1979 rFactor F1 - Please go to 1980 thread

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 08 Jun 2012, 01:30

Hector Rebaque wrote:The team made some good progress today. The chassis is working slightly better than Day 1, as shown by Padraig's good effort on Day 2.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 08 Jun 2012, 07:39

Thomas Nurmester wrote:I'm happy with today's result. While I wasn't as fast as our regular drivers, I was only half a second off their lap times. Which is quite good considering that this was the first time ever I drove a F1 car!

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 08 Jun 2012, 08:04

Jean Louis Depault wrote:We, urm, got some useful data out of the test. We're planning to do some weight shedding and a few suspension updates over the next few weeks based on the data we've got but it'll be nothing major, just a tenth or two here and there.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 08 Jun 2012, 09:44

Beppe Gabbiani wrote:The car is, 'ow you say, getting bit better now...

Post by **tommykl** » 08 Jun 2012, 09:47

Rupert Keegan wrote:Well, that was a bit disappointing. I have to say, this is a lot different from the Hesketh and the Surtees. Marshall seems to know exactly what he's doing, so I hope I can help the team up the grid if I get the opportunity to test again. In the meantime, there seems to be a crowd of scarcely-clothed ladies waiting for me over there...

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 08 Jun 2012, 22:46

1979 United States West Grand Prix

Newsflash
Jean Pierre Jabouille was deemed fit to race by the medical team after his accident on the second day of the Kyalami test.
Ensign brought an updated version of the N179 to Long Beach.

Qualifying

Gilles Villeneuve took his first pole position of the year by just 48 hundredths of a second from Jody Scheckter, with the Ligier duo not far back on the second row. Arnoux in the second Ferrari could only manage 5th, with Reutemann 6th, and Harvey Jones lines up 7th, a career-best position. Piquet turned in a good lap to take 8th in the Brabham, ahead of Alan Jones in 9th, Takagi in 10th, and Brancatelli in 11th. Callum McAllister was down in a lowly 14th, behind the Arrows of Sutherland. A good performance from Roberto Horford saw the Alfa take 15th position on the grid, with team mate Prost in 18th. Mixed fortunes for Shadow-Ford, with Rosberg going 19th quickest, but John Watson failed to qualify, only setting the 35th fastest lap. Merzario showed improvements as Simone Guidetti was able to go 22nd fastest, ahead of Ladislav Sedlak, and Beppe Gabbiani. Gabbiani's team mate, Marshal Jenkins, just scraped onto the grid in 30th position. Martin Rossler missed out on qualifying by 3 hundredths of a second, with de Angelis, Watson, Fittipaldi, Andretti, Depault, Rebaque and Stuck also failing to qualify. ATS and Rebaque were expected to go out, but de Angelis will be dissapointed to not be able to match the pace of his team mate, as will Rossler and Watson. Mario Andretti provided the shock of the day by missing out on the grid for his home race by 6 tenths of a second, with team mate Gauthier just making it onto the grid in 29th position, behind Surer and Ongais.

Race
Villeneuve led off the line, but a superb start from Arnoux allowed the Frenchman to slingshot both Ligiers to be 3rd approaching the first corner. A poor start from Sutherland forced half the field to take evasive action, with some cars stuck behind the slow-starting Arrows.

Villeneuve opened out a 1.5 second lead by the start of lap 2, with Schekter still 2nd and Arnoux 3rd. Laffite and Jones had got past Kevin for 4th and 5th, and Jabouille was all over the back of Piquet's gearbox in 9th. Approaching turn 6, James Hunt appeared to move over into Keiran Sutherland on his outside, forcing Sutherland into the pit-lane wall. It was quite a heavy impact, but Sutherland was able to limp out of his wrecked Arrows. Not for the first tine this year, the threat of injury hung over the Arrows team.

At the start of lap 7, Villenuve led by 2 and a half seconds from Laffite and Arnoux, with Schekter fourth. Callum McAllister had found his way up to 9th place behind Piquet, but pulled his Williams over to the side of the track on the run down to turn 2, the front right clearly broken. A replay indicated that the source of the damage was a lunge by Piquet down the inside into the last corner on the previous lap, with Piquet moving over and contact being made between the left side-pod of the Brabham and the right front of the Williams. Marshal Jenkins also pulled into the pits slowly to retire with brake failure

Lap 10, Villeneuve still led by 3 seconds, but Jacques Laffite had found a way past Arnoux and was beginning to close up to Villeneuve. Jabouille was hustling Jones for 6th, but along the back straight the Renault slowed gradually to a halt, Gearbox gremlins ending Jena-Pierres day early.

Lap 15, and Laffite had closed right up to the back of Villeneuve, and when Villeneuve madde a mistake at turn 5, Laffite took the lead from the Ferrari man and began to pull away a little.

Villeneuve's turbo advantage meant that Laffite couldn't get too far away, but two laps later, on lap 17, Laffite's engine stuttered and died down the main straight, handing the lead back to Villeneuve, who had a 5 second lead over Schekter and Arnoux.

Lap 25, and Villeneuve's lead had been erased by Arnoux, the Ferrari pair running 1-2, seperated by just a second. Jody Scheckter was running third until lap 22, with Jody pulling into the pits after losing all his gears except 3rd. 3 laps previously, Keke Rosberg's Shadow exploded dramatically down the main straight, spewing bits of engine all over the track. Luckily, no-one got a puncture and the debris was cleared without too much trouble.

Nelson Piquet ended his day against the barriers at turn 7, the Brazilian just getting on the power too early, pitching his Brabham into the wall and out of the race. Villeneuve still led but Arnoux was right on his gearbox now, with Harvey Jones in 3rd position, 10 seconds back

Arnoux slipstreamed Villeneuve down the back straight on lap 29, stuck the car down the inside, and went through into the lead, and proceeded to pull away.

Lap 30, and Kevin slows to a halt along the front straight, smoke billowing out from the back of the Ligier.

Lap 45, and Arnoux now led by 13 seconds, from Villeneuve Harvey Jones, Carlos Reutemann and Alan Jones.

Carlos Reutemann forced his way past Harvey Jones on lap 52, and set about catching Villeneuve 5 seconds down the road. One lap later, and Harvey Jones developed a puncture, and a delay at his stop saw him rejoin a lap down.

Lap 62, and Arnoux led by 27 seconds, while Reutemann was now 2 seconds behind Villeneuve. On lap 65 he made a move into turn 6 after Villeneuve ran wide through 4 and 5,

Arnoux crossed the line to win, 24 seconds ahead of Reutemann and Villeneuve.

Post race
Keiran Sutherland suffered a sprained ankle. It is advised his misses the enxt race for precautionary measures

James Hunt receives a 3 race ban for endangering the life of another driver. He moved over on Sutherland for no reason.

Images

Start

First corner

Hunt Sutherland Incident.

McAllister retiring

I'll upload the championship stats tomorrow

Post by **Londoner** » 08 Jun 2012, 23:09

James Hunt wrote:Well, I...This is absolutely disgraceful. The governing body should be ashamed of their conduct concerning this incident. It can be seen clearly from the photographs that the section of the circuit where myself and Mr Sutherland came to blows is rather narrow. If I had not moved over, my car would have impacted the wall causing a instantaneous retirement In the event proper, my car's braking system faded away, forcing me to park up, lest I risk a major accident with a fellow competitor. That Bruno chap who occasionally tests the car, will become my temporary replacement for the next three Grands Prix.

Davey Clarke wrote:Some idiot left a whole load of gas on a corner. Guess what happened when me here drove over it. Bam, into the wall and outta the race when I coulda scored a point!

Stick Bruno Giacomelli in the car as a replacement for James Hunt.

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 08 Jun 2012, 23:29

Teddy Mayer wrote:Awful.Bloody,bloody awful.How can the defending world champ fail to qualify?I'm going to fire that designer chap should the new car any worse!We also didn't feel the need to test as our old car is getting replaced.Thank god for that.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 08 Jun 2012, 23:43

Lotus wrote:Meh.

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 09 Jun 2012, 00:31

Harvey Jones wrote:Despite the seemingly disgruntled and somewhat childish remarks from the team, I have to say I'm delighted with 6th place, particularly after my puncture. At one point it seemed a podium was on the cards but nonetheless further points, as I said despite the puncture, is a solid result. It's a shame the team aren't recognising mine and Alan's efforts for what they are. I feel our performances are not being given the due credit they deserve, and I'm hoping this situation will rectify itself over the next few races.

Marshal Jenkins wrote:Bloody brakes this time. Can't effing believe it after I scraped into the race by the skin of me teeth. Over the sodding moon for Bepe though, our first race finish at our fourth attempt is something to be quite proud of, and the lads in the team will be moving onto the next race with smiles on their faces because of it. The testing we did has hit the team's budget though. There better be an upswing in sales on our premium product lines else we can forget testing again this year. The whole damn thing is just too bloody expensive.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 09 Jun 2012, 00:41

Lotus wrote:Both drivers did well, the car just isn't as fast as we would like it to be.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 09 Jun 2012, 00:43

Beppe Gabbiani wrote:OK, well, yes, for sure, it is, 'ow you say, very nice to finish. Now we try go faster.

Simone Guidetti wrote:This stupid James Hunt idiot, he made a stupid move, caused the Arrows ahead of me to crash and I was caught up in the follow up. The car is much better now, I think I could have been racing Gabbiani and Gauthier for 12th if the car kept going. Vaffanculo Hunt...

Corriere Della Sera wrote:F1: Brambilla to drive full time again?

After another poor showing by Elio de Angelis, his seat is under threat from veteran racer Vittorio Brambilla of Como. Brambilla has one race win for the March team, and was the fastest Merzario driver at the recent testing session at Kyalami. It is rumoured de Angelis only has three more races to prove himself against rookie team-mate Simone Guidetti before being cut loose from the team.

Looking further ahead into the future as a long term solution, Merzario are said to be interested in Beppe Gabbiani, after suggestions from Marshal Jenkins that his self-named team may not continue in F1 beyond the end of the year.

"Elio and Simone are our drivers," said Arturo Merzario. "These guys are both young but have potential. I stepped down from driving to give these young promising guys a fair shot, there's no point giving up on them so quickly."

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 09 Jun 2012, 00:46

Shadow Press Release:
We were disappointed with John failing to qualify, and also sad to see Keke retire when a point position wasn't out of the picture. The car is still new and the engine newer still so it'll take time to develop everything. We're confident we can continue to improve.

Pamphlet · Post by **Pamphlet** » 09 Jun 2012, 01:04

Kieran Sutherland wrote:I hate to say I told you so.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 09 Jun 2012, 01:08

The entire Renault team wrote:... wait, Carlos scored a podium?

Jean-Pierre Jabouille wrote:

Guillaume Gauthier wrote:Well, I outqualified my champion teammate, who also missed the race while I didn't, which is pretty good. We really need to make this car better, though.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 09 Jun 2012, 01:31

The entirety of the Ferrari team wrote:Fratelli d'Italia
L'Italia s'è desta!
Dell'elmo di Scipio
S'è cinta la testa!
Dov'è la vittoria
Le porga la chioma!
Chè schiava di Roma
Iddio la creò!

The Lukas · Post by **The Lukas** » 09 Jun 2012, 10:41

Ensign Press Release:
You are very happy with this race despite the fact that our driver did not finish it, just a pity that Martin is not qualified.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 09 Jun 2012, 12:46

Driver's Championship-After 4 rounds

1: Rene Arnoux - 19
2: Jody Scheckter - 18
3: Callum McAllister - 12
4: Gilles Villeneuve - 11
5: Jacques Laffite - 10
= Ed Kevin - 10
7: Gianfranco Brancatelli - 9
8: Carlos Reutemann - 8
= Hiroshi Takagi - 8
10: Harvey Jones - 7
= Alan Jones - 7
12: James Hunt - 6
= Alain Prost - 6
14: Jean-Pierre Jabouille - 5
= Mario Andretti - 5
16: Andrea de Cesaris - 4
= Geoff Lees - 4
18: Niki Lauda - 3
19: Roberto Horford - 2
20: Kieran Sutherland - 1
= Jan Lammers - 1

Constructor's Championship-After 4 rounds

1: Ferrari - 30
= Williams - 30
3: Ligier - 20
4: Lotus - 14
5: Renault - 13
6: Tyrrell - 12
7: RAM - 10
8: Alfa Romeo - 8
9: Wolf - 6
= McLaren - 5
= Arrows - 5
12: Brabham - 3

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 09 Jun 2012, 12:51

Fourth in the constructors championship. Thats not bad.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 09 Jun 2012, 12:55

eurobrun wrote:Fourth in the constructors championship. Thats not bad.

It appears Ligier are doing a Jean-Pierre Jabouille....

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 09 Jun 2012, 12:58

pasta_maldonado wrote:
eurobrun wrote:Fourth in the constructors championship. Thats not bad.

It appears Ligier are doing a Jean-Pierre Jabouille....

Certainly looks like it.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 09 Jun 2012, 13:42

Frank Williams wrote:We need to improve the reliability of our car if we want to have a shot at the title. The car is clearly fast, we just need it to hold together more often. And, should any more collective test sessions happen, we'll bring prototypes of the Honda turbo engine we're due to use next year on the back of a revised FW07B chassis.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 09 Jun 2012, 14:31

Interesting facts:
Only 4 drivers have finished all the races that they have started in (2 or more races): Andrea de Cesaris, John Watson, Danny Ongais and Mario Andretti.
No driver has yet won from pole position.
No driver has won more than one race.

Make of them what you will

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 09 Jun 2012, 16:05

Ligier have been linked in the French media to an engine deal with Peugeot for 1980, making their first foray into F1, under the resurrected Talbot marque.

This rumour comes soon after both Ligier drivers, Jacques Laffite and Edward Kevin, were robbed of strong positions in the US West Grand Prix by Ford engine failures.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 09 Jun 2012, 16:18

I know it's a bit early, but for 1980 I was thinking of using the 1982 mod due to a lack of 1980/81 mods for rFactor. The 1982 mod also has the FW07D, which I intend to use for Williams for the entire season, with the FW08 coming in 1981.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 09 Jun 2012, 16:25

pasta_maldonado wrote:I know it's a bit early, but for 1980 I was thinking of using the 1982 mod due to a lack of 1980/81 mods for rFactor. The 1982 mod also has the FW07D, which I intend to use for Williams for the entire season, with the FW08 coming in 1981.

I absolutely love this

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 09 Jun 2012, 16:30

Phoenix wrote:
pasta_maldonado wrote:I know it's a bit early, but for 1980 I was thinking of using the 1982 mod due to a lack of 1980/81 mods for rFactor. The 1982 mod also has the FW07D, which I intend to use for Williams for the entire season, with the FW08 coming in 1981.

I absolutely love this

If you're thinking of the 6-wheeled version, then I'm sorry to dissapoint

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 09 Jun 2012, 16:33

pasta_maldonado wrote:Interesting facts:
Only 4 drivers have finished all the races that they have started in (2 or more races): Andrea de Cesaris

This is clearly the most unrealistic mod I've seen in my life.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 09 Jun 2012, 16:56

pasta_maldonado wrote:
Phoenix wrote:
pasta_maldonado wrote:I know it's a bit early, but for 1980 I was thinking of using the 1982 mod due to a lack of 1980/81 mods for rFactor. The 1982 mod also has the FW07D, which I intend to use for Williams for the entire season, with the FW08 coming in 1981.

I absolutely love this

If you're thinking of the 6-wheeled version, then I'm sorry to dissapoint

Then what kind of FW07D does this mod have? Because there was only a FWO7D with 6 wheels

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 09 Jun 2012, 17:03

Phoenix wrote:
Then what kind of FW07D does this mod have? Because there was only a FWO7D with 6 wheels

It turns out that it is in fact the FW07C incorrectly labelled. I didn't realise it was wrong because the Wikipedia page says the FW07D was used in 1982, and I assumed the 6-wheel variant was a development of a normal 4 wheeled car. Sorry for getting your hopes up

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 09 Jun 2012, 17:11

pasta_maldonado wrote:
Phoenix wrote:
Then what kind of FW07D does this mod have? Because there was only a FWO7D with 6 wheels

It turns out that it is in fact the FW07C incorrectly labelled. I didn't realise it was wrong because the Wikipedia page says the FW07D was used in 1982, and I assumed the 6-wheel variant was a development of a normal 4 wheeled car. Sorry for getting your hopes up

Then you can use the FW07D for the second part of 1981 before introducing the FW08 for 1982 if that's right.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 09 Jun 2012, 17:49

JeremyMcClean wrote:
The entirety of the Ferrari team wrote:Fratelli d'Italia
L'Italia s'è desta!
Dell'elmo di Scipio
S'è cinta la testa!
Dov'è la vittoria
Le porga la chioma!
Chè schiava di Roma
Iddio la creò!

"Saras Team Merzario likes this"

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 09 Jun 2012, 23:44

well, RAM isn't doing bad at all...
It just shows what Brancatelli could do with a car not being run by Willy Kauhsen or Arturo Merzario!

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 10 Jun 2012, 09:42

Wizzie, thanks for updating the wiki page!

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 10 Jun 2012, 09:48

pasta_maldonado wrote:Wizzie, thanks for updating the wiki page!

No problem. I have to look like I'm doing work on the wiki anyway :lol:

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 15 Jun 2012, 20:43

This, am I right in thinking that Emilio de Villotta will replace Gianfranco Brancatelli for the Spanish Grand Prix?

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 15 Jun 2012, 22:41

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 16 Jun 2012, 20:49

1979 Spanish Grand Prix

Pre-Race Newsflash

McLaren brought the long-awaited M29 to Jarama to race for the first time. The new chassis, still with a Ford Cosworth DFV engine, is hoped to bring huge improvements to the British team's pace.

Rumours that Marlboro are to sponsor Alfa Romeo in 1980 are being bandied around the paddock. The word is that the cigarette company will sponsor both McLaren and Alfa Romeo next year, although statements from either team have not been provided about the matter

Emilio de Villota is to replace Gianfranco Brancatelli at RAM for the Spanish Grand Prix. The Spaniard is rumoured to bring money for the team, but it is not as if the British-based team are in a bad position. Currently Brancatelli is 7th in the driver's championship with 9 points compared to Lammers's 1.

Following James Hunt's 3-race ban, Bruno Giacomelli has replaced the 1976 champion at Wolf for the duration of the ban. This will be the third season in which Giacomelli has competed, but without a full-time drive. Bruno is also set to race at the Italian Grand Prix.

Qualifying

You wouldn't bet on that, would you? Even with the one of the fastest cars in the field, and two capable drivers, the odds of the two Williams cars setting exactly the same time was slimmer than a catwalk model. But, set the the same time they did, and with McAllister setting a 1:14.537 first in the hour session, he takes his third pole of the season ahead of Jody Scheckter. Rene Arnoux takes 3rd position on the grid in the Ferrari, the turbo not being that much of an advantage around the twisty Jarama circuit than it was around Kyalami. Jan Lammers put in a wonderful lap in the normally aspirated Ferrari powered RAM to line up 4th for tomorrow, with Gilles Villeneuve rounding out a Ferrari powered trio in 5th position.
Laffite is 6th on the grid, ahead of Alan Jones, Reutemann, Harvey Jones and Nelson Piquet in 10th. Gauthier showed the pace of the new McLaren by setting the 11th fastest time, Jabouille could only manage 13th, with Kevin in 14th, ahead of Andretti. de Villota couldn't match Lammers's pace, lining up 19th ahead of both Arrows. Davey Clarke set the 21st fastest time for Wolf, ahead of Alain Prost, and a tenth of a second faster than Giacomelli. Keke Rosberg takes 25th spot on the grid, and with Watson in 18th position, Shadow has two cars on the grid for only the second time this year. Rossler and Gabbiani line up 26th and 27th, Simone Guidetti set the 28th fastest time, and Roberto Horford takes the 29th spot on the grid. Hans-Joachim Stuck drags an improved ATS onto the grid for the first time this year, a great job by the German. Sedlak, de Angelis, Jenkins, both Fittipaldis for the first time this year, and both Rebaques fail to qualify.

Race - 70 laps
A good start from Schekter saw him get ahead of McAllister on the run down to turn 1, with a bad start from Lammers seeing Villeneuve attempt to go round the outside into turn 1. A great start from Reutemann saw him leapfrog 3 places to 5th into the first corner. McAllister stayed glued to Schekter's gearbox however, and half way around the lap was able to pass Scheckter for the lead. Laffite also got past Lammers for 3rd, and at the end of the lap, McAllister lead from Scheckter, Laffite, Lammers, Reutemann and Arnoux.

Laffite went through into 2nd place, after a bold move down the inside of Schekter into turn 4. Lammers was next to pass McAllsister, making his move into turn 7, but the Dutchman outbraked himself slightly, allowing McAllister to get alongside into turn 8, but Lammers did not give up; the two cars running side by side on the run down to 10, with McAllister being able to get back past Lammers. Piquet had worked his way up to 5th position.

With the tight and twisty Jarama circuit, racing was extremely close in the opening laps; across the line on lap 3, 5th to 18th position was covered by 2 seconds, and by the start of lap 6, McAllister lead by 4 seconds from Laffite, with Scheckter, Reutemann, and Alan Jones 6 seconds back. Into turn 7, Reutemann pounced on Scheckter, with Jones waiting behind. Scheckter was still on the outside and Reutemann, concentrating on Scheckter, left the door open on the inside, allowing Jones through into 3rd place.

Lap 10, and the top 3 remained the same, with McAllister leading by 5 seconds to Lafitte and Alan Jones, while Scheckter and Villeneuve had found ways past Reutemann into 4th and 5th respectively.

Lap 11, and Scheckter span under braking for turn 1 from 4th position, ending up in the barriers. Brake failure would later be identified as the reason for his untimely departure. Later in the lap, Carlos Reutemann notched up his 4th retirement out of 5 races, suspension failure forcing him onto the sidelines.

Engine failure ended Guidettis day on lap 16, while ATS's first race came to an end on lap 21 due to Gearbox failure. Laffite was now in second place, with Villeneuve in 3rd, but a mistake from the Ligier driver on lap 27 allowed Vileneuve into second position, but the mood at Ferrari was dampened a lap later, when Rene Arnoux's turbo expired.

Callum McAllister led by 14 seconds across the line on lap 31, but Villeneuve and Laffite set about closing the gap, and by lap 42, the gap was less than a second. However, overtaking on the tight Jarama circuit was proving almost impossible as the race drew on, but on lap 43, McAllister was unable to put the power down exiting turn 9, and Vileneuve drove past into turn 10. Laffite was able to slipstream past the Williams into turn 1, the only viable passing place.

Brake failure ended Harvey Jones' afternoon on lap 38, and McAllister was next to sit on the sideline with the Cosworth engine crying enough after 48 laps.

On lap 56, Laffite got past Villeneuve for the lead into turn 8, but Jan Lammers in the RAM had got past Piquet for 3rd position and was just 10 seconds behind the leaders. Lap 57 proved to be one lap too many for Jean-Pierre Jabouille, the Renault engine smoking and eventually stopping before turn 4.

Jan Lammers was going faster and faster in third position, the gap was now 8.3seconds. Emilio de Villota in the other RAM was running in 11th place, but on the approach to turn 7, acoming together with Rosberg and Watson put all three cars out of the race. de Villota was much faster behind Watson, and on the run down to the corner, Watson pulled over to lap his team amte Rosberg. De Villota had his front wing alongside Watson's right rear, and as Watson pulled out, he touched de Villota's wing, tearing it off. This punctured Watson's right rear tyre, and he span out of control, and hit the back of Rosberg's car, knocking off Rosberg's rear wing. Watson ended up in the barriers, with Rosberg and de Villota being able to limp back to the pits, but the Shadow mechanics could not replace Rosberg's rear wing. de Villota was unable to get away after the mechanics checked his car over, and both cars retired from the race.

Lammers was closing by a second per lap, and on lap 64, was right behind Villeneuve and Laffite. Villeneuve had turbo power at his disposal, but Lammers surprised Villeneuve with a do or die move into turn 4, to take second position! Lammers sett after Laffite a second down the road, and on lap 65, Lammers was right behind Laffite.Laffite kept Lammers at bay for most of the lap, but along the back straight, the Ferrari engine had more power than the Cosworth DFV and Lammers was through into the lead!

Jan Lammers was able to pull away from Laffite to win the Spanish Grand Prix by 4 seconds, with Laffite in 2nd, and Villeneuve in 3rd positon. Piquet recorded his first finish of the year in 4th, while a stunning drive from Gauthier earnt him 5th place, ahead of Kevin, Andretti, and Alan Jones in 8th.

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 16 Jun 2012, 21:00

Harvey Jones wrote:Can't say I'm too happy with another retirement, but I wasn't really expecting a great result here anyway. We'll re-group and see what changes we can make in time for the next race.

Marshal Jenkins wrote:I made a right dog's dinner of my qualifying lap so to bot get through wasn't much of a surprise. Still bloody annoying though, especially seeing as Beppe has brought the car home again, but that's still a cracker of a result and two in two races is good for the team. Hopefully we'll get both cars into the race and to finish it as well next time out.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 16 Jun 2012, 21:01

Jan Lammers winning a race ... now I really have seen everything!