Grand Prix Rejects

Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:To be brutally honest, the car was awful. I enjoy having some excess oversteer to play with, but despite playing with the setup time and time again, I constantly got understeer which annoyed me greatly. On the straights, there was speed, but seemingly not enough. I'm not saying all this because I'm leaving after this year, I'm just telling my side of the story, and I think Daniel and I should hold our heads high after somehow getting the cars in 10th and 11th. I'm still aiming for a podium finish, and hopefully we'll get some extra speed tomorrow.

Daniel Melrose wrote:I think I was lucky to even make it into the top 10 in qualifying. I felt the car had a little too much understeer during pre-qualifying but the changes we made ruined the balance completely and made the understeer worse no matter what we did with setup. The car felt like an oil tanker through high speed corners like Pouhon and Eau Rouge and was about as fast as one in a straight line aswell.

Phoenix McAllister wrote:YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES YES YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew one day or another we would win a race. We've been working really hard with everything to gain competitivity and it shows, really. Now our next objective is to build up on this victory and especially on the back of the huge morale boost that it represents. I'm sure if we keep up more victories and great results will come both for me and Barii. We have official Honda engines, money and great techincal personnel and facilities, we can do it again!

Wilhelm Krautmeir wrote:"The team will be named Precision Motorsports, and will be based out of Oschersleben, Germany. In addition, Jorg Zander has joined as chief designer, while Willy Rampf will join as technical director. The chassis will be designed by a group of engineers led by the aforementioned men at Lola Cars headquarters in Huntingdon. Lola engineers will be working closely with employees of Precision, and will be allowed to voice their opinion on matters regarding chassis design among other things. Precision will utilize Lola facilities, including their windtunnel, and Lola will build the chassis that will be used for 2013. On the financial side, the team has secured backing from Karl Albrecht and his ALDI brand, worth around 30 Million Euros. Additional funding will come from E.ON and Bayer, who altogether have pledged 20 Million Euros. We are also delighted to announce a works engine deal with Porsche, and Porsche employees will also be working closely with both Precision and Lola engineers. Porsche will also design parts such as the transmission and the gearbox, and will be contributing an additional 15 Million Euros to the project. This leaves us with a budget of 65 Million Euros for the upcoming season. Jeroen will be lead driver, while the second seat will be announced further on, as we are still scouting for prospective candidates. We are confident that our group of hard working and talented professionals will eventually bring success, and we're confident of a good debut season.

Chris Dagnall said:

Although I´m quite sattisfied with the result, the team is quite shocked because of the accident Sammy suffered. I have seen it once the race finished and is terrifying, but we´re all glad that it was only material damage. The race itself was quite entertaining and, after a tough start to the season it seems we´ve found our way.

Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:More news of the new team for the 2013 F1RWRS season has finally arrived. At a press conference after the race at Spa-Francorchamps, Jeroen and Wilhelm Krautmeir revealed their plans for the future.

Wilhelm Krautmeir wrote:"The team will be named Precision Motorsports, and will be based out of Oschersleben, Germany. In addition, Jorg Zander has joined as chief designer, while Willy Rampf will join as technical director. The chassis will be designed by a group of engineers led by the aforementioned men at Lola Cars headquarters in Huntingdon. Lola engineers will be working closely with employees of Precision, and will be allowed to voice their opinion on matters regarding chassis design among other things. Precision will utilize Lola facilities, including their windtunnel, and Lola will build the chassis that will be used for 2013. On the financial side, the team has secured backing from Karl Albrecht and his ALDI brand, worth around 30 Million Euros. Additional funding will come from E.ON and Bayer, who altogether have pledged 20 Million Euros. We are also delighted to announce a works engine deal with Porsche, and Porsche employees will also be working closely with both Precision and Lola engineers. Porsche will also design parts such as the transmission and the gearbox, and will be contributing an additional 15 Million Euros to the project. This leaves us with a budget of 65 Million Euros for the upcoming season. Jeroen will be lead driver, while the second seat will be announced further on, as we are still scouting for prospective candidates. We are confident that our group of hard working and talented professionals will eventually bring success, and we're confident of a good debut season.

*People interested in the second Precision seat may say so now. No team orders, and a good (hopefully) car.

Shizuka wrote:Douglas, head over to my garage for the setup.
Also bring mineral water.
Thanks.

Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:More news of the new team for the 2013 F1RWRS season has finally arrived. At a press conference after the race at Spa-Francorchamps, Jeroen and Wilhelm Krautmeir revealed their plans for the future.

Wilhelm Krautmeir wrote:"The team will be named Precision Motorsports, and will be based out of Oschersleben, Germany. In addition, Jorg Zander has joined as chief designer, while Willy Rampf will join as technical director. The chassis will be designed by a group of engineers led by the aforementioned men at Lola Cars headquarters in Huntingdon. Lola engineers will be working closely with employees of Precision, and will be allowed to voice their opinion on matters regarding chassis design among other things. Precision will utilize Lola facilities, including their windtunnel, and Lola will build the chassis that will be used for 2013. On the financial side, the team has secured backing from Karl Albrecht and his ALDI brand, worth around 30 Million Euros. Additional funding will come from E.ON and Bayer, who altogether have pledged 20 Million Euros. We are also delighted to announce a works engine deal with Porsche, and Porsche employees will also be working closely with both Precision and Lola engineers. Porsche will also design parts such as the transmission and the gearbox, and will be contributing an additional 15 Million Euros to the project. This leaves us with a budget of 65 Million Euros for the upcoming season. Jeroen will be lead driver, while the second seat will be announced further on, as we are still scouting for prospective candidates. We are confident that our group of hard working and talented professionals will eventually bring success, and we're confident of a good debut season.

*People interested in the second Precision seat may say so now. No team orders, and a good (hopefully) car.

Damon Cannon wrote:Back to the DNPQ stable I go. Useless bathplugging piece of crap car. Any car that cannot go flat out at Eau Rouge does not merit it's place in F1RWS. I'm rapidly losing patience with CR.

Richie White wrote:When passing pre-qualifying is the highlight of the weekend, you know something isn't quite right. Shocker of a race, the car was so far off the pace. I was hoping to take advantage of the fact that I blitzed the field here in karting last year.

Shizuka wrote:Well, 7th place is good, with a bit of luck I could have been on the podium. But let's not be greedy, a 7th place is an okay result.

Ashley Watkinson wrote:A great race for the team. We've got our first points of a tough season, and it was nice for myself to be back on the podium. I had a lot of fun out there as I went for broke with the set up which allowed me to make up a lot of places when I was in the tow of other people, but the tricky part was keeping it on the track the rest of the time! The boss was only a few places behind me, so all in all it felt like a victory for the team. I hope this is an upward trend and not a one off performance.

Sammy Jones wrote:I don't want to play the blame game, but Christ knows what Mori was doing there in the road, Davies just luckily managed to get past, and I wasn't so lucky. I'm glad to have escaped with little more than a couple of bruises, and it's great to see Chris secure an excellent second place, as a team we were going really well all weekend, and I'm just sad that my race had to end in such a bad way. Still we move on, and hopefully I can bounce back at the next race. I'll be keeping an eye out for Mori thats for certain!

Aerond wrote:

Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:More news of the new team for the 2013 F1RWRS season has finally arrived. At a press conference after the race at Spa-Francorchamps, Jeroen and Wilhelm Krautmeir revealed their plans for the future.

Wilhelm Krautmeir wrote:"The team will be named Precision Motorsports, and will be based out of Oschersleben, Germany. In addition, Jorg Zander has joined as chief designer, while Willy Rampf will join as technical director. The chassis will be designed by a group of engineers led by the aforementioned men at Lola Cars headquarters in Huntingdon. Lola engineers will be working closely with employees of Precision, and will be allowed to voice their opinion on matters regarding chassis design among other things. Precision will utilize Lola facilities, including their windtunnel, and Lola will build the chassis that will be used for 2013. On the financial side, the team has secured backing from Karl Albrecht and his ALDI brand, worth around 30 Million Euros. Additional funding will come from E.ON and Bayer, who altogether have pledged 20 Million Euros. We are also delighted to announce a works engine deal with Porsche, and Porsche employees will also be working closely with both Precision and Lola engineers. Porsche will also design parts such as the transmission and the gearbox, and will be contributing an additional 15 Million Euros to the project. This leaves us with a budget of 65 Million Euros for the upcoming season. Jeroen will be lead driver, while the second seat will be announced further on, as we are still scouting for prospective candidates. We are confident that our group of hard working and talented professionals will eventually bring success, and we're confident of a good debut season.

*People interested in the second Precision seat may say so now. No team orders, and a good (hopefully) car.

Don´t go that fast. TRUST ME!! (TML knows why I´m saying this, but you won´t know until the end of this season )

Jari Kekkonen wrote:YAHOO! 8th place! Good results, let's keep it up. Hope Daniel gets past pre-qualifying as well.

Jung buys larger stake in Trueba At the conclusion of today's Belgian GP, news arrived from Trueba Racing Team stating that Tristan Jung had bought a much larger stake in the team than previously. After his sponsorship deal, Jung preceded to purchase a small 5% stake in the team, but today he increased his share to 20% of the team. "Its obviously a plus for the team," said a team representative. "Really, it just means more financial support for us!" Driver Giovanni Roda has declined to comment on the story, even as rumors circle around about his future at the team. Jung also declined to comment as he was apparently at the gym training when the story broke.

Daniel Melrose wrote:Well it was a disappointing way to end the race but to be honest the car deserved nothing better than to be parked up against a barrier because it was simply horrendous to drive. Onto other news and the departure of Willy Rampf as MRT's technical director came as a complete shock to us but we wish him all the best for next season. As a result we are now starting negotiations with several high-quality people including Mike Gascoyne and James Key to fill the vacancy for next season.

Aerond wrote:Don´t go that fast. TRUST ME!! (TML knows why I´m saying this, but you won´t know until the end of this season )

Wizzie wrote:

Aerond wrote:Don´t go that fast. TRUST ME!! (TML knows why I´m saying this, but you won´t know until the end of this season )

Oi! I know why you're saying that too

Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:

Wizzie wrote:

Aerond wrote:Don´t go that fast. TRUST ME!! (TML knows why I´m saying this, but you won´t know until the end of this season )

Oi! I know why you're saying that too

While I'm totally at lost as to what you're trying to say....

Barii Mori wrote:My back steped out as I hit something and it caused me to lose balance for a bit and I was lucky to catch it but was hit from behind by two drivers squabling with each other and forgetting where the brake pedal was. Glad that no one was hurt, although the crash seemed to loosen a screw in Sammy Jones head as it seems to have effected his mouth. The result was a disappointment, especially as my team mate won, and all congratulations to him. However 5th place for all the effort I put in seems poor, the car did seem to loose traction as the race went on and was disappointed that I did not even get fastest lap. Hopefully the next race WILL be better.

Sammy Jones wrote:At the end of the day, if some rookie is going to accuse both myself and Davies for 'forgetting where the brake pedal is' then it sums up the attitude of modern drivers today. They can go around firing off accusations at the more experienced, older drivers but at the end of the day, youth is no match for experience, my time in F1 taught me that. My life was put in great danger by that incident, and to be honest, when I can't even get an apology from the other driver, it makes me question why I even do this anymore.

Giovanni Roda wrote:Unfortunately my car hadn't the best setup for this circuit, we didn't manage to test as much as we would like to due to a breaking failure, but I think that if that squirrel didn't cross the track when I was pushing hard in my final hotlap, we could have improved the time and at least have passed in the standing my owner-team-mate. My future? Despite recent rumors, I firmly believe that I will continue to drive for Trueba.

Richie White wrote:ANOTHER BLOODY DNPQ!? What the hell has gone wrong with the car? I was promised by Mr Bahar himself that the car would be reasonably competitive, not DNPQ 4 times in 7 races. Maybe I should have thought about taking that offer from another Lotus team, run by that Tony Fernandes fellow instead, that was planning on entering F1RWRS?

East Londoner wrote:

Richie White wrote:ANOTHER BLOODY DNPQ!? What the hell has gone wrong with the car? I was promised by Mr Bahar himself that the car would be reasonably competitive, not DNPQ 4 times in 7 races. Maybe I should have thought about taking that offer from another Lotus team, run by that Tony Fernandes fellow instead, that was planning on entering F1RWRS?

Autosport wrote:Reports are in that Barii Mori and Aguri Suzuki were heard exchanging loud and colourful words with each other, as they were arguing in Japanese no one is quite sure what was being said. However we did notice that Phoenix McAllisters car sported some aero upgrades on the front wing, on the airbox and had a different difusser as well, which we are led to believe gave a bit more grip round the tricky Zandvoort track, even then he was still off the leading pace. With another DNQ to his name, Barii Mori will not be happy and may move in the next few races with Prospec and Kahama Motor Sport the most likely targets. Both Aguri Suzuki and Barii Mori declined to be interviewed or give quotes.

The Sammy Jones and Barii Mori spat looks like blowing up as a source close to Barii Mori is quoted as saying "Barii Mori laughed at Sammy Jones assumption that youth is no match for experience and said 'The senile old fool may have more experience but he still scored less points then I have since I have been in F1, I even managed 3 fastest laps in 8 races and a pole, what did he get? A handful of points. Maybe next time when I have a moment that is out of my control I should wave a white flag or even give him written notice that I might run over something and have a moment, so please do not follow so closely, maybe just wave him past at the the first corner and trundle around the back of the track.... We were all in danger but I had two cars that hit me and I could have suffered too.'"

Tristan Jung wrote:Got in by the skin of my teeth. Still, great job from everyone!

Tristan Jung wrote:Got in by the skin of my teeth. Still, great job from everyone!

Jari Kekkonen wrote:Even Me?

Nicolas Steele wrote:NO... you're a horrible driver!

Jari Kekkonen wrote:>: (

Daniel Melrose wrote:There might be light at the end of the tunnel afterall as the car felt the best it has all season in race trim. The one lap pace needs some work since the car is incredibly inconsistant on low fuel loads as both Jeroen and myself experienced during pre-qualifying.

Finally I can confirm that several drivers have been in contact with our team over the vacant slot next season and they will be present at the MRT test in a few weeks' time.

Douglas Mann wrote:So close to scoring another point... But I wouldn't have wanted to deprive Hagane of his point and risk a collision between temmates!

Pippa Mann wrote:Another tough race but I'm glad to (just) retain the championship lead. And just look at our lead in the Teams' Championship. Woo hoo!

Daniel Martins wrote:It was another anonymous race where the car wasn't to our liking and obviously didn't perform. We are hoping that in the next race both of us can pre qualify and add some points to our team.