"Grand Prix 2" Championship

[FMecha]

Please put Massimilano Patrese in the free agents.

Continuity wise, I think Hermann Mann should be in Lola and van der Mayaede's team should be Pole Star, Pasta.

[the Masked Lapwing]

Pieter Kickert wants the second Williams seat. He scored a podium in that crapbox Sauber

[tristan1117]

Pieter Kickert wants the second Williams seat. He scored a podium in that crapbox Sauber

I knew you were going to go for that as soon as Kickert crossed the line!

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Eurobrun would you mind giving up one of your teams? Hermamn Mann is looking to become a seatholder somewhere, and he's prepared to give Mr Walik a large amount of Jagermeister and sausages to take one off his hands..... (it's fine if you don't want to)

How about this, joint ownership. I have control over one of the seats and you have control over the other one? Juat a suggestion.

good idea. How about at Williams with the spare 2nd seat?

If Tristan1117 is ok with this then it will go ahead. The Williams pit will sure be interesting next year

[Shizuka]

I believe Nurminen and DAMS agreed to continue their partnership for another year.

Yes. Nurminen's seat is safe.

DAMS' title sponsor is TF1, France Television channel 1.

Actually, I think Anderson should be hired as test driver, so it's set: Allen takes the second seat.

[pasta_maldonado]

How about this, joint ownership. I have control over one of the seats and you have control over the other one? Juat a suggestion.

good idea. How about at Williams with the spare 2nd seat?

If Tristan1117 is ok with this then it will go ahead. The Williams pit will sure be interesting next year

An egotistical prince and a drunkard running the show...what could go possibly wrong?

If it is approved by tristan1117 then I'm interested in signing Pieter Kickert

[RonDenisDeletraz]

good idea. How about at Williams with the spare 2nd seat?

If Tristan1117 is ok with this then it will go ahead. The Williams pit will sure be interesting next year

An egotistical prince and a drunkard running the show...what could go possibly wrong?

If it is approved by tristan1117 then I'm interested in signing Pieter Kickert

Dis gon b gud

I was probably going to sign Kickert anyway so I am 100% OK with it.

[pasta_maldonado]

If Tristan1117 is ok with this then it will go ahead. The Williams pit will sure be interesting next year

An egotistical prince and a drunkard running the show...what could go possibly wrong?

If it is approved by tristan1117 then I'm interested in signing Pieter Kickert

Dis gon b gud

I was probably going to sign Kickert anyway so I am 100% OK with it.

Clivio Durand for test and reserve driver??

[RonDenisDeletraz]

An egotistical prince and a drunkard running the show...what could go possibly wrong?

If it is approved by tristan1117 then I'm interested in signing Pieter Kickert

Dis gon b gud

I was probably going to sign Kickert anyway so I am 100% OK with it.

Clivio Durand for test and reserve driver??

Also OK with this.

[the Masked Lapwing]

If Tristan1117 is ok with this then it will go ahead. The Williams pit will sure be interesting next year

An egotistical prince and a drunkard running the show...what could go possibly wrong?

If it is approved by tristan1117 then I'm interested in signing Pieter Kickert

Dis gon b gud

I was probably going to sign Kickert anyway so I am 100% OK with it.

Sweet. Kickert is certainly ambitious, but whether he's rubbish remains to be seen

[pasta_maldonado]

Ash you might have heard, Prince Walik und I have come to eine agreement, ja. I am now one of the joint sheatholdersh of der Williamsh team, ja, ja. Ash such, it ish meine pleashure to velcomme Pieter Kickert und Clivio Durand to der team, ja. Pieter vill be our second driver, ja, und Clivio vill become our tesht driver. Ja. Now, vhere is meine Jaagermeister.... Ah. Here it ish. *takesh eine sippe, sorry, takes a sip* Er..... Christine? You can stoppe der recording now. Danke.

[The Lukas]

Volga Grand Prix line-up to 1997 season
24. Anton Kaliniczenko(RUS)
25. Siergiej Rozvadoskij(LTU)
TD:Attila Pungor(HUN),Takeshi Yamada(JPN)

[dr-baker]

Martin McFry would like to apply for the second Tyrrell seat please (if it's still free).

[Londoner]

Damon Cannon is happy to stay at Jordan for 1997.

[tristan1117]

As far as I'm concerned, Douglas Mann is taking Zimmer's place in the Duel. I put Walik and Patrese in the last two spots. Onwards to qualifying.

[pasta_maldonado]

As far as I'm concerned, Douglas Mann is taking Zimmer's place in the Duel. I put Walik and Patrese in the last two spots. Onwards to qualifying.

Has the joint Williams seatholder situation been accepted?

[FMecha]

As far as I'm concerned, Douglas Mann is taking Zimmer's place in the Duel. I put Walik and Patrese in the last two spots. Onwards to qualifying.

IIRC von Gottorp has said he would not take part in the Duel.

[tristan1117]

As far as I'm concerned, Douglas Mann is taking Zimmer's place in the Duel. I put Walik and Patrese in the last two spots. Onwards to qualifying.

Has the joint Williams seatholder situation been accepted?

Yes, the Williams seatholder arrangement has been noted. Also, I really want to get out of 1996 so Samael Meerwick will be making a surprise return to fill out the grid (van der Maeyede took the first Jordan spot).

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Is it ok if I sign Giovanni Roda as Sauber test driver.

[tristan1117]

Is it ok if I sign Giovanni Roda as Sauber test driver.

Yeah, that's fine.

Highlights from Italy.

[tristan1117]

Final Championship Standings:

Drivers' Championship (after 16 rounds):

1. Daniel Moreno (Williams) - 90
2. Pippa Mann (Williams) - 75
3. Andrew Spokes (Benetton) - 69
4. John Zimmer (Benetton) - 44
5. Tom Douglas (Ferrari) - 27
6. Leonhard von Gottorp (Jordan) - 19
7. Jack Christopherson - 18 (wins tiebreaker)
8. Damon Cannon (Jordan) - 18
9. Kazuhiko Takagi (Ferrari) - 18
10. Rory McAllister (McLaren) - 15
11. Pieter Kickert (Sauber) - 8
12. James Davies (McLaren) - 4
13. Masta Valsattis (Sauber, Ligier) - 3
14. Douglas Mann (Ligier) - 2
15. Gio van Dycke (Minardi) - 1

Constructors' Championship (after 16 rounds)

1. Williams-Renault - 165
2. Benetton-Renault - 113
3. Ferrari - 45
4. McLaren-Mercedes - 37
5. Jordan-Peugeot - 37
6. Sauber-Ford - 11
7. Ligier-Mugen-Honda - 2
8. Minardi-Ford - 1

[tristan1117]

1996 DUEL in the DESERT

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1. Barii Mori - 1:31.231
2. Daniel Moreno - 1:32.073
3. Massimiliano Patrese - 1:32.245
4. Prince Walik - 1:32.254
5. Stephano Baroncelli - 1:33.441
6. Martin van der Maeyede - 1:33.521
7. Siergiej Rozvadoskij - 1:33.523
8. Chris Dagnall - 1:33.530
9. Ben Fleet - 1:33.531
10. James Davies - 1:33.612
11. Reiko Megumi - 1:33.656
12. Rory McAllister - 1:33.661
13. Martin McFry - 1:33.874

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14. Kazuhiko Takagi - 1:34.098
15. Gio van Dycke - 1:34.148
16. Masta Valsattis - 1:34.359
17. Tom Douglas - 1:34.713
18. Douglas Mann - 1:34.819
19. James Allen - 1:34.889
20. Pablo da Silva - 1:35.079
21. Niko Nurminen - 1:35.114
22. Poppy Whitechapel - 1:35.379
23. Pieter Kickert - 1:35.384
24. Max von Hegel - 1:35.507
25. Anton Kaliniczenko - 1:35.739
26. Pippa Mann - 1:36.003

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DNQ Jack Christopherson - 1:36.192
DNQ Clivio Durand - 1:36.451
DNQ Kazuyoshi Hoshino - 1:36.811
DNQ Giovanni Roda - 1:37.215
DNQ Andrew Spokes - 1:37.680
DNQ Samael Meerwick - 1:38.140
DNQ Jorg Scrattenheim - 1:38.159
DNQ Damon Cannon - 1:38.396
DNQ Eadbhard O'Caiohmin - 1:38.561
DNQ Miko Fakkinen - 1:38.773

And Barii Mori takes a shock pole for the Duel in the Desert, beating Daniel Moreno by over eight tenths! A lot of guest drivers did very well including: Massimiliano Patrese, Chris Dagnall, Martin van der Maeyede and Prince Walik. Notable DNQs came from Jack Christopherson, Andrew Spokes and Damon Cannon. Pippa Mann will start in last while her teammate qualified 2nd so she will win DBTMOTQ.

[dr-baker]

Martin McFry and Ben Fleet both outqualifying the Mann siblings! Those Manns need to retire while McFry and Fleet get promoted!

[Londoner]

Total waste of my f***ing time! Stupid, useless non-championship charade. I may well not bother entering it next year.

I'm just glad I made the grid, considering I'm somewhat rusty from 6 months of inactivity after driving that shitbox Tyrrell. What's that I hear, Tyrrell failed to score at all in the championship? BAHAHAHA!

[Nuppiz]

Last year, I rose like a rocket through the field despite a similarly poor qualifying. Let's see what happens this time with a wholly different car...

[pasta_maldonado]

Well well well well well. To be in the top 10, no, comfortably inside the top 10 on my debut in this series is simply amazing! I've outsripped even the most optimistic expectations of my performance. Hopefully I can have a good race tomorrow to capatilise on this to prove to Stewart that they did right in hiring me for 1997.

[Salamander]

Not bad for someone who's been out of the cockpit for what, 8, 9 months? I might be a bit race rusty, but given my incredible performance last year, I'd be disappointed not to put up a fight for the win.

[tristan1117]

Duel in the Desert

Mid-race Update:
41 laps of 81 completed

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1. Prince Walik
2. Gio van Dycke +4.7
3. Martin van der Maeyede +21.304
4. Tom Douglas +45.981
5. Daniel Moreno +49.242
6. Barii Mori +49.866
7. James Davies +51.580
8. Siergiej Rozvadoskij +52.767
9. Chris Dagnall +53.739
10. Masta Valsattis +56.641

Leaders:
Daniel Moreno: 1-11
Prince Walik: 12-

Prince Walik has driven the race of his life and he now leads the race by 4.7 seconds over Gio van Dycke who surged from 15th all the way up to second. Martin van der Maeyede has continued his good qualifying performance but he has completely lost touch with the leaders. Daniel Moreno and Barii Mori have both fallen back while James Davies has made up three spots from tenth. Patrese and Baroncelli collided on the first lap, sending both to the pits for repairs. Takagi and da Silva also collided and have dropped to the back of the pack.

[dr-baker]

Prince Walik is going to have such an ego problem after this race...

[TomWazzleshaw]

Keep pushing Jimmy. 5 seconds to Douglas in 4th and when we get ahead of him, we'll be in with a great shot for a podium.

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Where are you Douglas? Oh wait, nowhere.

[dr-baker]

Where are you Douglas? Oh wait, nowhere.

Yep, told you he was going to be big-headed!

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Where are you Douglas? Oh wait, nowhere.

Yep, told you he was going to be big-headed!

Just because I have talent and your not, I could win the championship in this year's Williams if I actually wanted to drive.

[the Masked Lapwing]

See, this is why I didn't do this race. It makes people with no talent whatsoever think they're the best in the world.

[RonDenisDeletraz]

See, this is why I didn't do this race. It makes people with no talent whatsoever think they're the best in the world.

Seems hypocritical for you to talk about talent, now that you don't have the best car anymore you are getting comprehensively beaten by your teammate.

[the Masked Lapwing]

See, this is why I didn't do this race. It makes people with no talent whatsoever think they're the best in the world.

Seems hypocritical for you to talk about talent, now that you don't have the best car anymore you are getting comprehensively beaten by your teammate.

And? I can admit that Andrew is a better driver than me. So what? I've got a championship, a win at my home race, and a young teammate who will be destroying your drivers next year even if I don't. What have you got exactly?

[RonDenisDeletraz]

See, this is why I didn't do this race. It makes people with no talent whatsoever think they're the best in the world.

Seems hypocritical for you to talk about talent, now that you don't have the best car anymore you are getting comprehensively beaten by your teammate.

And? I can admit that Andrew is a better driver than me. So what? I've got a championship, a win at my home race, and a young teammate who will be destroying your drivers next year even if I don't. What have you got exactly?

By far the best car, the best design and engineering team and the defending champion who almost beat you in 1995 in a far inferior car.

[TomWazzleshaw]

For a non-championship race, there seems to be quite a lot of radio chatter

[the Masked Lapwing]

By far the best car, the best design and engineering team and the defending champion who almost beat you in 1995 in a far inferior car.

Ah, but he didn't beat me did he? He only won when he had the far superior car. Nothing against you of course Daniel, you did at least beat Pippa

[RonDenisDeletraz]

By far the best car, the best design and engineering team and the defending champion who almost beat you in 1995 in a far inferior car.

Ah, but he didn't beat me did he? He only won when he had the far superior car. Nothing against you of course Daniel, you did at least beat Pippa

Daniel's performance was far more impressive than yours considering how illegal the Benetton was. And you were not even able to win in 1994