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Protected: iRSA | MSA GT3 Series 2023 | Round 1

Noor Hendricks — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 05:01:04 +0000

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The Canvas Intelligence MSA Porsche Cup – Round 1

Steven Kernick — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 20:45:20 +0000

Round 1 of the Canvas Intelligence MSA Porsche Cup was full of thrills, spills, drama, and glory as South Africa’s curtain-raiser series took to the historic track of Silverstone.

The 2.639 km track tested the driver’s technical ability to focus on tire management and keeping a stable pace to go for the outright win but with strict track limits and the abrasive track surface made the Porsche 992 cup car a challenge to push hard after seven laps of this historic circuit.

With all that said 23 drivers lined the grid and even some of the MSA GTE drivers jumped in to warm up and test their skills in the car. As qualifying started driver raced out of the pits looking to try to get some clean air and go for pole position, but it was Gerald Fourie who snatched pole place with a blazing 2.03.5 lap time but closely followed by Scott Montanari, Andre Steenkamp in third, Mike Verrier had to push hard to get a fourth place on the grid and Attie Nagel ending in fifth place.

All the drivers started getting butterflies as they lined up on the grid waiting for the lights to go off, each bringing the revs up getting ready for the perfect launch down into turn one. The tension was high than what seemed like an eternity the lights went off, Scott Montanari had a fantastic start getting the jump on the grid and went to quick work holding the inside line down into turn1.

As the grid completed lap one disaster struck for Andre Steenkamp who was in third place lost the rear of the car, shooting hard right into the pit wall and sustaining some suspension damage which started dropping him down the field. As the race went on more and more drivers started to feel the might as Silverstone as cars started picking up some damage from the curbs and grazing the walls.

Yaz Samaai, Brent Thompson, and Daelen Vice, who all started out of the top ten managed to start battling for a seventh, eighth, and ninth place were in a back force battle that was pushing the drivers to pull every rabbit out of the hat to get one up on each other as they were only a hundredth of a second split between them and even side by side action in the tightest of corners. This was giving the crowd a great show and had everyone on the edge of their seats for quite some time.

As the race came down to the final lap the drivers started to feel not only the tire wear but also having a lead foot does not help in a fixed fuel tank limit and one driver that found that out was Gerald Fourie who had to try coast his car to see if he could get it back to the pits but also dropped down from second place to way back down the field as his car decided it could not run on fumes anymore.

Scott Montanari finally breathing a sigh of relief took the chequered flag thirteen seconds ahead of Attie Nagel in second and Raynere Joubert in third.

With all said and done for round one of The Canvas Intelligence MSA Porsche cup done and dusted drivers went back to the pits and now start the hard work practicing for Imola on the second of March.

We would like to thank everyone for the support and our sponsors, Canvas Intelligence, A.S.A.P spares, and Express Toilet Hire. Till next we bid you all adieu.

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The Lime Rock Party for Division 1

Steven Kernick — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 10:21:55 +0000

Ladies and gentlemen, what an epic start to Division 1 of the Iracing South Africa TCR championship, with all the thrills and spills one has gotten to know with motorsport and with the nature of the TCR cars door to door racing was on the cards and the 23 drivers did not disappoint at all.

With all the drivers putting in the hard work for qualifying at Lime Rock Park and the top 10 only separated by 0.5 sec, the race was going to be one to watch. Julian Fameliaris managed to snatch the pole position in his Hyundai Elantra N TC and start on the inside line closely followed by Jurie Swart in second in his Audi RS3 and Nathan Victor in third with his Hyundai Elantra N TC.

With the drivers lined up for the start of the first round and the lights ablaze, the race soon started with all the drivers fighting for their spot into turn one, Jurie Swart managed to get the jump off the line and power his way into pole position but drama at the back when Robbie Teengs, Clinton Bezuidenhout and Jonty Vice had some understeer and all three drivers landed into the wall and needing to return to the pits for some repairs.

While our front runners were nose to tail for a large portion of the race attention turned to multiple time South African national champions duking side by side with Jaco Steyn the sim racer who leaves it all on the track were fighting tooth and nail as they went side by side through the corners rubbing doors but at the same time being mindful enough to give each other room, eventually, Micheal Stephen just managed to get ahead of Jaco Steyn and then both drivers needed to return their focus on catching up to the grid.

As the race was reaching its climax Julian Fameliaris and Jurie Swart were still fighting as hard as they can both drivers going side by side and battling their way around as they lapped the grid. As the grid battled their way around for the last lap of the race it was Julian Fameliaris managing to take the win with Jurie Swart in second and Michael Stephen in third. Jacques Botha took forth just keeping ahead of Jaco Steyn in fifth place by 0.2 of a second.

With round 1 being so close up and down the field the series is off to a blazing start and all the drivers ready to tackle round 2 at Tsukuba circuit on the 21st of February it’s most definitely not one to miss out on.

If you want to watch the race make sure you tune into 2nd Gear Productions for the stream and live commentary with Gary Flemming, Frankie Heunis, and FC Nieuwoudt on their Youtube page. https://youtu.be/S80-LbeAu5s

Till next time folks keep safe, have a good morning, good afternoon, and good night.

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Warm-up iRacing South Africa TcR Challenge

Steven Kernick — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 12:48:10 +0000

Ladies and gentlemen get ready for the start of the iRacing South Africa TCR challenge which is going to blow you away with tight action and even tighter tracks.

The series is a fixed setup challenging the 40 plus drivers to pull out every trick in the book to climb the ladder to get the win. With the 3 brands Audi RS 3 LMS, Honda Civic Type R, and Hyundai Elantra N TC to choose from and each with its own quirks that will be a positive and challenges for each driver on the grid.

The front-wheel-drive cars will test the drivers with some understeer so careful car control is needed but don’t stress the nature of the cars is to go mirror to mirror with one another as they power their way around iracing’s tight free tracks that make sure use of curbs is mandatory. The series takes the drivers to Lime Rock Park, Tsukuba Circuit, Oulton Park, Okayama International Circuit, and Summit Point Raceway.

With all of the excitement and loads of entries, the drivers are going to do a time trial to stick in their best lap to see who fits in the two massive divisions, race drivers, pro sim racers, and even influences are due to slug it out tonight with the first race starting on Monday the 7th of February 2022 at Lime Rock Park.

So if you think you can come to duke it out on the track in this epic series come to sign up at www.iracing.co.za and join the fun for free and also duke it out with the drivers who are even participating in the MSA GTE and Porsche Cup Series.

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