“The most competitive class was GTE because it was the category with the most applications,” he said. Gomis said each class brought some interesting challenges for teams. Along with the Audi R18 etron quattro and Porsche 919 Hybrid P1 cars, they opted to include the Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 car and the Ferrari 488 and Porsche 911 GTEs. One feature that set the series apart from many others on iRacing was its choice of cars. The six-race championship included four six-hour races and two eight-hour enduros. After a pre-season race last June to help set the grid, high demand for the remaining slots overflowed onto a waiting list for the 55 entries in CVR’s first season. “Professional regulations in private championships did not exist,” added Gomis, so “we thought this was very important to get teams in our first edition.” CVR tackled Spa under the lights in season 1. “The CVR project began in March 2018 when two teammates and I decided to create a Spanish endurance championship, because we didn’t have one,” said Gomis.įrom there, the three teammates spent three months crafting the regulations, both to make their new series more organized and to help attract the country’s top teams. The Spanish-based championship finished its inaugural season in February, and while it’s one of iRacing’s newest endurance leagues, it caught the attention of the NEO organizers and paved the way for this collaboration.ĬVR’s Chief Executive Officer Carlos Gomis said he’s amazed at how far the league has come from its humble beginnings. Next season’s NEO Endurance Series finale will have an added international flair thanks to the latest league partnership announced today with the Campeonato Virtual de Resistencia, or CVR.
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