in.” Cost in motorsport is on the increase. Five manufacturers already involved in the BTCC, are putting in some considerable money, which is stopping good, young talent from graduating

Files also has a good association with UK racing outfit Team Pyro, who helped him in the Renault Sport UK Clio Cup and Eurocup between 2011 and 2014. He still works with the Leicestershire-based outfit, having been involved more in a supporting capacity to those coming through the ranks, but has no real thoughts about making a one-off appearance with the team in TCR UK. “It’s not something that we have actually talked about, especially as I’m not one for bringing budget to go racing, which is something I flatly refuse to do. Pyro is talking to some high-level drivers, who are looking to go into TCR UK in the Hondas, so I don’t think that they’ll need me to race the car for them. I’ll be there in a supportive capacity again, as there has always been a role for me there, helping to set up the cars.” Apart from his adventures in Germany and the Middle East, this hard-charging Brit has also taken part in the TCR Europe Trophy, along with a last-minute call-up to help Norbert Michelisz’s M1RA outfit at the final round of this year’s TCR International Series finale in Dubai. When Josh Files came into MotorsportDays, he was en-route to Adria International Raceway to race for Target Competition in the TCR Europe Trophy. So this gave him an opportunity to talk about working alongside Giacomo Altoé, with the pair running the same machinery. Altoé had been a mainstay in the 2017 TCR International Series season with both WestCoast Racing and M1RA, before the 17-year-old decided to withdraw from the last two weekends of the season in China and Dubai. This is a challenge that Files is relishing: “I’ve known Giacomo for a while, so it’s not like he’s new to me, but it will be the first time that we have raced together in the same team,” he said, admitting that he was looking forward to seeing how the young Italian would do against him. “It’s the first time for a long while, where I’ve actually gone into a race weekend, knowing that I’m going to be learning something from my team-mate. In Germany, my team-mates have been learning from me. It’s quite exciting, as I’ll be learning from Giacomo, as his dad owns the facility at Adria and I’ve not raced there before. “I think he’s going to teach me a thing or two about Adria and I’ll probably end up doing the same regarding the Honda, which means we could end up being a very strong pairing as team mates, and I think that we can push each other quite hard.” Adria did not disappoint. Files came up against the sternest of competition with the likes of tin-top legend Gabriele Tarquini in the new Hyundai i30N >>

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programmes. I’d like to stay in TCR for the next two to three years, just to see where it goes. I’d like to become one of those household touring car legends.

The recent International Series finale also saw the Brit behind the wheel of a familiar friend, thanks to M1RA also using the Honda Civic TCR throughout the season. Files was suffering with gearbox and power steering issues during the weekend, but made a fantastic start in the final race of the season around the 3.589-km circuit from 13th on the grid.

“I’m working towards a TCR International Series programme, but i’m also fine to remain in Germany, as I think that the German championship is still the hardest to race in, and one of the best. It only gets better. There are many options appearing at the moment, so it is just a matter of time before I make a decision about what I’m doing next year.”

Driving the #95 Civic, he was able to take advantage of several on-track altercations, including a hefty hit from Pepe Oriola on Tarquini in the early laps of the final race of the season. Thanks to sheer determination and persistence, he finished behind race winner and outgoing champion Stefano Comini and WestCoast Racing’s Gianni Morbidelli to round off his 2017 season on high. So what’s next for this talented Brit? Files remains open-minded on what might happen, but admitted that although there are a few options that may come to fruition, he can still see himself staying within the TCR realm for at least the next couple of seasons: “It’s hard, because of my refusing to bring any budget into racing, so it ultimately depends on whether there is someone out there who is willing to put forward the money to have me. Besides that, I still have a very good relationship with both Andreas and Markus [at Target], who are apparently working on something, but I don’t know what that is, as they don’t tell me much.” To highlight Target Competition’s modus operandi, Files revealed that he didn’t know about going to Adria for the TCR Europe Trophy until the week before the event! “I’m working on a few things in the direction I’d like to go, and I’m more than likely going to stick with the TCR concept for the next couple of years, as it is still expanding and still growing. It also depends on the future for World Touring Car Championship, where that is going. I think that in the next couple of years, TCR may become FIA-approved, which would enable them to allow works manufacturers’

“I’d like to become one of those household touring car legends” It won’t be long before Josh Files makes his next move within motorsport, which could move him further forward in what has already been an impressive career thus far. Whether he stays in Europe, or goes “International” for 2018, is anyone’s guess, but with the amount of success he currently has as a triple TCR champion, one phone call from the right people might make that very possible.

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golden era for GT racing and the launch of the new Vantage GTE will ensure that Aston Martin Racing remains at the forefront of the world’s greatest endurance series. “The team has enjoyed incredible success over recent years with the outgoing V8 Vantage GTE and while this will hold fond memories for me, I cannot wait to see the new car race in anger at Spa next year.”

ast month Aston Martin revealed the new Vantage – a dynamic successor to the biggest-selling road car in the British marque’s history. Later that same day, in an unprecedented synchronised launch, Aston Martin Racing (AMR) revealed the new Vantage GTE: its FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) challenger, poised to replace the team’s most successful competition

John Gaw, Managing Director of AMR was equally excited. “It’s terrific to be involved in this exciting new chapter for Aston Martin Racing,” he said. “The increasingly tough competition in the GTE class and the prospect of two visits to

car of all-time, the multiple, Le Mans-winning V8 Vantage GTE. During the launch David King, President of AMR, said: “Motorsport is fundamental to the DNA of Aston Martin and our commitment to the FIA World Endurance Championship is stronger than ever. This is a

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Le Mans and a return to Sebring within the 2018/19 super-season is thoroughly tantalising. To conduct the development process of this car so closely with Aston Martin’s design and engineering teams was essential for both road and racecar to retain the same underlying DNA. We believe the Vantage GTE will bring further success worldwide to Aston Martin Racing in the coming years.” Built to comply with the FIA’s strict GTE class regulations, the new Vantage GTE takes the road car’s core design and dynamic capabilities to a new level through optimisation of the powertrain,

chassis and aerodynamics. Designed and engineered in-house at AMR’s headquarters in Banbury, the project is led by Technical Director Dan Sayers. He also guided the design and development of the current V8 Vantage GTE – the car credited with 37 of the team’s 51 international race victories, including two Le Mans 24 Hour class wins. “Designing and developing this new car has been an extremely satisfying process,” said Sayers. “We’ve collaborated closely with Aston Martin’s Gaydon headquarters to develop the >>

PRO ANNUAL 2018 ASTON MARTIN 2018 VANTAGE GTE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ENGINE • Bespoke BorgWarner turbos with integrated electric wastegates • Akrapovič inconel exhaust system • Dry sump lubrication system • Engine repositioned to optimise mass • Distribution • Power >400 kW* • Torque >700 Nm* • Variable by boost DRIVELINE / TRANSMISSION • Rear wheel drive with traction control • Xtrac six speed sequential transmission • Alcon motorsport multi-plate clutch • Mechanical limited-slip differential with externally adjustable preload • Semi-automatic paddle shift gear change • Direct acting electric gear shift actuator • Carbon fibre propshaft

road and race cars in parallel. Attention-to-detail has been a priority at every step of this process and we’ve made big improvements in each area of the car. We’ve spent every second optimising the design right up until the build of our test car, which has paid dividends during our current testing schedule. This project has been one of the most intensive, but also rewarding of my career so far.” In fact, development of the new Vantage GTE racecar is well advanced, with more than 13,000km of testing completed, including a successful 30-hour run at the Navarra circuit in Spain. The car has also been through a rigorous durability programme at the notoriously rough Sebring circuit in Florida, with all of AMR’s current drivers contributing to the test programme. AMR reports that reliability has been exceptional straight out of the box, while the drivers have reported the car is easier to control on the limit than its predecessor. Together with AMR’s engineers, the factory drivers have worked hard to optimise the drivability and performance of the base Mercedes-AMG 4.0-litre, turbocharged, V8 engine which has been developed for use in the Vantage GTE. Meanwhile, the in-house design team, led by Chief Creative Officer Marek Reichman, has taken its intimate knowledge

of the road Vantage styling and amplified it for the WEC version. The result is an extreme, yet exciting evolution of an already aggressive road car design. Not surprisingly, the development of the Vantage GTE has seen AMR working with new technical partners, including Alcon for the braking system, Öhlins for the suspension and Michelin for a bespoke tyre programme to maximise the performance of the Vantage GTE. Meanwhile, the team has also confirmed that Total will continue as its official lubricant partner. Since joining the team at the beginning of 2016, AMR and Total have together delivered two world championships and a win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Not surprisingly with a new car to develop, AMR has kept its experienced and successful driver line-up. This year’s Le Mans GTE Pro class winners, Darren Turner and Jonny Adam, have been retained, as have the Danish duo and 2016 FIA WEC GTE Pro World Champions, Nicki Thiim and Marco Sørensen. In addition, AMR has recruited ex-GP2 race winner and now Formula E racer Alex Lynn. AMR is also expected to make further driver announcements soon.

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CHASSIS • Lightweight aluminium chassis based on the latest Vantage production car • Steel roll cage to FIA safety standards • High speed pneumatic jack system SUSPENSION • Optimised geometry double wishbone suspension front and rear • Öhlins 5-way adjustable dampers • Adjustable anti-roll bars STEERING • Electro-hydraulic power assisted steering • Quick release carbon fibre steering wheel FUEL SYSTEM • 100 litre fuel cell to FIA safety standards • Single point fuel coupling BRAKES • Alcon monobloc six pot front calipers • Alcon ventilated wide annulus front brake discs • Alcon monobloc 4 pot rear calipers • Alcon ventilated rear brake discs • Integrated caliper temperature and pad wear sensors front and rear • Floor mounted driver adjustable pedal box • Driver adjustable front/rear brake bias COCKPIT • Optimised for driver access and visibility • RaceTech FIA 8862 safety seat • Schroth Six-point safety harness • Lifeline FIA 8865 fire extinguisher system • Cosworth driver display and shift lights • Rear view camera with Bosch collision avoidance radar system • Air conditioning • Electrically operated driver drinks system AERODYNAMICS / BODYWORK • Removable carbon-fibre body panels to FIA LMGTE regulations • Carbon fibre roof with regulation safety access hatch • Full length flat floor • Carbon fibre splitter and diffuser • Adjustable carbon fibre rear wing WHEELS • Front - TWS forged magnesium 12.5” x 18” • Rear - TWS forged magnesium 13.0” x 18” • Captive wheel nut design TYRES • Michelin 30/68 – 18 front • Michelin 31/71 – 18 rear WEIGHT • Dry weight 1245kg (regulated base weight)

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JACK YOUNG

DELIVERS GROWN-UP PERFORMANCE MRM Racing takes Renault UK Clio Cup Junior Championship in only its second season, thanks to maturity of its young star Belfast’s Jack Young was crowned the inaugural Renault UK Clio Cup Junior Champion after delivering the fastest lap and breaking the course record in the final race of the season at Brands Hatch. Youngs’s success also means a first title in UK Clio Cup competition for the small MRM Racing team in only its second season. “The feeling is indescribable,” said Young after the second race. “I had a bit of a moment there with Max [Marzorati] at the start of race two and then went off on some oil and thought it was all over. All I could do was charge as

hard as possible and make clean moves on people as soon as I got up to them. But when I passed Max at the end there I knew it was mine. It is a massive confidence boost and I’m so happy for everyone who runs this team. To win a title with Renault Sport’s name on it is also a massive deal.” MRM Team Principal Mike Ritchie was equally delighted. “We’re living the dream,” he said. “We’re only two years old as a team, but to win a big title like this already is a major moment for us – it shows even with a small infrastructure we are a professional set-up capable

of delivering the results. Jack has driven superbly and we’d also like to say a big ‘thank you’ to Colin Turkington for his support this weekend.” The double British Touring Car Champion was supporting his fellow Northern Irishman at Brands Hatch and was positive about this young star’s performance. “Today actually put me in mind of a few BTCC finals – when it’s gone to the wire and then been decided by only a few points! There’s been loads of action and, for Jack, it’s a big achievement to make a bit of history by becoming the first

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driver to win the first Clio Cup Junior title. There were a lot of very strong drivers on the grid and there’s not a lot to choose between them – whoever comes out on top has definitely earned it.” Sixteen-year-old Young finished second to Team Pyro’s Lorcan Hanafin in race one. Heading into race two – the season finale – Young had a points advantage over his main title rivals, JamSport’s Ethan Hammerton and Pyro’s Max Marzorati. They had finished race one in fourth and seventh positions respectively, with Marzorati suffering damage to his car after an early altercation. Race two saw the momentum swing back the way of Marzorati, with the Pyro driver taking the lead early on, while Young slipped down the order to as low as seventh. However, a stunning recovery drive brought Young back up to fourth and with two bonus

“Today actually put me in mind of a few British Touring Car Championship finals – when it’s gone to the wire and then been decided by only a few points” Colin Turkington points for having also set the race’s fastest lap - with a new lap record - the title looked to be his. This became a certainty when Marzorati lost the lead to Hanafin and then tumbled to fourth after a wild moment on the last lap. This result meant that Young became the Champion with 165 points, some six points clear of Hammerton in second. Marzorati had to settle for third place with 153, although his Pyro team took the team title, while Hanafin finished fourth with 143 points, despite starting seven of the eight races from

pole position. These four drivers also shared the eight fastest laps with three each falling to Hanafin and Young.

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“The track is my canvas; the car is my pen.

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Sometimes all you need is a good quote, so next time try Adrian Flux Insurance for all your motorsports cover At Adrian Flux Insurance, we offer a wide range of motorsport policies for you and your vehicle. If you enjoy the thrill that comes with taking part in track days or rallying events, give us a call for a competitive quote.

rally car insurance and support vehicles. We will be launching more motorsport insurance cover in 2018, so don’t hesitate to contact us when you next need a policy - I’m sure we will be able to offer you a winning price.”

Adrian Flux Insurance has the majority of areas covered - from policies related to specific motorsports to personal accident insurance. We can also offer race vehicle cover and insurance for when you are travelling to and from the track.

The risks are high when participating in motorsport events. So, for peace of mind, here is an overview of the insurance cover currently available.

Gerry Bucke, General Manager from Adrian Flux Insurance, says: “Adrian Flux Insurance has been offering specialist cover for niche motoring markets and modified vehicles for over 40 years. Our staff are all seasoned insurance experts and will calculate your premium individually. We know how difficult it is for customers to find motorsport insurance at a reasonable price, particularly in the areas of track day cover,

RACE VEHICLE COVER This new policy provides cover for any racing vehicle from off-road bikes to dragsters. Your vehicle is covered when it’s laid up, being transported to and from events – even when it’s being worked on in the pits. In other words, this policy will insure your racing vehicle up to the pit wall. When you are on your travels, Adrian Flux Insurance has another policy that is ideal for race support vehicles. So, whether you travel the country in a converted van, a motorhome or a caravan with your racing vehicle - there’s the perfect policy to keep you covered. Separate cover is also available for trailers with our Vehicle Transport Insurance. With this policy, an enclosed or open trailer can be covered for accidents, fire and theft.

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Adrian Flux offers incredible low rates for Rally Car Insurance because it knows those taking part in rallies are generally some of the most highly skilled drivers on the road.

Adrian Flux’s Track Day Insurance makes a fun-filled hobby more accessible and affordable for all. Prices start from just £67.20 per day.

Customers are covered for normal road driving, travel to and from rallies and events as well as in-between stages at staged rally competitions. Our policies also cover virtually any make or model of rally car, from historic rally cars to current World Rally Championship specifications - as long as the vehicle is fit for the purpose of rallying and fitted with appropriate safety features such as a roll cage. Free Green Card cover is also available for unlimited European trips of up to 60 days duration each. There’s Owner’s Club discounts as well.

This specialist cover includes experiences such as track days, hill climbs and drag strips as well as events organised by clubs, magazines and manufacturers. It applies to cars or motorbikes. Discounts are also available for drivers with previous track day experience. Meanwhile, the insurance for track days policy provides track day cover for more than 40 different locations across the UK. Some are the larger, well-known, regional tracks such as Brands Hatch, Knockhill and Silverstone. Others are smaller and more local venues such as Cadwell Park, Goodwood and Lydden Hill.

MOTORSPORT PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE Everyone taking part in motorsport knows it carries the risk of personal injury however many safety precautions are taken. Adrian Flux’s Motorsport Personal Accident Insurance is vital for anyone who gets their thrills on the race track, rally circuit or hill climb. It even includes cover for normal road driving, making it the perfect motoring personal accident package for serious petrol-heads. At Adrian Flux Insurance, we help customers get the right level of cover by offering a wide range of policy add-ons and extras, including breakdown, tools cover and optional agreed value.

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FXX-K YEAH!

F E R R A R I F X X - K E V O M A K E S U K D E B U T AT B I R M I N G H A M

he newly launched Ferrari FXX-K Evo was the main feature at Europe’s biggest pre-season motorsport show, Autosport International. The exclusive Ferrari FXX-K Evo made its world premiere at Finali Mondiali at Mugello in October 2017. Autosport International was the first time that an XX Programme car has been at an event outside of Italy, prior to its on-track debut. It is set to play a feature role in the 2018 Ferrari XX Programme. Using expertise from within its Formula 1 programme, Ferrari has adopted much more carbon fibre for the FXX-K Evo than its

predecessor and still produces more than 1000bhp from its V12 powerplant. The car has undergone some extensive revisions to its aero package to help increase downforce and airflow. The trackonly car produces over 830kg of downforce at top speed, which is a 23% improvement compared to the FXX-K. This is boosted by a twin-profile fixed wing on the tail, developed to work in seamless synergy with the active rear spoiler. The twin-profile rear wing is supported by two side fins as well as by a central fin. Updates to the design of the rear bumpers and underbody have significantly increased

downforce efficiency. The FXX-K Evo’s boosted performance also demanded new front brake air intakes, which are more efficient thanks to a complete redesign of the intake itself. The geometry of the sides of the front bumper was altered by hollowing out the surfaces beneath the headlights, making space for a couple of flicks divided by a vertical turning vane and an additional intake ahead of the front wheels. All of these upgrades create the perfect track machine, capable of high minimum cornering speed and a technical prowess derived from Ferrari’s Formula 1 racers.

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Ferrariâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FXX-K Evo is aimed at a small, select group of Ferrari clients: those supercar enthusiasts eager to share the development with Prancing Horse technicians, through driving a closed-wheel laboratory car. This latest car marks a significant evolution of the XX Programme launched in 2005 with cars developed specifically to play an active role in the eponymous research and development programme which itself has become a byword for innovation and uncompromising performance.

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Jean-Karl Vernay captures international TCR Series Team Leopard Racing finish top of the podium after Vernay holds off rivalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; challenges, giving Volkswagen back-to-back championships

ean-Karl Vernay steered his Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR to championship victory in the TCR International Series. Driving for the Volkswagen customer team Leopard Racing, the French driver needed just a thirdplace finish at the final race weekend of the season, at the Dubai Autodrome, to hold off the challenge of his closest competitor Attila Tassi in a Honda.After finishing third last year, this was the first title win for Vernay in this touring car racing series. Vernayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victory also ensured a successful title defence for Volkswagen as Stefano Comini had won the championship title for the brand from Wolfsburg in 2016.

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Although Vernay claimed just one race win, at Spa-Francorchamps in May, he chalked up numerous points finishes Vernay finished third behind team-mate, British driver Gordon Shedden in the first race in Dubai and completed the second race in 15 th position. This ensured that he finished 29 points ahead of Tassi in the drivers’ standings. “I just don’t know what to say,” said a delighted Vernay. “I would like to thank my team and Volkswagen. Everyone gave their all in this difficult season. This title really means a lot.” Volkswagen Motorsport

Director Sven Smeets, was not so tongue-tied. “Congratulations to JeanKarl Vernay and our customer team Leopard Racing - they did a fantastic job together throughout the season and never lost sight of the overall aim, winning the drivers’ title. This win represents the pinnacle of a very successful season.” A high level of continuity and clever driving helped Vernay to the title and he was always

able to count on his 350hp Golf GTI TCR as a reliable partner. Although Vernay claimed just one race win, at Spa-Francorchamps in May, he chalked up numerous points finishes, ensuring that he was a serious title contender from an early stage. The fast Frenchman, who had raced with Volkswagen Power in Formula 3 early in his career, moved into the overall lead after the first two race weekends in Georgia and Bahrain. Vernay’s victory at the third race in Spa, which was a one-two for Volkswagen courtesy of a second-place finish for Rob Hoff, allowed Vernay to consolidate his lead in the overall standings. >>

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Even a serious crash and zero points at the Salzburgring in Austria could not stop this driver’s route to the title Even a serious crash and zero points at the Salzburgring in Austria could not stop this driver’s route to the title. Vernay’s Leopard Racing team rebuilt the Golf GTI in just one week, allowing Vernay to battle his way to third and seventh places at the Hungaroring. These results ensured that the Frenchman stayed in touch with Tassi, who had taken the lead in the championship. At the penultimate race weekend in China, Vernay returned to the top of the standings with a second-place finish and showed no inclination of relinquishing this position.

Thanks to Vernay’s consistency, and three other race wins Gianni Morbidelli from the WestCoast Racing claimed two victories at Oschersleben and Huff won at the penultimate race weekend in Zhejiang, China – the Golf GTI TCR 2017 was crowned “Model Car of the Year”. This was despite a highly-competitive field for the international TCR series, featuring some tough contenders from Honda, Audi, Seat, Alfa Romeo, Opel and Kia. The international TCR series was not the only major stage for the Golf this season.

Kantadhee Kusiri celebrated winning the title in the competitive TCR Asia, while German drivers Benjamin Leuchter and Andreas Gülden won the TCR category in the VLN Endurance Championship at the Nürburgring and Francisco Abreu won the drivers’ title in the TCR Iberico. Meanwhile, the Golf GTI was named best racing car in the TCR Benelux series.

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Trailing Beauty

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Cip NistoricÄ&#x192; is a keen motorsport fan with a taste for Italian style, who believes that trailer design and engineering is as important as the car it is towing. This is why, in 2014, he brought the Italian trailer manufacturer, Turatello to the UK. Ben Whibley finds out more from our man at Turatello

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BW: How long have you had a passion for motorsports? CN: I started watching Formula 1 on TV when I was a kid, I must have been five or six. It was the glorious Senna v Prost days and I vividly remember that tangle at Suzuka for the Championship. Since then, because I wanted to get involved with racing somehow my Dad took us as spectators to various local racing events. That’s where I got the urge – the smell of burnt rubber and exhaust fumes – I was hooked!

BW: What is the first racecar you bought and what have you got now? CN: My first racecar was a RF99 Van Diemen Formula Ford 1600. I competed in the Scottish FF1600 Championship back in 2014. I was clueless in my first practice session at Knockhill – as I was going too slow, I got black-flagged. It was my first time on a proper racing circuit and the first time in a racecar! It got better from there and Knockhill is a terrific venue to learn. In 2015, I did the prestigious Walter Hayes Trophy at Silverstone in a Merlyn Mk20a with a mid-table finish in the Classics. I also did a couple of Scottish hillclimbs at Doune, where I won in my class in a Mallock Mk32b. Lately, I have raced a 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Super in the Scottish Classics and in the Silverstone Classic last year. The Alfa is a beautiful car, goes hand-in-hand with our premium Italian trailers. It brought so many smiles!

BW: What do you love about racing? CN: I just love being on the grid, taking part. I’ve never been quick. For me, it’s all about being in it, the revs, the vibration. It’s all about the thrill and what it gives me! Yes, some weekends were very expensive, but looking back, I don’t regret anything, and I would do it again in a heartbeat.

BW: You are the UK distributor for Turatello Trailers, how did you get involved in that? CN: In 2014, my Italian friends approached me asking about the UK market for motorsport trailers. At that stage I had already used a few covered trailers from different manufacturers and could see what was wrong and how they could be improved to make them more userfriendly. Turatello has been making trailers for over 40 years, mainly for the Italian market,

and designed from their personal experience in motorsport - a bit like the Italian supercar manufacturers at the very beginning of time. Turatello was looking to expand in other markets and obviously the UK was a top target on its list because of the high demand. At that time, I was speaking to many people in motorsport about British-built enclosed trailers and everybody raised issues about poor customer service and reliability of the products. So I thought, what can we do better? That’s how Turatello Trailers UK started in 2014. We were looking to offer a much better product along with a five-star customer service. We brought the first Turatello F26 to Autosport International in January 2015 and sold it on the spot! I still remember the reps from one of our competitors crawling all over our trailer with excitement as soon as we brought it into the hall. The Italians had entered the building, in style!

BW: What is unique about Turatello Trailers? CN: The concept of our trailers is unique. All the British enclosed trailers manufacturers influenced each other and therefore produced similar products. In Italy, Turatello took inspiration from its roots and developed a truly authentic, best-in-class, enclosed trailer. Italian design is world-class - just look at Italian supercars, architecture, fashion, furniture – you name it! What comes out of Italy is beautiful and so are Turatello’s enclosed trailers. You will fall in love with the Italian style – a free-flowing, perfect exterior design, built and finished to perfection. We try to source the best parts locally and have been using all AL-KO subassemblies for decades. The insulation panels for the body are made in-house and cut to size. Some trailer manufacturers import parts from China or India to reduce the build cost of their product, but that’s not how we do it! We’ve been racing cars for generations and design our trailers with that in mind, we’ve learned from our experience. We are racers first and engineer trailers second. Did I mention that Scuderia Ferrari uses our trailers? It can’t get any better than that!

BW: What is your dream car if you don’t already have it? CN: That’s simple, Ferrari 288 GTO... one day!

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P R O - A M AWA R D S 2 0 1 8 In motorsport, there are many hard-working and unsung heroes who rarely receive the recognition they deserve. MotorsportDays has changed that with the creation of the MotorsportDays PRO-AM Awards, recognising the industry’s outstanding organisations and individuals that have made the most important contributions to motorsport during the last 12 months.

FOR THE FOURTH YEAR RUNNING, we have asked championship organisers and our e-newsletter readers – more than 10,000 subscribers in total – to vote for the people whom they believe are deserving of each of the nine MsD PRO-AM Awards. Our Awards Taskforce – comprising racers and other influential figures from the motorsport industry – considered the three nominees with the highest number of votes in each category, before ultimately deciding the outright winners. We hope you will join us in praising these tremendous achievements.

UK AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE YEAR: TRACK DAY CHAMPIONSHIP A growing amount of championships are continuing to try and attract drivers to complete their grids. This year we have seen multiple championships stand out such as the Hyundai Coupe Cup, Javelin Sprint, Monoposto and the Caterham Graduates. We recognise championships that have helped encourage both new and existing racers to compete on a regular basis, while ensuring a fair and enjoyable racing season. But the Track Day Championship has been won by this championship for the second year in a row. Many nominees made comments such as “Stuart and co have once again done a stellar job. Race days are seamless, and the series is well established, generally with good driving standards” and “great circuits, amazingly friendly paddock”. Comments such as “always on hand to answer questions” have added to the positive experience. Congratulations to everyone involved in the Track Day Championship on another win.

MsD SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR: DEMON TWEEKS

UK/EUROPEAN TEST DAY ORGANISER AWARD: MSV

There are many suppliers to championships and drivers, providing everything from car parts to race gear. Independent supplier Torq Raceware was only just beaten this year by a previous winner. A brand that now has a very strong presence in the market and excellent online coverage. Many comments have enjoyed benefits such as “Sheer range & speed of delivery” to “Always in stock!”. Another key element to their success has been the after sales and customer care. With multiple stores and always at the end of the phone, it’s clear why nominees stated “excellent customer service.”

This year’s winner has proven to be a dominant force in this category, a consistent winner and quoted as being a “well run and good track time” and “good communication”. This organisation is well known for showcasing some of the best circuits in the UK and looking to stretch to France within the next few years. Because their “online system offers a great selection of tracks” it has shone through again and there is no doubt MSV deserves this award, so congratulations to all the team.

UNSUNG HERO AWARD: GLENN HAY

A humbling award for us at MsD; an award that recognises those who often go unnoticed in the world of motorsport. We open this up to all areas and this year’s winner us known for his outstanding contribution to the Formula Vee. “His expertise and generosity helping me race, and for his unfailing enthusiasm for Formula Vee,” was a comment from one nominee. He goes onto say: “He has been at the races from the very first one, on the grid himself from the very early days, and is still at every race at 70 years old.” Our winner is viewed as “a genuinely lovely bloke” who apparently aims to compete himself in 2018”. So watch out for Glen Hay. Well done.

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MsD UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVER OF THE YEAR: MATT SIMPSON This award focuses on the successful drivers in the PRO arena. Drivers nominated from various championships like WTCC and BGT, even last year’s winner Jonny Adam was rated highly. But this year’s competition was tight and this racer came out top thanks to nominees sharing their views on how a Privateer managed to mix on a limited budget. “Fantastic results in numerous races in 2017 for a privateer driver” and being “committed, hardworking progressive driver” were just a few of the comments. Following in his father’s footsteps, this winner has managed multiple championships and in 2015 he had 10 overall wins from 16 starts and crowned the Quaife Intermarque Champion. So congratulations to Matt Simpson.

INSTRUCTOR AWARD: MIKE WILDS We at MsD feel this is a crucial element of any track day and racing scene. Where we continue to list all the instructors on our website (www.motorsportdays.com) to make it easier for drivers to make improvements on the track. This year’s runners-up included the likes of Scott Mansell, Andrew Jebson and Colin Tester. This year’s winner is renowned as a hugely experienced British racing driver who started racing in May 1965 and instructing on track in the early 1970s. He’s been refered to as “a great ambassador for the sport, a great chap who has a superb way of putting things across” and “he’s always professional and just a nice guy, along with his impressive racing career which echoes through his instruction. Congratulations Mike Wild.

UK/EUROPEAN TRACK DAY ORGANISER AWARD: JAVELIN TRACK DAYS MsD has seen the track day market increase impressively over the past 10 years and competition to compete and offer the right service is key. We’ve seen multiple winners over the last four years with RSR and even OpenTrack coming close again this year. Nominees said: “Good discount rates and friendly service to suit.” And as a new organiser with their sprint series: “Run a brilliant entry to motorsport sprint series.” This organiser offers users the chance to gain rewards on bookings which has proven popular and creates a unity with its track participants. This organiser runs over 250 days a year across 14 venues and offers some of the best choices on track. Make sure you visit them soon. Congratulations to Javelin Track Days.

MsD UK AMATEUR DRIVER OF THE YEAR: STEVE KITE The nominees were considered on results, performance, budgets and overall dedication for the UK Amateur Driver of the Year title. The winner, in only his second year in the Hyundai Cup, very nearly took the championship achieving “5 wins, 4 seconds, 1 third, 3 poles, 6 fastest laps and 3 lap records in the Carbon8 Coupe Cup”. One nominee went on to say: “He’s always willing to help out other competitors and even lent me his car to do the Stroke Association Day at Castle Combe for charity!” Something that came up a lot was this driver’s achievements on a limited budget: “No budget, borrowed the money to buy the car and scrimped and begged for the entry fees. He’s helped set up other people’s cars to pay for his racing.” A great result after a well-fought championship. Other drivers highlighted in this category were James Harridge in the Formula Vee, Mike Watton in the Formula 1000, AJ Owen in the CTCRC and Ben Simonds in the MSVT TrackDay Championship. Congratulations to Steve Kite on winning this award.

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Tiago Monteiro

FEARLESS DRIVER

STORY BY: ALEXANDRA LEGOUIX

It is not unusual to hear drivers blame bad luck for misfortune in a racing season... and it is not always warranted blame. However, when it comes to Porto born racer Tiago Monteiro, Lady Luck really has taken a back seat... at a really bad time

iago has had an incredible 20-year career so far. Full of so many special moments that when asked to pinpoint his biggest “high” he struggled to answer. He had great times in Porsche Cup: five wins and five pole positions to become B-class champion and rookie of the year in 1997 - not too shabby. 1998 was also an equally successful year in French F3. He also thoroughly enjoyed his five Le Mans 24hr races – who wouldn’t - but, of course, his time in F1 was extremely special and being on the podium with Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello was a high. Good to hear that despite the extremely controversial nature of that particular 2005 United States Grand Prix in which the Michelin teams withdrew, it didn’t prevent Tiago from being able to make the most of the moment and enjoy his wellearned podium – his moment

in the F1 spotlight when he beat teammate Narain Karthekayan to the 3 rd spot. Then, more latterly, Tiago has had some fantastic times in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). His success in Vila Real at any time was a great moment for everyone involved but for Tiago 2016 was extremely special. “The support of the fans in Vila Real is incredible. To win a race on home turf is a really good feeling, but 2016 was extra special. We were running with a few problems so it was touch and go as to whether the car would be ok to race. I was on pole, I had Yvan Muller right on my tail throughout then the engine cut on lap five. It was a very tense race which made the win even more enjoyable and the podium that followed was unreal!” That was his second win of what was a fairly solid

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season but the combination of a disappointing round disqualification for Honda and a very dominant opposing team in the form of Citroën meant that a championship win was a fairly impossible outcome. So 2017 was Tiago’s time to really show not only his prowess but Hondas too and, for a while, everything was going to plan. By the end of round six in Argentina, Tiago was a favourite to win the World Championship, being 12 points clear of Polestar Cyan Racing Swede, Thed Bjork. Things were going very well. His best season to date.

compression and had extensive eye damage. Despite doctors being extremely positive for a long-term recovery, there were no exact timings able to be given for when he would be back. Sadly, there was no chance for a return by the time the four ‘away races’ began in Japan. Tiago had hit an all-time low; not only physically, but mentally too. “I cannot tell you how hard it was to have to miss out on the chance to continue my WTCC title battle. I’ve had many lows in my life but nothing has come close to this. It has been, by far, the hardest experience I have ever had to deal with.”

However, everything was shattered in September. A high-speed crash during testing in Barcelona in the Honda Civic WTCC test car following a failure in the brakes called an extremely abrupt halt to his hopes. Tiago spent two weeks in intensive care. He had suffered major nerve

Three months post-crash - and his recovery was going well. Tiago looked and seemed on very good form. “I’ve just returned from a lot of events which involved a lot of travelling which, although exhausting, has been great. I’m training hard again. I have seen a lot of friends. These are the

first steps but they are huge steps. I finally feel like I am moving forward again.” Tiago joined the final of the WTCC in Qatar recently – the round where he had hoped to be on the top step rejoicing. Instead he had to watch Thed win the world title “That was pretty hard. I’d have preferred to have been behind the wheel but I was genuinely happy to support Norbie and Honda and honestly, just the very fact that I am getting better all the time far outweighs the rest now. That’s what is important. I’ve had time to accept things more now. The last few months have been tough. I’ve been through really hard times before but once you accept that this is the way life is, the goals change.” Goals changed and an experience like this was bound to psychologically effect even the hardiest of beings. I wondered if Tiago had learnt anything about himself and his outlook as a result?

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“100%. I have learnt so much. The way I see things now is very different. I can’t go back. What’s happened has happened. All I can do is change the future and I want to be in the best shape and best frame of mind possible. I want to be ready and the only thing I can do is take care of myself. There are a lot of positives that are coming out of it all. I honestly think that I’m going to be a much better person not only on track but in life too, off track. I’ve learnt such a lot about my strengths and my weaknesses. I’ve discovered things not only about myself but about other people too. How people have dealt with me and reacted to my situation speaks volumes so when all is done and it is over and I’ve recovered 100% I think I will see the world very differently.” When you go down so low it really forces you to look at things properly. Will he be able to do things he loves again?

Will he properly recover? Will he be able to race again? And how serious is this? Will we see Tiago behind the wheel again? All questions no-one really wants to be asked. Yet Tiago lit up, he was positive. “Oh yes, for sure, and now that training has really progressed I know that the light at the end of the tunnel is getting closer and closer but I can’t look too far ahead at this stage. If you break a bone you know it’s six weeks or so. With something like this it’s so much harder. I have to take each day as it comes and just work hard at getting better in the best way possible. I have to give it time. As a driver I have to be 100% so I’ll have to see what happens in the car but psychologically I feel really quite strong now.” He does seem strong. Strong, positive and passionate but also very contemplative. It often takes people to go through a tough experience before they realise what is truly important

and you get the feeling that this is a big journey that Tiago is going through. “Some people need to. I think I needed to. Some people meditate, some people pray. In my case, I need to go on this journey. It had to be this year too when I was about to win a world championship. The important thing is to be aware that things do happen for a reason. I really believe this now. Now I’ve accepted it and I’ve come through, I can see it as a positive. You give more priorities to things that matter more - like family or friends and you just think about your future in a different way.” It seems that Tiago has learnt a lot from this experience about the people in his life and his approach to different things. He said that if he could do his career again he wouldn’t trust people so quickly and easily. “I did everything 100%. I have always worked hard and pushed

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myself to 100% of my ability and always committed 100%. I wouldn’t change that but I did naively trust everyone along the way and as a result I lost a lot of money at times so I would recommend younger drivers to be more cautious sometimes. This crash has opened me up to some interesting reactions from some people too. Most have been amazing but a few I have been surprised at.” Tiago was replaced by fellow ex F1 and long-term touring car team mate Gabriele Tarquini for one round and then the following rounds were covered by the feisty Argentine, Esteban Guerrieri. A driver that has really impressed Tiago it seems. “He is great. I was very intrigued to see how he would perform behind the wheel of the Honda and he did not disappoint. He is a solid driver and also a complete package. I am pleased he was the one to replace me”. See page 90 for Esteban’s story.

WTCC has finished. Tiago, understandably is extremely sad about missing out on the final rounds of what has been a great championship, however he is very excited about its new future and says “..the new World Touring Car Racing (WTCR) is ideal. It is the best thing that would have happened to us and it should have really happened some time ago. It is looking good.” So, will it just be in WTCR that we will see him or will we see him popping up elsewhere? It is no big secret that last year he tested the Mahindra Formula E Spark-Mahindra M2ELECTRO car last year at Calafat. So what are his views on motorsport pushing hard to progress down the more electric route? “I’m ok with that as long as it isn’t ONLY electric! I hope in two years’ time there will still be at least a bit of thermic engines. As for racing making a step to Formula E, I have no plans at this stage. My focus, as always, is on my recovery and my campaign with Honda. It’s not easy to simply sign with another manufacturer in Formula e – plus, right now, all of the drivers in the world are trying to get in there! We shall see. It isn’t a priority right now

but I am a fan and was since day one.” So the future really doesn’t seem as bleak as it did a few months ago for Tiago. No doubt, he has physically and mentally been through some incredibly hard few months, but there is a resolute feeling of gratitude for it too which I am sure only a few would truly understand. No-one wants to go through a life-changing journey like this, but somehow Tiago is making it work for him and it has opened his eyes to a whole different outlook which I feel will result in an even stronger, even more fearless driver. “I am so grateful for my 20 years of racing and I now feel, thankfully, that I still have many more years to go. My future has been rewritten a little but my focus is the same. I want to race. I will race. Simple as that. That is my blood and that will never change. I am doing everything I can to be ready to be part of the new era of WTCR and I am excited to get back to winning again.” Good to hear it.

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Motorsport photographer Andrew Soul reflects on his unexpected life capturing action in the fast lane

rips to motor racing meetings with his dad unexpectedly set Andrew Soul on a life as a motorsport photographer. “I spent my childhood going to Brands Hatch with my Dad, who liked to take a few amateur snaps with his camera,” explained Soul.

“A few years back he couldn’t come to an event, so I attempted to use a DSLR for the first time. I hadn’t got a clue what I was doing, but fairly enjoyed it and BAM, suddenly out of nowhere I discovered I had a passion that I didn’t know I had.”

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However, taking amateur snaps is a far cry from the world of the professional motorsport photographer. So how did Soul make that leap into the professional ranks? “My first break in motorsport came in 2012. I’d got involved in taking photos for a local, semi-pro football team and had built up a relationship with a local paper. I had also been learning and practicing motorsport photography like crazy for a couple of years and thought I could try and do something in front of the fence and achieve a bit of a dream. I knew that the paper wanted to step up its motorsport coverage and that Luciano

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“Team BKR in BTCC was probably my favourite all-round garage to work in. There was rarely a dull moment in there, for good or bad reasons, but ultimately through some dramas, it was a place filled with laughter most of the time”

Bacheta was from the area that the paper covered. I also knew that he was racing at Brands in the then Formula 2 Championship, so I got my chance.” Fast forward five years and Andrew Soul can today be found working with some of the leading British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) teams. So what sort of pressure does a race team photographer find himself under? “I always feel pressure when I’m working trackside, no matter who I’m working for, because generally I’ve been asked to work for people as they’ve said that I’m ‘different’ to others and that

they like my creative side. So I always want to make sure that I get some creative snaps in amongst the more standard PR type stuff that everyone requires. I always put pressure on myself to get the best that I can.” Being so embedded in the teams must be a huge help to a sports photographer such as Soul, allowing him to get close and personal with both drivers and team owners. So who have been his favourites to work with? “I’m going to get into trouble with this one, aren’t I?” asked Soul. “I have been lucky to work with a fair few great drivers, some with great

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personalities. Notice how I said some there!! The year working first-hand with the blossoming bromance of Ash Sutton and Josh Cook at MG was great. I’ve worked with Jack Goff for a couple of seasons now and he’s always good for a good facial pose and a laugh, whilst the year of Team BKR in BTCC was probably my favourite allround garage to work in. There was rarely a dull moment in there, for good or bad reasons, but ultimately through some dramas, it was a place filled with laughter most of the time. I’m lucky that I’ve made a lot of friends in the paddock and therefore it’s always a treat to work with Jade Edwards and Abbie Eaton, although maybe it wouldn’t be at the same time, as I doubt I’d survive it. “Having some kind of previous relationship with a driver can both help and hinder to be honest. I’m very much a

reportage-style photographer, so I try and stay in the background, getting natural stuff, so when someone knows you it can make that more difficult. Mr Goff is a prime example of this, as I end up with a vast collection of photos of him pointing at me after each weekend. . . cheers Jack!”

“Everybody expects photos for free and very few even think to credit the photographer when using their images on the internet” Andrew Soul is clearly living his dream, so what does he love most about his job as

a motorsport photographer and is there anything that he doesn’t like? “I love that I get to be behind the scenes and see what makes motorsport tick whilst being part of a working paddock,” said Soul. “I will always feel very privileged to be able to do what I do and I will never take it for granted. “The one thing that winds me up the most is the general attitude towards photographers. Everybody expects photos for free and only a few think to credit the photographer when using their images on the internet. People seem to think that you turn up, press a button and that’s it. They don’t see the expensive equipment that takes the picture, the amount of travelling you’ve done to get to that place and the amount of time you spend in front of your laptop after the race.”

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“Practice, practice, practice. Be different. Always look to improve and challenge yourself” Surely the arrival of the DSLR and mobiles are making it easier to than ever to take photographs? “This probably blends in with my previous answer. The digital age can make it difficult for photographers to stand out, but at the same time you have to adjust and if you’re good enough then you’ll still be noticed. The best motorsport photographers will still stand out, despite the massive competition.” So what are this motorsport photographer’s views on Instagram? “Instagram can be both good and bad,” revealed Soul. “It’s good in that it provides another avenue for photographers to get their work out into the world and in turn reach yet more audiences. On the flip side though, an Instagram filter can in some ways cheapen the art of photography. Whack a filter

on a standard photo and it can easily improve it without much thought or effort.” So what advice would the Nikon-firing Andrew Soul give to someone who wants to break in to the world of motorsport photography? “Practice, practice, practice. Be different. As the excellent Formula 1 photographer Vladimir Rys always says: ‘Be creative’. Don’t create a website/Facebook page etc as soon as you start, but get out practicing, learn your trade and then start to filter your work out there. Always look to improve and challenge yourself.” As well as encouraging the next generation of motorsport snappers, what’s next on the agenda for Andrew Soul? “To be honest – I don’t know,” he said candidly. “Each winter generally brings a blank

canvas. Most drivers/teams spend the winter unsure whether they will have the budget to race the following season, so you have to wait to see how things pan out. No pun intended! “I’d like to carry on working in BTCC, but perhaps the time has come to explore other championships. We shall see! If anybody is interested in working with me then do contact me!”

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he World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) has been both home and launchpad for a multitude of champion-level drivers from all different nationalities. In 2014, the Argentine flag appeared for the first time as Jose Maria Lopez joined the Citroen works team behind the wheel of the C Elysee. He went on to win the WTCC for the next three years before moving on to tackle other disciplines. Meanwhile, another Argentine had snuck into the pack when the sport moved to Termas de Rio Hondo in 2016 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Esteban Guerrieri.

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Esteban Guerrieri is putting Argentina on the map with some impressive performances in the WTCC. Grabbing every opportunity with both hands, this talented driver talks to Alexandra Legouix about his gameplan for success

This racer has a great pedigree. After graduating from karts, Guerrieri competed in several Formula Renault 2000 championships, winning the Formula Renault 2000 Masters in 2003. A year later, he stepped up to Formula 3000 and tied seventh with his Argentine compatriot. From there, Guerrieri raced in the Formula 3 Euro series, British Formula 3 and the Formula Renault 3.5. Then, in 2010, Guerrieri announced that he had a priority contract with the Virgin Racing Formula 1 team for 2011 if he could find $8 million. Despite potential government funding, they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get the

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numbers to work. Indy Lights was next with a view to doing Indy Car, but lack of funds again put paid to this goal. Another switch occurred in 2013 when the Argentine racer hopped to Super TC 2000 and opted for a roof to take on the world of touring cars. So, when Guerrieri turned up for a round of the WTCC in 2016 all eyes were on him – and he didn’t disappoint. Behind the wheel of the Campos Chevvy, he topped the charts in practice sessions, gained an unlikely fastest lap of the weekend and generally ruffled some serious feathers up and down the paddock.

Guerrieri has been consistently tough to beat and been one of the few independents to have regularly given the works drivers a serious battle on track So naturally, when he was given the chance to have a more permanent position with Campos Racing at the start of 2017 season, everyone was

excited about what he might do. He did not disappoint, winning the first race around the streets of Marrakech and winning again in Ningbo. In fact, Guerrieri has been consistently tough to beat and one of the few independents to have regularly given the works drivers a serious battle on track. Then a huge opportunity came along when Guerrieri landed in Japan. He was asked to move up to the Japanese Honda works team – stepping in for Tiago Monteiro, who had been injured in a test crash in Barcelona. So, sitting p7 in the Championship, a world title still technically within reach, this young Argentine was given the chance to race in the championship-winning car. High pressure, yes, but this unfazed racer just spoke of his excitement and honour. “I am extremely sad for Tiago and I wish him a very fast recovery, but I am grateful for this chance and also very grateful to Campos for making this possible.” Needless to say, 2017 has been quite a year for Esteban Guerrieri. “It has been a total rollercoaster. I think it is probably one of the seasons I have learnt the most from. Not technically necessarily, but more for myself as a human. . . how

to handle certain situations the best I can and try to make the most of every opportunity. In short, I would sum up my year as working extremely hard, but living and loving every moment.”

“What I achieve in terms of results, yes that’s important but ultimately that stays in the record book. I feel happy and have a sense of self pride that I am doing what I love and I work extremely hard to make sure I do it to the very best of my ability” Guerrieri has a great mentality; a natural energy that shines through. One can see why Honda chose him as a suitable candidate to replace someone as well respected as Tiago. “I absolutely love what I do, it truly is my passion. I am grateful that I am able to do it and wish that all of us could follow our passion every day. That is true success, I believe,” says Guerrieri with

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feeling. “What I achieve in terms of results, yes that’s important but ultimately that stays in the record book. I feel happy and have a sense of self pride that I am doing what I love, and I work extremely hard to make sure I do it to the very best of my ability.”

trained their bodies to cope with these demands the most will most probably have an edge.”

This Argentine racer seems to have managed to get a good balance too with those other elements which makes a racing driver. Not only is he pretty handy behind the wheel, he is also extremely media savvy, entertaining and engaging well with fans. He is also in great shape. “I believe in making sure everything is as strong as it can be. Good physical shape can give you this extra bit in the extreme conditions we experience when racing round the likes of a physicallydemanding Nürburgring, or a searing-hot Vila Real... or when you are fighting for positions at the end of the race after a very hard battle. The ones that have

“You have to make a good friendship with ‘Hell’ if you want to be fast there. You have to just commit and enjoy the risk.”

He continues: “Mental training is just as important. To be in the right state of mind and always ready for whatever can happen.”

So, has Esteban Guerrieri’s attitude ever been tested at a track; has there been a time or a circuit where he had felt his training truly came to the fore? Of course, I should have known the answer would be “The Green Hell”. “It has to be the ultimate racetrack,” says Guerrieri. “It is

the best I have ever experienced. I had heard people describe racing on it before, but I never truly understood it before. But when we went for WTCC this year, I got it! It’s definitely the one to have tested me the most physically and mentally. I think the name works well. You have to make a good friendship with ‘Hell’ if you want to be fast there. You have to just commit and enjoy the risk.” So there is no need for motorsport to go back to being more dangerous as some people have been saying recently? “No, I don’t think it is needed. Risks in motorsport are always going to be there, it depends how much risk you want to take. But it is one thing to take risks and another thing to go back to having a fuel tank that could explode if you crash like in the old times. Taking risks is fun. Being in potentially serious danger is not and it would make no sense nowadays.”

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“Good physical shape can give you this extra bit in the extreme conditions we are subjected to when racing round the likes of a physically-demanding Nürburgring, or a searing-hot Vila Real. . . or when you are fighting for positions at the end of the race after a very hard battle” So what about the future of motorsport - there is so much chatter about electric and autonomous racing now? “Hmmm, I do believe electric racing is the future, in maybe 15-20 years’ time, but I really hope it won’t be autonomous,” says Guerrieri. “Obviously that

would be bad for me as it means no more drivers, but it would be bad for everybody. It would not be the same, because drivers (or sportsmen) are the ones who create the emotion and that is what the fans love.”

is that I persist no matter what and I learn from my experiences. I never stop fighting for my goals. Opportunities are always there for people, but they have to be ready and they have to make the most of them.”

It is intriguing spending time with Esteban Guerrieri. I have spent a lot of time with many drivers and most have this eat, sleep, breathe motorsport mentality – no different to any other sportsperson at the top of their game. However, there just is something extra here; a spark that Guerrieri carries that makes one wonder why he has yet to be given even bigger opportunities, or when the opportunities were there, why he wasn’t more heavily invested in to.

This is exactly what Esteban Guerrieri is doing with this opportunity from Honda. What he could do if he was given the chance to be part of a full manufacturer programme for a whole season. . . well only time will tell because I have no doubt that this will be on the cards for him. One thing is certain though, he is certainly one to keep an eye on.

So would he do anything differently if he were to go back and do it all again? “No way, I wouldn’t change anything because I don’t look back and regret anything. I know things happen for a reason. There is not just one way; each person has to find his own way. All I can say

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1......................Gounon Jules ......................FRA ....................... 174

2...........................Keilwitz Daniel ..................................DEU .................................123 3...........................Mies Christopher ..............................DEU .................................120 3...........................De Phillippi Connor ........................USA .................................120 4...........................Eng Philipp .........................................AUT ..................................116 5...........................Van der Linde Kelvin ......................ZAF .................................107 6...........................Asch Sebastian .................................DEU ................................ 104 7...........................Engelhart Christian .........................DEU ...................................95 7...........................Ineichen Rolf .....................................CHE ...................................95 8...........................Ammermüller Michael ...................DEU ....................................91 8...........................Jaminet Mathieu ..............................FRA ....................................91 9...........................Schmidt Jeffrey ................................CHE ....................................91 9...........................Haase Christopher ..........................DEU ....................................91 10.........................Pommer Markus ..............................DEU ...................................87 11..........................Ludwig Luca ......................................DEU ...................................87 11..........................Stolz Luca ...........................................DEU ...................................87 12.........................Müller Sven ........................................DEU ...................................76 12.........................Renauer Robert ................................DEU ...................................76 13.........................Dontje Indy ........................................NLD ...................................66 14.........................Collard Ricky .....................................GBR ....................................61 15.........................Kirchhöfer Marvin ............................DEU ..................................60 16.........................Assenheimer Patrick ......................DEU ..................................60 16.........................Götz Maximilian ...............................DEU ..................................60 17.........................Auer Lucas .........................................AUT ...................................55 18.........................Perez Companc Ezequiel .............ARG ..................................55 18.........................Bortolotti Mirko ................................ITA .....................................55 19.........................Catsburg Nick ...................................NLD....................................55 20........................van der Zande Renger ..................NLD ...................................37

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1......................Rene Rast............Audi RS5 DTM.....................179

2...........................Mattias Ekström.........Audi RS5 DTM....................................176 3...........................Jamie Green................Audi RS5 DTM.................................... 173 4...........................Mike Rockenfeller......Audi RS5 DTM....................................167 5...........................Marco Wittmann........BMW M4 DTM....................................160

6...........................Lucas Auer...................Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM..............136 7...........................Timo Glock...................BMW M4 DTM....................................133 8...........................Maxime Martin............BMW M4 DTM....................................132 9...........................Robert Wickens.........Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM...............119 10.........................Gary Paffett.................Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM..............102 11..........................Paul Di Resta...............Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM................99 12.........................Nico Müller...................Audi RS5 DTM.......................................81 13.........................Bruno Spengler..........BMW M4 DTM......................................75 14.........................Edoardo Mortara.......Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM.................61 15.........................Maro Engel...................Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM.................51 16.........................Augusto Farfus...........BMW M4 DTM......................................35 17.........................Tom Blomqvist...........BMW M4 DTM......................................25 18.........................Loic Duval.....................Audi RS5 DTM......................................22

WRC Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1..................................Sébastien OGIER....................................232 2.........................................Thierry NEUVILLE.......................................................208 3.........................................Ott TÄNAK.......................................................................191 4.........................................Jari-Matti LATVALA....................................................136 5.........................................Elfyn EVANS................................................................... 128 6.........................................Dani SORDO....................................................................95 7.........................................Kris MEEKE.......................................................................77 8.........................................Hayden PADDON...........................................................74 9.........................................Juho HÄNNINEN.............................................................71 10.......................................Craig BREEN....................................................................64 11........................................Esapekka LAPPI.............................................................62 12.......................................Andreas MIKKELSEN...................................................54 13.......................................Stéphane LEFEBVRE...................................................30 14.......................................Teemu SUNINEN............................................................29 15.......................................Mads OSTBERG..............................................................29 16.......................................Jan KOPECKY....................................................................7 17.......................................Pontus TIDEMAND..........................................................4 18.......................................Richie DALTON.................................................................4 19.......................................Eric CAMILI..........................................................................3 20......................................Stephane SARRAZIN......................................................2 21.......................................Armin KREMER..................................................................2 22......................................Jourdan SERDERIDIS......................................................2 23......................................Ole Christian VEIBY..........................................................1 24......................................Yohan ROSSEL....................................................................1 25......................................Bryan BOUFFIER...............................................................1 26......................................Kalle ROVANPERA............................................................1

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BARC

MSA BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP Pos. Driver Name

Team.................................... Total Points

1.........Ashley Sutton.....Adrian Flux Subaru Racing........372

BRITCAR ENDURANCE CATEGORY Position Driver(s) Name

Total Points

1......................Witt Gamski / Ross Wylie / Joe Macari ...306

2................... Darron Lewis / Tom Knight / Adam Shepherd .................... 287 3................... Simon Rudd / Tom Barley ............................................................ 278 4................... Bonamy Grimes / Johnny Mowlem ..........................................256 5................... Angus Dudley / Callum Hawkins-Row .....................................219 6................... Mark Cunningham / Peter Cunningham ..................................199 7................... Chris Murphy / Matt George / Dean Gibbs / Phil Glew .....195 8................... Rob Hudson / Adriano Medeiros ...............................................129 9................... Sam Allpass / Clint Bardwell / Jamie Martin .........................124 10................. Scott Adam / Mike Moss / Kevin Clarke ..................................122

SPRINT CATEGORY Position Driver(s) Name

Total Points

1.......Rick Nevinson/Brad Nevinson/Sean Cooper/Matt Cherrington .249

2.....Roland Hopkins / Matthew Sleigh .........................................................247 3.....Edward Moore / Marmaduke Hall ...........................................................246 4.....Rob Baker / Sarah Moore ........................................................................... 233 5.....Marcus Fothergill / Dave Benett ..............................................................229 6.....David Mason / Calum Lockie .....................................................................176 7.....Kristian Prosser / Simon Baker ..................................................................154 8.....Alyn James / Martin Byford ..........................................................................53 9.....Mark Murfitt / Michael Broadhurst .............................................................52 10...Marcus Vivian / Derek Holden ......................................................................51

GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP PRO Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1......................Callum Pointon...................................................550

2...........................Ben Green.....................................................................................528 3...........................George Gamble..........................................................................496 4...........................Declan Jones...............................................................................440 5...........................Jack Mitchell.................................................................................436 6...........................Tom Hibbert.................................................................................427 7...........................Charlie Ladell...............................................................................392 8...........................Carl Boardley............................................................................... 352 9...........................Reece Somerfield.......................................................................285 10.........................Seb Perez.......................................................................................281 11..........................Adam Higgins..............................................................................206 12.........................Tom Roche..................................................................................... 172 13.........................Jason Baker.....................................................................................99

GT4 SUPERCUP AM Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1......................Jac Constable......................................................649

2..........................Colin White....................................................................................643 3..........................Jack Minshaw...............................................................................505 4..........................Ian Robinson.................................................................................432 5..........................Alexis Taylor..................................................................................358 6..........................Dan Kirby........................................................................................348 7..........................David Brooks.................................................................................312 8..........................Toby Bearne...................................................................................160 9..........................Andy Wilmot..................................................................................114 10........................Paul Taylor........................................................................................112 11.........................Grahame Tilley.................................................................................61 12........................Jason Baker......................................................................................57 13........................Fraser Robertson........................................................................... 50 14........................Gary Lancashire..............................................................................42

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37

Colin Turkington Tom Ingram Gordon Shedden Rob Collard Jack Goff Matt Neal Mat Jackson Andrew Jordan Adam Morgan Rob Austin Jason Plato Aiden Moffat Dave Newsham Tom Chilton James Cole Michael Epps Josh Cook Senna Proctor Jake Hill Chris Smiley Ollie Jackson Ant Whorton-Eales Matt Simpson Rob Huff Jeff Smith Aron Taylor-Smith Martin Depper Rory Butcher Brett Smith Josh Price Luke Davenport Daniel Lloyd Stephen Jelley Stewart Lines Will Burns Dennis Strandberg

Team BMW.........................................................351 Speedworks Motorsport................................311 Halfords Yuasa Racing...................................309 Team BMW........................................................256 Eurotech Racing..............................................245 Halfords Yuasa Racing...................................243 Team Shredded Wheat with DUO.............210 BMW Pirtek Racing........................................203 Ciceley Motorsport..........................................187 Handy Motorsport............................................ 174 Adrian Flux Subaru Racing...........................146 Laser Tools Racing............................................121 BTC Norlin Racing............................................108 Power Maxed Racing.....................................100 Adrian Flux Subaru Racing.............................79 Autoaid/RCIB Insurance Racing..................77 MG Racing RCIB Insurance.............................75 Power Maxed Racing........................................63 TAG Racing...........................................................63 BTC Norlin Racing..............................................45 AmDtuning.com with Cobra Exhausts......42 AmDtuning.com with Cobra Exhausts......34 Simpson Racing................................................. 30 Power Maxed Racing........................................26 Eurotech Racing.................................................25 MG Racing RCIB Insurance.............................25 Team Shredded Wheat with DUO...............22 Team Shredded Wheat with DUO.............. 20 Eurotech Racing..................................................13 Adrian Flux Subaru Racing...............................9 Team Shredded Wheat Racing with DUO.6 MG Racing RCIB Insurance...............................6 Team Parker with Maximum Motorsport.... 2 Team Parker with Maximum Motorsport....0 Autoaid/RCIB Insurance Racing....................0 Team Parker with Maximum Motorsport....0

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GT5 CHALLENGE DRIVERS Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1......................Lewis Brown.........................................................496

2..........................Shane Stoney................................................................................478 3..........................Oliver Wilkinson..........................................................................359 4..........................Max Bird..........................................................................................345 5..........................Ryan Hadfield...............................................................................330 6..........................Nick Zapolski................................................................................299 7..........................Simon Traves.................................................................................279 8..........................Katie Milner.....................................................................................215 9..........................Matt Palmer....................................................................................185 10........................Steven Wells...................................................................................180 11.........................Luke Pinder.....................................................................................147 12........................Adrian Campbell Smith.............................................................144 13........................Carlito Miracco...............................................................................141 14........................Ollie Chadwick..............................................................................139 15........................Geri Nicosia.................................................................................... 137 16........................Richard Evans................................................................................130 17........................Alex Toth - Jones..........................................................................128 18........................Ashley Marshall..............................................................................116 19........................Connor O’Brien..............................................................................115 20.......................Morgan Quinn..................................................................................89 21........................Angus Fender..................................................................................78 22.......................Matt Flowers....................................................................................54 23.......................Seb Perez..........................................................................................33 24.......................Sami Saarelainen............................................................................32 25.......................Nick Halstead...................................................................................28 26.......................Mike Jarvis........................................................................................22

10..........Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Hampus Ericsson....................69 11...........Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Harry Webb..............................68 12..........Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Billy Monger.............................44 13..........Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Manuel Sulaimán.....................43 14..........Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Olli Caldwell..............................39 15..........Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Jamie Sharp..........................22.5 16..........Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Johnathan Hoggard............. 20 17..........Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Sam Smelt...................................9 18..........Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Daniel Cao....................................7 19..........Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Yves Baltas..................................4 19..........Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Jacky Liu......................................4 21..........Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Lucas Alecco Roy..................... 2 22.........Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Lucca Allen..................................0 22.........Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Harry Dyson................................0 22.........Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Alexandra Mohnhaupt............0

JUNIOR DRIVERS Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1......................Tom Gamble........................................................654

2............................Seb Priaulx...................................................................................642 3............................Daniel Harper..............................................................................643 4............................Kiern Jewiss.................................................................................542 5............................Tom Wood....................................................................................514 6............................Harry King.....................................................................................514 7............................Adam Smalley.............................................................................377 8............................Jordan Collard............................................................................283 9............................Ruben Del Sarte......................................................................... 278 10..........................Tom Canning...............................................................................243 11...........................Luke Browning............................................................................210 12..........................Harry Dyson.................................................................................209 13..........................Connor Grady.............................................................................207 14..........................Charlie Digby...............................................................................195 15..........................Matt Luff......................................................................................... 173 16..........................Greg Johnson...............................................................................156 17..........................Finley Green.................................................................................126 18..........................Jenson Dineen...............................................................................76 19..........................Louis Foster....................................................................................75 20.........................Keaton Samra................................................................................63 21..........................Scott McKenna...............................................................................61 22.........................James Hedley...............................................................................60 23.........................Isa Deen............................................................................................54 24.........................Emily Linscott................................................................................36

BRSCC

BRITISH GT GT3 DRIVERS’ Position

Driver(s) Name

Total Points

1..................... Rick Parfitt Jnr & Seb Morris...... 200 2.......................... Jon Minshaw & Phil Keen.............................. 167 3.......................... Derek Johnston & Jonny Adam................150.5

GT3 TEAMS’ Position

Team Name

Total Points

1.................... Barwell Motorsport....................... 301 2..................................TF Sport.................................................................................286 3..................................Team Parker Racing............................................................275

GT3 PRO/AM Position

Driver(s) Name

Total Points

1......................Rick Parfitt Jnr & Seb Morris......................... 204

2...........................Jon Minshaw & Phil Keen.........................................................180 3...........................Derek Johnston & Jonny Adam.......................................... 161.5

GT3 SILVER CUP F4 BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP CERTIFIED BY FIA - POWERED BY FORD ECOBOOST Pos. Car

Position

Driver(s) Name

Total Points

1......................James Littlejohn & Jack Mitchell...............137.5

2...........................Harry Gottsacker & Nathan Freke............................................61 3...........................Charlie Robertson.........................................................................36

Driver Name Total Points

1..........M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost........Jamie Caroline.........442

2............Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Oscar Piastri........................376.5 3............Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Logan Sargeant....................356 4............Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Alex Quinn..............................307 5............Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Linus Lundqvist................306.5 6............Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Oliver York...........................274.5 7............Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Ayrton Simmons...............257.5 8............Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Patrik Pasma........................167.5 9............Mygale M14-F4 Ford EcoBoost.......Karl Massaad............................83

GT4 DRIVERS’ Position

Driver(s) Name

Total Points

1......................Stuart Middleton & Will Tregurtha...............185

2...........................Graham Johnson & Mike Robinson......................................135 3...........................Alex Reed & David Pittard.......................................................133

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CREVENTIC

GT4 TEAMS’ Position

Team Name

Total Points

1...........................HHC Motorsport.............................................185

2..................................Black Bull Garage 59.......................................................145.5 3..................................PMW Expo/Optimum Motorsport................................135

CREVENTIC 24H SERIES Position

Driver(s) Name

Total Points

1........................Graham Johnson & Mike Robinson........ 192.5

2..............................David Pattison & Joe Osborne.........................................175.5 3..............................Adam Balon & Adam Mackay...........................................162.5

GT4 SILVER CUP Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1..................................Stuart Middleton & Will Tregurtha...213

2..........................................Alex Reed & David Pittard.....................................159.5 3..........................................William Phillips...........................................................158.5

PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB CHAMPIONSHIP PRO Position Driver Name..........................Race No.

Total Points

1.................Charlie Eastwood.............28.................................228

2.....................Dino Zamparelli..............................8...............................................228 3.....................Dan Cammish..................................1.................................................210 4.....................Tom Oliphant...................................15...............................................182 5.....................Lewis Plato........................................77...............................................161 6.....................Tio Ellinas..........................................11................................................156 7.....................Euan McKay......................................81.............................................. 140 8.....................Dan McKay........................................91..............................................123 9.....................Tom Wrigley.....................................19.................................................91 10...................Ross Wylie........................................59...............................................79 11....................Jamie Orton.....................................71.................................................55 12...................Scott Malvern...................................12..................................................21

CHAMPIONSHIP PRO-AM1 Position

Driver Name

Team

Total Points

1....................Alex Martin.........Team Parker Racing.............123

2.........................Justin Sherwood......Team Parker Racing..............................112 3.........................Graeme Mundy.........Team Parker Racing...............................67 4.........................John McCullagh........Team Redline Racing.............................53 5.........................Karl Leonard..............Team Parker Racing...............................38 6.........................Greg Caton.................G-Cat Racing..............................................19 7.........................Peter Jennings..........G-Cat Racing..............................................19

CHAMPIONSHIP ROOKIES Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1..................................Chantal Kroll.............................................120

GT4 PRO/AM Position

Team

Total Points

1....................Tio Ellinas...........JTR..............................................156

2.........................Tom Wrigley..............IN2 Racing..................................................92 3.........................Ross Wylie..................Slidesports.................................................79 4.........................Jamie Orton...............Redline Racing.........................................55 5.........................Dave Fairbrother......Slidesports................................................... 5 6.........................Matt Telling.................Welch Motorsport..................................... 3

2..........................................Christiaan Frankenhout.............................................120 3..........................................Kenneth Heyer...............................................................120 4..........................................Roland Eggimann........................................................120 5..........................................Michael Kroll...................................................................120 6..........................................Charles Putman..............................................................118 7..........................................Joe Foster........................................................................118 8..........................................Charles Espenlaub........................................................118 9..........................................Kim Holmgaard..............................................................110 10........................................Thierry Blaise..................................................................110 11.........................................Josef Král.........................................................................105 12........................................Jiri Pisarik........................................................................105 13........................................Max Edelhoff...................................................................101 14........................................Andy Pilgrim.................................................................100 15........................................Gustav Edelhoff..............................................................99 16........................................Ingo Vogler.......................................................................99 17........................................Elmar Grimm....................................................................99 18........................................Raphaël van der Straten..............................................98 19........................................Frederic Fatien................................................................98 20.......................................Thierry Boyer.................................................................. 94 21........................................Tiziano Carugati..............................................................91 22.......................................Alfred Renauer...............................................................90 23.......................................Robert Renauer.............................................................90 24.......................................Daniel Allemann............................................................90 25.......................................Dan O’Brien......................................................................89 26.......................................Matteo Malucelli..............................................................86 27.......................................Michael Carlsen...............................................................86 28.......................................Bruno Fretin.....................................................................84 29.......................................Benoit Fretin....................................................................84 30.......................................Grégory Paisse................................................................84 31........................................Michel Mitieus..................................................................84 32.......................................Stuart Hall..........................................................................83 33.......................................Bassam Kronfli................................................................82 34.......................................David Abramczyk..........................................................79 35.......................................Romain Vozniak..............................................................79 36.......................................Stephane Adler...............................................................79 37.......................................Jean-Michel Gerome.....................................................78 38.......................................Pierre-Yves Paque..........................................................78 39.......................................Johannes Dr. Kirchhoff.................................................77 40.......................................Pierre Dupont..................................................................72

CREVENTIC 24H SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1..................................Martin Byford............................................. 80

2..........................................Alyn James...................................................................... 80 3..........................................Daniel Wheeler.............................................................. 80 4..........................................Jimmy de Breucker...................................................... 80 5..........................................Mario Timmers................................................................78 6..........................................Rodrigue Gillion..............................................................78 7..........................................Alba Cano Ramirez.......................................................77 8..........................................Patrik Mathiesen.............................................................77 9..........................................Jurgen Smet.....................................................................77 10........................................Jose Manuel Perez Aicart...........................................77 11.........................................Colin White.......................................................................77 12........................................Kristian Jepsen................................................................73 13........................................Jan Sorensen...................................................................73 14........................................Matthias Kaiser................................................................68 15........................................Felix Wimmer..................................................................68 16........................................Alvaro Bajo.......................................................................67 17........................................Maxim Aronov.................................................................67 18........................................Harry Hilders....................................................................66 19........................................Gijs Bessem......................................................................66 20.......................................Ivo Breukers.................................................................... 64 21........................................Rik Breukers......................................................................61 22.......................................Sebastiaan Bleekemolen............................................60 23.......................................Melvin de Groot.............................................................60 24.......................................Rene Steenmetz............................................................60 25.......................................JM Littman........................................................................58 26.......................................Cor Euser...........................................................................56 27.......................................Roberto Ferri...................................................................56 28.......................................John Filippì.......................................................................56 29.......................................Zach Arnold.....................................................................56 30.......................................Peter Gross.......................................................................56 31........................................Steffan Jusjong...............................................................55 32.......................................Mads Christensen...........................................................55 33.......................................Martin Sally Pedersen...................................................55 34.......................................Anthony Lambert...........................................................54 35.......................................François Semoulin.........................................................54 36.......................................Benoît Semoulin.............................................................54 37.......................................Martin Gasser.................................................................. 50

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CREVENTIC 24H SERIES Pos. Team & Driver(s) Name

Total Points

1.........Porsche LMP Team BERNHARD / BAMBER / HARTLEY 367

2.........Jackie Chan DC Racing TUNG / LAURENT / JARVIS 366 3.........Jackie Chan DC Racing CHENG / GOMMENDY / BRUNDLE 363 4.........Signatech Alpine Matmut PANCIATICI / RAGUES / NEGRÃO 362 5.........United Autosports OWEN / DE SADELEER / ALBUQUERQUE 362 6.........Graff40 ALLEN / MATELLI / BRADLEY 361 7.........CEFC Manor TRS Racing GRAVES / HIRSCHI / VERGNE 360 8.........Toyota Gazoo Racing BUEMI / DAVIDSON / NAKAJIMA 358 9.........Cetilar Villorba Corse LACORTE / SERNAGIOTTO / BELICCHI 353 10.......Signatech Alpine Matmut DUMAS / MENEZES / RAO 351 11........Tockwith Motorsports MOORE / HANSON / CHANDHOK 351 12.......Idec Sport Racing LAFARGUE / LAFARGUE / ZOLLINGER 344 13.......Racing Team Nederland LAMMERS/VAN EERD/BARRICHELLO 344 14.......Dragonspeed - 10 Star HEDMAN / HANLEY / ROSENQVIST 343 15.......Eurasia Motorsport NICOLET / NICOLET / MARIS 341 16.......Vaillante Rebellion PROST / CANAL / SENNA 340 17.......Aston Martin Racing TURNER / ADAM / SERRA 340 18.......Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK PRIAULX/TINCKNELL /DERANI 340 19.......Corvette Racing - GM MAGNUSSEN / GARCIA / TAYLOR 340 20......Porsche GT Team LIETZ / MAKOWIECKI / PILET 339 21.......AF Corse RIGON / BIRD / MOLINA 339 22......Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA HAND / MÜLLER / KANAAN 339 23......Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA BRISCOE/WESTBROOK/DIXON 337 24......Corvette Racing - GM GAVIN / MILNER / FÄSSLER 335 25......Aston Martin Racing THIIM / SØRENSEN / STANAWAY 334 26......JMW Motorsport SMITH / STEVENS / VANTHOOR 333 27......Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK MÜCKE / PLA / JOHNSON 332 28......Spirit of Race CAMERON / SCOTT / CIOCI 331 29......Scuderia Corsa MACNEIL / SWEEDLER / BELL 331

FIA

FIA ENDRUANCE TROPHY FOR GT AM DRIVERS Position

Driver Name

8..........................................Guanyu Zhou.................................................................149 9..........................................Ralf Aron..........................................................................123 10........................................Nikita Mazepin...............................................................108 11.........................................Harrison Newey ...........................................................106 12........................................Mick Schumacher.......................................................... 94 13........................................Joey Mawson...................................................................83 14........................................Pedro Piquet................................................................... 80 15........................................Tadasuke Makino............................................................57 16........................................David Beckmann............................................................45 17........................................Jake Dennis.......................................................................41 18........................................Max Defourny.................................................................... 2

FIA FORMULA 2 CHAMPIONSHIP Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1..................................C. Leclerc...................................................282

2..........................................A. Markelov.....................................................................210 3..........................................O. Rowland......................................................................191 4..........................................L. Ghiotto.........................................................................185 5..........................................N. Latifi.............................................................................178 6..........................................N. Matsushita...................................................................131 7..........................................N. de Vries........................................................................114 8..........................................A. Fuoco............................................................................98 9..........................................N. Nato................................................................................91 10........................................A. Albon.............................................................................86 11.........................................J. King.................................................................................62 12........................................S. Sette Câmara..............................................................47 13........................................G. Malja..............................................................................44 14........................................S. Canamasas....................................................................21 15........................................S. Gelael..............................................................................17 16........................................J. Cecotto...........................................................................16 18........................................R. Merhi...............................................................................16 17........................................L. Delétraz..........................................................................16 19........................................R. Boschung.......................................................................11 20.......................................S. Sirotkin.............................................................................9 21........................................Á. Palou................................................................................ 5 22.......................................S. Ferrucci............................................................................4 23.......................................N. Jeffri................................................................................. 2 24.......................................R. Visoiu................................................................................ 1 25.......................................L. Norris................................................................................0 26.......................................C. Ilott...................................................................................0 27.......................................S. Coletti...............................................................................0 28.......................................R. Binder..............................................................................0 29.......................................R. Marciello.........................................................................0

Total Points

1ST.........................MATHIAS LAUDA.....................................192

1ST...................................PAUL DALLA LANA..................................................... 192 1ST...................................PEDRO LAMY................................................................. 192 2ND................................CHRISTIAN RIED........................................................... 168 2ND................................MARVIN DIENST............................................................ 168 2ND................................MATTEO CAIROLI......................................................... 168 3RD.................................KEITA SAWA................................................................... 165 3RD.................................MATT GRIFFIN................................................................ 165 3RD.................................WENG SUN MOK.......................................................... 165 4TH.................................FRANCESCO CASTELLACCI....................................109 4TH.................................THOMAS FLOHR...........................................................109 5TH.................................MIGUEL MOLINA.............................................................97 6TH.................................BENJAMIN BARKER......................................................97 6TH.................................NICHOLAS FOSTER.......................................................97 7TH.................................MICHAEL WAINWRIGHT.............................................67 8TH.................................AARON SCOTT................................................................50 8TH.................................DUNCAN CAMERON.....................................................50 8TH.................................MARCO CIOCI..................................................................50 9TH.................................KHALED AL QUBAISI.....................................................18 10TH...............................ALVARO PARENTE..........................................................16 10TH...............................HIROKI KATOH..................................................................16 10TH...............................RICHARD WEE..................................................................16 11TH................................MICHAEL HEDLUND.......................................................12 12TH...............................OLIVIER BERETTA...........................................................12

FIA F3 EUROPE Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1..................................Lando Norris.............................................441

2..........................................Joel Eriksson.................................................................388 3..........................................Maximilian Günther....................................................383 4..........................................Callum Ilott....................................................................344 5..........................................Jake Hughes..................................................................207 6..........................................Jehan Daruvala..............................................................191 7..........................................Ferdinand Habsburg...................................................186

FIA FORMULA E Pos. Team

Driver Name

Points

1..........ABT SCHAEFFLER AUDI SPORT.........L. DI GRASSI .............181

2..........RENAULT E.DAMS............................................S. BUEMI......................... 157 3..........MAHINDRA RACING.......................................F. ROSENQVIST...........127 4..........DS VIRGIN RACING.........................................S. BIRD............................122 5..........TECHEETAH........................................................J. VERGNE......................117 6..........RENAULT E.DAMS............................................N. PROST.........................93 7..........MAHINDRA RACING.......................................N. HEIDFELD..................88 8..........ABT SCHAEFFLER AUDI SPORT...............D. ABT ..............................67 9..........DS VIRGIN RACING.........................................J. LOPEZ..........................65 10........TECHEETAH........................................................S. SARRAZIN..................36 11.........NEXTEV NIO.......................................................N. PIQUET JR.................33 12........NEXTEV NIO.......................................................O. TURVEY......................26 13........ANDRETTI FORMULA E.................................R. FRIJNS.........................24 14........PANASONIC JAGUAR RACING..................M. EVANS ........................22 15........FARADAY FUTURE DRAGON RACING...L. DUVAL ........................ 20 16........RENAULT E.DAMS............................................P. GASLY............................18 17........VENTURI FORMULA E....................................M. ENGEL..........................16 18........FARADAY FUTURE DRAGON RACING...7 J. D’AMBROSIO .........13 19........VENTURI FORMULA E....................................4 T. DILLMANN...............12 20.......ANDRETTI FORMULA E.................................28 A. DA COSTA...........10 21........TECHEETAH........................................................33 E. GUTIERREZ........... 5 22.......PANASONIC JAGUAR RACING..................47 A. CARROLL.............. 5

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LARGEST EUROPEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MOST EXCITING MOTORSPORT SHOW THRILLING BREATHTAKING EXHILARATING GRIPPING ELECTRIFYING

TH 11N ETHC -14 JAN 2018 BUY TICKETS NOW BIRMINGHAM / UK A U T O S P O R T I N T E R N AT I O N A L . C O M 11 TH -12 TH STRICTLY TRADE-ONLY DAYS

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FIA WORLD ENDURANCE Position

Driver Name

FIA WORLD TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP NAT

Total Points

1....................BRENDON HARTLEY............ NZL..................208

2.........................EARL BAMBER....................................... NZL............................208 3.........................TIMO BERNHARD................................. DEU............................208 4.........................KAZUKI NAKAJIMA............................. JPN............................. 183 5.........................SÉBASTIEN BUEMI............................... CHE............................. 183 6.........................ANTHONY DAVIDSON........................ GBR............................168 7.........................ANDRÉ LOTTERER............................... DEU.............................129 8.........................NEEL JANI................................................ CHE.............................129 9.........................NICK TANDY............................................ GBR............................129 10.......................KAMUI KOBAYASHI.............................. JPN......................... 103.5 11........................MIKE CONWAY....................................... GBR........................ 103.5 12.......................JOSE MARIA LOPEZ............................ ARG..........................84.5 13.......................HO-PIN TUNG......................................... CHN.......................... 82.5 14.......................OLIVER JARVIS...................................... GBR.......................... 82.5 15.......................THOMAS LAURENT.............................. FRA........................... 82.5 16.......................BRUNO SENNA...................................... BRA..............................76 17.......................JULIEN CANAL....................................... FRA...............................76 18.......................NICOLAS PROST................................... FRA...............................68 19.......................ANDRÉ NEGRÃO................................... BRA..........................62.5 20......................GUSTAVO MENEZES............................ USA...........................62.5 21.......................NICOLAS LAPIERRE............................ FRA.............................. 60 22......................ALEX BRUNDLE..................................... GBR..............................37 23......................DAVID CHENG........................................ CHN..............................37 24......................TRISTAN GOMMENDY......................... FRA...............................37 25......................MATTHEW RAO..................................... GBR..............................35 26......................JEAN-ERIC VERGNE............................ FRA...............................33 27......................DAVID HEINEMEIER HANSSON...... DNK...........................27.5 28......................MATHIAS BECHE................................... CHE............................27.5 29......................STÉPHANE SARRAZIN....................... FRA...............................26 30......................NELSON PANCIATICI........................... FRA...........................24.5 31.......................PIERRE RAGUES.................................... FRA...........................24.5 32......................NELSON PIQUET JR............................. BRA.......................... 23.5 33......................JONATHAN HIRSCHI........................... CHE...............................23 34......................TOR GRAVES........................................... GBR..............................23 35......................ROMAN RUSINOV................................. RUS.............................17.5 36......................PIERRE THIRIET..................................... FRA............................16.5 37......................EMMANUEL COLLARD....................... FRA............................ 15.5 38......................FRANÇOIS PERRODO......................... FRA............................ 15.5 39......................MATTHIEU VAXIVIERE........................ FRA................................15 40......................ALEX LYNN.............................................. GBR...........................14.5 41.......................ROMAIN DUMAS................................... FRA............................ 12.5 42......................BEN HANLEY.......................................... GBR...............................12 43......................YUJI KUNIMOTO.................................... JPN................................10 44......................JAMES ROSSITER................................. GBR................................ 9 45......................DOMINIK KRAIHAMER....................... AUT..............................8.5 46......................OLIVER WEBB....................................... GBR.............................8.5 47......................FILIPE ALBUQUERQUE...................... PRT..................................8 48......................ROBERTO GONZALEZ....................... MEX.................................7 49......................SIMON TRUMMER................................. CHE..................................7 50......................VITALY PETROV..................................... RUS..................................7 51.......................LUIS FELIPE DERANI........................... BRA................................4 52......................JOSE GUTIERREZ................................. MEX................................4 53......................MEMO ROJAS......................................... MEX................................4 54......................RYO HIRAKAWA.................................... JPN.................................4 55......................LÉO ROUSSEL........................................ FRA...................................1 56......................MARCO BONANOMI............................ ITA................................0.5 57.......................ROBERTO MERHI.................................. ESP...............................0.5 58......................NICO MULLER......................................... CHE..............................0.5 59......................LOÏC DUVAL............................................ FRA..............................0.5

Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1.....................BJÖRK Thed......................................................255,5

2..........................MICHELISZ Norbert...................................................................249 3..........................BENNANI Mehdi...........................................................................216 4..........................CATSBURG Nicky.......................................................................211,5 5..........................CHILTON Tom............................................................................210,5 6..........................GUERRIERI Esteban...................................................................205 7..........................MONTEIRO Tiago...................................................................... 200 8..........................HUFF Rob.......................................................................................183 9..........................GIROLAMI Néstor.........................................................................112 10........................EHRLACHER Yann........................................................................90 11.........................CORONEL Tom...............................................................................69 12........................FILIPPI John.....................................................................................34 13........................GLEASON Kevin.........................................................................32,5 14........................MICHIGAMI Ryo...............................................................................19 15........................DE SOUZA Filipe...........................................................................8,5 16........................PANIS Aurélien.................................................................................. 2 17........................NAGY Daniel....................................................................................... 1 18........................SZABO Zsolt David.......................................................................... 1 19........................FERNANDES Manuel......................................................................0 20.......................TARQUINI Gabriele.........................................................................0 21........................RICHARD KRIS..................................................................................0 22.......................MAK Ka Lok........................................................................................0 23.......................Po Wah WONG.................................................................................0 24.......................MA Qing Hua......................................................................................0 25.......................Kin Ping CLEREBOLD CHAN......................................................0

GT FIA WORLD ENDURANCE DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1........................ALESSANDRO PIER GUIDI............................153

2..............................JAMES CALADO...................................................................... 153 3..............................FRÉDÉRIC MAKOWIECKI....................................................145 4..............................RICHARD LIETZ.......................................................................145 5..............................ANDY PRIAULX.....................................................................142.5 6..............................HARRY TINCKNELL............................................................142.5 7..............................DAVIDE RIGON......................................................................139.5 8..............................SAM BIRD...................................................................................139 9..............................MARCO SØRENSEN...............................................................104 10............................NICKI THIIM...............................................................................104 11.............................DARREN TURNER....................................................................101 12............................JONATHAN ADAM..................................................................101 13............................OLIVIER PLA...............................................................................95 14............................STEFAN MÜCKE.........................................................................95 15............................DANIEL SERRA..........................................................................79 16............................LUIS FELIPE DERANI...............................................................74 17............................KEVIN ESTRE..............................................................................67 18............................MICHAEL CHRISTENSEN.......................................................67 19............................BILLY JOHNSON........................................................................43 20...........................MIGUEL MOLINA................................................................... 32.5 21............................RICHIE STANAWAY..................................................................32 22...........................PATRICK PILET................................................................................. 23...........................MATHIAS LAUDA...................................................................19.5 24...........................PAUL DALLA LANA...............................................................19.5 25...........................PEDRO LAMY..........................................................................19.5 26...........................KEITA SAWA.................................................................................19 27...........................MATT GRIFFIN.............................................................................19 28...........................WENG SUN MOK........................................................................19 29...........................CHRISTIAN RIED........................................................................17 30...........................MARVIN DIENST.........................................................................17 31............................MATTEO CAIROLI......................................................................17 32...........................AARON SCOTT...........................................................................12 33...........................DUNCAN CAMERON................................................................12 34...........................MARCO CIOCI..............................................................................12 35...........................FRANCESCO CASTELLACCI...............................................9.5 36...........................THOMAS FLOHR......................................................................9.5 37...........................BENJAMIN BARKER.................................................................. 6 38...........................NICHOLAS FOSTER................................................................... 6 39...........................MICHAEL WAINWRIGHT......................................................3.5 40...........................KHALED AL QUBAISI.................................................................2 41............................ALVARO PARENTE.......................................................................1 42...........................HIROKI KATOH...............................................................................1

PRO ANNUAL 2018

PORSCHE MOBIL 1 SUPERCUP Position

NAT

Driver Name

PIRELLI WORLD GT CUP Total Points

1...................GER.......Michael Ammermüller........................ 193

2.......................NOR...........Dennis Olsen (R)........................................................186 3.......................AUS............Matt Campbell (R).....................................................151 4.......................GBR............Daniel Cammish......................................................... 122 5.......................POL............Robert Lukas...............................................................103 6.......................ITA..............Mattia Drudi (R)............................................................91 7.......................GBR............Josh Webster (R)........................................................85 8.......................LUX.............Dylan Pereira.................................................................84 9.......................KWT...........Zaid Ashkanani.............................................................74 10.....................ITA..............Daniele Di Amato........................................................47 11......................IRL..............Ryan Cullen.....................................................................41 12.....................SWE...........Philip Morin (R)............................................................40 13.....................DNK............Mikkel O. Pedersen (R)..............................................37 14.....................OMN...........Al Faisal Al Zubair (R)................................................29 15.....................FRA............Steven Palette...............................................................26 16.....................GBR............Paul Rees........................................................................25 17.....................POL............Igor Walilko (R)............................................................24 18.....................POL............Piotr Parys (R)................................................................17 19.....................GBR............Tom Sharp.......................................................................12 20....................SUI..............Nico Rindlisbacher (R).................................................8 21.....................NED............Egidio Perfetti (B)..........................................................8 22....................NOR...........Roar Lindland (B)...........................................................7 23....................GER............Christopher Bauer..........................................................3 24....................GBR............Mark Radcliffe (B)...........................................................1 25....................SUI..............Glauco Solieri (B).............................................................. 26....................FRA............Roland Berville (B)............................................................ 27....................GER............Christof Langer (B)........................................................... 28....................MEX............Santiago Creel....................................................................

INDEPENDANT

Position

Total Points

1...............................Patrick Long ............................... PRO....................................365 1...............................Michael Cooper ........................ PRO.....................................338 1...............................Alvaro Parente .......................... PRO..................................... 315 1...............................Daniel Mancinelli ...................... PRO.....................................291 1...............................Ryan Dalziel ............................... PRO.................................... 276 2..............................Johnny O’Connell .................... PRO.....................................275 2..............................Bryan Sellers .............................. PRO....................................244 2..............................Ryan Eversley ............................ PRO....................................206 3..............................Peter Kox ..................................... PRO.....................................193 3..............................Jordan Taylor ............................. PRO......................................175 4..............................Pierre Kaffer ............................... PRO......................................174 4..............................James Sofronas ........................AM.........................................174 5..............................Daniel Morad ............................. PRO......................................172 6..............................Adderly Fong ............................ PRO.....................................167 7..............................Alec Udell .................................... PRO..................................... 153 7..............................Spencer Pumpelly ................... PRO......................................151 7..............................Ricky Taylor ................................ PRO.....................................149 8..............................Michael Schein ..........................AM.........................................141 8..............................Ben Barnicoat ............................ PRO.....................................140 9..............................Joerg Bergmeister .................. PRO.....................................136

PIRELLI WORLD SPRINTX GT Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1...........................Patrick Long...................................................202

2.................................Alvaro Parente........................................................................175 3.................................Michael Cooper.....................................................................163 4.................................Daniel Mancinelli...................................................................129 5.................................Bryan Sellers........................................................................... 128

2..........................................Ryan Dalziel|Daniel Morad.........................................172 3..........................................Patrick Long.....................................................................163 4..........................................Daniel Mancinelli.............................................................162 5..........................................Johnny O’Connell|Ricky Taylor.................................149

PIRELLI WORLD SPRINTX GT CUP Position

Driver(s) Name

Total Points

1.....................Alessandro Bressan|Yuki Harata................... 248

2..........................Andy Lee|Erich Joiner..................................................................138 3..........................Dani Clos|Marko Radisic...............................................................44 4..........................Brandon Davis|Jeff Burton..........................................................42 5..........................Tom Haacker|Sloan Urry.................................................................0

Driver Name

Total Points

1...........................Lawson Aschenbach....................................366

2..................................Ian James..................................................................................303 3..................................Martin Barkey..........................................................................267 4..................................Rodrigo Baptista....................................................................257 5..................................Nate Stacy................................................................................252

PIRELLI WORLD GTSA Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1..................................George Kurtz............................................360

2..........................................Tony Gaples......................................................................319 3..........................................Mark Klenin.......................................................................314 4..........................................Adam Merzon.................................................................243 5..........................................Jason Bell......................................................................... 210

Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1...................................Adam Merzon|Trent Hindman...........223 2...........................................Kyle Tilley|Jerry Kaufman...........................................44 3...........................................Ernie Francis Jr|James Pesek..........................................

Position Driver Name

Total Points

PIRELLI WORLD TC

PIRELLI WORLD GTA Position

Driver(s) Name

1..................................Michael Cooper|Jordan Taylor............175

PIRELLI WORLD SPRINTX GTS

PIRELLI WORLD GT Position

Total Points

2..........................................Preston Calvert...................................................................51 3..........................................Marko Radisic...................................................................49

Position Driver Name

Driver Name

1..................................Yuki Harata................................................. 129

PIRELLI WORLD GTS

PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE Position

103

Total Points

1..........................James Sofronas................................................211

2................................John Potter................................................................................171 3................................Tim Pappas...............................................................................146 4................................Michael Schein........................................................................ 140 5................................Pablo Perez Companc...........................................................114

Driver Name

Total Points

1...............................Paul Holton....................................................235

2.......................................Greg Liefooghe.................................................................208 3.......................................Nick Wittmer......................................................................190 4.......................................Toby Grahovec...................................................................190 5.......................................Mason Fillippi......................................................................173

104 PRO ANNUAL 2018

PIRELLI WORLD TCA Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1..................................Matthew Fassnacht................................ 245 2..........................................Elivan Goulart.................................................................226 3..........................................Tom O’Gorman...............................................................215 4..........................................Eric Powell....................................................................... 150 5..........................................Daniel Moen.....................................................................147

PIRELLI WORLD TCB Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1..................................P.J. Groenke............................................... 268

2..........................................Jake Pipal.........................................................................266 3..........................................Canaan O’Connell.........................................................253 4..........................................Jasper Drengler............................................................ 206 5..........................................Ted Sahley.........................................................................122

VDEV ENDURANCE SERIES 2017 ENDURANCE LMP3 CLASSEMENT GENERAL

9....................MELNIKOV Ilya............................TFT..................................................199 10..................DELAFOSSE Damien................DB AUTOSPORT...................185,5 11...................VAUCHER Quentin....................DB AUTOSPORT...................185,5 12..................ACCARY Thomas.......................DB AUTOSPORT...................185,5 13..................KUBRYK Christophe.................EQUIPE PALMYR...................151,5 14..................MONDOLOT Philippe...............EQUIPE PALMYR.......................151 15..................ZOLLINGER David.....................EQUIPE PALMYR.......................151 16..................RIHON Jean-Lou........................TFT.................................................140 17..................PHILLIPS Simon..........................TFT.................................................140 1.....................CIMADOMO Philippe...............TFT..................................................135 19..................TROUILLET Adrien....................GRAFF.......................................108,5 20.................FAGGIONATO Marc..................EQUIPE PALMYR.....................106 21..................WEIL Antoine..............................EQUIPE PALMYR.....................106 22.................BASSORA Daniel.......................DB AUTOSPORT...................105,5 23.................MARROC Nicolas.......................GRAFF.......................................103,5 24.................BOLE BESANCON Kévin........CD SPORT..................................99,5 25.................THUNER Fabien..........................EQUIPE PALMYR.....................91,5 26.................CROULLET Frédéric.................EQUIPE PALMYR....................85,5 27.................ROSATI Rodolphe.....................EQUIPE PALMYR....................85,5 28.................MONCLAIR David......................DB AUTOSPORT......................81,5 29.................TAITTINGER Inès........................CD SPORT RC FORMULA...75,5 30.................COCHET Ludovic.......................CD SPORT..................................72,5 31..................KIRCHDOERFFER Rémy........CD SPORT..................................72,5 32.................FAURE Gérard.............................CD SPORT..................................72,5 33.................SCHATZ Nicolas.........................DB AUTOSPORT.....................70,5 34.................SCHEIER Johan-Boris..............CD SPORT..................................69,5 35.................FORT Xavier.................................GRAFF......................................... 67,5

VDEV CHALLENGE MONOPLACE Pos. Driver Name

Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1..................................SMIECHOWSKI Jakub.........................218,5 1..................................STILL Hendrik.........................................218,5

1...........................................TROUILLET Eric..............................................................216 1...........................................GAUVIN Franck..............................................................216 1...........................................PANCIATICI Nelson...................................................201,5 2..........................................DEGUFFROY Remy.......................................................198 2..........................................FOUBERT Jean-Ludovic WOLFF Jacques..........184 2..........................................MAULINI Nicolas............................................................184 3..........................................BORGA Antonin.............................................................183 4..........................................ENQVIST Henning.........................................................183 4..........................................LEGERET Lucas..........................................................156,5 5..........................................SCHEUSCHNER Paul.................................................147,5 6..........................................FONTAINE Pierre...........................................................137 7..........................................DECULTOT Christophe................................................137 7..........................................HERY Edouard.................................................................116 7..........................................DENIS Cyril........................................................................116 8..........................................ELKMANN Peter..........................................................113,5 8..........................................PERROY Jordan..............................................................107 9..........................................NEVEU Julien.................................................................70,5 10........................................MICHEL Xavier.................................................................69 11.........................................NICOLET Jacques........................................................... 65 11.........................................NICOLET Pierre................................................................ 65 11.........................................DUQUEINE Gilles............................................................ 62 12........................................MÜLLER Alexander........................................................54 13........................................ROGIVUE Nikolaj.............................................................54 13........................................CLAIRAY Yann..................................................................49 14........................................DROUX David...................................................................45 14........................................PASIAN Sergio.................................................................42 14........................................LEDERMAIR Johann..................................................40,5 15........................................BOURGOIS Philippe........................................................38 16........................................ABELLO GAMAZO Miguel...........................................37 17........................................FUSTER PLIEGO Jesus..................................................37 17........................................VAN OOSTRUM Mirko...................................................30 17........................................BECK Didier.......................................................................30 18........................................DRACONE Francesco.................................................28,5 18........................................BARATTO Jacopo Michele.......................................28,5 19........................................BLICHARSKI Tomasz ROMECKI Stéphane........... 26 20.......................................FALCHERO Julien........................................................... 26 22.......................................BOULAIN Arlan..............................................................19,5 23.......................................CIMADOMO Philippe......................................................19 24.......................................DAGONEAU Thomas ROSSELLO Fabrice.............19 26.......................................COIGNY Alexandre..........................................................15 27.......................................ZOLLINGER David............................................................15 28.......................................BORGA Lucas......................................................................9 29.......................................DUQUEINE ENGINEERING............................................9

VDEV ENDURANCE PROTO Position Driver Name

Total Points

1.................VILARINO Ander...........TFT................................232,5

2....................FERTE Alain.................................TFT............................................. 232,5 3....................ILLIANO Philippe.......................TFT............................................. 232,5 4....................BAZAUD Bruno..........................TFT.............................................209,5 5....................THIRION Philippe.......................TFT.............................................209,5 6....................CAILLON Denis...........................TFT.............................................209,5 7....................CAPILLAIRE Vincent................TFT..................................................199 8....................CREED Erwin...............................TFT..................................................199

Team

Total Points

1.........HERIAU Gilles...........................FORMULA MOTORSPORT........787

2.........HÖRR Laurents............................DUTT MOTORSPORT.....................733,5 3.........MUELLER-CREPON Moritz.....HEURI RENNWAGEN....................703,5 4.........BERTONELLI Diego...................TS CORSE..............................................662 5.........CARMES Alexis............................LAMO RACING CAR......................570,5 6.........CREED Erwin................................FORMULA MOTORSPORT...........547,5 7.........LEBRETON....................................FORMULA MOTORSPORT.............506 8.........PECCENINI Pietro.......................TS CORSE.............................................490 9.........JEAN Pierre-Alexandre............RC FORMULA..................................404,5 10.......MELIN Nicolas..............................FORMULA MOTORSPORT...........341,5 11........CHOUKROUN Grégory............LAMO RACING CAR......................326,5 12.......BENYAHIA Michael....................R-ACE GP...............................................257 13.......AIMARD Thierry..........................LAMO RACING CAR..........................257 14.......COICAUD Théo...........................R-ACE GP...............................................234 15.......RYKART Walter...........................HEURI RENNWAGEN........................224 16.......SKLAR Howard............................TS CORSE...........................................201,5 17.......CHOQUET Arnaud.....................MONSTER RACING........................200,5 18.......MATILE Nicolas............................ZIG ZAG...................................................159 19.......PEYRE Jean-Christophe..........ZIG ZAG................................................151,5 20......PERROY Jordan..........................RC FORMULA....................................... 150 21.......PIRONNEAU Nicolas.................FORMULA MOTORSPORT...............134 22......BENECCHI Xavier.......................FORMULA MOTORSPORT...............125 23......BUCHER Alain..............................LAMO RACING CAR........................121,5 24......MOPAR Mathieu..........................MONSTER RACING...........................117,5 25......RICHARD Amaury......................RC FORMULA........................................ 110 26......LEONARD Baptiste....................LSP RACING TEAM............................. 110 27......CARINI Hugo................................HERVE DAVID RACING.....................102 28......SARGEANT Logan.....................R-ACE GP.................................................99 29......DESTANDAU François..............LAMO RACING CAR............................ 98 30......SISKA Robert...............................INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION..94 31.......IOGNA Vincent............................FORMULA MOTORSPORT................ 93 32......WAGNER Richard.......................INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION.. 92 33......MAGNUS Gilles............................R-ACE GP..................................................91 34......MIRGUET Simon..........................RC FORMULA......................................82,5 35......PEDRAZA Karl.............................RC FORMULA......................................65,5 36......PIROIRD Michel...........................FORMULA MOTORSPORT................ 63 37......HAROUT Daniel...........................LYCEE PRO D’ARTAGNAN.............52,5 38......MERIEL Eric...................................LAMO RACING CAR.............................38 39......CARLESI SORASIO Christian.ZIG ZAG.................................................... 36

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VDEV FUNYO F5 Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1...............................DANNIELOU Marc-Antoine....................500

2......................................MALINCONI Renaud....................................................460,5 3......................................BARBIAT Alexandre........................................................ 454 4......................................MICHEL Jennifer............................................................354,5 5......................................HUET Jean-Marie...........................................................344,5 6......................................NAAR Dekel....................................................................... 344 7......................................GAUCLERE Olivier.............................................................331 8......................................CAMBOULIVE Christian..................................................314 9......................................SEILLE Patrick................................................................298,5 10....................................CHAMPETIER DE RIBES Etienne.................................271 11.....................................HOCHET Olivier.............................................................260,5 12....................................CHAUMOT Claude............................................................245 13....................................DESSENS Jonathan......................................................239,5 14....................................COTTER Franck..............................................................219,5 15....................................DESPRETZ Thomas......................................................208,5 16....................................GENY-GROS Sébastien................................................... 150 17....................................BURGUET Yann...................................................................132 18....................................GOMES Carlos......................................................................112 19....................................LACHENAL Frédéric......................................................110,5 20...................................LION Emmanuel.................................................................. 98 21....................................ROTH Philippe...................................................................... 93 22...................................HERIAU Pierre.......................................................................57 23...................................DAMIANI Cédric..................................................................44 24...................................SCIABBARRASI Marcel......................................................38 25...................................LEFEVRE Frank....................................................................30 26...................................HEROLD Gaylor...................................................................30 27...................................TENEKETZIAN William..................................................25,5 28...................................PRIEUR Stéphane................................................................20 29...................................RESLINGER Stéphane.....................................................19,5 30...................................VIALE Sébastien...................................................................16

VLN ENDURO Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1...............................Schrey, Michael.........................................67,47

2......................................Fischer, Norbert..............................................................67,27 3......................................Konnerth, Christian........................................................67,27 4......................................Zils, Daniel.........................................................................67,27 5......................................Manheller, Marcel...........................................................65,45 6......................................Mies, Alexander............................................................. 65,40 7......................................Kranz, Moritz....................................................................65,16 8......................................Owega, Hamza................................................................65,16 9......................................Schula, Alex......................................................................65,16 10....................................Scheerbarth, Tim............................................................64,19 11.....................................Brink, Danny (korrigiert)..............................................64,10 12....................................Leisen, Phillipp (korrigiert).........................................64,10 13....................................Rink, Christopher (korrigiert)....................................64,10 14....................................Karch, Claudius...............................................................63,26 15....................................Brück, Christopher........................................................62,09 16....................................Gülden, Andreas............................................................. 61,74 17....................................Leuchter, Benjamin........................................................ 61,74 18....................................Kräling, Frank...................................................................61,54 19....................................Adams, Rudi.....................................................................61,42 20...................................Jäger, Thomas.................................................................61,42 21....................................Jäger, Mike........................................................................61,26 22...................................Köhler, Stephan...............................................................61,26 23...................................Kohlhaas, Christian........................................................61,26 24...................................Griessner, David..............................................................61,23 25...................................Eichenberg, Heiko........................................................... 61,17 26...................................Gavris, Lucian..................................................................60,86 27...................................Lomas, Dale.....................................................................60,86 28...................................Ackermann, David........................................................ 60,08 29...................................Fübrich, Yannick.............................................................59,47 30...................................Weber, Wolfgang (korrigiert)...................................59,25 31....................................Gerhard, Christopher.....................................................58,15 32...................................Schall, Ralf..........................................................................58,15 33...................................Amweg, Manuel...............................................................57,91 34...................................Yerly, Frédéric...................................................................57,91 35...................................Böckmann, Marek...........................................................57,10 36...................................Kratz, Torsten..................................................................57,04 37...................................Strycek, Volker................................................................56,29 38...................................Mettler, Yannick..............................................................56,20 39...................................Sandberg, Oskar............................................................55,92 40...................................Totz, Kevin........................................................................55,43 41....................................Hill, Janine.........................................................................55,37 42...................................Klasen, Arno.....................................................................55,37 43...................................Shoffner, John..................................................................55,37 44...................................Jans, Steve........................................................................54,81 45...................................Stippler, Frank.................................................................54,69 46...................................Derscheid, Rolf...............................................................54,54 47...................................Flehmer, Michael............................................................54,54 48...................................Radulovic, Zoran............................................................54,54 49...................................Fischer, Michael..............................................................54,42 50...................................Küpper, Bernd..................................................................53,75 51....................................Küpper, Kevin...................................................................53,75 52...................................Overbeck, Tobias...........................................................53,64 53...................................Gindorf, Marc.................................................................... 52,16

105

54...................................Büllesbach, Christian......................................................52,12 55...................................Schettler, Andreas...........................................................52,12 56...................................Franz, Christian Andreas............................................50,94 57....................................Strycek, Lena...................................................................50,66 58...................................Terting, Peter....................................................................50,61 59...................................Palluth, Carsten..............................................................50,58 60...................................Wirtz, Guido....................................................................50,57 61....................................Wolters, Kevin..................................................................50,15 62...................................Günther, Felix..................................................................49,98 63...................................Jahn, Axel.........................................................................49,34 64...................................Dumas, Romain............................................................. 49,04 65...................................Rothenberger, Sandro...................................................47,91 66...................................Stanco, Luigi......................................................................47,91 67...................................Kleeschulte, Bernd.........................................................47,88

MOTORSPORT VISION RACING

BRITISH F3 CHAMPIONSHIP Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1..................................Enaam Ahmed...................................654pts 2..........................................James Pull.................................................................490pts 3..........................................Ben Hingeley............................................................444pts 4..........................................Toby Sowery............................................................432pts 5..........................................Cameron Das...........................................................425pts 6..........................................Callan O’Keeffe........................................................373pts 7..........................................Chase Owen.............................................................302pts 8..........................................Jordan Cane..............................................................288pts 9..........................................Jamie Chadwick.....................................................264pts 10........................................Nicolai Kjaergaard..................................................247pts 11.........................................Omar Ismail............................................................... 216pts 12........................................Manuel Maldonado................................................205pts 13........................................Guilherme Samaia.................................................. 195pts 14........................................Jeremy Wahome.....................................................165pts 15........................................Nick Worm................................................................. 159pts 16........................................Aaron Di Comberti...................................................112pts 17........................................Krishnaraaj Mahadik...............................................104pts 18........................................Tristan Charpentier...................................................53pts 19........................................Harry Hayek..................................................................51pts 20.......................................Alex Quinn...................................................................46pts 21........................................Linus Lundqvist..........................................................32pts 22.......................................Petru Florescu............................................................22pts 23.......................................Pavan Ravishankar.....................................................31pts

GT CUP Pos. Car

Driver(s) Name

Total Points

1......... McLaren MP4/12 GT3.Graham Davidson....................................530

2...........Ginetta G55 GT4................. Dominic Paul.............................................................480 3...........Lamborghini Gallardo ...... Neil Huggins..............................................................425 4...........BMW M3 E46 GTR............. Tom Webb / James Webb..................................399 5...........Aston Martin GT3................ Nigel Hudson / Adam Wilcox (Pro).................367 6...........Lamborghini Huracan....... Jake Rattenbury...................................................... 365 7...........Ginetta G55 GT4................. Brent Millage...............................................................318 8...........Ferrari 458 GTC................... Bonamy Grimes/Johnny Mowlem (Pro)........303 9...........Marcos Mantis...................... Warren Gilbert / Trevor Knight...........................281 10.........Ginetta G55 GT4................. Mick Mercer / Gary Smith.................................... 269 11..........Ginetta G50.......................... John Saunders / Patrick Scharfegger.............249 12.........Mosler MT 900..................... Kevin Riley / Gareth Downing.............................212 13.........Ginetta G55........................... Darren Standing / Ian Goodchild.....................209 14.........BMW M3 GTR....................... Jeff Wyatt / Geoff Steel.........................................193 15.........Ferrari 458 GTC................... Graham Lucking / Leyton Clarke (Pro)........... 189 16.........Porsche 911 GTC.................. Andy Demetriou / Piers Masarati.......................163 17.........Porsche Cayman GT4....... Mark Murfitt / Michael Broadhurst (Pro)..........128 18.........BMW M3 GTR....................... Andy Robey................................................................123 19.........Aston Martin GT4................ Chris Murphy / Phil Glew........................................121 20........McLaren 570 GT4............... Stewart & Lewis Proctor.........................................110 21.........Porsche 991 GT3................. Mike Sellar / Pete Smallwood.............................105 22........Porsche Cayman GT4 ...... Esmee Hawkey...........................................................92 23........Aston Martin GT3................ Brown/Manderson....................................................75 24........Ginetta G55 GT4................. Rob Gaffney.................................................................72 25........BMW V10 150 GTR............. Nick Barrow and Richard Corbett.......................72 26........Marcos Mantis...................... Mitch Millett/John Harrison/Jochum Boelting.66 27........Ginetta G55 GT4................. Ian Payne / Ben Tuck.................................................61 28........Ferrari 458 GTC................... Laurent de Meeus / Jamie Stanley (Pro)..........58 29........Ferrari 458 GT3.................... Gary Eastwood...........................................................52

106 PRO ANNUAL 2018 30...Ferrari 458 GTC...................Mark Brough / Charlie Hollings (Pro)......................45 31....Lamborghini Huracan.......Tim Richards......................................................................33 32...Porsche 997 GT3................David Grover.................................................................... 40 33...Ferrari 430 Challenge.......Andrew Christopher / George Christopher .........33 34...Porsche Cayman GT4.......Morris / Nearn...................................................................33 35...Ginetta G55...........................Chris Papageorgiou........................................................33 36...Ginetta G50 .........................Alan Henderson & Daniel Irving.................................23 37...Saker Rapex..........................Alan Purbrick/David Brise (Pro)................................22 38...Porsche 935..........................Richard Chamberlain......................................................19 39...Ginetta G50 .........................Chris Everill.........................................................................18 40...McLaren 650S Sprint........Andy Brakewell /Steven Gray......................................15

GT CUP - GROUP GTO Pos. Car

Driver(s) Name

Total Points

1........McLaren MP4/12 GT3....Graham Davidson.............530

2...........Aston Martin GT3...............................Nigel Hudson / Adam Wilcox (Pro)...367 3...........Mosler MT 900....................................Kevin Riley / Gareth Downing..............212 4...........Aston Martin GT3...............................Brown/Manderson.....................................75 5...........Ferrari 458 GT3...................................Gary Eastwood............................................52 6...........Porsche 935.........................................Richard Chamberlain..................................19

GT CUP - GROUP GTA Pos.

Car

Driver(s) Name

Total Points

1...........Ginetta G55 GT4....Dominic Paul..............................480

2..............Ginetta G55 GT4..................Brent Millage..........................................................318 3..............Ginetta G55 GT4..................Mick Mercer / Gary Smith............................... 269 4..............Ginetta G55............................Darren Standing / Ian Goodchild.................209 5..............BMW M3 GTR........................Jeff Wyatt / Geoff Steel.....................................193 6..............Porsche Cayman GT4........Mark Murfitt / Michael Broadhurst (Pro).....128 7..............BMW M3 GTR........................Andy Robey...........................................................123 8..............Aston Martin GT4.................Chris Murphy / Phil Glew....................................121 9..............McLaren 570 GT4................Stewart & Lewis Proctor....................................110 10............Porsche Cayman GT4 .......Esmee Hawkey.......................................................92 11.............Ginetta G55 GT4..................Rob Gaffney............................................................72 12............Ginetta G55 GT4..................Ian Payne / Ben Tuck............................................61 13............Porsche Cayman GT4........Morris / Nearn.........................................................33 14............Ginetta G55............................Chris Papageorgiou.............................................33

GT CUP - GROUP GTC Pos. Car

Driver(s) Name

Total Points

1......... Lamborghini Huracan...Jake Rattenbury...................................365

2...........Ferrari 458 GTC........................Bonamy Grimes / Johnny Mowlem (Pro).303 3...........Ferrari 458 GTC........................Graham Lucking / Leyton Clarke (Pro)...... 189 4...........Porsche 911 GTC.......................Andy Demetriou / Piers Masarati..................163 5...........Porsche 991 GT3......................Mike Sellar / Pete Smallwood........................105 6...........Ferrari 458 GTC........................Laurent de Meeus / Jamie Stanley (Pro).....58 7...........Ferrari 458 GTC........................Mark Brough / Charlie Hollings (Pro)............45 8...........Lamborghini Huracan............Tim Richards...........................................................33 9...........McLaren 650S Sprint..............Andy Brakewell /Steven Gray...........................15

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Driver(s) Name

LMP3 CUP CHAMPIONSHIP Pos.

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Driver(s) Name

Total Points

1..............Ligier JS P3......Colin Noble & Alasdair McCaig....................232

Total Points

1......... Lamborghini Gallardo.Neil Huggins...............................................425

2...........BMW M3 E46 GTR............ Tom Webb / James Webb...................................399 3...........Marcos Mantis..................... Warren Gilbert / Trevor Knight............................281 4...........Ginetta G50......................... John Saunders / Patrick Scharfegger..............249 5...........BMW V10 150 GTR............ Nick Barrow and Richard Corbett........................72 6...........Marcos Mantis........................Mitch Millett/John Harrison /Jochum Boelting.66 7...........Porsche 997 GT3............... David Grover................................................................ 40 8...........Ferrari 430 Challenge...... Andrew Christopher / George Christopher ....33 9...........Saker Rapex......................... Alan Purbrick/David Brise (Pro)...........................22

2................Ligier JS P3...........Tony Wells & Matt Bell........................................................212 3................Ligier JS P4...........Jack Butel & Dean Gibbs..................................................154 4................Ligier JS P5...........Christian England & Andrew Evans..............................132 5................Ligier JS P6...........Mike Newbould & Thomas Randle................................. 73 6................Ligier JS P7...........Richard Dean & Sarah Moore...........................................63 7................Ligier JS P8...........Paul Bailey & Andy Schulz.................................................48 8................Ligier JS P9...........Jason Rishover & Jamie Spence.....................................64 9................Ligier JS P10.........Chris Hoy & Sandy Mitchell...............................................28 10..............Ligier JS P11..........Karun Chandhok & Steve Tandy......................................27 11...............Ligier JS P12.........Dean Gibbs & Alex Kapadia..............................................22 12..............Ligier JS P13.........Kahled al Mudhaf & Michael Vergers..............................10 13..............Ligier JS P14.........Bonamy Grimes & Johnny Mowlem...............................10 14..............Ligier JS P15.........Manhal Allos & Alex Kapadia.............................................10 15..............Ligier JS P16.........Andy Demetriou & Bob Berridge......................................8

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Driver Name

Team

Total Points

1..................MIKE BUSHELL...............Team Pyro....................514

2........................ PAUL RIVETT.....................................WDE Motorsport...........................377 3........................ LEE PATTISON..................................WDE Motorsport..........................366 4........................ MAX COATES....................................Ciceley Motorsport......................360 5........................ DANIEL ROWBOTTOM.................DRM....................................................322 6........................ JAMES COLBURN...........................PP Motorsport...............................302 7........................ JACK MCCARTHY...........................Team Pyro........................................272 8........................ DAN ZELOS........................................WDE Motorsport..........................270 9........................ JAMES DORLIN................................Westbourne Motorsport............257 10...................... NATHAN HARRISON.....................Team Pyro........................................228 11....................... LUCAS ORROCK..............................Team Pyro........................................199 12...................... SAM OSBORNE................................WDE Motorsport.............................115 13...................... AARON THOMPSON......................Ciceley Motorsport.........................113 14...................... LUKE READE.....................................WDE Motorsport...........................108 15...................... KYLE HORNBY.................................Team Pyro..........................................77 16...................... JADE EDWARDS.............................Ciceley Motorsport.........................75 17...................... ASH HAND.........................................Team Pyro..........................................73 18...................... BRETT LIDSEY..................................MRM.....................................................49 19...................... OLLIE PIDGLEY................................Team Pyro..........................................45 20..................... NICOLAS HAMILTON.....................WDE Motorsport.............................44 21...................... ZAK FULK...........................................Team Pyro..........................................43 22..................... GRAHAM FIELD...............................JamSport Racing............................39 23..................... BRADLEY BURNS...........................Team Pyro..........................................36 24..................... MYLES COLLINS..............................Westbourne Motorsport..............36 25..................... SAM RANDON..................................Westbourne Motorsport...............31 26..................... SHAYNE DEEGAN...........................SDR Motorsport...............................27 27..................... SHAWN TAYLOR..............................STR Norwich.....................................22 28..................... BEN PALMER.....................................Westbourne Motorsport...............16 29..................... AMBROGIO PERFETTI..................Westbourne Motorsport...............14 30..................... JAMES ‘JJ’ ROSS..............................Bob Ross Racing..............................12 31...................... JAMIE GOING....................................JamSport Racing.............................10 32..................... OSCAR ROVELLI.............................Westbourne Motorsport.................9 33..................... PAUL STREATHER...........................WDE Motorsport.................................1

SRO MOTORSPORTS GROUP

24 HOURS OF SPA Pos. Driver(s) Name

Team

1..........Nico M, Markus P, Christian K, Matias H. Walkenhorst M’sport

2........... Jacques Duyver, Marco Zanuttini, David Perel...........................Kessel Racing 3........... Gabriele Piana........................................................................................... Black Falcon 4........... Michael Broniszewski...........................................................................Kessel Racing 5........... Adrian Amstutz...........................................................................Barwell Motorsport 6........... Niek Hommerson, Louis Machiels....................................................Spirit of Race 7........... Alexander West, Chris Goodwin, Chris Harris...................................Garage 59 8........... Leo Matchitski, Miguel Ramos...............................................Barwell Motorsport 9........... Alexander Mattschull, Rinat Salikhov............................................Rinaldi Racing 10......... Alex Demerdjian, Davide Rizzo.................................................................AF Corse

BLAINC PAIN INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE Position

Driver Name

Manufacturer...Total Points

1.....................Markus Winkelhock Audi .................................50

2............................Christopher Haase 3............................Christopher Mies 4............................David Calvert-Jones 5............................Connor de Phillippi 6............................Kelvin van der Linde 7............................Pierre Kaffer 8............................Alvaro Parente 9............................Toni Vilander 10..........................Jamie Whincup 11...........................Craig Lowndes 12..........................Jules Gounon 13..........................Andy Soucek2 18 20 14..........................Vincent Abril 15..........................Maxime Soulet

Audi ....................................................44 Audi ....................................................29 Porsche..............................................28 Audi ....................................................28 Audi ....................................................27 Audi ....................................................27 McLaren.............................................27 Ferrari..................................................25 Ferrari..................................................25 Ferrari..................................................25 Audi ....................................................25 Bentley...............................................20 Bentley...............................................20 Bentley...............................................20

16..........................Patrick Long 17..........................Marc Lieb 18..........................Oliver Jarvis 19..........................Guy Smith 20.........................Steven Kane 21..........................Edoardo Mortara 22.........................Raffaele Marciello 23.........................Michael Meadows 24.........................Bryan Sellers 25.........................Ben Barnicoat 26.........................Côme Ledogar 27.........................Rob Bell 28.........................Laurens Vanthoor 29.........................Michael Christensen 30.........................Kevin Estre

Porsche...............................................18 Porsche...............................................18 Bentley................................................15 Bentley................................................15 Bentley................................................15 Mercedes-Benz................................15 Mercedes-Benz................................15 Mercedes-Benz................................15 McLaren..............................................15 McLaren..............................................15 McLaren..............................................12 McLaren..............................................12 Porsche...............................................12 Porsche...............................................12 Porsche...............................................12

BLANCPAIN GT DRIVERS Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1..................................Mirko Bortolotti..........................................153

1................................................Christian Engelhart...................................................................153 2...............................................Maxi Buhk...................................................................................120 2...............................................Franck Perera............................................................................120 3...............................................Vincent Abril............................................................................... 116 4...............................................Robin Frijns.................................................................................110 4...............................................Stuart Leonard...........................................................................110 5...............................................Andrea Caldarelli.....................................................................107 6...............................................Markus Winkelhock................................................................104 7...............................................Maxime Soulet............................................................................83 7...............................................Andy Soucek...............................................................................83 8...............................................Will Stevens.................................................................................74 9...............................................Jimmy Eriksson.......................................................................... 73 10.............................................Marcel Fässler..............................................................................62 10.............................................Dries Vanthoor............................................................................62 11..............................................Daniel Juncadella......................................................................60 11..............................................Felix Serralles..............................................................................60 12.............................................Michael Meadows......................................................................59 12.............................................Raffaele Marciello......................................................................59 13.............................................Jake Dennis..................................................................................55 14.............................................Fabian Schiller.............................................................................49 15.............................................Dominik Baumann.....................................................................48 16.............................................Christopher Haase.....................................................................46 17.............................................Victor Shaytar.............................................................................46 17.............................................Davide Rigon...............................................................................46 17.............................................Miguel Molina..............................................................................46 18.............................................Edoardo Mortara........................................................................43 19.............................................Steven Kane.................................................................................39 20............................................Jesse Krohn..................................................................................36 20............................................Markus Palttala...........................................................................36 21.............................................Giancarlo Fisichella...................................................................32 21.............................................James Calado..............................................................................32 21.............................................Marco Cioci..................................................................................32 22............................................Pieter Schothorst........................................................................31 23............................................Filip Salaquarda...........................................................................31 24............................................Nico Muller...................................................................................29 24............................................Antonio Garcia............................................................................29 24............................................Rene Rast......................................................................................29 25............................................Jules Gounon..............................................................................28

BLANCPAIN GT SERIES SPRINT CUP DRIVERS Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1..................................Robin Frijns...................................................82 1..................................Stuart Leonard............................................82

2...............................................Markus Winkelhock..................................................................74 2...............................................Will Stevens.................................................................................74 3...............................................Maxi Buhk.....................................................................................68 3...............................................Franck Perera..............................................................................68 4...............................................Mirko Bortolotti..........................................................................67 4...............................................Christian Engelhart....................................................................67 5...............................................Dries Vanthoor............................................................................62 5...............................................Marcel Fässler..............................................................................62 6...............................................Steven Kane.................................................................................38 6...............................................Vincent Abril................................................................................38 7...............................................Markus Palttala...........................................................................36 8...............................................Jesse Krohn..................................................................................36 9...............................................Pieter Schothorst.......................................................................27 9...............................................Jake Dennis..................................................................................27 10.............................................Ezequiel Perez Companc.......................................................26 11..............................................Jimmy Eriksson...........................................................................21 11..............................................Dominik Baumann......................................................................21 12.............................................Andrea Caldarelli........................................................................21 13.............................................Clemens Schmid.........................................................................21 13.............................................Filip Salaquarda...........................................................................21 14.............................................Felix Serralles..............................................................................20 14.............................................Daniel Juncadella......................................................................20

PRO ANNUAL 2018 15.............................................Michael Meadows.......................................................................18 15.............................................Raffaele Marciello.......................................................................18 16.............................................Romain Monti...............................................................................17 16.............................................Christopher Haase......................................................................17 17.............................................Fabian Schiller..............................................................................16 17.............................................Jules Szymkowiak......................................................................16 18.............................................Philipp Eng....................................................................................10 19.............................................Tom Blomqvist...............................................................................7 20............................................Giovanni Venturini........................................................................7

GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES NORTHERN CUP Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1..................................Ricardo van der Ende.............................235

2...............................................Max Koebolt..............................................................................235 3...............................................Matt Nicoll-Jones.....................................................................107 4...............................................William Moore...........................................................................107 5...............................................Lennart Marioneck....................................................................94 6...............................................Csaba Mor.....................................................................................87 7...............................................Finlay Hutchison.........................................................................86 8...............................................Jerome Demay............................................................................81 9...............................................Charlie Fagg.................................................................................71 10.............................................Pavel Lefterov.............................................................................70 11..............................................John-Louis Jasper.....................................................................70 12.............................................Cedric Freiburghaus.................................................................69 13.............................................Eike Angermayr.........................................................................67 14.............................................Reinhard Kofler...........................................................................67 15.............................................Jamie Vandenbalck..................................................................66 16.............................................Mads Siljehaug............................................................................66 17.............................................Laura Kraihamer.........................................................................59 18.............................................Charlie Robertson.....................................................................50 19.............................................Tom Hibbert.................................................................................50 20............................................Denis Dupont..............................................................................48 21.............................................Paolo Meloni................................................................................44 22............................................Massimiliano Tresoldi...............................................................44 23............................................Jonathan Cecotto......................................................................37 24............................................Kevin Rossel.................................................................................33 25............................................Alessio Picariello........................................................................33 26............................................Gottfried Pilz...............................................................................33 27............................................Julien Darras................................................................................32 28............................................Emil Westman.............................................................................30 29............................................Samuel Sladecka........................................................................30 30............................................Arne Hoffmeister.......................................................................28 31.............................................Romain Sarazin............................................................................21 32............................................Benjamin Mazatis.......................................................................20 33............................................Stephane Kox...............................................................................18

TCR INTERNATIONAL SERIES

TCR EUROPE Position

Driver Name

Total Points

1..................................Aurélien Comte...........................................45

2...............................................Giacomo Altoè............................................................................45 3...............................................Josh Files......................................................................................43 4...............................................Maxime Potty...............................................................................31 5...............................................Florian Thoma.............................................................................25 6...............................................Luigi Ferrara.................................................................................20 7...............................................Antti Buri........................................................................................17 8...............................................Luca Engstler................................................................................12 9...............................................Francisco Abreu...........................................................................11 10.............................................Giovanni Altoè...............................................................................8 11..............................................Daniele Cappellari........................................................................5 11..............................................Kevin Giacon...................................................................................5 11..............................................Plamen Kralev................................................................................5 11..............................................Denis Grigoriev..............................................................................5 11..............................................Lev Tolkachev................................................................................5 11..............................................Olli Kangas......................................................................................5 17.............................................Sandro Pelatti.................................................................................3 18.............................................Ermanno Dionisio..........................................................................1

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Driver Name

Total Points

1..................................Jean-Karl Vernay..................................... 226

2...............................................Attila Tassi....................................................................................197 3...............................................Stefano Comini.........................................................................196 4...............................................Pepe Oriola................................................................................164 5...............................................Roberto Colciago..................................................................... 161 6...............................................Gianni Morbidelli.......................................................................132 7...............................................James Nash................................................................................ 129 8...............................................Dušan Borković..........................................................................118 9...............................................Rob Huff......................................................................................106 10.............................................Frédéric Vervisch.......................................................................84 11..............................................Davit Kajaia..................................................................................77 12.............................................Mat’o Homola..............................................................................76 13.............................................Giacomo Altoè............................................................................63 14.............................................Norbert Michelisz.......................................................................59 15.............................................Daniel Lloyd.................................................................................50 16.............................................Hugo Valente...............................................................................46 17.............................................Ferenc Ficza................................................................................32 18.............................................Benjamin Lessennes..................................................................31 19.............................................Gordon Shedden........................................................................31 20............................................Aurélien Panis.............................................................................27 21.............................................Jens Reno Møller.......................................................................25 22............................................Thomas Jäger.............................................................................25 23............................................Josh Files......................................................................................23 24............................................Pierre-Yves Corthals...................................................................19 25............................................Edouard Mondron......................................................................18 26............................................Benjamin Leuchter.....................................................................13 27............................................Zhendong Zhang........................................................................10 28............................................Duncan Ende..................................................................................9 29............................................Jaap van Lagen.............................................................................8 30............................................Rafaël Galiana................................................................................4 30............................................Tom Coronel...................................................................................4 30............................................Stian Paulsen..................................................................................4 33............................................Danny Kroes...................................................................................2 34............................................Kantadhee Kusiri............................................................................1

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