The 'F1 Challenge' Championship- 1999 Season

MigelNansell · Post by **MigelNansell** » 10 Apr 2011, 23:41

I'll Drive for Ferrari name is Padraig "Paddy Boy" O Connell wanna guess where I'm from

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 10 Apr 2011, 23:55

MigelNansell wrote:I'll Drive for Ferrari name is Padraig "Paddy Boy" O Connell wanna guess where I'm from

Aberdeen?

MigelNansell · Post by **MigelNansell** » 11 Apr 2011, 00:30

Wizzie wrote:
MigelNansell wrote:I'll Drive for Ferrari name is Padraig "Paddy Boy" O Connell wanna guess where I'm from

Aberdeen?

if I was I would have called myself Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett and said "Baaah!" alot. A remote reference for this board perhaps

Jeroen Krautmeir · Post by **Jeroen Krautmeir** » 12 Apr 2011, 22:53

Sign ups are now closed!

We'll kick off the season with four days of running in Barcelona, and then proceed to Melbourne. RPing may commence!

Note: You can always change teams mid-season, or if there's someone out there who wants to join, they may do so, but they have to join an 'existing' team (ie Williams, Arrows) and cannot 'resurrect' a team (ie Lola). These can only happen after Melbourne.

Jeroen Krautmeir · Post by **Jeroen Krautmeir** » 13 Apr 2011, 21:27

Barcelona, Spain - Test 1

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1) Daniel Melrose  Jordan-Renault  1:21.452
2) Damon Cannon  Arrows-BMW  1:21.485
3) Jeroen Krautmeir  Prost-Renault  1:22.052
4) John Zimmer  McLaren-Mercedes  1:22.071
5) Hagane Shizuka  Benetton-Honda  1:22.333
6) Phoenix McAllister  McLaren-Mercedes  1:22.379
7) Ed Kevin  McLaren-Mercedes  1:22.685
8) Thomas de Bock  Sauber-Petronas  1:23.070
9) Douglas Mann  Williams-Renault  1:23.195
10) Daniel Martins  Benetton-Honda  1:23.197
11) Barii Mori  Williams-Renault  1:23.327
12) Jack Christopherson  Jordan-Renault  1:23.441
13) Pippa Mann  Sauber-Petronas  1:23.451
14) David Koczo  Stewart-Ford  1:23.546
15) Warren Hughes  Stewart-Ford  1:23.879
16) Tristan Jung  Prost-Renault  1:24.002
17) James Davies  Prost-Renault  1:24.252
18) Dave McFaste  Tyrrell-Yamaha  1:24.537
19) Padraig O Connell  Ferrari  1:24.555
20) Philippe Nicolas  Jordan-Renault  1:24.722
21) Nathanael Spencer  Minardi-Hart  1:24.747
22) Giovanni Roda  Stewart-Ford  1:26.615

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 14 Apr 2011, 07:09

We were collecting engine data for our partners Honda, and they seemed to be very satisfied with the results. The engineers said Honda isn't the strongest engine, but they plan to build upon the torque. The B198 model seems to be also somewhere where the B197 was. Overall, I'm satisfied with this result.

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 14 Apr 2011, 09:10

Barii Mori wrote:Well we were doing race tests rather then trying to get a lap using an underweight car with the car having a picture of a fuel pump in it's fuel tank. Bet Arrows were surprised when BMW pulled out of F1 so they had to go back sheepishly to Yamaha who supplied them engines again and still did a fantastic time. See Roda, despite in a newer and better team is still seconds off the pace, so maybe we will have mobile chicanes still...

Jeroen Krautmeir · Post by **Jeroen Krautmeir** » 14 Apr 2011, 09:13

Woops, fixed the Arrows-Yamaha. :oops:

Wookey · Post by **Wookey** » 14 Apr 2011, 09:16

Philippe Nicolas wrote:I think I was a bit shocked in the power of the Jordan. I still have to get used to F1CC, but I think tomorrow I will go faster. Nice one Daniel!

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 14 Apr 2011, 09:17

Daniel Melrose wrote:We spent most of the day doing race runs and the Renault powerplant felt good. It's much more powerful than the Peugeot engines we had last year and was more drivable aswell. At the end of the day we decided to do one qualifying simulation run which netted me that 21.4 ahead of Damon who set his time right off the bat that morning. I don't really know what happened to Phillipe but his car stopped on the back straight with some sort of technical problem but that was the only problem we encountered all day.

MigelNansell · Post by **MigelNansell** » 14 Apr 2011, 11:57

Padraig O Connell wrote:
I am positive despite the fact that we were in the bottom half of the time sheets the car felt decent although I am still getting use to it and the expectations of driving for a team like Ferrari. That being said we still have alot of work to do and alot of ground to cover to catch up with the rest of the front runners.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 14 Apr 2011, 12:31

Daniel Martins wrote:I'm am happy with my first test with the team as a driver and now that I am starting to feel more at ease with the car and having checked most of the systems I hope to improve my understanding of the car and be closer to my team-mate. Overall it was a good day.

Jeroen Krautmeir · Post by **Jeroen Krautmeir** » 15 Apr 2011, 07:17

Barcelona, Spain - Test 2

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1) Pippa Mann  Sauber-Petronas  1:21.908
2) Padraig O Connell  Ferrari  1:22.559
3) Daniel Melrose  Jordan-Renault  1:22.660
4) Jeroen Krautmeir  Prost-Renault  1:22.983
5) Hagane Shizuka  Benetton-Honda  1:23.594
6) Damon Cannon  Arrows-BMW  1:23.700
7) Daniel Martins  Benetton-Honda  1:23.715
8) Douglas Mann  Williams-Renault  1:23.763
9) Barii Mori  Williams-Renault  1:23.782
10) Jack Christopherson  Jordan-Renault  1:23.969
11) Philippe Nicolas  Jordan-Renault  1:23.981
12) David Koczo  Stewart-Ford  1:24.254
13) John Zimmer  McLaren-Mercedes  1:24.930
14) Phoenix McAllister  McLaren-Mercedes  1:24.996
15) Tristan Jung  Prost-Renault  1:25.018
16) Warren Hughes  Stewart-Ford  1:25.050
17) Nathanael Spencer  Minardi-Ford  1:25.161
18) Ed Kevin  McLaren-Mercedes  1:25.247
19) James Davies  Prost-Renault  1:25.577
20) Thomas de Bock  Sauber-Petronas  1:25.766
21) Dave McFaste  Tyrrell-Yamaha  1:25.948
21) Giovanni Roda  Stewart-Ford  1:28.151

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 15 Apr 2011, 07:54

I'm really sticking to that fifth place, am I not? :lol:

We were performing a race simulation here, instead of qualifying laps. Aside from an oil leak in my in-lap, I had encountered no problems. Honda seems delighted with the pace we have. If we can constantly be in the top 10, we'll have a good first year of working together!

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 15 Apr 2011, 08:24

Pippa Mann wrote:Well, this is a bit of an improvement over lousy Lola, isn't it? How I ever got that podium last year, I'll never know. Anyway, I'm personally hoping that Douglas and I will be battling for the title together, with a few others thrown in for good measure...

MigelNansell · Post by **MigelNansell** » 15 Apr 2011, 10:42

Padraig O Connel wrote:

This is more like it the engineers worked hard between sessions to get the car where we wanted it to be but we are still more than half a second off 1st which is our goal as being the first of losers is not why I and Ferrari are in the F1CC. We were running full race distance and the car felt good throughout the whole test and although I'm not sure what the Sauber was doing but if the season started tomorrow I'd say we would be in a good position to get wins and not lose to a female driver.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 15 Apr 2011, 11:19

Padraig O Connel wrote:

This is more like it the engineers worked hard between sessions to get the car where we wanted it to be but we are still more than half a second off 1st which is our goal as being the first of losers is not why I and Ferrari are in the F1CC. We were running full race distance and the car felt good throughout the whole test and although I'm not sure what the Sauber was doing but if the season started tomorrow I'd say we would be in a good position to get wins and not lose to a female driver.

Pippa Mann wrote:And what's wrong with losing to a female driver, may I ask? OK, losing to Milka Duno may be embarrassing, I agree, but so would losing to Yuji Ide, wouldn't it? What's the difference?

Jeroen Krautmeir · Post by **Jeroen Krautmeir** » 15 Apr 2011, 11:26

Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:Who the hell is Milk and Donuts? Sounds like a delicious snack to me!

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 15 Apr 2011, 11:28

Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:
Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:Who the hell is Milk and Donuts? Sounds like a delicious snack to me!

Daniel Martins wrote:And indeed it is, my friend. Indeed it is...

MigelNansell · Post by **MigelNansell** » 15 Apr 2011, 11:32

Pippa Mann wrote:And what's wrong with losing to a female driver, may I ask? OK, losing to Milka Duno may be embarrassing, I agree, but so would losing to Yuji Ide, wouldn't it? What's the difference?

Padraig O Connel wrote:

I didn't say there was anything wrong with losing to a female driver I meant your in first and if you haven't already figured it out I'm not here to lose the fact that your a female has nothing to do with your racing ability I'd gladly lose to Milka Duno (not ever likely to happen even in a parallel universe) but I don't like being 2nd.

Post by **Londoner** » 15 Apr 2011, 11:42

Damon Cannon wrote: That's worrying, now being nearly two seconds off the pace in this second test. I was right up there in the first test. The BMW engine is powerful, but this new gearbox is troublesome. Hopefully Mr Barnard can get it sorted by Australia.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 15 Apr 2011, 11:49

Daniel Martins wrote:By the way, and now talking about today's test, I am happy. I managed to improve from yesterday, the car seems to be consistently competitive and I am getting closer to my team-mate. I hope to keep improving myself, helping the team be competitive, my team-mate and the developing the car. Each lap, I get a better feeling from the car, its grip, its reactions. Only this way, we can take Benetton further up the grid. As my team-mate said, we are looking forward to a fruitful partnership with Honda and if these testing results are signs of what it is to come then we will have a good first year working together. We are absolutely satisfied with its power-to-weight ratio and its peak power. Nevertheless there is still lots of room for development and I know Honda are working hard on this. With us also giving our best back home, we hope to have a very competitive season ahead of us.

Wookey · Post by **Wookey** » 15 Apr 2011, 11:53

Philippe Nicolas wrote:I think my problem is the grooved tires the cars are using now. So far, I have raced only slicks tires in my career, so this is very different and difficult for me. But this Jordan is very very good, and I think if I more practice, I can race at the top with Daniel Melrose.

Jeroen Krautmeir · Post by **Jeroen Krautmeir** » 15 Apr 2011, 11:57

Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:After two days of testing, I'm pretty confident that the team will be challenging for podium finishes and perhaps the odd win or two. The Renault engine is extremely powerful, and Alain did a great job getting them. Loic Bigois has penned a wonderful chassis, which isn't perfect, but very good nonetheless. So far, my only complaint is the level of understeer I'm getting. It's terribly hard to navigate corners, especially medium to fast speed corners, and I have to put quite a lot of bias towards oversteer, which helps a bit. Straight line speed is fantastic, though, and it looks like we're the fastest in a straight line. The team is expecting a slight upgrade package on the last day, so I'm going to wait for that before making my final verdict. How Pippa got that Sauber on top stuns me, but I'm assuming she was doing a low-fuel run. Padraig looks like a talented fellow, and the two Benettons look very competitive.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 15 Apr 2011, 12:05

Daniel Melrose wrote:I spent the entire day doing long runs and the car felt extremely comfortable to drive even after a 40 lap stint we did early in the day. Jack and Phillipe have also been consistant but both have been complaining about trying to get some temperature into the new grooved tyres introduced for this season. I haven't had any such problems with them so far but that might have something to do with my naturally more aggressive driving style compared to Jack and Phillipe.

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 15 Apr 2011, 12:50

DanielPT wrote:
Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:
Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:Who the hell is Milk and Donuts? Sounds like a delicious snack to me!

Daniel Martins wrote:And indeed it is, my friend. Indeed it is...

We need to get some and advertise it on our car! :lol:

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 15 Apr 2011, 14:57

Shizuka wrote:
DanielPT wrote:
Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:Who the hell is Milk and Donuts? Sounds like a delicious snack to me!

Daniel Martins wrote:And indeed it is, my friend. Indeed it is...

We need to get some and advertise it on our car!

So that would be Krispy Kreme and Canberra Milk then?

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 15 Apr 2011, 16:37

dr-baker wrote:So that would be Krispy Kreme and Canberra Milk then?

Yes indeed! Hell we can even put one brand on one car, and one on the other.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 15 Apr 2011, 16:48

Shizuka wrote:
dr-baker wrote:So that would be Krispy Kreme and Canberra Milk then?

Yes indeed! Hell we can even put one brand on one car, and one on the other.

Or one brand in one half of the car and the other brand in the other half. Yes, that's it! The car should look fantast... Oh wait... :lol:

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 15 Apr 2011, 17:30

DanielPT wrote:
Shizuka wrote:
dr-baker wrote:So that would be Krispy Kreme and Canberra Milk then?

Yes indeed! Hell we can even put one brand on one car, and one on the other.

Or one brand in one half of the car and the other brand in the other half. Yes, that's it! The car should look fantast... Oh wait...

A puzzle-paint on the B198, while keeping it blue!

Jeroen Krautmeir · Post by **Jeroen Krautmeir** » 15 Apr 2011, 21:22

Barcelona, Spain - Test 3

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1) Daniel Melrose  Jordan-Renault  1:21.412
2) Jeroen Krautmeir  Prost-Renault  1:21.680
3) Hagane Shizuka  Benetton-Honda  1:21.723
4) Padraig O Connell  Ferrari  1:21.915
5) Daniel Martins  Benetton-Honda  1:21.957
6) Damon Cannon  Arrows-BMW  1:22.026
7) Pippa Mann  Sauber-Petronas  1:22.131
8) Philippe Nicolas  Jordan-Renault  1:22.139
9) Barii Mori  Williams-Renault  1:22.191
10) Douglas Mann  Williams-Renault  1:22.854
11) Phoenix McAllister  McLaren-Mercedes  1:23.125
12) Ed Kevin  McLaren-Mercedes  1:24.674
13) David Koczo  Stewart-Ford  1:24.748
14) James Davies  Prost-Renault  1:24.969
15) Warren Hughes  Stewart-Ford  1:25.111
16) Nathanael Spencer  Minardi-Ford  1:25.249
17) John Zimmer  McLaren-Mercedes  1:25.467
18) Tristan Jung  Prost-Renault  1:25.475
19) Thomas de Bock  Sauber-Petronas  1:25.728
20) Jack Christopherson  Jordan-Renault  1:25.756
21) Dave McFaste  Tyrrell-Yamaha  1:26.750
21) Giovanni Roda  Stewart-Ford  1:27.221

MigelNansell · Post by **MigelNansell** » 15 Apr 2011, 23:18

Padraig O Connell wrote:

Another positive step before the season starts I'd say that Daniel and Jeroen are the guys to beat this year I am happy with the car and can't wait to see what the team can come up with throughout the year.

Wookey · Post by **Wookey** » 15 Apr 2011, 23:59

Philippe Nicolas wrote:Today I was doing the development work while Daniel was going for fast times. In the straight line I think we are below the Prosts and maybe the Arrows of Cannon, but in the corners I am confidently think Jordan is superior. Still, I don't like this tires at all, and I am still struggling to cope. But today was a bit better, and tomorrow hopeful I can be up there in top 5.

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 16 Apr 2011, 05:55

Honda gave us a treat, they call it the "Spec II" engine. It seems to work wonderful. Now it wasn't me who got that 5th place, instead it's my teammate

A really satisfying test day in overall. Seems like we're a bit higher up the grid than last year, but these are tests, races will show the true pace - let's not go ahead of ourselves,

Jeroen Krautmeir · Post by **Jeroen Krautmeir** » 16 Apr 2011, 10:46

Barcelona, Spain - Test 4

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1) Jeroen Krautmeir  Prost-Renault  1:23.558
2) Hagane Shizuka  Benetton-Honda  1:23.698
3) Daniel Martins  Benetton-Honda 1:24.152
4) Padraig O Connell  Ferrari  1:24.324
5) Daniel Melrose  Jordan-Renault  1:24.365
6) Philippe Nicolas  Jordan-Renault  1:24.394
7) Douglas Mann  Williams-Renault  1:24.515
8) Pippa Mann  Sauber-Petronas  1:24.608
9) James Davies  Prost-Renault  1:24.764
10) Barii Mori  Williams-Renault  1:24.888
11) Damon Cannon  Arrows-BMW  1:24.929
12) Phoenix McAllister  McLaren-Mercedes  1:25.361
13) Ed Kevin  McLaren-Mercedes  1:25.405
14) David Koczo  Stewart-Ford  1:25.446
15) Thomas de Bock  Sauber-Petronas  1:25.602
16) John Zimmer  McLaren-Mercedes  1:26.277
17) Warren Hughes  Stewart-Ford  1:26.582
18) Jack Christopherson  Jordan-Renault  1:26.617
19) Nathanael Spencer  Minardi-Ford  1:26.952
20) Tristan Jung  Prost-Renault  1:27.230
21) Dave McFaste  Tyrrell-Yamaha  1:27.277
21) Giovanni Roda  Stewart-Ford  1:30.069

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 16 Apr 2011, 10:50

Daniel Melrose wrote:We tried to do as much running as we could today even though the track was damp for pretty much the entire day. Phillipe seemed to like these conditions much more than I did but even so I had alot of fun out there powersliding my way round the course. The Ferraris seemed much more suited to these sort of conditions as they seemed anonymous in dry trim. Finally a word for poor Jack and he seemed to hate the new intermediates much more than he ever hated the new dry tyres.

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 16 Apr 2011, 10:54

New aero parts arrived today and we both tried out different setups. Honda's Spec II engine is great! I managed to close the gap down to a tenth, so it seems the team could really be a constant point-scorer, if not a winner. That's not saying much, but being egoistic doesn't always help. (Canberra Milk did. Now where's the toilet...)

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 16 Apr 2011, 10:58

Shizuka wrote:New aero parts arrived today and we both tried out different setups. Honda's Spec II engine is great! I managed to close the gap down to a tenth, so it seems the team could really be a constant point-scorer, if not a winner. That's not saying much, but being egoistic doesn't always help. (Canberra Milk did. Now where's the toilet...)

Take the road behind the garages to the McLaren garage, turn right and take the first left after that.

Wookey · Post by **Wookey** » 16 Apr 2011, 11:03

Philippe Nicolas wrote:Well, definitely it seems I can do quite good in the wet! I was able to do what I usually do in this conditions without changing the style and setup much, so I am very very happy! I think theres much work to do for me if I am going to be as fast as Daniel in the dry. Now, it is time for Australia!

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 16 Apr 2011, 11:06

Wizzie wrote:Take the road behind the garages to the McLaren garage, turn right and take the first left after that.

Thanks! *runs*