Grand Prix Rejects

Klon wrote:As things are now, there is no point in letting younger drivers have a cockpit for shorter or longer times, since they do not get better by experience - this, I would like to change because it is unrealistic. To do that, I'd like to propose the following change to the performance system: I propose that every rookie who doesn't drive more than half a season, gets 2 grip points for every weekend. That would make the use of rookies strategically slightly more feasable while not "discriminating" more experienced drivers, since the maximum gain with my idea would be 16 grip points.

Opinions?

Wizzie wrote:

Klon wrote:As things are now, there is no point in letting younger drivers have a cockpit for shorter or longer times, since they do not get better by experience - this, I would like to change because it is unrealistic. To do that, I'd like to propose the following change to the performance system: I propose that every rookie who doesn't drive more than half a season, gets 2 grip points for every weekend. That would make the use of rookies strategically slightly more feasable while not "discriminating" more experienced drivers, since the maximum gain with my idea would be 16 grip points.

Opinions?

I like that idea. Although it can be better if instead of improving grip, they start off with ridiculously high inconsistency and have that consistency range get smaller (i.e. the driver becomes more consistent) as the season goes on.

Rhys Davies wrote:Bugger. I was having a good race until it broke. Different from last year though, at least both of us found out way into the points.

Mark Skaife wrote:We are pleased with our race today, after a dismal qualifying session. Despite Rhys' retirement and Ashley's problem that nearly cost us points, the pace is definitely there.

Frank Zimmer wrote:Didn't I say it? Putting that idiot in a car for the second half of the year would still make him useless in the first half. It's fairly common sense - turns 1 & 2 at Adelaide + cold tyres = not flat. Why did he try to take it flat? And not hit the brakes when he started to roll backwards? It resulted in Poppy's retirement, and both of us could have scored easily!

Autosport published:

F1RWRS COMISSION ISSUES WARNINGS TO STEELE AND SCOTT

Kamaha´s driver Nicolas Steele and DGNgineering´s Nathan Scott have been issued a warning by F1RWRS authorities after both were involved in accidents during the Tasman GP race at Adelaide. This means that if any of them is punished again during this season they will have to face a two race ban. When questioned about his accident, Nathan Scott said: "Well, there´s nothing to add to it, I was pretty anxious after spinning for the 2nd time at that spot and wanted to resume as soon as possible and when I did I saw noone coming so that´s when I tried to move the car. Anyway, Whitechapel didn´t reduce speed at all despite the yellow flags, I wonder if she´s been taught what do they mean?". Adelaide GP organisers are facing too a 50,000€ fine for not deploying the yellow flags in the case of Steele´s accident, which costed Jack Christopherson the chance to finish his first race.

Aerond wrote:By the way, I´m working on some short of video thing for F1RWRS as well, but I´d prefer to livecast the race through Ustream or something similar, rather than recording and having to edit a video, the problem is I have sound problems with Gp2 so it would be probably with no sound but live text commentary would be available (unless someone else does live commentary).... Any ideas?

the Masked Lapwing wrote:

Aerond wrote:By the way, I´m working on some short of video thing for F1RWRS as well, but I´d prefer to livecast the race through Ustream or something similar, rather than recording and having to edit a video, the problem is I have sound problems with Gp2 so it would be probably with no sound but live text commentary would be available (unless someone else does live commentary).... Any ideas?

A livestream, brilliant! Wizzie and I could probably do some commentary - the FedEx 100 is all improvised. As long as we know who's who, we'd probably get away with it

Mark Dagnall, after his first 2nd place in F1RWRS:

2nd place sucks, 2nd place sucks, 2nd place sucks, 2nd place sucks (drinks Monster), 2nd place sucks, 2nd place sucks

Aerond wrote:

Autosport published:

F1RWRS COMISSION ISSUES WARNINGS TO STEELE AND SCOTT

Kamaha´s driver Nicolas Steele and DGNgineering´s Nathan Scott have been issued a warning by F1RWRS authorities after both were involved in accidents during the Tasman GP race at Adelaide. This means that if any of them is punished again during this season they will have to face a two race ban. When questioned about his accident, Nathan Scott said: "Well, there´s nothing to add to it, I was pretty anxious after spinning for the 2nd time at that spot and wanted to resume as soon as possible and when I did I saw noone coming so that´s when I tried to move the car. Anyway, Whitechapel didn´t reduce speed at all despite the yellow flags, I wonder if she´s been taught what do they mean?". Adelaide GP organisers are facing too a 50,000€ fine for not deploying the yellow flags in the case of Steele´s accident, which costed Jack Christopherson the chance to finish his first race.

Pippa Mann, Foxdale team boss wrote:While Foxdale Auto Racing Team is glad that action has been taken over the 'incident' that removed our new driver from the race, it still can't give Jack a second chance at finishing on his debut. And we try going for a more reliable engine, and Douglas STILL retires with transmission problems. This is hopeless and unfair! What can we do? WHAT CAN WE DO?

Ben Fleet wrote:You could join us at our barbeque and drown away your sorrows?

Pippa Mann wrote: *between sniffs* Erm, OK.

Autosport wrote:Kamaha to appeal warning

Kamaha have lodged an appeal against Nicolas Steeles warning, with Barii Mori saying "The EMU failed, the throttle stuck and the power steering failed, poor old Nicolas was just a passenger and he should not be fined. As the EMU is a standard one, we think that the F1RWRS should fine themselves, stupid rock apes can't see their own feet. We will appeal the warning as Nicolas should have a clean name as he has done nothing wrong.". The F1RWRS management are not know for reversing decisions but we await the outcome of the appeal.

SuperAguri wrote:

Autosport wrote:Kamaha to appeal warning

Kamaha have lodged an appeal against Nicolas Steeles warning, with Barii Mori saying "The EMU failed, the throttle stuck and the power steering failed, poor old Nicolas was just a passenger and he should not be fined. As the EMU is a standard one, we think that the F1RWRS should fine themselves, stupid rock apes can't see their own feet. We will appeal the warning as Nicolas should have a clean name as he has done nothing wrong.". The F1RWRS management are not know for reversing decisions but we await the outcome of the appeal.

Kamaha appeal rejected

The F1RWRS comission has met to treat the appeal made by Kamaha and has straight rejected it. "Mr Steele's car failed way before the hairpin, had no had power steering, he wouldn't be able to turn and should have kept straight and park it at the runoff

Daniel Martins wrote:Not the start of the season I expected. The car is capable of more, for sure. I am certain we can learn to better set-up the car and from this start our season for real at the next race!

The Fox wrote:Sadly Mirko's car failed for him today. I will have a brief talk with Peugeot about this but hopefully none of this shall happen again. On the other hand, he showed some great pace today, and I congratulate him on that. Daniel was slow today though there was some trouble with the car, he finished in 10th which is respectable in my terms.

Nicolas Steele wrote:What do I say? When you're driving a car that can go up to 300km/h you gotta be careful about it. Obvious Christopherson or whatever his name is didn't see me on the straight and spun. I was trying to bring the car back to the pits and try and fix the problem, as the car was still running. However, I didn't notice the cars coming from behind, and I do apologize for my behaviour to Dagnall, de Bock, Christopherson and their respective teams. However, I find the penalty from the commission quite tough - it was purely a racing incident. Can't they realise accidents happen? Sheesh!

Andrea Acuri wrote:I was stunned by the pace of Mignolet today, he drove amazingly! It's a mixed bag for the team, for myself I did not qualify, which is sad, but Ron took that car and drove it to the limit! I like drivers like that, and I do congratulate him for his performance. A return for the privateer!

JeremyMcClean wrote:

The Fox wrote:Sadly Mirko's car failed for him today. I will have a brief talk with Peugeot about this but hopefully none of this shall happen again. On the other hand, he showed some great pace today, and I congratulate him on that. Daniel was slow today though there was some trouble with the car, he finished in 10th which is respectable in my terms.

Nicolas Steele wrote:What do I say? When you're driving a car that can go up to 300km/h you gotta be careful about it. Obvious Christopherson or whatever his name is didn't see me on the straight and spun. I was trying to bring the car back to the pits and try and fix the problem, as the car was still running. However, I didn't notice the cars coming from behind, and I do apologize for my behaviour to Dagnall, de Bock, Christopherson and their respective teams. However, I find the penalty from the commission quite tough - it was purely a racing incident. Can't they realise accidents happen? Sheesh!

Andrea Acuri wrote:I was stunned by the pace of Mignolet today, he drove amazingly! It's a mixed bag for the team, for myself I did not qualify, which is sad, but Ron took that car and drove it to the limit! I like drivers like that, and I do congratulate him for his performance. A return for the privateer!

Question: When you were reviewing the race did you happen to catch these indicents by luck or did you zoom through the race and took the pictures again when looking at the race a second time?

Aerond wrote:

JeremyMcClean wrote:Question: When you were reviewing the race did you happen to catch these indicents by luck or did you zoom through the race and took the pictures again when looking at the race a second time?

As Gp2 has only a 30 secs replay time what I do is pay attention and if somebody retires I quickly press the replay key and try to find the incident. If it´s remarkable enough I take a pic of it. Sometimes I catch them as they happen, but you gotta be quick not to miss´em. For example, I don´t know how Kay Lon damaged his Front Wing because I didn´t watch it and only noticed when I got the "Kay Lon is in the pits" message.

JeremyMcClean wrote:

Aerond wrote:

JeremyMcClean wrote:Question: When you were reviewing the race did you happen to catch these indicents by luck or did you zoom through the race and took the pictures again when looking at the race a second time?

As Gp2 has only a 30 secs replay time what I do is pay attention and if somebody retires I quickly press the replay key and try to find the incident. If it´s remarkable enough I take a pic of it. Sometimes I catch them as they happen, but you gotta be quick not to miss´em. For example, I don´t know how Kay Lon damaged his Front Wing because I didn´t watch it and only noticed when I got the "Kay Lon is in the pits" message.

What button do you press for the replay button?

Aerond wrote:As Gp2 has only a 30 secs replay time what I do is pay attention and if somebody retires I quickly press the replay key and try to find the incident. If it´s remarkable enough I take a pic of it. Sometimes I catch them as they happen, but you gotta be quick not to miss´em. For example, I don´t know how Kay Lon damaged his Front Wing because I didn´t watch it and only noticed when I got the "Kay Lon is in the pits" message.

Wizzie wrote:On an unrelated note I request... no, I DEMAND that the following be used for the weather at Bathurst (Taken off actual forecasts for this Monday-Wednesday):
Friday: 20% chance of rain: 1-5mm
Saturday: 60% chance of rain: 1-5mm
Sunday: 90% chance of rain: 40-80mm

To put it in perspective, the average rainfall for Bathurst for the month of November is just over 60mm.

AdrianSutil wrote:

Wizzie wrote:On an unrelated note I request... no, I DEMAND that the following be used for the weather at Bathurst (Taken off actual forecasts for this Monday-Wednesday):
Friday: 20% chance of rain: 1-5mm
Saturday: 60% chance of rain: 1-5mm
Sunday: 90% chance of rain: 40-80mm

To put it in perspective, the average rainfall for Bathurst for the month of November is just over 60mm.

That's quite a lot of rain. Is it common in November where you are?

eurobrun wrote:How about you add an advantage for a driver's home race. (Or a disadvantage if you want to be Barrichello)

Aerond wrote:EDIT: Haven´t been able to load Prospec, Acuri and Gillet liveries... Klon, can you try to load them into a carset then send it to me?

JeremyMcClean wrote:Is there a problem with the Acuri livery then?

CNN wrote:Ex-F1RWRS Driver Tristan Jung is Set Free
After a lengthy trial which has taken up the better part of six months, a federal judge threw out a lawsuit against Tristan Jung for lack of evidence. Jung was indicted by the United States government after he was accused of money laundering along with several executives from Trueba Racing Team and American Racing Conglomerate. This was just after Jung tried to takeover Trueba in an undercover deal with ARC which fell through due to the protests of Trueba owner Giovanni Roda. Jung then fled (or took a vacation, we suppose) to Bangladesh while being pursued by federal agents. However, the case appears to have been a complete misunderstanding. Jung's alibi is that he was already planning to go to Bangladesh (to court possible investors) and that the whole episode and media coverage was blown out of proportion. Jung also said he is open to returning to F1RWRS, if any team would like to have him.

Tropico News Today wrote:Tristan Jung Joining Tropico?

Our glorious F1RWRS effort Tropico Grand Prix got off to a rather slow start, mainly the fault of Darren Older Jr. underperforming. Now, the guards close to El Presidente say that he is not pleased with the Dagnallian driver. Tristan Jung, one of the biggest free agent in the history of motorsport, might be in contention for the seat.

Our glorious leader did not comment on the issue. Asked about the last GP weekend, he just said that "starting up is very hard". He then remembered his first election, which he only won by 60 %. Tropico Grand Prix can look forward to "great things".

Klon wrote:
Jung is a pay driver, right? If not, then this will stay a rumour sadly. I need MONEY.

Aerond wrote:

Klon wrote:
Jung is a pay driver, right? If not, then this will stay a rumour sadly. I need MONEY.

He isn´t

Klon wrote:Tell us a bit more about him, because he is added to the list of possible Older replacements. A decision about the second seat will be made at the very latest before the Mexican Grand Prix.

eurobrun wrote:

Klon wrote:Tell us a bit more about him, because he is added to the list of possible Older replacements. A decision about the second seat will be made at the very latest before the Mexican Grand Prix.

Born in france to a Spanish mother and Dutch father(he races under the flag of the european union) he is currently racing in the F3 euroseries. He is an extremly fast qualifier and has a win at all costs attitude. He can also get angry if he feels the officials are screwing him over.

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:

eurobrun wrote:

Klon wrote:Tell us a bit more about him, because he is added to the list of possible Older replacements. A decision about the second seat will be made at the very latest before the Mexican Grand Prix.

Born in france to a Spanish mother and Dutch father(he races under the flag of the european union) he is currently racing in the F3 euroseries. He is an extremly fast qualifier and has a win at all costs attitude. He can also get angry if he feels the officials are screwing him over.

I know this is completely off topic, but the haiku in
your signature is not really a haiku - the middle line should have 7 syllables, not 5. Try putting
'sometimes' in between 'But' and 'they'.