AltF1 1976 - Season over, refer to history books

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 14 Nov 2016, 19:08

Niki Lauda and Ferrari ended a thrilling 1975 as champions, but who will rally round to challenge them? The world is changing. Tensions thaw in the East. Tensions rise on the tarmac. Who will emerge in the years to come to take the sport forward? Who will find places in the record books, and who will find places on obscure websites dedicated to those that fall between the cracks? Only time, and you, will tell.

Welcome to 1976 and canon's latest Era of Alternate F1. Here's a chance for you to write the history books from 1976 until 1984/5. You will have full control over your team, but as with all canon series, steps will be taken to avoid time paradoxes, time discontinuities, and the like. Team applications are now open, once interest in applications appears to have died down, and RNG will be conducted to determine who will manage which team.

Those familiar with Alt F1 will be familar with the rules of the series.

Budgets
Budgets are featured for this game. All budgets will be available on a public google sheet, which will be linked to in the post below. Your budget will need to be kept in mind when purchasing chassis, engines, and hiring drivers.

Engines
There are four engine manufacturers for the season - Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Ford Cosworth, and Matra. These are not user controlled. Their specifications and prices are also featured in the google sheet in the next post.

Chassis
Chassis are built in tiers, from A to E. A tier A chassis is the best, and most expensive, chassis. Conversely, Tier E is the worst, and the cheapest. Also listed in the google sheets is the possible values for Downforce and Build Quality. Build Quality affects the reliability of your car, so bear that in mind when constructing chassis. A RNG will be conducted for each chassis to determine it's Downforce and Build Quality.
Each team MUST build it's own chassis.
The cost of each chassis is for TWO chassis.

Hiring Drivers
Drivers have to be paid wages, but each driver will have a different minimum wage they will accept to consider driving for your team. Drivers will be allocated by RNG after all contract bids have been received.

Pay Drivers will pay you money in order to drive for your team. There are two tiers of pay driver - tiers 1 and 2. Tier 1 drivers will bring in between in between £125,000 and £200,000 to your team over the course of a season. Tier 2 drivers will bring in between £25,000 - £150,000. A RNG will be conducted once a driver receives an offer to see how much money they will bring for the season.

All drivers, both 'regular' and pay drivers, may have Preferences and Loyalties.
- Preferences: A driver may prefer certain contracts, or types of contracts, over others. If no offers meet a driver's preferences, the maximum probability an offer will be accepted is 80%. If a driver is offered contracts that meet his preferences AND contracts that do not, the contracts that do not will have their probability reduced by 20% or a minimum of 5%.
- Loyalties A driver may feel more loyalty towards teams that treat him well. Loyalties vary from driver to driver, but they affect the RNG roll for next season's contracts in the stated ways. Loyalties may be positive (driver has more incentive to re-sign for your team) or negative (driver has less incentive to re-sign for your team). Loyalties are based on principle, so no extra money will offset a Loyalty, unless a driver has a preference for a high-paid contract.
In addition, all drivers who are sacked before the end of their contracts will be automatically given Loyalties of -60 for your team, so bear that in mind when making mid-season driver changes.

'Normal' drivers have a minimum wage that they have to be paid in order to consider driving for your team. Any offer below the minimum wage will not be part of any RNG. Pay drivers do not require wages.

If you wish to hire a pay driver for less than the full season (16 races), his/her money pot will be divided by 16, and then multiplied by the length of his/her contract.
A team MUST enter TWO drivers into each race weekend they enter in order to be eligible for both championship points and all prize money
Drivers can be offered a contract for a MAXIMUM of 16 races.
If a driver's contract is cancelled, you still have to pay his full wage for the year as a severance fee.
All pay drivers pay their money up front
If a pay-drivers contract is cancelled, you forfeit half of their monies.

Fictional Drivers
Fictional drivers are allowed. As per usual, fictional driver signing is agreed between the DEC holder and the team user.

However, there will be limitations. A user entering a driver has to provide a convincing argument that said driver will add depth to the canon. Pay drivers and otherwise worse drivers will receive slightly more lenient treatment.

If you wish to hire your fictional driver out to other teams, you will need to publicly state his preferences and loyalties.

For fictional pay drivers, a RNG of 50/50 will be run to determine whether they are Class 1 or Class 2.[/quote]
Fictional drivers can NOT receive a wage less than £50,000
Wages deemed to be grossly unfair (£50,000 for a championship winner, for instance) will be blocked. Please be sensible

Fictional Teams/Privateers
No fictional teams.Privateers will be permitted

b]Driver List[/b]
There is a list of drivers and pay drivers in the spreadsheet in the second post. Should you wish to bid for a driver that is not on either of those lists, you are more than welcome to, but bear in mind I will generate preferences and loyalties for him/her, which may or may not suit your team/offer.

Upgrades
At two points in the season, upgrades are available. Upgrades are allowed to eb carried out after Race 5 and Race 9. There are four tirers - Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta - with their weight published in the google sheet. Each upgrade, like chassis generation, will be subject to a RNG Roll.

Teams are allowed to upgrade during both windows. However, a team that purchases a Delta or Gamma upgrade in either window may NOT purchase more than a Beta upgrade in the other window
A team may only purchase ONE upgrade PER window

Debt
A team may NOT be in debt after purchasing chassis, engines, and hiring drivers.
A team may NOT be in debt after end-of-season championship prize money is awarded
A team may NOT go into debt as a result of purchasing upgrades

Prize Money
After each race, prize money is to teams in the following fashion:
Point Scorers: £50,000
Top 10, but no points: £30,000
Top 15: £10,000
Below 15, finish: £5,000
DNF: £3,000
DNQ: £2,000
Pre-Qualify: 2,000
DNPQ: £1,000
DSQ: -£50,000

Prize money will also be awarded at the end of the season.

Prize money is does not double. I.e. Two point scorers =/= £100,000

Points System
9-6-4-3-2-1, with all results counting towards the championship.

Calendar
Argentine Grand Prix - Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez
South African Grand Prix - Kyalami
United States Grand Prix West - Long Beach
Spanish Grand Prix - Jarama
Belgian Grand Prix - Zolder
Monaco Grand Prix - Monaco
Soviet Grand Prix - TBA
French Grand Prix - Paul Ricard
British Grand Prix - Brands Hatch
German Grand Prix - Hockenheimring
Austrian Grand Prix - Österreichring
Dutch Grand Prix - Zandvoort
Italian Grand Prix - Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Canadian Grand Prix - Mosport Park
United States Grand Prix - Watkins Glen
Japanese Grand Prix - Fuji Speedway

Upgrades
Upgrades can be bought in three slots - the first one (current) after Round 4, the second one after round 8, and the third one after round 11. However, each upgrade is part of an upgrade set, and once you have purchased an upgrade from a set you are committed to that set. For instance, purchasing an Alpha upgrade in slot 1 commits you to the Alpha plan, whereas purchasing nothing in the first slot and then purchasing a Zeta upgrade in the second slot commits you to the Zeta plan. The price listed is per upgrade, so for a plan with two upgrades, the final cost to you will be twice the price listed. Upgrades are purchased individually, i.e. an Alpha in slot one charges you £50,000. If purchasing an upgrade means your team will go into debt, the upgrade cannot be purchased, and you cannot change plan to compensate for this. Each upgrade has a range for DF and Build Quality, and a RNG will be run to determine the final upgrade strength.

A team can only purchase upgrades for a chassis they constructed themselves.

Miscellaneous
- Each team can enter a maximum of TWO cars into every race weekend
- There will be 26 starters for every Grand Prix. In the case of attracting more than 28 entries, a Pre-Qualifying session will be run, with the fastest teams on combined times going through to Qualifying.

Waiting list
1. FMecha
2. Dexter
3. Nuppiz
4. SeedStriker

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 14 Nov 2016, 19:08

Teams

Users may enter TWO applications to run teams.
A user may only run ONE team at any given time.

Scuderia Ferrari
Budget: £2,100,000
Notes: MUST buy Ferrari engines

Elf Team Tyrrell
Budget: £1,900,000

John Player Team Lotus
Budget: £1,700,000

Martini Racing (Brabham)
Budget: £1,600,000
Notes: MUST buy Alfa Romeo engines

March Engineering
Budget: £1,100,000

Marlboro Team McLaren
Budget: £2,000,000
Notes: MUST buy Ford Cosworth engines

UOP Shadow Racing Team
Budget: £1,250,000

Wolf-Williams Racing
Budget: £900,000

Team Ensign
Budget: £1,100,000

Hesketh Racing
Budget: £800,000

Ligier Gitanes
Budget: £1,500,000
Notes: MUST buy Matra engines

Copersucar Fittipaldi
Budget: £800,000

HB Bewaking Alarm Systems (Boro)
Budget: £400,000

Citibank Team Penske
Budget: £950,000

Link in case table does not work properly for you.

Linkin case table does not work properly for you.

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 14 Nov 2016, 19:24

Copersucar Fittipaldi for me

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 14 Nov 2016, 19:27

It goes without saying that i'm candidate for running Ligier.

Post by **Miguel98** » 14 Nov 2016, 19:29

Let's make Boro survive.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 14 Nov 2016, 19:29

It's long since I've done something like this; I'll take Shadow.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 14 Nov 2016, 19:30

I would like to apply to run either McLaren or Tyrrell.

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 14 Nov 2016, 19:34

Would like to Brabham

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 14 Nov 2016, 19:51

Would like to run March or Shadow.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 14 Nov 2016, 19:53

I'll apply for March

EDIT: and Shadow

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 14 Nov 2016, 19:59

I'd like to run Wolf-Williams or as second choice Ensign.

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 14 Nov 2016, 20:00

Seeing as they're doomed post-1975 anyway, Hesketh please.

Pinkd56 · Post by **Pinkd56** » 14 Nov 2016, 20:08

Let's have a go with Penske.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 14 Nov 2016, 20:20

To ensure a consistent lineage, I'll go for Ferrari.

Gonzalez · Post by **Gonzalez** » 14 Nov 2016, 20:37

I wanna ask, will anyone here be allowed to set a privateer team? Like in alt-56?

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 14 Nov 2016, 20:42

Gonzalez wrote:I wanna ask, will anyone here be allowed to set a privateer team? Like in alt-56?

No privateers are permitted.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 14 Nov 2016, 21:11

I'd like to apply for Ensign and Shadow

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 14 Nov 2016, 21:32

pasta_maldonado wrote:
Gonzalez wrote:I wanna ask, will anyone here be allowed to set a privateer team? Like in alt-56?

No privateers are permitted.

You mean to say that Jenkins Industries is going to be wiped from the canon?! Outrage!

On a more sensible note, a fresh-faced Harvey Jones will make his debut this season for any team interested.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 14 Nov 2016, 22:20

I'm not taking over a team at the moment, but WSC ace Thomas Nurmester is also looking for a drive.

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 14 Nov 2016, 22:23

If it's available due to a previous bid, Tyrrell. If not, Penske

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 14 Nov 2016, 22:26

FantometteBR wrote:If it's available due to a previous bid, Tyrrell. If not, Penske

Each user gets to submit two applications to run a team, after which an RNG will be run to determine who was successful.

User Team bids can be found on the Teams sheet in the second post.

Post by **Ataxia** » 14 Nov 2016, 22:35

I'd like to apply for McLaren or Lotus.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 14 Nov 2016, 23:30

Ah i can bid for a second team, then i'll bid for Copersucar Fittipaldi.

Suggestions:
As technically spoken BRM started the season with the intention of running more than one race, it could be on the list as well, in my humble opinion. Of course that should be with a very low budget. To a lesser extent the same could be said for Maki, as they returned in 1976 against all odds. That could be run with an even lower budget, which basically means 'bankrupcy garuanteed'. I guess adding Maki isn't worth the effort?

Dexter249 · Post by **Dexter249** » 15 Nov 2016, 00:45

Ensign and Tyrell are my applications.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 15 Nov 2016, 01:23

This wrote:Suggestions:
As technically spoken BRM started the season with the intention of running more than one race, it could be on the list as well, in my humble opinion. Of course that should be with a very low budget. To a lesser extent the same could be said for Maki, as they returned in 1976 against all odds. That could be run with an even lower budget, which basically means 'bankrupcy garuanteed'. I guess adding Maki isn't worth the effort?

Maybe if you'd suggested any other teams I would've considered it. BRM may have gone to Brazil with (misplaced) ideas of finishing the season, but see as they didn't, and died a few years later, they will not appear here.

And as for Maki, surely everyone's favourite reject Japanese team is Kojima?

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 15 Nov 2016, 04:10

pasta_maldonado wrote:
This wrote:Suggestions:
As technically spoken BRM started the season with the intention of running more than one race, it could be on the list as well, in my humble opinion. Of course that should be with a very low budget. To a lesser extent the same could be said for Maki, as they returned in 1976 against all odds. That could be run with an even lower budget, which basically means 'bankrupcy garuanteed'. I guess adding Maki isn't worth the effort?

Maybe if you'd suggested any other teams I would've considered it. BRM may have gone to Brazil with (misplaced) ideas of finishing the season, but see as they didn't, and died a few years later, they will not appear here.

And as for Maki, surely everyone's favourite reject Japanese team is Kojima?

But i didn't mention Kojima as they only debuted in the last race. But yeah, those are just suggestions. I won't let my sleep for it.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 15 Nov 2016, 13:41

If Il Cavallino Rampante goes elsewhere, my backup will be Boro.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 15 Nov 2016, 15:35

Team RNGs
With applications grinding to a halt, let's assign some teams.

Scuderia Ferrari
One application – Biscione

Elf Team Tyrrell
Klon 1-50
FantometteBR 51-100
Dexter249 101-50
Result: 82 (FantometteBR)

John Player Team Lotus
One application – Ataxia

Martini Racing
One application – peteroli34

March Engineering
novitopoli 1-50
V8Fan12 51-100
Result – 24 (novitopoli)

Marlboro Team McLaren
One application – Klon

UOP Shadow Racing Team
FMecha 1-50
Wizzie 51-100
V8fan12 101-150
Result – 120 (V8fan12)

Wolf-Williams
One application – pi31459

Team Ensign
Wizzie 1-50
Dexter249 51-100
Result – 39 (Wizzie)

Hesketh Racing
One application – This Could Be You

Ligier Gitanes
One application – This

Copsersucar Fittipaldi
One application – normal32

HB Bewaking Alarmsystemen
One application – Miguel98

Citibank Team Penske
One application – Pinkd56

Fmecha and Dexter249, although you missed out on managing a team, you are now first on the waiting list. Anyone else can now apply to be on the waiting list, which can be found on the google spreadsheet.

The second post has been updated, along with the spreadsheet.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 15 Nov 2016, 15:49

Chassis and Engines
Chassis and engine purchasing is now OPEN!

pasta wrote:Chassis
Chassis are built in tiers, from A to E. A tier A chassis is the best, and most expensive, chassis. Conversely, Tier E is the worst, and the cheapest. Also listed in the google sheets in the second post of this thread is the possible values for Downforce and Build Quality. Build Quality affects the reliability of your car, so bear that in mind when constructing chassis. A RNG will be conducted for each chassis to determine it's Downforce and Build Quality.
Each team MUST build it's own chassis.
The cost of each chassis is for TWO chassis.

Engines
There are four engine manufacturers for the season - Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Ford Cosworth, and Matra. These are not user controlled. Their specifications and prices are also featured in the google sheet in the second post in this thread.

Please use the following form to submit your chassis and engine plans:

Code: Select all

Team: See above
User: You know this one
Chassis: Check first post for details and spreadsheet for prices.
Engine: Check first post for details and spreadsheet for prices.

Driver Market
The driver market is now open!

pasta wrote:Hiring Drivers
Drivers have to be paid wages, but each driver will have a different minimum wage they will accept to consider driving for your team. Drivers will be allocated by RNG after all contract bids have been received.

Pay Drivers will pay you money in order to drive for your team. There are two tiers of pay driver - tiers 1 and 2. Tier 1 drivers will bring in between in between £125,000 and £200,000 to your team over the course of a season. Tier 2 drivers will bring in between £25,000 - £150,000. A RNG will be conducted once a driver receives an offer to see how much money they will bring for the season.

All drivers, both 'regular' and pay drivers, may have Preferences and Loyalties.
- Preferences: A driver may prefer certain contracts, or types of contracts, over others. If no offers meet a driver's preferences, the maximum probability an offer will be accepted is 80%. If a driver is offered contracts that meet his preferences AND contracts that do not, the contracts that do not will have their probability reduced by 20% or a minimum of 5%.
- Loyalties A driver may feel more loyalty towards teams that treat him well. Loyalties vary from driver to driver, but they affect the RNG roll for next season's contracts in the stated ways. Loyalties may be positive (driver has more incentive to re-sign for your team) or negative (driver has less incentive to re-sign for your team). Loyalties are based on principle, so no extra money will offset a Loyalty, unless a driver has a preference for a high-paid contract.
In addition, all drivers who are sacked before the end of their contracts will be automatically given Loyalties of -60 for your team, so bear that in mind when making mid-season driver changes.

'Normal' drivers have a minimum wage that they have to be paid in order to consider driving for your team. Any offer below the minimum wage will not be part of any RNG. Pay drivers do not require wages.

If you wish to hire a pay driver for less than the full season (16 races), his/her money pot will be divided by 16, and then multiplied by the length of his/her contract.
A team MUST enter TWO drivers into each race weekend in order to be eligible for both championship points and all prize money
Drivers can be offered a contract for a MAXIMUM of 16 races.
All pay drivers pay their money up front
If a pay driver's contract is cancelled, you loose half of their monies

Driver List
There is a list of drivers and pay drivers in the spreadsheet in the second post. Should you wish to bid for a driver that is not on either of those lists, you are more than welcome to, but bear in mind I will generate preferences and loyalties for him/her, which may or may not suit your team/offer.

Fictional Drivers
Fictional drivers are allowed. As per usual, fictional driver signing is agreed between the DEC holder and the team user.

However, there will be limitations. A user entering a driver has to provide a convincing argument that said driver will add depth to the canon. Pay drivers and otherwise worse drivers will receive slightly more lenient treatment.

If you wish to hire your fictional driver out to other teams, you will need to publicly state his preferences and loyalties.

For fictional pay drivers, a RNG of 50/50 will be run to determine whether they are Class 1 or Class 2.
Fictional drivers can NOT receive a wage less than £50,000
Wages deemed to be grossly unfair (£50,000 for a championship winner, for instance) will be blocked. Please be sensible

Please use the following form to make offers to drivers:

Code: Select all

Team:

Driver #1
Name:
DEC: (Fictional drivers only)
Wage:
Contract Length: 
Repeat as many times as neccessary

Driver #2
Name:
DEC: (Fictional drivers only)
Wage:
Contract Length: 
Repeat as many times as neccessary

After all teams have submitted offers, a RNG will be conducted to determine signings. Those teams without two drivers can then make a new round of offers.

You have until Saturday 19th November, 12:00PM GMT to submit your chassis, engine and driver plans. Those who do not submit plans will have their budget halved.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 15 Nov 2016, 16:32

With myself missing the team manager position, I'll make the King Hiroshi Takagi available for interested teams.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 15 Nov 2016, 16:44

Car market:
Team: March Engineering
User: novitopoli
Chassis: Tier C
Engine: Ford Cosworth

Driver Market:
Driver #1
Name: Ronnie Peterson
Wage: 150000
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: John Watson
Wage: 170000
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Alan Jones
Wage: 155000
Contract Length: 1 year

Driver #2:
Name: Vittorio Brambilla
Wage: Pay driver
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Arturo Merzario
Wage: Pay driver
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Harald Ertl
Wage: Pay driver
Contract Length: 1 year

Pinkd56 · Post by **Pinkd56** » 15 Nov 2016, 16:56

Team: Citibank Team Penske
User: Pinkd56
Chassis: D
Engine: Alfa Romeo (If not, Ford-Cosworth)

Driver #1
Name: Chris Amon
Wage: 75,000
Contract Length: 16

Name: Hans-Joachim Stuck
Wage: 75,000
Contract Length: 16

Driver #2
Name: Hans-Joachim Stuck
Wage: 75,000
Contract Length: 16

Name: Brett Lunger
Wage: Pay driver
Contract Length: 10

Name: Leonhard von Gottorp
DEC: Klon
Wage: Pay driver
Contract Length: 10

Post by **Ataxia** » 15 Nov 2016, 16:59

Team: JPS Lotus
User: Ataxia
Chassis: Tier A
Engine: Ford Cosworth

Driver #1

Name: Mario Andretti
Wage: 250,000
Contract Length: 2 years

Name: Jody Scheckter
Wage: 250,000
Contract Length: 2 years

Name: Carlos Reutemann
Wage: 220,000
Contract Length: 2 years

Driver #2

Name: Ronnie Peterson
Wage: 180,000
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Carlos Pace
Wage: 170,000
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Gunnar Nilsson
Wage: 170,000
Contract Length: 1 year

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 15 Nov 2016, 17:14

Team: Copersucar Fittipaldi

Chassis: Tier C (or if our backers fail, D)
Engine: Ferrari... jk, Ford-Cosworth

Driver #1
Name: Emerson Fittipaldi
Wage: 100,000
Contract Length: 32 races

Driver #2
Name: Wilson Fittipaldi
Wage: Pay-driver (Tier 2)
Contract Length: 32 races

Post by **Nuppiz** » 15 Nov 2016, 17:18

Reminding you that Thomas Nurmester is still available. He prefers offers from teams with at least some history of scoring points or being very close to doing so, contract length is irrelevant at this stage. He would also be loyal to British-based teams.

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 15 Nov 2016, 17:29

Can we run in debt, provided our pay driver covers the costs by the end of the year?( this is the only way I see Hesketh being remotely competitive)

If so:
Team: Hesketh
User: This Could Be You
Chassis: Tier C (550k)
Engine: Ford-Cosworth DFV (300k)

Driver 1:
1. Amon
2. Stuck
3. Nurmester (DEC: Nuppiz, pending his approval)
Contract Length (for either): All Rounds
Wage (applies to all) : 75k

Driver 2:
1.Brambilia
2.Ertl
3.Merzario
4.Brancatelli
Contract Length (applies to all four): All Rounds
Wage: they're all tier 1 pay drivers

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 15 Nov 2016, 17:34

This Could Be You wrote:Can we run in debt, provided our pay driver covers the costs by the end of the year?( this is the only way I see Hesketh being remotely competitive)

A team can run into debt, provided the hiring of pay drivers takes them out of debt before the first race they are entered in.

As long as Pay Drivers cover the cost of your debt before you compete, then it is allowed.

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 15 Nov 2016, 17:36

pasta_maldonado wrote:
This Could Be You wrote:Can we run in debt, provided our pay driver covers the costs by the end of the year?( this is the only way I see Hesketh being remotely competitive)

A team can run into debt, provided the hiring of pay drivers takes them out of debt before the first race they are entered in.

As long as Pay Drivers cover the cost of your debt before you compete, then it is allowed.

So let's say if I was 125k in debt at the first round and my pay driver pays at least 125k (as he is a tier 1), this would work?

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 15 Nov 2016, 17:40

This Could Be You wrote:
pasta_maldonado wrote:
This Could Be You wrote:Can we run in debt, provided our pay driver covers the costs by the end of the year?( this is the only way I see Hesketh being remotely competitive)

A team can run into debt, provided the hiring of pay drivers takes them out of debt before the first race they are entered in.

As long as Pay Drivers cover the cost of your debt before you compete, then it is allowed.

So let's say if I was 125k in debt at the first round and my pay driver pays at least 125k (as he is a tier 1), this would work?

Yes, that is correct. Maybe I should have clarified this, but all pay drivers pay their money up front

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 15 Nov 2016, 17:44

pasta_maldonado wrote:Yes, that is correct. Maybe I should have clarified this, but all pay drivers pay their money up front

Thanks for making this clear- Heskteth now have a very slight chance of being sort-of competitive!