F1RWRS -- 2014 Season

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 08 May 2012, 10:17

The whole thing is that if he isn't really going anywhere by around 2017-2018 I can sign him to my own F1RWRS team so that at least he is in F1RWRS eventually. It's not what I want to do but if he's stuck in the feeder catergories for ever then I will have to.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 08 May 2012, 23:52

Mitie Kingfisher announce driver line-up:
Mr.Alexander today confirmed the long-running rumour over Ashley Watkinson, by signing the driver to a one-year deal. "We're delighted to capture Ashley finally. We first spoke to him several months ago and have finally reached an agreement. He will jump straight into the team, as we are resting Matthias for the last two races. We also have a few sponsorship opportunities for next year, so qualifying for one of the last two races will help in securing them".
Matthias Valsattis has struggled continually throughout the year, being beaten by David Neuberg week after week and failing to qualify whilst David has strarted two. "Matthias hasn't been on top of his game all year. We have supported him all the way through but we feel he needs a rest."

To clarify:
2015 season:
Team Name: Kingfisher Racing
Constructor Name: Kingfisher
Chassis number: KR-002
Driver 1: Ashley Watkinson
Driver 2: David Neuberg (pay-driver)
TD: Matthias Valsattis

If a team wishes to take Valsattis 'on-loan' for next season, with me retaining control so your '5-driver limit' isn't affected you can. He has had 60 credits spent on qualifying performance too.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 09 May 2012, 05:56

AdrianSutil wrote:
Mitie Kingfisher announce driver line-up:
Mr.Alexander today confirmed the long-running rumour over Ashley Watkinson, by signing the driver to a one-year deal. "We're delighted to capture Ashley finally. We first spoke to him several months ago and have finally reached an agreement. He will jump straight into the team, as we are resting Matthias for the last two races. We also have a few sponsorship opportunities for next year, so qualifying for one of the last two races will help in securing them".
Matthias Valsattis has struggled continually throughout the year, being beaten by David Neuberg week after week and failing to qualify whilst David has strarted two. "Matthias hasn't been on top of his game all year. We have supported him all the way through but we feel he needs a rest."

To clarify:
2015 season:
Team Name: Kingfisher Racing
Constructor Name: Kingfisher
Chassis number: KR-002
Driver 1: Ashley Watkinson
Driver 2: David Neuberg (pay-driver)
TD: Matthias Valsattis

If a team wishes to take Valsattis 'on-loan' for next season, with me retaining control so your '5-driver limit' isn't affected you can. He has had 60 credits spent on qualifying performance too.

If I get in I might be interested.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 09 May 2012, 13:42

eurobrun wrote:If I get in I might be interested.

So might Tropico Grand Prix, although it depends on our financial situation at the end of the year.

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 09 May 2012, 14:43

So, to clarify that deal AdrianSutil, are you now controlling Ashley Watkinson, or has Watka given his blessing to his continued presence in the series?

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 09 May 2012, 15:02

AndreaModa wrote:So, to clarify that deal AdrianSutil, are you now controlling Ashley Watkinson, or has Watka given his blessing to his continued presence in the series?

I may have accidentally set a dangerous precedent of hostile takeovers of idle drivers. Sorry

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 09 May 2012, 15:08

kostas22 wrote:
AndreaModa wrote:So, to clarify that deal AdrianSutil, are you now controlling Ashley Watkinson, or has Watka given his blessing to his continued presence in the series?

I may have accidentally set a dangerous precedent of hostile takeovers of idle drivers. Sorry

No personally I'm not fussed either way, I just wasn't sure if AdrianSutil was aware that if he signs Watkinson up then he's effectively controlling the driver himself, and would thus count towards his driver limit. I'd rather see members bring in new drivers rather than taking over old ones, the members for whom have long since departed, but for that to start working properly we need the feeder series to get a few years under their belts.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 09 May 2012, 16:54

At this point, I would like to point out that for the final two rounds of this F1RWRS season, Pippa Mann is bringing in Martin McFry to partner Douglas Mann as a trial period for next season at Foxdale. This is on the assumption that the F3RWRS Superprix happened on the same weekend as the last race.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 09 May 2012, 19:06

AndreaModa wrote:So, to clarify that deal AdrianSutil, are you now controlling Ashley Watkinson, or has Watka given his blessing to his continued presence in the series?

I haven't spoken to Watka, and to be honest, I'm not planning to either. I haven't seen him posting anywhere for wellover 2 months and even longer in this thread. I'll take Watkinson under my own control and now have 5 drivers in my control:

Ashley Watkinson
Matthias Valsattis
David Neuberg
Ashley lilly
Scott Davidson

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 09 May 2012, 20:44

dr-baker wrote:At this point, I would like to point out that for the final two rounds of this F1RWRS season, Pippa Mann is bringing in Martin McFry to partner Douglas Mann as a trial period for next season at Foxdale. This is on the assumption that the F3RWRS Superprix happened on the same weekend as the last race.

http://f1alternate.wikkii.com/wiki/2014 ... ies_season

Take a look and tell me where McFry can race

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 09 May 2012, 21:02

At the final race of the season?

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 09 May 2012, 21:13

Klon wrote:At the final race of the season?

Exactly. And he's only able to race in Japan by a week :lol:

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 10 May 2012, 11:44

Where's the problem? The F3RWRS Surfers Superprix is/was on 10th-12th October, then he goes straight out to Japan for the F1RWRS race the following weekend (jetlag would not be a problem with that) and the the Luxembourg race just over a month later. Pippa Mann had this planned all along for his trial run. Then he returns to Oz again with the Foxdale and West Cliff teams for the 24 Hour Bathurst race. There are no clashes nor licence restriction as far as I can see.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 10 May 2012, 11:48

dr-baker wrote:Where's the problem? The F3RWRS Surfers Superprix is/was on 10th-12th October, then he goes straight out to Japan for the F1RWRS race the following weekend (jetlag would not be a problem with that) and the the Luxembourg race just over a month later. Pippa Mann had this planned all along for his trial run. Then he returns to Oz again with the Foxdale and West Cliff teams for the 24 Hour Bathurst race. There are no clashes nor licence restriction as far as I can see.

But, what muppet in their right mind would put a driver with ONE F3RWRS drive where he did absolutely sod all anyway in an F1RWRS car? :lol:

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 10 May 2012, 11:52

Wizzie wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Where's the problem? The F3RWRS Surfers Superprix is/was on 10th-12th October, then he goes straight out to Japan for the F1RWRS race the following weekend (jetlag would not be a problem with that) and the the Luxembourg race just over a month later. Pippa Mann had this planned all along for his trial run. Then he returns to Oz again with the Foxdale and West Cliff teams for the 24 Hour Bathurst race. There are no clashes nor licence restriction as far as I can see.

But, what muppet in their right mind would put a driver with ONE F3RWRS drive where he did absolutely sod all anyway in an F1RWRS car?

Me. That's who.

Don't forget that the Manns and Martin McFry are timetravellers, so at this point, Pippa would have been aware of Martin's performance in the Bathurst race, and therefore reckons that he could be moulded into something good in an F1RWRS car.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 10 May 2012, 14:10

Please let's not introduce fantastic elements into these series, they're good enough as there are right now :lol:

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 10 May 2012, 15:04

Oh, OK.

I thought it had become established cannon, but never mind.

Let's just say that Martin McFry is a pay driver then, and Pippa just wants to gain a few more credits to invest into the team for the 2015 season. Will this do?

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 10 May 2012, 16:34

Well, we almost had robots and if I'd be getting away with it, I'd still have them, so... :lol:

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 10 May 2012, 17:07

Klon wrote:Well, we almost had robots and if I'd be getting away with it, I'd still have them, so...

Nah, I write a wiki page about it...

...and you know, it is in a junkyard/landfill. :lol:

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 10 May 2012, 17:53

Little do we know that RRB-GP/JB is currently being developed. :lol:

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 11 May 2012, 13:22

As a little aside note for Dave Simpson and co, Macklin will miss all of pre-season testing (I have a habit of letting real life write the plot and the Ranga's out of action thanks to having surgery on an infected toe)

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 12 May 2012, 03:36

Does anyone have a track map for Akrotiri Bay? I'm going to make a page for it on the wiki, but I have no idea what the track looks like.

Also, when is the review for Macau coming? (Yes, I'm impatient

)

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 12 May 2012, 11:48

I "only" have the bitmap the track was designed after:

If anyone feels like making a more wiki-esque track map for this, I won't stop you. The pitlane is different than in this pic, i.e. it starts after the final hairpin. Obviously, the chicane is rounded as well.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 12 May 2012, 11:49

Far out. That's the crappiest track in human history :lol:

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 12 May 2012, 11:54

Wizzie wrote:Far out. That's the crappiest track in human history

Best In The World at desinging awful tracks. Suck it, Tilke! :lol:

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 12 May 2012, 12:22

the Masked Lapwing wrote:Does anyone have a track map for Akrotiri Bay? I'm going to make a page for it on the wiki, but I have no idea what the track looks like.

Also, when is the review for Macau coming? (Yes, I'm impatient )

just have gigs in barcelona and madrid this weekend. But i'll do it asap

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 12 May 2012, 12:29

Klon wrote:I "only" have the bitmap the track was designed after:

If anyone feels like making a more wiki-esque track map for this, I won't stop you. The pitlane is different than in this pic, i.e. it starts after the final hairpin. Obviously, the chicane is rounded as well.

Wow, that looks shite.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 12 May 2012, 15:57

Aerond wrote:
the Masked Lapwing wrote:Does anyone have a track map for Akrotiri Bay? I'm going to make a page for it on the wiki, but I have no idea what the track looks like.

Also, when is the review for Macau coming? (Yes, I'm impatient )

just have gigs in barcelona and madrid this weekend. But i'll do it asap

Where?

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 13 May 2012, 19:47

Klon wrote:I "only" have the bitmap the track was designed after:

Who designed this circuit? Call Mr. Tilke, we might need him to make a few adjustments!
Either that or I need to get off Red Bull.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 14 May 2012, 22:01

Race results and review up!!! (page 58)

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 14 May 2012, 22:08

Phoenix McAllister wrote:Well, finally a race finish this season!

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 14 May 2012, 22:10

Aerond wrote:F1RWRS 2014 - ROUND 14/16 - MACAU GP

1st lap crash

OK, I assume that this was Douglas rather than Pippa with a damaged front wing? Either way, for them to finish 6th and 8th shows whoever had the damaged wing make a reasonable recovery drive.

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 14 May 2012, 22:24

Well the ROTR credits will come in use for next year!

Sammy Jones wrote:To say I'm pissed off with Mestolio is quite frankly an understatement. He just drove into me in no uncertain terms, ending what had been a very good race for me in the points. The only positive to come out of this race is that Gillet didn't score either, but with Sunshine now level with us on 44 points, both myself and Daniel know full well the task ahead of us to secure third place in the constructors' championship. It's so close that we really need to score as many points as we can. The car is reliable, it has good pace, and we can deliver the results. We'll move on from this weekend, only our second double DNF all year, and start again in China. Hopefully we'll have a better run of fortune there.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 14 May 2012, 22:56

dr-baker wrote:OK, I assume that this was Douglas rather than Pippa with a damaged front wing? Either way, for them to finish 6th and 8th shows whoever had the damaged wing make a reasonable recovery drive.

Yes, it was Douglas

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 14 May 2012, 23:57

Daniel Melrose, after a trip to the medical centre wrote:I simply lost the rear of the car under breaking and it pitched me heavily into the wall on the run to turn 3. I am feeling a bit sore right now because it was a hefty shunt but I should be fine for China. I feel sorry for Sammy and all the guys who worked as hard as they always do this weekend yet leave with no reward. We'll regroup for the next race and take the final two events head on to take third in both championships.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 15 May 2012, 00:24

Andrea Acuri wrote:I felt a bit silly that I didn't qualify for the race. However, I am very pleased with Ron in today's race. He drove very well in a high attrition race. We're one point off ArrowTech now, we can catch them for 8th place.

Nicolas Steele wrote:The car was very quick this weekend, it's unfortunate that we didn't put in a good result today. I'm 100% committed to Kamaha for 2015 as long as they have a more reliable car.

The Fox wrote:Unfortunate that our cars have not finished today.
*Returns to sulking*

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 15 May 2012, 00:48

Alasdair Lindsay wrote:Huh? Grand Prix? I didn't notice there was one on, too busy watching Lavezzi kicking arse for F.C. Internazionale Milano
Hang on, how did you get this phone number anyway? *hangs up*

Andrea Sassetti wrote:I will dispose of Older Jr's body personally if he doesn't get a bathpluggling move on and qualify for the next race.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 15 May 2012, 00:58

American Racing Conglomerate wrote:Hobson Tarantino and Rispens Buy Into American Racing Conglomerate

ARC's financial woes have finally been solved after a group led by driver/owner Hobson Tarantino of Tarantino Autosport and Dutch investor Jan Rispens announced that they have bought a majority stake in the ARC team. ARC has been separated from its parent company, also named American Racing Conglomerate, since the beginning of the season and new ownership comes as a welcome relief to the embattled racing team. The team will be renamed, Tarantino announced, and it has already been announced that Fredo Mestolio will be leaving at the end of the year.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 15 May 2012, 01:05

tristan1117 wrote:
American Racing Conglomerate wrote:Hobson Tarantino and Rispens Buy Into American Racing Conglomerate

ARC's financial woes have finally been solved after a group led by driver/owner Hobson Tarantino of Tarantino Autosport and Dutch investor Jan Rispens announced that they have bought a majority stake in the ARC team. ARC has been separated from its parent company, also named American Racing Conglomerate, since the beginning of the season and new ownership comes as a welcome relief to the embattled racing team. The team will be renamed, Tarantino announced, and it has already been announced that Fredo Mestolio will be leaving at the end of the year.

Andrea Battani's contract is safe right?

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 15 May 2012, 01:20

eurobrun wrote:
tristan1117 wrote:
American Racing Conglomerate wrote:Hobson Tarantino and Rispens Buy Into American Racing Conglomerate

ARC's financial woes have finally been solved after a group led by driver/owner Hobson Tarantino of Tarantino Autosport and Dutch investor Jan Rispens announced that they have bought a majority stake in the ARC team. ARC has been separated from its parent company, also named American Racing Conglomerate, since the beginning of the season and new ownership comes as a welcome relief to the embattled racing team. The team will be renamed, Tarantino announced, and it has already been announced that Fredo Mestolio will be leaving at the end of the year.

Andrea Battani's contract is safe right?

Yes. Tarantino is of Italian descent (but he is American) so he is in favor of an Italian driver at the team.