Grand Prix Rejects

Jeroen K wrote:Adelaide is really a great circuit, a true street circuit, and so far I've been happy with the car. I think with a bit more effort, pole position is definitely achievable.

Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:

Jeroen K wrote:Adelaide is really a great circuit, a true street circuit, and so far I've been happy with the car. I think with a bit more effort, pole position is definitely achievable.

By the way, do I have to get the Precision test times myself? Or can Rhys do it for me?

Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:Alright then, will do

Willy Rampf wrote:As you can see MRT has not brought the new M3B to Adelaide as the gearbox is yet to be crash-tested. The car is expected to make it's debut in the next race at Surfers. Finally we are currently developing the M3O which will be the car we use at Indianapolis for the season finale.

The Generic Times wrote:Simpson desperate for sponsors
After the announcement that the Australian Minardi team were to quit at the end of the season, Dave Simpson has been desperately searching for a drive for next season. He has already tested for MRT, but struggled in the driver test at the Hockenheim circuit, posting a lap .5 seconds slower than Nathaniel Spencer, who was eventually picked for the seat. However, this could have been the only chance for Simpson to pick up a spot, since the newly formed Precision team have all but confirmed Phillipe Nicholas for their second drive. It looks as if the only way Simpson will get a drive is if he can find sponsorship. He already has found sponsorship from a number of businesses in his hometown, such as a takeaway shop and a Great Wall Motors dealership, but these aren't anywhere near enough. Dave has also revealed that for most of this season he has had to pay his way to most of the races, leaving him near bankrupt.

Autosport wrote:Nissan urge Dave Simpson to cheque his bank account
A Nissan spokesman when asked about Dave Simpson future said, "Dave Simpson is being paid quite well per race until the end of the season, The Australian Minardi team is being funded currently by Nissan and Dave Simpson is a key part of the team and is helping us develop the new SN-1chassis. Although we have confirmed that Shinobu Katayama who is effectively testing in her stay at Australian Minardi will be one of the drivers for the next season, our first choice for lead drive is Hagane Shizuka, if he turns us down then we are likely to test drivers for the seat during the off season.

Shinobu Katayama wrote:I am very pleased to pre qualify and only be a tenth off my more experienced team mate. I hope to race well and get to the finish for my first race

Barii Mori wrote:The car still handles like a greased pig, although I have pre qualified, I am not sure about points let alone challenging for a podium. Honda, make the Engine faster and Suzuki san please make sure that the team make positive steps forwards, it seems we make one step forward and collapse backwards in a drunken heap....

East Londoner wrote:Is it possible that a provisional entry list for next season can be drawn up, as I appear to have snookered Damon Cannon's career at the moment.

Nicolas Steele wrote:Am I A-OK for the second Calinetic for next season?

watka wrote:I know I'm with Phoenix for this race. But after this does the NAB-HRT offer relate to the rest of this season or next season or both?

the Masked Lapwing wrote:

watka wrote:I know I'm with Phoenix for this race. But after this does the NAB-HRT offer relate to the rest of this season or next season or both?

Rest of the season if you want it. Zimmer can be relegated to test driver.

Wizzie wrote:

the Masked Lapwing wrote:

watka wrote:I know I'm with Phoenix for this race. But after this does the NAB-HRT offer relate to the rest of this season or next season or both?

Rest of the season if you want it. Zimmer can be relegated to test driver.

But Zimmer's being considered for a role in one of the BMW sattelite teams.

Autosport wrote:O'Lauchlan Motorsport to be reformed as Horizon Motorsport

The rumours about former HRT driver and former Honda F1 driver Frank Zimmer running a BMW powered car for the 2013 season proved true but in an unexpected twist to the tale O'Lauchlan Motorsport was bought by a consortium involving Royal Dutch Shell, UPS, BMW and Melrose Racing Team and reformed as Horizon Motorsport which is in effect a satellite effort to the team run by Three Time Formula One World Champion Daniel Melrose.

Dean O'Lauchlan is expected to compete for a 2nd season at the team while Frank Zimmer will drive the Shell liveried car next season. The livery was announced today on one of the O'Lauchlan Motorsport OLM1 cars which are in effect last year's MRTs which Melrose took to 2nd in the championship.

Autosport wrote:Rumours now state that F1RWRS driver Damon Cannon, who will be out of a job at the end of the year, is considering his options now that the provisional 2013 entry list has been drawn up. Although Cannon has stated before that he is in the running for the second Precision seat, the paddock talk is that the unknown Phillipe Nicolas, with the aid of Dailymotion money, is a dead cert, despite the team denying all rumours. Cannon had this to say

"I'm leaving CR Motorsport at the end of the season, as they have consistantly failed to provide me with a capable car. 1 point in 9 races is not a fair statement of my abilities at the wheel. My team mate has hardly talked to me at all since the start of the season. My current hopes for next season rest on this upcoming test for Precision Motorsports, although I fear that they have all but made their second driver choice. If so, expect my test to show how their second car will perform with a talented driver on track, rather than one who has paid his way to the grid. Failing that, I am looking into a potential seat at Kahama, Prospec and that mysterious new American team. I can only hope for their sake they do not descend into a USF1 farce, like they had a couple of years ago."

Wall Street Journal wrote:Commerzbank to remain MRT sponsor

Contrary to popular belief that German bank Commerzbank would leave MRT at the end of the season it has been announced they will stay on in 2013 abit as a minor sponsor.

Commerzbank CEO Martin Blessing said "So far our investment in MRT has proven to be a success. However with the current driver situation we have tuned down our involvement in the team but we will remain associated with them for the time being." Blessing neither confirmed nor denied rumours that Commerzbank is interested to become the title sponsor of Precision Motorsports as their lead driver Jeroen Krautmeir is sponsored by the Frankfurt based company.

the Generic Times wrote:Simpson apologises to Precision Motorsports
Dave Simpson has recently apologised to the boss of Precision Motorsports, Wilheim Krautmeir, for signing for Prospec before he was scheduled to run a driver evaluation test for the team. Dave also told the Generic Times that a source told him that Philippe Nicholas had already signed for the team and that that source was the most inept bunch of rumour milling journalists anywhere in the world that keep misleading the world on every issue they write about and that they call themselves the Generic Ti... wait that's us. Stop writing you idiotic work experience/slave labour scribe, we get enough bad press without making it ourselves. You do know that the proofreader is blind, don't you?

Autosport wrote:HRT loses major sponsor
The Holden F1RWRS Racing Team has made a recent announcement, that their current title sponsor, National Australia Bank, has pulled out of the team. It is understood that as the personal sponsors of Frank Zimmer, the recently sacked HRT driver, NAB had attempted to withdraw a large amount of funding from the team. When team principal Mark Skaife offered a large sum of money to lure Ashley Watkinson to the seat, there was a split between team and sponsor, and now the team is low on funds. Rumours are around that the team has reduced the offer to Watkinson, although it is unlikely that it will be enough. The team has announced that they have a minor deal with Australian telecommunications company Telstra, but haven't yet announced a major sponsor.

Phoenix McAllister wrote:I'd like Barii Mori to confirm if he still wishes to drive for my team since I have to submit the entry for the next season to the F1RWRSIA the next week. No meaningful changes are going to be conducted on my outfit otherwise.

Autosport wrote:Zanardi to drive wildcard entry at Indianapolis

O'Lauchlan Motorsport has scraped together enough funds from several small sponsors in the US to open up a wildcard entry for the Indianapolis finale to the F1RWRS. Alex Zanardi requested the drive and MRT's Daniel Melrose gave him the green light to take the drive. Since Zanardi won't be avaliable as Krautmeir's race engineer for that round MRT's chief strategist Roberto Ravaglia will take over the role for that round should the F1RWRSIA give approval for the wildcard entry.

MRT's Daniel Melrose gave him the green light to take the drive.

Phoenix wrote:

Phoenix McAllister wrote:I'd like Barii Mori to confirm if he still wishes to drive for my team since I have to submit the entry for the next season to the F1RWRSIA the next week. No meaningful changes are going to be conducted on my outfit otherwise.

Barii Mori wrote:Of course I want to do another full season, next seasons car looks well under development and hopefully will be faster then the Daihatsu we are currently running, my sponsorship money is paying Suzuki sans wages, so I hope he can deliver. Again I wish to make it clear that I have no connections with the Sunshine Infiniti team, I just helped them with introductions due to family connections. I have been working closely with Honda and Mugen for most of my career so I do not want to hurt this by having links to Nissan or Renault.

Douglas Mann wrote:I want to reassure Hagane that he will not be chucked out of the team that easily. The team was set up so he could leave West Cliff Racing so we won't get rid of him that easily. And you still scored points today while I was nowhere - we both went backwards from our grid positions. Bad set-up or something, I suppose. And the seat is yours until the end of the season, unless you want to leave, Hagane. Do you want to leave?

Pippa Mann wrote: I'm embarrassed by my performance today, but at least I still (just) lead the championship. Here's hoping for a better performance next time...

Phoenix McAllister wrote:Well, since I'm on a really bad mood today as our cars have been hopelessly off the pace and Sammy effing Jones has won, I'm firing all my aero department. They suck. I won't tolerate my cars to run as bad as they did today. And I really hope Honda ups its game because I have an offer from another manufacturer for works engines. Good day, and screw you all.

Sammy Jones wrote:Well, it's been a long time coming! My third season in the F1RWRS and finally my first race win! I'm absolutely thrilled with the result, particularly as it has come straight after my two race ban, what a way to get the season back on track! I'd like to dedicate it to Phoenix McAllister who, as well as being a grumpy old sod all weekend, has also galvanised this team into action through his comments over the past few weeks. The result of which is my win today. Cheers Phoenix! My only regret is that I couldn't share the podium with Chris, but nonetheless he drove a solid race to collect more points for the team. We're now just 11 points away from AMR and with a little cushion over MRT and HRT but I'm not going to allow us to become complacent. This is the most competitive the team has ever been and I'm really hoping that at the end of the season we can walk away with just one of the two titles. Both would be unbelievable, but we want to be realistic. There's six rounds to go now and still a lot of points up for grabs. Both myself and Chris will be aiming to get as many of them as possible!

AndreaModa wrote:

Sammy Jones wrote:.... We're now just 11 points away from AMR and with a little cushion over MRT and HRT but I'm not going to allow us to become complacent. This is the most competitive the team has ever been and I'm really hoping that at the end of the season we can walk away with just one of the two titles. Both would be unbelievable, but we want to be realistic. There's six rounds to go now and still a lot of points up for grabs. Both myself and Chris will be aiming to get as many of them as possible!

Pippa Mann wrote:Those are words that we like to hear at AMR. Although we may not have scored today, we are still leading both championships. We want to win both having had to fight all the way for them, having earnt them, unlike Scumacher in the early 2000's... Bring it on!

Jari Kekkonen wrote:I raced very cleanly, and what do I get? 16th place! Well, I shouldn't complain, at least I qualified. I know this track very well. The hairpin is very easy for me. I've seen the recaps, these idiots keep hitting the wall every lap!

Nicolas Steele wrote: Be quiet, not everybody can go through that hairpin cleanly! You nearly mucked up your entire race that one time! And for goodness sakes, STOP BEING SO COCKY!!!

Daniel Melrose wrote:I haven't been feeling the best in recent weeks thanks to aggrivating that old back injury but the team put in an alright performance. However in this sport alright simply isn't good enough. Jeroen did a good job to remain in the points but we know what we have to improve on since the car has very little mechanical grip. Incredibly I'm still 4th in the championship with a realistic shot at the championship despite driving a car that's the most difficult to get to work since the BMW F1.08 I drove a few years ago.

Finally I have two messages for RubberTex Jones Racing. First off I'ld like to give my congratulations to Sammy Jones for his frist win. It may have taken a while but atleast he can take comfort in the fact he didn't take as long to win here as he did in Formula 1. Secondly MRT and O'Lauchlan Motorsport are ready to put their full support behind RubberTex Jones on the track to take home both championships should we eventually fall out of championship contention.

AndreaModa wrote:

Sammy Jones wrote:Well, it's been a long time coming! My third season in the F1RWRS and finally my first race win! I'm absolutely thrilled with the result, particularly as it has come straight after my two race ban, what a way to get the season back on track! I'd like to dedicate it to Phoenix McAllister who, as well as being a grumpy old sod all weekend, has also galvanised this team into action through his comments over the past few weeks. The result of which is my win today. Cheers Phoenix! My only regret is that I couldn't share the podium with Chris, but nonetheless he drove a solid race to collect more points for the team. We're now just 11 points away from AMR and with a little cushion over MRT and HRT but I'm not going to allow us to become complacent. This is the most competitive the team has ever been and I'm really hoping that at the end of the season we can walk away with just one of the two titles. Both would be unbelievable, but we want to be realistic. There's six rounds to go now and still a lot of points up for grabs. Both myself and Chris will be aiming to get as many of them as possible!

Phoenix McAllister wrote:Considering the pitiful weekend my team had, I really made my best to don't look like a grumpy sod. And you must remember that it was all your fault and you won't get away with those dirty scumbag tactics again. F1RWRSIA is watching you and your team very closely, remember that at all times. You guys really have no grip even considering that a company called RubberTex is, pardon me, WAS sponsoring you. So get a grip, son.

Autosport wrote:American Racing Conglomerate Confirms Collin Pratchett as Driver
American Racing Conglomerate announced its new driver today at a press conference in the old Hemogoblin Autowerks factory. Collin Pratchett, a so far unknown American driver from Maine, was given the role as the team's single driver. Pratchett has driven in several Indycar events and also came in a close second in the 2008 Formula Atlantic Championship. He also brings a large amount of sponsorship into the team, with rumors that $2,000,000 has been given to the team as a buy-in, with more coming. ARC has also officially renamed their team to American Racing Conglomerate, disregarding the previous owners of the team. Lastly, harsh words have been coming from the Hemo Goblin camp, with many angry at the team's underhanded sale to ARC and the shadowy nature of the team. "This better not be another USF1," said one mechanic.