Grand Prix Rejects

Jari Kekkonen wrote:Well, that didn't go as planned but we made it to the next session, that's all that matters.

Kollin Holles wrote:That won't quite cut it Jari. At least Andrea finally showed up on Friday for once. Too bad he didn't get the message for Saturday.

Autosport wrote:Jones calls for Melrose's retirement after another DNQ

Sammy Jones has tonight called on Daniel Melrose, the Australian owner of the MRT team, and who is currently driving for the Holden factory team, to retire immediately from driving in the F1RWRS.

"Frankly, it's an embarrassment" commented Jones, who himself has qualified 8th for tomorrow's Canadian GP, "Daniel was a good driver, that much is clear, but as time goes on, his performances are getting worse and worse. Phoenix McAllister got the hint last year and packed it in, and I think that after this latest DNQ, where Zimmer has put the car 5 places in front and half a second quicker than a multiple F1 world champion, Melrose needs to take a look in the mirror and re-assess his options. Maybe if he'd been a bit less of an arrogant mug and was still driving for Castrol Jones Racing, he'd still have a few years left in him. What's clear is that in an average car, he just hasn't got it any more."

The comments from Jones follow Melrose's dismal qualifying performance, where despite clearing pre-qualifying on Friday, he could do no better than the 28th and slowest time of the entire field. It's not the first time he's DNQ'd this year either, having failed to galvanize the new Simpson Motorsports team which have remained mired in pre-qualifying since Melrose left after only a handful of races, instead moving to HRT where little else has changed. Many speculate that Melrose, who is growing increasingly worried that his front-running MRT team are going to throw away yet another championship in the face of the supreme Mark Dagnall at DGN, has lost his focus trying to balance both team management and driving for a rival team. It is for this reason why many within the paddock believe that MRT have failed to live up to their promise over the past couple of seasons, and look set to do the same in 2015 too.

www.sportschau.de wrote:Lon defends Melrose

Only a few hours after Sammy Jones advised the Australian driver to retire, Kay Lon has responded in an interview to the criticism of his former employer. He feels the critique is too harsh. "Well, [Daniel Melrose had a bad start to the season and the HRT is not that great of a car to begin with, it is understandable that he is struggling at the moment," Lon explained.

While he admitted that he did not expect the Kanada-King to not qualify for this race, he does not think Melrose's career is over yet. "As long as he wants to drive in F1RWRS he is capable of doing so," the self-proclaimed best driver in the world told the media. Lon refused to comment on Jones' reason for his attack on Melrose, claiming that it is "not [his] business to speculate about Sammy's motives."

Tropico News Today wrote:Tropican Fishing Boat sunk by Venezuela!

In a vicious and cowardly act, the Venezuelan marine has attacked a Tropican fishing boat a few kilometers before the Venezuelan coast without reason or provocation, sinking the fishing boat "Razón". The fate of its crew is still unknown. Immediately, the Venezuelan propaganda machine tried to cover up their atrocious behaviour, speaking of an "unfortunate accident", falsely claiming that an investigation has started as to "how this could happen".

"This is unacceptable," Anita Morales, leader of the militaristic faction and husband of our greatest soldier Federico Cara, stated, "for every life taken in this attack, we must take ten Venezuelan lives!" El Presidente has announced that he will address the public tomorrow regarding the current events.

Kay Lon wrote:Yeah, I have no idea what happened there. Fredo and I had contact, presumably because one of us tried to take a space that just wasn't there and from that point on - boom, really! I will have to look at the replays. This retirement is a massive shame. At least I managed to take a good look at baby Dagnall's car which, well, explains a lot. I just have to write that down and then I'll go drinking. MELROSE, GET IN HERE!

Daniel Melrose, having just broken out of the institution wrote:Screw this crap, I'm off to the pub to get in a drinking contest with Mr Lon. Maybe I can meet Mr Alexander down there and convince him to let me keep Neuberg for the year.

James Davies wrote:I SCORED POINTS!? I DON'T BELIEVE IT! I THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD NEVER COME! ...TO THE PUB!

6.2.6 Each pay driver that does not already have a race drive in the F1RWRS will pay a team 1 credit to participate in a private test.

kostas22 wrote:Aerond, I need some clarification vis-a-vis the private testing regulations;

6.2.6 Each pay driver that does not already have a race drive in the F1RWRS will pay a team 1 credit to participate in a private test.

How would this apply to Sebastien Groves? He does not currently have a race seat as of the Canadian Grand Prix, however he has been in a race seat previously this year.

Speaking of which, Scuderia Alitalia is looking for pay-drivers currently without a race seat for an upcoming test before the British GP!

Aerond wrote:Having in count that Groves isn't a Pay Driver, it doesn't apply to him.

J.O.U.R.N.A.L wrote:BITW secretly backing Tropico GP?

Kay Lon's Best In The World brand has been under fire again, this time for a different issue. It has been alleged that BITW secretly funded Tropico Grand Prix, which may explain how they were able to obtain the costly Gillet-Judd engine this year after a farcical 2014. Moreover, it was alleged that the income from the controversial The Kamaha Years video were partially used to fund Tropico GP as well as Lon's F3RWRS team. BITW and Tropico GP declined to comment.

Warren Hughes wrote:Also, did the Prospecs really take each other out in Canada?

AdrianSutil wrote:Kingfisher would like to take part in the Brands hatch test after the British GP please. Drivers will be David Neuberg (pay-driver), Ashkey Watkinson, Ashley Lilly and Martin van der maayeyde. The test should cost us only 9 credits unless I'm mistaken.

Pasta, I assume Martin will be a regular driver?

AdrianSutil wrote:Kingfisher would like to take part in the Brands hatch test after the British GP please. Drivers will be David Neuberg (pay-driver), Ashkey Watkinson, Ashley Lilly and Martin van der maayeyde. The test should cost us only 9 credits unless I'm mistaken.

kostas22 wrote:

AdrianSutil wrote:Kingfisher would like to take part in the Brands hatch test after the British GP please. Drivers will be David Neuberg (pay-driver), Ashkey Watkinson, Ashley Lilly and Martin van der maayeyde. The test should cost us only 9 credits unless I'm mistaken.

10 credits as Neuberg has a race seat!

AdrianSutil wrote:

kostas22 wrote:10 credits as Neuberg has a race seat!

I didn't see that in the regulations? Unless I missed it. Either way, I'm not fussed.

6.2.6 Each pay driver that does not already have a race drive in the F1RWRS will pay a team 1 credit to participate in a private test.

kostas22 wrote:Speaking of which, Scuderia Alitalia is looking for pay-drivers currently without a race seat for an upcoming test before the British GP!

Nuppiz wrote:Danny van Rijkens won the Westhill feature race (yeah yeah I'll post the full results as soon as possible, just had a lot of real-life stuff to do today) and is now fully licensed, but of course it's up to AndreaModa to decide whether or not he is a pay driver.

Rhys Davies wrote:I hate Montreal... I hate Montreal...

Autosport wrote:Van Rijkens signs for Tropico

Tropico team sources have confirmed to Autosport tonight that South African driver Danny van Rijkens has signed a preliminary contract with the team which will see him make his debut in the F1RWRS at the next race in Britain. Van Rijkens will become Africa's first ever F1RWRS driver, having just recently clinched his first victory in the RoLFS feeder series, thus making him eligible for a Reject Licence.

Tropico started the season brightly having been widely panned as the worst team on the grid in 2014. They started their first ever race and made the grid on a number of occasions early on, but since Nathan Scott's 16th place finish at the Mediterranean GP, Tropico have failed to make the grid and now find themselves once again stuck in prequalifying. In a radical move, both of the team's current drivers, Scott and Darren Older Jr, have been fired and will be replaced by pay drivers, the first of which to be announced is van Rijkens. The sources at Tropico weren't able to confirm the second driver however, though it is rumoured the team will look to sign Alexey Buyvolov who has impressed for Dofasco in the F2RWRS this season.

AndreaModa wrote:SuperAguri, Jones will pull out of the Brands test citing "irreparable personal relations with members of the Kamaha race team", which will allow another team to go testing if they desire. Nothing personal of course

Barii Mori wrote:I am very glad that Jones Racing did the sensible thing and pulled out, they knew that they would be as welcome as a fart at the Queens reception. They were only there as the F1RWRS management said it was a private test and that we had to allow other teams to test if they so wished. We wholehearted welcome the Mecha team if they can afford the entry fee of course.

The test will feature myself, Steele, Plaza, our F3 drivers Deasi, Sampson and new signing Anita Horford as well as rising F3 talent from West Cliff Jordan Davies. As a bonus we will be letting Simon Redman dust off the cobwebs and show these youngsters what it is to be an F1 driver. We would have liked to have tested Nathan McKane but the test clashes with his driving commitments.

MinardiFan95 wrote:Simpson Motorsports are still looking for a pay-driver to race in the second half of the season, and will be running a test on the 31st of May at Sandown Raceway to determine which driver gets the seat.

Autosport Journalist wrote:Race is a bit too strong a word, surely to run around the track in a hopeless effort to prequalify?

Klon wrote:Well, Tropico Grand Prix powered by CR Motorsport would like to offer a racing contract to Alexey Buyvolov or Gia van Dycke, first come first serve.

kostas22 wrote:Speaking of which, Scuderia Alitalia is looking for pay-drivers currently without a race seat for an upcoming test before the British GP!

Even though aerond is wrong and he cannot acquire a reject license that way (yet), Renaldo Jimenez was told that he would like to be a part of said test.

Aerond wrote:Yes, Renaldo Jimenez can since he took part in one of the official Pre-Season testing sessions IIRC.

Aerond wrote:Oh, and if you finally fire Nathan Scott, you'll have fired one of my drivers. I'll make your life hell