GPC FR2000 International Championship - Season 2006.2 Announced!

[Jaap Wagenvoort]

GPChampionship.com proudly announces season 2006.2 of the Formula Renault 2000 International Championship! It will all start on October 28th 2006. Five events, 2 groups per event, 2 race per group per event. A five-day Pre-Qualifying. Live Timing. FR2000IC is back!

2006.1 review

Earlier this year, nKPro arrived in the simracing world. GPChampionship.com (GPC) was one of the first organisations to organise a full series with nKPro's predecessor 'namie'. GPC also stepped up as the first organisation to bring nKPro championship simracing to the simracing drivers all over the globe. The inaugural Formula Renault 2000 International Championship was a massive success that showed that nKPro, even in its current state, guarantees intense and immersed simracing.

After a highly competitive and successful opening 2006.1 season with (despite some existing bugs in the current version which are now worked on) huge participation numbers every event, GPChampionship.com now announces the return of FR2000IC to the simracing world. The same excitement and professionalism as seen in the previous 2006.1 season, but improvements have been made in some important areas like the league structure and the schedule. Are you interested in competing in a very competitive, yet friendly environment on a worldwide level with the nKPro racing simulation?

The racecar

The amazing FRenault 2.0 racecar (lively open-wheel racecar with downforce that require concentration and accuracy of the driver) will again make its appearance in the 2006.2 season. This car combines power with great driving characteristics and allows for great close racing.

The league structure

In 2006.1 it was all about getting into the top 15 in Pre-Qualifying in order to make it into a race. With over 50 drivers competing in PQ, this was very tough for a lot of drivers. Season 2006.2 features two groups who will make it in to the race after PQ. The first 15 crivers from PQ will compete in Group A. The drivers who end up between positions 16 and 30 position prequalify to compete in Group B.

This means that 30 drivers can enjoy the thrill of FullMode nKPro racing in the races on Saturday evening!

The system

GPChampionship.com developed the GPCOS league management system over the past years and now successfully deploys it for the championships.

GPCOS enables GPC to offer full league management, media center, automatic results/standings/statistics and even allows a full Live Timing system that shows the situation on-track in Pre-Qualifying and the official races on Raceday live on the site.

Everyone can tune in to GPChampionship.com and follow the progress of the events and even discuss the results as they happen with fellow-viewers.

Realism

Of course, FullMode is enabled in the league. This means that drivers have to be very careful with their precious FR2.0 car in qualifying and the race. Damaging your car results in possibly missing the first race. Crashing out in qualifying could cause missing out the first race as well if the crew is not able to fix the car in time for the start of the race.

No pitstops in the race are required (as is normal with FRenault 2.0 events). However, if a driver runs into a tyre problem or a driver suffers car damage, it is allowed to let the crew work on the car to try to fix the problem. It is not allowed to ESC back to the pits. Doing so will result in a penalty due to FullMode being enabled.

The points

The introduction of two seperate group races in FR2000IC causes the point system to change as well. Group A drivers will always score more points than Group B drivers, thus creating an incentive to go as fast as possible in PQ. However, drivers will always drive in a competitive field where drivers of their own pace compete - competition, close racing and fun are guaranteed!

The point system is as following:

Group A point system:

P1: 40

P2: 36

P3: 34

P4-P15: 32 down to 21

Group B point system:

P1: 20

P2: 16

P3: 14

P4-P15: 12 down to 1

One additional point is given to the driver who records the fastest lap in every race, both in Group A and Group B. There are no points for qualifying anymore.

Two races per season are discarded. This means that for each driver, the best 8 race results count for the Driver Championship. This is all automatically supported in the league management system GPCOS as developed by GPChampionship.com.

The schedule

Just like in 2006.1, season 2006.2 will feature 5 events consisting of 2 races per group per event. So, every driver that comes through Pre-Qualifying to race in one of the groups will do two races on Raceday. The season will run from October 28th to December 23rd 2006.

The 2006.2 schedule is as following:

2006-10-28: Dijon

2006-11-11: Aviano Full GP

2006-11-25: Montreal

2006-12-09: Prato Short Track

2006-12-23: Zandvoort

An important change is the bi-weekly schedule. This releases some pressure from the drivers and the officials. The races will be short. The season events feature a sprint race and a feature race.

Pre-Qualifying

As mentioned before, season 2006.2 features a full Pre-Qualifying session just like season 2006.1. This is where the Groups are formed.

Pre-Qualifying will be longer than in 2006.1. For 2006.2, Pre-Qualifying will last 5 days. PQ will start on Saturday 0:00 and will last until Thursday 0:00. This gives the GPChampionship.com officials more time to verify telemetry and complete PQ scrutineering before Raceday.

Raceday

The schedule on Raceday is as following:

21:00CEST: Briefing Event Group B

21:10CEST: Start Qualifying Event Group B

21:30CEST: Start Race 1 Event Group B

21:50CEST: Start Race 2 Event Group B

22:30CEST: End Event Group B

22:30CEST: Briefing Event Group A

22:40CEST: Start Qualifying Event Group A

23:00CEST: Start Race 1 Event Group A

23:20CEST: Start Race 2 Event Group A

00:00CEST: End Event Group A

2006.2 preview

Less than 4 weeks to go until the start of the new season. Do you have what it takes to prequalify for the races and maybe even challenge for podium positions or even racewins?

GPChampionship.com is the venue where you can show your simracing qualities against a world-class opposition. All the aces from 2006.1 will be back, including race winners Phil Woodward, Daniel Almeida and FR2000IC 2006.1 champion Jaap Wagenvoort who will defend his championship.

... I want to compete! How do I get in?

It's not so hard, you need to follow the procedure:

Procedure to join the league

1) Sign up.

2) Activate your account using the e-mail you will receive

3) Wait until the account is validated by the GPChampionship.com officials.

3) Login and request a position in the league: in your own team, an existing team or the GPChampionship.com team (latter means you will be an independent driver).

Get prepared! Professional international nKPro league racing is (re)starting!

[Guest burn]

Ok, I will read the rules and soon I will Sign up to the GPC!

[Jaap Wagenvoort]

On Saturday, the 3rd event of the GPC FR2000IC 2006.2 season has been completed. The top 30 drivers from Pre-Qualifying fought it out for the points.

If you want to have a look at how things went at Montreal, check out this video of the Group A feature race, made by Julian Dyer:

[Guest rOOk]

On Saturday, the 3rd event of the GPC FR2000IC 2006.2 season has been completed. The top 30 drivers from Pre-Qualifying fought it out for the points.

If you want to have a look at how things went at Montreal, check out this video of the Group A feature race, made by Julian Dyer:

Vnice video