Formula FG - Race 2 Recap

What a race that was! Joel got taken out on lap 2 which ruined his race, but importantly Harvey was still leading from pole, until Rinneaho decided to slow him down while entering the pits, giving Utzer a chance to pass into turn 1. Later though, Utzer suffered suspension damage, which promoted Harvey back into the race lead, which he managed to hold. Joel also got 1 point in 10th and a lot of cruical sponsor money. Very happy about the race outcome, regardless of Joel getting taken out that maybe cost us a 1-2 finish. We still took our first victory at last, after 3 tries last season that ended horribly wrong.

Lots of race recaps

Haven't been here for a while, but the last few races were not that good. First GPTCC, Harvey got 7th just outside the sponsor window, Ancevski retired due to an accident with teammate. Then moving on to FFG, Harvey took the opening round's pole position, however the fame was short lived, infact he had the lead only for two corners before he got taken out at turn 3. Rautavaara salveged a 5th place for the race, matching the team's best result ever in the short history of the series. GPTCC again, round 5 this time saw another bad race, we couldn't get a double top 6 in quali, nor in race 1, but in race 2 by sheer luck we got it. Race 3 was bad aswell. And finally, FFG Round 2 quali was ran and Harvey took his second consecutive pole, Rautavaara did a decent job for 4th place aswell.

Formula FG - Pre-season testing analysis

A new series began, this is season 2 of Formula FG and it is looking very positive for us already. We ended up with the highest qualifying BHP of anyone - this is how DTK won last year and I am looking to repeat that success. Harvey topped the testing time-sheets, while Rautavaara struggled to get used to the new car losing 4 tenths to his teammate and only managing 8th place.

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GPTCC S4 - Round 3 Recap

Well I am a bit late, but this overall was a pretty good round. In race 1 we managed to get a very suprising first win this season, 4th for the team total. 2nd race though didn't go to plan as Harvey had throttle issues, however Ancevski was there to take P2. Race 3 was just awful, Harvey made some contact with Jamie Cocks, resulted in both drivers out of the race, and officially lost us 17 points. But overall, I am pretty happy about the weekend.

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GPTCC S4 - Round 2 Recap

We had a special car planned to hit the roads at Donington Park, special for the crowdfunding sponsors on it. With that, we hoped to catch the 1600$ cash deficit we had to OMR. Unfortunately, the qualifying was terrible, Dan just lining up 6th ahead of teammate Milos. Race went even worse. Milos dropped a few spots, while Dan went up to second place at one point - before retiring with yet another suspension problem, Apex still struggling to make a good one for the Brit. OMR dominated the weekend, locking the front row, and then getting a very undeserved 1-2 in races 1 and 2. With that, they are now able to storm away with taking extra 5000$ than us. All our eyes are on the fifth season now, where we try again for the fourth time, to hopefully stop the very dominant streak of titles for the German squad. However, we still plan to take 3rd in the drivers's and second in the cnstructors's championship this season, after BMW did a very decent job over the winter to get us the car we have.

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Sister Team Announcement - Eipekkusu Racing

Today is a good day for Apex Racing, as we have successfully managed to buy a sister team. Indeed, we achieved a deal with Team Haiburiddo, who haven't quite got up to speed with their new Audi car. The team was struggling with finances, constantly being at the back of the pack, but despite that we see potential in this move that can get both of the teams great success in the future. The newly-bought Haiburiddo team will instantly be renamed to Eipekkusu Racing, showing their sister-team status, and also showing the team owner Andy Black's Japanese heritage. The team will however, keep using the same livery they raced with before, but we could expect some bodywork improvements with some help from the main team, Apex Racing.

GPTCC Season 4 - Round 1 Recap

So, the season started off well in Mexico. The qualifying went well for the team, as they splited the two OMR's, while hitting their objective to qualify on the front row. Ancevski qualified just ahead of Harvey by 4 thousands of a second! The race wasn't as good, the team didn't seem to have race pace, with Harvey and Ancevski finishing only 4th and 8th respectively. Race 2 however, brought a big suprise. After a great start by Harvey, even taking the lead at one point, Litner with an engine failure held up everyone who was behind Harvey, except for McNamara and Rautavaara. McNamara went past the Brit fairly easily, however Harvey defended hard against Rautavaara, and the duo made contact which resulted in Rautavaara spinning out of the race. Harvey kept his composure to finish second, while Ancevski moved up to 6th from the start. In race 3, Harvey got off the line well once again, getting up 5 spots before losing the car on the curb and going back down to last. The team was off the pace again in the reversed grid race, but that didn't matter that much. However, with Utzer's podium in race 3, Apex Racing goes into round 2 with a debt of 1600$ approximately, which is not looking good for the team's title hopes.

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Qualifying: http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/grand-prix-4-touring-car-championship-season-4.102746/page-14#post-1973336

Race 1: http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/grand-prix-4-touring-car-championship-season-4.102746/page-15#post-1973783

Race 2:http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/grand-prix-4-touring-car-championship-season-4.102746/page-15#post-1973820

Race 3, WDC and WCC: http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/grand-prix-4-touring-car-championship-season-4.102746/page-16#post-1973981