Definitely Maybe Racing

DMR

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Definitely Maybe Racing (often shortened to just DMR), is a Manchester-based racing team currently competing in the F1RDS championship.

History

Definitely Maybe Racing started out as a karting school in Manchester, heavily inspired by the 1994 Oasis album of the same name. One of the school's students was Laura Wener, the niece of Louise Wener (the singer and guitarist of the Britpop band Sleeper).

As the leading karting school in the North of England, Definitely Maybe Racing had substantial funds, and with the announcement of the creation of a new feeder series to the F1RWRS called F1 Rejects Development Series, the school decided to use the funds to enter the series, with Wener (then 16 years old) volunteering to drive for the team.

First off, they had to choose an engine, but after taking too much time for preparations, their only choice was the Volkswagen, quicker in qualifying, but slower in the races. The team's second driver would be Jerry de Boer, who was to drive for the Williams Junior Team, but was left without a drive when the team failed to enter in time.

2015

Winter Cup

The first step was the Winter Cup. Pre-season testing was encouraging, and the appearance of the new Opel engine meant that DMR could finally get their hands on the Renault engine. Immediately afterwards though, the team dropped back massively.

In the first race at Suzuka, both drivers qualified out of the top twenty, and while de Boer's car failed, Wener finished 23rd out of 24 finishers.

The next race at Motegi was better for the team, as Laura qualified in 14th and Jerry in 17th. Although the American retired, Laura drove a brilliant race to score the team's first points with fifth place. Fuji was even better in qualifying, with de Boer starting seventh. Jerry eventually finished eighth.

F1RDS

The start of the season was unsuccessful for the team. The first minor success came in San Marino, where Jerry qualified sixth for the second race. While Jerry retired, Wener came home seventh, taking the team's first points of the season. More were to follow. De Boer could have done so too, but he was sent into retirement after contact with Tuomas Suomanen.

De Boer scored his first points in Monaco with ninth place, and in France, Laura finished ninth in the first race, while Jerry won the second, after scoring the fastest lap of the first race, making for 19 points over the weekend.

Jerry continued his good form by winning the first race at Brno. After eight races out of 15, Jerry was fourth in the driver's championship, and thanks to Laura's fourth place in the second race, DMR was sixth. By comparison, the British round was disastrous, as de Boer only managed a single point. The German Grand Prix was equally disappointing, but de Boer rebounded by winning his third race of the season in Belgium, with Laura eighth. Jerry was now third and DMR sixth with three races to go.

After failing to make an impact in Italy, DMR ended the season with a bang, with Wener finally finding her pace and winning the first race at Zandvoort with Jerry second. Jerry also finished third in the final race, but lost the title to Hwok Kwol-Cho, who finished second. This brilliant form brought the team to second place in the championship.

2016

With Wener and de Boer both moving up to the F3RWRS, two new drivers would have to be found. The team would not have to deal with rookies, as Jari Lappalainen and Angel Jose Castañeda both turned to DMR after being kicked from their teams and failing to find a drive in higher series.

Results

F1RDS Winter Cup

Year	Engine	#	Driver	1	2	3	TC	Pts
2015	Mecachrome 2.0L L4 DOHC			SUZ	MOT	FUJ	n/a*	n/a*
		9	Laura Wener	23	5	17
		10	Jerry de Boer	Ret	Ret	8

* The Winter Cup does not keep an entrants' championship.

F1RDS

Year	Engine	#	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	TC	Pts
2015	Mecachrome 2.0L L4			AUS	SM1	SM2	MON	FR1	FR2	CZ1	CZ2	GB1	GB1	GER	BEL	ITA	NL1	NL1	2nd	127
		9	Laura Wener	25	12	7	20	9	19	Ret	4	12	23	24	13	8	1	17
		10	Jerry de Boer	16	11	Ret	9	Ret	1	1	17	10	13	23	1	18	2	3