2014 Donington Monoposto Test Booking Form

20 March 2014 – Donington Park Testing

We are arranging 4 x 20 minute exclusive Monoposto sessions, two in the morning and two in the afternoon, with a sensible gap between each to allow time for fettling the car. This is a great way to start your season of Monoposto racing, and was very popular in 2013.

The test sessions are open to any car that complies with Monoposto Regs. Cars must be silenced to MSA requirements.

Drivers do not need to be members of the Monoposto Racing Club, but must have at least an MSA National B Race Licence. We do brief drivers to take a sensible, progressive, approach to the day; to avoid repeated stoppages with the consequent loss of track time while cars are recovered.

Entry costs are:

• Single car entry: One car & one driver for all four sessions for £165. Second driver in the same car: + £15
• Two car “paired” entry. If demand for testing places is high we will allow paired entries ie two cars & two drivers entering together sharing the four sessions between them for £180 ie 2 x 20 minute sessions for each car would cost £90 each. Please note:

The booking for the pair must be made on the same Booking Form, and paid for together.

Paired cars can be run in any order but only one car of the pair can participate in each session. Running both cars at once, or changing cars mid-session, is not allowed.

2014 Donington Monoposto Test Booking Form is now available.

Please let us know if you are interested in a Single or Paired entry (for Paired Entry ideally tell us who you plan to pair with)

Contact:

Simon Davey
Monoposto Racing Club
Administrator & Championship Co-ordinator

1 The Applegarth
Long Buckby
Northampton
NN6 7EQ

email: admin@monoposto.co.uk

Tel/Fax: 01327 843056
Mob: 07770 368648
Web: www.monoposto.co.uk

After several years without an increase, Club Membership Fees will rise in 2014 from £30 to £40.

The Registration Fee for the St Cross Electronics Mono Championship will remain at £95, and also will include free automatic Registration for the Tiedeman Trophy Mono Championship.

Competitors doing only Tiedeman Trophy races will pay a combined Guest Membership & Registration Fee of £20.

Guest Membership & Registration fees for the St Cross Electronics Championship will continue as in previous years.

We will now waive Registration fees for College Teams, as well as our existing waiver for New Drivers.

Guest drivers in both Championships will be eligible to score points, except those competing in the Invitation Class of the Tiedeman Trophy Mono Championship.

Membership and Registration Forms for 2014 will be available shortly

The main Monoposto Championship will continue with a similar format to previous years. 14 races at 7 major circuits, 12 to count. All rounds will be twin or double headers. We are very pleased to say that our popular Title Sponsor St Cross Electronics intends to again continue with us in 2014.

Following the very successful Tiedeman Trophy Series this year, the MSA have indicated that they will grant a Championship Permit for the Tiedeman Trophy Mono Championship in 2014. This is a very low cost, single grid, Autumn Monoposto Championship which will have 4 races at two double-header events in October 2014, after the main Mono Championship has ended. All Tiedeman Trophy races will count for Tiedeman Trophy Championship honours. The driver from any Class with the greatest number of points will be declared Champion and receive the Frank Tiedeman Trophy, plus £250 worth of free Mono entries in 2015.

We are again arranging a pre-season test at Donington Park.

This is planned for Thursday 20 March and will have 4 x 20 minute track sessions for Monoposto cars during the day.

This is excellent value for money and a great way to start your season.

2014 Donington Monoposto Test Booking Form

Monoposto Racing is thriving and the approach adopted by the Club to the Technical Regulations continues to be one of maintaining stability. Some changes are needed to keep our formula up to date, and to address specific issues. The key changes for 2014 are:

Mono2000 / 2000 Classic 

A regulation giving the Club the ability to limit the number of dry tyres used in Mono 2000 and Mono Classic 2000 to one set per meeting will be introduced. Number of wet tyres used remains free. Types of tyre used remain free. The Club hopes that all competitors will agree that “throwing tyres at the car” is not compatible with the strong but fair spirit of competition combined with low cost levels that Monoposto Racing seeks to achieve, and will therefore voluntarily avoid this practice. Otherwise the Club will implement the regulatory limit during the season; with appropriate monitoring, enforcement and penalties.

Mono 1800 / 1600 / MotoMono

Chassis eligibility dates for Mono 1800, Mono 1600, Mono Moto will move forward by one year as usual. Eligibility dates for other classes will be unchanged

Mono Ztec

The separate Mono Ztec class for “spec” FF1800 Zetec cars will be merged back into Mono 1800

Mono DTEC for Formula Ford Duratec cars

Mono Dtec Class will be introduced. Key features:

– Spec FF1600 Duratec cars

– Free tyres

– Minimum weight of car + driver: 500Kgs

Tiedeman Trophy

There will be separate Sporting & Technical Regulations for the Tiedeman Trophy Mono Championship. Technical Regulations will be identical to the main Championship except there will be provision for entries in an Invitation Class.

Draft Sporting and Technical Regulations

The Draft 2014 St Cross Electronics Mono Championship Sporting & Technical Regulations (Draft Version 3) are attached. These may be amended and are subject to review by the Championship Stewards and the MSA before they become Final. Changes from the 2013 Regulations are highlighted in grey

New for 2014 is a new class for Duratec engined Formula Fords.    Cars must comply with the Formula Ford Duratec regulations, with the only freedom being tyres.

More details, including regulations and provisional calendar will be published shortly.

The Monoposto Racing Club is pleased to publish it’s 2014 Season Preview.

The club hopes to build on the solid bedrock it has built over the past few years by providing cost effective and competitive motor racing on the most prestigious circuits around the UK and Europe, whilst maintaining a friendly and welcoming paddock atmosphere.

The major change for 2014 is the introduction of a class for ‘spec’ Formula Ford Duratec’s, finally giving them somewhere to race in the UK.

The provisional racing calendar will be published in the next fortnight, but the club will be visting the following circuits (in alphabetical order): Brands Hatch Indy, Brands Hatch GP, Castle Combe, Donington Park GP, Silverstone GP, Snetterton 300, Spa-Francorchamps (n/c), Truxton and others TBA.

At the end of the main championship season, there will be a new short Autumn Championship, the Tiedeman Trophy (named in honour of Monoposto’s founder, the late Frank Tiedeman).    This was trialled in 2013 with great success.

The preview is  available in low resolution and medium resolution formats.

Monoposto Preview 2014 (Medium Res) (PDF – 3.4Mb)

Monoposto Preview 2014 (Low Res) (PDF – 2.1Mb)

Saturday, 15th February 2014

Staverton Park
Staverton
Daventry
Northamptonshire
NN11 6JT

The Monoposto AGM & Annual Awards Dinner are being held on Saturday 15th February 2014 at a new venue: Staverton Park, just outside Daventry. The venue is readily accessible from Junction 16 of the M1.

As usual we will hold the AGM in the afternoon followed in the evening by the Awards Dinner; always a glittering occasion when a great deal of silverware is presented. Please do attend the Awards Dinner if you can as it’s an opportunity to meet your fellow Club Members & their Guests, and celebrate the season that’s just finished; as well to look forward to the new season in 2014.

The Awards Dinner Ticket Order form is attached; please complete this and return it to me. You should book rooms direct with the hotel, quoting the reference on the form. The venue is more up-market than in recent years so the cost of tickets has increased slightly, but we hope this will not prove to be a barrier. Last year we sold out of tickets so please do not leave it too long to reserve your places.

Please contact me if you need more information about the AGM or Awards Dinner.

Simon Davey
Monoposto Racing Club
Administrator & Championship Co-ordinator

1 The Applegarth
Long Buckby
Northampton
NN6 7EQ

Tel/Fax: 01327 843056
Mob: 07770 368648

AGM: All Welcome

• Coffee/Tea/Biscuits 2.00 pm
• AGM 2.30 pm
• Followed by Informal Discussion Forum

Dinner & Awards Presentation: Ticket Only

• Drinks 6.30 pm
• Evening Dinner 7.30 pm
• Awards Presentation 9.30 pm
• Disco 10.00 pm – 00.00 am

Tickets are £40.00 per head, please complete the attached form (click here to download the pdf).

Dress: Black Tie, or Lounge Suit for men.

Hotel Rooms
The room rate with bed and breakfast is:

• £69+VAT (single occupancy)
• £79+VAT (double occupancy)

Please make your room booking and room payment with the hotel directly, quoting: MONT 150213, Monoposto Racing  Club. Tel: (+44) 01327 302001

Web: http://www.deverevenues.co.uk/en/venues/staverton-park

The Hotel is holding rooms for the Club. Please note you must book your rooms by early January 2014 to be sure of being allocated one of these.

Issue 1 of the timetable has been published.   Could change…

Saturday:

Signing On: 08:00
Scrutineering: 08:30
Briefing: 09:15 (Tyrrells)
Qualifying: 09:55 – 10:15 (20 minutes)
Race 1: 12:05 -12:25 (20 minutes)
Race 2: 15:00-15:20 (20 minutes)

Sunday:

Qualifying: 10:00-10:20
Race 1: 12:15-12:35
Race 2: 15:00-15:20

Walter Hayes Trophy
All Comers Scratch Race for Open Wheel Cars
Silverstone National Circuit
Sunday 3^rd November 2013

The Walter Hayes Trophy meeting has a race suitable for Monoposto cars.     Entry fee is £ 209 for approx 40 minutes of racing, so not as good value as the MSVR Monoposto 300 BRDC Formula 4 support races the following weekend at Snetterton (£ 200 for 120 minutes – 2 quals, 4 races)

Qualifying: 15 minutes (09:50 – 10:05)
Race: 20 laps OR 25 minutes (14:10)

Entry Form

Note: This is not a Monoposto race, it is HSCC race run on behalf of Silverstone

Snetterton 300 – 9 & 10 November, supporting the BRDC Formula 4 Winter Series

The event is for any single seater car eligible for Monoposto racing, plus an invitation class for any single seater up to 2 litres capacity.  So almost any single seater under 2 litres will be eligible to compete.

Saturday 9 November
– 20 min Qualifying
– 2 x 20 min Races

Sunday 10 November
– 20 min Qualifying
– 2 x 20 min Races

Two hours of competitive track time, including four races, on the Snetterton 300 circuit for £200 only

For new members, there is no joining fee.   Entry includes free membership of MSVR.

Drivers can share an entry if they wish.

The Entry Form for the event can be downloaded here:- Entry form – MSVR Monoposto 300 entry form SN.

Please return your entry form direct to MSVR as soon as possible.

Please contact Simon Davey if you have any queries about the event, or the eligibility/class of your car.

Contact

Simon Davey, Administrator
Monoposto Racing Club
1 The Applegarth
Long Buckby
Northampton, NN6 7EQ

Tel/Fax: 01327 843 056
Mob: 07770 368 648

Email: admin@monoposto.co.uk
Web: www.monoposto.co.uk

Provisional Timetable #2

12.10.2013 – National circuit.  BARC

Sign On from 10am

Scrutineering from 10:15

Qualifying from 11:30 to 11:45

Lunch 12:50-13:35

Race 7 16:55

As ever timetable is provisional and could run ahead or behind schedule on the day.

Final Instructions

Timetable

Scruitineering 07:45am

Qualifying 09:25am (2nd session)
15 minutes

Race 01:40pm (1st session after lunch)
20 minutes

Entry List 

1 – Malcolm Scott
3 – David Cox
4 – Jim Blockley
7 – Geoff Fern
9 – Shane Kelly
10 – Dan Levy
15 – Len Turner
20 – Lee McCrumlish
22 – Alistair Bell
26 – Bryn Tootell
27 – James Rimmer
31 – Francis Phillips
32 – Terry Clark
33 – Craig Hurran
35 – Simon Lonnergan
41 – Simon Emmerson
43 – Lou Watts
57 – Eddie Guest
58 – Peter Bassill
70 – Joe Venor
74 – Chris Dittmann

The 2013 St. Cross Electronics Mono Championship is over.   The final championship tables are here in PDF Format.

2013 St.Cross Electronics Mono Championship Points Scores after Rnd 14

102 Drivers scored points in the 14 races…

On the Podium for each Championship Class:

Mono 2000

1st Robbie Watts
2nd Kevan McLurg
3rd Malcolm Scott

Mono Classic 2000

1st Ben Cater
2nd Daryl Jones
3rd Alistair Bell

Mono 1800

1st Paul Britten
2nd Peter Bassill
3rd John Whitbourn

Mono Ztec

1st Marcus Sheard
2nd Douglas McLay
3rd Matt Hayes

Mono 1600

1st Adrian Heath
2nd David Parkinson
3rd Eddie Guest

Mono Moto

1st Jason Timms
2nd Geoff Fern
3rd Adrian Wright

Mono SUNBAC Nova Awards

1st Daryl Jones
2nd Dave Gillett
3rd David Gambling

Many Congratulations to all these drivers. It’s been a very competitive Championship this year, and your success is certainly deserved.

Date for your diaries:

Monoposto Annual Awards Dinner & AGM, Saturday 15th February 2014

Come to this glittering occasion to celebrate this season, and look forward to 2014.

New venue: De Vere Venues Staverton Park Hotel, Daventry

More details and tickets soon

The Monoposto SUNBAC Nova Award continues in 2013, and the winning novice drivers will win some race entries for the 2014 season.

Daryl Jones wins the 2013 Award, with Dave Gillett taking the runner up spot.

Marcus Sheard won the 2011 award, and Luke Rosewell taking the prize in 2012.

Each eligible driver, ie one bearing the novice cross, accrues class points towards the SUNBAC Nova Award as per current Monoposto regulations.

This score is then multiplied by the number of class starters, and then divided by 10.