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Florian Geier Nationality Germany Year Joined 2013 First Race 2013 Challenge French Grand Prix Series Entered Formula Challenge,Supercup Current Team(s) CSG Racing,SimCraft Racing Championships {{{Championships}}} Wins {{{Wins}}} Podiums {{{Podiums}}} Poles {{{Poles}}} Fastest Laps {{{Fastest Laps}}} Formula Challenge Career (up to October 2013) Debut Year 2013 Associated Teams SimInk Motorsport Races 12 Championships 0 Race Wins 1 Podium Finishes 4 Pole positions 0 Fastest laps 0 First Race 2013 French Grand Prix

Supercup Career (up to Ocotober 2014) Debut Year 2013 Associated Teams SimCraft Racing, PB Racing Races 35 Championships 0 Race Wins 1 Podium Finishes 14 Pole positions 2 Fastest laps 0 First Race 2013 Supercup Brazilian Grand Prix

Superleauge Career (up to Ocotber 2014) Debut Year 2014 Associated Teams Nordsjoen Racing,CSG Racing Races 2 Championships 0 Race Wins 0 Podium Finishes 1 Pole positions 0 Fastest laps 0 First Race 2014 Superleauge Italian Grand Prix

Florian Geier is a German Sim-Racing Driver currently driving for CSG Racing as a Test/Reserve in the GPVWC 2014 Superleague season.

He is also driving for SimCraft Racing in the 2014 Supercup season

Early Sim-Racing Career

Before joining GPVWC, Florian was and is driving at OGL Simracing. He`s active in that Leauge since March 2010.

During August of 2013 Florian decided to join GPVWC.

Formula Challenge

2013

Florian made his debut at the French Grand Prix in Magny Cours. Flo qualifed 6th just 0.4 behind the Pole. The 1st Race itself didnt went to plan tough, as the Launch Control failed and Flo slipped down into Midfield. He still recoverd well to finish a solid 18th. Race 2 saw Flo charging trough the Field to finish on the Podium in only his 2nd Race.

The Nürburgring Flo`s second Race at the same time his Home Grand Prix, saw Flo having a nightmare Event. Again qualifying in 6th place again Launch Control did not do his Job wich ment that he slipped down to Midfield once again. A fight back from nearly last saw him finish P21. The 2nd Race saw Flo having to make another early Pitstop due to damage on lap but still he finished P12 just 36 seconds of the Winner.

The 3rd Event Flo took part at was the United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis. Flo qualifed a career best P4 and started P3 after Penalies for drivers ahead. After a Race long battle with Adrian McNaughton Flo finished P6. In the 2nd Race Flo managed his way trough the Field finishing an excellent P4.

The Next Event took place at Abu Dhabi and saw Flo moving to Simink Motorsport the Championship leaders at the Current time. Flo qualifed in P4 in a last second effort after having trouble during Qualifying.

Race 1 saw Flo benefiting from the mistakes of guys like Tapper&De Vries and Gaczella and Kantonen and was in 2nd place. Fighting hard with Emanuell and Oskari for most of the race Flo finished P3. 2nd Podium for him in GPVWC.

2nd Race saw Flo have problems overtaking as he choose a high downforce package. Eventually he still finished P5 and even posting fastest lap before David Fidock took it away 2 laps from the end.

The penultimate Event of the Season braught us to Suzuka where Flo started P4 and after problems from others Flo won his first Grand Prix. The 2nd Race tough didnt go that well with begin stuck in a 4 way battle all race long and only finishing in P9. Simink also managed to Win the Constructors Title due to Storm Racing Team scored no Points in both Races.

Simink managed a 1-2 in qualifying but in Race 1 the Team only managed 2nd and 3rd place finishes. In the 2nd Race after a massive crash at the start Flo had a lot of damage and finished the Race in a very sad last Place.

Flo finished the Season in P12 scoring 118 Points and helping Simink to Win the Constructors Title.

Supercup

2013

Flo managed to get a final Drive in the last Race of the Season at PB Racing and scoring the Teams best Result after getting a damaged rear and and early lap 1 Pitstop. Flo finsihed 5th on his debut in Supercup.

2014

Flo secured a seat at SimCraft Racing for the 2014 Supercup Championship.

Pre Season started good with a 2nd place at the Istanbul Park.The 1st Race of the Season took place at Melbourne where Flo qualified in a dissapointing 10th Place and only went on to finish P14 twice after colliding twice.

Next was the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang where the Qualifying was even worse with P13. P5 in R1 tough ment a improvement to Australia. In R2 Flo finished P8.

Bahrain was the next stop on the Calendar wich again saw no Real improvement in Qualifying with another dissapointing P10. Race 1 saw an early crash and DNF after a collision with Tom Parker. Race 2 braught improvements as Flo set 4th fastest lap but mistakes trough the Race ment another poor finish with P15.

Flo`s first Pole Position in Supercup at Shanghai.

Flo battling Oskari during the Chinese Grand Prix .

China saw Flo taking his first Supercup Pole Position with a much improved Car, after struggling the first few Rounds. Race 1 Flo finished P4 12 seconds off the lead, after having to pit 1 more time than his opponents. Race 2 saw Flo having a great battle with Oskari Kantonen and finishing P2.

Flo pipping Philipp by just 0.001.

The European Season kicked off at Spain where Flo Qualified a strong P3 just 0.042 off Pole. Due to high Tyre wear Flo again had to pit once more than his opponents, despite this he finished P4 just 3 secs off the Winner.

Race 2 was a disaster. After suffering damage in the opening laps flo had to pit late in the Race wich ment only P13.

Flo crashing at T1.

Next up was the crown jewel of SC the Monte Carlo Grand Prix.

Flo qualified an excellent P3 0.190 off Pole sitter Oskari Kantonen. Having a good start for once Flo locked up into T1 and crashed into the Barriers.

Flo Winning his first SC Race.

Not giving up tough, Flo faught his way back trough the field with a great recovery drive back to P9.

Race 2 saw Flo getting some luck his way with the reserve Grid Pole.From there on Flo lead every lap on his way to his first Supercup Race Win.

The next Round took place at one of his favourite tracks in Montreal Canada. The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve was ment to kickstart his fightback, but it all came different and Flo only qualified P9.

With Tyre wear very low Flo managed to stay out longer than everyone else, but still only finished P7,

after getting overtaken on the last corner of the last lap. Race 2 saw Flo going strong early on, but eventually again getting overtaken on the last corner of the last lap ment only P4.

Flo getting punted off the track.

At The Austrian Grand Prix Flo qualified P5. Again low tyre wear braught Flo crucial time against his opponents, nearly beating later Race Winning

Kevin Siggy. Race 2 was another blow and or low point of the Season, as another crash ment no points while main rivals finished up front.

Silverstone was our next stop and what a event it was once again. Great Racing trough the field. Flo managed to qualify 3rd just behind Teammate Tom Parker. Flo lost places during the start and later in a incident with Emanuel Gaczella. Flo still recoverd to P3 overtaking teammate Tom on the last corner of the last lap.

Race 2 on the other side was a huge dissapointment once again. A bad start ment begin right in the pack and eventual damage caused a incident with Jason Muscat. This led to Flo retiring once again, after having showed Great Pace.

Next up was the German Grand Prix and Flo took pole infront of the home crowd. Alltough he couldnt convert this into the Win he got The 3rd spot on the podium after a long battle with Kevin Siggy. The Sprint Race saw Flo making superb overtaking manouvers, only to lose 2 places in the closing stages and eventually finsihed in P6.

The Hungarian Grand Prix was the last Race before the Summer-break. Flo qualified 5th and managed to finish P2 in both Feautre and Sprint Race.

With the Summerbreak over Spa was on the horizon and Flo lead qualifying untill a crash on drying track ment he could not improve and luckily got P13. This shouldnt be a unlucky number that night tough, as Flo finished Race 1 P3 after a bump by Sven de Vries on the last lap costing P2. Still lots of overtaking showed the Pace the Car had that day.

Race 2 was just the same with lots of good overtaking going on. One even similiar to Häkkinen-Zonza-Schumi alltough not at the end of Kemmel straight but rather at the beginning. Another P2 ment a 4th consecutive Podium. Next up was Monza and Flo qualifed P3. He finished Race 1 in P3 aswell. Race 2 was a bit of a dissapoinment with P11 but still good points.

Flo havin a great view after begin Spun by Emanuel Gaczella.

Now we headed to The USA`s Circuit of the Americas. Flo looked to get Pole but Jarl Teien grabbed pole in the closing stages and Flo was starting P2 alongside him. After an early crash out of T1 on Lap1 Flo had to storm trough the field still finishing an impressive P2. The Sprint Race had mixed conditions and Flo had no confidence so P5 was the best possible result.

Flo side by side with Teammate Tom Parker during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Abu Dhabi was our next Station. Flo qualified P2 again behind Jarl and infront of Teammate Tom Parker. A Race long battle saw Flo finish P3 just behind Jarl and Race Winner Tom Parker. Race 2 saw Flo having a huge crash involving serveral other cars.

Suzuka saw Flo finish Twice in P2 after very Eventful Races.

We now head to the final Event of the 2014 Championship at Interlagos.

Flo is currently P4 in the Championship.

Superleauge

2014

Flo made his Debut for Nordsjoen Racing at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza. Flo qualified P8 and finished P10 after an early pitstop due to damage. The next round saw Flo filling in for Lewis Redshaw in the CSG Racing car. Flo qualified P4 and finished P3 helping CSG to claim the 2014 Constructors Title.

Racing Career Results

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Formula Challenge

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Formula Challenge Results

Formula Challenge	AUS		MAL		AUT		HUN		ESP		MON		CAN		KOR		TUR		GBR		ITA		BEL		FRA		GER		USA		UAE		JPN		BRA		Position	Points
2013	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	3	21	12	6	4	3	5	1	9	3	28	12	118

Supercup

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supercup Results

Supercup Results	AUS	MYS	AUT	HUN	ESP	MON	CAN	KOR	TUR	GBR	ITA	BEL	FRA	GER	USA	UAE	JPN	BRA	Position	Points
2013	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	38	11

Supercup Results	AUS		MYS		BAH		CHN		ESP		MON		CAN		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		USA		UAE		JPN		BRA		Position	Points
2014	15	14	5	8	RET	15	4	2	4	13	9	1	7	4	2	20	3	RET	3	6	2	2	3	2	3	11	2	5	3	RET	2	2	12	RET	4	376

Superleauge

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Superleauge Results	AUS	MYS	BAH	CHN	ESP	MON	CAN	AUT	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	UAE	JPN	BRA	Position	Points
2014	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	3	-	-	-	21	22