Grand Prix Rejects

Okay, so I ultimately decided to try my hand at a F1 management game, using Grand Prix 2 and I decided to do 2006. Due to the fact that Grand Prix 2 needs 13 teams, and since only 11 teams actually raced in 2006, I decided to add Prodrive and Carlin to the mix just for the LOLS!

So, here’s the entry list along with the current budgets. The REDO Driver RNG'S are finally finished! And the entry list as is right now looks like this

Renault $4.35 million - Phoneix
1 Fernando Alonso
2 Sebastian Vettel
TD: Adrian Sutil

McLaren-Mercedes $8.25 million - DeletrazFTW
3 Kimi Raikkonen
4 Sebastien Bourdais
TD Robert Kubica

Ferrari $3.6 Million – Roblomas52
5 Michael Schumacher
6 Juan Pablo Montoya


Toyota $32.8 million - Klon
7 Ralf Schumacher
8 Giorgio Mondini


Williams-Cosworth $10 million – Takagi_for_the_win
9 Jenson Button
10 Rubens Barrichello
TD: Nico Rosberg

Honda $24.1 million – peteroli34
11 Mark Webber
12 Christian Klien
TD Ernesto Viso

Red Bull-Ferrari $7.35 million - Wallio
14 David Coulthard
15 Jacques Villeneuve
TD Neel Jani

BMW Sauber $7.5 million – redeyes504
16 Nick Heidfeld
17 Clivio Piccione
TD Robert Doornbos

Midland-Mercedes $8.1 million - Ataxia
18 Jarno Trulli
19 Mark Gene
TD: Sakon Yamamoto

Toro Rosso-BMW $5.5 million – V8Fan12
20 Anthony Davidson
21 VItantonio Liuzzi
TD Luca Badoer

Super Aguri-Honda $3.7 million - Fmecha
22 Takuma Sato
23 Michael Ammermuller


Prodrive-Cosworth $10.5 million – Miguel98
24 Pedro De La Rosa
25 Alexander Wurz
TD: Markus Winkelhock

Carlin-Cosworth V10 $26.55 million – Pi314159
26 Pastor Maldonado
27 Narain Karthikeyan
TD Gary Paffett

Waiting List:
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Race schedule and in season testing:

I will run the same schedule as they ran in 2006. However, there will be three in-season tests, one at Imola, one at Silverstone, and one at Hockenheim. In addition, there will be a young driver test at Barcelona after the Italian GP at Monza.

Final Driver’s standings
Alonso 105 pts
Raikkonen 102 pts
Trulli 102 pts
Montoya 91 pts
M Schumacher 79 pts
R Schumacher 57 pts
Heidfeld 29 pts
Villeneuve 28 pts
Webber 26 pts
Klien 20 pts
Coulthard 14 pts
Bourdais 14 pts
Barrichello 13 pts
Vettel 12 pts
Button 4 pts
Massa 3 pts
De La Rosa 3 pts

Final Team’s standings
1 Ferrari 170 pts
2 Renault 117 pts
3 McLaren-Mercedes 116 pts
4 Midland-Mercedes 102 pts
5 Toyota 57 pts
6 Honda 46 pts
7 Red Bull-Ferrari 42 pts
8 BMW Sauber 32 pts
9 Williams-Cosworth 17 pts
10 Prodrive-Cosworth 3 pts
11 Toro Rosso-BMW 0 pts Best finish 9th (x1)
12 Super Aguri-Honda 0 pts Best finish 11th (x1)
13 Carlin-Cosworth V10 0 pts Best Finish 12th (x1)

Because it perfectly fits my sunny, delightful personality, I'll take Midland.

I'll take Super Aguri

Red Bull Please.

Can I have Ferrari please?

Ill take Honda if thats ok

Can I take Prodrive, just, well, because... uhm, because. Prodrive?

I'll burn Renault to the ground if I may.

Let's help ourselves to some lovely Toyota action.

Completely new to this and might need some things explained, but can I take BMW Sauber

I'll attempt to recreate the Williams glory days

I shall take the job of running Toro Rosso into the ground.

I guess I'll have McLaren.

I'll take Carlin

Well, that was quick to fill up all of the slots! So, on to the next step, drivers and engine bids!

Engine Bids:

All seven engine makers can only supply a maximum of 2 teams, and given that there are 13 teams, one engine maker will end up supplying one team after all of this is over. And no, before you ask, you can’t use the Cosworth V10 (unless it’s absolutely necessary to do so after all of the bids are finished!) Finally, you can bid up to three engines if you are NOT Renault, Ferrari, Toyota, BMW or Honda. If you are one of these teams, the engine cost will be deducted from that initial budget.

Note: All prices are the minimum required!

Renault $18 million 1 team left
Mercedes $16 million 2 teams left (prefers McLaren)
Ferrari $14 million 1 team left
Toyota $12 Million 1 team left
Honda $10 million 1 team left (Prefers Super Aguri)
BMW $8 million 1 team left
Cosworth $6 million 2 teams left

Driver Bids You need two race drivers and one reserve driver. You can bid on up to three drivers for each position. Note: PD equals Pay driver, obviously! The prices listed are also the minimum required.

Michael Schumacher $14 million
Fernando Alonso $12 million
Kimi Raikkonen $10 million
Felipe Massa $8 million
Giancarlo Fisichella $7 million
Juan Pablo Montoya $6 million
Jenson Button $6 million
Rubens Barrichello $5 million
Jarno Trulli $4 million
Nick Heidfeld $4 million
Jacques Villeneuve $4 million
Ralf Schumacher $3 million
Mark Webber $3 million
Nico Rosberg $2.5 million
David Coulthard $2.5 million
Christian Klien $2 Million
Vitantonio Liuzzi $2 million
Christian Albers $1.5 million
Scott Speed $1 million
Pedro De La Rosa $1 million
Tiago Monteiro $1 million
Takuma Sato $1 million
Heikki Kovalainen $1 million
Anthony Davidson $0.75 million
Robert Kubica $0.75 million
Adrian Sutil $3 million PD (thanks Klon for this)
Mark Gene $0.5 million
Franck Montagy $0.5 million
Alexander Wurz $0.5 million
Sebastian Vettel $0.5 million
Ernesto Viso $5 million PD (thanks Klon for this)
Luca Badoer $0.25 million
Yuji Ide $0.25 million
Robert Doornbos $0.25 million
Michael Ammermuller $0.25 million
Markus Winkelhock $0.25 million
Alexandre Premat $0.25 mllion
Neel Jani $0.25 million
Narian Karthikeyan $6 million PD
Sakon Yamamoto $4 million PD
Giorgio Mondini $2 million PD

You can post your bids on here, but as soon as you posted your bids, you can’t go back and edit them! We don’t want anyone cheating! One final note: I didn’t know who’s really a pay driver on this list, so if you want to correct me on who should or shouldn't be a pay driver on this list, feel free to mention it!

Good Luck!

EDIT: All contacts will be done via RNG! Just to throw that out there!

Red Bull bids:

Engines:
1.) BMW - $11 Mil
2.) Ferrari - $15 mil
3.) Cosworth - $6 mil


Drivers:
1.) Kimi Raikkonen - $12 mil
2.) David Coultard - $3 mil
3.) Seabastian Vettel - $1.5 mil
4.)Robert Kubica - $1.5 mil
5.) Nico Rosberg - $3 mil

Well, EJ Viso should be a pay driver for one, so should be Adrian Sutil.

+++ Toyota Bids +++
Engine: Toyota, $12,000,000

Driver One: Ralf Schumacher, $4,500,000 - Luca Badoer, $1,500,000 - Jarno Trulli, $4,500,000
Driver Two: Alexandre Premat, $1,000,000 - Giorgio Mondini, -$2,000,000, Anthony Davidson, $1,000,000
Test Driver: Tiago Monteiro, $1,500,000 - Nick Heidfeld, $4,500,000* - Robert Kubica, $1,500,000

*Should either Ralf Schumacher or Jarno Trulli sign as number one driver, this offer will be withdrawn

Toro Rosso's bids

Engine(s):
BMW - $9m
Cosworth - $7m)

Driver 1:
Robert Kubica - $2m
Takuma Sato - $1.5m
Anthony Davidson - $1m

Driver 2:
Christian Klien - $2m
Tonio Liuzzi - $1.5m
Pedro De La Rosa - $1.5m

Test Driver:
Luca Badoer - $1m
Heikki Kovalainen - $1m
Scott Speed - $5 dollars, a packet of beef jerky, and half a can of gas.

BMW Sauber

Engine: BMW
Driver 1: Nick Heidfeld 4.5 million / Christian Klien 2 million
Driver 2: Adrien Sutil 3 million PD / Christian Klien 2 million
Test Driver: Alex Wurz 0.5million / Robert Doornbos 0.25 million

Midland Bids:

Engine:

Mercedes - $16m
Ferrari - $14m
Toyota - $12m

Driver 1:

Nick Heidfeld - $5m
Mark Webber - $4m
Jarno Trulli - $5m

Driver 2:

EJ Viso - -$5m
Alexandre Premat - $500k
Anthony Davidson - $750k

Reserve:

Sebastian Vettel - $600k
Alexander Wurz - $500k
Giorgio Mondini - -$2m

EDIT: No bids were edited, I just accidentally a word...

McLaren Bids:

Engine:

Mercedes - $16m

Driver 1:
Fernando Alonso - $15 million
Kimi Raikkonen - $15 million
Nick Heidfeld - $7.5 million

Driver 2:
Sebastien Bourdais - $5 million
Rubens Barrichello - $5 million
Mark Webber - $4.5 million

Reserve:
Robert Kubica - $750k
Lewis Hamilton - $500k

Since I manage Renault's works team, I'm obviously not bidding for engines. So, on to the driver bids:

Driver 1:

Fernando Alonso: $15.500.000
Kimi Räikkönen: $15.000.000
Felipe Massa: $10.000.000

Driver 2:

Robert Kubica: $1.250.000
Sebastian Vettel: $1.000.000
Heikki Kovalainen: $1.000.000

Reserve/test driver:

Adrian Sutil: $750.000? (Subject to whether you have to bid for them offering a salary or not)
Alex Wurz: $750.000
Anthony Davidson: $800.000

KL-racer wrote:You can post your bids on here, but as soon as you posted your bids, you can’t go back and edit them! We don’t want anyone cheating!

...

That's not how it works in real life, you know. If somebody makes a bid, the original bidder - or anyone else, for that matter - is allowed to outbid them.

Salamander wrote:

KL-racer wrote:You can post your bids on here, but as soon as you posted your bids, you can’t go back and edit them! We don’t want anyone cheating!

...

That's not how it works in real life, you know. If somebody makes a bid, the original bidder is allowed to outbid them.

Snap, I would know that someone will probably complain about that rule!

Well, I am open to changing it, of course. But I need a vote from the other owners as well. As a general rule, if there's a 75% majority that approves of it, I will go ahead and change it. So, if I was going to change it I need the support of 8 other owners as well. Does that sound fair for you guys?

I say weight all the bids and let the RNG decide.

Wallio wrote:I say weight all the bids and let the RNG decide.

That was my original plan anyway, wait until all 13 team bids are posted and then I calculate them by the RNG.

So, as of now I still need Ferrari, Williams, Honda, Super Aguri, Prodrive and Carlin's Bids posted before I actually start the RNG stage.

At this rate, I will hope you guys can post them by Tomorrow at 7:00 PM MST ideally, but I'm open to extending the deadline as well

Can I chuck myself on the waiting list?

Super Aguri will bid for Honda engines only.

Driver 1: Takuma Sato, Sakon Yamamoto, Sebastian Vettel
Driver 2: Yuji Ide, Luca Badoer, Narain Karthikeyan

All drivers are on minimum bid, except Sato which is $3m.

Prodrive Bids:

Engines:
BMW - $12 million
Cosworth - $7 million

Driver 1:
Pedro De La Rosa - $1.8 million
Robert Kubica - $1 million
Anthony Davidson - $1 million

Driver 2:
Adrian Sutil - $1.8 million
Christian Klien - $2 million
Alexander Wurz - $1 million

Test Driver:
Luca Badoer - $0.8 million
Marc Gene - $0.8 million
Markus Winkelhock - $0.3 million

Looks very interesting! Can I be put on the waiting list?

Honda Bids


Driver 1

Jenson Button $8 million
Mark Webber $3 million
Rubens Barrichello $5 million

Driver 2

Nick Heidfeld $6 million
Christian Klien $2.5 Million
David Coulthard $2.5 million

Test Driver

Narian Karthikeyan $6 million PD
Anthony Davidson $1 million
Ernesto Viso $5 million PD

Engines:
1. Cosworth 6 million
2. A 2002-spec Asiatech V10 : 3 million

First Driver:
1. Alexander Wurz 1.5 million
2. Gary Paffett 1.2 million
3. Alexandre Premat 0.75 million

Second Driver:
1. Narain Karthikeyan (pay driver, 6 million)
2. Ernesto Viso (pay driver, 5 million)
3. Sakon Yamamoto (pay driver, 4 million)

Test Driver:
Chanoch Nissany (whatever he wants to pay for the Carlin test driver seat)

I'd like to be put on the waiting list please

I will go on the waiting list too.

Can the deadline please be extended to 00:00bst on Saturday ?
Thanks

roblomas52 wrote:Can the deadline please be extended to 00:00bst on Saturday ?
Thanks

Yes I can expand that deadline, given that I'm way over in America and most of you are in Europe.

Williams 2006 plans

Engine supplier
BMW - 10 million
Mercedes - 16 million
Cosworth - 6 million

Lead driver
Jenson Button - 8 million*
Felipe Massa - 9 million*
Mark Webber - 5 million

Second driver
Nico Rosberg - 3 million
Mark Webber - 5 million
Robert Kubica - 1 million

Reserve driver
Narain Karthikeyan - sponsor monies
Adrian Sutil - sponsor monies
Giorgio Mondini - sponsor monies

*ignore if we get the Merc engines.

Driver bids fo Ferrari...

Driver 1)
Michael Schumacher $17 million
Fernando Alonso $16 million
Juan Pablo Montoya $10 million
Driver 2)
Fernando Alonso $16 million (if not number 1 driver)
Juan Pablo Montoya $10 million (if not number 1 driver)
Jenson Button $9 million
Test Driver)
Robert Kubica $0.75 million
Mark Gene $0.5 million
Luca Badoer $0.25 million

ENGINE BIDS TIME!

Since I got all the bids from all 13 teams. I will now post the engine bid results and by the way, I will go from the most expensive to least expensive for this set of bids.

Renault – Renault 18m

Renault will only supply their own works team for the time being because no other team wanted or are willing to pay the price tag!

Mercedes – McLaren 16 m Williams 16 m Midland 16m

Well, McLaren did bid on their preferred engine, but Williams and Midland are also bidding for the Mercedes motors.

McLaren 1-60
Williams 61-90
Midland 91-100

The number is . . . 40, so McLaren gets to keep their Mercedes Motors. Now, it’s down to Williams or Midland for the second batch

Williams 1-65
Midland 66-100

The number is . . . 80 so Midland in a surprise, gets the Mercedes Motors


Ferrari – Red Bull 15m

Well, Ferrari supplies Ferrari, obviously. And since Red Bull were the only other team outside of Midland to bid for Ferrari’s. Red Bull gets the Ferrari motors.

Toyota – Toyota 12 m

Toyota supplies their own team. However, Toyota didn’t get any other bids other than midland which already has Mercedes motors and their own team, they will only supply their own works team for 2006.

Honda – Honda 10 m Super Aguri 10 m

Honda supplies their own team and since Super Aguri was the only other team to bid for Honda’s engine. Their offer was accepted without a problem.

BMW – Wlliams 10 m Prodrive 12 m Toro Rosso 9 m

BMW Sauber already got their engines and Red Bull also bid for the BMW engine, but since they already got their engines as well, it’s down to Williams, Prodrive and Toro Rosso. It’s a 50/30/20 split as we decide who gets the second batch of BMW’s

Williams 1-50
Prodrive 51-80
Toro Rosso 81-100

The number is . . . 99 WOW! Toro Rosso pulled out an Major upset, scoring the second supply of BMW’S!

Cosworth – Williams 6 m Prodrive 7 m Carlin 6 m

Finally, Red Bull, and Toro Rosso withdrew their bids for Cosworth’s V8 because they already got their engines. Since, Cosworth can only supply V8's to two teams, and there are three teams left that need engines, which means one team has to use a Cosworth V10 for $3 million this season. The split is 55/25/20

Williams 1-55
Prodrive 56-80
Carlin 81-100

The number is . . . 72, so Prodrive gets the First batch of Cosworth V8’s and now it’s down to Williams and Carlin for the other set of Cosworth V8’s. The loser of this has to use the Cosworth V10 for $3 million. It’s a 50/50 split for the last Engine RNG.

Wiliams 1-50
Carlin 51-100

The number is . . . 16, so Williams gets the second set of Cosworth V8’s.

The first part of the driver bids will be coming up in 90 minutes or so. So, stay tuned for that!

Driver Bids Part 1

Okay, so here’s the first part of the driver bids. I decided to do the drivers that only received one bid first. Then, I will deal with the drivers with multiple bids in part 2 onwards starting with the drivers that received the most bids and working our way from there

Ralf Schumacher - Toyota 4.5 m #1 driver

After finishing 6th in the driver’s standings in 2005 for Toyota. Ralf only received an offer from his current team. So, he will stay as Toyota’s #1, which also means their offer for Nick Heidfeld will be withdrawn.

Tiago Monteiro - Toyota 1.5 m test driver role

Sadly for Tiago Monetiro, he only received a test offer from Toyota, after finishing 3rd in the now infamous 6-car USA GP in 2005 and scored Jordan’s final point ever with a 8th at Spa in 2005.

Vitantonio Liuzzi - Toro Rosso 1.5 m #2 driver

After scoring a single point in 2005 at his first F1 race in Imola for Red Bull as part of a platoon with Christian Klien, he only received a #2 offer from Toro Rosso, Red Bull’s Jr. team, which used to be Minardi. Given that he is closely tied to Red Bull's program, he accepts.

Scott Speed - Toro Rosso $0.5 million Test Driver role

The Promising American, Scott speed, only got an offer from Toro Rosso to be their test driver. After contract talks, they agreed to pay him half a million dollars to be their test driver.

Robert Doornbos – BMW Sauber 0.25 m test driver role

He ended up as a race driver for Minardi in 2005, contesting the last 8 races of the 2005 season. Oddly enough, he only received a test driver offer from BMW Sauber for a Quarter of a million dollars. At least, BMW Sauber is a step up from Minardi/Toro Rosso, so he accepts it.

Sebastien Bourdais - McLaren 5 m #2 Driver

Champ Car Driver Bourdais, got an offer from McLaren to be a #2 driver, he wants to try F1 but he is still somewhat committed to Champ Car for 2006. So a RNG will be needed

Joins McLaren 1-55
Stays in Champ Car 56-100

The Number is . . . 94, he declines the McLaren offer to stay in the USA.

Lewis Hamilton - McLaren 0.5 m test driver role

A Young Lewis Hamilton got a test driver offer from McLaren, which he is closely tied to already. So, he accepts the offer.

Yuji Ide - Super Aguri 0.25 M #2 driver

This Japanese driver needs to get approval for a FIA Super License. Chances are 20% in his favor right now.

1-20 Gets the FIA Super License and accepts the offer
21-100 doesn’t get the FIA Super License at this time

The Number is . . . 87, so he doesn’t get the Super License needed for a Race seat right now, but he can still be a test driver with any F1 team and then get the FIA Super license that way.

Markus Winkelhock – Prodrive 0.3 M test driver role

This driver wants to follow in the footsteps of Joachim WInkelhock, but sadly enough he only got a test driver offer from the new Prodrive team, he accepts being in a developmental role.

Gary Paffett – Carlin 1.2 m #2 driver

Long time DTM driver, Gary Paffett, got only one offer, which is a race drive for Carlin. Given that he is stuck deep in the depth chart for McLaren, he accepts the offer

Chanoch Nissany – Carlin 4 m PD test driver role

This ex-Minardi tester and Pay driver got a test driver offer from Carlin. He accepts their demand for 4 million dollars.

Michael Schumacher Ferrari 17 m #1 driver

7-time world champion Michael Schumacher, only got an offer from his current team, Ferrari and he’s hungry for revenge in 2006, so he accepts their offer

Juan Pablo Montoya – Ferrari 10 m #2 driver

JPM only got one offer which is to be Michael Schumacher’s Teammate at Ferrari. He accepts their offer because who wouldn’t pass up a Ferrari race drive?

Driver Bids Part 2 will be coming up soon!