Grand Prix Rejects

CHASSIS DEVELOPMENT

Like mentioned in the first post, each season consists of three R&D periods during the season on which the teams can develop their chassis. A single period is 3-5 races long after which potential upgrades are installed to the chassis.

Before each R&D period the teams have to commit to developing their chassis by choosing their level of investment. Higher levels increase the chance for greater performance gain.
The levels and their prices are:
Low - 250 cr
Moderate - 500 cr
High - 750 cr
All-in - 1000 cr


There is no specific areas you can develop individually. Rather, all development will be general and you only have to announce the level of R&D you are planning to do.

At the end of each R&D period the potential upgrades will be installed to your cars. I will announce on a scale of 0-5 how successful your upgrades were at the end of the period.

You are free to post a R&D schedule for the whole season already if you so wish.

TIP! When budgeting, it's a good idea to leave some money for the New Chassis R&D Period that happens towards the end of the season.


HOW TO R&D
Example:

Moderate R&D (500 cr) for KOIRANEN BROS.



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PLEASE POST YOUR PLANS FOR 1st R&D PERIOD NOW
These upgrades will be installed to your cars for round 4 of the championship (San Marino).

The deadline for investments is on 28th of April.[/quote]


Also, Hermann95, I need you to announce which one of your drivers will drive the #13 car and take part in pre-qualifying.

750cr for Alfa Romeo.

500cr for McLaren.

If allowed i'd like to put Johansson into the #13 car until he fails to Pre-qualify for the first time. After his first DNPQ i'd like to swap him into the #14 car for the rest of the season.

And for R&D plans:
Moderate - 500 cr

0cr for Osella

Hermann95 wrote:If allowed i'd like to put Johansson into the #13 car until he fails to Pre-qualify for the first time. After his first DNPQ i'd like to swap him into the #14 car for the rest of the season.

And for R&D plans:
Moderate - 500 cr

Noted!

Hermann95 wrote:If allowed i'd like to put Johansson into the #13 car until he fails to Pre-qualify for the first time. After his first DNPQ i'd like to swap him into the #14 car for the rest of the season.

On a similar note of no consequence other than it being iconic Laffite needs the #26, not the #25

Butterfox wrote:On a similar note of no consequence other than it being iconic Laffite needs the #26, not the #25

I changed them around in the wiki. You and everyone else is free to edit the numbers in the wiki as they wish since the numbers don't make any difference. The Ensign #13 is the exception here because I need some way to keep track of which of their cars takes part in pre-qualifying.

Theodore will pass on the first round of R and D while we ascertain our cars performance in the opening races

All-in R&D for Brabham please.

Arrows will go 750cr

EDIT: somehow i noticed i wrote tyrrell instead of arrows a few days after i wrote this

High R&D for Lotus, please.

500cr for Renault.

500cr for ferrari

Ligier will spread the development costs over the year than risking it all one one R&D period so

250 Cr.. low R&D for Ligier

Sorry for the delay everyone, I've been busy with my real life commitments but this shall continue soon.

Soon in this instance means next week so stay tuned

1982 ROUND 1 - KYALAMI

It's go time! The weather is sunny and all 32 drivers are raring to go on the eve of a new season. Six of them will take part in pre-qualifying: the bottom three teams of 1981 Osella, ATS and Toleman and Ensign's new entry, driven by Stefan Johansson.


Nice variety of cars that advance from pre-Q. Corrado Fabi has some work to do to figure the ins and outs of F1 racing.


Patrick Tambay takes the pole in a qualifying session dominated by turbo-powered cars. Theodore's Jean-Pierre Jarier makes a huge impression with his 9th place.



Kyalami Notes
- Prost gets a flying start to the season with a convincing victory
- It's turbo dominance with the rest of the field lapped twice
- Overall pretty uneventful race with no major surprises

1982 ROUND 2 - JACAREPAGUÁ

The Jacarepaguá circuit is much more technical compared to Kyalami so the turbo advantage should be a lot smaller here. Weather is dry for the weekend, bar for the pre-qualifying session that sees moderate rain.


Osella find the perfect setup for the rainy conditions and never looked to be in danger.


Renault lock the front row as Prost takes the pole position.



Jacarepaguá Notes
- Prost caps off his perfect weekend with a dominant win, lapping the whole field
- Surer completes the Renault 1-2, albeit a lap down to his team-mate
- Ligiers make a great comeback from 10th and 22th in the grid to score double points

1982 ROUND 3 - LONG BEACH

We're back in sunny Florida. It's a tight street circuit that offers a yet another different challenge to the first two tracks we've visited so far.


Teo Fabi continues his pre-qualifying dominance. Rumours in the paddock suggest that following Johansson's failure to qualify, Guerra will take his seat in the following pre-q sessions.


Renault lock the front row once again but this time it's Surer who is in front. Lotus have a strong session in 5th and 7th while the reigning World champion Alan Jones continues his woes in 15th.



Long Beach Notes
- Lotus score a shock 1-2 finish in a race that saw many front-runners run into problems
- Patrick Tambay looks to be Alain Prost's main championship rival with his second podium finish of the season.

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Standings have been updated on the wiki page.

1st R&D Period Results

Team - Investment - Gains (0-5*)
BRABHAM - 1000 cr - 4*
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LOTUS - 750 cr - 3*
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ALFA ROMEO - 750 cr - 2*
RENAULT - 500 cr - 2*
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McLAREN - 500 cr - 1*
FERRARI - 500 cr - 1*
LIGIER - 250 cr - 1*
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ARROWS - 750 cr - 0*
ENSIGN - 500 cr - 0*

Brabham have been rather disappointing this year but their star driver Nelson Piquet will be happy to hear that the engineering team has been hard at work, netting the team excellent performance improvement. Lotus; Alfa Romeo and Renault of all teams are among others that have achieved notable gains for the European rounds of the season.

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Budgets have been updated IN THIS SPREADSHEET.

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This marks the end of the 1st R&D Period. 2nd R&D period begins now - info about R&D can be found in this post.

PLEASE POST YOUR PLANS FOR 2nd R&D PERIOD NOW
These upgrades will be installed to your cars for round 9 of the championship (Netherlands).

The deadline for investments is on 29th of May.

McLaren will throw another 500cr at the car.

Tyrrell will spend 500cr on a mid-season update.

Team Lotus shall throw in £500.

Ligier will throw 250 cr. at it

250 credits for ferrari

I just wanted to ask if Ensigns R&D was run correctly because you stated an investment of 250cr but we invested 500cr. In the spreasheet amount of money for R&D is correct.

Either way Ensign will spend another 500cr on R&D.

Osella 0c

Looks like Theodore have a bit of a fragile speedster on our hands. If we can finish without an incident...

However we will continue without developments to ensure we have a chance of fufilling the financial rules for next season

ATS will spend 500 cr. on R&D

Renault 750cr

750cr for arrows

All-In R&D for Williams - goodness knows we need it. Disappointed in myself for forgetting to do it in the first period but never mind

Hermann95 wrote:I just wanted to ask if Ensigns R&D was run correctly because you stated an investment of 250cr but we invested 500cr. In the spreasheet amount of money for R&D is correct.

Either way Ensign will spend another 500cr on R&D.

Yes, it was correct and unfortunately yielded nothing
I fixed it in the post.

In other news, Next batch of races will be run this weekend!

1982 ROUND 4 - IMOLA
Alain Prost leads the championship after winning the first two races of the season. Some teams, most notably Brabham and Lotus, havew brought updates to Italy. Driverwise the only change is seen at Ensign where Guerra and Johansson swap seats so that Guerra will from now on take part in pre-qualifying.

Weather is dry.


Fabi brothers dominate and Guerra makes it through. Ghinzani DNPQ's for the first time this season.


Renault and Prost in particular are on pace again. Surer, McLarens, Ferraris and Williams look to be battling it out for P2.


Imola Notes
- Prost and Renault look unstoppable
- Williams finally recover from their poor start to the season
- Brabham and Lotus unable to make the big upgrades pay



1982 ROUND 5 - ZOLDER
Weather is dry.


Pre-q king Derek Daly fails to qualify in spectacular fashion. Ghinzani the other driver sent packing early.


Renault lock the front row as usual. Ferrari pair in row two show improved pace and might have a shot to challenge for the win.


Zolder Notes
- Surer takes his first win of the season and climbs up to second in points, five behind team-mate Prost
- Low attrition at the top means there are no huge shocks in the points
- Alan Jones' woes continue as the reigning champ finishes three laps down to the leaders



1982 ROUND 6 - MONACO
We're back to the tight street circuit. Weather is dry but we might be in for surprises regardless.


The big story in pre-qualifying is that both Tolemans make it through fro the first time since Italy last season.


Prost on pole, again. Jarier and Teo Fabi impress while Villeneuve leaves himself a massive mountain to climb after qualifying only in 22nd.


Monaco Notes
- Alain Prost is the master of Monaco, lapping the entire field in the process
- Tambay, Surer, Mansell, Rosberg all bin it from points scoring positions
- Alboreto and Stohr scores their first points of the season following the carnage



1982 ROUND 7 - DETROIT
Weather is dry.


After Cheever's brilliant 13th place finish in Monaco, Toleman are back to the pre-qualifying infamy.


Fourth consecutive pole for Alain Prost - can anyone stop the Frenchman or his turbo-powered Renault?


Detroit Notes
- Both Renaults out with turbo-related problems
- This leaves the door open for other teams with Brabham and Nelson Piquet the main benefactors
- Brian Henton with his first point of the season



1982 ROUND 8 - ÎLE NOTRE-DAME
Second part of the North American tour is raced in Montreal. Weather is dry.


Daly and Ghinzani out. Biggest is headline is Guerra braking the Osella 1-2.


Home hero Gilles Villeneuve takes the pole to the joy of the numerous Canadian fans. Renault look surprisingly vulnerable gere. In other news, Alan Jones once again in huge problems.


Île Notre-Dame Notes
- Renault pair recover from the qualifying shock to take home another 1-2 finish
- Villeneuve's home race ends in tears as he retires from 3rd with three laps to go
- Defending champ Alan Jones' race comes to end as he makes contact with Piquet who is lapping him on lap 54


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Standings have been updated on the wiki page.


It's the middle point of the season so pre-qualifying teams are re-assigned.
OUT
Osella #32
Osella #31

IN
Ensign #14
March #18


TCBY please indicate which driver shall drive the #18 entry in pre-qualifying.
If no information is given, Mike Thackwell will take part in pre-qualifying.

2nd R&D Period Results

Team - Investment - Gains (0-5*)
McLAREN - 500 cr - 4*
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LOTUS - 500 cr - 2*
ENSIGN - 500 cr - 2*
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RENAULT - 750 cr - 1*
ARROWS - 750 cr - 1*
TYRRELL - 500 cr - 1*
FERRARI - 250 cr - 1*
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WILLIAMS - 1000 cr - 0*
LIGIER - 250 cr - 0*
ATS - 500 cr - 0*


Defending champions Williams have had an awful start to the season and it looks like the engineers are clueless as to why their car is so uncompetitive compared to their succesful 1980 and 1981 cars. The team is throwing all it has on to the development but unable to yield any results.

Meanwhile McLaren, fresh off a succesful North American tour, have managed to find big performance gains as they look to challenge for the top-3 positions in the constructors' championship.

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Budgets have been updated IN THIS SPREADSHEET.

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This marks the end of the 2nd R&D Period. 3rd R&D period begins now - info about R&D can be found in this post.

PLEASE POST YOUR PLANS FOR 3rd R&D PERIOD NOW
These upgrades will be installed to your cars for round 13 of the championship (Austria).

The deadline for investments is on 13th of June.

Ligier will do another 250 cr. r&d

Ugh...

750CR for ferrari pls...

500 for Arrows please

0 for Ensign

750cr for Renault

250c for Lotus, please.

CarloSpace wrote:2nd R&D Period Results

Team - Investment - Gains (0-5*)
WILLIAMS - 1000 cr - 0*

Defending champions Williams have had an awful start to the season and it looks like the engineers are clueless as to why their car is so uncompetitive compared to their succesful 1980 and 1981 cars. The team is throwing all it has on to the development but unable to yield any results.

Oh good grief. We'll throw another 1,000 cr at the problem though, because there is still a chance of making big gains in the constructors