2016-17 DHL Pacific Rim International Cup (PRIC)

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 12 Dec 2013, 11:49

Because the World 800 has died a painful death, the powers that be have decided to launch their own off-season championship, titled the DHL Pacific Rim Cup using old machinery sourced from Lola and Lancia.

As stated earlier, the basic rules are as follows:

TEAMS & DRIVERS:

1. There are 22 starting entries available for each of the three legs, thanks to the limitations of GP4.
2. Entries are reserved to teams that already have entries in the F1RWRS, F2RWRS, F3RWRS or IFRC, and each user can only enter one team.
3. However, since there are three separate legs to the championship, users can decide if they want to enter all three legs, or if they only want to enter one or two of them.
4. Drivers must be existing open-wheeler drivers in the RWRS, and must have driven at some point in 2016.
5. Teams may not run two F1RWRS drivers concurrently.

CHAMPIONSHIP/RACE FORMAT:

1. As stated, there are nine rounds split into three legs of the championship with three rounds each (Australiasia, Asia, North America)
2. Each round will be made of 2 races, split between a 100km sprint race, and a 200km feature race
3. Qualifying will be run for the 100km sprint race, while the grid for race 2 will be set by race 1 results
4. There will be a compulsory pit stop for all cars during the sprint race, which can be made at any time. At least one stop need to be made to finish the feature race, but teams are free to make more stops at their discretion.
5. Points are handed out to the top 8 in the sprint race, using the 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1, while they are handed out 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the feature race. 2 additional points will be given for pole in the sprint race, while 1 point will be awarded for fastest lap in each race.
6. Drivers and teams will compete for titles in each individual leg, as well as for an overall championship encompassing all three legs.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 12 Dec 2013, 11:49

CALENDER

Jetstar Australian Triple Challenge
1/2 - GMC Canberra 300 - Canberra Street Circuit - November 25-27
3/4 - Rolex Melbourne Grand Prix - Albert Park Street Circuit - December 2-4
5/6 - Sargent Security Round of Phillip Island - Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit - December 9-11

Samsung Asia Cup
7/8 - HSBC Chinese Grand Prix -Shanghai International Circuit - January 6-8
9/10 - Korean Grand Prix presented by Hyundai - Korea International Circuit - January 13-15
11/12 - Samsung Japanese Grand Prix - Suzuka Circuit - Japan 20-22

Shell North America Trophy
13/14 - WestJet Grand Prix of Canada - Vancouver Street Circuit - Feburary 3-5
15/16 - FedEx Grand Prix of Monterrey - Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca - Feburary 10-12
17/18 - Heinz Arizona Duel in the Desert - Phoenix Street Circuit - Feburary 17-19

ENTRY LIST

Jetstar Australian Triple Challenge
1. Equipe Gauthier (2 cars)
2. Gillet Ecurie Nationale Belge (2 cars)
3. Linton-Solindahl Motorsports (2 cars)
4. Il Barone Rampante (2 cars)
5. Mazzacane Motorsport (1 car by default)
6. Foxdale Auto Racing Team (1 car be default)
7. Boxtel (1 car by default)
8. Jones Racing (1 car by default)
9. Nebula Grand Prix (1 car)
10. Plus One (2 cars)
11. RonDen Racing Engineering (1 car)
12. Aeroracing Engineering (2 cars)
13. The Crusaders (1 car by default)
14. Gazprom Restov Racing (1 car by default)
15. Red Bull World Race Team (2 cars)
Entry List Closed

Samsung Asia Cup
1. Equipe Gauthier (2 cars)
2. Gillet Ecurie Nationale Belge (2 cars)
3. Il Barone Rampante (2 cars)
4. Mazzacane Motorsport (2 cars)
5. Foxdale Auto Racing Team (1 car by default)
6. Boxtel (2 cars)
7. Mecha Grand Prix (1 car by default)
8. Jones Racing (1 car by default)
9. Plus One (1 car by default)
10. RonDen Racing Engineering (1 car)
11. Aeroracing Engineering (2 cars)
12. The Crusaders (1 car by default)
13. Gazprom Restov Racing (1 car by default)
14. Red Bull World race team (2 cars)
1 entry remaining

Shell North America Trophy
1. People Power by CR Motorsport (1 car by default)
2. Equipe Gauthier (2 cars)
3. Energy T.I. Fusion Motorsports (2 cars)
4. Gillet Ecurie Nationale Belge (1 car by default)
5. Linton-Solindahl Motorsports (2 cars)
6. Il Barone Rampante (2 cars)
7. Mazzacane Motorsport (2 cars)
8. Foxdale Auto Racing Team (1 car by default)
9. Boxtel (1 car by default)
10. Jones Racing (1 car by default)
11. RonDen Racing Engineering (2 cars)
12. Aeroracing Engineering (2 cars)
13. The Crusaders (1 car by default)
14. Gazprom Restov Racing (1 car by default)
15. Red Bull World Race Team (1 car by default)
Entry List Closed

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 12 Dec 2013, 12:04

People Power presents Holden CR Motorsport will enter the Shell North America Trophy with drivers being TBA at the moment

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 12 Dec 2013, 12:08

Equipe Gauthier has announced it's intention to run all three legs. Our lineups for each leg will be as stated below:

Jetstar Australian Triple Challenge
Diego Alvarez Torrente
TBA

Samsung Asia Cup
Hansuke Shioya
TBA

Shell North America Trophy
Jesus Plaza
James James Davies

Post by **Ataxia** » 12 Dec 2013, 12:10

Energy T.I. Fusion Motorsports will join the fray in the North America Cup.

Drivers TBA at this moment in time.

Post by **tommykl** » 12 Dec 2013, 12:15

Gillet Ecurie Nationale Belge will of course be there for all three legs. Drivers wil lbe determined later, but are fairly predictable

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 12 Dec 2013, 12:15

UPDATE: Because all teams will be using a control Lola-Lancia package, teams have the choice to enter either one or two cars should they so desire.

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 12 Dec 2013, 12:17

Linton-Solindahl Motorsports enter a two-car team into Australia and America. Drivers TBC.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 12 Dec 2013, 13:40

Il Barone Rampante would like to enter all three legs with two cars. Drivers will be announced in due course - perhaps different per leg, perhaps not.

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 12 Dec 2013, 14:03

Mazzacane Motorsport would like to enter all three parts of the Pacific Rim Cup with two cars.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 12 Dec 2013, 14:19

Foxdale Auto Racing Team will enter all events.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 12 Dec 2013, 14:21

Boxtel would like to enter all three legs of the championship.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 12 Dec 2013, 14:36

Mecha Grand Prix will run a car for the Asian leg for Dave Anderson and Mustafa Kurniawan.

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 12 Dec 2013, 15:09

Jones Racing will participate in all three legs as well. Drivers to be announced later.

Post by **Ataxia** » 12 Dec 2013, 15:18

Fusion confirm they'll be running two cars in North America, and I would also like to take one car to 'Straya under the Nebula Grand Prix guise.

Jorge Alvarez Torrente will race for Nebula in Australia, but the Fusion drivers will be announced later.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 12 Dec 2013, 15:47

Plus one announce their intentions to compete in all legs of the Cup

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 12 Dec 2013, 16:02

RonDen Racing Engineering / Octan Young Drivers will be present with 2 cars at all events, probably running all 4 signed young drivers and maybe some RonDen and GTI drivers. But yet to be decided which driver will be driving where.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 12 Dec 2013, 16:39

Aeroracing Engineering will contest all legs of this championship. We'll field two entries available for anyone interested.

Gerudo Dragon · Post by **Gerudo Dragon** » 12 Dec 2013, 16:57

The Crusaders will enter all 3 legs 8)

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 12 Dec 2013, 17:05

Gazprom Restov Racing will enter all three rounds of the Pacific Rim Cup. If RDS drivers are allowed, I'll confirm my driving line-up later, but if it's strictly restricted to RWRS, Obolensky and Serevi will drive.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 12 Dec 2013, 21:25

Red Bull World race team would like to enter all 3 legs if possible.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 12 Dec 2013, 22:52

The entry process is now closed for teams that haven't already applied. However, due to the sheer number of entries I got overnight, teams were allocated one car by default, with a few spare entries for each of the categories still available. For now, I'll let you guys sort out second cars yourselves, but if I find that you guys can't get along, I'll bring Based RNG into the party.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 12 Dec 2013, 23:12

well, i can 'sell' my second car for the Aussie or Asian rounds.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 12 Dec 2013, 23:13

Plus One would like to run two cars for the Australian Triple Challenge. Even though the signup process should have been better

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 12 Dec 2013, 23:15

Mazzacane Motorsport would like to run a second car, but I would be open to a deal with another team to run the second car only part-time.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 12 Dec 2013, 23:16

pasta_maldonado wrote:Plus One would like to run two cars for the Australian Triple Challenge. Even though the signup process should have been better

Allright, you can get the Australian second RonDen entry (of course you have to put a nice Octan logo on that car)

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 13 Dec 2013, 00:34

I would like to apply for second cars in the Australian and Asian cups

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 13 Dec 2013, 03:02

Boxtel would like a second entry in the Asian Cup please.

MinardiFan95 · Post by **MinardiFan95** » 13 Dec 2013, 05:38

Simpson Motorsport will enter the Australian leg of the series, with 2 cars (if that is still possible).

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 13 Dec 2013, 06:04

High Performance Racing would like to enter two cars in the Samsung Asia Cup please.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 13 Dec 2013, 06:23

V8fan12 wrote:High Performance Racing would like to enter two cars in the Samsung Asia Cup if possible. If not, we will take any available spot that is left, even if it is just for one car.

Post by **tommykl** » 13 Dec 2013, 06:43

If possible, Gillet would like a second car for the Asian leg, and possibly the Australian leg.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 13 Dec 2013, 07:25

V8fan12 wrote:High Performance Racing would like to enter two cars in the Samsung Asia Cup please.

The Pacific Rim Cup is only open to existing teams in either F1, F2 or F3RWRS or IFRC.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 13 Dec 2013, 12:00

Foxdale will be happy with one car, because with two cars, we were going to have Peter Port in one car and rotate drivers in the second seat (three from Martin McFry, Douglas Mann, Pippa Mann and Ben Fleet), May make the decision process a bit easier!

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 13 Dec 2013, 20:04

tristan1117 wrote:Boxtel would like a second entry in the Asian Cup please.

Alright, Boxtel can get the second Ronden car in Asia, Plus One in Australia, and nobody in America, because i have a lot of american drivers under contract.

Edit: Sorry for ignoring Eurobruns earlier request, don't get offended by it, i noticed it too late.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 08 Jan 2014, 23:54

After several weeks on the sidelines, the entry list has been updated with the following changes:

1. The second RonDen car in the Australian Leg has been transferred to Plus One
2. The second RonDen car in the Asian Leg has been transferred to Boxtel
3. Mazzacane has been given the final entry in the North American leg. The entry list for that is now CLOSED.
4. Mazzacane, Gillet ENB and Red Bull have been given a second car for the Asian leg. There is now one entry remaining for existing one-car teams
5. Mazzacane, Gillet ENB and Red Bull applied for the two remaining Australian Leg slots. Since three into two doesn't go, the two entries were RNGed using the following odds:

1-40 - Gillet
41-75 - Red Bull
76-100 - Mazzacane

The RNG rolled 49 and 20, so Red Bull and Gillet recieve the final two entries there. The entry list for the Australian leg is now CLOSED.

The calender has also been updated to include dates for each weekend. Teams can now start signing drivers, while existing signings have been noted. On a similar note, it has been determined that RDS drivers can participate in the series, as long as they have either won an RDS race (Winter Cup included) or finished in the top 5 overall in an RDS season (Winter Cup included).

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 08 Jan 2014, 23:59

Plus One Racing Engineering announce that Italian Andrea Bianchi will be driving the #0 car. This will be partnered by the #3 for the Australian leg only, with Dutchman Martin van der Maeyede behind the wheel

Post by **Ataxia** » 09 Jan 2014, 00:06

As mentioned before, Jorge Alvarez Torrente will drive the Nebula entry (although you already knew that!). The Fusion Motorsports entries will be occupied by Jari Lappalainen, and somebody else.

Marko Jantscher is looking for a seat, and if Octan wish to use Jerry de Boer then that's absolutely fine. Nino Barlini will also be looking for a seat, but if an IBR offer comes in he'll take it.

EDIT: Forgot DAT was racing with Gauthier.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 09 Jan 2014, 00:34

Octan Young Drivers line-up:
Jetstar Australian Triple Challenge

Samsung Asia Cup

Shell North America Trophy
Chuck Barett

Jerry De Boer and Jaimerson Da Cunha have the choice to drive the races they want. De Boer gots first priority. Terenzio Nicchi doesnt have a choice, he will drive whatever is left. And i assumme Barett wouldn't mind driving the American round, other than that, he has just as much choice as Nicchi. All drivers get to pick only one round. Refusing to drive is not an option. Driving for other teams in other races is allowed.

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 09 Jan 2014, 02:54

Terry Hawkin will do all three series in the Jones car. Nice and simple!

And This, Barrett is fine to do the US round.