Formula Z Finishes With a Flourish

COURLAND BARRACKS, GOTZBORG - Motorsports fans were awed when members of the Gotzborg Royal Family attended the final Formula Z race last Sunday (5th), and then presented the end-of-season prizes afterwards. King August Charles II raided the family silver to hand over some glittering trophies to the first Formula Z World Champion Driver, Trevon Andarosel, as well as series co-organiser and race winner Iain de Vembria, and the World Champion Team, Knightrider Racing.

In his acceptance speech, Andarosel broke down in tears as he thanked "my team, the organisation committee of Formula Z and the MML, the nations who hosted the tracks,... my pet sandworm, my parents and other family, the university for wasting their bandwidth, the guys who developed HTML, PHP and MySQL, Brattain and Bardeen for building the first transistor, James Maxwell for developing the electromagnetic theory, and, finally, Extreme007 for not discovering how to win races before halfway through the season."

Formula Z is a motorracing simulation that was launched in the wake of the growing success of other micronational sports, particularly association football, and has achieved a remarkably consistently high level of participation for each race. Charles II said of it: "Formula Z is an enjoyable respite from stuffy government offices, heated debates, and diplomatic activities. It is an engagement in which people from all over micronations come together to challenge others, themselves and participate in something that is fun."

Races were held in seven micronations in this year: Attera, Aerlig, Babkha, Prya, Istvanistan, S.O. Treesia and Gotzborg.

Formula Z Roars Into Aerlig!

The second race of Formula Z's inaugural season took place in this morning's summer sunshine by the Bay of Ersenil. The tight and twisty nature of the track proved a challenge for all the drivers and teams, but the finish saw Knightrider Racing and its two drivers, Eoin (Sexy Helmet) Dornan and Iain de Vembria, take a decisive lead in teams' championship, while Trevon Anderosel of Nanite Racing heads the Drivers' Championship.

Meanwhile a Steward's Enquiry into the first race in Attera has uncovered a technical problem which resulted in the misreporting of lap positions. The results for that race have been recalculated and republished, and have also been incorporated in the cumulative leaderboards shown below.

The official results are as follows:

Race Results - Aerlig
(Race Points - Driver - Team)

51 - Trevon Andarosel - Nanite Racing
43 - Iain de Vembria - Knightrider Racing
43 - Eoin "Sexy Helmet" Dornan - Knightrider Racing
43 - Ardashir Khan Osmani - Osman-Almagro
39 - Ras Noseworthy - Team Attera
39 - Eddy Tarantino - Brascino
37 - King Samuel - Navigators
34 - Arpad Orenko - Cyva Racing Team
33 - Spetzjoe - Nanite Racing
32 - Victor Alont - Cyva Racing Team
32 - extreme007 - Xtremes
31 - Mattlore Devious - reNaUT
30 - Amir Shervanis - Osman-Almagro

Drivers' Championship Leaderboard (after two races)
(Cumulative Race Points - Driver)

93 - Trevon Andarosel
83 - Iain de Vembria
82 - Eoin "Sexy Helmet" Dornan
79 - Ras Noseworthy
79 - Eddy Tarantino
76 - Arpad Orenko
76 - extreme007
75 - Ardashir Khan Osmani
74 - King Samuel
73 - Mattlore Devious
67 - Victor Alont
67 - Amir Shervanis
33 - Spetzjoe

Team's Championship Leaderboard (after two races)
(Cumulative Race Points - Team)

165 - Knightrider Racing
143 - Cyva Racing Team
142 - Osman-Almagro
126 - Nanite Racing
79 - Team Attera
79 - Brascino
76 - Navigators
76 - Xtremes
73 - reNaUT

Related Links:
Steward's Enquiry into the Atteran results
Ersenil Race Track website
Formula Z Website