Pre-Season Testing has officially launched and the first four days of testing have gone underway. With that being said, times are up on the board and the competition is looking more fierce than ever before. The first day consisted of all the drivers acclimatising to the track, doing long heavy fuel runs on the hard compound tyre. All the drivers struggling to begin with, tweaking around with the setups of their cars, but everyone managed to find their comfort zone very quickly. Ferrari driver and STSF1 rookie RGF321 was one of the first to set a time on the medium compound on a basic 7 lap run, being one of the first to scrape into the 1:23.x's, As the drivers got more comfortable with the track and setups, they began doing qualifying simulation runs, with both Renault drivers (STSF1 Alonso14 and CS Akihiro) hitting the top very early on with 1:22.x's on the soft compound. All drivers began improving drastically over time and the reigning champion TheFlyingFinn08 (McLaren) managed to get into the fast 1:21.x's. CS Akihiro was +0.4s off, having decided not to run on the last day at Barcelona. The mid-low pack are all very close being within tenths of each other, creating a lot of speculation ahead of what could be a very exciting season. Updated Driver RosterA couple of changes have been made since last month's news blog regarding driver and team updates in STSF1. However, recently there have been quite a few changes with new drivers quickly becoming interested in competing. STSF1 Wehrlein is now partnered by RGF321, a rookie driver who has never competing in league racing but has plenty of track experience in the real world and a lot of simulation experience too. The Scuderia driver has been looking very comfortable in pre-season and with that comes high expectations for the man in red. FCGOscar picks up where the current champ, TheFlyingFinn08, left off at Mercedes. Another driver with a bit of experience who's looking relatively competitive as a potential front runner in our current grid in pre-season testing. He'll be looking to pick up some good points in the early part of the season and make an impression from the get go. x Zexyyy shall now be paired up with another rookie driver to join STSF1 by the name of JIM rPg45, who has been struggling a little bit with the banned assists in pre-season testing. It's about the long game for him as he learns more about the car and carries on improving his consistency and getting comfortable with the gruelling challenge of driving an F1 car with no assists whatsoever. jgroves1996 has made his return and now has a teammate in Iron Weasel 54. With the help of his experienced teammate, these two will surely be hot contenders in the Constructors' Championship, especially with jgroves1996 already proving his pace in pre-season so far. The grid had better watch out! RDD Renard joins the league with Sahara Force India, he would be partnered with Fisichella09 who joined last month, however he left due to unforeseen circumstances. iTomSmiith, an experienced league racer who formerly drove in XFOC back in 2013-2014 is back and will be driving alongside STSF1 Alonsloth for the 2016 season. The Red Bull driver hasn't yet tested the car, but knowing his success in the past he could become one of the front runners in time.
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With F1™ 2016 game closing in (August 19th 2016) STSF1 begins preparation for it's second season in succession. A lot of work goes on behind the scenes regarding changes to the rules & regulations, race procedure, and overall structure of the racing league. Aside all the technical stuff however, we have an update of the drivers & teams heading into the next season. The drivers picked their teams based on the Drivers/Constructors standings from the previous season. With TheFlyingFinn08 as the current champion, he takes first choice and the order descends from there. The champion made his move from Mercedes to McLaren-Honda heading into Season 2 of STSF1, finding new motivation he would like to potentially bring the team back as one of the front runners of the grid. As the first man to step into the team, he has the privilege of deciding who he would like to take on as a teammate. He brings with him former Ferrari driver ii aM TooLeY x to partner him at McLaren. Since MikeMarshmellow departed from STSF1, CS Akihiro was next in line to decide where to go for the next season. He made his move to the returning Renault Sport F1 Team from Enstone. Akihiro took STSF1 Alonso14 onboard to partner with him for the 2016 season. However, this was no surprise to the rest of the grid as their plans were already pretty clear before the end of last season. IRL Montoya showed a strong side to his race craft and one-lap pace towards the end of the season, he picks up where CS Akihiro left off at Scuderia Ferrari for the 2016 season. With a strong end to his season, he enters Season 2 with a lot of confidence in himself that he can keep the Scuderia near the top. Teammate is currently TBD. The dynamic duo of JackClays and F1 Addict 99 return with the all-new Haas F1 Team. JackClays' form picked up in the latter part of the first season driving for Williams, F1 Addict 99 will be looking to do much better than he did last season as he didn't quite achieve the overall result that he wanted. However, with these two being two of the most dedicated in the league, they will be high expectations for them returning to STSF1. The F1 Sloth makes his move to the Red Bull Racing team with their Renault-powered TAG-Heuer branded engines. Teammate is currently TBD. x Zexyy returns with the Williams Martini Racing team for STSF1 2016. Teammate is currently TBD. jgroves1996 makes his return with Manor Racing F1 Team after retiring in the early stages of STSF1 Season 1 due to connection problems. He hopes to come back with a bang and provide some exciting racing at the front of the grid in the forthcoming STSF1 season! Last but not least, we have rookie driver Fisichella09 racing for the Sahara Force India F1 Team making his debut in STSF1 Season 2. Another driver which will hopefully deliver the hype! With more drivers to be confirmed for next season, our driver roster updates aren't over, so expect another update nearer to the release!
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