rFactor 2 Round 6 Bikernieki High Speed Ring - Wed Oct 19, 2022

ROUND 6 BIKERNIEKI HIGH-SPEED RING​

CIRCUIT OVERVIEW
Biķernieki is Latvia's only permanent motor racing circuit has been undergoing a revival in recent years, with track improvements and safety upgrades brought in part by the advent of its hosting of World Rallycross.
Flourishing once again as a hub of regional racing, the Biķernieki complex appears to have a bright future once more.
Motorsports are also not the only competitive actions hosted by Biķernieki. Year round runners, cyclists and rollerbladers enjoy the course, while in winter, the Biķernieki track becomes a cross-country skiing complex.

CIRCUIT HISTORY
The idea of first creating a track on the outskirts of the Latvian capital Rīga was first suggested in the 1950s. A temporary course around Meza Park was being used into the mid-'60s but even as this was in operation, the local car enthusiasts were planning a replacement. With the support of the Republican Federation of motorsport, between 1958 and 1961, motorcycle racers Eduard Kiope and Kārlis Ošiņš began a tour of other facilities across the Soviet Union to get a measure of what would be required to create a good circuit.

Returning to Rīga, they selected a site within Biķernieki forest on the outskirts of the city, partly due its proximity to the large population and partly for the role the surrounding forest would have in reducing noise nuisance. It was also felt that sections between the trees would help to reduce crosswinds which were dangerous for motorcycle racers.

A major motorsport complex is planned
In 1962, the track designers began their work under the direction of chief engineer Peteris Dzenis and with the support of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of the Latvian SSR. It was decided that the circuit would actually comprise two distinct layouts, with shared pit and paddock facilities. The 'Ring of Skill' (Meistarības Aplis in Latvian) would primarily be aimed at motorcycle racing, while the 'Speed Ring' (Ātruma Aplis) would be more suitable for car racing. The two elements could be joined together to create a larger 'Combined Ring' (Lielais Apvienotais Aplis), with corners of varying radiuses, without long straights but with some elevation changes which made the most of the topography of the forest. A fourth, short course, referred to as the Oval course (Ovāls) was also possible.

Design work was completed in January 1965 and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of the Republic formed a committee for the construction of the complex Biķernieki. In reality, much of the work was actually performed by volunteer enthusiasts, including drivers, members of the Central Motor Club and students of the Rīga Polytechnic Institute.

There were major difficulties to overcome. Considerable logging was required through the forest to create the path for the two circuits, while the area of the pits, paddock and associated kart circuit proved to be exceptionally marshy, thanks to a number of underground springs. Complete draining was required, with excavations down to seven metres then filled with huge amounts of sand. Nevertheless by the autumn of 1965 work to lay the asphalt on the 'Ring of Skill' began, with the final work to make it suitable for racing being completed in June 1966.


Seat TCR Cupra 2018 from 9 to 2 place in Bikernieki circuit

 

Drivers briefing

1. 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 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.

2. Bikernieki Conditions
1) The race will start at 02:00 PM (in-game time of course)
2) Time acceleration is normal. Fuel and Tires are set to normal.
3) Cut Track points are set to 7
4) This race has 100% damage
5) There is no mandatory pitstop
6) This event has a standing start

3. You can find the password for the race server on the Bikernieki event page.

4. You can find the server by first typing sro

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

6. No-shows (keeping the entry list real)
If a driver does not show without unregistering for that event or letting us know that he can't make it on the event forum, he will be removed from the series.
If he is no longer interested in the series, it's fine like it is.
If he forgot about the event, he can sign up for the series again.

(You don't have to unregister for the whole series. You can unregister only for the event you can't do.)

7. Please use the same name in the rFactor 2 game as on our signup list or it won't match in our automated result processing.

8. Last but not least ... SIMRACINGONLINE wishes you a great race!

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If you have questions, please ask them below.

 

Sorry guys no broadcast today & possibly next week as well, Duty calls as I have training at work next 2 weeks, and it's on Wednesdays so I need to go in 2 hrs early ...
I might make it next week depending on how the training goes but I will for sure be back for round 8!
Have fun in the forest!

 

Euh ... looking forward to the Bikernieki stream !!!