WGP3 Alpha League
aka WGPC Lisander, WGPC Imperan League
Category
Single-seater
Founder
Lisander Autosports Board
Alpha League S.P.A.
Country/Region
Imperan League (current)
Worldwide (planned)
Engine Supplier(s)
Camden
Cygnus
Harlean
Tyre Supplier(s)
Stellenbosch
Alston
Records
Drivers' Champion
Season 1 TBC
Constructors' Champion
Season 1 TBC
Welcome to the WGPC Alpha League Hub!WGPC Alpha League is a racing series that serves as a feeder series to WGP2 and WGPC championships, being the highest tier inside Imperan League. It allows teams in higher series to set up junior or affiliated teams which will usually utilise the team's contracted young drivers.
The HistoryThe end of WGPC 16 brought few profits to Lisander. When appeared the news of the corruption scheme that hit Bitten Heroes, orchestrated by Adam Westgrens, the entire LAB (Lisander Autosports Board) project collapsed. The first part of the season seemed to be hopelessly lost, and the rest of the plan would depend on money that had not been blocked by justice. The Alpha League, which was threatened, would have to happen, or the dream of keeping Lisander in the top world motorsport category could be forgotten. The cars were already being built, so it was not time to give up.
Bitten Heroes, the biggest hit by the scandal, barely completed the season. The lack of funds sent the team to the last position of the constructors' championship, even behind the rookie teams. The one-time sponsorship of Lantis Media served only to pay the expenses. The team did not make any profit to invest in WGP2, as was planned before the start of season 16 of the WGPC. It is said backstage that Juliano Lemos was diagnosed with depression. There is no information on what he will do in the off-season, but he is unlikely to be invited once again to ride in Formula Hodori's Arada Motorsports.
Lourdina Westgrens, on the other hand, was able to deal with the new reality, and in spite of the very young age (recently completed eighteen) was able even to score more points than Lemos. Her father is still in prison, with his finances locked, but by the Mercy of the Lord, Lourdina and her own possessions were spared. Determined not to stop, she is preparing to play WGP2 again, this time under the patronage of Stellenbosch.
The average cost of running a team in WGP3 Alpha League:
400.000 NSD - Team wages (for a team composed of 6-8 people, with
pay-drivers. Signed drivers should receive wages, increasing the budget)
210.000 NSD - 2 new cars w/ Harlean* engines (can be sold by 75% of its
price before season 2, or by 50% of its price before season 3)
120.000 NSD - Travel expenses (including Lisander and overseas races)
110.000 NSD - Parts, Spares, Fuel Supply and Engine Rebuilding (no
additional engines are supplied)
32.000 NSD - Entry fee for all rounds
8.000 NSD - Local Autosports Board fees for all rounds
*Harlean was the only manufacturer to present engine at the time of this post.
Stellenbosch is a manufacturer of tires that took advantage of the fact that its own commercial growth occurs in the period of difficulties faced by the national motorsport. In a risky move, he decided to produce and distribute free tires for some Alpha League teams. The initiative was successful, and Stellenbosch was accepted as a supplier and sponsor of the LAB.
"It is our favourite sport, so clearly we will support it as much as possible," said Peter Stellenbosch, president of the company, who was not even intimidated by the fact that he probably could not take his tires to WGP2.
"Do not you just use one of our eco-friendly slippers made from recycled tires?" "Did you know that our company is the largest recycled rubber producer in the country?"The optimism still persists in most of the companies supporting motorsport in Lisander. The average investment for a WGP3 Alpha League team, at $ 900k (475k LIS, or 1.36 ARS, or 2.36M LRK), is still expensive for privateers, but will be easily banked by teams like Camden and even indebted Maud Formula Team may have a competitive car, the depending on the brands they display in the livery.
ScorinationAlthough I quite like The Racing Scorinator made by Audioslavia itself, I'm an occasional member of some Sim Racing forums, like Formula Rejects. And in all those years creating teams, I've come across various simulation methods, from our good old xkoranate to "high-class" stuff like rFactor. However, my favourite is a Brazilian indie game called
Cockpit Manager. In addition to showing
the race and the
qualification "in real time", It has an editor mode that allows me to modify more variables of
drivers,
teams,
circuits and
engines. It's something I've longed to test. If I do not like it, in the second season, I will adopt Audio's solution like everyone else.
Technical SpecificationsChassis X-PRO A102Engine: 2.0 V6, from Camden, Harlean or Cygnus Motors.
Gearbox: 6-speed paddle-shift.
Tyres: Stellenbosch Superia P3; Alston Forza.
Tentative CalendarThe calendar of WGP3 Alpha League have eight rounds. Each of them will have two races, with separate qualifiers for both. The season starts in Grandeville, with drivers debuting the new Cars in the same circuit where WGPC Grand Prix of Lisander takes place. Following the two first rounds, teams go to AlixRing, as a supporting event to the expected WGP2 Lisander East Grand Prix. The third round will be in the streets of Kasandora, Circuit des Basses, also as a supporting event, possibly for some GT event yet to present. Round 4 will take place in Brax, in the circuit used by Bitten Heroes for testing in the WGPC last two seasons. To Round 5, cars leave Brax and head to neighbour city of Sirenia, for the Sirenia 300, where teams will use the tri-oval configuration of Circuit de Sirenia for 300Km. Rounds 6 and 7 will be outside Lisander, in Lorenthia and Vassiya, before returning to Circuit de Sirenia once more, to the Sirenia Grand Prix and Sirenia Superprix, two races, that together with Sirenia GT1000, will be the culmination of Lisanderian Motorsports Season. Sirenia Superprix will have double points for the season table. Calendar is still tentative, because LAB doesn't take Grand Prix de Lisander East as granted in WGP2. The data and position of Alix Round in the series may be altered.
# Round With Track Race Pole Position Winning Driver Winning Team
1 Grandeville Circuit de Grandeville 1 Pia Montez Meline Agrakian Camden Racing
2 Meline Agrakian Ludwika Wiel [kb] motorworks
2 Alix WGP2 Alixring 1 Meline Agrakian Ludwika Wiel Camden Racing
2 Meline Agrakian Ludwika Wiel Camden Racing
3 Kasandora Basses 1 Kevin Venn Bastian Alcaraz Camden Racing
2 Bastian Alcaraz Bastian Alcaraz Camden Racing
4 Brax Bitten Heroes Circuit Brax 1 Bastian Alcaraz André Silva Haines Racing
2 Bastian Alcaraz Bastian Alcaraz Camden Racing
5 Sirenia 300 Circuit de Sirenia (Tri-Oval) 1 Bastian Alcaraz Bastian Alcaraz Camden Racing
2 Kevin Venn Bastian Alcaraz Camden Racing
SEASON ABANDONED DUE TO LISANDER BEING EXPELLED FROM IMPERAN LEAGUE
6 Lorenthia Eisenport National 1 _ _ _
2 _ _ _
7 Vassiya Syzie Park 1 _ _ _
2 _ _ _
8 Sirenia Superprix Sirenia GT1000 Circuit de Sirenia (GP) 1 _ _ _
2 _ _ _
Teams and Drivers11 teams will field drivers in the first season of Alpha League. The favourite, as expected, are the engine constructors. Camden, Cygnus and DMG-Harlean had one entire year to work in their best engines, and had the opportunity to test the cars before the privateers. After two years in Lisander GT, Meline Agrakian is back to single-seaters. The 26 year female driver, formerly Juliano Lemos rival, is part of Camden Motors Academy, that turned their efforts back to formula after the collapse of Bitten Heroes. There is nothing confirmed, but the biggest car manufacturer in Lisander is planning a race track near the main factory of the company, in the northern city of Orissa. Meline will have Bastian Alcaraz, A-licensed driver for WGPC15, as partner. The timid but high-class Harlean Motorworks, the brand of concept cars and motorcycles, signed two of the rising stars of Lisander Motorsports, Anneliese Devereux and Pedro Theiss, both bringing a nice contract from Danès Motorsports Group Academy. Cygnus, from Lorenthia, will bring two former Lorenthian Stock Car drivers, Altis Christiansen and Lars Mikkelsen.
On the side of the Privateers, Natássia Maud Kept Alyn Terfel and Andrea Lanza as team chief (and its nephew Afonso bought the second seat), but missed two of its main sponsors, Ludwika Wiel (Lemos fiancée) from KB Motorworks and Seigen Mikado, from SEIGEN DYNAMICS will be on track with their own teams. John Haines, a former sports broadcaster bought a license for WGP3 in partnership with Eric Venn, owner of a retail store (and father of one of the good paydrivers of our time, Kevin Venn). ABSA, the main bank of Ariannin, and RAC Syzie, a football team from Vassiya, also bought licenses. The last one was bought by Stellenbosch Tyres, and Peter Stellenbosch chose his nephew Eric, with little to none experience in Karting, to drive for the team.
Team Engine/Tyres # Driver
Camden Racing Camden/Stellenbosch 1 Meline Agrakian
2 Bastian Alcaraz
Orion Grand Prix Cygnus/Stellenbosch 3 André Elbridge
33 Pia Montez
SEIGEN DYNAMICS Cygnus/Alston 4 Shizuko Mikado
11 Brandon Watkins
[kb] Motorworks Camden/Stellenbosch 5 Ludwika Wiel
6 Athan Lille
DWG - Harlean Harlean/Stellenbosch 7 Anneliese Devereux
8 Pedro Theiss
Cygnus Motorsports Cygnus/Alston 9 Altis Christiansen
10 Lars Mikkelsen
ABSA Supertech Racing Cygnus/Alston 12 Rhys Jones
14 Eric Fleet
Vassiya RAC Syzie RT Harlean/Stellenbosch 15 Andrija Visean
16 Florian Dominici
Maud Formula Team Camden/Alston 17 Alyn Terfel
24 Afonso Lanza
Haines Racing Camden/Alston 18 Kevin Venn
19 André Silva
STB Superia Racing Camden/Stellenbosch 77 Eric Stellenbosch
26 Mor Holstein