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June 2020
Rally-E Barbados Virtual F1 GP Group B Isle of Mann TT
King of th-E Hill Caribbean SIM racers WRC F1 Rally Barbados

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The editor's Pens
This publication is a labour of love. Writing is not my thing. I
am more comfortable behind a mixing board or a camera. Those are
the things that I have done for the last 30 years during my
careers covering motorsports. I have at times ventured into the
area of magazines, but since I am not a writer, it has not been
an easy task for me. However, I saw the need to make another
significant contribution to the sport and hence I came up with
the ideas on a monthly motoring publication.
I choose a digital platform as I see it as the future. It is less
expensive, can be interactive and readily available throughout
the Caribbean and even internationally.
I would like to thank all those who contributed to this
publication or supported BHP Motorsports in the pass.
Fasten you seat belts, we are about to take off on another
exciting journey. I would like to extend my appreciation to
Jeremy Gonsalves, Robert Simmons, Andre' Brathwaite and Hadley
Bourne.

Gonsalves wins RallyE-
Barbados 2020
Jeremy Gonsalves
completed a remarkable
hat-trick of Esports
rally victories last
weekend (May 29-31),
beating an
international field by
15 seconds in the
inaugural RallyE-
Barbados.
Gonsalves had already
triumphed in the
previous weekend’s
King of thE Hill and
one of CRC’s first
events, Rally Trinidad
2020. Although the
provisional entry
numbered more than
200, Friday night's
stages were tackled by
a total of 162
starters, motor sport
regulars and sim-only
competitors relishing
the chance for
competition while the
corona virus pandemic
has closed down realworld
rallying.

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Just short of 100
local entries faced 70
from the wider
Caribbean and
countries as far
afield as New Zealand,
Sierra Leone and the
United States, with
the majority from the
island’s regular
source markets for
rallying tourism, the
UK. The event mirrored
the real-world Sol
Rally Barbados as far
as possible.
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Liam Carfrae
with 25 special
stages, three on
Friday night, 12 on
Saturday and 10 on
Sunday; CRC used Dirt
Rally 2.0’s German
stages on Friday and
Saturday, where the
fast-flowing stages
are reminiscent of
those in the
traditional Barbados
Sunday in the southeast
corner of the
island. A Briefing
Meeting via Microsoft
Teams was held preevent
and the action
was monitored by a
panel of experienced
Stewards.
With a 20-hour window
each day to allow
competitors worldwide
to tackle the stages
– the UK is currently
five hours ahead, for
instance – it was
maximum attack from
the start,
particularly for the
front-runners, with
M-Sport World Rally
Championship codriver
Elliot
Edmondson (he sits
with Gus Greensmith)
the early leader on
Friday. His dominance
was challenged by
fellow-Brit Liam
Carfrae, however,
whose impressive times
using a Controller to
finish third overall
at the previous
weekend’s King of thE
Hill had made everyone
sit up. Gonsalves
flirted with disaster,
however, too slow on
the first stage, then
pushing too hard on
the third resulting in
rolling off the stage;
he was lucky to get
back on the road and
end the day sixth,
with Carfrae the
overnight leader from
Dominic Ollivierre of
St Vincentand the
Grenadines second,

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Edmondson third, with
just seven seconds
spread over the trio.
Saturday promised
lively action, with 12
stages covering nearly
80 kilometres, a
transition from day
into night . . . and
rain in the afternoon,
although competitor
numbers had dropped by
around 30 (another
reflection of the
real-world Sol RB)
after the challenging
Friday stages and some
power outages
in Barbados. Carfrae
put in some some
aggressive wet stage
times to stay ahead of
the field, while
Gonsalves won eight of
the 12 to move in to
second place, nudging
Ollivierre down to
third. The move to the
fast-flowing stages on
Sunday brought a
significant surface
change, along with
rain on the first two
tests of the opening
loop, presenting
drivers with a tricky
tyre choice. While
this looked set to be
the great leveller,
it was in fact rally
leader Carfrae who
shook things up: after
an uncharacteristic
brush with the
scenery, he lost one
minute changing a
puncture . . . and, in
the near-instant world
of social media, the
rest of the Top 10
knew within minutes!
Of those who changed
up a gear, UK driver
Richard Bliss came
into contention for a
podium finish,
although it was
Ollivierre whose times
kept him at the head
of the field.
Gonsalves was still
chipping away,
however, fastest on
stage after stage,
finally cementing his
victory by winning the
Katspraddle Power
Stage by more than two
seconds, and the event
by 15secs.
Ollivierre, who
repeated his secondplace
finish of King
of thE Hill, was among
the first to
congratulate the
winner with a Facebook
post: "Top job Jeremy!
Jeremy Gonsalves! Top
drive and well done on
the hat-trick! Stellar
performance on day
three. You earned it
buddy! Well done.”
Bliss finished third
overall, another
44secs adrift, while
erstwhile leader
Carfrae won the
Controller class for
the second weekend in
a row, fifth overall.
Carib Rally Club
Chairman Robert
Simmons said: “The
event proved to be a
lot more successful
than the committee and
I could have imagined.
I would like to thank
the Barbados Rally
Club for not only
recognising and
embracing Esports, but
also for providing
some of the prizes for
this event, and the
Barbados Motoring
Federation, which has
expressed an interest
in supporting Esports
in the future. Also
Blades Trophies, Cargo
BGI and power stage
sponsor Katspraddle,
who agreed to back our
new venture."

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George Russell wins final F1 Virtual GP in Montreal
Williams Formula 1
driver George Russell
dominated the final
Virtual Grand Prix at
Montreal to take his
fourth successive
victory in the series.
Russell, who sealed
the unofficial title
after Charles Leclerc
elected to skip the
final round to
concentrate on his 24
Hours of Le Mans
Virtual debut, led
almost every lap from
pole position. He took
pole and maintained
his lead on the opening
lap of the final
virtual F1 race before
the real-life season
resumes next month, as
chaos ensued behind
with a multi-car
collision.
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Isle of Mann TT cancelled
The 2020 Isle of Man
TT Races which were
due to take place
between 30th May and
13th June has been
cencalled. Officials
said they are faced
with unique
challenges in the
face of the COVID-19
pandemic, and
making this decision
will provide
certainty to
sponsors,
competitors and
stakeholders.
TT EDGE COMPETITION LAUNCHED
Nacon and KT Racing have launched ‘TT Ride on
the Edge 2020’ – the chance for virtual riders
around the world to compete to win a trip to
the real Isle of Man TT in 2021.
The competition will run from 13th to 25th June
2020 within the TT Isle of Man – Ride on the
Edge 2 Game.‘TT Isle of Man – Ride on the Edge
2’ is a racing simulation that recreates the TT
Races in game format. The route and Isle of Man
environment has been accurately modelled to
make the game experience as authentic as
possible. In the latest edition of the game,
that was launched in March 2020, KT Racing has
also rebuilt the physics from the ground up to
create an ultra-realistic riding experience.

Gonsalves is King of thE Hill
Driving a Volkswagen
Polo Gti R5, Jeremy
Gonsalves of
Barbados fought off
stiff competition
from the other
podium finishers,
Dominic Ollivierre
of St. Vincent in
a FORD FIESTA R5
and Liam Carfrae of
Great Britain
driving a ŠKODA
FABIA R5, to take
the number one
podium position in
the inaugural King
of thE Hill,
e-sports event
hosted by Caribbean
Sim Motorsports and
Carib Rally Club.
The event, powered
by Codmasters DDirt
2 for the ps4, xbox
and PC platforms,
took a format
similar to King of
The Hill, which is
held annually by The
Barbados Rally Club.
The event attracted
a total of 142
competitors,
including some of
the well-known
local, regional and
international rally
Jeremy Gonsalves at the controls during King of thE Hill
drivers and navigators
from eleven countries.
Many fans of the sport
also got the chance to
actually compete in the
event

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event
Liam Carfrae
which ran over a
10.57 kilometers
asphalt stage located
in Camena, Certenero
in spain.
Competitors, those
who survived, had
a total of 4 runs,
with only the fastest
time being counted as
their overall.
45 minutes were
allowed for service
between each run.
King of ThE Hill was
the shakedown for
RallyE Barbados which
was staged on Friday
29th with the support
of The Barbados Rally
Club (BRC) and other
local businesses
King of thE Hill results
1st Jeremy Gonsalves -
BAR (Volkswagen Polo GTI
R5), 4m 52.410s
2nd Dominic Ollivierre -
SVG (Ford Fiesta R5), +
00.199s
3rd Liam Carfrae - GBR
(?koda Fabia R5), +
01.183s
4th Chris Corbin - BAR
(?koda Fabia R5), +
02.158s
5th Niall Cator - GBR
(Ford Fiesta R5,
+05.101s
6th Gareth Parry - WAL
(Ford Fiesta R5), +
05.800s
7th Benjamin Moore – BAR
(Volkswagen Polo GTI
R5), +06.274s
8th Zukeli Inniss –BAR
(Mitsubishi Space Star
R5),+ 06.288s
9th Dane Skeete – BAR
(Volkswagen Polo GTI
R5), + 06.979s
10th Kyle Batson –
BAR
(Ford Fiesta R5),
+ 07.555setc
Wheel:
1 st Gonsalves,
2nd Ollivierre; ,
3rd C Corbin; etc
Controller:
1st Carfrae, 4m
53.593s;,
2nd D Skeete, +
05.614s,
3rd Batson, + 06.362s;

Caribbean SIM Racers
Caribbean SIM Racers.
or CSR for short. was
envisioned by John
Greene and Stefan
Gajie out of Guyana.
After meeting through
their mutual friend
Darryl Akeung,and
sharing the same
interests in motor
racing and the concept
of sim racing,in 2016
the two joined a newly
discovered platform
developed to help
unite individuals from
around the world of
SIM Racing. That
platform, Race
Department and their
website/forum is now
known today as the
central hub for all
things motor sim
related and is the go
to for SIM Racers and
Modders (people who
develop the cars,
tracks and
applications for the
sim games) alike. This
platform also holds
events which the two
took part in and thus
grew the hunger for
something similar in
the Caribbean. Though
quite young at this
stage, the two have
already determined a
road map of things to
get done in order to
develop the systems
needed to hold
championships and
league events.
The plan is to build a
community of real-life
racers, up and coming
racers and even
enthusiasts to compete
against each other as a
learning experience as
SIM Racing has been
proven to help in
real life instances.
Majority of the SIM
Games are developed with
real life data as
tracks are laser scanned
for near 100% accuracy
and physical data and
aspects are attributed
to the cars giving them
the real world feel in
game to the point where
similar track and course
times can be matched.

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The componant behind
making it work are the
games themselves which
there are many of and
the duo plan to use as
many as they see fit
to suit the needs of
their members.
To conclude, CSR will
seek to have the
Caribbean enter the
scene of SIM Racing on
a professional and
mature level as they
plan to develop most
of the tracks and cars
from the Caribbean.
Also, on their list is
to reward their
members for their
achievements, whether
monetarily or through
prizes and hampers at
the end of league
seasons or
championships.
It would be remis of
the duo not to mention
their small but
growing, hard working
team behind it all who
are Paul Jiwanram,
Roger Deodat, Azaad
Hassan, Luis Kumar,
Daniel Williams,
Tyreke Wilson and
Afraz Allie.
John Greene
Stefan Gajie

F1 starting with Austria double header
Formula 1 confirmed
the 2020 season will
begin in Austria
next month – and
revealed details on
the first eight
races of a new
calendar. After
racing was put on
hold because of the
coronavirus
outbreak, F1, the
teams and the FIA
have been working to
put together a plan
to allow the season
to begin safely, and
today F1 chief
executive Chase
Carey outlined the
first part of a
revised calendar of
races. The season
will kick off with
the Austrian Grand
Prix at the Red Bull
Ring on July 5,
followed a week
later by a second
race at the same
track. The Hungarian
Grand Prix will
follow a week after
that, before a
break. Then there
will be two back to
back races at
Silverstone,
followed by the
Spanish Grand Prix
at Barcelona.
The Belgian Grand
Prix will follow
that, with the
Italian Grand Prix
at Monza a week
later on September
6. All the races
will be supported by
Formula 2 and
Formula 3. Due to
the ongoing fluidity
of the COVID-19
situation
internationally, F1
will be finalising
the details of the
wider calendar and
hope to publish that
in the coming weeks
with an expectation
of having a total of

ii5-18 races before
completing the season
in December.
F1 currently expect the
opening races to be
closed events but hope
fans will be able to
attend again when it is
safe to do so. The
health and safety of
all involved will
continue to be priority
number one, with
Formula 1 and the FIA
having a robust and
detailed plan to ensure
the races maintain the
highest level of safety
with strict procedures
in place. Chase Carey,
Chairman and CEO of
Formula 1, said: “In
the past weeks we have
been working tirelessly
with all our partners,
the FIA and the teams
to create a revised
opening 2020 calendar
allowing us to restart
racing in the safest
possible way. "We are
pleased to be able to
set out our opening
eight race calendar
today and look forward
to publishing our full
calendar in the coming
weeks. The 2020
schedule was already
stretched to 22 races,
Chase Carey
with the inaugural
Vietnam GP added to
the calendar and the
Dutch GP hosting its
first race since 1985
as the German GP
dropped out. The
season-opening
Australian GP on
March 15 and the
iconic Monaco GP on
May 24 were also
canceled. Carey hopes
that 15-18 races can
take place in Europe
through September
before moving to
"Eurasia, Asia and
the Americas." The
season would conclude
in the Gulf with the
Bahrain GP —
initially set for
March — and the Abu
Dhabi GP.
We expect the early
races " to be without
fans but hope fans
will be part of our
events as we move
further into the
schedule," Carey said.
"We still have to work
out many issues like
the procedures for the
teams and our other
partners to enter and
operate in each
country." The British
GP is set to follow
Austria on July 19 and
organizers said they
are talking to the
government about the
viability of holding it
without fans. F1's
finances have taken a
hit with so many races
called off, and smaller
teams especially face
an uncertain future.
This has led to several
discussions about
reducing the budget-cap
level.

ORGANISERS REMAIN COMMITTED TO SOL RALLY BARBADOS
A month since
confirming the
postponement of Sol
Rally Barbados 2020
and its associated
events, the Barbados
Rally Club (BRC)
remains committed to
its premier event. In
a statement issued
on April 21st, the
Club has updated its
membership and
overseas competitors
with its current
plans for the future,
all of which still
remain subject to the
impact of Covid-19 in
the island and and
further afield.
Club Chairman Mark
Hamilton said
"Abandoning these
events is not a
consideration at this
point, although their
format, scope and
size are under
constant review given
the circumstances and
are likely to be
influenced should the
Covid-19 virus
continue to impact
our competitors after
July 31, 2020.“As we
had indicated
earlier, it currently
remains our intention
to execute both
events in the last
quarter of the year,
with the potential
dates being Sunday,
October 25 for Flow
King of the Hill,
then October 30 to
November 1 for Sol
Rally Barbados.”
Clearly, with the
continued impact of
Covid-19 locally
regionally and
internationally, it
remains to be seen if
this time-line will
be realistic. The
Club’s championship
calendar of sprint
and rally events,
which was due to kick
off with the

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Shakedown Stages on
Sunday (April 19) was
suspended until
further notice in
mid-March, but
Hamilton adds: “The
Club is looking at
potentially starting
its 2020 season
during late
August/early
September, dependent
on the continuing
impact of Covid-19 on
the island. We will
keep the Membership
and other
stakeholders updated
and wish everyone
safety and health in
these challenging
times.”

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WRC DRIVERS/CO-DRIVERS WILL SWAP SEATS
Drivers and codrivers
will be
required to swap
seats in a bold and
innovative way to add
even more excitement
to the FIA World
Rally Championship,
it was revealed by
WRC Promoter.
The ‘Swap Seat
Special Stage’ will
make it compulsory
for all teams to
change seats for one
stage at every future
round. It brings the
enticing prospect of
world champion
driver
Ott Tänak reading the
pace notes as Martin
Järveoja steers their
Hyundai i20, while
Julien Ingrassia must
take the wheel of a
Toyota Yaris as
Sébastien Ogier
focuses on the
delivery of notes. It
will be up to the
driver and co-driver
to decide on which
stage they wish to
switch. If they
choose the Wolf Power
Stage, the bonus
points gained will be
doubled.
RallyE B'dos:Top 3 Overall
Jeremy Gonsalves (BAR )
Dominic Ollivierre (SVG)
Richard Bliss (GBR)
Top 3 Wheel Class overall
Jeremy Gonsalves (BAR)
Dominic Ollivierre (SVG)
Richard Bliss (GBR)
Top 3 Controller Class
Liam Carfrae (GBR)
Terris Scott (BAR)
Angelo Doyle (BAR)
Top 3 Sunday Cup 2020
Richard Jordan (GBR)
Matthew Staffner (BAR)
Renaldo Carrington (BAR)

The corner that killed Group B
On 2 May 1986, Henri
Toivonen, his codriver
Sergio Cresto,
and Group B rally
cars died on this
corner. To look at it
out of context, it’s
a treacherous lefthander
with a drop so
vast the sun can’t
make its way through
the trees to the
bottom. But framed by
the Tour de Corse,the
‘rally of 10,000
corners’ (actually
closer to 20,000),
it’s relatively
innocuous. The drop’s
not vertical. It’s
sweeping, not
aggressive. It’s even
relatively well
surfaced. Things
have changed
dramatically since
the fatal crash,
though.
The D18 used to be
potted and uneven, and
the corner, 7km from
Corte, has grown a low
wall and the memorial
stone you can see above.
Even the profile’s
milder - look behind the
wall you can make out
the 90-degree bend
tightly hugging the
overhanging cliff that
claimed so much
of motorsport. But how
and why the Lancia Delta
S4 left the road remains
one of motorsport’s
mysteries. There were
no race marshals or
spectators nearby, and
the only video footage
was shot too far away
from the accident to
draw any meaningful
conclusions. Toivonen
had retired with engine
failure on Rally Sweden,
missed the Safari leg,
and with no points from
Portugal after the race
was abandoned following
an accident that killed
three spectators, had
his work cut out.
Fellow drivers and
teammates claim he was
feeling unwell, but that
hadn’t affected his
performance on the
opening day. That said,
his Delta S4 was
reportedly an awkward,
vicious car. Like the
037, it had a space
frame tubular chassis
with a fully detachable
two-piece composite
body, as well as longtravel
double wishbone
suspension front and
rear. Shackled to an
Abarth-designed
supercharged and turbo
charged 500bhp 1.8-litre
engine, it could hit
60mph in just over
two seconds. But the
Kevlar-reinforced
plastic body was
extremely fast burning.
And, like the rest of
the cars, the gravel
guard that would protect
the alloy fuel tank on
unpaved rallies had been
removed to save weight.
When it left the road,
the tank was pierced by

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the trees and the car
burned to its spaceframe.
Toivonen and Cresto died in
their seats. Toivonen 29,
died having competed in 40
world rallies, with three
wins, nine podium places,
and 185 stage wins to his
name. Lancia team boss,
Cesare Fiorio, later said
that he was the only driver
that could really control
the Delta S4.
Final F1 in Montreal cont'd
Among those affected by the incident was
Haas F1 reserve driver Louis Deletraz,
fresh from winning the 24 Hours of Le
Mans Virtual for Rebellion
Russell raced into a comfortable lead and
only lost his race lead at the pitstops.
Russell was the only frontrunner not to
receive a single corner-cutting
penalty. Red Bull F1’s Alexander Albon
survived internet connection woes to come
home in second place ahead of Mercedes
reserve Esteban Gutierrez.

F1 Virtual GP cont'd
Albon picked up nine
seconds of penalties for
track limits abuse, but
Gutierrez was also
punished, which meant
Albon was able to hold
onto his second
consecutive second-place
finish. Russell’s
Williams team-mate
Nicholas Latifi was
fighting for third place
until he crashed at the
final corner and ended up
dropping to ninth
place. Renault junior
driver Caio Collet also
hit the wall but
recovered to take fourth
place on his virtual
grand prix debut ahead of
popular F1 YouTuber
Ben ‘Tiametmarduk’
Daly. Daly was
caught up in a
collision at the
final chicane with
Mercedes’ Anthony
Davidson, but he
was able to fight
back into the top five
such was the frenetic
nature of the race.
Another Renault junior
Guanyu Zhou, who won
the inaugural Virtual
GP race in March,
Cont'd on page 26

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Honda powered RWD Mini
Built by Tent Dixon of New Zealand for competition in the
open super mini challenge class in New Zealand. This photo
was taken as the car was awaiting trials on test day.
The mini is running a rear fitted Honda H22a, siting on
13x9’s with 4 pots all round, and tons of other
modifications, the car has a full flat floor 50mm below the
standard floor from front splitter to rear diffuser,It is
running a link storm ecu and link digital dash and builtin
car coms.

HOW ROVANPERÄ BECAME A WRC RECORD-BREAKER
Kalle Rovanperä,
driving only his
second WRC rally in
a headline category
World Rally Car,
smashed six-time world
champion and Toyota
Gazoo Racing team-mate
Sébastien Ogier to
become the sport’s
youngest podium
finisher at 19 years
and 139 days. Not only
that, he smashed world
champion Ott Tänak and
he smashed 2019 title
runner-up Thierry
Neuville in the
21.19km Likenäs to win
his first special
stage.
By the not
insignificant margin
of almost four secons.
Even Rovanperä was
impressed with his
efforts after
converting fourth
place to third with a
time almost 3.9sec
faster than Ogier. “I
think it was the best
stage I have done. It
was a really good run,
I gave it everything I
have.It didn’t feel so
good in the beginning
because I was maybe a
bit more careful and
saving the tyres, but
it paid off
in the end as we were
doing really fast
split times and the
final time was really
good,” he said. The
Finn stayed under the
radar en route to
fifth in last month’s
season-opening Rallye
Monte-Carlo, at that
time a career-best
result. But, even if
he did not admit it
before the event, his
targets were higher
for Sweden.
"Here I was not maybe
expecting, but hoping
for it,” he said.

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“This was my goal here
to be at this speed at
least. I didn’t know
if I could be all
weekend but I was not
on the limit all the
time so that’s really
positive.” Rovanpera’s
podium, 19 years after
father Harri scored
his only WRC win in
Sweden, prompted
inevitable questions
about whether he can
break Jari-Matti
Latvala’s record as
the youngest winner of
a WRC round at 22
years and 313 days.
Kalle wasn’t ready to
deliver a headlinegrabbing
comment. “It
depends how we will be
at the rallies and how
it feels but, of
course, I improve all
the time and I try to
do better but we still
have many things to
learn,” he added.
Kalle Rovanperä

POWER STAGE CLASSIC: FINLAND 2014
Next to winning their first WRC
rally, winning at home rates just
as highly for most WRC drivers.
This week’s classic Power Stage
takes us to Finland in 2014, when
Jari-Matti Latvala was trying to
do just that. Having to settle
for a 2nd, 3rd and 17th in the
preceding years, Looking back
to the summer of 2014. Going
into Sunday morning, Latvala and
his Volkswagen team-mate
Sébastien Ogier were locked in
their own battle, with thirdplaced
Kris Meeke more than 30
seconds behind in his Citroën DS
3. Winning the opening test of
the morning, Latvala opened the
gap to Ogier to 5 seconds, but
this would be as big a lead as
Ogier would allow his team-mate…
setting up the perfect finish.
(WRC.COM)

Biker takes cops on 150 mph chase
Gina Henry 38 of
Florida took cops on a
high-speed chase on
her high-end BMW
motorcycle, Gina was
arrested on felony
charges after fleeing
from state troopers as
she weaved through
morning traffic on
Interstate 275 in
Tampa. State troopers
working with a
helicopter overhead
first caught Henry’s
2012 BMW S 1000 RR
going 82 mph in a 60-
mph zone on April
22,court records show
Henry who works at a
motorcycle dealership
in Tampa, ignored a
trooper who put on his
siren for her to pull
over, prompting her to
pull away while
weaving between
traffic and along the
shoulder exceeding
speeds of 150 mph,
authorities said.
Henry was also clocked
going more than 100
mph in downtown Tampa.
Troopers managed to
stop her after she
turned unto a service
road and found
herself behind a
Florida Highway Patrol
F1 virtual GP cont'd
took sixth place on his
third appearance in the
series. Latifi recovered
from his crash at the
final chicane to finish
in seventh place ahead
of ex-F1 driver
Davidson, Ferrari junior
Callum Ilott and FIA
Formula 3 driver David
Schumacher. In his
second Virtual GP
appearance, AlphaTauri
F1 driver Pierre Gasly
was disqualified out of
ninth place in the
closing stages of the
race after amassing too
many corner-cutting
penalties. Williams
Esports’ successful
weekend continued in the
F1 Esports Pro
Exhibition event as
Shanaka Clay won in
mixed-conditions. There
was final lap drama in
the fight for second
place as two-time F1
Esports champion Brendon
Leigh and Red Bull’s
Marcel Kiefer collided
at the hairpin. Racing
Point’s Lucas Blakeley
was able to claim second
with Leigh and Kiefer in
third and fourth place.

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Codemasters to Develop Official WRC Titles from 2023
British game
developer and
publisher Codemasters
has picked up the
official WRC license,
and will develop
titles in the series
from 2023.The initial
five-year deal gives
Codemasters two
different rally
franchises, and
official licenses for
two top-tier FIA
world championships.
Nacon — formerly
Bigben Interactive —
currently holds the
WRC license,
with WRC9 due out
later this year. In
fact it only recently
announced it had
secured the WRC
license through to
2022, and confirmed
future WRC10
and WRC11 titles. WRC
— the World Rally
Championship — is the
highest level of offroad
racing in the
world.
Officially starting
in 1973, the series
features around 20
point-to-point stages
spread over three
days, in some pretty
severe terrain. The
cars it uses are
quite loosely based
on production models,
currently three-door
hatchbacks producing
almost 400hp from
1.6-lite turbocharged
engines. A regulation
change due in 2022

should see the
series adopt hybrid
power. Codemasters
previously held the
WRC license back iin
2002, with what was
then Colin McRae
Rally 3. After the
rights to WRC passed
on to Evolution
Studios, Codemasters
developed the Colin
McRae Rally series
into DIRT, a series
which it still
develops today.
Indeed the studio
revealed DIRT 5,
coming this October,
just last month.
The studio will
continue to develop
the DIRT series, and
is reportedly already
working on a title
that will post-date
the new licensing
agreement. However,
Codemasters now has
access to the cars
and events of the
official World Rally
Championship —
including WRC-2, WRC-
3, and junior WRC
categories— for the
new series. The new
deal will also allow
the studio to run
official WRC
esports tournaments,
as it already does
with Formula 1. Along
with WRC, DIRT, and
F1, Codemasters also
owns the GRID and
Project CARS
franchises, giving the
UK-based developer an
impressive motorsports
game portfolio. The
first game in the new
WRC series is due some
time in 2023, for the
50th anniversary of
the championship
itself.
(gtplanet.)

Group B - Too fast race
The Group B set of
regulations were
introduced in 1982 for
competition vehicles
in sportscar racing and
rallying regulated by
the FIA. The Group B
regulations fostered some
of the fastest, most
powerful, and most
sophisticated rally cars
ever built and is
commonly referred to as
the golden era of
rallying. However, a
series of major
accidents, some of them
fatal, were blamed on
their outright speed and
lack of crowd-control at
events. After the death
of Henri Toivonen and his
co-driver Sergio Cresto
in the 1986 Tour de
Corse, the FIA
disestablished the class,
dropped its previous
plans to replace it
by Group S, and instead
replaced it as the topline
formula by Group A.
The short-lived Group B
era has acquired
legendary status among
rally fans and automobile
enthusiasts in general.
Peugeot 205 T16

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