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The fifth race, the [[Czech GT Cup]], was held at the [[Brno Circuit]]. Diego Carranza qualified in 9th position, while Carlos Andres Ladines qualified in P4. Diego Carranza had an eventful race on a track he didn't particularly like. In the end, he finished in P11, further extending his run of finishing in the points. Carlos Andres Ladines found himself in second position after a great start but lost one place to [[James Johnson]] during the race. Ultimately, he finished in third place, achieving a hattrick of finishing in P3 in just three starts. | The fifth race, the [[Czech GT Cup]], was held at the [[Brno Circuit]]. Diego Carranza qualified in 9th position, while Carlos Andres Ladines qualified in P4. Diego Carranza had an eventful race on a track he didn't particularly like. In the end, he finished in P11, further extending his run of finishing in the points. Carlos Andres Ladines found himself in second position after a great start but lost one place to [[James Johnson]] during the race. Ultimately, he finished in third place, achieving a hattrick of finishing in P3 in just three starts. | ||
− | [[File:STAX_WGT16_1.png|400px|right|caption|alt=Alt text|The STAX Racing Aston Martin in Silverstone]] | + | |
− | In the build-up to the sixth race in [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]], Diego Carranza told the team that he would be unavailable to race. This meant that, at the upcoming [[British GT Cup]], Geoffrey Fournier would race in Diego's place instead. This marked Geoffrey's second start for the team, | + | [[File:STAX_WGT16_1.png|400px|right|caption|alt=Alt text|The STAX Racing Aston Martin in Silverstone]]In the build-up to the sixth race in [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]], Diego Carranza told the team that he would be unavailable to race. This meant that, at the upcoming [[British GT Cup]], Geoffrey Fournier would race in Diego's place instead. This marked Geoffrey's second start for the team, after he started in the inaugural race of the season. |
With limited testing beforehand, Geoffrey did well to qualify in P13 while Carlos Andres Ladines started from sixth position. | With limited testing beforehand, Geoffrey did well to qualify in P13 while Carlos Andres Ladines started from sixth position. | ||
− | After a frantic start, the two STAX drivers were running very close to each other in P6 and P7. As the field settled down, they gained another place and looked to continue the team's record of consistent finishes in the points. After | + | After a frantic start, the two STAX drivers were running very close to each other in P6 and P7. As the field settled down, they gained another place and looked to continue the team's record of consistent finishes in the points. After forty minutes, Geoffrey let Carlos pass, since he was fighting for a good finish in the championship. With seven minutes to go, just as the first Ferraris in front of the STAX Racing cars were beginning to pit, the race was red flagged because of a mass disconnect. This meant that Carlos finished the cut-short race in P5, followed by Geoffrey in P6. |
==Race Results== | ==Race Results== |
Revision as of 11:39, 26 June 2016
Full name | STAX Racing |
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Owner/s | Christian Zoerner |
Base | Halifax, Canada |
Key staff | Christian Zoerner |
Year Joined | 2016 |
Series Entered | World GT |
Associated Teams | Epic Racing |
Website | Facebook Profile |
STAX Racing is a Canadian sim-racing team owned by Christian Zoerner that was established in 2015. For the 2016 season, the team has entered the World GT Series, marking their début in the GPVWC sim-racing community.
2016
STAX Racing made applications to join both the 2016 World GT Series and 2016 World Sport Series with their priority resting on the endurance World GT series. They received confirmation of their place on the World GT grid on the 26th of February, being allocated a pair of Aston Martin Vantages and racing with numbers 24 and 25.
World GT
The team announced on their Facebook page that Diego Carranza and GPVWC veteran Andrew Waring are their first ever driver line-up, with Formula Challenge racer Geoffrey Fournier taking up reserve duties. Carlos Andres Ladines was signed after Race One to be the team's new reserve driver, while Fournier stayed with the team as an emergency driver with an advisoral role.
The opening round was the Japanese GT Cup at Fuji. Since there were only days between the announcement of the participating teams and the first round, the team's goal was to of bring both cars home and gain valuable experience with the car. Fournier substituted for Waring, who had problems with power outages. He went on to score points on the teams' first ever race with P8, while Carranza finished P19.
Race Two, the Brazilian GT Cup, was held in Interlagos. The two STAX Racing cars were in points scoring positions at all time, until Waring experienced technical problems that forced him to retire. In the end, he was classified in P22 as he completed over 75% of the race distance. Carranza finished in P8, equaling Fournier's result from Race One.
Waring's technical problems persisted during practice for the third race, the inaugural Turkish GT Cup at Istanbul Park. After consultation with the team, he decided not to start in the race, which meant that Ladines would take over his seat for the race. He qualified in the Top 10 and held P8 during most of the race. Carranza qualified further back on the grid, but was able to steadily gain positions during the race. Both drivers benefited from the fact that the Ferraris had to do one pitstop. In the end, Carranza finsihed P11, his second consecutive point scoring position. Ladines, who, in the build up to the race stated "that he was not comfortable with the track at all", finished P3 in his first race at GPVWC. This also meant he achieved STAX Racing's first podium finish.
In the build-up to fourth race, the Belgian GT Cup at Spa-Francorchamps, it became apparent that Waring's technical problems could not be solved easily. He thus agreed to let Carlos Andres Ladines drive alongside Diego Carranza for the rest of the season. Andres Ladines qualified 2nd for the race, the best qualification result for the team so far. Carranza encountered heavy traffic on his qualifying run, resulting in him starting further down the grid in P22. The race saw Carranza steadily gaining positions through consistent laptimes and some great overtaking maneuvers. In the end, he finished the race in P7, extending his run of finising in the points to three races in a row. Carlos Andres Ladines lost a place at the start, but ran in the Top 5 for all of the race. Once again, the Ferraris had to pit for fuel, which meant that Ladines finished in P3, the same position he finished the race before.
The fifth race, the Czech GT Cup, was held at the Brno Circuit. Diego Carranza qualified in 9th position, while Carlos Andres Ladines qualified in P4. Diego Carranza had an eventful race on a track he didn't particularly like. In the end, he finished in P11, further extending his run of finishing in the points. Carlos Andres Ladines found himself in second position after a great start but lost one place to James Johnson during the race. Ultimately, he finished in third place, achieving a hattrick of finishing in P3 in just three starts.
In the build-up to the sixth race in Silverstone, Diego Carranza told the team that he would be unavailable to race. This meant that, at the upcoming British GT Cup, Geoffrey Fournier would race in Diego's place instead. This marked Geoffrey's second start for the team, after he started in the inaugural race of the season.With limited testing beforehand, Geoffrey did well to qualify in P13 while Carlos Andres Ladines started from sixth position. After a frantic start, the two STAX drivers were running very close to each other in P6 and P7. As the field settled down, they gained another place and looked to continue the team's record of consistent finishes in the points. After forty minutes, Geoffrey let Carlos pass, since he was fighting for a good finish in the championship. With seven minutes to go, just as the first Ferraris in front of the STAX Racing cars were beginning to pit, the race was red flagged because of a mass disconnect. This meant that Carlos finished the cut-short race in P5, followed by Geoffrey in P6.
Race Results
World GT
2016
Driver | JPN |
BRA |
TUR |
BEL |
CZE |
GBR |
USA |
Points | WDC | Team |
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Diego Carranza | 19 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 11 | - | - | 27 | 10th | 3rd |
Geoffrey Fournier | 8 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 18 | 15th | |
Carlos Andres Ladines | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | - | 59 | 4th | |
Andrew Waring | - | 22† | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 46th |
† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.