F1RWRS -- 2014 Season

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 06 Jan 2012, 05:17

How much credits my team has?

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 06 Jan 2012, 05:18

the Masked Lapwing wrote:
kostas22 wrote:
Alasdair Lindsay wrote:Sammy Jones? Who the f*** is he? Oh right, the guy we absolutely creamed in F3RWRS last weekend. Still crying your eyes out over Joel Melrose being so hopelessly s**t now are we? The only way you can win is by committing fraud and using your ill-gotten gains to hopelessly plough endless amounts of money into your sorry excuse for a racing team, and still get nowhere. At least my team has the dignity to fund it's existence through legal means, and still manage to comfortably beat you.

Psst. Scuderia Alitalia didn't start until Britain - we're still a few races away in the F1RWRS

Does that mean we can accuse him of time-travelling and altering the future? :lol:

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 06 Jan 2012, 09:38

Alasdair Lindsay wrote:Sammy Jones? Who the f*** is he? Oh right, the guy we absolutely creamed in F3RWRS last weekend. Still crying your eyes out over Joel Melrose being so hopelessly s**t now are we? The only way you can win is by committing fraud and using your ill-gotten gains to hopelessly plough endless amounts of money into your sorry excuse for a racing team, and still get nowhere. At least my team has the dignity to fund it's existence through legal means, and still manage to comfortably beat you.

Sammy Jones wrote:Now you see my little haggis eating friend, that's how you prove me correct. Completely fictitious and false statements like those just showcase to the world your immaturity, and inability to cut it on the world stage. Castrol Jones Racing enjoys a privileged position within the F1RWRS as one of the oldest, most successful teams in its history, and as such, you cannot simply swat us away like a inconsequential fly in your ridiculously overblown 'masterplan' which simply involves flooding the junior categories with a bunch of unproven rookies, and trying to run a team from the remains of the most comical entry in the series' history. I mean Christ, who thought up the name Virgin InterCorse? I hope you fired them quickly!

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 06 Jan 2012, 10:20

FMecha wrote:How much credits my team has?

Look around, it´s written somewhere in the last 4 pages.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 06 Jan 2012, 10:24

Aerond wrote:
FMecha wrote:How much credits my team has?

Look around, it´s written somewhere in the last 4 pages.

It's probably more than what MRT have. Spencer's engine blew up in Australia, I spend the rest of the credits on reliability and the engine STILL has the characteristics of a hand-grenade

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 06 Jan 2012, 11:18

How much HP my car has?

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 06 Jan 2012, 11:33

FMecha wrote:How much HP my car has?

I think 585

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 06 Jan 2012, 14:00

Phoenix McAllister wrote: Watch out, you drunkard hooligan! Sammy Jones is now my mate, so if you piss him off, you piss me off too!

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 06 Jan 2012, 16:25

Phoenix wrote:
Phoenix McAllister wrote: Watch out, you drunkard hooligan! Sammy Jones is now my mate, so if you piss him off, you piss me off too!

Alasdair Lindsay wrote:Two wrongs don't make a right, sunshine

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 06 Jan 2012, 17:27

Can I spend 60 credits for 6 hp?

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 06 Jan 2012, 18:03

FMecha wrote:Can I spend 60 credits for 6 hp?

Of course, will do PreQ when I come home later

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 07 Jan 2012, 00:46

F1RWRS 2014 - ROUND 6 - MONACO GP

Weather Report:

PreQ: Dry
Q1: Light Rain
Q2: Dry
Race: Wet

PRE-QUALIFYING (Drivers in bold go into qualifying)

1. Phoenix McAllister (Phoenix) -- 1.28.169
2. Fredo Mestolio (Trueba) -- 1.28.653 (+0.484)
3. Jean Luc Schiller (Prospec) -- 1.28.958 (+0.789)
4. Ron Mignolet (Acuri) -- 1.29.093 (+0.924)
5. James Davies (Mecha) -- 1.29.223 (+1.054)
6. Matthias Valsattis (Mitie) -- 1.29.365 (+1.196)
7. Gary Cameron (Prospec) -- 1.29.439 (+1.270)
8. Andrea Acuri (Acuri) -- 1.29.615 (+1.446)
9. Sebastian Groves (Dofasco) -- 1.29.663 (+1.494)
10. Saeed Al Faisal (Mecha) -- 1.29.797 (+1.628)
11. The Stig (Phoenix) -- 1.29.833 (+1.664)
12. David Neuberg (Mitie) -- 1.29.971 (+1.802)
13. Gio Van Dycke (Shonan) -- 1.30.229 (+2.060)
14. Tomislaw Tajner (Dofasco) -- 1.30.938 (+2.769)
15. Giovanni Roda (Trueba) -- 1.31.122 (+2.953)
16. Fracois Albertini (Shonan) -- 1.31.241 (+3.072)
17. Miko Fakkinen (Tropico) -- 1.31.729 (+3.560)
18. Darren Older Jr (Tropico) -- 1.34.871 (+6.702)

Phoenix will skip Pre-qualifying at Round 7.

QUALIFYING

GRM will go to PreQualifying at Round 7.

STARTING GRID

RACE

This is the year F1RWRS finally lost fear to hosting wet races (in the past year a session would be postponed if rain was to appear), and Monaco was the best (or the worst, if one is to ask some drivers) place for the liquid to appear in race conditions. And it did. And it did heavily, in the worst conditions since F1 in 1984. In fact, this race was a master combination of the 1984, 1988 and 1996 F1 Races, combining the best elements from all of them: Sure it was a crash fest, but we saw as well a genius driver dominating and then losing it all because of a stupid mistake (Mark Dagnall), an underdog emerging to take the win where everybody else failed to secure the lead (Sammy Jones), and then two extra heroes in the podium; one charging from the very back of the grid (Nicolas Steele) and the other driving a solid rock race (Moll). We also had the underdog with the conditions to win but ultimately failing to do so due to own mistakes (Mirko Bosevic). All in all, a tremendous race, plenty of action, accidents and the thrill of not knowing what could happen next, who would fail to secure the car at the next corner or who would end up leading the race.

We knew it was going to be good when we saw that pile-up at the nouvelle chicane in the 2nd lap where Schiller and Mann retired, with The Stig lasting only a couple of extra yards before hitting the wall. At that point, Steele became trapped and lost 20 seconds along with a number of drivers. From then on, the race was simply an incredible caroussel of spins and cars going into the barriers. Everybody seemed on danger but Mark Dagnall, who pulled a gap of 2 seconds every lap, driving fearlessly (sometimes carelessly) untill his first major mistake of the season; He didn´t care watching the mirrors as he exited the pits after his stop and didn´t see Jones approaching, getting into the way of the green and white car, who couldn´t avoid hitting the DGN at the back, sending him into the barriers. For that, and for throwing an amazing opportunity to pull 10 extra points when all he had to do was drive 2 seconds slower than everybody else a lap on new tyres to win, he gets our ROTR award. Mirko Bosevic closely got it though. The pole sitter couldn´t keep Dagnall behind for long, but he was happilly pulling a serious gap over Rhys Davies when he spun at Massenet. It almost became a disaster when Dave Simpson also spun trying to avoid the Arrowtech, and then his team-mate Martins did a third spin at the spot when trying to avoid Bosevic car. That almost took both Arrowtech out of the race. It didn´t put an end to Bosevic speed, but he was unable to pass Moll in the second half of the race and his chances ended there.

Once Dagnall retired, chances jumped from one driver to another; first Shinobu Katayama, but the Japanese female retired soon after with the gearbox letting her down. Then Mori, but he went too hard over a kerb and threw away his chance, and by then Bosevic had lost all his chances. All the craziness around was completed when only 5 drivers crossed the finish line and classified. The lowest number ever in a F1RWRS. We loved how the race developed and we´re asking ourselves how it´s taken that much for it to happen. We´ll put our prayers onclouds going wherever F1RWRS is at.

Bosevic Spins

The Dagnall accident

Davies retiring

De Bock going to the wall

Mori without front wing

Mori spinning to retire

Pile-up at lap 2: Schiller goes long at the chicane and mayhem starts as he comes back into the track without watching

Simpson retiring

Simpson spinning

Start

Watkinson and Christopherson colliding

Katayama retiring

Moll vs Bosevic vs Steele battle

RESULTS

ROTR: Mark Dagnall -- Threw away stupidly a brilliant performance.
Fastest lap: Mark Dagnall -- 1:36.418

STANDINGS (After 6 Rounds)

DRIVERS

1. Mark Dagnall - 28 pts
2. Nathanael Spencer - 20 pts
3. Nicolas Steele - 14 pts
4. Thomas de Bock - 13 pts
5. Sammy Jones - 12 pts
6. Daniel Melrose - 11 pts
7. Phillippe Nicolas - 10 pts
8. Shinobu Katayama - 9 pts
9. Aurelien Moll - 8 pts
10. Barii Mori - 6 pts
11. Frank Zimmer - 5 pts
=. Mirko Bosevic - 5 pts
13. Rhys Davies - 3 pts
=. Douglas Mann - 3 pts
=. Ron Mignolet - 3 pts
16. Ashley Watkinson - 2 pts
17. Jesus Plaza - 1 pt
=. Daniel Martins - 1 pt
=. Ben Fleet - 1 pt

CONSTRUCTORS

1. MRT - 30 pts
2. DGNgineering - 29 pts
3. Jones - 23 pts
4. Gillet - 21 pts
5. Kamaha - 20 pts
6. Sunshine - 9 pts
7. Arrowtech - 6 pts
8. HRT - 5 pts
=. GRM - 5 pts
10. Acuri - 3 pts
=. Foxdale - 3 pts
12. ARC - 1 pt

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 07 Jan 2012, 01:10

Monaco beter be exciting as the one I spent the last three days running. If a MRT or a DGN car is on pole and/or wins then I'll be first to stand up with the conspiracy theories.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 07 Jan 2012, 01:17

SuperAguri wrote:Monaco beter be exciting as the one I spent the last three days running. If a MRT or a DGN car is on pole and/or wins then I'll be first to stand up with the conspiracy theories.

One Klon in this topic is enough. Thank you

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 07 Jan 2012, 01:39

Best Pre-Qualifying session of the year so far, 6 different cars in Top 6 and Top 6 teams close enough.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 07 Jan 2012, 01:41

Aerond wrote:
SuperAguri wrote:Monaco beter be exciting as the one I spent the last three days running. If a MRT or a DGN car is on pole and/or wins then I'll be first to stand up with the conspiracy theories.

One Klon in this topic is enough. Thank you

It is in the nature of Klonen to be multiple identical copies of the same individual. :lol:

Furthermore, my conspiracy whining is merely in-character.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 07 Jan 2012, 01:42

SuperAguri wrote:Monaco beter be exciting as the one I spent the last three days running. If a MRT or a DGN car is on pole and/or wins then I'll be first to stand up with the conspiracy theories.

Just because I was good enough to see a loophole 6 months in advance and managed to exploit it before Aerond closed it again doesn't mean you can whinge about it. :lol:

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 07 Jan 2012, 02:36

Well, the rain carset is on for Qualifying and Race and the order should be a bit different from usual and more packed.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 07 Jan 2012, 02:38

Aerond wrote:Well, the rain carset is on for Qualifying and Race and the order should be a bit different from usual and more packed.

Does that mean Melrose will get his first major win since 2011? :mrgreen:

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 07 Jan 2012, 02:39

Wizzie wrote:
Aerond wrote:Well, the rain carset is on for Qualifying and Race and the order should be a bit different from usual and more packed.

Does that mean Melrose will get his first major win since 2011?

Nope! The winner will be ... Andrea Acuri. :shock:

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 07 Jan 2012, 02:40

Klon wrote:
Wizzie wrote:
Aerond wrote:Well, the rain carset is on for Qualifying and Race and the order should be a bit different from usual and more packed.

Does that mean Melrose will get his first major win since 2011?

Nope! The winner will be ... Andrea Acuri.

We should start betting real money in F1RWRS results

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 07 Jan 2012, 02:42

Klon wrote:
Wizzie wrote:
Aerond wrote:Well, the rain carset is on for Qualifying and Race and the order should be a bit different from usual and more packed.

Does that mean Melrose will get his first major win since 2011?

Nope! The winner will be ... Andrea Acuri.

The sad thing is I can actually see that happening.*

*Which makes you wonder how Foxdale can be doing so shite considering Acuri are using exactly the same engine

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 07 Jan 2012, 02:42

Aerond wrote:
Klon wrote:
Wizzie wrote:
Does that mean Melrose will get his first major win since 2011?

Nope! The winner will be ... Andrea Acuri.

We should start betting real money in F1RWRS results

I'm putting a fiver on Rhys Davies winning Monaco :lol:

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 07 Jan 2012, 02:44

Wizzie wrote:
I'm putting a fiver on Rhys Davies winning Monaco

lol... that would pay at least 25/1

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 07 Jan 2012, 02:47

Aerond wrote:
Wizzie wrote:
I'm putting a fiver on Rhys Davies winning Monaco

lol... that would pay at least 25/1

Ok Rhys, if you win, you owe me $125 :lol:

On a totally unrelated note, I've realised I've Flanderised myself on the forum over the years. I used to sound quite intelligent in the early days

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 07 Jan 2012, 02:49

Aerond wrote:We should start betting real money in F1RWRS results

If my prediction were to become real and I were to invest one month of state support , I'd be bathplugging rich.

Of course, I would do the wise thing: bet on the Best In The World :mrgreen:

to retire within the first half of the race.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 07 Jan 2012, 02:51

Klon wrote:
Aerond wrote:We should start betting real money in F1RWRS results

If my prediction were to become real and I were to invest one month of state support , I'd be bathplugging rich.

Of course, I would do the wise thing: bet on the Best In The World to retire within the first half of the race.

I hope he retires on lap 40 just to piss you off :lol:

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 07 Jan 2012, 02:53

Wizzie wrote:I hope he retires on lap 40 just to piss you off

And I hope that Rhys Davies retires - nothing personal - while leading the race on the last lap just to get you upset.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 07 Jan 2012, 03:02

Klon wrote:
Wizzie wrote:I hope he retires on lap 40 just to piss you off

And I hope that Rhys Davies retires - nothing personal - while leading the race on the last lap just to get you upset.

And then Simpson sweeps by to take the victory, making the entire world happy :lol:

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 07 Jan 2012, 04:49

Klon wrote:
Wizzie wrote:I hope he retires on lap 40 just to piss you off

And I hope that Rhys Davies retires - nothing personal - while leading the race on the last lap just to get you upset.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 07 Jan 2012, 05:26

the Masked Lapwing wrote:
Klon wrote:
Wizzie wrote:I hope he retires on lap 40 just to piss you off

And I hope that Rhys Davies retires - nothing personal - while leading the race on the last lap just to get you upset.

Now look what you did Mr Lon. I hope you're proud of yourself

On the bright side, if you do retire on the last lap, you won't have to pay out on the bet

Post by **tommykl** » 07 Jan 2012, 08:17

Klon wrote:
Wizzie wrote:
Aerond wrote:Well, the rain carset is on for Qualifying and Race and the order should be a bit different from usual and more packed.

Does that mean Melrose will get his first major win since 2011?

Nope! The winner will be ... Andrea Acuri.

Nope, it will be Jean-Luc Schiller, you heard it here first.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 07 Jan 2012, 08:23

Bet you 5$ it will be... Poppy Whitechapel

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 07 Jan 2012, 08:29

You're all wrong - The Stig will come through and take a brilliant win by about 78 laps!

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 07 Jan 2012, 08:45

Autosport wrote:Air Istanbul to become Acuri title sponsor

Turkish domestic startup airline Air Istanbul is to become the title sponsor of Acuri Autosport from the French Grand Prix onwards. The airline was set up as MRT owner Daniel Melrose's latest business venture after the Australian sold Air Alaska to Canadian flag carrier Air Canada at the end of last year for a reported $200 million, much of which went to paying for the expansion of the MRT engine workshop in Cologne and MRT HQ in Munich. While neither Melrose or Acuri Autosport owner Andrea Acuri were available for comment, the deal is rumoured to be worth upwards of $5 million a year.

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 07 Jan 2012, 10:02

An MRT will win, a DGN car will be second, and the third will be an unexpected driver, I think.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 07 Jan 2012, 10:28

Wizzie wrote:
Klon wrote:Nope! The winner will be ... Andrea Acuri.

The sad thing is I can actually see that happening.*

*Which makes you wonder how Foxdale can be doing so shite considering Acuri are using exactly the same engine

It does indeed make me wonder too. But what I really am wondering, considering all the predictions going on at the moment on here, is whether this race will prove your comment right, or whether Foxdale will get its surprise result!

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 07 Jan 2012, 11:11

(interesting) qualifying results up!

Let me explain how I develop this. As some of you know, you need to run one race before doing the actual session in Gp2 to get your results randomized. What I´m doing is, for this season, running the number of sessions according to the Round. That is, for Bathurst, which is round 2, I just run 2 Gp2 sessions, for Fuji, which is Round 16, I run 16 sessions, then the 16th will be the valid run.
As this is the first time we use the Wet carset in race conditions i was very curious to see what results popped up, and with the BHP equalisation in rainy conditions, and the changed race performance files (which were the original, plus or minus 500 points, totally randomized) I got crazy results in every previous session to the valid run. In one Nicolas Steele got the pole (now he starts 24th!), in another Phoenix McAllister finished a race in 2nd, in one I saw Mark Dagnall qualifying 14th and two of the others were totally dominated by Gillet drivers. This basically means anything can happen when we run the Rain carset.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 07 Jan 2012, 11:12

dr-baker wrote:
Wizzie wrote:
Klon wrote:Nope! The winner will be ... Andrea Acuri.

The sad thing is I can actually see that happening.*

*Which makes you wonder how Foxdale can be doing so shite considering Acuri are using exactly the same engine

It does indeed make me wonder too. But what I really am wondering, considering all the predictions going on at the moment on here, is whether this race will prove your comment right, or whether Foxdale will get its surprise result!

Easy;

1 - Sheer bad luck
2 - Acuri´s chassis (which counts as well) is slightly faster.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 07 Jan 2012, 11:18

Daniel Melrose wrote:Far out. The F2RWRS qualifying session left all sorts of mess on the track as the drivers there were trying every line possible which meant by the time we got on track for today's session, the cars were all over the place. I ever saw an ARC pointing the wrong way at Tabac having seemingly hit the wall quite heavily. With the weather forecast as it is, it's gonna make for an epic race tomorrow. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got an F2RWRS race to watch. Hopefully Macklin can jump Lamberigts and Cara to take the race win for MRT.