SPEED EuroSeries News - Competitor Information

Following discussions with teams, manufacturers and drivers, the SPEED EuroSeries calendar has been reshaped in line with competitor requirements.

The new look schedule will feature an 8 race, 4 meeting championship with runs at Brands Hatch, Dijon and Spa making up the series following the opening 2 rounds at the FIA World Touring Car Championship event at the Hungaroring in May.

Oli McCrudden, SPEED coordinator: “The constructive meeting we held recently indicated that there is a clear desire for the series to continue. The specific points that were made clear included a desire for a series of events consolidated around more northern European venues and sticking with the traditional SPEED 2-race format.”

The Brands Hatch event will replace the Nurburgring meeting originally included on the calendar. The German organisers, under schedule pressures at their busy event, had been forced to reduce the SPEED content to 3 x 20 minute sessions and required the series to join with another championship on track, neither of which would fit in with the championship’s FIA regulations.

“Its a shame not to be at the Ring but circumstances dictate the change and we will aim to run a full programme there in 2014,” continued McCrudden. “The UK organising clubs extremely supportive in looking to help the SPEED EuroSeries. We worked with our firends at the BRSCC in looking at a Donington potential but ultimately the competitor response was not string enough. We included a meeting at Brands Hatch on the calendar at the start of the season and will maintain that on our schedule as rounds 3 and 4. The Brands Hatch GP track is fantastic; it is one of those great circuits of the world. It gives the UK teams an important opportunity to race in front of their home crowd and is accesible for our European teams.”

The planned Navarra event has also been cancelled at the teams’ request. “The Navarra organsers were offering a fantastic opportunity to race in a new location at a high quality facility and we will certainly work to get there in 2014, but clearly the challenge for 2013 is to focus on traditional race venues in established markets for teams and manufacturers,” said McCrudden.

The Brands Hatch event schedule will see qualifying and Race 1 take place on Saturday 27th July, with a second race on the Sunday. Testing is available on Friday 26th July booked through the circuit.For more information, visit the MSVR website. Click here.

SPEED EuroSeries competitors will be based in the pit box garages at the Hungaroring event. The box is included in the race entry fee.

There will be 2 – 3 cars per garage.

Access details and timetable will follow in due course.

Example of Hungaroring garage layout shown below:

SPEED EUROSERIES KICKS OFF AT HUNGARORING WITH €10,000 PRIZE FUND BOOST

The SPEED EuroSeries will offer a €10,000 prize fund for the first event of the rescheduled 2013 season at the WTCC meeting at the Hungaroring on 3-5 May.

The overall winner in Hungary will collect €2000, with €1500 for second and €1000 for third. Other prize monies are available (see details below). There is an even bigger prize fund for the end of season awards making this the best rewarded SPEED EuroSeries ever.

SPEED EuroSeries Hungaroring Prize Fund

These awards will be made for the results of Race 2 on Sunday May 5th at Hungaroring.

“Following the decision to cancel the planned Monza event we sat down with our partners including the very enthusiastic Eurosport Events who run the WTCC events and they really want to have our sportscars running to broaden the event offering. Together we have been able to put this excellent prize fund on the table to attract the best possible grid. We want to run a slimmer calendar this year with an even more attractive overall prize package with an even better budget and including a LMP2 test drive and with two brand new Honda K20A engines, one for the outright points winner and one for the earlier class victor. Remember we also have the fabulous Sunoco Daytona Challenge open to SPEED competitors which was won last season by our reigning champion, Ivan Bellarosa,” says Oliver McCrudden, CEO of SPEED EuroSeries organiser World Sports Car Organisation.

SPEED EuroSeries technical partner Mugen Euro has reinforced its commitment to the series and sent a clear message to teams and engine tuners that the Honda K20 engine is sustainable for several years and that sufficient level of engines and rebuild parts inventory are available at MUGEN EURO to support whole CN societies. Mugen can also provide some of the highest quality engineering support and technical services to competitors looking for that competitive advantage.

More information can be found at the Mugen Euro website by clicking here.

The installation loom for the Cougar Data Recording RPM Monitor will be available for shipping on 28/02/13.

Competitors must order and pay for the loom which must be installed on the car when presented for scrutineering at the first event.

The order form is available here: SPEED 2013 – RPM Monitor Order Form to complete and return to SPEED as indicated.

For more details contact SPEED Organisers.

In 2013 Cooper Tires is offering its ENDURANCE spec slicks at a special price of £480 per set, made available at each of the 4 ENDURANCE rounds of the SPEED Euroseries. Teams and drivers competing at Monza, Dijon, Spa & Navarra will be able to purchase 2 sets (8 tyres) of ENDURANCE spec tyres per car, per event. Additional sets required for testing outside of a SPEED Euroseries event will be available
at the standard price of £768 per set. Promotional tyres will only be available for purchase from the Cooper Tires service trailer which will attend each event.

The 2013 ENDURANCE slick that will be supplied is identical to the 2012 VdeV tyre which many competitors are familiar with. This tyre uses A30 compound which is very durable and consistent, perfect for longer race distances.

The 2013 SPRINT slick is identical to the 2012 SPEED Euroseries tyre and will be eligible for use at Slovakiaring, Salzburgring, Nurburgring & Brands Hatch at the price of £768 per set. This tyre uses an identical construction to the ENDURANCE tyre but with A56 compound, this is slightly softer and more suited to the shorter races.

For more information, download the info sheet here: 2013 SPEED Euroseries Tyre Prices Information

SPECIAL OFFRE PROMOTIONNELLE 2013

En 2013 Cooper Tires propose à ses pilotes, des pneus Slick ENDURANCE à un prix spécial de £480 par set, mis à disposition dans chacun des 4 événements endurance de SPEED EuroSeries. Les équipes et les pilotes participant aux événements de Monza, Dijon, Spa & Navarra pourront acheter 2 sets (8 pneus) de pneus Slick ENDURANCE par voiture et par événement. Les sets supplémentaires pour roulage hors événement SPEED Eurosseries seront disponible au prix standard de £768 par set.
Ces pneus à tarifs privilégiés seront uniquement disponibles en achat direct à la structure Cooper Tires, qui sera présente sur chaque événement.
Les pneus Slicks ENDURANCE 2013 qui seront livrés, sont identiques aux pneus VdeV 2012, qui sont connus par de nombreux concurrents. Ce pneu utilise la gomme A30 qui est très endurante, cohérente et parfaite pour les courses à longues distances.
Les pneus SPRINT 2013 sont identiques aux pneus SPEED EuroSeries 2012 et seront éligibles pour une utilisation à Slovakiaring, Salzburgring, Nurburgring et Brands Hatch au prix de £ 768 par set. Ce pneu utilise une construction identique à celle des pneus ENDURANCE mais avec une gomme A56, qui est légèrement plus tendre et plus appropriée pour les courses plus courtes.

Info Sheet: 2013 SPEED Euroseries Les Prix Des Pneumatiques et information

28th Int. ADAC Truck Grand Prix date changed to 12 to 14 July 2013

The International ADAC Truck Grand Prix 2013 will be on the 12^th-14^th July organisers announced today following the confirmation of the Formula 1 GP at the Nürburgring on 7^th July by the FIA. The Formula 1 circus requires a 14-day preparation period without any other events on the ‘Ring which meant the date originally planned for the end of June was no longer available.

“As frustrating as any forced calendar changes are, the promoters of the Truck GP have been put in a difficult position due to the uncertainty over the German Grand Prix. Now that the decision has been made we will work with the promoters and SPEED competitors to ensure that the event is a success,” says Oli McCrudden, SPEED Organiser. “Establishing a German event for SPEED is important for us; there are strong CN racers in Germany that would be competitive in SPEED. Being part of such a high profile event will give us increased visibility in the German market and encourage German drivers to come and test themselves on a pan-European calendar.”

Traditionally the event has been run in the middle of July and has become an established favourite for the masses of fans that attend the event. It is expected that over 150,000 will be at the meeting this year to enjoy the motorsport, music festival and other exciting entertainment.

In addition to the truck championship, the SPEED EuroSeries and the Classic Grand Prix car race which will be on the schedule, the event will feature breathtaking stunts and stars on the open-air stage, various parades and an accessible paddock and exhibition park.

The commercial vehicle industry uses the ADAC Truck Grand Prix each year as its main industrial fair; truck manufacturers and accessory companies contribute to the fantastic atmosphere. An open-air Rock and country music festival attracts tens of thousands of people.

For more information, visit www.truck-grand-prix.de

• Cougar Data Recording system developed for SPEED EuroSeries
• Independent system not influenced by car ECU
• Tested  and certified by Mugen
• Installation loom mandatory for all cars in 2013 series

2013 SPEED EuroSeries competitors will all run the Cougar Data Recording system as developed in a season long trial by the SPEED organisers and which has been successfully proven in recent tests at engine specialist, Mugen, on the Company’s transient dyno.

Mandated in the latest SPEED regulations, the Cougar Data Recording system will provide scrutineers with an accurate engine rev monitoring data feed with which the series 8,200 rpm maximum rev limit can be policed. The system, which is completely independent of the vehicle’s electronic and has its own power supply, features a lightweight recording box and has its own installation loom which has been designed to eradicate any interference from outside systems.

Hiro Toyoda, Vice President of Mugen Euro CO. Ltd says: “MUGEN is delighted to maintain the on-going technical collaboration with SPEED EuroSeries as official Technical Partner. The Series’ introduction of a sealed, separate engine rpm monitoring system to aid scrutineering checks has been supported by MUGEN EURO in the UK via thorough testing of the device fitted to a HONDA K20-based CN engine of the type universally used in SPEED. This evaluation been carried out on MUGEN EURO’s sophisticated transient engine dyno and has satisfied the criteria which SPEED set out. We are happy to continue the technical support which we have provided from its beginning to the Series, which is officially supported by HONDA Motor Europe, and look forward to seeing SPEED grow further in 2013 as it surely deserves to do.”

Oli McCrudden, SPEED EuroSeries organiser: “The guys at Cougar have worked hard to develop a closed system of hardware and software which meets all our requirements and the Mugen certification gives chassis manufacturers, teams and drivers the confidence that SPEED operates a level playing field on which to compete. I’d like to thank both Cougar and Mugen for their excellent support for the series and their valuable contribution towards its sustained growth.”

The installation loom will be available to purchase through SPEED. The loggers will be issued by SPEED Officials at each event and competitors will return the loggers to the organisers at the end of the meeting. Cougar Data Recording representatives will be in attendance at every round to monitor the results and aid the official MSA scrutineer working on the SPEED EuroSeries in 2013.

For more information, contact SPEED EuroSeries organisers: organisation@speedeuroseries.com

About Cougar Data Recording

In the high tech world of motorsport, machine set-up can make or break all chances of success. To help find the optimum settings teams use the latest data acquisition systems to monitor exactly what their vehicles are doing.

Data Recording is a vital part of modern racing. When the data is downloaded in the pits it allows the mechanics to monitor every single thing the vehicle has done during the session.  Similar to an aircraft’s black box, the data recording system keeps track of every function of the vehicle- nothing is a secret.

In the world of motorsport, knowledge is power so with Cougar data recording teams have as much knowledge as the technicians can cope with. Visit the Cougar Data Recording website: click here.

Hertz, the world’s leading vehicle renting organisation has become an official car hire supply partner to the SPEED EuroSeries for 2013, offering competitors and associates fantastic rates for vehicle hire at the SPEED events across Europe and for all car hire requirements this year.

Competitors and associates of the SPEED EuroSeries 2013 will be eligible for a 10% discount on all the BEST available retail rates for both online and offline bookings.

The discounts are available when booked within Europe, the Middle East and Africa for all participating destinations globally and are available on both pre-pay and non pre-pay where possible.

SPEED organiser, Oli McCrudden: “We’re delighted to announce this association between SPEED EuroSeries and Hertz which gives real cost savings. Optimising the ancillary costs involved in international motorsport – such as car hire and hotel rooms – means racing budgets can go that little bit further on the racing; by partnering with Hertz, competitors can benefit from excellent prices without compromising on standards.”

SPEED members can use the Customer Discount Programme Number (CDP) 773444 when making their car hire reservations to receive the discount which is open for SPEED associates to use for their own private rentals at any time throughout the year. An easy booking widget will be available on the SPEED EuroSeries website www.speedeuroseries.com shortly.

Hotel deals are available with selected hotels at events where available. Details can be found on the SPEED EuroSeries website.

About Hertz:

Hertz, the world’s leading vehicle renting organization, operates from approximately 7,700 locations in 145 countries worldwide. Hertz is the largest general use car rental brand in the world, and the number one airport car rental brand in the U.S. and at 69 major airports in Europe. In addition, the Company has licensee locations in cities and airports in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Product and service initiatives such as Hertz #1 Club Gold, NeverLost customized, onboard navigation systems, SIRIUS Satellite Radio, and unique cars and SUVs offered through the company’s Prestige, Fun and Green Collections, set Hertz apart from the competition. Today, Hertz’s Worldwide Reservations Centres handle approximately 40 million phone calls and deliver approximately 30 million reservations annually

Drivers interested in racing the brand new Carbon Ligier JS53 at Brands Hatch should contact the team as soon as possible to arrange details.

The budget for this opportunity is:

£16000.00 per event plus VAT if applicable

includes, Track Support, Event Entry Fee, Race Fuel and one set of tyres per round

Insurance (Does not include excess of £5.000)

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