A tribute to the heroic failures of Grand Prix racing
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Aerond wrote:Live race commentary as usual here: http://zippychat.com/room/18394 -- RACE TO START IN A FEW MINS! (Sorry for the delay; Real life commitments suck sometimes!)
eurobrun wrote:Jason Hamilton's debut didn't even last 10 laps.
the Masked Lapwing wrote:eurobrun wrote:Jason Hamilton's debut didn't even last 10 laps.
Eh, look on the bright side. You have a superlicence now, and another chance at the next race.
kostas22 wrote:I have a question about engines - is the HP/weight reassigned for each engine every season? So if you buy the best engine in 2014 it turns to shite in 2015? And the same for chassis as well?
Sammy Jones wrote:All I'll say is I'm happy to at least score another point, but in comparison to Gillet and Sunshine, we've had a poor weekend, and have consequently slipped to 5th in the constructors battle. I'll be honest and say that I expect nothing short of getting both cars into the points in Japan for the final race, and hopefully we can recover the deficit and improve our position in the championship. The fact is though, for the past three seasons, we've completely failed to capitalise when it has mattered most, at the end of the year. In 2012 we lost both titles, in 2013 we lost out to HRT and Gillet, and this year we look set to loose out to Gillet and Sunshine. We need to be more decisive, more committed and better prepared for these sorts of battles.
AdrianSutil wrote:So six teams have failed to score with one race remaining: Mitie/Kingfisher, MechaGP, Scuderia Alitalia, Shonan, Difasco and Tropico right? How will the prize money be sorted out? I'm assuming it'll be done on countback?
Daniel Melrose wrote:First of all I have to congratulate Mark Dagnall on his championship win. He may be driving for his old man who may have much closer connections to the F1RWRS Commission that we suspect but still, he had to get the maximum out of the car and he did. We at MRT will still be aiming for the constructors championship and build on our encouraging season for next year. If only we didn't have a handgrenade for an engine...
As to my race, it wasn't my best performance considering the circumstances but we tried to make the most of a bad situation. As Sammy said, points will be the minimum for Japan.
AdrianSutil wrote:Wizzie, now the Championship is over, are you still taking Valsattis for the final race? Or have you decided to put someone else in the car?
Wizzie wrote:AdrianSutil wrote:Wizzie, now the Championship is over, are you still taking Valsattis for the final race? Or have you decided to put someone else in the car?
Nah, we have a contract with Davies and it's not worth the 50 credit penalty.
AdrianSutil wrote:Wizzie wrote:AdrianSutil wrote:Wizzie, now the Championship is over, are you still taking Valsattis for the final race? Or have you decided to put someone else in the car?
Nah, we have a contract with Davies and it's not worth the 50 credit penalty.
Yeah no worries.
And for Eurobrun, I think it was you who said you might take Valsattis 'on loan' if youve got a team to run next year. That will not be happening as Kingfisher have entered him in the RoLFS for 2015.
Tony Gillet wrote:Well, we're happy to score another podium again, even though it's impossible to finish in the top three for the driver's championship now. Our main goal is the constructor's championship. With MRT probably going to score a double retirement, we'll need to score a 1-2 if we want to finish second in the championship, and in any case we must finish ahead of Sunshine.
Anyways, we're already happy to see an improvement in the reliability of our car, as we have finished 14 times this season, as opposed to 11 last year. Next year, our goal is to finish more than half of the races we start.
Pippa Mann wrote:A fourth place and points for me? I'm kinda glad that I couldn't run Martin McFry here now...
It definitely seems to have cemented Foxdale's 7th place in the championship. But he WILL be in for the next race, if everybody is now happy with that?
(Oh and he'll be a pay driver, just like Mr Fleet).
Douglas Mann wrote:Ahh, another engine failure. Reminds me of my days at Williams in 1995 in the F1GP2 series, as well as all the legendary Foxdale barbeques last year. Oh the memories...
The Fox wrote:10th place isn't really much if we're four laps down! I have no clue as to why we were so much off the pace this weekend. At least there's forecasts of rain in the next race. It might give us an opportunity to win.
Nicolas Steele wrote:What can I say that hasn't been said??
FMecha wrote:For 2015, Mecha would like to hire a 'competent pay driver'.
kostas22 wrote:FMecha wrote:For 2015, Mecha would like to hire a 'competent pay driver'.
There are only two such drivers in F1RWRS. Ben Fleet and Ron Mignolet. Fleet is already contracted to Scuderia Alitalia for 2015, however Mignolet has no contract for next season!
JeremyMcClean wrote:The Fox wrote:10th place isn't really much if we're four laps down! I have no clue as to why we were so much off the pace this weekend. At least there's forecasts of rain in the next race. It might give us an opportunity to win.
Daniel Martins wrote:I think we can at least take comfort in the fact that the second placed car finished two laps down. I struggled with grip all weekend long and in the end we salvaged two finish positions. That is more or less what the car seems to do this year when we do finish.
FMecha wrote:kostas22 wrote:FMecha wrote:For 2015, Mecha would like to hire a 'competent pay driver'.
There are only two such drivers in F1RWRS. Ben Fleet and Ron Mignolet. Fleet is already contracted to Scuderia Alitalia for 2015, however Mignolet has no contract for next season!
Mignolet may be, but we don't want his Lotus sponsorship. Maybe a semi-competent one?
kostas22 wrote:Sebastien Groves comes to mind. Other than that I'm not really sure.
Nuppiz wrote:kostas22 wrote:Sebastien Groves comes to mind. Other than that I'm not really sure.
Groves is in RoLFS at the moment, unless he makes a late switch...
Nuppiz wrote:I wouldn't say that Tristan Jung is unemployed either, he's got his own entry in the RoLFS as well...
AndreaModa wrote:Mignolet's all but signed to DGN for 2015 if I remember rightly.
kostas22 wrote:AndreaModa wrote:Mignolet's all but signed to DGN for 2015 if I remember rightly.
Indeed, all but. Which gives other teams a last chance to hijack the deal
kostas22 wrote:Nuppiz wrote:kostas22 wrote:Sebastien Groves comes to mind. Other than that I'm not really sure.
Groves is in RoLFS at the moment, unless he makes a late switch...
Oh well. Jean-Luc Schiller has looked quite competent this season really, but you'll have to pry him away from Prospec first.
Thanks to the new Driver Contracts page I set up, here are a list of drivers who are currently not under contract for next season;
Tristan Jung
Mirko Bosevic
Andrea Acuri
Phil McCracken
Ron Mignolet
Daniel Martins
I'm not sure if any of those are pay-drivers or not apart from Mignolet
)kostas22 wrote:Nuppiz wrote:kostas22 wrote:Sebastien Groves comes to mind. Other than that I'm not really sure.
Groves is in RoLFS at the moment, unless he makes a late switch...
Oh well. Jean-Luc Schiller has looked quite competent this season really, but you'll have to pry him away from Prospec first.
Thanks to the new Driver Contracts page I set up, here are a list of drivers who are currently not under contract for next season;
Tristan Jung
Mirko Bosevic
Andrea Acuri
Phil McCracken
Ron Mignolet
Daniel Martins
I'm not sure if any of those are pay-drivers or not apart from Mignolet
JeremyMcClean wrote:And Groves can do double-duty for a team in F1RWRS.
FMecha wrote:McCracken: One F1RLFS (old RoLFS) win yet no starts in F1RWRS. (Is he a paydriver, and is he free from ownership?
Nuppiz wrote:Depends entirely on whether or not the RoLFS dates clash with F1RWRS. You can find the calendar here: http://f1alternate.wikkii.com/wiki/2015 ... n_Calendar
kostas22 wrote:Don't know what 'hell no' is for Mirko Bosevic, I always thought he was quite decent.
JeremyMcClean wrote:Nuppiz wrote:Depends entirely on whether or not the RoLFS dates clash with F1RWRS. You can find the calendar here: http://f1alternate.wikkii.com/wiki/2015 ... n_Calendar
I think he can do that. If people can do double-duty at the Indy 500 and the Coke-cola 600, then why not Groves?
kostas22 wrote:JeremyMcClean wrote:Nuppiz wrote:Depends entirely on whether or not the RoLFS dates clash with F1RWRS. You can find the calendar here: http://f1alternate.wikkii.com/wiki/2015 ... n_Calendar
I think he can do that. If people can do double-duty at the Indy 500 and the Coke-cola 600, then why not Groves?
Because they are in the same country, and are actually reasonably close states. What happens if RoLFS is in Jamaica and F1RWRS is in Turkey or somewhere like that?! That would just be impossible...
Autosport wrote:ACURI GOES INTO BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION: REPORT
It seems like the end of the road is near for Acuri Autosport.
The team, despite gaining 11 points during the course of the season, has been beset by financial difficulties, mainly from robberies from Danish terrorists which has sent the small F1RWRS team into quite a crunch. There are small reports saying that the livery will be slightly changed to accomdate more sponsors, but even that won't put the team back in a stable position. A buyout is almost certain.
Up until this point, Andrea Acuri has constantly failed to qualify for most of the races, while Ron Mignolet, the second driver for the team, has scored all of the 11 points for the team, including a podium at the F1RWRS British GP. Despite his constant flow of cash, the team is suffering with their robberies. They haven't received any of the money back and it's highly unlikely that they'll get any support from the government.
"It's quite devastating when you really look at it," says Acuri in an interview. "But we'll take it one day at a time and we'll see what happens." It's quite likely that the team will withdraw from the 2015 F1RWRS Entry list, and are looking at options of joining the F3RWRS, or possibly having another team buyout the existing team.
Acuri, a certified accountant, says although the numbers are bleak, he hopes a sensible solution will come forward.
Mark Dagnall happiest man on earth
For once we could speak to Mark Dagnall for a few minutes after the Chinese GP, the man of the moment appeared with a custom T-Shirt celebrating his championship win and barefoot across the team hospitality room we were told to wait.
Q: How does it feel to be the first 2-time F1RWRS champion?
A: Very good indeed. At the beggining of the race we knew we had the right strategy but we didn´t know how MRT would react. In the end we proved we were right with the strategy and it worked well. Then we had some luck with Rhys, as he was way faster than anyone else today. The last part of the race was quite pleasant but I had to take care of the lapped guys, which is always dangerous in a narrow track like this.
Q: Did you ever think throughout the season that you weren´t going to make it?
A: No, you never think that way. You always think you can. We knew that, although we didn´t have the best car, we could have a chance if we improved reliability and that´s what we concentrated on and ultimately it paid off. Nicolas and Spencer have been extraordinary rivals and we had to fight really hard to beat them, but the fact that constructors championship isn´t solved proves how tough this season has been.
Q: Are you happy running in a family environment?
A: Yes, quite happy, but what I want is to win and I´ll be here as long as I have a competitive car in my hand. I´ve spoken a couple of times about this with my father and he completely understands it.
Q: Does this mean we could see Mark Dagnall outside of DGN?
A: Never say never, although i´m really commited to DGN and have no interest of leaving for the foreseeable future, to be honest.