Jason Muscat

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Malta Jason Muscat
Jason Muscat helmet.png
Nationality Malta Maltese
Superleague Career
Active Years 2009-2011
Team(s) Red Archer VRT
Daniel Ortega Racing
Grand Prix 31
Championships 0
Wins 3
Podium finishes    11
Pole positions 3
Fastest laps 2
First Grand Prix 2009 Spanish Grand Prix
Supercup Career
Active Years 2010-2012
Team(s) Malta Force GP
Globe Racing
CP Lotus
PB Racing
Red 5 Racing
Platform GP
Grand Prix 25
Championships 0
Wins 3
Podium finishes    12
Pole positions 3
Fastest laps 2
First Grand Prix 2010 Supercup Monaco Grand Prix

Jason Muscat is a Maltese driver in the GPVWC, currently racing for Red Archer Virtual Racing. Muscat is unique among modern simracers because of the fact he races using a keyboard. This is something that has earnt him a lot of respect throughout his career.

Early Years

He started his sim-racing career 3 years ago in August 2008 and joined "Pro Drivers League" in January 2009 winning his first ever league race at Fuji. Pro Drivers League developed into F1 Legends where Jason took several podiums in Australia, Belgium, France and one more win at a wet Silverstone. When the series was cut short, he finished the season 3rd. In the second championship of F1 Legends he took podiums at Silverstone and Monza before history repeated itself and he was ranked unofficially 4th. Jason then moved from one league to another after that, including Sim-Pro Racing League, Hungarian Lystric League and ERL where he teamed up with old rival and friend Ojay Clark running the Maltese Thunder team. Jason's best result was finishing 2nd at Mexico in the first ERL GP season where he finished in 5th with 84 points. The next season was less successful but he still managed 6th with 64 points.

Superleague Career

Muscat and Jundt side by side at 2011 Mexican GP.
In 2009 Jason Muscat made his first appearance for GPVWC at the 2009 Spanish Grand Prix for Daniel Ortega Racing where he retired after a few laps due to an accident. He finished in the points one race later at the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix. In 2009 he achieved 3rd place award for Best Rookie of the season.

One year later Muscat signed a contract with Red Archer VRT halfway through the 2010 season. He suprised everyone by winning his first ever GPVWC race at 2010 Belgian Grand Prix in a race of attrition which saw him battle with the former Champion Joe Consiglio in the early stages. Muscat had improved a lot for the second half of the 2010 Superleague season and it didn't go unnoticed as he achieved three GPVWC awards: Most improved driver, Best of the Rest and 2nd place in Overachiever of the season.

Muscat started the 2011 Superleague season as one of the favourites for the title. Come the fourth race of the season the Red Archer was heavily developed and Muscat put the car to good use. He scored podiums in Abu Dhabi, China, South Africa, Great Britain and Bahrain. He also took two wins at Austria and Mexico. A string of bad luck with pc and connection issues cost Muscat sure podiums in France, Turkey and Canada. Come round 16 of the championship Muscat decided to sit out to help Red Archer VRT win the constructors championship, which they did. As a result of sitting out Muscat finished only 5th in the championship on 100 points.

Muscat's future is uncertain for the 2012 Superleague season, he is most likely to stay with Red Archer VRT but it is not known which role he will fill.

GPVWC 2011 Masters Results

Clark, Damghi and Muscat
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Position Points
2011 No Fear Racing BMW-E90 GER

FEA
13

GER

SPR
17

CHN

FEA
Ret

CHN

SPR
-

BEL

FEA
12

BEL

SPR
DNS

TUR

FEA
9

TUR

SPR
1

USA

FEA
28

USA

SPR
12

AUS

FEA
28

AUS

SPR
1

GBR

FEA
22

GBR

SPR
3

9th 89

Racing Career Results

Superleague

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

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 WDC Points
2009 Daniel Ortega Racing ? Toyota AUS

-

CHN

-

JAP

-

FRA

-

IRL

-

MON

-

GBR

-

CZE

-

BAH

-

RSA

-

CAN

-

MEX

-

BRA

-

ITA

-

ESP

Ret

BEL

7

NED

9

SIN

8

28th 3
2010 Red Archer VRT ? Renault AUS

-

CHN

-

JAP

-

UAE

-

HUN

-

MON

9

GBR

Ret

POR

9

BAH

9

TUR

-

CAN

Ret

MEX

6

BRA

-

ARG

3

ESP

3

ITA

Ret

BEL

1

NED

3

6th 64
Yellowbirds GP ? Toyota SIN

4

2011 Red Archer VRT RA211 Renault AUS

16

UAE

3

JAP

8

CHN

2

RSA

2

AUT

1

FRA

Ret

MON

5

GBR

3

BAH

2

SMR

-

TUR

Ret

MEX

1

CAN

6

BRA

Ret

ITA

Ret

ESP

-

BEL

-

NED

-

SIN

-

5th 100

Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Supercup

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

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 WDC Points
2010 Red 5 Racing ? Toyota AUS

-

CHN

-

JAP

-

UAE

-

HUN

-

MON

4

GBR

-

POR

-

BAH

Ret

TUR

-

CAN

Ret

MEX

2

BRA

2

4th 83
Platform GP ? Toyota ARG

5

ESP

2

ITA

5

BEL

2

NED

1

SIN

2

2011 Malta Force GP ? Renault AUS

-

UAE

-

JAP

1

CHN

-

RSA

5

AUT

-

TUR

-

CAN

-

BRA

Ret

ITA

-

5th 100
PB Racing ? Renault FRA

2

MON

2

GBR

Ret

BAH

4

SMR

7

CP Lotus ? Renault MEX

12

Globe Racing ? Renault ESP

3

BEL

1

NED

2

SIN

5

2012 Malta Force GP ? Mecachrome AUS

-

CHN

-

UAE

-

HUN

-

ESP

-

MON

-

CAN

-

KOR

-

TUR

-

GBR

-

ITA

-

BEL

-

NED

-

IND

-

USA

-

BRA

-

JAP

-

SIN

-

Pos Pts

Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.