Fjellutfordring, located in the remote yet populous city of Avsidesliggendevuoret (home to former WGPC driver and WSRC Champion Axel Novikov), received a redesign for its entry bid into the 19th season of the WGPC, aimed at improving the flow of the circuit and encouraging closer racing. The previously V-shaped complex of turns four through seven has been replaced with a flat-out stretch onto the hillsides of the Lesser Brukkifordet Massif, making for a faster—and slightly more treacherous—racetrack. The simple, 11-turn circuit lies nestled in the undulating rocky landscape of the central Abovian city, carved into the bedrock with little space to spare. Despite its relative simplicity, the design of the runoff areas of the circuit, its short length, and the slight elevation changes make for a thrilling ride.
In WGPC18, the event saw the WGPO debut of the sprint + feature race format, with Terho Talvela taking a sensational pole but finishing the feature race second to teammate iBen Toralmintii, ahead of first-time podium sitter and Motorworks driver Dario Nülkeschlager. Ryker Lane was the victor of the subsequent sprint race by a comfortable margin, trumping Erica Okumura of Polaris Racing and embattled Motorworks driver Kinu Luminna on their own podium debut.
The circuit widens as the start/finish straight leads into turn one, a prime overtaking spot with a safe tarmac runoff area to prevent first lap pileups. Drivers must get a good exit for the quick turn two, and be weary of the wall outside of turn three before launching off towards turn four over a wide stretch of undulating bumpy tarmac. Here, the track diverges from its previous layout, as the circuit narrows through the straight dash to turn five and becomes bumpy through to turn six. Drivers must be weary of their braking into the tricky yet wide turn seven chicane, and should prioritize their exit as the track climbs over the crests of the western Abovian landscape across the circuit towards the sweeping, off-camber turn eight. Turn nine slows the drivers down as the tarmac descends throughout the corner to the low-point of turn ten, before climbing once more towards the finish line.
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Three 45 minute sessions were completed and teams had the option of utilizing their race or test drivers in the test sessions. The fastest lap across the three sessions is shown for each driver. Some drivers may have made flying lap attempts to simulate qualifying, some may have the advantage of a draft and others may be focusing on race condition practice alone.
Conditions: Dry
Session Length: 45 minutes each (3 Sessions)
Nation: ABL
Circuit: Fjellutfordring
POS # ▍DRIVER FASTEST LAP
1 77 ▍iBen Toralmintii 00:01:10.822
2 17 ▍Janne Laukkanen 00:01:10.829
3 5 ▍Rudy Edwards 00:01:10.936
4 88 ▍Ted Pressley 00:01:10.950
5 50 ▍Sara Luna 00:01:10.954
6 71 ▍Rustom Ibuna 00:01:10.959
7 82 ▍Kinu Luminna 00:01:10.979
8 19 ▍Dom Falepeau 00:01:11.014
9 15 ▍Heinz-Otto Junker 00:01:11.073
10 83 ▍Anola "Wrench" Melani 00:01:11.261
11 85 ▍Olivia Stone 00:01:11.284
12 94 ▍Ryker Lane 00:01:11.387
13 7 ▍Anneliese Devereux 00:01:11.400
14 41 ▍Jean Mercer-Daly 00:01:11.629
15 63 ▍Daryl Mizushima 00:01:11.669
16 -T-▍Skiia Vialiv 00:01:11.843
17 51 ▍R.L. Cruisin 00:01:11.845
18 -T-▍Lukas Fichter 00:01:11.892
19 -T-▍Alvis Kalvin Lacsamana 00:01:11.932
20 11 ▍Lane Carter 00:01:12.017
21 -T-▍Sam Blaatschapen 00:01:12.028
22 -T-▍Aaron Deering 00:01:12.125
23 27 ▍Dario Nülkeschläger 00:01:12.145
24 25 ▍Gregori Krupin 00:01:12.169
25 37 ▍Laura Haukanna 00:01:12.226
26 -T-▍Darian Vilau 00:01:12.359
27 40 ▍Adriana Kowalski Ela... 00:01:12.386
28 31 ▍Joy Wingelaar 00:01:12.438
29 23 ▍Cocoabo #23 00:01:12.614
30 8 ▍William Archer 00:01:12.842
31 24 ▍Sayono Souzare 00:01:13.317
Conditions: Dry
Nation: ABL
Circuit: Fjellutfordring
POS # ▍DRIVER FASTEST LAP GAP TO LEADER
1 -T- ▍Janne Laukkanen 00:01:11.486 00:00:00.000
2 -T- ▍Darian Vilau 00:01:11.534 00:00:00.048
3 -T- ▍Sam Blaatschapen 00:01:11.545 00:00:00.059
4 -T- ▍Daryl Mizushima 00:01:11.565 00:00:00.079
5 -T- ▍Ted Pressley 00:01:11.568 00:00:00.082
6 -T- ▍Aaron Deering 00:01:11.573 00:00:00.087
7 -T- ▍Skiia Vialiv 00:01:11.606 00:00:00.120
8 -T- ▍Lukas Fichter 00:01:11.616 00:00:00.131
9 -T- ▍Catherine Toggard 00:01:11.630 00:00:00.144
10 -T- ▍Cocoabo #23 00:01:11.862 00:00:00.376
11 -T- ▍Alvis Kalvin Lacsamana 00:01:11.914 00:00:00.428
12 -T- ▍Sayono Souzare 00:01:12.068 00:00:00.583
Conditions: Dry
Laps: 36
Nation: ABL
Circuit: Fjellutfordring
POS # ▍DRV Name Team Time
1 1 ▍LAU Janne Laukkanen Nexus Racing 00:45:40.178
2 5 ▍PRE Ted Pressley Kaylan Racing Team 00:00:03.988
3 7 ▍VIA Skiia Vialiv Tropicorp Racing Ælund 00:00:04.122
4 3 ▍BLA Sam Blaatschapen GP Pryfors Bilar Viska 00:00:07.747
5 6 ▍DEE Aaron Deering Viska Racing 00:00:15.864
6 4 ▍MIZ Daryl Mizushima Race Eelandii VTGP 00:00:20.282
7 8 ▍FIC Lukas Fichter Carvenlo Racing 00:00:23.104
8 2 ▍VIL Darian Vilau Kaylan Racing Team 00:00:24.166
9 9 ▍TOG Catherine Toggard Fireline+Heroes Eminent 00:00:36.609
10 11 ▍AKL Alvis Kalvin Lacsamana Badai Angin Tim 00:00:39.045
11 12 ▍SZR Sayono Souzare WGPC Motorworks (HR) 00:00:48.838
12 10 ▍C23 Cocoabo #23 WGPC Motorworks (B) 00:00:53.042
Note: The Next Points Race Will be in approx 72 Hours (Late Friday Night / Overnight). Note this is approximately 24 hours earlier in the week than the past few points races. That is because we are squeezing in an extra event next week (3 races in 9 days) and transitioning to a traditional Sunday race scorination (vice Saturday) for the remainder of the season after that.
The Next Event will be the [Eisborg] Gran Premio di Nekoni at the Autodromo Internazionale de Rivoli