2000 British V8 Supercar - Decide Race Strategies

[RedEyes504]

Triple 8 Bids

Car #8 Bids
James Thompson (500k)
Jason Plato (500k)
Tim Harvey (500k)

Car #80 Bids
Roger Möen (Bring Money)
Toni Ruokonen (Bring Money)
Paula Cook (Bring Money)

Car #88 Bids
Allan McNish (100k)
Gordon Shedden (100k)
Rob Collard (100k)

Car #888 Bids
Damon Hill (1 Mill)
Jan Magnussen (750k)
Tom Kristensen (750k)

Sponsors
Cars #8 & #888
Vodaphone
BP/Castrol
Shell/Helix

Car #8 (if we don't get the doubles)
PepsiMAX
Marks & Spencer

Car #80
Guinness
Ladbrokes

Car #88
PepsiMAX
Paddy Power

Car #888 (if we don't get the doubles)
Unilever
McDonalds

[Samster]

Time for the always exciting driver RNGs. I'll be doing sponsors later on.

Laurent Aïello
With 1999 employer Nissan withdrawing as a works team from Britain, Aiello is officially a free agent, as 1999 champion Aiello naturally has many offers on the table, three to remain in Britain and two works offers that will take him home to France with previous employer Peugeot or back to Germany with Audi. Both have offered him 800k. As for British offers the team behind his championship RML have offered 650k to remain with them for their new foray running Jaguars while WSR have offered 850k for their new MGs. Both are somewhat of a gamble given these are two new brands to the series. New independent team, PRO Motorsport have also offered 600k which Aiello deems not even worth considering.

1-40 Peugeot works driver (France)
41-80 Audi works driver (Germany)
81-95 #32 West Surrey Racing (850k)
96-100 #2 Ray Mallock Ltd (650k)
Thanks but no thanks #45 Pro Motorsport (600k)

77 Aiello heads back to Germany with new employers, Audi.

David Leslie
1999 runner up has an offer to remain with RML in their new venture with Jaguars. Prodrive and VLR both offer more money. He is not the top choice for any of the three offers.

1-50 #55 Prodrive (750k)
51-90 #23 Ray Mallock Ltd (550k)
91-100 #10 Vic Lee Racing (600k)

2 Leslie considers Prodrive his top choice but is dependent on Harvey turning them down.

Rickard Rydell

The long time Volvo driver has been placed at Volvo customer GR Motorsport for 2000 (with an option for 2001 depending on performance) following Volvo's withdrawal as a full works team. Volvo will offer 100k in sponsorship to the team for every win they can achieve. Rydell also had an offer from RML but turns them down in favour of remaining a Volvo works driver.

James Thompson

Rising star Thompson has three offers, none from 1999 team WSR. Triple 8 is the safe option with main stay Vauxhall surely to be a contender up front. RML and VLR offer a little more but are more risky from a performance stance.

1-60 #8 Triple 8 (500k)
61-90 #2 Ray Mallock Ltd (550k)
91-100 #10 Vic Lee Racing (550k)

40 Thompson signs with Triple 8 and a return to running Vauxhalls.

Jason Plato

Another rising star, Plato has offers from all four of the big teams that remain in the series. Prodrive is the most enticing offer with 750k and the first choice for the #56. WSR have matched that offer but he is only their second choice behind Muller. RML have him as first choice but for less money and a complete unknown in the Jaguar while Triple 8 offer the least money and the least chance of a drive as Thompson has signed for the intended #8 though there is still a chance of the drive if one of their other cars is still available later.

1-70 #56 Prodrive (750k)
71-85 #32 West Surrey Racing (750k)
86-95 #23 Ray Mallock Ltd (550k)
96-100 #8 Triple 8 (500k)

2 Plato signs with Prodrive.

Yvan Muller

Muller has several offers to remain in Britain though bizarrely despite a solid performance last season Triple 8 have chosen not to make a bid to retain his services. One of his offers Prodrive have already made a deal with Plato though he may try to get in their final remaining car. WSR offer more money but a less proven package in the new MG but he is the first (and only remaining) choice. RML offer the least money and an even less proven package in the Jaguar while VLR offer a modest amount and are also a risk having been out of the series for some time.

1-70 #32 West Surrey Racing (850k)
71-85 Attempt to get the #55 Prodrive (750k)
86-93 #23 Ray Mallock Ltd (550k)
94-100 #10 Vic Lee Racing (600k)

16 Muller signs with WSR completing their lineup.

Vincent Radermecker

1999 Volvo driver Radermecker has just one offer to remain in Britain from RML where he is the last remaining choice for their #2 Jaguar. He is also considering looking in Germany for a ride but nothing concrete has been offered yet.

1-80 #2 Ray Mallock Ltd (150k)
81-100 Look in Germany

24 RML gets their first driver.

Matt Neal

Neal was always going to remain with his family team unless one of the big teams gave him an offer but none did. No need for an RNG as daddy offers a generous 350k.

Mark Blair
1999 rookie gentleman driver Blair has just one offer but he is presently surprised that it is a paid gig from Gary Ayles' new team. No need for an RNG, he accepts.

Roger Möen
Norwegian independent who previously ran in the series in 1998, Moen has two offers. A paid drive from sophomore team Arena to drive their third Merc or established team Triple 8 who despite being well funded want him to bring money.

1-75 #9 Arena Motorsports (60k)
76-100 #80 Triple 8 (Pay)

77 Moen goes with the safe but expensive option in Triple 8. He can bring £58,000 to the ride.

Toni Ruokonen
Finland's Ruokonen has two offers. Both Triple 8 and Pro Motorsport want money from him. The latter want a set amount of 100k while the former has made a deal with Moen but if Ruokonen can raise more than the Norwegian's 58k they may still consider him.

1-90 #80 Triple 8 (Pay)
91-100 #46 Pro Motorsport (-100k)

89 Roukonen chooses the cheaper Triple 8 but only scrounges up £52,000.

Paula Cook
1999 rookie has just one offer but from a top team in Triple 8. They already have a deal with Moen for 58k so Cook will have to raise more to stand a chance.

She raises £78,000 and hopes this will convince Triple 8 to accept her over Moen.

Tim Harvey
1992 champion Harvey found himself without a ride last season when Peugeot pulled out. He has two offers for 2000 from two of the biggest teams in the series. Prodrive offer more money and he is the first choice for their remaining Ford with only Leslie as competition. Meanwhile Triple 8 have already made a deal with Thompson for their #8 but may still have him in another car if left without options. They also offer less money. Somewhat of a no brainer for Harvey.

1-95 #55 Prodrive (750k)
96-100 Hope Triple 8 still want him for one of their other cars (500k)

75 Harvey signs with Prodrive completing their lineup. This means Leslie will have to reconsider his other two options both of which he is the only remaining bid.

David Leslie

1-75 #23 Ray Mallock Ltd (550k)
76-100 #10 Vic Lee Racing (600k)

72 Leslie remains with RML going into their new venture with Jaguar.

Nigel Mansell

The former F1 and CART champion made a few appearances in the series with Ford in 1998. He has an offer to go full time in 2000 with virtual unknown team PRO Motorsport. Old Nige had been considering a co-driver role preferably with a big team so has some temptation to make a full assault but with a small team?

1-95 Look for co-driver role
96-100 #45 Pro Motorsport (500k)

52 Mansell says no to a full time drive but will look for a co-driver role with one of the big teams.

James Kaye
Former Honda driver Kaye has been out of a ride in the series for three seasons and instead has been running various series on the continent. He has one offer from GR Motorsport to return but he is the second choice to Mathias Ekstrom. He accepts but has to wait for Ekstrom's decision.

Simon Harrison
Harrison won the National Saloon Car Championship last season and has one offer to return to the series with John Bintcliffe's new team. No need for an RNG here he accepts without hesitation.

Damon Hill
The 1996 F1 champion retired from all motorsport after last season. He however has a mega £1,000,000 offer from Triple 8 which could tempt him to give touring cars a try.

1-80 Remain in retirement
81-100 #888 Triple 8 (1m)

19 Hill remains in retirement

Jan Magnussen
Magnussen has an offer from Triple 8 but also has a contract with Panoz in the ALMS.

1-80 Remain with Panoz in ALMS
81-100 #888 Triple 8 (750k)

60 Will continue with Panoz but may be available for a co-driver role.

Tom Kristensen
Has raced in F3000 for the past three seasons as well as Le Mans where he won in 1997. He has several offers to run Supercars. Audi have made an offer of 750k to run him in Germany as well as Le Mans as a works driver. Honda have also made an offer to place him in Italy of 650k. Triple 8 have also offered 750k to run their #888 Vauxhall.

1-50 Audi works driver (Germany)
51-90 #888 Triple 8 (750k)
91-100 Honda works driver (Italy)

14 Kristensen becomes an Audi works driver.

Dan Eaves
Up and coming driver who came 4th in the National Saloon Car Championship last season. He has 500k in Halfords sponsorship and just one offer to move up to this series with Bowman Motorsport, now taken over by Vic Lee. No RNG needed, Eaves signs up.

Phil Bennett
Another promising rookie who came 3rd in the Renault Spider Cup last season. He has an offer from VLR, initially this was as second choice behind Eaves in the #20 but the team failed to sign any of their choices for the #10 so there is still room at the team. Bennett accepts the second VLR Peugeot if the team still want him.

Alan Morrison
Another rookie with an offer from VLR, Morrison was runner up in the Vauxhall Vectra Cup last season. He is VLR's third choice behind Eaves and Bennett. He will drive for VLR if they choose him over Bennett.

Gordon Shedden
Virtual unknown Shedden has managed to receive three offers despite just one season in the Ford Fiesta Championship. Triple 8 and Team Dynamics have both offered 100k, the former as second choice behind Allan McNish while GA had offered 50k but have already signed Mark Blair.

1-50 #88 Triple 8 (100k)
51-100 #50 Team Dynamics (100k)

53 Shedden takes the first choice offer in the second TDR Honda. He requests that the car runs #52.

Rob Collard
Collard raced in Formula Ford for the past few seasons but has set his sites on tintops for this season. He had two offers PRO Motorsport have already signed Blair so only Triple 8 remain who have made an offer to McNish ahead of him. Collard accepts but has to wait for McNish's decision.

Stuart Clarke
Clarke came 6th in the National Saloon Car Championship last season for his own team and has a decent offer to move up to Arena Motorsports. No RNG needed, he accepts and completes Arena's lineup.

Johnny Mowlem
Mowlem had an offer for Bincliffe's #7 Saab but they have signed up Harrison already but he has a slim chance of getting the #77 if none of their bids pan out. He also has an offer in ALMS.

1-90 ALMS
91-100 #77 Bintcliffe Sport (350k)

6 Mowlem will compete in ALMS.

Alan McNish
McNish has recently gained prominence in endurance racing having comepeted with Porsche and Toyota at Le Mans winning 1998 for the former. Audi have made him an offer to join their Le Mans team for 500k and may allow him to run a full deal in the BTCC alongside. McNish also has offers from TCR in their 2nd Nissan, Pro Motorsport and Bintcliffe, all small teams but with decent offers. Big team Triple 8 have also made an offer but it is substantially smaller wage than his other offers. McNish accepts the Audi Le Mans role but also has the option to race for an Audi team in the German championship.

1-45 Audi works driver in Germany
46-70 #18 Total Control (300k)
71-80 #45 Pro Motorsport (250k)
81-90 #77 Bintcliffe Sport (220k)
91-100 #88 Triple 8 (100k)

67 McNish signs up with Lee Brookes to run his second Nissan. This means Collard can sign for Triple 8.

Mattias Ekström
The defending Swedish Touring Car Champion has two offers to move to Britain both to drive Swedish cars. GR Motorsport have offered 150k for him to pair up with Rydell and form an all Swedish super team running Volvos. Bintcliffe meanwhile has offered a little less to drive a Saab. Volvo have also made him an offer of 250k to remain in Sweden and race for Flash Engineering though Ekstrom is keen to test his talents against a stronger field.

1-60 Flash Engineering Volvo (Sweden)
61-90 #14 GR Motorsport (150k)
91-100 #77 Bintcliffe Sport (125k)

49 Ekstrom will remain in Sweden. This allows Kaye to complete GRM's lineup.

Tommy Erdos
The British based Brazilian driver has mainly raced in sports cars throughout the nineties but has an offer from RML to switch to touring cars. Opportunities in sports cars have dried up for now so its an easy decision. Erdos completes RML's lineup.

Kurt Luby
Luby last raced in the series way back in 1990 but had two offers to return for 2000. Arena have already signed up Clarke so only Bintcliffe's offer remains. Luby accepts and completes their lineup.

Tiago Monteiro
Monteiro has had an underwhelming open-wheel career thus far having raced in French F3 for the past two seasons finishing 6th in 1999. A paid drive in British Touring Cars is tempting but ASM have made an offer for another season in French F3 and there is a good chance to finally be a championship contender.

1-75 French F3 with ASM.
76-100 #45 Pro Motorsport (75k)

54 Monteiro isn't ready to give up on making his way up the open-wheel ladder just yet and remains in French F3.

Stephen Watson
The South African has ended up a failure in the open-wheel scene though he got to have some experience recently as an Arrows test driver. However there is nothing on the cards for 2000 other than an offer for Pro Motorsport who are asking for 250k. Not very tempting but its that or retirement to focus on his business ventures.

1-80 Retire from racing
81-100 #46 Pro Motorsport (-250k)

20 Watson decides to give up on racing.

Narain Karthikeyan
Like Monteiro, Karthikeyan has had an underwhelming open-wheel career thus far. He has spent the last two seasons in British F3 with Carlin. Pro Motorsport have got in touch about a switch to touring cars but they want 200k in money, shouldn't be too hard for him to raise given his connections in India but is it better spent on remaining in F3?

1-90 British F3 with Paul Stewart Racing
91-100 #46 Pro Motorsport (-200k)

48 Karthikeyan remains in British F3.

Esteban Tuero
Tuero ran a season in F1 for Minardi in 1998 but mysteriously retired from the category before the following season returning to Argentina to race in TC2000. He is surprised to receive an offer for 2000 from some British team to race in Britain and even more surprised that they want money from him when they surely could look closer to home. Needless to say it isn't exactly tempting and he would much rather remain at home in Argentina safe from whatever it was that made him leave F1.

So thats all the driver RNGs, four drives remain open including a plum seat at Triple 8, the still uncontrolled Tech-Speed and PRO Motorsport's two Alfas who have paid the price for making such lofty driver bids.

So Triple 8 and PRO Motorsport must submit some more bids, luckily there are still several young drivers yet to find a ride like Pyper, Howell and O'Neill.

Triple 8 must also decide on their driver for the #80. Moen's 58k, Ruokonen's 52k or Cook's 78k.
Vic Lee Racing also need to decide on either Bennett or Morrison for their 2nd car or to keep looking for other drivers.

I'll run sponsor RNGs tomorrow as I ran out of time today. Then I'll update the budgets.

[Dexter249]

Sheddens car will be re-christened as the #52

[Samster]

Vodaphone - £2,000,000 (will sponsor two cars)

1-40 #8/888 Triple 8 Racing
41-70 #2/23 Ray Mallock Ltd.
71-90 #3/33 West Surrey Racing
91-100 #25/52 Team Dynamics

25 - Vodaphone will sponsor the #8 and #888.

BP/Castrol - £1,800,000 (will sponsor two cars)

1-60 #2/23 Ray Mallock Ltd.
61-90 #3/33 West Surrey Racing
91-100 #10/20 Vic Lee Racing

57 - BP/Castrol will sponsor two of the RML Jaguars.

Shell/Helix - £1,750,000 (will sponsor two cars)

Only GR Motorsport left.

Unilever - £900,000

1-60 #5/6/55/56 Prodrive
61-100 #24 Ray Mallock Ltd.

27 - Unilever chooses Prodrive

RAC - £850,000

1-60 #5/6/55/56 Prodrive
61-95 #32 West Surrey Racing
96-100 #20 Vic Lee Racing

86 - RAC sponsors WSR

PepsiMAX - £850,000

1-50 #5/6/55/56 Prodrive
51-100 #88 Triple 8 Racing

47 - PepsiMAX joins Prodrive

RapidFit - £800,000

1-50 #5/6/55/56 Prodrive
51-90 #3/33 West Surrey Racing
91-100 #17/18 Total Control Racing

46 - RapidFit joins Prodrive

McDonalds - £800,000

1-60 #17/18 Total Control Racing
61-100 #45/46 Pro Motorsport

43 - McDonalds will sponsor TCR

HSBC - £750,000

Only RML made a bid for the #2 but they already have BP/Castrol

RyanAir - £750,000

Only Bintcliffe Sport made a bid.

Aviva - $700,000

1-60 #7 Bintcliffe Sport
61-100 #45/46 Pro Motorsport

75 - Aviva joins Pro Motorsport

Marks & Spencer - £700,000

Only RML are left of the bids.

Direct Line - £650,000

Only GR Motorsport made a bid and they already have Shell/Helix

easyJet - £650,000

1-34 #16 Barwell Motorsport
35-67 #66 GA Motorsport
68-100 #46 Pro Motorsport

24 - easyjet joins Barwell.

Argos - £600,000

1-65 #9 Arena Motorsports
66-100 #66 GA Motorsport

68 - Argos joins GA Motorsport

Cadbury's - £600,000

1-40 18 Total Control Racing
41-80 #7 Bintcliffe Sport
81-100 #46 Pro Motorsport

42 - Cadbury's joins Bintlciffe Sport

Orange - £600,000

1-60 #20 Vic Lee Racing
61-100 #46 Pro Motorsport

32 - Orange joins VLR

Debenhams - £550,000

Only Arena Motorsports is left so Debenhams will sponsor the #9.

Guinness - £500,000

1-70 #80 Triple 8 Racing
71-100 #4/49 Arena Motorsports

5 - Guinness joins Triple 8.

Paddy Power - £500,000

1-70 #88 Triple 8 Racing
71-100 #4/49 Arena Motorsports

70 - Paddy Power joins Triple 8.

House of Fraser - £500,000

Only Arena Motorsports is left.

Ladbrokes - £450,000

Only Arena Motorsports is left.

And that is all the sponsor RNGs.

From the original list HSBC and Direct Line remain. HSBC offer themselves to the remaining Prodrive Ford while Direct Line offer themselves to one of Team Dynamics Hondas. For everyone else that still have unsponsored cars there will be some cheap sponsors to choose from later.

[Dexter249]

Direct line will take the 25

[This Could Be You]

Why was VLR not included in the Debenhams RNG, considering that we only have sponsorship on the #20 car now (and Debenhams was a #20 bid)? This is especially odd as Orange was a #10 bid too. Still, I guess we could run Orange on the #10 and Halfords on the #20 and have both cars the same colour, so that's OK.

In terms of drivers, I'll stick with my original preference and put Phil Bennett in the car, simply because it would be boring to run the exact same driver lineup VLR ran in RL 2000...

[Samster]

Why was VLR not included in the Debenhams RNG, considering that we only have sponsorship on the #20 car now (and Debenhams was a #20 bid)? This is especially odd as Orange was a #10 bid too. Still, I guess we could run Orange on the #10 and Halfords on the #20 and have both cars the same colour, so that's OK.

In terms of drivers, I'll stick with my original preference and put Phil Bennett in the car, simply because it would be boring to run the exact same driver lineup VLR ran in RL 2000...

VLR weren't in the Debenhams RNG because they already had Orange plus Eaves' Halfords sponsorship. So you will have Halfords with Eaves and Orange with Bennett.

[Samster]

I've updated the budgets. I need Triple 8 and Pro Motorsport to make more driver bids to fill their cars, you have till Wednesday to make them or Mr. Dane and Mr. Palmer will take the driver choice into their own hands.

[RedEyes504]

We'll put Roger Möen in the #80.

#888 Bids
Craig Lowndes (1 Mill)
Mark Skaife (1 Mill)
Garth Tander (1 Mill)

If they fail Paul O'Neil (100k)

[Aislabie]

We have not had a good day have we... especially as we came so close to signing McNish and Ruokonen.

Some more driver bids

• Toni Rasmus Ruokenen (50k)
• Patrick Lemarié (Pay)
• Frederik Ekblom (100k)
• Tommy Rustad (100k)
• Roberto Colciago (100k)
• Frank Biela (100k)
• Kelvin Burt (100k)
• Kris Nissen (100k)
• Andrej Studenic (Pay)
• Randy LaJoie (100k)

If we throw enough offers, hopefully one will stick.

[Samster]

Craig Lowndes, Mark Skaife, Garth Tander
I think these three can have the same RNG choice none are likely to move from Australia

1-95 Stay in Australia
96-100 #888 Triple Eight

Lowndes - 36
Skaife - 74
Tander - 38

That leaves Paul O'Neill and he accepts.

Toni Roukonen
Roukonen raised £52,000 for Triple 8 earlier but they chose Moen instead. Pro Motorsport have gotten in touch asking for £50k so we can consider this a done deal.

Patrick Lemarié

1-60 Pro Motorsport
61-100 Look elsewhere

66 Lemarie rejects Pro Motorsport.

Fredrik Ekblom

1-70 Remain in Sweden with Kristoffersson Motorsport
71-100 Move to Pro Motorsport

12 Ekblom remains in Sweden

Tommy Rustad

1-50 STCC with Crawford Racing
51-100 Pro Motorsport

83 Rustad returns to Britain with Pro Motorsport.

This just leaves Tech-Speed who sign David Pinkney.

[Aislabie]

A quick look the nationalities everyone has picked up;

Triple 8 Race Engineering
#8 James Thompson
#80 Roger Möen
#88 Rob Collard
#888 Paul O'Neill

Prodrive Racing
#5 Alain Menu
#6 Anthony Reid
#55 Tim Harvey
#56 Jason Plato

Ray Mallock Limited
#2 David Leslie
#23 Vincent Radermacker
#24 Tommy Erdos

West Surrey Racing
#3 Warren Hughes
#32 Yvan Muller
#33 Jonny Kane

Team Dynamics
#25 Matt Neal
#52 Gordon Shedden

Vic Lee Racing
#10 Phil Bennett
#20 Dan Clarke

GR Motorsport
#12 Rickard Rydell
#14 James Kaye

Bintcliffe Sport
#7 Simon Harrison
#77 Kurt Luby

GA Motorsport
#66 Colin Blair

Barwell Motorsport
#16 Mark Lemmer

Total Control Racing
#17 Lee Brookes
#18 Allan McNish

Pro Motorsport
#45 Tommy Rustad
#46 Toni Roukonen

Tech-Speed Motorsport
#99 David Pinkney

[Samster]

Time to launch the season.

Plymouth 500 Details
Devonport Park street circuit, 3.59 km

Saturday
Race 1 Qualifying - 60 minutes
Race 1 - 250 km - 70 laps

Sunday
Race 2 Qualifying - 60 minutes
Race 2 - 250 km - 70 laps

Track Map
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rpgG_U5j0BfgRd3LqK1t5XLThIG1Q6uG&usp=sharing

For the record the track is clockwise.

Pitbox arrangement for the season.
1. #2 RML/#23 RML
2. #24 RML/#32 WSR
3. #3 WSR/#33 WSR
4. #8 Triple 8/#888 Triple 8
5. #80 Triple 8/#88 Triple 8
6. #5 Prodrive/#6 Prodrive
7. #55 Prodrive/#56 Prodrive
8. #25 TDR/#52 TDR
9. #16 Barwell/#49 Arena
10. #4 Arena/#9 Arena
11. #12 GRM/#14 GRM
12. #17 TCR/#18 TCR
13. #10 VLR/#20 VLR
14. #7 Bintcliffe/#77 Bintcliffe
15. #45 PRO/#46 PRO
16. #66 GAM/#99 Techspeed

Qualifying and races will be simulated using excel. You will have the chance to decide on a strategy for each race that involves scheduled pitstops. I will provide information on tires and fuel to help you decide.

All cars will start every race with 110 km worth of fuel, no more, no less. The maximum fuel load however is 125 km. Every 10 km worth of fuel on board should cost you around 0.1 seconds in pace per lap.
Tires are expected to last around 40 laps here. As a cost measure only one compound of tire is available this season.

So submit your pitstop strategies for each driver stating which lap you will take on fuel and/or tires for Races 1 and 2. You also may wish to state if your strategy will react to safety cars or unscheduled stops. This isn't mandatory as I will come up with a standard strategy for anyone that doesn't but if you want to enhance your chances of winning this can help. The deadline for strategies is Sunday, in the meantime I will run qualifying for the first race.

[Gertrand Bachot]

Prodrive will opt for a 2-stop strategy on Race 1 for all cars, stopping on Lap 23 and Lap 46 for ultimate CDO perfection, and the same strategy on Race 2. We'll fill up with 83 km of fuel at Stop 1, and 87 km of fuel on Stop 2.

Also, I need to get permission to access the Google document you posted. Is it just on my end, or is it affecting anyone else? Just a query.

[Samster]

Prodrive will opt for a 1-stop strategy on Race 1 for all cars, stopping on Lap 36 for ultimate CDO perfection, and the same strategy on Race 2. I'll post more information once it becomes available.

Also, I need to get permission to access the Google document you posted. Is it just on my end, or is it affecting anyone else? Just a query.

I've switched it to allowing those that click the link can access so it should work now.

About your strategy remember you start with just 110 km worth of fuel, that would only get you as far as lap 30. You will need two stops for these two races. You can fill up to 125 km worth at your first stop.

[TheFlyingCaterham]

GA will go for a 2 stop strategy, with stops on laps 28 and 49 to change tyres and put 80km worth of fuel in. Also, we will react to any safety car within 5 laps of our scheduled pitstops, with an extra 4km amount of fuel out in per extra lap before the stop. This strategy will be used for both races.

[V8fan12]

Barwell will stop on laps 27 and 48, putting 78km of fuel in and changing 4 tires on lap 27 and putting 68km of fuel in on lap 48.

We will react to any safety car within 4 laps of our scheduled stops.

Both races will run this strategy.

[Bandon23]

Arena's Strategy

2-stop strategy all cars, stop at Lap 27 and Lap 49, first stop tires and fuel 78 km and second stop fuel 82 km and tires. We will react any safety car within 4 laps for our scheduled pitstop. For Race 2, similar strategy to Race 1.

[Dexter249]

Dynamics strategy
2 stopper on the #25, lap 25 and 50 to have good tires, to go for the win, 92km of fuel after lap 25 to be sure we are good 73.8km after lap 50
2 stopper on the #52, on lap 20 and 49, 105km of fuel after lap 20, 76km for the finish.

[Aislabie]

Pro Motorsport Strategies

We will stop Tommy Rustad's car at the end of Lap 29, and add 80km of fuel. We will then stop him again at the end of Lap 50 and add 66km of fuel.

We will also stop Toni Rasmus Ruokonen's car on Lap 28, and add 77km of fuel. We will then stop him again at the end of Lap 48 and add 69km of fuel.

We will react to any safety car within five laps of our scheduled stops, filling up with the same amount of fuel as we normally would and running to our next previously scheduled stop.

That works, right?

[This Could Be You]

VLR Strategy

#10
Race 1: 2 stops, Lap 30 (fill with 72KM fuel, change tyres), Lap 50 (fill with 72KM fuel, no tyre change)
Race 2: 2 stops, Lap 5 (fill with 15KM fuel, no tyre change), Lap 35, (fill with 125KM of fuel, change tyres)

#20
Race 1: 2 stops, Lap 5 (fill with 15KM fuel, no tyre change), Lap 35, (fill with 125KM of fuel, change tyres)
Race 2: 2 stops, Lap 30 (fill with 72KM fuel, change tyres), Lap 50 (fill with 72KM fuel, no tyre change)

[Iso Masa]

Looks like GR Motorsport is missing £1mil of spending money....

Anyway, race strategies: I assume this series doesn't have minimum pit stop lenght. Meaning putting less fuel or no tires yields shorter stop.

#12 Strategy
Race 1:
Rydell will push hard from start.
Pit lap 15 (28 km Fuel, new tires)
Push on this stint too.
Pit lap 37 (120 km Fuel, new tires)
If there's safety car between laps 5-15, we will pit, take the fuel amount that will get us to lap 37+4km, but no tires.

Race 2.
Take it easy, Richard...
Pit lap 6 (37 km Fuel, no tires)
Pit lap 40 (110 km Fuel, New tires)

#14 Strategy
Race 1&2
Kaye needs to give a solid finish.
Pit lap 30 (76 km Fuel, new tires)
Pit lap 50 (72 km Fuel, new tires)
If there's a safety car within 10 laps of scheduled stop, we will stop and take fuel amount, that will get us to lap 50/finish +4km

[CarloSpace]

Bintcliffe Race 1

#7
Box L25: Tires + 55km
Box L45: Tires + 90km

#77
Box L30: Tires + 70km
Box L49: 77km

Bintcliffe Race 2

#7
Box L21: Tires + 46km
Box L43: Tires + 100km

#77
Box L28: Tires + 79km
Box L52: Tires + 65km