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by Aislabie
14 Mar 2016, 22:25
Forum: The Dave McFaste Memorial Forum
Topic: Alt-1956: Post-season auction is over!
Replies: 974
Views: 221365

H.A.R.T.

Halford Auto Racing Team enters Formula One Highly promising British racing driver Bruce Halford has, at the age of just 26, established his own team to enter the Formula One World Championship. In order to do so, the team has shelled out for a trio of Loonmotor engines (at £9,500 apiece I believe)...
by Aislabie
13 Mar 2016, 22:32
Forum: The Black Stig Memorial Forum
Topic: F1 Rejects Track Designing Competition
Replies: 2905
Views: 3448079

Re: F1 Rejects Track Designing Competition

I've had a go with a city circuit - the Lucca Grand Prix.
by Aislabie
13 Mar 2016, 16:02
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: 2016 Formula O World Championship - Mexican 500 up
Replies: 25
Views: 5470

2016 Mexican 500

van der Garde wins for Red Bull, DAMS and Chevrolet http://image3.redbull.com/rbcom/010/2012-09-23/1331576752287_1/0010/1/550/366/1/van-der-garde-celebrates.jpg In a thrilling race at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Giedo van der Garde held off both Stoffel Vandoorne and Juan Pablo Montoya to secure ...
by Aislabie
12 Mar 2016, 23:13
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: 1999 F1 Manager series, Cancelled
Replies: 81
Views: 17410

Re: 1999 F1 Manager series, 2 Races DONE 14 MORE TO GO!!!!

Free upgrade for Jos Verstappen please
by Aislabie
08 Mar 2016, 17:22
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: 1992 Virtual F1 - RedEyes504 Canada Up
Replies: 192
Views: 98630

Re: 1992 Virtual F1 - RedEyes504 (confirm your entries)

I would be interested in any team, be they revolutionary or rejectful
by Aislabie
07 Mar 2016, 23:07
Forum: The HWNSNBM Memorial Forum
Topic: Editorial direction of GP Rejects
Replies: 293
Views: 145385

Re: Editorial direction of GP Rejects

pi314159 wrote:I didn't expect it would take ten months to push Verstappen's car off our front page. :P

Exactly.

On the other hand, if it had been an HRT...
by Aislabie
05 Mar 2016, 17:44
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: BRDC Formula One Championship
Replies: 32
Views: 18665

1954 BRDC Formula One Championship

1954 : Mike Hawthorn http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01504/mike-hawthorn_1504594c.jpg Argentine Grand Prix DSQ) Mike Hawthorn When Hawthorn was disqualified from the race, its relevance to the Championship ended. Fangio won his home Grand Prix. Belgian Grand Prix 1) Stirling Moss --- 35...
by Aislabie
05 Mar 2016, 11:11
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: 2016 Formula O World Championship - Mexican 500 up
Replies: 25
Views: 5470

Re: 2016 Formula O World Championship - American 500 up

thor97 wrote:Great Start for us exactly where we thought we would be.
will there be any upgrades throughout the series?


I think it would be pretty dull if there weren't; I'll add in upgrade windows after every two races.

You will also be able to swap drivers in and out at any time.
by Aislabie
04 Mar 2016, 11:15
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: 2016 Formula O World Championship - Mexican 500 up
Replies: 25
Views: 5470

2016 American 500

D'Ambrosio wins inaugural Formula O 500 at Daytona http://i.picresize.com/images/2016/03/02/gyQVM.jpg The Corse Ferrari car driven by Jerome d'Ambrosio has won the first ever Formula O 500, after coming out on top of a four-way battle for the lead which lasted most of the race. D'Ambrosio finished ...
by Aislabie
02 Mar 2016, 23:28
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: 2016 Formula O World Championship - Mexican 500 up
Replies: 25
Views: 5470

Re: 2016 Formula O World Championship

I'm having some trouble posting the big race update. I keep getting "String Error 1366" or some such. NOT helpful.
by Aislabie
02 Mar 2016, 23:24
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: 1999 F1 Manager series, Cancelled
Replies: 81
Views: 17410

Re: 1999 F1 Manager series, 2 Races DONE 14 MORE TO GO!!!!

What a superb result for the mighty Damon Hill. Top-class result for a top-class driver.
by Aislabie
29 Feb 2016, 22:23
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: 2016 Formula O World Championship - Mexican 500 up
Replies: 25
Views: 5470

Formula O Press Release

The Formula O World Championship is pleased to announce an entry list of thirty-three drivers, split between eleven teams including the four works entries for Chevrolet, Ferrari, Honda and Renault. Thirty-three is of course one of the most famous numbers in oval-track racing: it is the number of en...
by Aislabie
28 Feb 2016, 22:33
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: 2016 Formula O World Championship - Mexican 500 up
Replies: 25
Views: 5470

Re: 2016 Formula O World Championship

Team name: Kolles Itaipavia Engine supplier: Renault Tyre supplier: Goodyear Driver 1: Speed Driver 2: Petrov Driver 3: Chilton Everything about this is fine, except the team name. Kolles has already gone; if you want to be the Renault works team (and get the extra budget that comes with it) then y...
by Aislabie
28 Feb 2016, 14:40
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: 2016 Formula O World Championship - Mexican 500 up
Replies: 25
Views: 5470

Re: 2016 Formula O World Championship

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRIES Alpine Renault (Manager: Dexter249 / Remaining budget: 2,550,000) Engines: Renault Tyres: Goodyear Drivers: http://www.fifa.com/imgml/flags/s/usa.gif Scott Speed, http://www.fifa.com/imgml/flags/s/rus.gif Vitaly Petrov, http://www.fifa.com/imgml/flags/s/gbr.gif Max Chilto...
by Aislabie
28 Feb 2016, 14:28
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Ponderbox
Replies: 5033
Views: 1186675

Re: Ponderbox

If you feel that the sport is going the wrong way, then how about suggesting what you'd do instead? Because all I've seen is lots of angry people without any idea at all what they'd do if given the chance. It's like complaining for the sake of it, because that's apparently what we do now when a new...
by Aislabie
28 Feb 2016, 13:33
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: 2016 Formula O World Championship - Mexican 500 up
Replies: 25
Views: 5470

2016 Formula O World Championship - Mexican 500 up

http://i.picresize.com/images/2016/02/26/wfHZX.png The FIA Formula O World Championship is the all-new series which hopes to crown a definitive World Champion of oval racing. The series will have a thirty-car grid and a ten-race season, culminating in an exciting Grand Final at Indianapolis Motor S...
by Aislabie
28 Feb 2016, 11:29
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: 1999 F1 Manager series, Cancelled
Replies: 81
Views: 17410

Re: 1999 F1 Manager series, 2 Races DONE 14 MORE TO GO!!!!

Puzzling times when my drivers get so much funding to improve their skills, only to get worse... :badoer:

They shall get both barrels when they return to the garage.
by Aislabie
27 Feb 2016, 22:57
Forum: The Perry McCarthy Memorial Forum
Topic: PMMF Planning Thread
Replies: 1057
Views: 324198

Re: PMMF Planning Thread

I'm interested how you made 500-mile races work in xkoranate.... Rate the drivers higher than the max skill setting. So, for a 500-lap event around a mile oval (like AHR), I rated the drivers around 100 and then changed the max skill to 20, which gave me about a 75% finishing rate. The downside of ...
by Aislabie
27 Feb 2016, 21:50
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: BRDC Formula One Championship
Replies: 32
Views: 18665

1953 BRDC Formula One Championship

1953 : Mike Hawthorn http://preview-goodwood.contensis.com/images/GSR/Drivers/Mike-Hawthorn-Fall-259x349.jpg Argentine Grand Prix 1) Mike Hawthorn --- 96 laps (10) 2) John Barber --- +6 laps (6) 3) Alan Brown --- +9 laps (4) An uneventful race, as Hawthorn's Ferrari was several levels above the Coo...
by Aislabie
27 Feb 2016, 11:16
Forum: The Perry McCarthy Memorial Forum
Topic: PMMF Planning Thread
Replies: 1057
Views: 324198

Anyone interested?

http://i.picresize.com/images/2016/02/26/wfHZX.png I'd like to gauge interest for a series made up only oval circuits. It'll be an xKoranate series, because I've managed to make the DNF rate work for an oval race. Obviously, as it's my first thing, it'd be non-Canon - to think I could walk straight...
by Aislabie
26 Feb 2016, 22:45
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Non-Championship F1 Races?
Replies: 14
Views: 2155

Re: Non-Championship F1 Races?

Also, it might have been nice to see the lunatic new qualifying rules trialled in a couple of non-championship races before being rolled out.
by Aislabie
25 Feb 2016, 19:04
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: BRDC Formula One Championship
Replies: 32
Views: 18665

1952 BRDC Formula One Championship

1952: Mike Hawthorn https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/50/29/df/5029df66178436690e062ffd38aa0aa1.jpg Swiss Grand Prix 1) Ken Wharton --- 60 laps (10) 2) Alan Brown --- +1 lap (6) 3) Eric Brandon --- +5 laps (4) DNF) Stirling Moss, Lance Macklin, Peter Collins, George Abecassis After Britain'...
by Aislabie
25 Feb 2016, 17:22
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: 1999 F1 Manager series, Cancelled
Replies: 81
Views: 17410

Arrows F

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/00/ac/38/00ac38321e3d91ce698e6894b8da84a9.jpg Arrows F1 Team first wishes to congratulate Damon Hill for his continued excellence, ultimately finishing four places ahead of his talented team-mate. His ninth place finish was a clear sign of our team's d...
by Aislabie
22 Feb 2016, 23:44
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: BRDC Formula One Championship
Replies: 32
Views: 18665

Re: BRDC Formula One Championship

I have four alternate championships on the go at the moment, so maybe I'll leave that idea to somebody else... Anyway, enough of my pointless rambling, I look forward to future seasons! I feel like a lightweight now - I only have two on the go; one for British drivers only, and one for Ferrari, McL...
by Aislabie
22 Feb 2016, 22:57
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: BRDC Formula One Championship
Replies: 32
Views: 18665

Re: BRDC Formula One Championship

He also defended the decision to exclude non-Grand Prix races (such as the Richmond Trophy, Empire Trophy, Jersey Road Race, Nottingham Trophy and Ulster Trophy) in the Championship, despite them being well-contested by British drivers: "We could not claim to run an elite Championship if we in...
by Aislabie
21 Feb 2016, 23:37
Forum: The Perry McCarthy Memorial Forum
Topic: PMMF Planning Thread
Replies: 1057
Views: 324198

Re: PMMF Planning Thread

I don't have any real coding knowledge but do enjoy using spreadsheets recreationally, so would you be able to point me in the right direction for such a spreadsheet, or would I have to build my own?
by Aislabie
21 Feb 2016, 22:26
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: BRDC Formula One Championship
Replies: 32
Views: 18665

1951 BRDC Formula One Championship

1951 : Reg Parnell http://i.picresize.com/images/2016/02/16/LP9kS.jpg Swiss Grand Prix 1) Stirling Moss --- 40 laps (10) DNF) Peter Whitehead, George Abecassis Stirling Moss qualified behind Peter Whitehead, but inherited the win from the Ferrari driver when he crashed out on lap 36; Abecassis had ...
by Aislabie
21 Feb 2016, 21:51
Forum: The Perry McCarthy Memorial Forum
Topic: PMMF Planning Thread
Replies: 1057
Views: 324198

Re: PMMF Planning Thread

I have several ideas that I've been exploring - making databases and stuff - but I don't have any suitable software to simulate results with.

Well, I have xkoranate, but the results it generates are kind of rubbish. What software would people recommend I experiment with?
by Aislabie
21 Feb 2016, 00:23
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: BRDC Formula One Championship
Replies: 32
Views: 18665

Re: BRDC Formula One Championship

While I was away, the internet connection wasn't good enough for me to make posts like that ^^^ (I tried, and it dropped me when I was 95% through the 1951 review (which was pretty boring anyway, as not many Britons finished GPs that year)). On the bright side, I could peruse Wikipedia, so I have th...
by Aislabie
20 Feb 2016, 23:05
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: 1999 F1 Manager series, Cancelled
Replies: 81
Views: 17410

Arrows F1 Team announcement

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/00/ac/38/00ac38321e3d91ce698e6894b8da84a9.jpg Following some confusion regarding exactly how many transfer targets we were allowed to release to the press, we are now able to announce a complete list of the drivers we are targeting for this season. For...
by Aislabie
20 Feb 2016, 14:54
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: 1999 F1 Manager series, Cancelled
Replies: 81
Views: 17410

Arrows F1 Team announcement

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/00/ac/38/00ac38321e3d91ce698e6894b8da84a9.jpg As a team, we have today announced our intention to pursue three drivers who are currently available. They are Nick Heidfeld , Pedro Diniz and Gaston Mazzacane , who are all drivers that bring qualities tha...
by Aislabie
20 Feb 2016, 08:45
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: 1999 F1 Manager series, Cancelled
Replies: 81
Views: 17410

Re: 1999 F1 Manager series, 4 SPOTS OPEN!!

I'll take whichever team you're happy to give me (Arrows would be ideal - or Stefan)

This is really my first chance to get involved; can't wait!
by Aislabie
17 Feb 2016, 14:46
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Non-Championship F1 Races?
Replies: 14
Views: 2155

Re: Non-Championship F1 Races?

mmmmmm... So Bernie needs to approve, so it mustn't 'compete' with the championship , and he needs a bit of money ...but in return things are freed up. He sells the TV rights separately ( cheaply to free-to-view channels to maximise coverage ) and as part of a tie -up with manufacturers perhaps to ...
by Aislabie
16 Feb 2016, 01:03
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Non-Championship F1 Races?
Replies: 14
Views: 2155

Non-Championship F1 Races?

Could there once again be a market for non-Championship Formula 1 races? Okay, that probably sounds a bit mad since there haven't been any in the last 30 years, but bare with me. Teams currently have a very restricted testing schedule, so it's possible that these non-Championship race meetings could...
by Aislabie
15 Feb 2016, 18:27
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: BRDC Formula One Championship
Replies: 32
Views: 18665

1950 BRDC Formula One Championship

1950: Peter Whitehead http://www.pitpass.com/images/picoftheweek/20050103.jpg British Grand Prix 1) Reg Parnell --- 2:14:15.6 (10) 2) Bob Gerard --- + 2 laps (6) 3) Cuth Harrison --- +2 laps (4) 4) David Hampshire --- +5 laps (3) 5) Joe Fry & Brian Shawe-Taylor --- + 6 laps (1x2) DNF) David Mur...
by Aislabie
15 Feb 2016, 12:20
Forum: The "Flat Out, Flat Broke" Memorial Forum
Topic: BRDC Formula One Championship
Replies: 32
Views: 18665

BRDC Formula One Championship

http://i.picresize.com/images/2016/02/15/3z94k.png With Jolyon Palmer set to become the 161st British Formula One driver, and with ten Britons having won sixteen Championships between them, this series will imagine that it was the BRDC, and not the FIA, which created Formula One, and that all non-B...