Yet another F1 series you can join...

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 28 Feb 2012, 12:26

Work did get in the way :'(

Although it says I log in, I have my netbook with a number of tabs open so when I reboot the machine the tabs reload so I log on, even though I only have enough time to look at my emails.

However I will have plenty of time now, so I am going to run prequalifying and qualifying tonight.

The second half of the first half of the season gets underway

I am in Norway so I will post the prequalifying results around 9pm local time and the qualifying results around 11pm local time. :mrgreen:

I do the full hour for prequalifying and qualifying so everyone gets a fair crack.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 28 Feb 2012, 15:17

SuperAguri wrote:Work did get in the way :'(

Although it says I log in, I have my netbook with a number of tabs open so when I reboot the machine the tabs reload so I log on, even though I only have enough time to look at my emails.

However I will have plenty of time now, so I am going to run prequalifying and qualifying tonight.

The second half of the first half of the season gets underway

I am in Norway so I will post the prequalifying results around 9pm local time and the qualifying results around 11pm local time.

I do the full hour for prequalifying and qualifying so everyone gets a fair crack.

Thank you. Can I put WMRA up for sale? It's bathplugging failure (Mecha F1RWRS team is better - Davies reached as high as 3rd position in PQ yet he's DNPQ). :evil:

If it is not possible, I will enter Satoru Kagawa (male, Japanese, age 23, pay driver, JF3000 driver whose got points by attrition) as 3rd driver as required.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 28 Feb 2012, 21:20

If you are selling your team FMecha then can I buy it

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 29 Feb 2012, 01:54

Spanish GP - Round 5/16 - Thursday Prequalifying

The Jarama curcuit is our destination for this years Spanish grand prix, although not used by F1 since 1981 it is been upgraded to make overtaking a little easier. However it is still tight and twisty so overtaking will be down to the drivers nerve and speed. The track has not been used this year and is quite dusty, willt his affect the drivers trying to prequalify? Well we will find out as the lights go green to start the prequalifying session.

Douglas Mann in the West Midands F1 team goes out first and is followed by David Koczo in the Clio Racing team, both find the grip tough to find and go wide at several points and post a poor 1:11.6 and 1:13.2 respectively. Josh Morton and Joan Gene (Welsh MRA), Andres Schussler (WMF1), Fedricio Rotondo and Shinobu Katayama (Zimsport) and the spritely Leonhard Von Gottrop (Foxdale) all go out and all slide off on their outlaps and first flying laps. Morton posting a rather poor 1:16.5 with Von Gottrop a 1:15.6. Andres Schussler topping the time sheets with a 1:07.4

Douglas Mann finds the grip to top the time sheets wtih a 1:04.93, Koczo not far behind with a 1:05.65. However Welsh MRA are on their feet Morton bangs in 2 red sectors to show he is the fastest in both and what's this, yes he gets another red sector to end up with a 1:04.71, even if they fail to prequalify, I am sure Welsh MRA will be happy with topping the time sheets if only breifly.

It was briefly too as his team mate Joan Gene manages to go faster with a 1:04.54, even Shinobu Katayama can only manage a 1:04.83. David Koczo brings it down to 1:04.47 a few corners later.

Von Gottorp comes into the pits as he can not find any grip. Florence Briggs comes out in place of her team mate.

Rotondo gets into 6th with a 1:04.94. It is looking good for Welsh MRA as they have the best overall time so far with Morton and Gene in 2nd and 3rd on the time sheets. The money they have spent on the car seems to have improved the low speed grip amazingly. Although as we say that Gene goes very wide at Turn 9.

Florence Briggs sets the fastest first sector but runs very wide and can only manage a 1:07.32. Only 9 cars have come out but the other drivers are looking like they are going to set a time on the slightly less dusty track.

Nikolas Sarkozy (Russian Bears), Dante Zetticci (CRT), Donald Mallon (Donkervoort) and Barii Mori (Hungarian) are all on the track doing outlaps.

Florence Briggs sets the monitors alight with red sectors and posts a 1:03.90, but if Von Gottrop can't improve his time it will all be for nothing.

Sarkozy catches a spin but Zetticci has to brake hard to avoid an accident, that could have been very nasty. They post times of 1:10.33 and 1:09.76 respectively. You hope that they aborted the lap and will post a better time this lap. Oh Mori has a big off, lots of dust in the air, but he comes straight back on the track.

Mitchell Macklin (Donkervoort) and Alexey Buyvolov (Russian Bears) are on the circuit. Mallon can only manage a slow 1:05.50 with Mori getting a 1:10.31 due to his off.

Mallon seems to have an issue and comes straight back into the pits, Mori is having issues finding grip and can only manage a 1:07.55, Macklin also has trouble going slower with a 1:07.93. Alexey Buyvolov slots his car into 5th with a reasonable 1:04.70. Sarkozy is up to 7th with a 1:05.27.

Rhys Davies looks cool and collected in the pit garage, sitting in his car, he should be worried as he has not posted any time and Mori is having issues with grip, but is he waiting for Moris data so he can capitalise on it? Mori still has issues but is going faster with a 1:06.26 but it is still way off getting through prequalifying.

Davies, Morton, Schussler and Rotondo are all on the track with Mori, Macklin, Sarkozy and Buyvolov. Macklin posts a 1:05.01 but is still way off the pace. Davies is however on the pace, setting a red sector for sector two and posting a 1:04.12. Mori goes a bit faster but by a tiny amount of 1:05.65.

Even Davies is not immune to sliding wide as he messes up the last corner and loses over a second. Mann and Katayama come out and Macklin goes back into the pits. Foxdale are working hard on Von Gottorps car, does it have an issue?

Morton is on a hot lap and goes faster with a 1:04.54, this takes him to 4th.

With 30 minutes gone, here is the order...

Briggs (Foxdale) - 1:03.900
Davies (Hungarian) - 1:04.115
Koczo (CRT) - 1:04.467
Morton (Welsh MRA) - 1:04.540
Gene (Welsh MRA) - 1:04.543
Rotondo (Zimsport) - 1:04.655
Buyvolov (Russian) - 1:04.695
Katayama (Zimsport) - 1:04.829
Sarkozy (Russian) - 1:04.919
Mann (WMF1) - 1:04.925
Macklin (Donkervoort) - 1:05.014
Schussler (WMF1) - 1:05.085
Mallon (Donkervoort) - 1:05.503
Mori (Hungarian) - 1:05.653
Zetticci (CRT) - 1:09.764
Von Gottorp (Foxdale) 1:15.575

For the teams it looks like this

Welsh Motor Racing - 02:09.083
Zimsport - 02:09.484
Russian Bears - 02:09.614
Hungrian Life - 02:09.768
West Midland F1 - 02:10.010
Donkervoort - 02:10.517
Clio Racing - 02:14.231
Foxdale Auto Racing - 02:19.475

Hungaruan need Mori top find about 2 tenths, and CRT and Foxdale need Zetticci and Von Gottrop to find some pace to qualify.

Mann finds some more pace and posts a 1:04.795, only a tenth and a bit but it moves him to 8th. Koczo goes faster with a 1:04.271. Schussler improves in the hundreths with a 1:05.042

Briggs comes back out to see if she can improve her time. Von Gottorp is also on the track. Mann improves again and jumps to 6th with a 1:04.638

Von Gottorp posts a 1:06.547, he is still struggling but he is no longer the slowest person on the track. Briggs however lights the monitor screens like a fruit machine and posts a 1:03.605, fantastic. Foxdale could make it yet.

Zetticci is back on track and he has had an earful, but he nearly loses it as he runs wide and nearly clips a wall.

Von Gottorp finds the groove and posts a 1:03.972 to more or less gaurantee Foxdale a spot in qualifying. Mori is back on track and will use his last two flying laps to try and get Hungarian into qualifying. Zetticci improves with a 1:06.606 but it is not enough for CRT, but he does have 5 flying laps to go, however he decuides to save them for one final run as he heads into the pits.

Mori on the other hand can not improve so Hungarian have no chance to prequalify.

Macklin is all over the track and is recording 1:10s. No one is improving as the session gets to the last 5 minutes. Mallon pops in a 1:04.573 which puts Donkervoort into qualifying.

Zetticci is out and does improve massively with a 1:05.539 but it is still not enough to displace Zimsport or Doonkervoort. Sarkozy and Buyvolov are also out on the track and there are realistically the only ones that could also displace Donkervoort for the last qualifying place. Buyvolov improves his time with a 1:04.568 and that is enough to displace Donkervoort by a tenth of a second. Sarkozy fails to improve but would it hamper Russian Bears?.

Zetticci only has one lap to improve, first sector is slower, second sector is faster but he is still a hundreth of a second down on his fastest time. A few more corners and he can only manage a 1:15.700. Welsh MRA are celebrating like they have scored points let alone just prequalified.

Drivers in bold have prequalified.

Florence Briggs - 01:03.605 (Foxdale Auto Racing)
Leonhard Von Gottorp - 01:03.972 (Foxdale Auto Racing)
Rhys Davies - 01:04.115 (Hungrian Life)
David Koczo - 01:04.271 (Clio Racing)
Josh Morton - 01:04.540 (Welsh Motor Racing)
Joan Gene - 01:04.543 (Welsh Motor Racing)
Alexey Buyvolov - 01:04.568 (Russian Bears)
Donald Mallon - 01:04.573 (Donkervoort)
Douglas Mann - 01:04.638 (West Midland F1)
Federico Rotondo - 01:04.655 (Zimsport)
Shinobu Katayama - 01:04.829 (Zimsport)
Nikolas Sarkozy - 01:04.919 (Russian Bears)
Mitchell Macklin - 01:05.014 (Donkervoort)
Andres Schussler - 01:05.042 (West Midland F1)
Dante Zetticci - 01:05.539 (Clio Racing)
Barii Mori - 01:05.653 (Hungrian Life)

Foxdale Auto Racing - 02:07.577
Welsh Motor Racing - 02:09.083
Zimsport - 02:09.484
Russian Bears - 02:09.487
Donkervoort - 02:09.587
West Midland F1 - 02:09.680
Hungrian Life - 02:09.768
Clio Racing - 02:09.810

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 29 Feb 2012, 15:23

First PQ for WMRA!

So, from now on, WMRA is NO LONGER for sale. :geek:

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 01 Mar 2012, 15:24

Spanish GP - Round 5/16 - Thursday Free Practice Times

Free practice was done after preqaulifying and all teams were allowed to run in the hour session. Some of the teams that did not prequalify like Hungarian might feel hard done by as they did times that would have made them 2nd of the prequalifying teams and 3rd fastest time overall of the prequalifying teams but as Welsh MRA would point out they had prequalified and were working on rae stratergy.

Fighting Mongooses look like the team to beat with Roos and McReynolds getting the fastest times with Unser Jr, Mitchell and Nicolo all over a tenth behind. Rumour has it that the Mugen engine used is not the upgraded version, this will be wheeled out for qualifying and the race. Fleet will be hoping for speed and reliabilty this race as he posts an impressive 6th fastest time. Stavros will be wondering if the rot is setting in as they can only manage a slow 13th and 19th. EXTRAS update did not seem to make much of a difference although we will wait until qualifying as they may be showboating.

Lavezzi and Gawron are doing their level best to be the first to be fired as they end up 21st and 23rd a bit behind their team mates and a second off their pace.

Qualifying wil be exciting and more of that later