Rob Mason

**Rob Mason**

Nationality
Year Joined	2014
First Race	2014 Open Series Malaysian Grand Prix
Series Entered	Formula Challenge , World Sport Series, International Touring Cup
Current Team(s)	Epic Racing , STAX Racing, YTF1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest Laps	0

Rob Mason is a British sim-racer who currently drives for Epic Racing in the 2015 World Sport Series season.

Early Sim-Racing Career

Mason started sim-racing in 2008 at the now defunct Syncro Racing with mixed success, but wrapping up two championships in the Audi R8 Cup and the Lotus Cortina series. Following a sabbatical from sim-racing while concentrating on studies, Mason returned to touring car racing at WSVR in 2013. Following the sabbatical, Mason has returned a better driver, taking more race wins and poles than before. 2014 saw a shift in focus to take in a broader range of series, which lead to the start of a career at GPVWC.

History

World Sports Series

Mason was snapped up by Cosmo Autosport for the 2014 World Sport Series season to make his debut at GPVWC alongside Cameron Brewster. A mixed season followed with points few and far between, with Rob consistently being just outside the points. The contribution alongside Brewster did help Cosmo achieve 9th Place in the Teams Championship. In 2015, Mason drove for Epic, this time alongside Tom Parker, but dropped out of this role to focus on the increased Formula Challenge commitments.

International Touring Cup

The series that could of marked Mason as a force in touring cars with YTF1 at GPVWC was marred by business commitments resulting in missed races. Some flashes of speed belied general inexperience in the cars. A low points haul marked a disappointing season.

Formula Challenge

Off the back of the ITC drive with YTF1, Mason took up a reserve driver role with the team. This resulted in a surprising number of appearances, and despite a marked improvement as the year progressed presented few points scoring opportunities. In 2015, Mason signed as a reserve driver for Epic Racing, few outings were expected but a long term tie in to a team should help driver development. Initially called upon for Turkey, Monaco, Canada, Silverstone and Hungary (including an outing for Downforce iZone Racing), the reserve role changed to a full time seat from Monza on-wards as Wopke Hoekstra moved up to Supercup. A surprising consistency and pace has seen Mason pick up regular points finishes so far, including an 8th place at Silverstone.

Open Series

A debut at Sepang showed an initial lack of speed in these open wheel cars, but steady work saw Mason improve. The highlight of the year was a pole to flag victory at Monaco. Brief appearances yielded average results before a further pole followed at Brazil but the race was red flagged at half distance. Mason started 2015 with the intention of competing in the 2015 Open Series season, unless called into action for Epic Racing in the Formula Challenge.

2016

2016 marked a new chapter for Rob Mason, as he started his own team RPM Racing. Alongside this, Epic retained his services for Formula Challenge. Teamed with Geoffrey Fournier for the first forays into rFactor 2, Mason has set his eyes on regular Top 15 finishes. Later that year, he also started for STAX Racing in the 2016 International Touring Cup.

Racing Career Results

World Sports Series

2014

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

year	Team	1 BAH		2 ESP		3 MON		4 CAN		5 AUT		6 UK		7 GER		8 HUN		9 BEL		10 ITA		WDC	Points
2014	Cosmo Autosport	R1 20th	R2 14th	R1 Ret	R2 15th	R1 23rd	R2 18th	R1 19th	R2 13th	R1 -	R2 -	R1 -	R2 -	R1 19th	R2 Ret	R1 19th	R2 18th	R1 16th	R2 16th	R1 27th^†	R2 22nd	49th	6

2015

year	Team	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		WDC	Points
2015	Epic Racing	R1 32nd	R2 24th	R1 26th	R2 25th	R1 23rd	R2 25th	R1 DNS	R2 DNS	R1 24th	R2 10th	R1 18th	R2 19th	R1 13th	R2 10th	R1 -	R2 -	R1 -	R2 -	R1 -	R2 -	=30th	16

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

Formula Challenge

2014

Year	Team	1 AUS		2 MYS		3 BAH		4 CHN		5 ESP		6 MON		7 CAN		8 AUT		9 GBR		10 GER		11 HUN		12 BEL		13 ITA		14 USA		15 UAE		16 JPN		17 BRA		WDC	Points
2014	YTF1	R1 -	R2 -	R1 -	R2 -	R1 -	R2 -	R1 -	R2 -	R1 16th	R2 20th	R1 -	R1 -	R1 -	R1 -	R1 28th	R2 -	R1 19th	R2 14th	R1 -	R2 -	R1 24th	R2 Ret	R1 30th	R2 20th	R1 Ret	R2 30th	R1 23rd	R2 Ret	R1 28th	R2 Ret	R1 20th	R2 22nd	R1 -	R2 -	60th	2

2015

Year	Team	1 AUS		3 BAH		5 ESP		5 POR		5 TUR		6 MON		7 CAN		9 GBR		8 AUT		11 HUN		12 BEL		13 ITA		5 SIN		16 JPN		15 UAE		14 USA		17 BRA		WDC	Points
2015	Epic Racing	R1 -	R2 -	R1 -	R2 -	R1 -	R2 -	R1 -	R2 -	R1 14th	R2 12th	R1 16th	R2 14th	R1 11th	R2 13th	R1 16th	R2 8th	R1 -	R2 -	R1 22nd	R2 DNF	R1 -	R2 -	R1 18th	R2 11th	R1 20th	R2 11th	R1 15th	R2 15th	R1 -	R2 -	R1 -	R2 -	R1 -	R2 -	29th	36

2016

Year	Team	1 AUS		2 BAH		3 RUS		4 ESP		5 TUR		6 MON		7 CAN		8 GBR		9 AUT		9 GER		11 HUN		12 BEL		13 ITA		14 JPN		15 UAE		16 USA		17 MEX		18 BRA		Points	WDC	Team
2016	Epic Racing	23	Ret	14	9	Ret	20	4	9	11	8	19	10	22	24	6	10	17	15	11	6	15	15	13	Ret	22	10	13	4	19	12	21	Ret	11	20	23	14	118	16th	5th

Bold indicates Pole Position

International Touring Cup

2014

year	Team	1 BAH			2 NZL			3 AUS			4 RUS			5 AUT			6 UK			7 GER			8 CZE			9 ITA			10 USA			11 JPN			12 BRA			WDC	Points
2014	YTF1	R1 -	R2 -	R3 -	R1 -	R2 -	R3 -	R1 -	R2 -	R3 -	R1 -	R2 -	R3 -	R1 -	R2 -	R3 -	R1 12th	R2 18th	R3 13th	R1 20th	R2 17th	R3 Ret	R1 -	R2 -	R3 -	R1 26th	R2 19th	R3 12th	R1 -	R2 -	R3 -	R1 14th	R2 27th	R3 9th	R1 20th	R2 21st	R3 9th	31st	29

2015

year	Team	1 POR			2 FIN			3 UK			4 IDN			5 NZL			6 JPN			7 ESP			8 BEL			9 AUS			10 ITA			11 CAN			12 USA			WDC	Points
2015	YTF1	R1 -	R2 -	R3 -	R1 -	R2 -	R3 -	R1 -	R2 -	R3 17th	R1 -	R2 -	R3 -	R1 20th	R2 17th	R3 18th	R1 -	R2 -	R3 -	R1 -	R2 -	R3 -	R1 -	R2 -	R3 -	R1 -	R2 -	R3 -	R1 -	R2 -	R3 -	R1 -	R2 -	R3 -	R1 -	R2 -	R3 -	-	-