2020-21 F5000 Season (Quickish Sim)

[TomWazzleshaw]

Since I am a glutton for punishment and I can't get enough of "gp4.exe has stopped working", everyone's favourite madhouse carney circus is back for another summer of good ol' fashioned fun

Teams

There will be a maximum of 22 cars at any given race weekend. Entries will be made up of a to-be-determined number of teams.

Users can enter privateer teams consisting of one or two cars, provided that they find funding for them in the sponsorship phase. Teams will have the choice of 4 engine suppliers; Ford, Holden, Nissan and Toyota. Series management reserves the right to alter or deny team applications as needed. (tl;dr don't try to enter a European or North/South American team as I'll probably tell you to go away.)

An example entry form for a team is provided below:

Team Name: Colin Pryce Racing
Team Base: Gold Coast, Australia
Number of cars: 1
Car numbers: #23
Engine Supplier: Toyota


Sponsorship

Inspired by the system used by Indy Lights (Read: Completely ripped-off from), sponsors will be featured in F5K this season.

Sponsors are not guaranteed; there is an RNG for each and every one, and there's a chance you could end up short on budget for the year and have to miss a few races. Sponsors are on a per car, not a per-team basis, and sponsors have different levels of funding and requirements to be met. There are also pay-drivers who can cover a certain number of races in the season on their own.

Sponsors will fund you for the stated number of races (some will change their investment if you meet or fail certain conditions), and to run all rounds of the season, you have to make sure you have enough sponsorship for all rounds for that car.

As for pay-drivers, some can pay for the entire season in one go, some only have enough money for part of the season. You can keep them for the rest of the season they don't have money to pay for if you secure a sponsor for the other races. Or you can opt to sign someone else, perhaps because the other sponsor you were able to get demands as much!

Below is the list of sponsors available to sign, and any requirements that need to be met to keep them onboard. Pay-drivers are also listed on the second sheet, and more pay-drivers will be added over the course of the signup process.

Sponsor & Pay Driver Lists

Schedule

The provisional calendar can be found here. Dates will be confirmed once other championships confirm their 2020 and 2021 calendars

[pasta_maldonado]

Team Name: Save the Koala Racing
Team Base: Sydney, Australia
Number of cars: 2
Car numbers: #0, #839
Engine Supplier: Toyota

STK Racing can announce we have signed Mitchell Macklin to a race seat for the season.

[Aislabie]

Content deleted; I couldn't figure out how to delete the post though

[Klon]

Team Name: Edgell Performance Racing
Team Base: Auckland, New Zealand
Number of cars: 1
Car numbers: #8
Engine Supplier: Ford

[Miguel98]

Team Name: Modena Engineering
Team Base: Carrums Down, Melbourne, Australia
Number of Cars: 2
Car Numbers: #92, #93
Engine Supplier: Ford

[Frogfoot9013]

Team: Gary Rogers Motorsport
Base: Melbourne, Victoria
Numbers: #33, #34
Engine supplier: Holden

[novitopoli]

Team: Molonglo Racing
Base: Belconnen, ACT
Number of cars: 1
Number: #99
Engine supplier: Nissan

[TomWazzleshaw]

Now that I finally have my weekends back (for now), the F5K quicksim is now back on. For existing team owners, you may now place bids on sponsors using the following form:

Team Name:
Car 1
Sponsor 1:
Sponsor 2:
...
Sponsor x:

Car 2
Sponsor 1:
Sponsor 2:
...
Sponsor x:

Provisional deadline for sponsor bids is 11:59pm GMT Saturday, January 14th

New Team Owners are still welcome to apply for whatever spots are available. If there are fewer than 20 full-time cars by the close of the sponsor market, Team BRM's application for additional cars will be accepted

[Dom_Wings]

Team Name: Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia (operated by Neal Bates Motorsport)
Team Base: Hume, ACT, Australia
Number of cars: 2
Car numbers: 36, 37
Engine Supplier: Toyota

[Aislabie]

With the ARWS in the doldrums, I would like to enter Simpson Motorsports to run a two-car entry.

Engine Supplier Preference: Ford

Car 1 (#11)
Dave Simpson

Sponsor Bid 1: Qantas (also ties in with our future partnership with Jetstar) - 9 events
Sponsor Bid 2: Caltex - 5 events
Sponsor Bid 3 (if needed): Supercheap Auto - 4 events
Sponsor Bid 4 (if needed): Burson Auto Parts - 4 events
Sponsor Bid 5 (if needed): sellmycar.com.au - 1 event

Car 2 (#12)
Emma Kickert (depending on Harvey Norman sponsorship)

Sponsor Bid 1: Harvey Norman - 14 races
Sponsor Bid 2 (if needed): Fujitsu - 14 races
Sponsor Bid 3 (if needed): Petronas - 14 races
Sponsor Bid 4 (if needed): Monster - 14 races
Sponsor Bid 5 (if needed): Wilson Security - 14 races

[Klon]

Team Name: Edgell Performance
Car 1
Sponsor 1: Speights
Sponsor 2: Nikon
Sponsor 3: PWR

[Miguel98]

Team Name: Modena Engineering
Car 1
Sponsor 1: Monster - 14 races
Sponsor 2 (second option): Petronas - 14 races
Sponsor 3 (third option): Harvey Norman - 14 races

Car 2
Sponsor 1: BOC - 8 races
Sponsor 2: Supercheap Auto - 4 races
Sponsor 3: Autodesk - 2 races

[CarloSpace]

Nesia Racing Enterprises will return and hopefully field two cars (#19 and #39)

Car #19 (Planning to continue running Andre Heimgartner)
Sponsor 1: Air New Zealand (5 races)
Sponsor 2: Wilson Parking (4 races)
Sponsor 3: Wilson Security Light (5 races)
Sponsor 4: Speights (4 races)

Car #39 (Mason Simonsen, DEC: me)
Sponsor 1: Freightliner (7 races)
Sponsor 2: Caltex (5 races)
Sponsor 3: Solo (2 races)
Sponsor 4: SP Tools (2 races)

[CaptainGetz12]

Team Name: Erebus Team Nissan
Team Base: Melbourne, Victoria
Number of cars: 2
Car numbers: 9, 10
Engine Supplier: Nissan

SPONSORS (Bid until 14 races are covered)

Car #10 (John Bean)
Sponsor 1: Nismo
Sponsor 2: Mobil 1
Sponsor 3: Calsonic
Sponsor 4: Caltex
Sponsor 5: Solo

Car #9 (TBA)
Sponsor 1: Shannons
Sponsor 2: Nuplex
Sponsor 3: Norton
Sponsor 5: Supercheap Auto
Sponsor 6: Burson Auto Parts
Sponsor 7: PremiAir Hire
Sponsor 8: McDonalds
Sponsor 9: SP Tools
Sponsor 10: Tiger Airways

[Dom_Wings]

Team Name: Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia
The team will announce their drivers after the sponsors are confirmed; these drivers will be selected according to the sponsorship needs.

Car #36
Sponsor 1: Red Bull - 9 races
Sponsor 2: Red Bull Sugarfree - 5 races
Sponsor 3: Monster - 14 races
Sponsor 4: Pirtek - 8 races
Sponsor 5: Norton - 6 races
Sponsor 6: Mobil 1 - 7 races
Sponsor 7: Shannons - 7 races
Sponsor 8: Vodafone - 3 races (in case the sponsorship isn't filled yet)
Sponsor 9: McDonald's - 3 races (in case the sponsorship isn't filled yet)

Car #37
Sponsor 1: TOM'S - 8 races
Sponsor 2: Nikon - 2 races
Sponsor 3: Castrol (Alex Rullo, 3 races TBA)
Sponsor 4: PokerStars - 1 race
Sponsor 5: Emu Bitter - 1 race
Sponsor 6: GoPro - 1 race
Sponsor 7: KMart - 1 race

[Hermann95]

Just want to let team owners know, that T.K. Wolf would be happy to accept a seat for any race except Melbourne.

[Hermann95]

Team Name: Winter Holiday with MarchSixteen
Car number: #95 (if available, otherwise #13)

Driver: T.K. Wolf (for Round 1-12)
Driver: Bryce Fullwood (for Rounds 13-14)

Engines: Ford (if possible, pls)

Sponsors:
Sponsor 1: Valvoline (6 Races)
Sponsor 2: Norton (6 Races)
Sponsor 3 (if needed): Nuplex (6 Races)
Sponsor 4 (if needed): Freightliner (7 Races)
Sponsor 5 (if needed): Tickford (7 Races)

[Frogfoot9013]

Team: Garry Rogers Motorsport

Car 33:
Driver: Oscar Piastri (AUS) - All rounds
Sponsor: Monster Energy - 14 Rounds

Car 34:
Driver: Andre Newate (HKG) (DEC: me) - Bathurst and Macau only
Sponsor: Complete Fabrication (2 races)

Driver: RRB/GP-VP (RUS) (DEC: Klon) - Okayama, Shanghai, Adelaide
Sponsor: Russian Robotics (3 races)

Driver: Mahaveer Raghunathan (IND) - remainder of calendar
Sponsor: TATA (9 races)

[Klon]

Driver: RRB/GP-VP (RUS) (DEC: Klon) - Okayama, Shanghai, Adelaide
Sponsor: Russian Robotics (3 races)

Just in case it is needed: approved.

[CaptainGetz12]

Team: Erebus Team Nissan

Driver bids (All bids are for full-time drives)

Car #9:
Lee Holdsworth (Not a NDDP driver, but was a Top 5 driver last year. Raced for Erebus last season)
Richie Stanaway (Not a NDDP driver, but was a Top 5 driver last year)
Jann Mardenborough
Mitsunori Takaboshi

Car #10: John Bean (DEC: Biscione)

[Frogfoot9013]

Contingency bid for the #33 (all rounds)
1st preference: Scott McLaughlin
2nd preference: Shane van Gisbergen

Sponsors
Giltrap (8 rounds)
GMSV (5 rounds)
Brembo (1 round)

[Dom_Wings]

After the sponsor RNGs have been run, Neal Bates Motorsport (TGR Australia) will place the following bids:

#36 - all 14 races
Brendon Hartley
Alex Lynn
Jean-Éric Vergne
Bruno Senna
Scott Pye (yes, he raced for Red Bull in Alt-F1)

#37
Rds. 1-2, 6-9, 12-13 - Nick Cassidy
Rds. 3 & 4 - Sho Tsuboi (he is called up to the Suzuka round too; Nick Cassidy replaces him in the TOM'S for Super Formula)
Rd. 5 - Matt Solomon
Rds. 10-11, 14 - Alex Rullo (confirmed)

[TomWazzleshaw]

Sponsorship bids have now been completed, and all results can be found in the spreadsheet on the first post

It's now time to sign drivers. There is no driver list as such, however please keep in mind any potential clashes as well as sponsor requirements when making bids for drivers. Bids may be done using the form below:

Team Name:
Car #
Driver 1: Name (DEC Owner if applicable)
Number of Rounds:
...
Driver X: Name (DEC Owner if applicable)
Number of Rounds:

Provisional deadline will be 23:59 GMT Monday, January 30th. All existing driver bids will be valid

[CarloSpace]

I will bump the thread and confirm my bids

Team Name: Nesia Racing Enterprises
Car #19
Driver 1: Andre Heimgartner
Number of Rounds: All
...
Car #39
Driver 1: Mason Simonsen (DEC: me)
Number of Rounds: All