1923 Grand Prix Championship - Series discontinued

simonracer · Post by **simonracer** » 02 Aug 2015, 07:20

Sunbeam will enter Spa with the same lineup. The only difference will be that Kenelm Lee Guiness's car will have engine 4 in it instead of engine 2 (unless it doesn't cost anything to repair engines or cars, in which case use the second engine.)

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 02 Aug 2015, 09:52

AC will make any necessary repairs before shipping the cars to Belgium where they will be driven as they were in the the Targa Florio

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 02 Aug 2015, 12:14

Masetti Corse will enter Belgium with Guido Meregalli as our driver

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 02 Aug 2015, 14:53

Chassagne and Guyot are back for more in Belgium with the same car-engine combinations. Mignolet will do a one-off in car 3 and engine 3.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 02 Aug 2015, 15:21

After a fairly successful first race, Maria Antonietta d'Avanzo has decided to attempt the Belgian Grand Prix too.

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 02 Aug 2015, 16:42

Post-race report:

Prize money:
Antonio Ascari - 25 000
Henry Segrave - 18 000
Christian Lautenschlager - 15 000
Giuseppe Campari - 12 000
Louis-Antoine Voeckler - 10 500
Albert Divo - 9 000
Maria Antonietta d'Avanzo - 7 500
Giulio Masetti - 6 250
Pietro Bordino - 5 000
Samuel Nurmester - 4 500
Dario Resta - 4 000
Manso de Zuniga - 3 500
Ferdinand de Vizcaya - 3 000
Albert Guyot - 2 500
Jean Chassagne - 2 000
Sammy Davis - 1 500
Jules Goux - 1 000
Kenelm Lee Guinness - 750
Jimmy Murphy - 500
René Thomas - 250

Repair Costs:

Chassis:
FIAT 805/1 - 1 250
FIAT 805/2 - 1 250
AC Cars AC23/2 - 1 000
Bugatti 32/1 - 2 500
Engines:
Impéria 8/12HP/1 - 1 500
Sunbeam 23/2 - 1 500
AC Cars AC-3LI6/1 - 3 000
Delage 2LCV/1 - 3 750

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 02 Aug 2015, 16:50

Bugatti will repair the 32/1.

Post by **Miguel98** » 02 Aug 2015, 16:55

pi314159 wrote:
Miguel98 wrote:Voisin will enter the Belgium and France GP's.

Entries are race by race, so you can't enter the French Grand Prix yet, unless you're planning to be away from the forum for a longer period of time. But your entry for the Belgian GP has been registered.

Ah, okay.

Then only register me in Belgium then.

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 02 Aug 2015, 17:30

Entry deadline for the Belgian Grand Prix is 22nd August, 6 PM CEST

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 02 Aug 2015, 17:39

This wrote:Chassagne and Guyot are back for more in Belgium with the same car-engine combinations. Mignolet will do a one-off in car 3 and engine 3.

And of course, we will repair the broken engine.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 02 Aug 2015, 17:41

Fiat will repair both broken chassis.

simonracer · Post by **simonracer** » 03 Aug 2015, 06:29

We might as well repair the second engine.

And confirming the entries (I've decided to change it up slightly:)
Henry Segrave - chassis 1, engine 4 (because I can)
Kenelm Lee Guiness - chassis 1, engine 2
Albert Divo - chassis 1, engine 3

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 03 Aug 2015, 07:24

simonracer wrote:We might as well repair the second engine.

And confirming the entries (I've decided to change it up slightly:)
Henry Segrave - chassis 1, engine 4 (because I can)
Kenelm Lee Guiness - chassis 1, engine 2
Albert Divo - chassis 1, engine 3

One chassis with three drivers and three engines? Interesting construction.

Post by **tommykl** » 03 Aug 2015, 07:50

Impéria will repair Duray's engine.

Post by **Ataxia** » 03 Aug 2015, 11:03

We'll enter both drivers again for Spa-Francorchamps in the same cars.

simonracer · Post by **simonracer** » 04 Aug 2015, 09:10

pi314159 wrote:
simonracer wrote:We might as well repair the second engine.

And confirming the entries (I've decided to change it up slightly:)
Henry Segrave - chassis 1, engine 4 (because I can)
Kenelm Lee Guiness - chassis 1, engine 2
Albert Divo - chassis 1, engine 3

One chassis with three drivers and three engines? Interesting construction.

That was an epic fail, I really don't know what I was thinking (or not thinking) there.

Fixed once again:
Henry Segrave - chassis 1, engine 4
Kenelm Lee Guiness - chassis 2, engine 2
Albert Divo - chassis 3, engine 3

Rabbi Gordon · Post by **Rabbi Gordon** » 09 Aug 2015, 22:14

Pierre de Vizcaya is still looking for a chassis and would really like to have a French one.

Therefore he approaches Rolland-Pilain with an offer of 22 000 fine francs.

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 22 Aug 2015, 21:03

Rabbi Gordon wrote:Pierre de Vizcaya is still looking for a chassis and would really like to have a French one.

Therefore he approaches Rolland-Pilain with an offer of 22 000 fine francs.

Rolland-Pillain accepts the offer and therefore, we built a RP001 to be send to Pierre de Vizcaya.

Rabbi Gordon · Post by **Rabbi Gordon** » 23 Aug 2015, 16:06

With the offer accepted, Pierre de Vizcaya will enter the Spa race.

Naturally, the car will be the Rolland-Pilain RP001 chassis 2 powered by the Hispano-Suiza HS23E engine 3.

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 23 Aug 2015, 18:56

Rabbi Gordon wrote:With the offer accepted, Pierre de Vizcaya will enter the Spa race.

Naturally, the car will be the Rolland-Pilain RP001 chassis 2 powered by the Hispano-Suiza HS23E engine 3.

Technically, you entered after the deadline, but I'm going to accept the entry, as it took Normal32 so long to confirm the chassis deal.

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 23 Sep 2015, 08:51

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 23 Sep 2015, 09:54

Belgian Grand Prix - Timed Practice

The Sunbeams lead the timed practice at Spa-Francorchamps, with Henry Segrave setting a fastest time of just over seven minutes on the 15km circuit. Antonio Ascari didn't match the times of the fastest two Sunbeams, but appeared to be the most consistent driver. The FIATs and Bugattis have chances for a good result as well. Pierre de Vizcaya and Georges Mignolet surprised with good times on their debuts, while the new Voisin, apparently down on engine power, was the slowest car on track.

1. Henry Segrave (Sunbeam) 7:06.4
2. Kenelm Lee Guinness (Sunbeam) +1.4
3. Antonio Ascari (Alfa Romeo) +1.7
4. Giuseppe Campari (FIAT) +2.5
5. Rene Thomas (FIAT) +3.1
6. Louis-Antoine Voeckler (Bugatti) +3.9
7. Jimmy Murphy (Bugatti) +3.9
8. Felice Nazzaro (FIAT) +4.0
9. Jules Goux (Bugatti) +4.0
10. Albert Divo (Sunbeam) +4.4
11. Pietro Bordino (Alfa Romeo) +4.4
12. Maria Antonietta d'Avanzo (FIAT) +5.4
13. Enzo Ferrari (Alfa Romeo) +5.9
14. Pierre de Vizcaya (Rolland-Pilain-Hispano-Suiza) +6.0
15. Arthur Duray (Impéria) +6.1
16. Guido Meregalli (Alfa Romeo) +6.7
17. Christian Lautenschlager (Benz) +6.8
18. Georges Mignolet (Delage) +7.4
19. Jean Chassagne (Delage) +8.6
20. Albert Guyot (Delage) +9.1
21. Dario Resta (Bentley) +12.3
22. Manso de Zuniga (Hispano-Suiza) +13.4
23. Andre Lagache (Rolland-Pilain) +14.0
24. Sammy Davis (AC Cars) +14.1
25. Ferdinand de Vizcaya (Hispano-Suiza) +14.6
26. Clive Gallop (AC Cars) +15.7
27. Samuel Nurmester (Bentley) +16.2
28. Robert Benoist (Voisin) +17.6

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 24 Sep 2015, 09:13

1923 Belgian Grand Prix

Race report:

Starting grid

Starting from fifth, Maria Antonietta d'Avanzo had a brilliant start and went into the lead by the time they reached Les Combes for the first time. There, Kenelm Lee Guinness had to stop his car with a smoking engine. D'Avanzo led at the end of lap one, followed by Ascari and Murphy. Campari, Lautenschlager and Divo completed the top 6. Enzo Ferrari went off the road and had to retire from the race at Burnenville on lap 2. While Albert Divo made his way up to 4th, Murphy and Ascari battled for over half a lap, from Burnenville to La Source, where the american driver finally made the pass. The battle allowed d'Avanzo to extend her lead to over 10 seconds. But then Divo made his way past Ascari and Murphy, and began catching up to d'Avanzo. Jules Goux, who was running well in 5th, had to retire from the race with a broken axle on lap 6.

Divo took three more laps to catch up to d'Avanzo. But d'Avanzo was defending aggressively, and Divo took too much risk trying to pass her, resulting in a spin that dropped him to fourth. Nazzarro took advantage from the situation to pass Murphy. Local driver Georges Mignolet went off at Stavelot, causing significant damage to his Delage, and injuring his ankle. Meanwhile, Divo had passed Murphy and Nazzarro again, and attacked d'Avanzo once more. This time, he managed to pass her, but using the slipstream, d'Avanzo regained the position shortly afterwards. However, this wouldn't last long, since Divo's Sunbeam had the superior pace now. The french driver took the lead one lap later, and this time managed to pull away.

A meaningless, but entertaining battle for 21st between Lagache and Benoist ended after the Rolland-Pilain broke an axle. D'Avanzo lost another two positions to Nazzarro and Segrave. The race was calming down a bit now. There were less battles on track, and the drivers were just hoping to get their cars to the finish now. Nazzarro wasn't lucky, his car failed with just 9 laps to go. Neither was Targa Florio winner Ascari, who had to stop four laps before the end of the race.

Divo, having dominated the second half of the race, won one minute ahead of teammate Segrave, who completed the 1-2 for Sunbeam, securing the championship lead for the British manufacturer. Maria Antonietta d'Avanzo was the surprise of the day, managing to finish on the podium after having held the race lead for almost twenty laps. Pietro Bordino for Alfa Romeo and Jimmy Murphy for Bugatti completed the top 5.

Race results:
1. Albert Divo (Sunbeam) 54 Laps
2. Henry Segrave (Sunbeam) +1:03.324
3. Maria Antonietta d'Avanzo (FIAT) +1:21.148
4. Pietro Bordino (Alfa Romeo) +1:36.586
5. Jimmy Murphy (Bugatti) +1:51.262
6. Louis-Antoine Voeckler (Bugatti) +3:22.211
7. Guido Meregalli (Alfa Romeo) +6:15.934
8. Albert Guyot (Delage) +7:14.383
9. Clive Gallop (AC Cars) +1 Lap
10. Dario Resta (Bentley) +1 Lap
11. Giuseppe Campari (FIAT) +1 Lap
12. Rene Thomas (FIAT) +1 Lap
13. Manso de Zuniga (Hispano-Suiza) +2 Laps
14. Robert Benoist (Voisin) +2 Laps
Ret. Antonio Ascari (Alfa Romeo) +4 Laps / Steering
Ret. Felice Nazzaro (FIAT) +9 Laps / Steering
Ret. Jean Chassagne (Delage ) +9 Laps / Axle
Ret. Christian Lautenschlager (Benz) +14 Laps / Suspension
Ret. Samuel Nurmester (Bentley) +17 Laps / Breaks
Ret. Arthur Duray (Imperia) +28 Laps / Steering
Ret. Pierre de Vizcaya (Rolland-Pilain - Hispano-Suiza) +31 Laps / Engine
Ret. Andre Lagache (Rolland-Pilain) +36 Laps / Axle
Ret. Sammy Davis (AC Cars) +43 Laps / Suspension
Ret. Georges Mignolet (Delage) +45 Laps / Accident
Ret. Ferdinand de Vizcaya (Hispano-Suiza) +46 Laps / Engine
Ret. Jules Goux (Bugatti) +48 Laps / Axle
Ret. Enzo Ferrari (Alfa Romeo) +52 Laps / Accident
Ret. Kenelm Lee Guinness (Sunbeam) +53 Laps / Engine

Fastest Lap: Albert Divo (7:12.9)

Injuries:
Georges Mignolet has suffered a minor injury to his ankle in his accident, and will be injured for two weeks. As the French GP is four weeks away, he will recover in time for the race.

Damage report:
Delage 2LCV chassis 3 - 5000
Alfa Romeo P1 chassis 2 - 2500
Sunbeam 23 engine 2 - 1500
Hispano-Suiza HS23E engine 2 - 1500
Hispano-Suiza HS23E engine 3 - 3750

Prize money:
Albert Divo - 25 000
Henry Segrave - 18 000
Maria Antonietta d'Avanzo - 15 000
Pietro Bordino - 12 000
Jimmy Murphy - 10 500
Louis-Antoine Voeckler - 9 000
Guido Meregalli - 7 500
Albert Guyot - 6 250
Clive Gallop - 5 000
Dario Resta - 4 500
Giuseppe Campari - 4 000
René Thomas - 3 500
Manso de Zuniga - 3 000
Robert Benoist - 2 500
Antonio Ascari - 2 000
Felice Nazzarro - 1 500
Jean Chassagne - 1 000
Christian Lautenschlager - 750
Samuel Nurmester - 500
Arthur Duray - 250

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 24 Sep 2015, 10:02

Wow! I wasn't intending initially to enter this race with Maria when this championship started, but a slightly promising result in the first race was encouraging, and this result may see further entries later in the year.

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 24 Sep 2015, 12:07

Budgets are updated.

Entries for the French Grand Prix are now open.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 24 Sep 2015, 15:58

Following her podium, Maria Antonietta d'Avanzo has decided to try to continue her luck by entering the French Grand Prix.

Post by **Miguel98** » 24 Sep 2015, 16:17

Voisin are running the French GP.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 24 Sep 2015, 17:39

FIAT will round up the usual suspects for the French Grand Prix.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 24 Sep 2015, 17:44

Same old, same old for Bugatti.

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 24 Sep 2015, 18:17

Rolland-Pillain will enter their reserve driver, with the same equipment as before.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 24 Sep 2015, 18:30

Same combinations as Spa for Alfa Romeo.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 24 Sep 2015, 21:37

Delage will repair chassis 3
Our full-attack tout suprème Français line up is:

Delage 2LCV chassis 1 + Delage 2LCV engine 1 - Jean Chassagne
Delage 2LCV chassis 2 + Delage 2LCV engine 2 - Albert Guyot
Delage 2LCV chassis 3 + Delage 2LCV engine 3 - André Boillot
French Breakfast stand in the paddock - Georges Mignolet

And with that, we're almost out of money, so if anyone is interested in buying one of our cars/engines/chassis for a realistic prize (minimum the building cost) after the French GP, pm!

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 24 Sep 2015, 23:15

Benz will be back with Lautenschlager.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 25 Sep 2015, 06:51

Masetti Corse will return to France with Meregalli at the helm

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 25 Sep 2015, 08:11

This wrote:Delage will repair chassis 3
Our full-attack tout suprème Français line up is:

Delage 2LCV chassis 1 + Delage 2LCV engine 1 - Jean Chassagne
Delage 2LCV chassis 2 + Delage 2LCV engine 2 - Albert Guyot
Delage 2LCV chassis 3 + Delage 2LCV engine 3 - André Boillot
French Breakfast stand in the paddock - Georges Mignolet

And with that, we're almost out of money, so if anyone is interested in buying one of our cars/engines/chassis for a realistic prize (minimum the building cost) after the French GP, pm!

Sorry, but you currently don't have enough money to repair your third chassis. So only Chassagne's and Guyot's entries will be accepted for now.

simonracer · Post by **simonracer** » 25 Sep 2015, 10:16

That was a hell of a race for us. We'll repair the damaged engine and enter with the exact same combinations at France.

Post by **tommykl** » 25 Sep 2015, 11:13

Arthur Duray and Impéria will of course be present at the French Grand Prix.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 25 Sep 2015, 22:43

pi314159 wrote:
This wrote:Delage will repair chassis 3
Our full-attack tout suprème Français line up is:

Delage 2LCV chassis 1 + Delage 2LCV engine 1 - Jean Chassagne
Delage 2LCV chassis 2 + Delage 2LCV engine 2 - Albert Guyot
Delage 2LCV chassis 3 + Delage 2LCV engine 3 - André Boillot
French Breakfast stand in the paddock - Georges Mignolet

And with that, we're almost out of money, so if anyone is interested in buying one of our cars/engines/chassis for a realistic prize (minimum the building cost) after the French GP, pm!

Sorry, but you currently don't have enough money to repair your third chassis. So only Chassagne's and Guyot's entries will be accepted for now.

Uhm, i have done the math, and i have 3000 + 7250 prize money, and i need 5000 to repair and 4500 to enter 3 cars? What information is missing that i didn't count it? And if the budget of 3000 is already updated with the prize money, how in the hell did that happen? If i remember correctly, i used to have enough budget to remain above 0 prize money not included. Sorry but i'm clearly missing something again. Getting a déja vu here...

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 25 Sep 2015, 23:07

AC Cars will enter the French Grand Prix with the following combination

Sammy Davis - Chassis 1 Engine 2
Clive Gallop- Chassis 2 Engine 1

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 28 Sep 2015, 15:55

Deadline for entries will be 12th October at noon CEST.