2012 Masters Series season

**2012 Masters Series season**

Competition	Masters Series
Platform Used	rFactor v1.255
Rounds	TBC
Vehicle(s)	BMW E90
Tyre Supplier(s)	Yokohama
Drivers	N/A
Teams	N/A
Drivers' Champion	N/A
Teams' Champion	N/A
Masters Series Seasons
2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2016 · 2017

The 2012 Masters Series is the forthcoming fourth season of the Masters Series in the GPVWC.

Report

Race Weekend Format

Three races per 'round'. Consisting of three equal length races that last approximately 15 minutes set to an absolute lap total depending on track length. The starting grid for Race 1 will be decided by a 10 minute qualification session, the starting grid for Race 2 will be the finishing positions from Race 1 and the starting grid for Race 3 will be a reversed grid from a random position between 14-18. The race weekend schedule will be as follows:

Practice = 10 minutes
Qualifying = 10 minutes
Warm-Up = 5 minutes
Race 1 = 15 minutes
Race 2 = 15 minutes
Race 3 = 15 minutes

Series Changes

For 2012 the format of feature and sprint events has been scrapped for three equal length races.

Three car teams return for 2012 but team entry is limited to 13 in order to control grid size. Unlike last season race setups will be fully open.

The series schedule has been brought forward to an August start time in order for the series to be wrapped up in line with the rest of GPVWC's competitions although the Masters Series will still remain as the leagues finale for the year. The series will contain 19 races, the most in Masters series history. There will be 6 'normal' 3 race events as well as 1 feature length event that contains just a single race.

New for 2012 is the Novice Cup for which eligible drivers will be able to compete in a championship independant of the main series but they will be eligible to score for both. The Top 15 will score points in the main championship and the top 7 designated Novice Cup drivers will score points in their respective series.

Also new for 2012 is the introduction of success ballast, the Top 5 from races 1 & 2 at each event will carry weight ballast into the next race. Success ballast is not carried over to the next event and the feature length event will not be subject to it.

Scoring system

Main Championship Points

Points will be awarded to the top 15 classified finishers. Fastest lap for each race will yeild a point each.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	Fastest Lap
Points	25	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Novice Cup Points

Points will be awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Teams and drivers

Team	Car No.	Driver	Rounds
Innervision	1	Simon Cattell	-
	7	Pavel Loknovski	-
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Tiger Express Motorsports	??	??	-
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Constant Racing	28	Mark Stanton	-
	86	David Stanton	-
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Woods Racing	??	??	-
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Racing Team Schroten	??	??	-
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Torrent Motorsports	??	??	-
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Hawkeye Racing	4	Ric Scott	-
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Halcyon Racing	??	??	-
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SimInk Motorsport	2	Jamez Shepherd	-
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RB Racing	??	??	-
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fGw Team	??	??	-
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Revolution Motorsport	3	Lee Massey	-
	17	Myles Dixon	-
	50	Nick Newcombe	-
Vortex GP	??	??	-
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2012 Calendar

Rounds	Race Title	Circuit	Date	Time
Rounds	Race Title	Circuit	Date	Laps	GMT
1-3	Monza Masters	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	2nd August	TBC	18:00
4-6	Silverstone Masters	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	30th August	TBC	18:00
7-9	Laguna Seca Masters	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey	13th September	TBC	18:00
10-12	Bathurst Masters	Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst	27th September	TBC	18:00
13	Spa-Francorchamps Masters	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	11th October	TBC	18:00
14-16	Suzuka Masters	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	25th October	TBC	18:00
17-19	Singapore Masters	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	8th November	TBC	18:00