Chris Dagnall F1 Career -- 1984/????

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 26 Oct 2010, 10:53

DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP - After 7 races -

1. Patrese -- 38 pts
2. Dagnall -- 30 pts
3. Senna -- 26 pts
4. Mansell -- 22 pts
5. Piquet -- 19 pts
6. Berger -- 11 pts
7. Martini -- 10 pts
8. Prost -- 8 pts
9. Gachot -- 5 pts
=. Alesi -- 5 pts
11. De Cesaris -- 2 pts
=. Morbidelli -- 2 pts
13. Capelli -- 1 pt

CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP

1. Williams -- 60 pts
2. McLaren -- 56 pts
3. Benetton -- 30 pts
4. Ferrari -- 13 pts
5. Minardi -- 12 pts
6. Jordan -- 7 pts
7. Leyton House -- 1 pt

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 26 Oct 2010, 10:55

Wait... Patrese's leading?

Something's not right...

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 26 Oct 2010, 11:00

Wizzie wrote:Wait... Patrese's leading?

Something's not right...

Patrese is very strong. He is the 4th fastest overall but he´s having the luck Mansell, Senna and me are wishing for. So far he´s won 2 races and only retired once...

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 26 Oct 2010, 15:48

By the way; I´m "planning" the rest of my career (yeah, I know the year I´ll call it a day, but I won´t tell) in a way I drive a reject car during one year at least, but as I said, I won´t tell which year, and which car I´ll be driving. One thing I tell you; it´s going to be quite exciting and somehow "realistic".

JeanDenisAlcatraz · Post by **JeanDenisAlcatraz** » 26 Oct 2010, 16:11

So you'll win next year in the Williams and then drive the sh!tbox 1995 McLaren after a year out in IndyCar, Mr. Mans...Dagnall...?

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 26 Oct 2010, 17:24

Aerond wrote:By the way; I´m "planning" the rest of my career (yeah, I know the year I´ll call it a day, but I won´t tell) in a way I drive a reject car during one year at least, but as I said, I won´t tell which year, and which car I´ll be driving. One thing I tell you; it´s going to be quite exciting and somehow "realistic".

You will do a Damon Hill.

Barbazza · Post by **Barbazza** » 26 Oct 2010, 20:01

Hang on. Surely you're going to do an Alan Jones and help out with a Lola comeback aren't you?!

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 26 Oct 2010, 20:03

I predict a run with either Sauber or Ligier.

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 26 Oct 2010, 20:56

Forti....

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 26 Oct 2010, 21:39

Stop the speculation and read the British GP review!

1991 - ROUND 8 - GREAT BRITAIN

Qualify

The changes made Silverstone more exciting to drive than ever (and far less dangerous). I could only do 5th, but with everybody being so close to each other, it really was a lottery

1. Mansell -- 1.22.348
2. Senna -- 1.22.384
3. Patrese -- 1.22.550
4. Prost -- 1.22.556
5. Dagnall -- 1.22.587
6. Berger -- 1.22.954

Race

I went for the standard 2-stop strategy, as the higher number of corners increased the tyre wear compared to the old track. I did a great start and came out 3rd of the 1st corner and also passed Mansell for 2nd with Prost ahead in an incredible start for Ferrari, with Senna 4th. On lap 2 I passed Prost and Senna became 3rd. Senna approached Prost and he made a mistake in lap 4 and spun... only to find Senna crashing into him. Ayrton retired and Prost could continue 2nd miracously, but now 7.6 secs behind me, which grew to 12.7 by lap 9. Prost finally retired in lap 14, and Patrese came 2nd, some 20 secs behind. In lap 20 I was approaching a group of drivers and approaching the first corner Lehto did a weird move and I had to spin in order to avoid contact. I lost a precious time and my gap to Patrese was diminished to 10.5. The italian retired in lap 22, while me and Berger came into the pits and Mansell took the lead with a 7 secs advantage on lap 23. The new tyres helped me out to chase him and I managed to pass him in lap 29, one before his first and only pit-stop. Then 2nd was Berge, but he came nowhere near me and my gap grew up to 43 secs in lap 37, when he did his 2nd pit. I did mine 2 laps after and by lap 40 I was leading comfortably with 19.5 secs over Mansell. I decided to push a little bit to open a gap enough to win and... the gap grew to 34.0 just 4 laps later!! It was clear that the one pit strategy wasn´t working for him and his tyres were destroyed, and I just relaxed a little bit and played with the gap until the end of the race to score a great win at home for the 2nd year in a row and taking the lead of the championship!

1. Dagnall -- 1h25m48.605
2. Mansell -- +43.463
3. Berger -- +1.11.998
4. Brundle -- +1 lap
5. De Cesaris -- +1 lap
6. Nakajima -- +2 laps
7. Hakkinen -- +2 laps
8. Boutsen -- +3 laps

Fastest lap: Chris Dagnall -- 1.23.818
DOTR: Andrea De Cesaris: Overcame a pit-stop to repair damage in lap one to pass most of the field and ended scoring points for his team home GP
ROTR: Nelson Piquet: Lost all weekend. Qualified in the mid-field and ran there until his transmission expired.

DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP -After 8 races-

1. Dagnall -- 40 pts
2. Patrese -- 38 pts
3. Mansell -- 28 pts
4. Senna -- 26 pts
5. Piquet -- 19 pts
6. Berger -- 15 pts
7. Martini -- 10 pts
8. Prost -- 8 pts
9. Gachot -- 5 pts
=. Alesi -- 5 pts
11. De Cesaris -- 4 pts
12. Brundle -- 3 pts
13. Morbidelli -- 2 pts
14. Capelli -- 1 pt
=. Nakajima -- 1 pt

CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP

1. McLaren -- 66 pts
=. Williams -- 66 pts
3. Benetton -- 34 pts
4. Ferrari -- 13 pts
5. Minardi -- 12 pts
6. Jordan -- 9 pts
7. Brabham -- 3 pts
8. Leyton House -- 1 pt
=. Tyrrell -- 1pt

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 28 Oct 2010, 14:59

1991 - ROUND 9 - GERMANY

Qualifying

Nothing really interesting happing. Kept braking too late for the 2nd chicane all the time and it took me up to saturday to find a competitive setup (funnily enough, I had to put a little bit more downforce than last year!).

1. Senna -- 1.46.036
2. Dagnall -- 1.46.541
3. Mansell -- 1.46.582
4. Patrese -- 1.47.082
5. Prost -- 1.47.123
6. Alesi -- 1.47.712

Race

Mansell passed me ant the start and him and Senna soon went away. It came very clear that I wouldn´t be able to catch them (at least as long as the fuel tank was full). Meanwhile Patrese passed Alesi behind me and started to press in lap 3 and passed me as well two laps later, with Berger now in 5th position. Patrese managed to open a gap as well and it kept growing up to 11.5 secs by lap 17, when him and Piquet stopped, allowing me to take a break. The car started to work much better without fuel in the tank and I scored the fastest lap as well, with Mansell now some 10 secs ahead. For a moment I even thought I could catch him later in the race and I took the lead for a single lap when him and Senna stopped in lap 22, but a mistake of the team during the pitstop made it very long and I lost everything I had managed to gain, coming out of the pits in 6th position behind Piquet, which became 5th as Berger stopped. With the car heavy on fuel again Piquet also opened an important gap of 9.7 secs by lap 29, but I was able to recover the 4th position as he stopped for the 2nd time. Patrese stopped as well but the lenghty pitstop meant I couldn´t catch him. Prost was trying to put pressure on me but he retired in lap 35, by then Patrese was 12 secs ahead and I was starting to cut his gap and improve my lap times again when I approached to lap Gachot. He opened me a gap at the 1st corner but I lost control going into the dirt side of the track and spun, hitting the Jordan in the process. I could continue but I had damaged both Front and Rear wings. I had to make a choice: Either try to continue and hold both Benetton cars, which couldn´t match the McLaren´s top speed, or pit and assure a 6th position... I decided to take the risk and Piquet and Berger were soon all over me. Berger passed Piquet in lap 40 and started to press me but I was holding him quite comfortably. In lap 42 I exited the 3rd chicane a bit slowly and he tried an attack. He got the inside to the entrance of the motordrome but I was clearly ahead of him. He didn´t pull, I didn´t as well and he managed to hit my rear right wheel with his front left and caused an spectacular accident which put us both out of the race and me out of the 1st position in the championship again.

1. Senna -- 1h24m32.884
2. Mansell -- +23.072
3. Patrese -- +37.142
4. Piquet -- +1.18.268
5. Modena -- +1.52.162
6. Alesi -- +1 lap
7. Nakajima -- +1 lap
8. Hakkinen -- +1 lap
9. Gugelmin -- +1 lap
10. Martini -- +1 lap
11. Morbidelli -- +1 lap
12. Capelli -- +1 lap
13. Pirro -- +1 lap
14. Boutsen -- +1 lap
15. Dagnall -- +4 laps (r)
16. Berger -- +4 laps (r)

Fastest lap: Chris Dagnall: 1.50.916
ROTR: Lola´s reliability: Prevented Bernard from scoring points
DOTR: Modena; Drove the Tyrrell ahead of a Ferrari and scored his first points of the season.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 28 Oct 2010, 15:02

DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP -After 9 races-

1. Patrese -- 42 pts
2. Dagnall -- 40 pts
3. Senna -- 36 pts
4. Mansell -- 34 pts
5. Piquet -- 22 pts
6. Berger -- 15 pts
7. Martini -- 10 pts
8. Prost -- 8 pts
9. Alesi -- 6 pts
10. Gachot -- 5 pts
11. De Cesaris -- 4 pts
12. Brundle -- 3 pts
13. Morbidelli -- 2 pts
=. Modena -- 2 pts
15. Capelli -- 1 pt
=. Nakajima -- 1 pt

CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP

1. McLaren -- 76 pts
=. Williams -- 76 pts
3. Benetton -- 37 pts
4. Ferrari -- 14 pts
5. Minardi -- 12 pts
6. Jordan -- 9 pts
7. Brabham -- 3 pts
=. Tyrrell -- 3 pts
9. Leyton House -- 1 pt

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 29 Oct 2010, 17:45

1991 - ROUND 10 - HUNGARY

Qualifying

Last year I couldn´t do anything at the track where I got my first ever pole position, but the new car fits much better the track and I scored a new pole position

Patrese was surprisingly passed by Berger, while Prost seemed to struggle a little bit less.

1. Dagnall -- 1.17.584
2. Mansell -- 1.18.295
3. Senna -- 1.18.339
4. Prost -- 1.18.506
5. Berger -- 1.18.709
6. Patrese -- 1.18.746

Race

Mansell started a bit better than me but I kept the 1st position. In lap 3 Senna retired with a broken suspension arm, while me, both Williams and Prost moved away from the rest. The positions kept to the 1st round of stops with everyone close (my advantage to Mansell was only 4 secs by lap 19, when I did my first pit). I came out 5th, then got to 1st again when Mansell stopped in lap 24, having to overtake Berger on track. Prost managed to snap the 2nd place and the gap was a bit over 10 secs, which I managed to increase to 14.3 by lap 34, three before Prost´s gearbox said goodbye. Mansell, in the meantime also retired, leaving it all to me or Patrese, who got the 1st place when I stopped in lap 39. But, Patrese was going for 3 stops as well and I kept the distance over 20 secs when he stopped in lap 41. He was slightly faster than me at that point in the race but he only managed to reduce the gap from 23.4 in lap 42 to 21.2 in lap 56, one before I did my 3rd stop. From there to the end I just had to worry about managing the gap to score the 4th win of the season

Poor Brundle had to retire when he was to score a 5th for Brabham 3 laps before the end.

1. Dagnall -- 1h45m57.024
2. Patrese -- +11.845
3. Berger -- +54.732
4. De Cesaris -- +1 lap
5. Herbert -- +2 laps
6. Gugelmin -- +2 laps
7. Pirro -- +2 laps
8. Suzuki -- +2 laps
9. Blundell -- +2 laps
10. Brundle -- +6 laps (r)
11. Comas -- +8 laps (r)

Fastest lap: Chris Dagnall -- 1.20.253
DOTR: Johnny Herbert: Managed to score the 1st points for Lotus after a flawless drive
ROTR: Ferrari gearbox: A 3$ piece prevented both Ferrari drivers to reach the podium

DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP -After 10 races-

1. Dagnall -- 50 pts
2. Patrese -- 48 pts
3. Senna -- 36 pts
4. Mansell -- 34 pts
5. Piquet -- 22 pts
6. Berger -- 19 pts
7. Martini -- 10 pts
8. Prost -- 8 pts
9. De Cesaris -- 7 pts
10. Alesi -- 6 pts
11. Gachot -- 5 pts
12. Brundle -- 3 pts
13. Morbidelli -- 2 pts
=. Modena -- 2 pts
=. Herbert -- 2 pts
16. Capelli -- 1 pt
=. Nakajima -- 1 pt
=. Gugelmin -- 1 pt

CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP

1. McLaren -- 86 pts
2. Williams -- 82 pts
3. Benetton -- 41 pts
4. Ferrari -- 14 pts
5. Minardi -- 12 pts
=. Jordan -- 12 pts
7. Brabham -- 3 pts
=. Tyrrell -- 3 pts
9. Leyton House -- 2 pts
=. Lotus -- 2 pts

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 30 Oct 2010, 13:49

1991 - ROUND 11 - BELGIUM

Qualifying

I snapped the pole position on Friday, after a string of good laps, but Patrese almost passed me at the last second on Saturday.

1. Dagnall -- 1.51.757
2. Patrese -- 1.51.831
3. Senna -- 1.52.288
4. Mansell -- 1.52.448
5. Berger -- 1.53.222
6. Prost -- 1.53.311

Race

I did a bad start but I could pass Patrese at La Source thanks to having the inside. We almost touched at the exit but that allowed Senna to pass as well, starting a fierce battle for 2nd between Senna, Mansell and Patrese, with Martini in 5th position after a great start. That battle for 2nd allowed me to open a gap very fast and my advantage was 4.7 secs at the end of lap 1! On lap 3 Mansell touched Senna from behind and crashed trying to reach the pits, retiring inmediately, while Patrese got the message and passed both for 2nd! The continous overtaking allowed me to be 17.7 secs ahead by lap 3! I knew that race had to be mine, with the gap increasing all the time, being over 35 secs when I stopped in lap 14!! Unfortunately, the team had trouble changing one wheel and I lost time, being my advantage of 7.4 secs by the end of lap 15. I shouldn´ve worried much as Patrese stopped 3 laps later, going for a 2 stop strategy as well. Senna, going for one, was struggling with a heavy car and didn´t manage to pass the italian on his pit-stop, but anyway, I was faster than the Williams all the time and I managed to increase the gap to over 1 minute by the 2nd stop in lap 31. Only one dangerous move by Pirro when I was lapping him prevented me from a having a 100% quiet race for 1st. With 7 laps to go I was about to lap Ayrton, but the team told me not to in case Patrese suffered a problem during the last lap, then I decided to relax and lost about 25 secs in the last five laps, enjoying the win and the beautiful Spa track.

1. Dagnall -- 1h25m42.166
2. Patrese -- +52.208
3. Senna -- +1.27.600
4. Modena -- +1 lap
5. Brundle -- +1 lap
6. Martini -- +1 lap
7. De Cesaris -- +1 lap
8. Gugelmin -- +1 lap
9. Blundell -- +1 lap
10. Berger -- +2 laps (r)
11. Comas -- +2 laps
12. Boutsen -- +2 laps
13. Prost -- +3 laps (r)
14. Hakkinen -- +3 laps (r)
15. Herbert -- +4 laps (r)

Fastest lap: Chris Dagnall - 1.56.027
DOTR: Pierluigi Martini; Experienced wheel problems at the beggining and recovered to score a point.
ROTR: Wheel mechanics; Loose wheel trouble kept appearing to several drivers all over the race!

DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP -After 11 races-

1. Dagnall -- 60 pts
2. Patrese -- 54 pts
3. Senna -- 40 pts
4. Mansell -- 34 pts
5. Piquet -- 22 pts
6. Berger -- 19 pts
7. Martini -- 11 pts
8. Prost -- 8 pts
9. De Cesaris -- 7 pts
10. Alesi -- 6 pts
11. Gachot -- 5 pts
=. Brundle -- 5 pts
=. Modena -- 5 pts
14. Morbidelli -- 2 pts
=. Herbert -- 2 pts
16. Capelli -- 1 pt
=. Nakajima -- 1 pt
=. Gugelmin -- 1 pt

CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP

1. McLaren -- 100 pts
2. Williams -- 88 pts
3. Benetton -- 41 pts
4. Ferrari -- 14 pts
5. Minardi -- 13 pts
6. Jordan -- 12 pts
7. Tyrrell -- 6 pts
8. Brabham -- 5 pts
9. Leyton House -- 2 pts
=. Lotus -- 2 pts

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 30 Oct 2010, 15:56

did a certain german driver not debut at the belgian grand prix....

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 30 Oct 2010, 22:07

WeirdKerr wrote:did a certain german driver not debut at the belgian grand prix....

Unfortunately GP2 can´t handle different sets within a season so it´s impossible to emulate this. I could be running on a race by race basis but then the game wouldn´t handle car breakdowns properly and I would have to prepare specific carsets for almost every GP, which would be a nightmare...

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 31 Oct 2010, 07:41

4. Ferrari -- 14 pts
5. Minardi -- 13 pts

Come on, Pierluigi, you can get them!

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 31 Oct 2010, 10:18

I'm interested to see how will you manage Senna after 1993. I guess he will go into retirement, or will do a Montoya and go racing in the States... :lol:

BTW, you are 2 wins clear of your Brazilian teammate :mrgreen:

with 5 races to go. Is Chris Dagnall going to ask for preferential treatment, given how close Patrese is? :lol:

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 31 Oct 2010, 13:32

will you be using the carset that gp2 came with for 94?

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 31 Oct 2010, 13:58

Ferrim wrote:I'm interested to see how will you manage Senna after 1993. I guess he will go into retirement, or will do a Montoya and go racing in the States...

BTW, you are 2 wins clear of your Brazilian teammate with 5 races to go. Is Chris Dagnall going to ask for preferential treatment, given how close Patrese is?

Or are you going to win the championship despite Senna getting preferential treatment. Not bad for a number 2 driver.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 31 Oct 2010, 19:13

WeirdKerr wrote:will you be using the carset that gp2 came with for 94?

No, I´ll use an user created one, with modifications to try to make it perform closer to reality (although I have doubts about this, given how bad the game treats the Ferraris EVERY season)

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 31 Oct 2010, 19:14

redbulljack14 wrote:
Ferrim wrote:I'm interested to see how will you manage Senna after 1993. I guess he will go into retirement, or will do a Montoya and go racing in the States...

BTW, you are 2 wins clear of your Brazilian teammate with 5 races to go. Is Chris Dagnall going to ask for preferential treatment, given how close Patrese is?

Or are you going to win the championship despite Senna getting preferential treatment. Not bad for a number 2 driver.

Chris Dagnall needs no preferential treatment

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 31 Oct 2010, 20:55

Sky Sports News informed me of the existence of this person.

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 31 Oct 2010, 22:39

Aerond wrote:
WeirdKerr wrote:will you be using the carset that gp2 came with for 94?

No, I´ll use an user created one, with modifications to try to make it perform closer to reality (although I have doubts about this, given how bad the game treats the Ferraris EVERY season)

How's that?

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 31 Oct 2010, 23:54

Ferrim wrote:
Aerond wrote:
WeirdKerr wrote:will you be using the carset that gp2 came with for 94?

No, I´ll use an user created one, with modifications to try to make it perform closer to reality (although I have doubts about this, given how bad the game treats the Ferraris EVERY season)

How's that?

I don´t know why!!

About modifying the carset; I input the real engine bhp (according to different sites), then I calculate one by one the real performance of the drivers and adjust them in Gp2 edit, I also count the real amount of races that car didn´t finish because reliability issues. Basically, I mostly use only the art created by other users and adjust the performance of the cars and drivers to make it match to what happened at the track

I would even say that my carsets are the closest to reality ever created for Gp2 in terms of performance!!

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 31 Oct 2010, 23:56

shinji wrote:Sky Sports News informed me of the existence of this person.

Yeah yeah, I don´t even know how it´s taken so long for someone to discover who the "real" guy is. I have an story on why I´m using that name, but it´s boring and not very interesting TBH

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 01 Nov 2010, 01:03

1991 - ROUND 12 - ITALY

Qualifying

I thought it would be harder to snap pole given the output of the car at the German GP, but the truth is everything went great and I could score another pole position

1. Dagnall -- 1.23.530
2. Senna -- 1.24.241
3. Mansell -- 1.24.599
4. Patrese -- 1.24.816
5. Prost -- 1.25.249
6. Berger -- 1.25.593

Race

There has been good things this season in terms of spectacle, but everybody will keep talking about the 1st lap of the italian GP for a long time. Here´s how things happened; As usual, I started a bit slower than my main rivals and Senna and Mansell passed me, but the best start came from Prost, who took the inside (missing hitting me by a couple of inches only) and took the 2nd position, beating Mansell as well. I managed to pass Mansell at the chicane, so the order was Senna, Prost, me and Mansell, with Patrese 8th! Prost managed to pass Senna at the 2nd chicane but the disadvantage allowed me to take the Lesmos really fast, approaching Senna and Prost at the exit and passing them before the last chicane, while Senna passed Prost as well, being the order at the end of the 1st lap Me, Senna, Prost, Mansell, Martini and Alesi, with Patrese 7th. After that, I managed to keep the 1st position, but I couldn´t open a big gap as Senna was very quick as well and my advantage was just over 2 secs by lap 6. In lap 8 Mansell had to retire and said goodbye to his title chances. He´s been really unlucky this season, TBH. Then, Senna made a mistake and it allowed me to open the gap a lot, up to 30 secs by lap 17, when I made my 1st pit-stop. I was passed by Senna, but he went into the pits in lap 19. I was leading with Patrese now 2nd after an impressive set of overtakes, but he damaged his front wing in lap 20 and Prost became 2nd, over 30 secs behind. Senna passed him afterwards and it didn´t matter anyway as both Ferraris had to retire around lap 30. I was leading with 43 secs over Ayrton at the time of my second stop and the race was a matter of keeping the car on track. Piquet passed Ayrton as well when he made his 2nd stop and both brazilians kept a nice battle for 2nd, which was going to fall Senna´s way until he made another big mistake in lap 50 and was passed by the Benetton driver, who scored the 2nd place for the 2nd time this season! About me, I just kept the last 10 laps blocking Patrese as I lapped him to avoid the Williams approach either Senna or Piquet and taking more points in the championship. Now it´s just 4 races to go. I just have to push harder to be the world champion!!

1. Dagnall -- 1h15m03.662
2. Piquet -- +1.07.629
3. Senna -- +1.09.461
4. Patrese -- +1 lap
5. Martini -- +1 lap
6. Morbidelli -- +1 lap
7. Boutsen -- +2 laps
8. Suzuki -- +2 laps
9. Bernard -- +4 laps (r)

Fastest lap: Chris Dagnall; 1.24.894
DOTR: Nelson Piquet; Scored a podium ahead of a Williams and a McLaren despite having a huge deficit in power
ROTR: Ferrari; Failed to finish with either car in front of the Tifossi and have been passed by Minardi in the Constructors race.

DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP -After 12 races-

1. Dagnall -- 70 pts
2. Patrese -- 57 pts
3. Senna -- 44 pts
4. Mansell -- 34 pts
5. Piquet -- 28 pts
6. Berger -- 19 pts
7. Martini -- 13 pts
8. Prost -- 8 pts
9. De Cesaris -- 7 pts
10. Alesi -- 6 pts
11. Gachot -- 5 pts
=. Brundle -- 5 pts
=. Modena -- 5 pts
14. Morbidelli -- 3 pts
15. Herbert -- 2 pts
16. Capelli -- 1 pt
=. Nakajima -- 1 pt
=. Gugelmin -- 1 pt

CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP

1. McLaren -- 114 pts
2. Williams -- 91 pts
3. Benetton -- 47 pts
4. Minardi -- 16 pts
5. Ferrari -- 14 pts
6. Jordan -- 12 pts
7. Tyrrell -- 6 pts
8. Brabham -- 5 pts
9. Leyton House -- 2 pts
=. Lotus -- 2 pts

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 01 Nov 2010, 07:47

I approve of Dagnall's, Minardi's and Martini's position!

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 01 Nov 2010, 10:59

Aerond wrote:
shinji wrote:Sky Sports News informed me of the existence of this person.

Yeah yeah, I don´t even know how it´s taken so long for someone to discover who the "real" guy is. I have an story on why I´m using that name, but it´s boring and not very interesting TBH

I had actually Googled him before but didn't say anything on here because I thought either people had already heard of him or else wouldn't have heard of Scunthorpe at all...

JeanDenisAlcatraz · Post by **JeanDenisAlcatraz** » 01 Nov 2010, 13:23

I foresee Minardi doing a 'Benetton' after this season and steadily improving, with Chris Dagnall playing the role of a certain dastardly German...

When that happens, F1 Rejects will have reached Nirvana and might as well shut down to preserve this state forever.

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 02 Nov 2010, 00:08

Aerond wrote:
shinji wrote:Sky Sports News informed me of the existence of this person.

Yeah yeah, I don´t even know how it´s taken so long for someone to discover who the "real" guy is. I have an story on why I´m using that name, but it´s boring and not very interesting TBH

I like the nickname "Daggers" though.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 02 Nov 2010, 15:34

1991 - ROUND 13 - PORTUGAL

Qualifying

I knew how important this race was for the title fight and, given how much I like the Estoril track, I had to get the pole and so I did, with Senna and both Williams way behind.

1. Dagnall -- 1.16.048
2. Senna -- 1.16.894
3. Mansell -- 1.17.295
4. Patrese -- 1.17.614
5. Prost -- 1.17.743
6. Berger -- 1.17.863

Race

I made a very bad start and I was passed by Senna and both Williams. I was behind Patrese and passed him in turn 4, but Patrese tangled with my rear wheel in a similar fashion Senna did last year and he retired with the suspension broken!! He claimed afterwards that I left him no space to exit the corner but the stewards saw nothing and luckily my car wasn´t damaged. After 1st lap I was 3rd with Mansell 2nd 2.4 secs ahead, I got to him by lap 4 and I passed Senna in lap 5. Now that Patrese was off the race I had to take the win and I pushed as hard as possible, with the Mclaren working perfectly. So much that Senna was 11.5 secs behind by lap 14. In lap 16 I was trying to lap Erik Comas but he decided to block me at the last 2nd and it destroyed my front wing so I had to make my 1st pitstop 7 laps earlier than wanted. I came down to 6th but passed Berger inmediately, then Prost in lap 19 and Piquet in lap 21, when I was 5 secs behind Mansell. Senna stopped two laps later and Mansell did in lap 25 so I regained the lead, with Berger now 2nd 24.2 behind. Senna suffered gearbox problems in lap 26 and he retired, with Mansell now my main rival, but he couldn´t keep my pace and the gap opened up to 46 secs by the time of my 2nd stop in lap 46. I spun two laps later without any consequences, and I managed to open the gap up to 55 secs by lap 54(after Mansell´s 2nd stop). The race was set but there was another extra twist when Nigel retired in lap 58. That left me one lap ahead of the Benettons for a quiet finish

1. Dagnall -- 1h34m22.568
2. Piquet -- +1 lap
3. Berger -- +1 lap
4. Modena -- +2 laps
5. De Cesaris -- +2 laps
6. Gachot -- +2 laps
7. Brundle -- +3 laps
8. Capelli -- +3 laps
9. Hakkinen -- +4 laps
10. Lehto -- +8 laps (r)

Fastest lap: Chris Dagnall -- 1.17.539
DOTR - Benetton drivers drove a safe race to the podium
ROTR - Ligier; Both drivers drove at the very end of the field most of the race, retired without anyone noticing and blocked the top drivers when required to move.

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 02 Nov 2010, 15:58

Congratulations!

And Jordan did a 5-6, nice, very nice.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 02 Nov 2010, 16:06

1991 - ROUND 14 - SPAIN

Qualifying

Everything was about adapating as quickly as possible to the new Barcelona track and that´s what everybody did on Friday. I worked on a setup based on the one I used at Estoril and it worked pretty well, although I finished 7th. Once on Saturday I just tried to push harder and I got another pole position, much to my surprise!!

1. Dagnall -- 1.18.928
2. Senna -- 1.19.123
3. Mansell -- 1.19.303
4. Prost -- 1.19.392
5. Patrese -- 1.19.580
6. Berger -- 1.19.733

Race

Senna passed me at the start but I had to keep it relaxed, as finishing ahead of Patrese would assure me the championship. However, I was faster than Ayrton in the straights and I passed him at the end of the 1st lap. In the 2nd I went a bit wide at the last corner and I lost my front wing, having to stop for a new one and falling to 25th, I started to pass the slowest drivers, being 23rd at the end of the 6th lap, then passing a Lotus and a Larrousse before going for Boutsen. I made my move at Campsa, but lost the car and I spun off, damaging my suspension and saying goodbye to the race!! Then, next lap, the miracle occured, Patrese suffered a loose wheel problem while leading and had to pit, falling to 24th. Mansell took the lead to Senna, Prost finally scored a podium. Lehto scored two points for Scuderia Italia which will be key, as this assures them a place in the grid for 1992 and Patrese spent the whole race climbing up the field but finished 4th, giving me the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!!! YEAH!! Not in an epic way but, who bathplug cares?? Me and the guys went and celebrated it with fish & chips at some touristic spot afterwards

1. Mansell -- 1h32m14.055
2. Senna -- +26.008
3. Prost -- +30.190
4. Patrese -- +40.585
5. Lehto -- +1 lap
6. Gachot -- +1 lap
7. Martini -- +1 lap
8. Gugelmin -- +1 lap
9. Comas -- +3 laps
10. Hakkinen -- +4 laps
11. De Cesaris -- +5 laps (r)
12. Berger -- +7 laps (r)

Fastest lap; Chris Dagnall -- 1.22.165
DOTR - Mansell; Scored his 2nd win this season after an endless string of problems.
ROTR - Hakkinen; Finished last and 4 laps behind for the 2nd time in a row

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 02 Nov 2010, 16:12

DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP -After 14 races-

1. Dagnall -- 80 pts
2. Patrese -- 60 pts
3. Senna -- 50 pts
4. Mansell -- 44 pts
5. Piquet -- 34 pts
6. Berger -- 23 pts
7. Martini -- 13 pts
8. Prost -- 12 pts
9. De Cesaris -- 9 pts
10. Modena -- 8 pts
11. Gachot -- 7 pts
12. Alesi -- 6 pts
13. Brundle -- 5 pts
14. Morbidelli -- 3 pts
15. Herbert -- 2 pts
=. Lehto -- 2 pts
17. Capelli -- 1 pt
=. Nakajima -- 1 pt
=. Gugelmin -- 1 pt

CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP

1. McLaren -- 130 pts
2. Williams -- 104 pts
3. Benetton -- 57 pts
4. Ferrari -- 18 pts
5. Minardi -- 16 pts
=. Jordan -- 16 pts
7. Tyrrell -- 9 pts
8. Brabham -- 5 pts
9. Leyton House -- 2 pts
=. Lotus -- 2 pts
=. Scuderia Italia -- 2 pts

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 02 Nov 2010, 16:18

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

HAIL CHRIS DAGNALL!!!

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 02 Nov 2010, 16:23

CHRIS DAGNALL, YOU ARE THE MAN!!! Not bad for a number 1 driver.

Ducktanian · Post by **Ducktanian** » 02 Nov 2010, 17:11

YAY CHRIS DAGNALL WORLD CHAMPION!!
CONGRALUTIONS!!

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 02 Nov 2010, 18:14

Been a long time coming man, congratulations for the so far 7 seasons' worth of work, you definately deserve this championship!

watka · Post by **watka** » 02 Nov 2010, 19:09

THE DAY HAS COME!