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CTC Bubbles Nicely Following Hulbert’s Shock Departure

August 16th, 2012 by

On the Classic Teams Championship’s arrival at Phillip Island one driver was conspicuous by his absence as Ligier only brought cars to this other side of the world for David Jaques and Gareth Prosser. Shortly afterwards Ligier announced they and Simon Hulbert had mutually decided to go their separate ways, sparking a ‘silly season’ on … Read the Rest »

CTC Kicks-off Season 3 With Record Entry

August 10th, 2012 by

120 drivers, 19 World Championship teams, 15 Aurora AFX teams and a number of Formula 2 teams took to the track at the challenging Spa-Francorchamps circuit, last week, for the first round of the Season 3 Lotus 79 Classic Team Championship. Having lost the overall championship, last season, Gernot Frische returned to the series in … Read the Rest »

Williams Take Classic Teams Championship

July 26th, 2012 by

CTC Celebrates Its First Year 12 months ago a group of drivers addicted to the Lotus 79 were coming up with ideas to try to increase the diminishing attendance of what they believe to be the best car on the iRacing service.  Luis Babboni suggested a teams championship.  Series organiser Frank Herfjord loved the idea … Read the Rest »

Williams Surges, Ligier Fades as Frische Claims Title

July 19th, 2012 by

Williams continued their recent run of excellent form to surge into the lead of the Classic Team Championship constructors championship at Barber Motorsports Park even as a poor showing from Ligier’s Audrius Valanteijus gave Ferrari driver, Gernot Frische, the CTC drivers title with a race to run. Leading by 95 points, the Ligier driver would … Read the Rest »

Fristsche Tightens Grip

July 17th, 2012 by

Teams Championship Goes Down to the Wire ROUND 10,  MOSPORT, CANADA It was boom times for The Classic Teams Championship in Canada. The series is currently growing faster than it ever has before with nine new drivers signing-up and two new teams taking to the track over the past seven days. But up the front … Read the Rest »

Turning Point: Road Atlanta

June 29th, 2012 by

Classic Teams Championship: Round 8, Road Atlanta The drivers were all pleased to see the 2.54-mile sweeping layout of Road Atlanta back on the schedule and the venue for Round 8 of the Classic Teams Championship. This week there were 64 drivers, just 4 less than at the last round, and 14 official races over … Read the Rest »

Valantiejus Lands Another at Spa

June 20th, 2012 by

Classic Teams Championship, Round 7 – Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium For Round 7 the Classic Teams Championship visited Spa-Francorchamps in the legendary hills of the Ardennes. The 7km lap includes such famous names as Eau Rouge, Stavelot, Blanchimont and La Source. The longest race length on the calendar, Spa would prove to be a tough challenge for … Read the Rest »

Ferrari Goes Dutch

June 12th, 2012 by

CLASSIC TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 6:  ZANDVOORT, THE NETHERLANDS. FRITSCHE, HULBERT SHARE PODIUM FOR FERRARI The Classic Teams Championship was back on classic ground this week at Circuit Park Zandvoort in Europe; the sand dunes of the Netherlands’ coastline having been a setting for the F1 circus until 1985, although on a very different layout to … Read the Rest »

No Love for Motegi

June 5th, 2012 by

Classic Teams Championship Round 5: Twin Ring Motegi, Japan For the first time the Classic Teams Championship visited Japan’s Twin Ring Motegi for Round 5 of the championship. The racing was tough as usual, but the circuit found few supporters. In fact,  as the sun set on our week in the Land of the Rising … Read the Rest »

Fritsche’s Back

May 29th, 2012 by

The ‘Home of British Motor Racing’ was the scene of the latest battle in the Classic Teams Championship. Silverstone’s ‘historic’ layout, with its long straights and sweeping turns, is one of the few venues in iRacing of the same era as a ground effect Formula One. Over the four days of racing, 68 competitors had … Read the Rest »