pasta_maldonado wrote:Gonzalez will race at the the remaining rounds, except America, where Marcos Ciani will again be in the car. If anything happens to Gonzalez, put Ciani in the car please Argentinia would also like to see an Argentinian round added to the calendar to justify our involvement in the championship.
When Argentinia become dormant (i.e. no good drivers) can I switch to another (unclaimed) country?
I'll consider Leipzig for 1952 and Argentina will definately have a round at some point in the 50s.
Nations will remain active as long as they have at least one driver currently active in any form of Motorsport besides karting and between the ages of 16-60. I'm fairly certain that Argentina will always be active. You can of course take on other nations alongside, the current limit is three per member which may rise when more nations become available in coming seasons.
Slight change of plans at Germany. As Paul Pietsch is doing a fantastic job for Germany, he'll now drive in Spa as well. However, Hans Stuck will drive in the two non-European Races before we'll make a decision on who'll drive for Italy. A more long-term plan will be announced in the coming weeks.
Ireland on the other hand will remain as is until Kelly retires (Which I believe is 1956 or something like that)
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I'll test the track out before including it. In that ARCA race it seems okay other than certain corners where the cars get too close to each other, hopefully it is partly down to what CJay set the track ini.
EDIT
Just ran a mock race at Leipzig and while it was caotic, it was still better than Monaco was.
10 cars finished and Robert Nelleman ended up as the winner. I think I'll run it as a one off at least.
Maurice Trintignant took his second consecutive pole at the Nurburgring. Paul Pietsch will start his home race from second. 8 drivers failed to set a representative time including Toulo de Graffenried's championship leading Switzerland team.
Angelo Moratti wrote:OK, so today, we setup the car well, but maybe not perfect, but the third position is not so bad place to start. I think maybe that Milanista we fired recently went to work for the Swiss team, because you see they had a terrible qualifying, something wrong with the car I would guess, no? Anyway...this is not the way we want to win the championship, but ok, it can happen to anyone, and for sure, France are looking very strong now that Trintignant is in the car. But, we must remember, their reliability has not been so great, so maybe this helps us because Piero has been fantastic in this regard, he has finished Top 4 in the last three races which is what the team needs. But, we wait for tomorrow to see, you don't get any punti for qualifying.
David Murray wrote:Aye, Comish has done a rite good job ken. He's no even been ootside ae the British Isles a'fore an' he goes an' get tha team's best result o tha season. Braw lap fae the lad like. Cannae wait for the race the 'morra.
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José Froilán González took a brilliant win from 16th on the grid after an impressive drive through the field was also aided by misfortune for most of the early front runners. Trintignant and Bira joined him on the podium. France are now just one point behind Switzerland in the championship battle.
Automovil Club Argentina wrote:What a win! What a guy! Jose, you bring honour to all of Argentino!Jose will race for the rest of the season now. Eeey, only 2 penalty points for Cantoni ? He was slower than a dead donkey! He held up our Jose for AN ENTIRE LAP!!
Jose Froilan Gonzalez wrote:It has been a fantastic race for us! 16th to 1st all down to my smooth driving and wonderful technique. I even had enough time to pull into the pits on the penultimate lap for a glass of red wine- French, I beleive it was- and still return 2 minutes in the lead!
Leijona-Autot is very pleased with their results so far this season. Although Asser Wallenius has very limited experience on circuits, he has finished four races, two of them in the points. The team plans to drive with him at least until the end of the year. Wallenius has stated his intention not to continue career past the age of 50, which he is due to reach in July 1952.
Italy are having to play catchup, and Piero Taruffi has not been entirely convincing. We need wins, and we need them fast. And for that reason, Taruffi is going to be benched in favour of Alberto Ascari.
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Klon wrote:Since it is essential to give West Germany a morale downgrade, Willy Lehmann will lose his seat for the remainder of 1950 unless he manages to both finish in the Top 10 and beat West Germany's car. Should that happen, Edgar Barth will take over the car.
Klon wrote:Since it is essential to give West Germany a morale downgrade, Willy Lehmann will lose his seat for the remainder of 1950 unless he manages to both finish in the Top 10 and beat West Germany's car. Should that happen, Edgar Barth will take over the car.
And so it shall be...
Oh ****! I just ran quali with Lehmann still in the East Germany car. I forgot that you were meant to confirm that change.
I'll put Barth in from Sebring.
Anyway, as I expected Alberto Ascari convincingly took pole ahead of Toulo de Graffenried and Reg Parnell.
Klon wrote:Since it is essential to give West Germany a morale downgrade, Willy Lehmann will lose his seat for the remainder of 1950 unless he manages to both finish in the Top 10 and beat West Germany's car. Should that happen, Edgar Barth will take over the car.
And so it shall be...
Oh ****! I just ran quali with Lehmann still in the East Germany car. I forgot that you were meant to confirm that change.
No problem. Thankfully it's 1950, so we could simply claim the message hasn't got through to the team in time. Although I must ask whether you have an idea of what went wrong with Willy and his USSR comrade?
Afraid I don't actually know since the NR2003 simulator dosen't let you actually see the cars on their qualifying laps. It just simulates their laps all at the same time instead of one after the other as in real life, which in fairness would take forever on these longer tracks even in fast forward.
My guess is they both crashed but managed to drag their cars back to the pitlane where they crossed the finish line.
Angelo Moratti wrote:Well, this is the reason why we hire Ascari. OK for sure in F1 this season his results weren't so great, but we know he is still a driver with great talent so we put our trust in him to deliver the maximum from the car. And he has done that today. So of course, we hope he cleans up in the race and that no Milanisti try to sabotage our race.
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Well as expected, Alberto Ascari managed to win but he didn't have it easy as both Louis Chiron and surprisingly Tony Gaze gave him a good challenge during the first stint.
Also there was a major pile up on lap one involving more than ten cars altogether, caused by Robert Manzon and Paco Godia who were both injured from a big impact with the barriers. As mentioned in the review, reports from hospital are that Manzon has suffered a broken ankles from his impact with the barrier while Godia, a broken leg from the barrier and concussion and a dislocated shoulder from the impact with Almanza. Both will be out of action for the rest of the season but doctors are confident that they both will be fully recovered by next season.
Angelo Moratti wrote:It's sad we have taken the championship lead this way...from what I understand, Manzon and Godia are not Milanisti, so I wish them a good recovery to health from their unfortunate injuries. Also, we were in a great battle for the title with Team Suisse, and then they have a retirement. But I guess it's fair, because now they also have one like we did in the first round. It has evened out if you will. Argentina has always been around, I am happy to see them as we have good connections at Internazionale with South America. And of course, let us not forget France. Even though Manzon is out, they still have a good driver in Trintignant, who already won a race. So for sure, it will be tough, but Internazionale will be near the front. Not even a sabotage attempt by Milanisti will stop us from fighting.
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Juan Manuel Fangio takes pole for Argentina. Looks like we should see the first of many epic battles between him and Alberto Ascari who will start alongside for Italy. Can Fangio become the first driver to win in both A1 Grand Prix and Formula 1?
Toulo de Graffenried really is a crap qualifier. Will have to watch for Trintignant in fourth place though. Forza Ascari!
David Murray wrote:Aye, Comish 'as shown his one lap pace again, but ah dinna ken if he'll keep his place in the race like. We 'ad tay mony non-finishes an' its hurtin' us in th' standin's, so a telt 'im tae be a wee bit cannie an' make sure tae geez some points. Des is th' opposite thocht, average qualifyin' but at leest he's in th' points most ay th' time ken.
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In fairness there is no way that lap was representative for de Graffenried, he must have had an off somewhere. And he's qualified well everywhere else bar Germany.
Fangio wins for Argentina, he's the first to take pole, fastest lap and the win, and he led all but one lap! Ascari managed to keep him on his toes but he was never able to make a serious attempt at an overtake. Trintignant completed the podium.
Oh and one driver managed the impressive feat of racking up eight penalty points in a single race.
Argentinia would also like to see an Argentinian round added to the calendar to justify our involvement in the championship.
