2012 Masters Series season

2012 Masters Series season

Competition	Masters Series
Platform Used	rFactor v1.255
Rounds	16
Vehicle(s)	BMW E90
Tyre Supplier(s)	Yokohama Y
Drivers	49
Teams	13
Drivers' Champion	Dave Carr-Smith
Teams' Champion	Halcyon Racing
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The 2012 Masters Series was the fourth season of the Masters Series in the GPVWC.

Report

Race Weekend Format

Three races per 'round'. Consisting of three equal length races that last approximately 15 minutes set to an absolute lap total depending on track length. The starting grid for Race 1 will be decided by a 10 minute qualification session, the starting grid for Race 2 will be the finishing positions from Race 1 and the starting grid for Race 3 will be a reversed grid from a random position between 14-18. The race weekend schedule will be as follows:

• Practice = 10 minutes
• Qualifying = 10 minutes
• Warm-Up = 5 minutes
• Race 1 = 15 minutes
• Race 2 = 15 minutes
• Race 3 = 15 minutes

Series Changes

For 2012 the format of feature and sprint events has been scrapped for three equal length races.

Three car teams return for 2012 but team entry is limited to 13 in order to control grid size. Unlike last season race setups will be fully open.

The series schedule has been brought forward to an August start time in order for the series to be wrapped up in line with the rest of GPVWC's competitions although the Masters Series will still remain as the leagues finale for the year. The series will contain 19 races, the most in Masters series history. There will be 6 'normal' 3 race events as well as 1 feature length event that contains just a single race.

New for 2012 is the Novice Cup for which eligible drivers will be able to compete in a championship independant of the main series but they will be eligible to score for both. The Top 15 will score points in the main championship and the top 7 designated Novice Cup drivers will score points in their respective series.

Also new for 2012 is the introduction of success ballast, the Top 5 from races 1 & 2 at each event will carry weight ballast into the next race (1st place=40kg, 2nd=30kg, 3rd=20kg, 4th=10kg, 5th=5kg). Success ballast is not carried over to the next event and the feature length event will not be subject to it.

Scoring system

Main Championship Points

Points will be awarded to the top 15 classified finishers. Fastest lap for each race will yeild a point each.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	Fastest Lap
Points	25	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Novice Cup Points

Points will be awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Season Summary

The Masters Series returned at an earlier calendar slot than previous years with a summer start on the 2nd of August, this was done in order to bring it in line with other GPVWC series finish dates.

The sixteen round championship was largely dominated by one driver, Dave Carr-Smith who cruised to the title with room to spare with an incredible 14 wins and two 2nd positions; in a series that has seen some dominating performances in its four year history this will go down as the most dominant thus far. The run of results included an incredible 13 wins in a row and 12 fastest laps and propelled his team Halcyon Racing to the constructors title, their first GPVWC title in its very first year.

The season was of course again action packed and Carr-Smith was pushed for victories by the likes of Lee Morris, Simon Cattell and Ruud Heesterbeek although only two other drivers managed to grace the top step of the podium. Erik Tveit took advantage of a rare Carr-Smith error which saw him collide with early leader Martin Schumacher at the Parabolica of Monza, taking the season opener; it was short lived success for Tveit who was not seen again in the series after Round 6. Simon Cattell salvaged a victory in the reverse grid race 3 at Monza, cruising from pole position to take the last victory of the season that didn't involved a black liveried Number 33.

Ruud Heesterbeek only entered the series at Curitiba but still put on an impressive run of results including five 2nd positions to secure himself 2nd overall in the drivers championship. David Jundt may have only stood on the podium once all season but his consistency and constant points finishes allowed him to take home 3rd overall, a feat he also managed in 2010.

Scott Bennett took home the Novice Cup title, a new sub championship aimed at allowing novice drivers to compete in their own points series alongside the main championship. Bennett turned im some brilliant drives to win the first four rounds of the Novice Cup as well as impressing with his overall race positions. He was however pushed all the way to the final rounds by the likes of Myles Dixon, William Tringas and Mark Fuller. The Novice Cup proved to be a success and created new winners at the GPVWC out of the likes of Bennett, Dixon, Keith Storrie, Glenn Guest and Teemu Toikka.

Halcyon Racing took home the team honours backed by the incredible Dave Carr-Smith and a rotation of team mates; Philip Cullen, Simon Melhuish, Nick Rowland and Ben Warren, team owner Adam Rouse had won his first title with his own name above his door. Innervision secured a highly creditable 2nd overall, especially given they lost 2011 champion Simon Cattell at the end of the halfway mark. Revolution Motorsport managed 3rd overall in their debut season, beating Tiger Express Motorsports by just a single point in a battle that went down to the very last corner of the very last race.

The season had seen 13 teams and 49 drivers participate, numbers slightly down on last years record turnout in main down to the restrictions in teams entered. None the less an incredible season had seen some glorious racing and allowed a different style of racing for many of those competing in the ongoing Supercup, Superleague and Formula Challenge seasons as well as several newcomers to the taste the GPVWC for the first time.

Teams and drivers

The 2012 GPVWC Masters Series grid.

Team	Car No.	Driver	Rounds	Novice
Innervision	1	Simon Cattell	1-9	-
	7	Pavel Loknovski	1-16	-
	23	Martin Schumacher	1-3	-
Tiger Express Motorsports	26	Janne Vaananen	4-16	-
	58	Erik Tveit	1-6	-
	66	David Jundt	1-16	-
Constant Racing	28	Mark Stanton	1-6	-
	86	David Stanton	1-6	-
	81	Chris Williamson	1-13
Woods Racing	63	Tom Parker	1-2, 13
	12	Mark Wicks	1-12, 14-16	-
	45	Wopke Hoekstra	4-6
	46	Mark Fuller	1-16
Racing Team Schroten	11	Wesley Morris	1-13
	41	Scott Bennett	1-16
	68	William Tringas	1-16
Team Edifice	19	Jon MacLean	-
	36	Scotty Moore	-
	47	Andrejs Pestovs	4-16
	00	Vinodh Moodley	4-12
Hawkeye Racing	4	Ric Scott	14-16
	21	Alistair Brown	1
		Viesturs Priede	7-16
	93	Lewis Redshaw	1-3, 7-9	-
Halcyon Racing	33	Dave Carr-Smith	1-16	-
	88	Nick Rowland	7-13	-
		Ben Warren	14-16
	99	Philip Cullen	1-3	-
		Simon Melhuish	7-16	-
SimInk Motorsport	2	Jamez Shepherd	1-12	-
	6	Bart De Vos	1-12	-
	92	Ojay Clark	1-6	-
RB Racing	8	Ollie Woods	1-3
		Simon Melhuish	4-6	-
	13	Boyd Bryson	1-16	-
	27	Kieran Ryan	1-3	-
		Nick Rowland	4-6	-
fGw Team	43	Keith Storrie	1-12
	80	Ian Storrie	1-12
	90	Geoff Meade	1-12
Revolution Motorsport	5	Lee Morris	1-12	-
	17	Myles Dixon	1-16
	50	Kenney Lybeer	1-3
		Jason Muscat	4-16	-
Vortex GP	10	Ihab Abbas	1-6	-
	20	Luke McKee	1-3
	22	Simon Crain	3, 7-16

2012 Calendar

Rounds	Race Title	Circuit	Date	Race Details
				Track Time	GMT	Laps
1-3	Monza Masters	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	2nd August	13.00	18:00	TBC
4-6	Silverstone Masters	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	30th August	14.00	18:00	TBC
7-9	Curitiba Masters	Autodromo Internacional de Curitiba, Pinhais	13th September	13.00	18:00	TBC
10-12	Laguna Seca Masters	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey	27th September	15.00	18:00	TBC
13	Spa-Francorchamps Masters	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	11th October	19.00	18:00	TBC
14-16	Bathurst Masters	Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst	25th October	14.00	18:00	TBC

Results and standings

Events

Rd.	Event	Pole position	Fastest lap	Novice Cup Winner	Overall Winner	Winning Team	Report
1	Monza Race 1	Dave Carr-Smith (1.56.907)	Jamez Shepherd (1.57.474)	Scott Bennett	Erik Tveit	Tiger Express Motorsports	Report
2	Monza Race 2		Lee Morris (1.57.390)	Scott Bennett	Dave Carr-Smith	Halcyon Racing	Report
3	Monza Race 3		Simon Cattell (1:57.344)	Scott Bennett	Simon Cattell	Innervision	Report
4	Silverstone Race 1	Simon Cattell (2.09.180)	Simon Cattell (2:09.217)	Scott Bennett	Dave Carr-Smith	Halcyon Racing	Report
5	Silverstone Race 2		Dave Carr-Smith (2:09.378)	Keith Storrie	Dave Carr-Smith	Halcyon Racing	Report
6	Silverstone Race 3		Dave Carr-Smith (2:09.551)	Scott Bennett	Dave Carr-Smith	Halcyon Racing	Report
7	Curitiba Race 1	Simon Cattell (1:18.798)	Dave Carr-Smith (1:18.591)	Myles Dixon	Dave Carr-Smith	Halcyon Racing	Report
8	Curitiba Race 2		Dave Carr-Smith (1:18.743)	Myles Dixon	Dave Carr-Smith	Halcyon Racing	Report
9	Curitiba Race 3		Dave Carr-Smith (1:18.635)	Myles Dixon	Dave Carr-Smith	Halcyon Racing	Report
10	Laguna Seca Race 1	Dave Carr-Smith (1.27.203)	Dave Carr-Smith (1.27.176)	Scott Bennett	Dave Carr-Smith	Halcyon Racing	Report
11	Laguna Seca Race 2		Dave Carr-Smith (1.27.122)	Scott Bennett	Dave Carr-Smith	Halcyon Racing	Report
12	Laguna Seca Race 3		Dave Carr-Smith (1.26.824)	Myles Dixon	Dave Carr-Smith	Halcyon Racing	Report
13	Spa-Francorchamps Race 1	Dave Carr-Smith (2.28.467)	Dave Carr-Smith (2.27.884)	Teemu Toikka	Dave Carr-Smith	Halcyon Racing	Report
14	Bathurst Race 1	Dave Carr-Smith (2.13.742)	Dave Carr-Smith (2.13.151)	Glenn Guest	Dave Carr-Smith	Halcyon Racing	Report
15	Bathurst Race 2		Dave Carr-Smith (2.12.652)	Glenn Guest	Dave Carr-Smith	Halcyon Racing	Report
16	Bathurst Race 3		Dave Carr-Smith (2.13.430)	Teemu Toikka	Dave Carr-Smith	Halcyon Racing	Report

Drivers standings

Overall

Pos Driver ITA GBR BRA USA BEL AUS Points 1 Dave Carr-Smith 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 431 2 Ruud Heesterbeek 4 5 2 5 2 2 2 2 6 Ret 196 3 David Jundt 7 8 11 16 16 20 23 10 3 9 4 8 8 4 4 4 163 4 Lee Morris 4 4 24 2 2 2 8 8 9 2 12 Ret - - - - 157 5 Simon Melhuish 7 4 3 Ret DSQ DSQ 8 6 4 4 7 5 Ret 156 6 Jamez Shepherd 20 10 25 4 3 7 3 4 11 4 Ret 9 Ret - - - 126 7 Simon Cattell 23 18 1 3 24 4 2 3 4 - - - - - - - 125 8 Nick Rowland 13 5 Ret DSQ DSQ DSQ 7 3 3 3 - - - 111 9 Janne Vaananen 12 20 12 9 9 10 14 7 5 Ret 6 2 6 110 10 Bart De Vos 8 5 9 6 21 Ret 7 11 6 6 Ret 6 Ret - - - 107 11 Erik Tveit 1 2 3 5 14 6 - - - - - - - - - - 99 12 Jason Muscat 18 DNS 14 10 7 12 10 5 14 7 5 Ret 7 93 13 Scott Bennett 5 6 5 8 22 10 20 Ret 15 11 9 17 12 20 16 16 84 14 Borna Spoljaric 5 2 5 3 14 18 - - - - 76 15 Ojay Clark 10 19 8 11 8 5 6 6 22 - - - - - - - 75 16 Myles Dixon Ret 14 22 Ret 12 - 12 14 8 13 19 7 15 8 8 7 71 17 Teemu Toikka 5 19 13 2 57 18 Pavel Loknovski 21 27 Ret - - - 25 23 18 17 8 12 10 10 10 5 53 19 Mark Wicks 16 11 16 17 9 11 11 13 14 19 Ret 17 - 12 7 12 48 20 Martin Schumacher 3 3 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 46 21 Lewis Redshaw 12 9 6 - - - 13 12 7 - - - - - - - 45 22 Mark Stanton 6 7 12 Ret 10 9 - - - - - - - - - - 44 = Mark Fuller 17 17 18 20 19 Ret 18 17 19 - - - 6 Ret 9 9 44 24 Boyd Bryson 9 20 17 10 7 15 24 16 20 16 13 15 Ret 11 14 14 40 = Glenn Guest 3 3 Ret 40 26 Keith Storrie 25 21 Ret 9 6 13 16 26 16 21 10 10 - - - - 37 27 William Tringas 18 23 15 21 13 18 14 20 13 12 11 13 - 9 12 15 34 28 Ihab Abbas 14 16 4 14 15 8 - - - - - - - - - - 33 29 Ben Warren 15 15 3 22 30 David Stanton 13 13 7 22 25 17 - - - - - - - - - - 18 = Ric Scott 14 10 8 18 32 Tom Parker Ret Ret - - - - - - - - - - 9 - - - 16 33 Andrejs Pestovs 19 11 16 19 22 23 - - - 11 21 18 17 15 34 Wesley Morris DNS Ret DSQ 15 Ret Ret - - - 15 15 11 13 - - - 14 35 Kenney Lybeer 11 12 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 36 Morten Wernersen 14 13 20 13 10 37 Simon Crain - - 20 - - - Ret 21 Ret DNS 18 Ret Ret 17 17 10 6 38 Philip Cullen 15 15 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 39 Geoff Meade DSQ DSQ DSQ Ret 23 Ret 15 15 21 18 16 Ret - - - - 2 40 Chris Williamson 19 25 21 24 18 22 26 24 24 20 20 20 16 - - - 0 41 Ian Storrie 22 24 26 25 Ret 19 21 25 Ret Ret Ret DNS - - - - 0 42 Vinodh Moodley 26 Ret 21 22 Ret Ret Ret 21 16 - - - - 0 43 Ollie Woods 24 28 23 - - - 28 27 Ret 22 17 Ret - - - - 0 44 Viesturs Priede - - - - - - 17 18 17 - - - Ret 18 Ret DNS 0 45 Wopke Hoekstra 23 17 Ret - - - - - - - - - - 0 46 Luke McKee 27 26 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 47 Scott Sovik 16 19 Ret 0 48 Kieran Ryan 26 22 DSQ - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 49 Alistair Brown DSQ - - EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX 0 Pos Driver ITA GBR BRA USA BEL AUS Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap

Novice Cup

Pos	Driver	ITA			GBR			BRA			USA			BEL	AUS			Points
1	Scott Bennett	1	1	1	1	8	1	8	Ret	3	1	1	6	5	11	8	9	90
2	Myles Dixon	Ret	3	8	Ret	3	DNS	1	1	1	3	8	1	8	2	2	3	84
3	William Tringas	4	6	3	6	4	4	2	5	2	2	3	4	-	3	5	8	75
4	Mark Fuller	3	4	4	5	7	Ret	6	3	6	-	-	-	2	Ret	3	5	60
5	Keith Storrie	8	5	Ret	2	1	2	4	10	4	7	2	2	-	-	-	-	59
6	Andrejs Pestovs	-	-	-	4	2	3	7	4	8	-	-	-	4	12	10	10	39
7	Teemu Toikka													1	10	6	1	33
8	Wesley Morris	DNS	Ret	DSQ	3	Ret	8†	-	-	-	4	4	3	6	-	-	-	29
9	Geoff Meade	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	Ret	9	Ret	3	2	7	5	5	Ret	-	-	-	-	24
=	Kenney Lybeer	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24
11	Glenn Guest														1	1	Ret	20
12	Chris Williamson	5	8	7	8	6	7	11	8	9	6	9	7	9	-	-	-	19
13	Ric Scott														5	4	4	14
14	Ben Warren														6	7	2	13
=	Simon Crain	-	-	6	-	-	-	Ret	6	Ret	DNS	7	8†	Ret	8	9	6	13
=	Viesturs Priede	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	5	-	-	-	Ret	9	Ret	DNS	13
17	Tom Parker	Ret	Ret	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	12
18	Morten Wernersen													7	4	12	7	11
19	Ian Storrie	6	7	10	9	Ret	5	9	9	11	Ret	Ret	DNS	-	-	-	-	9
20	Vinodh Moodley	-	-	-	10	Ret	6	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	5	-	-	-	-	7
21	Wopke Hoekstra	-	-	-	7	5	Ret	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
=	Ollie Woods	7	10	9	-	-	-	12	11	Ret	8	6	9	-	-	-	-	6
23	Luke McKee	9	9	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
24	Scott Sovik														7	11	Ret	2
25	Alistair Brown	DSQ	-	-	EX	EX	EX	EX	EX	EX	EX	EX	EX	EX	EX	EX	EX	0
Pos	Driver	ITA			GBR			BRA			USA			BEL	AUS			Points

^† Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Constructors standings

Pos Team Car No. ITA GBR BRA USA BEL AUS Points 1 Halcyon Racing 33 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 655 88 - - - - - - DSQ DSQ DSQ 7 3 3 3 15 15 3 99 15 15 14 - - - Ret DSQ DSQ 8 6 4 4 7 5 Ret 2 Innervision 1 23 18 1 3 24 4 2 3 4 - - - - - - - 421 7 21 27 Ret - - - 25 23 18 17 8 12 10 10 10 5 23 3 3 10 - - - 4 5 2 5 2 2 2 2 6 Ret 3 Revolution Motorsport 5 4 4 24 2 2 2 8 8 9 2 12 Ret - 3 3 Ret 373 17 Ret 14 22 22 Ret 12 12 14 8 13 19 7 15 8 8 7 50 11 12 13 18 DNS 14 10 7 12 10 5 14 7 5 Ret 11 4 Tiger Express Motorsports 26 - - - 12 20 12 9 9 10 14 7 5 Ret 6 2 6 372 58 1 2 3 5 14 6 - - - - - - - 16 19 Ret 66 7 8 11 16 16 20 23 10 3 9 4 8 8 4 4 4 5 SimInk Motorsport 2 20 10 25 4 3 7 3 4 11 4 Ret 9 Ret - - - 308 6 8 5 9 6 21 Ret 7 11 6 6 Ret 6 Ret - - - 92 10 19 8 11 8 5 6 6 22 - - - - - - - 6 Constant Racing 28 6 7 12 Ret 10 9 5 2 5 3 14 18 - - - - 138 81 19 25 21 24 18 22 26 24 24 20 20 20 16 - - - 86 13 13 7 22 25 17 - - - - - - - - - - 7 RB Racing 8 24 28 23 7 4 3 28 27 Ret 22 17 Ret - 104 13 9 20 17 10 7 15 24 16 20 16 13 15 Ret 27 26 22 DSQ 13 5 Ret DNS 19 Ret - - - 14 8 Racing Team Schroten 11 DNS Ret DSQ 15 Ret Ret - - - 15 15 11 13 119 41 5 6 5 8 22 10 20 Ret 15 11 9 17 12 68 18 23 15 21 13 18 14 20 13 12 11 13 - 9 Hawkeye Racing 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 45 93 12 9 6 - - - 13 12 7 - - - - 21 DSQ - - - - - 17 18 17 - - - Ret 10 fGw Team 43 25 21 Ret 9 6 13 16 26 16 21 10 10 - - - - 39 80 22 24 26 25 Ret 19 21 25 Ret Ret Ret DNS - - - - 90 DSQ DSQ DSQ Ret 23 Ret 15 15 21 18 16 Ret - - - - 11 Vortex GP 10 14 16 4 14 15 8 - - - - - - - 33 20 27 26 19 - - - - - - - - - - 22 - - 20 - - - Ret 21 Ret DNS 18 Ret Ret 12 Woods Racing 12 16 11 16 17 9 11 11 13 14 19 Ret 19 5 104 46 17 17 18 20 19 Ret 18 17 19 - - - 6 63 Ret Ret - 23 17 Ret - - - - - - 9 13 Team Edifice 00 - - - 26 Ret 21 22 Ret Ret Ret 21 16 - 15 36 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 47 - - - 19 11 16 19 22 23 - - - 11 Pos Team Car No. ITA GBR BRA USA BEL AUS Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Polesitter for the feature race in bold. Driver in italics has been awarded point for fastest lap.

Preceded by: 2011 Masters Series season

2012 Masters Series season 2012

Succeeded by: 2013 Masters Series season