Ben Crooks is our newest addition to TBR rFactor group

He is well known at TBR because he battled against Gregory Degreef for the final podium in the V8 Supercars Championship.

Ben is gonna race the LMP car at the 12 Hours of Le Mans at RD and after that also the new WTM Championship at RaceDepartment.

So ones again welcome to TBR Ben.

The second round the teams championship was held yesterday on the Curitiba Oval. Gregory Degreef snatched the pole and the point with a lap of 57.255 seconds.

Race 1 saw an incident filled race were Dariusz Swiderski emerged at the top of the podium. Wietse Visser finished second but recieved a penalty for overtaking while cutting and got classified 6th. Instead it was David Cuthill who came over the line in 2nd, followed by pole sitter Degreef.

Reigning champion Mikael Hellén came last in race one and therefore started on pole in race 2. He got off to a good start but after a mid race fight with Degreef he found him self in 7th and last again after the flag was waved. Andreas Löffler however could take his first win of the season with a brilliant drive. Swiderski came over the line in 2nd this time and was the driver who took most points from this round. Degreef finished once again in 3rd.

Official results round 2: Curitiba Oval
Pole: Gregory Degreef 0:57.255 1p

Race 1
Position/Name/Laps/Time/Points
1. Dariusz Swiderski 19L 18:31.904 10p
2. David Cuthill 19L +0:05.320 8p
3. Gregory Degreef 19L +0:08.713 6p
4. Andreas Hultgren 19L +0:11.832 5p
5. Andreas Löffler 19L +0:12.239 4p
6. Wietse Visser 19L +0:03.295 3p (+10 sec penalty)
7. Mikael Hellén 19L +0:15.937 2p

Race 2
Position/Name/Laps/Time/Points
1. Andreas Löffler 19L 18:23.924 10p
2. Dariusz Swiderski 19L +0:01.725 8p
3. Gregory Degreef 19L +0:10.575 6p
4. Wietse Visser 19L +0:11.396 5p
5. Andreas Hultgren 19L +0:14.680 4p
6. David Cuthill 19L +0:15.500 3p
7. Mikael Hellén 19L +0:19.02 2p

Official standings after round 2: Curitiba Oval
1. Gregory Degreef 29p 1w 1p
2. Andreas Löffler 27p 1w 1p
3. Andreas Hultgren 25p 1w
4. Dariusz Swiderski 23p 1w
-. David Cuthill 23p
6. Wietse Visser 8p
-. Kevin Ledoux 8p
8. Mikael Hellén 4p

The first round of the TBR 2010 Championship, the champinship where the team members go head to head with each other, was held at Donington and it National layout. Andreas Löffler stormed to pole to clinch the first point of the season but he would not be first over the line in race 1. Gregory Degreef wanted other things and after a race long battle between the two the beat his compatriot with .6 of a second.

Andreas Hultgre and David Cuthill was with the top group for a couple of laps but later dropped off and had their own battle that lasted for quite some laps. A mistake by DC in McLeans could see Hultgren pass and take the final spot on the podium.

After a fantastic first race the second one would have much to live up to and so it did. Right from the get go the drivers, all six of them, were in a mighty battle with sometimes four wide (!). Andreas Hultgren who could pass both Kevin Ledoux and DC had built up a gap of about a second to the chasing cars when disaster struck with 5 to go. Gregory made a little mistake in the Old Hairpin and Dariusz Swiderski had no were to go. Andreas Löffler also joined the crashfest and all of a sudden Hultgren were alone and could take it easy to the flag.

DC, who had tested the grip level in the gravel trap after a little mistake in Coppice, managed to get second while Gregory Degreef managed to get to grips with his damaged car to pass Kevin Ledoux on the last lap to score third.

Unofficial results round 1: Donington National
Pole: Andreas Löffler 1:19.899 1p

Race 1
Position/Name/Laps/Time/Points
1. Gregory Degreef 15L 20:21.299 10p
2. Andreas Löffler 15L +0:00.608 8p
3. Andreas Hultgren 15L +0:16.744 6p
4. Dariusz Swiderski 15L +0:18.116 5p
5. David Cuthill 15L +0:20.782 4p
6. Kevin Ledoux 15L +0:22.682 3p

Race 2
Position/Name/Laps/Time/Points
1. Andreas Hultgren 15L +20:37.407 10p
2. David Cuthill 15L +0:5.746 8p
3. Gregory Degreef 15L 0:18.075 6p
4. Kevin Ledoux 15L +0:18.887 5p
5. Andreas Löffler 15L +0:23.561 4p
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6. Dariusz Swiderski 11L +4 laps (suspension)

Unofficial standings after round 1: Donington National
1. Gregory Degreef 16p 1w
-. Andreas Hultgren 16p 1w
3. Andreas Löffler 13p 1p
4. David Cuthill 12p
5. Kevin Ledoux 8p
6. Dariusz Swiderski 5p

TBR lacked a bit of form when the Simracing Team Challenge headed to the twisty Sugo circuit, Japan. After a great start to the season and a third place in the standings going into the event, Andreas Löffler and Mikael Hellén took on the Corvette this time. But it was a difficult task.

Mikael started in 14th and over the line he was 11th. But it could have been a top 10 for the Swede had he not got punted of the track at a late stage of the race while being 9th. Andreas also had a tough race after starting in the position just behind Mikael. He came over the line in 13th.

Despite the relativly bad result the team clings on to that 3rd place in the standings but lost to the two teams infront, DMSv and RPM. RPM took their first win of the season with Marcin Skrzypczak behind the wheels. His teammate Rami Kaukola made it a 1-4 for that team and is now trailing DMSv by only eight points.

Results
Standings

The team had a great second race in the RD Camaro Cup Championship. The race was held at the fast Old Ring Park and the drivers were somewhat sceptic about their chances this time but they proved everyone wrong.

Andreas Löffler put his Camaro on the pole for a second time in a row but this time he also managed to take home the win despite having a close battle with RPM’s Cristopher Aponte in the first half of the race. Gregory Degreef continued his great pace and finished 2nd after starting 4th, making it a one-two for the Rebels!

Andreas Hultgren had a much better race then he expected and finished in a fine 6th while David García in the last Rebel Camaro finished 13th.

Results

Round one of the RDCCC was held this week and it was a good race for the Rebels.

Gregory Degreef finished highest of the teams drivers with a fine 2nd behind the winner Ben Tusting of Black Visor Motorsport. Degreef lost his splitter early on and was after that never in contention to fight for the win. Andreas Löffler started from pole but he suffered a drive through during the race and also had to pit an extra time. This lead him to finish in 9th. Andreas Hultgren were the 3rd and last Rebel in the race and after qualifying way down the order he eventually finished 13th.

Spaniard Edgar Herrero has joined the team. The youngster started simracing in 2006 and will be a boost for the team. To read more about him go to his driver page.

TBR has grown a bit more the last few days as three new drivers will drive for the team in 2010.

Jaime Blewitt, a 26 years old englishman, joins the team with an impressive reumse. Also Kevin Ledoux, 24, joins. The frenchman has recently been driving for FlatOut racing inthe Simracing Team Challenge. The latest addition is Dariusz Swiderski.

The team welcomes all of them and is hoping for an even stronger 2010.

The last race of the STC season was held last Thursday and the team had a really good run going with Wietse Visser and Ivo Simons behind the wheels of the teams Ferraris.

But as usual this season the results were not on the teams side as Visser, who was fighting for a top 8 finish, had big contact with the wall and later caught fire and couldn’t finish the race. Simons managed to bring his car over the line in 13th. DHR SimCraft took a 1-2 and took the championship for the second time in a row.

Overall the season has been a disapointment with results outside the top 10 on more occations then the team had hoped for. Next season can only go better.

Race reults
Final standings

The team had despite some problems a great weekend in the RDSTL as the series headed to Istanbul.

Gregory Degreef had the best day of them all as he finished in an amazing 2nd but it was a close call as he only had .2 litres of fuel left. His teammate Mehmet Arslan came hom in a fine position too as he finished 7th. Andreas Löffler was the only driver of the day in the TBR1 team as Mikael Hellén had PC trouble. Löffler made it home in a fin 5th.

In the second division things looked worse though as Clive Siggs were the only Rebel there but he had to park his car after only 5 laps.