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'''Marius van Wyk''' is a South African sim-racer who participated for [[Deltec Racing Team]] in the [[2014 World Sport Series season]].
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'''Rudolph Maré''' is a South African sim-racer who participated for [[Deltec Racing Team]] in the [[2015 Open Series]].  
He is also team manager for the [[Deltec Racing Team]] in 2014 & 2015.
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== Early Years ==
 
== Early Years ==
  
Marius started simracing in 2005 after buying a Logitech Wingman wheel. "''It was the best money ever spent!''"
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Rudolph Maré started simracing online early in 2014 on rFactor. But his journey with racing games started much earlier. There was the first Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix, the Need For Speed series, and then TOCA Race Driver, which inspired him to buy his first force feedback steering wheel. Colin MCrae Rally 3 and F1 Challenge '99-'02 were the other most played games during this time.
He went on to compete in 2006 in the FSR Pro75 (offline) World Series, where he finished second in the Series.
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''"I learned a lot to finish so high after only started 1 year with racing online with a steering wheel' i hope to improve more!'''
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Marius continued in FSR until 2008. During this time he founded Deltec Racing Team, named after his own PC computer business. Deltec Computers was the main sponsors at the time.  
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During 2006, Marius was approached by Armaroli Simulators in Brazil, to afford the opportunity to be seat holder for Team South Africa in the online ASRWC Series. Marius agreed immediately.
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A trip to London in 2005 heralded the end of Rudolph's PC gaming for another 7 years, until a new PC prompted him to dust off the trusty (and dusty) old Microsoft Sidewinder wheel. NFS Shift 2 kept his interest for a short while, but he wanted to return to the higher level of realism and immersion of testing sessions and full race weekends. Race 07 did the job for a while, and then he joined an F1 league on rFactor.
Together with drivers Zaahir Essa and Craig Hattingh, Team South Africa finished 2nd in the ASRWC Series.  
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2007 recorded the best result for Deltec Racing in FSR with a 4th and 8th place season finish. Hendrich van Rensburg & [[Riaan van der Westhuizen]] were amongst the drivers.
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2008 was the final year Deltec Racing participated in FSR.
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== 2014 & 2015 ==
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Since then, and now armed with a Logitech MOMO, he has participated in several South African and international leagues in rFactor, Stock Car Extreme and GTR2. He also does the occasional fun race in Assetto Corsa and iRacing.
  
2014 we fired up the engines and joined the prestigious GPVWC League, competing in the 2014 World Sport Series. We entered as [[Deltec Racing Team]], with Marius as Team Manager.
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== 2015 ==
During the 24hr Le Mans Series Race, Deltec Racing proved they have the focus and mindset to accomplish any task. Although Deltec finished in last position, they completed the magical 300 laps benchmark.
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Regular drivers for the year included [[Riaan van der Westhuizen]] & veteran racer [[Ken Hunter]].
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In mid 2015 Rudolph signed up for the last few rounds of the GPVWC Open Series, and [[Marius van Wyk]] invited him to join the [[Deltec Racing Team]] as a development driver. The experience in the team is sure to propel him through the field, where he hopes to compete as a front-runner in time to come.
In 2015 [[Deltec Racing Team]] entered into the 2015 Formula Challenge series. This is an exciting year as we have grown from 2014.
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We also secured the driver services of [[Denis Mitchell]] and [[Adam Ozgur]]. [[Stephane Rouault]] replaces Denis Mitchell from the Belgian Grand Prix onwards, for the remainder of the season.
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Reserve drivers included [[Klaidas Vareika]] and [[Stefan McCready]]. [[Niels Vos]] resumes the latest reserve driver duties, whilst [[Michael Barnard]] resumes emergency driver duties.
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== 2016 Season ==
 
== 2016 Season ==
  
We will be back on the GPVWC grid. Lots of driver talk behind the scenes to secure drivers for the 2016 season in various leagues.
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I hope to be back on the GPVWC grid. Rudolph is confirmed to stay with Deltec Racing Team for the 2016 season.
 
Stay tuned.
 
Stay tuned.

Revision as of 05:08, 2 October 2015

South Africa Rudolph Maré
Rudolph Maré Sept2015 Cropped.jpg
Formula Challenge Career
Nationality South Africa South Africa
Active Years 2015
Team(s) Deltec Racing Team
Grand Prix 5
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podium finishes    0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First Grand Prix 2015 Singapore Grand Prix



Rudolph Maré is a South African sim-racer who participated for Deltec Racing Team in the 2015 Open Series.

Early Years

Rudolph Maré started simracing online early in 2014 on rFactor. But his journey with racing games started much earlier. There was the first Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix, the Need For Speed series, and then TOCA Race Driver, which inspired him to buy his first force feedback steering wheel. Colin MCrae Rally 3 and F1 Challenge '99-'02 were the other most played games during this time.

A trip to London in 2005 heralded the end of Rudolph's PC gaming for another 7 years, until a new PC prompted him to dust off the trusty (and dusty) old Microsoft Sidewinder wheel. NFS Shift 2 kept his interest for a short while, but he wanted to return to the higher level of realism and immersion of testing sessions and full race weekends. Race 07 did the job for a while, and then he joined an F1 league on rFactor.

Since then, and now armed with a Logitech MOMO, he has participated in several South African and international leagues in rFactor, Stock Car Extreme and GTR2. He also does the occasional fun race in Assetto Corsa and iRacing.

2015

In mid 2015 Rudolph signed up for the last few rounds of the GPVWC Open Series, and Marius van Wyk invited him to join the Deltec Racing Team as a development driver. The experience in the team is sure to propel him through the field, where he hopes to compete as a front-runner in time to come.

2016 Season

I hope to be back on the GPVWC grid. Rudolph is confirmed to stay with Deltec Racing Team for the 2016 season. Stay tuned.