Douvangus Nuras Golgo

Douvangus Nuras Golgo (Goduvian: 度汪怒臨古恭; born 30 Valax 964) is a knight anole and former racing-driver from Goduvia. He spent most of his racing career in Formula One, participating in 206 Grands Prix across fourteen seasons with Sabalco Racing, Zardan SD, Tounogis Arrida, Xarathina and Serpentina, achieving 1 win, 9 podiums and 514 World Championship points. Golgo also participated sporadically in sports car racing, entering the 24 hours of Vobiaeca in 1003 and again in 1004, and spent a single season in GT Urlexia in 1006.

He retired from racing in 1007 to pursue youth driver development, becoming principle driving coach at the Zardan Driver's Academy from 1007 to 1014. In 1015, he became team owner of Golgo E Racing, which raced in Formula E from 1016 to 1028.

Early Life

Golgo is born in Yegbu, Goduvia to a family of four children, of which he is the youngest. His father, Douvangus Haixong is a wealthy taipan banker, while his mother, Lidaya Ghetsun, is a university assistant professor. Golgo's older brother Douvangus Nuras Suna is a professional rally driver.

Golgo began karting at the age of 8. After briefly recovering from a hand injury, he began formal training in earnest in 977, winning several regional karting events between 977 and 979. In 980, he entered Goduvia Formula 4, earning a seat with the financially struggling Ezippha Team where he demonstrated his talent, winning three races and finishing the season in third. The following season, despite leading the championship after 6 rounds, the Ezippha Team went into administration and Golgo was out of a drive despite significant financial backing from his father. He made the jump to Formula Three racing in Sorgun, where he achieved moderate success at the Sorgun F3 Championship of 982 and 983 where he finished a respectable seventh and third, albeit achieving no race wins. He was subsequently noticed by Bulemani businessman Azadi Himla, the then team owner of Sabalco Racing Sapphire Formula One team, who offered the young talent a seat race seat for on the condition he placed top-three in at least one Formula Two season.

Golgo raced in Sorgun Formula Two for three season from 984 to 986, finishing 9th and 15th in two unimpressive seasons. The 986 season would prove a turnaround in form where he finish runner-up with four wins, thus, fulfilling his condition of finishing an F2 season in a top-three position.

Formula One Career

Sabalco Racing Sapphire (987–992)

Golgo joined the Sabalco F1 team in 987 only as a test driver, after Himla reneged on his conditional offer of a full-time race seat. Despite feeling slighted, Golgo did not take the dispute to court as he felt that "a testing role was better than nothing". Sabalco had four drivers for the 987 season, of which the 21-year old Golgo was fourth choice behind Suvelius P. R. Olon who was on-loan with Lamodia Colour Racing. Golgo would drive 1500km in the team's previous season's spare chassis of the SRS 86T. He took several weekends off to race in sports cars, with a part-time appearance in GT Vasuria.

In 988, Golgo was once again not offered a full-time race seat for the team, with delphinid driver Heredas Gephyreus Brycon taking the second seat. A string of poor results for the dolphin, however, saw him dismissed from the team a few days before the start of the sixth round at Garchus. Loaned-out Olon was meant to fill Brycon's seat, but unbeknownst to Sabalco, Alaënus Lamodia (the new successive owners of Lamodia Colour Racing) had bought out Olon's contract. Golgo was hastily rushed in to fill Brycon's vacant seat, where he officially debuted at the Garchus Grand Prix. Golgo qualified an impressive ninth, a full second behind polesitter Nucidius Haegisius Hoedrax of the Imperial, and two-tenths quicker than his more experienced teammate, Aedianus Coxo. In a rain-affected race, Golgo drove the car conservatively to finish in points-paying seventh despite a eight-car pile-up in the first lap and an hour-long red flag session. A few days after the race, Golgo signed a two-year full-time contract with Sabalco, becoming the team's official second driver. He finished the 988 season a respectable sixteenth, with 6 World Championship points.

Sabalco introduced the SRS 89 for the 989 season which proved to be a a more competitive package in both qualifying and race. While both drivers equally struggled with the car's unwieldy handling model, Golgo suffered the most from bad luck, retiring from four potential podium finishes all due to mechanical issues. Despite finishing the season with 9 points (in comparison to Aedianus Coxo's single shock race win and plentiful points finishes), Golgo was retained for the 990 season.

Except for some minor reliability upgrades, the SRS 90 found itself in the lower-midfield again. Golgo scored points in Casaldium and Ka'akani, but suffered a season-ending crash at the Rixopolis Grand Prix after tangling with the Honor F1 car of Giridius H. S. Fominex on lap 18 which saw both cars flip and tumble over an armco barrier. Golgo was rushed to hospital unconscious with a broken tibia.

Golgo would return to full-time racing for the 991 season. The season started strong with points finishes at Azam, Bulema and Casaldium. He regularly outqualified his teammate, Nucidius Altigaridus Paecino. The car was a solid lower-midfield car, finishing in the points sparingly. At the final round of what would become a highly controversial Xantiphon Grand Prix, Golgo was given the black flag on lap 39 when the stewards found him to have been given a push start by a pitlane crew member during a stalled pitstop earlier in the race. While entering the pits to retire from the race, title challenger Achryxies of the Hovonian, crashed into the back of a slow moving Golgo, handing the win to Aedianus Coxo of the Dazokan who finished fourth, sealing the championship for the lion. Golgo was fined 15,000 Ð for driving too slowly into the pits.

992 saw a significantly weaker SRS 91 as car development slowed amidst financial strain in the team. Golgo would not score a single point until the tenth round at Narcelus, where he finished a solid seventh. He was regularly outperformed by teammate Ongaronga, but managed to bag a surprise second-place finish after a chaotic Simigori Grand Prix. Golgo finished the season in sixteenth with 14 points. He was subsequently dropped from Sabalco, and out of a drive for 993.

Zardan Super Drive F1 (993–996)

A month before the start of the 993 season, second driver Zeangus Cienton Dogatan of Zardan Super Drive F1 team announced his transfer to the Vedaso Sporting Front, leaving the team scrambling for a replacement. The team eventually contacted Golgo who was out of a job, to which the latter signed without hesitation despite a significant pay cut.

993 would see Golgo's most successful season, with the anole scoring four podiums and a fifth place finish in the World Drivers' Championship with 199 points. He also landed his second career pole position, and first fastest lap at the seventh round of the Gyrostia Grand Prix.

The team's competitiveness improved for the 994 season, with Golgo putting the ZD92 on the podium at the Ka'akani Grand Prix. However, his new teammate, Cynaemio Zitaro regularly outqualified and outscored him, including a single win at the Garchus Grand Prix. Golgo would finish the season in 10th with 64 points.

The 995 season saw the team introduced the ZD93 which suffered from chronic understeer. A lacklustre season saw Golgo match his previous season's points tally of 64, albeit falling to 12th place in the standings.

Golgo's form dipped dramatically in 996, failing to score a podium in any race. At the 13th round of the Zardan Grand Prix, Golgo announced that he would be departing from the Zardan team at the end of the season. A month later, Golgo signed a three-year contract with Tonugis Arrida with the stated promise of first-driver preference.

Tonugis Arrida (997–999)

Golgo was paired with canine racer, Varcus Fillas Tidrina for the 997 season. The Opam-based outfit turned up to Baeticia in the TNS A97 which proved to be surprisingly competitive in qualifying. In a sensational qualifying performance, Golgo put the A97 on provisional pole, only to be beaten 0.124s by Ferox Seringola driver, Genotas Phyastro. Golgo started P2, while his teammate Tidrina started in P5, two-tenths down from the knight anole. However, the Baeticia race start would end in disaster for Tonugis Arrida as both cars were taken out on the first corner by the other Ferox Seringola driver of Xalinidus in a multi-car pileup.

At next round of the Azam Grand Prix, Golgo qualified an impressive third, and this time, drove his car into a spectacular second place finish in rainy conditions. This was followed by three consistent consecutive points finishes the next three races. While the team's competitiveness was eventually challenged as other midfield teams began to out-develop them, Golgo regularly drove the car into higher than expected finishing positions. Golgo finished the season in 11th, with 62 championship points.

The team introduced the TNS A98 for the 998 season, essentially a carbon-copy of the previous year's car with a few aerodynamic changes. The car's improvements were negligible compared to their immediate rivals, and Golgo was unable to quality higher than sixth all season. The season's highlight was Golgo's shock win at the Narcelus Grand Prix, a race of attrition with several top-running cars crashing out or spinning off during a sudden downpour. The knight anole would again finish a respectable 11th in the drivers' standings with 56 points.

Tonugis announced that 999 will be his last season in Formula One, citing familial obligations and announcing the birth of his first child. That season, Golgo drove the reliable, albeit uncompetitive TNS A99. The anole only finished in the points twice in Bulema and Garchus, concluding a disappointing season in 17th place in the World Drivers' Championship standings with 5 points, matching his 991 season campaign where he was injured halfway into the season.

Brief retirement, Xarathina, Serpentina Racing (1000–1001)

Golgo returned to Goduvia and joined his family's trade in the banking industry. Despite this, Golgo continued to race sporadically in Sorgun stockcars.

Midway through the 1000 F1 season, Golgo was urgently contacted by Xarathina F1, whom recently dismissed underperforming driver Rahuvit Vijaank. Golgo, already retired, initially declined the offer to drive for the financially struggling team. A week before the Ka'akani Grand Prix, Golgo came out of retirement, signing a short-term contract to race for the remaining rounds of the 1000 season with Xarathina, pairing with Suvelius A. V. Anilander.

The XIR01 was massively underpowered and difficult to drive. At the Ka'akani Grand Prix, Golgo qualified 13th ahead of teammate Anilander by a tenth. He was passed by Anilander on the first corner, and struggled with the handling of the car. Golgo retired 15 laps into the race after his hydraulics failed, while his teammate finished seventh with the "second slowest car" on the grid. At the following round in Vasur, Golgo qualified a lowly 23rd, his lowest ever qualifying position in his career (excluding his DNQ at the 992 Gyrostia Grand Prix). While admonishing his team over the radio, Golgo managed to drive all the way to ninth before suffering a gearbox failure on the penultimate lap; he was still classified as having finished 16th.

Xarathina officially went into administration a few days after the Vasur Grand Prix after title sponsor IROSINE pulled the plug on the team's operations. Unable to pay Golgo the first instalment of his contract after his first and second races, a frustrated Golgo terminated his contract hours before the start of the Narcelus Grand Prix, thus withdrawing his entry from the race and leaving Xarathina with one car for the weekend.

A few months later, Golgo made a surprise announcement that he will be driving for Serpentina for the 1001 F1 season on a one-year contract. Golgo initlaly struggled with the SEV827, crashing out in three of the first four races, and then suffering two successive mechanical failures in Casaldium and Garchus. He eventually scored his first points at the 7th round in T'oshkra, and his second-half season performance improved. He would score points again at the Zardan Grand Prix. Despite flashes of Golgo's experience on track, his contract with Serpentina was not extended citing his age, and the 37-year-old driver announced his retirement from Formula One for good this time.

Post-Formula One Career

Golgo joined Ebretian League racing in 1002, signing a one-year contract with the newly formed Kenzin Racing Team founded by Goduvian business mogul Gohin Kenzin. While the majority of the grid fielded Padami PD2 cars, Kenzin opted to debut the experimental Rantan R4721 as a new chassis manufacturer. Golgo made his debut at the 1002 Heronia Beach Grand Prix. The car was slow, qualifying 24th of 25 cars on the grid. Golgo drove a promising race to 11th thanks to retirements from other cars. Golgo then suffered ten retirements, of which seven were mechanical and three caused by accidents from other drivers. At the 13th round at the Winaku 400, Golgo, citing the team's poor management, resigned after failing to complete a single lap around the oval after a hydraulics problem.

Golgo would retire from motor racing for good,

Racing career

Complete Formula One results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
988	Sabalco Racing Sapphire	SRS 88	Tymax ARK09B 2.8 V8	BAE	AZM	BLM	LTS	CSD	GCH 7	GYR 16	KAA 6	VSR 10	NAR 13	RXO Ret	ZAR Ret	SMG 10	CHY 11	HLB 8	XAN Ret		16th	6
989	Sabalco Racing Sapphire	SRS 89	Tymax ARK09B 2.8 V8	BAE Ret	AZM 9	BLM 12	LTS 7	CSD Ret	GCH 10	GYR Ret	KAA 7	VSR Ret	NAR 11	RXO Ret	ZAR 9	SMG 5	CHY 13	HLB 8	XAN 20^†		15th	9
990	Sabalco Racing Sapphire	SRS 90	Tymax ARK10 2.8 V8	BAE Ret	AZM 11	BLM 14	LTS 10	CSD 6	GCH 11	GYR Ret	KAA 7	VSR 10	NAR 12	RXO Ret	ZAR	SMG	CHY	HLB	XAN		18th	5
991	Sabalco Racing Sapphire	SRS 91	Tymax ARK10 2.8 V8	BAE 12	AZM 6	BLM 5	LTS Ret	CSD 4	GCH Ret	GYR 10	KAA Ret	VSR Ret	NAR 7	RXO Ret	ZAR 9	SMG 14	CHY Ret	HLB Ret	XAN DSQ		13th	14
992	Sabalco Racing Sapphire	SRS 92	Tymax ARK10 2.8 V8	BAE 19	AZM Ret	BLM 13	LTS 16	CSD Ret	GCH 17	GYR DNQ	KAA Ret	VSR 13	NAR 9	RXO Ret	ZAR 15	SMG 2	CHY 18	AGD 16	XAN 15		16th	14
993	Zardan Super Drive F1	ZD92	Zardan J2X 3.5 V12	BAE 6	AZM 6	BLM 3	LTS Ret	CSD 5	GCH Ret	GYR 2	KAA 3	VSR 2	NAR 9	RXO 6	ZAR Ret	SMG 12	CHY 7	AGD 4	XAN 5		5th	199
994	Zardan Super Drive F1	ZD92b	Zardan J2X 3.5 V12	BAE 9	AZM Ret	BLM Ret	LTS 7	CSD 9	GCH 13	GYR 13	KAA 3	VSR 7		RXO 14	ZAR 8	SMG 4	CHY 4	AGD 8	XAN 9		10th	64
994	Zardan Super Drive F1	ZD92c	Zardan J2X 3.5 V12										NAR Ret								10th	64
995	Zardan Super Drive F1	ZD93	Zardan J2X 3.5 V12	BAE 11	AZM 5	BLM 6	LTS Ret	CSD 9	GCH 3	TSK Ret	GYR 9	KAA Ret	VSR 11	NAR 5	RXO 8	ZAR 9	SMG Ret	CHY Ret	AGD 15	XAN 4	12th	64
996	Zardan Super Drive F1	ZD95	Zardan J3 3.0 V10	BAE 14	AZM Ret	BLM Ret	LTS 10	CSD 9	GCH 11	TSK 9	GYR 10	KAA Ret	VSR 14	NAR Ret	RXO 9	ZAR Ret	SMG 7	CHY 14	AGD Ret	XAN Ret	18th	14
997	Tonugis Arrida Group	TNS A97	Zardan J3 3.0 V10	BAE Ret	AZM 2	BLM 4	LTS 5	CSD 9	GCH 12	TSK	GYR Ret	KAA 11	VSR 8	NAR 4	RXO Ret	ZAR 9	SMG 16	CHY 13	AGD 9	XAN Ret	9th	62
998	Tonugis Arrida Group	TNS A98	Zardan J3 3.0 V10	BAE DNS	AZM Ret	BLM 5	LTS 12	CSD Ret	GCH 13	TSK 14	GYR 7	KAA Ret	VSR 14	NAR 1	RXO 7	ZAR 7	SMG 11	CHY 18	AGD 15^†	XAN 6	11th	56
999	Tonugis Arrida Group	TNS A99	Zardan J3 3.0 V10	BAE 15	AZM Ret	BLM 9	LTS Ret	CSD 10	GCH 6	TSK Ret	GYR Ret	KAA 13^†	VSR 12	NAR 10	RXO Ret	ZAR 13	SMG 18	CHY 11	AGD Ret	XAN Ret	17th	5
1000	Xarathina IROSINE Racing	XIR01	Hovonian NOLAS 3.0 V10	BAE	AZM	BLM	LTS	CSD	GCH	TSK	GYR	KAA Ret	VSR 16^†	NAR WD	RXO	ZAR	SMG	CHY	AGD	XAN	26th	0
1001	Serpentina F1 Racing	SEV827	Serpentina RAZ-5 3.5 V10	BAE 11	AZM Ret	BLM Ret	LTS 17^†	CSD Ret	GCH 18^†	TSK 9	GYR 10	KAA 12	VSR Ret	NAR 13	RXO 10	ZAR 9	SMG 10	CHY Ret	AGD 16	XAN 17	19th	2

Complete Ebretian League Racing results

(Bold – Pole position. Italics – Most laps led.)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1002	Kenzin Racing	Rantan R4721	59	Serpentina	HER 11	HND 18	LAS 19	500 30	BRU 21	ALE 13	DLX 23	TYS 16	XLO 18	SIZ 24	P300 20	UKH 12	WNK 21	MTS	ASG	SKS	35th	1

Complete GT Urlexia Championship results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Points
1006	Tymax UGT Team	Tymax 103TX	FAR 10	NEC 2	LTS 5	EVI 13	ROR 8	GEN 9	RNO 3	IUL 3	RFF Ret	CHA 2	AZM 2	3rd	83