After a successful race, at the last Formula SimRacing round, GhostSpeed Racing Team headed to Australia, where it would challenge the third round, at both the Ace World Series, and at the World Championship. An although GhostSpeed didn't get any points, at both series, it was one of the most promising races for the Team. At the World Championship, GhostSpeed Racing Team lined up with João Barbosa and Stephane Rouault.
On the other opposite, was Stephane Rouault, that from the qualification, passing to the race start, and ending up with a driver error, had a round to forget. After getting a top 10 at the last round qualification, this time he went no further that the 12th, but it would not finish there, as at the race start, an incident with another driver led him to start the race from the pit lane. His race was seriously compromised, and to make it worst he withdraw some laps after. Nevertheless, the young Dutch driver is already preparing himself for the Spanish round, where he will want to get back to his best form.
But even before the World Championship, GhostSpeed Racing Team raced at the World Series Ace, where it filled up for the first time two drivers. Filipe Santos, and Xico Rocha where the front Team leaders at Albert Park. Yet again no points at the race, but after some dificulties at these series, it was encouraging for the Team management, to see the young Filipe Santos (17) to be able to improve his abilities and challenge a little bu up further on the grid. He eventually crashed, but definitely an improvement. Xico Rocha had a troubled race and withdrawn after only one completed lap.
João Barbosa (PT) 9th – Race Comments:
"First of all i´m very happy to make a full race with no problems with my internet and with good fps….finally…Qualify start really bad make 2 mistakes in the 2 laps because the rear of the car seems like it was dancing, i don´t know why but online i lost a lot of grip and the car goes pretty unstable. i had pace to fight for 13 place but it was ok. i change a bit my setup to make the car more stable, i lost a little bit of speed but the important was finish the race. in start of the race always a big mess, cars all over the place, i manage to pass t1 without problems and attack Marconi, but going in to t2 i had to go to the grass almost not to hit a car, and lost some places there, and in the next corner i spun and lost more positions. after that my race was without problems. In the first pit stop i decided to change my strategy and go for 2 stops, but that was a bad decision because my tyres don´t have grip enough and i lost contact with Dennis and Marconi. After that just take the car to finish line. finish 9, excellent result, almost a point, but the important is that i think i close the gap to the guys in front. Hope next hope continues like this."
Stephane Rouault (NL) 18th – Race Comments:
"I had a terrible GP. Qualify went so bad, 21.8.. I don't know why I was that slow there. In the race i thought i could make up, cause my pace was really good. But then on formation lap, Marconi hit me from behind. So my car was totalled and I had to start from the pit lane.
after that, the race was pointless really, 40 sec behind the leaders after one lap, and concentration level to zero.. I ran off, and when i came back on track, half a lap later I spun because of dirty tyres.. so.. terrible GP that I want to forget really soon.."
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