Alt79 - Fourtunate Son - That's All Folks!

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 19 Mar 2021, 13:52

Team Name: McLaren
User: Klon

Designer #1: Ralph Bellamy
Designer #2: Harvey Postlethwaite

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Driver #1
Name: Jacky Ickx
Wage: £200,000
Contract Length: 1 Year

Driver #1
Name: Clay Regazzoni
Wage: £70,000
Contract Length: 2 Years

Driver #1
Name: John Watson
Wage: £70,000
Contract Length: 1 Year

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Driver #2
Name: Masahiro Hasemi
Wage: hahahaha ... how much money have you got?
Contract Length: 2 Years (must compete for the entire season in 1979)

Driver #2
Name: Dieter Quester
Wage: hahahaha ... how much money have you got?
Contract Length: 1 Year

Driver #2
Name: Howdy Holmes
Wage: hahahaha ... how much money have you got?
Contract Length: 1 Year

Post by **Miguel98** » 19 Mar 2021, 14:00

Team Name: Boro
User: Miguel98

Designer #1: Frank Dernie
Designer #2: Ralph Bellamy
Designer #3: Maurice Philippe

Driver #1
Name: Vittorio Brambilla
Contract: Wtv we agreed with him last year

Driver #2
Name: Arie Luyendyk
Wage: Pay-Driver
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All we are doing

Driver #2
Name: Rene Arnoux
Wage: Pay-Driver
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All we are doing

Driver #2
Name: Renzo Zorzi
Wage: Pay-Driver
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All we are doing

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 19 Mar 2021, 15:54

Team Name: Renault
User: Tom Wazzleshaw

Designer #1: Gustav Brunner
Designer #2: Francois Castaing

Driver #1
Name: Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Wage: $125,000 per season
Contract Length: 2 years

Name: Gilles Villeneuve
Wage: $100,000 per season
Contract Length: 2 years

Name: Didier Pironi
Wage: $125,000 per season
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Patrick Tambay
Wage: $75,000 per season
Contract Length: 1 year

Driver #2
Name: Gilles Villeneuve
Wage: $100,000 per season
Contract Length: 2 years

Name: Tom Sneva
Wage: $125,000 for year one, $250,000 for year two
Contract Length: 2 years

Name: Didier Pironi
Wage: $125,000 per season
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Patrick Tambay
Wage: $75,000 per season
Contract Length: 1 year

Interscope plans will be coming in the next day or so

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 20 Mar 2021, 10:55

Team Name: Interscope
User: Tom Wazzleshaw

Driver #1
Name: Danny Ongias
Wage: Gib Monies
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Riccardo Patrese
Wage: Gib Monies
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Bruno Giacomelli
Wage: Gib Monies
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Marc Surer
Wage: Gib Monies
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Piercarlo Ghinzani
Wage: Gib Monies
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Lella Lombardi
Wage: Gib Monies
Contract Length: 1 year

Driver #2
Name: Riccardo Patrese
Wage: Gib Monies
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Bruno Giacomelli
Wage: Gib Monies
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Marc Surer
Wage: Gib Monies
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Piercarlo Ghinzani
Wage: Gib Monies
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Lella Lombardi
Wage: Gib Monies
Contract Length: 1 year

Should any of these drivers sign a partial campaign for another team, we will be open to running them for partial campaigns and working out the blanks from there

Post by **Nuppiz** » 20 Mar 2021, 11:20

Autosport wrote:ATS and Kauhsen to merge their F1 efforts

Günter Schmid and Willi Kauhsen have announced that they are joining forces for the 1979 Formula One season. "It's pointless for us to keep competing against each other when we can probably achieve more by combining our bright minds. Our aim is to become the best privateer effort by 1981!"

rest of the article soiled by coffee stains

Team Name: ATS Kauhsen Racing Team
User: Nuppiz

Designer: Gustav Brunner (2 year deal)

Driver #1
Name: Jochen Mass
Wage: £75 000
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All (Stommelen will be... dealt with)

Driver #1
Name: Hans-Joachim Stuck
Wage: £55 000
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All (Stommelen will be... dealt with)

Driver #2
Name: Harald Ertl
Wage: Gib Deutschmarks pls
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All

Driver #2
Name: Bertram Schäfer
Wage: Gib Deutschmarks pls
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All

Driver #2
Name: Anne Schröder
Wage: Gib Deutschmarks pls
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All

Driver #2
Name: Timo Fuchs
Wage: Gib Deutschmarks pls
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 20 Mar 2021, 12:44

Team Name: Saudia Williams Racing

User: pi314159

Designer: Patrick Head

Driver #1
Name: Patrick Depailler (existing contract... and he's lucky I can't afford to sack him)

Driver #2

Name: Alan Jones
Wage: 125,000
Duration: 1 year

Name: Didier Pironi
Wage: 100,000
Duration: 1 year

Name: Elio de Angelis
Wage: 75,000
Duration: 1 year

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 21 Mar 2021, 13:00

Gilles Villeneuve Sweepstakes

All multi-bid offers have been run, and that has lead to several changes up and down the grid. The current lineups can be found here.

In short, Gilles Villeneuve is now out of a seat.

At this point, anyone who hasn't signed a driver can edit their bids to include an offer for Gilles Villeneuve.
Additionally, any team can sack their current signed driver at no cost to hire Gilles Villeneuve.

If you are interested in signing Gilles, please post below. You also need to tell me if you have edited your bids, or if you are sacking a driver to bid for Gilles.

Good luck!

Gertrand Bachot · Post by **Gertrand Bachot** » 21 Mar 2021, 13:06

Alfa Romeo would be willing to replace Elio de Angelis for Villeneuve.

Aislabie · Post by **Aislabie** » 21 Mar 2021, 14:23

Scuderia Ferrari emergency driver bids

Car #2
1.

James Hunt (£150,000 for two years)
2.

Nelson Piquet (£150,000 for one year)
3.

Elio de Angelis (£100,000 for one year, offer only applies if Autodelta let him go)
4.

Keke Rosberg (£50,000 for two years, and a Group 4-spec 308 GTB to run on Finnish backroads)
5.

Alain Prost (£50,000 for two years)

Now, we are well aware that Hunt and Piquet are both under contract, but encourage them to consider that choosing a future at the FOCA-aligned Brabham would mean choosing a very precarious future indeed.

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 21 Mar 2021, 15:11

Williams driver bids for Brands Hatch because Alan Jones has PTSD from last year:

1. Alain Prost
Wage: 5,000 for Brands, 75,000 for 1980
Duration: Brands Hatch + possible NC races + reserve driver in 1979 + full season in 1980

2. Alain Prost, but if he doesn't want to commit to a full season in 1980 then just the deal for Brands Hatch

3. Rick Mears
Wage: 10,000
Duration: Brands Hatch

4. Al Unser
Wage: 10,000
Duration: Brands Hatch

5. Jacky Ickx
Wage: 5,000
Duration: Brands Hatch

Furthermore, Williams will participate in the Gilles Villeneuve sweepstakes, offering him 150,000 for the season. He would take the place of Patrick Depailler.

Pilot · Post by **Pilot** » 21 Mar 2021, 15:20

Ensign is willing to fire Ronnie Petersen to sign GV.

GV bid from Ensign: 2 Years, 160k

Aislabie · Post by **Aislabie** » 21 Mar 2021, 18:01

Autosport wrote:Enzo Ferrari "disappointed" by Scheckter departure

The eponymous Ferrari team boss is not happy with the proceedings of the '78-'79 off season.

Enzo Ferrari has today lashed out at the now former Ferrari driver Jody Scheckter, whose decision to leave the storied Italian team has played a large part in this off-season being a chaotic one.

"I do not know what more he wanted from us," an irate Ferrari told Autosport's Bake Loxall-Jegge. "We have consistently given him Championship-level cars to drive and he has driven them with distinction. And then we got to Watkins Glen last year and well... we all know what happened there."

Indeed we do - Gilles Villeneuve collided with the rear of his teammate's car attempting a needless overtake, causing terminal damage. To add insult to injury, Villeneuve would later retire due to debris left on the track from the crash. This incident may well have cost Ferrari all three Championships in 1978, so its importance cannot be overstated.

"It was after that that Scheckter asked us to find him a new teammate," Ferrari says, "And though I had come to care for Gilles like a son, I could see that encouraging him to find a drive elsewhere would be best for the team."

Such is the pulling power of Ferrari that Villeneuve's replacement was none other than reigning double World Champion Mario Andretti. Satisfied that he had secured his personnel for the coming season, the team principal and patriarch was feeling optimistic. Until, that is, the team's first Fiorano test session since hiring Andretti.

"So he comes to me in my office - Rocchi I mean - and says, 'Sig. Ferrari, Jody won't drive the car.' I came out to see what was going on and Scheckter asks me outright 'Have you signed Andretti?' I told him that I had and he said that wasn't fair on him - that I was meant to hire him a teammate, not a rival. Now Mario, we've spoken in the paddock. He's a good man, good Italian man even with that American thing he's got going on. I was disappointed. I'm not about to fire him because some other driver tells me to."

So what was the outcome of the situation? But given that two days after that conversation, Colin Chapman announced that he had secured the services of Scheckter to replace Andretti, it seems that Scheckter offered an ultimatum - and came out of it second-best. What this will mean for the two top teams in Formula One - both of whom have come out and stated that they expect to win the World Championship in 1979 - is as yet unclear. As is the fate of Gilles Villeneuve, which has yet to be announced.

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 21 Mar 2021, 18:16

Brabham will join the GV sweepstake we will offer him 150K a year on a 2 year deal.

Should he sign he will replace Piquet

Post by **Frogfoot9013** » 21 Mar 2021, 18:26

Autosprint wrote:Dywa F1 Team To Offer Gilles Villeneuve Test Driver Role
In yet another twist what can only be described as a crazy F1 offseason, perennial DNPQers and strangers to reality Dywa have offered Canadian driver Gilles Villeneuve a spot as a test driver with their team. Villeneuve, who is currently looking for a seat after being dumped by Ferrari to bring in defending champion Mario Andretti, is said to be exploring all available options to be on the grid for 1979, but we can fairly safely assume that he is treating offers from the likes of Williams in a different manner to this offer, which would see him doing testing for a team that is not even doing the full season. When contacted by us for an explanation as to his intentions, Mr. Monguzzi took no time to make a response. "We are sure that Villeneuve's experience with a team of a similar calibre to ours, as well as the sponsorship money he brings, will be an invaluable asset to our operations going forward," he said, raising the more concerning question as to whether Mr. Monguzzi is indeed even on Planet Earth. Wherever Villeneuve goes in this offseason, it seems fairly obvious that it will not be to Canegrate.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 21 Mar 2021, 19:37

Renault have thrown their hat in the ring of the Gilles Villeneuve sweepstakes and updated their bids accordingly

Post by **Miguel98** » 21 Mar 2021, 21:04

Driver #2
Name: Michael Bleekemolen
Wage: Pay-Driver
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All we are doing

Driver #2
Name: Huub Rothengather
Wage: Pay-Driver
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All we are doing (if we get Michael, offer him the Brambilla dutch GP Drive)

Aislabie · Post by **Aislabie** » 21 Mar 2021, 21:24

Scuderia Ferrari emergency designer bid

Mauro Forghieri (how much money would you like to come back, please Mauro?)

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 21 Mar 2021, 21:40

The second VDS car will run:
Belgium: De Dryver
France: Bourgoignie
Netherlands: Dieudonné
Germany: Regout
Austria: Bachot

-And will select tier 2 sponsor goal.

(edited for Austria bid)

Kinnikuniverse · Post by **Kinnikuniverse** » 21 Mar 2021, 22:20

Scuderia everest designer bids.

#1 john barnard 60k$
#2 rory byrne 60k$
# 3 ross brawn 60k$

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 22 Mar 2021, 00:32

Kinnikuniverse wrote:Scuderia everest designer bids.

#1 john barnard 60k$
#2 rory byrne 60k$
# 3 ross brawn 60k$

Those designers are not available to be hired this year.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 22 Mar 2021, 00:45

Drivers:
The driver RNG has concluded! All teams now have their contingents of drivers. The current line-ups can be found here.

The RNG odds can be found in #rejectsport-market on the discord server, or in this album: https://imgur.com/a/i7YAEi2

Chassis

New chassis are constructed in just the same way as last season. Your designer adds their stats after chassis construction. You can either:
- Construct a brand new chassis
- Run your old chassis from last year. Aging penalties will apply.
- Buy a customer chassis. (If you buy the Lola, you become the works team)

As always, the variables you need to know are:
- Grip: duh
- Build Quality (BQ): Inherent reliability of your car. 1 point = 1 rel
- Handling: Random Grip Range. 1 point = 100 RGR
- Drag: 1 point = -1 BHP
- Mass: 1 point = -1 grip

Chassis tier information is on the spreadsheet.

Sell Chassis
You have the option to sell your chassis to collectors for 10% of it's build value. This ONLY applies to chassis you have built yourself. You cannot sell chassis to other teams. Obviously, if you sell your chassis, you have to build or buy a new one.

Upgrades

If you are running your 1978 chassis, you can upgrade your car before the first race.

Random bonus

???????

Please post your choices using the following form:

Code: Select all

Team:
User:
Sell Chassis: (are you selling your previous chassis; Y/N)

Chassis Tier: (for new chassis)

G Upgrade: (Grip Upgrade; Y/N, only if running 1978 chassis)
H upgrade: (Handling Upgrade; Y/N, only if running 1978 chassis)
D upgrade: (Drag Upgrade; Y/N, only if running 1978 chassis)
M upgrade: (Mass Upgrade; Y/N, only if running 1978 chassis)

Random bonus: (Y/N)

1979 Pre-Season phases:

Phase 1: Sponsor tier, Alignment, and Travel Costs
Phase 2: Drivers and Designers
Phase 3: Chassis
Phase 4: Engines & Suppliers (incl. tyres)

Post by **Frogfoot9013** » 22 Mar 2021, 00:50

Team: Dywa
User: Mé féin
Sell Chassis: N
Chassis Tier: FG
Random bonus: Y, Dywa g r o u n d e f f e c t s

The chassis shall be dubbed the 002.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 22 Mar 2021, 01:01

Team: Tyrrell
User: Dom
Sell Chassis: Y

Chassis Tier: AG (011)

Random bonus: Y

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Team: Merzario
User: Dom
Sell Chassis: N - we didn't have an in-house chassis last year

Chassis Tier: EG (A1)

Random bonus: Y

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 22 Mar 2021, 01:02

Team: Ligier
User: Butterfox
Sell Chassis: Y

Chassis Tier: CG (JS11)

G Upgrade: N
H upgrade: N
D upgrade: N
M upgrade: N

Random bonus: Y

Team: VDS
User: Butterfox
Sell Chassis: N

Chassis Tier: Martini MK24B (first choice) March 771 (second choice)

G Upgrade: N
H upgrade: N
D upgrade: N
M upgrade: N

Random bonus: Y

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 22 Mar 2021, 01:09

Merzario would also like to inquire Lella Lombardi about the possibility of her driving in the European and British Grands Prix. Arturo Merzario will be ready to step down for either of the races.

HawkAussie · Post by **HawkAussie** » 22 Mar 2021, 01:25

Bluescope Racing to enter Formula One?
Talk over in the NASCAR scene, as heard rumours that NASCAR team, Bluescope Racing is eyeing of competing in the Formula One races outside of America with team manager eyeing in competing at the Argentine, Brazilian and the three North American races in the schedule.

In a press conference held at Riverside, team manager Bailey Howard declared that he had an interest in competing in Formula One to expand the brand name despite the limited schedule that he ran during the previous two seasons. Of course, rumours like this have happened before with Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing not entering the 1978 United States Grand Prix West despite being on the entry list. For now, it will just be a waiting game.

Looking at this, I am declaring interest in running a North American based team if you need numbers for the American races.

Team name: Bluescope Racing
User: HawkAussie
Travel fees: Nope
Alignment: FISA
Tier Goal: N/A

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 22 Mar 2021, 01:32

Team: March Engineering
User: TCBY
Sell Chassis: Y

(EDIT: we're going for my original, slightly riskier and horrendously inconsistent plan for March this season)
Chassis Tier: BG (791)

Random bonus: N

Team: Hesketh Racing
User: TCBY
Sell Chassis: Y

Chassis Tier: CG (308F)

Random bonus: N

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 22 Mar 2021, 05:19

Team: Marlboro Team McLaren
User: Klon
Sell Chassis: Y

Chassis Tier: AG

Random bonus: Y

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 22 Mar 2021, 08:33

Team: TWR Renault Elf
User: Tom Wazzleshaw
Sell Chassis: Y
Chassis Tier: CG
Random bonus: Y

Interscope plans will be posted shortly

Post by **Miguel98** » 22 Mar 2021, 08:58

Team: Boro
User: Miguel98
Sell Chassis: Y
Chassis Tier: No tier. We want the Lola T400. In case we don't get it, DG please.
Random bonus: Y

Kinnikuniverse · Post by **Kinnikuniverse** » 22 Mar 2021, 10:49

Team: Scuderia Everest
User: Kinnikuniverse
Sell Chassis: (Y)

Chassis Tier: DG (Minardi M179)

Random bonus: (Y)

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 22 Mar 2021, 11:14

Team: Lotus
User: Takagi
Sell Chassis: Y
Chassis Tier: AG
Random bonus: Y

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 22 Mar 2021, 13:27

Team: #BallinOnABudget Interscope
User: Wazzle
Sell Chassis: Y
Chassis Tier: Lola T400 (1st choice), DG (Interscope IR4, 2nd choice)
Random bonus: Y

Aislabie · Post by **Aislabie** » 22 Mar 2021, 14:01

Scuderia Ferrari Chassis

Ferrari will be building the Ferrari 312T4. It will be an AG tier chassis. We'll roll the dice with the Random Bonus.

We do not currently have any plans to sell the old cars, as Enzo likes to have them knocking about at Fiorano.

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B&S Fabrications

B&S Fabrications will be building the Spartec G71A. It will be an FG tier chassis. We will not roll the dice with the Random Bonus.

We do not currently have any chassis to sell, but will gratefully accept donations via our Patreon. If we were allowed to sell our chassis as a customer car, and someone was mad enough to buy it, we would happily do so.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 22 Mar 2021, 15:52

Team: ATS Kauhsen
User: Nuppiz
Sell Chassis: Y (both)
Chassis Tier: CG (ATS WK2)
Random bonus: Y

Gertrand Bachot · Post by **Gertrand Bachot** » 22 Mar 2021, 17:28

Team: Alfa Romeo
User: Me my slime
Sell Chassis: Y

Chassis Tier: BG

Random bonus: Y

Team: Rebaque
User: Me
Sell Chassis: Y

Chassis Tier: EG

Random bonus: Y

Pinkd56 · Post by **Pinkd56** » 22 Mar 2021, 20:22

Team: Warsteiner Arrows North Star Racing Team
User: Pinkd56
Sell Chassis: Y
Chassis Tier: CG (Arrows A2)
Random bonus: Y

Team: Madom Formula 1 Team
User: Pinkd56
Sell Chassis: Y
Chassis Tier: Can I have a March 771 please
Random bonus: Y

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 22 Mar 2021, 20:55

Team: Brabham

Sell Chassis: No
Chassis Tier: None, Brabham shall stick with the 78 spec car for the time being

Pilot · Post by **Pilot** » 22 Mar 2021, 21:53

Team: Ensign
User: Pilot
Sell Chassis: Y
Chassis Tier: Lola T400, if not, DG (Ensign N179)

Random bonus: Y

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 23 Mar 2021, 10:32

Team: Saudia Williams Racing
User: pi314159
Sell Chassis: Y
Chassis Tier: AG
Random bonus: N