KL-Racer's F1 2010:ROTY PODIUM FINALLY UP!

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 17 Jun 2016, 16:22

Kers and race pace for Caterham.

Ice1Racing · Post by **Ice1Racing** » 18 Jun 2016, 13:11

Carlin would like a double qualifying pace please

KL-racer · Post by **KL-racer** » 18 Jun 2016, 18:41

Test #3 Spa

I finally got the upgrades done, yay for me. Despite the long wait, here’s the testing times from spa

1 Sebastian Vettel 1:49.925
2 Lewis Hamilton +0.656
3 Jenson Button +0.687
4 Felipe Massa +0.730
5 Mark Webber +0.853
6 Michael Schumacher +0.934
7 Rubens Barrichello +0.983
8 Ralf Schumacher +1.137
9 Nico Rosberg +1.263
10 Sebastien Buemi +1.308
11 Vitantonio Liuzzi +1.339
12 Giorgio Pantano +1.350
13 Robert Kubica +1.352
14 Fernando Alonso +1.511
15 Kimi Raikkonen +1.513
16 Romain Grosjean +1.756
17 Andre Lotterer +1.798
18 Luca Filippi +1.802
19 Heikki Kovalainen +1.870
20 Nick Heidfeld +2.245
21 Sergio Canamasas +2.279
22 Will Power +2.483
23 Kamui Kobayashi +2.487
24 Christian Klien +2.493
25 Karun Chandhok +2.603
26 Timo Glcok +2.648
27 Pastor Maldonado +2.690
28 Jose Maria Lopez +2.814
29 Jaime Algersauri +2.853
30 Pedro De La Rosa +2.893
31 Sergio Perez +2.983
32 Benoit Truleyer +3.104
33 Paul Di Resta +3.467
34 Nico Hulkenberg +3.507
35 Vitaly Petrov +3.717
36 Charlie Kimball +4.084
37 Lucas Di Grassi +4.275
38 Sam bird +4.406
39 Neel Jani +5.058
40 Brendon Hartley +5.256

Paddock News:

BREAKING NEWS: Lotus have officially made the tough decision to fire both of their drivers effective after the test at spa.

The paddock received shockwaves when Lotus released a statement stating that they will fire both of their drivers after 10 uninspiring attempts to pre-qualify and they will be taken over by a FIA-managed committee led by Alain Prost. The next problem then becomes who will replace both of them. Giedo Van der Garde was one possibility but he denied to join the team stating that they don’t need more funds to begin with. Daniel Riccardo, was slated to make his F1 debut for 2011 but he denied the offer from Lotus, rather wanting to finish out the season in his current junior formula seat before making the big jump to F1. So, they need to find two drivers that are available for loan for the rest of the season.

If you are interested in loaning your test driver to Lotus for the rest of the season, please post your terms of the loan, if any so they can either approve or deny it.

As for the next race, there’s really no timetable set for it, when it’s posted you will see it!

Dexter249 · Post by **Dexter249** » 19 Jun 2016, 11:12

Still Bathplugged. :facepalm:

KL-racer · Post by **KL-racer** » 20 Jun 2016, 18:27

Round 11 Monza

First off, we got some driver changes to mention, if you haven’t noticed it in the first post. At Williams, Sam Bird was replaced by Giedo Van der Garde, who brings much needed money. As for Lotus, they managed to sign Kaz Nakajima to a race seat for the final six races. However, a second round of talks with Daniel Riccardo almost stalled again until Lotus threated to not contest the final six races if he didn’t sign with them. After sleeping on that comment from the team, he decided to agree to race for them in preparation for him getting a full-time drive for 2011.

So, here’s the recap, starting with the Pre-Q times

1 Rubens Barrichello 1:23.156
2 Luca Filippi +0.532
3 Sergio Canamasas +0.735
4 Heikki Kovalainen +0.956
5 Jose Maria Lopez +1.035
6 Pastor Maldonado +1.204
7 Timo Glock +1.326
8 Karun Chandhok +1.364
DNPQ
9 Pedro De La Rosa +1.453
10 Kamui Kobayashi +1.691
11 Paul Di Resta +1.698
12 Benoit Truleyer +1.777
13 Sergio Perez +1.782
14 Nico Hulkenberg +2.108
15 Giedo Van der Garde +2.148
16 Charlie Kimball +2.160
17 Vitaly Petrov +2.321
18 Kaz Nakajima +2.613
19 Daniel Riccardo +2.645
20 Lucas Di Grassi +2.720

Qualifying results

1 Sebastian Vettel 1:22.247
2 Felipe Massa +0.535
3 Michael Schumacher +0.709
4 Robert Kubica +0.821
5 Fernando Alonso +0.867
6 Nico Rosberg +0.876
7 Lewis Hamilton +0.914
8 Jenson Button +0.919
9 Mark Webber +1.069
10 Giorgio Pantano +1.247
11 VItantonio Liuzzi +1.325
12 Sebasiten Buemi +1.328
13 Christian Klien +1.487
14 Luca FIlippi +1.531
15 Sergio Canamasas +1.580
16 Ralf Schumacher +1.603
17 Kimi Raikkonen +1.620
18 Rubens Barrichello +1.664
19 Andre Lotterer +1.698
20 Jaime Algersauri +1.732
21 Jose Maria Lopez +1.741
22 Heikki Kovalainen +1.814
23 Will Power +1.858
24 Romain Grosjean +1.911
25 Nick Heidfeld +2.156
26 Pastor Maldoando +2.310
DNQ
27 Timo Glock +2.359
28 Karun Chandhok +2.595

One big surprise is Campos qualified in 15th and 21st. It’s a long shot and a bold prediction to think one point for them, but hey why not think positive? Anyways, time to race

Race Summary:

On the first lap, Rubens damaged his front wing, requiring a costly pit stop in the process. On Lap 6, Rosberg retired with a left-rear puncture from 9th. Lap 14, Heikki dropped out. Lap 19, Kimi dropped out with engine issues. Lap 32, Vettel dropped out from the lead due to engine dramas, giving the lead to Robert Kubica. Lap 36, Grosjean also dropped out of the running. With four laps left, Ralf Schumacher and Luca Filippi both DNF’ed. In the end, Lewis Hamilton barely held off Massa for the win. Webber held on to 3rd over Kubica. Alonso finishes 5th. Manor scored some solid points with 6th and 7th. Euskadi finishes 8th and 9th. Finally, Heidfeld hanged on to 10th from a hard-charging Canamasas at the end of the race.

1 Lewis Hamilton 1:16:20.116
2 Felipe Massa +0.408
3 Mark Webber +5.315
4 Robert Kubica +6.397
5 Fernando Alonso +14.680
6 VItantonio Liuzzi +17.961
7 Sebastien Buemi +25.827
8 Giorgio Pantano +32.435
9 Michael Schumacher +34.682
10 Nick Heidfeld +55.109
11 Sergio Canamasas +59.898
12 Andre Lotterer +1:04.424
13 Jose Maria Lopez +1:12.041
14 Will Power +1:16.692
15 Christian Klien +1:17.399
16 Jaime Algersauri +1:18.946
17 Jenson Button +1:24.604
18 Pastor Maldonado 1 lap
19 Rubens Barrichello 1 lap
DNF Ralf Schumacher Engine
DNF Luca FIlippi Engine
DNF Romain Grosjean Suspension
DNF Sebastian Vettel Engine
DNF Kimi Raikkonen Engine
DNF Heikki Kovalainen Puncture
DNF Nico Rosberg Puncture

Paddock News:

Adrian Campos: “Oh so close, to scoring our first points!”

After the race, Campos was glad to see both cars finish on the lead lap but Sergio came one spot outside of the points. In an interview Adrian said, “Sergio did an awesome job fighting back from an average pit stop by our crew. We are continuing to get better and better.”

Lewis Hamilton: “I am glad to see someone other than a Ferrari driver win today”

After the race, Hamilton said that he was glad that he held on for the win over Massa. Hamilton said to the press, “look, I’m are hoping for a little more parity this season, and while it kind of happened in a couple instances, we must continue to look for ways to keep F1 relevant. Regarding his surprising win at Ferrari’s home turf, Hamilton said “I honestly think I stole that race away from the Tifosi. I was off in Qualifying but in the end our reliability and consistent race pace helped us during the second half of the race.”

Caterham staff: Disappointed to see Filippi retire from 10th with just a few laps left

After Barrichello collided into another car coming through the second chicane on lap 1 and Filippi failing to finish the race in the points. Caterham are now wondering can they still manage to get out of Pre-Q for the final four races? One insider is bullish on that possibility, stating that their pace is great but it's been finishing the races this season that has been iffy.

As for the next race at Singapore, I am aiming by Wednesday mid-day but don't bank on it.

Post by **Ataxia** » 20 Jun 2016, 19:07

Red Bull would like to show Jaime Alguersuari the door and give Alvaro Parente a shot.

KL-racer · Post by **KL-racer** » 22 Jun 2016, 17:06

Round 12 Singapore

Alright, we are off to the only true night race on the current calendar. The streets of Singapore require the utmost stamina because of the heat and humidity, and also the cars will have their max downforce packages because of the extensive amount of corners involved. In driver news, Jaime Algersauri was finally shown the door by Red Bull and is being replaced by Alvaro Parente, who has considerable junior series experience. In other stuff, as of now, Sauber-BMW has that all-important 10th spot in the teams standings, with Caterham on the outside looking in. This is important because after this race, the Pre-Q lists will be recalculated for the final quarter of the season. In the driver’s standings, with Vettel DNF’ing Monza and Massa finishing 2nd and Webber finishing 3rd, suddenly there’s a three way fight for the driver’s title. Which is infinitely better than it was at this point last year. So, let’s see who can outlast and outmaster this street circuit.

Pre-Q Results

1 Luca FIlippi 1:43.236
2 Rubens Barrichello +0.249
3 Pastor Maldonado +0.333
4 Jose Maria Lopez +0.701
5 Heikki Kovalainen +0.830
6 Timo Glock +0.839
7 Sergio Canamasas +1.010
8 Paul Di Resta +1.332
DNPQ
9 Karun Chandhok +1.415
10 Kamui Kobayashi +1.420
11 Charlie Kimball +1.457
12 Pedro De La Rosa +1.503
13 Nico Hulkenberg +1.579
14 VItaly Petrov +1.704
15 Sergio Perez +1.802
16 Giedo Van der Garde +1.928
17 Benoit Truleyer +2.164
18 Daniel Riccardo +2.337
19 Kaz Nakajima +2.506
20 Lucas di Grassi +2.507

Qualifying results

1 Sebastian Vettel 1:41.481
2 Felipe Massa +0.454
3 Michael Schumacher +0.498
4 Lewis Hamilton +1.037
5 Robert Kubica +1.044
6 Nico Rosberg +1.133
7 Giorgio Pantano +1.170
8 Jenson Button +1.258
9 Mark Webber +1.293
10 Ralf Schumacher +1.381
11 Fernando Alonso +1.589
12 Sebasiten Buemi +1.882
13 Christian Klien +1.886
14 Will Power +2.003
15 Andre Lotterer +2.172
16 Romain Grosjean +2.251
17 Alvaro Parente +2.256
18 Luca FIlippi +2.256
19 Rubens Barrichello +2.334
20 Vitantonio Liuzzi +2.347
21 Nick Heidfeld +2.465
22 Kimi Raikkonen +2.512
23 Pastor Maldonado +2.583
24 Heikki Kovalainen +2.587
25 Sergio Canamasas +2.760
26 Paul Di Resta +2.793
DNQ
27 Jose Maria Lopez +3.013
28 TImo Glock +3.514

Race Summary:

On Lap 1, Hamilton and Button suffered wing damage in separate collisions. Both had to pit. Lap 12, Pastor’s race was finished. Lap 20, Barrichello suffered wing damage after colliding the wall leading up to the final two turns. And a few laps later, will power suffered the same fate. Lap 30, Parente’s engine blew up, ending his first race with red bull. Lap 51, Pantano suffered electrical issues and then Klien’s engine was done just a few moments later.

In the end, Vettel takes another win and Massa was 20 seconds behind in 2nd. Webber did finish but in 6th, which means he lost ground to both Vettel and Massa.

Race Results

1 Sebastian Vettel 1:30.20:938
2 Felipe Massa +19.259
3 Michael Schumacher +40.082
4 Robert Kubica +56.096
5 Nico Rosberg +1:16.496
6 Mark Webber +1:26.924
7 Sebastien Buemi +1:34.494
8 Lewis Hamilton +1:34.630
9 Fernando Alonso +1:39.262
10 Jenson Button 1 lap
11 Kimi Raikkonen 1 lap
12 Romain Grosjean 1 lap
13 Andre Lotterer 1 lap
14 Vitantonio Liuzzi 1 lap
15 Nick Heidfeld 1 lap
16 Ralf Schumacher 1 lap
17 Heikki Kovalainen 1 lap
18 Luca FIlippi 1 lap
19 Sergio Canamasas 1 lap
20 Paul Di Resta 1 lap
21 Will Power 3 laps
22 Rubens Barrichello 3 laps
DNF Christian Klien Engine
DNF Giorgio Pantano Electrical
DNF Alvaro Parente Engine
DNF Pastor Maldonado Suspension

Paddock News:

Caterham: “Oh well, we tried to get out of Pre-Q for the final quarter of the season, but it didn’t happen.”

The pit crew at Caterham wasn’t pleased after Singapore after Barrichello collided the wall and finished the race 3 laps down. Filippi on the other side of the garage, finished 1 lap down and in 18th well outside the points. Regarding this news that Caterham will still have to Pre-Q. They simply said, we are not going to can this season just yet, there is still a possibility that we finish in the top 10 in the team’s standings. The worst case scenario is 11th.

On a more important note, I am throwing this idea out there. I am considering switching games to Grand Prix 4 for 2011 onwards. As you all know GP4 has 22 car race grids only. However, I am stuck regarding the amount of teams on the entry list for 2011 and whether to keep on using the 2.4L V8’s or gradually phase in the 1.6L V6 Turbos. Here’s the two proposals that I been debating about. I can either

1 Keep the entry list at 20 teams, but the pre-q lists will be the bottom 11 teams in 2010. The list will be recalculated every 4 races. Which means to be straight into Qualifying, you must be in the top 9 teams. Only the top 4 cars in Pre-Q will move on to qualifying if we do this method and in addition all cars will still be using the 2.4L V8’s until the end of the 2013 season.

OR

2 Expand the entry list to 22 teams, with Durango and ART GP gaining entry. However, to be able to do this. I must remove the pre-q session and replace it with a form of three part qualifying. In Q1, only the bottom 11 teams will take the track. Likewise, in Q2, only the top 11 teams will take the track. After Q2, I will combine the Q1 and Q2 times and the top 22 cars on this combined timesheet will then participate in Q3, to determine the starting grid. Furthermore, if we decide to do this method, the FIA will allow both 2.4L V8’s and the 1.6L V6 Turbos to be used until the end of the 2013 season at that point the Turbos will be the sole choice for 2014 onwards.

Of course, you could insist to keep using Grand Prix 2 with everything staying as is. That’s choice number 3 if you think neither of these above proposals sounds good to you. As for the next race at Suzuka, that can wait after I hear from you guys! So post away your opinions!

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 23 Jun 2016, 03:50

I think I'll get the no.1

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 23 Jun 2016, 08:00

KL-racer wrote: ...I am considering switching games to Grand Prix 4 for 2011 onwards...

KL-racer wrote:...switching games to Grand Prix 4...

KL-racer wrote:...GRAND PRIX 4...

I hope you like seeing the following message a lot

The end of every GP4 session ever wrote:GP4.exe has stopped working

Also, with the number of teams there are, Ferrari vote for option 3

AdrianBelmonte_ · Post by **AdrianBelmonte_** » 23 Jun 2016, 08:04

Qual and race pace for Campos

PS: i'd prefer Option 1 imo

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 23 Jun 2016, 10:03

Race pace and reliability for Caterham, please.

Whiteshore · Post by **Whiteshore** » 23 Jun 2016, 12:18

We'll vote for option 3 and Mercedes will be doing testing on qualifying pace and Aero.

Post by **Miguel98** » 23 Jun 2016, 13:03

We'll be going option 3.

RedEyes504 · Post by **RedEyes504** » 23 Jun 2016, 16:43

I'd say with the number of teams that are in this, option 3 would be the best because it allows more cars onto the grid for each race

Post by **Ataxia** » 23 Jun 2016, 21:11

Option 3, for two reasons. Firstly, things seem to be working fine as they are. Secondly, editing/modding GP4 is just...horrific really.

Dexter249 · Post by **Dexter249** » 24 Jun 2016, 12:26

Option 1 for Stefan

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 24 Jun 2016, 13:47

Option 3 for me too.

Ice1Racing · Post by **Ice1Racing** » 25 Jun 2016, 18:48

Carlin would like option 3

TheFlyingCaterham · Post by **TheFlyingCaterham** » 25 Jun 2016, 22:15

Optionn3, since it provides teams more of an opportunity to get onto the grid, as well as allowing the ossibility of better racing.

Collieafc · Post by **Collieafc** » 27 Jun 2016, 11:42

Ill also say Option 3, if nothing else than that GP2 appears to be far more stable!

KL-racer · Post by **KL-racer** » 28 Jun 2016, 20:48

Round 13 Suzuka

Thanks for all the people that decided to give feedback. Here’s what I decided, I will not switch games and leave everything as is because of two reasons, One reason is as Wizzie bought up GP4 crashes itself out a lot, and even though I was planning to save midrace every three laps or so, I felt like it wasn’t worth the pain to do that. Second reason and arguably the more important reason, is the fact that by leaving everything as is, we will keep the 26-car race grids and the pre-q rules as is right now are working great. Here’s a fun fact, every single team bar Lotus has make it on a race grid this season! And not to mention that I have this format pretty well oiled out by now, so you guys have convinced me to keep using what is working.

Anyways, back to the racing, the next round is at Suzuka. You know it as the only track on the calendar that has a figure eight layout. So, here’s the recaps

Pre-Q results

1 Rubens Barrichello 1:36.286
2 Heikki Kovalainen +0.795
3 Luca Filippi +0.829
4 Sergio Canamasas +0.949
5 Karun Chandhok +1.362
6 Kamui Kobayashi +1.438
7 Pastor Maldonado +1.506
8 Timo Glock +1.510
DNPQ
9 Jose Maria Lopez +1.520
10 Sergio Perez +1.632
11 Benoit Truleyer +1.707
12 Pedro De La Rosa +1.713
13 Nico Hulkenberg +1.994
14 Vitaly Petrov +2.187
15 Paul Di Resta +2.193
16 Kaz Nakajima +2.547
17 Daniel Riccardo +2.549
18 Charlie Kimball +2.586
19 Lucas Di Grassi +2.590
20 Giedo Van der Garde +2.786

Qualifying results

1 Sebastian Vettel 1:35.448
2 Lewis Hamilton +0.431
3 Felipe Massa +0.552
4 Mark Webber +0.563
5 Jenson Button +0.642
6 Michael Schumacher +0.842
7 Ralf Schumacher +0.907
8 Nico Rosberg +0.954
9 Rubens Barrichello +1.069
10 Giorgio Pantano +1.075
11 Robert Kubica +1.113
12 Fernando Alonso +1.191
13 VItantonio Liuzzi +1.191
14 Sebastien Buemi +1.240
15 Kimi Raikkonen +1.272
16 Romain Grosjean +1.436
17 Kamui Kobayashi +1.481
18 Andre Lotterer +1.513
19 Heikki Kovalainen +1.672
20 Karun Chandhok +1.762
21 Nick Heidfeld +1.790
22 Luca FIlippi +1.873
23 Christian Klien +2.023
24 Will Power +2.076
25 Alvaro Parente +2.111
26 Timo Glock +2.277
DNQ
27 Sergio Canamasas +2.468
28 Pastor Maldonado +2.679

One notable surprise is Kamui Kobaysahi getting Stefan GP up to 17th on the grid. He is predicting bold things at his home race, let’s see if his wishes come true or not.

Race Summary:

On Lap 1 turn 1, Lotterer and Grosjean collided. Lotterer had to pit for a new front wing and Grosjean spun off but was able to continue on. Lap 20, Massa lost his front wing when trying to go through laped traffic. He was forced to pit from 2nd. Lap 24, Hamilton dropped out from 3rd. Lap 37, Klien crashed out at 130R. Lap 48, Pantano was forced to park it. In the end, Vettel won, with Button 2nd, and Webber gaining a little ground on Massa by finishing 3rd. Massa was 4th. Buemi finished 5th and Barrichello hanging to finish 6th and some much needed points for Caterham, but they could had earned them in the previous round instead. Either way, points are points.

Race Results

1 Sebastian Vettel 1:27:46.740
2 Jenson Button +32.168
3 Mark webber +34.881
4 Felipe Massa +43.096
5 Sebasiten Buemi +54.386
6 Rubens Barrichello +1:05.844
7 Michael Schumacher +1:06.317
8 Nico Rosberg +1:18.171
9 Kimi Raikkonen +1:20.884
10 Ralf Schumacher 1 lap
11 Fernando Alonso 1 lap
12 Romain Grosjean 1 lap
13 Robert Kubica 1 lap
14 Heikki Kovalainen 1 lap
15 Andre Lotterer 1 lap
16 Karun Chandhok 1 lap
17 Kamui Kobayashi 1 lap
18 Will Power 1 lap
19 Nick Heidfeld 1 lap
20 Alvaro Parente 1 lap
21 Luca FIlippi 1 lap
22 Timo Glock 1 lap
23 Vitantonio Liuzzi 1 lap
DNF Giorgio Pantano Engine
DNF Christian Klien Accident
DNF Lewis Hamilton Engine

Paddock News:

Kamui Kobayashi: “Thankful that the car lasted the whole distance this time around”

After failing to finish the race distance the first time around, Kamui Kobayashi was pleased that the car made it home in one piece. There’s still a possibility to overtake Williams with a better finish at the final three rounds of the season. Adding on, Zoran said, “We are desperate for any extra prize money that we can get at the end of the season. As is right now, our future looks a little bleak with our current position so if we can get just one position up on the teams table, preferably two positions up, we should call this first season a success.”

Rubens Barrichello: "We are happy to take the points, let's hope we can start the 2011 season not on the pre-q lists"

Already looking ahead to 2011 could be a dangerous thing, but Barrichello after recording a 6th place finish in the Japanese GP, is thinking big picture. After the race, Rubens simply said, "If this result will help us claw our way out of pre-q for next season, we will gladly take it!"

New team Durango on standby, for 2011 just in case a team falls through financially.

Reports are now coming out that Durango will not be given an entry for 2011, unless a current team falls through financially. As hinted earlier, Stefan GP looks like the team to crumble first, but the question is not if but when? Regarding Durango's status for 2011, manager Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997 WDC said the following: "We are in talks with Zoran. Our talks are just exploratory right now, but it highly depends on the amount of prize money that Stefan GP will get at the end of this season. Until we know for sure, what that amount would be, we are not going any further."

So, next up we have the final in-season test from Suzuka, so if you are planning any last-minute upgrades now it’s the time to post them!

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 28 Jun 2016, 21:04

Race pace and Aero for Honda at the next test

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 28 Jun 2016, 22:50

DAMS need Race pace and qualifying pace

RedEyes504 · Post by **RedEyes504** » 28 Jun 2016, 22:56

Sauber will go for double race pace to try and get that 10th place back

TheFlyingCaterham · Post by **TheFlyingCaterham** » 28 Jun 2016, 23:19

Race Pace and Aero for Brawn

AdrianBelmonte_ · Post by **AdrianBelmonte_** » 29 Jun 2016, 10:51

Double qualy pace for us

if not possible, qualy pace and KERS

Collieafc · Post by **Collieafc** » 29 Jun 2016, 12:32

Race pace and Kers for Force India

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 29 Jun 2016, 13:40

Finally some points! Thanks Rubens!
Race pace and reliability for Caterham, btw.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 30 Jun 2016, 15:42

KERS and Aero for Manor

KL-racer · Post by **KL-racer** » 05 Jul 2016, 18:55

Final in-season test: Suzuka

Well, here’s the final in-season test results from Suzuka.

1 Sebastian Vettel 1:35.412
2 Lewis Hamilton +0.349
3 Jenson Button +0.629
4 Felipe Massa +0.633
5 Mark Webber +0.633
6 Ralf Schumacher +0.832
7 Rubens Barrichello +0.901
8 Nico Rosberg +0.948
9 Michael Schumacher +1.029
10 Vitantonio Liuzzi +1.077
11 Sebastien Buemi +1.098
12 Robert Kubica +1.115
13 Giorgio Pantano +1.151
14 Kimi Raikkonen +1.304
15 Fernando Alonso +1.392
16 Romain Grosjean +1.542
17 Andre Lotterer +1.546
18 Luca Filippi +1.628
19 Heikki Kovalainen +1.675
20 Nick Heidfled +1.827
21 Will Power +1.951
22 Sergio Canamasas +2.029
23 Alvaro Parente +2.065
24 Christian Klien +2.105
25 Kamui Kobayashi +2.335
26 Karun Chandhok +2.366
27 Jose Maria Lopez +2.416
28 Pastor Maldonado +2.448
29 Pedro De la Rosa +2.573
30 Timo Glock +2.606
31 Sergio Perez +2.608
32 Benoit Truleyer +2.725
33 Paul Di Resta +2.937
34 Nico Hulkenberg +3.044
35 Vitaly Petrov +3.294
36 Kaz Nakajima +3.486
37 Giedo Van der Garde +3.563
38 Charlie Kimball +3.604
39 Daniel Riccardo +3.641
40 Lucas Di Grassi +3.686

As for the next round at Interlagos. Hopefully, I can run it sometime tonight and have it posted by tomorrow.

KL-racer · Post by **KL-racer** » 06 Jul 2016, 20:57

Round 14 Interlagos

Well, we are off to Brazil for the next round. It seems that Ferrari have officially clinched the Teams title again. Of Course, it was like that some time ago. However, the driver’s title is still open. If Vettel has a 41-point or greater margin over Massa, the Driver’s title can be locked up after this race.

Pre-Q Results

1 Heikki Kovalainen 1:15.867
2 Rubens Barrichello +0.114
3 Luca FIlippi +0.194
4 Pastor Maldonado +0.321
5 Nico Hulkenberg +0.476
6 Benoit Truleyer +0.602
7 Timo Glock +0.646
8 Jose Maria Lopez +0.842
DNPQ
9 Paul Di Resta +0.877
10 Pedro De La Rosa +0.881
11 Kamui Kobayashi +0.918
12 Sergio Perez +0.997
13 Karun Chandhok +1.074
14 VItaly Petrov +1.121
15 Sergio Canamasas +1.160
16 Daniel Riccardo +1.360
17 Charlie Kimball +1.632
18 Giedo Van der Garde +1.676
19 Kaz Nakajima +1.713
20 Lucas Di Grassi +2.187

Some surprises here. Hulkenberg manages to get out of Pre-Q, at last. Same thing will apply to Truleyer, who for the most of the year has struggled. Finally, Jose Maria Lopez for Campos will get into the qualifying session.

Qualifying results

1 Sebastian Vettel 1:14.471
2 Felipe Massa +0.363
3 Lewis Hamilton +0.473
4 Michael Schumacher +0.559
5 Mark Webber +0.639
6 Nico Rosberg +0.683
7 Robert Kubica +0.690
8 Ralf Schumacher +0.841
9 Jenson Button +0.885
10 Fernando Alonso +1.031
11 Christian Klien +1.231
12 Giorgio Pantano +1.272
13 Luca FIlippi +1.438
14 Andre Lotterer +1.479
15 Heikki Kovalainen +1.486
16 Rubens Barrichello +1.513
17 Kimi Raikkonen +1.548
18 Sebasiten Buemi +1.552
19 Pastor Maldonado +1.592
20 Will Power +1.594
21 Nick Heidfeld +1.638
22 Vitantonio Liuzzi +1.913
23 Alvaro Parente +1.947
24 Romain Grosjean +2.034
25 Nico Hulkenberg +2.473
26 Benoit Truleyer +2.591
DNQ
27 Timo Glock +2.592
28 Jose Maria Lopez +2.752

Nico Hulkenberg is relieved to see his car being able to race, let’s see if he can do anything to improve on DAMS standing in the team’s championship. As for Benoit Truleyer, he barely made it on the grid by 0.001 seconds! Can he do anything to at least bring McLaren fans some hope?

Race Summary

On Lap 5, Alonso was forced out with Suspension failure. And on the next lap, Rubens was forced out with Engine issues. On Lap 9, Hulkenberg’s race stopped way shorter than what he liked. Lap 28, Parente’s race was done for. Lap 44, Heidfeld DNF’ed. On Lap 62, Liuzzi was forced to DNF. In the end, Vettel got the win again, Massa finished 3rd but it wasn’t enough to force the driver’s title to the next race. So, for the third year in succession, we got a brand-new Driver’s Champion!

Race Results

1 Sebastian Vettel 1:33:06.739
2 Lewis Hamilton +32.222
3 Felipe Massa +40.877
4 Mark Webber +55.569
5 Michael Schumacher +1:04.675
6 Jenson Button +1:14.687
7 Robert Kubica +1:15.088
8 Nico Rosberg 1 lap
9 Kimi Raikkonen 1 lap
10 Ralf Schumacher 1 lap
11 Christian Klien 1 lap
12 Sebasiten Buemi 1 lap
13 Giorgio Pantano 1 lap
14 Pastor Maldonado 1 lap
15 Heikki Kovalainen 1 lap
16 Luca FIlippi 1 lap
17 Romain Grosjean 2 laps
18 Andre Lotterer 2 laps
19 Will Power 2 laps
20 Benoit Truleyer 2 laps
DNF Vitantonio LIuzzi Transmisison
DNF Nick Heidfeld Water Leak
DNF Alvaro Parente Tarnsmisison
DNF Nico Hulkenberg KERS
DNF Fernando Alonso Suspension
DNF Rubens Barrichello Engine

The next race from Bahrain should be posted within the next couple days.

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 06 Jul 2016, 22:08

If the offer's still available, I could try to grasp less defeat from the jaws of defeat at Lotus for the rest of the season. I'll keep the lineup unchanged if so.

KL-racer · Post by **KL-racer** » 07 Jul 2016, 18:12

Round 15 Bahrain

With both championships officially done for. Many teams are planning ahead for next season. So, after much debate with myself, Initially, I was against introducing the V6 Turbos in an earlier post but now I am going to slowly ease them in over the next three seasons. In addition, the V8’s that are in use right now, can still be used for 2011-13, but their power output will be dropped by restricting the revs to 16000 not 18000 like it was this season. As a result of this news all of the current engine makers minus Cosworth and BMW will be developing the new V6 Turbos. Of Course, I will still be using Grand Prix 2 to run this series.

Anyways, back to the present, the circus stops at Bahrain. And all up and down the paddock, there is still a whole lot of positions left to be decided for the team’s standings. No more obvious than the battle for 10th, AKA the bubble position. Right now, Caterham is hanging on thanks to the tiebreaker for a higher race finish. Further up the pack, the battle for 2nd spot sees Brawn GP and Force India duking it out. And on the bottom of the pylon, we see seven teams battling for standings and prize money. Some of them like Stefan GP need that money like they need air. Others like Williams and McLaren are obviously more concerned about next season’s plans because they have enough money just in case they happen to finish this season with no points on the scoreboard.

And just in case you haven’t noticed in the first post, we finally have found a person to take over Lotus, welcome This Could Be You to the series, and if you want to stick around for the 2011 season, you can go ahead and do that as well!

So, let’s see who can perform well at the second to final race.

Pre-Qualifying results

1 Heikki Kovalainen 1:30.433
2 Rubens Barrichello +0.196
3 Luca Filippi +0.327
4 Pastor Maldonado +0.638
5 Karun Chandhok +0.678
6 Nico Hulkenberg +0.680
7 Vitaly Petrov +0.917
8 Kamui Kobayashi +0.973
DNPQ
9 Timo Glock +1.045
10 Jose Maria Lopez +1.051
11 Paul Di Resta +1.094
12 Sergio Canamasas +1.097
13 Charlie Kimball +1.132
14 Sergio Perez +1.208
15 Pedro de la Rosa +1.243
16 Benoit Trulyer +1.331
17 Kaz Nakajima +1.332
18 Daniel Riccardo +1.414
19 Giedo Van der Garde +1.923
20 Lucas Di Grassi +2.256

Both DAMS made into Qualifying, will they manage to both made the grid for once?

Qualifying results
1 Sebastian Vettel 1:29.143
2 Felipe Massa +0.130
3 Mark Webber +0.166
4 Fernando Alonso +0.607
5 Lewis Hamilton +0.807
6 Nico Rosberg +0.889
7 Michael Schumacher +0.941
8 Ralf Schumacher +1.012
9 Andre Lotterer +1.087
10 Robert Kubica +1.131
11 Kimi Raikkonen +1.208
12 Alvaro Parente +1.259
13 Heikki Kovalainen +1.285
14 Christian Klien +1.294
15 Will Power +1.294
16 Jenson Button +1.296
17 Rubens Barrichello +1.378
18 Luca FIlippi +1.450
19 Vitantonio Liuzzi +1.503
20 Giorgio Pantano +1.572
21 Sebastien Buemi +1.656
22 Nico Hulkenberg +1.774
23 Romain Grosjean +1860
24 Vitaly Petrov +1.906
25 Nick Heidfeld +1.974
26 Karun Chandhok +2.051
DNQ
27 Kamui Kobayashi +2.098
28 Pastor Maldonado +2.140

Both DAMS will race after qualifying 22nd and 24th. Chandhok in the USF1 also made it in. But for Kamui Kobayashi and Stefan GP, they only have one more chance left to improve on their result in the team’s standings.

Race Summary

On Lap 8, Vettel spun off at turn 1 and was forced to claw his way back from 25th and last, after Parente DNF’ed the red bull on the lap before. Lap 14, Liuzzi was forced to DNF. Lap 23, Hamilton retired while running 6th. Lap 26, Buemi is also done. Lap 29, Rosberg was also done. On the very next lap, Button parked it. Lap 40, Filippi failed to finish. Lap 46, Kovalainen was forced out of the race. With three laps left, Webber was on the second sector before his engine let go from 2nd. In the end, Massa wins but it’s too little too late because he would had use this race win one race earlier. Never the less, a win is a win.

Race Results

1 Felipe Massa 1:38:36.859
2 Fernando Alonso +1:04.589
3 Andre Lotterer +1:10.455
4 Sebastian Vettel +1:11.875
5 Robert Kubica +1:18.068
6 Michael Schumacher 1 lap
7 Kimi Raikkonen 1 lap
8 Christian Klien 1 lap
9 Ralf Schumacher 1 lap
10 Rubens Barrichello 1 lap
11 Giorgio Pantano 1 lap
12 Will Power 1 lap
13 Nick Heidfeld 1 lap
14 Romain Grosjean 1 lap
15 Nico Hulkenberg 2 laps
16 Karun Chandhok 2 laps
17 Vitaly Petrov 2 laps
DNF Mark Webber Engine
DNF Heikki Kovalainen Engine
DNF Luca FIlippi Transmission
DNF Jenson Button Egnine
DNF Nico Rosberg Transmission
DNF Sebasiten Buemi Transmission
DNF Lewis Hamilton Oil Leak
DNF Vitantonio Liuzzi Suspension
DNF Alvaro Parente Transmission

Paddock News:

BMW and Cosworth will NOT develop V6 Turbos for different reasons

As the new two-engine formula got finalized for 2011-13, Cosworth and BMW have come out and said that they will not develop V6 Turbos for the time being. BMW’s reason is that there six cylinder engines for street use are normally Inline, and they felt like it’s not worth their time to develop such an engine that they have no experience on. In addition, BMW also announced that they will intend to withdraw from F1 at the end of the 2013 season. On the other hand, Cosworth’s reason is slightly different, it’s the cost involved to develop such an engine that would force them to wait a season or two before even considering building a V6 Turbo engine, if they decided to stay in F1 past the 2013 season. The good news is that BMW and Cosworth will still provide their 2.4L V8’S to teams over the next three years.

The final round should be posted in a day or so!

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 07 Jul 2016, 22:27

For the record, Ferrari will NOT be supplying any customer teams with their new V6T next year, as we feel it will dilute from our development program in 2011. However, we are more than happy to provide the V8 to customers who are interested.

Whiteshore · Post by **Whiteshore** » 08 Jul 2016, 02:57

Mercedes will be using V6T turbo engines for the works team and one customer team while we would provide V8 engines for two customer teams.

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 08 Jul 2016, 02:57

We are improving but we need the darn points!

Dexter249 · Post by **Dexter249** » 08 Jul 2016, 13:40

Di Grassi will not run Abu Dhabi. Are any pay Drivers available?

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 08 Jul 2016, 21:49

Well at least we're marginally better than Di Grassi and Van de Garde (if that's not damning with faint praise, I don't know what is).

KL-racer · Post by **KL-racer** » 14 Jul 2016, 20:26

Dexter249 wrote:Di Grassi will not run Abu Dhabi. Are any pay Drivers available?

Okay, it took me a while because of the damn Pokémon GO app taking over my local city of Tucson! Anyways, I have to dig a little deeper than usual for Pay drivers but since there's only one race left. It made my search a little easier. So, I have found a couple of them that could bring $1.5m of sponsors for Abu Dubai. Fairuz Fauzy and Mikhail Aleshin. Sorry, I couldn't find any more drivers that were willing to do an one-off race and brings money!

Dexter249 · Post by **Dexter249** » 14 Jul 2016, 22:56

KL-racer wrote:
Dexter249 wrote:Di Grassi will not run Abu Dhabi. Are any pay Drivers available?

Okay, it took me a while because of the damn Pokémon GO app taking over my local city of Tucson! Anyways, I have to dig a little deeper than usual for Pay drivers but since there's only one race left. It made my search a little easier. So, I have found a couple of them that could bring $1.5m of sponsors for Abu Dubai. Fairuz Fauzy and Mikhail Aleshin. Sorry, I couldn't find any more drivers that were willing to do an one-off race and brings money!

Aleshin Will Step in