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Griever20 · 08-22-2017, 09:27 AM

It began in the middle east, a unusal place for motorsport history to start as most of it usually evolved around Great Britain. This time, it was the Emir of Qatar meeting up with the Emir of Dubai, the President of the Russian Federation, the President of Singapore and the President of South Africa.

All of those countries were affected by the end of Formula One as all of them either build and expensive racetrack in their borders, or could build an impressive street circuit in their cities that would be an amazing place to race. But for whom?

It was February 2014, and it was time to 'kick something off' as the russian president, who spent millions to build a race track in Sochi around the Olympic Winter Games infrastructure, said bluntly towards the exquisit group of head of states present.

"And I have the man to help us with that. Sent him in please," the Emir of Qatar, who hosted the meeting, told to his quiet assistant in the corner. In came a 54-year old brit named Ernie Hecklerock. Hecklerock has worked for the german DTM series, organized the WEC from 2002-2005 and worked closely with Bernie Ecclestone for FOM till the end of 2009. He was the man to build up something from the ground.

"Mr. Hecklerock, in your mind, what are the chances of success for a new elite single seater class, starting business, let's say, in 2016?" Hecklerock, prepared and ready for business, had his answer laid out perfectly.

"Big. The public in the UK and Europe is starving for classic open wheel racing, and there are alot of teams, engineers, sponsors and race tracks, like yours, that WANT something to happen. But, this has to be done the RIGHT way, else it is not going to survive the year."

"How would you organize this, given some significant funds by us as investors." the russian president leaned in and asked him.

"Wwe need a headquarter and some good people to run the show, located in London to make it look like we are a serious business and we should build up racing from the bottom. In order to make a elite single seater series work, we need feeder series. Basically the equivalent to the old GP2 and GP3 series, and we should aim at 2015 as a debut for them. Start with one lower tier GP3, and two GP2 series, and the best 10 teams from the GP2 series make the elite series.

That gives us some time to test the waters so to speak. I know, that sounds like a lot, but actually, finding 30 teams with some of them being smaller and basically too small for big things, is not that hard."

"If Ferrari, Mercedes and co want to join with their own team, a constructers team so to speak, how would you react?" The president of Singapore chipped in.

"No would be the answer. They killed the sport. However, we should allow them to join a partnership with a team that basically would represent a constructers team, however, if they want that, they also have to deliver engines and to other teams of the association. This way, they can never try to take over the sport, and are still very much represented here.

Expect an italian based outfit with Ferrari engines and red cars, based in Maranello, to make an entry for example, and I know for a fact that Mercedes, BWM and Honda are more than willing to put their hat into the ring here."

"How would you name all those organisations and series?"

"I checked, the name Global Motorsport Association(GMA) is free, and how about World Motorsport Championship(WMC) for the elite class?"

The Emir of Qatar nodded and then remembered something. "Like it. Before we discuss this further and tell you our decision about all of this, you wanted to discuss a certain idea you had for this association right?"

Hecklerock new that was his chance to realize a lifelong dream and choose his words carefully. "One thing I personally thought hurt Formula One for years was the fact that teams joined the sport at the bottom of the grid, failing to make any progress, collecting TV money and not really added to the excitement.

That is why I would love to see a promotion/relegation system in place between the racing series. The best managed and fastest GP2 team gets promoted to the WMC, and the worst GMC team gets demoted to the second tier of motorsport and the same thing for the GP2/GP3 series. That would add alot of excitement and incentives for teams to work hard and harder."

"We will certainly discuss this, thanks for your inside and ideas, Mr. Hecklerock, I feel like we will come back to you."

--

One year later, the European Racing Series(ERS), the Asian-Pacific Super Cup(APSC), and the one-year tryout series, the European-American Super Cup(EASC) would start, and determine the teams that would race the inaugual season of the WMC, and the 2015 season alone was a story of success.

Mercedes, BWM, Honda, Renault, Ferrari, all came in and choose their favorite partner, delivered engines throughout the series, racing was exciting, and the grid for the inaugual season in 2016 was aswell.

Then, disaster stuck in a small town in England.

08-22-2017, 09:27 AM	#3
Griever20 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Dortmund, Germany Posts: 3,723	The Birth of the GMA(2014) It began in the middle east, a unusal place for motorsport history to start as most of it usually evolved around Great Britain. This time, it was the Emir of Qatar meeting up with the Emir of Dubai, the President of the Russian Federation, the President of Singapore and the President of South Africa. All of those countries were affected by the end of Formula One as all of them either build and expensive racetrack in their borders, or could build an impressive street circuit in their cities that would be an amazing place to race. But for whom? It was February 2014, and it was time to 'kick something off' as the russian president, who spent millions to build a race track in Sochi around the Olympic Winter Games infrastructure, said bluntly towards the exquisit group of head of states present. "And I have the man to help us with that. Sent him in please," the Emir of Qatar, who hosted the meeting, told to his quiet assistant in the corner. In came a 54-year old brit named Ernie Hecklerock. Hecklerock has worked for the german DTM series, organized the WEC from 2002-2005 and worked closely with Bernie Ecclestone for FOM till the end of 2009. He was the man to build up something from the ground. "Mr. Hecklerock, in your mind, what are the chances of success for a new elite single seater class, starting business, let's say, in 2016?" Hecklerock, prepared and ready for business, had his answer laid out perfectly. "Big. The public in the UK and Europe is starving for classic open wheel racing, and there are alot of teams, engineers, sponsors and race tracks, like yours, that WANT something to happen. But, this has to be done the RIGHT way, else it is not going to survive the year." "How would you organize this, given some significant funds by us as investors." the russian president leaned in and asked him. "Wwe need a headquarter and some good people to run the show, located in London to make it look like we are a serious business and we should build up racing from the bottom. In order to make a elite single seater series work, we need feeder series. Basically the equivalent to the old GP2 and GP3 series, and we should aim at 2015 as a debut for them. Start with one lower tier GP3, and two GP2 series, and the best 10 teams from the GP2 series make the elite series. That gives us some time to test the waters so to speak. I know, that sounds like a lot, but actually, finding 30 teams with some of them being smaller and basically too small for big things, is not that hard." "If Ferrari, Mercedes and co want to join with their own team, a constructers team so to speak, how would you react?" The president of Singapore chipped in. "No would be the answer. They killed the sport. However, we should allow them to join a partnership with a team that basically would represent a constructers team, however, if they want that, they also have to deliver engines and to other teams of the association. This way, they can never try to take over the sport, and are still very much represented here. Expect an italian based outfit with Ferrari engines and red cars, based in Maranello, to make an entry for example, and I know for a fact that Mercedes, BWM and Honda are more than willing to put their hat into the ring here." "How would you name all those organisations and series?" "I checked, the name Global Motorsport Association(GMA) is free, and how about World Motorsport Championship(WMC) for the elite class?" The Emir of Qatar nodded and then remembered something. "Like it. Before we discuss this further and tell you our decision about all of this, you wanted to discuss a certain idea you had for this association right?" Hecklerock new that was his chance to realize a lifelong dream and choose his words carefully. "One thing I personally thought hurt Formula One for years was the fact that teams joined the sport at the bottom of the grid, failing to make any progress, collecting TV money and not really added to the excitement. That is why I would love to see a promotion/relegation system in place between the racing series. The best managed and fastest GP2 team gets promoted to the WMC, and the worst GMC team gets demoted to the second tier of motorsport and the same thing for the GP2/GP3 series. That would add alot of excitement and incentives for teams to work hard and harder." "We will certainly discuss this, thanks for your inside and ideas, Mr. Hecklerock, I feel like we will come back to you." -- One year later, the European Racing Series(ERS), the Asian-Pacific Super Cup(APSC), and the one-year tryout series, the European-American Super Cup(EASC) would start, and determine the teams that would race the inaugual season of the WMC, and the 2015 season alone was a story of success. Mercedes, BWM, Honda, Renault, Ferrari, all came in and choose their favorite partner, delivered engines throughout the series, racing was exciting, and the grid for the inaugual season in 2016 was aswell. Then, disaster stuck in a small town in England. __________________ The Montreal Expos... Exposing the New MLB? MLB 2015 - Being the Brewmaster(ended) MLB 2013: The Blue Jays That Never Were(concluded)