2014 NewGP2 Season - Cancelled

[AustralianStig]

Rapax will use their joker on a very radical quali pace upgrade, because that's easily the weakest part of our game.

We'll pop a standard upgrade on pitstops too, if possible.

No worries - also I'm assuming AFdC is replacing Dillmann in the next race as he's also back from suspension?

[Ataxia]

Rapax will use their joker on a very radical quali pace upgrade, because that's easily the weakest part of our game.

We'll pop a standard upgrade on pitstops too, if possible.

No worries - also I'm assuming AFdC is replacing Dillmann in the next race as he's also back from suspension?

Yeah, we'll keep Tom on as a super-sub just in case any further woes befall us.

[TomWazzleshaw]

Since Lelzarus aren't providing as many lels as expected, we're gonna go with very radical race pace and pitstop upgrades. Because Lelzarus

[andrew]

Normal race pace and radical pitstops

[Collieafc]

Very radical race pace with the Joker for DAMS please

If its also allowed, a standard pit stop too?

[Bleu]

Radical race pace upgrade with joker for Arden International. Also standard pit stop upgrade.

[AustralianStig]

Just waiting on Trident's upgrade plans and then we can push on with Spain. Please post within the next 24 hours or you may risk having your upgrades delayed.

[Samster]

Very radical race pace please. I hadn't realized this was mandatory though considering how much we have plummeted, its probably a good idea.

[AustralianStig]

Very radical race pace please. I hadn't realized this was mandatory though considering how much we have plummeted, its probably a good idea.

Oh it's not mandatory, but most upgrades are at least somewhat successful so I haven't had anyone abstain in the past.

Will run the results later.

[AustralianStig]

Rapax: (Joker used)
Very radical quali pace - fail
Standard pit stops - mild success

Marussia: (Joker used)
Very radical quali pace - strong success
Very conservative pit stops - strong success

Life:
Very conservative quali pace - mild success
Very conservative pit stops - mild success

MP Motorsport:
Standard quali pace - mild success
Standard pit stops - mild success

Hilmer:
Standard quali pace - mild success

ART: (Joker used)
Radical race pace - mild success

Scorpion: (Joker used)
Very radical race pace - mild success
Standard pit stops - strong success

Lazarus:
Very radical race pace - mild success
Very radical pit stops - mild success

Racing Engineering:
Standard race pace - strong success
Radical pit stops - mild success

DAMS: (Joker used)
Very radical race pace - mild success
Standard pit stops - strong success

Arden: (Joker used)
Radical race pace - strong success
Standard pit stops - no effect

Trident:
Very radical race pace - fail

[Ataxia]

You're joking. What a rip-off.

[roblo97]

Marussia are over the moon with the results.

[CaptainGetz12]

Scorpion: (Joker used)
Very radical race pace - mild success
Standard pit stops - strong success

Uhh, we asked for a qualifying upgrade

Scorpion will use its joker for a very radical qualifying upgrade. We will also take a standard pit stop upgrade.

[AustralianStig]

Scorpion: (Joker used)
Very radical race pace - mild success
Standard pit stops - strong success

Uhh, we asked for a qualifying upgrade

Scorpion will use its joker for a very radical qualifying upgrade. We will also take a standard pit stop upgrade.

My bad, I actually updated the correct stats on my Excel sheet, I just wrote the wrong thing on here sorry!

[AustralianStig]

Here we are at Barcelona for the first European round of the 2014 season at the Circuit de Catalunya. Today we welcome back Kimiya Sato and Antonio Felix da Costa who both return from suspension, with da Costa desperately in need of points if he's to keep his championship alive. We also welcome Giacomo Ricci who runs in his first GP2 round since 2010 as he makes his first appearance of a nine-race contract with Team Lazarus. That means that drivers Sage Karam, Tom Dillmann and Francesco Dracone all make way. Let's head down to the track where championship leader Adrian Quaife-Hobbs is about to set down the first timed lap.

Q1:
So Quaife-Hobbs is on the track and doesn't look completely at ease during his lap but records a 1:25.788. That's immediately beaten by Sainz who could take the championship lead this week despite missing the first two rounds, with a 1:24.656. DAMS seem to have plenty of pace, with Sims beating Sainz's time with a 1:24.506, then Turvey going even quicker with a 1:24.209. It's a shock exit in Q1 for both the Rapaxes, plus the Ardens, Tridents and Korjus's MP. Strong result from Felipe Nasr who once again extracts more out of the car than expected.

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1.  Oliver Turvey (DAMS)              1:24.209
2.  Alexander Sims (DAMS)             1:24.506 (+0.297)
3.  Carlos Sainz (Marussia)           1:24.656 (+0.447)
4.  Alex Lynn (Marussia)              1:24.914 (+0.705)
5.  Felipe Nasr (Scorpion)            1:25.104 (+0.895)
6.  Giacomo Ricci (Lazarus)           1:25.137 (+0.928)
7.  Davide Valsecchi (R. Engineering) 1:25.280 (+1.071)
8.  Kimiya Sato (Hilmer)              1:25.375 (+1.166)
9.  Daniel Abt (R. Engineering)       1:25.423 (+1.214)
10. Antonio Spavone (Lazarus)         1:25.509 (+1.300)
11. Robin Frijns (Scorpion)           1:25.511 (+1.302)
12. Sam Bird (ART Grand Prix)         1:25.549 (+1.340)
13. Fabio Leimer (ART Grand Prix)     1:25.681 (+1.472)

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14. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Hilmer)      1:25.788 (+1.579)
15. Matias Rossi (Life)               1:25.956 (+1.748)
16. Andre Lotterer (Life)             1:25.963 (+1.754)
17. Mitch Evans (MP Motorsport)       1:25.982 (+1.773)
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18. Stoffel Vandoorne (Arden)         1:26.065 (+1.856)
19. Rio Haryanto (Arden)              1:26.241 (+2.032)
20. Antonio Felix da Costa (Rapax)    1:26.304 (+2.096)
21. Kevin Korjus (MP Motorsport)      1:26.462 (+2.253)
22. Johnny Cecotto (Trident)          1:26.583 (+2.374)
23. Davide Rigon (Trident)            1:26.747 (+2.538)
24. Sergio Canamasas (Rapax)          1:27.266 (+3.057)

107% time: 1:30.103

Q2:
DAMS and Marussia dominated Q1, will that be the case in the second period of qualifying? Turvey makes a few mistakes and can only manage a 1:25.082, but still should be good enough for Q3. Sims beats his own time from Q1 with a 1:24.293. Two cars run into trouble during the session, with Quaife-Hobbs being unable to complete his lap after having a brake failure and crashing his car, and Rossi who ran wide and lost several seconds. Good job by the two Scorpions plus Ricci on his Lazarus debut who make Q3.

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1.  Alexander Sims (DAMS)             1:24.293
2.  Carlos Sainz (Marussia)           1:24.686 (+0.393)
3.  Alex Lynn (Marussia)              1:24.877 (+0.584)
4.  Daniel Abt (R. Engineering)       1:24.898 (+0.605)
5.  Davide Valsecchi (R. Engineering) 1:25.007 (+0.713)
6.  Oliver Turvey (DAMS)              1:25.082 (+0.789)
7.  Felipe Nasr (Scorpion)            1:25.285 (+0.992)
8.  Giacomo Ricci (Lazarus)           1:25.377 (+1.084)
9.  Robin Frijns (Scorpion)           1:25.581 (+1.288)
10. Fabio Leimer (ART Grand Prix)     1:25.676 (+1.382)
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11. Sam Bird (ART Grand Prix)         1:25.699 (+1.405)
12. Antonio Spavone (Lazarus)         1:25.780 (+1.486)

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13. Kimiya Sato (Hilmer)              1:25.819 (+1.525)
14. Mitch Evans (MP Motorsport)       1:25.837 (+1.544)
15. Andre Lotterer (Life)             1:25.912 (+1.619)
16. Matias Rossi (Life)               1:28.982 (+4.688)
17. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Hilmer)      No time (Accident)

Q3:
Only 10 cars left and it's time to decide the first five rows of the grid! Sims doesn't have his best lap, recording a 1:24.676. Sainz can't beat it though, putting down a 1:24.773! Lynn just beats Sims' time, with a 1:24.672! Abt and Valsecchi are in the 1:25s...Turvey is up next...and blitzes the field with an incredible 1:23.985! Will this be his second pole of the year? Nasr, Ricci, Frijns and Leimer can only manage 25s, and it's Turvey who sticks DAMS back on pole in Catalunya! Incredibly it's British drivers in the first three positions, and Sainz completes row 2 for Marussia in 4th place.

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1.  Oliver Turvey (DAMS)              1:23.985
2.  Alex Lynn (Marussia)              1:24.672 (+0.687)
3.  Alexander Sims (DAMS)             1:24.676 (+0.691)
4.  Carlos Sainz (Marussia)           1:24.773 (+0.788)
5.  Davide Valsecchi (R. Engineering) 1:25.015 (+1.030)
6.  Felipe Nasr (Scorpion)            1:25.132 (+1.147)
7.  Daniel Abt (R. Engineering)       1:25.238 (+1.253)
8.  Robin Frijns (Scorpion)           1:25.493 (+1.508)
9.  Giacomo Ricci (Lazarus)           1:25.539 (+1.554)
10. Fabio Leimer (ART Grand Prix)     1:25.681 (+1.696)

[Ataxia]

Yeah, someone else can deal with Rapax.

Pretty unfair that upgrades are all or nothing, really.

[Miguel98]

Well, it seems Hilmer's pace is dying slowly...

[AustralianStig]

Yeah, someone else can deal with Rapax.

Pretty unfair that upgrades are all or nothing, really.

How would you prefer for them to work?

[Ataxia]

Yeah, someone else can deal with Rapax.

Pretty unfair that upgrades are all or nothing, really.

How would you prefer for them to work?

Well, if you pump a lot of money into development work you are going to find gains, no matter how small. I thought of like, a graded RNG system where instead of success/fail you have an RNG range like (for example, a very radical upgrade):

0-20: fail
20-50: very conservative upgrade achieved
50-70: conservative upgrade achieved
70-85: standard upgrade achieved
85-95: radical
95-100: very radical

This can be played with going down the upgrade radical-ness stakes to ensure that although conservative upgrades have more chance of working, you still have the chance of gleaning some minor gains from the equivalent of pouring in a lot of money.

Just a thought, I guess.

[AustralianStig]

Fair enough, my system is basically a simplified version of the above but I'll take a look at upgrades for next year - wouldn't be right to change the rules midway through the season.

Shall I find a new owner for Rapax?

[Ataxia]

Fair enough, my system is basically a simplified version of the above but I'll take a look at upgrades for next year - wouldn't be right to change the rules midway through the season.

Shall I find a new owner for Rapax?

I don't think there's much more I can do with them, so somebody else might be able to take them further than I can.

Thanks for the series, though. It's very good, I just can't seem to have any luck with it!

[AustralianStig]

Alright, Rapax is up for grabs - RonDenisDeletraz has been contacted by PM as he's the only user on the waiting list, I'll give him a few days and then open it up.

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Alright, Rapax is up for grabs - RonDenisDeletraz has been contacted by PM as he's the only user on the waiting list, I'll give him a few days and then open it up.

I would be happy to take Rapax, should be interesting.

[AustralianStig]

Alright, Rapax is up for grabs - RonDenisDeletraz has been contacted by PM as he's the only user on the waiting list, I'll give him a few days and then open it up.

I would be happy to take Rapax, should be interesting.

Fantastic, welcome aboard.

Following the Round of Spain any drivers or test drivers currently contacted to Rapax will accept mutual termination of their contracts due to the change in ownership, if you wish to make any changes.

[AustralianStig]

In other news:

We would like to give Davide Rigon a chance to compete for Ferrari in his local GP as he has performing good in the GP2.

Trident will need to find a replacement driver for Rigon at Monza (Round 13). Still plenty of time but just giving the heads up.

Life drivers Matthew Brabham and Facu Regalia have both expressed their dismay at the lack of race time they have received and feel they were brought to the team under false pretenses. They have both requested termination of their contract so they can pursue racing elsewhere.

[Normal32]

In other news:

We would like to give Davide Rigon a chance to compete for Ferrari in his local GP as he has performing good in the GP2.

Trident will need to find a replacement driver for Rigon at Monza (Round 13). Still plenty of time but just giving the heads up.

Life drivers Matthew Brabham and Facu Regalia have both expressed their dismay at the lack of race time they have received and feel they were brought to the team under false pretenses. They have both requested termination of their contract so they can pursue racing elsewhere.

As that leaves a spot free for the USGP,i will offer the seat to Carlos Huertas.Should he reject the offer,we will simply put Pernice in the car.

[AustralianStig]

In other news:

We would like to give Davide Rigon a chance to compete for Ferrari in his local GP as he has performing good in the GP2.

Trident will need to find a replacement driver for Rigon at Monza (Round 13). Still plenty of time but just giving the heads up.

Life drivers Matthew Brabham and Facu Regalia have both expressed their dismay at the lack of race time they have received and feel they were brought to the team under false pretenses. They have both requested termination of their contract so they can pursue racing elsewhere.

As that leaves a spot free for the USGP,i will offer the seat to Carlos Huertas.Should he reject the offer,we will simply put Pernice in the car.

So tho two drivers are released? OK.

Carlos Huertas is looking forward to the opportunity following his first IndyCar season.

[AustralianStig]

Unfortunately I'm pulling the pin on this. While I had a great time running NewF1 and NewGP2 I've just lost interest and don't have the drive to put the required amount of time into this to run it to the level of detail that I deem acceptable.

Thanks everyone for your support and the laughs, nail-biting finishes and moments of madness this series produced.