2018 Global Endurance Auto Racing Series

2018 Global Endurance Auto Racing Series
Date	March - November 2017
Category	Touring Cars
Region	Global
Rounds	6
Drivers	20
Teams	10
Drivers' Champion	Kyran Parkin
Teams' Champion	Kaibutsu Racing
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The 2018 Global Endurance Auto Racing Series (GEARS) is the fifth season of Realish Racing's endurance championship.

Format

The six rounds will feature five sessions:

• Free Practice - running throughout the week of the race beginning on the Monday evening.
• Final Practice - 60 minutes, all cars on track, beginning at 18:00.
• Qualifying - 30 minutes, all cars on track, no lap limit. Beginning at 19:00.
• Warmup - 5 minutes for setup finalisation, refuelling, and bathroom breaks, beginning at 19:30.
• Race - 120 minutes (2 hours) in length with a formation lap behind the safety car followed by a rolling start. Beginning at approximately 19:35.

Car Specifications

The 2018 GEARS season will run NGTC specification touring cars of four different manufacturers. Three front-wheel drive options and one rear-wheel drive option will be available.

BMW 125i Type Front engined, RWD Power 320 BHP Weight 1325kg

Chevrolet Cruze Type Front engined, FWD Power 320 BHP Weight 1325 kg

Ford Focus ST Type Front engined, FWD Power 320 BHP Weight 1325 kg

Toyota Avensis Type Front engined, FWD Power 320 BHP Weight 1325 kg

Entry List

Team Car No. Driver Rounds Entered Unified Petroleum Autosports Chevrolet Cruze 1 Kyran Parkin 1-6 14 Lazaros Filippakos 6 31 Matthew Wheeler 1-2 Cosmo Seiki Japan Toyota Avensis 2 REDIRECT Template:Marsh 1-2 74 Artur Borowski 5 aureus motorsport Toyota Avensis 10 Björn Golda 1-2, 6 23 Alex Odell 1-2, 5 Sgioba Alba BMW 125i 13 Neil Heatlie 1-3 27 David Carter 1-2 Smile Power Racing BMW 125i 14 Lazaros Filippakos 1-3, 5 62 Mike Bell 1-2 Kaibutsu Racing BMW 125i 35 Allie Ferrie 1-6 64 Campbell Wallis 1-6 Tropico Motorsports Toyota Avensis 36 Mark Singleton 1-6 91 James Lambert 2 Howler Racing Chevrolet Cruze 43 Rob Covey 1-6 Eiffel Power Motorsports BMW 125i 86 Craig Woollard 1-4, 6 314 April Carlsvard 1-4, 6 Team Penguin Ford Focus ST 101 William Walker 1-2 166 Chris Williamson 1-2, 4-6

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Calendar & Results

The calendar is as follows.

Round		Venue	Layout	Conditions	Race Length	Pole Position	Winner	Fastest Lap	Date
1	2018 GEARS 2 Stunden von Hockenheim	Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Grand Prix		120 Minutes	Mark Singleton Tropico Motorsports	David Carter Sgioba Alba	Kyran Parkin Unified Petroleum Autosports	Sunday 4th March 2018
2	2018 GEARS De 2 Uur van Zolder	Circuit Zolder Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	Grand Prix		120 Minutes	Kyran Parkin Unified Petroleum Autosports	Kyran Parkin Unified Petroleum Autosports	Kyran Parkin Unified Petroleum Autosports	Sunday 22nd April 2018
3	2018 GEARS La 2 Ore di Misano	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli Emilia-Romagna, Italy	Grand Prix		120 Minutes	Kyran Parkin Unified Petroleum Autosports	Mark Singleton Tropico Motorsports	Kyran Parkin Unified Petroleum Autosports	Sunday 24th June 2018
4	2018 GEARS 2 Hours of Lime Rock Park	Lime Rock Park Connecticut, United States	Grand Prix		120 Minutes	Kyran Parkin Unified Petroleum Autosports	Joe Nathan Valor Racing Team	Mark Singleton Tropico Motorsports	Sunday 29th July 2018
5	2018 GEARS 2 Hours of Zhuhai	Zhuhai International Circuit Guangdong, China	Grand Prix		120 Minutes	Kyran Parkin Unified Petroleum Autosports	Kyran Parkin Unified Petroleum Autosports	Allie Ferrie Kaibutsu Racing	Sunday 16th September 2018
6	2018 GEARS 2 Hours of Bathurst	Mount Panorama Circuit New South Wales, Australia	Grand Prix		120 Minutes	Kyran Parkin Unified Petroleum Autosports	April Carlsvard Eiffel Power Motorsports	Kyran Parkin Unified Petroleum Autosports	Sunday 4th November 2018

Championship Standings

Points

All drivers are eligible to score points in the Drivers Championship. The Drivers Champion will be the driver with the most points at the end of the season. There will be no dropped scores. If points totals are tied between 2 or more drivers, race result countback will determine the champion, followed by fastest total combined race time. To be classified, drivers need to complete 70% of the race distance when finishing, or 90% when DNF'ing.

The team with the highest combined points total from all of their drivers will win the Teams Championship.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
Points	20	15	12	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers

Pos Driver Team HOC ZOL MIS LRP ZHU BAT Total Points 1 Kyran Parkin Unified Petroleum Autosports 6 1 2 7 1 2 83 2 Allie Ferrie Kaibutsu Racing 3 2 5 2 2 5 73 3 April Carlsvard Eiffel Power Motorsports 2 6 3 5 1 62 4 Mark Singleton Tropico Motorsports 5 8 1 6 4 DNF 50 5 Campbell Wallis Kaibutsu Racing 10 9 DNF 3 5 7 33 6 David Carter Sgioba Alba 1 3 32 7 Chris Williamson Team Penguin 14 10 4 6 6 27 8 Lazaros Filippakos Unified Petroleum Autosports DNF 11 4 DNF 3 24 9 Alex Odell aureus motorsport DNF 4 3 22 10 Joe Nathan Valor Racing Team 1 20 11 Björn Golda aureus motorsport 11 5 4 20 12 Neil Heatlie Sgioba Alba 4 DNF 8 15 13 Craig Woollard Eiffel Power Motorsports 7 DNF 7 DNF DNF 12 14 Mike Bell Smile Power Racing 8 7 11 15 Rob Covey Howler Racing DNF 12 6 DNF DNF DNF 8 16 Artur Borowski Cosmo Seiki Japan 7 6 17 Matthew Wheeler Unified Petroleum Autosports 9 DNF 4 18 REDIRECT Template:Marsh Cosmo Seiki Japan 12 DNF 1 19 William Walker Team Penguin 13 13 0 20 James Lambert Tropico Motorsports DNF 0 Teams Pos Team No. HOC ZOL MIS LRP ZHU BAT Total Points 1 Kaibutsu Racing 35 3 2 5 2 2 5 106 64 10 9 DNF 3 5 7 2 Unified Petroleum Autosports 1 6 1 2 7 1 2 99 14 3 31 9 DNF 3 Eiffel Power Motorsports 86 7 DNF 7 DNF DNF 74 314 2 6 3 5 1 4 Tropico Motorsports 36 5 8 1 7 4 DNF 50 91 DNF 5 Sgioba Alba 13 4 DNF 8 47 27 1 3 6 aureus motorsport 10 11 5 4 42 23 DNF 4 3 7 Team Penguin 101 13 13 27 166 14 10 4 6 6 8 Smile Power Racing 14 DNF 11 4 DNF 23 62 8 7 10 Howler Racing 43 DNF 12 6 DNF DNF DNF 8 11 Cosmo Seiki Japan 2 12 DNF 1 Season Records Record Total Driver(s) Most Wins 2 Kyran Parkin 1 David Carter, Mark Singleton, Joe Nathan, April Carlsvard Most Podiums 4 Allie Ferrie, Kyran Parkin 3 April Carlsvard 2 David Carter 1 Mark Singleton, Campbell Wallis, Joe Nathan, Alex Odell, Lazaros Filippakos Most Pole Positions 5 Kyran Parkin 1 Mark Singleton Most Fastest Laps 4 Kyran Parkin 1 Mark Singleton, Allie Ferrie