"Grand Prix 2" Championship

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 13 Jun 2012, 11:13

Prince Walik wrote:And as for Douglas, most of the mechanical failure was caused by your driving style you whiny James Allen.

Douglas Mann wrote:Oh just go home, Mr Walik....

Prince Walik wrote:And how many points have you scored this year Douglas?

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 13 Jun 2012, 11:25

Kazuhiko Takagi wrote:Spun off and engine seppuku? Not this again...

Andreas Stefano wrote:Doug looks here as a IIDOTR candidate given he was bathplugged up by that bathplugger (Robert Anderson) at qualifying yet he rised into points. Kazuhiko, don't worry, we are fixing your unreliability.

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Robert Anderson wrote:Is is because I'm a paydriver? I'm very dead-beat compared to Douglas Muppet, until he bathplugged himeself. Again.

And in my (Robert's) opinion, both Douglas and Reiko are muppets. Valsattis is much better than those muppets. Not to mention I bring money.

Reiko Megumi, coming out of nowhere, and carrying her signature flag, wrote:You called me what? Muppet? MUPPET? You've not going to mess up with me. IENIKAERU*, ROBERT ANDERSON!
*(Ienikaeru means 'go home' in Japanese)

(Eurobrun: Now you should call Douglas Mann as 'Douglas Muppet' :lol:

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dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 13 Jun 2012, 11:32

Douglas Mann wrote:Everybody is ganging up against me simply because I have reliability issues? What's going on? This rate of unreliabilty can't be ALL my fault can it? Now just go and leave me alone...

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 13 Jun 2012, 11:34

Douglas Mann wrote:Everybody is ganging up against me simply because I have reliability issues? What's going on? This rate of unreliabilty can't be ALL my fault can it? Now just go and leave me alone...

Reiko Megumi, out of nowhere, wrote:Don't be sad Doug, just hope that Mr. Mignolet would help us fix Ligier's reliability.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 13 Jun 2012, 11:37

Douglas Mann wrote:Everybody is ganging up against me simply because I have reliability issues? What's going on? This rate of unreliabilty can't be ALL my fault can it? Now just go and leave me alone...

Prince Walik wrote:

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 13 Jun 2012, 11:54

Don Rennis, on a plane back to Europe wrote: You guys are insane sometimes

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 13 Jun 2012, 12:28

FMecha wrote:
Douglas Mann wrote:Everybody is ganging up against me simply because I have reliability issues? What's going on? This rate of unreliabilty can't be ALL my fault can it? Now just go and leave me alone...

Reiko Megumi, out of nowhere, wrote:Don't be sad Doug, just hope that Mr. Mignolet would help us fix Ligier's reliability.

Douglas Mann wrote:But that nasty Mr Walik didn't do it for me last year...

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 13 Jun 2012, 12:45

James Davies wrote:I could've finished 2nd, so obviously 3rd is a disappointment. But after retiring from the first 2 races, I think I can settle for a podium. Now that I've finished a race, though, I'm confident we can win a race this year if the Williams, and maybe the Benettons, hit problems.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 13 Jun 2012, 13:08

Highlights.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 13 Jun 2012, 13:28

tristan1117 wrote:Highlights.

Ah, another classic. What was the song you used?

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 13 Jun 2012, 13:44

tristan1117 wrote:Highlights.

When did Leonhard von Gottorp die?

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 13 Jun 2012, 13:46

Phoenix wrote:
tristan1117 wrote:Highlights.

When did Leonhard von Gottorp die?

Here.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 13 Jun 2012, 13:50

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:
Phoenix wrote:
tristan1117 wrote:Highlights.

When did Leonhard von Gottorp die?

Here.

Damn, I'm not keeping up with the events of our fictional world. RIP von Gottorp :cry:

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 13 Jun 2012, 14:04

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:
tristan1117 wrote:Highlights.

Ah, another classic. What was the song you used?

"A Forest" by The Cure.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 13 Jun 2012, 16:11

This post is no longer a figment of your imagination.

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1. Daniel Moreno (Williams) - 1:17.708
2. Tom Douglas (Ferrari) - 1:18.243
3. Pippa Mann (Williams) - 1:18.282
4. Andrew Spokes (Benetton) - 1:18.462
5. John Zimmer (Benetton) - 1:18.765
6. James Davies (McLaren) - 1:18.809
7. Kazuhiko Takagi (Ferrari) - 1:19.170
8. Damon Cannon (Jordan) - 1:19.251
9. Rory McAllister (McLaren) - 1:19.297
10. Leonhard von Gottorp (Jordan) - 1:19.427
11. Pablo da Silva (Sauber) - 1:19.475
12. Douglas Mann (Ligier) - 1:19.569
13. Pieter Kickert (Sauber) - 1:19.572

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14. Poppy Whitechapel (Tyrrell) - 1:20.092
15. Jorg Scrattenheim (Footwork) - 1:20.148
16. Clivio Durand (Tyrrell) - 1:20.177
17. Masta Valsattis (Ligier) - 1:20.760
18. Gio van Dycke (Minardi) - 1:20.934
19. Miko Fakkinen (Minardi) - 1:21.072
20. Kazuyoshi Hoshino (Footwork) - 1:21.819
21. Niko Nurminen (DAMS) - 1:22.089
22. Ben Fleet (DAMS) - 1:22.919
23. Giovanni Roda (Forti) - 1:23.191
24. Martin McFry (Forti) - 1:23.641
25. Anton Kaliniczenko (Pacific) - 1:24.207
26. Artiom Zielenkovski (Pacific) -1:24.654

Daniel Moreno takes a convincing pole. Fairly nondescript grid otherwise.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 13 Jun 2012, 16:42

Seriously, you need to do something about Gio van Dycke always appearing as a Tyrrell driver

Post by **Londoner** » 13 Jun 2012, 16:49

Damon Cannon wrote:This will be a tough one. It's clear to see that Jordan is the 'best of the rest' behind the Big 4, so points may be hard to come by. Let's hope that a few of the drivers in front suffer problems, that the French dustcart in the back of this car doesn't fancy attempting to become part of the Blackpool Illuminations and that I can force myself into the points.

Poppy Whitechapel wrote:Right, this is it. If Tyrrell dont improve their shite by the time the circus moves to Barcelona, then my contract is going in the shredder. Stuff team loyalty, I'm tired of the same old shite, tired of being embarrassed, tired of being upset after being let down time and again.

Thought I'd attempt a bit of character evolution with Damon, by making him describe things using obscure wordplay, rather than the normal PR speak. :lol:

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 13 Jun 2012, 17:05

Pablo da Silva wrote:Not bad.

Daniel Moreno wrote:It's good that we got pole, all that needs to happen is the race.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 13 Jun 2012, 18:34

Niko Nurminen wrote:Lost to my team mate by only 3 thousandths of a second, other than that a pretty usual qualifying for me.

Jack O Melley · Post by **Jack O Melley** » 13 Jun 2012, 18:47

Giovanni Roda wrote:Still qualified in front of my team-mate. Now let's hope the car won't let me down tomorrow during the race...

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 13 Jun 2012, 19:04

tristan1117 wrote:Highlights.

Wow, Moreno really almost hit Fleet - still, no harm done.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 13 Jun 2012, 19:18

East Londoner wrote:
Damon Cannon wrote:This will be a tough one. It's clear to see that Jordan is the 'best of the rest' behind the Big 4, so points may be hard to come by. Let's hope that a few of the drivers in front suffer problems, that the French dustcart in the back of this car doesn't fancy attempting to become part of the Blackpool Illuminations and that I can force myself into the points.

Poppy Whitechapel wrote:Right, this is it. If Tyrrell dont improve their shite by the time the circus moves to Barcelona, then my contract is going in the shredder. Stuff team loyalty, I'm tired of the same old shite, tired of being embarrassed, tired of being upset after being let down time and again.

Thought I'd attempt a bit of character evolution with Damon, by making him describe things using obscure wordplay, rather than the normal PR speak.

Jordan and McLaren are equal on a good day. We're actually going to Jerez instead of Barcelona. I agree, Poppy Whitechapel should look elsewhere for employment.

Barbazza · Post by **Barbazza** » 13 Jun 2012, 19:25

Andrew Spokes wrote:I had no comment to make after the last race as I was so angry with myself. Now here I can hopefully make amends.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 13 Jun 2012, 22:55

seems you forgot that Megumi doesn't drive for Ligier in European races, Valsattis does.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 14 Jun 2012, 01:03

This wrote:seems you forgot that Megumi doesn't drive for Ligier in European races, Valsattis does.

The Ligier driver rotation is too complicated for me... Retcon time!

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 14 Jun 2012, 01:29

And I don't want her performance file either. I want my own :lol:

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 14 Jun 2012, 05:06

tristan1117 wrote:
This wrote:seems you forgot that Megumi doesn't drive for Ligier in European races, Valsattis does.

The Ligier driver rotation is too complicated for me... Retcon time!

How many times you have made retcons? First Jerez rather than Nurburgring last season, then Megumi rather than Valsattis in Jerez. RERUN THE QUALIFYING USING VALSATTIS NAME AND PERFORMANCE FILE, FOR AdrianSutil's SAKE! :ugeek:

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 14 Jun 2012, 05:09

FMecha wrote:
tristan1117 wrote:
This wrote:seems you forgot that Megumi doesn't drive for Ligier in European races, Valsattis does.

The Ligier driver rotation is too complicated for me... Retcon time!

How many times you have made retcons? First Jerez rather than Nurburgring last season, then Megumi rather than Valsattis in Jerez. RERUN THE QUALIFYING USING VALSATTIS NAME AND PERFORMANCE FILE, FOR AdrianSutil's SAKE!

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 14 Jun 2012, 05:22

^Remember that fiasco about Watkinson at Mitie in F1RWRS right? That's I (and possibly AdrianSutil) want to. :roll:

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 14 Jun 2012, 14:06

FMecha wrote:
tristan1117 wrote:
This wrote:seems you forgot that Megumi doesn't drive for Ligier in European races, Valsattis does.

The Ligier driver rotation is too complicated for me... Retcon time!

How many times you have made retcons? First Jerez rather than Nurburgring last season, then Megumi rather than Valsattis in Jerez. RERUN THE QUALIFYING USING VALSATTIS NAME AND PERFORMANCE FILE, FOR AdrianSutil's SAKE!

If you haven't noticed, I make a lot of mistakes. Paying attention to detail is not my strong suit. Because of the precedent set in the other series, I will re-run the qualifying.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 14 Jun 2012, 14:56

tristan1117 wrote:If you haven't noticed, I make a lot of mistakes. Paying attention to detail is not my strong suit. Because of the precedent set in the other series, I will re-run the qualifying.

Because with my luck, the renewed qualifying probably results in me ending up even worse on the grid.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 14 Jun 2012, 23:52

What is this, the 2012 F1 season? Pippa Mann wins the Luxembourg GP to make it four winers in four races, stealing a race win from her teammate. Great story behind that, you will find it in the Reject of the Race section. On to the race review!

6 Observations on the 1996 Luxembourg GP

1. Turn 1 Mayhem
Turn 1 was a disaster zone. Three drivers all had massive shunts at the turn. Tom Douglas, James Davies and Pieter Kickert all spectacularly crashed out after spinning at Turn 1. The most spectacular out of the three had to be James Davies' horrific accident, his second in three races, which knocked off the entire front suspension and both front wheels off the car, all of which went whizzing by Davies' head. The F1RGP2C president Tristan Jung has called for stronger wheel tethers on the cars ever since Tom Douglas' massive crash at the Japanese GP in 1994 and Davies' accident has proved his point. Davies was taken to the medical center after the race. He has been transferred to a local hospital with a severe neck injury upon reviewing the accident while making the highlights, a piece of the suspension struck Davies' head. In real life, this crash would have almost certainly killed him. More on this later. Pieter Kickert was also checked into the med center after his shunt but was released that afternoon. Tom Douglas was knocked out of a promising top 6 finish and with Pippa Mann winning, he has been overtaken in the championship.

2. Damon Cannon proves himself wrong

Damon Cannon wrote:This will be a tough one. It's clear to see that Jordan is the 'best of the rest' behind the Big 4, so points may be hard to come by. Let's hope that a few of the drivers in front suffer problems, that the French dustcart in the back of this car doesn't fancy attempting to become part of the Blackpool Illuminations and that I can force myself into the points.

Not so fast Damon! The Nurburgring saw another round of the McLaren/Jordan battle (which has been running for three seasons now). This time, Jordan came out on top. Davies' accident left Rory McAllister as the sole McLaren in the race but he was easily beaten by Damon Cannon's Jordan. Cannon had an eventful race, (he was nearly decapitated by Kickert's Sauber, GP2 physics and the airbox kept him alive) but was clearly faster than the McLarens. His teammate Leonhard von Gottorp did not fair as well, he was running out of the points when a transmission failure ended his race. Let's hope these good results won't get ambushed by a wampa on the icy planet of Hoth while investigating an Imperial probe droid. Then he'll really have to "force" himself into the points.

3. More misery for Pacific, DAMS and Forti are equal
Pacific had another miserable race. Artiom Zielenkovski and Anton Kaliniczenko are clearly trying hard but the CHAD02 is miles off the pace. The rich pockets of Petr Chaddeev may keep them in the sport for 1996 but there are questions for 1997. DAMS and Forti both had very positive weekends. Niko Nurminen finished a career-high eighth, followed closely by Gio Roda in ninth.

4. Tyrrell is terrible, Ligier is terrible, Footwork's not too bad.
Tyrrell is now the early favorite for Reject of the Year for 1996. They have yet to finish a race this season and both drivers are already frustrated at the team (Whitechapel doubly so). Clivio Durand was in sixth place when he retired early on in the race with a transmission problem. Meanwhile, Ligier is making a run for Tyrrell's money. They haven't finished a single race either. It's really quite sad. Douglas Mann drives brilliantly for half the race, then his car fails while he is in the points. Whomever is in the second Ligier normally has a shocker and fails to finish while battling with the Minardis for position. Oh well, it's a long season and these guys should stick it out to the end. On the other hand, Footwork, specifically Jorg Scrattenheim, has been a revelation this year. Scrattenheim was running in seventh place on merit before his car blew up but Hoshino was there to pick up the place instead!

5. Whoever makes the transmissions for these cars should be sacked.

6. Reject of the Race

Daniel Moreno. No questions asked. Once again, I will set the scene.

Daniel Moreno came out of the pit rotation about ten seconds ahead of Pippa Mann. Moreno dominated the entire race up to this point, only surrounding the lead to Pippa for one lap. But after his stop, Pippa Mann managed to pull within a half second of Daniel Moreno with ten laps to go. Suddenly, we had a race on our hands. But, alas, it was not to be. Pippa Mann mysteriously began to fade away, leaving a comfortable eight second lead to Daniel Moreno. Coincidentally, we saw Pippa's race engineer angrily storm out of the pit box a few laps later. But the bad karma generated by the incident was not forgotten by the racing gods. With two laps to go, Daniel Moreno spun off the road at Turn 1 and handed the lead to Pippa Mann, giving her a ten second win over Daniel Moreno. Unbelievable. So what have we learned from this ironic tale of greed, pragmatism and poor driving? Never use team orders unless you're competent enough to pull them off. Good job from Pippa Mann. Everyone knows she's a Monaco specialist after her astonishing performances in the last two years. Could she break the four winners in four races streak? Who knows...

Honorary mention to Benetton, who took the two fastest laps of the race yet still failed to beat the Williamses. Both Benettons were forced to pit due to electrical problems, which ended up giving John Zimmer a three-stop strategy (to go with his awful two-stop strategy). The silver lining was that Spokes was able to put on fresh tyres and grab fastest lap of the race on low fuel. Zimmer also passed McAllister and Cannon late in the race to take fourth. For once, it seems that John Zimmer has a teammate that can match his pace. We'll see how things turn out at the end of the year.

Highlights forthcoming.

FL Chart:

Lead Changes:
Moreno: 1-33
P. Mann: 34
Moreno: 35-65
Pippa Mann: 66-67

Drivers' Championship
1. Daniel Moreno - 28
2. Pippa Mann - 20
3. Tom Douglas - 13
= John Zimmer - 13
5. Andrew Spokes - 9
6. Rory McAllister - 5
= Leonhard von Gottorp - 5
8. James Davies - 4
9. Masta Valsattis - 3
= Damon Cannon - 3
11. Gio van Dycke - 1

Constructors' Standings:
1. Williams - 48
2. Benetton - 22
3. Ferrari - 13
4. McLaren - 10
5. Jordan - 8
6. Sauber - 3
7. Minardi - 1

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 14 Jun 2012, 23:58

Prince Walik wrote:What the bathplug.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 15 Jun 2012, 01:33

Don Rennis wrote:My god, that was an enormous accident for James. We will run Jack Christopherson in the car until further notice.

Off topic: At least we have a reason why Davies does so shite in the F1CC now

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 15 Jun 2012, 01:55

James Davies wrote:Oh, you are joking. You have got to be kidding me. The doctors say I'm out of the cockpit for 6 months, minimum. Which is crap, especially when I was kicking Rory's ass into the next century the last couple of races. I can't remember a damn thing that happened, but if I were to guess, maybe the brake gremlins from Brazil came back? Or maybe Megumi is even more of a psychotic bitch than I first thought? At least with Jack Christopherson replacing me, my car'll be in very good hands.

That said, I'm not letting a little thing like severe neck damage stopping me. I'll be back in that car, soon as I can get out of this bed. Just watch me.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 15 Jun 2012, 02:03

Don Rennis wrote:Just breathe for me James. You'll be back in the car as soon as the doctors declare you fit son. Just don't do anything silly on your enforced break and we'll take care of the rest.

On other news, the McLaren group demands a full investigation into the accident to see how safety can be improved.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 15 Jun 2012, 02:17

Don Rennis wrote:Just breathe for me James. You'll be back in the car as soon as the doctors declare you fit son. Just don't do anything silly on your enforced break and we'll take care of the rest.

On other news, the McLaren group demands a full investigation into the accident to see how safety can be improved.

I can edit the damage files so that the tyres and suspensions don't come off so easily. That's all I can do. The curbing kicks the car into the air every time something hits it. If the cars in GP2 could flip, then the situation wouldn't be as bad.

RejectSport wrote:REPORT: James Davies' Condition Stabilized

James Davies' condition has stabilized after his horrific accident at yesterday's Luxembourg Grand Prix. Davies was knocked unconscious after a part of his suspension detached from the car after a spin at the Castrol S. Davies' McLaren-Mercedes had just passed the start-finish line at high speed before he lost control. The car hit the curbing and went into the air, turning wildly in the air before landing. The suspension and both front wheels detached immediately upon landing. The suspension rebounded into the cockpit where it grazed Davies' head before passing over the car. Davies' helmet took much of the impact but Davies' neck was badly injured from the crash and the impact. Davies awoke early this morning and spoke to reporters. He is expected to be out for six months. Jack Christopherson will take his place.

Christopherson will also receive his old performance file from 1994.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 15 Jun 2012, 02:36

RejectSport wrote:F1RGP2C President Responds to Safety Calls

Tristan Jung, the president of the F1RGP2C, has responded to those who have criticized the safety policies of the F1RGP2C by announcing several major safety restrictions. From the press release:

1. Suspensions and wheel tethers will be strengthened to prevent flying bits and pieces everywhere.

2. All engines will receive a 30 BHP loss in power to decrease speeds.

These changes are in response to two major accidents at this weekend's Luxembourg GP. James Davies and Pieter Kickert sustained massive crashes during the race at the high-speed Castrol S. Davies was seriously injured while Kickert (and Damon Cannon) escaped serious injury.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 15 Jun 2012, 03:23

Highlights.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 15 Jun 2012, 06:06

Andreas Stefano wrote:Sod all. Our reliability isn't going to better... but I hope not.

What? Too many transmission problems? By nearly everyone? All I can say is everyone brings wrong gearbox settings. I repeat, EVERYONE BRINGS WRONG GEARBOX SETTINGS.

Kazuhiko Takagi wrote:What Stefano said. How many times my gearbox comitted seppuku? BATHPLUGGING MANY TIMES.

Meanwhile...

James Davies wrote:Oh, you are joking. You have got to be kidding me. The doctors say I'm out of the cockpit for 6 months, minimum. Which is crap, especially when I was kicking Rory's ass into the next century the last couple of races. I can't remember a damn thing that happened, but if I were to guess, maybe the brake gremlins from Brazil came back? Or maybe Megumi is even more of a psychotic bitch than I first thought? At least with Jack Christopherson replacing me, my car'll be in very good hands.

That said, I'm not letting a little thing like severe neck damage stopping me. I'll be back in that car, soon as I can get out of this bed. Just watch me.

Reiko Megumi wrote:Are you playing the blame card on me, again? I'm not racing this race, Valsattis does, so your statement is moot.

Tristan: would do you like to improve reliability of some cars? Otherwise, it would be a Benetton-Williams domination... :evil: