What`s new
All changes made on the International Racing Site are shown on this page. The online version of the International Racing Site is version 4.0. There were lay-out changes in version 2.0 and 4.0. Version 3.0 was an improvement on 2.0 because of the low-space we had available. Currently, with help of our sponsors, we have more space available, and with this space we had the possibility to improve the lay-out again. We started the International Racing Site on 20 March 1996 without any announcement in April. So the page was available for public on 28 April 1996. Let's see what the latest changes are:
Hot Laps and News articles will be updated every day. These are not worth to be added on this page, otherwise it will be a very long list.
11 March 1997 - Preview on Brazilian Grand Prix (of IRS Grand prix 2 World Championship 1997) added, with detailed information on every corner. Tomorrow starts the IRS Grand Prix 2 World Championship season, and you can send your fastest lap times.
10 March 1997 - Site statistics page has been update with the February visitor hits.
We added a bottom-bar to the Competition page, now you can jump to an other circuit very easy (and quickly).
9 March 1997 - Warm-up and Race results added, standings 97 updated, results page updated.
Steven Young update his Grand prix 2 Editor and Car set creater to version 1.50. You can download it on the Grand prix 2 Utilities page.
8 March 1997 - Hard work these days, with a huge amount of visitors (1167 on Friday March 7). No questions or mailings, but we had to keep the site up-to-date, as we do always. We split the Free-Practice page in three pieces, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Free-Practice. This improves the time to load the page. We also updated the session results, but this is regular, so we won't add these changes to this list.
6 March 1997 - We restyled the Australian Grand Prix coverage page a little bit. We also removed the background song. It took too much memory of the most common browsers.
4 March 1997 - Border menu changed: we added the F1 Chat, Karting results and Grand prix 2 Championship options.
3 March 1997 - On February 28 we added an background song for visitors who use Netscape Navigator. From now on, people who access the page with Microsoft Internet Explorer can hear the song too. Netscape users have the possibility to turn off the song, nevertheless Internet Explorers can press the stop button to turn off the sound (All animated GIF files will stop animate too..
We launched a new section called IRS Formula One Chat. Now you can chat with our other visitors. Option not yet available on Front Page. Please access page at http://www.kart.nl/irs/chat.
2 March 1997 - We added the Standings '97 section which replaces the Standings '96 page. This one is still available for those who want to compare this years results with 1996.
Preview on Qantas Australian Grand Prix added with a page related to the Grand Prix. This will be a standard feature of the International Racing Site with full results of the Formula One sessions.
1 March 1997 - Our sponsor MasaYard's Grand prix 2 Home Page changed his name to MTL's Grand Prix 2 Web Site. We changed all links to the site as well as their logo on the Front Page title.
28 February 1997 - 6 days left till the Melbourne show starts on thursday (see timetable). We added an Australian song called Men at work. Control panel to switch off the song on bottom of the border.
The Authentic Autographs section has been updated with new pictures.
All Grand prix 2 Hot Lap Competition pages were updated with a new control panel. We added a button to list all Hot Laps for download.
26 February 1997 - Isn't it great. We added something where a lot of people were waiting for: IRS GRAND PRIX 2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1997 is a fact! Information on this championship available on the site.
We added a Control panel to all Grand prix 2 Hot Lap Competition pages. Now it's more simple to browse through the pages.
25 February 1997 - Version 1.1 of MasaYard's IRS Season 97 Add-on is now available on the Home Page. Version information available on the Grand prix 2 Utilities page.
24 February 1997 - Draft event program of Australian Grand Prix added. A preview on the opening Grand Prix expected within a few days.
1997 Line-up page updated with relevant information of testing circuit of Formula One teams.
21 February 1997 - The 1997 F1 Calendar has been updated with circuit information like length and race distance. There are also the starting times of the Grand prix on Sundays. We added a description of MasaYard's IRS Season 97 Add-on. You can download the Grand prix 2 util from the utilities page.
19 February 1997 - The Authentic Autographs section has been updated again (see 18 February). We added 14 Authentic Autographs of 11 drivers and 3 other team members. The page will be upgraded with full size autographs if possible, so the current autographs will be clickable to access the full size autograph.
18 February 1997 - The Authentic Autographs section has been updated today. There are no real informative subjects available. We just added a border and introduction text. There will be available in the very near future, autographs of, for example, Jean Alesi, Gerhard Berger, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Martin Brundle and more.
17 February 1997 - We added a major news article about the Senna trial next Thursday. There is also a picture available which was published in The Sunday Times.
16 February 1997 - New Formula One related mailing list added: Harm's Formula One Mailing List. Menu option available on last line of Front Page.
15 February 1997 - We added two new pages: Sauber launch and McLaren launch page. Both are available on left side of your screen. Choose Car Lauches to access these pages.
14 February 1997 - Bernax race simulators will sponsor the International Racing Site. They offer all Dutch people who are interested in racing a nice opportunity. Read more about this on the Front Page. Border menu has changed. Authentic Autographs not yet available. VROAR Club menu option added. Competitors List changed to 1997 Line-up.
13 February 1997 - Former world champion Alain Prost bought the Ligier team. We changed the name already on the Competitors list/1997 Line-up. The new team, which will be called after Prost, will be officially unveiled on Friday. We also added a Special: Minardi Launch. Three pictures of the car are available, check it out. Menu button available on Front Page.
11 February 1997 - A new function was added on ALL Grand prix 2 Hot Lap Competition pages. Now you are able to see when we last modified the page. We receive Hot Laps every day, so most of the pages change every day too.
10 February 1997 - The News Summary page has been updated. All January articles were deleted and came available for download only. The F1RSA has been canceled and we removed it from our Main Menu list. Last week we added a banner from Bernax, Formule 1 magazine, AutoRAI 97 and Pioneer who have a competition on the Dutch carshow. Subscribers of the Formule 1 magazine got the chance to drive in a simulator and win some nice prizes.
4 February 1997 - We upgraded the Impressive Sites page with a Dynamic Billboard. Menu button available on last line of Front Page.
1 February 1997 - Interested in a Sponsorship, or you want to advertise on the International Racing Site? See for the site hits on the Site Statistics page. Special Williams FW19 Launch page added, three pictures of the car.
31 January 1997 - Special Jordan Launch page added with 4 pictures of the 'Snake'.
28 January 1997 - A new Mailing List address was added to the list of Formula One related Mailing Lists. Menu button available on last line of Front Page.
26 January 1997 - New pages related to Formula One car launches were added (Benetton and Ligier, Williams and others will follow). A large amount of new Hot Laps were added.
18 January 1997 - Steven Young made a utility for Grand prix 2 which can change almost everything to a car and pit crew. It's one of the most usefull utilities for Grand prix 2 at the moment. You can download it on the International Racing Site and at the program's home page (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/smyoung/gp2edit.htm)
16 January 1997 - We added a replay for Grand prix 2 driven by Christiaan de Jager from the Netherlands. We have never see another car driving, while we meant to practice alone. You can download the hotlap.
15 January 1997 - We added a Sneak Preview to the 1997 McLaren. These pictures are copied from their Home Page. The original car will be grey/silver. You can access the page through the Front Page by clicking on the car.
13 January 1997 - We decreased the quality of the pictures on the Front Page and border a little bit. These pictures are in JPG format now and will be displayed a lot earlier as the GIF format pictures we used to have. This all is a result of new software we use to paint the pictures. All circuit maps in the IRS Hot Lap Competition are also upgraded. Our page will be a lot faster as before.
12 January 1997 - The launch dates on the front page moved to a new page. You can access this page on the Front Page. Some of the dates are unofficial. We checked all links on the WWW link page, and updated all pages which moved to a new location.
7 January 1997 - We became member of the One Stop Strategy WebRing. This is an organisation of some high rated Formula One simulation information providers, such as Grand prix 2 related pages. For more information enter here.
4 January 1997 - The Grand prix 2 section is now complete, all Hot Laps can be downloaded by any visitor. Utilities section added. All sections on the International Racing Site are now complete. We will add new sections during the next months.
3 January 1997 - We updated one half of the Grand prix 2 season. We changed the speed title to spd. (kph) and spd. (mph). You can also download all Hot Laps of the first half of the season. This version is from now on the only version which is available on Internet. We closed our location at http://www.worldaccess.nl/~duggyx. We ask you, to tell the webmaster of the page you came from, that we changed of location.
1 January 1997 - More pages available at http://www.kart.nl/irs, e.g. News Summary and Addresses, all available in the Formula One menu. Hot Laps will be added to the competition. Be aware of a rule change: we only accept Hot Laps driven during Unlimited Practice.
30 December 1996 - Pre-release online available at http://www.kart.nl/irs. Special thanks to our sponsors The Official Karting Scene and Syntegra.
9 December 1996 - First concept of the front page in version 4.0 made but not online available.