As another season has come to an end, it’s again time for the annual Race of Champions event, taking place for the third time. Precision Motorsports are organizing this year’s event, to be held on Sunday, December 11th, starting from 19:00 CET onwards. The event will be broadcasted live.
With an exclusive grid of top level FSR World Championship and World Series drivers, including former FSR stars, the competition level is once again expected to be high. Needless to say, the winner of 2009, Bono Huis, and 2010, Ondrej Kuncman, will both participate.
As last year next to the invited drivers there will be 8 slots open for everyone. In order to qualify for one of these slots you have to register for the Qualification event taking place on Friday, December 9th, and the top 8 finishers from there will advance to the main event.
Qualification Event
The qualification event will take place on Friday 9th December at 19:00 CET. In order not to give drivers that will advance out of qualification any advantage, different track and cars will be used. Qualification will not be broadcasted.
The password to unlock the mod will be provided to all drivers by an email at 18:00 CET, that is 1 hour before the official practice starts.
Schedule, system
18:00 CET – Password to unlock the mod will be sent to all signed up drivers
19:00 CET - Server opens, car used for qualification will be announced, Practice
19:40 CET – Qualification (private qualification, 5 minutes, unlimited laps)
According to qualification results, top 16 drivers will be split fairly into 4 groups
19:45 CET – Car for the next round will be announced, drivers will rejoin the server
19:50 CET – Warm-up starts
20:00 CET – The main part of qualification starts. Drivers will race in groups of 4 drivers. In all groups everyone will race against each other and top 2 from each group will then advance to the main event. The races will be 1 lap long.
Race of Champions
The main event will take place on Sunday 11th December from 19:00 CET onwards. The competitors will be invited drivers (8) and drivers that have advanced from the qualification event (8). The event will be broadcasted. The cars and track used will be different to the qualification event.
Schedule, System
18:00 CET – Password to unlock the mod will be sent to all signed drivers.
18:45 CET – Server opens, car used for first round will be announced, RoC groups will be announced, practice.
19:30 CET – MAIN GROUPS – Within each group everyone will race against each other and top 2 from each group will advance to quarter final. The races will be 1 lap long. After the groups the car for the quarterfinal will be announced.
QUARTERFINAL – Drivers will have 4 minutes time to get used to the new car in warm-up. The quarterfinal will be driven in duels. Each pair in quarterfinal will drive 2 laps in each race. The driver who reaches 2 wins first will advance (best of 3). After quarterfinals, the car for the semifinal will be announced.
SEMIFINAL – Drivers will have 4 minutes time to get used to the new car in warm-up. The semifinal will be driven in duels. Each pair in semifinal will drive 2 laps in each race. The driver who reaches 2 wins first will advance (best of 3). After the semifinal, the cars for the final will be announced.
FINAL – Drivers will have 4 minutes time to get used to the new car in warm-up. Each race in the final will be 2 laps, using the best-of-5 system to decide the winner. At least 2 cars will be used.
Groups, pairs and results will be visible in an online, live-updated tournament tree.
Sign-ups for the Race of Champions are open from now until Friday, 9th December 16:00 CET. Everyone is welcome to join. The 8 invited drivers will be announced in the following weeks. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us here.
Sign up for the Qualification event here
You can rewatch the 2010 Race of Champions here
Precision Motorsports Press
Official Press Release
written by John-Eric Saxen
www.precision-motorsports.de
With an exclusive grid of top level FSR World Championship and World Series drivers, including former FSR stars, the competition level is once again expected to be high. Needless to say, the winner of 2009, Bono Huis, and 2010, Ondrej Kuncman, will both participate.
As last year next to the invited drivers there will be 8 slots open for everyone. In order to qualify for one of these slots you have to register for the Qualification event taking place on Friday, December 9th, and the top 8 finishers from there will advance to the main event.
Qualification Event
The qualification event will take place on Friday 9th December at 19:00 CET. In order not to give drivers that will advance out of qualification any advantage, different track and cars will be used. Qualification will not be broadcasted.
The password to unlock the mod will be provided to all drivers by an email at 18:00 CET, that is 1 hour before the official practice starts.
Schedule, system
18:00 CET – Password to unlock the mod will be sent to all signed up drivers
19:00 CET - Server opens, car used for qualification will be announced, Practice
19:40 CET – Qualification (private qualification, 5 minutes, unlimited laps)
According to qualification results, top 16 drivers will be split fairly into 4 groups
19:45 CET – Car for the next round will be announced, drivers will rejoin the server
19:50 CET – Warm-up starts
20:00 CET – The main part of qualification starts. Drivers will race in groups of 4 drivers. In all groups everyone will race against each other and top 2 from each group will then advance to the main event. The races will be 1 lap long.
Race of Champions
The main event will take place on Sunday 11th December from 19:00 CET onwards. The competitors will be invited drivers (8) and drivers that have advanced from the qualification event (8). The event will be broadcasted. The cars and track used will be different to the qualification event.
Schedule, System
18:00 CET – Password to unlock the mod will be sent to all signed drivers.
18:45 CET – Server opens, car used for first round will be announced, RoC groups will be announced, practice.
19:30 CET – MAIN GROUPS – Within each group everyone will race against each other and top 2 from each group will advance to quarter final. The races will be 1 lap long. After the groups the car for the quarterfinal will be announced.
QUARTERFINAL – Drivers will have 4 minutes time to get used to the new car in warm-up. The quarterfinal will be driven in duels. Each pair in quarterfinal will drive 2 laps in each race. The driver who reaches 2 wins first will advance (best of 3). After quarterfinals, the car for the semifinal will be announced.
SEMIFINAL – Drivers will have 4 minutes time to get used to the new car in warm-up. The semifinal will be driven in duels. Each pair in semifinal will drive 2 laps in each race. The driver who reaches 2 wins first will advance (best of 3). After the semifinal, the cars for the final will be announced.
FINAL – Drivers will have 4 minutes time to get used to the new car in warm-up. Each race in the final will be 2 laps, using the best-of-5 system to decide the winner. At least 2 cars will be used.
Groups, pairs and results will be visible in an online, live-updated tournament tree.
Sign-ups for the Race of Champions are open from now until Friday, 9th December 16:00 CET. Everyone is welcome to join. The 8 invited drivers will be announced in the following weeks. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us here.
Sign up for the Qualification event here
You can rewatch the 2010 Race of Champions here
Precision Motorsports Press
Official Press Release
written by John-Eric Saxen
www.precision-motorsports.de
