F1RWRS -- 2015 Season - ROTY voting!!!

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 11 Sep 2012, 22:46

JeremyMcClean wrote:Looking at Alitalia's livery. "Drivers Name?" Get real.

Benny Fleet wis driving shite so we forced him wae a knife tae go tae wan a thay registry places an change his name tae nothin. Like, literally nothin ken.

Aye, drink brings oot ma scottishness, whit ye gonna dae aboot it ya dobber?

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 11 Sep 2012, 22:48

AndreaModa wrote:
eurobrun wrote:
Aerond wrote:There you go; 2015 F1RWRS Cars!

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v248/ ... 15%20Cars/

Where is the Autodynamics livery? Someone (AndreaModa I think) did one a while back and I can't find it on there.

I did, and here it is in Aerond's set of images.

OK, I feel really blind now.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 11 Sep 2012, 22:49

JeremyMcClean wrote:Looking at Alitalia's livery. "Drivers Name?" Get real.

My best guess is that he's using two carsets (one for Pre-Q and one for Q/Race) and the spare slots are left blank. I'm using two carsets myself for the exact same reason whilst Lappy is using two full carsets simply because he can :lol:

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 12 Sep 2012, 00:32

AdrianSutil wrote:A mess. The car was orange and black and now it's yellow and white which is why I never noticed it before. The sponsors are all over the place and most are missing... What a mess... I know GP2 liveries are limited with quality but that's just crap! I'd like to know how others can get their's looking sharp because I'm obviously doing something wrong. Here was the original, as you can see, it's a bit different:

And, obviously it will still look like crap if you keep on sending me a badly coded .jpg file instead of a clean, nice looking .BMP (or a .PNG at the worst). Enough effort I did managing it to load in Gp2Edit.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 12 Sep 2012, 00:34

Aerond wrote:
AdrianSutil wrote:A mess. The car was orange and black and now it's yellow and white which is why I never noticed it before. The sponsors are all over the place and most are missing... What a mess... I know GP2 liveries are limited with quality but that's just crap! I'd like to know how others can get their's looking sharp because I'm obviously doing something wrong. Here was the original, as you can see, it's a bit different:

And, obviously it will still look like crap if you keep on sending me a badly coded .jpg file instead of a clean, nice looking .BMP (or a .PNG at the worst). Enough effort I did managing it to load in Gp2Edit.

My bad. I honestly didn't realise it saved under a jpg file, even though it clearly says so in the link. I'll get on the computer tomorrow and re-save it as a BMP if I can.

Post by **tommykl** » 12 Sep 2012, 12:20

Wizzie wrote:
JeremyMcClean wrote:Looking at Alitalia's livery. "Drivers Name?" Get real.

My best guess is that he's using two carsets (one for Pre-Q and one for Q/Race) and the spare slots are left blank. I'm using two carsets myself for the exact same reason whilst Lappy is using two full carsets simply because he can

And that is why I'm perfectly happy with absolutely no carsets in my championship :mrgreen:

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 12 Sep 2012, 15:51

Boxtel spent 10 credits; 132 left
Prospec spent 50 credits; 10 left
Dofasco spent 60 credits; 15 left
Gillet spent 400 credits; 0 left

Darren Older Jr´s management said he has broken all ties with his sponsors and is now a regular driver!!

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 12 Sep 2012, 15:58

F1RWRS 2015. ROUND 1/16. TASMAN GP. Adelaide

Weather report: Dry all weekend

PRE-QUALIFYING

1. Nathan Scott (Tropico) -- 1.12.846
2. Damon Cannon (Autodynamics) -- 1.13.203 (+0.357)
3. Darren Older Jr (Tropico) -- 1.13.405 (+0.559)
4. Hagane Shizuka (Revolution) -- 1.13.754 (+0.908)
5. Jean Luc Schiller (Mecha) -- 1.13.880 (+1.034)
6. Nathanael Spencer (Boxtel) -- 1.13.995 (+1.149)
7. Dave Simpson (Simpson) -- 1.14.046 (+1.200)
8. Andrea Battani (Boxtel) -- 1.14.152 (+1.306)
9. Ashley Watkinson (Kingfisher) -- 1.14.188 (+1.342)
10. David Koczo (Alitalia) -- 1.14.517 (+1.671)
11. Daniel Melrose (Simpson) -- 1.14.752 (+1.906)
12. Gio van Dycke (Revolution) -- 1.15.080 (+2.234)
13. Ben Fleet (Alitalia) -- 1.15.430 (+2.584)
14. David Neuberg (Kingfisher) -- 1.15.669 (+2.823)
15. Dean O´Lauchlan (Autodynamics) -- 1.15.834 (+2.988)
16. Steven Mackintosh (Mecha) -- 1.17.739 (+4.893)
17. Tomislaw Tajner (Dofasco) -- 1.18.178 (+5.332)
18. Markus van de Schoot (Dofasco) -- 1.18.924 (+6.078)

** Tropico skip Pre-Qualifying at round 2.

QUALIFYING

** Prospec will run Pre-Qualifying at round 2.

RACE

Wow! Good, intense racing in the first part of the season opener. The 2015 F1RWRS season finally arrived and it was good to see many things have changed since November. We had good head to head fighting at the beggining, and then the second part of the race was heavily marked by Stig´s terrible accident; the misterious man was lucky to escape uninjured. Victory-wise the race didn't have much to see; Davies got the lead (albeit with a polemic move on Vantini) early and he slowly opened a gap which in the end was quite big. His solid pace demonstrated that the MRT may still be the car to beat, although is still early on; and Phillippe Nicolas didn´t do much to support this theory. More interesting was to watch the race of debutants Vantini and Battani. The new Jones star did everything in his hand to secure exposure; got the lead at the start and looked solid enough for the podium the whole race; Battani had a harder race weekend due to the equipment he has at hand, but it's undeniable that the boy has talent and made some impressive moves to secure 5th place (even though he sent Bosevic off the track in the way). There was also much expectation to watch three other teams; first, DGN, the current champions had a bad weekend; Ron Mignolet was slipping to minor points positions when his car stopped. Dagnall didn´t even get to pace all weekend. He slipped to 25th by the end of the first lap, and just when he was finding some pace, the car broke as well. Then, the Kamaha was also impressive, specially in the hands of Barii Mori, but they were as reliable as last year; not much. Last, but not least, the Aeroracing also proved extremely competitive in the hands of The Stig, but he ran wide at a dangerous spot and threw away the 2nd place. Up to then he was the only one to show pace enough to beat Rhys Davies.
All in all, it was exciting to watch the season finally rolling and it promises a lot now that the pack is much tighter than ever before since 2013 change of regulations.

ROTR -- Foxdale; They have slipped way back in the running order and they might have to face Pre-Qualifying if they don´t improve soon.
DOTR -- Rosco Vantini & Andrea Battani; Impressive debute by both, showing a good deal of maturity.

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

Drivers

1.Rhys Davies -- 10 pts
2.Rosco Vantini -- 6 pts
3.Sammy Jones -- 4 pts
4.Thomas de Bock -- 3 pts
5.Andrea Battani -- 2 pts
6.Mirko Bosevic -- 1 pt

Teams

1.MRT -- 10 pts
=.Jones -- 10 pts
3.Gillet -- 3 pts
4.Boxtel -- 2 pts
5.Arrowtech -- 1 pt

Vantini leading in first lap;

Rhys Davies move on Vantini was rough;

Douglas Mann spun with the new Aeroracing;

... and then The Stig suffered a big crash later on;

Tropico's debut in a grid ended up in smoke for Scott;

Bosevic spins after being hit by Battani;

Rhys Davies crossing the finish line;

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 12 Sep 2012, 16:28

Van Dycke, if we won't preq because of you next time, you're out.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 12 Sep 2012, 16:34

Ben Fleet wrote:Well, this makes a chance from last year. I was regularly on the front few rows of the grid last year. This Suderia Alitalia car is nothing like last year's DGNgineering...

Post by **Londoner** » 12 Sep 2012, 16:44

Damon Cannon wrote:Gah! I could've waltzed into qualifying proper if my team mate actually knew how to be fast! Not happy at all. My car was brilliant, I was brilliant, my team mate's car was brilliant, my team mate was not.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 12 Sep 2012, 17:00

David Koczo wrote:The car feels good to drive, and I honestly thought my lap was faster than what it was. All we need is a little more pace and we will qualify, that's all that's needed.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 12 Sep 2012, 18:43

Kollin Holles, the boss of Boxtel wrote:At least we'll get into qualifying proper this time around. The car and our two drivers look quicker than the Simpson so we might get on the grid on Saturday (knocks on wood furiously).

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 12 Sep 2012, 19:14

Well, interesting Pre-Q session!! This result is a big surprise even if the Tropico cars showed they can make it during pre-season testing. Favourites Kingfisher failed altogether while Boxtel made it. The fact that Simpson got in by ending 7th and 11th shows how tight PreQ will be this season, where a slightly bad drive by one of the drivers can leave a team out. PreQ this season is run in a single 15 min session so expect big surprises!!!

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 12 Sep 2012, 19:42

Ben Fleet wrote:Well, this makes a chance from last year. I was regularly on the front few rows of the grid last year. This Suderia Alitalia car is nothing like last year's DGNgineering...

Andrea Sassetti wrote:You can't use the car as an excuse when your team-mate is faster than you. Before moving to us you were reveared as a quali specialist and now you're slower than Koczo? To be fair, Koczo is a great driver, there's no doubt, but you were one of the absolute best over a single lap. What happened? We expect more from you!

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 12 Sep 2012, 21:18

Qualifying results up!

Race: Friday night around 11PM (Spanish time)

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 12 Sep 2012, 21:26

Blimey. Random grip sure does have a huge effect in the F1RWRS.

And who got out of pre-Q this time around and who dropped in their place?

Warren Hughes · Post by **Warren Hughes** » 12 Sep 2012, 21:29

This is a nightmare. We're into PreQ for Bathurst and it looks like we might struggle to get out. I got the best package I could for the resources I had and we're still miles off the pace with no credits to be able to improve. Just getting it off my chest!

Aeroracing look good.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 12 Sep 2012, 21:29

Wizzie wrote:Blimey. Random grip sure does have a huge effect in the F1RWRS.

And who got out of pre-Q this time around and who dropped in their place?

Tropico out, Prospec in

IMHO, even though Random Grip is having a huge effect, slow cars are still slow and fast are still fast, it only is differences are much tighter this season so expect way more mixing. If we find Random Grip is too high however it could be revised, as we did last year, but for now, it´s being quite fun 8-)

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 12 Sep 2012, 21:31

Ben Fleet wrote:Well, this makes a chance from last year. I was regularly on the front few rows of the grid last year. This Suderia Alitalia car is nothing like last year's DGNgineering...

Andrea Sassetti wrote:You can't use the car as an excuse when your team-mate is faster than you. Before moving to us you were reveared as a quali specialist and now you're slower than Koczo? To be fair, Koczo is a great driver, there's no doubt, but you were one of the absolute best over a single lap. What happened? We expect more from you!

Ben Fleet wrote:Sorry, but I am still acclimatising to a car at the other end of the grid. I promise that I'll improve by the end of the season! It is just so different in handling and stuff, y'know?

Martin McFry wrote:Well, that qualifying session... It wasn't great, was it? Glad to have been a second or so ahead of the team boss, but second half of the grid? I was hoping for better, and so was she, listening to the language she was using as she got out of the car! And I don't think her brother's boss was too impressed with either of them either...

Warren Hughes wrote:Aeroracing look good.

With Douglas Mann down in 13th, nearly a second from pole? And Pippa Mann, who will be in the seat for the rest of the year, down in 21st, more than a second from her teammate? Hmmmm...

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 12 Sep 2012, 21:36

Chris Dagnall said:

Well, that was a surprise, wasn´t it? I didn´t expect any of my drivers to be able to come even close of Pole Position, but Ron managed somehow to drive an incredible lap and there we are. Everyone is so close to each other that is hard to tell how things will come out tomorrow, but I obviously expect Mark to improve and maybe he can bring some points home. As for Ron, I´ve only told him to stay calm and everything will be fine.

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 12 Sep 2012, 21:41

Rhys Davies wrote:Well, fourth isn't where I was expecting to be, *glares at Melrose as he sulks in the back of the garage* but at least I beat Phillippe, and I've never been a strong qualifier, so if the car doesn't die on me I reckon I'm in with a half decent chance.

Mark Skaife wrote:Well we're higher than we thought we'd be, good work to Poppy for getting in the top half of the field. We'll have to work hard in the race to score points, but I believe it's possible.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 12 Sep 2012, 21:42

Aerond wrote:
Wizzie wrote:Blimey. Random grip sure does have a huge effect in the F1RWRS.

And who got out of pre-Q this time around and who dropped in their place?

Tropico out, Prospec in

IMHO, even though Random Grip is having a huge effect, slow cars are still slow and fast are still fast, it only is differences are much tighter this season so expect way more mixing. If we find Random Grip is too high however it could be revised, as we did last year, but for now, it´s being quite fun

I say leave it as it is on the basis that it'll make for an epic season. Besides, it might just be enough of an excuse to keep Melrose from losing it altogether.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 12 Sep 2012, 21:48

Bathplug you O'Lauchlan, if you don't get faster you will be fired. It cost Damon Cannon his first race start since 2012.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 12 Sep 2012, 21:57

Dagnall 20th?

Dis gun b gud. :mrgreen:

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 12 Sep 2012, 22:11

Kay Lon wrote:This session has bad news written all over it: not only are we bound to prequalifying in Bathurst, we were closer to the DNQ range than I would have liked. Well, I can take from this session that I won't be alone down there, seems like more prominent names are with me at the back. So it'll just be about having fun and trying to take as much with us as possible which, given my previous Adalaide performances, most likely won't be much.

Although now I could throw a big stick between everyone's legs because for some reason I doubt that aerond has adjusted the race distance in accordance with the F1RTA agreement..

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 12 Sep 2012, 22:56

Phoenix McAllister wrote:Wow. That's all I can say with clarity right now. We knew we were in for an improvement, but securing 5th place on the grid with The Stig and only 0.271s away from pole was just superb. Douglas was a bit behind but still, considering he had limited time in the car and it's a one-off while Pippa sorts things out at Foxdale, he's exceeded our expectations. Tomorrow is going to be a tremendous fight and all I can hope is neither Stiggie nor Douglas will run into any on-track clashes, points and even a podium might be possible.

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 12 Sep 2012, 23:24

Barii Mori wrote:Woohoo, the Kamaha is flying. I was on provisional pole on the second day, but Ron Mignolet found a lot of time in the frankly underpowered DGN in the dying minutes of the session, it makes me wonder if they had the same time keeper that was doing the fastest laps in the 1976 Japanese GP as he wsa a second slower up until his last flying lap. As long as the car, stays together and no one crashes into me then I think me and Nicolas Steele will get a good number of points. I feel sorry for Hagane Shizuka as he was fast but he has a slow team mate, he should sign up Daniel Martins or Jesus Plaza, two talented drivers that are crying out for a drive.

Rosco Vantini wrote:Magnifico!! I am very 'appy, Day 1, I was in provisional pole and even though Mori and Mignolet were faster on day two, I am still on the second row. I feel that if the DGN, MRT and Kamaha cars fall off the track then I will get a win this year. However tomorrow I am racing for a point or two.

Saeed Al Faisal wrote:This Arrowtech car is a truly magnificent car and I feel with good luck we will get a load of points tomorrow.

Shinobu Katayama wrote:Do not talk to me about this *bathplug* car....

Storms off and slams the Motorhome door.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 12 Sep 2012, 23:36

Kollin Holles wrote:Excellent qualifying effort form both Andrea and Nathanael today. Andrea had been complaining about the balance of the car all weekend but the issues seem to have sorted out.

Hold on, is Andrea Battani male or female?

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 12 Sep 2012, 23:53

Nicolas Steele wrote:I have no idea what has just happened. Hopefully the race will be different, since I expect the car to be championship-worthy.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 12 Sep 2012, 23:54

Klon wrote:
Kay Lon wrote:This session has bad news written all over it: not only are we bound to prequalifying in Bathurst, we were closer to the DNQ range than I would have liked. Well, I can take from this session that I won't be alone down there, seems like more prominent names are with me at the back. So it'll just be about having fun and trying to take as much with us as possible which, given my previous Adalaide performances, most likely won't be much.

Although now I could throw a big stick between everyone's legs because for some reason I doubt that aerond has adjusted the race distance in accordance with the F1RTA agreement..

I have done it!! But please keep on posting the race lenght and number of laps in the wiki

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 13 Sep 2012, 00:55

James Davies wrote:Whoop! Whoop! In the top 10!

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 13 Sep 2012, 01:56

Daniel Melrose, after his fourth trip to the toilet that day wrote:Dave suggested a new philosophy on setup before the race to try and induce oversteer into the car and it worked in getting us into qualifying proper. If I wasn't so crook, I might have stood half a chance of hauling the car into the race itself. Hopefully we can keep this form going for next weekend at Bathurst and beyond.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 13 Sep 2012, 02:42

We need to improve Mack's qualifying performance, he's too deadbeat.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 13 Sep 2012, 05:55

tristan1117 wrote:
Kollin Holles wrote:Excellent qualifying effort form both Andrea and Nathanael today. Andrea had been complaining about the balance of the car all weekend but the issues seem to have sorted out.

Hold on, is Andrea Battani male or female?

Male

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 13 Sep 2012, 19:32

I can't wait! I'd sincerely prefer being watching Tasman F1RWRS GP than doing this bloody gig I'vE got today.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 14 Sep 2012, 20:22

Race will be delayed a little. Still trapped at work.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 14 Sep 2012, 20:24

Aerond wrote:Race will be delayed a little. Still trapped at work.

By how long exactly?

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 14 Sep 2012, 20:49

I might as well post the link for the race live-ticker.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 14 Sep 2012, 23:56

Kay Lon wrote:I pretty much expected nothing else for this race but a retirement, my record in Adalaide has never been good - maybe because it's a shitty city, but that's a discussion for another day. Onwards to Mount Panorama, where we may be in PQ but considering that we are on level with Tropico Grand Prix powered by CR Motorsport who steamrolled the session we will only fail to get into qualifying proper if anybody screws up. We even have a shot at leaving prequalifying again, so I am not worried about anything. Now I'd like to dedicate myself to the ladies, if you don't mind... no, wait, I think I have found something better to do.