David O'Reilly
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We are here at the scenic setting of the Stokehouse at St Kilda Beach Melbourne for the reveal of Avid Chronic Racing's Formula Sim Racing Pro driver line up.
The Autumn sun is setting, casting long shadows over the beach. Kris Cobb the Team Principle takes the mike and starts the introductions.
Kris Cobb: We have an eclectic mix of talents amongst the four ACR Pro teams. The drivers all show promise and have been working very much as a team, supported by their engineering and test crew. Pro is a melting pot. We are excited about what will happen in Mellbourne and indeed for the whole of the 2015 season. Without further ado we will present the drivers and you can ask them questions.
Teams and Drivers.
ACR Engineering: Pascal Chapon and Cordell Cahill
ACR Team Gray: Nikodem Wisniewski and Yoichi Uehara
ACR Team Blue: David Cook and David O'Reilly
ACR Team Orange: Eugene Van Loggerenberg and Lionel Klue.
Handling the joint broadcast interviews is Martin O'Brundle. RD Journalist of the year.
We will start with "ACR Engineering".
Welcome to French Driver Pascal Chapon. A test driver for 2014 who is now stepping up to Pro for 2015.
How much experience have you had with RF2?
About 2.5 years, though I really began to use it (almost) exclusively about 18 months ago before meeting Kris on RD forum.
League experience?
None, ACR team is my very first -and most likely the last- simracing team
Open wheeler experience?
Well, none IRL, but I was already a fan of Crammond's "Grand Prix" games 20+ years ago, and open wheelers --F1 in particular- have always been my favorite challenge in simracing. I began my "serious simracer career" last year, just after the start of FSR 2014 season as ACR reserve driver, on a not-that-steep learning curve...
What stimulated your interest in FSR itself?
Obviously the highly technical and competitive level of the field.
How are you feeling about moving from test to Pro Race driver?
I feel really great in the team, and I think that this year I should be able to do many more things regarding setups, testing them, tweaking them, etc... and so to be of more use to the team than last year. Besides, it's a real pleasure to benefit from the experience of better drivers, it would have taken me several years to learn all that I learned at your side in the last 8/9 months.
How are you feeling about racing in Pro? / What would be your expectations? / Will you get into the points?
From where I stand, I saw Pro as my ultimate objective fornext year -getting competitive enough to be able to race in there one day for ACR team. I mean, to be on the grid this season, it is already a great deed in my point of view... And maybe picking a couple of points during the season, on a misunderstanding between faster drivers, you never know...
Can you set up a car or will the team help in this area?
Mostly yes and yes, in particular on suspensions, there's so much to get from them and it's an abyss of complexity...
What would you say are your strengths?
Probably consistency, which has greatly improved, and also focus on finishing the race / minimum tires wear etc... rather than going as fast as I can.
What do you feel you need to work on the most to improve?
Getting faster, braking later, carrying more corner speed, exiting faster.
We will now announce Pascals team mate for 2015, returning to Pro after his 2014 campaign From the USA Cordell Cahill.
Cordell will not be here today for interviews.
Introducing Team Grey.
Presenting from Poland and new to our team Nikodem Wisniewski.
Nikodem, How much experience have you had with RF2?
It's quite funny, but I have participated in only three races in rF2. This year in FSR will be learning procees for me.
What about league experience?
I was driving in many leagues on rFactor. SimRacingOnline, SimRacingPro, Sim-Racing.org, simracing.pl, Racersleague, Racedepartment, Endurance-inside.fr. A most of them were endurance leagues, but I also drove in few Polish leagues with open-wheelers mods.
Open wheeler experience?
Quite small, but as I said - My simracing career is most associated with Endu races.
What stimulated your interest in FSR itself?
My mate brought me here.
How are you feeling about Pro?
I'm really excited to driving in FSR. I could driving in other series, but PRO will be appropriate for me in this- learning year
What are your expectations?
Although that will be my first season in FSR, also on rF2, my goal for this season is TOP3 in general
Will you get into the points?
Exactly for 25 points per race
Can you set up a car or will the team help in this area?
Of course, but I didn't comprehend everything in rF2 yet.
What about strategy?
I can say, that I never did something stupid in my race strategy, so I think everything's gonna be all right (haha, Bob Marley)
What would you say are your strengths?
If I say, that I'm calm - Kuba will burst out laughing.I think consistency, and big focus on main events, because I did my PB at qualifying many times.
What do you feel you need to work on the most to improve?
I need to improve my tyre wear and maybe fuel consumption a little bit.
Why ACR as a team?
Team gave me a chance, trusted me, and now I need to show everybody that I'm really fast guy.
Thank you Nikodem, big goals indeed for 2015!
Nothing said officially but I get the feeling that guy is fast.
We will now announce Nikodems team mate for 2015, returning to Pro after his 2014 campaign, from Japan, Yoichi Uehara
Yoichi will not be here today for interviews.
The Autumn sun is setting, casting long shadows over the beach. Kris Cobb the Team Principle takes the mike and starts the introductions.
Kris Cobb: We have an eclectic mix of talents amongst the four ACR Pro teams. The drivers all show promise and have been working very much as a team, supported by their engineering and test crew. Pro is a melting pot. We are excited about what will happen in Mellbourne and indeed for the whole of the 2015 season. Without further ado we will present the drivers and you can ask them questions.
Teams and Drivers.
ACR Engineering: Pascal Chapon and Cordell Cahill
ACR Team Gray: Nikodem Wisniewski and Yoichi Uehara
ACR Team Blue: David Cook and David O'Reilly
ACR Team Orange: Eugene Van Loggerenberg and Lionel Klue.
Handling the joint broadcast interviews is Martin O'Brundle. RD Journalist of the year.
We will start with "ACR Engineering".
Welcome to French Driver Pascal Chapon. A test driver for 2014 who is now stepping up to Pro for 2015.
How much experience have you had with RF2?
About 2.5 years, though I really began to use it (almost) exclusively about 18 months ago before meeting Kris on RD forum.
League experience?
None, ACR team is my very first -and most likely the last- simracing team
Open wheeler experience?
Well, none IRL, but I was already a fan of Crammond's "Grand Prix" games 20+ years ago, and open wheelers --F1 in particular- have always been my favorite challenge in simracing. I began my "serious simracer career" last year, just after the start of FSR 2014 season as ACR reserve driver, on a not-that-steep learning curve...
What stimulated your interest in FSR itself?
Obviously the highly technical and competitive level of the field.
How are you feeling about moving from test to Pro Race driver?
I feel really great in the team, and I think that this year I should be able to do many more things regarding setups, testing them, tweaking them, etc... and so to be of more use to the team than last year. Besides, it's a real pleasure to benefit from the experience of better drivers, it would have taken me several years to learn all that I learned at your side in the last 8/9 months.
How are you feeling about racing in Pro? / What would be your expectations? / Will you get into the points?
From where I stand, I saw Pro as my ultimate objective fornext year -getting competitive enough to be able to race in there one day for ACR team. I mean, to be on the grid this season, it is already a great deed in my point of view... And maybe picking a couple of points during the season, on a misunderstanding between faster drivers, you never know...
Can you set up a car or will the team help in this area?
Mostly yes and yes, in particular on suspensions, there's so much to get from them and it's an abyss of complexity...
What would you say are your strengths?
Probably consistency, which has greatly improved, and also focus on finishing the race / minimum tires wear etc... rather than going as fast as I can.
What do you feel you need to work on the most to improve?
Getting faster, braking later, carrying more corner speed, exiting faster.
We will now announce Pascals team mate for 2015, returning to Pro after his 2014 campaign From the USA Cordell Cahill.
Cordell will not be here today for interviews.
Introducing Team Grey.
Presenting from Poland and new to our team Nikodem Wisniewski.
Nikodem, How much experience have you had with RF2?
It's quite funny, but I have participated in only three races in rF2. This year in FSR will be learning procees for me.
What about league experience?
I was driving in many leagues on rFactor. SimRacingOnline, SimRacingPro, Sim-Racing.org, simracing.pl, Racersleague, Racedepartment, Endurance-inside.fr. A most of them were endurance leagues, but I also drove in few Polish leagues with open-wheelers mods.
Open wheeler experience?
Quite small, but as I said - My simracing career is most associated with Endu races.
What stimulated your interest in FSR itself?
My mate brought me here.
How are you feeling about Pro?
I'm really excited to driving in FSR. I could driving in other series, but PRO will be appropriate for me in this- learning year
What are your expectations?
Although that will be my first season in FSR, also on rF2, my goal for this season is TOP3 in general
Will you get into the points?
Exactly for 25 points per race
Can you set up a car or will the team help in this area?
Of course, but I didn't comprehend everything in rF2 yet.
What about strategy?
I can say, that I never did something stupid in my race strategy, so I think everything's gonna be all right (haha, Bob Marley)
What would you say are your strengths?
If I say, that I'm calm - Kuba will burst out laughing.I think consistency, and big focus on main events, because I did my PB at qualifying many times.
What do you feel you need to work on the most to improve?
I need to improve my tyre wear and maybe fuel consumption a little bit.
Why ACR as a team?
Team gave me a chance, trusted me, and now I need to show everybody that I'm really fast guy.
Thank you Nikodem, big goals indeed for 2015!
Nothing said officially but I get the feeling that guy is fast.
We will now announce Nikodems team mate for 2015, returning to Pro after his 2014 campaign, from Japan, Yoichi Uehara
Yoichi will not be here today for interviews.
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