Champion F1 HERO at Indianapolis March 15, Jenson Button, (David A) fastest in Practi

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The Champion Motorsports Community is pleased to announce that we are holding a Special Event for our most active and involved Community Members on the Forums. The event will be to celebrate the 2008 opening of the FIA Formula 1 Season. We will be simulating a 2005 Formula 1 Grand Prix (at Indianapolis GP - USA Grand Prix), in the F1 CTDP 2005 mod for rFactor.

Attendees of the Grand Prix have been invited on special invitation and in the unique format all of the drivers are mirroring in identity as one of their favorite F1 Drivers. Every participant will be in a unique car for the event on March 15th, and represent a unique driver, as we go back in time and simulate what could have been in the now infamous 2005 US Grand Prix.

In tonight's first official practice Jenson Button (driven by David Anderson) would lead the way in the first practice session with a lap time of 1:11.952 in the BAR Honda. He was followed on grid by Juan Pablo Montoya (Jeff Chandler) with a 1:12.352 in his McLaren, and Kimi Rikknen (Tim Collier) also in a McLaren with 1:12.875.



David Anderson Coming down Front Stretch at Indianapolis in Honda on Practice 1 Hot Lap Run.

If we go back in time to 2005 and compare the lap times from tonight to the actual US Grand Prix we find some interesting similarities. In the Friday First practice session from 2005,

here were the results:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Gap	Laps
1	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	1:12.027
2	38	Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	1:12.085	0.058
3	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:12.666	0.639
4	8	Nick Heidfeld	Williams-BMW	1:12.804	0.777
5	3	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	1:12.865	0.838
6	35	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	1:12.913	0.886
7	4	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	1:13.013	0.986
8	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:13.024	0.997
9	7	Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	1:13.082	1.055
10	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:13.242	1.215
11	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:13.245	1.218
12	17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:13.461	1.434
13	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:13.683	1.656
14	14	David Coulthard	RBR-Cosworth	1:13.740	1.713
15	37	Scott Speed	RBR-Cosworth	1:13.846	1.819
16	15	Christian Klien	RBR-Cosworth	1:14.444	2.417
17	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:14.637	2.610
18	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas	1:14.696	2.669
19	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota	1:14.803	2.776
20	18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota	1:14.978	2.951
21	39	Robert Doornbos	Jordan-Toyota	1:15.791	3.764
22	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	1:16.343	4.316
23	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	1:16.357	4.330
24	9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes

In tonight's practice 11 of the 19 eligible drivers participated in the first practice. We will have a 2nd practice session next Tuesday Night March 11th, which will be extended to 2 hours. The race will again be on March 15, (Saturday Night), which is also the beginning night of the 2008 F1 season, so we will be celebrating by running our event, and then tuning in for the F1 Season Opener on Television.

We want to take this opportunity to thank our community leaders at Champion Motorsports, which are our most active and involved members, who help keep the community thriving. This race is just for them and we are very appreciative of all that they do to keep our hobby fun. We'll be back after the practice session #2 and the Race to report more on this special event -- so stay tuned!


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[davidan]

This is a very cool and special event, and I just want to thank all of our community leaders that have been invited to be a part of this race, for all that they have done over the years to help this community thrive.

For those of you that are interested in what our community leaders are, well they are folks that on the boards are most involved and most active. Once a member reaches more than 6 months of active membership on the forums and also have at least 200 posts or more they get forum promotion to our community leaders private area on the forum. This is an area where they are able to collaborate amongst themselves, share ideas for growing the community and gain access to some special things that we do.

I've said before how happy I am to be a part of this community and every member here both new and old is appreciated and we thank you for visiting and contributing to the fun and success of our hobby -- SIM RACING!!!

CYA ON THE TRACK

Champion Motorsports Team

[johnfatboy]

what time were you guys up till last night...holy the F1's are nothing like i ever imagine...the sound of them and the speed and handling are like no other...i enjoyed it.
i had to go...due for lots of snow..i am up now getting the snow blower ready to plow my driveway