F1 Management Series 1997 - Jerez - The Finale!

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 02 Aug 2013, 23:04

Prost will test grip at Barcelona and reliability at Estoril

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 02 Aug 2013, 23:16

Here is Sauber's test schedule:

Silverstone ---> Grip
Estoril ---> Reliability

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 03 Aug 2013, 15:27

Minardi would like to offer Coulthard 2.000.000 for a race driver seat, with McNish becoming test driver.

Minardi will focus on grip in Estoril and top speed in Barcelona.

KL-racer · Post by **KL-racer** » 03 Aug 2013, 19:45

tyrrell will focus on reliaiblity at barcelona and focus on top speed at Sliverstone

Post by **Ataxia** » 03 Aug 2013, 20:13

pi314159 wrote:Minardi would like to offer Coulthard 2.000.000 for a race driver seat, with McNish becoming test driver.

Minardi will focus on grip in Estoril and top speed in Barcelona.

1-10: signs for Minardi for £2m
11-20: asks Minardi for £5m
21-40: asks Minardi for £8m
41-100: rejects offer, does a year in CART.

The number is...76! Coulthard rejects Minardi's offer and moves to CART for 1997 to keep his foot in the door.

andrew · Post by **andrew** » 03 Aug 2013, 20:26

Barcelona: Grip
Silverstone :Top speed

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 03 Aug 2013, 22:31

Ataxia wrote:
pi314159 wrote:Minardi would like to offer Coulthard 2.000.000 for a race driver seat, with McNish becoming test driver.

Minardi will focus on grip in Estoril and top speed in Barcelona.

1-10: signs for Minardi for £2m
11-20: asks Minardi for £5m
21-40: asks Minardi for £8m
41-100: rejects offer, does a year in CART.

The number is...76! Coulthard rejects Minardi's offer and moves to CART for 1997 to keep his foot in the door.

Arrows may be in touch with DC for a few races later in the season depending on how our current drivers go.

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 03 Aug 2013, 22:44

I'll offer Larini 1 million then for a race driver seat.

Post by **Ataxia** » 03 Aug 2013, 23:51

pi314159 wrote:I'll offer Larini 1 million then for a race driver seat.

As Larini has Ferrari ties and is offered his asking price, he agrees. This completes the grid.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 04 Aug 2013, 00:15

Benettons testing plans

Silverstone: Reliability
Barcelona: Grip

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 04 Aug 2013, 02:45

Ferrari will be testing at Jerez and Barcelona with Top Speed and Reliability emphasized, respectively.

Post by **Ataxia** » 06 Aug 2013, 16:46

I have testing plans for everyone except Williams. I'll need them by Friday, as I plan to run the sessions on the weekend.

Ferrarist · Post by **Ferrarist** » 06 Aug 2013, 18:10

Whoops, sorry for being late.

Williams will focus on top speed in Silverstone, while grip will be taken care of at Estoril.

Post by **Ataxia** » 08 Aug 2013, 23:12

Jerez Test - 1997

Only Ferrari and newcomers Lola and Stefan elected to take cars to Jerez.

1. Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) 1:22.356
2. Olivier Panis (Ferrari) +0.563
3. Gianni Morbidelli (Ferrari) +1.120
4. Damon Hill (Lola-Ford) +1.767
5. Jan Magnussen (Stefan-Ford) +2.008
6. Pedro Diniz (Stefan-Ford) +2.116
7. Pedro Lamy (Lola-Ford) +2.365
8. Andrea Montermini (Stefan-Ford) +2.667
9. Tarso Marques (Lola-Ford) +2.827

Post by **Ataxia** » 09 Aug 2013, 11:47

Silverstone Test - 1997

Many teams elected to join the test at Silverstone, as the place is what most British teams call home. Sauber and Jordan appeared to have impressive pace from their main drivers as Damon Hill continued to show the added value he brings to the fledgling Lola team. Montermini only drove in the morning, as his car was plagued by electrical issues.

1. Mika Hakkinen (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:24.193
2. Rubens Barrichello (Williams-Renault) +0.300
3. Jean Alesi (Williams-Renault) +0.587
4. Alexander Wurz (Jordan-Peugeot) +0.900
5. Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Benetton-Renault) +0.903
6. Gerhard Berger (Sauber-Yamaha) +1.003
7. Greg Moore (McLaren-Mercedes) +1.055
8. Johnny Herbert (Jordan-Peugeot) +1.153
9. Ralf Schumacher (Sauber-Yamaha) +1.231
10. Eddie Irvine (Benetton-Renault) +1.327
11. Mika Salo (Arrows-Yamaha) +1.475
12. Jarno Trulli (Stewart-Ford) +1.520
13. Nick Heidfeld (McLaren-Mercedes) +1.631
14. Ricardo Zonta (Williams-Renault) +1.685
15. Jos Verstappen (Stewart-Ford) +1.931
16. Ukyo Katayama (Benetton-Renault) +2.052
17. Kenny Brack (Tyrrell-Peugeot) +2.097
18. Vincenzo Sospiri (Jordan-Peugeot) +2.151
19. Luca Badoer (Stewart-Ford) +2.178
20. Toranosuke Takagi (Arrows-Yamaha) +2.196
21. Tom Kristensen (Tyrrell-Peugeot) +2.208
22. Damon Hill (Lola-Ford) +2.255
23. Norberto Fontana (Tyrrell-Peugeot) +2.296
24. Jan Magnussen (Stefan-Ford) +2.303
25. Jorg Muller (Arrows-Yamaha) +2.459
26. Pedro Diniz (Stefan-Ford) +2.463
27. Pedro Lamy (Lola-Ford) +2.741
28. Tarso Marques (Lola-Ford) +2.932
29. Ricardo Rosset (Sauber -Yamaha) +2.935
30. Andrea Montermini (Stefan-Ford) +3.044

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 09 Aug 2013, 15:51

Lola are not last

wasnt expecting that to happen

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 09 Aug 2013, 16:00

peteroli34 wrote:Lola are not last wasnt expecting that to happen

Yeah. GO DAMON!!!

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 09 Aug 2013, 16:30

How much were Ferrari sandbagging by then?

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 09 Aug 2013, 16:40

Moore's a second off Hakkinen... he's still pretty young though, I'm sure once he gets settled he'll be right up there.

Post by **Ataxia** » 09 Aug 2013, 19:05

Barcelona Test - 1997

Twenty-one cars cut through the silence of the Spanish winter, where Prost and Minardi joined the fray for the first time. This was also the first test where Ferrari and McLaren were on track together, and the two teams widely touted as contenders proved they can extract a similar amount of pace from the car. Frentzen also impressed for Benetton, as the new Stewart team continue to show good pace.

1. Mika Hakkinen (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:21.261
2. Olivier Panis (Ferrari) +0.356
3. Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Benetton-Renault) +0.363
4. Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) +0.412
5. Giancarlo Fisichella (Prost-Mugen Honda) +0.944
6. Greg Moore (McLaren-Mercedes) +0.981
7. Jarno Trulli (Stewart-Ford) +1.045
8. Eddie Irvine (Benetton-Renault) +1.191
9. Jos Verstappen (Stewart -Ford) +1.202
10. Nick Heidfeld (McLaren-Mercedes) +1.341
11. Gianni Morbidelli (Ferrari) +1.447
12. Tom Kristensen (Tyrrell-Peugeot) +1.619
13. Nicola Larini (Minardi-Valleverde) +1.667
14. Shinji Nakano (Prost-Mugen Honda) +1.866
15. Kenny Brack (Tyrrell-Peugeot) +2.091
16. Allan McNish (Minardi-Valleverde) +2.171
17. Ukyo Katayama (Benetton-Renault) +2.226
18. Pedro De La Rosa (Minardi-Valleverde) +2.243
19. Norberto Fontana (Tyrrell-Peugeot) +2.287
20. Luca Badoer (Stewart-Ford) +2.308
21. Emmanuel Collard (Prost-Mugen Honda) +2.332

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 09 Aug 2013, 21:53

Well then, Fisichella looks reasonably decent, Nakano looks reasonably average and Collard looks reasonably cack. Should be a good season!

Post by **Ataxia** » 10 Aug 2013, 16:45

Estoril Test - 1997

The last pre-season test saw Williams at the top of the table, with Barrichello leading Alesi. Sauber showed some impressive pace whilst Jorg Muller was plagued by problems all day, leaving his Arrows stranded in the garage.

1. Rubens Barrichello (Williams-Renault) 1:20.144
2. Jean Alesi (Williams-Renault) +0.452
3. Gerhard Berger (Sauber-Yamaha) +0.524
4. Ralf Schumacher (Sauber-Yamaha) +0.720
5. Alexander Wurz (Jordan-Peugeot) +0.836
6. Johnny Herbert (Jordan-Peugeot) +0.943
7. Giancarlo Fisichella (Prost-Mugen Honda) +1.055
8. Mika Salo (Arrows-Yamaha) +1.309
9. Ricardo Zonta (Williams-Renault) +1.362
10. Nicola Larini (Minardi-Valleverde) +1.397
11. Shinji Nakano (Prost-Mugen Honda) +1.632
12. Vincenzo Sospiri (Jordan-Peugeot) +1.654
13. Allan McNish (Minardi-Valleverde) +1.673
14. Pedro De La Rosa (Minardi-Valleverde) +1.891
15. Toranosuke Takagi (Arrows-Yamaha) +1.941
16. Emmanuel Collard (Prost-Mugen Honda) +2.175
17. Ricardo Rosset (Sauber-Yamaha) +2.754
18. Jorg Muller (Arrows-Yamaha) No Time

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 10 Aug 2013, 16:49

Looks like it'll be close between McLaren, Williams, and Ferrari...

Post by **Ataxia** » 10 Aug 2013, 19:45

Note to team owners

After Round 3 (Buenos Aires), you will be able to make plans to test.

You may select any venue that would a) be realistically used to test cars and b) available to use in GP2. Each test will cost a base price of £500k and you may focus on one aspect (top speed, grip or reliability; just like in pre-season). You can also choose to focus on two areas in one test, but this would cost you £1m. You can also share the circuits with other teams if you wish. Sharing the circuit will cost half the price for each team, no matter how many teams test.

You are permitted to hold a maximum of FOUR private tests each per year. There may be some FIA-sanctioned free tests throughout the year, however these will not affect your quota of four.

The Australian GP will be sorted over the rest of the weekend.

Post by **Ataxia** » 10 Aug 2013, 21:32

1997 Australian Grand Prix - Qualifying

The season kicked off in Melbourne, and with a large-scale shake-up throughout the grid the hopes were high amongst the F1 fraternity that 1997 would be a very interesting spectacle. Although turning up to Melbourne with a different driving lineup compared to last year, Williams locked out the front row as predicted title challengers Schumacher and Hakkinen took the second row. A surprise was Pedro de la Rosa in his Minardi, who qualified very well indeed.

1. Rubens Barrichello (Williams-Renault) 1:38.787
2. Jean Alesi (Williams-Renault) +0.015
3. Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) +0.060
4. Mika Hakkinen (McLaren-Mercedes) +0.281
5. Eddie Irvine (Benetton-Renault) +0.827
6. Giancarlo Fisichella (Prost-Mugen Honda) +0.833
7. Olivier Panis (Ferrari) +0.887
8. Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Benetton-Renault) +1.271
9. Greg Moore (McLaren-Mercedes) +1.326
10. Johnny Herbert (Jordan-Peugeot) +1.334
11. Jos Verstappen (Stewart-Ford) +1.340
12. Ralf Schumacher (Sauber-Yamaha) +1.433
13. Pedro de la Rosa (Minardi-Valleverde) +1.496
14. Mika Salo (Arrows-Yamaha) +1.594
15. Alexander Wurz (Jordan-Peugeot) +1.609
16. Gerhard Berger (Sauber-Yamaha) +1.660
17. Tom Kristensen (Tyrrell-Peugeot) +1.759
18. Jarno Trulli (Stewart-Ford) +1.775
19. Damon Hill (Lola-Ford) +2.107
20. Toranosuke Takagi (Arrows-Yamaha) +2.171
21. Nicola Larini (Minardi-Valleverde) +2.225
22. Shinji Nakano (Prost-Mugen Honda) +2.285
23. Jan Magnussen (Stefan-Ford) +2.329
24. Kenny Brack (Tyrrell-Peugeot) +2.426
25. Pedro Lamy (Lola-Ford) +2.715
26. Pedro Diniz (Stefan-Ford) +2.937

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 10 Aug 2013, 21:42

Brilliant effort by Hill to qualify 19th in the lola

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 10 Aug 2013, 22:12

Fantastic from Fisi, if he can bag a few points I'd be chuffed to bits! Meanwhile, Naka-san is doing even worse than I thought; he should be well clear of the Stefans and Lolas.

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 10 Aug 2013, 22:27

Magnussen has shown that he will bring glory and success to Stefan GP by outqualifying famous world champion Tyrrell team. Diniz however has brought shame on himself, he must show increased competence in future endeavour or he will no longer be here, rich family or no.

I, Zoran, would also like to announce that I have begun taking English lessons, so that my standard of communicative skills do not remain a source of humour among inconsiderate fellow team bosses.

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 11 Aug 2013, 00:19

Solid qualifying for Arrows, good start for Takagi, out-qualifying his countryman in the vastly superior Prost.

I see Lola aren't nearly as rejectful as in real life. :lol:

KL-racer · Post by **KL-racer** » 11 Aug 2013, 00:50

At least Kristensen did qualify decent enough for Tyrrell. However, Brack only managed to avoid starting on the last row of the grid is more concerning for us. Hopefully, there's enough wrecks and reliability problems to at least get a top-10 finish.

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 11 Aug 2013, 08:31

Giancarlo Minardi wrote:A brilliant qualifying for Pedro de la Rosa, and Larini should be able to gain some positions in the race. With the Valleverde/Ferrari engine, the car can finally show its potential. Now our goal for the race is to make it to the finish and hopefully score some points.

Post by **Ataxia** » 11 Aug 2013, 14:00

1997 Australian Grand Prix - Race

'97 kicked off with a massively exciting race, welcoming a brand new winner to the top step of the podium. The two Williams were initially jumped by Michael Schumacher and Mika Hakkinen, and the two spent the first half of the race dueling for the lead. Many teams suffered mechanical failures, as new parts being accommodated into 1997-spec packages had been met with the standard teething troubles. Hakkinen eventually fell foul to this, his Mercedes giving up midway through lap 35 meant that the scrap between himself and Schumacher was over. However, the Ferrari #1 was presented with a new challenge as polesitter Rubens Barrichello returned to the front of the pack after losing out at the start. The Brazilian retook the lead and held on to it come the end of the race, taking his first win in his first race for Williams. Greg Moore was on to score for McLaren in his first race since moving from IndyCars, but he also suffered a problem 6 laps from the end whilst in 5th. This allows debutant Pedro de la Rosa to pick up his first ever point, as Minardi scored for the first time since 1995. Reigning champion Damon Hill still showed the F1 paddock he's got the drive to succeed; he drove a flawless race to bring his Lola home in 8th place.

1. Rubens Barrichello (Williams-Renault) 1:41:06.563
2. Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) +2.957
3. Jean Alesi (Williams-Renault) +14.536
4. Eddie Irvine (Benetton-Renault) +25.130
5. Olivier Panis (Ferrari) +44.291
6. Pedro de la Rosa (Minardi-Valleverde) +1:33.552
7. Mika Salo (Arrows-Yamaha) +1 LAP
8. Damon Hill (Lola-Ford) +1 LAP
9. Shinji Nakano (Prost-Mugen Honda) +1 LAP
10. Tom Kristensen (Tyrrell-Peugeot) +1 LAP
11. Jan Magnussen (Stefan-Ford) +1 LAP
12. Kenny Brack (Tyrrell-Peugeot) +1 LAP
13. Pedro Lamy (Lola-Ford) +1 LAP
14. Greg Moore (McLaren-Mercedes) +6 LAPS
Ret. Giancarlo Fisichella (Prost-Mugen Honda) Engine
Ret. Jarno Trulli (Stewart-Ford) Puncture
Ret. Pedro Diniz (Stefan-Ford) Throttle
Ret. Nicola Larini (Minardi-Valleverde) Transmission
Ret. Mika Hakkinen (McLaren-Mercedes) Engine
Ret. Gerhard Berger (Sauber-Yamaha) Engine
Ret. Ralf Schumacher (Sauber-Yamaha) Transmission
Ret. Alexander Wurz (Jordan-Peugeot) Transmission
Ret. Toranosuke Takagi (Arrows-Yamaha) Transmission
Ret. Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Benetton-Renault) Engine
Ret. Jos Verstappen (Stewart-Ford) Engine
Ret. Johnny Herbert (Jordan-Peugeot) Transmission

Fastest Lap: Jean Alesi (Williams-Renault) - 1:42.004

Top 6 drivers:
1. Rubens Barrichello......10
2. Michael Schumacher....6
3. Jean Alesi................4
4. Eddie Irvine..............3
5. Olivier Panis.............2
6. Pedro de la Rosa.........1

Teams:
1. Williams .....14
2. Ferrari.........8
3. Benetton......3
4. Minardi........1

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 11 Aug 2013, 14:10

No way! A Minardi already scoring, and Damon Hill two positions away from that...

Post by **Ataxia** » 11 Aug 2013, 14:31

dr-baker wrote:No way! A Minardi already scoring, and Damon Hill two positions away from that...

That's the joy of attrition! Plus, Albert Park always throws up some interesting results...it was nice to see this was no exception.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 11 Aug 2013, 15:15

Ataxia wrote:
dr-baker wrote:No way! A Minardi already scoring, and Damon Hill two positions away from that...

That's the joy of attrition! Plus, Albert Park always throws up some interesting results...it was nice to see this was no exception.

But now my hopes have been raised that this might continue...

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 11 Aug 2013, 16:49

Sodding sod, our one decent driver forced to retire by the very thing that ties us to our one crap driver :evil:

grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

KL-racer · Post by **KL-racer** » 11 Aug 2013, 19:14

Good thing that both Tyrrell's finished the race 1 lap down. Kristensen did finish with a top-10, but as we expected a lot of reliability problems up and down the grid. If this unreliability continues on to the next round, Tyrrell may score one point before we return to Europe.

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 11 Aug 2013, 21:26

Lola are pleased that both cars made the finish and hill finishing 8th is better than expected,although the rate of attrition helped. Hopefully if this continues we would like to finish in the points

Post by **Londoner** » 11 Aug 2013, 21:29

It's clearly obvious that the transmission units fitted to the Jordans this morning were made of paper mache and leftover banana skins. Although, the lack of pace in qualifying is worrying, considering how strongly we were running in the pre-season.

Post by **Ataxia** » 13 Aug 2013, 21:05

Brazilian Grand Prix - Qualifying

The Renault engines seemed to be the most effective on the quick and flowing Interlagos circuit; three of the four Renault-powered cars made an appearance in the top 6 as Jean Alesi took his first Williams pole. Giancarlo Fisichella was also very quick; displacing some of the usual quicker cars en route to 5th in his Prost.

1. Jean Alesi (Williams-Renault) 1:15.386
2. Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) +0.097
3. Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Benetton-Renault) +0.357
4. Mika Hakkinen (McLaren-Mercedes) +0.416
5. Giancarlo Fisichella (Prost-Mugen Honda) +0.707
6. Rubens Barrichello (Williams-Renault) +0.831
7. Alexander Wurz (Jordan-Peugeot) +0.885
8. Olivier Panis (Ferrari) +0.896
9. Johnny Herbert (Jordan-Peugeot) +1.081
10. Greg Moore (McLaren-Mercedes) +1.087
11. Eddie Irvine (Benetton-Renault) +1.188
12. Gerhard Berger (Sauber-Yamaha) +1.240
13. Ralf Schumacher (Sauber-Yamaha) +1.391
14. Jarno Trulli (Stewart-Ford) +1.509
15. Shinji Nakano (Prost-Mugen Honda) +1.550
16. Toranosuke Takagi (Arrows-Yamaha) +1.645
17. Jos Verstappen (Stewart-Ford) +1.671
18. Mika Salo (Arrows-Yamaha) +1.702
19. Kenny Brack (Tyrrell-Peugeot) +1.854
20. Pedro de la Rosa (Minardi-Valleverde) +1.873
21. Tom Kristensen (Tyrrell-Peugeot) +1.901
22. Nicola Larini (Minardi-Valleverde) +1.968
23. Damon Hill (Lola-Ford) +2.027
24. Pedro Diniz (Stefan-Ford) +2.268
25. Jan Magnussen (Stefan-Ford) +2.290
26. Pedro Lamy (Lola-Ford) +2.526