Roaring Pipes Maniacs - Simracing team http://www.rpmnet.org Simracing since 2006 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:18:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Victory and podium in Velopark http://www.rpmnet.org/2012/01/23/victory-and-podium-in-velopark/ http://www.rpmnet.org/2012/01/23/victory-and-podium-in-velopark/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:17:51 +0000 Lucas Degen http://www.rpmnet.org/?p=285 Four drivers from the Roaring Pipes Maniacs were present at the Velopark circuit in Brazil for the first round of the RDOWC, a new championship on Game Stock Car with Reiza’s excellent Formula 3 cars. 50 minutes of racing on the very short circuit, which was driven in the 2011 layout, were planned.

Team co-founder Bram Hengeveld enters the series with the #27 car after good results in several club races. After making his RPM return in the stock car league, Robert Wiesenmüller is looking forward to his first open-wheeler league ever. The “Filming Finn” Jari Vinnari has entered too, and as a positive surprise, Ingemar Petersson has now also bought the game and joins the league with the #90 car.

Qualifying results were mixed for the RPM crew. Wiesenmüller was the fastest of the team, taking 6th position with Hengeveld directly behind him. Bram’s position is even more impressive considering he had no practice on the track before. Vinnari and Petersson were not too lucky, taking 20th and 24th respectively.

The start of the race was messy, with Alexander Lauritzen spinning in the first chicane and Wiesenmüller and Hengeveld both touching the Dane’s car.
Hengeveld was struggling with a damaged front wing while Wiesenmüller, who got away without damage, was involved in a battle with Simon Kilov for 3rd, lasting for almost half the race with several passes.
Most of the drivers decided to go for a pitstop, but not Wiesenmüller and Kilov who were fighting for the lead.  However on the small track, lapping other drivers proved to be difficult and both Robert and Simon were involved in incidents. Eventually Simon Kilov crossed the line first, with Wiesenmüller second, Luding in third, Lins fourth and Hengeveld fifth.

But the race was not over. There were several complaints about cutting drivers after the race, and eventually Kilov and Luding were hit by a time penalty while Lins was outright disqualifyed. This meant that Robert Wiesenmüller took the win, the first league win since 2008 for the German driver. Bram Hengeveld was also promoted to the podium on 3rd, with Jari Vinnari 12th and Ingemar Petersson 13th, both just missing out on points.

Quotes:
Robert Wiesenmüller: “Delighted to take the win. It’s been awhile. I feel sorry for Simon Kilov, he gave me an excellent fight on track, but the rules have been very clear about cutting.”

Bram Hengeveld: “The race itself was pretty okay. Decided to make a pitstop halfway but i am not sure that is the way to go.”

Results:
1. Robert WIESENMÜLLER
2. Simon KILOV
3. Bram HENGEVELD
…
12. Jari VINNARI
13. Ingemar PETERSSON

Video click here

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Victory and podium in the RDOWC

Four drivers from the Roaring Pipes Maniacs were present at the Velopark circuit in Brazil for the first round of the RDOWC, a new championship on Game Stock Car with Reiza’s excellent Formula 3 cars. 50 minutes of racing on the very short circuit, which was driven in the 2011 layout, were planned.

Team co-founder Bram Hengeveld enters the series with the #27 car after good results in several club races. After making his RPM return in the stock car league, Robert Wiesenmüller is looking forward to his first open-wheeler league ever. The “Filming Finn” Jari Vinnari has entered too, and as a positive surprise, Ingemar Petersson has now also bought the game and joins the league with the #90 car.

Qualifying results were mixed for the RPM crew. Wiesenmüller was the fastest of the team, taking 6th position with Hengeveld directly behind him. Bram’s position is even more impressive considering he had no practice on the track before. Vinnari and Petersson were not too lucky, taking 20th and 24th respectively.

The start of the race was messy, with Alexander Lauritzen spinning in the first chicane and Wiesenmüller and Hengeveld both touching the Dane’s car.
Hengeveld was struggling with a damaged front wing while Wiesenmüller, who got away without damage, was involved in a battle with Simon Kilov for 3rd, lasting for almost half the race with several passes.
Most of the drivers decided to go for a pitstop, but not Wiesenmüller and Kilov who were fighting for the lead. However on the small track, lapping other drivers proved to be difficult and both Robert and Simon were involved in incidents. Eventually Simon Kilov crossed the line first, with Wiesenmüller second, Luding in third, Lins fourth and Hengeveld fifth.

But the race was not over. There were several complaints about cutting drivers after the race, and eventually Kilov and Luding were hit by a time penalty while Lins was outright disqualifyed. This meant that Robert Wiesenmüller took the win, the first league win since 2008 for the German driver. Bram Hengeveld was also promoted to the podium on 3rd, with Jari Vinnari 12th and Ingemar Petersson 13th, both just missing out on points.

Quotes:
Robert Wiesenmüller: “Delighted to take the win. It’s been awhile. I feel sorry for Simon Kilov, he gave me an excellent fight on track, but the rules have been very clear about cutting.”

Bram Hengeveld: “The race itself was pretty okay. Decided to make a pitstop halfway but i am not sure that is the way to go.”

Results:
1. Robert WIESENMÜLLER
2. Simon KILOV
3. Bram HENGEVELD
…
12. Jari VINNARI
13. Ingemar PETERSSON

Championship standings:
1. Robert WIESENMÜLLER – 25 points
2. Simon KILOV – 18 points
3. Bram HENGEVELD – 15 points

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Let’s hope for the best.

Q:  Mike Simian (Flat Out Racing) did a 2:11.932 a one second faster then #2 Marco Giuliato. #6 Hannu Karesola #7 Marcin Skrzypczak

Lap 1 – Here we go
1. Mike Simian
2. Ben Tusting
3.  Marco Giuliato
4. Luca Dafarra
5. Kevin Clark
6. Marcin Skrzypczak
7.  Hannu Karesola
8. Mikael Hellen

Lap 2 –  We have a dry race in Belgium. Blue sky in the Blue Cup
Lap 3 – P5 Marcin Skrzypczak P 7 Hannu Karesola
Lap 4 –  Marcin Skrzypczak chasing down Kevin Clark for P4, Marcin fighting with his car.
Lap 5 – Kevin Clark to P3, Marcin Skrzypczak on the tail of Marco Giuliato
Lap 6 – Marcin Skrzypczak passed Marco Giuliato for P4
Lap 7 – Big crash in Eau Rouge Hugo Hekkenberg out of the race.
Lap 9 – Marco Giuliato having engine problems, smoke coming out.
Lap 10 –  Hannu Karesola pitten for new tires. Hannu Karesola in P12 now.
Lap 12 – Other teams are pitting now.
Lap 13 – Luca Dafarra hit the wall  in the pit. P4 Marcin Skrzypczak P8 Hannu Karesola
Lap 15 –  Marco Giuliato is still smoking. Marcin Skrzypczak crashed in Eau Rouge. Lost the back wing.
Lap 16 – Marcin Skrzypczak hit the wall, trying to get back to the pit. Missed the pit. Marcin Skrzypczak P16.
Lap 19 – Stop and go for Marcin Skrzypczak
Lap 22 – Hannu Karesola in P5, Marcin Skrzypczak in P14. Go Marcin Skrzypczak we can still win.
Lap 25 -Hannu Karesola in P4, Marcin Skrzypczak in P11. We need a miracle.
Lap 31 – Stop and go for Marcin Skrzypczak
Lap 35 – Six minutes to go in the Blue Cup 2011 Simracing Team Challenge. Hannu Karesola 4, Marcin Skrzypczak 11
Lap 38 – Last lap Mike Simian wins. Marcin Skrzypczak overtaking two cars.
Congratulations to Flat Out Club

We are having a beer for being second in the Championship.

On to the next season.

]]> http://www.rpmnet.org/2011/06/30/spa-the-final/feed/ 60 Simracing Points & Action: SPA the final race in STC http://www.rpmnet.org/2011/06/17/simracing-points-action-spa-the-final-race-in-stc/ http://www.rpmnet.org/2011/06/17/simracing-points-action-spa-the-final-race-in-stc/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:30:19 +0000 Lucas Degen http://www.rpmnet.org/?p=246 What a season it is. Leading the whole STC Blue Cup with only one win. Losing the lead in the Simracing Team Challenge by three point since the wet Le Mans. Where all team got 50% of there points because of a server error. We are looking at the most important race of this year so far. The last race in the Simracing Team Challenge Blue Cup. Wil Flat Out take another win and the championship? Or wil RPM, The Roaring Pipes Maniacs win and have a big party and drink Belgium beers afterwards? For now all we can do is wait.

]]> http://www.rpmnet.org/2011/06/17/simracing-points-action-spa-the-final-race-in-stc/feed/ 61 RDGTC S4 – Peter Duivelaar strikes again and wins the title! http://www.rpmnet.org/2011/06/16/rdgtc-s4-peter-duivelaar-strikes-again-and-wins-the-title/ http://www.rpmnet.org/2011/06/16/rdgtc-s4-peter-duivelaar-strikes-again-and-wins-the-title/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:20:22 +0000 Lucas Degen http://www.rpmnet.org/?p=243 Congrats Peter!

]]> http://www.rpmnet.org/2011/06/16/rdgtc-s4-peter-duivelaar-strikes-again-and-wins-the-title/feed/ 62 Le Mans, Le Race, Le Fight from Le Back & Le Error http://www.rpmnet.org/2011/06/16/le-mans-le-race-le-fight-from-le-back/ http://www.rpmnet.org/2011/06/16/le-mans-le-race-le-fight-from-le-back/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:15:48 +0000 Lucas Degen http://www.rpmnet.org/?p=217 Here we go at Le Mans, in France. A few day’s after the real race on Le Mans. Bad news for our team; we’re starting from the back because of a human error in our team. With four point ahead of the Flat Out Racing team, and two races to go. This will be the most important race of the season.

Lap 1 –  Mikko Korkiakoski (Flat Out Racing) in the lead, Rami Kaukola already 14 and Hannu Karesola 11.
Lap 2 –  Rami Kaukola P9 and Hannu Karesola P8 great work guys.
Lap 3 –  Rami Kaukola flying over the track and overtaking the field. Antonio Cambria pushing of Rami Kaukola. Rami Kaukola fighting back.
Lap 4 – Rami Kaukola and Hannu Karesola flying! Rami in P5 Hannu Karesola in P7
Lap 5 – Hannu Karesola overtaking Harald Stadler on the outside. What? sorry I missed Hannu Karesola overtaking Jakob de Boer.. :)
Lap 6 – Rami Kaukola 3th! after six laps in wet.  Hannu Karesola in forth. Flat Out in front of us.
Lap 7 –  Rami Kaukola doing the fastest lap of the race, and Hannu Karesola with the fastest lap now with 3:56.901
Lap 8 – DISASTER: Risto Kappet, Rami Kaukola, Hannu Karesola out of the race. Error on the server.
Lap 9 – Red flag; race being stopped. Good decision by the STC team management
Lap 10 –  There will be a restart of the race.

21:57 – Waiting for news from the STC management.
22:09 – It  seems the race is stopped, black flag and there will be no restart. Raceresult is taking for lap7 and we will get 50% points.

]]> http://www.rpmnet.org/2011/06/16/le-mans-le-race-le-fight-from-le-back/feed/ 64 Wet Donington http://www.rpmnet.org/2011/06/02/wet-donington/ http://www.rpmnet.org/2011/06/02/wet-donington/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:19:02 +0000 Lucas Degen http://www.rpmnet.org/?p=196 Lap 5 – Peter Duivelaar leading the race, Marcin Skryzpczak in P5
Lap 10 –  Marcin Skryzpczak dogfighting Mikko Korkiakoski for P3, Ben Tusting trying to keep up with Marcin Skryzpczak
Lap 15 –  Mike Simian pitting
Lap 16 – Peter Duivelaar pitting, Marcin in P3
Lap 17 –  Marcin Skryzpczak pitting from P2
Lap 21 – Peter Duivelaar pitting again, tires were getting hot
Lap 22 – Peter Duivelaar in P5
Lap 29 – Mikko Korkiakoski in P4, trying to overtake Peter Duivelaar in P3.
Lap 37 – Peter Duivelaar leading the race again, Marcin Skryzpczak in P7. Peter Duivelaar pitting and it’s raining again.
Lap 42 – Peter Duivelaar trying to overtake Mikko Korkiakoski and missed his braking point. Peter is faster and back on the tail of Mikko Korkiakoski. GO PETER!
Lap 43 – Great fight between Mikko Korkiakoski and Peter Duivelaar. Great drivers. Peter overtaking Mikko on the outside in turn 1.
Lap 44 –  Mike Simian leading the race, Ben Tusting in P2, Peter in P3. Go Peter, Go!
Lap 47 – Peter and Ben fighting, Ben pushing Peter of on the grass.
Lap 49 – Peter Duivelaar in P2, Marcin Skryzpczak in P6
Lap 51 – Peter Duivelaar flying over the track, setting the fastes lap with 1.29:611
Lap 56 –  Peter Duivelaar 2, Marcin Skryzpczak 6

Peter in the pressroom

Two races to go in STC Blue Cup 2011, of to Le Mans.

]]> http://www.rpmnet.org/2011/06/02/wet-donington/feed/ 64 Round 7 – Autodrom Most – We must keep it cool http://www.rpmnet.org/2011/05/26/round-7-autodrom-most-we-must-keep-it-cool/ http://www.rpmnet.org/2011/05/26/round-7-autodrom-most-we-must-keep-it-cool/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 19:23:17 +0000 Lucas Degen http://www.rpmnet.org/?p=165 With only 3 points infront of The Flat Out Racing team, tonight we hit Most. Rami Kaukola & Hannu Karesola are striking down. Let’s hope we can stay on top in the Simracing Team Challenge which is going to be hard since this is not the best quali for us this cup.

Q 6th Hannu Karesola 14th Rami Kaukola

Lap 1 – Here we go, Ben Tusting leading the race, Jesper in second.

Lap  4 – Hannu Karesola 6th in Rami Kaukola 8th position. Flat Out racing 2th with Kevin Clark and Risto Kappet in 9th position.

Lap 8 - Rami Kaukola dogfighting Martin Kraaijnbrink for P7.

Lap 10 –  Rami Kaukola next to Martin Kraaijnbrink but the straight is to short to overtake this lap. Let’s try another one.

Lap 14 –  Rami Kaukola passed Martin, Hannu Karesola P6 and Rami Kaukola in 7. Keep it up.

Lap 16 – Risto Kappet from Flat Out Racing pitting.

Lap 17 – Leader Ben  Tusting pitting for new tires.

Lap 19 – Goran Johansson leading the race. All alone, no drivers in front or behind him :)  Pitting at lap 20.

Lap 20 - Rami Kaukola P6 & Hannu Karesola P10

Lap 26 –  Rami Kaukola dogfighting Flat Out racer Risto Kappet

Lap 32 – Rami Kaukola everywhere overtaking Risto Kappet but Rami went to wide and on the grass.. Risto took back his position. What a fight.

Lap 33 – Risto Kappet spun and hit the wall, back on track in P9.  Risto in the pit. Martin out of the race with a engine failure. Risto Kappet out of the race with a engine fire in the pit.

Lap 34 – Rami Kaukola in P5 &  Hannu Karesola P6.

Lap 35 – Kevin Clark (Flat Out Racing) drops to P3. Kevin pitting in.

Lap 36 – Hannu Karesola pitting this lap.

Lap 37 – Rami Kaukola pitting this lap. Rami Kaukola getting stop and go: speeding in the pitlane.

Lap 39 –  Rami Kaukola out of the pit for his stop and go. Driving in P10.

Lap 40 – Rami Kaukola fighting Jakob de Boer. Left and right.

Lap 42 – Rami Kaukola trying everything to pass Jakob de Boer.

Lap 44 – RPM Sandwich Rami passing on the outside! Rami P8 Hannu Karesola P6

Lap 46 - Rami Kaukola P6 Hannu Karesola P8 but fighting for 7th with Jakob de Boer.

Lap 48 – Problems for Hannu Karesola, dropped to P10..

Lap 53 – Rami spun. Rami at P8 . What a race..

Lap 56 –  Last lap, Rami P8, Hannu P10

]]> http://www.rpmnet.org/2011/05/26/round-7-autodrom-most-we-must-keep-it-cool/feed/ 76 We hit the warm Bahrain for some hot simracing http://www.rpmnet.org/2011/05/19/we-hit-the-warm-bahrain-for-some-hot-simracing/ http://www.rpmnet.org/2011/05/19/we-hit-the-warm-bahrain-for-some-hot-simracing/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 19:10:34 +0000 Lucas Degen http://www.rpmnet.org/?p=153 So here we go, this is simracing so we can race here unline in real life for Formula One because of the current situation in Bahrain.

So here we go, Flat Out racing is looking good in the warm up, there 1 & 2 we are 3 & 4 so we are in for a exciting race.

Lap 1 – RPM and Flat Out touching. RPM 1 and 2.  Flat Out overtaking. RPM 1, Flatout 2, RPM 3, Flat Out 4.

Lap 4 – Mike overtaking Marcin. RPM 3th and 4th.

Lap 5 – Mike and Marcin fighting hard. Flat Out hitting Marcin’s car again.

Lap 8 – 1: Mikko Korkiakoski 2: Mike Simian 3: Marcin Skryzpczak (RPM) 4: Marijn van Bommel 13:Dragos Haba (RPM)

Lap 21 – Marcin 3th position, Dragos fighing back and driving in 8th for the moment.

Lap 34 – Red flag, server error. All drivers to the pit.

More later.

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Rami Kaukola
“Looking forward racing at the Sugo track. It is very familiar to me and I believe in a good result here, the car is looking good.
Hopefully the weather is dry. Not like last race where we picked racin tires, we could have won last week if we went for dry tires.
Currently I am having some problems with my drivingstyle for we did some testing and looked at the telemetry and we might have found some solution. I try to show, I still can drive and go for victory.”

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