Chris Dagnall F1 Career -- 1984/????

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 12 Oct 2010, 15:18

1991 will be your year Chris Dagnall. We all believe in you.

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 12 Oct 2010, 18:23

dr-baker wrote:
WeirdKerr wrote:If i was in this position i would of ummm tried to force senna off

Schumacher...

when i played Grand prix 2, 3 and 4 on my pc i made schumacher look like a gentleman racer.... i would regularly have drivers end up crashing into walls....

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 12 Oct 2010, 23:04

1991 FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. TEAM ADMISSIONS

As in 1990, the FIA has decided to grant to the top 12 teams in the previous season admission into the 1991 Formula One World Championship. The teams granted a place are:

Honda Marlboro McLaren
Braun Tyrrell Honda
Canon Williams Team
Footwork Grand Prix International
Team Lotus
Leyton House Racing
Camel Benetton Ford
Scuderia Italia SpA
Minardi Team
Ligier Gitanes
Scuderia Ferrari SpA
Larrousse F1

The restant two entries will be granted to the best two teams at a session to be held at Silverstone on 23rd and 24th January, 1991. Only the best lap time will be taken into account. Any team shouldn´t be able to bring more than two cars or drivers facing a fine. The drivers should be those intended to compete in the 1991 world championship, as published in the official entry list the FIA has published for the 1991 World Championship. The entrants at this session will be:

Motor Racing Developments Ltd
Fondmetal F1 SpA
Automobiles Gonfaronaise Sportive
Coloni Racing Srl
Team 7UP Jordan
Modena Team SpA

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 12 Oct 2010, 23:12

1991 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM ADMISSION SESSION RESULTS:

Silverstone, 24th January 1991

1. Martin Brundle (Motor Racing Developments Ltd) -- 1.24.204
2. Mark Blundell (Motor Racing Developments Ltd) -- 1.24.659
3. Bertrand Gachot (Team 7UP Jordan) -- 1.24.936
4. Olivier Grouillard (Fondmetal F1 SpA) -- 1.25.664
5. Nicola Larini (Modena Team SpA) -- 1.26.061
6. Gabriele Tarquini (Automobiles Gonfaronaise Sportive) -- 1.26.305
7. Andrea de Cesaris (Team 7UP Jordan) -- 1.27.146
8. Eric van de Poele (Modena Team SpA) -- 1.28.009
9. Fabrizio Barbazza (Automobiles Gonfaronaise Sportive) -- 1.28.124
10. Pedro Chaves (Coloni Racing Srl) -- 1.30.193

Therefore the FIA proudly grants an entry to the 1991 FIA World Championship to the teams:

Motor Racing Developments Ltd
Team 7UP Jordan

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 13 Oct 2010, 09:21

Aerond wrote:Motor Racing Developments Ltd

Brabham?

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 13 Oct 2010, 10:59

You didn't list ROTR last time out. It must be Chris Dagnall's engine though.

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 13 Oct 2010, 13:05

redbulljack14 wrote:
Aerond wrote:Motor Racing Developments Ltd

Brabham?

Yes, it was Brabham's official name.

Sometimes it was listed as MRD, which made for an amusing play of words in French, because "un MRD" (French for "a MRD") sounds pretty similar to "une merde" (a sh*t). :mrgreen:

ADx_Wales · Post by **ADx_Wales** » 13 Oct 2010, 13:51

Rumours in Italy that Prost could be sacked at the end of the 1991 season to make way for Chris Dagnall.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 14 Oct 2010, 05:07

Are there any basis to the rumours that Jack Chrisopherson will be doing a part time schedule in the Dallara this season?

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 14 Oct 2010, 15:49

Wizzie wrote:Are there any basis to the rumours that Jack Chrisopherson will be doing a part time schedule in the Dallara this season?

Maybe Tyrrell for 1992 as well.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 14 Oct 2010, 22:41

Wizzie wrote:Are there any basis to the rumours that Jack Chrisopherson will be doing a part time schedule in the Dallara this season?

Pirro has been confirmed in the 2nd Dallara AFAIK

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 14 Oct 2010, 23:19

1991 - ROUND 1 - USA

Hi there fellow supporters!
I´ve just come back from the first race of the season in Phoenix. It´s 1991 and a few months have passed since the season finale at Adelaide, where I lost a great chance to win the championship, but a new season has begun and I feel this could be my year, although I expect a strong competition, not only from Ayrton but also from Williams and Ferrari as well. It´s been an interesting beggining to the season. The FIA has declared this GP dead so I suppose the US will have to find another place for next year, but it´s a pity because the changes to the layout have been good (at least for my driving style!) and I´ve had loads of fun driving here. The track surface was a disaster, specially on turn 7, but it contributed to the spectacle... somehow. Go on and read what happened in the first round of the championship!

Qualifying

My first flying lap on friday was ruined because of a mistake at the last corner and then I crashed with Modena when he was coming out of the pits, so I could only score the 25th overall... On Saturday things went better but I kept finding trouble to keep the car through the last corner, plus I found twice a car crossed... thankfully I could solve it last minute with a decent lap and ended up 4th.

1. Senna -- 1.18.374
2. Mansell -- 1.18.776
3. Prost -- 1.18.903
4. Dagnall -- 1.18.933
5. Patrese -- 1.19.251
6. Berger -- 1.19.338

Race

Patrese did a better start than I but I could keep the 4th position at the 1st corner, with Senna being passed by Mansell. I thought Senna and Mansell would go on a head to head but this wasn´t the case, as I started to push Ayrton as soon as I got rid of Prost in lap 3, and by lap 6 I was leading the race, with Patrese 2nd! In lap 10 I almost spun at the hook and Patrese took advantage to pass me but he suffered from electrical problems and had to stop in lap 13, leaving me in the lead with 4.5 secs over Mansell, who was one of the first victims from the track 7 surface. This year, with layout changes, the turn 7 is a very fast left heading into the back straight, but it was very bumpy and the lack of space meant you had to drive very, very close to the wall, causing this loads of trouble to keep the car on track and not to crash. With the accident, Senna and Prost felt behind as they had to brake at that point to avoid Mansell´s car, in a way I had 20 secs over Ayrton when I did my 1st of 3 scheduled stops in lap 18. Senna passed me but it only took me 2 laps to regain the lead but in lap 21 Comas went on my way when I was trying to lap him and I had to pit for a new wing, coming out 5th. Then I had to pass Martini and Berger for 3rd and I was pursuing Alesi, when he spun near the pitlane entrance and I had a similar tangle to the one I had last year!! Only this time Alesi was the one who retired and I had to pit again to replace a wheel... Suddenly my race became a matter of storming through the field to reach Senna. Thankfully De Cesaris spun and Senna had a similar accident to Mansell´s in lap 32, easily passing Berger for 1st and then regaining the lead by lap 40 after my second stop when Berger crashed with Modena. Martini was 2nd by then and I built and enormous advantage over 35 secs by lap 52 when I passed Comas again... he must given me the evil eye or something as I crashed miserably at the first corner and retired instantly from a race I would have won... Patrese won in the end (deservedly), Martini scored a podium for Minardi and debutants Jordan finished 3rd! Prost retired earlier but he still got the points...

1. Patrese -- 1h55m30.741
2. Martini -- +35.155
3. Gachot -- +1 lap
4. Prost -- +6 laps

ROTR - Turn 7 surface
DOTR - Martini: A Minardi in the podium should be enough to achieve this!

Drivers championship

1. Patrese -- 10 pts
2. Martini -- 6 pts
3. Gachot -- 4 pts
4. Prost -- 3 pts

Constructors championship

1. Williams -- 10 pts
2. Minardi -- 6 pts
3. Jordan -- 4 pts
4. Ferrari -- 3 pts

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 15 Oct 2010, 10:17

One thing I gotta ask: Are you still at McLaren? You didn't declare that.
And this race is epic: A Minardi on the podium? Jordan on the podium on their first race? Win.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 15 Oct 2010, 10:55

Shizuka wrote:One thing I gotta ask: Are you still at McLaren? You didn't declare that.
And this race is epic: A Minardi on the podium? Jordan on the podium on their first race? Win.

I'm pretty sure he's still in the McLaren.

And yeah that race was epic.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 15 Oct 2010, 14:56

Shizuka wrote:One thing I gotta ask: Are you still at McLaren? You didn't declare that.
And this race is epic: A Minardi on the podium? Jordan on the podium on their first race? Win.

Yeah, I signed a two year deal with McLaren at the beggining of 1990 and everybody was happy at the end of the first season so there was no reason to change and nothing extraordinary to announce... The US GP was... crazy

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 15 Oct 2010, 15:01

Aerond wrote:Yeah, I signed a two year deal with McLaren at the beggining of 1990 and everybody was happy at the end of the first season, particularly the Japanese bastards at Honda, who screwed me up because they wanted their idol Senna to win

Fixed.

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 15 Oct 2010, 22:39

Ferrim wrote:
Aerond wrote:Yeah, I signed a two year deal with McLaren at the beggining of 1990 and everybody was happy at the end of the first season, particularly the Japanese bastards at Honda, who screwed me up because they wanted their idol Senna to win

Fixed.

LOL

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 16 Oct 2010, 21:20

1991 - ROUND 2 - BRAZIL

After the accident in Phoenix, I headed to Brazil with the aim to score my first points of the season and to see where the rest of the teams really are compared to us, and, after the race all I can say is they are way closer than last year.

Qualifying

Terrible. Last year wasn´t good at all (I did 10th), but this time I couldn´t find anything close to appropiate and I ended up 18th; quite lost and with little hopes of earning some points...

1. Senna -- 1.12.383
2. Mansell -- 1.12.610
3. Prost -- 1.12.998
4. Patrese -- 1.13.031
5. Piquet -- 1.13.388
6. Alesi -- 1.13.698
---
17. Gachot -- 1.14.665
18. Dagnall -- 1.14.674
19. Bernard -- 1.14.696

Race

A completely different matter. I chose the standard 2 pitstop strategy, but the track was slower, with less grip and I took advantage from it. I moved up to 12th at the first corner and was 9th before the first lap ended, then 8th in the 2nd after passing Martini, 7th afterwards. I moved to 6th when Senna retired with gearbox problems in lap 6, then passed Berger and Patrese to be 4th in lap 8! The car didn´t have anything to do with the one I had on saturday! I started to go after Prost and I passed him in lap 15. He passed me again next lap and we kept a nice battle for 3rd until the 1st pitstop in lap 22. I left the pitlane 7th and passed De Cesaris, and then Prost as he came into the pits in lap 29. Piquet was 2nd, but he was flying with the Benetton and I started to lose time each lap inmediately. In lap 40 Prost spun and I could take a breather on keeping the 3rd position. Mansell came into the pits on lap 40 for his pitstop (although he suffered an electrical problem) but it took no time for him to pass me afterwards. After my 2nd pitstop I tried to approach Piquet but his advantage eventually grew up to 13.2 secs in lap 60, when I gave up on the chase. Berger and Prost retired so I had a quiet end to the race and finished 3rd, which I find a very nice result after qualifying 18th!

RACE RESULTS

1. Mansell -- 1h33m36.348
2. Piquet -- +10.734
3. Dagnall -- +37.173
4. Martini -- +1 lap
5. Alesi -- +1 lap
6. Gachot -- +1 lap
7. Lehto -- +1 lap
8. Herbert -- +2 laps
9. Hakkinen -- +2 laps
10. Modena -- +2 laps
11. Blundell -- +2 laps
12. Capelli -- +2 laps
13. Boutsen -- +2 laps
14. Suzuki -- +2 laps
15. Comas -- +2 laps

ROTR -- Prost; Ruined a great opportunity to score a podium
DOTR -- Dagnall; Stormed from the 18th place on the grid to score for McLaren

DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP

1. Patrese -- 10 pts
= Mansell -- 10 pts
3. Martini -- 9 pts
4. Piquet -- 6 pts
5. Gachot -- 5 pts
6. Dagnall -- 4 pts
7. Prost -- 3 pts
8. Alesi -- 2 pts

CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP

1. Williams -- 20 pts
2. Minardi -- 9 pts
3. Benetton -- 6 pts
4. Jordan -- 5 pts
= Ferrari -- 5 pts
6. McLaren -- 4 pts

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 17 Oct 2010, 09:06

Minardi second in WCC. I love this season.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 17 Oct 2010, 09:39

Shizuka wrote:Minardi second in WCC. I love this season.

And Martini's 3rd in the WDC... Makes you wonder if he could have been one of the greats of Forumla 1 had he actually gotten a good car...

Post by **tommykl** » 17 Oct 2010, 09:40

Did he say reject career?

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 17 Oct 2010, 10:20

tommykl wrote:Did he say reject career?

The only truly rejectful career here is Simon Redman's, honestly.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 18 Oct 2010, 16:36

tommykl wrote:Did he say reject career?

It was supposed to be rejectful as I thought it would be much worse and driving for the likes of AGS, Fondmetal and so on...

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 18 Oct 2010, 21:23

Aerond wrote:
tommykl wrote:Did he say reject career?

It was supposed to be rejectful as I thought it would be much worse and driving for the likes of AGS, Fondmetal and so on...

You're still at time...

Chris Dagnall wrote:After fulfilling my childhood dream of being a F1 World Champion, I've decided to make an interesting twist in my career. I've decided I want to help an ailing and needed backmarker team for 1992. Concretely, the newly founded Andrea Moda team. Andrea Sassetti, its manager, seems like a very passionate, knowledgeable and professional guy, and it'll be a pleasure for me to put all my experience and expertise at his service so he can secure some sponsors and develop their car properly.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 19 Oct 2010, 16:56

1991 - ROUND 3 - SAN MARINO

Qualifying

Absolutely perfect; I earned the pole position on friday and nobody managed to threaten me on saturday so I would start 1st for the 1st time this season

1. Dagnall -- 1.21.148
2. Senna -- 1.21.423
3. Mansell -- 1.21.732
4. Patrese -- 1.22.361
5. Prost -- 1.22.436
6. Alesi -- 1.22.908

Race

Senna passed me at the start and aproaching Tosa I breaked a little bit too late and my Front Wing went off. I managed to keep on 2nd place until I reached the pits but obviously fell to 26th, with Senna leading with over 5 secs as I held the rest of the field! At the end of lap 2 I was 6.9 secs behind Blundell, passing him on lap 4, then going up to 21st in lap 5 and 16th in lap 6!! On lap 7 Senna´s engine broke and Mansell took the lead and I kept passing slower cars, being placed 8th in lap 10, some 4 secs behind Berger. Mansell suffered some trouble in lap 12 and I became 7th, then 6th in lap 13 and 5th in lap 14 after passing Gachot and Berger. I thought Mansell could be a menace but I was actually faster than him, reaching Piquet in lap 19 and then passing Alesi next lap for 3rd and Prost for 2nd in lap 22! In lap 24 I stopped for the 1st time, falling to 7th, but I started to climb again despite spinning on lap 29, which made me pass Patrese for a 2nd time. He stopped one lap earlier than me for the 2nd time (in lap 41) but I managed to come out of the pits ahead of him and still 1st. I pull a gap of 7.6 secs but I lost it after spinning at the last chicane on lap 46, then it became a head to head between me and the italian driver. I was managing to open a small gap again when I suffered a throttle problem at the beggining of lap 55!! The throttle stuck in its position and I could still head to the pits despite I had to break constantly not to slam the car against the wall at every corner. I lost more than a minute and any chance to score points as I came 9th out of the pits with 5 laps to go as I was lapped by Patrese and Mansell. I managed to pass Hakkinen in lap 56 but De Cesaris was too far (36 secs), which I managed to reduce to 15 by the end of the race!! A lost opportunity for a win but I feel more confident now that the McLaren has proven to be very quick in a "normal" track.

1. Patrese -- 1h27m49.632
2. Mansell -- +2.923
3. Piquet -- +25.248
4. Berger -- +56.674
5. De Cesaris -- +1.20.951
6. Alesi -- +1 lap
7. Modena -- +1 lap
8. Dagnall -- +1 lap
9. Brundle -- +1 lap
10. Lehto -- +1 lap
11. Blundell -- +1 lap
12. Morbidelli -- +1 lap
13. Nakajima -- +1 lap
14. Boutsen -- +2 laps
15. Capelli -- +2 laps
16. Hakkinen -- +5 laps
17. Comas -- +6 laps

Fastest lap -- Chris Dagnall
ROTR -- Chris Dagnall -- Although the throttle problem wasn´t his fault, the time he lost at the beggining and with the two spins would have made for it
DOTR -- Hakkinen -- Running ahead of the (back)pack for most of the race with the worst Lotus in years proved the young finn has the talent to drive greater cars.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 19 Oct 2010, 17:36

1991 - ROUND 4 - MONACO

Yeah! Monaco is my fave GP of the season, specially after my win last year, I was really hoping for this GP to arrive, specially to see if I could finally kick-start my season after the disaster of Phoenix, the lack of speed at Interlagos and the trouble in Imola...

Qualifying

Thursday was incredibly close between the top 10 drivers. I managed to do 7th but was only 0.2 away from the 1st! (Alain Prost). I thought at the moment the race could be really challenging, but Saturday was very different as everybody improved its times... but Prost. I had the pole until the last minute but Ayrton managed a great lap with seconds to go. I´m happy with the result anyway...

1. Senna -- 1.18.523
2. Dagnall -- 1.18.660
3. Berger -- 1.18.746
4. Mansell -- 1.18.827
5. Patrese -- 1.19.076
6. Prost -- 1.19.207

Race

I kept the 2nd position at the 1st corner (although Berger tried to pass me) and I managed to pass Senna at Mirabeau. What happened next was described by Autosport as "One of the greatest exhibitions in the last 40 years of racing". My gap to Senna evolved as follows:
Lap 1 -- 2.0
Lap 5 -- 5.9
Lap 11 -- 14.9
Lap 15 -- 20.7

I did my 1st pit in lap 17 and came out just behind the group formed by Senna, Berger and Mansell, but the car felt so great that with new tyres they were pretty easy to pass, managing to gain the lead again in lap 19 (and passing Senna again at Mirabeau!). By lap 26, my gap had grown to 21.8 (yeah, that´s 3 secs per lap). When Mansell and Senna came into the pits, the gap to Patrese was 53.1 in lap 33 and 35.8 to Senna in lap 39, after my 2nd pitstop. By lap 52, when Senna came for the 2nd time, Mansell was 1.01.3 behind and after my 3rd pit Berger was just below 1 minute. I was sure I would win, but didn´t relax anyway. I want so much to win the championship that I needed to prove everybody that I can do anything with the proper conditions (and not necessarily a superior car). Only Pirro nearly spoiled the fun, as he blocked me in lap 66 and destroyed my front wing. It wasn´t a problem as the new tyres and low fuel in the last few laps were enough to make up for the time lost during that extra pitstop. The gap to Senna was 1.03.6 with 7 laps to go and he ended a lap behind anyway. My rivals looked very serious and tired at the podium. I hope that´s a sign of things to come during the rest of the season.

1. Dagnall -- 1h48m13.687
2. Senna -- +1 lap
3. Patrese -- +1 lap
4. Berger -- +1 lap
5. Prost -- +1 lap
6. Piquet -- +1 lap
7. Gachot -- +2 laps
8. Hakkinen -- +3 laps
9. Capelli -- +3 laps
10. Pirro -- +5 laps (r)
11. Suzuki -- +8 laps (r)

Fastest lap -- Dagnall: 1.19.365
ROTR -- Footwork: Didn´t qualify any car for the 4th time in a row
DOTR -- Dagnall: Lapping everyone else in a low attrition race among the title contenders speaks for itself.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 19 Oct 2010, 21:08

DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP

1. Patrese -- 24 pts
2. Mansell -- 16 pts
3. Dagnall -- 14 pts
4. Piquet -- 11 pts
5. Martini -- 9 pts
6. Senna -- 6 pts
=. Berger -- 6 pts
8. Gachot -- 5 pts
=. Prost -- 5 pts
10. Alesi -- 3 pts
11. De Cesaris -- 2 pts

CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP

1. Williams -- 40 pts
2. McLaren -- 20 pts
3. Benetton -- 17 pts
4. Minardi -- 9 pts
5. Ferrari -- 8 pts
6. Jordan -- 7 pts

watka · Post by **watka** » 19 Oct 2010, 21:37

Could Dagnall be taking the number 1 to Andrea Moda next season?!?

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 19 Oct 2010, 22:22

watka wrote:Could Dagnall be taking the number 1 to Andrea Moda next season?!?

I may do a "Damon Hill" before my career ends but maybe not so drastic!!

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 20 Oct 2010, 13:30

Aerond, how do you play this: wheel or keyboard?

I ask this because the other day I downloaded GP2 and found out that it wouldn't recognize my pad...

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 20 Oct 2010, 21:51

Ferrim wrote:Aerond, how do you play this: wheel or keyboard?

I ask this because the other day I downloaded GP2 and found out that it wouldn't recognize my pad...

keyboard; trying to setup anything else on Gp2 can be a nightmare

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 20 Oct 2010, 22:01

when i played gp2 i used to use the auto brake on off button to brake (played it on rookie)

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 21 Oct 2010, 12:24

Aerond wrote:
Ferrim wrote:Aerond, how do you play this: wheel or keyboard?

I ask this because the other day I downloaded GP2 and found out that it wouldn't recognize my pad...

keyboard; trying to setup anything else on Gp2 can be a nightmare

Hats off to you, then. I couldn't play full distance races, let along do it for 8 seasons, in a f***ing keyboard. :lol:

And I've would got to try that Virtual PC thing... It works for me under DosBox, but it's just too slow. No matter on what PC I try to run it (and my current one can handle GP4 so it also should GP2), I have to set up the game graphics to the bare minimum to avoid the slowdown effect.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 21 Oct 2010, 15:51

Ferrim wrote:
Aerond wrote:
Ferrim wrote:Aerond, how do you play this: wheel or keyboard?

I ask this because the other day I downloaded GP2 and found out that it wouldn't recognize my pad...

keyboard; trying to setup anything else on Gp2 can be a nightmare

Hats off to you, then. I couldn't play full distance races, let along do it for 8 seasons, in a f***ing keyboard.

And I've would got to try that Virtual PC thing... It works for me under DosBox, but it's just too slow. No matter on what PC I try to run it (and my current one can handle GP4 so it also should GP2), I have to set up the game graphics to the bare minimum to avoid the slowdown effect.

Have you tried to change the processor speed on dosbox??

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 21 Oct 2010, 16:48

Aerond wrote:Have you tried to change the processor speed on dosbox??

Don't think so... how do you do that?

EDIT: I think you mean the amount of cycles... I've played a bit with that but didn't manage to change much.

EDIT2: I've searched for some more info and it seems that I'm doing some progress with the game's speed. Thank you

Third edit :lol:

not really improving, is still going too slow no matter how many cycles I try...

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 21 Oct 2010, 22:45

1991 - ROUND 5 - CANADA

Qualifying

I arrived in Montreal really fresh after the Monaco win and this was reflected in qualifying. I went on track and got the pole instantly but kept improving with each lap. A good deal to start 1st here

1. Dagnall -- 1.13.889
2. Senna -- 1.14.657
3. Mansell -- 1.14.731
4. Prost -- 1.15.244
5. Patrese -- 1.15.528
6. Berger -- 1.15.690

Race

I decided for a 3 stop strategy. The tyre wear is quite low, but I wanted the car to be light so I could drive through the chicanes easier. Senna passed me at the start but I gained the lead during the 1st lap and I started to open a distance inmediately, being it 2.7 in lap 5, 3.6 in lap 9 and 7.6 in lap 14, one before my first pitstop. I came out 5th (thanks to Prost´s retirement) with Berger just ahead and Piquet around 5 secs ahead. With the new tyres it didn´t cost me a thing to catch and pass the brazilian in lap 18, and then Mansell in lap 21 for 2nd, with Senna 13.8 ahead of me now. However, things wouldn´t be so easy as I spun at the last chicane on lap 22 and I felt to 5th again! I lost loads of time but tried to recover by passing Patrese next lap as Senna did his 1st stop. Trying to lap De Cesaris in lap 26 he stupidly sent me off the track and I lost an extra 5 secs, being 7.2 secs behind Senna at the end of that lap. I climbed to 2nd as Mansell retired and Piquet entered the pits in lap 28, with Senna 4.6 ahead and I was starting to prepare my attack for the lead when I spun again at the chicane... Senna was then 10.9 ahead and I had to do an extra stop... which I had to do two laps before planned as I found Blundell stopped in the middle of the track on the approach to the last chicane as he missed the pit entrance :S I crashed with him but I was very, very lucky as it was near the pit entrance and I lost my front wing only, while he retired inmediately. I felt to 6th, then passed Martini in lap 35 and Alesi came into the pits in lap 36 for 4th. Piquet stopped two laps later and I war 3rd 18.1 behind Patrese, who stopped in lap 41. There were 18 laps to go and Senna was 37.9 ahead. It was going to be very hard. I started to realize how wrong my choice (the team wanted 1 stop) was with the strategy, although the car handling was great and only my mistakes put me in that situation. I tried my best but Senna stopped very late as well (just one lap before me, in lap 54) so I couldn´t recover much of the gap and I gave up on lap 60 and took easy with the rest of the race for a 2nd final place.

1. Senna -- 1h31m30.952
2. Dagnall -- +32.043
3. Patrese -- +44.842
4. Piquet -- +1.16.570
5. Alesi -- +1 lap
6. Martini -- +1 lap
7. Lehto -- +1 lap
8. Hakkinen -- +1 lap
9. Morbidelli -- +1 lap
10. Nakajima -- +2 laps
11. Pirro -- +2 laps
12. De Cesaris -- +2 laps
13. Comas -- +3 laps

Fastest lap: Chris Dagnall -- 1.16.899
ROTR: Mark Blundell; Missed the pit entrance, and did a very dangerous move by going reverse, almost taking Dagnall with him.
DOTR: Ayrton Senna; Won deservedly under a steady and mistakeless driving.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 21 Oct 2010, 22:49

DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP

1. Patrese -- 28 pts
2. Dagnall -- 20 pts
3. Mansell -- 16 pts
=. Senna -- 16 pts
5. Piquet -- 14 pts
6. Martini -- 10 pts
7. Berger -- 6 pts
8. Gachot -- 5 pts
=. Prost -- 5 pts
=. Alesi -- 5 pts
11. De Cesaris -- 2 pts

CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP

1. Williams -- 44 pts
2. McLaren -- 36 pts
3. Benetton -- 20 pts
4. Minardi -- 10 pts
=. Ferrari -- 10 pts
6. Jordan -- 7 pts

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 22 Oct 2010, 08:13

And Patrese is leading the championship, 12 points ahead of Mansell... now that's great. And Martini now has 10 points... Minardi, using customer Ferrari engines are on equal with the works Ferrari team.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 26 Oct 2010, 10:30

1991 - ROUND 6 - MEXICO

Qualifying

The McLaren suits the bumps of the Hermanos Rodriguez track very well and I got to the track very quickly. So quickly I didn´t have to defend my time on Saturday!!

1. Dagnall -- 1.21.867
2. Patrese -- 1.22.923
3. Senna -- 1.23.059
4. Mansell -- 1.23.087
5. Prost -- 1.23.542
6. Alesi -- 1.24.151

Race

The team wanted a different strategy for me this time and I agreed... and it almost costed me the race as I went for a 1 stop strategy (it´s true that this track gives low tyre wear). At the start I was first to Patrese then I made a small mistake and he passed me. The car was being very hard to drive because of the high fuel load and I was finding it very hard to find a good rythm. I kept fighting with Patrese until he passed me again in lap 5 and he opened a gap of 2.7 secs by lap 10, with Senna 3rd 3.4 secs behind. After that Senna´s engine broke and Prost became 3rd. Patrese was really fast and in an effort to chase him I spun in lap 15, and then again in lap 18 in the Peraltada, which I was very lucky to escape without any damage. I was then 7.0 secs behind Prost in 3rd place. In lap 19 Patrese stopped and I became 2nd, then I realised Patrese was going for 3 stops. When Prost came into the pits in lap 25 I got the lead and managed to keep Patrese behind, thus I managed to minimize the effect of his new tyres, but in lap 32 I was trying to lap Lehto and he made a weird move out of the Peraltada (I was on the outside), and I lost my front wing (about 3 laps before my planned stop), Patrese had to pit that very same lap so I lost all the advantage of being first and when I came into the pits I had lost the 1st place to him by 1 sec. That´s why I decided to change my strategy to 2 stops, so the car would feel much lighter in the 2nd half of the race as I was seeing it would be hard to keep up to Patrese´s pace if I kept for one stop.
The new strategy paid off inmediately. I passed Patrese in lap 35 and started a string of fast laps, having a lead of over 16 secs by lap 46. I thought the race was under control, but I suffered a small problem with the water temperature and decided to pit for the last time a bit earlier than expected. The team told me not to push too hard until the end as Patrese had to stop again anyway, which he did in lap 53, putting me first again and so I run for a new win

1. Dagnall -- 1h37m24.340
2. Patrese -- +1 lap
3. Berger -- +1 lap
4. Piquet -- +1 lap
5. Morbidelli -- +2 laps
6. Capelli -- +2 laps
7. Lehto -- +2 laps
8. Herbert -- +2 laps
9. Comas -- +3 laps
10. Boutsen -- +3 laps

Fastest lap: Chris Dagnall -- 1.22.918
ROTR: Jordan; Never found the pace they had at other tracks and both retired mid race
DOTR: Capelli; Overcame the relaiability issues of the Leyton House to score for the 1st time this season.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 26 Oct 2010, 10:47

1991 - ROUND 7 - FRANCE

Qualifying

Aaaaah! How much I missed Paul Ricard!! The new Magny Course track is nowhere as interesting as the other one. The crowd must be very happy with the new facilities, but the track is boring. Only the long Estoril corner seems interesting to me, but those 3 chicanes could be erased...
Maybe I´m whining because I never got to the track, as I was the fastest on the 1st sector by far, but then lost everything in the 3rd. I only got a 6th place, and far, far, far from Senna.

1. Senna -- 1.18.845
2. Mansell -- 1.19.176
3. Patrese -- 1.19.305
4. Prost -- 1.19.305
5. Berger -- 1.19.764
6. Dagnall -- 1.19.842
7. Piquet -- 1.20.011

Race

At the end of the 1st lap I managed to put myself 3rd (thanks to the top speed of the Honda engine), but Senna soon disappeared and I was holding pretty much of the field, with Prost or Patrese in 4th position just behind, although with no real chances of passing. By lap 6 Senna was 11.4 after some minor mistakes, although he was an average of 0.7 faster per lap than me. I was trying hard to close the gap only to lose control at the 2nd chicane in lap 7 and say goodbye, while my main rivals ended in the podium. Senna went for 2 stops and that gave him the win over Mansell, who went for 3.

1. Senna -- 1h42m01.981
2. Mansell -- +18.761
3. Patrese -- +39.467
4. Prost -- +49.479
5. Piquet -- +58.241
6. Berger -- +1 lap
7. De Cesaris -- +1 lap
8. Brundle -- +1 lap
9. Modena -- +1 lap
10. Lehto -- +2 laps
11. Gachot -- +2 laps
12. Capelli -- +2 laps
13. Pirro -- +3 laps
14. Boutsen -- +3 laps
15. Suzuki -- +3 laps

Fastest lap: Nigel Mansell; 1.23.131
ROTR: Ferrari engines: 3 out of 4 exploded mid race.
DOTR: Ayrton Senna: Scored a smart win and closes the gap on the drivers championship.