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	[[File:6wiki.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Clark crosses the line at the 2011 Supercup Brazilian GP to win his first GPVWC event]]Clark's first Supercup race was at the [[2011 Monaco Grand Prix]] driving for [[Williamson Dynamics]] where he crashed out of 3rd at [[Ste Devote]]. Later on in the season he would make two on the spur of the moment appearances which led to a DNF and a 7th place finish. However Clark then made the switch to Synergetic Motorsports and had prepared for his maiden race with them in Brazil and dominated qualifying setting his first [[GPVWC]] pole by 0.5 seconds before dominating the race to take his first win from championship leader [[Bart De Vos]]. The next race at Monza saw Clark take 3rd place followed by an early retirement in Zandvoort several races later before being disqualified with two other drivers after finishing 3rd at the Singapore GP. Clark finished the season joint 14th with 29 points.		[[File:6wiki.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Clark crosses the line at the 2011 Supercup Brazilian GP to win his first GPVWC event]]Clark's first Supercup race was at the [[2011 Monaco Grand Prix]] driving for [[Williamson Dynamics]] where he crashed out of 3rd at [[Ste Devote]]. Later on in the season he would make two on the spur of the moment appearances which led to a DNF and a 7th place finish. However Clark then made the switch to Synergetic Motorsports and had prepared for his maiden race with them in Brazil and dominated qualifying setting his first [[GPVWC]] pole by 0.5 seconds before dominating the race to take his first win from championship leader [[Bart De Vos]]. The next race at Monza saw Clark take 3rd place followed by an early retirement in Zandvoort several races later before being disqualified with two other drivers after finishing 3rd at the Singapore GP. Clark finished the season joint 14th with 29 points.
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		+	In 2012 Clark announced he had taken over managerial duties of the Masters outfit No Fear Racing and would be entering the team in the 2012 Supercup Championship with GPVWC rookies Scott Woodwiss and David Fidock. Woodwiss was taken off in Australia whilst Fidock recovered to finish 5th. Fidock then started the Chinese GP in 1st position but damage dropped him down the order and a last lap incident with a back marker dropped him from 5th to 7th on the last lap.

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Ojay Clark

Nationality	British
Superleague Career
Active Years	2011-2012
Team(s)	Synergetic Motorsports Williamson Dynamics
Grand Prix	17
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	1
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First Grand Prix	2011 Australian Grand Prix
Supercup Career
Active Years	2011
Team(s)	Synergetic Motorsports Williamson Dynamics
Grand Prix	7
Championships	0
Wins	1
Podium finishes	2
Pole positions	1
Fastest laps	0
First Grand Prix	2011 Monaco Grand Prix

Ojay Clark (Born 28th July 1992) is a sim racing driver from London (UK) in the GPVWC, He is currently contracted with Synergetic Motorsports until the end of the 2012 season. Clark uses a Logitech Driving Force GT wheel and drives with an unusualy low steering angle of 103 degrees with a very high steering lock. His preferred style is to turn the wheel as little as possible. As a result many of his rivals find his setups to have too much understeer.

Early Years

Clark started simracing on keys in December 2008 and was immediately asked to join "Pro Drivers League" Clark was on his way to winning his maiden GP before a refuelling error forced him to hand the victory over to Jason Muscat. Pro Drivers was rebranded as F1 Legends and Clark took podiums in Australia, Turkey and a wet Silverstone before the season was cut short and he finished unofficially 6th. The second season of F1 Legends was much more successful for Clark. He developed into a faster more consistent driver scoring podiums in every race including wins at Silverstone and Monza. At Silverstone he battled a superb Ruud Heesterbeek and a race later took his first pole by one second in Monaco. Once again the season was cut short and Clark was the unofficial champion. Clark joined ERL in January 2010 after a break from simracing. Clark's season got off to a good start but turned sour and he left after five races. The second season was better as he finished 8th in the championship on 59 points.

Superleague Career

After participating in the last few events of the GPVWC Masters Series for Draig Racing and showing decent pace, Clark was accepted for a one year deal with Williamson Dynamics for the 2011 Superleague season. Clark managed to score points in eight of the first ten races including a 2nd place in Monaco where he was rewarded for a clean and consistent drive. Clark then made the change from driving with keys to driving with a wheel and has been known to say while his performance has increased massively as a result of this, a decline in the car's performance has led to low key results compared to what he was achieving earlier in the season. Clark was harshly disqualified from the San Marino Grand Prix for corner cutting. With five races to go Clark resigned from Williamson Dynamics and raced for Synergetic Motorsports at the Italian GP where he was running a solid 5th before a steering wheel malfunction gave him a stuck throttle resulting in a huge crash for the Englishman. The incident was set to mark the end of Clark's superleague season however two more on the spur appearances for Synergetic gave him 3 more points and allowed him to finish 7th in the championship on 55 points, one point behind Pavel Loknovski and one ahead of Mark Wicks and Nick Rowland. Clark was awarded the top prizes for Best Rookie of the Season and Overachieving Driver of the Season.

On December 15th it was revealed he will continue with Synergetic Motorsports driving for alongside Liam Hatchell for 2012 season. Clark's season started badly with a spectacular exit on lap 33 of the Australian GP but it was followed by a good weekend with a solid drive to 7th in Shanghai.

Supercup Career

Clark's first Supercup race was at the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix driving for Williamson Dynamics where he crashed out of 3rd at Ste Devote. Later on in the season he would make two on the spur of the moment appearances which led to a DNF and a 7th place finish. However Clark then made the switch to Synergetic Motorsports and had prepared for his maiden race with them in Brazil and dominated qualifying setting his first GPVWC pole by 0.5 seconds before dominating the race to take his first win from championship leader Bart De Vos. The next race at Monza saw Clark take 3rd place followed by an early retirement in Zandvoort several races later before being disqualified with two other drivers after finishing 3rd at the Singapore GP. Clark finished the season joint 14th with 29 points.

In 2012 Clark announced he had taken over managerial duties of the Masters outfit No Fear Racing and would be entering the team in the 2012 Supercup Championship with GPVWC rookies Scott Woodwiss and David Fidock. Woodwiss was taken off in Australia whilst Fidock recovered to finish 5th. Fidock then started the Chinese GP in 1st position but damage dropped him down the order and a last lap incident with a back marker dropped him from 5th to 7th on the last lap.

Masters 2010

Clark's first appearance in GPVWC was at for the Masters Series at Cadwell Park in December 2010. Clark missed the feature race and with the reverse grid started in P1 for his first event. He led the first few laps before PC issues caused him to spin and get beached, as a result he finished 10th. For the next race Clark qualified 8th and was running 4th before an engine failure. He was taken out no less than four times by other drivers in the Sprint Race and finished 12th. He again qualified 8th at the next round and was taken out at turn 1. He came back from last place and still managed to finish 8th in the feature race and 10th in the Sprint Race. Clark's results were unspectacular but his pace was fairly good.

Masters 2011

Clark raced in green and white livery for the new No Fear Racing team alongside Jason Muscat, Abdel Damghi and Ruud Heesterbeek. Clark qualified on the front row for the first feature race and won the sprint race. A string of woeful races followed. Clark scored a podium in Istanbul only to be demoted to 5th after the race. He also collided with Pavel Loknovski while fighting for 3rd in Watkins Glen. Despite this he had a good end to the season scoring podiums in the two remaining feature races. Clark has showed very promising pace but disconnections, bad luck and silly mistakes blighted his season. He just missed out on 6th in the championship finishing 7th behind David Jundt on 105 points.

Racing Career Results

Superleague

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	WDC	Points
2011	Williamson Dynamics	WDF1.11/B	Mercedes	AUS 5	UAE 5	JAP Ret	CHN 8	RSA 4	AUT 11	FRA 6	MON 2	GBR 8	BAH 10	SMR DQ	TUR 8	MEX 8	CAN -	BRA 9						7th	55
	Synergetic Motorsports	SM-11	Ferrari																ITA Ret	ESP -	BEL -	NED Ret	SIN 8
2012	Synergetic Motorsports	?	Toyota	AUS Ret	CHN -	UAE -	HUN -	ESP -	MON -	CAN -	KOR -	TUR -	GBR -	ITA -	BEL -	NED -	IND -	USA -	BRA -	JAP -	SIN -

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

Supercup

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	WDC	Points
2011	Williamson Dynamics	?	Renault	AUS -	UAE -	JAP -	CHN -	RSA -	AUT -	FRA -	MON Ret	GBR -	BAH -	SMR -	TUR -	MEX 13†	CAN 7							14th	29
	Synergetic Motorsports	?	Renault															BRA 1	ITA 3	ESP -	BEL -	NED Ret	SIN DQ

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

GPVWC Masters Results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WDC	Points
2010	Draig Racing	BMW-E90	USA FEA -	USA SPR -	USA FEA -	USA SPR -	GBR FEA -	GBR SPR -	GER FEA -	GBR FEA DNS	GBR SPR 10	AUT FEA Ret	AUT SPR 12	GBR FEA 8	GBR SPR 10		20th	13
2011	No Fear Racing	BMW-E90	GER FEA Ret	GER SPR 1	CHN FEA 10	CHN SPR DNS	BEL FEA Ret	BEL SPR 23	TUR FEA 5	TUR SPR 29	USA FEA Ret	USA SPR Ret	AUS FEA 3	AUS SPR 6	GBR FEA 3	GBR SPR 12	7th	105