World Grand Prix Championship 17 [DRIVER SIGNUP THREAD]

by **WGPC** » Sun Feb 10, 2019 5:58 pm

Quick Driver Signup Form:

NAME:
NATION:
CAR NUMBER:

ABILITY:
Reliability (MAX 5):
Aggression (MAX 5):
Technique (MAX 5):
These three numbers can add up to a maximum of twelve! For example: 4,5,3 or 3,4,5 or 4,4,4 etc

Write something about your driver:

Filled this in? Congratulations! Post it in this thread and you'll be a part of the new season. Check for the RP thread which will appear in late February.

In the real world, the pinnacle of motor-racing is Formula One, a season of races between elite drivers piloting single-seater open-wheel racing cars. It’s a billion-dollar industry where advantages are gained through engineering ingenuity, the influence of world’s best designers, race tacticians and engineers and the best equipment money can buy.

In the Nationstates Multiverse, the World Grand Prix Championship has been the standard-bearer for motor racing on these forums for the last fourteen years.

Since its inception in 2005, the WGPC has followed the general direction of its real-life counter-part, but with some changes aimed at taking full advantage of the fantasy realm we find ourselves in. In general, the WGPC follows reality's example just up to the point where reality becomes a bit boring. F1 banned things like ground effect, active suspension, smoking in the pit garages and a whole host of other things. What’s more, the real world doesn’t have access to the power of the Imagination Forge, doesn’t have the capacity to appreciate the driving skills of gigantic flightless multiversal emus and has never seemed to fully embrace the idea of someone being able to win the World Championship despite never winning a race. Not only is all of the above possible in WGPC, it’s usually unsurprising.
 WGPC is an annual cascade of colourfully-drawn inter-woven stories written by a cast of twenty or so users. Every season has its triumphs and disasters, superheroes, supervillains, egotists and underdogs, bravado, bromances and brivalries. To sign up for this, you needn’t have read the above, but you *do* rather need to have read the rest of this post below.

Season 12, Season 13, Season 14, Season 15 and Season 16 have been completed in recent years. Season seventeen is just around the corner.

The WGPC is currently in

The Initial Signup Phase
The Negotiation and Driver Signup Phase
The Regular Season

Each of this season’s 14 teams are now looking to sign drivers to race in the upcoming season. To give your driver the best chance of getting a seat, you can write about them in the Roleplay Thread

To signup a driver or a circuit to the coming season, read the information below and fill in one of the signup forms. Everything you need to know is written below. Don't worry if you find anything confusing or unintuitive. You can ask us a question in the discussion thread if you need help.

For a feel of how this works, have a look at the signup threads for previous WGPC seasons.
Season 16 Signup Thread
Season 15 Signup Thread
Season 14 Signup Thread
Note: Due to Photobucket becoming increasingly unreliable, many images from previous seasons may be broken or altered

Every user may sign up a maximum of TWO drivers. Every driver starts off as a free agent, meaning they are not affiliated to any team. Drivers sign up to teams via roleplay in the RP thread, which will be created soon, though it's not unheard of for users to ask around the users who control racing teams (more on them later) to let them know you're available.

The more RPing you do with your driver, the higher your RP bonus. The higher your RP bonus, the faster your driver is likely to be on the circuit, the safer they are likely to be on the circuit, and the more likely a team is to sign them.

To sign-up a driver, fill in the following form:

NAME:
NAME TRIGRAM:
NATIONALITY:
NATIONALITY TRIGRAM:
PREFERRED CAR NUMBER:
SECOND CHOICE CAR NUMBER:
ABILITY:
Reliability (MAX 5):
Aggression (MAX 5):
Technique (MAX 5):
Experience:
BIO:

NAME is the full name of the driver. The driver may be male or female or any kind of sentient being. Want to sign up a pony? Or some kind of sentient wasp? That's fine, but do appreciate that IC regulations on driver safety, car weight, helmet measurements and general aerodynamic ability would have to be factored in. The WGPC reserves the right to punish sentient bees for not wearing the correct safety equipment, even if said safety equipment would make it impossible for said bee to reach the steering wheel.

NAME TRIGRAM is the trigram that usually represents the driver's surname. A trigram is a set of three letters that represent a larger word. For example, a driver named Alexander Lund's trigram could be 'LUN' or 'LND', but probably not 'ALU' or 'ALN' because both of those examples use a letter from the driver's first name. It's the surname which is important. We’ll only allow you to use a letter from the driver’s first name if there are two drivers with the same surname, or if a driver typically goes by three names (Jean Mercer-Daly, for example, typically uses ‘JMD’). A driver with just one name, for example 'Speedyguy', might have the trigram 'SPD' or 'SPE' or 'SPG' or somesuch.

NATIONALITY is the country where the driver comes from. This is your country.

NATIONALITY TRIGRAM should be the trigram for your nation. It should be three letters. This is NOT the trigram for the driver's name.

PREFERRED CAR NUMBER is your driver's preferred car number. This can be any number between 3 and 99. 1 is reserved for the current driver's champion. 2 is only available to the champion's team-mate should they so choose.

SECOND CHOICE CAR NUMBER is your second choice for your driver’s car number. In the event that two drivers choose the same number, first preference will be given to any driver trying to retain a number they used previously. Second preference will be given to the first of these drivers to sign up for a team. You may enter a third or fourth choice car number if you like.

ABILITY is split into THREE sections: RELIABILITY, AGGRESSION and TECHNIQUE. Aggressive drivers are better at overtaking, while technical drivers are better at traversing the multiverse's more difficult circuits. Each attribute should be given a numerical number between 2 and 5 and the three ratings must add up to a maximum of twelve. This is a change from last season.

EXPERIENCE should be a short list of previous WGPO affiliated seasons the driver has taken part in, and their finishing position in the drivers’ championship for that season. By ‘WGPO affiliated’ we mean WGPC, WGP2 and WGP3. For more information on those, consult the WGPO thread. The information here should be OOC. If your driver has never competed in a WGPO season before, leave this blank. The scorinator gives no advantage to experienced drivers. This part merely helps team owners know a little about your driver for the signup period.

You can increase your driver's RAT rating by RPing.

BIO is a short biography of your driver. His/her/its age, experience, hopes and aspirations, driving style, favourite sandwich, things like that.

EXAMPLE SIGN-UP

NAME: Alexander Lund
NAME TRIGRAM: LUN
NATIONALITY: Audioslavian
NATIONALITY TRIGRAM: AUD
PREFERRED CAR NUMBER: 16
SECOND CHOICE CAR NUMBER: 6, 62

RELIABILITY: 4.5
AGGRESSION: 2.75
TECHNIQUE: 4.75
EXPERIENCE: WGPC16 (7th), WGPC15 (14th), WGPC14 (12th), WGPC13 (3rd), WGPC12 (1st)

BIO: Alec Lund shot to fame in Season 12 of the WGPC. Signed to the notoriously unreliable McPahan team, Lund struggled through accident after accident during the first half of the season, only to put a streak together over the last handful of races and, against all expectation, win the World Driver's Championship on the very final raceday of the season. Lund's form continued in season thirteen, finishing third, while the last two seasons have been unmitigated disasters for him, finishing twelfth in season 14 and fourteenth in season 15.

Alec is a racer at heart: Competitive on the track, if not the best at putting together the greatest qualifying laptime. His ability to race at pace while keeping an eye on his tires is wonderful, but while he shows consistency and bravery he doesn't quite have the raw talent and reaction times of his peers, and that difference has only accentuated with age. At 32 years old, Lund has announced that he will be retiring at the end of the season. He hopes to go out with a bang. Well, okay, not a 'bang', but a series of podium finishes would be nice.


NAT TRI ## DRIVER                  R    A    T    E
VLT CRU 51 R.L. Cruisin          3.14 5.0  3.86   WGPC x6
STB KRD 33 Jai Kardaeri          4.5  3.0  4.5    WGPC x5 (World Drivers’ Champion, Season 8)
VLT TII 77 iBen Toralmintii      4.0  3.25 4.75   WGPC x5
MTJ DIM 42 Alex Dimitrianov      5.0  3.0  4.0    WGPC x4
HDR SZR 52 Sayono Souzare        3.9  3.7  4.4    WGPC x4 
HDR NDK 55 Asao Nadakei          4.2  3.9  3.9    WGPC x4
ETN ELI  7 Ethan Ellis           4.1  3.2  4.7    WGPC x3
KRY GUI 29 Esteban Guilhermez    5.0  2.0  5.0    WGPC x3
ABL TAL 56 Terho Talvela         3.5  4.6  3.9    WGPC x3 (World Drivers’ Champion, Season 14)
VNG FRS  1 Jessica Franssen      3.9  3.6  4.5    WGPC x2 (World Drivers’ Champion, Season 16)
WET SCH 20 Mick Schramm          4.0  4.5  3.5    WGPC x2
MTJ KRA 22 Jasmin Kranjska       3.0  4.0  5.0    WGPC x2
ESM JMD 41 Jean Mercer-Daly      4.0  5.0  3.0    WGPC x2
NIM LAN 94 Ryker Lane            5.0  4.5  2.5    WGPC x2 (World Drivers’ Champion, Season 15)
VNG JNG 13 Xiaopeng Jang         3.8  4.4  3.8    WGPC, WGP2
EFL WTK 31 Cesaro Whittaker      5.0  3.0  4.0    WGPC, WGP2
SVJ BJA 14 Sigur Bjarnason       4.0  3.0  5.0    WGPC
SOR SOK 26 Dmitri Sokolov        3.0  5.0  4.0    WGPC
SOR KRU 27 Gregori Krupin        4.0  4.0  4.0    WGPC
LEN RHJ 27 Ryan Harris-Jones     4.2  2.8  5.0    WGPC
NEK OKU 47 Erica Okumura         4.0  3.25 4.75   WGPC
ETN TAL 49 Benjamin Talison      3.4  3.6  5.0    WGPC
FID IBU 71 Rustom Ibuna          4.5  2.8  4.7    WGPC
TGN FAL 19 Dom Falepeau          5.0  4.0  3.0    WGP2 x2
WET SCH 25 Timo Jänkirinää       4.0  3.0  5.0    WGP2 x2
EFL DHL 63 Dalia Dahl            2.0  5.0  5.0    WGP2 x2
LIS CAS  3 Darius Casellammare   4.0  4.0  4.0    WGP2
FID TAB 48 Tyra Tabuso           4.1  3.4  4.5    WGP2
SVJ ARJ 75 Roman Arjenko         3.0  5.0  4.0    WGP2
SHW TRI  7 Vijay Tripathi        3.0  4.5  4.5    Rookie
XAN BRY 13 Kellen Bryce          5.0  5.0  2.0    Rookie
FLC NVX 15 Tabita ‘Tab’ Novax    2.5  5.0  4.5    Rookie
TKI LOF 16 Andy Loffity          3.0  4.0  5.0    Rookie
DRA CAR 17 Evdaden Carnétier     4.0  4.0  4.0    Rookie
TTI MIJ 18 Carmen I. Mijeres     3.5  4.5  4.0    Rookie
MYT JCS 22 Jelena Colac-Strek    3.0  4.5  4.5    Rookie
CDG BLK 27 Taylor Blake          4.7  2.7  4.6    Rookie
PRT CHA 35 Devendra Chauhan      3.5  4.5  4.0    Rookie
SHW XUL 47 Liuyong Xu            5.0  3.0  4.0    Rookie
VAD DGR 55 Hunter Digri          4.5  4.0  3.5    Rookie
AUD ORK 64 Carsten O’Rourke      4.3  2.9  4.8    Rookie
POI LEL 72 Linus Lessner         5.0  2.0  5.0    Rookie
WLY SVN 76 Marie Svantstron      4.0  3.0  5.0    Rookie
SRA MTG 82 Jacoppo Montaguti     3.4  4.8  3.4    Rookie
NAR KLL 99 Kohan Lee Lindsay     5.0  5.0  2.0    Rookie

Each user may sign up a maximum of TWO grand-prix circuits, and no more than one per nation (meaning one circuit from your main nation and one from a puppet is fine).

Signing up a circuit is not a guarantee that it will be used in the upcoming WGPC season. Spare circuits may be used for pre-season or in-season testing.

It is customary to provide an image of your circuit (no larger than 900 x 900 pixels, of course). Providing an image is mandatory for your circuit to become one of the 12 that will be used for the upcoming season.

To sign up a circuit, fill in the following form.

SIGN UP FORM

IMAGE:
NAME OF CIRCUIT:
CITY/TOWN:
COUNTRY:
NAME OF GRAND PRIX:

TRACK RATING: (Ag/Tc)
CHANCE OF RAIN: (%)
OVERTAKING DIFFICULTY: (1-5)
MARGIN FOR ERROR: (1-5)

QUALIFYING TYPE: (Trad / Two-Tier / One-Shot)
LAP RECORD: (m:ss.xxx)
LENGTH OF ONE LAP: (km)
BIO:

IMAGE is a link to the diagram of your circuit. It should be a diagram and not a photograph, unless it's an aerial photograph that is especially clear

NAME OF CIRCUIT is the name of the circuit. To use a real-life example, Spa-Francorchamps is the name of the track used for the Belgian grand-prix.

CITY/TOWN is the name of the place the circuit is in / nearest to. For example, Spa-Francorchamps is situated near the Belgian town of Stavelot, so ‘Stavelot, Belgium’ would be used.

COUNTRY is the nation the circuit is in. Spa Francorchamps is in Belgium.

NAME OF GRAND PRIX is what the grand prix will be called. For example, Grand Prix de Quebec or Audioslavian Grand Prix or Gran Premio de San Jose Guayabal. The F1 Grand Prix at Spa Francorchamps is simply called 'The Belgian Grand Prix'.

TRACK RATING is, like the driver ability rating, comprised of numerical values. The first value is Aggressiveness. Aggressive circuits are wide with plenty of opportunities to overtake. The second value is Technical Difficulty. A track with a high TD rating suits more technically skilled drivers, and the circuit may be more difficult to overtake on. The numbers should add up to ten. (ie 4/6, 7/3, 5/5). The first number is the aggressiveness, the second is the technical difficulty.

CHANCE OF RAIN is the percentage chance that an event, whether practice, qualifying or the full race, will be run under wet or damp conditions. If you’re not sure, just put 3%. 3% is the norm. The maximum percentage allowable is 18%.

OVERTAKING DIFFICULTY is how difficult it is for one driver to overtake another on the circuit. A ‘5’ means overtaking is difficult, a ‘1’ means overtaking is easy. 2.5 is about average.

The MARGIN FOR ERROR metric denotes how severely mistakes can be punished. A 1 means the track is forgiving - a driver won’t lose too much time if they spin. A 5 means mistakes are punished more severely. 2 is average for a regular cicuit. A street circuit’s average would be nearer 4.5

QUALIFYING TYPE was a new addition for season 14.
A single ninety-minute free-for-all in which every driver gets ten laps in which to record the fastest lap-time possible is known as the Traditional qualifying type, and if you would like your grand prix to use this qualifying type, say so in this field.

Two-tier is similar to what is currently used in formula one. In the first, fifty-minute session the drivers record up to six flying laps. The ten fastest go on to tier two, the slower ones drop out and will line up in positions 11 to 24 on race-day. In the second session, the ten fastest drivers record up to three flying laps over a twenty-five minute period. The driver with the slowest time of this period will start 10th, the second-slowest 9th and so on.

One-Shot is a new addition for season seventeen. In this format, every driver has one lap, and one lap only, to record a fast time. A maximum of two Grands Prix will be allowed to use One-Shot qualifying. Should more than two circuit submissions that denote one-shot qualifying be selected, one or more may be changed to Traditional qualifying at the WGPC’s discretion.

LAP RECORD is the fastest any grand prix driver has driven the track before.

LENGTH OF ONE LAP should be measured in kilometres. Tracks that are too long or too short won't be considered when it comes to selecting places for the racing season. Over 7km would probably be too long. Under 3km would be too short.

BIO is a short description of the track. You can provide the track's history and/or give a description of one lap around the circuit.

Oh, and remember the two usual rules: NO OVALS, and NO REAL LIFE CIRCUITS.

EXAMPLE SIGN-UP

IMAGE:

NAME OF CIRCUIT: Crossport Raceway
CITY/TOWN: Crossport
COUNTRY: Audioslavia
NAME OF GRAND PRIX: Grand Prix of Audioslavia
TRACK RATING: (4/6)
CHANCE OF RAIN: 5
OVERTAKING DIFFICULTY: 1.5
MARGIN FOR ERROR: 2
QUALIFYING: Traditional
LAP RECORD: 1m 30.929s (R.L. Cruisin', Frontiere Racing, WGPC13)
LENGTH OF ONE LAP: 5.885km

The Crossport Raceway, Audioslavia's most modern grand prix circuit, has a long straight down to turn one, the so called 'turn of the century', a mid-length left-hander just deep enough to whittle a pack of 24 roaring cars to single file.

Approaching turn one at speed, the first corner can be coasted, with the ideal line being to kiss the camber on the inside before accelerating downhill and through Turn 2 before braking hard for the tightening right hander that ends with the 'Hammerhead' turn - a sharp right onto a long straight. The g-force from this can affect less experienced, or less fit, drivers

The corner opens out into the straight, up a shallow incline which levels out into a 10-degree left, followed by a hard, hard braking zone which puts extra pressure on the driver's neck. The car will judder to an almost standstill before it's fed through the turn as.

Knock corner hones into view through which most drivers will be able to coast without pumping the brakes too hard. Feeding the car through Hold and Loose without losing momentum takes some skill, before accelerating up Lund Hill. A big, steep climb with a slight right-hand lilt. The straight levels out for a few hundred metres before starting the descent down Bunn Straight - named after former McPahan Racing driver Roger Bunn.

Perhaps the most dangerous part of any circuit on the current WGPC calendar is the so-called 'Rail Tunnel'. It isn't technically a rail tunnel any more, and more a bridge. The track had originally been built to end just before it, but problems with the steep descent down Bunn hill meant that either the track had to wind back out and in again to negate the steep clim, or be extended just a little past the original boundaries. The edges of the bridge no longer pose the enormous safety hazard they used to, but the presence of a close wall at the far end of the corner still renders the corner extremely hazardous, especially coming just after the quickest part of the circuit. The wall would give an out-of-control car a long, grinding slide rather than a head-on crash, but it's a wall nonetheless, and even clipping a tire in the wrong place could spell the end of one's race.

Two slow right-handers come before embarking on the main straight. Cars should reach maximum speed (as they have already on Bunn Hill) before getting to the Turn of the Century once again

The following applications have been received. Only twelve will be selected for the Grand Prix season. Extra circuits may be used for pre/mid season testing.


Circuit	                          NAT Grand Prix Name                 Qual.  A / T  Region    Image link
Koplov Internazionring           MTJ Grand Prix tsa Mattijana        TT    4.0/6.0 Esportiva https://i.imgur.com/hqbyUBQ.png
Yogyakulta International Circuit FID Grand Prix Filindostan Cepat    OS    6.2/3.8 Esportiva https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/ ... akulta.png
Drosopol Circuit                 VNG Vannish Grand Prix              Trad  4.0/6.0 Esportiva https://i.imgur.com/aVrgNtc.png
Autodromo Inter. del Rivoli      NEK NEXPRO Gran Premio di Nekoni    Trad  4.0/6.0 Esportiva http://i64.tinypic.com/u0woh.png
Broadway Casino Circuit          XAN Broadway GP of Xanneria         TT    2.0/5.0 Esportiva https://i.imgur.com/xEfpgs7.png
Circuit Grandeville              LIS Grand Prix EON de Lisander      Trad  5.6/4.4 Other     https://i.imgur.com/X6pSz5T.png
Crossbay Circuit                 NIM Nimban Grand Prix               TT    6.3/3.7 Other     http://i68.tinypic.com/ylxxd.png
Forest Cross Raceway             ESM SHADOWWORKS Esmerelian GP       TT    6.7/3.3 Other     https://i.imgur.com/b34bhwJ.png
Insocima International           TKI Grand Prix at The Krainin Isles TT    4.0/6.0 Other     https://i.imgur.com/lQAUtJX.png
Darjengo Circuit                 SAJ Sajnuran Grand Prix             TT    6.0/4.0 Other     https://i.imgur.com/uY89UE3.png
Facsgend Grand Prix Circuit      DRA The Royal GP of Fascgend        TT    6.0/4.0 Other     http://i64.tinypic.com/wsvek5.jpg
Dashoze Circuit                  HDR IZAYOI Grand Prix of Hodori     TT    6.7/3.3 Other     https://i.imgur.com/EmCi1FR.png
Lintulahti International Circuit ABL Abovian Grand Prix              OS    7.0/3.0 Other     https://i.imgur.com/fmHkrek.png
Pryfors Bilar Raceway            DIA Pryfurium Circuit Masters GP    TT    7.7/2.3 Other     https://i.imgur.com/e4TSLAs.png
Somos City Circuit               JNI JNI GP                          OS    2.0/8.0 Other     https://media.discordapp.net/attachment ... height=376
Yarkovo International Circuit    SVJ Grand Prix of Sarvojana         TT    7.0/3.0 Rushmore  https://i.imgur.com/xFaxMjm.png
Talbott Autodrome                LEN Grand Prix of Liventia          Trad  3.0/7.0 Rushmore  https://i.imgur.com/GKzA4S2.png
Nacionalni Autodrom Rebecna      MTJ Kikinda Mytanar Grand Prix      TT    5.0/5.0 Rushmore  https://i.imgur.com/jsrLA23.png
Mount Salt Raceway               EFL GP of the Imperial Commonwealth TT    5.0/5.0 Rushmore  https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ZoLk ... aceway.png
Highpoint Raceway                FLC The GP of the Free Kingdom      Trad  4.0/6.0 AO        http://i46.tinypic.com/25p0pwz.png
Azure Harbour Circuit            STB Starblaydi Grand Prix           TT    4.0/6.0 AO        https://i.imgur.com/qHnXhpK.gif
Crossport International Raceway  AUD The Hygolje Audioslavian GP     Trad  6.5/3.5 AO        https://i.imgur.com/i3l4QQe.png
Vilitan Mountain Challenge       VIL Vilitan Grand Prix              Trad  7.0/3.0 AO        http://www.3wideracing.com/3wide/sites/ ... cmap16.png
Eelandii Grand Prix Course       TUR Grand Prix of Turori            TT    5.0/5.0 AO        http://www.3wideracing.com/3wide/sites/ ... street.png
Argentring                       KRY Grand Prix of Krytenia          TT    5.0/5.0 AO        http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c58/K ... xykhil.png

For WGPC17, team signups have been done via invitation. If you have not received an invitation it could be for two reasons: Either there are users ahead of you in what is a very long queue this season, or you have not been put into consideration this season. Further team invitations may be sent out in the near future.

Selection is based on the hosts' preference. Please also note that, unlike some previous iterations, there will be no test-driver slots.

Why so strict? The onus is on teams to RP well, for enjoyments sake as well as to reap the benefits of a decent RP bonus. Running a team in the WGPC is a large responsibility.

Users that RP well will find not only that their drivers go faster, but their teams perform better too. The combination of a well-RP'd driver racing for a well RP'd team will make for a very competitive team, though its worth stressing that, due to the random nature of scorinators, RPing well is not a guarantee of success, it merely improves your chances.

There is the possibility to remove teams during the season and replace them with a backup team, if there is little or no activity from the user. All changes are at the discretion of the World Grand Prix Organization.

Mattijana Racing Team
R IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
A IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
T IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
E - WGPC16 (1st), WGPC15 (3rd), WGPC14 (2nd)

The Mattijana Racing Team (MRT) made their debut back in WGPC 14, where an inspired Jessica Franssen lifted them to second in the constructor's standings despite a mediocre start. WGPC 15 promised a lot, but failed to deliver at the death, however WGPC 16 was finally the team's year as consistent points from Sigur Bjarnason and Rustom Ibuna ifted them to a maiden title.

Team principal Johan Struna is also back after some time off, joined once again by deputy Maria Jamasova. There are rumours that the team will seek to re-sign Sigur Bjarnason, their top driver from last season, but these are yet to be confirmed.

Vannish Motors Racing
R IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
A IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
T IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
E - WGPC16 (2nd), WGP2s2 (1st), WGP2s1 (1st)

VMR started with a title at the Cross Rally Championships. The company followed up by entering WGPO competition. VMR won consecutive team & driver titles in WGP2 I & II. VMR also notched the WGPC 16 drivers' title. Vannish Motors Racing competes in disciplines ranging from NSSCRA stock cars to HRC rally sport. An aggressive media presence covers the team.

Omni Racing
R IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
A IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
T IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
E - WGPC16 (3rd)

Following the success of West-East Timorian Katara Racing team in the inaugural WGP2 season, Omni Racing was founded by wealthy businessman Nick Newman for WGPC16 in cooperation with national endurance racing team Omni Racing, as well as car manufacturers WETmotors and WETtech. Under team principal Linus Anthonson and with drivers Mick Schramm and Jang Xiaopeng, Omni Racing finished third in their first WGPC season, a rather successful result as well, and returns hoping to achieve even more in their second season.

Nexus Racing
R IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
A IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
T IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
E - WGPC16 (4th), WGP2s2 (2nd), WGPC15 (2nd), WGP2s1 (10th)

Originally an unsuccessful endeavour to overhaul the Nimban military’s multi-purpose armoured buggy, what was ‘Project Overdrive’ was reborn when the Ministers for Sport and Science and Technology took an interest in the WGPC and set its staff to designing an Imagination-powered car for the competition. Delivering Ryker Lane to a Drivers’ Championship in their inaugural year, the team have since been dogged by misfortune and barely missed further accolades. With the UHSGV-3 their most advanced and radical Chase Cutter yet and having definitively put a series of debilitating hacks to rest, momentum is perhaps finally returning to Nexus Racing.

Tropicorp Racing Ælund
R IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
A IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
T IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
E - WGPC16 (=5th)

Following a modest debut season, Vilitan-Abovian outfit Tropicorp Racing Ælund returns to WGPC hungrily chasing a world championship title in their second run for glory. The team is now essentially an Abovian branch of WGPC 14-dominating Tropicorp, administered from and based at their headquarters in Lintulahti but with nearly all of its technical developments conceived by the Vilitan group. After an exhausting winter testing program spearheaded by local hero Terho Talvela, TRÆ (née Project AGP) now feels truly ready to mount a serious title campaign against the sports' strongest teams.

PARTICIPATION NOT YET CONFIRMED. MAY BE USED AS A BACKUP TEAM

WGPC Motorworks: McPahan
R IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
A IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
T IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
E - WGPC16 (=5th), WGPC15 (12th), WGPC14 (8th), WGPC13 (3rd), WGPC12 (2nd) - (as McPahan Racing

Some racing teams have multi-millionaire backing, while others get by on sponsorship and a lot of hard work. McPahan Racing has always been in the latter category, and loss of key sponsorship has forced the Audioslavian team to surrender their license to race as a private team in the coming WGPC season. To save cash, the team have allowed the WGPC to appropriate its facilities to form this season’s motorworks team.

The running centrally owned WGPC Motorworks franchise is a long-standing tradition in WGPC. It typically gives seats to drivers that are unfancied by other teams. Perhaps tomorrow’s World Champion can find their feet racing in the famous white and blue colours of McPahan this season?

Badai Angin Tim Motorsport
R IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
A IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
T IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
E - WGPC16 (7th) (as Kissan Motorsport

Badai Angin TM is a newly-formed motorsport team founded by the Petrofilindo Corporation. Acquiring the assets of the defunct Kissan Motorsport and its WGPC entry, the marque merged its operations with the WGP2 team Ibuna-Gambal Racing and hands its operations with Rudolf Ibuna to be the team's first team principal. Calling the Yogyakulta International Circuit their home, the team hopes to get their BAP001 chassis running well and get the team's first win.

Polaris Racing Team
R IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
A IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
T IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
E - WGPC16 (8th) (as Polaris), WGPC15 (13th), WGPC14 (9th), WGPC13 (1st) (as Scuderia Fuoco e Ghiaccio)

The reskinned SFeG had a stable, if inconsistent maiden year under the new branding. The first year was always meant to be a proof-of-concept, and, with one race win under its belt already, as well as an increasingly strong link to the national racing leagues, this is the year that Polaris gets to show what it can do when it really can get its foot down.

BACKUP TEAM

Arada PrismRiver Motorsport
R IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
A IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
T IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
E - WGPC16 (9th), WGPC15 (6th)

A powerhouse in Hodoran GT and open-wheel, Arada Motorsport has so far been unable to translate their domestic successes into similar performance in the WGPC. From a management perspective the team is largely the same as the one that made its debut in the 13th WGPC as ENSADRINK GP Team Dekijika-Tarogama. On the technical side, the team has been under the care of Arada and its parent company Dekijika Automotive from the 15th WGPC onwards.

iBen Toralmintii's Race Eelandii Vilita & Turori World Grand Prix Motorworks
R IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
A IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
T IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
E - WGPC16 (11th), WGPC15 (10th) (as WGPC Motorworks: Eelandii)

iBen Toralmintii's WGPC team can trace its lineage back to the former WGPC Motorworks team as well as the famous VTM WGPC14 Constructors Champions. Toralmintii acquired assets from both as they suspended operations to form WGPC Eelandii as a Works team during the 15th World Grand Prix Championships. While much of the primary engineering from the VTM are integrated at Tropicorp Racing Aelund, Eelandii VTGP have retained enough expertise to engineer their own evolution on the WGP14 era models they had fielded for the past two seasons as a Works team. While it is not clear how independent the Eelandii VTGP team will operate, it is clear that with Toralmintii at the helm as Team Principle they won't be lacking a desire to compete.

Camden Automobile Racing
R IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
A IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
T IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
E - WGPC16 (13th), WGPC15 (4th) (both as Bitten Heroes Grand Prix Engineering)

Camden Automobile is the largest car company in Lisander, and also the biggest winner in local motorsport. The company leased, for at least one season, the Lisander Autosports Board superlicense that belongs to Bitten Heroes GPE.

Brutus Tyres Obey Sport Grand Prix
R IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
A IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
T IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
E - WGP2s2 (7th), WGP2s1 (7th)

While an Esmerelian team, the name, rights, and funding come from a foreign auto company known for incredible performance at less-than-supercar prices, as well as a very successful rally and touring car program. After 2 seasons of WGP2 with moderate results, the team has finally decided to reach for the top.

SinVal Motor Racing
R IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
A IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
T IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
E - WGPC16 (10th), WGPC15 (8th), WGPC14 (3rd) (all as engine-manufacturer for MSA SinVal)

SinVal are an one of the major car manufacturers in EFL, reknowned mainly for their work under the hood, so to speak. After many years of supplying engines to the joint MSA-SinVal ventures in both the WGPC and the inaugural WGP2 series with little success, the EAMR stripped that joint venture of its international licencing and gave it to SinVal's solo venture. Of the joint venture, only team principal Tadeo Durand remains, although mostly in an advisory role on race strategy. Alaina Navarro is the new team principal, and will oversee the team's operations with a brand new hybrid race engine, which was designed brand new for the SinVal cars that help Dalia Dahl to an Olympic victory in the recent Republica Games.

Fireline Independent Racing Association
R IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
A IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
T IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
E - WGPC15 (7th)

Fireline is a racing team founded out of a consortium of companies in Ethane because of the popularity of the WGPC series. Because of this, Fireline are currently a well-funded team, and undergo a lot of development on the car. However, the team has very little long-term funding due to its lack of sponsors, so is looking to earn some sponsors across the season.

The team first entered into the 15th WGPC, in which they finished 7th in the constructors championship on 62 points. Their strongest performing driver, Alex Dimitrianov, finished in 11th on 37 points. They were also intending to compete in WGPC 16, but didn't get in and so are looking to make a significant comeback in the 17th WGPC.

Mirrors-HMC Racing
R IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
A IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
T IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
E - WGPC9 (10th), WGPC8 (3rd)

The team built by former racer José "Mirrors" Miranda debuted in WGPC8 and brought Jai Kardaeri to fame as he won the Drivers' Championship at the first attempt, going on to forge a career as one of the most successful drivers of all time. Now the Starblaydi team have returned to compete among the world’s best once more. Sleek design principles give them, as always, a great looking car, but having been out of the top levels of racing for so many editions, can they step up to the organisational tactical and engineering levels required to keep the pace?

OTHER
Hodori has opted to be put on the list of backup teams.
Liventia will be entering a back-up team for mid-season.
Savojarna have declined their invitation

The roleplay bonus system will not be made public to ensure there are no attempts to game the system. We're happy to divulge the following information:

* RP bonus degrades over time. An excellent RP made before race two will earn a large bonus for race two, but a slightly smaller bonus for race three, smaller again for race four etc. The bonus doesn't degrade to zero, though, so an RP will always have a positive effect for all future races.

* Roleplays will be graded on the user's effort, creativity and editing skills. In short: Quality over quantity, and show us you're having fun.

* Due to the nature of the sport, there are no RP permissions in WGPC. You should expect your drivers and/or teams to be mentioned by other players. You may even expect other users to mention things your driver has said. HOWEVER:
* In contrast to, say, war RPing, where a user decides which/how many losses to take after an attack, in WGPC a user decides how much blame or responsibility to take after an accident. You may RP that your driver caused an accident through their own poor or overly aggressive driving, but you may not write that another user's driver was at fault for an accident unless you have their permission. In general, making another character look stupid is not usually acceptable. If a driver is in their first season, it's probably acceptable to call them a rookie, or inexperienced, or possibly even naive if you're sufficiently careful, but refrain from calling another driver reckless or stupid or unskilled unless it's clear from the other user's RPs that this is the case.
* If you're going to RP a conversation between your driver and another driver, try to keep to the other driver's established characteristics.
* If another user mentions an action of your driver, or mentions something that happened to your driver, before you have the chance to RP, you may either reinterpret their interpretation of events or, if you really feel you wanted the story to go in a different direction, you may change the events that happened. For example, you had your heart set on RPing your driver as having had a particularly violent and explosive accident, but another user decides that your driver retired in the pits due to engine failure, you may write your own version and ask that the previous RPer makes the appropriate change to their RP.

* Teams which contain drivers of two different users will be given a small bonus.

The season will start with the Negotiation Period which will commence on or around February 23rd.

Driver signups will remain open indefinitely.

Circuit signups will close on March 5th

We aim to have one or two scorinated pre-season tests by mid-March, and are aiming for a late-March start to the season.

by **Newark Aristocracy** » Sun Feb 10, 2019 6:04 pm

NAME:Kohan Lee Lindsey
NAME TRIGRAM: KLL
NATIONALITY: Newark Aristocracy
NATIONALITY TRIGRAM:NAR
PREFERRED CAR NUMBER: 99
SECOND CHOICE CAR NUMBER:98
ABILITY:
Reliability (MAX 5): 5
Aggression (MAX 5): 5
Technique (MAX 5): 2
Experience:none,rookie.
BIO: Born in the last 3 years of the Monarch Republic,he has seen fire and flame,shots fired at Civilians,and more.
He has suffered PTSD as a result and often is mad.
He joined the series with 1 goal:Get a win.

by **WGPC** » Sun Feb 10, 2019 6:25 pm

Thank you for the signup, Newark Aristocracy, but your signup is inelligible for three reasons.

I've copied part of the instructions here and highlighted the parts where you've made mistakes in blue

WGPC wrote:NAME TRIGRAM is the trigram that usually represents the driver's surname. A trigram is a set of three letters that represent a larger word. For example, a driver named Alexander Lund's trigram could be 'LUN' or 'LND', but probably not 'ALU' or 'ALN' because both of those examples use a letter from the driver's first name. It's the surname which is important. We’ll only allow you to use a letter from the driver’s first name if there are two drivers with the same surname, or if a driver typically goes by three names (John Mercer-Daly, for example, typically uses ‘JMD’). A driver with just one name, for example 'Speedyguy', might have the trigram 'SPD' or 'SPE' or 'SPG' or somesuch.

PREFERRED CAR NUMBER is your driver's preferred car number. This can be any number between 3 and 99. 1 is reserved for the current driver's champion. 2 is only available to the champion's team-mate should they so choose.

ABILITY is split into THREE sections: RELIABILITY, AGGRESSION and TECHNIQUE. Aggressive drivers are better at overtaking, while technical drivers are better at traversing the multiverse's more difficult circuits. Each attribute should be given a numerical number between 2 and 5 and the three ratings must add up to a maximum of twelve. This is a change from last season.

Please edit your post with the required changes.

For everyone else reading this thread: Please read the instructions before signing up.

by **Xanneria** » Sun Feb 10, 2019 7:10 pm

SIGN UP FORM

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NAME OF CIRCUIT: Broadway Casino Circut
CITY/TOWN: Palace City, West Troy (Province)
COUNTRY: Xanneria
NAME OF GRAND PRIX: Broadway GP of Xanneria

TRACK RATING: (2/5)
CHANCE OF RAIN: 15%
OVERTAKING DIFFICULTY: 3.5
MARGIN FOR ERROR: 3.75

QUALIFYING TYPE:Two-Tier
LAP RECORD: 1:11:700
LENGTH OF ONE LAP: 4.202 KM 2.6 miles
BIO:This track is the brainchild of Palace City businessman Marvin Spicer. Many people may know Spicer as a colorful personality who runs a a regional airline known as EsportivAir. With building his empire he was able to to become friends with several Casino owners in the area. With his tour packages bringing the world to Palace City he's becoming quite the local hero. A year after entering the NSSCRA he brings he next great idea. A track based around the parking lot of his casino buddy's Broadway Casino. The track is a technical and fits as much as space as it can into a Casino parking lot. Spicer also plans to to host an NSSCRA race on the same weekend as the preliminary race to the WGPC.

NAME: Kellen Bryce
NAME TRIGRAM: BRY
NATIONALITY: Xannerian
NATIONALITY TRIGRAM: XAN
PREFERRED CAR NUMBER: 13
SECOND CHOICE CAR NUMBER: 31
ABILITY:
Reliability (MAX 5): 5
Aggression (MAX 5): 5
Technique (MAX 5): 2
Experience:
BIO: Bryce's background is rather unique. While most guys in WGPC come from road racing open wheel background, but thats not Bryce. Bryce was a leading talent in Xannerian dirt and pavement sprint cars. After coming up through the ranks in those series he got a ride in Xannerian Champ Car series. This gave him the experience on road races and needless to say he loved it. In XCC he gained experience and eventually he decided he wanted to declare for WGPC free-agency. While a driver with his background doesn't sound like an attractive prospect, he does have an ace up his sleeve. He has personall funding from Members Warehouse, a large membership based wholesaler, thats popular in Xanneria. They are willing to fund any team that signs Bryce to a deal

by **Lisander** » Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:45 pm

Circuit Signup

NAME OF CIRCUIT: Circuit Grandeville
CITY/TOWN: Grandeville
COUNTRY: Lisander
NAME OF GRAND PRIX: Grand Prix EON de Lisander

TRACK RATING: (Ag: 5,6 / Tc: 4,4)
CHANCE OF RAIN: 6%
OVERTAKING DIFFICULTY: 2
MARGIN FOR ERROR: 3

QUALIFYING TYPE: Traditional
LAP RECORD: 1:29.443
LENGTH OF ONE LAP: 5.413 Km

BIO:Grandeville is a city in the mountain. Down the mountain, near River Grand, in the outskirts of Grandeville Commune, the Circuit Grandeville is the last thing you see before that road sign "You are leaving Grandeville".

CG, as commonly called, is a circuit known for its contrasts. Long straights and gentle curves like 5 6 and 9 come as a prize to brave ones who endure the hards 3 and 4, square 6 and closed 7. It runs counter-clockwise. Circuit de Grandeville was completely remodeled with funds from EON, the major technology enterprise of Lisander, and will serve as Base to the lisanderian WGPC team.

Start/Finish line is in the main straight, the Grandstand. In the remodel, the grandstand and Paddock changed places. The first turn, to the left, is still easy. After it, the cars pass under a suspended walkway where people can see it with a beautiful angle. The second turn is the opposite of the first and leads to first braking point, the turn 3. After it, the turn 4 keep the engines low before turn 5 and the Reta Oposta (Opposite Straight).

Reta oposta isn't a straight, but a easy and long turn, allowing even turnovers and battle for positions. A long dive to square 6, a turn composed of three small turns, make cars get together again. The turn 7 brings a slight climb, and again a long curve appears. The 8 is for keep the pace and get in the right way. No one wants problems to itself in the inclined 9. Turn 9 differs from the Reta Oposta, because the terrain is inclined, making cars pass in opposite stand inclined by near 8°. G-Force is strong in this point and any misposition can cost a race or even more.

At the exit of the curve, full throttle again over the open curve 10, until the last close curve. You can make it going to boxes or to the Grandstand again, to complete one of the 54 laps of the race.

Driver Signup

EDIT: 1000th post. Yay!

by **The Sherpa Empire** » Sun Feb 10, 2019 11:46 pm

NAME: Liuyong Xu (徐留勇)
NAME TRIGRAM: XU (If using his two-letter surname instead of a trigram is not allowed, this should be XLY, which is his initials if you follow the Chinese rule of putting the surname first)
NATIONALITY: Sherpa
NATIONALITY TRIGRAM: SHW (this is from "Sherwa," an alternate spelling of "Sherpa.")
PREFERRED CAR NUMBER: 47
SECOND CHOICE CAR NUMBER: 77
ABILITY:
Reliability (MAX 5): 5
Aggression (MAX 5): 3
Technique (MAX 5): 4
Experience:
BIO: Most of Xu's racing experience has been in the informal racing clubs of the Chinese Territories, which are very rough-and-tumble and do not have the highly-engineered cars that one would find in WGPC. His only international racing experience came when a clerical error allowed him and two other drivers from the Guilin Racing Club to compete in NSSCRA 6. Although he got respectable results, he was not able to return for NSSCRA 7 because the development of a national stock car racing league and the competition from drivers from other cities left him without a charter. As a result he has spent the last year or so in an administrative role at the Guilin Racing Club. He has found a few opportunities to get back behind the wheel, but it's become increasingly apparent that competing against the likes of Kai Qiang, Liangmei Li, and Dinggu Wang for a shot at NSSCRA is not a reliable way to build a career. At first, he thought it wouldn't be so bad to stay home and have a quiet career in an administrative role. It meant he wouldn't have to uproot his family or be away from them. But sometimes it's been hard for Xu watching other people's rise to fame while he was left watching from the sidelines.

There was some chatter about a possible collaboration between VMR and Sherpa automaker TMW. Xu was one of the drivers whose names came up. It was not clear whether they would sign him or go with someone else that had more of a background in open-wheel racing, but Xu still was tempted by the prospect of racing in WGPC. It reminded him how much he missed being behind the wheel, so he's now enlisted the help of hapless-doofus-with-an-inexplicable-talent-for-forien-languages Arjun Bhandari to help him look around for career opportunities that would put him back on the race track.

NAME: Vijay Tripathi
NAME TRIGRAM: TRI
NATIONALITY: Sherpa
NATIONALITY TRIGRAM: SHW
PREFERRED CAR NUMBER: 7
SECOND CHOICE CAR NUMBER: 70
ABILITY:
Reliability (MAX 5): 3
Aggression (MAX 5): 4.5
Technique (MAX 5): 4.5
Experience:
BIO: Vijay Tripathi is one of the biggest stars in the Sherpa Empire's domestic open wheel racing league, SIMS (Sherpa Imperial Motorsports), but is new to WGPC. He is highly competitive by nature, and he became annoyed when he discovered that the Sherpa Empire's NSSCRA drivers were more internationally famous than he was. He was particularly offended that VMR contacted the Guilin Racing Club and not SIMS about the proposed collaboration with TMW. He felt like he had something to prove. He tried to prove his superiority by competing in the Guangxi Telecom 400, an NSSCRA race that was hosted in the Sherpa Empire, but he had trouble adjusting the different racing style and got a mediocre result. Due to his competitive nature, he refuses to believe that he is not the best driver in the Sherpa Empire. Since he wasn't able to prove it at the Guangxi Telecom 400, he's going to try to prove it somewhere else. He is very fixated on proving he is the best.

by **Third Asopia** » Mon Feb 11, 2019 4:02 am

NAME: Evdaden Carnétier(Efdëdan Kärnétier)
NAME TRIGRAM:CAR
NATIONALITY: Dritten Asopin
NATIONALITY TRIGRAM:DRA
PREFERRED CAR NUMBER: 17
SECOND CHOICE CAR NUMBER: 49
ABILITY:
Reliability (MAX 5):4
Aggression (MAX 5):4
Technique (MAX 5):4
Experience:
1st, 2nd, 1st and 1st in Youth Gokarting Championship Thainggam during 2013-17 respectively
1st in Dritten Asopie Grand Prixe 2018

BIO: Born to a foreign father, Evdaden was not thinking of naming himself an Asopin. But it was the country where he was cultivated, so he opted to represent her. His dad, Marcus Carnétier, was a successful race driver, so Evdaden wanted to follow in his footsteps, much to the delight of his father. He began training at 5,taking up gokarting. His coaches saw a star in him instantly, so they signed him up for competitions. And when the major teams scouted him they knew he was the boy they were looking for. At that time Carnétier Racing wasn't a thing. Hence, he joined Thainggam Racing Team, the best in the Dritten Asopie Grand Prixe. They signed him up for youth leagues, being successful in each of them. Then, they signed him up for the Dritten Asopie Grand Prixe, with him winning the last championship before it closed down due to the Kurgon Rebellion. Evdaden wants to continue his successful racing stint, though he know the chances of winning is low.

by **Former Citizens of the Nimbus System** » Mon Feb 11, 2019 7:15 am

by **Esmerel** » Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:30 am

here we go

NAME OF CIRCUIT: Forest Cross Raceway (Hyperion Circuit)
CITY/TOWN: Vertress
COUNTRY: Esmerel
NAME OF GRAND PRIX: SHADOWWORKS Esmerelian Grand Prix

TRACK RATING (Ag/Tc): 6.7/3.3
CHANCE OF RAIN: 1%
OVERTAKING DIFFICULTY: 2
MARGIN FOR ERROR: 3.75

QUALIFYING TYPE: Two-Tier
LAP RECORD: (Expected 1:46.000)
LENGTH OF ONE LAP: 7.12km

BIO:
The Forest Cross Raceway, Esmerel's oldest purpose-built racing facility, has hosted races since 1980 and also held the first ever Esmerelian Grand Prix during the WGPC's 16th season. After the results of the race, the track has seen another renovation and extension to the circuit to create a better racing invironment for WGPC-spec vehicles.

A Lap of the Hyperion Circuit

Beginning the lap, the run up to turn 1 has been slightly extended and the pit lane no longer skips the corner, as the track now curves to the left through the forest and around to a short straight before rejoining the standard circuit at turn 4. Turns 5 and 6 are unchanged from the previous year, but the track no longer uses the exceptionally tight Pin of Bravery and instead goes along the fast Backroad to turn 10.

Following Terho Talvela's horrifying accident at last year's Grand Prix, the turn 11 area has been completely rebuilt from a left-right-left kink to a fast left-hander. Drivers will maintain this speed through turn 12, the new alternate pit stretch and the new Serpent's Fork: a slow hairpin, more challenging than the previous iteration.

Aside from a minor size adjustment the road to turn 19 is identical, while turn 19 itself has been changed from a simple right-hander to a double chicane. Another new addition to this year's circuit is Spoon-21, an awkward hairpin designed after a popular East Asian circuit. The spoon leads back to the old Gigaspoon, now renamed Centrifuge.

This section and the Blast Zone remain identical, though drivers will now take the chicane at the end of the zone, to reduce the risk of incidents entering the dangerous Balcony. The Grant Ridge Tunnel has also been changed: drivers will veer to the right and drive along the Outcrop, before returning to the main circuit to complete the lap.

The new circuit is designed to remove the most dangerous aspects of driving the circuit without reducing its difficulty or unique challenge.

by **Mattijana** » Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:19 am

The defending constructor's champions are back!

NAME: Alex Dimitrianov
NAME TRIGRAM: DIM
NATIONALITY: Mattijanan
NATIONALITY TRIGRAM: MTJ
PREFERRED CAR NUMBER: 42
SECOND CHOICE CAR NUMBER: 9
ABILITY:
Reliability (MAX 5): 5
Aggression (MAX 5): 3
Technique (MAX 5): 4
Experience: 
-WGPC 16: 8th
-WGPC 15: 11th
-WGPC 14: 14th
-WGPC 13: 9th

BIO:
Alex Dimitrianov has gone from being a fresh-faced rookie to one of the war-horses of the WGPC. The now-31 year-old has 4 seasons of top tier racing under his belt now and is seeking a drive for his fifth consecutive series.
Despite his increasing age and experience, Dimitrianov enjoyed his best finishing position yet in his most recent season, in which he raced for Audioslavian outfit McPahan. Dimitrianov has typically raced for teams confined to mid-grid mediocrity, but has three race victories to his name during his career.
The north-Mattijanan is renowned for his conservative and consistent approach to driving and is seen as the sort of driver who will bring you regular points, whilst not wasting any of your team's finances on new bodywork. He's not one for setting the track on fire, but that won't stop him from quietly trying to improve on his 8th place from last season.

NAME: Jasmin Kranjska
NAME TRIGRAM: KRA
NATIONALITY: Mattijanan
NATIONALITY TRIGRAM: MTJ
PREFERRED CAR NUMBER: 22
SECOND CHOICE CAR NUMBER: 20
ABILITY:
Reliability (MAX 5): 3
Aggression (MAX 5): 4
Technique (MAX 5): 5
Experience:
-WGPC 16: 11th, from half the season.
-WGPC 15: Unused

BIO:

The younger and more enigmatic of Mattijana's top two drivers, 23 year-old Kranjska looked good when she finally got her chance in the big-time last season. Drafted in to Kissan Motorsport halfway through the season, the Puljankan secured two podiums on her way to 11th in the final table.
Had she been given a full season in a better car, Kranjska could arguably have troubled the title contenders. What isn't in doubt is that she has plenty of potential and plenty of years left in the tank.
Kranjska's driving style is much more aggressive than Dimitrianov's, but she is also one of a crop of very technically gifted drivers to come out of the country of late, perhaps because of their association with the technique-focussed MRT. Consistency is more of a concern, but that is something that many feel she will learn with age and race experience.

by **Filindostan** » Mon Feb 11, 2019 10:25 am

by **Falcania** » Mon Feb 11, 2019 11:43 am

NAME OF CIRCUIT: Highpoint Raceway
CITY/TOWN: Highpoint
COUNTRY: Free Kingdom of Falcania
NAME OF GRAND PRIX: The Grand Prix of the Free Kingdom

TRACK RATING: 4/6
CHANCE OF RAIN: 1%
OVERTAKING DIFFICULTY: 1.5
MARGIN FOR ERROR: 4.5

QUALIFYING TYPE: Traditional
LAP RECORD: 1:24.984
LENGTH OF ONE LAP: 4.461km
BIO: The Highpoint Raceway was designed and constructed by Sengrate Intarte at the abandoned Highpoint Aerodrome. The mountain village of Highpoint was mainly notable for the large solar collector farm built by energy giant Goldmund-Teller. The corporation built the airport as a staging ground for the huge industrial undertaking, and abandoned it soon after. It was converted into a race circuit for WGPC13, when Goldmund-Teller entered an ill-fated race team with then-champion driver Stang Crax. Tragedy struck when an explosion (variously attributed to industrial accident or terror plot) tore through the pits, killing Linco McPahan. Goldmund-Teller were criticised for their handling of the incident, which led to the collapse of the motorsport branch of the corporation, and Highpoint was once again abandoned. It is being reopened for the upcoming WGPC, and once again will hold the world record for the highest grand prix circuit, at over two kilometres above sea level.

The starting grid sits just after the halfway point of Switchback (1), the twin straights joined by a hairpin bend, overseen by the Royal Stand. Heading around the first corner, Dagger (2) and onto the Runway (3), drivers have a prime opportunity to overtake and jockey for position before they slow down into the tight corners at the North Terminal Stands (4).

The next straight snaps around a marooned Starling airliner at Crookshanks (5), before sweeping towards the infamous Control Tower (6), a tight loop with very little room between the crash barriers and the circular tower wall. Urban legend has it that Souths (7) was designed to mimic Crookshanks, but with a much tighter turn disguised by the perspective, which was intended to catch out unwary drivers. The Hangar Stands (8) converted from the old hangar, overlook another series of square bends, and still offer a good view of Wiggle (9), a gentle chicane which daring drivers can take at full speed. The penultimate corner (until the hairpin of Switchback) is Radar (10), a demanding bend with a fine margin of error between slowing dramatically and crashing.

by **Nekoni** » Mon Feb 11, 2019 4:40 pm

NAME OF CIRCUIT: Autodromo Internazionale del Rivoli
CITY/TOWN: Val de Rivoli
COUNTRY: Nekoni
NAME OF GRAND PRIX: NEXPRO Gran Premio di Nekoni
TRACK RATING: 4/6
RAIN: 1.8%
OVERTAKING DIFFICULTY: 3.5
MARGIN FOR ERROR: 2.9
QUALIFYING TYPE: Traditional
LAP RECORD: 1'41.489
LENGTH OF ONE LAP: 5,968m | 3.708mi
BIO: Nekoni's current flagship circuit in the picturesque valleys of the country's southwest is a brutal mix of narrow tight corners and tricky elevation changes. Whilst the scenery may look fantastic, any time spent idly gazing at the surrounding vista will probably end up with the car in a wall or a gravel trap. The middle half was itself part of one of the most infamous driving roads in the country; in its prime in the mid 60s it wouldn't be uncommon to see a Grand Prix driver throw his car around its ribbon-like turns...and also not uncommon to see them never make it out the other side. Although care has been taken to make the track less deadly then the pass was before its closure in 1971, it is no less difficult to drive. At just over a kilometre, the pit straight is plenty enough room to hit full throttle, but the twisty nature of the track requires a compex, balanced setup.

From the beginning left-right chicane, drivers build their speed with a long, sweeping, ascending right over the blind apex of Turn 3, the entire section decked with Armco barriers on its right to prevent a long drop. The next turn, a tight-second gear right-hander, begins a dramatic descent. After straightening out through Turn 5, a short straightaway leads to a deceptively simple right, which tightens into the kink at Turn 7. Precise braking control will be required to give drivers the best possible attack point for Turn 8, the most infamous point of the circuit. Named 'The Carousel', this hard left is banked slightly, allowing those who can get the angle precise can minimise their speed loss for the next stage of the lap. Those who overshoot risk running afoul of the surprisingly short gravel trap, and may well find their car to be rapidly introduced to Rivoli's scenic rock formations!

Handling the Carousel well may still not save the driver from being dashed against the rock, as the following straight section has a cliff running all across the right-hand side, making what would have been two straightforward right kinks noticeably more risky given the lack of margin for error outside of the kerbs. Mercifullly, Turn 11 has a grassy runoff added, a much safer prospect than the steep drop that awaited those in the past who misjudged their speed here!

From Turn 11 we continue deep in the valley, with a short, yet narrow straight section. The next slow right is set at the opening of the valley,
which makes it a prime point for spectators, and from here, we begin the climb back up to the finish. The complex from 13 to 18 is a fairly simple section, which makes the exit from Turn 12 crucial. The hill peaks at Turn 16, minorly dips in the following straight, before ascending again through the next two turns.

The final two corners are as tricky as they look. With the lack of space between the track and the pit straight, Turn 19 is almost completely flanked on the right by a thick tyre wall, to trap those who were lulled into a false sense of security by the preceding section. The final hairpin,
a tight right, is made slightly simpler by its proximity to the previous corner, but can still pack a nasty punch. Following that, it's a half-mile blast up the hill along the straight to complete your lap.

by **Krainin** » Mon Feb 11, 2019 7:23 pm

After some debating, I've decided to not bring Jennifer Johnson back for another season.

by **Starblaydia** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 10:33 am

NAME: Jai Kardaeri
NAME TRIGRAM: KRD
NATIONALITY: Starblaydi
NATIONALITY TRIGRAM: STB
PREFERRED CAR NUMBER: 33
SECOND CHOICE CAR NUMBER: 3, something ending in 3.

RELIABILITY: 4.5
AGGRESSION: 3
TECHNIQUE: 4.5
EXPERIENCE: WGPC8 (1st), WGPC9 (13th), WGPC10 (2nd), WGPC11 (2nd, Constructor 1st) WGPC12 (5th, Constructor 1st)

BIO: The numbers don't lie, and the ice-cool Jai Kardaeri is back in the pool for a drive in World Grand Prix Championship 17, after a five year break from the sport. He's still on the leaderboard in essentially every category and leads the multiverse in Most Points, Most Podiums and Most Top Tens, as well as holding the Lap Record at the Eelandii Grand Prix Course in Turori. It's ten years since his incredible debut season with Mirrors F1, and since then he's driven for the biggest and best teams in the WGPC. The unflappable and experienced former champion brings with him personal sponsorship from a number of Starblaydi companies, including Ozuwara and Orcinus.

Jai Kardaeri (KRD) WGPC History:
                              Driver               Constructor
Season   Team            Points    Position     Points    Position
WGPC8    Mirrors F1	   98         1st         139        3rd 
WGPC9    Mirrors F1        19        13th          24       10th
WGPC10   Velog             88         2nd         158        2nd
WGPC11   Carvenlo         121         2nd         214        1st
WGPC12   Carvenlo          88         5th         199        1st

by **Cassadaigua** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 11:06 am

NAME: Taylor Blake
NAME TRIGRAM: BLK
NATIONALITY: Cassadaigua
NATIONALITY TRIGRAM: CDG
PREFERRED CAR NUMBER: 27
SECOND CHOICE CAR NUMBER: 23
ABILITY:
Reliability (MAX 5): 4.7
Aggression (MAX 5): 2.7
Technique (MAX 5): 4.6
Experience: WGPC Rookie, Four-Time Open Wheel Champion in Cassadaigua
BIO:
The 30-year old from the suburbs of Brattleboro has been chosen to represent Cassadaigua in the WGPC due to her dominance at home. There is hope that she will adapt well to this series, and that our open wheel program at the international level can be as good as our stock car program was. She will frequently seek the advice of Stacie Houston, the reigning NSSCRA champion on adapting to this level.

by **Audioslavia** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:08 pm

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NAME OF CIRCUIT: Crossport International Raceway
CITY/TOWN: Crossport
COUNTRY: Audioslavia
NAME OF GRAND PRIX: The Hygolje Audioslavian Grand Prix

TRACK RATING: 6.5 / 3.5
CHANCE OF RAIN: 5%
OVERTAKING DIFFICULTY: 1.5
MARGIN FOR ERROR: 1.5

QUALIFYING TYPE: Trad
LAP RECORD: 1'31.800
LENGTH OF ONE LAP: 5.41km

BIO: The old Railway Tunnel right-hander claimed the career of former WGPC pilot Maxwell Song in season thirteen on WGPC, and has been responsible for various injuries from crashes every since. Why, then, had it taken CIRG, the owners of the circuit, so long to make the required changes?

Reputation.

For seasons fourteen to sixteen, WGPC’s Audioslavian owners positioned the Audioslavian Grand Prix as the final race of the season, and the circuit has become an iconic fixture in the season. Why wouldn’t CIRG do anything about its circuit’s deathtrap corner? Well what were the WGPC going to do? *Not* have Crossport as the last race of the season?

September’s rumours of a deal between the WGPC and the city of Zijweg in central Audioslavia to use Tweesprong as WGPC17’s finale propelled CIRG into action. A winter’s worth of work has resulted in the handle end of the hammer adopting a flap in the form of a long, looping right hander the other side of the old tunnel that continues up to a final chicane.

These adjustments, plus the addition of some longer run-off areas, has convinced the WGPC to take Crossport, and not Tweesprong, as the Audioslavian circuit entry for WGPC 17.

A car starting the Audioslavian Grand Prix from the rear of the grid would find themselves a little further back than they’d ordinarily expect, starting just on the trailing edge of the track’s final corner. From there comes a long straight famous for being a little concave, meaning the start-finish line is at a lower elevation than the corners preceding and succeeding it, allowing for some evocative camera work. Turn one, dubbed the Turn of the Century due to its having been completed in the year 2200, is an unpredictable corner to take. Some drivers prefer a traditional line, hitting the apex early and trying to keep on the power on the outside of the circuit, whereas other drivers prefer going into the corner later and wider and turning a little earlier, allowing a straighter exit with fewer adjustments so as to maximise acceleration at the expense of losing a little speed on the way in.

Turn 2 used to be called, simply, ‘turn two’, before CIRG decided to name the corner after the Johanson racing family, who run a team in WGP3 and whose patriarch, Johan Johanson, is a well respected member of the racing community. After the fast right-banking corner comes Hammerhead, for which the drivers have to slow right down. A long down-hill section follows, with the cars breaking just before the left-kink known as Hygolje for advertising purposes and into Talon at the very apex of the corner, assuming they’ve braked at the right place.

After Talon comes Knock, Hold and Loose, the famous triple chicane, before embarking up Lund Hill and hitting top speed before descending Bunn Hill. Here, instead of running the risk of hitting the wall at the bottom of the hill, the cars go through a short tunnel and into a long, looping right-hander, the first part of which is called, simply, ‘Rail Tunnel’, the second part is called Hurrah, another year, surely this one will be better than the last. The inexorable march of progress will lead us all to happiness. Because why not. After that comes the turn three chicane (or the pit-lane if you’re not concentrating properly) before the final turn, simply titled GO

by **Vangaziland** » Fri Feb 15, 2019 1:55 am

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by **Savojarna** » Fri Feb 15, 2019 6:20 am

NAME: Sigur Bjarnason
NAME TRIGRAM: BJA
GENDER: Male (human)
NATIONALITY: Savojarna
NATIONALITY TRIGRAM: SVJ
PREFERRED NUMBER: 14
ABILITY:
Reliability (MAX 5): 4
Aggression (MAX 5): 3
Technique (MAX 5): 5
Experience: WGPC 16
BIO: Sigur Bjarnason, aged 24, has grown up on the island of Ejana, but moved to Vestrholm early on, where he started karting with six years. Early on, he proved to be one of the biggest talents in the sport, and as usual in Savojarna, his first contact with car racing was rallye. He drove through the Sumanen forests with 15, when he won the Savojar Junior Rallye Championships. Shortly before he was set to compete for the defense of his title as the favourite to win another Junior Championship, one of the leading teams of the nation contacted him to drive the Rallye Norderholmen, with the big guys. Bjarnason replaced the injured former champion Kari Pakarinen, who saw his talent and kept coaching him when he was fit again, and with age 18 he was the youngest driver in history to stand on the podium at the Savojar National Rallye Championships in Sumanen. In the following season, Sigur won his first top tier event when he beat his mentor Pakarinen in the Rallye of North Sumanen. His to-day biggest success was the victory at the Rallye Ejana, one of the four traditional Major Events of Savojar Racing. When the Savojar racing association decided to enter a driver into international Grand Prix racing, they invited the best drivers from all kinds of racing, and Sigur Bjarnason proved to be the best. His technique is very good thanks to the tough rallye school he had gone through, but there used to be questions whether or not he can deal with the change from a rallye environment to GP racing.

With this pedigree, and a heavy sponsorship of the Savojar authorities behind him, Sigur was rumoured to be a candidate for multiple teams, including VMR of future World Champion Jess Franssen, but was ultimately signed somewhat surprisingly as a Nr. 1 driver with MRT. Following a difficult start where he struggled to get accustomed to the ricks of GP racing, he had his breakout in the Grand Prix of Eastfield Lodge, where he came third behind Jean Mercer-Daly and his teammate Rustom Ibuna. In round 5, the Grand Prix of Vulkanas, Bjarnason declassed the rest of the field in pouring rain on a street circuit and celebrated his first WGPC victory as well as taking the lead in the Driver's Championship for the first time. In Rivoli, he won a second race, but ultimately failed to contest the driver's championship because of a series of DNF's in Vangaziland and Mattijana, the latter occuring after he led his team's home race for the biggest part before he was stopped by engine damage. Ultimately, Sigur finished his debut season in sixth place, contributing 83 points to his team's constructor championship title. He has confirmed to stay with MRT for WGPC 17 and will look to make a championship run.

NAME OF CIRCUIT: Yarkovo International Circuit
CITY/TOWN: Yarkovo (ca. 75 km southeast of Novaya Russica)
COUNTRY: Savojarna
NAME OF GRAND PRIX: Grand Prix of Savojarna
QUALIFYING TYPE: Two-Tier
LAP RECORD: 01:15.856 - set by Jean Mercer-Daly in the WGPC 16 test session
CHANCE OF RAIN: 8%
OVERTAKING DIFFICULTY: 1.5
MARGIN FOR ERROR: 3.75
LENGTH OF ONE LAP: 4.891 km
TRACK RATING: 7/3
BIO: Savojarna decided to accompany its debut in the WGPC with a new, purpose-built race track in the fields outside the small town of Yarkovo, southeast of Novaya Russica. The areal is highly modern and planned by the best race-track designer of Savojarna, Lauris Peramäki. Peramäki has been the chief track designer of the Savojar Automobile Racing Association for over 15 years, being in charge of the national championships in both rallye and road racing. The SARA has designed the track together with engineers of the Technical University of Pawlograd, in order to provide a safe and spectacular racing experience. The track does offer good opportunities to overtake thanks to its high speed layout broken by tight corners which provide possibilities for attacks. It tests technical ability of drivers through its corners, their bravery and skill through its high-speed nature and the limits of brakes and aerodynamics through the highspeed corners of sector 3.

The start of the track is located on the main straight, and cars enter a slightly over 90°-Turn after the main straight. This is a prime opportunity for overtaking as the cars need to lose a large amount of speed to turn around T1 with 100-110 km/h. Following it, there is a combination of three fast turns that provide a challenge to drivers as they are challenged with finding the ideal speed for these corners. The cars then speed up again as they leave Sector 1, approaching the first of two challenging chicanes. The combination of turn 5-7 is another point where drivers have to break heavily and turn through three difficult corners, offering drivers good opportunities to overtake "on the brake". Rushing down towards Turn 8, the cars pass the first DRS detection line to brake hard again, slowing to ca. 130 km/h for Turn 8. Following T8, there is the longest full-speed part of the track. Turn 9 offers a special challenge to the driver's audacity. The kink is usually passable in full speed if the weather is good, but the fact that there are walls only 1.5m next to the track leaves almost no margin for error at this point. At the exit of Sector 2, the combination of turns 10 to 12 offers yet another good opportunity for overtaking. The track is wide there, but the corners are tight, so that skilled pilots will be able to pass their opponents as they have to brake from over 300 km/h, the course's top speed, to around 100 km/h for Turn 10. The wavy lines of sector 3 then offer a challenge to the cars aerodynamics, as only those with the best downforce will be able to pass this highspeed section with maximum power. Turn 15 and 16 finally offer yet another challenge that forces drivers to brake quickly, opening gaps for others to overtake them.

by **Audioslavia** » Sat Feb 16, 2019 6:32 pm

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NAME OF CIRCUIT: Berknau Raceway
CITY/TOWN: Berknaution
COUNTRY: Newark Aristocracy
NAME OF GRAND PRIX: Grand Prix of The Newark Aristocracy

TRACK RATING:Ag
CHANCE OF RAIN: 3%
OVERTAKING DIFFICULTY: 1(1-5)
MARGIN FOR ERROR:3 (1-5)

QUALIFYING TYPE: Two-Tier
LAP RECORD 12:06.900 (m:ss.xxx)
LENGTH OF ONE LAP:5.9(km)
BIO: The track was created in 1898 when a bunch of car owners at the time wanted a place to race. Since then, some of the most well-known races in the country have been held here. A lap here starts off by you going into the right-hander that is turn one,following this you'll be on a straight towards turn 2, coming into turn 2 is like coming into sharp turn in a fighter jet, after this is the gentle s curve known as turn 3 which causes you to turn left, after this you enter turn 4, 1 of the most well-known turns on this track, which happens to be a sharp left hand turn, then turn 5 is like tar one except it's the opposite, after that turn 6 a left hand turn just like turning five, after that turn 7 a large and long s curve known for the many crashes that happen here every year, turn 8 is turn 7's opposite but much faster, after this expect to enter turn 9 one of the slowest corners on this entire track, a slow left-hander, after this turn 10 is the final turn on this track being a quick s turn, turning 90 degrees to align with the front stretch.

by **Vilita and Turori** » Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:14 am

NAME: R.L. Cruisin
NAME TRIGRAM: CRU
NATIONALITY: Vilita
NATIONALITY TRIGRAM: VIL (or VLT)
PREFERRED CAR NUMBER: 51
SECOND CHOICE CAR NUMBER: 14
ABILITY:
Reliability (MAX 5): 3.14
Aggression (MAX 5): 5
Technique (MAX 5): 3.86
Experience: WGPC x6
BIO: R.L. Cruisin is an experienced WGPC veteran looking to enter his 7th WGPC season. Cruisin famously got their start at the top level of World Grand Prix motorsports on the Vilita & Turori Motorsports team as the 'other' car during Stang Crax World Grand Prix title season during WGPC 11. While Cruisin would claim their share of podium finishes during the season, it was Crax who would take home the title for Vilita & Turori. Cruisin was elevated to the primary seat during WGPC 12 as Crax left the team, but suffered a drop in the standings, from 4th down to 9th place and a best finish of 3rd place at the Vilitan Mountain Challenge Course before the team went on a hiatus from WGPC vehicle production and its older vehicles fell out of spec. Cruisin became a journeyman driver joining forces with teams such as Frontiere Racing, Carvenlo-Franklin racing, Arada GP and most recently MSA-SinVal. During six prior seasons of competition, Cruisin has recorded four victories, thirteen podium finishes and collected points in 33 events.

Many expected WGPC 16 to be Cruisin's final season behind the wheel with the Vilitan Cove nations grooming a flock of Cocoabo in the WGP2 and NSSCRA with a likely view to promoting them to the drivers seat. However, after failing to win any races during WGPC 15 with Arada GP, Cruisin stunned the racing world by taking the Checkered flag at the Grand Prix of Turori in the penultimate round of WGPC 16 in a woefully under-powered MSA-SinVal machine. It is believed that the victory has restored sponsors confidence in one of the most recognizable names on the World Grand Prix Circuit as well as inspiring Cruisin to take one more run at a Drivers Championship. Cruisin has a strong following in Vilita and is likely able to attract corporate support from a vast number of Vilitan affiliated entities.

NAME: TBD
NAME TRIGRAM:
NATIONALITY:
NATIONALITY TRIGRAM: VLT
PREFERRED CAR NUMBER: 77
SECOND CHOICE CAR NUMBER: 23
ABILITY:
Reliability (MAX 5): 2.5
Aggression (MAX 5): 4.6
Technique (MAX 5): 4.9
Experience:
BIO:

NAME OF CIRCUIT: Eelandii Grand Prix Course

CITY/TOWN: Eelandii
COUNTRY: Turori
NAME OF GRAND PRIX: Grand Prix of Turori
TRACK RATING: (5/5)
CHANCE OF RAIN: (23%)
OVERTAKING DIFFICULTY: (3.23) Medium-Low
MARGIN FOR ERROR: (3.77) Medium-High

QUALIFYING TYPE: Two-Tier
LAP RECORD: 1:22.409 (Jai Kardaeri, WGPC 12)
LENGTH OF ONE LAP: 5.19km

BIO: The Eelandii Grand Prix was held for the first time during WGPC 13. The Eelandii Grand Prix Course opened just prior to WGPC 12 and held an official test session during WGPC 12 that served as a predecessor the the courses inclusion on the official schedule one season later. The venue has see-sawed between a sanctioned race weekend and a mid-season test event. The Grand Prix of Turori returned to the World Grand Prix Championship schedule for its 16th season.

Eelandii, an officially unrecognized city according to the official map of Turori, is located between the capital of Almintora and the center of sport in Cednia. The city was stood up prior to the World Cup 63 Finals hosted in Turori with the creation of a brand new state of the art sporting complex for football and athletics known as Eels Park. Looking to expand Eelandii's reputation as a 'center of sport' for the Island Emirate, the Eelandii Grand Prix circuit broke ground following the completion of the World Cup 63 finals in the shadows of Eels Park, the home of the Turori National Association Football team. The racing surface transitions from Street to purpose-built racing track to tarmac as drivers navigate the center of Eelandii.

NAME OF CIRCUIT: Vilitan Mountain Challenge Course

CITY/TOWN: Rockii Coast
COUNTRY: Vilita
NAME OF GRAND PRIX: Vilitan Grand Prix

TRACK RATING: (7/3)
CHANCE OF RAIN: (14%)
OVERTAKING DIFFICULTY: (2.14)
MARGIN FOR ERROR: (3.14)

QUALIFYING TYPE: Traditional
LAP RECORD: 1:25.440 (Stang Crax, WGPC 11)
LENGTH OF ONE LAP: 5.05km

BIO: Located in the picturesque region of Vilitan right overlooking the waters of Atlantian Oceania, the Vilitan Mountain Challenge Course was carved out of the Rocks on Vilita's Rockii Coast and offers a unique challenge to all drivers. Originally more of a wide-open high intensity speed park, The Grand Prix modification of the Vilitan Mountain Challenge Course was a new addition to the facility in preparation for its inclusion in World Grand Prix Championship 11. While Acceleration and Mechanical Power will be a great equalizer on much of the course, the Grand Prix boot designed by Turorian legend iBen Toralmintii mid-way through the course gives those with the ability to make maneuvers in tight spaces a chance to shine as well. The course has long been a fixture on the World Grand Prix circuit and has additionally hosted an event during the Inaugural World Grand Prix 2 competition. While the Vilitan Grand Prix was not contested during WGPC 16, the Vilitan Mountain Challenge Course was an official mid-season testing venue.

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Badai Angin launches WGPO and FH challengers for this season

The Badai Angin BAP001 which will be entered for WGPC 17

The Badai Angin KS01X which will be the base car for WGP3 Filindostan

The Badai Angin IGR Tarogama FH170T which is currently raced in Formula Hodori

YOGYAKULTA - Badai Angin is ready to enter multiversal racing.

In a sunny afternoon here at the Yogyakulta International Circuit, Badai Angin announced the livery for the their three racing cars that will compete in different open wheel series this season. Apart from the already announced FH170T chassis powered by Hodoran engine manufacturer, Tarogama, the two other cars were revealed to the public eyes as well - the BAP001, which will be the Filindostani company's first WGPC challenger since they acquired Kissan Motorsport (KISMO)'s assets and WGPC entry at the end of the WGP2 season.

The company colors for Badai Angin graced the BAP001 chassis, with aqua blue the majority of the chassis, and a slightly darker shade of red coloring the wingtips, barge boards, mirrors, the intake and fins. There are currently aren't much sponsors placed in the car, but Gergarian tyre supplier Solymok with its X variant of the Megfogo GT being used by the car, as well as the website for Badai Angin, and Cepat, Petrofilindo's premium motor oil also present in the car. When asked, team principal Rudolf Ibuna said that they intended to keep some spots open for additional sponsorship, though it remains to be seen if any other sponsorship can be found aside from the existing ones.

As Badai Angin's driver lineup is not decided yet, Rudolf took the car's first installation laps at the Yogyakulta International Circuit, which is part of a Filindostani bid for hosting a round of the WGPC this season. This sparked rumors about his potential entry in the Hodori GT All Star Challenge, though he did not answer any questions related to it and instead focused on the WGPC team's efforts for the coming season.

When asked on potential drivers he wish to sign, he just said that there are plans in place, but he would not reveal any names for now.

Also present in the launch are the Joko Ajartambun, CEO of Petrofilindo, who majority owns the Badai Angin marque, and their Academy drivers, Chiemi Hino, Eiji Ibi, and Alvis Kalvin Lacsamana. The first two, along with Formula Hodori driver Kyoko Fujisaki were recently issued racing licenses by the Filindostani Motorsports Authority, and thus will represent FIlindostan moving forward. Hino put some laps on the KS01X, a slimmed down version of the KISMO chassis used last WGPC season, which will be used in the inaugural WGP3 Filindostan series this year.

Fujisaki was not present in the launch, as she was currently based in Hodori and is currently participating in the Formula Hodori Touring Series. The FH chassis remained on display for the duration of the week for the public eye to see.

Badai Angin is the third WGPC team to supposedly reveal their colors for the upcoming season, after McPahan and Camden already revealed their initial liveries for the upcoming season.

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