11 races - 11 teams - 22 drivers... These are the facts for our second F1 season in the OWRL. The season starts at 3 May and runs until October.

A few things are different since the last season: The biggest changes apply to the qualification for the series and the qualification sessions at each race. Applications are explained at the end of this news. The qualifying on race day won't be a single 30 minutes session anymore. We decided to use now a modified version of the multiple part qualifying. The Qualifying will be split into two parts. The first part is a 15 minutes session in which all drivers take part. After that the Top 10 drivers will have a 10 minute session where pitting is only allowed by driving into the pitlane. Shift+P is not allowed in the second part.

Teams can now apply by sending us a mail to [email protected]. Applications are open until Tuesday, 15 April 23:00 UTC. We will decide which teams to invite after that. Your application should contain the exact teamname and LfSworld names of at least two drivers that will drive during the season. We will check the league/race experience of the drivers to ensure a close and fair race for everyone. Teams are allowed to change drivers between races.

Calendar

3 May - Aston GP
17 May - Kyoto National Rev
31 May - South City Long
14 Jun - Westhill International
28 Jun - Aston North

summer break

16 Aug - Blackwood GP
30 Aug - Kyoto National
13 Sep - Fern Bay Black
27 Sep - Aston GT Rev
11 Oct - Westhill International Rev
25 Oct - Kyoto GP

Time table

19:30 - 19:45 Qualifying All drivers
19:50 - 20:00 Qualifying Top 10 (no Shift+P)
20:15 Race (305km)

Teams have 1 day left to apply.

For those who didn't follow it last year, here are the final race report and the final championship standings:

Final race report
Final standings

Here is the list of the 11 teams that will start at the first race. Teams which did not qualify have been put on a waiting list and might apply later on. New teams can also apply for this list. If you have any questions write us a mail instead of writing in the comments which makes it easier for the admins.

Startnumbers are given after 2007 constructor championship, followed by date of application. Please understand that we cannot invite everyone and therefore have to deny some teams.


#1-2: Factory Phantom Racing Team
#3-4: Peregrinus
#5-6: OMC F1
#7-8: 1stBFA Racing Team
#9-10: SpeedFreaks
#11-12: Team LT
#14-15: Team spdo
#16-17: eXcite-Racing
#18-19: DoKu
#20-21: North-West Racing Team
#22-23: SpeedCore Racing Team

Guest drivers have to use the teamtag of the team they are driving for in this race, not his regular team.

The drivers/team managers will be given access to the F1 forum in the following days where the server infos can be found.

In exactly 2 hours from now the first race in the OWRL F1 Series 2008 starts, with qualifying before that!

The first race takes place over 35 laps (305 KM) at Aston GP and can be followed live on LFS Remote.

http://www.lfsworld.net/remote/?host=OWRL%20F1

Best BF1 league out there, 20 drivers in race 6 lap past, still erveryne in race ...hope it stays so untill the end.

From the view on the remote there was a big incident involving numerous top drivers in T1.
Some are going strong again. And i am sure that Stormy can still reach the podium!

I wish there was a broadcast or that I could spec this race. I've always loved to watch a BF1 race in LFS to see how people manage. The remote doesn't show much unfortuently.

NWRT|Knu wins the season opener in Aston

The first race of the 2008 F1 Series was held at the Aston GP course. With a new Qualifying and more than 300km of racing action 20 drivers wanted to storm the british track. Raad more for the report.

Q1 | Q2 | Race

Standings (Clear your cache if necessary)
Replay (members only)

The first part of the qualifying saw both of the spdo drivers in the front. Spdo Roedii set the fastest lap with a 2:07.1. The Top 10 advanced to the next part and it was SpeedCore.GTR who reached the tenth place with only 2 tenth in front of 1stBFA|haelje.
In the second part the cars had to be set up for the race. The main actors were now Storm_Cloud from Peregrinus and the drivers of the North-West Racing Team Knu and Ice, who took the first three positions with Storm_Cloud setting the Pole-Position time of 2:08.68, now obviously with a whole lot of fuel.


On the way to T1 Knu already gets past Storm_Cloud with Ice and Roedii behind them. While braking, Roedii hits Knu on the back and takes him and OMC|JET with him into the gravel. 1stBFA|filo who runs into JET follows them, while NWRT|Ice now takes the lead on the outside while avoiding the little chaos. FPR|Matze gets a look on the inside of Knu and takes P2 on their way to the first hairpin. In the middle of the field eXc Marcel pushes 1stBFA haelje into a spin.

OMC|SCP started dead last and is now on 7th place and continues with his rush to the front. After 5 laps he is on 4th position and leads a few laps later after the top runners go into the pits for their first stops. Knu takes the lead back from his teammate Ice, who loses his concentraion and falls back to P8 but he is able to recover to gain 2 more places. Behind Knu are FPR|Matze and OMC|SCP fighting for the second position. SCP is able to stay in front of Matze after his first pit stop and continues to close the gap to Knu. But NWRT|Knu manages to hold his position and wins his first OWRL F1 race in front of OMC|SCP and FPR|Matze.

The 4th place goes to spdo KiLl3r, who had a rather silent race, followed by Speedcore.Bessa who started from 19th. NWRT|Ice and FPR|Tisu were fighting for P6 for the last nine laps but a small error by Tisu gives Ice the upperhand. The last point goes to SF)Damon(.