F1RWRS -- 2014 Season

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 05 Mar 2012, 01:03

American Racing Conglomerate wrote:And with that, we are officially giving up on 2014.

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 05 Mar 2012, 05:04

Rhys Davies wrote:I hate Spa, I hate Spa, I hate Spa, I hate Spa...

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 05 Mar 2012, 06:03

The Generic Times wrote:Simspon to MRT?

While Dave Simpson may be working on setting up his own F1RWRS team for 2015, sources in Australia are starting to link the veteran Australian to the team run by close friend and former teammate Daniel Melrose for next year. Allegedly, high-ranking people in the team are running out of patience with their lead driver Nathanael Spencer, especially after a very poor showing in the rain at Spa last weekend. While many people have been linked to the seat, the smart money at betting agencies seem to be on either Simpson or Former World Champion Rhys Davies taking the MRT seat. Neither Melrose or Simpson available for comment.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 05 Mar 2012, 13:52

Early DNF isn't a good way to celebrate first out-of-DNPQ race.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 05 Mar 2012, 19:11

FMecha wrote:Early DNF isn't a good way to celebrate first out-of-DNPQ race.

Join the club mate

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 06 Mar 2012, 12:12

Autosport wrote:Daniel Martins to leave ArrowTech at the end of the year

In a press conference today, Daniel Martins announced that he will be searching for a new team next year after seeing how The Fox was confronted with a threat from Prince Falik. "I regret to announce that I decided to part ways with ArrowTech at the end of this year because I don't want The Fox to have to take a hard decision. I know that, results wise, this season hasn't been perfect. If we add that the car is being a bit unreliable then I can say ArrowTech did not moved forward as we wanted. I gave it all for the team and been and will be loyal to the end. So much that I will race the remaining races with the utmost professionalism."

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 06 Mar 2012, 14:41

DanielPT wrote:
Autosport wrote:Daniel Martins to leave ArrowTech at the end of the year

In a press conference today, Daniel Martins announced that he will be searching for a new team next year after seeing how The Fox was confronted with a threat from Prince Falik. "I regret to announce that I decided to part ways with ArrowTech at the end of this year because I don't want The Fox to have to take a hard decision. I know that, results wise, this season hasn't been perfect. If we add that the car is being a bit unreliable then I can say ArrowTech did not moved forward as we wanted. I gave it all for the team and been and will be loyal to the end. So much that I will race the remaining races with the utmost professionalism."

I guess this means Kay Lon won't be at Sunshine in 2015...

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 06 Mar 2012, 15:12

kostas22 wrote:
DanielPT wrote:
Autosport wrote:Daniel Martins to leave ArrowTech at the end of the year

In a press conference today, Daniel Martins announced that he will be searching for a new team next year after seeing how The Fox was confronted with a threat from Prince Falik. "I regret to announce that I decided to part ways with ArrowTech at the end of this year because I don't want The Fox to have to take a hard decision. I know that, results wise, this season hasn't been perfect. If we add that the car is being a bit unreliable then I can say ArrowTech did not moved forward as we wanted. I gave it all for the team and been and will be loyal to the end. So much that I will race the remaining races with the utmost professionalism."

I guess this means Kay Lon won't be at Sunshine in 2015...

Hum... You may be quite wrong sir!

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 09 Mar 2012, 00:58

MA-Racing: Finally getting noticed!

It seems Mitie Aviation's continued improvement has seen drivers sniffing around the garages in recent days, with Rosco Vantini and Saeed Al Fasial seen talking to Mitie members recently. But Mr.Alexander was quick to quash the rumours about either driver signing with the team for next year. "Although we are delighted to see more and more drivers interested in what we do, we have already written up our shortlist for next season, and sadly neither driver has a place with us. Vantini has shown a massive amount of potential, whilst Al Faisal has proven several times he's a quality driver. But we are not interested at this time", said Mitie's team boss.
Kay Lon remains the preferred choice for Mitie Aviation, and plans have now been completed for the contract to be offered. "We have finalised our offer for Kay Lon and will be contacting him in the very near future to start discussions".

Interesting times ahead of Mitie Aviation, especially if they secure the signing of one of the biggest names in Motorsport.

Right, firstly, KLon: Can I send you the proposed contract via private e-mail? I have thought of a unique contract and want to keep it secret from everyone else.

To everyone else: I'm not trying to be devious or anything, but I dont want any other members copying my idea. If KLon doesn't want me to send it via e-mail I will post it here for everyone to see. If KLon is ok with me sending it to him, fater the deal has been finalised/refused, I'll post the contract in here for others to see.

Hope this is alright with everyone...

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 09 Mar 2012, 01:02

Absolutely! Adds a nice bit of complexity into things if people want to do so!

I plan on holding onto both my drivers, though if I can't have one of them, I have Christopherson on my books.

In other words - watch it Melrose!

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 09 Mar 2012, 02:26

AdrianSutil wrote:Right, firstly, KLon: Can I send you the proposed contract via private e-mail? I have thought of a unique contract and want to keep it secret from everyone else.

Feel free to do so, although I cannot guarantee I will keep quiet about it should other teams inquire what was part of your proposal.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 09 Mar 2012, 02:41

AndreaModa wrote:Absolutely! Adds a nice bit of complexity into things if people want to do so!

I plan on holding onto both my drivers, though if I can't have one of them, I have Christopherson on my books.

In other words - watch it Melrose!

Do you really want Melrose to bugger off to the team with by far and away the best car on the grid?

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 09 Mar 2012, 03:06

Klon wrote:
AdrianSutil wrote:Right, firstly, KLon: Can I send you the proposed contract via private e-mail? I have thought of a unique contract and want to keep it secret from everyone else.

Feel free to do so, although I cannot guarantee I will keep quiet about it should other teams inquire what was part of your proposal.

Fine by me. Nothing I can do to stop that.

It's just whenever a driver signs for another team, it's usually:

Team X: We want driver Y.
Driver Y: Ok I sign.

Seeks a bit boring so I want to spice things up a bit. Expect email in the next 24 hours..

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 09 Mar 2012, 03:06

Ultimately, I'm not too fussed. If I remember rightly, Melrose is only signed to a one year contract anyway, and he has made noises in the past about a slight bit of disgruntlement with the team! Besides I thought you had your drivers finalised for next year anyway?

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 09 Mar 2012, 05:10

AndreaModa wrote:Ultimately, I'm not too fussed. If I remember rightly, Melrose is only signed to a one year contract anyway, and he has made noises in the past about a slight bit of disgruntlement with the team! Besides I thought you had your drivers finalised for next year anyway?

I do, to an extent. I've decided that Nicolas is staying and Spencer is going, what I haven't decided yet is who's taking Spencer's vacated seat.

And correct me if I'm wrong but haven't I said multiple times before that Melroses' priority was to stay at Jones Racing anyway?

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 09 Mar 2012, 12:43

Wizzie wrote:And correct me if I'm wrong but haven't I said multiple times before that Melroses' priority was to stay at Jones Racing anyway?

In which case that's great! I thought there may have been a bit of ambiguity that's all.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 09 Mar 2012, 20:31

KLon: E-Mail sent

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 10 Mar 2012, 05:13

Now that I think about it, I'd like to spend 30 credits on the race performance of Rhys Davies please.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 11 Mar 2012, 19:07

F1RWRS 2014 - ROUND 11 - ITALIAN GP - Monza

Weather report: Dry all weekend

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

1. Fredo Mestolio (ARC) -- 1.29.960
2. Jesus Plaza (ARC) -- 1.30.453 (+0.493)
3. Rhys Davies (HRT) -- 1.31.189 (+1.229)
4. Gary Cameron (Prospec) -- 1.31.433 (+1.473)
5. David Koczo (Trueba Alitalia) -- 1.32.207 (+2.247)
6. David Neuberg (Mitie) -- 1.32.527 (+2.567)
7. James Davies (Mecha) -- 1.32.577 (+2.617)
8. Matthias Valsattis (Mitie) -- 1.32.667 (+2.707)
9. Dean O´Lauchlan (HRT) -- 1.32.818 (+2.858)
10. Jean Luc Schiller (Prospec) -- 1.32.857 (+2.897)
11. Darren Older Jr (Trueba Alitalia) -- 1.32.989 (+3.029)
12. Francois Albertini (Shonan) -- 1.33.153 (+3.193)
13. Steven Mackintosh (Mecha) -- 1.33.595 (+3.635)
14. Tomislaw Tajner (Dofasco) -- 1.34.411 (+4.451)
15. Sebastian Groves (Dofasco) -- 1.34.605 (+4.645)
16. Gio Van Dycke (Shonan) -- 1.34.901 (+4.941)
17. Miko Fakkinen (Tropico) -- 1.35.073 (+5.113)
18. Leonhard Von Gottorp (Tropico) -- 1.35.800 (+5.840)

** ARC will skip Pre-Qualifying at Round 12.

QUALIFYING

** Phoenix will race Pre-Qualifying at Round 12.

RACE

After the rain weekends at Brands Hatch and Spa, and the short, manic streets of Norisring, we´ve had the first "normal" racing weekend at Monza since Paul Ricard, and the fact that the racing was that exciting (albeit not for the race win) in many ways make us think a bit that rain wasn´t needed at all to enjoy a good race, just a great crowd, a great track and a little bit of luck regarding on-track battling.

Let´s start as usual with the heroes: Phillippe Nicolas was amazing all weekend once again, demonstrating that he´s without a doubt the fastest driver this year, and that only bad luck and a couple of mistakes have prevented him from leading the championship in favour of Mark Dagnall. The French has now managed, not one, but two hat-tricks (Pole, Win and Fastest lap) this season, being the very first driver to achieve that in this series. Nicolas Steele, on his side, did score another very important podium for Kamaha, confirming what we already knew: He´s in a much better shape than Barii Mori. If next year is able to drive a bit of a faster car (either at Kamaha or elsewhere), he can become champion. Behind him we found a happy Shinobu Katayama. The Japanese female drove a solid race against both Jones cars and scored yet another podium. She´s completing a very good season so far despite the lack of reliability in her car.
The restant two remarkable drivers came from her teammate, Kay Lon, who suffered a collission at the start, forcing him to recover from dead last. His two-stop strategy was correct and he would have needed a few seconds to score his first point of the season. The other came from the man who scored that point; the Swiss Jean Luc Schiller who drove amazingly solid with his Prospec, passing better considered drivers like Bosevic on his way to score the first point for Prospec this season. A good injection of morale for a team which seems at an all-time low.

On the wrong foot we found this weekend the Gillet team, with a surprisingly slow Aurelien Moll, who, despite the machinery at his disposal, finished distant from the points, and an over-revved Thomas de Bock, who threw away a podium position with an avoidable crash. The other honoured guests in this list are Mark Dagnall and Nathanael Spencer. Dagnall failed twice; once while driving 2nd and trying to keep Nicolas´s pace, and the other while recovering from the first mistake. He´d have probably saved a podium place anyway. Nathanael commited a stupid mistake when he was safe in 2nd and threw 6 very important points. His championship chances have diminished dramatically right now despite the fact he only needs two races to regain the championship lead. For those mistakes, the ROTR award is shared between Mark Dagnall and Nathanael Spencer. The pressure of having to score either way after the exhibition by Nicolas made the mistakes appear.
The other very disappointing performance came from the Acuri drivers, despite racing their home race, they both retired a few laps to the end after having occupied the last two places from the start.

All in all, it was an overtaking and incident packed race and we´re eager to come back here next year. In next´s week Mediterranean Grand Prix Phillippe Nicolas will have his very last chance at having a great power advantage over Dagnall, before the more technical tracks we´ll visit towards the end of the season. If he takes that chance, we may have an incredibly battled championship ending.

RESULTS

FASTEST LAP CHART

PICTURES

The start

Debacle behind: Lon is thrown out of the track and Mestolio suffers a crash provoqued by a GRM driver

Nicolas leading

Plaza, de Bock and Dagnall accidents:

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS - After 11 Rounds

Drivers

1. Mark Dagnall - 38 pts
2. Phillippe Nicolas - 30 pts
3. Nicolas Steele - 26 pts
4. Shinobu Katayama - 24 pts
5. Thomas de Bock - 23 pts
6. Daniel Melrose - 21 pts
7. Nathanael Spencer - 20 pts
8. Aurelien Moll - 17 pts
9. Douglas Mann - 15 pts
=. Sammy Jones - 15 pts
11. Ron Mignolet - 9 pts
12. Frank Zimmer - 8 pts
=. Mirko Bosevic - 8 pts
14. Barii Mori - 7 pts
=. Ben Fleet - 7 pts
6. Pippa Mann - 5 pts
17. Rhys Davies - 4 pts
18. The Stig - 3 pts
19. Ashley Watkinson - 2 pts
20. Jesus Plaza - 1 pt
=. Daniel Martins - 1 pt
=. Jean-Luc Schiller - 1 pt

CONSTRUCTORS

1. MRT - 50 pts
2. DGNgineering - 45 pts
3. Gillet - 40 pts
4. Jones - 36 pts
5. Kamaha - 33 pts
6. Sunshine - 24 pts
7. Foxdale - 20 pts
8. Arrowtech - 9 pts
9. Acuri - 9 pts
10. GRM - 8 pts
11. HRT - 6 pts
12. Phoenix - 3 pts
13. ARC - 1 pt
=. Prospec - 1 pt

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 15 Mar 2012, 09:22

DNPQ. Again. :cry:

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 15 Mar 2012, 11:08

Qualifying results up

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 15 Mar 2012, 13:23

Kay Lon wrote:Well, this qualifying effort was fine, the car felt decent and I used it the way it should be used. While the odds of finishing are not good, at least I am in a decent position.

Leonhard Von Gottorp wrote:Well, the car is no good - Miko was faster than me today, this young lad is quite talented.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 15 Mar 2012, 14:31

Pippa and Douglas Mann, in unison wrote:Dammit.

Ben Fleet, walking off wrote:Tee hee.

Hmm, wonder if I could pass any secrets from my team to my girlfriend and her brother? On second thoughts, NAH!

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 15 Mar 2012, 15:03

Alasdair Lindsay wrote:Darren f***ing Older Jr spoils Pre-Qualifying for us yet again. Typical. If we had Ben Fleet on our team we'd be in all the races for sure.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 15 Mar 2012, 15:15

The Fox wrote:A fair qualifying effort from the team. Given that more than half the "frontrunners" have imploded at least twice we should be fine race wise if we have a good strategy and a stable race weekend.

Tommy Nash wrote:Bathplug. Well, at least I qualified the car....

Andrea Acuri wrote:Well what do you mean my performance was crap? We both qualified and that's that. You should be proud of that. Now excuse me while I prepare for the race.

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 15 Mar 2012, 16:03

At least Francois did his best and I am proud of it.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 15 Mar 2012, 16:45

Race at 8:30 PM TODAY.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 15 Mar 2012, 19:13

The chat room will be as usual: http://zippychat.com/room/18394

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 15 Mar 2012, 21:40

Australian Reporter wrote:What would you consider the reason for your poor result?

Kay Lon wrote:Well, that one is obvious - the first lap incident. I could have easily matched Shin's pace out there, but no - that spiteful idiot Mori just had to run into me. Just how can one man be so bathplugging spiteful? I do not believe it! After that, I tried my best out there but it just was not good enough. I guess we will have to try harder at the next weekend.

Australian Reporter wrote:What about the rumours that the team considers handing you a small fine for shouting at your race engineer after the end of the race?

Kay Lon wrote:Yeah, I got a bit aggrevated which should not be a surprise after the way this weekend turned out for me. If I get handed a fine, I will accept it. My behaviour after the end of the race, while understandable, was most certainly unprofessional.

Australian Reporter wrote:Do you think your career is in turmoil after getting beaten by your team mate this soundly for the umpteenth time this year?

Kay Lon wrote:This question is so stupid I won't even bother to answer it, now buzz off, you idiot!

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 16 Mar 2012, 20:16

Race results up! (up this page)

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 16 Mar 2012, 20:53

Aerond wrote:Mestolio suffers a crash provoqued by a GRM driver

Zimsanity! No, wait...

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 16 Mar 2012, 21:22

Tommy Nash wrote:Well my two-off was disappointing... but I have to thank GRM for this opportunity. Sadly mechanical errors meant I couldn't drive to my full potential...

The Fox wrote:That was a uniquely average race.

Nicolas Steele wrote:That was a brilliant race! I think the team is finally getting the reliability factor together. I'm only 12 points off the championship lead, we can pull this championship off!

Andrea Acuri wrote:Blast! A double retirement. Oh well, at least we have lots of engines now... we got a delivery of engines from Renault, they were nice to give us lots of engines! And from the looks of it, they seem very nice too...

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 16 Mar 2012, 21:35

Autosport wrote:Spencer rested for Med GP

MRT's Nathanael Spencer is set to miss the Mediterranean Grand Prix after yet another high profile race-ending incident at the Italian Grand Prix. The former world champion has had the fastest car on the grid to his disposal all year but has thrown away a lot of his chances to score big results. While MRT boss Daniel Melrose is yet to confirm a replacement for the Mediterranean race in Cyprus, the smart money's on Dave Simpson possibly getting a second call up to MRT. Should Simpson decline the offer however, it looks likely that the seat would be offered to any available paydriver.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 16 Mar 2012, 23:18

Aerond wrote:F1RWRS 2014 - ROUND 11 - ITALIAN GP - Monza

PICTURES

The start

Douglas Mann, immediately upon returning to the pits after his retirement wrote:If it turns out that there is a connection between that contact at the start and my race-ending puncture, then I demand justice! And that puncture probably led to my sister being overly cautious in the sister Foxdale car and ending up 2 laps down - what a freaking waste of a race...

Wizzie wrote:
Autosport wrote:Spencer rested for Med GP

MRT's Nathanael Spencer is set to miss the Mediterranean Grand Prix after yet another high profile race-ending incident at the Italian Grand Prix. The former world champion has had the fastest car on the grid to his disposal all year but has thrown away a lot of his chances to score big results. While MRT boss Daniel Melrose is yet to confirm a replacement for the Mediterranean race in Cyprus, the smart money's on Dave Simpson possibly getting a second call up to MRT. Should Simpson decline the offer however, it looks likely that the seat would be offered to any available paydriver.

A promising young driver, Martin McFry, who is lined up for a race in the F3RWRS Surfer's Superprix later in the season, may like to have a go in F1RWRS this season. He has possible sponsorship money from the DeLorean Motor Company and Emmett L. Brown Enterprises.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 16 Mar 2012, 23:25

dr-baker wrote:
Autosport wrote:Spencer rested for Med GP

MRT's Nathanael Spencer is set to miss the Mediterranean Grand Prix after yet another high profile race-ending incident at the Italian Grand Prix. The former world champion has had the fastest car on the grid to his disposal all year but has thrown away a lot of his chances to score big results. While MRT boss Daniel Melrose is yet to confirm a replacement for the Mediterranean race in Cyprus, the smart money's on Dave Simpson possibly getting a second call up to MRT. Should Simpson decline the offer however, it looks likely that the seat would be offered to any available paydriver.

A promising young driver, Martin McFry, who is lined up for a race in the F3RWRS Surfer's Superprix later in the season, may like to have a go in F1RWRS this season. He has possible sponsorship money from the DeLorean Motor Company and Emmett L. Brown Enterprises.

It's just as well you know Doc so well, because that's some advanced time-travelling you'll need to get away with that. The F3RWRS season finale hasn't 'happened' yet in F1RWRS world, and anyone who enters an F1RWRS race automatically becomes ineligible for F3RWRS. Therefore, you have a problem

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 17 Mar 2012, 00:18

kostas22 wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
Autosport wrote:Spencer rested for Med GP

MRT's Nathanael Spencer is set to miss the Mediterranean Grand Prix after yet another high profile race-ending incident at the Italian Grand Prix. The former world champion has had the fastest car on the grid to his disposal all year but has thrown away a lot of his chances to score big results. While MRT boss Daniel Melrose is yet to confirm a replacement for the Mediterranean race in Cyprus, the smart money's on Dave Simpson possibly getting a second call up to MRT. Should Simpson decline the offer however, it looks likely that the seat would be offered to any available paydriver.

A promising young driver, Martin McFry, who is lined up for a race in the F3RWRS Surfer's Superprix later in the season, may like to have a go in F1RWRS this season. He has possible sponsorship money from the DeLorean Motor Company and Emmett L. Brown Enterprises.

It's just as well you know Doc so well, because that's some advanced time-travelling you'll need to get away with that. The F3RWRS season finale hasn't 'happened' yet in F1RWRS world, and anyone who enters an F1RWRS race automatically becomes ineligible for F3RWRS. Therefore, you have a problem

Hmmm. Now when does that Superprix lie with relation to F1RWRS's calendar?

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 17 Mar 2012, 00:20

dr-baker wrote:
kostas22 wrote:
dr-baker wrote:A promising young driver, Martin McFry, who is lined up for a race in the F3RWRS Surfer's Superprix later in the season, may like to have a go in F1RWRS this season. He has possible sponsorship money from the DeLorean Motor Company and Emmett L. Brown Enterprises.

It's just as well you know Doc so well, because that's some advanced time-travelling you'll need to get away with that. The F3RWRS season finale hasn't 'happened' yet in F1RWRS world, and anyone who enters an F1RWRS race automatically becomes ineligible for F3RWRS. Therefore, you have a problem

Hmmm. Now when does that Superprix lie with relation to F1RWRS's calendar?

I would say sometime around the Macau or Chinese GPs.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 17 Mar 2012, 00:28

ARC wrote:We have to be approaching Foxdale's consecutive double-DNFs record by now.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 17 Mar 2012, 07:33

Mark Dagnall said:

The car was not so good compared to Spa and both mistakes came from there. ... What do I have to say about the ROTR award?? Well, you should feel extremely honoured to witness such a rare thing

Fredo Mestolio said:

Some idiot drove into the back of my car and that was it

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 17 Mar 2012, 07:40

Fredo Mestolio said:

Some idiot drove into the back of my car and that was it

Says the one who wanted to kill someone just because you DNQ'd