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'''Arrow International Racing''' better know as '''AIR''' is an English sim-racing team based in Nottingham, England. <br>The team is managed by [[Sam Jones]]. He applied his team for a place in the [[2015 Formula Challenge season]]. <br> <br> On the GPVWC day 2014 at Manchester It was revealed that the application of the '''Arrow International racing''' team had been successful, the team was rewarded with permission to enter the 2015 Formula Challenge Season as one of the 20 teams.
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'''Backmarker Brigade''' is an English sim-racing team based in Harlow, Essex in England. The team is managed by [[Simon Smith]]. <br> The team was founded on the eve of the [[2013 Challenge Malaysian Grand Prix|2013 Malaysian Grand Prix]]. Simon did convince the GPVWC admins he could manage a decent team.
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The [[2013_Formula_Challenge_season|2013 Formula Challenge]] season was a decent debut season. they finished the season in 21th position in the Constructors Championship, however there driver [[Oscar Hardwick]] scored a Pole, Fastest Lap and a Win in the Austrian rounds of the 2013 season.
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== The new kids on the block : 2013 FC season==
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The [[2013_Formula_Challenge_season|2013 Formula Challenge]] season was a decent debut season. they finished the season in 21th position in the Constructors Championship, however there driver [[Oscar Hardwick]] scored a Pole, Fastest Lap and a Win in the Austrian rounds of the 2013 season.  
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The drivers who competed for Backmarker Brigade in the 2013 Formula Challenge season were:
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{{ENG}} [[Simon Smith]] <br>
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{{ENG}} [[Shaun Stroud]] <br>
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{{ENG}} [[Oscar Hardwick]] <br>
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{{ENG}} [[Lewis Mcglade]] <br>
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{{ENG}} [[James Kirk]] <br>
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== The struggle, and the podium : 2014 FC season==
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The [[2014_Formula_Challenge_season|2014 Formula Challenge]] was much different to the 2013 season. the team struggled to get into the point scoring positions which was a big worry for [[Simon Smith]]. But the 2014 season got a nice turnaround for the team because [[Lewis McGlade]] scored the teams second podium position at the [[Challenge_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix|2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix]] were Lewis Mcglade scored a great 2nd place.  
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The drivers who competed for Backmarker Brigade in the 2014 Formula Challenge season were:
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'''Main drivers''' <br>
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{{ENG}} [[Simon Smith]] <br>
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{{BEL}} [[MarcoVandenbroeck]] <br>
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{{ENG}} [[Lewis Mcglade]] *(later in season)
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''' Reserve/Emergency drivers ''' <br>
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{{ENG}} [[Joshua Anderson]]
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== A new Challenge : 2015 FC season ==
  
  

Revision as of 20:04, 14 March 2015

England BMB
Arrow International Racing logo
Full name Backmarker Brigade
Base England Harlow,Essex, England
Team principal/s Simon Smith
Race drivers 91. England Simon Smith
92. Belgium Andreas Wauters
Test drivers
Chassis FC-015
Engine Valiant
Tyres GPVWC
GPVWC Formula Challenge Career
Début 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix
Latest race 2015 Bahrain Grand Prix
Races competed 74
Constructors' Championships 0
Drivers' Championships 0
Race victories 1
Podiums 2
Pole positions 1
Fastest laps 1
2015 position N/A

Backmarker Brigade is an English sim-racing team based in Harlow, Essex in England. The team is managed by Simon Smith.
The team was founded on the eve of the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix. Simon did convince the GPVWC admins he could manage a decent team.

The 2013 Formula Challenge season was a decent debut season. they finished the season in 21th position in the Constructors Championship, however there driver Oscar Hardwick scored a Pole, Fastest Lap and a Win in the Austrian rounds of the 2013 season.



The new kids on the block : 2013 FC season

The 2013 Formula Challenge season was a decent debut season. they finished the season in 21th position in the Constructors Championship, however there driver Oscar Hardwick scored a Pole, Fastest Lap and a Win in the Austrian rounds of the 2013 season.


The drivers who competed for Backmarker Brigade in the 2013 Formula Challenge season were:

England Simon Smith
England Shaun Stroud
England Oscar Hardwick
England Lewis Mcglade
England James Kirk

The struggle, and the podium : 2014 FC season

The 2014 Formula Challenge was much different to the 2013 season. the team struggled to get into the point scoring positions which was a big worry for Simon Smith. But the 2014 season got a nice turnaround for the team because Lewis McGlade scored the teams second podium position at the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix were Lewis Mcglade scored a great 2nd place.

The drivers who competed for Backmarker Brigade in the 2014 Formula Challenge season were:

Main drivers
England Simon Smith
Belgium MarcoVandenbroeck
England Lewis Mcglade *(later in season)

Reserve/Emergency drivers
England Joshua Anderson


A new Challenge : 2015 FC season

Driver Signing

The team did wait to the very last week to announce their drivers for the 2015 season. in the end it was Sam Jones himself who signed at the team, the second seat did go to experienced simracer Mike Bell

Numbers

Arrow International Racing uses the numbers #74 and #95 in the GPVWC Careerladder.

Sam Jones in the #74 car
Mike Bell in the #95 car

BackMarker Brigade are a British sim-racing team, led by Simon Smith. They currently compete in the Formula Challenge series in GPVWC.

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