The VCO ProSIM Series got underway at the Red Bull Ring today, and it started very strongly with a Pole Position for Cooper Webster in the heat race. He led the race and then handed over to Simone Maria Marcenò who would try as hard as he could to prevent Maximilian Benecke from passing, however would have to settle for a P2 finish. It was a great run also for Jordan Caruso and Beau Albert who would climb from 10th on the grid to finish well inside the Top 10 in their heat race where the bulk of the points are scored.

It was a tougher race in the Bonus race, with both cars finishing outside of the Top 10 however it wasn’t all bad news, with Ryan Wood filling in this week for MSI eSports and finishing in 4th place in what was an awesome battle with Mitchell DeJong. We’re looking forward to seeing him back in blue and orange for the remainder of the series.

Bring on next round where we will have an even more expanded driver lineup. You won’t want to miss it!

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The Porsche Esports Supercup Contender Series made its way to Long Beach for the penultimate round. Cooper Webster & Jordan Caruso got off to the best start possible, claiming the second row in qualifying with Jordan marginally ahead of Cooper.

In the sprint race Jordan’s luck came to haunt him once more, with netcode contact made around 1m away from his car, putting him into a spin and blocking the track at the fountain. Fortunately he was able to escape at the end of the queue of those not damaged, and he recovered for 13th place while Cooper serenely drove to a 3rd place finish.

The feature proved a mixed result as well. Jordan was able to move forward early however despite the pace advantage just couldn’t do anything to move higher than 8th. Cooper on the other hand had just made a move for 3rd place from 6th on the grid, before being tapped awkwardly at the hairpin, losing critical time. He’d recover for 9th and still net some solid points.

With one more round to go, Cooper is pretty well secured however it is all to play for with Jordan, sitting in 18th and three places from the qualification number.

Bring on Nürburgring!

Another round of Apex Racing League Porsche Cup done!

And well…. Luke McKeown and Beau Albert… What else can be said?

Job Done for this week

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Luis Núñez reaches his third consecutive Feature Race, this time by qualifying fourth and finished in 1st place in his heat race. He’d ultimately be pushed wide starting from the wide 4th place on the grid which would drop him all the way back to last place, however was able to put his head down and reclaim 7th. Luis now sits 8th in the driver standings as we surpass the midway point in the season.

For Beau Albert it was another case of being Punterino’d into Turn 1, which has been the story in all five rounds contested thus far. To add insult to injury, a technical issue would prevent him from being able to line up in the LCQ. Despite all this horrible luck, he sits 17th in the standings. It genuinely can only go up from here!

Next round… Hell! Sounds ominous…

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The 24H Series Esports kicked off with 6 Hours of Hockenheim. Simone Maria Marcenò did an exceptional job in the Porsche 992 by qualifying strongly and then taking an early lead in a tight battle early on. He was able to stretch his legs once free of the chasing pack and pulled a 33 second lead before handing to Jordan Caruso. With such a strong lead, Jordan just had to manage the gap for the final third of the race and did a superlative job to take the chequered flag and win by 49 seconds! A fantastic way to start!

It was a tougher race for our Porsche GT3R, who would start in 6th and run as high as 4th before dropping pace especially in the longer runs relative to our competitors. This left us vulnerable especially on the double stint where we would lose the bulk of our time. After a late battle with Arnage and two Vendaval cars, we’d drop back to finish in 12th.

It’s a case of agony and ecstacy from our two cars. It’s brilliant to take another win in a NEO Endurance series race, and we’re incredibly proud of that. We’ll be pushing hard to get similar success in GT3 next time out at Sebring next month!

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Another round of the Apex Racing League Porsche Cup series is in the books, and more victories for Luke McKeown in Race 1 and Beau Albert taking it in Race 2!

Another great event leaves the win tally moving up to 9 in the 10 races so far

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There’s just something about Road Atlanta that just seems to gel, however it didn’t go all our way. Jordan was DQ’d in qualifying out of nowhere, and couldn’t avoid the Lap 1 carnage to finished well down in the sprint race.

Cooper didn’t quite get qualifying right however it turned to be a blessing in disguise. Starting in 8th, Cooper serenely drove around knowing that an 8th placed finish would give him the feature pole position, and that is exactly what he did. Once on Pole and through the opening lap, he was never challenged, and managed to dominate the feature to win by 3.6sec, backing up his Road Atlanta win in the qualifying series. Huge points day for Cooper!

Jordan drove a stonking feature race, to avoid some early incidents and make some measured passes to climb up 13 places from the grid to finish P11 and earn some much needed series points!

With two rounds to go, we enter Long Beach next weekend where literally anything can happen (and it usually does!).

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Fantastic effort by Simone Maria Marceno, Luke McKeown and Yannick Lapchin who have managed to take a Sixth place in the 8.3k SOF GTD class after a brutal 10 hour event!

It was a race of attrition, but our guys all proved their worth today under extremely challenging conditions, hunting down that Top 5 to just 4.1 seconds into the final hour.

We can’t wait to return for 2022, but until then, bring on the next Special Event for the year

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