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Patrick Fogel Nationality American Year Joined 2013 First Race 2013 Challenge Malaysian Grand Prix Series Entered Formula Challenge Current Team(s) Fogel Motorsport Championships {{{Championships}}} Wins {{{Wins}}} Podiums {{{Podiums}}} Poles {{{Poles}}} Fastest Laps {{{Fastest Laps}}} Formula Challenge Career (up to April 2013) Debut Year 2013 Associated Teams Fogel Motorsport Races 5 Championships 0 Race Wins 1 Podium Finishes 1 Pole positions 0 Fastest laps 0 First Race 2013 Challenge Malaysian Grand Prix

Patrick Fogel entered the GPVWC scene in March of 2013, making his debut at the 2013 Challenge Malaysian Grand Prix. Fogel is fairly new to the world of road racing, as the 12 year veteran of sim racing has spent most of those 12 years in the oval racing scene. The highest level of competition that the American would face was the NASCAR iRacing World Drivers' Championship on iRacing. He was a competitor in that series from 2010-2012 with a highest point finish of 14th in 2010. After losing interest in the series in the middle of 2012, he took a brief leave of absence for the world of sim racing before coming back at the tail end of 2012. At that point, his interest was more in the road racing side of things. His focus in sim racing now is in the Formula Challenge season with hopes of reaching the highest level of road racing in the Superleague one day.

He is also running his own team, Fogel Motorsport, which is currently fielding two Formula Challenge cars, with Jeremy Allen as his teammate.

Formula Challenge 2013

Round 2 of 18 - 2013 Challenge Malaysian Grand Prix After failing to get his team ready for the 2013 Challenge Australian Grand Prix, Fogel and his team would make their debut at the Malaysian Grand Prix. Qualifying was fairly good for him as he found himself setup 10th on the grid for race one. His maiden GP did not get off to a good start as he jumped the start and would be forced to come into the pits to serve a penalty. Despite the penalty, he would find his way up to 7th in the extremely challenging weather conditions.

Race two was a race full of mixed emotions. The start of the race really threw the field for a loop as the sun was fully out after a week of nothing but thunderstorms. Fogel struggled for pace for the first few laps until the rain drops came down again. It seemed like the harder it rained, the more cars Fogel passed. The track ended up losing complete grip and forced everyone to come in for wet tires. After the stops Fogel found himself sitting inside the top 5. Due to issues and/or pit stops by cars in front, he quickly saw himself sitting in second position. Sadly for Fogel, he would be just one lap short of fuel and would be forced to make a second stop. He still ended up finishing 6th.

After the race, penalties were posted and his name was listed on their three times. He received a 5 place grid penalty for Challenge Austrian Grand Prix for escaping out of his car, and a 20 second penalty in each races for unsafe pix exits. Both of those time penalties knocked Fogel down to 10th in both races, still good for points but disappointing nonetheless. All three penalties could be chalked up to being a rookie in the series and mistakes that will surely be corrected.

Team Car No. AUS MAL AUT HUN ESP MON CAN KOR TUR GBR ITA BEL FRA GER USA UAE JPN BRA Driver Points Fogel Motorsport 56 - - 10 10 Ret DNS 19 1 37 (8th)