Virtual F1-Series:1990 Tyres at Page 27

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 04 Aug 2012, 21:55

Well, unlike that greedy twat Christian Danner, mah boy Volker Weidler at least doesn't want money for having the honour of driving for German team. Furthermore, I had to choose between staying loyal to Schwarz-Rot-Gold or enabling perhaps the most famous GMIF1P so I had to pick Arnoux.

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 04 Aug 2012, 22:10

redbulljack14 wrote:
FantometteBR wrote:
redbulljack14 wrote:Surely Weidler will DNQ every race, considering they don't have to pre-qualify. I thought he'd have kept an all-German team, especially considering Arnoux was already 40 at the time, and he picked Rial as a sign of patriotism.

Saying that, patriotism's not why I picked Lotus, although that is why I chose to sign Warwick.

Patriotism kinda made me try to sign Moreno for Arrows (Capelli I tried because I would like to see how we would behave in any car that isn't a March or a crapbox Ferrari '92)

I think the driver choices are interesting, I knew at least once pretty good team would go for Moreno, since he along with Alesi is the most loved non-reject on here.

And by decent, I mean Dallara or above. I consider Dallara the 9th best team.

I 'kinda predict' that the non-reject midfield teams can get at least one podium, not counting a probable attrition race

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 04 Aug 2012, 22:20

I picked Minardi as they were the first team I supported from 1995 all the way until those bastards at RedBull Bought the team. I hope we don't have to pre-qualify at all.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 04 Aug 2012, 22:25

On second thought, as Ligier hasn't enter the first race yet, i'll pick pirelli's instead of goodyears, seems they are good qualifying tyres, and that's going to be important.

Post by **Ataxia** » 04 Aug 2012, 22:33

I'm just hoping my relatively inexperienced combo of Herbert and Alesi produce some good results. Herbert's a strong, solid driver and I think he compliments the flamboyant driving style of Alesi.

We're targeting 6th in the WCC, as long as the Ford engine is well prepared and the chassis is reliable. If we can avoid failures and stupid incidents we'll go far.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 04 Aug 2012, 22:36

Onyx are going to be extremely ambitious and target 8th in the WCC

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 04 Aug 2012, 22:39

Ligier is 'in a transition year' :lol:

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 04 Aug 2012, 22:41

Lotus are aiming for 3rd, as I want to beat last year, and since Lotus finished 4th in 1988, I have to aim for 3rd, especially since Warwick > Nakajima.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 04 Aug 2012, 22:55

Williams will be using the year as an acclimsation period, since we have an all-new driving lineup and a new works engine deal with Renault. We feel that we can fight for 3rd in the Constructors' championship, possibly 2nd, and will be hoping to ready ourselves for an all-out assault on both titles in 1990. That said, we will be expecting both drivers to win at least one race during the year.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 04 Aug 2012, 22:58

Joining Onyx in being very ambitious, Rial plans on adding one point to last years' score.

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 04 Aug 2012, 23:12

Arrows projects to score a reasonable amount of points (be between 5th and 9th best team), with a podium on the look as a bold projection

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 05 Aug 2012, 06:51

AGS ambitions? Nothing! Score a point once and that'd STILL be an improvement over 1988.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 05 Aug 2012, 07:04

March is aiming for more points and podiums and even the possibility of scoring a victory in 1989.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 05 Aug 2012, 07:10

McLaren want nothing less than both championships.

Post by **tommykl** » 05 Aug 2012, 07:14

Osella aims to regularly qualify with both cars, with maybe the occasional top ten finish by Larini.

Gerudo Dragon · Post by **Gerudo Dragon** » 05 Aug 2012, 07:24

Zakspeed...just...wants their drivers to pre-qualify.

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 05 Aug 2012, 07:31

EuroBrun plans to make sure both cars qualify,even though the first qualifying session was a disaster.

Flaschenpost · Post by **Flaschenpost** » 05 Aug 2012, 08:02

24-hour-warning for larrousse and brabham

for the owners of larrousse and brabham : get your team together within 24 hours - or it will be sold!

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 05 Aug 2012, 11:30

Scuderia Italia Ferrari's aim? A podium finish. And hoping the Ferrari V12 doesn't blow to smithereens at every race.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 05 Aug 2012, 11:37

kostas22 wrote:Scuderia Italia Ferrari's aim? A podium finish. And hoping the Ferrari V12 doesn't blow to smithereens at every race.

The engine shouldn't be a problem. Just don't touch their all-new gearbox with a 20ft pole if they offer it to you and you should be fine :lol:

Ferrarist · Post by **Ferrarist** » 05 Aug 2012, 11:48

Jacarepagua, eh? Get ready to see an oddball winner, if Flaschenpost is using the version where an invisible walls makes everyone crash at the pit entrance. :lol:

And off for some news:

Autosport wrote:Sport betting mogul Williams evaluating F1 entry

American sport betting billionaire Walther Williams (No relation to Frank Williams) has been sighted at the grid of this year's Brazilian Grand Prix. Apperantly, he's looking to buy himself into one of the teams that have had difficulties travelling to Brazil. Some sources indicate financial troubles for these teams, and this is where Williams wants to step in. He hasn't given any comments to the media yet, but we can be sure that the auto racing enthusiast Williams will keep working to find a way to enter F1.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 05 Aug 2012, 14:28

Minardi are aiming for 8th place and at least 10 points.

Flaschenpost · Post by **Flaschenpost** » 05 Aug 2012, 14:36

1989 BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX, RIO DE JANEIRO, QUALIFYING / FINAL GRID POSITIONS

1. Alain Prost (McLaren-Honda) 1:25.766
2. Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) +0.493s
3. Ayrton Senna (McLaren-Honda) +0.502s
4. Gerhard Berger (Ferrari) +1.086s
5. Thierry Boutsen (Williams-Renault) +1.348s
6. Alessandro Nannini (Williams-Renault) +1.581s
7. Stefano Modena (Dallara-Ferrari) +1.840s
8. Riccardo Patrese (Benetton-Ford) +1.889s
9. Martin Brundle (Benetton-Ford) +2.025s
10. Andrea de Cesaris (Dallara-Ferrari) +2.103s
11. Mauricio Gugelmin (March-Judd) +2.104s
12. Derek Warwick (Lotus-Judd) +2.413s
13. Pierluigi Martini (March-Judd) +2.520s
14. Jean Alesi (Tyrrell-Ford) +2.548s
15. Johnny Herbert (Tyrrell-Ford) +2.919s
16. Nelson Piquet (Lotus-Judd) +3.009s
17. Roberto Moreno (Arrows-Ford) +3.300s
18. Ivan Capelli (Arrows-Ford) +3.306s
19. Fabrizio Barbazza (Minardi-Ford) +3.572s
20. Bertrand Gachot (Minardi-Ford) +3.657s
21. Nicola Larini (Osella-Judd) +4.162s
22. Eddie Cheever (AGS-Ford) +4.173s
23. Gabriele Tarquini (Onyx-Ford) +4.190s
24. Stefan Johansson (Onyx-Ford) +4.856s
25. Olivier Grouillard (Osella-Judd) +4.922s
26. Eric van de Poele (AGS-Ford) +5.242s

27. Rene Arnoux (Rial-Judd) +5.665s (DNQ)
28. Volker Weidler (Rial-Judd) +6.377s (DNQ)

... live race coverage will follow now!

Post by **Ataxia** » 05 Aug 2012, 14:38

That couldn't be any more average, even if we tried. :lol:

Flaschenpost · Post by **Flaschenpost** » 05 Aug 2012, 14:43

1989 BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX - LIVE RACE COVERAGE

... the drivers get ready for the formation lap - the commentator have a cigarette

... and here they go! 1989 starts with prost taking the lead from berger, mansell, boutsen, senna and de cesaris

... senna hunts de cesaris for fourth where the italian came somehow!

... 1 lap done and mansells engine blows away! he´s out running in 3rd... senna has taken de cesaris now

... lap 2 : barbazza has to park his minardi with some technical problems and also moreno is out with engine-failure

... lap 5 : prost leads 4.7 from berger, senna, nannini, boutsen and the two dallaras

... lap 6 : the dallaras of de cesaris and modena are fighting for 6th place in a really hard way

... lap 8 : nannini spins running in 4th - he can continue but is last now... as grouillard has to stop his osella (engine)

... lap 13 : prost pits in for the first time having an 11-second-gap over berger before the stop ... the austrian pits in, too... so it is senna leading now with prost in 2nd, boutsen 3rd, berger 4th, de cesaris 5th ... and former world champion nelson piquet parking his lotus

lap 17 : fire in the back of his car lets end the race of mauricio gugelmin

lap 18 : prost closes up to senna again - the gap came down from 7 to under 2 seconds ... fresh rubber makes the frenchman much faster!

lap 19 : prost overtakes senna taking the lead, berger up to 3rd again in front of boutsen, de cesaris 5th, brundle 6th, warwick 7th, modena 8th, herbert 9th, patrese 10th - tarquini out

lap 20 : senna takes fresh tyres in the pits giving berger and boutsen the opportunity to pass for 2nd and 3rd ... alesi out of the race running in tenth place

lap 25 : OH MY GOD! ITS PROST SLOWING DOWN! HE´S OUT WITH SOME TECHNICAL PROBLEMS! WITH A GAP OF OVER 20 SECONDS! NOW ITS FERRARI-DRIVER GERHARD BERGER LEADING AYRTON SENNA

lap 27 : Pierluigi Martini in the March is out (6th) as Ayrton Senna is attacking Berger for the Lead... and taking it!

lap 28 : Capelli out.... and.... Puncutre... for Berger.... he stops his car!

lap 34 : after some more pitstops it is senna leading half a minute from boutsen in 2nd, brundle 3rd, de cesaris 4th, modena 5th, warwick 6th, patrese 7th, herbert 8th, nannini 9th, gachot 10th, cheever 11th, larini 12th, van de Poele 13th and Johansson 14th

lap 36 : no luck for brundle! he´s out of the race now

lap 48 : currently, not really much is happening - senna 43 seconds ahead of boutsen, then modena, patrese, warwick, nannini, de cesaris, herbert, gachot, cheever, larini, johansson, van de poele

lap 50 - warwick looses his 5th place due to technical problems - no lotus crosses the finish-line today

lap 55 - BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMM! For the second time today, the leading mclaren is out of the race! Senna has to stop with only 6 laps to go! And so has Herbert!

lap 60 - van de Poele stops his AGS - Patrese tries to take 3rd away from nannini - AND! OH NO! UNBELIVEABLE!!!!!! BOUTSEN RUNS OUT OF FUEL! CAN´T BELIEVE! WITH ONE LAP! ONE LAP TO GO!

FINISH : IT IS STEFANO MODENA! STEFANO MODENA WINS THE BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX! THATS... THATS... I HAVE NO WORDS!!!!

1989 BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX, RIO DE JANEIRO, OFFICIAL RACE RESULT

1. Stefano Modena (Dallara-Ferrari) 1:35:38.656s
2. Alessandro Nannini (Williams-Renault) +21.791s
3. Riccardo Patrese (Benetton-Ford) +21.923s
4. Andrea de Cesaris (Dallara-Ferrari) +37.795
5. Thierry Boutsen (Williams-Renault) 1 Lap
6. Bertrand Gachot (Minardi-Ford) 1 Lap
7. Eddie Cheever (AGS-Ford) 1 Lap
8. Nicola Larini (Osella-Judd) 1 Lap
9. Stefan Johansson (Onyx-Ford) 2 Laps
10. Eric van de Poele (AGS-Ford) 4 Laps
11. Ayrton Senna (McLaren-Honda) 7 Laps

DNF Johnny Herbert (Tyrrell-Ford) Puncture
DNF Derek Warwick (Lotus-Judd) Electrical
DNF Martin Brundle (Benetton-Ford) Transmission
DNF Gerhard Berger (Ferrari) Puncture
DNF Ivan Capelli (Arrows-Ford) Transmission
DNF Pierluigi Martini (March-Judd) Engine
DNF Alain Prost (McLaren-Honda) Brakes
DNF Jean Alesi (Tyrrell-Ford) Engine
DNF Gabriele Tarquini (Onyx-Ford) Engine
DNF Mauricio Gugelmin (March-Judd) Oil Leak
DNF Nelson Piquet (Lotus-Judd) Transmission
DNF Olivier Grouillard (Osella-Judd) Engine
DNF Roberto Moreno (Arrows-Ford) Engine
DNF Fabrizio Barbazza (Minardi-Ford) Puncture
DNF Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) Engine

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 05 Aug 2012, 14:49

Flaschenpost wrote:... senna hunts de cesaris for fourth where the italian came somehow!

Lolwat?

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 05 Aug 2012, 15:35

Coloni's aim is: prequalify once, or die. :twisted:

And Pasta, should it be Hermann Mann, rather than Mr. Knight, at Onyx?

Post by **tommykl** » 05 Aug 2012, 15:44

Well, it's only Larini left. Let's hope he'll finish, he could actually score

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 05 Aug 2012, 15:46

Uh-Oh...

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 05 Aug 2012, 15:56

Come on Johannson!!

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 05 Aug 2012, 16:09

Let's go Boutsen!

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 05 Aug 2012, 16:19

Let's go Eddie, we might pick a point up.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 05 Aug 2012, 16:24

COME ON MODENA! P2 IS YOURS FOR THE TAKING!!

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 05 Aug 2012, 16:34

Goddammit.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 05 Aug 2012, 16:39

VIIIITTTTTOOOOOORRRRIIIIIAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! GRANDE STEFANO!!!!!!!!! FORZA ITALIA!!!!!!!!!!!

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 05 Aug 2012, 16:39

Ferrari wrote:Well... one of our V12s has won the race! Take that, Honda! And our gearboxes have had an unocomparable reliability record in testing. Scuderia Italia should try them, they are cutting edge technology and, mark my words, in a few years all top teams will be using these kind of gearboxes!

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 05 Aug 2012, 16:42

7th place, very, very nice. A bit unlucky, but might be very important.

Post by **tommykl** » 05 Aug 2012, 16:45

Thomas De Bock wrote:Well, that's the top ten out of the way. Great job by Nicola to keep the car on the road, and I hope that this result is the sign of things to come for the team.

Post by **Londoner** » 05 Aug 2012, 16:50

Dennis Robson wrote:A damn shame for Martin. He'd have won that had the crapbox transmission held together. Methinks there may be some bashing of heads against walls should this happen again. At least Riccardo kept it on the black stuff and picks up Benetton's first podium of the year. The first of many, you know.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 05 Aug 2012, 17:06

Alasdair Lindsay wrote:When I said we were going to have a much improved season, I never thought it would be that improved, that quickly! Sensational job by the entire team. There were some mumblings around the paddock that taking on a driver with only one season's experience at a backmarker team was a stupid idea. But I could see Stefano's potential through the bad machinery he had last season, and immediately he has delivered on his promise. It was a great drive by both him and Andrea. After one race with the all-new package we are leading both championships. I didn't in my wildest dreams imagine this could happen. I have no idea if we can keep these kinds of performances up, but it's not like we benefited directly from all of the mass attrition, we were there or thereabouts for the whole race, but the guys behind made up positions because of it. So there is hope we can keep delivering and this not being a fluke.