The Buddh International Circuit in Uttar Pradesh plays host to the second round of the eVirtual season. After a great qualifying effort, rookie Urmo Kruuda starts on pole on the soft tyres, giving him a likely advantage off the start line compared to the Renault of Kiara Thunder, who is running the hard tyres and a 1 stop strategy. Others to watch out for at the start on the soft tyres are the K8ley’s, Arrow’s and Manziel’s, along with Hölzberg, Stefánsson and Addison. Meanwhile Thunder is joined on the hard compound by only Roberts and Oliversson, leaving the remaining half of the field running on Mediums.
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Fresh from the dramatic season opener at the Calder Park Thunderdome, the eVirtual field heads to India to continue the Asia-Pacific leg of the series. Jaguar and Porsche will look to continue their strong start to the 2023 season but with the series moving from an oval to a road course any one of the 14 other teams could be ready to take advantage of a different track type.
Race day dawns on Calder Park and there is an eager buzz around the Thunderdome, as the fans pile in to watch the season opener for the eVirtual season. Can Steven Kasami finally win his first race after 3 previous failed attempts from pole? Or will one of the chasing pack be able to hunt him down?
With pre-season testing in the rear view mirror, the 16 eVirtual teams have returned to the Calder Park Thunderdome for Round 1 of the championship. After setting up the garages and completing an untimed Friday practice session, the teams returned on Saturday for the first qualifying session of the year.
The final day of pre-season testing concluded with Zander Brynildsen and Arrow at the top of the times, setting the fastest time of the afternoon and the day as a whole, with Sebastien Vocquelin and the new SRT Opel team close behind.
The second and final day of eVirtual pre-season testing got underway on the Calder Park road course this morning, with Lada's Sam Hudson setting the best time ahead of FV race winner Maxi Thunstrom.
The afternoon session of the oval day of pre-season testing has concluded, with Jules Barclay topping the running for Porsche Mathershaw, backing up his team mates second place time from earlier on, though notably the speeds were much slower this afternoon.
Due to the close proximity of the start of the season, this year pre-season testing will take place at the venue of the first race of the season - Calder Park. On Wednesday, the cars will run on the oval, and on Thursday on the road cars. Drivers in lower numbered cars from each team take part in the AM session, and higher numbered cars from each team in the PM session.
The 2023 eVirtual season is nearly upon us, and Alex Tunnicliffe takes a look through what we could expect from the season ahead of pre-season testing.
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