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van der Woude would only compete in one round however, after being replaced by [[Scott Sovik]] for round 1 and stepping down after round 2. [[Matt Richards]], the team's driver of the #11 WSS car, would fill in for round 3 at Snetterton and vastly helped the team's initially poor run of form by winning 2 of the 3 races of the night, albeit with a slight incident in Race 3. His win in race 1 marked the team's first ever win in GPVWC, the closest until then having been [[Cameron Brewster]]'s 2nd place in the [[2014 Spanish Sport Series]].
 
van der Woude would only compete in one round however, after being replaced by [[Scott Sovik]] for round 1 and stepping down after round 2. [[Matt Richards]], the team's driver of the #11 WSS car, would fill in for round 3 at Snetterton and vastly helped the team's initially poor run of form by winning 2 of the 3 races of the night, albeit with a slight incident in Race 3. His win in race 1 marked the team's first ever win in GPVWC, the closest until then having been [[Cameron Brewster]]'s 2nd place in the [[2014 Spanish Sport Series]].
 
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==Formula Challenge==
 
==Formula Challenge==

Revision as of 18:06, 25 May 2015

England Cosmo
Cosmo logo
Full name Cosmo Autosport International
Base England Simonside, England
Team principal/s Joshua Anderson
Race drivers 39. Netherlands Hansko Mebius
53. Germany Patrick Wannemuller
Test drivers England Richard Coxon
Chassis FC-015
Engine Valiant
Tyres GPVWC
GPVWC Formula Challenge Career
Début 2014 Canadian Grand Prix
Latest race 2015 Spanish Grand Prix
Races competed 27
Constructors' Championships 0
Drivers' Championships 0
Race victories 0
Podiums 0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
2015 position 12th (season in progress)


Cosmo Autosport are a British sim-racing team, led by Joshua Anderson. They are competing in the 2015 Formula Challenge season in GPVWC, with numbers #39 and #53 - their designated numbers for all future Career Ladder competition. The team are possibly famous for their rather garish car liveries and supremely kawaii team mascot, but more likely well known for bringing new or unknown promising talent in GPVWC a chance to shine whilst also giving existing talent a new background to enjoy themselves within.

World Sports Series

2014: The new boys

Cosmo Autosport's GPVWC debut would come in the 2014 WSS season, where they would take car numbers 38 and 39. They would field GPVWC newcomer Rob Mason and TheSixthAxis Racing stalwart Cameron Brewster, the latter driving for a team other than a TSA-associated one for only the second time in his GPVWC career (after his 2013 Formula Challenge stint with United Racers Motosport). The team's debut at Bahrain went exceedingly well, with Mason having finished 20th and 14th - scoring points in his debut round - and Brewster finishing 13th and 4th. In doing so, the team gained their first points, and first top-5 in their history - and Brewster also gave the team their first laps in the lead, having taken the lead on lap 1 of race 2 and holding it until lap 3 before being overtaken by David Jundt.

Strong, surprising finishes would be the theme of the team's WSS season - Brewster went on to score points in all but two of the races he participated in, including the team's first podium in Spain (Brewster finished 2nd in race 2) and Mason continued to perform well and score occasional points, both drivers having never experienced WSS before. Brewster eventually finished 10th in the Drivers' Championship, and Mason's points would aid Cosmo to 9th in the Teams' championship. The team boss himself, Joshua Anderson, alongside Alexander van der Woude, would both step in for Mason and Brewster at the Austrian round. van der Woude would not finish race 1 but scored 28th in race 2; Anderson managed 29th and 25th. This would be the only 2-race weekend of the season where the team did not score points.

2015: The crusade begins

After their strong 2014 season, Cosmo were granted the sixth space in the roster, with car numbers #11 and #12 - being the sixth highest out of thirteen returning entries from 2014. They announced Matt Richards and Matthew Chirgwin as their drivers.

International Touring Cup

2014: "Is that a new record?"

Cosmo also made the grid for the 2014 ITC season, where they would field the BMW 1-series. Their drivers were David Nannen and Superleague veteran Tom van der Voort. The season was to be a disaster for the team, with Nannen having consistent issues with the car in Bahrain to begin with. Nannen left the team, still on good terms with the team however, after the first round. He would soon be replaced by newcomer Max Spooner, the team returning to their idea of new talent. However, after taking part in the round at Pukekohe, Spooner would fail to show for any further rounds, and was eventualy replaced by another new driver, Thomas Hinss. Hinss would drive for the team until Laguna Seca, where he would leave the team of his own accord to pursue a FWD seat at Nijo Racing.

This led to the signing of Todor Pangev, who would drive at the USA round (missing the first race), but would not show up for the Japanese round. For the final round at Interlagos, Pangev was replaced with Spaniard Tomeu Cabrer, again new to GPVWC. The team finished almost last in the Teams' championship, having scored only 4 points, all by van der Voort. The team had a total of 8 drivers during the season (Matthew Allington stood in for van der Voort at the Czech round of the championship and team boss Anderson had a stint at Adelaide, where neither car showed up after van der Voort reported his absence in advance, but Anderson was unable to find a reserve in time).

2015: New drivetrain, new hope, new found success!

Cosmo would return for the 2015 ITC season. After their disastrous 2014 season in the BMW however, they would run a FWD car for 2015 - the Chevrolet Cruze - as used by last year's Teams' champions THR. The team would compete with numbers #28 and #29, fielding Sam Jones and Alexander van der Woude respectively.

van der Woude would only compete in one round however, after being replaced by Scott Sovik for round 1 and stepping down after round 2. Matt Richards, the team's driver of the #11 WSS car, would fill in for round 3 at Snetterton and vastly helped the team's initially poor run of form by winning 2 of the 3 races of the night, albeit with a slight incident in Race 3. His win in race 1 marked the team's first ever win in GPVWC, the closest until then having been Cameron Brewster's 2nd place in the 2014 Spanish Sport Series.

Formula Challenge

2014: Turning up fashionably late

Cosmo would apply for the 2014 FC season, but ultimately be unsuccessful. However, they would get their chance, taking the vacancy left when Airastream Motorsport withdrew from the series. Inheriting the #7 and #8 cars (their lowest numbers in any GPVWC series to date), the team quickly snapped up ex-Airastream recruit Scott Sovik as a reserve driver, and Superleague reserve Ben Horrill and newcomer Richard Coxon in the race seats, Coxon making his GPVWC debut after much success in historics. The team would score some solid points in what was to be a learning season for them, with Coxon learing to drive the modern open-wheelers and Horrill experiencing an extended FC seat for the first time, having completed a brief stint for nFinity eSports Racing in 2013.

The team saw considerable success, with four 6th places - two by Horrill and one by Coxon. The other 6th was taken by TouringProSeries legend Tim Heinemann, making a one-off appearance for the team on his GPWVC debut. Ironically, Anderson was completely unaware of the German's previous success when he hired Heinemann and was rather shocked to find out how well he'd done in TPS. Heinemann would later see drives for Aurora Motorsports and Supercup outfit Edonis Engineering. The team finished 18th in the Teams' championship. Having only done 3/4 of the season however, it remained to be seen how they would fare in a full season.

2015: Back for a second course

Cosmo's 2015 FC challenger. This is the #39 of Hansko Mebius.

Cosmo were granted entry into the 2015 Formula Challenge season, and signed the returning Coxon alongside ex-EGP driver Hansko Mebius. They were initially to take car numbers #18 and #19, before the introduction of a Ladder-wide numbering system. The team eventually chose car numbers #39 and #53 as their numbers, the #39 returning to the team after Cameron Brewster's success with it in the team's WSS 2014 campaign - and the #53 being one of team owner Anderson's several lucky numbers.

The first three rounds were somewhat of a disappointment for the team, scoring only 18 points from the first 3 rounds. The team's misfortune continued when then-primary driver Coxon would step down to a reserve role in the team. Anderson soon snapped up Open Series talent Patrick Wannemuller as the new driver of the #53 from Portugal onwards.