Season 17 of the World Grand Prix Championship is currently in the
INITIAL SIGNUP PHASE
NEGOTIATION PERIOD and DRIVER SIGNUP PHASE
REGULAR SEASON
Each of the 28 driver spots has been filled. Driver signups are still welcome, but you'll have to rely on a driver dropping out or being dropped in order to get a drive
To see how the negotiation period usually works, read below and/or have a look at the opening pages of last season’s RP thread.
Do you want to be part of the action? Sign up a driver in the signup thread and write about them in this thread. The more interesting the story you create, the more chance your driver has of catching the eye of one of the WGPC teams.
I know what you’re thinking. “But I’m just a newb! There’s no chance I can do well in this!” Think again! 5 of our last 7 WGPC World Drivers' Championship Titles have been won by completely new users. There are no rankings here. Success is built on good roleplaying by team-owners, drivers and team-mates as well as a big slice of luck, with your driver’s parameters coming into play too.
You may RP however you like. Maybe you'd prefer to tell the world that a couple of teams are interested in your driver via some rumour-mongering in your local newspapers? Perhaps you'd like to set up an interview with a team? Maybe your driver has a big social media presence or can’t keep out of the news for all the wrong reasons? A popular tactic in recent years has been for teams to hold an open-invitation trial for a number of drivers to test your racecar around a local circuit, with the best driver/drivers being chosen for the team, so look out for those as well. There is no 'right' way to do it, and the only 'wrong' way to do it would be to attempt to confirm your driver is racing with a team before any real negotiations, OOC, IC or otherwise, have taken place.
You may also wish to consider the massive difference in pay between an experienced driver with a good reputation and a newcomer. In RL Formula 1, the best drivers are paid handsomely to drive while the newcomers often have to pay a team in order to secure a drive. Does your driver need to secure sponsorship in order to pay his way into a deal? Or is he a skilled driver with years of experience, upon whom a team can rely to draw money to the team through external sponsorship and win bonuses?
When you wish to confirm that a driver has joined a team, or formally offer a spot in your team to a driver, do so in bold, like this or this or this or simply like this.
Finally, as this is the RP thread, there should be no out-of-character chatter here. Take your observations, commentary and complaints to the OOC discussion thread.
DATE ## Event Location Qualifying Type
MAR 10 00 Pre-season testing 1 ¹ Forest Cross Raceway, Vertress, Esmerel
MAR 15/17/19 01 Pre-season testing 2 Kopylov Internazionring, Kranjagrad, Mattijana
MAR 22 02 Pre-season testing 3 Eelandii Grand Prix Course, Eelandii, Turori
MAR 29/31 03 IZAYOI Grand Prix of Hodori ² Dashoze Circuit, Dashoze, Hodori TT
APR 05/07 04 Grand Prix of Liventia Talbott Autodrome, Talbott, Liventia Trad
APR 12/14 05 Kikinda Mytanar Grand Prix Nacionalni Autodrom Rebecna, Miago, Mytanija TT
APR 21 06 Mid-season test 1 ³ Yarkovo International Circuit, Yarkovo, Savojarna
APR 26/28 07 Grand Prix EON de Lisander Circuit Grandeville, Grandeville, Lisander Trad
MAY 03/05 08 JNI Grand Prix Somos City Circuit, Somos, Joushiki Nante Iranai E
MAY 10/12 09 NEXPRO Gran Premio di Nekoni Autodromo Inter. del Rivoli, Val de Rivoli, Nekoni Trad
MAY 17/19 10 Grand Prix Filindostan Cepat Yogyakulta Inter. Circuit, Yogyakulta, Filindostan E
MAY 24 11 Mid-season test 2 ⁴ Facsgend Grand Prix Circuit, Fascgend, Dritten Asopie
M/J 31/02 12 Abovian Grand Prix Lintulahti Inter. Circuit, Lintulahti, Aboveland OS
JUN 07/09 13 Vannish Grand Prix Drosopol Circuit, Drosopol, Vangaziland Trad
JUN 14/16 14 Nimban Grand Prix Crossbay Circuit, Nimbus Bay, TNWoFCotNS E
JUN 21/23 15 Vilitan Grand Prix ⁵ Vilitan Mountain Challenge, Rockii Coast, Vilita Trad
JUN 28/30 16 The GP of the Free Kingdom Highpoint Raceway, Highpoint, Falcania Trad
JUL 05/07 17 The Hygolje Audioslavian GP Crossport Inter. Raceway, Crossport, Audioslavia Trad
¹ Not all teams are expected to attend the earliest of the pre-season tests.
We appeciate the negotiation period will take time.
² Any team that has signed zero drivers by the scorination of Friday’s practice session will be eliminated from the championships.
They may be replaced with a backup team in time for race two.
³ Teams with no RPing may be eliminated or replaced before the first mid-season test
⁴ Teams with no, little or poor RPing may be eliminated or replaced before the second mid-season test.
⁵ No new drivers may be signed for the rest of the season after Friday practice at this point in the season.
Drivers may still be released after this point.
Alternate Circuits to be used in the event that one of the above events is cancelled.
EVENT NUMBER Event Location NAT
0-2 / 6 / 11 Testing Insocima International TKI
3-5 / 7-8 GP of the Imperial Commonwealth Mount Salt Raceway EFL
9-10 / 12-13 Broadway GP of Xanneria Broadway Casino Circuit XAN
14-17 Starblaydi Grand Prix Azure Harbour Circuit STB
Testing events will consist of one session wherein each driver may complete a maximum of thirty laps. They will be scorinated on the day shown.
For races, Friday’s practice session and Saturday’s qualifying session will both be scorinated on the Friday. The race will be scorinated on the Sunday.
Until further notice Friday practice and Saturday qualifying will be scorinated on or around 23:00UTC on the Friday. Sunday’s races will be scorinated on or around 23:55UTC on Sunday. Cut-off times may be up to two hours before or after the advertised time. We’ll try to give notice if cut-off will be early or late, but that will not always be possible. You should post your RPs well before the cutoff.
Delays are common due to the full schedule and the high probability of RL getting in the way. We appreciate your patience when this inevitably happens. Should Friday’s scorinations be delayed by more than two hours, scorination will instead take place any time on the Saturday, with the race being put back to Monday evening after 23:00UTC.
All scorination times are subject to change later in the season.
For now, you can find the up-to-date list of registered drivers in the first post of the Signups thread
Mattijana Racing Team
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E - WGPC16 (1st), WGPC15 (3rd), WGPC14 (2nd)▅▃▇ [SVJ] ▍14 BJA Sigur Bjarnason▅▅▅ [SOR] ▍27 KRU Gregori Krupin
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 lifted 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
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E - WGPC16 (2nd), WGP2s2 (1st), WGP2s1 (1st)▅▅▆ [VNG] ▍ 1 FRS Jessica Franssen▃▆▆ [SHW] ▍ 7*TRI Vijay Tripathi
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 & ||. 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
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E - WGPC16 (3rd)▅▆▅ [WET] ▍20 SCH Mick Schramm▅▃▇ [LEN] ▍37 RHJ Ryan Harris-Jones
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
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E - WGPC16 (4th), WGP2s2 (2nd), WGPC15 (2nd), WGP2s1 (10th)▇▆▂ [NIM] ▍94 LAN Ryker Lane▅▇▃ [ESM] ▍41 JMD Jean Mercer-Daly
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
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E - WGPC16 (=5th)▅▆▇ [ABL] ▍56 TAL Terho Talvela▃▅▇ [TUR] ▍77 TII iBen Toralmintii
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.
Badai Angin Tim Motorsport
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E - WGPC16 (7th) (as Kissan Motorsport▇▃▅ [MTJ] ▍42 DIM Alex Dimitrianov▅▃▇ [AUD] ▍64 ORK Carsten O'Rourke
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
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E - WGPC16 (8th) (as Polaris), WGPC15 (13th), WGPC14 (9th), WGPC13 (1st) (as Scuderia Fuoco e Ghiaccio)▅▅▆ [NEK] ▍47 OKU Erica Okumura▅▅▆ [HDR] ▍52 SZR Sayono Souzare
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.
iBen Toralmintii's Race Eelandii Vilita & Turori World Grand Prix Motorworks
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E - WGPC16 (11th), WGPC15 (10th) (as WGPC Motorworks: Eelandii)▆▃▆ [STB] ▍33 KRD Jai Kardaeri▆▃▆ [FID] ▍71 IBU Rustom Ibuna
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
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E - WGPC16 (13th), WGPC15 (4th) (both as Bitten Heroes Grand Prix Engineering)▅▅▅ [LIS] ▍ 3 CAS Darius Castellammare▂▇▆ [FLC] ▍15 NVX Tabita Novax
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
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E - WGP2s2 (7th), WGP2s1 (7th)▆▃▆ [CDG] ▍18 BLK Taylor Blake▅▅▅ [DRA] ▍17 CAR Evdaden Carnétier
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
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E - WGPC16 (10th), WGPC16 (8th), WGPC15 (3rd) (all as engine-manufacturer for MSA SinVal)▃▅▇ [MTJ] ▍22 KRA Jasmin Kranjska▁▇▇ [EFL] ▍63 DHL Dalia Dahl
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
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E - WGPC15 (7th)▅▅▇ [ETN] ▍49 TAL Benjamin Talison▅▅▆ [FID] ▍48 TBS Tyra Tabuso
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
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E - WGPC9 (10th), WGPC8 (3rd)▃▅▇ [VIL] ▍51 CRU R.L. Cruisin▇▂▇ [KRY] ▍29 GUI Esteban Guilhermez
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?
WGPC Motorworks: McPahan
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E - WGPC16 (=5th), WGPC15 (12th), WGPC14 (8th), WGPC13 (3rd), WGPC12 (2nd) - (as McPahan Racing▃▅▅ [MYT] ▍22 JCS Jelena Colac-Strek▆▅▅ [VAD] ▍65 DGR Hunter Digri
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?
Hodori's Arada PrismRiver Motorsport will be the used as a backup team in case of drop-outs
The following is not an extensive list of instructions. The WGPC reserves the right to demand changes to any proposed car.
Size and shape
WGPC cars must be similar in size and shape to RL formula one cars. The definition of 'formula one car' is a vehicle that competed in RL Formula One any time after 1970.
Maximum length of a car is 5.3m
Maximum width of a car is 2.3m
Maximum height of a car is 1.2m (not including on-board camera)
Minimum weight is a car is 600kg
Power
Inorganic
Electric engines are permitted.
Nuclear-powered engines are not permitted unless it can be proven (in safe conditions) that a catastrophic crash would not result in the circuit being unusable for the next four hundred thousand years.
Air may be used to aspirate engines, but the WGPC reserves the right to ban cars that attempt to use sails to take advantage of windy circuits.
Organic
Power may be provided by animals, but only if they satisfy at least one of the following conditions:
They have been extinct for millions of years and have been turned into oil by natural processes.
The animal may not currently be on the WWF's list of endangered species.
The animal must not be harmed or stressed by the ordeal.
The animal must be on the inside of the car.
Safety
There must be at least 30 centimetres between the driver's feet and the front of the car.
The design of the car must ensure that, if it were to be put upside-down, the driver's head would not touch the floor. The inclusion of an air intake behind and above the driver, coupled with a strong fin on the bonnet of the car in front of the driver, should be enough to accomplish this. The driver's head must not be the tallest thing in the car (not including wings)
All cars must include a seat-belt. The seat-belt must be able to be easily removed by a driver within two seconds.
All cars must include a removable steering wheel. The driver should be able to remove it manually within two seconds.
No part of the car may be wider than the wheelbase.
There must be no sharp objects on the outside of the car. Wings should be at least one centimetre thick.
Season
The season runs, ICly, from spring to autumn.
25 points are awarded for a win.
18 for second.
14 for third.
10 for fourth.
8 for fifth.
6 for sixth.
4 for seventh.
3 for eighth.
2 for ninth.
1 for tenth.
The team with the most points, at the end of the season, will be the Constructors Champion.
The driver with the most points, at the end of the season, will be the Driver's Champion.
Teams may be added or removed during the season.
Teams may sign a maximum of two drivers.
A driver may not drive for more than one team during the season, with one exception: If his/her former team is removed, he may drive for the team that replaces the removed team.
Racing
Race length is between 295km and 305km.
Pole position will be on the inside lane of the track.
Intentional attempts to crash into other cars will result in a penalty for the driver.
Team instructions to intentionally cause accidents will result in a penalty for the team.
Pit Stops
Refueling is permitted during the race. This is a change from last season
Changes to the car are permitted during the race. EG: Changing tyres or parts of the bodywork.
The above rules are not extensive. Anyone who would like further clarification should send a TG to the WGPC nation. Official rules and regulations have been missing in recent seasons, so we're looking to build a working set of rules over time.
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.
* 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.
Teams should aim to have their full complement of drivers registered by the 25th of March