F1RWRS -- 2014 Season

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 07 Jan 2012, 11:20

Davies in 3rd?

YEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!

And then the back row is filled by the two drivers who aren't mine... why do I see a conspiracy coming on?

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 07 Jan 2012, 13:45

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

I definately approve of this notion!

BTW, how does this betting thing work?

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 07 Jan 2012, 13:47

Phoenix McAllister wrote:I can't explain what happened to my car. It was all fine in prequalifying, and then, in the wet, it was a handful. At least The Stig is in the race, though, and the race promises to be one of attrition. Let's hope for the best, he has experience driving at the Top Gear Test Track in the wet.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 07 Jan 2012, 14:15

Daniel Martins wrote:The car worked better at this race and I am very happy for Bosevic having won pole! I will start 12th and I will definitely fight for some points.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 07 Jan 2012, 14:20

Chris Dagnall said:

It's been a crazy qualifying and we've been very lucky to escape all the craziness around. The second qualifying session was a case of avoiding traffic as much as possible and we got it right, but I wouldn't be surprised if we had finished outside the top 10. Tomorrow we'll have a very tough race. Let's hope we take the chance of starting ahead of Spencer.

Pointrox · Post by **Pointrox** » 07 Jan 2012, 15:11

Mirko Bosevic wrote:YEEEEEEEAH! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
YEAH YEAH YEAHS! MY FIRST POLE POSITION!

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 07 Jan 2012, 15:17

Barii Mori wrote:Well I am happy with my position, although I do have a damp set up, Nicolas Steel has a near full wet setup which is why he was on provisional pole on Friday and was so far back when the track was dry. I expect good things in the race.

Prince Falik wrote:Yes, yes, yes, a pole position for Bosevic. We celebrated in the pit garage with finest sparkling rose water, although the weather looks like it will be wet so I am hoping that Martins with his wetter setup can score some big points. If he spins off he better just go straight to the airport as he does not want to see me when I am angry.

Sunshine Management wrote:We are pleased with qualifying, and we have members of the DPT group here to watch the race. We shall be making an annoucement of the future of Sunshine Motorsports after the race.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 07 Jan 2012, 15:25

The Fox wrote:Whoa! A fantastic day for us. Prince Falik was here today, obviously he brought us good luck here! Daniel had better take a couple of lessons here.

Nicolas Steele wrote:I struggled under the rain and could not get a good setup for the next qualifying session.

Andrea Acuri wrote:Tremendous qualifying performance! We both qualified the car, that's all that matters today, now we race tomorrow.

Sebastian Groves wrote:Gah, could not get the car focused for the Pre-Q today. It also doesn't help that my teammate was a lot slower. I like Tomislaw, he's a good guy, just needs to know that he's not getting more from the car, and that he'll have to drive harder to get the results we need.

When is the live commentary expected to start?

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 07 Jan 2012, 15:34

JeremyMcClean wrote:

When is the live commentary expected to start?

Most probably tomorrow night.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 07 Jan 2012, 17:00

Aerond wrote:(interesting) qualifying results up!

When you post these, could you add a little reminder which page and how far down that page the results can be found please? Thanks!

Pippa Mann wrote:16th and 18th? Really? This is shocking! Douglas, Jack - I want an amazing race with points from both of you. I want us to end up with at least as many points as last year. To have taken a step backwards with our engine for the sake of reliability, and no longer qualifying nearly as well, we need some justification for the move. And Jack - don't forget I demand points from you by round 8, otherwise I will need a pay-driver to improve this bathplugging car...

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 07 Jan 2012, 17:30

Would that pay-driver happen to be the 70 years old Von Gottorp? It would be hilarious! :lol:

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 07 Jan 2012, 18:21

Klon wrote:Would that pay-driver happen to be the 70 years old Von Gottorp? It would be hilarious!

That would be funny...

...But no. Refer to my large post towards the bottom of page 34 of this thread.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 08 Jan 2012, 00:46

Chris Dagnall said:

I don´t get why they (people at Trueba) aren´t working on improvements for their car. I know they have the budget and Fredo sponsors pay on time and it´s clear they would qualify if they updated the car. If things continue as they stand now we´ll have to think again if Trueba is where we want to be, I´m sure it wouldn´t be hard to land him another drive somewhere else.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 08 Jan 2012, 03:30

Chris Dagnall, I have a lot of respect for you, but the sooner you realise Mestolino sucks, the better

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 08 Jan 2012, 04:55

Who owns the Trueba team anyway?

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 08 Jan 2012, 04:59

Jack o Melley

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 08 Jan 2012, 08:44

eurobrun wrote:Chris Dagnall, I have a lot of respect for you, but the sooner you realise Mestolino sucks, the better

Chris Dagnall said:

Uuuh, who's that?? ... Oh, don't worry. Noone really relevant

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 08 Jan 2012, 12:10

Just out of curiosity, may I ask why exactly are the F1RWRS cars in the dry the best part of 8 seconds a lap slower than the F2RWRS cars?

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 08 Jan 2012, 15:16

Probably the track slot change has altered the laptimes as in 2013 they were around 16s

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 08 Jan 2012, 15:38

American Racing Conglomerate wrote:We Want to Hire Dave Simpson

ARC has announced that they have been in talks with former Prospec driver Dave Simpson's agent. After Collin Pratchett came out in the press and slammed the team, ARC management has offered Simpson a regular drive. With Jesus Plaza's position sealed for the long-term, Pratchett might be on his way out. If Pratchett leaves, this will leave American Racing Conglomerate with no American drivers.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 08 Jan 2012, 20:23

Monaco GP to begin in a few minutes;

Live commentary in our usual chat room here:
http://www.chatzy.com/57880085159907

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 08 Jan 2012, 22:29

Aerond wrote:Monaco GP to begin in a few minutes;

Live commentary in our usual chat room here:
http://www.chatzy.com/57880085159907

"Only 10 non-premium members allowed"
:evil:

Change chat rooms!!

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 08 Jan 2012, 22:30

I have left - you should be able to join now.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 08 Jan 2012, 22:34

The Sun wrote:Monaco rumour mill goes into OVERDRIVE

You just can't make this up. Amidst the chaos of the Monaco Grand Prix, the paddock chatter kicked into another higher gear, with more people swapping than a key party.

Oddly, perennial pre-qualifiers Trueba have been the centre of most of the rumours. Another failed buy-out attempt by Lancia was followed by rumours of team owner Giovanni Roda retiring from driving duties. Meanwhile, the Portuguese consortium expected to take over Sunshine Infiniti in the coming weeks apparently has no interest in retaining Kay Lon, and Roda is looking to replace himself with the German!

But, not if Scuderia Altialia has anything to say about it, it seems! Not only are the tireless Italian team apparently pursuing Dave Simpson, they too are looking to tie down Kay Lon to a 2015 contract.

ARC however have been keen to point out they are in advanced negotiations with Simpson, making Alitalia's pursuit of Kay Lon all the more likely.

It seems the 2015 grid will be decided by a roulette table. But which teams will be in the red and which will be well in the black come next season?

Jack O Melley · Post by **Jack O Melley** » 09 Jan 2012, 01:48

Autosprint.it wrote:Roda retires and sells the team. Scuderia Alitalia to take-over?

According to authoritative sources close to Trueba Racing Team, Giovanni Roda has decided to hang up his helmet withdrawing immediately from F1RWRS championship and to sell the team, jointly with its partners.

Gazzetta dello Sport has reveiled this unexpected decision: the rose-coloured newspaper has reported that ‘the Italian driver, starred in a disastrous season of 6 DNPQ in so much races of the season, will soon be selling his shares of the team along with those held by the President of the team (Giacomo Scaglietti) and by his pool of backers’. According to the newspaper, ‘after Monaco pre-qualifying session while leaving for home, Giovanni was noticeably so bothered of his awful performance that has said and admitted to his friends the will to put an end to his career’.

The decision would be taken following poor results achieved by Roda and his amateurish economic and technical management of the team, as well as the numerous criticisms of his domestic policy, which was recently reprimanded even by 1991 Formula 1 World Champion Chris Dagnall and the heads of the Formula 1 Rejects Teams Association (F1RTA).

News that will certainly be welcomed at the Scuderia Alitalia, which has several times tried to mount a raid on Trueba's shares in recent days. Alasdair Lindsay although was not available for comments.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 09 Jan 2012, 02:22

Kay Lon wrote:First off, let me congratulate Sammy Jones. He did great to survive this massacre and take the win he should have taken a year ago in this place. And yes, I said "massacre". This is outrageous - just to not risk viewing figures dropping off, these ***** of the F1RWRS commission send us out in these undriveable conditions. I have absolutely nothing against a challenge and - although I don't like them - wet races. But today was just insane, it is a miracle nobody has died today. I have talked to a number of drivers who crashed and virtually everyone has minor bruises. I would like to point out that this is not about me or my results for once, this is about our safety as race car drivers.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 09 Jan 2012, 03:38

ARC wrote:Collin Pratchett Fired!

One of the Monaco rumor mill's hottest topics has finally come to fruition as his contract at ARC has been terminated for the remainder of the season. He is expected to be replaced by Dave Simpson but ARC have also announced that they would take offers from Giovanni Roda, Fredo Mestolio or a promising F2RWRS driver if Simpson refuses. They have also said that they will not hire, under any circumstances, Tristan Jung. Pratchett scored two second places in 2013 and has been with the team since its inception. His departure means that American Racing Conglomerate does not have an American driver. ARC also announced that they will have a name change for 2015, coinciding with the arrival of a new sponsor.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 09 Jan 2012, 06:24

Daniel Melrose, after being released from the medical center along with Nathanael Spencer wrote:While I don't agree with Mr Lon with pretty much anything, I do agree with him but the problem wasn't the conditions as I've raced in conditions far worse than we did today. No, the problem lies with the car. The regulations are virtually unchanged on last year which means the drivers are still just as exposed as they were when Dave McFaste had that awful accident where his head came into contact with a concrete wall. And then there's the question of just how slow the F1RWRS cars are compared to the cars in the feeder category. May I ask why in the first round at Adelaide, in a car with a third of the power, did Michael Cameron set a time in qualifying 2 tenths quicker than his father Gary did? Why, in race trim here at Monaco, were the F2RWRS cars, mostly carrying upwards of 30 laps of fuel, 8 seconds a lap quicker than an F1RWRS car in qualifying trim in exactly the same track conditions? Herein is where the inherent problem lies.

This is usually what happens when Melrose has one too many knocks to the head after a particularly heavy impact but still it is embarrassing where an F2RWRS car, which I know for a fact has less power than the top F1RWRS cars, can take them to the cleaners and back and an F3RWRS car is worryingly close to doing exactly the same thing.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 09 Jan 2012, 06:25

By the way, if anyone cares, Mitie is prononced my-tee not mit-ee. Glad I've sorted that out.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 09 Jan 2012, 06:26

AdrianSutil wrote:By the way, if anyone cares, Mitie is prononced my-tee not mit-ee. Glad I've sorted that out.

Holy crap. I've been doing it right the entire time

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 09 Jan 2012, 06:50

Wizzie wrote:
AdrianSutil wrote:By the way, if anyone cares, Mitie is prononced my-tee not mit-ee. Glad I've sorted that out.

Holy crap. I've been doing it right the entire time

Gold star for you

I'm sure there's SOMEONE out there who's been saying it wrong :lol:

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 09 Jan 2012, 07:55

AdrianSutil wrote:
Wizzie wrote:
AdrianSutil wrote:By the way, if anyone cares, Mitie is prononced my-tee not mit-ee. Glad I've sorted that out.

Holy crap. I've been doing it right the entire time

Gold star for you

I'm sure there's SOMEONE out there who's been saying it wrong

I was incorrectly pronouncing it as me-tay

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 09 Jan 2012, 09:28

tristan1117 wrote:
ARC wrote:Collin Pratchett Fired!

One of the Monaco rumor mill's hottest topics has finally come to fruition as his contract at ARC has been terminated for the remainder of the season. He is expected to be replaced by Dave Simpson but ARC have also announced that they would take offers from Giovanni Roda, Fredo Mestolio or a promising F2RWRS driver if Simpson refuses. They have also said that they will not hire, under any circumstances, Tristan Jung. Pratchett scored two second places in 2013 and has been with the team since its inception. His departure means that American Racing Conglomerate does not have an American driver. ARC also announced that they will have a name change for 2015, coinciding with the arrival of a new sponsor.

Chris Dagnall to offer Fredo Mestolio to ARC:

According to the latest wave of rumours arriving from the Montecarlo casino, Chris Dagnall would be more than happy to lend Fredo Mestolio to ARC with inmediate effect until the end of the season, with the possibility of extending the deal into a second year if the young italian is not required by DGNgineering.
The former F1 world champion was heard saying, "ARC would be a good option. They´ve slippped a bit behind this year but they are fast enough for a young driver. I´m staying in Montecarlo until the race in Paul Ricard to try reach an agreement here. There´re good golf courses to do good business around". We´ll inform soon if this develops into something.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 09 Jan 2012, 09:32

Jack O Melley wrote:
Autosprint.it wrote:Roda retires and sells the team. Scuderia Alitalia to take-over?

According to authoritative sources close to Trueba Racing Team, Giovanni Roda has decided to hang up his helmet withdrawing immediately from F1RWRS championship and to sell the team, jointly with its partners.

Gazzetta dello Sport has reveiled this unexpected decision: the rose-coloured newspaper has reported that ‘the Italian driver, starred in a disastrous season of 6 DNPQ in so much races of the season, will soon be selling his shares of the team along with those held by the President of the team (Giacomo Scaglietti) and by his pool of backers’. According to the newspaper, ‘after Monaco pre-qualifying session while leaving for home, Giovanni was noticeably so bothered of his awful performance that has said and admitted to his friends the will to put an end to his career’.

The decision would be taken following poor results achieved by Roda and his amateurish economic and technical management of the team, as well as the numerous criticisms of his domestic policy, which was recently reprimanded even by 1991 Formula 1 World Champion Chris Dagnall and the heads of the Formula 1 Rejects Teams Association (F1RTA).

News that will certainly be welcomed at the Scuderia Alitalia, which has several times tried to mount a raid on Trueba's shares in recent days. Alasdair Lindsay although was not available for comments.

kostas22 has the right to start negotiating this, as the 2nd man on the waiting list.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 09 Jan 2012, 11:59

Scuderia Alitalia would first like clarification from the F1RWRS commission vis-à-vis credits. Would I recieve 1000 credits as a new entrant, or retain Trueba's current chassis/engine and their current credits total. If so, what are they because I can't remember :oops:

The Guardian wrote:Scuderia Alitalia in negotiations with Trueba over acquiring team

Scuderia Alitalia has entered formal negotiations with Trueba Racing Team regarding the entire purchase of their business. It has been a well known fact for some time that Alitalia has been pushing for an entry to the F1RWRS series, and it seems they have finally found a way in.

Details about the exact nature of the negotiations are scarce currently, however The Guardian has obtained a brief memo outlining the main promises by Scuderia Alitalia to Trueba:
All staff will be retained but F1RWRS programme will be moved to Parma
Engine and chassis will be retained for the rest of 2014 season

However should they buy the team, they will not inherit any drivers. With Giovanni Roda retiring and Fred Mestolino seemingly on his way to ARC, Alitalia have further stepped up their efforts to bring in Dave Simpson on a long term deal, that could last until the end of 2015.

The fate of Trueba's Junior Team is also uncertain, as it is not known whether it is included in the takeover deal or not. We await more news.

Alasdair Lindsay, in private e-mail to Shonan-DMS wrote:Hi, what is the situation over there regarding Hagane Shizuka and Gio Van Dycke? Is Shizuka a free agent now? Get back to us asap please.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 09 Jan 2012, 12:18

kostas22 wrote:Scuderia Alitalia would first like clarification from the F1RWRS commission vis-à-vis credits. Would I recieve 1000 credits as a new entrant, or retain Trueba's current chassis/engine and their current credits total. If so, what are they because I can't remember

The Guardian wrote:Scuderia Alitalia in negotiations with Trueba over acquiring team

Scuderia Alitalia has entered formal negotiations with Trueba Racing Team regarding the entire purchase of their business. It has been a well known fact for some time that Alitalia has been pushing for an entry to the F1RWRS series, and it seems they have finally found a way in.

Details about the exact nature of the negotiations are scarce currently, however The Guardian has obtained a brief memo outlining the main promises by Scuderia Alitalia to Trueba:
All staff will be retained but F1RWRS programme will be moved to Parma
Engine and chassis will be retained for the rest of 2014 season

However should they buy the team, they will not inherit any drivers. With Giovanni Roda retiring and Fred Mestolino seemingly on his way to ARC, Alitalia have further stepped up their efforts to bring in Dave Simpson on a long term deal, that could last until the end of 2015.

You will keep the current chassis and engine and current credits the team has (300 if I´m not mistaken). You must also keep the name Trueba until the end of the season, then you can rename it anyway you like it. You can do what you want with the livery.

Regarding Fredo Mestolio, you can keep him if you want, all I was asking is some action from the team direction to improve the car as they have plenty of credits!!

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 09 Jan 2012, 12:21

Aerond wrote:
kostas22 wrote:Scuderia Alitalia would first like clarification from the F1RWRS commission vis-à-vis credits. Would I recieve 1000 credits as a new entrant, or retain Trueba's current chassis/engine and their current credits total. If so, what are they because I can't remember

The Guardian wrote:Scuderia Alitalia in negotiations with Trueba over acquiring team

Scuderia Alitalia has entered formal negotiations with Trueba Racing Team regarding the entire purchase of their business. It has been a well known fact for some time that Alitalia has been pushing for an entry to the F1RWRS series, and it seems they have finally found a way in.

Details about the exact nature of the negotiations are scarce currently, however The Guardian has obtained a brief memo outlining the main promises by Scuderia Alitalia to Trueba:
All staff will be retained but F1RWRS programme will be moved to Parma
Engine and chassis will be retained for the rest of 2014 season

However should they buy the team, they will not inherit any drivers. With Giovanni Roda retiring and Fred Mestolino seemingly on his way to ARC, Alitalia have further stepped up their efforts to bring in Dave Simpson on a long term deal, that could last until the end of 2015.

You will keep the current chassis and engine and current credits the team has (300 if I´m not mistaken). You must also keep the name Trueba until the end of the season, then you can rename it anyway you like it. You can do what you want with the livery.

Regarding Fredo Mestolio, you can keep him if you want, all I was asking is some action from the team direction to improve the car as they have plenty of credits!!

Or use the MRT strategy to save the credits, run two pay drivers and cash them in at the end of the year. Infact, MRT is willing to lend you the two paydrivers we currently have on our books to help (Dean O'Lauchlan and Vidal Reyna-Sanchez) :lol:

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 09 Jan 2012, 12:22

Wizzie wrote:Or use the MRT strategy to save the credits, run two pay drivers and cash them in at the end of the year. Infact, MRT is willing to lend you the two paydrivers we currently have on our books to help (Dean O'Lauchlan and Vidal Reyna-Sanchez)

To kostas: Whatever you do in your life, don´t hire these people.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 09 Jan 2012, 12:22

Aerond wrote:
Wizzie wrote:Or use the MRT strategy to save the credits, run two pay drivers and cash them in at the end of the year. Infact, MRT is willing to lend you the two paydrivers we currently have on our books to help (Dean O'Lauchlan and Vidal Reyna-Sanchez)

To kostas: Whatever you do in your life, don´t hire these people.

Reyna-Sanchez I understand but O'Lauchlan is actually half-decent

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 09 Jan 2012, 13:48

I want to cut a deal with the F1RWRS comission. Alitalia came on board as a sponsor with the provisio they were title sponsors. Therefore I would like to tweak the name to Scuderia Trueba Alitalia. Essentially keeping the same name, but translated from English to Italian, and with title sponsor added.

Scuderia Alitalia politely declines the offers from Dean O'Lauchlan and Vidal Reyna-Sanchez. Negotiations with Dave Simpson, Fredo Mestolino are ongoing.