INTRODUCTION
I joined the fun with many others and decided to go on with my own career. This starts from 1988 season, and I'm driving an Osella. I don't use my real name here, instead name Eros Sanguinetti, Italian driver. That suits well with the ambitions to start with Italian team.
All tracks of 1988 are ready with an exception of Imola and Suzuka. I will use 1994 version of Imola and late 1990s version of Suzuka if they are not available at the time. With Imola it's likely since it's second round of the season.
1988 had 31 cars, one dropped out in pre-qualifying and four in qualifying. With the rFactor system, I will use practice as a pre-qualifying, but only for the teams that participated it, at least during the first half of the season which concludes after British GP. The teams in pre-qualifying are EuroBrun (2 cars), Rial, Coloni and Dallara with one car each. So slowest of these five will not take part in qualifying nor race.
There is some bug which usually makes many drivers to drive more laps than allowed in qualifying. As it's mostly out of my control, 26 fastest drivers will race. However, those with too many laps will start from the back of the grid.
My F1 rFactor career
Re: My F1 rFactor career
Round 1 - Brazil
In the practice/pre-qualifying, Andrea de Cesaris was not able to make the track, so it was quickly clear who would drop out. No major drama, I was around 26th but didn't speed up really with softer tyre and I was mostly using heavy fuel load.
Surprisingly, qualifying took two major casualties. Alain Prost was just starting his fast lap when Luis Perez Sala chopped ahead of him, coming from the pit lane. The two touched, Prost flew into the wall and damage was done, DNQ for the Frenchman. The manoeuvre was deemed dangerous and Sala was excluded from the race too. Also it was bad day for Thierry Boutsen. The crash happened just behind me, as I left the pits I went ahead of Tyrrell driver (didn't spot whether it was Palmer or Bailey) and Boutsen was behind him. He decided to take working lane in the pits and smacked into safety car waiting at the pit exit! Again, too much damage and the Belgian was out. So that left only one spot for other DNQs and it was to be Bernd Schneider.
Ayrton Senna took the pole with two Williamses behind him, Mansell ahead. Alboreto, Nannini and Piquet rounded out top 6. I was 23rd, ahead of Martini, Dalmas and Ghinzani in the grid. No one was sent to back of the grid this time.
At the start, I took it badly and dropped down to 25th into the first corner. Johansson spun and I had to swerve a little to avoid him. Dalmas went past me so I had only Johansson behind at that point. I climbed up few spots on the first lap to 21st, mostly thanks to turbo engine which was obviously big help at the longest straight. But then a series of mistakes brought me back to last. Larrauri was first to retire and I ran 25th for most of the time. I was lapped already on lap 10 but from then on I kept quite a good pace. I seemed to perform better when I had cars around me and I was not circling around alone. Berger and Gugelmin had slight altercation in a left-hander behind the pits and they both had to pit. I continued running until I went wide and when returning to the track Derek Warwick hit my car. It was the end of the race for both drivers.
Senna won the race for the delighted fans. Alboreto took 2nd and Nakajima sensational 3rd ahead of his team-mate Piquet. Berger and Gugelmin recovered to take final points.
1st Senna
2nd Alboreto +17,8
3rd Nakajima +19,9
4th Piquet +27,1
5th Berger +1.20,3
6th Gugelmin +1.26,8
7th Johansson +1.32,9
8th Cheever +1.33,1
9th Modena -1 lap
10th Martini -1 lap
11th Dalmas -1 lap
12th Ghinzani -1 lap
13th Alliot -1 lap
14th Bailey - 4 laps DNF Brakes
15th Streiff - 7 laps DNF Gearbox
DNF
Caffi 52 Brakes
Palmer 50 Brakes
Tarquini 47 Gearbox
Patrese 37 Gearbox
Mansell 36 Brakes
Arnoux 32 Supsension
Nannini 26 Brakes
Capelli 22 Gearbox
Warwick 17 Accident
Sanguinetti 16 Accident
Larrauri 8 Gearbox
In the practice/pre-qualifying, Andrea de Cesaris was not able to make the track, so it was quickly clear who would drop out. No major drama, I was around 26th but didn't speed up really with softer tyre and I was mostly using heavy fuel load.
Surprisingly, qualifying took two major casualties. Alain Prost was just starting his fast lap when Luis Perez Sala chopped ahead of him, coming from the pit lane. The two touched, Prost flew into the wall and damage was done, DNQ for the Frenchman. The manoeuvre was deemed dangerous and Sala was excluded from the race too. Also it was bad day for Thierry Boutsen. The crash happened just behind me, as I left the pits I went ahead of Tyrrell driver (didn't spot whether it was Palmer or Bailey) and Boutsen was behind him. He decided to take working lane in the pits and smacked into safety car waiting at the pit exit! Again, too much damage and the Belgian was out. So that left only one spot for other DNQs and it was to be Bernd Schneider.
Ayrton Senna took the pole with two Williamses behind him, Mansell ahead. Alboreto, Nannini and Piquet rounded out top 6. I was 23rd, ahead of Martini, Dalmas and Ghinzani in the grid. No one was sent to back of the grid this time.
At the start, I took it badly and dropped down to 25th into the first corner. Johansson spun and I had to swerve a little to avoid him. Dalmas went past me so I had only Johansson behind at that point. I climbed up few spots on the first lap to 21st, mostly thanks to turbo engine which was obviously big help at the longest straight. But then a series of mistakes brought me back to last. Larrauri was first to retire and I ran 25th for most of the time. I was lapped already on lap 10 but from then on I kept quite a good pace. I seemed to perform better when I had cars around me and I was not circling around alone. Berger and Gugelmin had slight altercation in a left-hander behind the pits and they both had to pit. I continued running until I went wide and when returning to the track Derek Warwick hit my car. It was the end of the race for both drivers.
Senna won the race for the delighted fans. Alboreto took 2nd and Nakajima sensational 3rd ahead of his team-mate Piquet. Berger and Gugelmin recovered to take final points.
1st Senna
2nd Alboreto +17,8
3rd Nakajima +19,9
4th Piquet +27,1
5th Berger +1.20,3
6th Gugelmin +1.26,8
7th Johansson +1.32,9
8th Cheever +1.33,1
9th Modena -1 lap
10th Martini -1 lap
11th Dalmas -1 lap
12th Ghinzani -1 lap
13th Alliot -1 lap
14th Bailey - 4 laps DNF Brakes
15th Streiff - 7 laps DNF Gearbox
DNF
Caffi 52 Brakes
Palmer 50 Brakes
Tarquini 47 Gearbox
Patrese 37 Gearbox
Mansell 36 Brakes
Arnoux 32 Supsension
Nannini 26 Brakes
Capelli 22 Gearbox
Warwick 17 Accident
Sanguinetti 16 Accident
Larrauri 8 Gearbox
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Re: My F1 rFactor career
I'll be interested to keep reading this, although there is no 1989 mod for rFactor yet. Seems to be taking a long time.
I can't drive the 1988 mod, mostly because I have to use keys and it's impossible with the '88 mod.
I can't drive the 1988 mod, mostly because I have to use keys and it's impossible with the '88 mod.
I like the way Snrub thinks!
Re: My F1 rFactor career
Round 2 - San Marino
As mentioned earlier, 1994 version of the circuit is used as there is not 1988 version available. Different contributors but the layout has been the same.
I couldn't get grips with the circuit at all. First sector was fine, but Aqua Minerale and Variante Alta chicanes...just horrible. I ended up qualifying in 29th, only beating Alex Caffi. So DNQ for me. Schneider and Dalmas also failed to qualify.
I got some major air in one of my qualifying laps.
Top three of the qualifying was the same as in Brazil: Senna, Mansell, Patrese. Gugelmin was fourth, Piquet fifth and Capelli sixth. Berger, Prost, Tarquini and Cheever were sent to the back of the grid.
Since it's not possible to put driver out, I started the race, put one litre of fuel and went on. I ran out of fuel in the uphill after Tosa and car stopped at Aqua Minerale.
Prost and Berger had incident in the back of the field and they both had to pit. Also pitting were Ghinzani and Alliot. The first real retirement of the race was Warwick on lap 6.
There was lots of incidents throughout the race. Patrese dropped down around 10th lap, while few drivers like Nelson Piquet, Ivan Capelli and Stefan Johansson had to make multiple pit stops.
Prost drover brilliant race after his first-lap pit stop and he was in the points around half-distance. This was not enough for him and he grabbed 2nd place on lap 39, but couldn't catch Senna in the lead. So it was McLaren 1-2. Joining them on the podium was surprisingly Jonathan Palmer, after Alboreto and Nakajima collided just five laps from home. For the delight of Minardi, their driver Martini took the final point.
Mansell retired again with engine problem. Rene Arnoux was only one who crashed on his own, but Mauricio Gugelmin had a huge accident following a brake failure.
Senna 61
Prost 61 +23,6
Palmer 60
Cheever 60
Patrese 60
Martini 60
Alboreto 60
Nakajima 60
Nannini 59
Bailey 59
Sala 59
Streiff 58
Alliot 58
Berger 58
Piquet 58
Capelli 58
Ghinzani 57
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Modena 53 Gearbox
Larrauri 51 Engine
Johansson 48 Engine
Boutsen 47 Gearbox
Gugelmin 42 Brakes
Mansell 41 Engine
Tarquini 21 Gearbox
Arnoux 16 Accident
Warwick 5 Engine
DOTR: Alain Prost - brilliant recovery drive from back of the field.
ROTR: Nelson Piquet - didn't look like three-time champion with numerous mistakes
As mentioned earlier, 1994 version of the circuit is used as there is not 1988 version available. Different contributors but the layout has been the same.
I couldn't get grips with the circuit at all. First sector was fine, but Aqua Minerale and Variante Alta chicanes...just horrible. I ended up qualifying in 29th, only beating Alex Caffi. So DNQ for me. Schneider and Dalmas also failed to qualify.
I got some major air in one of my qualifying laps.
Top three of the qualifying was the same as in Brazil: Senna, Mansell, Patrese. Gugelmin was fourth, Piquet fifth and Capelli sixth. Berger, Prost, Tarquini and Cheever were sent to the back of the grid.
Since it's not possible to put driver out, I started the race, put one litre of fuel and went on. I ran out of fuel in the uphill after Tosa and car stopped at Aqua Minerale.
Prost and Berger had incident in the back of the field and they both had to pit. Also pitting were Ghinzani and Alliot. The first real retirement of the race was Warwick on lap 6.
There was lots of incidents throughout the race. Patrese dropped down around 10th lap, while few drivers like Nelson Piquet, Ivan Capelli and Stefan Johansson had to make multiple pit stops.
Prost drover brilliant race after his first-lap pit stop and he was in the points around half-distance. This was not enough for him and he grabbed 2nd place on lap 39, but couldn't catch Senna in the lead. So it was McLaren 1-2. Joining them on the podium was surprisingly Jonathan Palmer, after Alboreto and Nakajima collided just five laps from home. For the delight of Minardi, their driver Martini took the final point.
Mansell retired again with engine problem. Rene Arnoux was only one who crashed on his own, but Mauricio Gugelmin had a huge accident following a brake failure.
Senna 61
Prost 61 +23,6
Palmer 60
Cheever 60
Patrese 60
Martini 60
Alboreto 60
Nakajima 60
Nannini 59
Bailey 59
Sala 59
Streiff 58
Alliot 58
Berger 58
Piquet 58
Capelli 58
Ghinzani 57
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Modena 53 Gearbox
Larrauri 51 Engine
Johansson 48 Engine
Boutsen 47 Gearbox
Gugelmin 42 Brakes
Mansell 41 Engine
Tarquini 21 Gearbox
Arnoux 16 Accident
Warwick 5 Engine
DOTR: Alain Prost - brilliant recovery drive from back of the field.
ROTR: Nelson Piquet - didn't look like three-time champion with numerous mistakes
Re: My F1 rFactor career
Could you post qualifying results as well???
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Re: My F1 rFactor career
No times but grid orders
Brazil
Row 1: Senna-Mansell
Row 2: Patrese-Alboreto
Row 3: Nannini-Piquet
Row 4: Capelli-Bailey
Row 5: Berger-Palmer
Row 6: Gugelmin-Nakajima
Row 7: Arnoux-Johansson
Row 8: Streiff-Cheever
Row 9: Warwick-Larrauri
Row 10: Caffi-Tarquini
Row 11: Alliot-Modena
Row 12: Sanguinetti-Martini
Row 13: Dalmas-Ghinzani
San Marino
Row 1: Senna-Mansell
Row 2: Patrese-Gugelmin
Row 3: Piquet-Capelli
Row 4: Nannini-Bailey
Row 5: Alboreto-Palmer
Row 6: Warwick-Arnoux
Row 7: Boutsen-Nakajima
Row 8: Johansson-Streiff
Row 9: Sala-Ghinzani
Row 10: Martini-Larrauri
Row 11: Modena-Alliot
Row 12: Berger-Prost
Row 13: Tarquini-Cheever
Brazil
Row 1: Senna-Mansell
Row 2: Patrese-Alboreto
Row 3: Nannini-Piquet
Row 4: Capelli-Bailey
Row 5: Berger-Palmer
Row 6: Gugelmin-Nakajima
Row 7: Arnoux-Johansson
Row 8: Streiff-Cheever
Row 9: Warwick-Larrauri
Row 10: Caffi-Tarquini
Row 11: Alliot-Modena
Row 12: Sanguinetti-Martini
Row 13: Dalmas-Ghinzani
San Marino
Row 1: Senna-Mansell
Row 2: Patrese-Gugelmin
Row 3: Piquet-Capelli
Row 4: Nannini-Bailey
Row 5: Alboreto-Palmer
Row 6: Warwick-Arnoux
Row 7: Boutsen-Nakajima
Row 8: Johansson-Streiff
Row 9: Sala-Ghinzani
Row 10: Martini-Larrauri
Row 11: Modena-Alliot
Row 12: Berger-Prost
Row 13: Tarquini-Cheever
Last edited by Bleu on 21 Jun 2011, 15:34, edited 1 time in total.
Re: My F1 rFactor career
Wasn´t it allowed in Rfactor to Ban AI drivers?? At least I can do it in my Rfactor... I say it because of the 16 driver grids.
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Re: My F1 rFactor career
Round 3 - Monaco
My game crashed very late in the race. I had very rejectful race, with a total of 9 pit stops for repairs. However, the attrition was very high and I was 7th at that time with five laps to go. I would have moved just into points due to Sala's retirement.
A lot of crashes, about everyone had to pit at some point of the race.
I have no will to do all again. I had race order in my mind though, it was this:
1. Bailey
2. Alliot
3. Senna
4. Patrese - 1 lap (DNF)
5. Palmer - 1 lap
6. Sala - 7 laps (DNF)
7. Sanguinetti -7 laps
8. Cheever -8 laps (DNF)
DNF Gugelmin (59), Arnoux (57), Warwick (57), de Cesaris (57), Capelli (40), Johansson (39), Modena (39), Martini (38), Tarquini (37), Mansell (36), Larrauri (33), Alboreto (30), Boutsen (28), Prost (23), Streiff (21), Berger (11), Piquet (9), Nakajima (5)
Sala, Capelli, Tarquini, Alboreto, Boutsen, Streiff, Berger and Piquet due to accidents.
In the qualifying I got very good lap and was 12th fastest. But with four drivers taking too many laps, I ended up in 8th of the grid. I kept my place until first issue which was head-on collision with Senna who was trying U-turn at Massenet. Both of us damaged front wings as a result.
The rest of my pit stops due to these
2 Hit kerb at Swimming pool and hit wall
3 Too fast into Massenet, spun into inside wall
4 Hit Martini at Swimming pool
5 Lost control at Swimming pool, slid into wall
6 Ran little bit wide at tunnel and touched wall
7 Missed braking spot at Tabac
8 Spin in Ste Devote
9 Too fast into Massenet, understeer into outside wall
Grid was:
Senna
Mansell
Piquet
Bailey
Capelli
Boutsen
Berger
Sanguinetti
Nakajima
Gugelmin
Streiff
Arnoux
Warwick
Cheever
Sala
Johansson
Tarquini
Modena
Martini
Larrauri
de Cesaris
Alliot
Palmer (penalty)
Alboreto (penalty)
Prost (penalty)
Patrese (penalty)
DNQ: Schneider, Dalmas, Ghinzani (accident), Nannini (accident)
DNPQ: Caffi
My game crashed very late in the race. I had very rejectful race, with a total of 9 pit stops for repairs. However, the attrition was very high and I was 7th at that time with five laps to go. I would have moved just into points due to Sala's retirement.
A lot of crashes, about everyone had to pit at some point of the race.
I have no will to do all again. I had race order in my mind though, it was this:
1. Bailey
2. Alliot
3. Senna
4. Patrese - 1 lap (DNF)
5. Palmer - 1 lap
6. Sala - 7 laps (DNF)
7. Sanguinetti -7 laps
8. Cheever -8 laps (DNF)
DNF Gugelmin (59), Arnoux (57), Warwick (57), de Cesaris (57), Capelli (40), Johansson (39), Modena (39), Martini (38), Tarquini (37), Mansell (36), Larrauri (33), Alboreto (30), Boutsen (28), Prost (23), Streiff (21), Berger (11), Piquet (9), Nakajima (5)
Sala, Capelli, Tarquini, Alboreto, Boutsen, Streiff, Berger and Piquet due to accidents.
In the qualifying I got very good lap and was 12th fastest. But with four drivers taking too many laps, I ended up in 8th of the grid. I kept my place until first issue which was head-on collision with Senna who was trying U-turn at Massenet. Both of us damaged front wings as a result.
The rest of my pit stops due to these
2 Hit kerb at Swimming pool and hit wall
3 Too fast into Massenet, spun into inside wall
4 Hit Martini at Swimming pool
5 Lost control at Swimming pool, slid into wall
6 Ran little bit wide at tunnel and touched wall
7 Missed braking spot at Tabac
8 Spin in Ste Devote
9 Too fast into Massenet, understeer into outside wall
Grid was:
Senna
Mansell
Piquet
Bailey
Capelli
Boutsen
Berger
Sanguinetti
Nakajima
Gugelmin
Streiff
Arnoux
Warwick
Cheever
Sala
Johansson
Tarquini
Modena
Martini
Larrauri
de Cesaris
Alliot
Palmer (penalty)
Alboreto (penalty)
Prost (penalty)
Patrese (penalty)
DNQ: Schneider, Dalmas, Ghinzani (accident), Nannini (accident)
DNPQ: Caffi
Re: My F1 rFactor career
That result is even crazier than Chris Dagnall´s Zakspeed 1-2!!
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Re: My F1 rFactor career
For Monaco:
DOTR: Riccardo Patrese - from last to first, set to win, before car failed
ROTR: Rial pit crew - released de Cesaris into the path of Piquet, causing the crash which ended Nelson's race.
DOTR: Riccardo Patrese - from last to first, set to win, before car failed
ROTR: Rial pit crew - released de Cesaris into the path of Piquet, causing the crash which ended Nelson's race.
Re: My F1 rFactor career
Round 4 - Mexico
Practice quite normal, I was 22nd, actually in a group of drivers who were pre-qualifying. de Cesaris was slowest again and got dumped from the qualifying itself. Bailey didn't drive in practice at all due to mechanical issues.
Qualifying claimed one big victim again. This time it was Gerhard Berger, whose engine failed just after leaving the pits. Got my car in at the lower end of the grid, 20th position. Three drivers were ordered to the back of the grid this time: Cheever, Johansson and Boutsen.
Grid:
Senna - Prost
Mansell - Alboreto
Nannini - Bailey
Capelli - Piquet
Gugelmin - Patrese
Nakajima - Palmer
Arnoux - Warwick
Streiff - Sala
Larrauri - Modena
Tarquini - Sanguinetti
Alliot - Martini
Caffi - Cheever
Johansson - Boutsen
DNQ: Ghinzani, Dalmas, Schneider, Berger
This time I got a good start and I was 17th at the first corner. However I had to give room for Tarquini and Cheever during the first lap. Caffi collided with Johansson and retired at the hairpin.
But the race went wrong at second lap, as I spun in last part of first S curves and Martini hit me. Both got damage to front wing so we both had to pit and lost a lap. With the heavy fuel load the car was very difficult to drive and I had more spins. I pitted again to adjust front wing a bit, but after that I was already two laps down. To make things worse, I got penalized for ignoring blue flags but didn't manage to serve it before running wide in Peraltada and spinning into inside wall and losing a wheel. That was the end of my race.
Boutsen had another collision later in the race, this time with Warwick who had to pit.
McLarens were ahead most of the race. Alboreto managed to challenge them but he crashed late in the race following a brake failure. Several other drivers near the top had same fate in the closing laps.
1 Senna 69 laps
2 Prost +3,5
3 Patrese +22,7
4 Cheever +44,2
5 Boutsen +45,0
6 Palmer +45,1
7 Johansson +54,8
8 Streiff +58,5
9 Arnoux +58,6
10 Larrauri +61,7
11 Alliot +75,6
12 Sala +75,7
13 Martini 67 Engine
14 Mansell 66 Engine
15 Nannini 65 Suspension
16 Bailey 65 Engine
17 Capelli 63 Engine
18 Alboreto 62 Brakes
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Tarquini 57 Engine
Warwick 57 Brakes
Nakajima 52 Engine
Modena 42 Engine
Gugelmin 37 Engine
Piquet 21 Brakes
Sanguinetti 10 Accident
Caffi 0 Accident
DOTR: Ayrton Senna - win from pole
ROTR: Eros Sanguinetti - too many errors in ten laps
Practice quite normal, I was 22nd, actually in a group of drivers who were pre-qualifying. de Cesaris was slowest again and got dumped from the qualifying itself. Bailey didn't drive in practice at all due to mechanical issues.
Qualifying claimed one big victim again. This time it was Gerhard Berger, whose engine failed just after leaving the pits. Got my car in at the lower end of the grid, 20th position. Three drivers were ordered to the back of the grid this time: Cheever, Johansson and Boutsen.
Grid:
Senna - Prost
Mansell - Alboreto
Nannini - Bailey
Capelli - Piquet
Gugelmin - Patrese
Nakajima - Palmer
Arnoux - Warwick
Streiff - Sala
Larrauri - Modena
Tarquini - Sanguinetti
Alliot - Martini
Caffi - Cheever
Johansson - Boutsen
DNQ: Ghinzani, Dalmas, Schneider, Berger
This time I got a good start and I was 17th at the first corner. However I had to give room for Tarquini and Cheever during the first lap. Caffi collided with Johansson and retired at the hairpin.
But the race went wrong at second lap, as I spun in last part of first S curves and Martini hit me. Both got damage to front wing so we both had to pit and lost a lap. With the heavy fuel load the car was very difficult to drive and I had more spins. I pitted again to adjust front wing a bit, but after that I was already two laps down. To make things worse, I got penalized for ignoring blue flags but didn't manage to serve it before running wide in Peraltada and spinning into inside wall and losing a wheel. That was the end of my race.
Boutsen had another collision later in the race, this time with Warwick who had to pit.
McLarens were ahead most of the race. Alboreto managed to challenge them but he crashed late in the race following a brake failure. Several other drivers near the top had same fate in the closing laps.
1 Senna 69 laps
2 Prost +3,5
3 Patrese +22,7
4 Cheever +44,2
5 Boutsen +45,0
6 Palmer +45,1
7 Johansson +54,8
8 Streiff +58,5
9 Arnoux +58,6
10 Larrauri +61,7
11 Alliot +75,6
12 Sala +75,7
13 Martini 67 Engine
14 Mansell 66 Engine
15 Nannini 65 Suspension
16 Bailey 65 Engine
17 Capelli 63 Engine
18 Alboreto 62 Brakes
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Tarquini 57 Engine
Warwick 57 Brakes
Nakajima 52 Engine
Modena 42 Engine
Gugelmin 37 Engine
Piquet 21 Brakes
Sanguinetti 10 Accident
Caffi 0 Accident
DOTR: Ayrton Senna - win from pole
ROTR: Eros Sanguinetti - too many errors in ten laps
Last edited by Bleu on 29 Jun 2011, 06:49, edited 1 time in total.
Re: My F1 rFactor career
I bet Sanguinetti's race was a FA1L.
Re: My F1 rFactor career
Some pics from Monaco and Mexico
Monaco - my crash with Senna
Monaco - Berger's accident
Mexico - Caffi's collision
Mexico - Alboreto's accident
Monaco - my crash with Senna
Monaco - Berger's accident
Mexico - Caffi's collision
Mexico - Alboreto's accident
Re: My F1 rFactor career
Drivers' standings after round 4:
Senna 31
Prost 12
Bailey 9
Patrese 9
Palmer 7
Alboreto 6
Alliot 6
Cheever 6
Nakajima 4
Piquet 3
Berger 2
Boutsen 2
Sala 1
Martini 1
Gugelmin 1
Constructors' standings after round 4
McLaren 43
Tyrrell 16
Williams 9
Ferrari 8
Lotus 7
Lola 6
Arrows 6
Benetton 2
Minardi 2
March 1
Senna 31
Prost 12
Bailey 9
Patrese 9
Palmer 7
Alboreto 6
Alliot 6
Cheever 6
Nakajima 4
Piquet 3
Berger 2
Boutsen 2
Sala 1
Martini 1
Gugelmin 1
Constructors' standings after round 4
McLaren 43
Tyrrell 16
Williams 9
Ferrari 8
Lotus 7
Lola 6
Arrows 6
Benetton 2
Minardi 2
March 1
Re: My F1 rFactor career
Round 5 - Canada
I had quite a difficulties to get grips with the circuit. Especially with braking zones and the fast since-removed left-hander between the hairpin and start-finish straight.
Anyway, I qualified 23rd and ended 22nd in the grid after Tarquini got demoted. Otherwise the qualifying threw up major surprises, as the McLarens were only 5th and 7th!
Row 1: Patrese - Alboreto
Row 2: Berger - Mansell
Row 3: Senna - Piquet
Row 4: Prost - Gugelmin
Row 5: Capelli - Nakajima
Row 6: Bailey - Nannini
Row 7: Palmer - Arnoux
Row 8: Warwick - Cheever
Row 9: Johansson - Boutsen
Row 10: Streiff - Sala
Row 11: Martini - Sanguinetti
Row 12: Alliot - Ghinzani
Row 13: Modena - Tarquini
Not qualified: Larrauri, de Cesaris, Schneider, Dalmas, Caffi (pre-qualifying)
The start was catastrophical and I was 25th at the first corner. I got overtaken by Tarquini in the first lap so I was last before the hairpin where Tarquini and Modena collided and Ghinzani had to avoid a bit. First lap 23rd then, before incident on lap 2 brought me back into the pits. I ran about 10 laps more before crashing in first corner and that was it.
Elsewhere in the race, McLarens quickly moved to the front, but Prost retired early. Senna then escaped and had some huge gap, even helped by Alliot who collided with Alboreto who had already lapped the Frenchman. Alboreto lost about 10 second in that spin. Polesitter Patrese crashed at the final chicane and had to pit for new front wing, therefore dropping back. But another easy win for Senna, who now has 28-point lead in the standings!
1 Senna
2 Alboreto +41,7
3 Mansell +52,8
4 Capelli + 53,6
5 Berger +53,9
6 Arnoux +1.24,0
7 PAlmer +1.26,2
8 Nakajima +1.26,5
9 Bailey +1.27,2
10 Streiff -1 lap
11 Patrese - 1 lap
12 Tarquini -1 lap
13 Piquet - 6 laps (engine)
DNF
Alliot 60 (engine), Sala 58 (brakes), Cheever 54 (engine), Boutsen 48 (engine), Modena 47 (engine), Warwick 43 (engine), Johansson 43 (engine), Ghinzani 38 (engine), Nannini 34 (engine), Gugelmin 30 (brakes), Martini 13 (engine), Sanguinetti 13 (accident), Prost 10 (brakes)
DOTR: Ivan Capelli - sensible drive annd only one second from the podium
ROTR: Thierry Boutsen - dismal qualifying effort and no real progress before retirement
I had quite a difficulties to get grips with the circuit. Especially with braking zones and the fast since-removed left-hander between the hairpin and start-finish straight.
Anyway, I qualified 23rd and ended 22nd in the grid after Tarquini got demoted. Otherwise the qualifying threw up major surprises, as the McLarens were only 5th and 7th!
Row 1: Patrese - Alboreto
Row 2: Berger - Mansell
Row 3: Senna - Piquet
Row 4: Prost - Gugelmin
Row 5: Capelli - Nakajima
Row 6: Bailey - Nannini
Row 7: Palmer - Arnoux
Row 8: Warwick - Cheever
Row 9: Johansson - Boutsen
Row 10: Streiff - Sala
Row 11: Martini - Sanguinetti
Row 12: Alliot - Ghinzani
Row 13: Modena - Tarquini
Not qualified: Larrauri, de Cesaris, Schneider, Dalmas, Caffi (pre-qualifying)
The start was catastrophical and I was 25th at the first corner. I got overtaken by Tarquini in the first lap so I was last before the hairpin where Tarquini and Modena collided and Ghinzani had to avoid a bit. First lap 23rd then, before incident on lap 2 brought me back into the pits. I ran about 10 laps more before crashing in first corner and that was it.
Elsewhere in the race, McLarens quickly moved to the front, but Prost retired early. Senna then escaped and had some huge gap, even helped by Alliot who collided with Alboreto who had already lapped the Frenchman. Alboreto lost about 10 second in that spin. Polesitter Patrese crashed at the final chicane and had to pit for new front wing, therefore dropping back. But another easy win for Senna, who now has 28-point lead in the standings!
1 Senna
2 Alboreto +41,7
3 Mansell +52,8
4 Capelli + 53,6
5 Berger +53,9
6 Arnoux +1.24,0
7 PAlmer +1.26,2
8 Nakajima +1.26,5
9 Bailey +1.27,2
10 Streiff -1 lap
11 Patrese - 1 lap
12 Tarquini -1 lap
13 Piquet - 6 laps (engine)
DNF
Alliot 60 (engine), Sala 58 (brakes), Cheever 54 (engine), Boutsen 48 (engine), Modena 47 (engine), Warwick 43 (engine), Johansson 43 (engine), Ghinzani 38 (engine), Nannini 34 (engine), Gugelmin 30 (brakes), Martini 13 (engine), Sanguinetti 13 (accident), Prost 10 (brakes)
DOTR: Ivan Capelli - sensible drive annd only one second from the podium
ROTR: Thierry Boutsen - dismal qualifying effort and no real progress before retirement
Re: My F1 rFactor career
Round 6 - Detroit
Another street circuit where it's easy to make mistakes. Again happened to me, but I was able to put the car into better half of the grid (just) but only due to drivers doing too many laps. McLarens were again on the top, but this time it was Prost who took pole.
Row 1: Prost - Senna
Row 2: Capelli - Piquet
Row 3: Bailey - Patrese
Row 4: Nannini - Alboreto
Row 5: Palmer - Berger
Row 6: Boutsen - Gugelmin
Row 7: Sanguinetti - Arnoux
Row 8: Streiff - Nakajima
Row 9: Cheever - Johansson
Row 10: Larrauri - Martini
Row 11: Caffi - de Cesaris
Row 12: Modena - Warwick
Row 13: Mansell - Sala
Last three were penalized drivers
DNQ: Ghinzani, Alliot, Schneider, Dalmas (crash in qualifying), Tarquini (failed to pre-qualify)
Start was not bad although lost one place. But then had to pit already on the second lap and was in the back. Arnoux crashed out on lap 4, Senna crashed into spinning Mansell and lost several laps as a result on lap 7. I continued until lap 16 when suspension failure put me into the wall at the end of the second of the three straights in the city area.
Bailey and Johansson were having great races until their retirements, Bailey was as high as second and Johansson third. Many crashes caused pit stops and therefore some top drivers ended some laps behind. Two more drivers ended their race in accidents. Modena collided with Nakajima in the first corner and Senna lost brakes and took Cheever out as a result.
Prost won easily, but Mauricio Gugelmin took surprise 2nd place.
1 Prost 63 laps
2 Gugelmin +49,7
3 Patrese +1.10,1
4 Boutsen -1 lap
5 Nakajima - 1 lap
6 Caffi - 1 lap
7 Sala - 1 lap
8 Berger - 1 lap
9 Palmer - 1 lap
10 de Cesaris - 2 laps
11 Piquet - 2 laps
12 Martini - 3 laps
DNF
Cheever 51 (accident), Senna 49 (brakes), Alboreto 48 (engine), Johansson 42 (gearbox), Modena 41 (accident), Capelli 40 (engine), Bailey 39 (engine), Streiff 39 (engine), Warwick 37 (brakes), Larrauri 36 (gearbox), Nannini 35 (engine), Sanguinetti 15 (suspension), Mansell 5 (suspension), Arnoux 3 (accident)
DOTR - Alex Caffi - sensible drivers brought first points for himself and the team
ROTR - Nigel Mansell - three incidents in six laps and caused harm to championship leader Senna as a consequence
Another street circuit where it's easy to make mistakes. Again happened to me, but I was able to put the car into better half of the grid (just) but only due to drivers doing too many laps. McLarens were again on the top, but this time it was Prost who took pole.
Row 1: Prost - Senna
Row 2: Capelli - Piquet
Row 3: Bailey - Patrese
Row 4: Nannini - Alboreto
Row 5: Palmer - Berger
Row 6: Boutsen - Gugelmin
Row 7: Sanguinetti - Arnoux
Row 8: Streiff - Nakajima
Row 9: Cheever - Johansson
Row 10: Larrauri - Martini
Row 11: Caffi - de Cesaris
Row 12: Modena - Warwick
Row 13: Mansell - Sala
Last three were penalized drivers
DNQ: Ghinzani, Alliot, Schneider, Dalmas (crash in qualifying), Tarquini (failed to pre-qualify)
Start was not bad although lost one place. But then had to pit already on the second lap and was in the back. Arnoux crashed out on lap 4, Senna crashed into spinning Mansell and lost several laps as a result on lap 7. I continued until lap 16 when suspension failure put me into the wall at the end of the second of the three straights in the city area.
Bailey and Johansson were having great races until their retirements, Bailey was as high as second and Johansson third. Many crashes caused pit stops and therefore some top drivers ended some laps behind. Two more drivers ended their race in accidents. Modena collided with Nakajima in the first corner and Senna lost brakes and took Cheever out as a result.
Prost won easily, but Mauricio Gugelmin took surprise 2nd place.
1 Prost 63 laps
2 Gugelmin +49,7
3 Patrese +1.10,1
4 Boutsen -1 lap
5 Nakajima - 1 lap
6 Caffi - 1 lap
7 Sala - 1 lap
8 Berger - 1 lap
9 Palmer - 1 lap
10 de Cesaris - 2 laps
11 Piquet - 2 laps
12 Martini - 3 laps
DNF
Cheever 51 (accident), Senna 49 (brakes), Alboreto 48 (engine), Johansson 42 (gearbox), Modena 41 (accident), Capelli 40 (engine), Bailey 39 (engine), Streiff 39 (engine), Warwick 37 (brakes), Larrauri 36 (gearbox), Nannini 35 (engine), Sanguinetti 15 (suspension), Mansell 5 (suspension), Arnoux 3 (accident)
DOTR - Alex Caffi - sensible drivers brought first points for himself and the team
ROTR - Nigel Mansell - three incidents in six laps and caused harm to championship leader Senna as a consequence
Re: My F1 rFactor career
Drivers standings 6/16
Senna 40
Prost 21
Patrese 13
Alboreto 12
Bailey 9
Gugelmin 7
Palmer 7
Alliot 6
Nakajima 6
Cheever 6
Boutsen 5
Mansell 4
Berger 4
Piquet 3
Capelli 3
Sala 1
Arnoux 1
Martini 1
Caffi 1
Constructors' standings
McLaren 61
Williams 17
Tyrrell 16
Ferrari 16
March 10
Lotus 9
Arrows 6
Lola 6
Benetton 5
Minardi 2
Ligier 1
Dallara 1
Since the late 1987 results are taken into account when looking at who is going to pre-qualify, two races before the cut-off Dallara is going straight to qualifying and Osella into pre-qualifying. I need at least 8th place to overtake Zakspeed who have one 7th and then 9th. AGS is quite safe thanks to their point in 1987 Australian GP.
Senna 40
Prost 21
Patrese 13
Alboreto 12
Bailey 9
Gugelmin 7
Palmer 7
Alliot 6
Nakajima 6
Cheever 6
Boutsen 5
Mansell 4
Berger 4
Piquet 3
Capelli 3
Sala 1
Arnoux 1
Martini 1
Caffi 1
Constructors' standings
McLaren 61
Williams 17
Tyrrell 16
Ferrari 16
March 10
Lotus 9
Arrows 6
Lola 6
Benetton 5
Minardi 2
Ligier 1
Dallara 1
Since the late 1987 results are taken into account when looking at who is going to pre-qualify, two races before the cut-off Dallara is going straight to qualifying and Osella into pre-qualifying. I need at least 8th place to overtake Zakspeed who have one 7th and then 9th. AGS is quite safe thanks to their point in 1987 Australian GP.
Re: My F1 rFactor career
Round 7 - France
I took qualifying lap early and when I had done that I was quite shocked - 3rd! Of course that didn't hold long, so I ended up 11th in the grid. No McLarens on the top 3, and Prost down to 9th!
Row 1: Mansell - Alboreto
Row 2: Patrese - Senna
Row 3: Piquet - Capelli
Row 4: Bailey - Berger
Row 5: Prost - Gugelmin
Row 6: Sanguinetti - Nannini
Row 7: Palmer - Boutsen
Row 8: Warwick - Nakajima
Row 9: Cheever - Johansson
Row 10: Streiff - Sala
Row 11: Moreno - Caffi
Row 12: Modena - Larrauri
Row 13: Martini - Arnoux
DNQ: Alliot, Ghinzani, Dalmas, Schneider
DNPQ: de Cesaris
There will be no pre-qualifying in Silverstone. The stewards decided to ban Rial team from British Grand Prix after they ran Andrea de Cesaris's car for about 20 laps on the track with gearbox stuck, while he was going about half a minute slower than the rest.
Off to race:
Good starting position but it all went wrong at the first corner. I didn't have the best start, but I was going side-by-side with Palmer, me in the inside before being pushed into a spin by Boutsen. I got slight damage and had to pit after first lap because car kept steering to the right on the straights. Only Streiff was behind me in this point, as he had to pit for front wing. From then on I made only progress by retirements ahead. On lap 30 I was 20th.
I pitted second time on lap 33, as my tyres were mostly gone at that point. After that I was a lap down and tried to unlap some drivers. I collided with Alboreto then and pitted for front wing. After that I tried to race just easily to the finish which I did, finishing 13th out of 14 classified. The one behind was Alboreto, who later on collided again, this time with Streiff who was just pitting. Alboreto lost several laps while getting his car back to going.
Prost climbed to the lead and was set for victory when Honda engine failed. Senna inherited the victory.
1 Senna 80 laps
2 Mansell +6,8
3 Nakajima +10,7
4 Patrese +20,0
5 Cheever +43,2
6 Nannnini +45,8
7 Johansson +51,5
8 Arnoux +59,1
9 Sala -1 lap
10 Caffi - 1 lap
11 Berger - 2 laps (engine)
12 Streiff - 2 laps
13 Sanguinetti - 2 laps (32,3 seconds behind Streiff)
14 Alboreto - 5 laps
DNF: Prost 64 (engine), Capelli 64 (engine), Modena 64 (brakes), Bailey 57 (brakes), Palmer 50 (brakes), Tarquini 45 (brakes), Warwick 43 (engine), Gugelmin 23 (engine), Boutsen 19 (suspension), Martini 14 (suspension), Piquet 13 (suspension), Larrauri 9 (brakes)
DOTR - Satoru Nakajima - great race to get into podium
ROTR - Lola - French team, two French drivers, double DNQ.
I took qualifying lap early and when I had done that I was quite shocked - 3rd! Of course that didn't hold long, so I ended up 11th in the grid. No McLarens on the top 3, and Prost down to 9th!
Row 1: Mansell - Alboreto
Row 2: Patrese - Senna
Row 3: Piquet - Capelli
Row 4: Bailey - Berger
Row 5: Prost - Gugelmin
Row 6: Sanguinetti - Nannini
Row 7: Palmer - Boutsen
Row 8: Warwick - Nakajima
Row 9: Cheever - Johansson
Row 10: Streiff - Sala
Row 11: Moreno - Caffi
Row 12: Modena - Larrauri
Row 13: Martini - Arnoux
DNQ: Alliot, Ghinzani, Dalmas, Schneider
DNPQ: de Cesaris
There will be no pre-qualifying in Silverstone. The stewards decided to ban Rial team from British Grand Prix after they ran Andrea de Cesaris's car for about 20 laps on the track with gearbox stuck, while he was going about half a minute slower than the rest.
Off to race:
Good starting position but it all went wrong at the first corner. I didn't have the best start, but I was going side-by-side with Palmer, me in the inside before being pushed into a spin by Boutsen. I got slight damage and had to pit after first lap because car kept steering to the right on the straights. Only Streiff was behind me in this point, as he had to pit for front wing. From then on I made only progress by retirements ahead. On lap 30 I was 20th.
I pitted second time on lap 33, as my tyres were mostly gone at that point. After that I was a lap down and tried to unlap some drivers. I collided with Alboreto then and pitted for front wing. After that I tried to race just easily to the finish which I did, finishing 13th out of 14 classified. The one behind was Alboreto, who later on collided again, this time with Streiff who was just pitting. Alboreto lost several laps while getting his car back to going.
Prost climbed to the lead and was set for victory when Honda engine failed. Senna inherited the victory.
1 Senna 80 laps
2 Mansell +6,8
3 Nakajima +10,7
4 Patrese +20,0
5 Cheever +43,2
6 Nannnini +45,8
7 Johansson +51,5
8 Arnoux +59,1
9 Sala -1 lap
10 Caffi - 1 lap
11 Berger - 2 laps (engine)
12 Streiff - 2 laps
13 Sanguinetti - 2 laps (32,3 seconds behind Streiff)
14 Alboreto - 5 laps
DNF: Prost 64 (engine), Capelli 64 (engine), Modena 64 (brakes), Bailey 57 (brakes), Palmer 50 (brakes), Tarquini 45 (brakes), Warwick 43 (engine), Gugelmin 23 (engine), Boutsen 19 (suspension), Martini 14 (suspension), Piquet 13 (suspension), Larrauri 9 (brakes)
DOTR - Satoru Nakajima - great race to get into podium
ROTR - Lola - French team, two French drivers, double DNQ.
