rFactor 2 Round 3 Ascari Ronda - Sun Nov 2, 2025

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Circuito Ascari background:

The Circuito Ascari resort is a private motorsports club for automotive enthusiasts and manufacturers with a 5.425 km (3.371 mi) long motor racing circuit near Ronda, a city in the Spanish Province of Málaga. It was founded, designed, and built by Dutchman Klaas Zwart, a racing enthusiast and owner of Ascari Cars; the track was completed in 2003. In 2022, Zwart sold the facility to two companies in Switzerland and Argentina.

History

Aerial view of the track at Ascari; the south sub-circuit is on the left side
After making his fortune in the oil industry, Zwart participated in various racing events, including the British GT where he finished third in 1995 and EuroBOSS, where he was champion in 2003, 2006, and 2007; he purchased the Ascari Cars marque in 1999 and began considering where he and others could drive their supercars safely away from road traffic, which led him to purchase land near Ronda, in the southern part of Spain. Construction of the track began in 2000, and Zwart designed the track to conform with the existing contours of the site. It was completed in 2003. Final cost was estimated at €40 million. The site was formerly used as a sheep farm.

After building the track, Zwart opened up membership to 500 wealthy motorsports enthusiasts, including Martin Brundle, Christian Danner, Jay Kay, and Dolph Lundgren.
In March 2022, CEO Jesús Gijón confirmed that two companies, one from Switzerland and one from Argentina, had purchased the Ascari site from Zwart. The new owners expressed concern that nearby proposed photovoltaic energy developments could cause "irreparable damage for the landscape and environment in the area".

Design
The site is approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) from Ronda, the nearest town, located between the hills and a military training base, so noise is not an issue. Because of its location, it is favoured by European car manufacturers for product launches.


Ascari clubhouse
In addition to the track, the clubhouse features a complete restaurant and pool reminiscent of a Spanish villa.


"Daytona" curve at Ascari (2018)
Many of the full circuit's 26 curves are deliberately reminiscent of famous turns at other tracks around the world. The track is 12.2 m (40 ft) wide, featuring ascending and descending grades of up to 12%, and banked turns of up to 18%. Visitors may choose to rent a car at the track, ranging from race-prepared regular production sports cars to ex-Formula 1 racing machines.

Lap times
Klaas Zwart set the overall record of 1:38.46 in an ex-F1 Jaguar R5 (2004) in 2019. Pål Pettersen Berg set the record for roadgoing vehicles in 2020 at 2:14.078 in a Porsche 911 GT2 RS (991.2).

In popular media
Sony Computer Entertainment used Ronda and the Ascari resort to launch their racing video game Gran Turismo 6 in 2013. It is a playable track in the game.


Ellfolk Racing Porsche 991 GT3 RS Mk I onboard video Ascari Race Resort, GT3RS, 02:21.403

Radical SR3RSX Race Ascari

 

RACE WEATHER

 

This track is a driver's delight ...

 

Hi Dimitar,
Try this link Ascari Ronda.

 

CHICANE CUTTING PROTOCOL

The chicanes give a cut track penalty if cut too much. Going over the concrete patches in the chicanes is considered part of the race track in my opinion. The detection lines for cutting are a bit far from the apex, but they are there.
You can take as much liberty as the track will give you, but there is a detection where you will get a warning.

 

Nah, where is your sense of adventure?
Life's too short to play it safe LOL! Besides, we have some good punting rules in place. The consequences are too big to punt slower cars.

 

HEADS UP CORNER MARKERS

I missed a detail when testing this track:
All the corner markers are made out of concrete and are solid. If you hit one, it's like a wall. Be aware of that.

 

In preparation for the broadcast, while driving the Porsche, I just now realized they have no mirrors? lol wtf .. Is this how it was IRL? Without the rF2 V-Mirrors, there's no way to see what's coming from behind ..

 

Ed! With all due respect YOUR LEADING THE CLASS 2 CHAMPIONSHIP!!! lol you have a 12 point lead over 2nd ..
Let's GO'

 

I'm always driving with the virtual mirror, so no biggie for me. \o/

 

DRIVERS BRIEFING

1. All 6 events of this series will be broadcast
Broadcasters: Rob Milliken & Neil Wood


2. ASCARI RONDA Conditions
1) The race will start at 02:00 PM (in-game time of course).
2) Time acceleration is normal. Fuel = normal, tyres = x 3.
3) Cut Track points are set to 6
4) 100% damage
5) This event has a formation lap. The pole sitters can start racing coming out of the last corner.
6) Qualification is NOT set to "private". We go out all together at the same time for 15 minutes.
7) The weather is completely dry.
8) See the "DISCO PROCEDURE".
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE A HEADSET CONNECTED TO TEAM SPEAK, WITH OR WITHOUT A MIC.
WHILE ON THE SERVER, WE WILL ALL GO TO THE "RFACTOR2" ROOM ON TEAM SPEAK FOR THE RACE BRIEFING DURING WARMUP TO RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS.
9. PUNTING:
- If you punt a driver, you have to stop and give the track position back.
- If you are not able to give the track position back, you have to do a pitlane drive-through.
- if you do not give the position back or do a drive-through, you will go 3 positions down in the end result after the race.
- Drivers who are punted can report to me, John van der Geest/admin, if the offender did none of the above.

3. The use of the Esc. key in Qualification
Use of the Esc key during Qualifying is the equivalent of stopping your car and getting out. This may be done only in your pit stall. There are very few exceptions to this rule. Here are the only two we will currently consider. These exceptions are subject to change at any time:
1. You run out of fuel in the pit lane before reaching your pit stall.
2. You sustain damage to your car as a result of another driver and cannot make it back to your pit stall. You must prove your qualifying session was wrecked by another driver and that you made an attempt to return to pit lane.

If you use the Esc key in any location other than your pit stall, your Qualifying session is over and you may not return to the track.

4. You can find the password for the race server on the Ascari Ronda event page.

5. Unregistering in time if you can't make it.

6. Please use the SAME NAME in the rFactor 2 game as on our SRO signup list or it won't match in our automated result processing.
You can change your name in the rFactor 2 "Profile" menu.

7. If you plan to PROTEST another driver, you have to wait 24 hours counting from the end of the race.
Any protest filed before that time will be viewed as not received. You can find the rules about submitting a protest here.

8. You can find the server by typing SRO or the track name. Add the server to your favourites so you can always find it.
If you can't find the server in the rFactor 2 server list, you can access this way:
1. click on this link: https://simracepackages.lima-city.de/rF2server/
2. scroll down to "SRO" (it's alphabetical)
3. choose the correct server and join with the password (see point 4 above)
4. the server will start automatically and will take you to the event




Last but not least ... SIMRACINGONLINE wishes you a great race!
And always remember that your fellow SRO members have also put in a lot of time practising for this race,
so please be careful and respectful with your buddies.

 

One of the reasons why I chose tracks like this (besides the fact that it challenges the driver) is that you need to have a totally different bag of skills to handle the traffic.

 

I'm changing class

I'm going over to the GT class for this event (and maybe the rest of the series) to increase the numbers in the GT class that is under-represented.