F1RWRS -- 2015 Season - ROTY voting!!!

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 04 Jan 2013, 18:48

dr-baker wrote:
AndreaModa wrote:Continuing on with my outspoken criticism of other teams that seems to be prevalent today, whilst making 100 entries would be nice, Foxdale would be nuts to keep Douglas in the car instead of Fleet or McFry. He's been in the seat too long as it is.

I know. I'm just hoping some backmarker team wishes to pick up a driver with experience, to save me from the dilemma of keeping him in the car until the 100th race. But Douglas's future is very dubious beyond that point...

Hmmm, if Gauthier or TFM get their act together somehow, they may be interested in Douglas Mann...

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 04 Jan 2013, 19:28

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
AndreaModa wrote:Continuing on with my outspoken criticism of other teams that seems to be prevalent today, whilst making 100 entries would be nice, Foxdale would be nuts to keep Douglas in the car instead of Fleet or McFry. He's been in the seat too long as it is.

I know. I'm just hoping some backmarker team wishes to pick up a driver with experience, to save me from the dilemma of keeping him in the car until the 100th race. But Douglas's future is very dubious beyond that point...

Hmmm, if Gauthier or TFM get their act together somehow, they may be interested in Douglas Mann...

In terms of fringe drivers you also have Jesus Plaza, Mirko Bosevic and Nicolas Steele. So Douglas Mann may not be the best proposition. And, tbh, I'd have hired Plaza this year if I didn't already have Koczo. Personally I'd pick him over Mann any day of the week...

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 04 Jan 2013, 22:10

If Douglas Mann is without a drive he can gladly join ArrowTech as a test driver.

Also, Tommy Nash is open to any offers for the 2016 F1RWRS season.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 04 Jan 2013, 22:18

JeremyMcClean wrote:If Douglas Mann is without a drive he can gladly join ArrowTech as a test driver.

If he is going to be a test driver anywhere, it will be at Foxdale. It is just the chance of a race drive somewhere that he is looking for...

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 04 Jan 2013, 22:28

Excuse me for the double-post, but I was just looking through this page and I found it interesting that the only three drivers to have been entered into every event (Thomas de Bock, Kay Lon and Douglas Mann) are also the three drivers to have taken longest to have scored their first win...

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 04 Jan 2013, 22:46

dr-baker wrote:Excuse me for the double-post, but I was just looking through this page and I found it interesting that the only three drivers to have been entered into every event (Thomas de Bock, Kay Lon and Douglas Mann) are also the three drivers to have taken longest to have scored their first win...

Apparently F1RWRS isn't content with having more than one Rubens Barrichello.

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 04 Jan 2013, 23:46

dr-baker wrote:
JeremyMcClean wrote:If Douglas Mann is without a drive he can gladly join ArrowTech as a test driver.

If he is going to be a test driver anywhere, it will be at Foxdale. It is just the chance of a race drive somewhere that he is looking for...

HRT might be interested in Douglas. Not because we're desperate or anything...

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 04 Jan 2013, 23:54

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:Hmmm, if Gauthier or TFM get their act together somehow, they may be interested in Douglas Mann...

Even if they don't get their act together, if the offer remains open by the time Douglas makes a decision, Douglas may be tempted to sign up, just to continue at least as far as his 100th entry...

the Masked Lapwing wrote:HRT might be interested in Douglas. Not because we're desperate or anything...

Most tempting so far, Douglas thinks (but without any current championship tables to refer to, Douglas can't feel entirely sure about this...).

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 04 Jan 2013, 23:56

dr-baker wrote:
the Masked Lapwing wrote:HRT might be interested in Douglas. Not because we're desperate or anything...

Most tempting so far, Douglas thinks (but without any current championship tables to refer to, Douglas can't feel entirely sure about this...).

Once again, the wiki is there for a reason... :roll:

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 04 Jan 2013, 23:58

the Masked Lapwing wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
the Masked Lapwing wrote:HRT might be interested in Douglas. Not because we're desperate or anything...

Most tempting so far, Douglas thinks (but without any current championship tables to refer to, Douglas can't feel entirely sure about this...).

Once again, the wiki is there for a reason...

What, you mean this page here, which only seems to be as up-to-date as the third round of the series, the Mediterrean race?

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 05 Jan 2013, 00:01

dr-baker wrote:
the Masked Lapwing wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Most tempting so far, Douglas thinks (but without any current championship tables to refer to, Douglas can't feel entirely sure about this...).

Once again, the wiki is there for a reason...

What, you mean this page here, which only seems to be as up-to-date as the third round of the series, the Mediterrean race?

Come on Baker, get with the program! That wiki has been abandoned for at least a month now. It doesn't get updated anymore. THIS one does.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 05 Jan 2013, 00:07

Stramala [kostas22] wrote:
dr-baker wrote:What, you mean this page here, which only seems to be as up-to-date as the third round of the series, the Mediterrean race?

Come on Baker, get with the program! That wiki has been abandoned for at least a month now. It doesn't get updated anymore. THIS one does.

Maybe Aerond ought to update the link in the first post of this thread as well then? That's how I normally navigate onto the wiki...

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 05 Jan 2013, 00:09

dr-baker wrote:
Stramala [kostas22] wrote:
dr-baker wrote:What, you mean this page here, which only seems to be as up-to-date as the third round of the series, the Mediterrean race?

Come on Baker, get with the program! That wiki has been abandoned for at least a month now. It doesn't get updated anymore. THIS one does.

Maybe Aerond ought to update the link in the first post of this thread as well then? That's how I normally navigate onto the wiki...

You know, I'd never even noticed that before. It's a fair point. I'm just used to using the address bar, and I'm guessing Aerond is the same.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 05 Jan 2013, 20:28

Mecha spent 60 credits -- 10 left

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 05 Jan 2013, 20:37

F1RWRS 2015 -- ROUND 11 -- AUSTRIAN GP -- Red Bull Ring

Weather report:

PRE-Q: Dry
Qualifying: Light Rain
Race: Light Rain

PRE-QUALIFYING

1.Ron Mignolet (DGNgineering) -- 1.14.637
2.Fredo Mestolio (Prospec) -- 1.15.371 (+0.734)
3.Mark Dagnall (DGNgineering) -- 1.15.920 (+1.283)
4.Mitchell Macklin (Simpson) -- 1.15.934 (+1.297)
5.Hagane Shizuka (Revolution) -- 1.16.002 (+1.365)
6.David Koczo (Alitalia) -- 1.16.368 (+1.731)
7.Kay Lon (Prospec) -- 1.16.442 (+1.805)
8.Ben Fleet (Alitalia) -- 1.16.452 (+1.815)
9.Miko Fakkinen (Autodynamics) -- 1.16.725 (+2.088)
10.Frank Zimmer (HRT) -- 1.16.729 (+2.092)
11.Jean Luc Schiller (Mecha) -- 1.16.807 (+2.170)
12.Damon Cannon (Autodynamics) -- 1.16.977 (+2.340)
13.John Zimmer (HRT) -- 1.17.219 (+2.582)
14.Alexey Buyvolov (Dofasco) -- 1.17.295 (+2.658)
15.Marie Simon (Revolution) -- 1.17.695 (+3.058)
16.Tomislaw Tajner (Dofasco) -- 1.18.535 (+3.898)
17.Saeed Al Faisal (Simpson) -- 1.18.785 (+4.148)
18.Steven Mackintosh (Mecha) -- 1.19.878 (+5.241)

** DGNgineering will skip Pre-Qualifying at Round 12

QUALIFYING

** Boxtel will race in Pre-Qualifying at Round 12

RACE

Another wet weekend, and another crazy race; whenever the liquid element comes into a F1RWRS, there's chaos everywhere; not only because of the number of accidents, but the order also shakes up. For the 2nd time in a row, we had wet conditions and the result was the same: The Stig emerged to win a race that in the beggining he wasn't chosen for, but in the end, was totally deserved. The Stig drove at a very good pace, not too far from Rhys Davies, and when the MRT failed (this time thanks to dodgy pit work, which meant Davies had to return to the pits to correctly adjust his right front wheel), he was there to pick up the win. The other hero of the evening was Barii Mori, who was finally able to extract all of the potential from the Kamaha and went for one stop only to be let down by the engine not too far from the end, just one and a half minutes before the other Kamaha decided to stop working and also let Nicolas Steele at the side of the track. Nicolas didn't have a bad pace for points, but a spin in the first part of the race and rejecful manoeuvre coming back into the track meant he lost a mammoth one lap in the process and every chance to score a respectable result. The other great performance came from both Arrowtech drivers, who spent the whole race battling each other in what came to be the final place in the podium; Rosco Vantini and both Sunshine drivers did also a respectable job, so Vantini and James Davies were able to claim points.
On the dark side of the moon we find several teams involved. First, and becoming a usual sight in this side of the review, we have DGN drivers; while both drivers passed PreQ with ease, they struggled again under wet conditions and another bad qualifying performance saw neither of them pass first corner; this had two serious consequences, Mark Dagnall is seeing his lead in the championship vanish and must finish races if he wants to keep it until the end of the championship, because he'll hardly win it with 46 points. Ron Mignolet on his side, has been confirmed not to continue in the team after Monza; his season has been a disaster with just one points finish under his belt and Chris Dagnall has run out of patience. The second candidates were Kingfisher; Watkinson wasn't well positioned when his engine gave up, and Neuberg kamikaze'd ridicously with Douglas Mann (which meant also the end of any chance by Phillippe Nicolas as the MRT driver was thrown into the gravel trap), but our ROTR goes to the Gillet team, whose drivers were particularly awful with Moll only being able to beat Jari Kekkonen and Thomas de Bock spinning out of the track while fighting for nothing in the 2nd half of the race. Their lack of compromise was alarming.

All in all, the return of top motorsport to Austria was quite satisfactory and we've seen the top of the championship stretch a little bit more. Kudos to the organisers.

ROTR -- Gillet
DOTR -- Barii Mori

The big start crash

David Neuberg crash

Nicolas Steele spin

2

The Stig win

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 05 Jan 2013, 21:45

Dagnall doesn't place 1st? Good god, his qualifying ability is bad! :lol:

Warren Hughes · Post by **Warren Hughes** » 05 Jan 2013, 21:47

Fredo "Faster-than-Dagnall" Mestolio! Also, Klon, who's bailing who out now?

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 05 Jan 2013, 21:56

All credit to the drivers, they're doing a great job dragging a car far worse than many others in PreQ into proper quali. Now to see if either driver makes the main event.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 05 Jan 2013, 22:01

Qualifying results up

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 05 Jan 2013, 22:03

Koczo making the show but Fleet ten positions behind and out of it?! Now that is strange. I hope the Mignolet announcement combined with the Pippa Mann affair hasn't demoralised the lad too much...

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 05 Jan 2013, 22:06

James Davies wrote:Hell yes! This car is feeling awesome! Though, I suppose some of it is down to the fact that I really enjoy this track. Regardless, we should be able to score more points tomorrow.... wait, I'm sharing row 3 with her!?

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 05 Jan 2013, 22:24

Stramala [kostas22] wrote:Koczo making the show but Fleet ten positions behind and out of it?! Now that is strange. I hope the Mignolet announcement combined with the Pippa Mann affair hasn't demoralised the lad too much...

And Douglas Mann 2 places ahead of Pippa on the grid? Now THAT is strange...

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 05 Jan 2013, 23:10

Kollin Holles wrote:What the hell was that?

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 05 Jan 2013, 23:20

Phoenix McAllister wrote:Some say he frightens the hell out of even Alasdair Lindsay, but all we know is, he's called The Stig! YES!!! The guy is really on fire and you can't blame him, because he could hear all those who doubted his ability. But I stood by him and made sure he was going to be kept for 2016, and this is how he reacts. As for Pippa, maybe all those silly stories the tabloids are running are getting to his nerves, but our team of North American lawyers have been working to prepare a possible lawsuit and will react at the slightest provocation, so I suggest those publications to stop their slandering right on their tracks. She needs to know she'll have all our support, we need her to perform as well as ever.

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 05 Jan 2013, 23:23

Mark Dagnall 3rd fastest in prequalifying, 4 tenths faster then Koczo. Mark Dagnall 22nd in qualifying, 4 tenths slower then Koczo. PQ Dry, Q light rain. Conspiracy theorists are not just standing up but have climbed a step ladder all the way to the top step and are tiptoeing.

Barii Mori wrote:Damn that The Stig, 5 one thousandths of second to deny me my first pole in years. I hope his engine expires. Nicolas Steele really struggled and was a second slower then me, he needs to get points otherwise he will be getting a P45 at the end of the season.

Shinobu Katayama wrote:Yes we set the car up for wet and we ended up 4th and 5th, I could have gone faster but as long as James Davies does not run into the back of me then a podium is possible.

Rosco Vantini wrote:11th and 12th is not so bad. However the car is, how do you say, rubbish in the wet. We do need to improve the car, stil I feel I can get some points. It is embarassing to be behind two women drivers so I hope i can sweep past them.

Saeed Al Faisal wrote:Well that did not go well. I did not have a seat so I had to use Dave Simpsons seat and due to a engine issue, I only managed to get one timed lap in and I screwed it up by spinning as I drove out the wet rumble strip. Still I will improve next race.

Prince Falik wrote:The boys and girls done well, I am very happy with their efforts, not get our first podium of the season. You have an accident or spin out then you better get out of the car and walk your arse to the airport.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 06 Jan 2013, 01:40

The Fox wrote:Why did Dave Simpson hire Saeed Al Faisal?

Nicolas Steele wrote:Ah shite. This season is quickly going more and more down the drain. I doubt we can pull off another podium this season.

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 06 Jan 2013, 07:37

From next race: Simon out, Katayama in

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 06 Jan 2013, 10:39

Warren Hughes wrote:Also, Klon, who's bailing who out now?

About bloody time he does his job on Friday as well.

Tropico is taking applications by any aspiring pay-driver, Nathan Scott can consider himself fired.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 06 Jan 2013, 11:03

Klon wrote:
Warren Hughes wrote:Also, Klon, who's bailing who out now?

About bloody time he does his job on Friday as well.

Tropico is taking applications by any aspiring pay-driver, Nathan Scott can consider himself fired.

I'm gonna laugh when you pick up any of the scum left and Tropico falls into PreQ once again :lol:

Warren Hughes · Post by **Warren Hughes** » 06 Jan 2013, 11:24

Klon wrote:
Warren Hughes wrote:Also, Klon, who's bailing who out now?

About bloody time he does his job on Friday as well.

Tropico is taking applications by any aspiring pay-driver, Nathan Scott can consider himself fired.

Jean-Luc Schiller would fancy a go in the Tropico, if he can get out of his Mecha contract.

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 06 Jan 2013, 11:47

Warren Hughes wrote:
Klon wrote:
Warren Hughes wrote:Also, Klon, who's bailing who out now?

About bloody time he does his job on Friday as well.

Tropico is taking applications by any aspiring pay-driver, Nathan Scott can consider himself fired.

Jean-Luc Schiller would fancy a go in the Tropico, if he can get out of his Mecha contract.

Careful what you say. Mecha might go on a smear campaign like they did with, well, every other driver who has vainly attempted to qualify for them.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 06 Jan 2013, 20:59

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SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 06 Jan 2013, 21:27

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Or if you want to use a IRC client (like Mirc), then use

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SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 07 Jan 2013, 01:29

Autosport wrote:Steele sacked, replaced with Du Lei
Although Kamaha have not made an announcement apart from the signing of Tomo Kazama for the 2016 season, reports are coming in that Nicolas Steele after constant bad results has been fired and in his place pay driver Du Lei will be taking his place for the rest of the season. More as the story comes in.

Katayama may race in Monza for Arrowtech.
After the Fox said he wanted Katayama to race in Monza for Arrowtech, Shinobu Katayama said that she would be happy to do so as long as Hagane Shizuka was happy with this. Hagane Shizuka had already left the Red Bull ring after posting anothre DNPQ so has not been asked as yet.

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 07 Jan 2013, 07:32

Now, when we're capable of scoring a top 3 in the PQ cup at the end of the year? That extra money would be used towards the 2016 car...

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 07 Jan 2013, 08:18

Although if Katayama and you do qualify and qualify well enough not to be in the pre qualifying cup then it might be all for nowt. If you want Katayama to join Revolution in the next race then that is good, although I dont think the one extra race will make much difference, esp at a power circuit like Monza.

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 07 Jan 2013, 09:46

Alright.

Warren Hughes · Post by **Warren Hughes** » 07 Jan 2013, 09:52

SuperAguri wrote:
Autosport wrote:Steele sacked, replaced with Du Lei
Although Kamaha have not made an announcement apart from the signing of Tomo Kazama for the 2016 season, reports are coming in that Nicolas Steele after constant bad results has been fired and in his place pay driver Du Lei will be taking his place for the rest of the season. More as the story comes in.

Prospec consents to this, but we reserve the right to use Du Lei should Lon or Mestolio be forced to miss a race for any reason.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 07 Jan 2013, 11:22

Now, any team owner could have a more than decent line up in Steele and Spencer!!!

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 07 Jan 2013, 11:24

Aerond wrote:Now, any team owner could have a more than decent line up in Steele and Spencer!!!

Talking about a decent line-up, how Sunshine went in the last race?