Mayor Downard Racing Team

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England MDR
MDR Motorsports logo
Full name Mayor Downard Racing Team
Base England Huntingdon, UK
Team principal/s Jack Mayor, Josh Downard
Race drivers 78. Netherlands Wesley Stefano
94. England Matthew Clipp
Test drivers England Daniel Brewer
Australia Daniel Benefield
Chassis FC-018
Engine GPVWC
Tyres GPVWC
GPVWC Formula Challenge Career
Début 2017 Chinese Grand Prix
Latest race 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Races competed 32
Constructors' Championships 0
Drivers' Championships 0
Race victories 0
Podiums 1
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 England Jack Mayor
Greece Giorgos Tsoumalis
GT3 England Jack Mayor
England Josh Downard
Netherlands Wesley Stefano
Greece Giorgos Tsoumalis
WCS League F3 Netherlands Mike Kwint
Germany Christoph Lichtenstein
England Josh Downard
GP3 Netherlands Vincent Dijk
Netherlands Wesley Stefano
GPVWC Formula Challenge Germany Philipp König England Ryan Nash (August - 2018)
Poland Konrad Bar
England Josh Downard
England Myles Dixon Finland Tuomas Koriala (May - July)
England Jack Mayor
Int'l Touring Cup England Ryan Nash
Netherlands 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 Germany Philipp König 153 pts (15th)
Primary Poland Konrad Bar 46 pts (26th)
Reserve England 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.

Credits: Thomas Hinss

Season Results

Role Driver AUS
Australia
RUS
Russia
CHN
China
ESP
Spain
AUT
Austria
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
GBR
United Kingdom
HUN
Hungary
GER
Germany
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
SGP
Singapore
JPN
Japan
USA
United States
MEX
Mexico
BRA
Brazil
UAE
United Arab Emirates
Team Points Team Standings
Primary Driver Germany 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
Poland 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 Finland Tuomas Koriala (May to July) - - - - - - - - - - DNF DNF - - 5 12 - - - - Contract expired after the German Grand Prix
England Ryan Nash (August to 2018) Contract began at the Belgium Grand Prix 23 DNF 23 DNF - - - - - - 12 15 - 19 19 21
Emergency Driver England Josh Downard - - - - - - 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
England Jack Mayor - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
England 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 England Ryan Nash 0 pts (28th)
Primary Netherlands Wesley Stefano 2 pts (27th)
Reserve

Season Results

Car No. Drivers GBR
United Kingdom
BEL
Belgium
POL
Poland
NED
Netherlands
FRA
France
AUS
Australia
USA
United States
BRA
Brazil
Team Points Team Standings
BMW 125i
24 England Ryan Nash 23 20 18 25 20 DNF 22 21 DNF 20 21 2 16th
25 Netherlands Wesley Stefano 16 DNF 14 16 DNF

Other Series

2018: Judgement year

MDR's 2018 Logo
2018 Drivers
League Series Primary Driver Reserve/Test
GPVWC Formula Challenge England Matthew Clipp EnglandDaniel Brewer
Netherlands Wesley Stefano
WCS League WCSGP England Joe Watts
Netherlands 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.

The first round 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.

As it happened

Season Results

Car Engine Tyres No. Driver AUS
Australia
CHI
China
AZE
Azerbaijan
ESP
Spain
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
FRA
France
AUT
Austria
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
HUN
Hungary
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
SIN
Singapore
JAP
Japan
USA
United States
BRA
Brazil
UAE
United Arab Emirates
Points D.C. Points T.C.
GPVWC FC-018 GPVWC G 78 Netherlands Wesley Stefano 14 DNF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 20th 9 12th
94 England Matthew Clipp 9 DNF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 12th