Grand Prix Rejects

In a bid to make use of the popularity of F1 in Russia thanks to the legendary performances by Vitaly Petrov and Evgeny Restov, the Russian Automobile Federation, the Russian government and Best In The World™ have teamed up to establish the Russian Formula 4 Championship.

This series is rather unusual in two ways:

1. THE CARS

The FIA-certified Crawford Composites chassis is paired not with a normal internal combustion engine, but instead a 180 hp hydrogen fuel cell designed by GAZ in cooperation with Porsche's best engine designers.

2. THE MODUS

To both simulate the high pressure to immediately succeed in F1, ARWS and IndyCar and to make for a more thrilling product for audiences in Russia, instead of a classic championship, instead the series is run in a knockout format over six rounds. All events support the Russian Circuit Racing Series, except the season opener.

26 April, Istanbul Park: Seeding round
17 May, Smolensk Ring: Round of 16: the 16th-placed driver in the seeding round faces against the winner thereof - whomever finishes ahead advances to the next round
21 June, NRING Circuit: Wildcard round: the 8 losers of the Round of 16 race for a wildcard entry, where they can enter themselves into any duel of the quarter- or semi-finals and therefore get a second chance
26 July, Irkutsk Speedway: Quarter-finals
16 August, Moscow Raceway: Semi-finals
27 September, Kazan Ring: Finals

The winner earns test drives with Best In The World Kahama Motor Sport. Both participants in the Finals also become part of the Best In The World Support Group.

How to enter?
Basically, you just enter your driver. Only fictional drivers from either Russia or its neighboring states (except Poland) are permitted. There are 16 slots. Drivers are permitted to have ages between 17 and 27 on April 1, 2020.

For now, you will just need to fill out the following and pick a slot:



For now entries are limited to one DEC per user. Should there be less demand for seats, you will get to enter more.

Teams:
SMP Racing
#2: Vladimir Smolychenko, Ukraine
#7: Boris Stepanov, Russia
#11: Natanael Savolainen, Finland
#16: Martin Liiv, Estonia

B-Tuning Pro Racing Team
#21: Vladimir Vasiliev, Russia
#22: Alyaksandr Scherbitskiy, Belarus
#23: Aleksandr Mikhailov, Russia
#24: Vladislav Lavrentyev, Russia

Best In The World Sverdlovsk Oblast
#30: Viktor Min, Russia
#33: Nikodim Smotrov, Russia
#38: Svetlana Domracheva, Russia
#41: Kirill Isotov, Russia

NEFIS Racing Division
#44: Kerim Akhmetov, Kazakhstan
#58: Dmitriy Smerdyakov, Russia
#72: Lukas Sohlberg, Norway
#86: Olga Timofeeva, Russia

Slot: SMP Racing #2
Driver Name: Vladimir Vladimirovich Smolychenko
Birthplace: Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Date of Birth: 16th January 2001

Slot: SMP Racing #7
Driver Name: Boris Stepanov
Birthplace: St. Petersburg
Date of Birth: April 1st, 2003

Slot: B-Tuning Pro Racing Team #21
Name: Vladimir Ivanovic Vasiliev
Birthplace: Perm, Russia
Date of Birth: 5.11.2001

Slot: #58 NEFIS Racing Division
Driver Name: Dmitriy Smerdyakov
Birthplace: Vladikavkaz, Russia
Date of Birth: 17th January, 2003

Slot: #11 SMP Racing
Driver Name: Natanael Savolainen
Birthplace: Mariehamn, Finland
Date of Birth: October 22, 2002

#72 NEFIS Racing Division
Driver Name: Lukas Sohlberg
Birthplace: Vadsø, Norway
DOB: 13th October 2000

Slot: B-Tuning Pro Racing Team #22
Name: Alyaksandr Scherbitskiy
Birthplace: Gomel, Belarus
Date of Birth: 15.02.2002

Slot: B-Tuning Pro Racing Team #24
Name: Vladislav Lavrentyev
Birthplace: Vladivostok, Russia
Date of Birth: 03.03.2002

Slot: #44 NEFIS Racing Division
Name: Kerim Akhmetov
Birthplace: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Date of Birth: 15.03.2003

Slot: #16
Driver Name: Martin Liiv
Birthplace:Haapsalu, Estonia
Date of Birth: 18/03/2003

Alright, following information: should any entry remain unfilled by July 22, 8:00 a.m. CEST, users who have already entered a driver may enter a second driver. This second driver can only be of Russian nationality.

Slot: #30
Driver Name: Viktor Pavlovich Min
Birthplace: Volgograd, Russia
Date of Birth: 15 August, 2002

Slot: #33
Driver Name: Nikodim Smotrov
Birthplace: Perm, Russia
Date of Birth: 27/09/2002

This should be all good right? (First-timer here )

Slot: #23
Driver Name: Aleksandr Mikhailov.
Birthplace: Ulyanovsk, Russia
Date of Birth: 1/2/2002

Slot: #86
Driver Name: Olga Timofeeva
Birthplace: Engels, Saratov Oblast
Date of Birth: 1st August 2003

Woppoz wrote:This should be all good right? (First-timer here )

Everything's just fine. Welcome aboard.

Alright, fourteen of sixteen slots are filled. The remaining two entries may be used by whomever posts their driver first. Any entry from now on must have Russian nationality.

Slot: BITW #41
Name: Kirill Isotov
Birthplace: Sochi, Russia
Date of Birth: 21.01.2001

Slot: BITW #38
Name: Svetlana Domracheva
Birthplace: Ekaterinburg, Russia
Date of Birth: 11.03.2001

Alright, with 16 entries on the list, we now move on to the important step:

Driver Speciality
Each driver has one thing they are especially good at. Of course, gifted drivers have more than one thing they are good at, but those talents emerge later.

Your task is to pick now what your driver is best at. There are types of speciality, each with their own effect:
Brick Wall - If you are behind them, it will stay that way. Any overtake move against them only has a 25 % chance of succeeding
Consistent Effort - A brilliant description for these drivers is "machine-like precision". Their performance will never vary by more than 0.5 percent per lap
Professional Driver - You will never catch these drivers making an error, even at young age. Their chance of making a driver error is 1% per lap
Overtaking Master - Whenever these guys try to take a position, there is little that can stop them. Any overtake move has a 75% chance of succeeding
Supreme Madman - These guys have insane speeds and always give it a 110%. Their base performance will never be below 102,00% of the perfect time, but their chance of making a driver error is at 8% per lap
Wild One - For these drivers, it is important to stay unpredictable. Their speciality is randomly picked from one of the abovementioned five, with it being replaced with another randomly selected one after the first half of the season

Furthermore, in a first-come, first-serve manner, one driver can have this speciality:
Meme Lord - Regardless of how well this driver's career goes, he will always have a place in social media. A random factor of their performance is randomly influenced each week.
Only users with only one DEC in the series can take this speciality.

Please let me have your DEC's Driver Speciality by posting it in this thread by August 15, 9:00 p.m. CEST. Any driver that does not have a speciality by then will be assigned the Driver Speciality - Wild One.

Driver: Lukas Sohlberg
Specialty: Supreme Madman

"Professional Driver" for Akhmetov, please

Driver : Boris Stepanov
Specialty : Supreme Madman

Driver: Vladimir Smolychenko
Speciality: Meme Lord

Vladimir Vasiliev: [i]Overtaking Master[/i]
Svetlana Domracheva: [i]Professional Driver[/i]

Nikodim Smotrov - Consistent Effort

Driver: Vladislav Lavrentyev
Speciality: Brick Wall

Driver: Dmitriy Smerdyakov
Speciality: Wild One

Driver: Natanael Savolainen
Speciality: Consistent Effort

Driver: Olga Timofeeva
Spec: Brick Wall

Driver Aleksandr Mikhailov.
Spec Overtaking Master

Scherbitskiy: Supreme Madman

Isotov: Overtaking Master

Martin Liiv: Professional Driver

Viktor Min: Overtaking Master

Yeah, this is still happening.

First off, following adjustments to the driver specialties must be announced


Link to the qualifying report for the Seeding Round.

Maybe I have missed it in a post somewhere, but I am a bit confused about the 'Best Times' of each driver. Some quicker drivers seem to be lower down the order, what has caused that?

Woppoz wrote:Maybe I have missed it in a post somewhere, but I am a bit confused about the 'Best Times' of each driver. Some quicker drivers seem to be lower down the order, what has caused that?

Basically me making an error entering the data. I have fixed it, all times should now be alright.

Yeah, this is still happening indeed.

Link to the race report for the Seeding Round.

Therefore, the Round of 16 Matchups are as follows:
Martin Liiv vs. Lukas Sohlberg
Alyaksandr Scherbitskiy vs. Boris Stepanov
Kirill Isotov vs. Natanael Savolainen
Vladimir Smolychenko vs. Kerim Akhmetov
Olga Timofeeva vs. Nikodim Smotrov
Viktor Min vs. Svetlana Domracheva
Dmitriy Smerdyakov vs. Vladislav Lavrentyev
Aleksandr Mikhailov vs. Vladimir Vasiliev