Team Pezzarinho

Team Summary:

Based in Surrey, UK, Team Pezzarinho are a relatively new team with a focus towards single seater racing. The team was established with an aim to develop young talents throughout the entire team, from the drivers, to their mechanics and even up to the management roles. Team Pezzarinho is the realisation of a dream for team founder Perry Brown, having felt that too many young and talented prospects for motor racing were being overlooked due to funding or lack of connection to the race teams.

With this focus in mind, Perry initially set about his dream by setting up and monitoring initiatives across schools in the United Kingdom. The intention was to allow the younger generation to be involved with Motorsports, which would eventually provide the team with gifted engineers and drivers in the not too distant future. Team Pezzarinho itself quickly followed, established on the backbone of the intelligent and driven junior proteges looking to now join a racing team itself.

When the team made it to their first race grid, an initial lack of experience was quickly replaced by the enthusiasm to all learn as 1 unit, and results improved rapidly. Expansion came with those results, and gradually over the years, Team Pezzarinho become one of the most successful teams in the UK, expanding quickly into European race series and now on the world stage. Expansion didn't just come from going global either, broadening disciplines first with Sportscar racing and using the same mentality that has already taken them forward along the single seater ladder.

As success has surrounded the team within all Motorsport ventures, the goals and ambitions have also had to progress to reflect those victories. With increased pressure from the fans, the media and themselves, the team found itself at some difficult crossroads between its traditional values, and being GRL's leading team. It was therefore decided that the best decision was to split the team to better focus on those separate targets. Perry Brown left Team Pezzarinho to build BrownGP, which will focus on the progression of junior talents, whilst Adrian Boddington joined Team Pezzarinho to not only sustain the performances come to be expected, but to build on them further and make Team Pezzarinho the dominant force of GRL.

Drivers:


Katsuo Matsushita
Net Handle: @revengeofrevengance
Nationality: Japanese
Birthday and Age: 4th April, 25 YEARS OLD

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Stats:
Skill: 27/30
Consistency: 8/15
Preservation: 9/15
Tenacity: 12/15
Initial Hiring Cost: 2,200,000 CR

Experience Level: 52 - GOLD Driver Classification

% of Earnings per Race: 50%

Specialities: Pro Tuned, Sportscars

Career:
Race Starts: 27
Wins: 2
Podiums: 10
Pole Positions: 1
Total Points: 353

Summary:
Katsuo Matsushita has a relatively normal and tame name, and aside from the very liberal application of various types of metal on his musical tastes, a very normal and average childhood. But you wouldn't get that impression from someone who used to compete at professional drifting competitions while hanging half of his body out and letting out an ear-searing hybrid of a banshee-like screech and a guttural beastly roar in the middle of a slide. Normally, such a stunt would be met with an instant disqualification from the competition, and for Katsuo, he would not be treated any differently.

Formerly a racer who had one half of his racing life in the not-quite-legal "touge" scene and the other half trying its damnedest to impress the judges at numerous semi-pro drifting competitions, Katsuo was good... but not a standout by any means. Sure, he was good enough to be competing at the top level of his discipline, but both on and off the track he seemed ridiculously normal. Katsuo needed something to truly make him stand out... and then he spent an entire week drowning his ears in the savage metal and drum-and-bass albums he could get his hands on.

During his week of musical immersion, Katsuo "brutalized" his drift car, smashing its panels with a hammer, lobbing bricks at it, and scraping his car keys all over; somehow these "modifications" got through tech inspection at the drift tournament later that week. Proudly showing his car's "scars", Katsuo was not satisfied. During a tandem run, he decided to pull a move no sane anybody would ever perform. Throwing his car into a massive slide, Katsuo loosened his restraints and double-flipped off the corner marshal before spinning out into the outside wall, ripping off his car's rear bumper and shattering the right tail light.

For his act of sheer insane jackassery, Katsuo was thrown out of the competition on the spot, but not before the crowd roared in absolute approval of his stunt. This is the kind of lifestyle Katsuo craves; when he's not throwing out ridiculous amounts of memorabilia to his fans, he's showcasing his brand of absolute insanity. Despite calming down considerably since that fateful day, Katsuo has set his sights on the Global Racing League to show off what he can do when his borderline-psychotic mindset focuses on more serious endeavors.

Roleplaying Notes:
- Katsuo has almost no sense of self-preservation on the track. While he's not TRYING to get himself killed, he tends to do a lot of rather dangerous stunts just because he believes he can.
- HAS. NO. SENSE. OF. INDOOR VOICE. At least at the track. Even in interviews, Katsuo almost always seems like he's one stupid question away from just howling at reporters.
- Despite being incredibly well-known in the drifting community for being an absolute psycho, local citizens in his hometown don't seem to recognize Katsuo's infamy. This is because whenever he's at home or just running menial errands around town, he quiets down significantly.


William Manor
Net Handle: @willmanor
Nationality: British
Birthday and Age: 20th August, 18 Years Old

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Stats:
Skill: 27/30
Consistency: 9/15
Preservation: 10/15
Tenacity: 5/15
Initial Hiring Cost: 1,420,000 CR
Experience Level: 47 - SILVER Driver Classification
% of Earnings per Race: 30%
Specialities: Grand Prix

Career:
Race Starts: 29
Wins: 4
Podiums: 13
Pole Positions: 8
Total Points: 362



Summary:
William Manor was relatively late in starting his motor racing career. Whilst most aspiring drivers have tasted karting success as young as 5 years old, William's family did not have the finances required to get William racing. Instead the lust for motor racing with the Manor family was saturated by watching races, normally on TV but occasionally in the stands as well. The school initiative introduced by Team Pezzarinho therefore spurred Williams career into life when he was 7 years old. As well as immediately lapping within a second of the local kart circuits record, William showed he was able to consistently lap strongly and ended up winning his regional final by over an entire lap. He was immediately taken into the Team Pezzarinho program and entered into numerous karting championships.

Williams career nearly ended prematurely however after a serious crash at 12 years old. Having spent a number of years racing go karts, he was invited to test and give feedback to a Formula Student team. Although an investigation later found that a suspension component had passed it's expected expiry date, a crash during the wet testing day greatly affected William's confidence when the weather begins to turn. His racing was put on hold for 6 months whilst he sought help from sports psychologists on the issue, and would later return to the circuit in the same Formula Student car in an attempt to understand and move on from the troubling incident.

William has always been focused on reaching Formula 1, but the team believe that with his career starting late and the vast talent pool hoping to reach the limited available seats at the top, that a shift to Sports Cars could see him reach higher goals. Although he had a decent debut in car racing during his opening Formula 4 championship challenge, his main rivals were younger than his 16 years and it was clear William had not completely closed the experience gap to those drivers able to go racing from the age of 5. William will therefore move onto Amateur sportscar racing in season 1 with an eye to progression in either season 2 or 3.

Roleplaying Notes:
- Started career with the intention of racing single seaters, but has shifted focus to Sports Cars.
- An accident early in his career in a wet race has left his confidence during wet weather needing training.
- Though no history of racing existed in the Manor family before William, they have always been keen racing fans.
- William was one of the first drivers to benefit from the Team Pezzarinho schooling initiative, having been touted as a potential future star aged 7.

Sophia de la Sarthe

Net Handle: @ourracinghearts
Nationality: French
Birthday and Age: 1st July, 25 YEARS OLD

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Stats:
Skill: 30/30
Consistency: 15/15
Preservation: 15/15
Tenacity: 8/15
Initial Hiring Cost: 5,400,000 CR
Experience Level: 64 - PLATINUM Driver Classification
% of Earnings per Race: 80%

Specialities: Grand Prix, Sports Cars

Career:
Race Starts: 16
Wins: 5
Podiums: 8
Pole Positions: 10
Total Points: 273

Summary:
"No matter if we are competing at the circuit, or holding hands with those we love most, there is one thing our hearts are always doing; racing."

Hailing from a family of noble descendants, the de la Sarthes' wealth spreads far and wide. Sophia's father Pierre was originally a driver for Scuderia Pergusa in its early days, competing in many Sports Car and Grand Prix races all over Europe in the late 60's and early 70's. As her name implies, Sophia grew up near the circuit that rather amusingly shared the same name as her family (despite having never actually owned it). Her childhood at the circuit is the envy of many motoring fans the world over; her early life was filled with the sights and sounds of the greatest European GT Endurance PRO cars of the era.

But it wasn't until she heard the story of the great sports car and rallying legend Marie Nogaro that Sophia became invested in the world of motorsport. The idea of winning races with someone they loved as their teammate or co-driver was something new to the racing scene, but Marie and her lover made it work, having won the MAG-Emile Global Endurance Masters twice in a row. It was like some kind of fairy tale story to Sophia, only this time instead of castles and princesses, it was race circuits and drivers. That thought was the turning point that Sophia's career began on.

Like many drivers of her skill level and age, Sophia of course rocketed her way up the national kart racing and Grand Prix racing ladders. At age 19, she moved to Japan to race in the JSA Super Grand Prix, where learning about the story of Haruna and Isamu Tsuchigami only made her fantasies about finding her true love on the race track even more vivid. Having won the Driver's Championship for Tsuchigami no Kyojin a year afterwards, it seemed like Sophia had finally found her place. Rather than further her racing pursuits, however, she elected to take a break from full-time competition for a few years.

A career change to becoming a model rather than a racer had a few unplanned consequences, however. Underneath the bulky and baggy racing overalls, Sophia hid a curvy figure that was considered exotic by her new-found Japanese fan base. Alongside her brief but successful partnership with Fanservice Magazine, suddenly Sophia was the center of attention no matter where she went. Unsure of her future as a model, however, in 2014 she quit modeling to race once again. Ultimately a wandering, purple-prose kind of romantic at heart, Sophia seeks a guy worth loving more than she is a World Championship trophy (though that would be nice to have too).

Roleplaying Notes:
- A total flirt, but despite being a former model, gets absolutely lost when actually trying to appeal to someone.
- Sophia tends to get embarrassed when in silly lovey-dovey things, but it's more of a "What should do I do next!?" kind rather than a "Why is he making me do this!?" kind of deal.
- Tends to daydream a lot about romantic things in her day-to-day activities.
- Will happily support just about any romantic couple on her teams, current or former.
- Has a younger sister named Louise who is also a racer.

Halley Rockford
Net Handle: @therockford997
Nationality: American
Birthday and Age: 1st January, 21 YEARS OLD
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Stats:
Skill: 27/30
Consistency: 9/15
Preservation: 10/15
Tenacity: 12/15
Initial Hiring Cost: 2,590,000 CR
Experience Level: 54 - GOLD Driver Classification
% of Earnings per Race: 50%

Specialities: Sports Cars, Grand Prix

Career:
Race Starts: 17
Wins: 6
Podiums: 11
Pole Positions: 5
Total Points: 323



Summary:

Be careful talking about cars with Halley, because the conversation might go on for who knows how long. Halley has been obsessed with cars ever since she was in primary school. She didn't really have very many friends in her early years of grade school because of her "strange" obsession with cars, but now being in GRL, she has plenty of room to talk about her #1 favorite thing. She owns a couple of cars she found from the junkyard and is now restoring them to better shape than they were before (and proceed with caution when talking about her rides. That's another long conversation you just earned).

Her dream was to be in the heat of all the action in the race; in other words, become a driver. Unlike most, she didn't start out karting. Halley used to compete in GT-Am in another league, and has well improved over her seasons there. However, she was so good that the league always inspected her team and the cars to see if any unfair advantages had been made. The league also fined her many times because she was snooping around in teams' garages checking out the cars that she was going against. The league suspected her of trying to relay information of the other teams' cars back to her own, but in reality it was just because of her fascination of cars.

Now she is looking to join a team, preferably in S2 when GT-Pro is getting started.

Roleplaying Notes:
-Loves to talk about cars... a lot... maybe a little too much.
-When on the topic of cars and parts, tends to get energetic talk really fast.
-Always gives her own name to the car she's driving, regardless if there's a name for the chassis.
-From the southeast USA, so she has a bit of a southern accent, y'see.
-One of the shorter drivers. About 5'2" in height.

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Engineers:

Adrian Newton



Nationality: English
Class: Designer
Current Level: Level 3, MAX LEVEL
Level 0 Perk: Advanced Chassis Designer; unlocks one stage of Advanced R&D Lighter Components.
Level 1 Perk: Downforce Analyst; unlocks one stage of Advanced Wing Analysis.
Level 2 Perk: *Advanced Chassis Designer; unlocks one stage of Advanced R&D Lighter Components.
Level 3 Perk: Advanced Failure Analyst; unlocks one stage of Extreme Reliability Analysis.
Hiring Cost: 500,000 CR

Now a world-class engineer, Adrian was once a humble mechanic trying to make little changes for big impacts. His ability to come up with sensible long-term decisions on the spot is tough to rival, and many engineers try to follow his example.

*Yes, Adrian has unlocked two stages of Advanced R&D Lighter Components.

Natasha Aldani


Nationality: Armenian
Class: Designer
Current Level: Level 3, MAX LEVEL
Level 0 Perk: Advanced Chassis Designer; unlocks one stage of Advanced R&D Lighter Components.
Level 1 Perk: Manufacturing Analyst; unlocks one stage of Precision Manufacturing.
Level 2 Perk: Rapid Failure Analyst; Extreme Reliability Analysis takes only ONE Phase when assigned to this Engineer.
Level 3 Perk: Advanced Failure Analyst; unlocks one stage of Extreme Reliability Analysis.
Hiring Cost: 520,000 CR

Natasha despite having wildly colored blue hair is very sophisticated an polite. As a design engineer, she has always strived to make the world more efficient. In this case, becoming a team engineer means she can find the weak points in an engine and improve its efficiency massively.

Simona Kriz



Nationality: Czech
Class: Designer
Current Level: Level 3, MAX LEVEL
Level 0 Perk: Advanced Chassis Designer; unlocks one stage of Advanced R&D Lighter Components.
Level 1 Perk: Advanced Chassis Designer; unlocks one stage of Advanced R&D Lighter Components.
Level 2 Perk: Downforce Analyst; unlocks one stage of Advanced Wing Analysis.
Level 3 Perk: Aero Speed Analyst; unlocks one stage of Advanced Body Analysis.
Hiring Cost: 500,000 CR

Currently an engineer for a hypercar constructor in the UK, she's not satisfied with just seeing cars go around test tracks. She wants to build machines that compete head-to-head on a top level, and has a really strong desire to move on over to a race team worth their salt.

Ginette Martel



Nationality: French
Class: Designer
Current Level: Level 2, 6 Phases to Next
Level 0 Perk: Chassis Constructor; R&D Lighter Components takes only ONE Phase when assigned to this Engineer.
Level 1 Perk: Advanced Chassis Designer; unlocks one stage of Advanced R&D Lighter Components.
Level 2 Perk: Manufacturing Analyst; unlocks one stage of Precision Manufacturing.
Level 3 Perk: Rapid Failure Analyst; Extreme Reliability Analysis takes only ONE Phase when assigned to this Engineer.
Hiring Cost: 200,000 CR

Though a Design Analyst by profession, Ginette loves music made by fictional pop idol Clara Crescendo. She wears shirts with cute illustrations of Clara to work, all day, every day.

Lindsey MacDougall



Nationality: Scottish
Class: Designer
Current Level: Level 2, 6 Phases to Next
Level 0 Perk: Advanced Chassis Designer; unlocks one stage of Advanced R&D Lighter Components.
Level 1 Perk: Advanced Chassis Designer; unlocks one stage of Advanced R&D Lighter Components.
Level 2 Perk: Chassis Constructor; R&D Lighter Components takes only ONE Phase when assigned to this Engineer.
Level 3 Perk: Manufacturing Analyst; unlocks one stage of Precision Manufacturing.
Hiring Cost: 180,000 CR

A former chassis designer and constructor for a rallying team that recently parted ways, Lindsey has a strong desire to keep her career going. She often works even in her spare time trying to figure out new ways to bend the rules so that her team's cars can be both lighter and stronger.

Naoki Kawashiro


Nationality: Japanese
Class: Aerodynamicist
Current Level: Level 2, 6 Phases to Next
Level 0 Perk: Aero Speed Analyst; unlocks one stage of Advanced Body Analysis.
Level 1 Perk: Aero Speed Analyst; unlocks one stage of Advanced Body Analysis.
Level 2 Perk: Downforce Analyst; unlocks one stage of Advanced Wing Analysis.
Level 3 Perk: Aerodynamic Ace; ALL Aerodynamic upgrades take only ONE Phase when assigned to this Engineer.
Hiring Cost: 200,000 CR

Despite how wild his hair color looks, his personality is very tame. He has been a skilled Aerodynamicist for many years, and was well known at his college for his amazing knowledge of physics.

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Pit Crew Perks:
1 second faster Tire Changes: 5/5 [5 SLOTS]
Repairing while fueling/tires: 1/1 [3 SLOTS]

Numbers:
17, 37, 38, 39

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Event History:



League History:

Awards:

Aeternam Euro Sportscar Series Drivers Champion - Katsuo Matsushita (Season 1)

Aeternam Euro Sportscar Series Team Champions - Team Pezzarinho (Season 1)