F2RWRS - The feeder category of the F1RWRS

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 01 Dec 2012, 23:12

Wizzie wrote:From memory, I believe Salamander's first on the list and Pasta's second. Considering what's gone down in the RoLFS, Hydook's slot may become available

This is F2RWRS, wasn't I first

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 01 Dec 2012, 23:18

eurobrun wrote:
Wizzie wrote:From memory, I believe Salamander's first on the list and Pasta's second. Considering what's gone down in the RoLFS, Hydook's slot may become available

This is F2RWRS, wasn't I first

You've already got slot 15 for next year.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 01 Dec 2012, 23:43

OK, thanks. Red Bull World Race Team will expand in 2016

Semi related question: Is it possible to retcon the storyline RBWRT to make them British. It fits in better with the Autodynamics storyline I plan to write one day.

Post by **Ataxia** » 01 Dec 2012, 23:51

I forgot to ask; are Fusion on the F2 list?

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 02 Dec 2012, 00:04

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:I forgot to ask; are Fusion on the F2 list?

You're currently behind Pasta on the list but ahead of FMecha

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 02 Dec 2012, 03:40

Qualifying results are now up on the previous page. The race probably won't be run for a few days though, unless you guys don't mind not watching it live.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 02 Dec 2012, 19:05

Wizzie wrote:
BlindCaveSalamander wrote:
Wizzie wrote:From memory, I believe Salamander's first on the list and Pasta's second. Considering what's gone down in the RoLFS, Hydook's slot may become available

Isn't that just for F1RWRS though?

Probably is, actually. Might have got you and Nuppiz mixed up. Either that or Pasta is indeed first in the queue

I've never joined the F2RWRS waiting list, so I guess it's the latter one indeed.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 03 Dec 2012, 06:44

I've figured that the first possible opportunity for me to run the race will be 8am on Saturday morning EDST if I want to run it live for the European and American members. If you guys want it to be run earlier, I can do it on Wednesday afternoon but that'll mean it'll only be live to the few Australians who'll be online at that time.

And while I can still remember anything, I'd like to know from Pointrox as to what he'll be doing with the team sometime before the end of the season.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 07 Dec 2012, 20:32

Race start is now less than 30 minutes away on the F1R mibbet chatroom

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 07 Dec 2012, 23:23

Autosport wrote:Huge brawl after British GP
In the aftermath of the British F2RWRS Grand Prix today two teams have been involved in a large brawl in the pit lane. The Holden Young Lions and Aston Martin Motor Racing teams became involved in the altercation which started with a few laps to run. Young Lions staff were seen running up the pit lane shortly after former driver and current Aston driver Tommy Nash spun. His mastake dropped him to eighth, and put Gillet's Jean-Vincent Albertini into 7th, which ensured HRT would remain in pre-qualfying for the next three races. Initially the Young Lions crew stayed near the garage and shouted at Aston members, until Nash returned to the pits after the race. Several members of the Young Lions team, which is reported to have included driver Carter Simpson, immediately rushed at his car, but were held back long enough for Nash to escape the car. Some members of both teams then started to throw punches, and from there it devolved into an all out brawl. Eventually the fight, having gone on for five minutes, was stopped by track officials and members of the neighbouring Licor Beirao Portugal team. There are few reports on the condition of those involved in the fight, but it is believed that several members of both teams were taken to the medical centre with some injuries. At the present time, few have been available for comment, including Aston team principal Brett Johnson, Young Lions team princpal Garry Rogers, or head steward Tom Douglas.
More to follow.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 08 Dec 2012, 00:18

Tommy Nash, with a black eye wrote:Well, the spin was just a careless error on my part and nothing intentional. As for the brawl, I just wish the folks at Holden would be a bit more professional the next time someone leaves their team.

Brett Johnson, with a broken nose and a bandage on his head wrote:THEY WILL PAY FOR THIS! THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN TO TREAT TOMMY BETTER! AND THEN THEY FIGHT LIKE CHILDREN WHEN THEY LOSE! ITS NOT MY FAULT THAT TOMMY JOINED US! IT WAS THEM WHO MADE THEM A BAD CAR! THEY ARE STUPID IMMATURE SORE LOSERS! THEY SHOULD BE BANNED FOR THE YEAR! YOU HEAR ME? THE YEAR!

Autosport wrote:Aston Martin files protest against GRM Young Lions
The Aston Martin team has filed a protest against the GRM Holden Young Lions and Carter Simpson after the teams were involved in a post-race brawl. It was believed to have been started after Tommy Nash, a former member of the Holden Young Lions, left the team and joined Aston Martin, then drove up to 4th place in the race before dropping back to 8th, putting Holden in Pre-Qualifying. The protest calls for the team to be "fined a considerably high amount and the possibility of being excluded for at least two races, due to the teams' obvious lack of sportsmanship." Brett Johnson was unavailable, but a representative was available for comment, saying that all the workers who were injured in the incident are now "recovering well, though they are still rather quite pissed at the team." GRM boss Garry Rogers was unavailable for comment.

Meanwhile, shortly after the race, Marchesi celebrated his win so hard he broke the forum getting a MySQL error.
No, I am not kidding.

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 08 Dec 2012, 00:30

Garry Rogers wrote:You idiots. Do you know how much you've cost me?

John Zimmer wrote:This is ridiculous. It's one thing for a driver to tear up a contract, it's another when he deliberately spins. We'd been watching Nash carefully, and there was nothing to suggest he would spin out, right up until he did. He even waited just long enough for Albertini to go past. This is ridiculous and I expect the stewards to look into it and Nash's pathetic behaviour. I would expect this of a certain Welshman, not a team that competes in a friggen junior category.

Carter Simpson wrote:Ha, serves you right you f-

Rhys Davies wrote:Woah woah woah, we don't you getting into any trouble here. If anyone asks, you were with me the entire time.

Carter Simpson wrote:But I was with you, you led the-

Rhys Davies wrote:Shut it!

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 08 Dec 2012, 02:14

Tom Douglas wrote:It never ceases to amaze me about some of the stuff that you clowns get up to. I talked to Theo a few minutes ago about it and it has been decided that the Holden Racing Team has been fined $75 000 for their involvement in the brawl in pit lane. We also investigated the claims that Nash spun on purpose and after much deliberation, we eventually concluded that Nash's spin was unintentional and caused mainly by the heavily worn tyres he was on late in the race.

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 08 Dec 2012, 02:23

Tom Douglas wrote:It never ceases to amaze me about some of the stuff that you clowns get up to. I talked to Theo a few minutes ago about it and it has been decided that the Holden Racing Team has been fined $75 000 for their involvement in the brawl in pit lane. We also investigated the claims that Nash spun on purpose and after much deliberation, we eventually concluded that Nash's spin was unintentional and caused mainly by the heavily worn tyres he was on late in the race.

John Zimmer wrote:Bull. shite. Tom, you're a former driver. You know full well that tyres don't suddenly fall off a cliff in the space of one corner. Nash was fine the entire time, he just doesn't have the talent to stay ahead of Kazama and the like.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 08 Dec 2012, 03:49

Anyways, onto the race review

2015 F2RWRS Sainsbury British Grand Prix - Race

Positives

Alberto Cara - There was no doubt this afternoon that Cara was absolutely on fire and well on his way to resurrecting his faltering title challenge. And with Michael Cameron having a shocking race and Tomo Kazama stranded at the back of the grid, he seemed like he could achieve just that. However, it was not to be as the Beirao sprung a water leak later in the race, putting him now over two race victories behind leader Kazama, and with a whole load of work to do along with the other serious title contenders to even have a hope of closing down the gap.

Alessandro Marchesi - Apart from one spin on the outlap from his first stop, the Italian was absolutely flawless as he muscled his way through the midfield in the early laps to be third behind only Cara and Andrej Kremnicky, and even then, that didn't stop him getting ahead of the Slovakian when he made an error at turn 1. Once Kremnicky's brakes failed and Cara retired however, it all became academic as Marchesi cleared away to score his first career victory, and MRT's first win for the year.

Marco Bizzarri - He may have been given well over a month's notice that his services would be required but even so, stepping back into an F2RWRS car for the first time since Indianapolis last year was no easy feat, especially when he was doing it from 21st on the grid. Not that it stopped him trying however as he benefitted the most from Michael Cameron losing his head on the first lap to gain a mammoth 12 positions, after which he kept chipping away before an eventual second place finish behind the rampaging Marchesi.

Tomo Kazama - It was a case of the Great Escape for our championship leader as after starting 18th, she salvaged an unlikely podium and snared home with fastest lap, simply through Aston Martin's fantastic call to put both their cars on one-stop strategies and through keeping a clear head. Even more miraculously, she walked away from Britain still in the lead of the championship with not one of her major contenders scoring any points at all.

Josh Carlisle/Dave Anderson - It's fairly easy to do this duo together as they spent most of the afternoon basically attached by an elastic band. Both of them survived the chaos unscathed to be well in contention for big results, which they eventually got as both equaled their career-best results with Anderson leading home the leading Brit.

Negatives

Jones Racing - Sammy Jones' team arrived in Britain hoping to put the disappointment of France behind them. Instead, their year just went from bad to worse when Shioya took all of two laps to have his first major error off the afternoon. After an early pitstop for a loose where, Shioya achieved a grand total of sod-all for the rest of the race as he only proved to be an annoyance for the leaders after that point. Terry Hawkin meanwhile went up and down the field like a yo-yo after getting involved in many fierce battles in the midfield. He eventually made his way back into the points before the transmission failed with three laps to go.

Michael Robertson - While Marchesi in the other MRT was too busy winning up front, Robertson had an absolutely pathetic showing in the sister MRT, spending all race looking nowhere near like scoring points. The humiliation was complete when he got overtaken late in the race by Alexey Buyvolov in the sole remaining Dofasco and came within a few seconds of being lapped by his teammate by race end.

Michael Cameron - Michael Cameron entered the race with an enormous opportunity to take the championship lead back from Tomo Kazama with the Japanese driver stuck well in the field. Instead, Cameron lost his head and was single-handedly responsible for the first lap chaos, which nearly eliminated all of the top four on the grid in an instant. Having been relegated back to the midfield, Cameron proceeded to be useless before his race came to a merciful early end when he and Laurent Seron collided at the back of the field

Johannes Rueckert - If Michael Cameron was responsible for the first lap chaos, then Rueckert was single-handedly responsible for pretty much all the chaos that followed. After helping to punt Pascal off the road on lap one, Rueckert proceeded to hit pretty much anything that moved, and then exploring every runoff area in Britain when he got bored of hitting stuff. For an a-grade display in sheer muppetry, Johannes Rueckert walked away with the coveted Reject of the Race award, and a looming investigation for his driving on track.

Results
1. A. Marchesi (MRT-BMW): 1h 03m 16.535
2. M. Bizzarri (Alitalia-Lancia): +27.785
3. T. Kazama (Aston Martin): +29.416
4. D. Anderson (Simpson-BMW): +45.614
5. J. Carlisle (Falik-BMW): +47.071
6. C. Lopes (Beirao-BMW): +52.043
7. J-V. Albertini (Gillet-BMW): +53.925
8. T. Nash (Aston Martin): +1:10.005
9. W. Lamberigts (Ronden-Lancia): +1:12.008
10. A. Buyvolov (Dofasco-Audi): +1:12.803
11. M. Robertson (MRT-BMW): +1:13.311
12. H. Shoiya (Jones-Aston Martin): +1 LAP
13. J. Rueckert (Hydook-Aston Martin): +1 LAP
14. T. Hawkin (Jones-Aston Martin): +3 LAPS*
DNF. A. Cara (Beirao-BMW): Water Leak
DNF. A. Kremnicky (Alitalia-Lancia): Brakes
DNF. E. Molinaro (Hydook-Aston Martin): Loose Wheel
DNF. G. Pascal (Gillet-BMW): Puncture
DNF. L. Seron (Dofasco-Audi): Collision
DNF. M. Cameron (Simpson-BMW): Collision
DNF. Y. Katayama (Falik-BMW): Collision
DNF. G. Pazzini (RonDen-Zastava): Collision

Pole: A. Cara (Beirao-BMW): 1:18.874
Fastest Lap: T. Kazama (Aston Martin): 1:13.618
Reject of the Race: Johannes Rueckert - Blows golden opportunity to save Hydook from Pre-Q with mindbogging ineptitude
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Marco Bizzarri - Puts in career-best performance in return drive
Leaders: A. Cara: 1-20, 26-36 (Total: 31)
A. Kremnicky 21-25 (Total: 5)
A. Marchesi: 37-50 (Total: 14)

Drivers Championship
1. T. Kazama (Aston Martin): 39 points (1 win, 1 2nd, 2 3rds)
2. M. Cameron (Simpson-BMW): 28 points (2 2nds, 1 3rd)
3. B. van Nieuwenhuijzen (Alitalia-Lancia): 19 points (1 win)
4. A. Marchesi (MRT-BMW): 18 points (1 win, 1 3rd)
5. A. Cara (Beirao-BMW): 17 points (1 win, 1 3rd)
6. W. Lamberigts (RonDen-Zastava): 16 points (1 win)
7. A. Kremnicky (Alitalia-Lancia): 14 points (1 win)
8. T. Hawkin (Jones-Aston Martin): 12 points (1 3rd)
9. J. Carlisle (Falik-BMW): 12 points (Best Result: 2 5ths)
10. D. Anderson (Simpson-BMW): 11 points (Best Result: 2 4ths)
11. C. Simpson (Young Lions-Holden): 10 points (1 2nd)
12. J-V. Albertini (Gillet-BMW): 10 points (1 2nd)
13. Y. Katayama (Falik-BMW): 10 points (Best Result: 2 4ths)
14. M. Bizzarri (Alitalia-Lancia): 8 points (1 2nd)
15. C. Lopes (Beirao-BMW): 6 points (Best Result: 2 6ths)
16. M. Robertson (MRT-BMW): 5 points (Best Result: 1 4th)
17. J. Rueckert (Hydook-Aston Martin): 4 points (Best Result: 1 6th)
18. G. Pazzini (RonDen-Zastava): 3 points (Best Result: 1 6th)
19. E. Molinaro (Hydook-Aston Martin): 2 points (Best Result: 1 7th)
20. T. Nash (Young Lions-Holden/Aston Martin): 1 point (Best Result: 1 8th)
21. D. Greenlaw (MRT-BMW): 1 point (Best Result: 1 12th)

Teams Championship
1. Scuderia Lancia Alitalia: 41 points (2 wins, 1 2nd)
2. Aston Martin Motor Racing: 40 points (1 win, 1 2nd, 2 3rds)
3. Gulf M/Power Simpson Motorsport-BMW: 39 points (2 2nds, 1 3rd)
4. Virgin Melrose Racing Team-BMW: 24 points (1 win, 1 3rd)
5. Licor Beirão Portugal Racing-BMW: 23 points (1 win, 1 3rd)
6. Falik Arrows-BMW: 22 points (Best Result: 2 4ths)
7. RonDen Racing Engineering-Zastava: 19 points (1 win)
8. Castrol Jones Racing-Aston Martin: 12 points (1 3rd)
9. Gillet Ecuire Nationale Belge-BMW: 10 points (1 2nd)
10. GRM Holden Young Lions: 10 points (1 2nd)
11. Hydook Racing Team-Aston Martin: 6 points (Best Result: 1 6th)

Manufacturers Championship
1. Lancia: 56 points (3 wins, 1 2nd, 2 3rds)
2. BMW: 52 points (2 wins, 3 2nds)
3. Aston Martin: 45 points (1 win, 1 2nd, 4 3rds)
4. Holden: 17 points (1 2nd)
5. Audi: 15 points (Best Result: 3 4ths)

On a final note, Gillet have done enough to escape pre-qualifying for the next three races. Hydook Racing Team will drop down to pre-qualifying in their place.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 08 Dec 2012, 03:54

Tom Douglas wrote:It never ceases to amaze me about some of the stuff that you clowns get up to. I talked to Theo a few minutes ago about it and it has been decided that the Holden Racing Team has been fined $75 000 for their involvement in the brawl in pit lane. We also investigated the claims that Nash spun on purpose and after much deliberation, we eventually concluded that Nash's spin was unintentional and caused mainly by the heavily worn tyres he was on late in the race.

John Zimmer wrote:Bull. shite. Tom, you're a former driver. You know full well that tyres don't suddenly fall off a cliff in the space of one corner. Nash was fine the entire time, he just doesn't have the talent to stay ahead of Kazama and the like.

Tom Douglas wrote:He was struggling for tyre wear for many laps before they eventually fell away altogether. In fact, he did an amazing job to stay so high up for so long considering he was well over a second a lap slower than the people around him. Besides, you of all people should know that he was only the latest of a whole line of people who speared off the road at that point. If you want to argue it further, feel free to take it up to Chief Steward Theo and he'll explain it to you.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 08 Dec 2012, 06:15

Andrea Sassetti wrote:It's a shame about Andrej retiring while in the mix for the win, but this aside it's been a good calming weekend for us. Marco has dome a brilliant job coming back to the series and picking up a podium, those points have really helped us in the teams championship. Also, this massive clusterf*** between GRM and AMR has nothing to with us, so for once we're not involved in any kind of controversy, which is a nice thing. The whole team is back in a good place again, and hopefully we can start an assault on the drivers championship in two weeks time.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 08 Dec 2012, 10:22

Crap, both of my drivers in PreQ now...

The Lukas · Post by **The Lukas** » 08 Dec 2012, 12:39

Andrej Kremnicky wrote:f**king brakes, just do not believe it.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 08 Dec 2012, 15:28

Dave Anderson wrote:Well, I'm lucky and delighted again.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 08 Dec 2012, 16:50

Tom Douglas wrote:It never ceases to amaze me about some of the stuff that you clowns get up to. I talked to Theo a few minutes ago about it and it has been decided that the Holden Racing Team has been fined $75 000 for their involvement in the brawl in pit lane. We also investigated the claims that Nash spun on purpose and after much deliberation, we eventually concluded that Nash's spin was unintentional and caused mainly by the heavily worn tyres he was on late in the race.

Tommy Nash, in a slightly better mood wrote:Thank you for stating the blatantly obvious, of course it wasn't intentional. Are we not allowed to take risks in strategy? And besides, why the frick would I want to spin on purpose, costing Aston points? Brett isn't too pleased about that either. If I had things my way I would have given them a probation as well, just so that they don't go beating up the whole paddock. But I think the fine is very fair, and that will learn them not to run around being sore losers.

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 08 Dec 2012, 19:56

John Zimmer wrote:Go beating up the whole paddock? I'm sorry Tommy, but not everyone in the paddock is an obnoxious bathplugger like you. I can't think of any teams that would sink to your level. Except for some revenge...

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 08 Dec 2012, 23:52

Pazzini should really start scoring points now, he gets 2 races to improve, instead i will ask Lancia to give us a new driver.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 08 Dec 2012, 23:56

This wrote:Pazzini should really start scoring points now, he gets 2 races to improve, instead i will ask Lancia to give us a new driver.

Leave the kid alone man. He's just had some shocking luck this year. He got hit by someone at the chicane while running 3rd (from memory it might have either Rueckert or one of the Jones cars) and got stranded on one of the kerbs before Katayama came screaming in and took both of them out of the race.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 09 Dec 2012, 00:12

Wizzie wrote:
This wrote:Pazzini should really start scoring points now, he gets 2 races to improve, instead i will ask Lancia to give us a new driver.

Leave the kid alone man. He's just had some shocking luck this year. He got hit by someone at the chicane while running 3rd (from memory it might have either Rueckert or one of the Jones cars) and got stranded on one of the kerbs before Katayama came screaming in and took both of them out of the race.

Just want to get the guy motivated

He has to make sure to be in a points scoring position when he has bad luck, though. :lol:

Also, i don't know everything that happenned in the race, sorry for not reading everything in details, but the reality is that real team-owners don't do that either.
Additionaly, he has to know that Wouter Lamberigts is obviously the favoured son in this team, and the best thing that he should do is crash out, causing a safety-car from which Lamberigts will benefit.

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 09 Dec 2012, 00:51

Sammy Jones wrote:At this rate, we'll be back in f***ing pre-qualifying. Neither of my drivers, both of whom have the potential to succeed in the F1RWRS, are doing anything like enough to justify that kind of commitment at the present time. Both need to buck up or risk getting the sack, it's as simple as that.

Terry Hawkin wrote:Sorry boss...

Josh Carlisle wrote:I'm happy to get some more points today in my home race, and to be the top Brit in the field is a great honour, even if it's only 5th. We're making good progress as a team, and I'm confident more points finishes and better results will come our way.

Autosport wrote:Jones courting Carlisle again?

Following the F2RWRS British Grand Prix, Sammy Jones was seen in conversation with close friend and understudy Josh Carlisle. Jones' two drivers Terry Hawkin and Hansuke Shioya had dismal races and are having poor seasons in general, in comparison to the Falik Arrows rookie who was lined up for a potential F3RWRS seat with Jones, before getting fired from Jones' RoLFS team, and then signing for Falik Arrows late on in the season. A clause in his contract tied him to the Falik team for 2015 where he saw straight promotion into the F2RWRS and has consistently been scoring points across the year so far. Now it appears that Sammy Jones is assessing whether he can scoop the young Brit out of Falik's grasp and place him in his own F2RWRS team for 2016, as it is widely assumed that Jones will have at least one seat spare next year. His F3RWRS team is in an even greater mess, with Eric Swerts nor rookie Roberto Dinella performing as expected, therefore it is unlikely Jones will look to promote either driver to the F2RWRS, leaving a large gap which Autosport understands Jones wishes to be filled by Carlisle. Neither Jones, Carlisle or Falik Arrows were available for comment.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 09 Dec 2012, 04:56

Johannes Rueckert wrote:Maybe staying in the F2RWRS for an extra year was a mistake. Why do I keep making the worst possible career moves no matter where I go? It's like I'm cursed or something. I'd like to apologize to the team, my fellow drivers and Enrico for my conduct today.

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 09 Dec 2012, 11:08

Prince Falik wrote:Well I feel sorry for Yuka as she was bundled out of the grand prix by the idiotic brain fade of Michael Cameron, why he is not banned for one race, I don't know. Josh Carlisle had a poor qualifying but a loose front wing flap meant he was over and understeering all over the place, the mechanic who forgot to check this is on toilet cleaning duties back at the factory. However he raced like a professional and scored some good points. If Jones would like him back at any time then I would not deny him his own driver, however I am sure Josh would prefer to stay with me for the rest of the season and would think long and hard about next. With several race winning and podium getting drivers under my management, Josh is keen to listen to what I say. We have had long talks through the night and personally, I think next season Josh would be mad not to look at F1RWRS and if Jones does retire at the end of the season to work on his teams, then Josh would be an ideal replacement next to Rosco Vantini.

There have been rumours floating on the internet too, that Jones Racingand Falik Arrows will merge at the end of the season to improve the team as a whole and to merge drivers, but this is completely untrue. Yes, yes, yes

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 14 Dec 2012, 20:17

La Gazzetta Dello Sport wrote:Lancia "confident" of securing new F2RWRS customers in 2016

Lancia, who currently lead the F2RWRS Manufacturers Standings despite having the fewest amount of teams in the series, are using their recent success to persuade teams away from rival manufacturers for next year.

"We were bullish in pre-season for a very good reason," said Mika Salonen, CEO of Lancia Competizione Powertrain. "Lancia have produced the best F2RWRS engine in the history of the series. RonDen had faith in the project, and they have been rewarded with a win, and are also the highest placed new team this year. The results are conclusive; we've built a great package, the best in the series."

"With that in mind, I expect much interest from potential customers leading up to 2016. I remember there was one team in particular, who we entered negotiations with but ended up going elsewhere. They're struggling quite a lot at the moment, and the door is always open for them to make a different choice next time around."

"Also, we'll be honest; we're expecting at least one team to switch alleigances pretty quickly. We've got a nice bonus for whichever team makes the switch first, a perk no amount of money could buy. We can't tell you what it is at the moment, but trust me, it's good. It's game-changing. It's probably going to be the difference between having a good season and a great season next year. We have an ace up our sleeve no-one can manage, but it's single use only - we can't give it to everyone."

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 14 Dec 2012, 20:19

La Gazzetta Dello Sport wrote:Lancia "confident" of securing new F2RWRS customers in 2016

Lancia, who currently lead the F2RWRS Manufacturers Standings despite having the fewest amount of teams in the series, are using their recent success to persuade teams away from rival manufacturers for next year.

"We were bullish in pre-season for a very good reason," said Mika Salonen, CEO of Lancia Competizione Powertrain. "Lancia have produced the best F2RWRS engine in the history of the series. RonDen had faith in the project, and they have been rewarded with a win, and are also the highest placed new team this year. The results are conclusive; we've built a great package, the best in the series."

"With that in mind, I expect much interest from potential customers leading up to 2016. I remember there was one team in particular, who we entered negotiations with but ended up going elsewhere. They're struggling quite a lot at the moment, and the door is always open for them to make a different choice next time around."

"Also, we'll be honest; we're expecting at least one team to switch alleigances pretty quickly. We've got a nice bonus for whichever team makes the switch first, a perk no amount of money could buy. We can't tell you what it is at the moment, but trust me, it's good. It's game-changing. It's probably going to be the difference between having a good season and a great season next year. We have an ace up our sleeve no-one can manage, but it's single use only - we can't give it to everyone."

If Plus One get an entry then we'll be very interested in using Lancia engines..

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 14 Dec 2012, 22:04

Autosport wrote:Prince Falik attempts to register Zytek engines for 2016
Prince Falik has applied to the F2RWRS management to try and get Zytek as a registered engine supplier for 2016, it is known that Zytek who are currently in F3RWRS have built a F2RWRS spec engine which on the dyno is registering a higher bhp rating then the current BMW engines. Apart from Falik Arrows it is hard to see what other teams would use the Zytek engine, however Prince Falik claims that the Zytek engine will be a customer engine designed for the midfield and back of the grid teams budgets and be a reliable and powerful engine.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 17 Dec 2012, 01:24

SRMP wrote:What now, McCracken?

SRMP has overheard rumors that veteran F2RWRS driver Phil McCracken is close to being fired from the Aeroracing Engineering F2RWRS team after a string of failures to prequalify. Although he has been faster than team mate Tanner Jason in two of those three attempts, his age (turning 34 this year) combined to general lack of results has made him rather unwanted in the paddock. Sources close to the team claim that a replacement for McCracken is actively being sought, and he has been given just one more race to prove his worth.

Should McCracken get the sack, he hasn't got a lot of options left. While he has experience from F1RWRS, he never started a race as the Virgin Inter Corse team he drove for failed to prequalify in all of its attempts. As this already happened two seasons ago, this makes him ineligible to go straight back to F1RWRS. No other F2RWRS team is unlikely to sign a veteran like him when they have many younger, more promising drivers waiting in the wings, and his experience makes him completely ineligible for F3RWRS, let alone F1RDS for which he would be too old anyway. Rejects of LFS could be a possibility as he has a single season's worth of experience from there (back when the series was known as F1R LFS Cup), however SRMP is not seeing any slots opening there in the near future.

Where does that leave the Scot at, then? Well, considering his age he should concentrate on getting a Rejects Superlicense as quickly as possible. As all RWRS feeder series are pretty much out of question for him, this leaves him with only four options. The first one is to try gathering enough testing mileage, which is unlikely to happen due to his age. The second one would be to try and enter a F1RWRS non-championship race and finish on the podium, again very unlikely to happen. The third option would be to win the TRRC or REECCS title, but with the first one currently on hold due to the organizer's financial difficulties and the second one being surprisingly competitive, that is an extremely unlikely route.

That leaves McCracken with only viable option: a Stateside trip to the F1RICS series, which despite its independent status is also a way to qualify for a Superlicense. However, even then it would require a top 5 finish in the championship, which could be tough for a complete rookie.

This news story was paid for by Nurminen Management Associates

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 17 Dec 2012, 01:58

SRMP wrote:That leaves McCracken with only viable option: a Stateside trip to the F1RICS series, which despite its independent status is also a way to qualify for a Superlicense. However, even then it would require a top 5 finish in the championship, which could be tough for a complete rookie.

This news story was paid for by Nurminen Management Associates

Salvatore Miccoli is a complete rookie, however he is so very close to winning the title

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 18 Dec 2012, 07:15

2015 F2RWRS DHL German Grand Prix

Pre-Qualifying

A rather entertaining Pre-Qualifying session predated the qualifying session of the F3RWRS on the Thursday morning and with both the F1RWRS Pre-Qualifying in the afternoon and the F1RDS qualifying session running under lights that evening, the fans were in for a fantastic four days of racing. With the track being the one of the most power-dependent apart from Indianapolis and Monza, it was no surprise that HRT made it through quite comfortably. However, joining them will be Kingfisher Racing for the first time this year, relegating the two Audi teams and hometown hero Johannes Rueckert to an early shower.

1. C. Simpson (Young Lions-Holden): 45.562
2. D. Melville (Young Lions-Holden): +0.111
3. M. van der Maeyede (Kingfisher-Holden): +0.147
4. J. Rueckert (Hydook-Aston Martin): +0.283
5. A. Lilly (Kingfisher-Holden): +0.521
6. P. McCracken (Aeroracing-Audi): +0.524
7. L. Seron (Dofasco-Audi): +0.551
8. A. Buyvolov (Dofasco-Audi): +0.600
9. T. Jason (Aeroracing-Audi): +0.720
10. E. Molinaro (Hydook-Aston Martin): +0.732

Qualifying

The 15 minute free-for-all around the tight confines of the Norisring produced an exciting qualifying session as the midfield chopped and changed like a fruit machine as the teams fought for supremacy in the concrete canyon. However, the characteristics of the track meant it was always going to be a Lancia benefit, and so it proved with the two RonDens occupying the front row while Andrej Kremnicky and Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen just behind in 4th and 5th, having been beaten by Alberto Cara. In his first proper hitout in a F2RWRS car, Martin van der Maeyede was the best of the Holden runners in 8th, just ahead of the works GRM of Daniel Melville. Meanwhile, the mad uncle was ripping out his hair at the sight of his two cars stranded at the back of the grid and seemingly powerless to do anything about it, with Robertson beating out Marchesi in the ultimately pointless intra-team battle. Finally, Terry Hawkin earned himself yet another caution for holding up people, with Jean-Vincent Albertini being the victim this time around as the Monegasque driver got held up badly on his final flying lap.

1. W. Lamberigts (RonDen-Lancia): 45.397 (1 point)
2. G. Pazzini (RonDen-Lancia): +0.089
3. A. Cara (Beirao-BMW): +0.151
4. A. Kremnicky (Alitalia-Lancia): +0.176
5. B. van Nieuwenhuijzen (Alitalia-Lancia): +0.229
6. J-V. Albertini (Gillet-BMW): +0.270
7. Y. Katayama (Falik-BMW): +0.281
8. M. van der Maeyede (Kingfisher-Holden): +0.302
9. D. Melville (GRM-Holden): +0.310
10. G. Pascal (Gillet-BMW): +0.331
11. M. Cameron (Simpson-BMW): +0.396
12. T. Kazama (Aston Martin): +0.443
13. T. Hawkin (Jones-Aston Martin): +0.429
14. T. Nash (Aston Martin): +0.470
15. C. Simpson (GRM-Holden): +0.495
16. J. Carlisle (Falik-BMW): +0.508
17. H. Shioya (Jones-Aston Martin): +0.513
18. C. Lopes (Beirao-BMW): +0.521
19. A. Lilly (Kingfisher-Holden): +0.600
20. D. Anderson (Simpson-BMW): +0.643
21. M. Robertson (MRT-BMW): +0.665
22. A. Marchesi (MRT-BMW): +0.871

The race will hopefully held at some time 5am EDST because Aerond has forced me to take extreme measures to get the race done whilst still showing it live to you guys. If I don't wake up in time, it'll be at about 1pm EDST.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 18 Dec 2012, 08:25

Nurminen's reaction to the PreQ results:

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 18 Dec 2012, 12:30

Can I get on the waiting list for a new team? Thanks. Also, if anyone wants to sign Rueckert, they are free to do so. If I could sack Molinaro and bring in an F3RWRS talent, I would.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 18 Dec 2012, 13:03

Nuppiz wrote:Nurminen's reaction to the PreQ results:

I told you Molinaro was total garbage...I pulled a fast one offloading him onto you

Even though McCracken has gone faster than Tanner Jason again, I still think it's the Scot who'll get the chop first...

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 18 Dec 2012, 13:21

kostas22 wrote:
Nuppiz wrote:Nurminen's reaction to the PreQ results:

I told you Molinaro was total garbage...I pulled a fast one offloading him onto you

Even though McCracken has gone faster than Tanner Jason again, I still think it's the Scot who'll get the chop first...

The Scot has already been given the chop :lol:

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 18 Dec 2012, 17:59

Race start is now five minutes away on the Official F1 Rejects chatroom
EDIT:http://client02.chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.mibbit.net&channel=%23F1Rejects

Yes, it is indeed 5 in the morning over in Aussieland but since I got a horrible night's sleep anyway, it doesn't matter too much.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 19 Dec 2012, 03:04

By the way, whatever happened to doing commentary with video highlights? I would like very much to shout Italian obscenities at my drivers if they screw up while doing the race coverage :mrgreen:

Crazy Italian Commentator Mode wrote:CHE DIAVOLO STA FACENDO PAZZINI??? SPOSTARI DAI COGLIONI LA STRADA!!!