Grand Prix Rejects

• Pre-Season Dilemmas
• Driver Signings (Phase One)
• Engine Signings
• Driver Signings (Phase Two)
• Pre-Season Testing at Jerez
• Pre-Season Testing at Mugello

• Round One - Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park
• Round Two - Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos
• Round Three - San Marino Grand Prix at Imola
• Round Four - British Grand Prix at Silverstone
• Round Five - Spanish Grand Prix at Catalunya
• In-Season Testing at Catalunya
• Round Six - European Grand Prix at Nurburgring
• Round Seven - Monaco Grand Prix at Monte Carlo
• Round Eight - Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal
• Round Nine - French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours
• Round Ten - Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg
• In-Season Testing at Silverstone
• Round Eleven - German Grand Prix at Hockenheim
• Round Twelve - Hungarian Grand Prix at Budapest
• Round Thirteen - Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps
• Round Fourteen - Italian Grand Prix at Monza
• Round Fifteen - United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis
• Round Sixteen - Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka
• Round Seventeen - Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang

• End of season presentation
• Voting: Potential rule changes
• Voting: Calendar changes: Removals
• Voting: Calendar changes: Additions

• Chassis improvement - The team tries out new aero parts and setups to improve grip.
• Driver development - A day of driver coaching designed specifically to improve your driver's skills.
• Engine improvement - Teams with works engines will be able to experiment with their engine to improve it.

• Pay drivers: Several drivers come with sponsorship, which is the lifeblood of backmarker teams.
• Prize money: Awarded for the first ten positions in the Constructors Championship as follows:
  1st: 60.0 / 2nd: 50.0 / 3rd: 40.0 / 4th: 35.0 / 5th: 30.0 / 6th: 25.0 / 7th: 20.0 / 8th: 15.0 / 9th: 10.0 / 10th: 5.0
• Selling the team: If it is beyond the wits of the current team owner to save it, they may put the team up for sale. If anyone is in the waiting list, they will hand over the team to this new manager, who will pick from a selection of offers from investors.

thor97 wrote:Stewert

thor97 wrote:Stewert

pasta_maldonado wrote:

thor97 wrote:Stewert

Is that it? Is this where we are? Would you walk into a job interview and just say "job" and expect to get handed one? Walk into McDonald's, say "burger", and expect to get one? Should Daniil Kvyat just say "career" and expect one to be handed to him?

Come on Aislabie, thor97 does this every time, don't let him get away with it.

Normal32 wrote:Minardi for me.

Aislabie wrote:

thor97 wrote:Stewert

Should Stewart sell out to Jaguar?


Stewart Grand Prix has come a long way in the sport of Formula One: from difficult beginnings in 1997, they have climbed quickly to earn fourth place in the 1999 Constructors Championship.

This has attracted the attention of Ford; specifically the division of their Jaguar brand. Ford want to buy out the promising Stewart team in order to mount a Championship challenge under the Jaguar name. They will bring in a reasonable amount of funding, but also a fresh team of engineers and a new, brash approach.

You must choose:

1. Accept Jaguar's investment: you gain 15.0 for your budget, but lose 20% starting chassis performance.
2. Remain as Stewart: cash will be harder to come by, but you will be retain the knowledge of your engineering team.

TomDilain wrote:Can I take Sauber, please?

Salamander wrote:So yeah, I'd like to have BAR.

Aislabie wrote:

TomDilain wrote:Can I take Sauber, please?

Red Bull want their drivers at Sauber


Sauber's long-standing sponsors Red Bull have recently been seeking to increase their investment in motorsports, which in 1999 included extensive backing for the HSM Marko International F3000 team, which sported the classic Red Bull livery.

Three drivers ran for the team last year: Enrique Bernoldi, Markus Friesacher and Ricardo Mauricio. Now, Red Bull want one of those three drivers to move up into Formula One, and they're willing to pay for the privilege - so the Sauber team will have to make a decision:

1. Commit to sign one of these drivers and secure an extra 5.0 for your budget. This would involve either:
   
   1. Signing one of these three drivers to a race seat for the duration of the season.
   2. Signing one to a reserve seat, and providing them at least two sessions of driver development testing
2. Refuse, and do not secure the extra cash.

Should you commit to signing one of these drivers, but not meet the terms of the agreement, you will lose Red Bull sponsorship for the 2001 season.

Aislabie wrote:

Salamander wrote:So yeah, I'd like to have BAR.

His talk was like a charge of horse;
His build was all compact, for force.


After a disastrous 1999, British American Racing is looking like a team split down the middle - and we're not just talking about the livery. Two of the top figures in the team have been at war for some time: team principal Craig Pollock, who built the team around a World Champion driver, and chassis designer Adrian Reynard, who promised him a race-winning car.

The team now has the following choices:

1. Sack Craig Pollock - and you will be unable to sign 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve.
2. Sack Adrian Reynard - and lose 10% from your chassis performance.
3. Try to keep them both - but if you finish below fifth this season, they will both leave for 2001.

• If you sign a pay-driver as a reserve driver, you get half of their sponsorship money.
• In Phase Two, you will be able to approach drivers who are not on the list of available drivers to fill the position

TomDilain wrote:P.S. Since I opted to sign 1 Red Bull-backed reserve driver, should I sign him now or later?