Grand Prix Rejects

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:1 - Surfer's Paradise
2 - Sao Paulo
3 - Long Beach
4 - Phoenix
5 - Nazareth
6 - Indianapolis-500 mile
7 - Milwaukee
8 - Road America
9 - Watkins Glen
10 - Portland
11 - Cleveland
12 - Michigan-500 mile
13 - Pocono-500 mile
14 - Montreal
15 - Toronto
16 - Edmonton
17 - Vancouver
18 - Lausitzring-500 mile
19 - Rockingham (GB)-500 mile
20 - Fuji Speedway
21 - Twin Ring Motegi (Oval)
22 - Laguna Seca

Autosport wrote:Pole Star Racing Team, one of the first entrants in the inaugral series of the F1RICS, released their livery for this season yesterday. The team has attracted sponsorship from Coca-Cola, KLM Airlines, PDVSA and TDK. Team Boos Luke Knight said "We are very proud to welcome on board these new sponsors. Wehope a good working relationship can be created this season, which may hopefully continue for many seasons." There are rumours circulating that KLM was brought on board by Dutch driver Martin van der Maeyede, however Knight was quick to adress these rumours. "Martin is with us for his talent alone" he quipped "as is the rest of the squad." Nothing was said about the driver of the fourth entry by PSRT, although we suspect drivers will be announced when the official calendar is released.

Backmarker wrote:Just seen there are two #74s - Seidlitz and Reyna-Sanchez.

Campbell-Scrugham intend to run numbers 18 and 19.

kostas22 wrote:Mecha Grand Prix will not be happy at you stealing their long-term sponsor

Backmarker wrote:

kostas22 wrote:Mecha Grand Prix will not be happy at you stealing their long-term sponsor

Walmart or Levi's? If it's Levi's it was just because I didn't like the look of the Chevron logo when I put it on the front wing. But Campbell-Scrugham have no loyalty to sponsors, and will happily change at the drop of a hat.

kostas22 wrote:

Backmarker wrote:

kostas22 wrote:Mecha Grand Prix will not be happy at you stealing their long-term sponsor

Walmart or Levi's? If it's Levi's it was just because I didn't like the look of the Chevron logo when I put it on the front wing. But Campbell-Scrugham have no loyalty to sponsors, and will happily change at the drop of a hat.

Walmart. No, I'm not a vigilante, just pointing it out, I'm sure if FMecha gives a toss he'll say something.

FMecha wrote:Also, why you make some of your drivers' skill 0?

Wizzie wrote:Oh and McDoggle Racing have two things to say:
1. Cavalcanti's Brazilian, not Portuguese
2. Since the team has $10 000 credits left, can we use them to give one of our drivers one more skill point despite that spare amount being split over two of our cars or am I missing something fundamental here?

Wizzie wrote:

FMecha wrote:Also, why you make some of your drivers' skill 0?

Because he can. Besides, it's hilarious for the rest of us

eurobrun wrote:Rejectful drivers make the world go round.

pasta_maldonado wrote:Pole Star Racing beleive that Pastor Maldonado is Venezuelan, and not Coloumbian as stated.

Ferrarist wrote:

pasta_maldonado wrote:Pole Star Racing beleive that Pastor Maldonado is Venezuelan, and not Colombian as stated.

That's pretty rejectful.

pasta_maldonado wrote:

Ferrarist wrote:

pasta_maldonado wrote:Pole Star Racing beleive that Pastor Maldonado is Venezuelan, and not Colombian as stated.

That's pretty rejectful.

Fixed the spelling error. And I've got a feeling that this incarnation of Pastor could be massively rejectful

Wizzie wrote:Except he seems to have turned it down to an extent this year. Problem is he's become mostly anonymous instead

pasta_maldonado wrote:

Wizzie wrote:Except he seems to have turned it down to an extent this year. Problem is he's become mostly anonymous instead

True, but at least he's scoring points and being consistent (when he's not crashing ) I don't think he was able to show his full potential last year because of that bathplugging godawful Williams, and when he did shine in Monaco he was punted of the track by a certain reckless McLaren driver

ESPN wrote:First test sees McReynolds in front - Lap times are pretty close to each other

The first test at the southern section of the Sebring International Raceway saw a large field of 33 cars. It could have been 36 cars, but Dreadnought Racing decided to test on another location, perhaps they didn't want to give away anything to the competition. What was given away, was that Cassidy Racing seems to have the best package so far. Ryan McReynolds set his Panoz-Toyota on the top of the timetable, slightly more than two tenths in front of Ralf Schumacher in his Lola-Infiniti. It seems that both Lola and Panoz chassis seems to be pretty good this year, while Reynard and Swift might have some more development to do. The first Reynard was Andries van Heel on 8th position, while the first Swift was Martin van der Maeyaede on 13th place.
The field seems to be balanced in terms of engines, too. Although it is worth mentioning that no Ford or Chevrolet made it into the top 10. On the other hand, there are only five Chevrolets in the field, while Ford is represented by one single car. Of course, Ford even managed the sell one engine. Aston Martin didn't...

Official Indy Championship Series tests at Sebring International Raceway (South Course)
1 Ryan McReynolds (Cassidy Racing) 50.693
2 Ralf Schumacher (Volks.Racing) 51.076
3 Ashley Cassidy (Cassidy Racing) 51.387
4 John Zimmer (ZimSport) 51.503
5 Dave Anderson (Mecha Grand Prix) 51.714
6 Dean O'Lauchlan (McDoggle Racing Team) 51.725
7 Vidal Reyna-Sanchez (McDoggle Racing Team) 51.765
8 Andries van Heel (Hydook Grand Prix) 51.801
9 Rio Haryanto (PARTID) 51.937
10 Diego Mauricio Batistuta (Mastercard Lola) 51.947
11 Damon Cannon (Moseley Shoals Racing) 51.948
12 Joao Cavalcanti (McDoggle Racing Team) 51.967
13 Martin van der Maeyede (Pole Star Racing Team) 51.979
14 Pastor Maldonado (Pole Star Racing Team) 51.985
15 Brendon Cassidy Jr. (Cassidy Racing) 52.006
16 Kenan Ardaoglu (Volks.Racing) 52.013
17 Goran Jordanovic (Hydook Grand Prix) 52.031
18 Antonio Reyna-Sanchez (McDoggle Racing Team) 52.188
19 Tony Scrugham III. (Campbell-Scrugham Racing) 52.188
20 Ryota Wong (PARTID) 52.208
21 Lance Vance (Rockstar Engineering) 52.234
22 Claude Speed (Rockstar Engineering) 52.378
23 Ed Weaver (Campbell-Scrugham Racing) 52.478
24 Johannes Seidlitz (Volks.Racing) 52.485
25 Vincenzo Sospiri (Mastercard Lola) 52.540
26 Roberto Moreno (Mastercard Lola) 52.550
27 Jerome D'Ambrosio (Moseley Shoals Racing) 52.770
28 Beth Lestrade (Euromotor International) 53.124
29 Salvatore Miccoli (Mastercard Lola) 53.179
30 Andrea Bianchi (Pole Star Racing Team) 53.208
31 Harold Watson (Mecha Grand Prix) 53.211
32 Bertrand Gachot (Euromotor International) 53.322
33 Mika Yagami (Yagami Racing) 53.447

Also on test day, ICS President Walther Williams announced the 2012 schedule. There are slightly more oval races than road races, even though Williams made his preferrence of a 50/50-mix clear. Williams justified his decision, citing his desire to reduce travel costs, as well as listening to the wishes of the team owners. He didn't rule out to add more races in the next season, though, and it should be certain that any added races will be road races.

2015 F1 Rejects Indy Championship Series Schedule (race lengths in miles)
1. Interlagos 200 (Autódromo José Carlos Pace)
2. Walt Disney World 200 (Walt Disney World Speedway)
3. Gateway 300 (Gateway International Raceway)
4. Kansas 400 (Kansas International Raceway)
5. Texas 400 (Texas Motor Speedway)
6. Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
7. Milwaukee 200 (Milwaukee Mile)
8. Road America 200 (Road America)
9. Michigan 500 (Michigan International Speedway)
10. Montreal 200 (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve)
11. German 500 (Lausitzring)
12. New Hampshire 200 (New Hampshire International Speedway)
13. Watkins Glen 200 (Watkins Glen)
14. Nashville 300 (Nashville Superspeedway)
15. Kentucky 400 (Kentucky Speedway)
16. Pocono 500 (Pocono Superspeedway)
17. Fuji 200 (Suzuka International Circuit)
18. Surfers Paradise 200 (Surfers Paradise Street Circuit)
19. Vancouver 200 (Vancouver Street Circuit)
20. Portland 200 (Portland International Raceway)
21. Laguna Seca 200 (Laguna Seca Circuit)
22. California 500 (Auto Club Speedway)

Autosport wrote:PSRT Satisfied With Test
PSRT have announced that they are satisfied with the this weekend's F1RICS test at Sebring. PSRT Drivers Martin van der Maeyede and Pastor Maldonado recoded the 13th and 14th fastest times, while Andrea Bianchi finished a dismal 30th out of 33 cars. Team boss Luke Knight said: "I am pleased with the performance of our package. Of course, there is always room for improvement, and we are committed to breaking into the top 10 before the end of the season." When asked about Bianchi, he quipped: " Andrea had been ill recently with a virus, so we were not surprised by a slightly off-colour session from him." PSRT was also the fastest Swift team. Knight added: " We hope that we Swift are happy with our performance, and that any updates to the chassis will be fitted to PSRT cars first"

Martin van der Maeyede wrote:13th, hmmn, I can do better. Anyway, where's that Heineken the bosch offered?

Pastor Maldonado wrote:I am pleased with this session, and hope my spons... team is happy with my performance.

Andrea Bianchi wrote:*Sniffle* It isa truea *Cough* I wasa illa and could nota doa my besta time. *Sniffle* Hopefully I willa be betta for the nexta testa session

PSRT Team Press conference, held by Alesha Publicokrappe

PSRT is delighted to welcome on board the following drivers:Gordon Martin Nat: Usa (29), Helio Hernandez Nat:Mexico (20), Takuma Taki Nat: Japan (20), Gary Pacer Nat:Can (19), Nico Koshberg Nat: Germany, (24), Jose Braggia Nat: Italy (21). We hope they will bring us plenty of success. The seat will be occupied at the following races by:
1. Interlagos 200 - NONE
2. Walt Disney World 200 3. Gateway 300 - Gordon Martin Nat: Usa, Pay Driver
3. Gateway 300 Gordon Martin Nat: Usa, Pay Driver
4. Kansas 400 NONE
5. Texas 400 Helio Hernandez Nat:Mexico
6. Indianapolis 500 Helio Hernandez Nat:Mexico
7. Milwaukee 200 NONE
8. Road America 200 Gordon Martin Nat: Usa, Pay Driver
9. Michigan 500 Takuma Taki Nat: Japan
10. Montreal 200 Gary Pacer Nat:Can
11. German 500 Nico Koshberg Nat: Germany
12. New Hampshire 200 NONE
13. Watkins Glen 200 Gordon Martin Nat: Usa, Pay Driver
14. Nashville 300 NONE
15. Kentucky 400 NONE
16. Pocono 500 Helio Hernandez Nat:Mexico
17. Fuji 200 Takuma Taki Nat: Japan
18. Surfers Paradise 200 Nico Koshberg Nat: Germany
19. Vancouver 200 NONE
20. Portland 200 NONE
21. Laguna Seca 200 Jose Braggia Nat: Italy
22. California 500 Jose Braggia Nat: Italy

Some Publication wrote:Cassidy Racing ecstatic with test results
by Not Joe Saward

After 2 of their drivers set the top 3 times in testing at Sebring, you might think that the team was very pleased with the results. Well, they were.

"It literally could not have gone better for us," said team boss, Brendon Cassidy Sr, "Panoz and Toyota have really done a hell of a job to allow us to field such a competitive car, and they've proven that throwing money at your product doesn't automatically make it better. Although this is still the first test, I see no reason why we can't challenge for the championship this year."

When asked about the performance of his drivers, Cassidy commented, "Well, I think if anyone had any doubts about Ryan's ability, he's just gone and erased them. To go out and be that quick in your first time in an IndyCar is something really special. He had a couple of offs, but that's to be expected this early in his career. The important thing is he's fast. Ashley was very comfortable with the car as well - she was actually quickest for most of the session, but focused on longer runs when the fastest times were being set. If she can keep this kind of form up, I think she'll be the favourite for the title. As for Brendon, well, he said he was happy with how it went, so I'll have to take his word for it. He doesn't really like pushing when there aren't points on the table, so we won't know for sure how comfortable he is with the car until the first race."

As for the calendar, Cassidy had this to say: "Better than some of the proposals the other team bosses came up with, I'll say that much. 22 ovals? What the hell were they thinking? This isn't NASCAR. A 50/50 split would've been preferable, as it is, it favours the drivers who're better on ovals. I'm also saddended to see Long Beach not on the calendar, it's been a fixture of American racing for such a long time, and I've got so many good memories from racing there. It's a shame we won't be going there, but I'm sure it'll return for next year."

So, it seems that Cassidy Racing has stolen something of a march on the other teams, with the Panoz/Toyota combination working wonderfully, and their drivers performing extremely well. I can say from watching the test that the Panoz chassis looked absolutely on rails, especially in the hands of Ashley Cassidy, while the Toyota engine seems a little down on power, but makes up for it with excellent driveability. They should definitely be factors for the championship this year. The team has also released the livery for one of their drivers, that of Brendon Cassidy Jr.

Alasdair Lindsay wrote:I am INCENSED with this retarded sporting body!!! No Nardo Ring or Monza?!!? WHAT THE HELL? Now where am I going to get money from! No home race! The sponsors won't pay up and we'll be f***ed!!!! Not to mention apart from Batigol we're almost NOWHERE. F*** THIS S***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ZimSport announces limited schedule
After the recent announcement of the F1RICS calendar, ZimSport revealed the races that they would compete in. John Zimmer will appear at 14 events out of the 22 race calendar, and will race almost exclusively on road courses. However, he will make appearances at Gateway, Indianapolis, Lausitz, Nashville and the season finale at Auto Club Speedway. They also announcxed that after appearing at the test at Sebring, they will not be at the Homestead test.

ZimSport Calendar:
Interlagos 200
Gateway 300
Indianapolis 500
Road America 200
Montreal 200
German 500
Watkins Glen 200
Nashville 300
Fuji 200
Surfers Paradise 200
Vancouver 200
Portland 200
Laguna Seca 200
California 500

PAN-ASIA RALLY TEAM INDYCAR DIVISION OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER

Testing at Sebring

Testing at Sebring went underway for the new F1RICS season.Everybody but Dreadnought Racing showed up to test their new material.Our team did show some true potential,with Rio Haryanto breaking into the top 10 in his Panoz DP06 Cosworth,showing how much skill the car and driver have together.Meanwhile,we are proud to be the only Ford-Engined car in the field,as Ryota Wong pulled it in 20th,admittedly in a slighty older Panoz DP05.

"I surprise no one go for Ford Engine"said Ryota Wong,later providing a Japanese statement too undecipherable to our translator's ears,so we demoted her to hot dog stall staff and brought in a replacement,but more on that later.

Hot dog stall opens!

For those wanting to enjoy a good meal while you see a race,have no fear!Pan-Asia Rally Team Indycar Division have opened our Hot dog stall at every one of the races.You can find it in the infield for ovals or the main-grandstand on road courses!

Pan-Asia Rally Team Indycar Division post-race interviews

At the end of each road course or street track event,we will be setting up a few garden chairs and a nice long table to invite the press over to our post race interviews,where drivers Ryota Wong and Rio Haryanto will answer some of the most gripping questions straight from the horse's mouth.You fans can also come along to watch and ask questions,but please ask intelligent questions and do not sit on the chairs,no matter how many empty seats there are.Instead,standing behind our security guard Toby(he's the big black guy with Oakley sunglasses and a blue buttoned shirt) would be the preffered way for you all to see our interviews.

WaffleCat wrote:

PAN-ASIA RALLY TEAM INDYCAR DIVISION OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER

Testing at Sebring

Testing at Sebring went underway for the new F1RICS season.Everybody but Dreadnought Racing showed up to test their new material.Our team did show some true potential,with Rio Haryanto breaking into the top 10 in his Panoz DP06 Cosworth,showing how much skill the car and driver have together.Meanwhile,we are proud to be the only Ford-Engined car in the field,as Ryota Wong pulled it in 20th,admittedly in a slighty older Panoz DP05.

"I surprise no one go for Ford Engine"said Ryota Wong,later providing a Japanese statement too undecipherable to our translator's ears,so we demoted her to hot dog stall staff and brought in a replacement,but more on that later.

Hot dog stall opens!

For those wanting to enjoy a good meal while you see a race,have no fear!Pan-Asia Rally Team Indycar Division have opened our Hot dog stall at every one of the races.You can find it in the infield for ovals or the main-grandstand on road courses!

Pan-Asia Rally Team Indycar Division post-race interviews

At the end of each road course or street track event,we will be setting up a few garden chairs and a nice long table to invite the press over to our post race interviews,where drivers Ryota Wong and Rio Haryanto will answer some of the most gripping questions straight from the horse's mouth.You fans can also come along to watch and ask questions,but please ask intelligent questions and do not sit on the chairs,no matter how many empty seats there are.Instead,standing behind our security guard Toby(he's the big black guy with Oakley sunglasses and a blue buttoned shirt) would be the preffered way for you all to see our interviews.

Martin van der Maeyede wrote:Sounds good, shall I *hic* bring Heineken for *hic* you? *Falls over*

PSRT Press conference, hosted by Alesha Publicokrappe
Despite strong rumours, Martin van der Maeyede is NOT in Hospital with alcohol poisoning.....

The Publicocrapian wrote:Hydook: Bosevic "pleased" with F1RICS testing results
After the first test session of a new-born F1RICS racing series, team principal Anton Bosevic expressed his optimism regarding the series.
"It's all well-organised and you can tell that competent people are behind it", said. "We're pleased with testing results - both drivers are on pace, especially Andries - mind you he was signed just before the start and barely had any experience with our team before!"

Andries himself was seconding his boss' optimism: "That was a good session - I learned a lot and I'll certainly learn much more in days to come. It might take some time get things straight before the season opener, but we must be in top notch form - we mean business here!"

Second driver, Goran Jordanovic: "We have a lot of areas to improve in the next days, but we'll be progressing quickly given our experience in single-seaters."

Ferrarist wrote:I just need Dreadnought Racing's proper driver skills, before I can start the 1st testing session. If tristan1117 doesn't reassign them by himself, I'm afraid I'll have to do it. I will announce the 2012 schedule on testing day.

ESPN wrote:Homestead test sees no surprises - Cassidy Racing probably the team to beat this year

35 cars entered today's testing session at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. John Zimmer decided to stay home, while Dreadnought Racing finally arrived in the field. The 35 cars made the speedway quite crowded, which brought some fans to the track. It is estimated that up to 15.000 fans were on track. And they got a close look at the 2015 Indy Championship Series-field.

But the fans didn't see any surprises. The trend from Sebring continued. Cassidy Racing set the pace, with Ryan McReynolds on first and Ashley Cassidy on third position. Like at Sebring, Ralf Schumacher smuggled himself between the two, setting himself once again on second place. The lap times were however closer than at Sebring, with the first 24 cars being within a second! Therefore it is hard to tell, which engine and which chassis works best on ovals.

Official Indy Championship Series tests at Homestead - Miami Speedway
1 Ryan McReynolds (Cassidy Racing) 22.874
2 Ralf Schumacher (Volks.Racing) 23.030
3 Ashley Cassidy (Cassidy Racing) 23.176
4 Vidal Reyna-Sanchez (McDoggle Racing Team) 23.454
5 Dean O'Lauchlan (McDoggle Racing Team) 23.474
6 Dave Anderson (Mecha Grand Prix) 23.492
7 Andries van Heel (Hydook Grand Prix) 23.495
8 Kenan Ardaoglu (Volks.Racing) 23.618
9 Brendon Cassidy Jr. (Cassidy Racing) 23.622
10 Damon Cannon (Moseley Shoals Racing) 23.622
11 Rio Haryanto (PARTID) 23.632
12 Veronika Asimov (Dreadnought Racing) 23.638
13 Pastor Maldonado (Pole Star Racing Team) 23.671
14 Diego Mauricio Batistuta (Mastercard Lola) 23.688
15 Joao Cavalcanti (McDoggle Racing Team) 23.701
16 Martin van der Maeyede (Pole Star Racing Team) 23.717
17 Goran Jordanovic (Hydook Grand Prix) 23.746
18 Lance Vance (Rockstar Engineering) 23.804
19 David Lee (Dreadnought Racing) 23.813
20 Ryota Wong (PARTID) 23.816
21 Antonio Reyna-Sanchez (McDoggle Racing Team) 23.826
22 Tony Scrugham III. (Campbell-Scrugham Racing) 23.856
23 Claude Speed (Rockstar Engineering) 23.868
24 Johannes Seidlitz (Volks.Racing) 23.987
25 Ed Weaver (Campbell-Scrugham Racing) 23.988
26 Roberto Moreno (Mastercard Lola) 23.992
27 Vincenzo Sospiri (Mastercard Lola) 23.995
28 Hobson Tarantino (Dreadnought Racing) 24.180
29 Jerome D'Ambrosio (Moseley Shoals Racing) 24.210
30 Beth Lestrade (Euromotor International) 24.397
31 Andrea Bianchi (Pole Star Racing Team) 24.398
32 Salvatore Miccoli (Mastercard Lola) 24.399
33 Bertrand Gachot (Euromotor International) 24.418
34 Harold Watson (Mecha Grand Prix) 24.430
35 Mika Yagami (Yagami Racing) 24.652

2015 Indy Championship Series Rulebook
§ 1: Any team can enter a car anytime during the 2015 Indy Championship Series. But any new car may not exceed 500.000 $ in spendings (driver + engine/chassis combo).
§ 1.1: During the season, teams are free to spend their money into new drivers, or into new machinery for their existing drivers.
§ 1.2: Teams can also lease chassis and engines for one-off entries (Notably at Indianapolis).
§ 2: There will be a grid limit for races on ovals which are one mile or less in length. On these races, only the fastest 28 cars may qualify for the race. On other oval races, as well as road races, there won't be any limits, except for Indianapolis and its traditional 33-car-grid.
§ 2.1: On races with grid limits, car who didn't qualify on the qualifying session, get another chance to qualify on the grid. (Similar to "bump day" at Indy.)
§ 3. Points are awarded based on each driver's resulting place (regardless of whether the car is running at the end of the race).
§ 3.1: The Indy Championship Series will use the following points system:
1st place: 45 points
2nd place: 38 points
3rd place: 35 points
4th place: 32 points
5th place: 30 points
6th place: 28 points
7th place: 26 points
8th place: 24 points
9th place: 22 points
10th place: 20 points
11th place: 18 points
12th place: 16 points
13th place: 14 points
14th place: 12 points
15th place: 10 points
16th place: 8 points
17th place: 6 points
18th place: 4 points
19th place: 2 points
20th place: 1 point
§ 3.2: There will also be a Chassis Constructor's Cup and an Engine Manufacturer's Cup.
$ 4: Prize money will be handed out to every driver finishing a race.
§ 4.1: There will also be a points payment system, with teams getting 1.000 $ for every point scored.
§ 4.2: These will be payed after the season ending.