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MDR

Full name	Mayor Downard Racing Team
Base	Huntingdon, UK
Team principal/s	Jack Mayor, Josh Downard
Race drivers	78. Wesley Stefano 94. Matthew Clipp
Test drivers	Daniel Benefield
Chassis	FC-018
Engine	GPVWC
Tyres	GPVWC
GPVWC Formula Challenge Career
Début	2017 Chinese Grand Prix
Latest race	2018 Monaco Grand Prix
Races competed	42
Constructors' Championships	0
Drivers' Championships	0
Race victories	0
Podiums	2
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	2
2017 position	11th

About the team

Mayor Downard Racing Team (formerly MDR Motorsports prior to 2018) was setup at the back end of 2016 by Co-Founders Jack Mayor and Josh Downard. The teams original plans were only to compete in the Fs3 Series at Simleague.de, however they have since stretched the team to other leagues such as WCS League and GPVWC.

2017: A new kid on the block

MDR Motorsports' 2017 Logo

2017 Drivers
League	Series	Primary Driver	Reserve/Test
Simleague.de	FS3	Jack Mayor
		Giorgos Tsoumalis
	GT3	Jack Mayor
		Josh Downard
		Wesley Stefano†
		Giorgos Tsoumalis†
WCS League	F3	Mike Kwint
		Christoph Lichtenstein
		Josh Downard
	GP3	Vincent Dijk
		Wesley Stefano
GPVWC	Formula Challenge	Philipp König	Ryan Nash (August - 2018)
		Konrad Bar
		Josh Downard
		Myles Dixon	Tuomas Koriala (May - July)
		Jack Mayor
	Int'l Touring Cup	Ryan Nash
		Wesley Stefano
†Drivers race under the team name of "MD Racing"
Drivers in italics are not contracted as a full time driver, but stepped in as an emergency driver

GPVWC

Formula Challenge

MDR Motorsports 2017 Formula Challenge Entry

Contracted Drivers
Role	Driver	Points
Primary	Philipp König	153 pts (15th)
Primary	Konrad Bar	46 pts (26th)
Reserve	Ryan Nash	5 pts (44th)

MDR Motorsports made an unusually late entry into the 2017 Formula Challenge campaign. After their original attempt to enter at the start of the season failed, it seemed their chances of a GPVWC Career Ladder debut in 2017 were gone. However, after an orignal team entry failed to enter either of the first two rounds of the championship, MDR Motorsports were given the opportunity to make their debut for round 3, and will continue till the end of the championship. Within days of the news that they will be on the grid for the Chinese Grand Prix, they had already signed two primary drivers to begin their 2017 GPVWC campaign with. The driver line-up consisted of Simracing veteran and 2014 Chinese Grand Prix winner Philipp König, and 2017 Formula Challenge rookie Konrad Bar. MDR Motorsports hope to make a strong impact on their debuting season, and its team owners are confident that their driver line-up is capable of reaching it's goals and aspirations. On the 10th of May, MDR Motorsports signed Tuomas Koriala as full time reserve driver for what was planned to be until the end of the year, However, in late June 2017, Tuomas announced he would be stepping down from the position after July. Late July, MDR announced that Koriala's Successor was to be Ryan Nash. On the 24th of Novemeber, MDR announced they had retained Konrad Bar for the 2018 championship in the reserve role.

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  British Grand Prix
  Konrad Bar

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  British Grand Prix
  Philipp Konig

Credits: Thomas Hinss

Season Results

Role	Driver	AUS†		RUS†		CHN		ESP		AUT		MON		CAN		GBR		HUN		GER		BEL		ITA		SGP		JPN		USA		MEX		BRA		UAE		Team Points	Team Standings
Primary Driver	Philipp König	4	10	19	7	8	8	-	-	19	23	19	11	-	-	9	17	4	4	15	12	8	15	10	3	14	8	DNF	9	8	8	-	-	12	10	-	-	193	11th
	Konrad Bar	-	-	26	17	13	DNF	DNF	9	-	-	-	-	DNF	8	-	-	5	DNF	DNF	15	-	-	-	-	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	12	10	19	DNF	-	-	DNF	DNF
Reserve Driver	Tuomas Koriala (May to July)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DNF	DNF	-	-	5	12	-	-	-	-	Contract expired after the German Grand Prix
	Ryan Nash (August to 2018)	Contract began at the Belgium Grand Prix																				23	DNF	23	DNF	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	15	-	19	19	21
Emergency Driver	Josh Downard	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Jack Mayor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Myles Dixon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DNF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

† = MDR Motorsports did not enter Formula Challenge until the 3rd round of the championship at the Chinese Grand Prix, and so drivers points from the first 2 rounds will not count towards MDR Motorsports in the Team's Championship.

International Touring Cup

MDR Motorsports 2017 International Touring Cup Entry

Contracted Drivers
Role	Driver	Points
Primary	Ryan Nash	0 pts (28th)
Primary	Wesley Stefano	2 pts (27th)
Reserve

Season Results

Car	No.	Drivers	GBR			BEL			POL			NED			FRA			AUS			USA			BRA			Team Points	Team Standings
BMW 125i
	24	Ryan Nash	23	20	18	25	20	DNF				22	21	DNF	20	21											2	16th
	25	Wesley Stefano	16	DNF										14				16	DNF

Other Series

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  MD1/FS3
  Simleague.de
  FS3

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  Porsche 997
  Simleague.de
  GT3 (MDR)

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  BMW Z4
  Simleague.de
  GT3 (MD Racing)

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  MD1/F3
  WCS League
  Formula 3

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  MD1/GP3
  WCS League
  GP3

2018: Judgement year

MDR's 2018 Logo

2018 Drivers
League	Series	Primary Driver	Reserve/Test
GPVWC	Formula Challenge	Luke Browning	Daniel Brewer
		Wesley Stefano
WCS League	WCSGP	Joe Watts
		Fabian Rudde
Drivers in italics are not contracted as a full time driver, but stepped in as an emergency driver

GPVWC

Formula Challenge

Mayor Downard Racing Team's 2018 Formula Challenge Entry

On the 24th of November, MDR Motorsports announced that they had retained Polish driver Konrad Bar for the 2018 Formula Challenge season in a reserve role. On the 30th of November, MDR Motorsports announced that British driver Matthew Clipp and Dutchman Wesley Stefano would be filling the primary full-time seats in the Career Ladder team for 2018. The team also announced their surprise plans to re-brand their outfit, which includes the renaming of the team to "Mayor Downard Racing Team (MDR)" as well as team colours changing from the original Red, Black and White, to a more striking Orange, White and Blue. However, just under a week before the first round in Melbourne, MDR had announced that Konrad Bar would be leaving the team due to commitments outside simracing. The team later announced that his replacement would be Daniel Brewer. On the 25th of February, it was confirmed that Daniel Benefield would also be joining the team as the secondary reserve driver.

Round One - Australian Grand Prix

The first round at Australia was one of mixed fortunes, with race 1 seeing both drivers finish higher than their qualifying positions, more importantly in the points. However the luck would change for race 2, as Clipp and Stefano started 2nd and 14th respectively. Stefano was hit off of the track at turn 2 which destroyed his rear suspension, whilst Clipp was forced off the circuit at turn 1, and would later be the victim of an unfortunate bug, which saw his Matthew's car merge with the driver behind's, launching him into the sky and out of the race, resulting in both cars out before the end of the first sector. It was announced shortly after the race that Daniel Brewer had signed a full-time drive in the Supercup series, meaning his very short time as reserve role would come to an end.

Round Two - Chinese Grand Prix

Round two at Shanghai Internation Circuit also was of mixed fortunes, with Stefano suffering from severe lag in race 1 which caused him to appear off pace, and deciding to attempt race two for the same reasons. However, It was a better showing for Matthew Clipp, finishing in 5th place, 6 positions above his grid start. Clipp brought home another points place in race two after overtaking Tom Davison around the outside of turn 1 in an outstanding manouver on the final lap, seeing him finish in 11th place.

Round Three - Azerbaijan Grand Prix

The third round saw better permormance from both drivers. The series took to the streets of Baku for the first time in GPVWC history for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. An impressive lap saw Stefano qualify 4th place for race 1, whilst Clipp was forced to start from last place after an unfortunate and controversial penalty after round 2. After avoiding the lap 1 chaos, Stefano managed to place 2nd place after lap 1 before losing the position later in the race, however a last lap push saw Wesley close in and pass 2nd place Chris Butcher on the line, beating him by just 0.01 of a second. Clipp also demonstrated his experience, avoiding all accidents on his way to 13th place, 17 places above his starting position. Race 2 saw both drivers finish in the points again with Clipp and Stefano finishing 11th and 13th respectively.

Round Four - Spanish Grand Prix

Round four again showed quick pace from both drivers with Stefano qualifying in 4th place on the grid in wet conditions. Clipp however struggled with the Qualifying conditions however managed to fight his way through the field in race 1 and into the points by the mid-way stage. However, as the track appeared to be drying out, many drivers believed it was time to change over to the dry tyre compound,but these drivers were discovering immidietly there is simply too much standing water. This lead to a major shake-up in the running order, as well as both drivers opting for the same tyre change choice, and eventually retiring due to incidents on the dry tyres. Stefano was unable to attend the second race, however Clipp once again showed solid form by making up 13 positions from his grid spot to finish in 9th place, and most importantly scores some more important points for the drivers and teams championship. This round saw Clipp and Stefano position 9th and 15th respectively whilst MDR were sitting in 7th place overall in the team championship.

Round Five - Monaco Grand Prix

Round five was by far the worst result of the season, with both drivers qualifying outside the top 20, the round already looked set to be a dismall one. Race 1 saw Clipp hit from behind at the end of the first lap, causing him to retire immedietly. Stefano however was making good progress from 22nd place on the grid. Just 1 place outside the points, the dutchman was sitting in 16th place, however after running side-by-side with another driver through 5 corners, he was hit into the wall, and retired a lap later at turn 1 with the rear suspension undrivable. Race 2 saw Stefano unable to attend the grid again, leaving Clipp the sole remaining MDR car starting in 27th place. However, reminiscent of race 1, Clipp was again hit from behind, and later retired on lap 7. This disasterous round saw Matthew Clipp and Wesley Stefano drop to 13th and 21st respectively, and MDR slipping down to 8th in the teams championship after score 0 points.

As it happened

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  Preseason Car Reveal
  Wesley Stefano

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  Preseason Car Reveal
  Wesley Stefano

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  Official car reveal
  Matthew Clipp

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  Official car reveal
  Matthew Clipp

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  Official car reveal
  Matthew Clipp

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  Official car reveal
  Wesley Stefano

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  Official car reveal
  Wesley Stefano

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  Azerbaijan Grand Prix
  Matthew Clipp

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  Azerbaijan Grand Prix
  Wesley Stefano

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  Azerbaijan Grand Prix
  Wesley Stefano

Season Results

Car	Engine	Tyres	No.	Driver	AUS		CHI		AZE		ESP		MON		CAN		FRA		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		JAP		USA		BRA		UAE		Points	D.C.	Points	T.C.
GPVWC FC-018	GPVWC	G	78	Wesley Stefano	13	DNF	DNF	-	2	13	DNF	-	DNF	-	DNF	14	DNF	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	19th	77	10th
			94	Matthew Clipp	9	DNF	5	10	13	11	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	37	16th
				Luke Browning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	40th
				Daniel Benefield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	N/A