Geoffrey Fournier

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France Geoffrey Fournier
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Nationality France French
Year Joined 2015
First Race Formula Challenge 2015 - Spain
Series Entered Formula Challenge & International Touring Cup
Current Team(s) Epic Racing
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ACT 1 - THE BEGINNING ON GPVWC:

Geoffrey Fournier is a French driver currently driving for Epic Racing. He joined GPVWC at the end of 2014, after 5 years on C-Online.cc & SimRacingPro where he discovered the enjoyment of simracing. In order to find a carreer ladder's seat for 2015, Fournier did his first ever GPVWC race in Interlagos for the last Open Series race of the season. A good start allowed him to be as high as 4th place but due to server issues, race was stopped and cancelled.

Sadly, he wasn't able to find a seat in Formula Challenge during the winter. The goal was simple: show his talent during Open Series races. That's what he did, by finishing 3rd in Melbourne, 4th at Barhain, 3rd at Portimao and Istambul, for a total of 3 podiums and 1 pole-position (under rain condition in Portugal). This good start of season in Open Series allowed him to drive for Downforce GP at Barcelona. He finished 14th and 11th for his first ever Formula Challenge's races.

With this good performance, Geoffrey have received opportunities from some teams. He choosed to sign a contract with Epic Racing manager Lee Davidson as primary ITC driver, teaming up with Chris Shepherd, and as reserve driver in World Sports series. He also signed a reserve contract driver with Karjala Racing.

Sadly, Epic Racing couldn't offer him a Formula Challenge seat as both seat were already taken. Just before Monaco GP, he received an offer that he can't defuse from Racing Team Schroten. Roy Schroten asked him to drive for all the lasts 12 races in Formula Challenge. He accepted it and closes his Karjala reserve driver contract.


ACT 2 - A DIFFICULT LEARNING DEBUT IN ITC AND WSS:

Before getting a reserve WSS driver contract, Geoffrey ran for Woods Racing in first 2015 WSS race. After bad qualification, he wasn't able to show the potential he shown during OS race, as he finished in 32th and 25th, and which resulted in no points. He ran his first race under the Epic Racing team at Braga for the start of ITC season. Sadly this round resulted in no luck for him: He finished twice 22th and had internet issues before race 3 start. Botniaring and Snetterton saw big improovements for EPIC Racing, with Geoffrey, often in the points.

In the same time, he's been called to replace Rob Mason for WSS's Monaco races. With a bad qualy due to the late call of Davidson, he did a bad qualy but thanks to some advices from his team mate of one night Tom Parker, he finished 18th in race 1, and 13th in race 2, after have been as high as 6th before PC issues.


ACT 3 - GROWING PHASE:

He did his first races with Racing Team Schroten at Monaco where he surprisingly finished both times in top 10 (9th and 7th). The week after, he did once again 2 times a top 10, this time in ITC, in Indonesia with a superb 10th and 7th place. The mid season was pretty solid for him, as he often was in top 10 in ITC, and in points (top15) in FC races. His high moment of 2015 season was surely his 2nd place in the ITC Manfield's race 3. The end of the season was also good for the frenchman, resulting in a 15th overall standing place in Formula Challenge (where he joined during mid-season), a 7th place in ITC with many Top10, and some correct performances when he was called to race in WSS. He did his first ITC's pole position in Montreal, and he also did his first formula challenge pole position in Interlagos just a little bit after, showing some skills under rains conditions. As a notice, he did a one-off race in Supercup for Interlagos GP with a 15th & a 12th place. He took part in 2015 Race of champions team event with FC and ITC championship winner Eric Stranne. Sadly, swedishman and frenchman were eliminated, very early at the start of the event.


ACT 4 - GROWING WITH EPIC RACING:

With a good first year experience on GPVWC, Lee Davidson offered him the garanty of having a 2016's Formula Challenge seat. He took part in the Master series, always for Epic Racing, but it was a dissapointing series for him, as pc issues, and bad feeling with the car, never enable him to be as high as he wanted to be. He finished in th place. Ambitions are high for 2016. The main goal of the season will be to finish in top 12 overall standing in FC.

He's also looking to take part in World GT, and ITC.