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At long last, the series that ye have all been waiting for since the ancient days of Life GP has arrived to take the motorsports world by storm!

Why?
Dydo Monguzzi's engineering prowess has caught the eyes of some very wealthy people, who feel it would be for the benefit of the world to have a one-make series consisting of his automotive genius powered by the finest that the equally-mighty Renzo Engineering has to offer.

What?
Every entrant will be provided with a Dywa-001 and a complementary Renzo DFV-2 3.0 V8. One need not worry about finances, the costs of building, maintaining, repairing and replacing these cars will be covered by the series promoters. Teams won't have sponsorship merely to pay the bills, it will be because sponsors will be begging to be associated with a series of Dywa GP's calibre! :pantano:

How?
GP2 will be used to make this into reality. As I have no experience running such a series, any assistance will be gratefully welcomed, especially regarding the making of textures as graphic design is not my passion.
The overall format of weekends will be typical for anything run on GP2.
Races will be around 152.5km in length, with the exception of the Nürburgring qualifying race, which will be half as long.

The points system for races is similar to F1's points system at this time, albeit with bonus points.
    1st - 9
    2nd - 6
    3rd - 4
    4th - 3
    5th - 2
    6th - 1
Pole Position: 1
Fastest Lap: 1

A unique points format will be used for the Nürburgring qualifying race:
    1st - 4
    2nd - 2
    3rd - 1
Pole position: 1
Fastest Lap: 1


When?
Races will be streamed in the GPR Discord server when they are run for ye to come and watch, though there will not likely be a consistent schedule to this so to not put myself under needless pressure.

Where?
The provisional calendar (subject to confirmation) for 1978 is as follows:
  1. Enna-Pergusa: 2nd of April
  2. Imola: 16th of April
  3. Rouen: 14th of May
  4. Nürburgring Norisring: 28th of May (Special Qualifying race on the Betonschleife, main race on the Südschleife)
  5. Misano Syracuse: 18th of June
  6. Mugello: 25th of June
  7. Montjuïc Park: 2nd of July
  8. Castle Combe: 23rd of July
  9. Clermont-Ferrand: 13th of August
  10. Monza: 17th of September

Who?
There shall be an initial limit of 14 teams for the inaugural season so I don't have to have too much difficulty sorting out carsets for pre-qualifying.

Much like with Life GP, all drivers must be fictional; however, fictional drivers from canon are permitted, as long as their schedules permit it. For those drivers, stats will be assigned based on their track record in canon. For the rest, it will be in the hands of based RNG. Should a driver get injured, you will be asked to name a replacement, who must meet the same criteria for eligibility.

Ye on the forum are responsible for entering teams and drivers. Entries will be on a first come, first serve basis. An entry must be of the following format:

Team Name (nationality of team):
Driver 1: Driver Name (nationality)
Driver 2: Driver Name (nationality)
Sponsors of team: List of sponsors goes here

The entry list is now FULL! However, for season 2, expect a bigger entry list for when I'm more comfortable managing that sort of thing.

--ENTRANTS WILL BE UPDATED BELOW AS THEY ARE CONFIRMED--

Image Macchina Automobili Giorgio Armani (kinnikuniverse)
#1:
    Image Leonhard von Gottorp (Rounds 1-3)
    Image Marco Tortellini (Rounds 4-10)
#2:
    Image Valentino Nicchi (Rounds 1)
    Image Stefano Spaghetti (Rounds, 2-10)

Image Dickenson-Lightley (Rob Dylan)
#3: Image The Earl of Sandwich
#4: Image George Lightley

Image Scuderia del Made in Italy e dell'Emilia-Romagna (pi314159)
#5: Image Vittoria Tessarini
#6: Image Timo Fuchs

Image Reception Carrot Team (HawkAussie)
#7: Image Amada Castellon
#8: Image Jehan Duchamps

Image Scuderia Verona (Peteroli34)
#9: Image "Ouragan"
#10: Image Leopoldo Faraldo

Image Dywa HARD (Pinkd56)
#11: Image Johannes Gruber
#12: Image Peter Krieg

Image Scuderia Sighinolfi (Aislabie)
#13: Image Luciano Sighinolfi
#14: Image Kelby Rogerson


Image Motorsports de Boulangerie Cochon Rose (Ataxia)
#15: Image Aimé Voulescons
#16: Image Giacomo Campatelli

Image Bambini di San Marino (pasta_maldonado)
#17: Image Giuseppe Gasperoni
#18: Image Silvio Bachot

Image Euskadi Lasterketa (This Could Be You)
#19: Image Amalure Arrigorriagakoa
#20: Image Txatxu Etxeberria

Image Latin Auto Technology Enterprises (Nuppiz)
#21: Image Gabriella Mondadori
#22: Image Alphonse Fabron

Image Great Leap Backward (Butterfox)
#23: Image Lena Troscchi
#24: Image Mike Zhen Hong

Image Équipe Dywa France (Dom_Wings)
#25: Image "Michel Valliant"
#26: Image Tim Floc'h

Image Automotive SuperSport (TomWazzleshaw)
#27: Image Barry McKockiner
#28: Image Heywood Jablowme

Image Black Swan Racing (_gg_)
#29: Image Charles Leblanc
#30: Image Gerome Smith

Up-to-date information on championship standings can be found here: http://www.formularejects.com/wiki/1978_Dywa_Grand_Prix_Series_season
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Image Scuderia Sighinolfi
#13: Image Luciano Sighinolfi
#14: Image Kelby Rogerson

Both of these drivers have been created for this season; I hope that's alright.

Backstories:
  • Luciano Sighinolfi was born on 10th December 1951 in Ragusa, Sicily. He never met his father, who was apparently a racing driver who met his mother the night after winning a motor race of some kind. Inspired by his own origin story, Luciano was inspired to become a racing driver. He wasn't very good at it though, so never got higher than "Italian F3 backmarker"... until now.
  • Kelby Rogerson (born on 29th February 1952) made his money by running guns and contraception to and fro over the Irish border in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He would later get into automobile racing as a less risky alternative.

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Leonhard von Gottorp is available for a drive with any interested team.
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Dickenson-Lightley (UK):
Driver 1: Sir Robert Dylan VC, a.k.a. Earl of Sandwich (UK) #3
Driver 2: George Lightley (UK) #4
Sponsors of team: I dunno, the usual tea and biscuit giants like Yorkshire.



Backstories:
- George Lightley. Born 4 April 1946, son of team co-founder Harry Lightley. Likes a cigar, generally quiet and keeps to himself. He's run a few series round about, but mostly under his father's shadow, who was a decent driver in the early post-war days. With not much credit to his own name, he's got in on the nepotism card, but let's see what he can do.
- Sir Robert Dylan VC, Earl of Sandwich. Born 3 April 1950, a flamboyant bachelor, always the life and soul of the party. Excellent with catering and food selection, a bit mad off the circuit and somewhat unreliable on it. However, he has some solid cash-flow and will be riding around the wings of motorsport for the time being. He's certainly the face of the driving side of the team, good with the press and always cracks a joke at the right time. Whether he's fast or not is another matter. Rumour is he's already got a contract for the Flor Bath Trophy in 1979, but don't say it too loudly :pantano:
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Team Name: Scuderia del Made in Italy e dell'Emilia-Romagna (ITA)
#5: TBA
#6 TBA
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Alright, might as well go for it

Team name: Macchina Automobili Giorgio Armani (ITA)

Driver 1: Leonhard von Gottorp
Driver 2: Valentino Nicchi (Part-time)
Stefano Spaghetti (ITA) (Son of a friend/business Partner of Signore Armani, from Bologna. Has aspiration to be a pro race driver, and the Dywa GP, he feels, is the forst step towards that goal. will takeover Nicchi's seat for rounds clashing with the 500cc World Championship. Seat totally not payed for by his dad.)

Sponsor: Armani
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Image Latin Auto Technology Enterprises

#21 Image Gabriella Mondadori (b. 25th October 1953). An Italian F3 hotshot whose career has stalled due to lacking sponsorship and the right connections. She hopes that participating in the almost-F1 Dywa GP will help her progress on her career and avoid having to settle down as a housewife, which is what her parents would prefer her to do.

#22 Image Alphonse Fabron (b. 20th November 1939). A French club-level amateur racer and local-level politician. Prior to this, the fastest car he has driven was a Renault 12 Gordini. Which he owned for exactly one weekend before totaling it in a crash at the Albi Circuit. Despite losing his council seat in last year's municipal elections, he has maintained good political connections which should help with attracting sponsorship from various French companies.
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Image Vaillante Équipe Dywa France

#25 - Image "Michel Vaillant" (born 7 February 1957) - his real name is Jacques Godard. Jacques was a fairly talented driver in his karting days, and moves to the Dywa series for his first taste of open-wheel racing. His father was a friend of the comic's creator Jean Graton, and to aid Jacques' career, Graton agreed to sponsor the team with the caveat being that Jacques would drive under the pseudonym of "Michel Vaillant", complete with the famous blue helmet. Time will tell whether this was a good idea...

#26 - Image Tim Floc'h (born 18 September 1950) - Born and raised in Brittany, Floc'h wasn't really interested in motorsports until he got his first car, a blue Renault 16, in 1972. Over the next few years, he began racing on a club level and eventually built a solid reputation among the street racing community in northern France. It is reported that he used half of his winnings to secure a seat in the Dywa series. He is not related to NASCAR driver Tim Flock, nor the Flock family.

Team sponsor: Vaillante
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Image DYWA HARD
An Austrian importer based in the town of Hard, Vorarlberg.

11: Image Johannes Gruber - 24y/o driver from Berlin. Source of income is unknown.
12: Image Peter Krieg - Elusive 30y/o driver. Holds a strong resemblance to Johannes Gruber but has an accent which is hard to pin down. His concentration is a weakness due to him suffering migraines.
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Image Bambini di San Marino
A patriotic group of mechanics from Domagnano, San Marino
17: Giuseppe Gasperoni (SMR) (born 01/02/60 in Domagnano, San Marino)
Giuseppe, the son of a mechanic, gained an early interest in cars thanks to his father, Roberto, owning a small garage in Domagnano. Like many young men interested in cars, Giuseppe began to push the envelope of the law as a teenager. Giuseppe has often found himself in trouble with the Corpo di Polizia Civile, most recently after organising illegal hillclimb events on public roads at early hours of the morning. Roberto Gasperoni decided to bankroll a Dywa GP entry in order to keep his son from being the only prisoner in San Marino.

18: TBA Open to offers
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#9 Image "Ouragan"
(b. 1916) What do you do when your a simple 60 year old Goat farmer in the foot hills of the Pyrenees struggling to make a living and you win on the French Lottery, you buy your first tv, the first programme he ever saw was the last 3 laps of the 1976 French GP from that moment he was hooked and wanted to emulate Jacques Laffite and win, so he brought a 2CV and taught himself to drive and then brought a F3 car and lined up on the grid for the 1977 French F3 championship. His wife decided it would be better if he entered under a pseudonym so his family doesn't find out about his big win, She decided Ouragan (Hurricane) as not only did he sweep her of his feet but he could also take the racing world by storm. As far as we can see the only similarity between him and an actual hurricane is the destruction left in their wake, Honestly you could put one of his goats in the car it would probably lap quicker

#10 Image Leopoldo Faraldo
(b. 22/10/1942). A Former Italian Air Force fighter pilot who left in the service in 1972 after he manged to shoot down his own Republic F-84F Thunderstreak. Turned to motorcycle racing making his debut for the 1975 season. has shown to be amazingly consistent however 47 races not a single one ever been finished. Says he has achieved all that he wants on bikes so has decided to turn to 4 wheels for 1978. The fact that he announced the career change the day after the motorcycle federation gave him a lifetime ban due to punching an official for the 3rd time is purely coincidental
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British female driver Hope Stever is available for anyone wishing to hire her. Her current claims to fame include being the only woman on the King's Arms darts team, and winning the 1977 reverse mini racing championship.
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16: Available

Sponsors: Boulangerie Cochon Rose (I make logo), Total, Cibie
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Driver 1: #19 Amalure Arrigorriagakoa (DOB: 31/07/1959)
Driver 2: #20 Txatxu Etxeberria (DOB:26/04/1947)
(all drivers and staff are Basque)

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Team Name: Reception Carrot Team (ESP)
#7: Amada Castellon (ESP) (DOB: 23/5/49)
#8: Jehan Duchamps (FRA) (DOB: 4/6/60)

Castellon was formally from Chile as he competed in the first season of the Chilean Formula Three Championship back in 1972 before moving over to Spain where he struggled in the lower classes of Spanish motorsport until now.

For Duchamps this will be his first experience in this level of competition as he was a kart driver in the local leagues but with backing from unknown sources, he got a seat in this team.
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West German driver Timo Fuchs is interested in a seat in the series. At 25 years old he has driver-owner experience in Formula 2. With mixed results in those series he believes it is time to move up to the top level of formula cars, be it in Formula 1 or series that run F1 cars.

He will be running concurrently with Formula 1, which means he will have to miss any races that clash with F1 (I think it's just Mugello).

He brings sponsorship from Gilden Kölsch beer.
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Team 14: Automotive SuperSport (GBR)
#27: Barry McKockiner (SCO)
#28: Heywood Jablowme (WAL)

I'll be running a competition for who will own their DECs. Basically the most creative backstory wins :pantano:
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Here's my driver:

#5 Vittoria Tessarini (born 1940 in Ravenna)

The daughter of an OSCA engineer and racing enthusiast, Vittoria grew up surrounded by cars. As a teenager she watched her father compete in the Mille Miglia and saw his OSCA cars win Grand Prix. Her hero was Maria Teresa de Filippis, whom she met while she was still an OSCA-affiliated driver. Unfortunately, by the time Vittoria was in her early twenties, the time when you could rent an old OSCA and turn up for your home Grand Prix was firmly over. She took part in some local hillclimbs and a few sportscar races around Imola.

At 38, now successfully running the car dealership founded by her father, she has decided to fulfil her childhood dream and finally drive a Formula 1 car, even if it is a Dywa. She and her father have decided to revive his old team, Scuderia del Savio, but thanks to some regional politician wanting to promote the Emilia-Romagna region, and Tessarini needing a little sponsorship for the season, the team will now compete as Scuderia del Made in Italy e dell'Emilia-Romagna.
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Bambini di San Marino have announced they have signed Silvio Bachot to drive the #18 Dywa, after Silvio impressed them by correctly identifying the San Marino flag on the second attempt.
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Great Leap Backward (People's republic of China):
Driver 1: Lena Troscchi (ITA) - Has dubious connections to various "civil rights groups", Best claim to fame: has won 100% of all police chases she's been in so far.
Driver 2: Mike Zhen Hong (VIET) - Offered to the team by the Vietnamese party, not really clear what his history is or if he has even driven a car at all.
Sponsors of team: Sponsors are for capitalist pigs.(though some propaganda slogans are always welcome)
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As agreed with Getz, The #6 car will be driven by Timo Fuchs (GER)
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I probably should have posted this sooner but to give a status report on progress for getting the series going:

All the driver ratings and whatnot are already done, and some teams' paint schemes have been made already, though I do need to tweak some magic data for tracks before I'm satisfied on that front.
Those of ye who haven't named sponsors for yeer teams I would appreciate if ye did sooner rather than later, though no real rush since life limits how much time I have to put them together. If any of ye feel like doing some paint schemes for them, I will not complain.
The teams whose liveries are already done are:
Scuderia Sighinolfi, Latin Auto Technology Enterprises, Scuderia del Made in Italy e dell'Emilia-Romagna, Bambini di San Marino.

I will post another status closer to Dywa GP being ready to launch
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I guess I can have Yorkshire Tea again as my main sponsor, but I'd like my livery very plain as its a privateer team :)
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Autosprint wrote:Dywa GP Announces Unique Format For Nürburgring Event
Speculation has been rife about the new up-and-coming Dywa GP series, a one-make series comprising of the same Dywa-Renzo cars the Dywa F1 team uses, ever since the series' launch, with many in the world of motorsport in Italy and beyond scratching their heads and shrugging their shoulders in complete bewilderment at the series' very premise. Once again, this is the reaction the world of motorsport has had to an announcement by the series' shadowy organisers about the Dywa Internazionaler Eifelpokal, to be held at the Nürburgring on the 28th of May. A special 76km qualifying race around the Betonschleife, whose results will be used to set the grid for the main race on the Südschleife. Championship points will be awarded to the top three finishers in the qualifying race in a 4-2-1 format, with an additional point for pole position and fastest lap. No point for pole will be awarded for the Südschleife race. Are they trying to make this race into the blue-riband event of Dywa GP? Why the Südschleife instead of the Nordschleife? Frankly, this announcement, much like everything else said by the organisers, leaves us with more questions than answers.
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As another update regarding when this'll actually get started, almost all of the textures for the cars are done now, though I do need to do some slot editing before I'm fully happy with that as well. Once both of those are sorted, the championship will get properly underway.
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Can I be added to the waiting list, please? Maybe for season 2?
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_gg_ wrote:Can I be added to the waiting list, please? Maybe for season 2?


In season 2 there'll be no limits on how many teams can take part, that's only a thing for Season 1 whilst I get to grips with running a series. :)
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An update for those eagerly awaiting the launch of Dywa GP: After some initial testing of streaming, which may or may not have involved violations of the time-space continuum, I can safely say things are good to go for Dywa GP's launch! :dance:
The first race, at Enna-Pergusa, will be held tomorrow evening sometime after 7PM GMT, and will be streamed in the GPR discord for yeer viewing pleasure! :D
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Following the injury to Kelby Rogerson at Enna, Scuderia Signhinolfi will be needing a replacement. Image Nino Pilia, an ardent Seborgan nationalist and pirate radio broadcaster, has agreed to stump up the m o n e for the seat, evidently not put off by the near-death experience of his predecessor Kelby Rogerson.
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Re: 1978 Dywa GP - Enna run!

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The inaugural Dywa GP race, at Enna-Pergusa, has been run, and it was won by Breton driver Tim Floc'h!
For those of ye who weren't watching the stream in the discord, a race report will be coming in the morning, for I am too tired to write it now.
James Hunt, commentating on the 1991 German Grand Prix wrote:The Benettons looking very smart together on the track, mostly because they're both going so slowly.
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Re: 1978 Dywa GP - Enna race report up!

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QUALIFYING REPORT
Frenchman Tim Floc'h set the pace in qualifying, with the Breton setting a (comparatively) quick 1:44.555 in the sky-blue Vaillante car, just over a tenth ahead of German veteran Leonhard von Gottorp. His teammate, "Michel Vaillant" himself, had none of Floc'h's pace, and he lined up 26th and last. A testament to the competitiveness of Dywa GP, the top 13 cars were separated by less than a second. Frenchmen Alphonse Fabron and Ouragan were not up to pace and failed to qualify.

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RACE REPORT
The aim of the game was always survival, and the attrition came in thick and fast; Johannes Gruber didn't even make it past the first turn. Only seven cars remained by lap 17. Italian Giacomo Campatelli, driving for Motorsports de Boulangerie Cochon Rose, after making a blistering start from fifth on the grid, dominated much of the race, but an engine failure put paid to his chances of victory. Leonhard von Gottorp took over the lead and with his good pit strategy seemed certain to win, until he too had an engine failure. Tim Floc'h, who had started from pole, found himself leading once more, with only three other cars still going around the track. On the final lap, something truly remarkable happened: every single car still running ran out of fuel and failed to finish the final lap! It turns out that I had forgotten to edit the slot data properly the cars' fuel tanks were not big enough to hold the fuel needed to complete a full race distance! The results were taken back to the end of the 30th lap, and Tim Floc'h was declared the winner of the inaugural Dywa Grand Prix race, thus forever ensuring the Breton's place in the history books! Peter Krieg, who drove a very anonymous race, finished second for DYWA-HARD, and Vietnamese driver Mike Zhen Hong, driving for Great Leap Backward, completed the rostrum. Rounding out the points were British driver George Lightley, driving for his father's team, Leonhard von Gottorp, who was classified fifth despite his engine failure, and Basque driver Amalure Arrigorriagakoa, whose engine spectacularly went up in flames with just four laps to go.

CLASSIFICATION
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FASTEST LAPS
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Drive of the Race: Peter Krieg — despite doing almost nothing all race, his slow and steady performance was good for second place.
Reject of the Race: The fuel tanks — not holding enough fuel to complete a race distance led to a finish that will forever be remembered; an oversight that would have probably been noticed sooner if the Dywa team had actually qualified for any F1 races.

INJURY REPORT
On the second lap of the race, Scuderia Sighinolfi driver Kelby Rogerson had an extremely violent crash at the Prosperina chicane, the Irishman's car being ripped in two.

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As a result, an injury RNG was in order:
1 - 30: Concussion — out 1 race
31 - 60: Bruised Vertebrae — out 3 races
61 - 80: Broken Vertebrae — out rest of season
81 - 100: Death

72! Rogerson is lucky to be alive after that crash, but his season is already over. Aislabie has already nominated a replacement driver, Nino Pilia.
James Hunt, commentating on the 1991 German Grand Prix wrote:The Benettons looking very smart together on the track, mostly because they're both going so slowly.
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Re: 1978 Dywa GP - Enna race report up!

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The current standings for Dywa GP can be found here on the wiki: http://www.formularejects.com/wiki/1978_Dywa_Grand_Prix_Series_season

Furthermore, Round 2 of the Dywa GP season, the Dywa Pirelli Gran Premio del Made in Italy e dell'Emilia-Romagna, will be broadcast on Discord later today! :D
James Hunt, commentating on the 1991 German Grand Prix wrote:The Benettons looking very smart together on the track, mostly because they're both going so slowly.
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Re: 1978 Dywa GP - Enna race report up!

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Not that enticing and probably not a prospect new driver Javier Ignacio Scarpetta has somehow hoodwinked a few beef barons from his native Uruguay to fund a career in motorsports, and will drive for Pi's team at Rouen. :?
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Re: 1978 Dywa GP - Enna race report up!

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Frentzen127 wrote:Not that enticing and probably not a prospect new driver Javier Ignacio Scarpetta has somehow hoodwinked a few beef barons from his native Uruguay to fund a career in motorsports, and will drive for Pi's team at Rouen. :?

I confirm that Scarpetta will replace Fuchs at Rouen.
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Re: 1978 Dywa GP - Imola race report up!

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For the first time in Dywa Grand Prix history, competitors actually competed the full race distance! Well, four of them did, and one of them managed to set a record that cannot be beaten, only equalled!

QUALIFYING REPORT
All eyes were on Italian debutant Stefano Spaghetti, who set the pace with a 1:36.064 in his first outing in Dywa machinery. After failing to qualify at Enna, Ouragan managed to Alphonse Fabron once again failed to qualify, with Scotsman Barry McKockiner joining him on the sidelines.

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RACE REPORT
Once again, this race was a game of attrition. This attrition was in many ways exacerbated by the presence of the eldritch Frenchman "Ouragan", whose slow pace saw him lapped on the third lap, and a cause of many a crash.

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Behold, Ouragan taking Aqua Minerale at just 0.8mph.

The star of the show, however, was "Michel Vaillant", who, after a dreadful qualifying session started 26th and last, patiently carved his way through the field by dint of keeping the car on the road and not breaking down, which, saw him running second with just a few laps to go, after leaders Giacomo Campatelli and Lena Trosschi broke down within moments of one another. His teammate Tim Floc'h look set to win back-to-back races and with it a Vaillante 1-2 but with a few laps to go, his suspension broke. Vaillant took the lead and was never challenged, securing himself a place in the history books with a legendary last-to-first drive. Completing the rostrum were Italians Leopoldo Faraldo and Luciano Sighinolfi. Faraldo, Ouragan's teammate, had himself caused trouble for faster drivers earlier in the race, but he got the car home and took home six valuable points. Sighinolfi drove a low-key race but with survival being the aim of the game, that was what he needed for his first podium. Johannes Gruber had a blistering pace in the final third of the race, finishing up with three consecutive fastest laps, but accidents early on meant he was a lap down and the last-placed finisher. In fifth was polesitter Stefano Spaghetti, whose engine failed late-race, and Welshman Heywood Jablowme, whose transmission broke near the end.

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"Michel Vaillant" celebrating his last-to-first performance at Imola

CLASSIFICATION
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Drive of the Day: "Michel Vaillant" wins this without a doubt, his last-to-first performance undoubtedly to feature in a future Michel Vaillant comic.
Reject of the Race: "Ouragan", for his mobile chicanery being a genuine danger to everyone else on track, even causing injury to others. One wonders how much longer his on-track antics will be permitted by the race organisers.

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INJURY REPORT
Timo Fuchs slammed into the back of Ouragan and took off. It was a fairly violent incident but not as bad as Rogerson's at Enna.
1-25: No injury
26-50: Sprained ankle, out for 1 race
51-80: broken ankle, out for 3 races
81-100: Broken leg, out for 5 races
48!
Fuchs will miss one race, and as noted above, will be replaced by Uruguayan driver Javier Scarpetta at Rouen.

Amada Castellon was t-boned at Aqua Minerale by the Earl of Sandwich, though not at high speeds; however, these cars are not exactly safe.
1-20: No injury
21-50: broken ribs, misses no races but race with reduced stats for next race
51-80: broken collarbone, out for 3 races
81-100: Broken pelvis, out for season
30!
Castellon has some minor injuries but will race at Rouen.
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Re: 1978 Dywa GP - Imola race report up!

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In the Dickenson-Lightley camp, it's a tale of two garages. George Lightley is absolutely thrilled that his DNF in round 1 still netted him three points and unrejectification on début. Of Sandwich on the other hand has had two irritating races in a row, with very good points thrown away due to unreliability. What with his old friend Baron McGordon begging for him to join the Flor Bath Trophy for 1979, it seems unlikely in the current state that the Earl will stick around once he finds another series to run.
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Timo Fuchs wrote:I came close to scoring points back there. Who is this "Ouragan"? I've seen backmarkers but he is another level of inept. I am protesting his placement on the grid, we can't allow such an oaf on the track again.
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Re: 1978 Dywa GP - Imola race report up!

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Leonhard Von Gottorp's Diary wrote:May 15, 1978

I have informed Giorgio Armani that I will no longer be competing in the Dwya series, separating myself from this awful farce. I assured him that my engine failure had no part in it. I have no problem with technical failures: anyone in motorsport accepts that their success depends on the reliability of their machinery. What makes my departure from competition the only reasonable choice is indifference to our work. Racing is a profession of pride, it is pride that makes us risk our life, though I have no problem with dying behind the wheel, it is the most natural thing for a racing driver to do. There is just no pride in this series. That seems like such a simple problem, but it is just not acceptable. I do not begrudge the amateur commoners I am competing against, but even they embrace the mediocrity of this series. My attempts to get them on my side to ask for a more sensible vehicle to race in were met with naive enthusiasm and assurances from people who have never driven any vehicle of value. Problems with the car that I pointed out from day one were ignored, resulting in the embarrassing display in Pergusa. I should have left after having my name besmirched by an event like that, but I excepted things to get better. It did not. I am ashamed for having given this tomfoolery time of my day and I will do so no more, especially when I still have duties in Formula One to attend to. So long, "Dywa Grand Prix Series".

Leonhard von Gottorp


You heard the man, kinnik. Macchina Automobili Giorgio Armani will need a new driver after the next race.
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