A1GP 1950 Onwards

[DemocalypseNow]

I said earlier that the third Spanish driver (Can't remember his name) will run in the 8th round.

Joaquin Palacio, I believe?

[RonDenisDeletraz]

I said earlier that the third Spanish driver (Can't remember his name) will run in the 8th round.

Joaquin Palacio, I believe?

Yes.

Henry Bradley will go down in history as the worst driver in the history of motorsport.

[UncreativeUsername37]

Jack Niell for Wales for Mount Panorama.

[DemocalypseNow]

Northern Ireland to be run by new constructor next year

Ecurie Ecosse have confirmed that they will not renew their contract to run the Northern Ireland team in A1GP for 1951, meaning a new constructor must be found for next year.

"Aye, well we 'acided tae focus oor efforts oan wan car instead ae twa' cars, cus hopefully that gies us some mare consistent results like," said David Murray, team owner.

The decision comes after poor results for the Scottish team run by Ecurie Ecosse, scoring only 4 points so far and languishing in 29th place overall. The Northern Irish team however is several places above them on double figures.

"Aye, a' ken [that NI has been the more successful team this year], but wur a Scottish team so it makes mare sense tae keep tae oor roots. Am sorry fur Des but we cannae keep tryin' tae run beyond oor resources."

Desmond Titterington will remain in the NI car for the remainder of the season, and is odds on favourite to retain his seat once a new constructor is found for the NI team.

[pasta_maldonado]

Fangio in the car for the rest of the season please.

TWO CARS FOR ARGENTINA IN 1951?
The Argentinian A1GP team, run by the Car club of Argentina, is looking to expand to two cars for 1951. "We have two strong drivers in Jose [Froilan Gonzalez] and Juan [Manuel Fangio]" said a representative for the team "and it is unfair on our part to deny one a seat for the other. A few nations look like they will, or have announced they will, pull out after the year is up, and with unlimited grid sizesm I do not see why this is not plausible

[Samster]

Fangio in the car for the rest of the season please.

TWO CARS FOR ARGENTINA IN 1951?
The Argentinian A1GP team, run by the Car club of Argentina, is looking to expand to two cars for 1951. "We have two strong drivers in Jose [Froilan Gonzalez] and Juan [Manuel Fangio]" said a representative for the team "and it is unfair on our part to deny one a seat for the other. A few nations look like they will, or have announced they will, pull out after the year is up, and with unlimited grid sizesm I do not see why this is not plausible

Afraid it's strictly one car per nation so you'll have to make them share the car throughout the season if you want to run both.

And I can confirm that no nations will be pulling out yet, in fact three more will be entering from next season. And the grid size will be capped at 40 once we reach that number with DNQs for anyone that qualifies outside the top 40. Eventually, probably from around 1970 there will be lower divisions A2, A3 etc when the amount of eligible nations grows enough to support big enough grids for multiple divisions with A1 capping off with the top 26 while the rest move down. Then it will work kind of like domestic league football with the top three of A2 being promoted to A1 and replacing the bottom three who get relegated.

[Samster]

Later than planned but here are the qualifying results for Bathurst. Fangio is on pole again, this time with Trintignant alongside.

Will try and get the race in tonight.

Full Results
http://f1alternate.wikkii.com/wiki/1950 ... Grand_Prix

EDIT
Sorry this will have to be on Thursday now. I'm away over the next couple of days.

[Samster]

Well finally a few days later than planned but we have our inaugural champions with Italy securing it with Ascari's second win, but helped in no small form by a crash for Fangio and Trintignant overheating his engine. So the Italian team can arrive at their home Grand Prix in front of the legendary tifosi as champions. Meanwhile the battle for runner up is still very much still on as just twelve points separate Argentina, Switzerland, Monaco and France.

Full results and report.
http://f1alternate.wikkii.com/wiki/1950 ... rix_season

Round 9 at Monza will be run at some point over the weekend. As usual confirm your driver if you haven't already.

[DemocalypseNow]

SI! FANTASTICO! Internazionale sono campioni del mondo! Grazie a tutta la squadra. A great victory for Italy and Internazionale. To secure the win with a title is a great way to do it. Ascari has been incredible. But, I will not forget, Piero Taruffi, maybe he had a little bit of a slump, but his early season form is what set us up for this title, so thank you to him. Not even Milanisti sabotage was going to stop us. Grande Ascari, Grande Taruffi, Grande Italia!!

[FantometteBR]

Boa Garoto!

[Samster]

Still need England, Spain and Wales to confirm their driver for the final.

[TomWazzleshaw]

Slight change of plans at team Germany. Hans Stuck will run the final race at Italy before we'll make an announcement for 1951 in the coming days.

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Still need England, Spain and Wales to confirm their driver for the final.

Spain plan to skip the final round. (If they are allowed to)

If not, will find a driver in the next hour.

[TomWazzleshaw]

Still need England, Spain and Wales to confirm their driver for the final.

Spain plan to skip the final round. (If they are allowed to)

If not, will find a driver in the next hour.

Don't you already have three drivers to choose from though?

[pasta_maldonado]

Still need England, Spain and Wales to confirm their driver for the final.

Spain plan to skip the final round. (If they are allowed to)

If not, will find a driver in the next hour.

If Spainn skip, Argentinia will run two cars. Series obligations must be met. They are expecting 33 cars, they want 33 cars.

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Still need England, Spain and Wales to confirm their driver for the final.

Spain plan to skip the final round. (If they are allowed to)

If not, will find a driver in the next hour.

Don't you already have three drivers to choose from though?

Two, as the main driver (Godia) is injured. And I thought it would be realistic to have a team miss a race.

[TomWazzleshaw]

Still need England, Spain and Wales to confirm their driver for the final.

Spain plan to skip the final round. (If they are allowed to)

If not, will find a driver in the next hour.

If Spainn skip, Argentinia will run two cars. Series obligations must be met. They are expecting 33 cars, they want 33 cars.

Douglas-Cliff Racing will like to tell Argentinia to take that suggestion and shove it in the only place in South America where the sun doesn't shine

[TomWazzleshaw]

Spain plan to skip the final round. (If they are allowed to)

If not, will find a driver in the next hour.

Don't you already have three drivers to choose from though?

Two, as the main driver (Godia) is injured. And I thought it would be realistic to have a team miss a race.

Palacio brought it home in the points last time out so logically you should put him in the car. Besides, Italy is like 5 minutes away from Spain

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Don't you already have three drivers to choose from though?

Two, as the main driver (Godia) is injured. And I thought it would be realistic to have a team miss a race.

Palacio brought it home in the points last time out so logically you should put him in the car. Besides, Italy is like 5 minutes away from Spain

For reasons unknown to mankind I really don't want to have to put either of the drivers from the last two races in the car. I will probably find another driver.

[Samster]

For reasons unknown to mankind I really don't want to have to put either of the drivers from the last two races in the car. I will probably find another driver.

Juan Jover would be a good choice, along with Godia he was one of Spain's first entries in Formula 1 at the 1951 Spanish Grand Prix and his career goes back at least as far as 1947.

[RonDenisDeletraz]

For reasons unknown to mankind I really don't want to have to put either of the drivers from the last two races in the car. I will probably find another driver.

Juan Jover would be a good choice, along with Godia he was one of Spain's first entries in Formula 1 at the 1951 Spanish Grand Prix and his career goes back at least as far as 1947.

He will race at the next round then. Thanks.

[UncreativeUsername37]

Jack Niell for Wales.

[AdrianSutil]

Peter Whitehead for the final race for England. He is also signed as one of two drivers for 1951.

[DemocalypseNow]

Scuderia Ambrosiana takes control of Italy and Scotland A1GP franchises

Formula One squad Scuderia Ambrosiana have agreed a deal to take over the Italian and Scottish teams in the A1GP World Cup at the end of this year, merging the two squads under one roof. The two teams have had contrasting fortunes, with Alberto Ascari and Piero Taruffi leading the azzurri to championship glory, while Scottish drivers Alex McGlashan and Comish Hunter have struggled to score at all.

"It is great to move to a new series like this, it has proven to be very popular and well received," said Scuderia Ambrosiana founder Giovanni Lurani. "Angelo Moratti came to us and offered us this opportunity. He explained he wanted more expertise in running the team to make it better, and the rest was simple. At the same time, we heard David Murray, who is a friend of ours, was not doing so well with his Scotland team, so we have also arranged a deal with him as well. This is a very exciting project for us and we intend to win the title again next season!"

Angelo Moratti was similarly enthusiastic for the season ahead; "Well, for me, I was never going to let anyone else have any type of control of this team unless I knew they could be trusted. But Lurani swayed me - he is a true Interista, and I am happy to let him use his Formula One experience to improve this squad and make it more immune to sabotage from Milanisti."

Moratti has purchased half of the Scuderia Ambrosiana organisation himself, so will remain partially in control of the team. However David Murray has relinquished his control as team owner and manager, and will instead lead the team from the cockpit, replacing the erratic pairing of McGlashan and Hunter.

"Aye well, when 'a saw tha' state o tha' team, a didnae feel tae braw aboot it. A raced fur these lads in Formula Oan, so a ken they'll dae a gid job."

With a full season of Formula One on the cards for the impressive Ascari, the Italian squad will instead bring in two new faces alongside early season regular Piero Taruffi. Luigi Villoresi, who himself also has a take in the Scuderia Ambrosiana team, will be the lead driver, and Luigi Fagioli, who came third in the debut Formula One World Championship this year, will be his substitute at date clashes between the two series. Taruffi's role is not certain but appears to still be involved with the team.

[Samster]

Joe Kelly takes a surprise pole position for Ireland, heading up a grid that was generally rather mixed up in comparison to the usual pecking order. An explanation is perhaps due to the nature of the fast Monza circuit, featuring very few corners which require braking which means driver skill is less of a factor causing the closest grid we have seen so far. Chico Landi took Brasil's first front row while Ascari and Fangio both qualified in the lower half of the top ten.

Full Results
http://f1alternate.wikkii.com/wiki/1950 ... Grand_Prix

The original Monza with the old banked oval included is being used for this race. It looks like it should produce the most competitive racing we've had so far.

[TomWazzleshaw]

Joe Kelly on pole? Free Guinness for everyone on me!

[FantometteBR]

I wasn't having much hope for this season, but these last results are making Team Brasil happy

[Samster]

Fangio takes his second win and Argentina's third but he is joined on the podium by the surprising form of New Zealand's Jack Tutton and Tony Gaze for Australia after a race which at times could be compared to a Daytona race.

Full Results and Report
http://f1alternate.wikkii.com/wiki/1950 ... Grand_Prix

I'll open up the 1951 season in a little while.