Grand Prix Rejects

18th November 2007: After the withdrawal of Alfa and the lack on entries for 2008 the WTCC is put up for sale by current leaders the FIA

20th November 2007: WTCC is bought by the Touring car corporation, old leader meanwhile is sacked the by the FIA

21st November. FIA leader Max Mosley is shot after brides to overturn the TCC Mosley's body was found in a ditch outside Moscow , it is believed TCC leader Vladamir pavatoski is responsible

22nd november: Entries are opened for the 2008 WTCC, Seat and BMW confirm entries Diseal power is banned

More to follow... (sorry for spelling mistakes)

Rather extreme basis for this with Max Mosley being shot. Should be interesting.

Samster wrote:Rather extreme basis for this with Max Mosley being shot. Should be interesting.

you wait to see who the gunman is which will be revealed after I watch the FIA GT championship which I recorded earlier

andrew wrote:

Samster wrote:Rather extreme basis for this with Max Mosley being shot. Should be interesting.

you wait to see who the gunman is which will be revealed after I watch the FIA GT championship which I recorded earlier

Don't tell me it was Alex Wurz...

takagi_for_the_win wrote:

andrew wrote:

Samster wrote:Rather extreme basis for this with Max Mosley being shot. Should be interesting.

you wait to see who the gunman is which will be revealed after I watch the FIA GT championship which I recorded earlier

Don't tell me it was Alex Wurz...

Incorrected but linked with the murder

23rd November

Mosley murderer in cuffs

Police today arrested the gunman who blew away Max Mosley, the gunman was named as Jean Todt, he left the gun at the scene and his DNA was on it. At about 10:19 today Italian police raided the Todt household, Jean Surrendered quickly. In court he was asked why did you do it? too which he replied I was told too. but he would not reveal the name of his employers.

Also today some teams confirmed entries and drivers, Chevy entered with the same line-up as last year, while Austra-hungeria entered with Alex Wurz and HWNWSNBM but did not confirm the car. Here is the enry list so far

BMW Team 1
1. Andy Priaux
2. Agusto Farfus

BMW Team Germany
7. Jorg Muller
8. Dirk Muller

BMW Italia spain
15. Alex Zanardi
17. Felix Porterio

Seat Sport uk
3. Yvan Muller
4. Gabrielli Tarquini
5. Ricard Rydell
6. Jordi Gene
9 Tiago Monterio

Chevy
10. alain Menu
11. Nicola Larini
12. Rob Huff

Austro-Hungaria ( TBC)
13. Alex Wurz
14. HWMWSNBM

They say the murderer is a former racing driver who suffered from alleged evidence-planting of alleged use of illegal substances in 1997 after setting a race car on fire out of frustation. He also is rumored to be reported on laundering robbery money.

I agree that the background seems too dark.

24-29 November

Many teams enter the new look championship, Lada, Volvo, VW, Honda, ford and Alfa are the new manufactures while now all new teams will be independent. Only Lada and Volvo confirmed drivers at the championship ceremony in Seoul.

Polestar Volvo

Robert Dahlgren
mattias Ekstrom


Lukiol Lada
Vitaly Petrov
Alexey Dudukalo

Also the TCC anounced the first of 4 test sessions in January 19-21 at Kylami

FMecha wrote:They say the murderer is a former racing driver who suffered from alleged evidence-planting of alleged use of illegal substances in 1997 after setting a race car on fire out of frustation. He also is rumored to be reported on laundering robbery money.

I agree that the background seems too dark.

It also doesn't fit in this, given that this is not part of the RWRS canon.

andrew wrote:24-29 November

Many teams enter the new look championship, Lada, Volvo, VW, Honda, ford and Alfa are the new manufactures while now all new teams will be independent. Only Lada and Volvo confirmed drivers at the championship ceremony in Seoul.

Polestar Volvo

16.Robert Dahlgren
17.mattias Ekstrom


Lukiol Lada
18.Vitaly Petrov
19. Alexey Dudukalo

Also the TCC anounced the first of 4 test sessions in January 19-21 at Kylami

On the 30th of November the rest of the manufacturer Teams confirmed entries as well as numbers

Polestar Volvo

16.Robert Dahlgren
17.mattias Ekstrom


Lukiol Lada
18.Vitaly Petrov
19. Alexey Dudukalo

VW sport

20. Andreas Mikkleson
21. Sean Hollomby

Honda
22. Kamui Kobayashi
23. Takuma Sato

Ford sports
24. Tom Chilton
25. James Nash

Liqui Moly Alfa sports

26. Fabrizio Giovanardi
27. James Thompson


ill let you lot decide some independent entries if you want. Also the TCC confirmed the other 3 test sessions

1-3 February Goodwood (uk)

12-15 February Laguna Sega

22-25 February Helsinki Street circuit

The proposed Helsinki track

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5870465

The other indipendent drivers are as follows

Tom and Tim Coronel
Colin Turkington and Matt Jackson
Stefano Da'ste and Sergio Hernandez
Jason Plato and Darren Turner
Robb Holland and Frank Wrathell
Rob Austin and Felipe Albuquerque
Alex McDowell and Matt Neal
Norbert Michelisz and Michel Nykjær
Franz Engstler and Kristian Poulsen

andrew wrote:Colin Turkington and Matt Jackson

I approve of this pairing.

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:

andrew wrote:Colin Turkington and Matt Jackson

I approve of this pairing.

I would love to see them paired together

Anyway

Calender

15 race weekends 2 races at each one sprint one feature only Donington Park has been confirmed as meeting 5

Given that in 2010, Wrathal was still in the feeder formulae for BTCC, I wouldn't put him in the 2008 WTCC. Also, as much as I would like to see it, I doubt Rob Austin would be in the series either.

takagi_for_the_win wrote:Given that in 2010, Wrathal was still in the feeder formulae for BTCC, I wouldn't put him in the 2008 WTCC. Also, as much as I would like to see it, I doubt Rob Austin would be in the series either.

they are doing selected rounds for Proton

1st January 2008
Final lineup

BMW Team 1 (Bmw 320i)
1. Andy Priaux
2. Agusto Farfus

BMW Team Germany (bmw 320i)
7. Jorg Muller
8. Dirk Muller

BMW Italia spain (BMW 320I)
15. Alex Zanardi
17. Felix Porterio

Seat Sport uk (Seat leon)
3. Yvan Muller
4. Gabrielli Tarquini
5. Ricard Rydell
6. Jordi Gene
9 Tiago Monterio

Chevy (Chevy Laccetei)
10. alain Menu
11. Nicola Larini
12. Rob Huff

Austro-Hungaria ( Honda Integra)
13. Alex Wurz
14. HWMWSNBM

Polestar Volvo (Volvo v80)
16.Robert Dahlgren
81.mattias Ekstrom


Lukiol Lada (Lada 110)
18.Vitaly Petrov
19. Alexey Dudukalo

VW sport (vw polo)

20. Andreas Mikkleson
21. Sean Hollomby

Honda (Honda civic)
22. Kamui Kobayashi
23. Takuma Sato

Ford sports (For Focus ST)
24. Tom Chilton
25. James Nash

Liqui Moly Alfa sports (Alfa Romeo 156)

26. Fabrizio Giovanardi
27. James Thompson

Sunred Coronel Racing (SEAT TOLADO)

28. Tom Coronel
29. Tim Coronel

Ebay Jackson sports (BMW 320SI)
30. Matt Jackson
31. Colin Turkington

Wiechers sport (BMW 320SI)

32. Stefano Da'ste
33. Sergio Hernendez

Seat GB (SEAT LEON)

34. Jason Plato
35. Darren Turner

Dynojet (TOYOTA CORROLA)

36. Robb Holland
37. Frank Wrathell

wixx Racing (Audi a4)

38. Rob Austin
39. Felipe Albuquerque

Mcdowell Neal Sports ( Honda Accord)

40. Mat Neal
41. Alex Mcdowell

danish Motorsports (BMW 320SI)

42. Norbert Michelisz
43. Michel Nykjær

Englser Racing (BMW 320SI)

Franz Engstler and Kristian Poulsen


Guest star sports

TBC
TBC

8th January
Calender released


1. Race of Australia (Adalaide)

2. Race of Brazil (TBC)

3. Race of Argentina (Buenos Airers)

4. Race of France (Pau)

5. Race of GB (Donington)

6. Race of the U.S.A (Laguna Sega)

7. Race of Canada (Gilles Villenueve)

8. Race of Belgium (Spa)

9. Race of Italy (Monza)

10. Race of Europe (TBC)

11. Race of Japan (Okyama)

12. Race of Malaysia (Sepang)

13. Race of Russia (Moscow raceway)

14. Race of Czech Republic (Brno)

15 Race of Macau (Macau)

The TCC have decided to let fans vote for the circuit of the round of Europe the choices are

A. Imola

B. Anderstop

C. Jerez

D. Porto

E. Oschersleben

f. A1 Ring

g. Istanbul Park

H. Zandvoort

Also the Race of brazil venue has been decided using Random.org

1-3 Interlagos
4-6 Curitiba
7-9 Jacarepaguá


and the result is...9

Edited post

I vote A

andrew wrote:C'mon people VOTE

Well, I was gonna wait until I got some sleep, but if you're gonna be that impatient I might not at all.

Sorry it is just my nature

I anybody wants to know I am using random.org to decide weather and imagination and random.org with car numbers

I say Imola. And I was initially surprised that James Thompson was not in a Lada, but then when I noticed that he was in an Alfa Romeo, I realised that that made sense.

voting at the moment:
Imola: 2
The rest:0

Of course, I reckon that the Manx TT course would be more suited to touring cars than single-seaters and I would like to see a fictional race there at some point, but I doubt it'll happen here???

dr-baker wrote:Of course, I reckon that the Manx TT course would be more suited to touring cars than single-seaters and I would like to see a fictional race there at some point, but I doubt it'll happen here???

We can have a race there in 2009

Imola!? No! There's already an Italian round! Clearly the correct choice is Oschesleben!

andrew wrote:

dr-baker wrote:Of course, I reckon that the Manx TT course would be more suited to touring cars than single-seaters and I would like to see a fictional race there at some point, but I doubt it'll happen here???

We can have a race there in 2009

Yes!

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:Imola!? No! There's already an Italian round! Clearly the correct choice is Oschesleben!

I'll second Oschersleben, if only because I want to see how many cars get eliminated at the first corner...

Isle of man to host a race in 2009

Today it was confirmed by the TCC that the isle of man would host a race in 2009, it would be 1 endurance test worth extra points

I will close voting on Friday, if there is a tie both tracks get a race.

I vote Oschersleben.

It has the worst first corner in racing, is unnecessarily narrow and has no flow to it apart from maybe the last few corners. What can go wrong?

As for Brazil I suggest Curitiba, it is actually a great race track and my second favourite to drive in Race 07 (behind Brands Hatch).

Shadaza wrote:I vote Oschersleben.

It has the worst first corner in racing, is unnecessarily narrow and has no flow to it apart from maybe the last few corners. What can go wrong?

As for Brazil I suggest Curitiba, it is actually a great race track and my second favourite to drive in Race 07 (behind Brands Hatch).

Brazil has been decided already using Random.org

Honda dominate Kylami day 1
The teams arrived in south Africa for the first day of winter testing, however nobody was ready and the only cars that took to the track were the bmw,s and the Honda,s. Chevy sat out the test as a factory in S.A was ransacked.

Day one:
weather: Monsoon

Takuma Sato was the first man out on track and the first to crash as he gilded off the road and into the barrier, day over for him. The first lap time was by HWNSNBM at a 2:19.098 by he was not pushing, only Wurz dirk Muller and Kobayashi set more lap times. The day was stopped 2 hours from the end when a horrendous crash from Farfus in which the car flipped over and over brought out the red flag.

times from day 1:

1.HWNSNBM: 2.19.098 (Austro-Hugaria)
2. Alex Wurz 2:22.489 (Austro-Hungaria)
3. Kamui Kobayashi 2.37.483 (Honda)
4. Dirk Muller 2.54.893 (BMW team Germany)

More Moonsoon in Africa


Day 2 of winter testing was cancelled altogether at Kylami due to the heavy flooding of the circuit. Kylami has been fined for lying about their flood control. Weather looks better for day 3 and 4 though so expect time on those days

I vote for E

so Oschersleben wins

Honda domainate final day


Honda again showed great pace by locking out the first 4 places at the final test with the new car being the fastest, however this can be explained by the lack of participation with only Honda sending all its cars infanct only BMW, Seat and Dynojet sent cars other than Honda meaning for a very quiet day in the heat of South Africa

Due to a very hot dry night the track was drying fast, in the morning with most car focusing on bedding the car in and wet wether setups it was Wurz who was fastest with a 2:09.811 however this time was set to get smashed on a drying and grippier track ad sure it did all cars smashed e original benchmarcks with the Hondas swapping fastest lap times until eventually Satomset an unbeatable time at a 1:49.349



1. Takuma Sato 1:49.349
2. HWNWSNBM 1:49.888
3. Alex Wurz. 1:49.901
4. Kamui Kobayashi 1:49.931
5. Andy Priaux 1:51.743
6. Frank Wrathell. 1:54.621
7. Rickard Rydell. 1:54.699
8. Augusto Farfus. 1:55.593

Well done to Honda. Flooded track at kyalami is odd because its meant to be summer