[Motorsports] WGPC (19) / WGP2 (5) :: Signup Thread

[Tropicorp]

Driver Name: Cocaobo #23
Name Trigram: C23
Nationality Trigram: CFT
Preferred Car Number: 23
Second Choice Car Number: 00
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 2.5
Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 4.5
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 5
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Preferred Series: WGPC/WGP2
Driver's bio: Cocoabo #23 is a product of the Cocoabo Park Enrichment and Enhancement Project (CocoPEEP or CEEP). The Cocoabo Park Arena in Cocoabo Park was developed to train Cocoabo in the art of Footsports. Recently, however, Tropicorp and the Cocoabo Preservation Society unveiled the Cocoabo Park Circuit. Cocoabo #23 - Known informally as "Coco Fast" or "Fast Cocoabo") is the first Cocoabo to have 'graduated' from the CocoPEEP Racing programme - having demonstrated sufficiently the ability to navigate the Cocoabo Park Circuit for 30 consecutive laps without going off course. Cocoabo #23 finished as runner-up during WGP2 Season one. While they have struggled driving inferior equipment in the WGP2 Season 2 and 3 and competed for Fireline Motorsports during WGPC Season 19

Manufacturer Name: Tropicorp Racing Supply
Manufacturer Nationality Trigram: V&T
Reliability (Between -1 and 1): -0.14
Traction (Between -1 and 1): 0.14
R & T ratings should add up to no more than 0.

[The Sherpa Empire]

Driver Name: Kyidawa Sherpa
Name Trigram: SHE
Nationality Trigram: SHW
Preferred Car Number: 30
Second Choice Car Number: 33
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 3
Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 4.5
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 4.5
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Preferred Series: WGPC/WGP2
Driver's bio: Kyidawa has been a fixture on the domestic racing scene for the last several years. He spent the most recent season driving for the AutoModi factory team in SIMS, an open wheel league that operates in the South of the Sherpa Empire. He has a reputation for being a little flamboyant and raunchy. He's one of those people that will try just about anything once, very open-minded, but does not always think before he acts as much as he should.

[Taxonomic Kingdoms]

OOC: This is a puppet of the Sherpa Empire.

Driver Name: Vaccinia Poxvirus
Name Trigram: POX
Nationality Trigram: TAX
Preferred Car Number: 4
Second Choice Car Number: 13
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 5
Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 2
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 5
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Preferred Series: WGPC/WGP2
Driver's bio: Vaccinia is a native of Bamford, capital of Bamfordvirae and one of the oldest cities in the multiverse. Historically, the kingdom of Bamfordvirae has not been on good terms with humanity. However, Vaccinia likes humans and is generally considered benevolent. She is the goddess of vaccination. She still has the power to curse people with rashes or gangrene if you piss her off enough, but she does not curse people very often.

Her interest in motorsports was piqued when the WSRC visited the Virias last year for Rally Ribovia.

She appears in human form as a beautiful woman with bright blue eyes and long honey-blonde hair. As with many deities, you should not ask to see her in her true form.

[Gergary]

Additional puppet of Filindostan, this nation entered WGP2 Season 3 with Barnabas Mate and supplied several WGPC teams last season with Solymok. In case more technical tracks needed, this can be considered instead of Yogyakulta and push the latter into the WGPC/WGP2 testing.

Circuit Name: Wiesenblumering
Race Name: Gergarian Grand Prix / WGP2 Race of Gemischtvegyes
Track Image: https://i.imgur.com/lfJblGA.png
Lap Record (WGPC Car)(seconds): 84.275
Track Length (km): 4.858
Qualifying Type (Traditional or One-Shot): Traditional
Chance of rain (1%-20%): 5.00
Track aggressiveness (1-10): 3.90
Track technicality (1-10): 6.10
(Aggressiveness and technicality should add up to 10)
Overtaking Difficulty (0.1 - 5. 0.1 is easy, 5 is difficult): 3.5
Margin for error (0.1 - 5. 0.1 is forgiving, 5 is treacherous): 2.5
Preferred Series: (WGPC / WGP2 / Test / iROS): WGPC/WGP2
Info: The Wiesenblumering is Gergary's primary motorsports circuit. Hosting local racing events in its first five years from construction, the track owners were able to convince the Filindostani Motorsports Group who organizes the WGP3 Filindostan series to host two rounds at the circuit. Recently FISCAR, also organized by the same organization, signed a pact for the domestic stock car series to have a road course held there among another oval circuit in Milchmaenner.

Circuit Image:

[Hodori Motorsports]

Driver Name: Sayono Souzare
Name Trigram: SZR
Nationality Trigram: HDR
Preferred Car Number: 52
Second Choice Car Number: 9
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 3.14
Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 4.61
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 4.25
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Preferred Series: WGPC
Driver's bio: A series veteran of both the WGPC and domestic Hodoran motorsport, 28-year old Soeshu native Sayono Souzare (白川 雨子 Sōzare Sayono) has not been having a good time as of late. On the heels of a late season collapse in the WGPC and an embarassing domestic performance, she hopes for redemption this season.

The sponsors she will bring to teams are the same as last year, with the bulk of the money coming from the company founded by an ancestor (HIEDA Audio Systems), with sports energy drink brand ENSADRINK and watchmaker Izayoi making up the remaining 30%.

From her karting days to every tier of domestic racing she has participated in, she has been raised on racing machines lacking talent replacement driver assistance systems such as traction control, launch assist, or anti-lock brakes, and she considers being put in a car which makes use of them a grave personal insult.

Driver Name: Chiruno Hakusoe
Name Trigram: HKS
Nationality Trigram: HDR
Preferred Car Number: 21
Second Choice Car Number: 66
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 3.25
Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 4.29
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 4.46
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Preferred Series: WGP2
Driver's bio: 19-year old Tarogama (the city) native, Chiruno Hakusoe (大木 滝子 Hakusoe Chiruno) is the youngest daughter of the Hakusoe Winery president and current CEO of the Gazanarikeyu Beverage Company. With her performance last season being below expectation, her parents have slashed her allowance plushie budget allowance plushie budget >:C monthly familial stipend and have given her one more season in the WGP2 to prove herself.

With ENSADRINK as her personal sponsor and as a current driver in the Tarogama (the car manufacturer) Driver Development Program (TDDP), she is expected to go to that team should it make the WGP2 grid.

Driver Name: Sakiteno Kuyara
Name Trigram: KUY
Nationality Trigram: HDR
Preferred Car Number: 3
Second Choice Car Number: 19
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 2.00
Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 5.00
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 5.00
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Preferred Series: WGP2
Driver's bio: Retired Captain Sakiteno "Junker" Kuyara (黒岩 昴子 Kuyara Sakiteno), 35 years old, born and raised in Kizagama. The eldest child of a Nekonian mother and Hodoran father, she is a former HADF Suppression of Enemy Air Defences pilot with a penchant for leaving a trail of smoking piles of scrap in her wake (whether this is due to combat role or being very good at finding deficiencies in equipment maintenance quality is open for interpretation), and enjoyer of things that go fast. She had quite a bit of fun in her last WGP2 outing and would like to go again.

Through the connections of her former EWO Major Suzuchiru "Rapunzel" Souzare and more specifically Suzuchiru's third cousin, Kuyara has managed to pick up as her sponsor Toudeyaku Logistics Services subsidiary AtaGO Global Logistics.

Team Name: ENSADRINK TDDP WGP2 Team
Team Nation: Hodori
Nationality Trigram: HDR
Team colour (in hex code): C60000
Reliability (Between 3 and 5): 4.25
Acceleration (Between 2 and 5): 3.85
Turning (Between 2 and 5): 3.90
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Team bio: Following the end of the previous WGP2 season, PrismRiver Racing has pulled the plug on the program after going in expecting a series run similarly to the domestic Formula Touring championship with the corresponding level of financial investment and car development and instead getting WGPC-level expectations on budget and development with less-than-WGPC-level pace. Without their major financial backing, the WGP2 team made up of Nadakei Sport and Reitoude Motor Sport's race engineering school promptly dissolved. The team's equipment was then sold off, with the cars ending up in the posession of TDDP.

As PrismRiver Racing had expected the previous WGP2 to be run with car development handled solely by the series chassis supplier and not the competing teams, they budgeted zero Kerai ($0 NSD) to "tampering with the chassis"; developing and deploying their own changes to the car beyond minor circuit-specific adjustments to suspension settings and wing angle. As such, the cars acquired by TDDP finished the previous season in the exact same level of development they started in.

The TDDP WGP2 team carries the backing of Gazanarikeyu Beverage Company with popular sports energy drink brand ENSADRINK as the title sponsor.

Circuit Name: Yakumicha Circuit
Race Name: Horikawa Instruments Grand Prix of Hodori (WGPC)/ ENSABOOST Hodoran GP2 Challenge (WGP2)
Track Image:
Lap Record (WGPC Car)(seconds): 1:26.973 [A. Mayari - Scuderia Fuoco e Ghiaccio, WGPC13 Qualifying]
Track Lap Length (km): 5.257km
Qualifying Type: Elimination
Chance of rain (1%-20%): 20%
Track aggressiveness (1-10): 4
Track technicality (1-10): 6
(Aggressiveness and technicality should add up to 10)
Overtaking Difficulty (0.1 - 5. 0.1 is easy, 5 is difficult): 2.5
Margin for error (0.1 - 5. 0.1 is forgiving, 5 is treacherous): 3
Preferred Series: WGPC / WGP2
Info: A circuit constructed outside Yakumicha in a scenic valley in Hodori's Toudekan prefecture.

Access to the circuit is primarily through public transit, with dedicated rail and bus lines connecting the facility to Yakumicha and Jechiru. Additional road lines allow access from the village of Yegitou.

As part of the three-year title sponsorship deal, automotive electronics and telemetry systems manufacturer Horikawa Instruments returns as title sponsor of the WGPC event, alternating with Dashoze Circuit.

Gazanarikeyu Beverage Company steps in as the new title sponsor for the WGP2 event with the ENSABOOST line of flavoured coffee energy drinks, replacing watchmaker IZAYOI as the title sponsor.

A Lap of the Grand Prix Circuit
Starting from the grid, drivers will first climb six meters from the starting line and pit exit to the crest at the entry of First Corner, before dropping 52 meters through the downhill First, Esses, and WhiteRock Corners. Levelling out for the Shameimaru Chicane, the track will descend another 3 meters to join the Junior Circuit at the exit of 50R.

Climbing over 16 meters from 85R to the peak at the middle of 90R, drivers will then drop 14 meters as they run down the Junior Back Straight to the chicane of 55R, 25R, and 45R. Racing down the Junior Grid Straight at a slight downward grade, the track starts to dive more sharply past the Junior Pit Exit into the Valley Corner, with its middle third — and the lowest point of the circuit — 6 meters below the corner entry.

Climbing out of Valley to 30R, drivers will take the hairpin to rejoin the National circuit at Turn 17. From Turn 17, drivers will climb over 50 meters up the back straight and through the Hairpin, PrismRiver, TIREIPALACE Chicane, and Final Corners. Out of Final Corner and past pit entry, drivers will have returned to the starting elevation.

Engine manufacturer: Arada Motorsports
Engine name (if different): VS/E340E
Reliability (between -1 and 1): -0.25
Actuation (between -1 and 1): 0.55
Tare (between -1 and 1): -0.30

Manufacturer Name: Deyoze Tyres
Manufacturer Nationality Trigram: HDR
Reliability (Between -1 and 1): 0.35
Traction (Between -1 and 1):-0.35
R & T ratings should add up to no more than 0.

[Ethane]

Driver Name: Edward Rousseau
Name Trigram: ROU
Nationality Trigram: ETN
Preferred Car Number: 41
Second Choice Car Number: 48
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 4
Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 3.5
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 4.5
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Preferred Series: WGPC/WGP2
Driver's bio: He's had a long road trying to get into motor racing, considering his family background - he was put into the Ethanian foster care system from a young age. However, friendships and his adopted family gave him a route in. He made it into the Nexus Racing Driver Academy Series, and had a decent, but not outstanding, season. A few good performances did get him noticed, but he is still very much a developing driver. He had a decent season in WGP2 (4), and is looking to build on that in WGP2 or with a callup to the WGPC.

Driver Name: Catherine Toggard
Name Trigram: TOG
Nationality Trigram: ETN
Preferred Car Number: 18
Second Choice Car Number: 24
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 5
Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 3
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 4
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Preferred Series: WGPC/Test/Other
Driver's bio: The first female driver to reach the WGPC from Ethane. She's an inspiration for all Ethanian women, and she acts like it. A spokesperson for women in sport, she's daring, adventurous, and likes to get outside. Perhaps she's a little conservative on the track, but her technique like in many things is pretty good. And she's extremely reliable. She's a pay driver - whichever team picks her up will get a specially large fund from her father - and brings with her many sponsors dedicated to showing off their gender equality credentials. Expect her to postulate about women in racing, and be a visible advocate for increasing the presence of women in sport.

Team Name: Fireline Academy Motorsports
Team Nation: Ethane
Nationality Trigram: ETN
Team colour (in hex code): #890AC6?
Reliability (Between 3 and 5): 3.9
Acceleration (Between 2 and 5): 3.6
Turning (Between 2 and 5): 4.5
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Team bio: Fireline Academy Motorsports is the WGP2 and WGP3 department of the wider Fireline group. It's a team born out of entrepreneurs and racing enthusiasts in Ethane looking to make a name for the nation overseas in racing internationally. Lacking the funding of other teams, the team have had a slow and painful development in the WGPO sphere, trying to make a name for themselves. They were strong in the midfield in WGP2 last season and look to build on this.

Last WGPC, some degree of success was found with Cocaobo #23 qualifying and placing well in a couple of the race weekends across the season, but the team lacked the consistency to make a significant mark - Adriana Kowalski struggled inside the car despite having the support of the team. This wasn't down to a poor quality engine either - a strong partnership with Tropicorp ensured the team had a solid basis. However, manufacturing quality issues, a lack of funding, and other issues around the management of the team meant the season was a struggle and extremely inconsistent. Adriana Kowalski was able to step up in WGP2 though, winning the first two feature races of the season. This showed everyone the progress Fireline had made - they could be competitive with the right car and driver.

With the reorganisation, Fireline Academy Motorsports is the new name for the WGP2 department of the wider sporting family. The WGP2 team will be sticking with the same race director and team manager who brought success last season. And they're keen to focus on development not just of the car but also of drivers. Looking for drivers that don't just want to join the team in the WGP2 season but drivers that they can train up, give them experience, push them and the team, and bring them into the limelight. Personal development. Inclusiveness. Friendliness. Honour. Teamwork. Pride. Hope. That's the ethos of this team.

[Nekoni]

Driver Name: Erica Okumura
Name Trigram: OKU
Nationality Trigram: NEK
Preferred Car Number: 47
Second Choice Car Number: 74
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 3.6
Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 3.7
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 4.7
Preferred Series: WGPC
Driver's bio: Erica, 24. A long time member of Polaris Racing Team, her fortunes have been up and down since she entered the WGPC scene four years ago. Solidly in twelfth last season, and just a point off the top ten, whilst Erica appears to start seasons a little inconsistently, when she gets her eye on the ball, she is capable of amazing things. Known best for her uncanny ability to eke out incredible drives from the back of the pack, her goal this year is to make sure that good qualifying means that she'll never need to rely on it again. Of course...that depends on if her team is even financially viable again. Polaris aren't in the best shape, and haven't been for a long while, and there's a danger that if the team goes under, is there anywhere else that can take her?

[Bollonich]

Driver Name: Sullivan Joyner
Name Trigram: JOY
Nationality Trigram: BOL
Preferred Car Number: 13
Second Choice Car Number: 31
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 4
Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 4
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 4
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Preferred Series: WGP2
Driver's bio: Joyner is a young upcoming Bollonischian driver who’s rise through the ranks was truly rapid. Having been with Sylvestre Racing’s driver academy since the very beginning, he rapidly rose through the ranks in the lower championships before making his debut at the big stage, the Bollonischian Grand Prix Championship. He came into the championship smack dab in the season Luvenes were heavily dominating with Kulkarni winning almost every race. Joyner in his first season arrived with a bang stealing some wins from Kulkarni but he also got unlucky with car reliability as the engine built struggled. Despite struggling for pace he finished a respectable 10th place.

This dominance for Luvenes however didn’t last as this time it was the turn of Sylvestre to dominate a season of the Bollonischian Championship. With how the championship was structured, which team had the best car changed regularly. And now it was the chance for Sylvestre to shine especially with the monster of an engine their sister company Azzura had built. Sylvestre dominated the entire season and so did Sullivan Joyner. The only other driver who posed a realistic threat to Joyner was English in his own rookie season who was also a part of Sylvestre Racing. This season had been a fabulous one for Sylvestre who picked up 381 points in total and their drivers. Joyner will now be attempting to find a team in WGP2 to offer him a seat as his Sylvestre developmental period contract runs out.

[The Grearish Union]

Driver Name: David Findlay
Name Trigram: FIN
Nationality Trigram: GRU
Preferred Car Number: 13
Second Choice Car Number: 67
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 4.75
Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 3.25
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 4.00
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Preferred Series: WGP2
Driver's bio: Being the youngest son of the Findlay family (who produce sports and luxury cars in the Union, have applied for a WGP3 Esportiva team and are widely known as the greatest supporter of Grearish motorsports) and possibly the nation's first proper foray into is a daunting task for anybody in the multiverse, but there is this sense in the Grearish motorsports community that this 18-year-old has what it takes to put Grearia on the map. An absence of a GP3 series in Grearia means that there is no proof of his prowess in the series immediately below but that will be easily compensated by Findlay Motors' pot of money that comes in as a sponsorship along with Findlay's services as a driver. From the reports of the scouts who have already seen him in action in unofficial races in his home country, it can be gathered that David wouldn't be a driver who rams his car into the barriers on racedays and does have a calm head on his shoulders.

[Graintfjall]

Tyre Manufacturer Name: Brústeinn
Reliability (Between -1 and 1): -0.60
Traction (Between -1 and 1): 0.60

Brústeinn is the tyre and rubber parts arm of Græntfaller Multinesian Extractive Holdings, one of the largest mining and materials extraction companies in the Græntfaller sphere of influence. Sourcing rubber from extensive plantations in Græntfaller Multinesia, they're the leading supplier of tyres for the Græntfaller domestic market, the Græntfaller armed forces, and have recently expanded into motorsports through becoming the official tyre supplier for the Græntfaller MotoGP series, and further making a deal to supply tyres to teams in WGP3 Grearia and Bollonich. The Brústeinn logo shows two hands meeting either side of a tyre, representing the spirit of unity and friendship central to the company's corporate ethos.

OOC

Irrespective of whether this tyre signup is accepted, this nation should be considered the primary nation for the following, all of whom are my puppets:

• Hannasea
• Mlima Kijani
• Montaña Verde
• Schutzenphalia and West Ruhntuhnkuhnland

[Siovanija and Teusland]

Confirming the following signups as entered on the sheet:

Driver Name: Heinz-Otto Junker
Name Trigram: JUN
Nationality Trigram: STL
Preferred Car Number: 15
Second Choice Car Number: 51
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 3.50
Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 4.50
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 4.00
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Preferred Series: WGPC
Driver's bio: The reigning WGP2 Driver's Champion makes his step up to the big time. Junker didn't win a race in WGP2, but his remarkable consistency saw him become a regular face on the podium and in the points. He knows WGPC will be an even bigger challenge, but is excited for the opportunity to continue with TMW. One of Teusland's biggest prospects coming out of junior karting, Junker is the son of former Formula ST driver Gotthard Junker. With a season in WGP2 under his belt, and with great success, it's time to challenge himself at the highest level of motorsport.

Team Name: TeusBank TMW Rennsport
Team Nation: Siovanija & Teusland
Nationality Trigram: STL
Team colour (in hex code): #eadd66
Reliability (Between 3 and 5): 4
Acceleration (Between 2 and 5): 4
Turning (Between 2 and 5): 4
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Team bio: Legends of the sport at home in Siovanija & Teusland as the dominant force in the history of Formula ST, Teussische Motoren Werke has decided to take the bold step of proving themselves on the world stage through international competition. The first foray saw the team back driver Niklas Schonbaum in his WGPC exploits, but it didn't quite go as planned. Re-evaluating their strategy, TMW then chose to gain experience as a team in WGP2, with an incredible success in their first season. The team saw Heinz-Otto Junker capture the Driver's Championship, as well as an incredible effort from Licentian driver Joy Wingelaar to help the team finish 2nd in the constructors' standings. With an entire nation behind them at home in Teusland, TMW are hopeful that the success will continue as they accept the challenge of stepping up to the World Grand Prix Championship.

Engine manufacturer: TMW Powertrains GmbH
Engine name (if different): TMW
Reliability (between -1 and 1): -0.25
Actuation (between -1 and 1): 0.75
Tare (between -1 and 1): -0.25

Circuit Name: Rennbahn Stelburg
Race Name: Grosser Preis von Siowenien und Teusland
Track Image: https://i.imgur.com/9V6ybtP.png
Lap Record (WGPC Car)(seconds): 107.892
Track Length (km): 6.23km
Qualifying Type (Traditional or One-Shot): Traditional
Chance of rain (1%-20%): 15%
Track aggressiveness (1-10): 2.50
Track technicality (1-10): 7.50
(Aggressiveness and technicality should add up to 10)
Overtaking Difficulty (0.1 - 5. 0.1 is easy, 5 is difficult): 4.5
Margin for error (0.1 - 5. 0.1 is forgiving, 5 is treacherous): 5
Preferred Series: WGPC
Info: The most famous street course in the country, the Stelburg street circuit winds through the downtown core of the former capital of the Teus Empire. The first sector is a pleasant ride through some of the oldest streets and most beautiful architecture in the town, with a quick start to the lap through a wide turn 1 and then a run down to the much more narrow turn 2. Getting a slipstream off the start through turn 1 is probably your best chance of an overtake. Sector 1, titled 'Zentrum,' ends with a quick right-hand turn 4, before entering the technically challenging sector 2, titled 'Schloss.' Here, drivers must be fully confident in their car, particularly through the turn 12-17 complex that loops around an old palace. Also of note here is the bus stop chicane which can quite easily catch you out. Sector 3, titled 'Fluss,' takes you out of the city briefly and sees some elevation change as drivers work their way up to the turn 21 hairpin. From there, it's a climb back downhill and back into the city to the main overtaking spot on the track, the pit straight.

Circuit Name: Rotmundering
Race Name: WGP2 Preis von Teusland
Track Image: https://i.imgur.com/RIzAFqd.png
Lap Record (WGPC Car)(seconds): 70.279
Track Length (km): 4.25
Qualifying Type (Traditional or One-Shot): Sprint
Chance of rain (1%-20%): 10
Track aggressiveness (1-10): 7.5
Track technicality (1-10): 2.5
(Aggressiveness and technicality should add up to 10)
Overtaking Difficulty (0.1 - 5. 0.1 is easy, 5 is difficult): 1.5
Margin for error (0.1 - 5. 0.1 is forgiving, 5 is treacherous): 2
Preferred Series: Anything
Info: Traditionally the opening race of the Formula ST calendar, the Rotmundering is all about pure speed. Located on the northeastern coast of Teusland, this track can see wind speeds affect drivers in qualifying and the race, making it a bit tricky. But overall, this is a track drivers love, one where they can be flat out for most of the lap. It's a long, long drive into turn 1 off the start, and there's usually fireworks off the line. Turn 1 itself allows the drivers to go flat through to turn 2, where late braking maneuvers are common. Sector 1 proceeds mostly straightforward from there, into the trickier sector 2: the long overtaking straight between turns 6 and 7 followed by a difficult to perfect hairpin, and a small chicane coming out of the straight. But once you climb up to turn 11, the track is at its best: flat-out speed all the way back around, only interrupted by the braking zone in turn 12. Some of the best wheel-to-wheel racing of the season can happen on the run in from turn 14 to 15, and you never know who might come out of that final corner ahead.

[Schutzenphalia and West Ruhntuhnkuhnland]

Team Name: Erkuns-Hohnschich-Furzeine-Motospiel
Team Nation: Schutzenphalia and West Ruhntuhnkuhnland
Nationality Trigram: SWR
Team colour (in hex code): #002366
Reliability: 5
Acceleration: 3.9
Turning: 3.1
Team bio: One of the leading automobile manufacturers in Schutzenphalia and West Ruhntuhnkuhnland and the only motorsports team from the country with any international experience (though memories of the Nordic Rally Championship are now distant enough to forget they were not, entirely, successful). EHF have been dominant in the Schutzenphalian domestic scene for some time but are seeking to expand their market presence, with a return to international competition being one option. They competed in WGP2 and also sent a team to the WSRC.

Driver Name: Lukas Fichter
Name Trigram: FIC
Nationality Trigram: SWR
Preferred Car Number: #79
Second Choice Car Number: #64
Reliability: 4
Aggression: 4
Technique: 4
Preferred Series: Open to either
Driver’s bio: Lukas Fichter is now 22. He was champion of the previous Schutzenphalenformeldrei (equivalent to domestic Formula 3) and moved up to WGP2 where he drove for Nykipiflugpuun Noortekoondis. Known for his meticulous race preparation and attention to detail (or he would be, if literally anyone had heard of him), he’s not the most exciting driver in terms of risky takeovers or aggressive racing lines, but is aiming to build a portfolio as a solid all-forms generalist.

Fichter was born in Uberwienerschnitzelstadt-am-Ruhntuhnkuhn to a middle class family (his father’s architecture drawings an early inspiration for his love of sleek racing designs, his mother’s lawyerly background influencing his thoughtful, methodical approach). Though his first love was fußball, he soon found his way to racing: cycle racing. Up to the age of 14 he was more interested in competing in cycle-cross than in motor racing, until a broken leg laid him up for a season. Exercising some frustrations through karting, he quickly discovered a natural ability, and was soon signed to the EHF Akademie. Since then his ascent through the driving ranks has been exceptionally rapid, but justified by weight of results.

[Montana Verde]

Driver Name: Alex Márquez
Name Trigram: MÁR
Nationality Trigram: MVE
Preferred Car Number: #92
Second Choice Car Number: #19
Reliability: 5
Aggression: 5
Technique: 2
Preferred series: Open to either
Driver’s bio: Alejandra Maria Márquez Valverde is a 23 year old Verdean woman currently living in exile in Græntfjall, where she competed in the nascent Græntfjaller Formula 3 series. The choice to compete for a World GP2 spot didn’t require much thonking, as she is sick and miserable for having traded her beloved homeland (and its tropical climate) for the bitter, wintry, dubious delights of a rocky little promontory jutting into (allegedly) kraken-infested waters.

Alex grew up in a privileged existence as the daughter of one of the country’s highest ranking judges. A wild and rebellious girl, her parents permitted her to take part in go-kart racing, but that wasn’t enough to stop her running away from her elite private boarding school to compete in illegal late-night street-racing in Limana. A born petrolhead who turned up late for her quinceañera covered in engine grease, her life ambitions never sat well with her family.

It became a particularly bitter irony, then, that cars played a role in tearing her family apart: the assassination by car-bomb of her father by narco-traffickers, against whom he had just handed down a heavy sentence. Failing in her studies anyway at the Universidad de Montaña Verde, she had little reason to stay in a country in which her safety could no longer be guaranteed, and she fled to Græntfjall (a country whose special forces counter-narcotics operations are the source of much anguish in Verdean politics, and who thus felt a certain obligation towards her).

Abandoning any further studies, she turned to racing full-time, quickly rising up through the ranks of the (admittedly, talent-poor) Græntfjaller domestic racing series. She won the Formula 4 title, and has been similarly dominant at Formula 3 level, where her relentless aggression and slick handling have won her many fans. She is, of course, an unpolished gem and has yet to be seriously tested on a wide range of courses.

In WGP2, she competed for two teams, initially signing for Grand Prix Sport Chanceux out of Sommet de Lespoir, then driving for EHF, where she proved her loyalty, if not her superior driving skills, as she stuck with the team even as Verdeans criticized her for driving for a Schutzenphalian team.

[Hannasea]

Driver Name: Katie Edwards
Name Trigram: EDW
Nationality Trigram: HAN
Preferred Car Number: #81
Second Choice Car Number: #97
Reliability: 5
Aggression: 2
Technique: 5
Preferred series: WGP2
Driver’s bio: Katherine Tilly Edwards is a 23 year old driver, an unusual career choice for Hannasean – given that cars are banned in the Guild Federation. Or at least, have been phased out: the statute may technically lay bare, but there’s been no desire to reintroduce automobiles given the Federation’s high quality public transport and the prevailing concern of Hannaseans for the natural environment of their country (they appear less concerned about the environment of the countries with which they trade, leading to charges the Council has simply off-shored its industrial pollution).

Katie caught the racing bug early. She grew up in a family involved in the spice trade (the Guild of Spicers is one of the oldest and most powerful in the Federation) and thus spent extensive amounts of time overseas, witnessing the many varied forms that automobiles took in foreign lands. Back home the best she could hope for was riding unpowered pedal karts, so at the age of 12 she took the brave decision to plead with her parents to live with distant family in Schutzenphalia and West Ruhntuhnkuhnland, a nation with a very different attitude to auto racing.

By 13 she was winning races in junior karting; at 15, she was offered a job as a test driver for the Ummi-Gummi team in Schutzenphalenformelvier, the Schutzenphalian Formula 4 equivalent level. Over the next two years she earned a starting driver’s job; then graduated to Formula 3 two years after that. She became the first non-Schutzenphalian to make the podium of Uberwienerschnitzelstadt Formula 3 Grand Prix, and finished on the podium six times, although did not win a race. Next season she won 3 races and finished in the top 10 overall.

Her decision to look to World GP2 rather than stay within the Schutzenphalian system is both because she herself is a Hannasean and knows her opportunities with the bigger teams will always be limited as a result, and out of a desire to compete in even one race whose name she can adequately pronounce without needing to pause for oxygen halfway through. Katie isn’t the most experienced or skilful, and her driving instincts are a little raw; she’s pretty conservative really, embodying “I just want to take part” in ways that at times frustrate her more competitive team principals.

[Mlima Kijani]

Driver Name: Lillý Náttmörðsdóttir
Name Trigram: NÁT
Nationality Trigram: MLK
Preferred Car Number: #14
Second Choice Car Number: #10
Reliability: 2
Aggression: 5
Technique: 5
Preferred series: WGP2
Driver’s bio: Lillý Náttmörðsdóttir is a Kijani of Græntfjaller extraction. She grew up on her family’s farm in Mlima Kijani, learning to drive on rutted tracks, before being sent to boarding school in Græntfjall. Though she claims Kijani nationality, she has spent less than half of her 22 years in the country, and her blonde hair and pale skin marks her a striking contrast to the majority population, who are not exactly united in enthusiasm for the accomplishments of the white minority.

Lillý attended university in Græntfjall for a year but dropped out to pursue a driving career in Græntfjaller WGP3. She’s proven an erratic presence on the tracks, capable of skilled moves but crashing as often as she finishes. Is trying to secure a WGP2 seat a step too far? Not according to the determined Náttmörðsdóttir.

[Liventia]

Adding one more circuit signup:

Circuit Name: Folenisa Street Circuit
Race Name: Le Président Grand Prix of Liventia East presented by Spooner's (or Le Président WGP2 Race of Liventia East presented by Spooner's)
Track Image: https://imgur.com/tWF3X2Q
Lap Record (WGPC Car)(seconds): 1:40.311
Track Length (km): 5.24 km
Qualifying Type (Traditional or One-Shot): One-Shot
Chance of rain (1%-20%): 1%
Track aggressiveness (1-10): 2
Track technicality (1-10): 8
(Aggressiveness and technicality should add up to 10)
Overtaking Difficulty (0.1 - 5. 0.1 is easy, 5 is difficult): 4
Margin for error (0.1 - 5. 0.1 is forgiving, 5 is treacherous): 3.75
Preferred Series: Any
Info: The toughest street circuit in Liventia, the Folenisa Street Circuit has hosted the Grand Prix of Liventia once (WGPC7) and is now being put back on the potential roster of circuits. A tough, technical circuit with little room for overtaking or for errors, there's somehow still two DRS zones (the start/finish straight, and the short drag from corner 18 through 19 where the speed trap is also located). Jack Berry of Bostopia F1 won the only previous WGPC race at this track.

[The 14 Stars]

Driver Name: Simonetta Sheridan
Name Trigram: SHE
Nationality Trigram: T14
Preferred Car Number: 97
Second Choice Car Number: 41
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 4
Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 4
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 4
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Preferred Series: WGP/WGP2
Driver's bio:
Born in a small village Simonetta was not from a rich household and struggled to fit in with standards, this especially was because Simonette grew up with a severe form of autism making her an outcast.
However this also gave her a strong advantage, Simonetta was lucky enough to be incredibly smart and also at a later age very good looking which saw her being scouted as a model in The 14 Stars instead of a driver.
Simonetta became a model at age 11 and continued this work throughout her teens but she developed another love, a love for cars and racing which saw her study technology and innovations aswell as taking up racing as a hobby which she later would make her profession.

This tall 18 year old blonde debuted in the female racing series only 2 months after getting her Starsian driving license and won the championship immediately due to both a lack of competition and her own superior skill.
Simonetta now is looking for a bigger challenge, she wants to join the world series and be recognized worldwide as a driver and is willing to do anything to make her dreams come true.





Team Name: Orion Racing International
Team Nation: The 14 Stars
Nationality Trigram: T14
Team colour (in hex code): #445588
Reliability (Between 3 and 5): 4,2
Acceleration (Between 2 and 5): 3,9
Turning (Between 2 and 5): 3,9
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Team bio:
Orion Racing International branch of the 24x Starsian champions team Orion Racing owned by the Schiller group who are a family of multi-trillionaires that invest heavily in Starsian sports development.
While nationally strong the new international branch of this team is less known and new to the world stage and hope to join in on WGP2 to solidify the Orion foundations name also in the racing multiverse.
They along with their feeder team Orion Academy from the domestic competition designed a new car to compete in WGP2 with high a focus on being allround and fit for the WGP2 to face the competition.

On the team ofcourse we have national racing champions from The 14 Stars as coaches such as Willow Quinn and Timothy Allison but also an extremely dedicated and motivated staff team specifically hired for WGP2.
So while not really known this team is known for its good proper organization and professionalism and is also what is expected in WGP2 if they get their license and the same expectations go for their cars.

Lastly their main sponsor are ofcourse Alien-Airlines one of the major airlines in The 14 Stars and Merastar medics who is a big supplier in the medical field and are both seen as positive sponsor who support good and healthy lifestyles and therefore have been approved as official WGP2 Orion Racing International sponsor.

Now only time will tell if they will get a license or not.

[Aboveland]

(Assuming there aren't objections to OOC discussion about the current season in this thread)

This goes out to team owners: are the results of your driver trials ICly "public", or would the times and results be kept hidden from the rest of the teams?

[Moliza]

Driver Name: Leonardo Monteno
Name Trigram: LMO
Nationality Trigram: ASM
Preferred Car Number: 51
Second Choice Car Number: 79
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 3
Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 5
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 4
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Preferred Series: WGPC/WGP2
Driver's bio: 23 years of age, Leonardo Monteno has gotten two titles in Moliza’s racing leagues, and is here to win another one. Monteno is a trophy-winning race car driver and a entrepreneur. He works as a cook in a Molizan restaurant. Leo is a racing enthusiast with a love of dogs. In his free time, he draws comic strips.This rookie’s 2 Moliza racing titles have given him enough confidence to compete against other drivers on the world stage. With his experience, Leo hopes to take home one of the championships in the World Grand Prix.

[Moliza]

Can you try publishing the driver chart to the internet so people can access it?

[Strike]

Can you try publishing the driver chart to the internet so people can access it?

This is the internet. We are on it right now.

[Sorlovia]

Driver Name: Gregori Krupin
Name Trigram: KRU
Nationality Trigram: SOR
Preferred Car Number: 25
Second Choice Car Number: 27
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 4.0
Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 3.0
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 5.0
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Preferred Series: WGPC19
Driver's bio:

Gregori Krupin is a twenty six year old seasoned WGPC racer with three seasons and three domestic Gran Prix titles under his belt. He made his debut in the World Gran Prix racing for Vannish Motors in WGPC16 and returned the following year to race on behalf of the MRT in the season that saw him achieve his debut first place finish. An avid Gran Prix racer Gregori returned for WGPC18 to race with Volkov Racing, now known as Volkov Motorsports, in his most challenging season. But those challenges did not deter the young Sorlovian and he again returns to race in WGPC19.

Gregori is a nationally ranked Gran Prix racer in his native Sorlovia having taken out the championship title in the debut Sorlovian Gran Prix in 2016. He returned in the 2020 season to again take the championship at the end of a hotly contested season. Gregori has proven that he is not just a highly skilled racer but that he is also able to adapt and learn as needed to remain competitive in any Gran Prix environment. He has repeatedly stated the he intends to continue racing until he isn’t physically able to anymore and that he will work to never stop working to improve his skills on the track.

When he is not racing Gregori is a man of deeply committed faith, a devoted husband and father and an astute businessman. He regularly takes part in charity events and routinely visits orphanages to speak with the children. Gregori is also a sponsor and active mentor in local troubled youth programs in an effort at giving back to the next generation. He enjoys walks, classical music, wilderness hiking, wildlife conservation and is an avid reader. He is known for his friendly nature and a keen sense of humour.

[Diarcesia]

Driver Name: Sara Luna
Name Trigram: LNA
Nationality Trigram: DCS
Preferred Car Number: 50
Second Choice Car Number: 28
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 4.1
Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 4.3
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 3.6
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Preferred Series: WGPC
Driver's bio: Sara Luna is a 38-year-old woman who enjoys charity work, walking and bowling. She is kind and careful, but can also be very lazy and a bit grumpy. She is a Christian who defines herself as straight. She didn't finish school. She is allergic to sunlight. She has a severe phobia of stakes, and is obsessed with tank tops and coloring in.

She is average-height with pale skin, white hair and brown eyes, with a birthmark on her left shoulder.

Growing up in a working class neighborhood, her mother left when she was young, leaving her with her father, who was a drunk. Running away from home proved to be a natural pasttime for her. A series of strange coincidental circumstances brought her to the WGP2 under the Adelphia-VMR team. By sheer grit and hard work she somehow became the runner-up in her debut season, earning her the nickname "Luna Wolf". Her trajectory continued into WGPC 18, where she and Gregori Krupin in Volkov Racing clinched second in the constructors' championship. That most recent gig allowed Sara to make her and her family financially secure, and a change in her race demeanor can be perceived when she raced for Schkeska Rally in the World Stage Rally Championship during the WGPC offseason. It is now said that the Luna Wolf is hungry for a driver's championship she can call her own.

She is currently in a relationship with Tom Tomas Bennett. Tom is 16 years older than her and works as a senior programmer.

Sara has two children with late husband Dana: Violet aged 7 and Zac aged 9.

Driver Name: Sam Blaatschapen
Name Trigram: BLA
Nationality Trigram: DCS
Preferred Car Number: 13
Second Choice Car Number: 19
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 3.32
Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 3.97
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 4.71
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Preferred Series: WGPC/WGP2
Driver's bio: A wolf in sheep's clothing? Samantha Odenatha Blaatschapen, a female 19 year old Odrioyan, lived and grew in the shadows of the Elbej Historic Site circuit. At a very young age, she was given a kart by her parents, where she quickly learned and rose up the ranks of domestic racing series. In the wake of Sara Luna and Aldauren Ginintella's departures from the Diarcesian WGP3, Sam filled the talent vacuum and won her debut race. Despite inconsistent results in some races, she was able to win her championship in the last event. Pryfors Bilar took notice of her abilities and signed her up as one of their drivers for the future.

[The Grearish Union]

Circuit Name: Forsho International Circuit
Race Name: WGP2 Race of Grearia/Grearish Grand Prix (for WGP2/WGPC respectively)
Track Image: https://i.imgur.com/I4auRjT.png
Lap Record (WGPC Car)(seconds): 1:22.584 s
Track Length (km): 4.431 km
Qualifying Type (Traditional or One-Shot): Traditional
Chance of rain (1%-20%): 5%
Track aggressiveness (1-10): 6.25
Track technicality (1-10): 3.75
(Aggressiveness and technicality should add up to 10)
Overtaking Difficulty (0.1 - 5. 0.1 is easy, 5 is difficult): 2.25
Margin for error (0.1 - 5. 0.1 is forgiving, 5 is treacherous): 4.50
Preferred Series: WGP2/WGPC (in that order)
Info: Placed along the wonderful Forsho seafront along with a long stretch (including the two main straights) on the Forsho-Colk sea-link bridge, the circuit is known to be both picturesque and dangerous on occasions. Turn 1 is notorious for crashing cars as the lack of runoff spaces come into play. Turns 14 through 24 race through the city streets of Forsho before joining the back and front straights in front of the grandstands. Long, sweeping curves and tight corners after long straights in the circuit allow for many overtaking opportunities on the track and therefore a mostly exciting race. Elevation changes are minimal but non-existent as the track goes from the bridge to the seafront to the city streets and back. OOC: Designed by Nekoni.

[Lisander]

Driver Name: Athan Lille
Name Trigram: LIL
Nationality Trigram: LIS
Preferred Car Number: 4
Second Choice Car Number: 44
Reliability (Between 2 and 5): 3.5
Aggression (Between 2 and 5): 4.5
Technique (Between 2 and 5): 4
R/A/T ratings should add up to a maximum of 12.
Preferred Series: WGP2
Driver's bio: Athan Lille keeps for his second season in WGP2. It will be his third season in international motorsport, after debuting with some good results in Formula Endurance from Hodori. In the previous season, in WGPC already, he scored a decent number of 34 points with Bitten Heroes Academy. He is expected to continue with the team for one more season at least. However, its future isn't much brilliant, because he wasn't able to find a sponsor that could push him to WGPC.