Race Results & reports
Race 1
Points table
Round 1 - Gotham Park - 28/1/25
1st - Adrian Gray
2nd - Mal O'May
3rd - Callan Thomas
1st - Adrian Gray
2nd - Mal O'May
3rd - Callan Thomas
Porsche Cup - Round 1 (January)
After the highly successful introduction in 2024 of the Revoslot Porsche GT2 as the default model for the Porsche Cup, it was therefore quite interesting to see a push coming from some parts to once again change the model involved. So what, we asked, could we look forward to in such a proposal? It would take something even more developed than the well-made, beautifully presented & balanced Revoslot models to push this out of the Porsche Cup for 2025…..
Well……this the promoted model in question…..the Scalextric 911 Carrera 3.0 RSR.
So, Revoslot GT2s it was again then and it was onto the first round of the new yearly series.
There were some drivers though who had been busy in the off season (of a month) and exciting new liveries appeared on the grid with both Callan & Schoee bringing out lovely new models to bring to the fray. Sadly, for the majority of the field, Adrian Gray elected to just run the same old car, with having done basically no work on it in 4 weeks. So, of course, this being the runaway series winner last year, things did not bode well for the rest of the field in round 1.
What was interesting though, was seeing the overall results (Laps & times) of many drivers far exceed the laps & times set in the last round run at the same venue last year, which was Septembers round.
The winning driver on that day (Phil) set a total of 107 laps, which was equalled by Adrian & Callan.
In round 1 of 2025, 107 laps ……would have been good enough for 6th !
Wow,
Here’s a screenshot of the comparable track round last year & the improvements are quite staggering. Allowing for a couple of new cars in the mix, even drivers using the same cars now are showing 2, 3 even up to 6 laps improvement in 4 months.
After the highly successful introduction in 2024 of the Revoslot Porsche GT2 as the default model for the Porsche Cup, it was therefore quite interesting to see a push coming from some parts to once again change the model involved. So what, we asked, could we look forward to in such a proposal? It would take something even more developed than the well-made, beautifully presented & balanced Revoslot models to push this out of the Porsche Cup for 2025…..
Well……this the promoted model in question…..the Scalextric 911 Carrera 3.0 RSR.
So, Revoslot GT2s it was again then and it was onto the first round of the new yearly series.
There were some drivers though who had been busy in the off season (of a month) and exciting new liveries appeared on the grid with both Callan & Schoee bringing out lovely new models to bring to the fray. Sadly, for the majority of the field, Adrian Gray elected to just run the same old car, with having done basically no work on it in 4 weeks. So, of course, this being the runaway series winner last year, things did not bode well for the rest of the field in round 1.
What was interesting though, was seeing the overall results (Laps & times) of many drivers far exceed the laps & times set in the last round run at the same venue last year, which was Septembers round.
The winning driver on that day (Phil) set a total of 107 laps, which was equalled by Adrian & Callan.
In round 1 of 2025, 107 laps ……would have been good enough for 6th !
Wow,
Here’s a screenshot of the comparable track round last year & the improvements are quite staggering. Allowing for a couple of new cars in the mix, even drivers using the same cars now are showing 2, 3 even up to 6 laps improvement in 4 months.
It took a whopping 111 laps this year to take out the win, and it was Adrian who did it of course showing that while he’s using the same car, he’s certainly not standing still on improving his pace. 1 lap back, and with 6 laps improvement from last September, was the writer on 110 laps, just managing to keep ahead of the new entry from Callan this year who took out 3rd on 109 laps after 1 body mount screw issue. So, allowing for this, there’s much improvement to come on his part as well. His new vehicle certainly has the pace the old Pink Pig was lacking.
Phil Kalbfell improved by 1 lap from his round winning total of last year, but this time his 108 laps was only good enough for 4th, and his total was shared with Schoee (5th) who debuted another new car with great success.
Bruce’s 106 lap total was one of the few who didn’t change his lap total at all from September, and this proved costly as his 6th place finish in 2025 was down on his 4th last year.
DB was next in line on 104, and a solid 7th, ahead of Rhys in the even noisier (if that’s possible) autumnal coloured livery on 103 laps & 8th place.
JB showed some good pace early, and his 102 laps was good enough for 9th, with Scott re-learning the track on his way to 10th place on 98 laps.
In 11th, Dave Gray was also on the pace on 94 laps, some 6 laps clear of Ben in 12th (88) & Tom in 13th on 86 laps for the night. Rob suffered from a dreaded lead wire issue, and this unluckily affected an otherwise good start. His total of 81 laps saw him finish 14th.
All very good signs for an even faster & more competitive Porsche Cup for 2025, and if this round is anything to go by, no driver can afford to be sitting on their laurels form last year. Improvement is a must to stay in the hunt !