1997 F1RGP2C Season - Duel in the Desert RACE Up

[Nuppiz]

I'm happy to equal my career-best finish and be ahead of so many cars. With a bit luck, we might score a few points this season.

[Shizuka]

James, that's another suspension failure... aren't you hopping the kerbs a little too much?
And I'm happy that Niko scored an 8th place in our second race already - it seems we're definitely starting to estabilish ourselves in the midfield!

[Salamander]

Pissing shite transmission...

[The Lukas]

I am very happy with the performance, I look forward to an even better performance in the next race.

[dr-baker]

Dammit. Right up the exhaust pipe of that DAMS... Pippa might be happy to see the team she used to manage do well, but I am DAMsed frustrated to be stuck behind that car I helped to develop. Grrr.

[tristan1117]

Round 3: Argentina
Buenos Aires, All session dry

Qualifying:

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1. Pieter Kickert (Williams) - 1:20.763
2. Daniel Moreno (Williams) - 1:20.858
3. James Davies (McLaren) - 1:20.893
4. Tom Douglas (Ferrari) - 1:20.931
5. Damon Cannon (Jordan) - 1:21.189
6. Andrew Spokes (Benetton) - 1:21.315
7. Pablo da Silva (Sauber) - 1:21.397
8. Masta Valsattis (Ligier) - 1:21.511
9. Rory McAllister (McLaren) - 1:21.662
10. John Zimmer (Benetton) - 1:21.735
11. Leonhard von Gottotp (Jordan) - 1:21.780
12. Kazuhiko Takagi (Ferrari) - 1:21.811
13. James Allen (DAMS) - 1:22.129

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14. Jorg Scrattenheim (Arrows) - 1:22.171
15. Ben Fleet (Stewart) - 1:22.275
16. Reiko Megumi (Ligier) - 1:22.287
17. Niko Nurminen (DAMS) - 1:22.400
18. Stephano Baroncelli (Arrows) - 1:22.402
19. Bernhard Pech (Sauber) - 1:22.485
20. Jan van der Maeyede (Stewart) - 1:22.510
21. Miko Fakkinen (Minardi) - 1:23.168
22. Lawrence Tucker (Gauthier) - 1:23.213
23. Gio van Dycke (Minardi) - 1:23.284
24. Poppy Whitechapel (Lola) - 1:23.472
25. Samael Meerwick (Gauthier) - 1:23.557
26. Massimiliano Patrese (Lola) - 1:23.680
27. Anton Kaliniczenko (Volga) - 1:23.757
28. Siergiej Rozvadoskij (Volga) - 1:23.939

Pieter Kickert takes his second career pole position by 0.095 seconds. Tom Douglas probably would have had a shot at pole if it weren't for a mechanical failure in Q1. He will start fourth. Davies put in a brilliant performance to qualify third. Unfortunately, neither Volga managed to qualify but Massimiliano Patrese will get his first career start for Lola.

[Aerospeed]

I've got to admit, this car is drive good. I think Sauber make very good car this year.

Bah, I'm not too pleased about my agent's decision to not have barbeques at the end of each qualifying session! But hey, at least wine isn't banned for now... and that sorta counts as beer...

[Salamander]

Damn! Only a tenth off pole? You Williams losers better watch out - I'll settle for nothing less than a crushing victory.

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Damn! Only a tenth off pole? You Williams losers better watch out - I'll settle for nothing less than a crushing victory.

It looks like you will remain unsettled then. I wouldn't trust your doctors as I think they left a piece of suspension lodged in your skull.

[Salamander]

Damn! Only a tenth off pole? You Williams losers better watch out - I'll settle for nothing less than a crushing victory.

It looks like you will remain unsettled then. I wouldn't trust your doctors as I think they left a piece of suspension lodged in your skull.

Sounds like a man who's days at the top are numbered - and he knows it. Enjoy having the superior car while it lasts - not that it'll help you win the title.

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Damn! Only a tenth off pole? You Williams losers better watch out - I'll settle for nothing less than a crushing victory.

It looks like you will remain unsettled then. I wouldn't trust your doctors as I think they left a piece of suspension lodged in your skull.

Sounds like a man who's days at the top are numbered - and he knows it. Enjoy having the superior car while it lasts - not that it'll help you win the title.

At least I have actually been at the top, and the only way I will leave is if this stops being profitable

[TomWazzleshaw]

Damn! Only a tenth off pole? You Williams losers better watch out - I'll settle for nothing less than a crushing victory.

It looks like you will remain unsettled then. I wouldn't trust your doctors as I think they left a piece of suspension lodged in your skull.

Sounds like a man who's days at the top are numbered - and he knows it. Enjoy having the superior car while it lasts - not that it'll help you win the title.

At least I have actually been at the top, and the only way I will leave is if this stops being profitable

Adrian Newey just calleda me. He's joining McLaren for 1998 to design our next championship winner.

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Damn! Only a tenth off pole? You Williams losers better watch out - I'll settle for nothing less than a crushing victory.

It looks like you will remain unsettled then. I wouldn't trust your doctors as I think they left a piece of suspension lodged in your skull.

Sounds like a man who's days at the top are numbered - and he knows it. Enjoy having the superior car while it lasts - not that it'll help you win the title.

At least I have actually been at the top, and the only way I will leave is if this stops being profitable

Adrian Newey just calleda me. He's joining McLaren for 1998 to design our next championship winner.

But Adrian was merely the front for a group of designers who would collaborate to design the car. How you underestimate me Don

[TomWazzleshaw]

Damn! Only a tenth off pole? You Williams losers better watch out - I'll settle for nothing less than a crushing victory.

It looks like you will remain unsettled then. I wouldn't trust your doctors as I think they left a piece of suspension lodged in your skull.

Sounds like a man who's days at the top are numbered - and he knows it. Enjoy having the superior car while it lasts - not that it'll help you win the title.

At least I have actually been at the top, and the only way I will leave is if this stops being profitable

Adrian Newey just calleda me. He's joining McLaren for 1998 to design our next championship winner.

But Adrian was merely the front for a group of designers who would collaborate to design the car. How you underestimate me Don

And therein lies the brilliance of the contract. You seea, we included a little clause in his contract so he can drag whoever the hell he wantsa from Williams to join his design team for 1998. In short, he's got pretty much full control on our car developments for the foreseeable future. This is what happens when you spend too much time running your moutha and not enough looking after the team.

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Damn! Only a tenth off pole? You Williams losers better watch out - I'll settle for nothing less than a crushing victory.

It looks like you will remain unsettled then. I wouldn't trust your doctors as I think they left a piece of suspension lodged in your skull.

Sounds like a man who's days at the top are numbered - and he knows it. Enjoy having the superior car while it lasts - not that it'll help you win the title.

At least I have actually been at the top, and the only way I will leave is if this stops being profitable

Adrian Newey just calleda me. He's joining McLaren for 1998 to design our next championship winner.

But Adrian was merely the front for a group of designers who would collaborate to design the car. How you underestimate me Don

And therein lies the brilliance of the contract. You seea, we included a little clause in his contract so he can drag whoever the hell he wantsa from Williams to join his design team for 1998. In short, he's got pretty much full control on our car developments for the foreseeable future. This is what happens when you spend too much time running your moutha and not enough looking after the team.

Umm nope. And anyway it's not like I don't have enough money to buy almost whoever I like.

[Salamander]

Damn! Only a tenth off pole? You Williams losers better watch out - I'll settle for nothing less than a crushing victory.

It looks like you will remain unsettled then. I wouldn't trust your doctors as I think they left a piece of suspension lodged in your skull.

Sounds like a man who's days at the top are numbered - and he knows it. Enjoy having the superior car while it lasts - not that it'll help you win the title.

At least I have actually been at the top, and the only way I will leave is if this stops being profitable

Adrian Newey just calleda me. He's joining McLaren for 1998 to design our next championship winner.

But Adrian was merely the front for a group of designers who would collaborate to design the car. How you underestimate me Don

And therein lies the brilliance of the contract. You seea, we included a little clause in his contract so he can drag whoever the hell he wantsa from Williams to join his design team for 1998. In short, he's got pretty much full control on our car developments for the foreseeable future. This is what happens when you spend too much time running your moutha and not enough looking after the team.

Bingo. Couldn't have said it better myself boss.

[the Masked Lapwing]

Damn! Only a tenth off pole? You Williams losers better watch out - I'll settle for nothing less than a crushing victory.

It looks like you will remain unsettled then. I wouldn't trust your doctors as I think they left a piece of suspension lodged in your skull.

Sounds like a man who's days at the top are numbered - and he knows it. Enjoy having the superior car while it lasts - not that it'll help you win the title.

At least I have actually been at the top, and the only way I will leave is if this stops being profitable

Adrian Newey just calleda me. He's joining McLaren for 1998 to design our next championship winner.

But Adrian was merely the front for a group of designers who would collaborate to design the car. How you underestimate me Don

And therein lies the brilliance of the contract. You seea, we included a little clause in his contract so he can drag whoever the hell he wantsa from Williams to join his design team for 1998. In short, he's got pretty much full control on our car developments for the foreseeable future. This is what happens when you spend too much time running your moutha and not enough looking after the team.

Umm nope. And anyway it's not like I don't have enough money to buy almost whoever I like.

So you have a whole heap of money and yet you let Newey walk away. What logic could you have possibly applied to make that sound like a good idea?

[Aerospeed]

Good job, you've made our chief designer walk away to a rival team. Thank goodness he didn't leave this car as a parting gift otherwise I'd be concerned about our pace. But for now, more extra security wouldn't hurt...

[pasta_maldonado]

Damn! Only a tenth off pole? You Williams losers better watch out - I'll settle for nothing less than a crushing victory.

It looks like you will remain unsettled then. I wouldn't trust your doctors as I think they left a piece of suspension lodged in your skull.

Sounds like a man who's days at the top are numbered - and he knows it. Enjoy having the superior car while it lasts - not that it'll help you win the title.

At least I have actually been at the top, and the only way I will leave is if this stops being profitable

Adrian Newey just calleda me. He's joining McLaren for 1998 to design our next championship winner.

But Adrian was merely the front for a group of designers who would collaborate to design the car. How you underestimate me Don

And therein lies the brilliance of the contract. You seea, we included a little clause in his contract so he can drag whoever the hell he wantsa from Williams to join his design team for 1998. In short, he's got pretty much full control on our car developments for the foreseeable future. This is what happens when you spend too much time running your moutha and not enough looking after the team.

Bingo. Couldn't have said it better myself boss.

Look, you lot can open your traps all you want, but at the end of the day, we're in front now, and all you lot are playing catch up. Nice to know that McLaren appreciate us so much they steal our cheif designer, you'll need his talent because anything you've designed for the last 5 years has been utter shite! Last year's shitebox couldn't even beat a bathplugging Jordan for raw pace at some weekends! Oh, and it doesn't help you've gotsome ingnoramus loudmouth at the wheel who's got all the loveability of a large mouth ulcer

[Salamander]

Damn! Only a tenth off pole? You Williams losers better watch out - I'll settle for nothing less than a crushing victory.

It looks like you will remain unsettled then. I wouldn't trust your doctors as I think they left a piece of suspension lodged in your skull.

Sounds like a man who's days at the top are numbered - and he knows it. Enjoy having the superior car while it lasts - not that it'll help you win the title.

At least I have actually been at the top, and the only way I will leave is if this stops being profitable

Adrian Newey just calleda me. He's joining McLaren for 1998 to design our next championship winner.

But Adrian was merely the front for a group of designers who would collaborate to design the car. How you underestimate me Don

And therein lies the brilliance of the contract. You seea, we included a little clause in his contract so he can drag whoever the hell he wantsa from Williams to join his design team for 1998. In short, he's got pretty much full control on our car developments for the foreseeable future. This is what happens when you spend too much time running your moutha and not enough looking after the team.

Bingo. Couldn't have said it better myself boss.

Look, you lot can open your traps all you want, but at the end of the day, we're in front now, and all you lot are playing catch up. Nice to know that McLaren appreciate us so much they steal our cheif designer, you'll need his talent because anything you've designed for the last 5 years has been utter shite! Last year's shitebox couldn't even beat a bathplugging Jordan for raw pace at some weekends! Oh, and it doesn't help you've gotsome ingnoramus loudmouth at the wheel who's got all the loveability of a large mouth ulcer

Interesting that you call our car shite, considering that yours was a massive 4 hundredths of a second to a tenth faster. And you can say whatever you like about me, douchebag, at least I've qualified for every race this year!

[Londoner]

Another good session, and ahead of both Toleman cars. This is shaping up to be a great season already.

Both me and Max are on the grid, and already ahead of the Volga duo. Now the target is to qualify both cars regularily, and ahead of the numpties at Gauthier.

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Damn! Only a tenth off pole? You Williams losers better watch out - I'll settle for nothing less than a crushing victory.

It looks like you will remain unsettled then. I wouldn't trust your doctors as I think they left a piece of suspension lodged in your skull.

Sounds like a man who's days at the top are numbered - and he knows it. Enjoy having the superior car while it lasts - not that it'll help you win the title.

At least I have actually been at the top, and the only way I will leave is if this stops being profitable

Adrian Newey just calleda me. He's joining McLaren for 1998 to design our next championship winner.

But Adrian was merely the front for a group of designers who would collaborate to design the car. How you underestimate me Don

And therein lies the brilliance of the contract. You seea, we included a little clause in his contract so he can drag whoever the hell he wantsa from Williams to join his design team for 1998. In short, he's got pretty much full control on our car developments for the foreseeable future. This is what happens when you spend too much time running your moutha and not enough looking after the team.

Bingo. Couldn't have said it better myself boss.

Even though what he said was complete and utter bullshite, the rest of the design team is well and truly under contract for 1997 and 1999

Look, you lot can open your traps all you want, but at the end of the day, we're in front now, and all you lot are playing catch up. Nice to know that McLaren appreciate us so much they steal our cheif designer, you'll need his talent because anything you've designed for the last 5 years has been utter shite! Last year's shitebox couldn't even beat a bathplugging Jordan for raw pace at some weekends! Oh, and it doesn't help you've gotsome ingnoramus loudmouth at the wheel who's got all the loveability of a large mouth ulcer

That idiot doesn't seem to understand that he has no reason to be arrogant when his most notable achievement is still getting hit in the head. Hermann, please get me some alcohol. Arguing with idiots is making my brain hurt

[Nessafox]

Having Douglas Mann in our driver development program has certainly instant results, our drivers retire faster than ever before
Valsattis does quite well and is fast, and Megumi's self-esteem is just as low as our number of points. Something needs to happen, quick, so we will hire the services of someone who claims he knows how to get a car to the finish line, Mr. Adrián Campos.

[pasta_maldonado]

That idiot doesn't seem to understand that he has no reason to be arrogant when his most notable achievement is still getting hit in the head. Hermann, please get me some alcohol. Arguing with idiots is making my brain hurt

Pssht. Walik. I've got 5 cratesh of Jagermeishter out back.

[Salamander]

That idiot doesn't seem to understand that he has no reason to be arrogant when his most notable achievement is still getting hit in the head. Hermann, please get me some alcohol. Arguing with idiots is making my brain hurt

Oh yeah? So winning a race in the same equipment as everyone else from 25th on the grid and being involved in a crash, that's nothing, is it? No, that just proves you are useless at judging driver ability. I mean, come on. You hired Douglas Mann. To partner Dan Moreno no less, the guy who, in his first race defending his title, fails to qualify. You cannot make that shite up. And what's that douchebag Kickert done? Got his ass handed to him by Whitechapel before she went off the deep end, and scored a podium for Sauber? Please, I did that back in '94 and that car was even worse. All of your drivers have been either shite, or good but retired at the first possible opportunity. That's goddamn hilarious.

[Aerospeed]

Jeez, the only reason why I didn't qualify in Australia was that the Benetton team hijacked my equipment. And it still baffles me why the F1RGP2C isn't looking at this.

And at least I actually won the title, James.

[Salamander]

Jeez, the only reason why I didn't qualify in Australia was that the Benetton team hijacked my equipment. And it still baffles me why the F1RGP2C isn't looking at this.

And at least I actually won the title, James.

Oh come on, you're still whining about that? You crashed. Because you're shite. The only saboteur that day was you. And the only reason I haven't won the championship is because I haven't had a car capable of it. Until now.

[pasta_maldonado]

Jeez, the only reason why I didn't qualify in Australia was that the Benetton team hijacked my equipment. And it still baffles me why the F1RGP2C isn't looking at this.

And at least I actually won the title, James.

Oh come on, you're still whining about that? You crashed. Because you're shite. The only saboteur that day was you. And the only reason I haven't won the championship is because I haven't had a car capable of it. Until now.

You won't. If a McLaren driver wins the title, it'll be Rory

[Salamander]

Jeez, the only reason why I didn't qualify in Australia was that the Benetton team hijacked my equipment. And it still baffles me why the F1RGP2C isn't looking at this.

And at least I actually won the title, James.

Oh come on, you're still whining about that? You crashed. Because you're shite. The only saboteur that day was you. And the only reason I haven't won the championship is because I haven't had a car capable of it. Until now.

You won't. If a McLaren driver wins the title, it'll be Rory

Wanna bet?

[Phoenix]

I would like to think that James' misfortune is down to bad karma because he talks too much. That's why I prefer to be silent most of the time. Let's be honest, I don't regard myself as a title contender, but I appreciate Hermann Mann's comment.

[pasta_maldonado]

I would like to think that James' misfortune is down to bad karma because he talks too much. That's why I prefer to be silent most of the time. Let's be honest, I don't regard myself as a title contender, but I appreciate Hermann Mann's comment.

I don't doubt you're talent is there Rory, after all you are the son of prolific race-winner and pole-setter Callum McAllister, who of course drove for the legendary Williams team. With James, the talent is hard to see because it is so obscured by arrogance and egotistical statements.

[Salamander]

I would like to think that James' misfortune is down to bad karma because he talks too much. That's why I prefer to be silent most of the time. Let's be honest, I don't regard myself as a title contender, but I appreciate Hermann Mann's comment.

I don't doubt you're talent is there Rory, after all you are the son of prolific race-winner and pole-setter Callum McAllister, who of course drove for the legendary Williams team. With James, the talent is hard to see because it is so obscured by arrogance and egotistical statements.

Words are words, shite for brains. My racing speaks for itself.

[pasta_maldonado]

I would like to think that James' misfortune is down to bad karma because he talks too much. That's why I prefer to be silent most of the time. Let's be honest, I don't regard myself as a title contender, but I appreciate Hermann Mann's comment.

I don't doubt you're talent is there Rory, after all you are the son of prolific race-winner and pole-setter Callum McAllister, who of course drove for the legendary Williams team. With James, the talent is hard to see because it is so obscured by arrogance and egotistical statements.

Words are words, shite for brains. My racing speaks for itself.

Yet you fail to grasp that I complimented your talent James. Maybe if you weren't such a douchebag off the track maybe people would take you more seriously.

[Salamander]

I would like to think that James' misfortune is down to bad karma because he talks too much. That's why I prefer to be silent most of the time. Let's be honest, I don't regard myself as a title contender, but I appreciate Hermann Mann's comment.

I don't doubt you're talent is there Rory, after all you are the son of prolific race-winner and pole-setter Callum McAllister, who of course drove for the legendary Williams team. With James, the talent is hard to see because it is so obscured by arrogance and egotistical statements.

Words are words, shite for brains. My racing speaks for itself.

Yet you fail to grasp that I complimented your talent James. Maybe if you weren't such a douchebag off the track maybe people would take you more seriously.

Whatever. I'm done wasting my time with you losers.

[Aerospeed]

Yesh, I have better things to do than to argue with people who don't have a clue on how to be, at the very least, rational. Good day

[tristan1117]

Alright, I hope we're all role playing here because this is getting quite nasty. Therefore, Tristan Jung has enforced a "cone of silence" to keep the sport in good repute. No driver/seatholder comments until the race review is posted please.

[Salamander]

Alright, I hope we're all role playing here because this is getting quite nasty. Therefore, Tristan Jung has enforced a "cone of silence" to keep the sport in good repute. No driver/seatholder comments until the race review is posted please.

Fair enough. For my part, I took none of that seriously, and, for the record, James Davies is a complete and utter douche. That's the entire point of his character. I was just having fun with him there.

[pasta_maldonado]

Alright, I hope we're all role playing here because this is getting quite nasty. Therefore, Tristan Jung has enforced a "cone of silence" to keep the sport in good repute. No driver/seatholder comments until the race review is posted please.

Fair enough. For my part, I took none of that seriously, and, for the record, James Davies is a complete and utter douche. That's the entire point of his character. I was just having fun with him there.

I too was in character. Mr.Mann can't stand douches

[Aerospeed]

For the record, I hold no grudges against anyone in any way, and, to be frankly honest, I actually enjoyed that. Personally I can't wait for the next race.

[Phoenix]

I'm usually too busy chasing skirt and helping the team to argue with people.