Grand Prix Rejects

Autosport wrote:Jones Racing Pulls The Plug
The F1RWRS team owner Sammy Jones announced last night that his team, Marlboro Jones Racing, would be folding immediately in light of the recent changes to the format of the championship.

"It's a crying shame it really is" said a disappointed Jones exclusively to Autosport, "The guys have worked so hard over the past two years both back at the factory in Banbury, and the whole race team which has travelled around the world and which enjoyed so much success last year. We were hoping to go one better in 2013 with the Marlboro backing and confirmation from Renault that a new turbo engine would be developed exclusively for us.

"Instead we're faced with a complete change, the MJR-201 which we felt would have so much promise is going to have to be scrapped, and our exclusive deal with Renault is in tatters. Clearly the F1RWRS Council feel that these changes are for the best, and that's fair enough, they are the ones in charge at the end of the day, but there's no doubt about it, as a leading driver and team owner of the series, I would have preferred at least some consultation before these changes were forced through.

"It just feels like a knee-jerk reaction and it's one which I'm not comfortable with. Consequently I've had no choice but to shut the team down. The sale of the team's assets will go to compensating our sponsors, and there's absolutely no question that the team as a whole entity is not for sale. It will be split up and sold off piecemeal. I hope Chris can find a competitive seat, and I wish all the other competitors good luck for the 2013 season."

Alongside Daniel Melrose's recent retirement annoucement, reigning champion Pippa Mann's possible retirement and now with Sammy Jones having left the series and Chris Dagnall without a drive, many of the series' top line drivers are in a precarious position, or won't even be competing at all in 2013, prompting some wild speculation that the new regulations may even bring the F1RWRS to it's knees after three highly successful seasons.

AndreaModa wrote:Right I don't know what the majority opinion is with these new regulations, it seems that I'm going to be the first to stick my neck out on them, but nonetheless I want to have my say on these changes. Call me a miserable old bastard or whatever!

We've recently seen the arrival of the RPG/PBM game set up with quite a few of the same participants in the F1RWRS taking part. I myself recieved a message from the guy setting it up, but the reason I've declined it is because I want to enjoy this 'alternate universe' with minimal input barring writing a few words and designing a livery every so often. That's what made the F1RWRS good, Rhys could do the races, post the results, let us have our say and get a bit of banter flowing around, before moving onto the next one. It was quick, easy, and wasn't overly complicated.

What we have now is a great idea, it may really spice the whole thing up and take it to the next level, but it requires a much greater level of involvement from all the participants, and whilst that may go on for a little while, it's unsustainable to expect us all to continue with it for an extended period of time. That's why I don't particularly like it because I don't have a great deal of spare time on my hands, and that's why I enjoyed the original format so much more. Occasionally when I did have some time, I could draw up a nice livery, maybe write a bit more after races, etc but I certainly don't have the time to continually keep coming back, working out calculations on improvements, alongside what I did before with this new format we have.

Make no mistake, I'm not angry, this isn't a rant, it's just me explaining my standpoint with this new format. It may go down a storm with everyone else, and if so then fantastic, and credit to Aerond for coming up with a good system, but I fear that even if sign up is initially good, that the season may not even be seen out with full participation which would be a big shame. We've built up, largely with Rhys' efforts, a fantastic little storyline and some great teams with good backgrounds and rivalries and to almost start over again with this blank canvas is a bit of a shame.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it"

Autosport wrote:Jones Racing Pulls The Plug
The F1RWRS team owner Sammy Jones announced last night that his team, Marlboro Jones Racing, would be folding immediately in light of the recent changes to the format of the championship.

"It's a crying shame it really is" said a disappointed Jones exclusively to Autosport, "The guys have worked so hard over the past two years both back at the factory in Banbury, and the whole race team which has travelled around the world and which enjoyed so much success last year. We were hoping to go one better in 2013 with the Marlboro backing and confirmation from Renault that a new turbo engine would be developed exclusively for us.

"Instead we're faced with a complete change, the MJR-201 which we felt would have so much promise is going to have to be scrapped, and our exclusive deal with Renault is in tatters. Clearly the F1RWRS Council feel that these changes are for the best, and that's fair enough, they are the ones in charge at the end of the day, but there's no doubt about it, as a leading driver and team owner of the series, I would have preferred at least some consultation before these changes were forced through.

"It just feels like a knee-jerk reaction and it's one which I'm not comfortable with. Consequently I've had no choice but to shut the team down. The sale of the team's assets will go to compensating our sponsors, and there's absolutely no question that the team as a whole entity is not for sale. It will be split up and sold off piecemeal. I hope Chris can find a competitive seat, and I wish all the other competitors good luck for the 2013 season."

Alongside Daniel Melrose's recent retirement annoucement, reigning champion Pippa Mann's possible retirement and now with Sammy Jones having left the series and Chris Dagnall without a drive, many of the series' top line drivers are in a precarious position, or won't even be competing at all in 2013, prompting some wild speculation that the new regulations may even bring the F1RWRS to it's knees after three highly successful seasons.

SuperAguri wrote:I agree with aerond in that it should not take up too much time, but I think rather then listing lots of reject engines and chassies maybe the best way to do it, is to just have Engine 1, Engine 2, Engine 3, etc with the power, performance, etc stats too them and let us purchase and then name them as we see fit... It should be the Sunshine chassis rather then a Footwork chassis and it should be a Infiniti engine rather then a Motori Modani engine then that way the old game is kept and hopefully Jones will come back in with his chassis and engine (which would not be a renault exclusive to him as we use the same engines ).

Just my two yen.

DAGNALL FAMILY TO START THEIR OWN TEAM IN F1RWRS

Chris Dagnall and his brother Nathan have started a new team after buying the factory and trucks from Chris´s former boss Sammy Jones. Under the name of Dagnall Engineering, racing seats will be ocuppied by Chris Dagnall himself while the second seat will go to his son and F3 MACAU GP Champion Mark Dagnall.
The team has announced it will run a combination of a RIAL ARC-02 chassis with a Zakspeed 1500 engine, therefore using its allocated credit budget for the 2013 season.

SuperAguri wrote:I agree with aerond in that it should not take up too much time, but I think rather then listing lots of reject engines and chassies maybe the best way to do it, is to just have Engine 1, Engine 2, Engine 3, etc with the power, performance, etc stats too them and let us purchase and then name them as we see fit... It should be the Sunshine chassis rather then a Footwork chassis and it should be a Infiniti engine rather then a Motori Modani engine then that way the old game is kept and hopefully Jones will come back in with his chassis and engine (which would not be a renault exclusive to him as we use the same engines ).

Just my two yen.

dr-baker wrote:With these new rules, Pippa Mann would like to announce that she will be continuing with her driving duties after all, as her performances in this championship have been consistentaly beeter than her brother's and hope that it will therefore be of benefit to the team overall.

Aerond wrote:Oh, I forgot to say you guys don´t have to take accounting in. I will do it for you. One less thing to take care about. If you don´t know your balance and want to spend money just ask me; although I will be giving reminders every now and then.

Jack O Melley wrote:

Aerond wrote:Oh, I forgot to say you guys don´t have to take accounting in. I will do it for you. One less thing to take care about. If you don´t know your balance and want to spend money just ask me; although I will be giving reminders every now and then.

Can we do a little summary of all teams, respective owners and drivers who're going to join the incipient season? I think that would make clear the situation about the number of opponents the championship will count (and above all my head; I begin to switch a team with another, to confuse users with drivers, to misunderstand chassis and engines. I feel a bit messy ).

Shizuka wrote:SuperAguri-san, your turn to set the team up. Since I'm no team boss, you have to do the selection.

Superaguri in the last post of page 44 wrote:So I will bag the Footwork FA12 chassis for 350 credits and the Motori Moderni Engine 615 for 600 credits.(For Sunshine Infiniti team, which is the taken over Australian Minardi team).

Klon wrote:Eh, since you play Mori, would you mind doing this stuff for Kahama as well, since I really cannot be arsed to do it.

SuperAguri wrote:

Klon wrote:Eh, since you play Mori, would you mind doing this stuff for Kahama as well, since I really cannot be arsed to do it.

To Aerond, As Kahama Motorsport is one of the original teams and my team mate does not want to run the team. Can I have a 2nd team so that Barii Mori (me) and Kay Lon (Klon) have drives?

If I can could I grab the Leyton House CG911 as it seems to be the fastest Chassis left and the Ford EDB (should it just be EB as the second letter shows that it was for a different team, Minardi had the EBM and Pacific the EBD for example bit they were all the same engines) V8 engine as every great car should have a Cosworth in it (and it is the best engine I can get for the money...), which should be 900 credits in total?

Thanks

Team : Kahama Motorsports to be shortened to Kamama Ford
Lead Driver : Kay Lon (Klon)
2nd Driver : Barii Mori (Me)
Chassis : Leyton House CG911
Engine : Ford ED V8

Klon wrote:Obviously we need the Norisring. Also, do I understand that correctly, you are using GP2? If yes, I would propose switching Macau with the 2010 Shanghai Street Circuit. Also, I'm in favour of including the Akrotiri Bay International Circuit. I know it's a fictive track but it was done after my designs so I am very proud of it.

Aerond wrote:DALLARA F190 // 8000 // 5 // 4 // 400 taken by Speed of lightning

East Londoner wrote:

Aerond wrote:DALLARA F190 // 8000 // 5 // 4 // 400 taken by Speed of lightning

Speed Of Lightning!? Richie White is upset that the current entry sheet lists his new team 'Shock Of The Lightning Motorsport under an incorrect name.

Warren Hughes wrote:Aerond, isn't Norisring a traditional F1RWRS favourite? Along with Zandvoort, Spa and a few others besides? Evolution, not revolution as far as the calendar is concerned. IMO like.

Wizzie wrote:MOTEGI CHARITY RACE

Finally if Aerond gives the green light I'm thinking of running a second charity race at Suzuka to buy him more time to sort out the entry list for next season and the like.

the Masked Lapwing wrote:I have had a brilliant thought - Pay drivers! I know Older Jr and Cannon were both pay drivers to start with, and maybe they could give some credits they earn every race to the team boss to spend on improvements to that team?

Barii Mori wrote:I am very pleased to have won this race, for me and my countrymen. I am glad that we are donating all the prize money to charities to help the people that were affected by the tsunami. I myself will donate my sponsorship money to the charity too.

On another note, IN YOUR FACE, MR OLD AGED PENSIONER JONES! A commanding first win for me, driving the nuts of the car and I am glad that the car worked well unlike some pensioner that left the choke on his engine on and blew it up. I am sure the real reason that Jones retired was that he was scared of racing against the younger drivers, ah well it is one less mobile chicane to worry about.

The Indy 500 was a shame as I was doing well before I had a slow puncture and lost grip and hit the wall, but a 17th to a win is a fantastic achievement, just wish it was a real race and I got some points from it.

Shinobu Katayama wrote:The car handled well and I was happy that I got to be in the lead for a few laps, although near the end we were told to limit engine power, as both Jones cars that used the same engine we were using had retired due to engine failures, so rather then fighting for a podium, I had to let cars pass me as we were not allowed to go past a certain number of revs. I feel sorry for Shizuka who after winning Indy was down in last place, but again he had to turn the engine power down too and I think he made a mistake and had to come in for another pit stop.

SuperAguri wrote:

Shinobu Katayama wrote:The car handled well and I was happy that I got to be in the lead for a few laps, although near the end we were told to limit engine power, as both Jones cars that used the same engine we were using had retired due to engine failures, so rather then fighting for a podium, I had to let cars pass me as we were not allowed to go past a certain number of revs. I feel sorry for Shizuka who after winning Indy was down in last place, but again he had to turn the engine power down too and I think he made a mistake and had to come in for another pit stop.

Shizuka wrote:

SuperAguri wrote:

Shinobu Katayama wrote:The car handled well and I was happy that I got to be in the lead for a few laps, although near the end we were told to limit engine power, as both Jones cars that used the same engine we were using had retired due to engine failures, so rather then fighting for a podium, I had to let cars pass me as we were not allowed to go past a certain number of revs. I feel sorry for Shizuka who after winning Indy was down in last place, but again he had to turn the engine power down too and I think he made a mistake and had to come in for another pit stop.

I had a slow puncture - I almost binned the car, but I thought "Okay, now I slow down, go back to the pits, and get a new set of tyres".
Bad luck. Happens sometimes.