Wizzie wrote:From this point on I'ld prefer if someone else took over the role of Kimi Raikkonen but if nobody wants to do it I'll keep being Kimi.
From: Ronan Griffin <[email protected]>
To: Jeroen Krautmeir <[email protected]>
Hi Jeroen,
I'll talk to Barnard, but I'm fairly sure Arrows and one other established team (possibly Sauber, but I'm not sure about that) are after him. I'd expect him to go with them rather than us, because they're established teams. More importantly, with either Sauber or Arrows he'd have more or less complete control of the car design and development. Here, he'd have to share the control and responsibility with me.
As far as I can see the only ace up our sleeve, is Porsche. In terms of future security and competitiveness, it'd make us a far more attractive proposition than Arrows or Sauber, possibly enough to get Barnard to accept less control. If you like, I could tell him about that, but I don't know how sensitive a stage you're at with them (as far as I know, 'The Paddock' in general haven't gotten wind of it yet). If you'd prefer I didn't let him know about it at this stage, I could just see would he delay signing a deal with anyone else for a few weeks to give us time to go public with the Porsche deal.
Glad to hear the launch is in Nurburg, it's more convenient for us. I'll designate a chassis to be used once the next round of testing is finished.
Ronan.
From: Jeroen Krautmeir <[email protected]>
To: Ronan Griffin <[email protected]>
Hello Ronan,
With all due respect, I think our chances of poaching Barnard are higher then you might think. Other than having Damon Hill, what else do Arrows have? Tom Walkinshaw is more of a businessman than a team owner in my opinion, and even though Pedro Diniz has loads of cash, much of that is being used just to pay Hill's salary, not leaving much for development over the season. I may be wrong, but it's my opinion. As for Sauber, Frentzen's gone, Ford is gone, and now they're running last season's Ferrari engines in it's lowest spec*, which doesn't sound good. Johnny Herbert and Andrea Montermini are fine drivers, but once again, money is a concern. And then, coming to us, I'll admit that we don't have a huge budget. The new complex at Oschersleben is costing us approximately 45 Million Pounds, and I mean just the factory, offices and CAD unit. The windtunnel will probably be another 5 Million, and the residential area would be somewhere around 15 Million. Leaving us a debt of 65 Million Pounds. You might now be aware of your development budget yet, so I'll make it obvious to you. Out of 45 Million Pounds, you've used up not too much on purchasing the rights from our old friend Mr. Duberbier, and the total cost of 6 cars should be just under 2 Million. So, we should be using somewhere in the area of 110 Million Pounds to build up the team, excluding salary's and such. 2/4 of the budget is made from my personal fortune, while Bitburger and Lufthansa take up most of the other quarter.
Well, I'll see you in Nurburg in a few days time for the test.
Regards,
Jeroen.
From: Jeroen Krautmeir ([email protected])
To: Kimi Raikkonen ([email protected]
Good day Kimi.
The calendar looks quite challenging, but I'm sure you'll do well. I was just wondering if you needed any personnel? You have not asked yet, so I'm assuming you already have a few people working with you, but just remember, anything you need, just ask.
Jeroen Krautmeir.
From: Kimi Raikkonen ([email protected]
To: Jeroen Krautmeir ([email protected])
Good day Mr. Krautmeir,
I'm glad that you're so supportive towards me. Yes, this season isn't going to be easy, especially for a rookie like me, but I'm much more self-confident now that I've got a real Formula One team backing me up. About the personnel, I'd greatly appreciate if you could borrow a few mechanics or engineers. While I trust my current team team quite much, only one or two of the mechanics have any previous experience from open-wheelers, so it'd be good to have some people who are experienced in it to prevent the most basic mistakes.
Thank you in advance,
Kimi Räikkönen
From: Jeroen Krautmeir ([email protected])
To: Kimi Raikkonen ([email protected]
Hello Kimi.
Well, we'll be doing everything possible to support you. Trust me. I have three bright youngsters (mid-20s) who would be delighted to work with you. Age to me, does not matter, as their quite skillful, with the two mechanics having assembled parts of the new PRM01's. Your engineer is named Jürgen Witte, a young lad of 26, and while he was born and raised in Germany, is quite fluent in English, and can mumble a few lines of Finnish, though that is of little importance. Your two mechanics are both British, 23-year old Damien Wilkinson and 28-year old Glen Vickers. Like I said earlier, they've put together some parts of the new car before, so that should be helpful.
Yours,
Jeroen Krautmeir.
To: Jeroen Krautmeir <[email protected]>
From: Ronan Griffin <[email protected]>
Hi Jeroen,
I've talked to Barnard. He shares some of your concerns about Sauber and Arrows (and a third team he didn't name), but he doesn't really see what guarantees we have, either. He said while we're in a healthy position now, we're only one poor or unreliable season away from all our sponsors abandoning ship. I tried the 'well you can help make sure we never have such a bad season' angle with him, but it hasn't worked for the moment.
Also, Walkinshaw is offering him about twice my salary, which, as you know, is not insubstantial for a team the size of Precision. God knows where he's getting that money from. Like you, I'm fairly sure Arrows or Tom Walkinshaw Racing don't actually have it.
Luckily, Barnard's not going to sign a contract with anyone for another few weeks, so we should have Porsche backing in place by the time I talk to him again. So I think we could still get him.
Regards,
Ronan.
From: Jeroen Krautmeir <[email protected]>
To: Ronan Griffin <[email protected]>
Hello Ronan.
Although I feared something like this would happen, I wouldn't have predicted something like that coming from his mouth. Okay, fine, it wasn't surprising I guess, and it probably had something to do with my overconfidence. Anyhow, I'm doing my best to finalize the paper work with Porsche. Tom sounds like an idiot to me. Yes, he could take the gamble, offer the money which isn't there, then pay up if the season is successful etc, but I don't see it happening, as Arrows are far too concerned on the business side of things. Hopefully though, we will be able to convince him otherwise. If all things fail, then Hamidy is our best choice.
I'll see you at the Nurburgring for our test.
Jeroen.
Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:Time for the 20th JAN test?
Nuppiz wrote:Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:Time for the 20th JAN test?
Yes. Could Ronan give us a little brief on the car's improvements before we hit the road?
From: Ronan Griffin <[email protected]>
To: Jeroen Krautmeir <[email protected]>, Niko Nurminen <[email protected]>, Alex Valrey <[email protected]>, John Zimmer <[email protected]>
Re: Upgrades for the Jan 20th test.
Hi all,
Just letting you know we have new front wing end plates, minor revisions to the front suspension geometry and a stronger gearbox ready for the next test. We have three raceworthy cars for this one, so John, you get your first spin in the PRM01. As always, don't hold back with the feedback.
Ronan.
the Masked Lapwing wrote:From: John Zimmer ([email protected])
To: Jeroen Krautmeir ([email protected])
Subject: 1997 British F3 Season
Hello Mr Krautmeir,
I have just received the calendar for this year's season of the British Formula 3, and thought you should see it for future planning:
16/2 - Donington Grand Prix Circuit
23/3 - Mondello International Circuit
6/4 - Snetterton
13/4 - Silverstone International Circuit
27/4 - Spa-Francorchamps GP Circuit
10/5 - Castle Combe
11/5 - Castle Combe
24/5 - Norisring City Race
25/5 - Norisring City Race
22/6 - Oulton Park International Circuit
10/8 - Silverstone International Circuit
17/8 - Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit
31/8 - Donington Grand Prix Circuit
14/9 - Circuit Park Zandvoort
21/9 - Snetterton
5/10 - Donington Grand Prix Circuit
26/10 - Silverstone International Circuit
I have joined forces with JLD Motorsport for this year, who are running a Dallara chassis for my #2 entry. My teammate is Juho Annala, who is the reigning champion, who arrived from Alan Docking Racing.
Hope you find this useful.
John Zimmer.
This isn't the real calendar, but I couldn't find the proper one, so I just took a bunch of tracks from V8SC3 and stuck them together to form a sort of series. Plus, it means I don't have to make up results!
I'll give a little report on the upgrades:Code: Select all
Gearbox: The previous problem with the 5th gear seems to be gone. The delay between gear changes has also slightly reduced.
Steering: Understeer is practically gone; the car feels more and more like what my driving style needs.
Suspension: Feels slightly firmer, and allows me to take corners a little more aggressively. The car's handling is a little more predictable now.
Wings: Front end is slightly more responsive. Perhaps with some adjustments, we can run it with lower downforce without sacrificing cornering speeds.
Aerond wrote:the Masked Lapwing wrote:From: John Zimmer ([email protected])
To: Jeroen Krautmeir ([email protected])
Subject: 1997 British F3 Season
Hello Mr Krautmeir,
I have just received the calendar for this year's season of the British Formula 3, and thought you should see it for future planning:
16/2 - Donington Grand Prix Circuit
23/3 - Mondello International Circuit
6/4 - Snetterton
13/4 - Silverstone International Circuit
27/4 - Spa-Francorchamps GP Circuit
10/5 - Castle Combe
11/5 - Castle Combe
24/5 - Norisring City Race
25/5 - Norisring City Race
22/6 - Oulton Park International Circuit
10/8 - Silverstone International Circuit
17/8 - Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit
31/8 - Donington Grand Prix Circuit
14/9 - Circuit Park Zandvoort
21/9 - Snetterton
5/10 - Donington Grand Prix Circuit
26/10 - Silverstone International Circuit
I have joined forces with JLD Motorsport for this year, who are running a Dallara chassis for my #2 entry. My teammate is Juho Annala, who is the reigning champion, who arrived from Alan Docking Racing.
Hope you find this useful.
John Zimmer.
This isn't the real calendar, but I couldn't find the proper one, so I just took a bunch of tracks from V8SC3 and stuck them together to form a sort of series. Plus, it means I don't have to make up results!
Real 1997 F3 British Calendar;
1 3 Abr Oulton Park/1
2 5 Abr Oulton Park/2
3 5 Abr Oulton Park/3
4 1 May Silverstone/1
5 2 May Silverstone/2
6 2 May Silverstone/3
7 22 May Magny-Cours/1
8 23 May Magny-Cours/2
9 23 May Magny-Cours/3
10 29 May Hockenheim/1
11 29 May Hockenheim/2
12 30 May Hockenheim/3
13 17 Jul Rockingham/1
14 18 Jul Rockingham/2
15 18 Jul Rockingham/3
16 30 Jul Spa-Francorchamps/1
17 30 Jul Spa-Francorchamps/2
18 31 Jul Spa-Francorchamps/3
19 7 Ago Thruxton/1
20 8 Ago Thruxton/2
21 8 Ago Thruxton/3
22 14 Ago Silverstone/1
23 15 Ago Silverstone/2
24 15 Ago Silverstone/3
25 29 Ago Snetterton/1
26 30 Ago Snetterton/2
27 30 Ago Snetterton/3
28 25 Sep Brands Hatch/1
29 26 Sep Brands Hatch/2
30 26 Sep Brands Hatch/3
the Masked Lapwing wrote:I owe you one
Disregard the previous calendar then.
Code: Select all
Engine: Love this engine, smooth power delivery, and a fair bit of it when it comes on, but I found it to occasionally run out of puff slightly at high revs. Not a major problem for me, it was only every now and then.
Gearbox: Nice and quick changes, especially on the down shifts. No problems throughout the test.
Steering: Nothing wrong with this, feels brilliant.
Suspension: Rides the bumps and kerbs pretty well, allows easy, predictable and agressive cornering.
Wings: A little bit of understeer on some corners, with very rare oversteer on others (mostly if I overdid the acceleration on the way out).
Aerond wrote:the Masked Lapwing wrote:I owe you one
Disregard the previous calendar then.
Ooops, I´ve made a mistake there; that´s the 2010 calendar ... The earlierst I could find is 2003:
1 6 Abr Donington/1
2 6 Abr Donington/2
3 20 Abr Snetterton/1
4 20 Abr Snetterton/2
5 4 May Croft/1
6 4 May Croft/2
7 11 May Knockhill/1
8 11 May Knockhill/2
9 25 May Silverstone/1
10 26 May Silverstone/2
11 22 Jun Castle Combe/1
12 22 Jun Castle Combe/2
13 13 Jul Oulton Park/1
14 13 Jul Oulton Park/2
15 3 Ago Rockingham/1
16 3 Ago Rockingham/2
17 17 Ago Thruxton/1
18 17 Ago Thruxton/2
19 30 Ago Spa-Francorchamps/1
20 31 Ago Spa-Francorchamps/2
21 6 Sep Donington/3
22 7 Sep Donington/4
23 28 Sep Brands Hatch/1
24 28 Sep Brands Hatch/2
I´ll keep working on it anyway
Oh well, I'll take what I can get for now. Still, it's better than anything I could find. Aerond wrote:FOUND IT!!!!!
1997 British F3 Calendar (2 heats only when marked)
1997 Season
Donington 23 March
Silverstone 6 April
Thruxton 13 April
Brands Hatch 27 April
Silverstone 11 May
Croft 18 May
Oulton Park 22 June
Silverstone 12 July
Pembrey 17 August (2 heats)
Donington 24 August
Snetterton 14 September (2 heats)
Spa-Francorchamps 28 September
Silverstone 5 October
Thruxton 12 October
the Masked Lapwing wrote:Thank you, for what, the third time?
Biscione wrote:"Some Turkemenistani gulag repurposed for residential use" is the best way yet I've heard to describe North / East Glasgow.
From: Jeroen Krautmeir <[email protected]>
To: Ronan Griffin <[email protected]>
Hi Ronan.
I'd just like to drop this note to tell you that the Porsche deal is 'practically' signed. I use the word 'practically' signed because while I've got most of the Porsche representatives to pen their initials, I haven't got the go ahead from the big guy, that Dr Üwe Müller. Once he puts his signature on the piece of paper, we'll have a works engine deal, that, hopefully, doesn't become as scr**ed up like Jordan's Yamaha deal. I'm quite confident right now, as should the deal be confirmed, they aren't going to base their engine on an existing design like Peugeot did. Instead, it'll be designed and built from scratch. The future looks excellent, I (confidently) say.
Regards,
Jeroen.
watka wrote:From: Üwe Müller ([email protected])
To: Jeroen Krautmeir ([email protected])
Jeroen,
I have now signed the copies of the contracts and our lawyers will provide you with copies via special delivery.
Apologies that I have not been in contact recently. Your team has been through a lot since we last met face to face, but I have been very impressed with how your team has dealt with the matters very professionally. However please remember the clauses of our contract. We expect results on the raceday and we have agreed a target for your team to beat Stewart in this year's championship. We have no worries about your team at the moment, the pre-season testing is encouraging, but I hope you can understand that we need assurances over your potential before attaching our brand name.
Thanks,
Üwe
From: Jeroen Krautmeir ([email protected])
To: Üwe Müller ([email protected])
Good day Üwe.
The papers you mentioned have arrived, and I'd just like to thank you for your support. I'll definitely remember the clauses in our contract, and rest assured, you aren't the only ones who want to see results on raceday. We're having one last test, before attaching a few new updates onto the car. After that we'll try to test it in the windtunnel, just to get an idea of what it'll do. Once that's done, we'll be off to Melbourne, where the whole charade begins!
Yours,
Jeroen.
watka wrote:i don't know why I chose the name Üwe because I don't even know how to pronounce it!
Novitopoli wrote:Everytime someone orders at Pizza Hut, an Italian dies.
Novitopoli wrote:Juve's Triplete: Calciopoli, doping & Mafia connections.
kostas22 wrote:watka wrote:i don't know why I chose the name Üwe because I don't even know how to pronounce it!
Ooh-v-eh Mule-er.
Simples.
Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:My neighbour is named Üwe, and we pronounce it like "ooo-vur"
Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:My neighbour is named Üwe, and we pronounce it like "ooo-vur"
Klon wrote:Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:My neighbour is named Üwe, and we pronounce it like "ooo-vur"
Really? Üwe mit Ü? Never heard that one before. My grandfather has the normal version with "U"
watka wrote:I find it amusing that whilst you're one of the more openly Christian guys here, you are still first and foremost associated with an eye for the ladies!
MCard LOLAdinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
From: Colm Joesph O Connell ([email protected])
To: Jeroen Krautmeir ([email protected])
Subject: Sponsorship
Hello Mr Krautmeir,
My name is Colm O Connell and before you think this is some junk mail or some thing to require you to give me your bank details I can assure you it is not. I am the current Chairman of O Connell Oil and Lubricants based in County Cork in the Republic of Ireland, I have been following Motorsport since I was young and until recently I was actively competing in both the Auto Trader RAC British Touring Car Championship from 1990 to 1995 in which I won the Independents Cup on two occassions and The Network Q RAC Rally until injuries in my back forced me to retire and work on my business. In the time since my retirement I have turned my company from a national company to a European powerhouse in Oil and Lubricants supplies supplies countries such as Germany, France, The United Kingdom, Italy and Russia I would like to return with my first love which is motorsport and as such I would like to offer sponsorship to your Precision Motorsports, I am not alone in my sponsorship I would bring with me sponsorship from Banc na hÉireann (Bank of Ireland) for the 1998 season and on going should we manage to get a deal agreeable to both parties. I am happy to discuss budgets with you if you are interested and if you still feel that I am not 100% on the level or if you have any reservations I am only currently sponsoring a rookie driver in CART called Dario Franchitti as well as the Hogan Racing Team. In return for my sponsorship I would be looking for 5-10 % ownership in team and help setting up a F3 team in British Championship for my nephew for the 1998 season.
If you have any questions in regards to my proposal please feel free to contact me.
Yours
Colm O Connell
Chairman O Connell Oils and Lubricants
To: Colm Joesph O Connell ([email protected])
From: Jeroen Krautmeir ([email protected])
Subject: Re: Sponsorship
Good day Mr. O Connell!
Firstly, I would like to apologize for the late response. Things here at Precision have been pretty hectic in recent times, and I simply have had not enough time to check my email recently.
Anyway, I am pretty excited at this potential deal between O Connell Oil and Lubricants and Precision Motorsports, and I am particularly impressed by your passion for the sport. This is exactly the type of sponsor which I feel fits the image of the team. The additional money from the Bank of Ireland would definitely come in handy as well, and I will be delighted to begin negotiations immediately. A 5-10% ownership of the team is possible, but I will let you respond first, and give some numbers.
Yours,
Jeroen Krautmeir
To:Jeroen Krautmeir ([email protected])
From: Colm Joesph O Connell ([email protected])
Subject: Re: Sponsorship
Good Afternoon Mr. Krautmeir,
No need to apologise about the delay in responding I can only imagine the stress of running a racing team and I appreciate that you got back to me at all. My company is prepared to invest $200 million over a 5 year deal with a option to extend the contract if certain conditions are met which can be worked out at a later date, My company have no desire to become the Title Sponsor at this point in time however if the opportunity for either ourselves or Bank of Ireland to do so we would be happy to investigate the possibility. I must advice you that until recently the Bank of Ireland were in negotiations to sponsor Eddie Jordan and his Jordan Formula One team for the 1998 season but having discussed it with them they feel that Jordan F1 would not have met the requirements of their brand, In regards to sponsorship from them they are prepared to double whatever I offer in sponsorship for the same period so as it stands they will offer $400 million over the same 5 year period with similar conditions in regards to continued sponsorship.
If this is acceptable I will have my lawyers begin to draw up the contracts for our agreement if you have any concerns or questions please don't hesitate to contact me.
Yours,
Colm O Connell
Chairman O Connell Oils and Lubricants
