Grand Prix Rejects

Wow, I was not expecting to be sharing the championship lead (well, out of the living drivers, RIP Alberto) in my debut season. As for what's happened to the JAMR drivers, in addition to the break-in earlier on, this season has gotten really messed up (and intriguing)!

Biscione wrote:Note to DanielPT: I'd like to rent an Alfa chassis for the Italian GP. Give me some options!

You can rent the old AR160 1- ARV8 1 combination that Tony Gaze was using and that is still competitive enough for him to have a 6th on it. Other than the new stuff of course.

DanielPT wrote:

Biscione wrote:Note to DanielPT: I'd like to rent an Alfa chassis for the Italian GP. Give me some options!

You can rent the old AR160 1- ARV8 1 combination that Tony Gaze was using and that is still competitive enough for him to have a 6th on it. Other than the new stuff of course.

£1,250 to rent the AR160 chassis only?

Biscione wrote:

DanielPT wrote:

Biscione wrote:Note to DanielPT: I'd like to rent an Alfa chassis for the Italian GP. Give me some options!

You can rent the old AR160 1- ARV8 1 combination that Tony Gaze was using and that is still competitive enough for him to have a 6th on it. Other than the new stuff of course.

£1,250 to rent the AR160 chassis only?

Ok

Post-race report
Injuries
After racing accidents, Cesare Perdisa and Jacques Swaters were taken to hospital with injuries.
-Cesare Perdisa was diagnosed with a fractured arm and broken ankle. It will take him 111 days to recover.
-Jacques Swaters broke both wrists as he was holding his steering wheel during his collision with Jones. His recovery will take 115 days.

After the race was over, Dries van der Lof and B. Bira were both attacked outside their Northampton hotel and taken to the hospital, both with serious leg injuries.
-B. Bira suffered multiple fractures in his left tibia and an open fracture of the right fibula. He is out for 153 days.
-Dries van der Lof was diagnosed with both broken tibias. He is out for 171 days.

All four drivers will miss the remaining three rounds, but will be available for the 1956 season.

Repair costs
-Bettenhausen's chassis (AM-04 chassis 11) - £3 773
-Gaze's chassis (AR161 chassis 8) - £2 154
-Stillwell's engine (254 engine 3) - £1 126
-Farina's chassis (AR161 chassis 2) - £5 377
-Swaters' chassis (F154 chassis 5) - £8 634
-Perdisa's chassis (AR160 chassis 3) - £18 696
-van der Lof's chassis (AM-04 chassis 3) - £10 822

Prize money (distance)
Peter Collins - £2 000
Desmond Titterington - £2 000
Tony Brooks - £2 000
Hernando da Silva Ramos - £1 973
Consalvo Sanesi - £1 933
Peter Whitehead - £1 920
José Froilan Gonzalez - £1 920
Jack Brabham - £1 920
Stirling Moss - £1 907
Dorino Serafini - £1 893
Stan Jones - £1 893
Umberto Maglioli - £1 893
Tony Bettenhausen - £1 853
B. Bira - £1 827
Porfirio Rubirosa - £1 520
Robert Manzon - £1 453
Tony Gaze - £1 387
Bib Stillwell - £1 307
Maurice Trintignant - £1 200
Giuseppe Farina - £1 107
Jacques Swaters - £1 067
Cesare Perdisa - £1 040
Dries van der Lof - £1 040
Lance Macklin - £1 040
Harry Schell - £500
Mike Hawthorn - £500
Maria Teresa de Filippis - £500
Toulo de Graffenried - £500
Luigi Musso - £500
André Simon - £500
Giannino Marzotto - £500
David Hampshire - £500

Prize money (position)
Peter Collins - £26 000
Desmond Titterington - £24 250
Tony Brooks - £16 500
Hernando da Silva Ramos - £11 750
Consalvo Sanesi - £9 000
Peter Whitehead - £6 250
José Froilan Gonzalez - £5 500
Jack Brabham - £4 750
Stirling Moss - £4 000
Dorino Serafini - £3 250
Stan Jones - £2 500
Umberto Maglioli - £2 250
Tony Bettenhausen - £2 000
B. Bira - £1 750
Porfirio Rubirosa - £1 500
Robert Manzon - £1 250
Tony Gaze - £1 000
Bib Stillwell - £750
Maurice Trintignant - £500
Giuseppe Farina - £250

Budgets updated.

Following Swaters unfortunate injury, he suggests to have Pilette or Frère as a substitute.

Hm, also, i noticed a mistake. You mention that i sold Ferrari engine 1 to Hernandez and still have Ferrari engine 3. As far as i'm aware, i only owned one Ferrari engine...

This wrote:Following Swaters unfortunate injury, he suggests to have Pilette or Frère as a substitute.

Hm, also, i noticed a mistake. You mention that i sold Ferrari engine 1 to Hernandez and still have Ferrari engine 3. As far as i'm aware, i only owned one Ferrari engine...

I have no idea what you're talking about...

tommykl wrote:

This wrote:Following Swaters unfortunate injury, he suggests to have Pilette or Frère as a substitute.

Hm, also, i noticed a mistake. You mention that i sold Ferrari engine 1 to Hernandez and still have Ferrari engine 3. As far as i'm aware, i only owned one Ferrari engine...

I have no idea what you're talking about...

Oh, i must have read over the part where you already corrected it. My bad

Given the extent of the damage sustained to it in Perdisa's accident, Renzo has elected to scrap AR160 chassis 3.

Tasman Racing Alliance will repair Stillwell's engine.

Prize money was very much needed to keep us afloat. However, being 8 laps down does not make Balkan Leader happy. It seems that our engine is not good enough so next season we may try to obtain a better one, ending our era as a constructor.

However, all those plans for next season are in case that we have enough money to compete at all.

Aston Martin will repair our damaged cars. We'd also like to hire AAA stars Jimmy Bryan and Bob Sweikert for the rest of the year as replacements for Bira and Van der Lof.

Might as well RNG a few drivers...

Juan Manuel "Scrublord" Fangio
1-80: returns to Ferrari, eager for a comeback
81-100: prefers to stay in hospital a bit longer
Result: 49
Fangio will indeed drive one of the Ferraris in Monza.

Guido "Get off my lawn!" Meregalli
1-75: accepts Enzo's offer for one final race
76-100: enjoys his retirement
Result: 70
Meregalli will break the record for oldest driver to enter a race.

For Sweikert and Bryan, it's more delicate, as they're the two main contenders for the AAA title. The Springfield race falls on the same weekend as the Soviet GP. However, Tony Bettenhausen is already there to tempt them...

Bob "Sprint Car sensation" Sweikert
1-30: Signs for the last three races
31-70: Signs for Scotland and Italy
71-100: Doesn't sign at all
Result: 38
Bob Sweikert will compete in the Scottish and Italian Grands Prix.

Jimmy "Two first names" Bryan
1-30: Signs for the last three races
31-70: Signs for Scotland and Italy
71-100: Doesn't sign at all
Result: 98
Jimmy Bryan stays in the United States, not tempted at all by the European scene.

Alfa Romeo to repair both AR161 chassis 8 and 2.

Right, I'm going to try to get Edinburgh done before exams start, so I'd like you all to get your entries sorted by Thursday. Deadline is April 16th, 2015, 1pm CET.

Again, you only have to post if your entry has a problem, such as a TBA, an injured driver or a damaged car.

After being absent from the British GP, Phoenix will enter with the combination used at the last GP we took part.

Ecurie Maghreb will have the same setup for the Scottish GP:

Driver: Andre Guelfi
Car: Lancia D50 Chassis, Lancia DS50 Engine

As a replacement for the T41, Hernandez will use the Ferrari 555 chassis 8 for Edinburgh

In the news

July 17th - Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California

July 18th - Nuclear electricity sold commercially for the first time

July 18th-23rd - Geneva Summit held between USA, UK, France and USSR

July 27th - Austria regains full independance from USA, UK, France and USSR

July 27th - Israeli passenger jet shot down over Bulgaria; 58 dead

July 28th - First Interlingua Congress held in Tours, France; Union Mundial pro Interlingua founded

July 29th 1955, Scottish Grand Prix prequalifying

After the British Grand Prix, the championship race is still wide open, despite there being only three rounds remaining. It has been so unpredictable that the late Alberto Ascari is still leading the championship two races after his untimely death in a sportscar test in Monza.

It is rather fitting that the main news from these past two weeks are relevant to the fight for the championship. Scuderia Ferrari have recovered from their financial woes and will be competing in the final three races, while title contender Dries van der Lof and defending champion B. Bira was attacked outside their hotel in Northampton shortly after the race and were hospitalised with broken legs, missing the rest of the season.

49 drivers have turned up for the inaugural Scottish Grand Prix at the Holyroodhouse Street Circuit.

2. Edgar Barth (Trod van Hoff Racing) - Van Hoff TVHR100 chassis 1, O.S.C.A. 156s engine 8
4. Maria Teresa de Filippis (Maria Teresa de Filippis) - O.S.C.A. F154 chassis 6, O.S.C.A. 156s engine 2
6. David Hampshire (Hampshire Racing Alliance) - Bentley Speed 4 chassis 8, Bentley 16VL-1 engine 10
8. Roy Salvadori (Hampshire Racing Alliance) - Bentley Speed 4 chassis 5, Bentley 16VL-1 engine 4
10. Hernando da Silva Ramos (Officine Renzo) - Alfa Romeo AR161 chassis 5, Alfa Romeo AR2V8 engine 3
12. Toulo de Graffenried (Officine Renzo) - Alfa Romeo AR161 chassis 4, Alfa Romeo AR2V8 engine 4
14. Jean-Louis Rosier (Ecurie Voeckler) - Alfa Romeo AR161 chassis 6, Jaguar JFE-2 engine 11
16. Alfonso de Portago (Loyer Racing) - Loyer LR101 chassis 1, Porsche 755 engine 3
18. Eugenio Castellotti (Porsche System Engineering) - Porsche 855 chassis 1, Porsche 755 engine 1
20. Jean Behra (Porsche System Engineering) - Porsche 855 chassis 2, Porsche 755 engine 2
22. Porfirio Rubirosa (ART-Gordini) - Gordini G-953 chassis 4, Gordini ART-004 engine 3
24. Consalvo Sanesi (ART-Gordini) - Gordini G-953 chassis 6, Gordini ART-004 engine 2
26. Robert Manzon (ART-Gordini) - Gordini G-953 chassis 8, Gordini ART-004 engine 4
28. Roberto Mieres (Escuderia Hernandez) - Ferrari 555 chassis 8, FIAT 155 engine 1
30. Reg Parnell (Scuderia Ferrari) - Ferrari 555 chassis 1, Ferrari 555 engine 5
32. Troy Ruttman (Scuderia Ferrari) - Ferrari 555 chassis 6, Ferrari 555 engine 6
34. Paco Godia (Scuderia Ferrari) - Ferrari 555 chassis 5, Ferrari 555 engine 2
36. José Froilan Gonzalez (Scuderia Anglo-Italia) - O.S.C.A. 154 chassis 3, Bentley 16VL-1 engine 2
38. Peter Whitehead (Scuderia Anglo-Italia) - Bentley Speed 4 chassis 7, O.S.C.A. 156s engine 7
40. Stirling Moss (Scuderia Anglo-Italia) - Bentley Speed 4 chassis 9, O.S.C.A. 156s engine 9
42. Harry Schell (Geoff Richardson Racing) - Bentley Speed 4 chassis 11, Bentley 16VL-1 engine 11
44. Desmond Titterington (Irish Racing Association) - Lancia D50 chassis 1, Lancia DS50 engine 1
46. Reg Armstrong (Irish Racing Association) - Lancia D50 chassis 5, Lancia DS50 engine 5
48. André Guelfi (Ecurie Maghreb) - Lancia D50 chassis 2, Lancia DS50 engine 2
50. Peter Collins (British Commonwealth Motorsport Association) - B.C.M.A. C-01 chassis 1, B.C.M.A. A/AS Griffin engine 5
52. Tony Brooks (British Commonwealth Motorsport Association) - B.C.M.A. C-01 chassis 4, B.C.M.A. A/AS Griffin engine 1
54. Umberto Maglioli (British Commonwealth Motorsport Association) - B.C.M.A. C-01 chassis 3, B.C.M.A. A/AS Griffin engine 2
56. Bib Stillwell (Tasman Racing Alliance) - O.S.C.A. F154 chassis 7, Vanwall 254 engine 3
58. Ken Wharton (Reatherson Racing Development) - Ferrari 555 Chassis 7, Ferrari 555 engine 11
60. Jack Brabham (Alfa Romeo SpA) - Alfa Romeo AR161 chassis 1, Alfa Romeo AR2V8 engine 1
62. Giuseppe Farina (Alfa Romeo SpA) - Alfa Romeo AR161 chassis 2, Alfa Romeo AR2V8 engine 2
64. Tony Gaze (Alfa Romeo SpA) - Alfa Romeo AR161 chassis 8, Alfa Romeo AR2V8 engine 5
66. Mike Hawthorn (Vanwall) - Vanwall VW55 chassis 1, Vanwall 254 engine 1
68. Dennis Poore (Vanwall) - Vanwall VW55 chassis 2, Vanwall 254 engine 2
70. Giannino Marzotto (Maria Teresa de Filippis) - O.S.C.A. F154 chassis 8, O.S.C.A. 156s engine 4
72. Anne Hall (BRUNEL) - O.S.C.A. F154 chassis 4, Porsche 755 engine 5
74. Pat Moss (BRUNEL) - Bentley Speed 3 chassis 8, Bentley 163-1 engine 7
76. Tony Bettenhausen (Jaguar-Aston Martin Racing) - Aston Martin AM-04 chassis 11, Jaguar JFE-2 engine 1
78. Bob Sweikert (Jaguar-Aston Martin Racing) - Aston Martin AM-04 chassis 3, Jaguar JFE-2 engine 3
80. Maurice Trintignant (Jaguar-Aston Martin Racing) - Aston Martin AM-04 chassis 12, Jaguar JFE-2 engine 16
82. Stan Jones (Balkan Leader) - Alfa Romeo AR161 chassis 7, Balkan Lion F154 engine 3
84. Kenneth McAlpine (Owen Racing Organisation) - Bentley Speed 4 chassis 4, Bentley 16VL-1 engine 9
86. Luigi Musso (Scuderia Ambrosiana) - Ambrosiana A-004 chassis 1, Alfa Romeo ARV8 engine 5
88. Alberto Uria (Scuderia Ambrosiana) - Ambrosiana A-004 chassis 2, Alfa Romeo ARV8 engine 6
90. Karl Kling (Rennkollektiv EMW) - Aston Martin AM-04 chassis 7, Jaguar JFE-2 engine 9
92. Dorino Serafini (Scuderia Ferrari) - Ferrari 555 chassis 11, Ferrari 555 engine 7
94. André Simon (Ecurie Voeckler) - Alfa Romeo AR161 chassis 3, Jaguar JFE-2 engine 6
96. David Murray (Ecurie Ecosse) - Cooper T41 chassis 1, Jaguar JFE-2 engine 12
98. Wolfgang von Trips (Phoenix Racing Organisation) - Phoenix PRO-4 chassis 1, O.S.C.A. 156s engine 11

-Fueling rumours that Renzo was behind the Ferrari takeover, Dorino Serafini left Renzo between both races to rejoin the Ferrari team as fourth driver. Ramos stays in the Sicilian team alongside de Graffenried, who is replacing the injured Cesare Perdisa.
-With de Graffenried leaving Voeckler to replace Perdisa, he has been replaced by 1950 Le Mans winner and son of Louis, Jean-Louis Rosier, making his return to Grand Prix racing after an almost 5- year absence.
-Ferrari finally return to the paddock, having landed a few drivers from the rumoured connection with Renzo. Early in the year, they'd signed Parnell and Nello Pagani, but their new line-up includes Parnell, Troy Ruttman, Paco Godia and Dorino Serafini. Seeing the standings, they might still stand a chance at taking a title or three.
-After Swaters' accident and injury in Silverstone, Anglo-Italia have decided not to repair the car or replace Swaters, shrinking the operation to three cars for Moss, Whitehead and Gonzalez.
-Following Joe Kelly's unsuccessful fill-in at IRA, Reg Armstrong steps back into the car in Scotland.
-Reatherson Racing Development return to a single car for Scotland after failing to switch their originally entered and damaged 555 for a healthy car. Ken Wharton will be driving the car.
-Jaguar-Aston Martin Racing had to find two replacements for the rest of the season. They landed Indy 500 winner Bob Sweikert for Scotland and Italy, and a deal was all but signed with Alan Brown for the second car, yet it wasn't finalised before the race weekend. JAMR are therefore reduced to 3 cars this weekend.
-Scuderia Adriatica are skipping ahead to Monza after making their début in Silverstone.
-David Murray's Ecurie Ecosse is making its début this week. Murray has previously had a tenth place finish in Italy 1950 in a private entry and a thirteenth place in Germany 1951 for BRM. He returns this weekend in a Cooper-Jaguar.
-After some administrative mistakes by the team, Phoenix didn't appear in Silverstone, but they're back for Edinburgh, Wolfgang von Trips still driving.

With 22 spots on the grid, 27 drivers will have to compete for the final 8 spots in main qualifying. Here they are.

Edgar Barth
Roy Salvadori
Toulo de Graffenried
Jean-Louis Rosier
Alfonso de Portago
Eugenio Castellotti
Jean Behra
Roberto Miéres
Reg Parnell
Troy Ruttman
Paco Godia
Harry Schell
Reg Armstrong
André Guelfi
Ken Wharton
Giannino Marzotto
Anne Hall
Pat Moss
Tony Bettenhausen
Bob Sweikert
Kenneth McAlpine
Luigi Musso
Alberto Uria
Karl Kling
André Simon
David Murray
Wolfgang von Trips

Is there room for Asso di Fiori to make a belated return in Italy, with Onofre Marimon behind the wheel?

RonDenisDeletraz wrote:Is there room for Asso di Fiori to make a belated return in Italy, with Onofre Marimon behind the wheel?

Onofre "How am I not slow?" Marimon
1-75: Takes up the opportunity to drive again
76-100: Waits a while longer to get another offer.
Result: 75

Onofre Marimon will lead Asso di Fiori's return in Monza.

Prequalifying performance figures

Mieres - 117
McAlpine - 109
Schell - 108
Sweikert - 107
Godia - 106
Wharton - 106
Barth - 104
Uria - 104
Murray - 104
Hall - 103
Kling - 102
von Trips - 102
Armstrong - 101
Bettenhausen - 101
Ruttman - 99
Marzotto - 99
Simon - 99
Musso - 95
de Graffenried - 92
Castellotti - 90
Parnell - 90
Salvadori - 87
Rosier - 87
P. Moss - 87
Guelfi - 86
de Portago - 85
Behra - 78

Prequalifying results
1. Paco Godia (Ferrari) - 1:35.68
2. Tony Bettenhausen (Aston Martin-Jaguar) - 1:36.14
3. Reg Armstrong (Lancia) - 1:37.26
4. Harry Schell (Bentley) - 1:37.38
5. Troy Ruttman (Ferrari) - 1:38.45
6. Bob Sweikert (Aston Martin-Jaguar) - 1:38.50
7. Giannino Marzotto (O.S.C.A.) - 1:38.88
8. Reg Parnell (Ferrari) - 1:39.31
9. Toulo de Graffenried (Alfa Romeo) - 1:39.39
10. Ken Wharton (Ferrari) - 1:39.40
11. Roberto Mieres (Ferrari-FIAT) - 1:39.44
12. André Simon (Alfa Romeo-Jaguar) - 1:39.68
13. Luigi Musso (Ambrosiana-Alfa Romeo) - 1:39.85
14. Alberto Uria (Ambrosiana-Alfa Romeo) - 1:39.97
15. Wolfgang von Trips (Phoenix-O.S.C.A.) - 1:40.13
16. Jean-Louis Rosier (Alfa Romeo-Jaguar) - 1:40.40
17. Anne Hall (O.S.C.A.-Porsche) - 1:41.22
18. André Guelfi (Lancia) - 1:41.38
19. Eugenio Castellotti (Porsche) - 1:41.46
20. Karl Kling (Aston Martin-Jaguar) - 1:41.47
21. Kenneth McAlpine (Bentley) - 1:41.62
22. Alfonso de Portago (Loyer-Porsche) - 1:41.81
23. Edgar Barth (Van Hoff-O.S.C.A.) - 1:41.95
24. Roy Salvadori (Bentley) - 1:42.42
25. David Murray (Cooper-Jaguar) - 1:43.07
26. Jean Behra (Porsche) - 1:43.08
27. Pat Moss (Bentley) - 1:43.69

On comeback, all three Ferraris make the main session, as do both JAMR cars who had to prequalify. This left just three other spots. Armstrong took one in the ridiculously fast Lancia, with Marzotto and Schell taking the other two.

With those two big teams stuck in prequalifying, there would always be some disappointments, and they came from de Graffenried, Wharton, Simon and both Ambrosianas, who would usually easily make the cut.

More positively, Wolfgang von Trips does much better than he did in Spa, Anne Hall doesn't too too badly for once, David Murray isn't last in the Cooper-Jaguar, and Edgar Barth puts the van Hoff in front of an unprecedented four different cars.

Since it seems that Brown's original contract got "misplaced" by the Royal Mail somewhere along the line, we'd like to extend an offer to him to drive the four JAMR car for all remaining races apart from the Soviet Union, where Geoff Duke will drive the car

And here's qualifying performance...

de Filippis - 117
Manzon - 116
Whitehead - 114
Farina - 111
Rubirosa - 109
S. Moss - 107
Armstrong - 106
Hampshire - 104
Schell - 104
Brooks - 103
Gonzalez - 101
Titterington - 100
Maglioli - 100
Sweikert - 100
Poore - 99
Trintignant - 99
Serafini - 99
Bettenhausen - 97
Stillwell - 96
Brabham - 96
Parnell - 95
Ruttman - 94
Hawthorn - 94
Godia - 93
Ramos - 92
Collins - 90
Sanesi - 89
Marzotto - 89
Gaze - 88
Jones - 86

Qualifying results
1. Tony Brooks (B.C.M.A.) - 1:34.61
2. Desmond Titterington (Lancia) - 1:34.84
3. Robert Manzon (Gordini) - 1:35.06
4. Giuseppe Farina (Alfa Romeo) - 1:35.43
5. Jack Brabham (Alfa Romeo) - 1:35.79
6. Peter Collins (B.C.M.A.) - 1:36.02
7. Peter Whitehead (Bentley-O.S.C.A.) - 1:36.17
8. Stirling Moss (Bentley-O.S.C.A.) - 1:36.23
9. Tony Bettenhausen (Aston Martin-Jaguar) - 1:36.53
10. Tony Gaze (Alfa Romeo) - 1:36.64
11. Reg Armstrong (Lancia) - 1:36.79
12. Paco Godia (Ferrari) - 1:36.93
13. Porfirio Rubirosa (Gordini) - 1:37.04
14. José Froilan Gonzalez (O.S.C.A.-Bentley) - 1:37.06
15. Maurice Trintignant (Aston Martin-Jaguar) - 1:37.11
16. Umberto Maglioli (B.C.M.A.) - 1:37.27
17. Consalvo Sanesi (Gordini) - 1:37.35
18. Maria Teresa de Filippis (O.S.C.A.) - 1:37.37
19. Bib Stillwell (O.S.C.A.-Vanwall) - 1:37.38
20. Hernando da Silva Ramos (Alfa Romeo) - 1:37.44
21. Harry Schell (Bentley) - 1:37.76
22. Reg Parnell (Ferrari) - 1:38.81
23. Dorino Serafini (Ferrari) - 1:38.83
24. Troy Ruttman (Ferrari) - 1:38.91
25. Bob Sweikert (Aston Martin-Jaguar) - 1:39.15
26. Dennis Poore (Vanwall) - 1:39.44
27. Stan Jones (Alfa Romeo-Balkan Lion) - 1:39.49
28. Giannino Marzotto (O.S.C.A.) - 1:39.80
29. David Hampshire (Bentley) - 1:39.90
30. Mike Hawthorn (Vanwall) - 1:40.25

Just two weeks after taking their first win in Silverstone, B.C.M.A. continue their leap forward with their first pole position in Edinburgh! It's the young Tony Brooks who takes it. At 23 years, 5 months and 5 days, he's the third-youngest pole sitter in F1 to date, behind Jimmy Davies and Stirling Moss.

Maria Teresa de Filippis surprises by making the short grid, while the Vanwalls and Hawthorn disappoint, although not as much as Ferrari. Despite all the Italian team's promise in prequalifying, Ruttman and Serafini failed to make the cut, and Parnell will start the race in dead last. At least Paco Godia is in a decent position. Sweikert, Jones and Marzotto were the other drivers who failed to qualify.

And here's race performance.

Gonzalez 69
Schell 37
Manzon 36
Trintignant 22
Armstrong 15
Bettenhausen 13
Maglioli 8
Sanesi 3
de Filippis 1
Ramos 0
Farina -1
Brabham -1
Stillwell -1
Rubirosa -4
Whitehead -6
Parnell -8
Moss -9
Collins -10
Gaze -16
Brooks -18
Titterington -20
Godia -38

There will be 12 finishers. Of the ten retirements, two will be engine failures, than four Cat. 1 crashes and a single Cat. 2 crash.

tommykl wrote:And here's race performance.

Gonzalez 69
Schell 37
Manzon 36
Trintignant 22
Godia 15
Bettenhausen 13
Maglioli 8
Sanesi 3
de Filippis 1
Ramos 0
Farina -1
Brabham -1
Stillwell -1
Rubirosa -4
Whitehead -6
Parnell -8
Moss -9
Collins -10
Gaze -16
Brooks -18
Titterington -20
Godia -38

There will be 12 finishers. Of the ten retirements, two will be engine failures, than four Cat. 1 crashes and a single Cat. 2 crash.

It appears to me that there are two Godias and no Armstrong in that list. Do I have a clone driving for me now?

Simtek wrote:

tommykl wrote:And here's race performance.

Gonzalez 69
Schell 37
Manzon 36
Trintignant 22
Armstrong 15
Bettenhausen 13
Maglioli 8
Sanesi 3
de Filippis 1
Ramos 0
Farina -1
Brabham -1
Stillwell -1
Rubirosa -4
Whitehead -6
Parnell -8
Moss -9
Collins -10
Gaze -16
Brooks -18
Titterington -20
Godia -38

There will be 12 finishers. Of the ten retirements, two will be engine failures, than four Cat. 1 crashes and a single Cat. 2 crash.

It appears to me that there are two Godias and no Armstrong in that list. Do I have a clone driving for me now?

I have no idea what you're talking about...

So two Ferraris DNQ, one Renzo DNPQs, and now the best placed of my cars ends up with -38 race perf???

July 31st 1955, Scottish Grand Prix
At the start, Brooks and Titterington payed too much attention to each other, both of them losing time as Robert Manzon took the early lead. Brooks lost many positions on the second lap, with Brabham, Farina and Moss passing him. Moss kept gaining positions, taking third place on lap 3. On the following lap, he passed Titterington on the cobblestones and outbraked Manzon to take the lead in the final corner! Brooks clawed his way back up to fourth, while Manzon and Titterington fought over second place.

On lap 8, Brabham and Whitehead tangled over sixth position at Holyrood. Both were uninjured, but almost came to blows, in full view of the Queen! Two laps later, Manzon passed Titterington and Moss to take the lead once more. Titterington also fell behind Collins and Brooks, dropping to fifth place. At the back, Reg Parnell span his Ferrari out of second-last place while defending against Ramos. He promptly left his car and jumped into the North British Hotel to get a scotch. On the next lap, his teammate Godia tangled with Rubirosa, taking the Dominican out of the race. At this point, many battles were occurring up and down the field. A bit earlier, Stillwell's gearbox failed anonymously.

On lap 22, de Filippis' engine expired, and Ramos span on the resulting oil slick, leaving 15 drivers in the race. They were reduced to 14 two laps later when Sanesi overzealously defended his place from Gonzalez and took himself out of the race. At this point, only very fast cars were left, with a gigantic scrap going on between third place and last place. After a few laps, the fight had cleared up a bit, leaving Manzon with a sizeable lead over Moss and Gonzalez, with Titterington fourth, Bettenhausen fifth and Trintignant sixth.

At this point, contact was rife up and down the field, and it was only a matter of time before drivers started to take each other out again. On lap 44, Brooks and Trintignant were fighting for seventh place when the Frenchman pushed Brooks off the track. Gonzalez and Moss were trading second place at this point, slowly eating into Manzon's lead. Collins attempted to pass Gaze for seventh place on lap 63, which distracted the Australian enough to lead him into a mistake at Waterloo, leaving 12 cars in the race. Two thirds of the wat through, Manzon had a not unassailable lead on Gonzalez, Moss, Bettenhausen, Titterington, Maglioli, Collins, Armstrong, Trintignant, Schell, Godia and Farina.

By lap 70, Bettenhausen had caught Moss, but when making a move at Abbeyhill, he lost control of the Aston Martin and span into the stone wall by the side of the track. Maurice Trintignant soon followed his teammate into retirement with a clutch failure out of seventh place. Then, with eight laps remaining, Desmond Titterington span off into the straw bales when he was headed to a safe fourth position. This left Peter Collins in fourth place, ahead of Maglioli and Farina. This proved to be the last element of excitement in the race.

Robert Manzon won his fourth career Grand Prix, putting Gordini in the lead of both the entrants' and constructors' championships. Thanks to the entire field tripping over itself throughout the race, he was able to pull out extreme gaps to his pursuers. Gonzalez and Moss took an unprecedented 2-3 for Anglo-Italia, and were classified four and five laps behind respectively. Peter Collins finished fourth in the B.C.M.A., meaning that Alberto Ascari retained a posthumous lead in the drivers' championship with two rounds remaining. Maglioli scored his best F1 result with fifth place, with Farina scoring the final point after spending a significant portion of the race in last place. Schell was seventh, Armstrong eighth, Titterington classified ninth despite his retirement, and Paco Godia tenth and last on Ferrari's comeback, a full 14 laps down.

1. Robert Manzon (Gordini) 2:52:05.23
2. José Froilan Gonzalez (O.S.C.A.-Bentley) +4 laps
3. Stirling Moss (Bentley-O.S.C.A.) +5 laps
4. Peter Collins (B.C.M.A.) +8 laps
5. Umberto Maglioli (B.C.M.A.) +11 laps
6. Giuseppe Farina (Alfa Romeo) +11 laps
7. Harry Schell (Bentley) +11 laps
8. Reg Armstrong (Lancia) +12 laps
9. Desmond Titterington (Lancia) +13 laps/Accident
10. Paco Godia (Ferrari) +14 laps
Ret. Maurice Trintignant (Aston Martin-Jaguar) +23 laps/Clutch
Ret. Tony Bettenhausen (Aston Martin-Jaguar) +35 laps/Accident
Ret. Tony Gaze (Alfa Romeo) +42 laps/Spin
Ret. Tony Brooks (B.C.M.A.) +61 laps/Collision
Ret. Consalvo Sanesi (Gordini) +78 laps/Spin
Ret. Maria Teresa de Filippis (O.S.C.A.) +80 laps/Engine
Ret. Hernando da Silva Ramos (Alfa Romeo) +81 laps/Spin
Ret. Porfirio Rubirosa (Gordini) +89 laps/Collision
Ret. Reg Parnell (Ferrari) +90 laps/Spin
Ret. Bib Stillwell (O.S.C.A.-Vanwall) +92 laps/Gearbox
Ret. Jack Brabham (Alfa Romeo) +94 laps/Collision
Ret. Peter Whitehead (Bentley-O.S.C.A.) +94 laps/Collision

Fastest lap: Desmond Titterington (Lancia) - 1:35.16

Championship standings
Drivers
1. Alberto Ascari - 13
2. Peter Collins - 12
3. Robert Manzon - 10 (1 win, 1 6th)
4. Desmond Titterington - 10 (1 2nd, 1 3rd, 1 9th)
5. Tony Brooks - 10 (1 2nd, 1 3rd, 2 Rets)
6. Consalvo Sanesi - 10 (1 2nd, 2 5ths)
7. Jack Brabham - 9 (1 win, 1 8th)
8. Dries van der Lof - 9 (1 win, 3 Rets)
9. José Froilan Gonzalez - 6 (1 2nd, 1 7th)
10. David Hampshire - 6 (1 2nd, 4 DNQs)
11. Stirling Moss - 4 (1 3rd, 1 8th)
12. Dorino Serafini - 4 (1 3rd, 1 10th)
13. Giuseppe Farina - 4 (1 4th)
14. Porfirio Rubirosa - 4 (2 5ths)
15. Hernando da Silva Ramos - 3 (1 4th, 1 7th)
16. Mike Hawthorn - 3 (1 4th, 1 13th)
17. Maria Teresa de Filippis - 3 (1 4th, 2 Rets)
18. Umberto Maglioli - 2
19. Maurice Trintignant - 1 (1 6th, 1 7th)
=. Tony Gaze - 1 (1 6th, 4 Rets)
=. Peter Whitehead - 1 (1 6th, 4 Rets)

Constructors
1. Gordini - 21
2. B.C.M.A. - 18
3. Alfa Romeo - 17
4. Phoenix-O.S.C.A. - 13
5. Lancia - 10
6. Aston Martin-Jaguar - 9
7. O.S.C.A.-Bentley - 6 (1 2nd, 1 7th, 1 11th)
8. Bentley - 6 (1 2nd, 1 7th, 2 Rets)
9. Bentley-O.S.C.A. - 5
10. O.S.C.A. - 3 (1 4th, 1 12th)
11. Vanwall - 3 (1 4th, 1 13th)

Entrants
1. Alexander Racing Team - 21
2. British Commonwealth Motorsport Association - 18
3. Phoenix Racing Organisation - 13
4. Alfa Romeo SpA - 10 (1 win)
5. Irish Racing Association - 10 (1 2nd)
6. Jaguar - Aston Martin Racing - 9 (1 win, 1 6th)
7. Scuderia Anglo-Italia - 7 (1 2nd)
8. Officine Renzo - 7 (1 3rd)
9. Hampshire Racing Alliance - 6
10. Maria Teresa de Filippis - 3 (1 4th, 1 12th)
11. Vanwall - 3 (1 4th, 1 13th)

Post-race report should be up by the end of the week.

Post-race report
Injuries
Many, many egos.

Repairs
Titterington's chassis (D50 chassis 1) - £9 051
Bettenhausen's chassis (AM-04 chassis 11) - £9 603
Gaze's chassis (AR161 chassis 8) - £782
Brooks' chassis (C-01 chassis 4) - £5 803
Sanesi's chassis (G-953 chassis 6) - £4 215
de Filippis' engine (156s engine 2) - £9 241
Ramos' chassis (AR161 chassis 5) - £5 458
Rubirosa's chassis (G-953 chassis 4) - £6 596
Parnell's chassis (555 chassis 1) - £4 186
Brabham's chassis (AR161 chassis 1) - £5 182
Whitehead's chassis (Speed 4 chassis 7) - £8 514

Prize money (distance)
Robert Manzon - £2 000
José Froilan Gonzalez - £1 960
Stirling Moss - £1 950
Peter Collins - £1 921
Umberto Maglioli - £1 891
Giuseppe Farina - £1 891
Harry Schell - £1 891
Reg Armstrong - £1 881
Desmond Titterington - £1 871
Paco Godia - £1 861
Maurice Trintignant - £1 772
Tony Bettenhausen - £1 653
Tony Gaze - £1 584
Tony Brooks - £1 396
Consalvo Sanesi - £1 228
Maria Teresa de Filippis - £1 208
Hernando da Silva Ramos - £1 198
Porfirio Rubirosa - £1 119
Reg Parnell - £1 109
Bib Stillwell - £1 089
Jack Brabham - £1 069
Peter Whitehead - £1 069
Dorino Serafini - £500
Troy Ruttman - £500
Bob Sweikert - £500
Dennis Poore - £500
Stan Jones - £500
Giannino Marzotto - £500
David Hampshire - £500
Mike Hawthorn - £500

Prize money (position)
Robert Manzon - £26 000
José Froilan Gonzalez - £21 250
Stirling Moss - £16 500
Peter Collins - £11 750
Umberto Maglioli - £9 000
Giuseppe Farina - £6 250
Harry Schell - £5 500
Desmond Titterington - £5 500
Reg Armstrong - £4 750
Paco Godia - £3 250
Tony Brooks - £3 250
Maurice Trintignant - £2 500
Tony Bettenhausen - £2 250
Tony Gaze - £2 000
Consalvo Sanesi - £1 500
Maria Teresa de Filippis - £1 250
Hernando da Silva Ramos - £1 000
Porfirio Rubirosa - £750
Reg Parnell - £500
Bib Stillwell - £250

Budgets updated.

Due to falling below the debt limit, Trod van Hoff Racing are now bankrupt

Maria Teresa de Filippis will use OSCA 156s engine 1 instead of the damaged engine for the rest of the season. Whitehead will use Bentley Speed 4 chassis 10.

Renzo will fix Ramos' broken chassis, and Ferrari will fix Parnell's broken chassis.

Yikes, that's a big repair bill! I don't think Lancia are coming to the rescue this time, so IRA will repair Titterington's chassis.

Alfa Romeo to repair all damage to its chassis.

In a rash decision after looking at their current budget, BRUNEL have decided to send Anne Hall to Monza, but having re-engineered their cars. Anne Hall will race a Bentley-Porsche!

dr-baker wrote:In a rash decision after looking at their current budget, BRUNEL have decided to send Anne Hall to Monza, but having re-engineered their cars. Anne Hall will race a Bentley-Porsche!

My advice would be to run the OSCA instead. The OSCA is a Tier 1 car designed in 1954, while your Bentley is a Tier 2 or 3 car from 1953. However, if you insist on using a Bentley, try to rent a Speed 4, which is also a tier 1 design from 1954.

pi314159 wrote:

dr-baker wrote:In a rash decision after looking at their current budget, BRUNEL have decided to send Anne Hall to Monza, but having re-engineered their cars. Anne Hall will race a Bentley-Porsche!

My advice would be to run the OSCA instead. The OSCA is a Tier 1 car designed in 1954, while your Bentley is a Tier 2 or 3 car from 1953. However, if you insist on using a Bentley, try to rent a Speed 4, which is also a tier 1 design from 1954.

Oh, OK then. An OSCA-Porsche it will be then. Might have been a bit tricky re-engineering the cars to swap the engines over, just for the sake of it!