"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
11/25/2015 at 04:12 • Filed to: Global Hypercar Series, GHS
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"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
11/25/2015 at 04:12 • Filed to: Global Hypercar Series, GHS | 2
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The Global Hypercar Series wouldn’t happen except in video games, but here’s how I see EVO’s nutty vision of a racing series while I was lucidly dreaming about it on random times.
Eligible Cars and The GHS Constructors’ Championship Scoring System
The entrants for the GHS will get modified a bit, as we’re waiting for the hyper-hybrid cars Mercedes and Lamborghini will be making and we’ll assume the Jaguar C-X75 got produced and its more hardcore version came up.
Road-going versions will have a separate championship with the race versions, and non-hybrid cars are in a separate class with the hybrids, though they’re still eligible for overall points in their respective class titles (Road-Going Hypercar and Race-spec Hypercar). Races in the Road-Going Hypercar class are 1-hour sprints, while race-spec hypercars race for 6 hours.
The full Constructors’ Championship ties both Road and Track tournaments, with a 50/50 split of the 100-90-80-70-60-50-40-30-20-10-point system shared by the Road Sprint and HyperTrack Endurace divisions. This means that the road-based division will have a 50-45-40-35-30-25-20-15-10-5 scoring system for makes, and the same system will be used for the other division.
Race Circuits and Hosting Rotation
The lineup of circuits (shown in lead photo) will also be revised. Now there will be two tracks per country of marque entered: two in
France
(Le Mans and Paul Ricard), two in
Germany
(The ‘Ring and Lausitz), two in
Italy
(Monza and Imola), two in
Sweden
(Anderstorp and Ring Knutstorp) and two in
Britain
(
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
and Donington).
Additionally, there will be races to be held in eight (8) other countries, namely: Belgium (Spa and Zolder), Spain (Jerez and Jarama), USA (Laguna Seca and Long Beach), Canada (Montreal and Mosport), Brazil (Interlagos and Jacarepagua) Japan (Suzuka and Fuji), Australia (Bathurst and Adelaide),
There will also be four “Velodrome” races set in oval tracks (Daytona, Twin Ring Motegi, the longer oval at Lausitzring and Indianapolis) that will follow an expanded version of Keirin track cycling rules (elaborated on a later section) and is combined with a double elimination format.
There will be nations that can be able to use a different circuit every year, called rotated hosting. These are the USA (Daytona and Sebring; Road Atlanta and Watkins Glen), Italy (Vallelunga and Misano), Spain (Montjuic and Catalunya), Japan (Okayama and Twin Ring Motegi) and Australia (Eastern Creek and Albert Park). Canada, Germany, Brazil, Belgium and France are excluded from this system, although those countries can choose to use just one circuit for the entirety of the series.
Eligible Drivers, Teams and the GHS Drivers’ Championship Scoring System
The only class where manufacturers can field factory cars will be in the Race-spec Hypercar class
. OK, yes, technically the race hyper programs of Ferrari and McLaren (among others) are customer programs, but while said customer-racers are eligible to drive, their cars will have to be under one umbrella team from the factory. It is recommended that the marques handpick eight customer drivers from their respective programs that will compete.
Professional drivers from both GTE/GT3, LMP and Formula One are allowed and eligible for the Race-spec Hypercar class.
Only customer cars are allowed in the road car divisions. Manufacturer support is mandated to only go as far as tires (more about tires in another section) and data analysis.
Also, only FIA bronze and silver license drivers are allowed on the road-going class.
A 15-14-13-12-10-9-8-7-5-4-3-2 system will be implemented for both series, with the Top 12 finishers scoring points. An additional 5 points will be awarded for Top 5 finishers that started from below the upper 12 qualifiers.
Penalties, Handicapping and Scrutineering
It is required that customers for Road-Going Hypercar show registration and receipt, among other papers, as proof that the cars fielded to each are indeed customer vehicles and not prototype, press and/or demonstration examples.
Two third-party firms will verify said proof. Eligibility depends on this step;
if the car is proven to be non-compliant, the car and customer-competitor are disqualified from entering.
After passing the verification stage, a parc ferme second-step scrutineering will be executed to check if the road-going hypercars entered are indeed customer cars. It’s pretty much all that’s needed.
It is required that rear number plates stay on the car. Front plates will be replaced by decal placed on the front wheel arches.
Standard GT3 penalty system will be applied and scrutineering rules imposed for both divisions.
To prevent one marque and team from winning everything, we’ll adapt the success ballast system used in Super GT from 2009 onward so as to keep away sandbagging strategies, though it will be slightly less stringent.
No-contact rule, as always. Should it be proven that contact initiated was to deliberately disadvantage a competitor, the guilty party will be given a points penalty, extra ballast, disqualification for the next race, or outright elimination for the rest of the series depending on gravity of incident or repeated offenses.
Race Format
Traffic would become a problem in races like this, so the road and race versions will be having different races in different venues.
the Road-based Hypercars will be sprint-based. One hour is allotted for all circuits on the calendar, and take place every second weekend of the month.
The track-focused hypercars, meanwhile, are on an endurance format, with all races on the calendar pegged at 8 hours, and each race takes place on the fourth weekend of the month.
The Velodrome events are multi-heat races, following a Keirin format, and take place in the middle of the season.
Tires
The official and eligible tire manufacturers are Michelin and Pirelli.
For Road-going Hypercar: Prime and option tires exist, but unlike Formula One, the prime tire is the highest-grade performance street compound Michelin and Pirelli can offer, and option tire the second highest. Intermediate and rain tires are a must (of course).
For Race-spec Hypercar: Three dry compounds will be used. Assuming ideal weather conditions and track temperature, the prime tire will be supersoft and the option will be soft tires.
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Full List of Road-going Hypercars
Hybrid
LaFerrari
TBA Lamborghini
McLaren P1
Porsche 918 Spyder/Weissach Package
TBA Mercedes-AMG
Koenigsegg Regera
Non-Hybrid
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport
Bugatti Chiron
Koenigsegg One:1
Koenigsegg Agera R
Pagani Zonda 760RS
Pagani Huayra
W Motors Lykan Hypersport
McLaren F1
Hennessey Venom GT
Full List of Track-based Hypercars
Hybrid
Ferrari FXX K
McLaren P1 GTR
Porsche 918 RSR
Non-hybrid
Aston Martin Vulcan
McLaren F1 LM
Ferrari FXX/Evoluzione
Koenigsegg Agera RS
Pagani Zonda R
Pagani Zonda Revolucion
Pagani Huayra R
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Lots of holes in this, I know, and making a calendar that also has to take in the Velodrome events in mind becomes a PITA and I need help on that, but I thank you for stopping by.
It would be great to point out which inconsistencies and mistakes came up while writing this (but don’t be too brutal), but it would be cooler to hear good stuff from you in the comments section.
GhostZ
> Wheelerguy
11/25/2015 at 05:40 |
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I just want to see One:1 vs P1.
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Wheelerguy
> GhostZ
11/25/2015 at 07:41 |
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No 1v1 races, sorry. The Velodrome events, however are close enough, especially if one heat is composed of nothing but P1s and One:1s.
Hoccy
> Wheelerguy
11/26/2015 at 02:01 |
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Two
races in Sweden? This is something that needs to become a reality.
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Wheelerguy
> Hoccy
11/26/2015 at 02:04 |
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Actually it was meant to be just one race, as there’s one Swedish marque present, but I figured I’d give Knutstorp some press.
Anyway, judging from this write-up, should I dream lucidly about racing more or nah? Any nooks and crannies you spotted?