Grand Prix Rejects

Autosport wrote:Kamaha trucks turn up at Rockingham track
Kamaha motorsports have made a last minute entry to the Rockingham test with trucks rolling to the track the day before the test. No one quite knows why Kamaha are testing but there are rumours that Kamaha want to prove their speed and test more to stop the car failing halfway during a race. Drivers to attend will be Barii Mori, Nicolas Steele, Jesus Plaza as well as the F3 drivers Victoria Desai and Bob Sampson.

Autosport wrote:THE FOX EXPECTS IMPROVEMENT IN DRIVERS
Following another race with no points, ArrowTech boss The Fox says that Mirko Bosevic and Saeed Al Faisal, who drive for the team, are currently underperforming. "We have one of the best cars on the grid, and only one point to show for it? Zis is ridiculous." Rumours are circulating that if Al Faisal doesn't improve in form, he will be sacked in favour of another pay-driver, though nobody from ArrowTech-Acuri has yet to confirm this.

Kingfisher Racing pleased to be on target.
Mr.Alexandrr has been away for two weeks recently, but found time to comment on his teams performances in recent races. "To be out of pre-qualifying early on, and to now be in the lower midfield in main qualifying is our target for the year. We are taking small steps all the time. Barring any catastrophic performances, I don't see us returning to pre-qualifying yet. Ashley has now found the pace to lead the team, whilst David continues to improve race by race. The future looks good for now."

AdrianSutil wrote:

Kingfisher Racing pleased to be on target.
Mr.Alexandrr has been away for two weeks recently, but found time to comment on his teams performances in recent races. "To be out of pre-qualifying early on, and to now be in the lower midfield in main qualifying is our target for the year. We are taking small steps all the time. Barring any catastrophic performances, I don't see us returning to pre-qualifying yet. Ashley has now found the pace to lead the team, whilst David continues to improve race by race. The future looks good for now."

Wizzie, does the verbal agreement with Nicolas and Neuberg swapping for 3 races still available?

Wizzie wrote:

AdrianSutil wrote:

Kingfisher Racing pleased to be on target.
Mr.Alexandrr has been away for two weeks recently, but found time to comment on his teams performances in recent races. "To be out of pre-qualifying early on, and to now be in the lower midfield in main qualifying is our target for the year. We are taking small steps all the time. Barring any catastrophic performances, I don't see us returning to pre-qualifying yet. Ashley has now found the pace to lead the team, whilst David continues to improve race by race. The future looks good for now."

Wizzie, does the verbal agreement with Nicolas and Neuberg swapping for 3 races still available?

The agreement's still available. In fact, MRT have already green-lighted the deal after San Marino and we've just been waiting for Mr Alexander to return from his promotional tour of Egypt.

Meanwhile, rumour has it that as a result of the tour, Enppi and EgyptAir are looking at becoming major sponsors in the F1RWRS, with Enppi allegedly about to become the title sponsor of Boxtel.

AdrianSutil wrote:

Wizzie wrote:

AdrianSutil wrote:
Wizzie, does the verbal agreement with Nicolas and Neuberg swapping for 3 races still available?

The agreement's still available. In fact, MRT have already green-lighted the deal after San Marino and we've just been waiting for Mr Alexander to return from his promotional tour of Egypt.

Meanwhile, rumour has it that as a result of the tour, Enppi and EgyptAir are looking at becoming major sponsors in the F1RWRS, with Enppi allegedly about to become the title sponsor of Boxtel.

So the deal will go ahead after Monaco for rounds 5, 6 and 7 (Mexico, USA and Canada) yes?

Aerond wrote:Hi all!

Work is crazy right now and I had a massive gig weekend playing 3 weeks in 3 days driving like 500 km. each day. Please be a little bit patient. I expect to run the Monaco GP this weekend

kostas22 wrote:

Aerond wrote:Hi all!

Work is crazy right now and I had a massive gig weekend playing 3 weeks in 3 days driving like 500 km. each day. Please be a little bit patient. I expect to run the Monaco GP this weekend

Remember there are three private tests to run before the Monaco GP! They're all up on the wiki...

eurobrun wrote:

kostas22 wrote:

Aerond wrote:Hi all!

Work is crazy right now and I had a massive gig weekend playing 3 weeks in 3 days driving like 500 km. each day. Please be a little bit patient. I expect to run the Monaco GP this weekend

Remember there are three private tests to run before the Monaco GP! They're all up on the wiki...

Actually can someone add Fakkinen to Autodynamics for one of the tests as I think everyone is OK with him being loaned out.

kostas22 wrote:

eurobrun wrote:

kostas22 wrote:Remember there are three private tests to run before the Monaco GP! They're all up on the wiki...

Actually can someone add Fakkinen to Autodynamics for one of the tests as I think everyone is OK with him being loaned out.

Need I remind you Fakkinen is on a one-race rolling contract. I'm fine with him testing for Autodynamics but if Fleet decides to be a complete arse yet again, Scuderia Alitalia reserves the right to recall him and promote him to one of our race seats.

Aerond wrote:Hi all!

Work is crazy right now and I had a massive gig weekend playing 3 weeks in 3 days driving like 500 km. each day. Please be a little bit patient. I expect to run the Monaco GP this weekend

Autosport wrote:HRT in turmoil after Skaife steps down
Shortly before the Monaco Grand Prix, HRT team principal Mark Skaife announced he would be stepping down with immediate effect. Skaife said today "I have decided to leave the Holden F1RWRS Racing Team to focus on my role in V8 Supercars in Australia." The move has left HRT in turmoil as they scramble to find a new principal. While the team did not make a formal announcement, it is believed that Skaife will also sell his 25% stake in the team. Currently, 50% of HRT is owned by John Zimmer, while the other 25% is owned by GM Holden. It is also thought that Zimmer will fill in as principal until a permanent replacement can be found. HRT have currently scored no points this season, but have had a car finish 7th in all three races so far.

FMecha wrote:Twitter's trending topics (no, not really, I mean Twitter in F1RWRS world): #GoHomeMelroseAndKatayama.

eurobrun wrote:#pointlessandstupidlonghashtag

I really have made terrible driver choices.

Kingfisher announce new sponsors.
Novartis, a consumer company, have signed on as sponsors for the remainder of the season. Mr.Alexander has been in Egypt recently, visiting places like Hurghada and Aswan, tying to drum up support. Rumours of Egyptian mobile phone network Etisalat offering a deal may be true, but as Kingfisher already had an agreement with O2, the deal could not be finalised. Other companies that have been in touch include A2B, a travel company and Hyundai, where 75% of cars owned in Egypt are from the Korean company. "Again, another sponsor here and there does not hurt things. We've gained quite a collection this year so far, and our performances on the track have helped massively", said Mr.Alexander.

Wizzie wrote:Mostly for Aerond's reference, here is, to the best of my knowledge, all the driver changes pre-Monaco.

Sunshine - OUT Martins, IN S. Katayama (Her team-imposed suspension has expired so I'd assume that she'd get the nod unless the contract's been terminated altogether)

Motor Racing Weekly wrote:Simpson to lose Gulf sponsorship?
A current rumour doing the rounds in the F1RWRS paddock is that struggling team Simpson Motorsports will be losing it's main sponsor Gulf Oil at the end of the season due to their lack of exposure on race weekends, and that they'll be sponsoring another team in 2016. Team owner Dave Simpson was unavailable for comment.

AdrianSutil wrote:

Kingfisher announce new sponsors.
Novartis, a consumer company, have signed on as sponsors for the remainder of the season. Mr.Alexander has been in Egypt recently, visiting places like Hurghada and Aswan, tying to drum up support. Rumours of Egyptian mobile phone network Etisalat offering a deal may be true, but as Kingfisher already had an agreement with O2, the deal could not be finalised. Other companies that have been in touch include A2B, a travel company and Hyundai, where 75% of cars owned in Egypt are from the Korean company. "Again, another sponsor here and there does not hurt things. We've gained quite a collection this year so far, and our performances on the track have helped massively", said Mr.Alexander.

Phoenix McAllister wrote:While we're at it, can Raul Souto Maior test for Tropico then?

Aerond wrote:2nd April. PRIVATE TEST. Imola

Weather Condition: Dry

1.Ölafur Ragnar Hannesson (Alitalia) -- 1.27.451
2.Bastian van Nieuwenhuijzen (Alitalia) -- 1.27.531
3.Andrej Kremnicky (Alitalia) -- 1.27.767
4.Miko Fakkinen (Alitalia) -- 1.28.040
5.David Koczo (Alitalia) -- 1.31.381
6.Ben Fleet (Alitalia) -- 1.32.584

Over the course of a race simulation, David Koczo went faster than Ben Fleet. Both were able to complete race simulations without any trouble.

eurobrun wrote:If this is possible I would like to replace Paasonen and Hallenstein with the other two drivers that were originally due to test for Autodynamics.

Wizzie wrote:

eurobrun wrote:If this is possible I would like to replace Paasonen and Hallenstein with the other two drivers that were originally due to test for Autodynamics.

Which would be Fakkinen and J. Melrose, correct?

Wizzie wrote:

Aerond wrote:2nd April. PRIVATE TEST. Imola

Weather Condition: Dry

1.Ölafur Ragnar Hannesson (Alitalia) -- 1.27.451
2.Bastian van Nieuwenhuijzen (Alitalia) -- 1.27.531
3.Andrej Kremnicky (Alitalia) -- 1.27.767
4.Miko Fakkinen (Alitalia) -- 1.28.040
5.David Koczo (Alitalia) -- 1.31.381
6.Ben Fleet (Alitalia) -- 1.32.584

Over the course of a race simulation, David Koczo went faster than Ben Fleet. Both were able to complete race simulations without any trouble.

Next question. Why on earth are the two main drivers three to four seconds slower than everyone else?

eurobrun wrote:If this is possible I would like to replace Paasonen and Hallenstein with the other two drivers that were originally due to test for Autodynamics.

Aerond wrote:

Wizzie wrote:

Aerond wrote:2nd April. PRIVATE TEST. Imola

Weather Condition: Dry

1.Ölafur Ragnar Hannesson (Alitalia) -- 1.27.451
2.Bastian van Nieuwenhuijzen (Alitalia) -- 1.27.531
3.Andrej Kremnicky (Alitalia) -- 1.27.767
4.Miko Fakkinen (Alitalia) -- 1.28.040
5.David Koczo (Alitalia) -- 1.31.381
6.Ben Fleet (Alitalia) -- 1.32.584

Over the course of a race simulation, David Koczo went faster than Ben Fleet. Both were able to complete race simulations without any trouble.

Next question. Why on earth are the two main drivers three to four seconds slower than everyone else?

David Koczo and Ben Fleet ran race simulations.