Grand Prix Rejects

SuperAguri wrote:

Shinobu Katayama wrote:I was disappointed that the series management decided not to grant my super licence transfer yet, meaning that I could not prequalify the car, Shizuka did a great time and I feel I would have matched his pace and we should have been in qualifying and in the race. Although I did have a chuckle when I saw that Martins failed to qualify that crate of a car and that Kay Lon just about dragged his car into the race.

James Davies wrote:*sigh* I got kinda swarmed at the start there, lost a few positions, but I could tell pretty early on that we had a fairly decent car that could've fought for points, especially given all the retirements. I don't know what broke and I honestly don't care; it's a missed opportunity for us and we really can't afford those.

Klon wrote:Indeed I did. Now I am waiting for what shall be given to me as my Advent season avatar.

Nuppiz wrote:Here's the chatlog from the race: http://pastebin.com/EYmCHCXe

Aerond wrote:Race results up

If you get your usual nonsense done within the next few days I might run the US GP over the weekend.

Wizzie wrote:

Aerond wrote:Race results up

If you get your usual nonsense done within the next few days I might run the US GP over the weekend.

Well, after the post-Monaco madness, I don't think many teams will tinker with too much before the next round. Except possibly Revolution depending on whether Shizuka wants to put Katayama in the seat for a few races or not.

Nicolas Steele wrote:We really need to get the reliability issues down pat. Otherwise we'll be stuck in the gutter this season. I know the boys are working hard but obviously there's something wrong with the way it was manufactured, obviously. Maybe something doesn't fit quite right?

Jari Kekkonen wrote:I'm not much of a mechanic, and the car is quite good, to be honest, Nick, but there's one major flaw. *Points at Nicolas*

Nicolas Steele wrote: Now I wish the boys would try harder...

Kekkonen, after that dispute wrote:8th is quite good, now we try to shoot for the points. This is a good start, to be honest, it was quite good to get back into the car.

Kollin Holles wrote:No more nonsense from us. Kekkonen will drive for the foreseeable future but we will hold on to Spencer for the time being.

Rhys Davies wrote:My performances have always been dependent on the track, and I did not gel well with Hermanos Rodriguez this weekend. At least Long Beach is a street circuit, hopefully it will work better then. But before that, I'm going to have a few choice words with Melrose...

John Zimmer wrote:Dammit, we could have scored a few points today. Well, one of them could have...

Aerond wrote:If you get your usual nonsense done within the next few days

Best In The World press release wrote:"Kay Lon: The Kahama Years" available for download

Best In The World is proud to present "Kay Lon: The Kahama Years". This exciting 83-minutes documentation features all highlights from Kay Lon's first years in the F1RWRS with the Japanese team, from the fastest lap in Spa in 2010 to the conspiracy at Indianapolis.

Learn the truth about how a young German driver and the youngest in the history of F1RWRS went on to become one of the biggest icons in motorsport history. Experience the passion and the challenges of 2010-2013 with first-hand accounts by team mates, opponents and of course the Best In The World himself.

This is a documentation that dares to go beyond what you already know: nothing is left out, from Lon's struggles in prequalifying to Barii Mori's extensive bullying campaign. Do NOT miss it: it is available for download (only €8.99) on the BITW homepage and depending on how sales proceed may see release on Blu-Ray later.

J.O.U.R.N.A.L wrote:Best In The World to strike major merchandising deals

Kay Lon's Best In The World brand has recently announced the release of a documentation of Lon's early F1RWRS years and by the looks of it this may not be the only operation the brand will be doing.

According to our sources, two teams have approached Lon with interest in having their merchandising handled by the German's brand. Sadly we have no information yet on which teams have done so.

Klon wrote:

J.O.U.R.N.A.L wrote:Best In The World to strike major merchandising deals

Kay Lon's Best In The World brand has recently announced the release of a documentation of Lon's early F1RWRS years and by the looks of it this may not be the only operation the brand will be doing.

According to our sources, two teams have approached Lon with interest in having their merchandising handled by the German's brand. Sadly we have no information yet on which teams have done so.

Mark Dagnall said:

(after analysing his feelings about the Mexican GP)... By the way, somebody from the Prospec team sent me a few pictures to my phone with merchandising prototypes with the image of some german driver who drives for them and I couldn't stop laughing for half an hour. It was hilarious! Poorly made designs which make polka dots look hip and modern by someone who calls himself a designer. I can tell you I'll be willing to buy all of the merchandise and then burn it just to protect the rest of humanity for ever witnessing someone showing that in public.

Autosport wrote:Court orders website to pull video
Kamaha got a super injunction over the Best in the World company that has produced the Kay Lon - The Kamaha years video. Barii Mori persuaded the court that the video contains statements and facts that could be defamation as well as arguing that some of the footage is unauthorised and effectively stolen from Kamaha. BITW productions have 48 hours to remove the video or face criminal proceedings. Kay Lon and Barii Mori were unavailable to comment. Although we understand that Kamaha have raised the issue with the FRWRS council.

Shinobu Katayama to mentor Marie Simon
Katayama has stated that in her current reserve driver role, she is mentoring Marie Simon in the hopes that Simon can pass prequalifying. However an insider has said that Simon was slow and even on the simulator was seconds off the pace of both Katayama and Shizuka.

Barii Mori wrote:It was nice to lead a race for a few laps, but the car just did not have the grip to stay there. We could have got a handful of points but we are having a meeting with Yamaha over the latest engine and transmission failures and it means that Nicolas Steele is the only driver to get five DNFs.

Rosco Vantini wrote:I am very 'appy, another podium, no woman is going to beat me. I hope that Dagnall has a few retirements as I feel I can win.

Saeed Al Faisal wrote:I qualified well and I was doing well in the race before the transmission failed. All in all it was a bad race for the team.

Prince FaliK wrote:I am not happy, those clowns, Bosevic was a big monkey idiot for the way he retired. The Fox is going to give him quite the bollocking. Al Faisal was doing okay, but we think he was stressing the transmission with his gear changes and broke it.

The International Beacon wrote:DAGNALL TO PROSPEC IN 2016???
Rumours are now circulating that Mark Dagnall will sign for Prospec starting from the 2016 season. The team is reportedly looking for talent and sponsorships to help pay the bills, and obviously Dagnall has both. According to a representative from "Bray Lohn," the Dutch driver has been overhearing conversations that Prospec thinks Dagnall would bring much needed sponsorships to the team, being a two-time champion in the league, and is apparently looking for a salary, unlike at DGN where Chris Dagnall, twin brother to Mark, does not pay him a salary due to costs. Dagnall is also, according to Lohn, looking for "bigger challenges and more long-term success." Bray Lohn says that one of the Dagnalls (we don't know which one) says that the deal will be done if A) That DGN will return to DGN if the contract is terminated, B) That the team pay him a $1,000,000 salary, C) That the Prospec logo gets revamped to a more "realistic style." Unsurprisingly, neither of the Dagnalls were unavailable for comment, but given their championship lead, who would blame them?

NEUBERG REPLACED BY ROBOT?
It has become apparent that there are indications that MRT driver David Neuberg has been replaced by a robot, presumably the more developed version of a similar model that was rejected by the Reject Council known as the RRB-GP/NH. This explains how Neuberg was barely able to qualify for Mitie last year (what Kingfisher was known as last year) and have slightly better luck this year, until his stellar performance in Mexico. We wonder why MRT has this much money to invest in such a tool in the first place. MRT or a representative from Kingfisher or Neuberg were unavailable for comment.

JeremyMcClean wrote:The main question is: Why does Prospec have Mark Dagnall's phone number?

The International Beacon wrote:DAGNALL TO PROSPEC IN 2016???
Rumours are now circulating that Mark Dagnall will sign for Prospec starting from the 2016 season. The team is reportedly looking for talent and sponsorships to help pay the bills, and obviously Dagnall has both. According to a representative from "Bray Lohn," the Dutch driver has been overhearing conversations that Prospec thinks Dagnall would bring much needed sponsorships to the team, being a two-time champion in the league, and is apparently looking for a salary, unlike at DGN where Chris Dagnall, twin brother to Mark, does not pay him a salary due to costs. Dagnall is also, according to Lohn, looking for "bigger challenges and more long-term success." Bray Lohn says that one of the Dagnalls (we don't know which one) says that the deal will be done if A) That DGN will return to DGN if the contract is terminated, B) That the team pay him a $1,000,000 salary, C) That the Prospec logo gets revamped to a more "realistic style." Unsurprisingly, neither of the Dagnalls were unavailable for comment, but given their championship lead, who would blame them?

NEUBERG REPLACED BY ROBOT?
It has become apparent that there are indications that MRT driver David Neuberg has been replaced by a robot, presumably the more developed version of a similar model that was rejected by the Reject Council known as the RRB-GP/NH. This explains how Neuberg was barely able to qualify for Mitie last year (what Kingfisher was known as last year) and have slightly better luck this year, until his stellar performance in Mexico. We wonder why MRT has this much money to invest in such a tool in the first place. MRT or a representative from Kingfisher or Neuberg were unavailable for comment.

Aerond wrote:

JeremyMcClean wrote:The main question is: Why does Prospec have Mark Dagnall's phone number?

The International Beacon wrote:DAGNALL TO PROSPEC IN 2016???
Rumours are now circulating that Mark Dagnall will sign for Prospec starting from the 2016 season. The team is reportedly looking for talent and sponsorships to help pay the bills, and obviously Dagnall has both. According to a representative from "Bray Lohn," the Dutch driver has been overhearing conversations that Prospec thinks Dagnall would bring much needed sponsorships to the team, being a two-time champion in the league, and is apparently looking for a salary, unlike at DGN where Chris Dagnall, twin brother to Mark, does not pay him a salary due to costs. Dagnall is also, according to Lohn, looking for "bigger challenges and more long-term success." Bray Lohn says that one of the Dagnalls (we don't know which one) says that the deal will be done if A) That DGN will return to DGN if the contract is terminated, B) That the team pay him a $1,000,000 salary, C) That the Prospec logo gets revamped to a more "realistic style." Unsurprisingly, neither of the Dagnalls were unavailable for comment, but given their championship lead, who would blame them?

NEUBERG REPLACED BY ROBOT?
It has become apparent that there are indications that MRT driver David Neuberg has been replaced by a robot, presumably the more developed version of a similar model that was rejected by the Reject Council known as the RRB-GP/NH. This explains how Neuberg was barely able to qualify for Mitie last year (what Kingfisher was known as last year) and have slightly better luck this year, until his stellar performance in Mexico. We wonder why MRT has this much money to invest in such a tool in the first place. MRT or a representative from Kingfisher or Neuberg were unavailable for comment.

Cool story, but Mark is Chris's son, not brother

J.O.U.R.N.A.L wrote:Match-fixers behind Lon's bad performance in 2013?

Following a cease-and-desist order from the Barii Mori regarding the "Kay Lon's Kamaha Years" video, a rumor has been spreading that suggesting that Lon was driving badly for the team in exchange for money (i.e. race-fixing) by a match-fixing organization. The fixers were apparently related to numerous match-fixing scandals, including the 2011-2012 Italian football betting scandal, also known as Calcioscommese, as well as a criminal match-fixing constorium based in Vice City, United States. Lon and Kamaha declined to comment.

FMecha wrote:

J.O.U.R.N.A.L wrote:Match-fixers behind Lon's bad performance in 2013?

Following a cease-and-desist order from the Barii Mori regarding the "Kay Lon's Kamaha Years" video, a rumor has been spreading that suggesting that Lon was driving badly for the team in exchange for money (i.e. race-fixing). The fixers were apparently related to numerous match-fixing scandals, including the 2011-2012 Italian football betting scandal, also known as Calcioscommese. Lon and Kamaha declined to comment.

SuperAguri wrote:Shinobu Katayama to mentor Marie Simon
Katayama has stated that in her current reserve driver role, she is mentoring Marie Simon in the hopes that Simon can pass prequalifying. However an insider has said that Simon was slow and even on the simulator was seconds off the pace of both Katayama and Shizuka.

Phoenix McAllister wrote:Yes, indeed we have a very unreliable car, but you know, you can't do an omelette without breaking some eggs, errr... what I mean is, we were compromised when designing the new car and we chose it to be fast rather than reliable and we're quite happy with how things are going so far. The Stig was very anonymous, we don't know why, but it's a shame the car let Pippa down once again because she's doing a fabulous job so far, being the best of the rest in terms of pace. But we have good plans put together for next season, we already decided how we are going to develop next year's car and we should be fine. We all know how to make the car more reliable and we're fully prepared to take steps forward.

F1RWRS Mag wrote:RUMOUR: ADRIAN NEWEY TO JOIN F1RWRS NEXT YEAR?

The latest rumour to come out of the mill is that renowned designer Adrian Newey could be leaving the F1 stage to take an important role in F1RWRS, allegedly with the Anglo-Spanish squad Aeroracing Engineering for 2016, inside reports tell.

Newey, who first joined the F1 circus in 1980 working for the extinct Fittipaldi team, has been a regular since 1987, working with such teams as March, Williams, McLaren and, most recently, Red Bull, achieving considerable success. His cars have won titles in 10 seasons ever since, and he's regarded as being one of the best F1 designers of history.

Neither part involved has commented on this rumour, but our sources tell us Newey has been seen at F1RWRS meetings this year observing how the series works, and that Aeroracing has actively been negotiating with the engineer. Plus, it's a well known fact Newey has become increasingly frustrated over the increasingly tight regulations imposed in F1, which contrast with the technical freedom enjoyed at F1RWRS.

Aerond wrote:How about running PreQ tomorrow night and race after Brazilian GP??

To Shizuka: Is Katayama finally stepping into the car now or will it be done at a later date?

Aerond wrote:Sunshine spent 100 credits on upgrades; 130 left.
Prospec spent 90 credits on upgrades; 0 left.
Dofasco spent 50 credits on upgrades; 35 left.

dr-baker wrote:

Aerond wrote:Sunshine spent 100 credits on upgrades; 130 left.
Prospec spent 90 credits on upgrades; 0 left.
Dofasco spent 50 credits on upgrades; 35 left.

I can't seem to figure out how to email from this forum in its current state, so can I post here what Foxdale are going to spend credits on please? And how many do they have left to spend?

Aerond wrote:Just click on my username at the right and click where it says "Email [enter username here]".

Foxdale: 250 cr. left

James Davies wrote: