F1RWRS -- 2014 Season

[Shizuka]

THE DAILY MAIL
Albertini to buy into DMS for 2015?
Francois Albertini is known to be connected with any sponsoring rumors that appear from time to time. This time Japanese motorsport magazine unveiled that Albertini consortium wants to buy the majority share in DMS Racing Ltd, therefore taking the Shonan DMS team over in 2015. It is said that Hagane Shizuka would remain as the team principal, with Francois Albertini being CEO of the team. The name change (since Shonan is the current main sponsor of DMS Racing).

Neither Albertini nor Shizuka were available to comment.

I hereby declare that it's not my intention to take over the team completely.
I just want my logo on the car next year.

That would be funny, being bought out of my own team... And Francois, we can have your logo on the car. For free.

[AdrianSutil]

Just to make sure what my options are, if that little rumour about Sunshine's possible new owners having no interest in having Lon on their team anymore prove true (i.e. I roleplay that to happen), where could I find employment in F1RWRS?

I'm still deciding my line-up for next year. But if the 'Best In The World' fancies a good challenge, Mitie Aviation would consider him for a seat. I'm sure his reputation would sky-rocket if he was to get us out of pre-qualifying.

[DemocalypseNow]

Looks like there is quite a queue forming to obtain Kay Lon's services now

Scuderia Trueba Alitalia confirm interest in Lon

After long-time rumours of Scuderia Alitalia pursuing Sunshine Infiniti driver Kay Lon, team principal Alasdair Lindsay has confirmed they have started prelimenary contract talks his Lon's management.

"Yes, we are interested in hiring Kay Lon for 2015," said Lindsay. "The fact is Dave Simpson is looking to enter his own team next year, so he is very likely to leave Trueba Alitalia at the end of 2014. This means we will need another top driver to take his place, and Kay fits that description."

However, he would not be drawn on who would take the other seat next year; "In David Koczo we have a vastly experienced and highly skilled driver. But we are still early in 2014, we will see how he copes with his comeback. No contract is signed for him beyond the end of this season. Is it true we are interested in Tristian Jung? No, not at the moment. But, like I said, there are no contracts for 2015 yet, anything can happen."

[the Masked Lapwing]

Aerond, could I please know the stats for the HRT and GRM cars?

[DanielPT]

Just to make sure what my options are, if that little rumour about Sunshine's possible new owners having no interest in having Lon on their team anymore prove true (i.e. I roleplay that to happen), where could I find employment in F1RWRS?

I heard from good sources that the new Sunshine possible owners will only start deciding the line-up after the hypothetical takeover of Sunshine happens. That source also said that they were very interested in keeping Kay Lon.

[Aerond]

And I had forgotten about Simpson Motorsport Perhaps piling credits into his performance not such a wise idea. I think maybe David Koczo instead may be the better long term choice seeing as QuickYoda seems to have no intention of re-entering F1RWRS. Although for now the lineup for the French GP remains the same.

If you're lucky, Aerond could have missed your post about your credit expenditure and you might be able to beg him to have them back.

I saw it but I´m on trip so I haven´t applied it yet :p

[SuperAguri]

Well I am disappointed that my steering failed causing me to hit a corner too hard and crash out of the race. As Kamaha was set for it's first double podium ever. Still I am very pleased with the talent that Steele is showing and we will be hastily offering him a contract for 2015. Anyway I got to find someone to make them eat the pants I was wearing during the race, now that Kamaha have score more then 15 points.

Well Arrowtech did well and we score points but we should have got more, even a win but it was a tough race so I shall let the drivers off this race, but I will be demanding not 99%, not 100%, not even 110% but 1000% effort in the next race.

Nissan sell Sunshine Infiniti team to DPT Asset Management.

In a brief press conference, a Nissan spokesperson said that the sale of Sunshine Infiniti, including it's assets, UK Base, entry, non senior staff and drivers had been agreed between Nissan and DPT asset management. He read a short statement, "Nissan has enjoyed it's time in F1RWRS but the lack of results and pace despite the hge amount of money being poured into the 2014 car was not something Nissan were prepared to do and the banning of turbo engines for 2015 also meant an expense that Nissan were not prepared to invest in and so we have withdrawn from the sport. However, we have left the team in good hands. We thank the staff and drivers for their efforts and wish them the best for the rest of the season and for 2015. As part of the sale the following terms have been agreed.

The Infiniti engine will be used for 2014 before being retired at the end of the season.
The Sunshine chassis will be used for the 2015 season. (ie DanielPT must keep the same chassis for 2015)
Shinobu Katayama is gauranteed a seat for the rest of this season and for 2015, but she has a clause which allows her to move to a better team if they want her services.
Kay Lon is gauranteed a drive for the rest of the season but he can be bought out of his contract.
The team will remain in the UK for the foreseeable future, gauranteeing the jobs for the 250 strong workforce.
The name Sunshine Infiniti will be used for the rest of the season with the name Sunshine being used in some way for the 2015 season.
The sponsors NTT Docomo, Asahi, Tamiya, NEC and Infiniti will remain sponsors for the rest of the season with an option to continue into 2015.

We thank the press for listening and we hope Sunshine Infiniti all the best for the rest of the season.".

After that he bowed and left the room, we are still waiting for a spokesman for DPTAM to make an announcement about the sale, but we will keep you posted.

Nissan entered the sport in the right way, they bought an existing team, used the staffs strengths and got a win and 2 podiums in their first season but they did rack up a lot of retirements and this season has been more of the same despite the huge amount of money spent on reliability, with the worldwide downturn it was only a matter of time they withdrew to focus on Le Mans and GT racing.

[DanielPT]

The DPT Asset Management announces that it will give a press conference this next Saturday at 12:00 p.m. GMT time with time for questions and answers from the press.

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Good morning everyone! Welcome to the DPT Asset Management press conference!

First of all let me introduce myself. I am João Lagos from João Lagos Sports and I will be the host.

Also here with me, from left to right are: Michael Dolan, CEO of Mattel who is wants to revive Matchbox which will be main Sponsor for 2015, Katsuhiko Okumura, Daihatsu's Chairman of the Board who will lead our engine development together with John Hennessey, from Hennessey Performance, who is right next to Mr. Okumura. The final three gentlement to my right are Professor Ferri Aliabadi, Head of Aeronautics department of the Imperial College London, Alain Ducasse, three star Michelin chef and Manuel João, Team Principal of Licor Beirão (F2RWRS) and representing a consortium of Portuguese and International beverages sponsorship.

To begin with, I must say I am very proud of being here. This is the high point of João Lagos Sport and a great adventure for us all. I mean, taking over a team in such reputed sport is a magnificient achievement bearing in mind that the entries are controlled by the comission and the entry queue is big right now. Everyone wants to enter it, wants to have their own team, and we did it. It took many months to pull these people together and in the end it was done. They are top people in their Country at what they do and hopefully they will be able to do much for Sunshine. After all it is a fantastic team that we are taking over. They managed points, podiums and a victory. We want to take it further we want to make the previous owners prouds, happy, for their decision to sell the team to us.

As promised we will retain both team name and chassis for 2015. It was one of the many requirements Nissan made to us while we were finalizing the take over deal. As will the team not only remain in UK but will race for UK from 2015 onwards. This comes from the association with Professor Aliabadi of Imperial College London. As for drivers we will retain Shinobu Katayama and Kay Lon until the end of the season and start talks with them to see what they want for their future. We are a large multinational team and we embrace everyone willing to stay with us in this epic journey. We will also want, somewhere in the future, to give oportunities to fine young drivers that come from our associated teams in lower formulas, like Licor Beirão and Porto Wine, but for this Manuel João will speak in a brief delay. Sponsors related as we can see we will have our own but we are also happy to welcome new ones in this family and have started negotions with the existing team sponsors. Talking about sponsors, I will now pass the word to Mr Dolan...

Ladies and gentlemen, good day to y'all! I am here, not representing Mattel, but representing Matchbox. The time for this once great name rise from ashes has arrived! With this association, what is wanted is first, brand awareness, and second, show that Matchbox has returned and is here to stay. This is a name that was dragged in the mud of bankruptcy. Mattel came in and saved our childhood prime brand from death and wants it associated with what is associated in first place: Cars! I mean, who never played with a Matchbox car toy? That is why we didn't think twice when Mr Lagos came knocking at our door looking for sponsors to his new team effort. Many children have a fond love for cars and with it many races. We want their childhood to be spent happy, playing with our toys. That will, with time, translate into a happy adulthood with lovingly memories about childhood, playing and Matchbox. What is better than racing for pass Mathbox brand and name? Nothing. I still remember watching Nascar and all those sponsored cars. We want that to happen with Matchbox. Ladies and gentlemen, a new Matchbox era is just started!

Thank you Mr Dolan. Next, Katsuhiko Okumura!

Hello! Hello! Very happy to be here. Daihatsu is looking forward to finaly make a foray into this exciting championship. We are also happy to take Nissan's mantle and keep Sunshine as Japanese as possible. Daihatsu will takeover engine production and learn from building engines. We want to build very good engines in the future for our cars. Hopefully this partnership will help us to become one of top engine manufacturers in Japan and in the World. Thank you!

Thank you Mr Okumura. The word is now with John Hennessey!

Whats up, folks? Hennessey wants to sell top performance sports cars. Not only in the US but in the world. Now, I've been watching these races with open-wheelers and my first though was, "what the heck, man! They look slow, indeed!" These guys are missing, like, huge chucks of power and much performance, so why not go there and theach those guys what performance is? That what we've done. Comin' here, contact Joao and having a look in these lumps. While Daihatsu is inexperienced in motorsport they just have to come up with an engine that the rest of the BHPs will come naturally with us. In return Hennessey is taken seriously by the World, and most importantly, those Bugatti folks at VW. Rock on!

All right, John! It's amazing to have you on board! Now, Professor Ferri Aliabadi.

Thank you Mr Lagos. It is a wonderful oportunity to be here, today. I must confess that I wasn't thrilled with the idea when Mr Lagos first contacted me. After all, what could a simple Department in an College do to help a racing team beat Professionals in the business? But I must confess that the seed, that idea, Mr Lagos left after that phone call grew. It was a massive oportunity to fresh top students come into contact with the real world in a highly competitive environment none the less. The department had to take it. No fees involved and students being able to work as soon as the first year in something real. The best of them have the chance to go on and be Aerodynamicists in a racing team. Hpefully our partnership will last long and our students can bring many victories!

That is what we are all hoping for Professor! At least they will learn. Alain, take it from here.

Merci Joao! J'ai été etonné, surprised, with Joao when he talked to me. Pourquoi? Why some racing team wanted a chef like me? Oooohhhh la reponse! The answer was quite simply, surprennant! Astonishing! Joao said that people don't work happy, don't live happy, without their belly full of magnifique cuisine food! Et voilá, they wanted a chef to help them do the food for the team. C'est peu, my help, but I will do everything to make these people, ingenieurs, mecaniciens et pilotes, be happy! For them to work better!

That is right! At least they will learn. Finally, Manuel will bring this long conference to an end.

Guys, we have arrived. That is right. The most professionally partying racing team is uppon you like a hellcat jumps on her geek prey. I represent, if I remember correctly, the Super Bock, Budweiser, Carlsberg and Krombacher as beers. Licor Beirão, Bombay Sapphire and Wyborowa Vodka as stronger beverages and finally Porto Wine and the Bordeaux region as wines. We will also be trialling young drivers who could be driving for Sunshine in the future.. But that is a lesser matter. Most importantly, we will be partying tonight to comemorate our arrival! My friends, a toast!

Erm... Okay, thank you Manuel, we will speak later... As you can see, we also know that fun has a place in life. Erm... And this concludes our humongous press conference. Thank you all for your kind presence. Any questions?

[Aerond]

I want to run the french GP, I need kostas22 to confirm soon his driver lineup. I remind him (and everybody else for instance), that the maximum number of drivers allowed for a season is 4. Therefore if kostas changes both drivers, he´ll have to stick with them until the very end of the season (unless he can convince Giovanni Roda to come back).

[DemocalypseNow]

I want to run the french GP, I need kostas22 to confirm soon his driver lineup. I remind him (and everybody else for instance), that the maximum number of drivers allowed for a season is 4. Therefore if kostas changes both drivers, he´ll have to stick with them until the very end of the season (unless he can convince Giovanni Roda to come back).

Not strictly true. If I can persuade Fredo Mestolio to return later in the season that is still allowed as per the rules. The same driver is allowed two stints at a team, Mestolio has only done one so far, and if he returns it still means I've only had four drivers for the entire season.

So, to confirm, David Koczo will be driving Car 28 and Dave Simpson will be driving Car 29 until further notice.

[Aerond]

I want to run the french GP, I need kostas22 to confirm soon his driver lineup. I remind him (and everybody else for instance), that the maximum number of drivers allowed for a season is 4. Therefore if kostas changes both drivers, he´ll have to stick with them until the very end of the season (unless he can convince Giovanni Roda to come back).

Not strictly true. If I can persuade Fredo Mestolio to return later in the season that is still allowed as per the rules. The same driver is allowed two stints at a team, Mestolio has only done one so far, and if he returns it still means I've only had four drivers for the entire season.

So, to confirm, David Koczo will be driving Car 28 and Dave Simpson will be driving Car 29 until further notice.

Good to know Thanks!

[DemocalypseNow]

I want to run the french GP, I need kostas22 to confirm soon his driver lineup. I remind him (and everybody else for instance), that the maximum number of drivers allowed for a season is 4. Therefore if kostas changes both drivers, he´ll have to stick with them until the very end of the season (unless he can convince Giovanni Roda to come back).

Not strictly true. If I can persuade Fredo Mestolio to return later in the season that is still allowed as per the rules. The same driver is allowed two stints at a team, Mestolio has only done one so far, and if he returns it still means I've only had four drivers for the entire season.

So, to confirm, David Koczo will be driving Car 28 and Dave Simpson will be driving Car 29 until further notice.

Good to know Thanks!

Did you apply the performance updates yet? If no, just a) a reminder I spent 100cr on engine HP, and I also want to spend 100 credits on Koczo's qualifying performance too if it's not too late. Otherwise just apply it after the French GP...

[Aerond]

Did you apply the performance updates yet? If no, just a) a reminder I spent 100cr on engine HP, and I also want to spend 100 credits on Koczo's qualifying performance too if it's not too late. Otherwise just apply it after the French GP...

Changes applied for the French GP

[Aerond]

F1RWRS 2014 - ROUND 7 - FRENCH GP - PAUL RICARD

Weather forecast;

PreQ - Dry
Q1 - Dry
Q2 - Light Rain
Race - Dry

PRE-QUALIFYING (drivers in bold go into main qualifying)

1. Poppy Whitechapel (GRM) -- 1.12.336
2. Jean-Luch Schiller (Prospec) -- 1.13.045 (+0.709)
3. David Neuberg (Mitie) -- 1.13.254 (+0.918)
4. Ron Mignolet (Acuri) -- 1.13.343 (+1.007)
5. Frank Zimmer (GRM) -- 1.13.345 (+1.009)
6. David Koczo (Trueba Alitalia) -- 1.13.381 (+1.045)
7. Dave Simpson (Trueba Alitalia) -- 1.13.467 (+1.131)
8. Matthias Valsattis (Mitie) -- 1.13.549 (+1.213)
9. Andrea Acuri (Acuri) -- 1.13.840 (+1.504)
10. Gary Cameron (Prospec) -- 1.13.842 (+1.506)
11. Tomislaw Tajner (Dofasco) -- 1.14.002 (+1.666)
12. James Davies (Mecha) -- 1.14.751 (+2.415)
13. Saeed Al Faisal (Mecha) -- 1.15.419 (+3.083)
14. Sebastian Groves (Dofasco) -- 1.15.634 (+3.298)
15. Francois Albertini (Shonan) -- 1.15.645 (+3.309)
16. Miko Fakkinen (Tropico) -- 1.15.690 (+3.354)
17. Gio van Dycke (Shonan) -- 1.15.803 (+3.467)
18. Darren Older Jr (Tropico) -- 1.16.593 (+4.257)

*GRM will skip pre-qualifying at Round 8.

QUALIFYING




* Phoenix will go to Pre-qualifying at Round 8.

STARTING GRID



RACE

When Phillippe Nicolas won the opening GP of the season in Adelaide, nobody would have bet on the place we´re today; MRT had dominated most of the weekend and Mark Dagnall seemed the one and only alternative to their domination. In fact, it´s been a little bit like that during the first half of the races, except in Monaco, but most importantly, the final output has been totally different and now we´ve seen 6 different drivers for 5 different teams winning races this year so far. Yes, MRT and DGN still dominate, but the fact is they don´t get to the end of the races are regularly as Daniel Melrose and Chris Dagnall would like to, and we celebrate this happening, as the championship is very open and is not that the same cars will be at the front in Brands Hatch, but the feeling is everything can happen in races.

The race at Paul Ricard basically consisted of everyone with a chance to do something remarkbale having to retire when things looked good. We were at the heat of the fight for the win between Nicolas and Mark Dagnall when the home hero car failed miserably and left him at the side of the Mistral straight. Dagnall then would go on only to retire just 12 laps to the end of the race. He´d have scored his 2nd win of the season and with probably a large advantage over Spencer, but the thing is he didn´t and the 20 points lost here and in Monaco may hurt his championship chances.

But the leaders weren´t to suffer major heartbreak, this undoubtely happened at other garages today. First to look at is Gillet. Aurelien Moll had just gotten the lead when Dagnall retired when his GNB failed too. Another to have suffered is Phoenix McAllister. He was driving a great race and already in the points when his car failed. He was running at that moment in front of Shinobu Katayama, who finished 2nd in the end. Both Kamahas had a good chance today of scoring, but they again failed, and the last, but not least, driving an amazing race until she retired was Poppy Whitechapel. She was beating Frank Zimmer comfortably and into the points but in the end nothing came out of her fantastic performance.

The large number of retirements (many of them becoming soon), meant we lived an amazingly boring race in terms overtaking considering the huge ammount of things happening in and around. Only the 4 way fight during the last quarter of the race between Zimmer, Bosevic, Davies and Koczo made the end of the race a little bit entertaining. In fact, Zimmer drove a great race. Having started last, he wasn´t that good either in the first half, but then he seemed to wake up and kept a beautiful fight with Bosevic, first being passed by the Arrowtech and then recovering a few laps from the end. The GRM is not very fast but he´s there when the opportunity arises.

To finish, and going back into the Top 3, Melrose and Katayama simply drove their cars to the end without much hassle and the sheer ammount of unreliability favoured them, but the key to Douglas Mann success was an excellent start. He then was able to fight head to head with Moll and Mori at the beggining of the race and kept trying so that in the end he was the only car remaining from the points places at the beggining. It was a very good drive and a remarkable win for a team which desperately need the points in order to avoid embarrasing moments again. It was the feel-good moment of the weekend... but what about our ROTR? Well, nobody did badly enough to earn it, except for Kay Lon, apparently partying too hard after he retired. He brought the sport to an awful image and from a driver who claims to be "Best in the world", it wasn´t the most apropiate behaviour. The F1RWRS has handed him a warning (two being a two race suspension) and the ROTR rounds his weekend. He should be a bit more supportive having in count Katayama´s performance.

PICS






The start



Steele retiring



The frightening moment of the weekend with Watkinson´s car launching into the air after hitting De Bock at the back:



RACE RESULTS




Fastest lap: Phillippe Nicolas - 1.13.248
ROTR: Kay Lon - Another DNF, got into a scandal when the race was going on and was handed a warning. Not a good weekend.

STANDINGS (After 7 races)

DRIVERS

1. Mark Dagnall - 28 pts
2. Nathanael Spencer - 20 pts
3. Shinobu Katayama - 15 pts
=. Daniel Melrose - 15 pts
5. Nicolas Steele - 14 pts
6. Thomas de Bock - 13 pts
=. Douglas Mann - 13 pts
8. Sammy Jones - 12 pts
9. Phillippe Nicolas - 10 pts
10. Aurelien Moll - 8 pts
=. Frank Zimmer - 8 pts
12. Mirko Bosevic - 7 pts
13. Barii Mori - 6 pts
14. Rhys Davies - 4 pts
15. 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 - 27 pts
4. Gillet - 21 pts
5. Kamaha - 20 pts
6. Sunshine - 15 pts
7. Foxdale - 13 pts
8. Arrowtech - 8 pts
=. GRM - 8 pts
10. HRT - 6 pts
11. Acuri - 3 pts
12. ARC - 1 pt

[Aerond]

I think we´ve had our closest PreQ session so far!!!

Prospec was left out by just 0.039 and Acuri by 0.335!!!

[tommykl]

I think we´ve had our closest PreQ session so far!!!

Prospec was left out by just 0.039 and Acuri by 0.335!!!

Also, Fäkkinen bet van Dycke and Mitie actually pre-qualified!

[dr-baker]

With driver changes, can I just have clarified: Is Ben Fleet free to return to Foxdale after round 8 this season if Pippa Mann decides to move Jack Christopherson aside?

[FMecha]

How much HP and reliability points I have? Looks like a fail again for Mecha GP.

[DemocalypseNow]

This is the first time Trueba has passed Pre-Qualifying this season, right? Looks like the updates worked

[tommykl]

This is the first time Trueba has passed Pre-Qualifying this season, right? Looks like the updates worked

No, they already did so in Brazil, with Mestolio finishing 9th, I believe.

[Shizuka]

Yawn, another DNPQ.
I don't care about 2014, I need to get as close to have 1000 credits as I can for next year.

[Klon]

Yawn, another DNPQ.
I don't care about 2014, I need to get as close to have 1000 credits as I can for next year.

Now guess why I have two pay-drivers at Tropico Grand Prix?

[Aerond]

Yawn, another DNPQ.
I don't care about 2014, I need to get as close to have 1000 credits as I can for next year.

Now guess why I have two pay-drivers at Tropico Grand Prix?

May Kay Lon drive for them in 2015??

[Klon]

May Kay Lon drive for them in 2015??

Not unless I absolutely cannot avoid it. This is not because I don't wish Lon to drive for a weak team but rather I think Kay Lon-roleplaying loses a bit of its appeal when he isn't always walking on the edge between being employed and not being employed.

[Aerond]

With driver changes, can I just have clarified: Is Ben Fleet free to return to Foxdale after round 8 this season if Pippa Mann decides to move Jack Christopherson aside?

It's your driver and you can do as you please but Chris Dagnall might get slightly angry at Pippa Mann for terminating Fleet contract too soon

[dr-baker]

With driver changes, can I just have clarified: Is Ben Fleet free to return to Foxdale after round 8 this season if Pippa Mann decides to move Jack Christopherson aside?

It's your driver and you can do as you please but Chris Dagnall might get slightly angry at Pippa Mann for terminating Fleet contract too soon

So there is no maximum number of different teams a single driver can driver for in one season? 'Cos DGNgineering is Ben's second team already this season, if I remember correctly...

[Nessafox]

I think we´ve had our closest PreQ session so far!!!

Prospec was left out by just 0.039 and Acuri by 0.335!!!

Also, Fäkkinen bet van Dycke and Mitie actually pre-qualified!

For the first time in 10 years...
actually Fäkkinen did beat Van Dycke often in REECCS, though he will never be faster in equal cars.
Van Dycke's actually not that bad, he's just as fast as Kay -best driver in the world- Lon in a Trabant!

[Aerond]

With driver changes, can I just have clarified: Is Ben Fleet free to return to Foxdale after round 8 this season if Pippa Mann decides to move Jack Christopherson aside?

It's your driver and you can do as you please but Chris Dagnall might get slightly angry at Pippa Mann for terminating Fleet contract too soon

So there is no maximum number of different teams a single driver can driver for in one season? 'Cos DGNgineering is Ben's second team already this season, if I remember correctly...

No, there's a limit in the number of stints a driver can have within the same team in one season, with two stints max, but a driver can switch teams as many times as needed.

[dr-baker]

Thanks! I was under the impression that one driver was limited to two teams within the same season, but looks like I was wrong. Thankfully.

[Warren Hughes]

Aerond, I would like quali performance upgrades for Gary Cameron in the order of 40 points (so that's my last 20 credits spent ). Hopefully that will be enough to ensure we make it out of PreQ from now on.

(P. S. I wouldn't mind an email when they've gone on, with a full breakdown of all my team's and drivers' stats)

[the Masked Lapwing]

This PQ reminds me of last year, when GRM competed once and managed to get out straight away

[DemocalypseNow]

Thanks! I was under the impression that one driver was limited to two teams within the same season, but looks like I was wrong. Thankfully.

Which is rather silly of you, seeing as Dave Simpson has just moved to his third team in five races

[DemocalypseNow]

Also, Aerond, can you send me full car & driver stats for Scuderia Trueba Alitalia, seeing as I've just taken over someone else's team I don't know the full accounting data & would be useful to know.

[Aerond]

Qualifying Results up!! (Page 42). Race to be run sometime tomorrow (probably 2pm)

[DemocalypseNow]

This has been a good debut Saturday for us. Everyone in Parma has been working flat-out recently to improve the car and it has shown, we qualified reasonably comfortably in the end. David Koczo did well to manage 16th after spending almost half a year out of the sport, and we are not quite so worried regarding Dave Simpson's 24th as we know he's good in the races. We hope to to bring both cars to the finish tomorrow, and hopefully luck and attrition will be on our side for at least one of our drivers to finish in the points. But, considering the results of Trueba before we took over, it will be a good result to bring both cars home inside or around the Top 10.

[DemocalypseNow]

Qualifying Results up!! (Page 42). Race to be run sometime tomorrow (probably 2pm)

2pm GMT or 2pm AEST?

[Aerond]

Qualifying Results up!! (Page 42). Race to be run sometime tomorrow (probably 2pm)

2pm GMT or 2pm AEST?

2pm European time (CET)

[DemocalypseNow]

Qualifying Results up!! (Page 42). Race to be run sometime tomorrow (probably 2pm)

2pm GMT or 2pm AEST?

2pm European time (CET)

Then I will actually need to make an effort to wake up in time for the race!!
Yes, I'm lazy, so sue me. I spend my weekdays getting up at 6am for a 2 hour commute in the morning, and then 2 hours back again. Give me a f***ing break.

[TomWazzleshaw]

2pm CET? Bathplug it, I'll read the race review in the morning.

[MinardiFan95]

I wouldn't take control of Simpson because MinardiFan usually pops around to confirm or deny any rumours.

I was on holidays for a week, otherwise I would have posted here just after the Alitalia rumours were posted.