Old FSR articles (merged)

Christian Smirnoff · Jun 25, 2010

Great as usual!

Timon Bolier · Jun 26, 2010

great job guys

Timon Bolier · Jun 26, 2010

Great review guys

Nick Rowland · Jun 26, 2010

Valencia. Home of the Americas Cup. In a month full of World Cup madness it was the turn of the new street track to entertain.

Since its introduction to the Formula 1 calendar a few years ago it hasn’t been the greatest hunting ground for many drivers. A lot of drivers and teams find it highly frustrating and somewhat boring track but the FSR drivers were hoping to change that.

Other than a scampering Bono Huis the field behind enjoyed a great battle, not least Lee Morris. With Samuel Libeert being AWOL and having no notice at all it was Lee that would lead the WC battle for Ash Racing. After massively impressing in testing with his exceptional low fuel pace it was clear to see Lee was really starting to kick start his season.

Qualifying would once again hinder Lee after he was far from his best and it left him down in a self-proclaimed disappointing 9th position. Just a tenth would have seen him nearer the Top 3. Nevertheless Lee was determined and while he battled majestically with the field it would be the disappointing grid position that would cost in the end. A top 5 looking good but things just not falling his way saw the Ash Racing car cross the line in a very respectable 7th place. Lee learning more about the car each time he drives it.

World Series would once again show our ever growing and strengthening line up. Florian would start with a mightily impressive 7th in qualifying in only his 2nd race. But similar to the first it would be the engine that would expire on him before the chequered flag, the impressive turn of speed showing what he could potentially achieve though. Caner would be even more unfortunate with a formation lap disconnection costing him any chance of competing from his 15th place grid spot. As for myself (Nick) I had a shocking qualifying even by my own standards. Low fuel just not my cup of tea this season and blighting me throughout. After battling through the mayhem of the first lap though I found myself up no less than 10 positions and starting to knock on the door of the Top 10. A brilliant battle would ensue with Patel and a few others but my brakes would take the toll and eventually fail on me. Something I had been massively struggling with all throughout practice.

Due to late allocation Craig was unable to compete in Valencia but is battling back to compete at Silverstone.

Overall again it was Solid for Ash. A word that seems to be repeated throughout this season but it is solid but we are striving for more every time we drive. We are nearing our goals it’s just getting over the line now.

Next for us is the team’s home Grand Prix…. Silverstone! With the new Arena layout being introduced this year also it is a completely new experience for everyone in the FSR field and it will be interesting to see who can come out on top. We hope we can impress at our home GP and kick start the second half of the season.

The Ash Racing Team

http://www.ashracing.org/

Eric Stanford · Jun 26, 2010

hi how can i sign up to this mod and league please?

Roald Reurink · Jun 26, 2010

The Roaldo Racing team had a good weekend in the AutoGP FSR World Championship in Valencia. The team that is sponsored by PartyPokerRacing.com and Allrace.net, qualified 4th (Fredrik Nilsson) and 6th (Mathieu Prevot) on the grid.

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At the start, Fredrik didn't anticipate well and lost a position. Mathieu who took a better start had to slow down a bit for the first corner as he was behind his teammate at that time. The first few laps was exciting and fair. Near the end of the race, the team had problems with the engine and brakes, which ment Fredrik had to back of from the Precision Motorsports car in front of him. The team finished the race as 5th and 6th, which is the best result so far for the Dutch team in the Orange car!

Roald Reurink (team-manager): "The start is always tricky, if we can pass the first few laps without damage, we got the car and the drivers to fight in the Top-5. We keep improving and found a better racepace, the gap to the two front teams is closing. We hope that at Silverstone, a track which suits us more, to score our first podium. Special thanks to Dan Rasmusson, our race/data engineer, for instructing the drivers and let them both finish. This was important due to the small problems to the car."

Fredrik Nilsson: "Great qualifying once again, 4th.
This time we were pretty confident of having better race pace, and this turned out to be the case. Start was pretty bad though, but I managed to defend against Hähnel and overtake Mikkonen in the first stint, so I was in a good position for the remainder of the race. However, Mikkonen picked up his pace in the final stages of the race so he overtook me instead. The brakes looked pretty critical also, so in the end I did not bother to try and take the position back, but save the car for a 5th place instead. My team mate did very well also in finishing 6th, bringing home some good points for Roaldo Racing. Now we are looking forward to Silverstone."

Mathieu Prevot: "Good qualification, 1 tenth behind my personal best. Toke a good start, but 'Fred' just in front of me didn't take a good start and i had to brake a little and lose 3 positions with that. Then was behind David Greco who was slow and had oversteering problems, I had great fight with him and an other but don't remember his name! Then pit was ok and finish in 6th position, a good result considering I didn't practice much on this track. Lets turn on silverstone which is more a track for me!"

It is unsure yet if the Roaldo Racing team will drive with the new RR-02 or if they stick with the special 'World Cup' livery. The RR-02 is still under heavy testing and a photo has been leaked.

Mark Aalberts · Jun 27, 2010

Good results guys keep it going, and Fred it's time you gonna get a podium now. As to the livery, keep the wc livery its cool and brings some luck.

Fredrik Nilsson · Jun 28, 2010

A really good race for us indeed. We had some good results before this season, with a 5th place in Barcelona and a 4th place in Turkey, but those results came to us by some luck with crashes in front of us and disconnections for some drivers. At Valencia we proved that we can do it without any extra help, which is good for our confidence.
At the start of the season it did not look very good for us, we were miles off pace in Australia and in Malaysia we had a pitlane start so we could not show our pace improvement, but in China things started to go better, and we would have had some points already there if it weren't for an unfortunate pit lane incident.
For Spain we had a much welcomed addition to our team in the shape of the French man Mathieu Prost.. sorry, Prévot, who contributed a lot to the setup improvement. From Spain and onwards we have been stronger and stronger by the race, but we still lack some pieces in the setup compared to the top teams.
We hope that Silverstone will hide some of those flaws so that we can try to fight for the top places once again.
I would also like to thank our manager Roald Reurink for giving me the opportunity to race in the FSR World Championship and for believing in me when results weren't so good at the beginning. Therefore I am very motivated to try to have a good result once again!