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=== Supercup ===
 
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Having joined the GPVWC past the halfway point of the [[2011 Supercup season|2011 season]], Tringas was initially signed to fill the vacant 2nd seat at [[PB Racing]]. He made his debut at the [[2011 Supercup Mexican Grand Prix|Mexican Grand Prix]] in round 13, qualifying poorly to end up 18th but still managing to start ahead of his teammate [[Teemu Toikka]]. Despite the high attrition rate seeing only 50% of the drivers who started being classified at the end of the race, Tringas drove calmly to claim 7th place, ensuring his GPVWC career was off to an unspectacular but solid start. He would race in five of the remaining seven rounds, finishing in all five races and scoring points in four of them.
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Having joined the GPVWC past the halfway point of the [[2011 Supercup season|2011 season]], Tringas was initially signed to fill the vacant 2nd seat at [[PB Racing]]. He made his debut at the [[2011 Supercup Mexican Grand Prix|Mexican Grand Prix]] in Round 13, qualifying poorly to end up 18th but still managing to start ahead of his teammate [[Teemu Toikka]]. Despite the high attrition rate seeing only 50% of the drivers who started being classified at the end of the race, Tringas drove calmly to claim 7th place, ensuring his GPVWC career was off to an unspectacular but solid start. He would race in five of the remaining seven rounds, finishing in all five races and scoring points in four of them.
  
 
=== Superleague ===
 
=== Superleague ===
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Soon after his Supercup debut, Tringas sought a testing role in the Superleague. Seeing that [[Computrac Motorsports]] were in need of a reserve driver, William applied and was duly signed by team boss [[Gavin Thomas]] in time for the next in season test session. This culminated in Tringas making his Superleague debut at the [[2011 Spanish Grand Prix]] in round 17, stepping in for regular race driver [[Ben Morgan]]. Tringas struggled early, qualifying a lowly 18th place, but he quickly got up to speed throughout the race, finding himself one place off the points in 11th after his first pit stop with half the race to go. Unfortunately, soon after his stop an error at the final corner sent Tringas into the pitwall, destroying his car and ending his race.
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Soon after his Supercup debut, Tringas sought a testing role in the Superleague. Seeing that [[Computrac Motorsports]] were in need of a reserve driver, William applied and was duly signed by team boss [[Gavin Thomas]] in time for the next in season test session. This culminated in Tringas making his Superleague debut at the [[2011 Spanish Grand Prix]] in Round 17, stepping in for regular race driver [[Ben Morgan]]. Tringas struggled early, qualifying a lowly 18th place, but he quickly got up to speed throughout the race, finding himself one place off the points in 11th after his first pit stop with half the race to go. Unfortunately, soon after his stop an error at the final corner sent Tringas into the pitwall, destroying his car and ending his race.
  
 
=== Masters Series ===
 
=== Masters Series ===
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Tringas was snapped up to drive for [[FA Racing]] by his [[Supercup]] teammate [[Teemu Toikka]] in the year ending [[2011 Masters Series season|Masters Series]], partnering his team boss and [[William Ponissi]]. In equal cars, Tringas proved himself to be a reliable midfield runner, while managing to bring the car home in the points on 3 occasions this season, which are so far [[FA Racing|FA Racing's]] only points in the series. He will be forced to sit out the rounds at [[2011 Watkins Glen Masters|Watkins Glen]] and [[2011 Bathurst Masters|Mount Panorama]], but he is hoping to finish strongly in the final round at [[2011 Donington Park Masters|Donington]].
  
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== 2012 ==
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=== Superleague ===
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Tringas has been re-signed by the [[Red 5 Racing]] (formerly [[Computrac Motorsports]]) Superleague team as a test/reserve driver, and is hoping to help the team start the season off as strongly as they had ended the [[2011 Superleague season|2011 season]] with his developmental work.
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=== Supercup ===
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[[Tom Parker]] has announced that William will be leading the charge in [[PB Racing|PB Racing's]] [[2012 Supercup season|2012 Supercup]] campaign, alongside his teammate from the previous season [[Teemu Toikka]]. Tringas hopes to improve on his solid results last season and is aiming to take the team back to the top step of the podium in 2012.
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=== Formula Challenge ===
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After the announcement of the new [[Formula Challenge|3rd tier series]] for 2012, Tringas decided that he would step into the world of team management. Forming [[Streetfighter|Streetfighter Racing Systems]], he quickly signed his [[PB Racing]] teammate [[Teemu Toikka]] to lead the team. He hopes to be able to expand into the [[Supercup]] competition in 2013, with a view to entering the [[Superleague]] in 2014 or 2015.
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In addition to running his own team, Tringas has been signed on to lead [[FA Racing|FA Racing's]] expansion into the open wheel arena, and will be partnering the promising Latvian driver [[Viesturs Priede]] in the upcoming season.
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== 2011 Superleague Results ==
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! [[2011 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br />{{flagicon|AUS}}
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! [[2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix|UAE]]<br />{{flagicon|UAE}}
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! [[2011 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}}
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! [[2011 Chinese Grand Prix|CHN]]<br />{{flagicon|CHN}}
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! [[2011 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{flagicon|RSA}}
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! [[2011 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{flagicon|AUT}}
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! [[2011 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}}
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! [[2011 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{flagicon|MON}}
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! [[2011 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{flagicon|UK}}
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! [[2011 Bahrain Grand Prix|BHR]]<br />{{flagicon|BAH}}
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! [[2011 San Marino Grand Prix|RSM]]<br />{{flagicon|SAN}}
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! [[2011 Turkish Grand Prix|TUR]]<br />{{flagicon|TUR}}
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! [[2011 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br />{{flagicon|MEX}}
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! [[2011 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{flagicon|CAN}}
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! [[2011 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{flagicon|BRA}}
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! [[2011 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}}
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! [[2011 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{flagicon|ESP}}
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! [[2011 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{flagicon|BEL}}
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! [[2011 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />{{flagicon|NED}}
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! [[2011 Singapore Grand Prix|SIN]]<br />{{flagicon|SIN}}
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!valign="middle"| Position
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! [[2011 Superleague season|2011]]
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!align="right"| 0
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== 2011 Supercup Results ==
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{|
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! [[2011 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br />{{flagicon|AUS}}
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! [[2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix|UAE]]<br />{{flagicon|UAE}}
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! [[2011 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}}
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! [[2011 Chinese Grand Prix|CHN]]<br />{{flagicon|CHN}}
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! [[2011 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{flagicon|RSA}}
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! [[2011 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{flagicon|AUT}}
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! [[2011 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}}
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! [[2011 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{flagicon|MON}}
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! [[2011 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{flagicon|UK}}
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! [[2011 Bahrain Grand Prix|BHR]]<br />{{flagicon|BAH}}
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! [[2011 San Marino Grand Prix|RSM]]<br />{{flagicon|SAN}}
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! [[2011 Turkish Grand Prix|TUR]]<br />{{flagicon|TUR}}
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! [[2011 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br />{{flagicon|MEX}}
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! [[2011 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{flagicon|CAN}}
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! [[2011 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{flagicon|BRA}}
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! [[2011 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}}
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! [[2011 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{flagicon|ESP}}
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! [[2011 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{flagicon|BEL}}
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! [[2011 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />{{flagicon|NED}}
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! [[2011 Singapore Grand Prix|SIN]]<br />{{flagicon|SIN}}
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!valign="middle"| Position
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!valign="middle"| Points
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! [[2011 Supercup season|2011]]
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== 2011 Masters Results ==
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! colspan=2|[[2011 Norisring Masters|NOR]]<br />{{flagicon|GER}}
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! colspan=2|[[2011 Goldenport Masters|GOL]]<br />{{flagicon|CHN}}
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! colspan=2|[[2011 Zolder Masters|ZOL]]<br />{{flagicon|BEL}}
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! colspan=2|[[2011 Istanbul Masters|IST]]<br />{{flagicon|TUR}}
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! colspan=2|[[2011 Watkins Glen Masters|WAT]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}}
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 29
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|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 7
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*''Season in progress''
 
[[Category:Drivers|Tringas]]
 
[[Category:Drivers|Tringas]]
 
[[Category:William Tringas]]
 
[[Category:William Tringas]]

Revision as of 22:38, 2 December 2011

Australia William Tringas
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Supercup Career
Nationality Australia Australian
Active Years 2011
Team(s) PB Racing
Races 1
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podium finishes    0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First Race 2011 Supercup Mexican Grand Prix

William Tringas is an Australian driver in the GPVWC and currently drives for PB Racing in the 2011 Supercup season. He is also fuckin solid. ;( His favourite all-time driver is David Unger.

Pre-GPVWC

Early years

Tringas had been interested in racing games from a very young age, starting with games such as Grand Prix Circuit from as early as 3 years old, through to the Formula One series of games available on Playstation consoles. His first true racing simulator came in the form of Papyrus' Grand Prix Legends, but at the time Tringas was still using a keyboard to race on the notoriously difficult simulator.

Online racing

In mid-2006, Tringas made the step up to racing online against real opponents. Having bought a wheel, he began racing on public Live For Speed servers, and while results came easily for him in these servers, he never made the effort to sign up for an organized league. His first taste or organized racing would not come until early 2008, where he joined the now defunct ALT Challenge series, scoring a podium in only his second race. Becoming addicted to league racing, he soon joined the GPROC championship organized by fellow GPVWC racers Ben Warren and Tim-Oliver Wagner, where he raced against many drivers who would go on to join the GPVWC including Chris Williamson, Tom Parker and David Jundt.

Having been well and truly bitten by the racing bug, Tringas went on to collaborate with Chris Williamson in the organization of their own series, the Touring Car Challenge. After over 10 seasons and almost 100 races in these series, Tringas decided to follow the path of numerous GPROC racers before him and join the GPVWC.

GPVWC

2011

Supercup

Having joined the GPVWC past the halfway point of the 2011 season, Tringas was initially signed to fill the vacant 2nd seat at PB Racing. He made his debut at the Mexican Grand Prix in Round 13, qualifying poorly to end up 18th but still managing to start ahead of his teammate Teemu Toikka. Despite the high attrition rate seeing only 50% of the drivers who started being classified at the end of the race, Tringas drove calmly to claim 7th place, ensuring his GPVWC career was off to an unspectacular but solid start. He would race in five of the remaining seven rounds, finishing in all five races and scoring points in four of them.

Superleague

Soon after his Supercup debut, Tringas sought a testing role in the Superleague. Seeing that Computrac Motorsports were in need of a reserve driver, William applied and was duly signed by team boss Gavin Thomas in time for the next in season test session. This culminated in Tringas making his Superleague debut at the 2011 Spanish Grand Prix in Round 17, stepping in for regular race driver Ben Morgan. Tringas struggled early, qualifying a lowly 18th place, but he quickly got up to speed throughout the race, finding himself one place off the points in 11th after his first pit stop with half the race to go. Unfortunately, soon after his stop an error at the final corner sent Tringas into the pitwall, destroying his car and ending his race.

Masters Series

Tringas was snapped up to drive for FA Racing by his Supercup teammate Teemu Toikka in the year ending Masters Series, partnering his team boss and William Ponissi. In equal cars, Tringas proved himself to be a reliable midfield runner, while managing to bring the car home in the points on 3 occasions this season, which are so far FA Racing's only points in the series. He will be forced to sit out the rounds at Watkins Glen and Mount Panorama, but he is hoping to finish strongly in the final round at Donington.

2012

Superleague

Tringas has been re-signed by the Red 5 Racing (formerly Computrac Motorsports) Superleague team as a test/reserve driver, and is hoping to help the team start the season off as strongly as they had ended the 2011 season with his developmental work.

Supercup

Tom Parker has announced that William will be leading the charge in PB Racing's 2012 Supercup campaign, alongside his teammate from the previous season Teemu Toikka. Tringas hopes to improve on his solid results last season and is aiming to take the team back to the top step of the podium in 2012.

Formula Challenge

After the announcement of the new 3rd tier series for 2012, Tringas decided that he would step into the world of team management. Forming Streetfighter Racing Systems, he quickly signed his PB Racing teammate Teemu Toikka to lead the team. He hopes to be able to expand into the Supercup competition in 2013, with a view to entering the Superleague in 2014 or 2015.

In addition to running his own team, Tringas has been signed on to lead FA Racing's expansion into the open wheel arena, and will be partnering the promising Latvian driver Viesturs Priede in the upcoming season.

2011 Superleague Results

Year Team AUS
Australia 		UAE
United Arab Emirates 		JPN
Japan 		CHN
China 		RSA
South Africa 		AUT
Austria 		FRA
France 		MON
Monaco 		GBR
United Kingdom 		BHR
Bahrain 		RSM
San Marino 		TUR
Turkey 		MEX
Mexico 		CAN
Canada 		BRA
Brazil 		ITA
Italy 		ESP
Spain 		BEL
Belgium 		NED
Netherlands 		SIN
Singapore 		Position Points
2011 Computrac RET 42nd 0

2011 Supercup Results

Year Team AUS
Australia 		UAE
United Arab Emirates 		JPN
Japan 		CHN
China 		RSA
South Africa 		AUT
Austria 		FRA
France 		MON
Monaco 		GBR
United Kingdom 		BHR
Bahrain 		RSM
San Marino 		TUR
Turkey 		MEX
Mexico 		CAN
Canada 		BRA
Brazil 		ITA
Italy 		ESP
Spain 		BEL
Belgium 		NED
Netherlands 		SIN
Singapore 		Position Points
2011 PB Racing 7 11 8 10 10 - - 9 23rd 11

2011 Masters Results

Year Team NOR
Germany 		GOL
China 		ZOL
Belgium 		IST
Turkey 		WAT
United States 		BAT
Australia 		DON
England 		Position Points
2011 FA Racing 17 21 29 7 21 21 15 11 - - 23rd* 18*
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