F1RWRS -- 2015 Season - ROTY voting!!!

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 27 Oct 2012, 03:26

Nicolas Steele wrote:Rockingham is a fun course, the British round should be held there. Or maybe it can hold the European GP there... Anyways, obviously the car felt good but I am becoming very worried that the car will not live up to championship expectations due to it's reliability.

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 27 Oct 2012, 11:06

Autosport wrote:Jones hails "perfect" test

Sammy Jones was delighted this evening following the F1RWRS test session at Rockingham where three of his four drivers finished within the top 5 fastest times. Jones himself drove alongside regular teammate Vantini, and junior driver Terry Hawkin who currently competes in the F2RWRS. Jack Christopherson also made an appearance in the car, but with his age and slow times confirming his declining form, it seems unlikely that the team will retain him as a test driver after 2015. Jones however was delighted with his team's performance,

"The boys have done an excellent job today, and myself, Rosco and Terry have set some very competitive times that confirm just how strong we are against our nearest competitors, that is Aeroracing and Kamaha. We are confident that on a good day we can take the fight to MRT and DGN, and push on and challenge for both titles. The season is still only three races old, there's still a long way to go, and I think everyone in the team believes that we have the ability to be the very best in this series."

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 27 Oct 2012, 11:33

F1RWRS 2015 - Round 4 - Monaco GP - Monaco

Weather condition: Dry all weekend

PRE-QUALIFYING

1.Ben Fleet (Alitalia) -- 1.23.298
2.David Koczo (Alitalia) -- 1.23.547 (+0.249)
3.Hagane Shizuka (Revolution) -- 1.23.677 (+0.379)
4.Jean Luc Schiller (Mecha) -- 1.24.382 (+1.084)
5.Nathan Scott (Tropico) -- 1.24.545 (+1.247)
6.Steven Mackintosh (Mecha) -- 1.24.679 (+1.381)
7.Nathanael Spencer (Boxtel) -- 1.24.764 (+1.466)
8.Kay Lon (Prospec) -- 1.24.976 (+1.678)
9.Mitchell Macklin (Simpson) -- 1.25.551 (+2.253)
10.Daniel Melrose (Simpson) -- 1.25.556 (+2.258)
11.Andrea Battani (Boxtel) -- 1.25.638 (+2.340)
12.Miko Fakkinen (Autodynamics) -- 1.25.687 (+2.389)
13.Marie Simon (Revolution) -- 1.29.685 (+6.387)
14.Fredo Mestolio (Prospec) -- 1.31.110 (+7.812)
15.Tomislaw Tajner (Dofasco) -- 1.34.705 (+11.407)
16.Darren Older Jr (Tropico) -- 1.35.331 (+12.033)
17.Damon Cannon (Autodynamics) -- 1.36.671 (+13.373)
18.Markus van de Schoot (Dofasco) -- 1.36.755 (+13.457)

** Alitalia will skip Pre-Q at Round 5

QUALIFYING

** Sunshine will run in Pre-Q at Round 5

RACE

There isn't a lot to tell in terms of fight for the win. Aeroracing looked like the strongest team this weekend. Pippa Mann took the lead as soon as Martin McFry retired early on Lap 3, from then on, it looked that the win would be for an Aeroracing driver as she was backed up by the best version of The Stig, that was, until Pippa's car expired and Dagnall was able to get rid of Vantini during the first round of stops; Dagnall cleverly chose a 2 stop strategy and when the Jones car got out of the way, he started to put an amazing string of laps to cut the 40 secs gap to the Aeroracing cars. He would have won solely on strategy, but things went even easier for him as The Stig retired when he was about to catch him and from then on the race was done, specially having in count the weak wekend experienced by MRT, saved by a good second half of the race by Rhys Davies in the only moment of the weekend in which he looked like the championship leader, he suffered a brakes problem and even with that was able to drive fast enough to secure 4th place.
Behind the winning driver, a very nice battle slowly developed for 2nd as Bosevic chose a two stop strategy against three by Vantini and de Bock, the croat seems in love with Monaco and raced fantastically this weekend, it's a pity that a rare water leak failure in the Arrowtech left him without 6 well deserved points, which instead went to Thomas de Bock, who demonstrated he's as solid as Gillet drivers use to when they have a capable car and went for everything from the first corner. Vantini wasn't as fast as in other tracks, but he continues his progression and is becoming quickly used to the podium ceremony, without a doubt he's being one of the highlights of the championship. Behind, Barii Mori showed the Kamaha is still fast and a good weapon whenever it holds on until the finish line. Other good races came from Frank Zimmer, Andrea Battani, and Steven Mackintosh, who could finish the first race of the year for the Mecha team. Neuberg and Mignolet weekends also finished too early when they were looking good enough for a couple of points.

On the negative side we have first Aurelien Moll and Sammy Jones, who were way behind their teammates, also Ashley Watkinson and Saeed Al Faisal didn't look too good, while the problems suffered by both Alitalia drivers early in the race meant they only could cruise to the finish. Ben Fleet lost a lot of time to get the rear wing repaired after being hit in the first lap and Koczo suffered an electrical problem which left him at the tail of the group, also very bad weekend for non-qualifier Poppy Whitechapel, who has already departed HRT when this lines are written and finally, the worst weekend came from Sunshine. It's not only that the car isn't fast enough (it looks certainly solid on the hands of James Davies), but Shinobu Katayama weekend was disgustingly bad, she could only qualify 24th, retired with a puncture when she could have reached the pitlane, and then punched her boss after the race, being discarded by her team inmediately afterwards. Everything has gone downhill for her since Sunshine changed management last year and in Monaco the final chapter of her stay at the Japanese team ended bitterly.

ROTR -- Shinobu Katayama; Dismal weekend at her come back showed a distinctive lack of motivation and the atmosphere she's created at Sunshine developed into the sad happenings after the race. She doesn't deserve a place in the sport.
DOTR -- Barii Mori; Started in the midfield and a good strategy and a safe pair of hands made him land the first finish and points for Kamaha this season.

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

Drivers

1.Mark Dagnall -- 26 pts
2.Rhys Davies -- 23 pts
3.Rosco Vantini -- 13 pts
4.Thomas de Bock -- 11 pts
5.Sammy Jones -- 7 pts
6.Phillippe Nicolas -- 6 pts
7.Ron Mignolet -- 4 pts
=.The Stig -- 4 pts
9.Andrea Battani -- 2 pts
=.Aurelien Moll -- 2 pts
=.Barii Mori -- 2 pts
12.Mirko Bosevic -- 1 pt
=.Douglas Mann -- 1 pt
=.Martin McFry -- 1 pt
=.Frank Zimmer -- 1 pt

Teams

1.DGNgineering -- 30 pts
2.MRT -- 29 pts
3.Jones -- 20 pts
4.Gillet -- 13 pts
5.Aeroracing -- 4 pts
6.Boxtel -- 2 pts
=.Foxdale -- 2 pts
=.Kamaha -- 2 pts
9.Arrowtech -- 1 pt
10.HRT -- 1 pt

McFry gets the lead at the start

Dagnall was stuck behind Vantini's car many laps

The later part of the race showed a great fight for minor points between Mori, Zimmer and Battani

Dagnall crossing the finish line

Post by **Nuppiz** » 27 Oct 2012, 11:39

Nurmester actually being useful for once? :shock:

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 27 Oct 2012, 11:40

Aerond wrote:** Race to be held on Sunday 28th October after the India GP finishes on TV.

Since I'll probably end up missing the race, will the results be up by Monday morning EDST?

Nuppiz wrote:Nurmester actually being useful for once?

I'm just as shocked as you are. Too bad neither of the JLD drivers will have much of a career after this weekend considering what Lappy's told me about the Monaco F3RWRS race so far.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 27 Oct 2012, 11:57

Wizzie wrote:I'm just as shocked as you are. Too bad neither of the JLD drivers will have much of a career after this weekend considering what Lappy's told me about the Monaco F3RWRS race so far.

Damn, I guess I should've accepted that offer to drive for Jones in F2RWRS, at least then Nurmester could've a valid excuse for his antics...

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 27 Oct 2012, 12:12

Pre-Qualifying results up

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 27 Oct 2012, 12:24

Now what the bathplug was that Cannon. And I didn't expect that from Mecha.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 27 Oct 2012, 12:24

Daniel Melrose wrote:Screw this crap, I'm off to the casino right now *Heads off to Casino Square*

On a more serious note, I assume Alitalia escape pre-qualifying for the next race, correct?

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 27 Oct 2012, 12:26

For bathplugs sake.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 27 Oct 2012, 13:15

Kay Lon wrote:Oh, bathplugging hell, you maggots just had to appear right now, didn't you? If you want excuses go to that idiot Fredo. He had to do ONE simple job: NOT BATHPLUG IT UP! Guess what he does? BATHPLUG IT UP! Oh HWNSNBM, what did I do to deserve this? BATHPLUG THIS COMPANY! AND BATHPLUG YOU, INTERVIEW'S OVER!

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 27 Oct 2012, 13:39

Kollin Holles wrote:What the hell Andrea? Why is Spencer always better then you in pre-quali?

Post by **Londoner** » 27 Oct 2012, 13:49

Damon Cannon wrote:What the bathplug happened there, I'll never know.

2500th post...

Warren Hughes · Post by **Warren Hughes** » 27 Oct 2012, 14:30

Aerond, why's pre-quali so random? And why are the gaps huge?

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 27 Oct 2012, 14:51

Warren Hughes wrote:Aerond, why's pre-quali so random? And why are the gaps huge?

Interestingly, HS was in the top eight 3 out of 4 times, once finishing 9th. I don't think it's that random.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 27 Oct 2012, 15:01

Warren Hughes wrote:Aerond, why's pre-quali so random? And why are the gaps huge?

If Alitalia being 1-2 is "random", that's not really true, actually there is very good reason for it - we have a good chassis and a poor engine, so while we're down on power, our car handles great. Which is pretty much essential at Monaco. We suck at high speed tracks but at slow technical circuits we do ok.

Also, when I glanced and saw an Autodynamics car at the foot of the table, my brain facepalmed itself, thinking Fakkinen had messed up again. Did not expect him to be 11 seconds faster than Cannon at all...

Andrea Sassetti wrote:YES GUYS, YES. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 1-2 IN PREQUALI. With this much pace for sure we can make the race. Great job everyone.

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 27 Oct 2012, 15:08

I suspect the random nature of pre-quali, and the big gaps this time around are due to Aerond running just one 15 minute session, so I'll bet some drivers got traffic or had mechanical problems and were unable to set another realistic time before the session ended. Good to see Mecha qualify though, even if the team boss in a prat!

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 27 Oct 2012, 15:10

Warren Hughes wrote:Aerond, why's pre-quali so random? And why are the gaps huge?

Well, he uses just one session and sometimes in one session cars can run into a GP2 specific problem (which is pretty much unsolvable unless we had 13 teams in prequalifying) so obviously some times are bad. Monaco should be the only track where it happens to this extent, however.

Warren Hughes · Post by **Warren Hughes** » 27 Oct 2012, 15:10

kostas22 wrote:
Warren Hughes wrote:Aerond, why's pre-quali so random? And why are the gaps huge?

If Alitalia being 1-2 is "random", that's not really true, actually there is very good reason for it - we have a good chassis and a poor engine, so while we're down on power, our car handles great. Which is pretty much essential at Monaco. We suck at high speed tracks but at slow technical circuits we do ok.

No, I'm not talking about Alitalia. You do have this thing where you seem to assume everything is about you...

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 27 Oct 2012, 15:22

Warren Hughes wrote:
kostas22 wrote:
Warren Hughes wrote:Aerond, why's pre-quali so random? And why are the gaps huge?

If Alitalia being 1-2 is "random", that's not really true, actually there is very good reason for it - we have a good chassis and a poor engine, so while we're down on power, our car handles great. Which is pretty much essential at Monaco. We suck at high speed tracks but at slow technical circuits we do ok.

No, I'm not talking about Alitalia. You do have this thing where you seem to assume everything is about you...

It is.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 27 Oct 2012, 15:39

Everyone at Mecha GP wrote:YES! YES! YES!

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 27 Oct 2012, 16:51

AndreaModa wrote:I suspect the random nature of pre-quali, and the big gaps this time around are due to Aerond running just one 15 minute session, so I'll bet some drivers got traffic or had mechanical problems and were unable to set another realistic time before the session ended. Good to see Mecha qualify though, even if the team boss in a prat!

Yeah, I think it's down to traffic and sheer bad luck by those drivers affected. This is the only track in the calendar where traffic should be a big issue. In very long tracks such as Spa or Macau some drivers may not even score a time, however.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 27 Oct 2012, 17:58

Race will be held Monday evening instead of Sunday after the India GP.

EDIT: No, it will finally happen after the India GP.

Appart from that, I've left an important message in the F1RTA thread. Please head over there and read: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4650&start=1160#p191586

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 27 Oct 2012, 21:29

Kollin Holles wrote:What the hell Andrea? Why is Spencer always better then you in pre-quali?

Andrea Battani wrote:How come you are not asking why I am faster in the race? We passed PQ, and that is important.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 27 Oct 2012, 22:33

Kollin Holles wrote:What the hell Andrea? Why is Spencer always better then you in pre-quali?

Andrea Battani wrote:How come you are not asking why I am faster in the race? We passed PQ, and that is important.

Kollin Holles wrote:It's no problem, it's just weird that Spencer has out-qualified you in every pre-qualifying session but you've outqualified him in every single qualifying session.

EDIT: 2000 Posts!

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 27 Oct 2012, 22:46

Aerond wrote:Race will be held Monday evening instead of Sunday after the India GP.

EDIT: No, it will finally happen after the India GP.

Appart from that, I've left an important message in the F1RTA thread. Please head over there and read: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4650&start=1160#p191586

So you mean around tomorrow late morning/midday European time?

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 28 Oct 2012, 00:24

AndreaModa wrote:
Aerond wrote:Race will be held Monday evening instead of Sunday after the India GP.

EDIT: No, it will finally happen after the India GP.

Appart from that, I've left an important message in the F1RTA thread. Please head over there and read: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4650&start=1160#p191586

So you mean around tomorrow late morning/midday European time?

Yes.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 28 Oct 2012, 02:35

Qualifying results up

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 28 Oct 2012, 02:42

So how much of MRT's shocking result down to traffic?

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 28 Oct 2012, 02:47

Wizzie wrote:So how much of MRT's shocking result down to traffic?

Seems genuine since Nicolas time was similar from one session to the other.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 28 Oct 2012, 02:53

Aerond wrote:
Wizzie wrote:So how much of MRT's shocking result down to traffic?

Seems genuine since Nicolas time was similar from one session to the other.

Rumour has it that Mad Uncle Melrose has just been thrown out of the Casino after trashing one of the slot machines upon hearing the qualifying results. Yes, he has been there since Thursday morning after Pre-Qualifying.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 28 Oct 2012, 03:02

Excuse me while I write the first half of Al Faisal's pink slip...

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 28 Oct 2012, 03:06

JeremyMcClean wrote:Excuse me while I write the first half of Al Faisal's pink slip...

Since Dean O'Lauchlan's been effectively given his marching orders from Autodynamics, you can hire that clown to replaice Al Faisal if you want.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 28 Oct 2012, 04:07

Kollin Holles wrote:What the hell Andrea? Why is Spencer always better then you in pre-quali?

Andrea Battani wrote:How come you are not asking why I am faster in the race? We passed PQ, and that is important.

Kollin Holles after pre-qualifying wrote:It's no problem, it's just weird that Spencer has out-qualified you in every pre-qualifying session but you've outqualified him in every single qualifying session.

Kollin Holles, after qualifying wrote:Now that Spencer has failed to qualify for tomorrow's race, it is now confirmed that he will be replaced by Jari Kekkonen for the North American rounds of the championship.

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 28 Oct 2012, 05:50

Aerond wrote:** Sunshine will run in Pre-Q at Round 5

Rumours ahoy

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 28 Oct 2012, 06:09

Shizuka wrote:
Aerond wrote:** Sunshine will run in Pre-Q at Round 5

Rumours ahoy

Kay Lon to start running his mouth about how Sunshine are shite without him in 3, 2, 1...

Seriously though, this team is using effectively the same engine as the MRTs are and yet they're doing sod all with it.

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 28 Oct 2012, 07:27

...

Any volunteers for the second HRT seat?

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 28 Oct 2012, 09:36

David Neuberg there, yet again showing everyone he's a talent.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 28 Oct 2012, 11:04

Aerond wrote:** Sunshine will run in Pre-Q at Round 5

James Davies wrote:NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooo!! NO! NO! NOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

James Davies, several hours later wrote:oooo... this sucks. Okay, does anybody want to hire me for next season? Preferably someone who won't have to face pre-qualifying? I'll drive for cheap...

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 28 Oct 2012, 11:07

Here's hoping the Monaco GP will be far more exciting than the Indian Race just then