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Rob Mason Nationality Year Joined 2014 First Race 2014 Open Series Malaysian Grand Prix Series Entered Formula Challenge , World Sport Series, International Touring Cup Current Team(s) Epic Racing , YTF1 Championships 0 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Poles 0 Fastest Laps 0

Rob Mason is a British sim-racer who currently drives for Epic Racing in the 2015 World Sport Series season.

Early Sim-Racing Career

Mason started sim-racing in 2008 at the now defunct Syncro Racing with mixed success, but wrapping up two championships in the Audi R8 Cup and the Lotus Cortina series. Following a sabbatical from sim-racing while concentrating on studies, Mason returned to touring car racing at WSVR in 2013. Following the sabbatical, Mason has returned a better driver, taking more race wins and poles than before. 2014 saw a shift in focus to take in a broader range of series, which lead to the start of a career at GPVWC.

2014

World Sports Series

Mason was snapped up by Cosmo Autosport for the 2014 World Sport Series season to make his debut at GPVWC alongside Cameron Brewster. A mixed season followed with points few and far between, with Rob consistently being just outside the points. The contribution alongside Brewster did help Cosmo achieve 9th Place in the Teams Championship.

International Touring Cup

The series that could of marked Mason as a force in touring cars with YTF1 at GPVWC was marred by business commitments resulting in missed races. Some flashes of speed belied general inexperience in the cars. A low points haul marked a disappointing season.

Formula Challenge

Off the back of the ITC drive with YTF1, Mason took up a reserve driver role with the team. This resulted in a surprising number of appearances, and despite a marked improvement as the year progressed presented few points scoring opportunities.

Open Series

A debut at Sepang showed an initial lack of speed in these open wheel cars, but steady work saw Mason improve. The highlight of the year was a pole to flag victory at Monaco. Brief appearances yielded average results before a further pole followed at Brazil but the race was red flagged at half distance.

2015

Open Series

Mason will compete in the 2015 Open Series season, unless called into action for Epic Racing in the Formula Challenge.

Formula Challenge

Signed as a reserve driver for Epic Racing, few outings are expected but a long term tie in to a team should help driver development.

World Sports Series

Driving for Epic again, this time alongside Tom Parker. The aim for the season has to be regular points finishes.

Racing Career Results

World Sports Series

2014

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

year	Team	1 BAH		2 ESP		3 MON		4 CAN		5 AUT		6 UK		7 GER		8 HUN		9 BEL		10 ITA		WDC	Points
2014	Cosmo Autosport	R1 20th	R2 14th	R1 Ret	R2 15th	R1 23rd	R2 18th	R1 19th	R2 13th	R1 -	R2 -	R1 -	R2 -	R1 19th	R2 Ret	R1 19th	R2 18th	R1 16th	R2 16th	R1 27th†	R2 22nd	49th	6

2015

year	Team	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		WDC	Points
2015	Epic Racing	R1 32nd	R2 24th	R1 26th	R2 25th	R1 23rd	R2 25th	R1 DNS	R2 DNS	R1 24th	R2 10th	R1 -	R2 -	R1 -	R2 -	R1 -	R2 -	R1 -	R2 -	R1 -	R2 -	=20th	0

^† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Formula Challenge

2014

Year Team 1 AUS 2 MYS 3 BAH 4 CHN 5 ESP 6 MON 7 CAN 8 AUT 9 GBR 10 GER 11 HUN 12 BEL 13 ITA 14 USA 15 UAE 16 JPN 17 BRA WDC Points 2014 YTF1 R1 - R2 - R1 - R2 - R1 - R2 - R1 - R2 - R1 16th R2 20th R1 - R1 - R1 - R1 - R1 28th R2 - R1 19th R2 14th R1 - R2 - R1 24th R2 Ret R1 30th R2 20th R1 Ret R2 30th R1 23rd R2 Ret R1 28th R2 Ret R1 20th R2 22nd R1 - R2 - 60th 2 2015 Year Team 1 AUS 3 BAH 5 ESP 5 POR 5 TUR 6 MON 7 CAN 9 GBR 8 AUT 11 HUN 12 BEL 13 ITA 5 SIN 16 JPN 15 UAE 14 USA 17 BRA WDC Points 2015 Epic Racing R1 - R2 - R1 - R2 - R1 - R2 - R1 - R2 - R1 14th R2 12th R1 16th R2 14th R1 - R2 - R1 - R2 - R1 - R2 - R1 - R2 - R1 - R2 - R1 - R2 - R1 - R2 - R1 - R2 - R1 - R2 - R1 - R2 - R1 - R2 - 29th 8 International Touring Cup 2014 year Team 1 BAH 2 NZL 3 AUS 4 RUS 5 AUT 6 UK 7 GER 8 CZE 9 ITA 10 USA 11 JPN 12 BRA WDC Points 2014 YTF1 R1 - R2 - R3 - R1 - R2 - R3 - R1 - R2 - R3 - R1 - R2 - R3 - R1 - R2 - R3 - R1 12th R2 18th R3 13th R1 20th R2 17th R3 Ret R1 - R2 - R3 - R1 26th R2 19th R3 12th R1 - R2 - R3 - R1 14th R2 27th R3 9th R1 20th R2 21st R3 9th 31st 29 Open Series 2014 Year 1 AUS 2 MYS 3 BAH 4 CHN 5 ESP 6 MON 7 CAN 8 AUT 9 GBR 10 GER 11 HUN 12 BEL 13 ITA 14 USA 15 UAE 16 JPN 17 BRA 2014 - 7th 3rd - - 1st Ret - - 3rd - - - - - - 2nd 2015 Year 1 AUS 2 BAH 3 ESP 4 POR 5 TUR 6 MON 7 CAN 8 GBR 9 AUT 10 HUN 11 BEL 12 ITA 13 SIN 14 JPN 15 UAE 16 USA 17 BRA 2015 7th 10th 4th - - - - - - - - - - - - - -