Grand Prix Rejects

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:

kostas22 wrote:So does this mean Nannini scores nothing despite being the last to retire?

No, he gets his points. Points were awarded for Monaco '96, so I see no reason not to give him points.

But all the points scorers were within 90% race distance when they retired in that race. Was that the case in this race? Or did Surer, Johansson etc not do enough laps?

kostas22 wrote:

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:

kostas22 wrote:So does this mean Nannini scores nothing despite being the last to retire?

No, he gets his points. Points were awarded for Monaco '96, so I see no reason not to give him points.

But all the points scorers were within 90% race distance when they retired in that race. Was that the case in this race? Or did Surer, Johansson etc not do enough laps?

I'm just gonna let them keep the points. I'm not sure about the race distance, but I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt here.

Medium speed and small reliability upgrade for us.

That is not the way we wanted to start the season. Medium reliability and small speed for Arrows.

In all fairness, you should just run Interlagos from '87 on. Jacarepagua is really messed up on GP2.

As Zakspeed's performance is absolutely unsatisfying, I'll buy a large speed upgrade.

Osella support moving the Brazilian GP to Interlagos from next year onwards.

pi314159 wrote:Osella support moving the Brazilian GP to Interlagos from next year onwards.

Yeah, I know it would be a bit unrealistic but bathplug it, why not...

Minardi supports a multi-year contract for Jacarepaguá

McLaren will have a small speed upgrade.

EDIT: Actually, no. Make that medium speed.

I'll make the boost deadline 21:00 GMT on Thursday. I just want to get as many races as possible in until the RWRS Canada round (because then the RDS will come off it's hiatus).

Can I put in a test for speed?

Also, could you put the upgrade system on the first post? Thank you

JeremyMcClean wrote:Can I put in a test for speed?

Also, could you put the upgrade system on the first post? Thank you

Oh, sure thing

Minardi will go for a medium speed upgrade now, and after the race at Jerez will stay behind to test and further increase their speed.

Large speed upgrade for Lotus, please.

I'd like to make a correction to my upgrade. Change it to a large speed upgrade. I'll forgo the test for now.

I'll record all the financial bits after the deadline.

To those of you who haven't made up your minds yet, there's a test at Jerez after the next race. Don't forget to state the area you're focusing on if you're attending.

We will be there, focusing on speed.

McLaren will also attend the test, and focus on reliability.

Tyrrell will attend to focus on speed.

We will be on the test for reliability. Oh, and medium upgrade speed, please

Lola will be on the test for speed

Zakspeed would also like to test their new speed package.

Ok, that's upgrades closed for now. I'll sort budgets now, and get the round done tomorrow afternoon

You can still choose to enter the test session until the race is up, stating your focus.

Jerez - Qualifying

1. Nelson Piquet (Ferrari) - 1:16.524
2. Nigel Mansell (Lotus-Renault) - +0.119
3. Alain Prost (McLaren-TAG) - +0.768
4. Ayrton Senna (Tyrrell-Honda) - +0.868
5. Derek Warwick (Lotus-Renault) - +1.010
6. Martin Brundle (McLaren-TAG) - +1.021
7. Rene Arnoux (Williams-Ford) - +1.268
8. Alex Caffi (Benetton-Ford) - +1.473
9. Michele Alboreto (Ferrari) - +1.615
10. Gerhard Berger (Ligier-Ferrari) - +1.662
11. Jonathan Palmer (Williams-Ford) - +1.902
12. Keke Rosberg (Arrows-BMW) - +2.103
13. Riccardo Patrese (Brabham-Renault) - +2.106
14. Teo Fabi (Tyrrell-Honda) - +2.420
15. Jacques Laffite (Ligier-Ferrari) - +2.559
16. Stefan Johansson (Haas Lola-Honda) - +2.664
17. Patrick Tambay (Brabham-Renault) - +2.817
18. Thierry Boutsen (Arrows-BMW) - +3.060
19. Philippe Alliot (Benetton-Ford) - +3.085
20. Alessandro Nannini (Minardi-BMW) - +4.025
21. Andrea de Cesaris (Minardi-BMW) - +4.221
22. Marc Surer (Zakspeed-BMW) - +4.335
23. Ivan Capelli (AGS-Renault) - +6.185
24. Roberto Moreno (Osella-Alfa Romeo) - +6.475
25. Emanuele Pirro (Osella-Alfa Romeo) - +6.484
26. Piercarlo Ghinzani (Haas Lola-Honda) - +6.645
27. Volker Weidler (Zakspeed-BMW) - +7.006 DNQ
28. Satoru Nakajima (AGS-Renault) - +7.375 DNQ

Aha! Hopefully Piquet will finish the race this time.

And we'll join in the test to focus on speed.

JeremyMcClean wrote:Aha! Hopefully Piquet will finish the race this time.

And we'll join in the test to focus on speed.

Noted

I'll try to stick the race results on before I go out tonight.

Atari Haas-Lola will also join the test, focusing on speed

Jerez - Race Results:



I'll keep applications for testing open for a little bit longer in light of race results. I'll then run it on Sunday.

My test program stands as before. Hope next time we have a little more luck.

Well, cock. Is it too late to change my test focus to Reliability?

JeremyMcClean wrote:Well, cock. Is it too late to change my test focus to Reliability?

No, you still can

Osella have another speed upgrade, and will also join the test, focusing on speed.

McLaren would like a large speed upgrade.

Another medium reliability for Arrows.

Large Speed for Williams

Jerez Test Results

The sun was shining on the Jerez circuit, as 9 teams took to the circuit. New parts were tried, and with such good conditions the teams picked up a lot of valuable data.

1. Nelson Piquet (Ferrari) 1m 16.670s
2. Ayrton Senna (Tyrrell-Honda) 1m 17.288s
3. Alain Prost (McLaren-TAG) 1m 17.367s
4. Martin Brundle (McLaren-TAG) 1m 17.575s
5. Michele Alboreto (Ferrari) 1m 18.375s
6. Riccardo Patrese (Brabham-Renault) 1m 18.392s
7. Stefan Johansson (Lola-Honda) 1m 18.835s
8. Teo Fabi (Tyrrell-Honda) 1m 18.884s
9. Patrick Tambay (Brabham-Renault) 1m 19.256s
10. Marc Surer (Zakspeed-BMW) 1m 19.882s
11. Andrea De Cesaris (Minardi-BMW) 1m 20.191s
12. Alessandro Nannini (Minardi-BMW) 1m 20.644s
13. Satoru Nakajima (AGS-Renault) 1m 22.555s
14. Roberto Moreno (Osella-Alfa Romeo) 1m 22.661s
15. Emanuele Pirro (Osella-Alfa Romeo) 1m 22.711s
16. Ivan Capelli (AGS-Renault) 1m 22.719s
17. Piercarlo Ghinzani (Lola-Honda) 1m 23.056s
18. Volker Weidler (Zakspeed-BMW) 1m 23.413s

Large speed for lotus

i just can't find any reason why Nakajima is faster than Capelli in testing and then more than a second behind him in qualifications

I think it's time to introduce an interesting new feature.

You can now interact with drivers via the media; essentially, you can choose to praise your drivers or give them an ultimatum to improve. This is done with short newspaper interviews, press conferences, and whatever else really.

If you praise a driver, it has a 25% chance of improving their confidence (increasing grip value), 50% of them continuing as they are (no change) and a 25% chance of them becoming complacent (decreasing grip value.) You may only praise a driver that has been doing noticeably well.

If you issue an ultimatum the driver has a 30% chance of improving, a 50% chance of staying the same, and a 20% of becoming unsettled which loses performance.

Each team can only schedule 3 media events per year, so use your chances wisely.

Well, I'll wait one more race and I'll give ultimatum to Nakajima. By the way are there any pay drivers left in case I switch Satoru mid-season?