Coming off the heels of a fantastic season of racing in 2020, and with one announcement already done, the FRL is pleased to announce further plans for racing in 2021. Beginning in February the FRL will run a 7 event spec series throughout this spring. The car chosen for this series will be the 2018 Audi Sport RS3 LMS, available in Forza Motorsport 7. This staple of TCR series around the world is a fun and responsive race whip that should foment some great racing for the league.
Events will be held in two stages. There will be a single qualifying event to set the initial grid for the Bathurst race only. Afterwards, the starting grid for Heat 1 will be based on the previous event's finishing order. The grid for Heat 2 will be a reverse grid based on the finishing order of Heat 1. Finishing orders will be determined by taking an average of a driver's finishes in the two heats. Points will be awarded as in previous series (points based on the Indy Car Championship model).
Rules for car setup will be quite simple. At purchase, the car is rated at S-716, drivers will need to make one upgrade to the vehicle, the addition of race brakes will be mandatory. That's it, everything else about the car will be "as is". Tuning will be at the discretion of the driver. Use of general lobby tunes will not be allowed as the upgrade parts cannot be easily verified (use of a fellow FRL drivers tune will be allowed but may be subject to FRL scrutineering).
With race brakes added the final P.I. rating will be S-719. Wheel replacement for weight shaving or aesthetics will NOT be allowed. Also, for this series, we will be eliminating "manual w/clutch" shifting from these races. All drivers will be using manual (or automatic if desired). This is being done to bring the field to as close to spec as possible.
We hope all FRL drivers will join in on this world encompassing TCR series, starting with a monster event at the famed Bathurst circuit on February 7th!
2021 Spring Series - TCR Spec: Audi Sport RS3 LMS
February 7th - Bathurst - 9 laps*
February 21st - Suzuka (West Alt Circuit) - 13 laps*
March 14th - Dubai (Mtn. Circuit Reverse) - 11 laps*
March 21st - Prague Full - 10 laps*
April 4th - Alps (Club - Reverse) - 15 laps*
April 18th - Rio (Full Circuit Reverse) - 8 laps*
May 2nd - Sonoma (GP Circuit) - 12 laps*
*per heat
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