Optimum SimRacing

**Optimum / OSR**

Full name	Optimum SimRacing
Owner/s	Bradley Vanian
Base	Stourbridge, England
Key staff	Bradley Vanian
Year Joined	2012
Series Entered	FC
Associated Teams	DSRacing
Website	http://optimumsimracing.wix.com/optimumsimraicng

What is Optimum SimRacing?

Optimum SimRacing is an English GPVWC constructor who have competed in the 2012 Formula Challenge season and the the 2012 Winter GT Series.

Optimum SimRacing was founded on 23rd December 2011 in preperation for a 24Hr Endurance Race. There was only 3 members at first, Jonatan Acerclinth, Jonathan Motteram and Bradley Vanian. All 3 drivers had interest in touring car racing aswell as Endurance Racing so the team entered into many Touring Car Leagues. In doing so, the team expanded. As the team grew bigger, the commitment increased. In 2012, the team had some great results in the world's biggest Touring Car Leagues aswell as a large amount of publicity around the SimRacing Community after they joined th Sim Racing Teams community.

In August 2012, the team ventured into Open Wheel racing by applying for the GPVWC 2012 Formula Challenge.

2012 Formula Challenge

Optimum SimRacing's first adventure of Open Wheel Racing was in the 2012 Formula Challenge season. The team fielded Bradley Vanian and Alejandro Fernandez as drivers for the final 3 rounds of the season to prepare the team for 2013 which the team plan to enter on a full-time basis.

The opening round for the team was at Mondello Park and with some help from Jonatan Acerclinth, the team had a strong setup which gave both drivers a great sum of points on their debut. Bradley got a Top 10 finish in the Feature Race and Alejandro managed to get a double points finish.

The next round was at Charade and again, Bradley got a Top 10, meanwhile Alejandro got a double points finish again. Unluckily for the team, neither could capitalize on the reverse grid for the Sprint Race due to accidents.

The final round was a home round for Alejandro Fernandez however due to multiple unfortunate incidents, he was unable to capitalize. This was not the circumstance for Bradley though who finished 8th in Race 1 and 5th in the Sprint Race.

Even though the team only took part in the final 3 rounds, they finished 19th place in the Constructors and Bradley and Alejandro finished 32nd and 46th respectively in the drivers' standings.

Team Name	Base	Constructor	Chassis	Tyre	No.^†	Race Drivers	Rounds	Reserve Driver(s)
Optimum SimRacing	Stourbridge, England	Optimum	FC-012	M	38	Bradley Vanian	23-28	Scott Sovik
Optimum SimRacing	Stourbridge, England	Optimum	FC-012	M	39	Alejandro Fernandez	23-28	Scott Sovik

Driver	Car No.	GBR		NED		ITA		SLV		MAL		JAP		AUS		BRA		MEX		USA		RSA		ROI		FRA		ESP		Driver Points	Team Points
Bradley Vanian	38																							9	16	9	15	7	5	45 (32nd)	61 (19th)
Alejandro Fernandez	39																							11	14	14	14	14	13	16 (46th)	61 (19th)

2012 Winter GT Series

Optimum SimRacing entered the 2012 Winter GT Series with Jonathan Motteram and Jonatan Acerclinth. However, a week before the opening round, Jonathan had new commitments and the team quickly found Belgian Driver, Dimitri Demeulemeester to replace him. Both drivers used Lotus Evora's for the opening round.

In the opening round, Jonatan was unfortunate and got involved in a 1st lap accident meanwhile Dimitri was fighting just outside the Top 10 before he was involved in a collision which gave him major damage. After an unexpected pitstop, Dimitr finished 18th and Jonatan finished 23rd. Round 2 was at Spa Francorchamps and the round was even worse for the team. Before the race even got going, Dimitri had race ending damage as he and other cars started to accelerate at the end of the formation lap. Jonatan was also involved in an incident before the race started meant he had to pit straight away. Jonatan was able to finish in 19th place but the team still had no points.

Fuji presented a chance for the team to rectify the problems and collect their first points. Dimitri had a great qualifying session and was able to avoid a Lap 1 collision. Jonatan also avoided the opening lap chaos and both drivers drove brilliantly with Dimitri finishing 8th and Jonatan finishing 12th.

Team Name	Base	Constructor	Chassis	Tyre	No.^†	Race Drivers	Rounds	Reserve Driver(s)
Optimum SimRacing	Stourbridge, England	Optimum	Lotus Evora / Porsche 997	M	711	Dimitri Demeulemeester	All	Bradley Vanian
Optimum SimRacing	Stourbridge, England	Optimum	Lotus Evora / Alpina B6	M	93	Jonatan Acerclinth	All	Bradley Vanian