Petar Brljak
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Petar Brljak is a Croatian Sim-Racing Driver currently driving for Walk Racing as a racedriver in the GPVWC 2014 Formula Challenge season.
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Early Sim-Racing Career
Before joining GPVWC, Petar raced in some other leagues.
Just after the beginning of the 2014 GPVWC careerladder season Petar decided to join GPVWC. He would join Aurora Motorsports for the Malaysian Rounds in the Formula Challenge. after one raceweekend he signed another deal at Walk Racing this deal was for the rest of the season.
Formula Challenge
2014
Petar made his debut at GPVWC in Formula Challenge at the Malaysian Grand Prix. Already before the races Petar was one of the favorites to win one of the races, Petar's time in the Hotlaptracker was very quick, Everybody knew Petar was a guy which had great talent.
At the Qualifying of the Malaysian Grand Prix Petar did what was he expected to do, he did put the Aurora Motorsports on pole. In the first Formula Challenge race Petar had a great fight with Jonathan Holmes and in the end he just beat him with + 0.268 Petar took the victory at his debut race. At the second Formula Challenge race Petar was unfortunatly involved in a collision forcing him to retire. Petar learned one thing, If he wanted to win the Formula Challenge championship, he should score point in every race he started.
For the Bahrain rounds of the FC championship Petar moved to Walk Racing an Romanian Based team. He claimed the Pole again, winning again the first race of the evening, while he finished in 3rd place at the second race.
After those races Petar continued to race in the Formula Challenge, scoring points/podium/wins in almost every race he drove. as of July 2014 Petar is leading the Championship and the question now is, who will stop him?
2014
China saw Flo taking his first Supercup Pole Position with a much improved Car, after struggling the first few Rounds. Race 1 Flo finished P4 12 seconds off the lead, after having to pit 1 more time than his opponents. Race 2 saw Flo having a great battle with Oskari Kantonen and finishing P2.
The European Season kicked off at Spain where Flo Qualified a strong P3 just 0.042 off Pole. Due to high Tyre wear Flo again had to pit once more than his opponents,
despite this he finished P4 just 3 secs off the Winner.
Race 2 was a disaster. After suffering damage in the opening laps flo had to pit late in the Race wich ment only P13.
Next up was the crown jewel of SC the Monte Carlo Grand Prix.
Flo qualified an excellent P3 0.190 off Pole sitter Oskari Kantonen. Having a good start for once Flo locked up into T1 and crashed into the Barriers.
Not giving up tough, Flo faught his way back trough the field with a great recovery drive back to P9.
Race 2 saw Flo getting some luck his way with the reserve Grid Pole.From there on Flo lead every lap on his way to his first Supercup Race Win.
The next Round took place at one of his favourite tracks in Montreal Canada. The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve was ment to kickstart his fightback,
but it all came different and Flo only qualified P9.
With Tyre wear very low Flo managed to stay out longer than everyone else, but still only finished P7,
after getting overtaken on the last corner of the last lap. Race 2 saw Flo going strong early on, but eventually again getting overtaken on the last corner of the last lap ment only P4.
At The Austrian Grand Prix Flo qualified P5. Again low tyre wear braught Flo crucial time against his opponents, nearly beating later Race Winning
Kevin Siggy. Race 2 was another blow and or low point of the Season, as another crash ment no points while main rivals finished up front.
Silverstone was our next stop and what a event it was once again. Great Racing trough the field. Flo managed to qualify 3rd just behind Teammate Tom Parker. Flo lost places during the start and later in a incident with Emanuel Gaczella. Flo still recoverd to P3 overtaking teammate Tom on the last corner of the last lap.
Race 2 on the other side was a huge dissapointment once again. A bad start ment begin right in the pack and eventual damage caused a incident with Jason Muscat. This led to Flo retiring once again, after having showed Great Pace.
Next up was the German Grand Prix and Flo took pole infront of the home crowd. Alltough he couldnt convert this into the Win he got The 3rd spot on the podium after a long battle with Kevin Siggy. The Sprint Race saw Flo making superb overtaking manouvers, only to lose 2 places in the closing stages and eventually finsihed in P6.
The Hungarian Grand Prix was the last Race before the Summer-break. Flo qualified 5th and managed to finish P2 in both Feautre and Sprint Race.
Flo is currently P4 in the Championship.
Racing Career Results
Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Supercup Results | AUS |
MYS |
BAH |
CHN |
ESP |
MON |
CAN |
AUT |
GBR |
GER |
HUN |
BEL |
ITA |
USA |
UAE |
JPN |
BRA |
Position | Points | |||||||||||||||||
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2014 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 8 | RET | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 3 | RET | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 228 |