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Season 2011 – Countdown immenent

Nick Oldenhuis — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:43:20 +0000

GPO 2011 is almost ready to open it’s curtains for the upcoming season.
As time progresses, GPO administrators are working very hard to get the best experience for our members. With just a mere month to go till the opening race in Bahrain, the GPO 2011 season is almost ready to open it’s curtains for all members.

Stay tuned for more information!

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Happy New Year From GrandPrix Online

Nick Oldenhuis — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:40:21 +0000

A bit late perhaps, but the administration of GrandPrix Online wishes you all the best for 2011.

Behind the scenes the administration is working hard to ensure an even better 2011 season.
So stay tuned for some exciting new regulations, mod, and much much more.

An official statement will be made shortly.

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Grand PrixView Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi

Nick Oldenhuis — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:35:45 +0000

The 2010 season will be facing it’s last race this weekend. The Yas Marina circuit will be the host of the nineteenth round of the GPO championship. With both driver titles decided last race, just the Constructors title is at stake in Abu Dhabi. In Challenge, GRIDLine UK leads 21 points over Rothmans Racing, whilst Rice Racing tries to avoid losing more then fifteen points this race, to make sure they will take atleast one price home this season.

The Track

Yas Marina Circuit is 5.554 meters long and counts 21 corners. Twelve of them bend to the left. Drivers will drive this track anti-clockwise. It’s also called the Arabic Monaco.

The Abu Dhabi races ‘special’ treat is the time of day it will be held. The race will start at daylight, but it shall finish under artificial lights. The best overtaking opportunities this time will be turn 8 and 11. Special aspects of this track are the hotel, which was built over the track between turn 17 and 18 and the pit-exit which flows beneath the track.

Most Expensive

Yas Marina circuit is by far the most expensive track ever built for Formula races, roughly 1 milliard dollars. An entire Island had to be erupted from the sea. Also a hotel was built inside the racetrack. Also the lights around the track took a major part of the price, namely 250 million dollars.

The Schedule

Challenge will be brought live to you by Matthew Weston and Simon Smith. The broadcast will start at 18:45GMT, just in time for qualifying. The race will go green at 19:30GMT. The Sprint series will qualify at 9:00 GMT, with their race starting at 9:45 GMT.

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GPO Sprint – Hungary Results

Nick Oldenhuis — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:12:38 +0000

Sven Hesse won the Hungarian GrandPrix, after a commanding race from start to finish. Malcolm Rice, his teammate came in second. Jack Nicholls drove a superb race and finished third. A full report will follow shortly. Original post from Grand Prix Online Sim-Racing League

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GPO Challenge – Hungary Results

Nick Oldenhuis — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:45:38 +0000

Muhammed Patel just won the GPO Challenge Hungarian Grand Prix, after a great battle lasting practically the entire race. Mike Seymour came in second, with Scott Wilde close by. The top three battled for several laps this race, finishing within almost 1 second. Surely this race was a great advert for GPO’s first broadcast with Simrace.tv.
A full race report will follow shortly.

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Grand PrixView – Hungary

Nick Oldenhuis — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:53:38 +0000

Only one week after the German Grand Prix, the next one is on the schedule. The Hungaroring, near Budapest, is the host of the Hungarian Grand Prix. Scott Wilde leads the Challenge series, with a marginal 2 points infront of Drazen Cokor. Stuart Fields is still on top of Sprint Championship ladder, extending his lead over Malcolm Rice in Germany to 7 points.

The Track

The Hungaroring is 4.381 meters long, which makes it the third shortest track on the race calender this season. Only Monaco and Sao Paolo are shorter. The track features 15 corners, 9 of them bend to the right. The Challenge race will count 70 laps, whilst the Sprint race is 35 laps. The broadcast commences Saturday at 18:45 GMT and Sunday the broadcast will go live at 09:00 GMT.

Summerbreak

The Hungarian Grand Prix will be the last race before the summer break. 4 weeks after the race on the Hungaroring the next race is scheduled in Belgium. The teams will look forward to this break and take some well deserved time off. But before this break, all of them are looking forward to the races this weekend! Don’t forget, all action will be brought live through SimRace.tv! Don’t miss it.

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GPO Sprint British GP: No Hassle for Hesse!

Nick Oldenhuis — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:12:47 +0000

Sven Hesse has won the first race on the new Silverstone circuit for Rice Racing. Michael Pieneman came in second place for GRIDLine Racing. Stuart Fields brought his car home after an heroic race in third place for GRIDLine Racing Double R.

Full race report will follow shortly.

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Grand Prixview – Silverstone, Great Britain

Nick Oldenhuis — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:10:10 +0000

The next round of GrandPrix Online’s championship will be held in Northamptonshire, Great Britain. The circuit of Silverstone is exactly the halfway point for this season. In Challenge Drazen Cokor leads with 92 points, whilst in the Sprint series has Malcolm Rice still as leader with 144 points.

The Track

Silverstones new lay-out made the track a little longer as it used to be, namely 5.901 meters long. This means the laps to be completed drop to 52 for Challenge and 26 for sprint. The track is on an old airfield. It is famous for it’s flowing corners like Maggots, Becketts and Chapel. The fast Bridge-corner has disappeared in the new lay out, drivers have to make a fast right turn in Abbey instead of left, leading to the brand new Arena part of the track, and return to the old track at Brooklands.

Silverstone after all

Last years GrandPrix on this track seemed the last Formula 1 race there. Donington Park should be the host of the 2010 Grand Prix onward. Donington couldn’t get the financial part of the deal closed, which led to a return on this amazing track. The next seventeen years, Silverstone hosts the Grand Prix of Great Britain. A lot of spectators are happy with this outcome

GrandPrix Online weekend

Qualifying for Challenge will commence at 18:45 GMT this Saturday, whilst the race will go green at 19:30 GMT.
For Sprint, qualifying starts at 9:00 GMT, whilst the race starts at 9:45 GMT this Sunday.

If there will be a broadcast is until now uncertain.

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Silverstone. New, but is it better?

Nick Oldenhuis — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:30:51 +0000

This year will venue a brand new lay-out at the Silverstone track. Some corners were sacrificed to benefit the Motor racers safety, and were replaced by fast sweeping corners and a hairpin. Sceptics were weary about these changes, because Silverstone was perfect the way it was, according to them. Are these changes really that good? GPO Press had the opportunity to walk around the new track and experience it.

What is new?

The last race Silverstone venued, drivers had to take a left turn into Abbey. The tarmac between Abbey and Priory won’t be driven again this year, as Bridge corner was dangerous to motor drivers. Now drivers have to make a fast right turn leading up to a fast, but not really challenging section, ended by the new “Arrowhead” hairpin. It is this corner that probably allows overtaking moves.

Drivers quotes

Michael Pieneman from GRIDLine Racing thinks the new layout is challenging.”At first I thought they had ruined another track, but after a few laps I noticed that you need to get reaquinted to. It has some extra overtaking places now, and a higher speed comparing to the old section, which results in better racing, because setups need to be adjusted accordingly.”

GRIDLine Boss Stuart Fields had a shorter remark: “ The new lay-out is superb! I love it!“

Round up

All in all, the new layout is not the most challenging aspect of Silverstone, but in general it is a nice new feature, which the drivers appreciate. In a few days we will know who shall be crowned as King of New Silverstone. We will leave you now with a lap around this new track:

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Grand Prixview – Valencia, Europe

Nick Oldenhuis — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:10:10 +0000

Round nine of the GrandPrix Online championship will be held at the relatively new Valencia Circuit, after a short trip to North America. Both Cordes and Rice are looking to match their victories in this Grand Prix, but the competition is fierce.

The Track

The Circuito Urbano de Valencia is 5.440 meters long and features a total of 25 corners. Thirteen of them bend to the right. Challenge drivers will be driving 57 laps, whilst the Sprint drivers have to complete a total of 29 laps around this difficult and demanding track.

The Circuito Urbano de Valencia is not famous for the spectacular races we saw in the past years. Perhaps the first visit of the Grand Prix Online paddock will change this. Only two corners have been marked as overtaking possibility, namely corner 12 and 17.

The Race

Challenge Qualify will start at 18:45 GMT, whilst the qualifying session for the sprint race will be the next Sunday at 9:00 GMT.

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