RCI World Tour 2021 - Round 4: 8-Hours of Monza - Race Programme

Whilst the Pro Class is expected to draw most of the attention throughout the Championship, there is little reason
to dismiss the Silver Class, despite its title, this field is full of drivers that are more than qualified to race in the Pro
Class under normal circumstances, but were just short of the mark this time around. Let’s run through them then!
For starters, we have a Team which has been around the
blocks more times than even they can remember. The
Triple R (#333 McLaren) Team take to the World Tour with
their eyes on the prize of becoming the World Tour Silver
Class Champions.
Their line-up consists of fan favourite Billy Octane, RCI
Admin Harry Conway, Ismael Labrecque & RCI Steward
Mia Swensen. Whilst they don’t hold any podiums to their
name within RCI Endurance Races, Triple R has seen
plenty of success within RCI’s regular Championships,
with Harry Conway as the reigning Night Owl Champion.
Joining them in Silver Class field is the Connection Lost
Racing (#404 Ferrari) Team. As a Team, Connection Lost
Racing have had mixed success in RCI’s Endurance Races.
Having made an appearance in all 6 RCI Endurance Races
so far they finished on the podium twice, however, both
of those podiums came within the GT4 Class.
Bart Matyja leads the line-up with Ondrej Dedecek, Peter
Roche & Martin Lorenc rounding out their entry. They’ll
be hoping that this Championship will be their best
chance to snatch that elusive RCI Endurance Race win.
Not to be outdone though, the GC Racing Team will also
be aiming to claim their first RCI Endurance Race win
throughout the World Tour. The closest they’ve come to
the podium in an RCI Endurance Race was in the 3-Hours
of Nurburgring where they finished 5th.
But this time, things are different, because GC Racing has
brought 2 Teams to this Championship, and they plan
don’t plan on playing nice. The GC Racing #1 (#411 BMW)
is headed by Martin Schumacher, Marco Ripper & Stefan
Zero. Meanwhile, the GC Racing #2 (#514 Lexus) is
piloted by Tobias Geider, Stephan Qui, Christian Bock &
David Migzorn. It’s all or nothing for GC Racing.
They aren’t the only Team fielding 2 entries though, as
the Buttler-Pal Motorsport Team have also got 2 Teams
competing for the title of Silver Class Champion.
Their first entry, the Buttler-Pal Motorsport #555 (#555
McLaren) is under the supervision of SRO Esports driver
Nicolas Hillebrand, he’ll be joined by SimGrids very own
Luke Rogers, Nicky Hays & Aamir Thacker.
Their second entry, the Buttler-Pal Motorsport #556 (#556
Aston Martin) will be under the control of Aiden Browe,
Johannes Weiss, Alexander Biasizzo & Richard Schaefer.
Whilst some Teams are focused on fielding as many
entries as possible to get at least one of them on the top
step of the podium, other are more concerned about
fielding a single entry with all their available talent.
The OTL Racing (#21 McLaren) Team are the latter. Whilst
OTL themselves are mostly known for their community
racing across multiple sims, their ACC Team is nothing to
be ashamed of. Joe Le Coree, Kieran Sharp, Andrew Pike
& Jonathan Atkinson complete an impressive line-up for
OTL in their attempt to overthrow the established.
Another Team focused on fielding the best line-up they
can is the Pole Position Racing (#1 Porsche) Team. They
took Pole Position, oddly enough, for the 6-Hours of
Barcelona under the WeShite Team Name.
Both Nicolas Bosselet & Lukas Rommel were part of the
Team that finished 7th at the 6-Hours of Barcelona due
to a gridding error that forced them to start from the
pitlane. They’ll be joined by Cody Pryde & Wout Vervoort
to round out their line-up for the World Tour.
Not all Teams are fielding multiple line-ups within the
same class though, and the Open Visor Racing Club #777
(#777 McLaren) Team is a prime example. OVRC have
a Team competing within the Pro & Silver Class for the
World Tour to see if they stand a chance at claiming a
Double-Crown Championship.
The Silver Class OVRC Team is driven by Sebastien
Brunier, Tom Pottage, John Dalton & Thomas Olsen. With
their focus being split across multiple classes, it’ll be
interesting to track how both Teams perform.
OVRC aren’t alone in this effort though, as the Jardier
Community Team has also fielded a Silver Class car to
split their focus across multiple classes. The Jardier
Community Team 2 (#84 Aston Martin) is in the hands of
Mike Williams, Stuart Clarke, Alexander Secher & Nico
Laukkarinen. It’s looking tasty already in the Silver Class!
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