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1976 wiki page http://formularejects.com/wiki/1976_Alternate_Formula_One_season
1978 wiki page http://formularejects.com/wiki/1977_Alternate_Formula_One_season
1978 wiki page http://formularejects.com/wiki/1978_Alternate_Formula_One_season
1979 wiki page http://formularejects.com/wiki/1979_Alternate_Formula_One_season

1976 thread -https://gprejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=7910
1977 thread - https://gprejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7967#p374118
1978 thread - https://gprejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=8171

AltF1 1979 - Fourtunate Son
1978 was a year that felt longer than most. In one of Formula One's closest fought title battles, American idol Mario Andretti walked away with the biggest prize in motor racing. Amidst the on-track action, political lines were drawn in the sand, as FISA began their attempt to wrestle control of the sport back from Bernie Ecclestone's FOCA. And if that wasn't enough to whet your appetite, there's 17 world championship races coming up...

1979 Spreadsheet

Link in case table does not work properly for you.
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Rules

Budgets
- Budget spreadsheet is in the first post
- Budgets should be updated after each race, but I am lazy. For up-to-the-minute information, visit the discord and ask me.
- More information is provided on the Budgets tab of the spreadsheet.

Team Stats
- Team Stats describe your ability to build grounds effects chassis, as well as your reputation towards drivers.
- NEW: Team stats are now visible on the Budgets tab of the spreadsheet.
- NEW: Teams no longer have a base GE level.
- Reputation is affected both by the historical relevance of your team, and by WCC finishing order.
- Nationality bonus only affects drivers of the same nationality as your team.
- Reputation and nationality bonuses affect the RNG odds when you sign drivers, designers, suppliers, and tyres.
- More information is provided on the Team Stats tab of the spreadsheet.

NEW: Alignment
- NEW: All teams must align with FISA or FOCA.
- NEW: There will be elements of gameplay that will be affected by your choice.

Engines
- All teams must renew their engine supply.
- NEW: The engine upgrade available for your engine is listed in advance. This can be bought once after the specified race.
- Older spec Cosworth engines are available for cheaper prices, but worse power and reliability.
- Ford Cosworth remain free to sign anybody.
- Ferrari will only supply the factory team, Matra must supply Ligier, Alfa must supply Autodelta, and Renzo must supply Dywa.
- NEW: Alfa can sign one customer team for 1979.
- More information is provided on the Engines tab of the spreadsheet.

Chassis
- Chassis generation table has been updated with 1978 ranges.
- NEW: Pre-1976 chassis are outlawed on safety grounds.
- Grounds Effects chassis can now be constructed.
- Drag and Chassis Weight added. 1 drag point = 0.1 BHP, and 1 Chassis Weight point = 1 grip point.
- Chassis aging. Chassis age (loose performance) per year according to the given stats on the spreadsheet.
- A team may introduce a new chassis mid season
- Teams can sell custom chassis to collectors for 10% of it's build price. This does not apply for customer chassis of any description.
- Each team MUST build it's own chassis
- The cost of each chassis is for TWO chassis.
- More information is provided on the Chassis tab of the spreadsheet.

NEW: Designers
- Designers are like drivers – they have team preferences, must be paid a wage, can be hired for a maximum of 1 year, and are subject to RNG.
- NEW: Designer contracts are now 1-year. All teams start 1979 without a designer signed
- NEW: Designer GE level adds a set amount of grip to your chassis AFTER generation.
- Designers also affect Grip Range, BQ, Handling, Drag, and Chassis Weight
- NEW: Designers do not affect mid-season upgrades
- More information is provided on the Designers tab of the spreadsheet.

Travel Costs
- All teams must pay some form of travel costs.
- NEW: Full season travel package for FOCA teams is £250,000. For FISA aligned teams, this is £300,000
- NEW: Part-time European travel for FOCA teams is £150,000. For FISA aligned teams, this option is not available.
- Teams who do not pay the subsidised costs must pay for travel to each event individually.
- More information is provided on the Travel Costs tab of the spreadsheet.

NEW: Sponsors
- Sponsors provide money in three tiers in return for goals being achieved.
- Each team has one sponsor with three goals, Tier 1 goals offering the most money (and are the hardest to achieve) and Tier 3 goals offer the least money (and are the easiest to achieve).
- You may only target one tier at a time, even if your choices fulfill all three tiers. This must be stated.
- Some privateer teams have sponsors, but some do not.
- More information is provided on the Sponsors tab of the spreadsheet.

NEW: Suppliers
- There are four types of supplier: Petroleum, Lubricant, Parts and Tyres. Each supplier brings benefits to the team.
- Each team M U S T sign a tyre supplier. All other suppliers are optional.
- Teams may choose ONE supplier from: Petoleum, Lubricant, and Parts.
- The amount of contracts available for a supplier is listed.
- The price listed is paid once to secure the supplier, and once to purchase the upgrade.
- Supplier upgrades come at random times, and an RNG will be run to determine the effectiveness of the upgrade.
- If more offers than number of contracts are received, an RNG will be run.
- Pay attention to the Brand Image.
- More information is provided on the Suppliers tab of the spreadsheet.

NEW: Chassis Upgrades
- The upgrade system has been altered. Instead of slots and tiers, you can make up to ten upgrades to your chassis in the areas of Grip, Weight, Drag and Handling
- Each upgrade costs exponentially more than the last.
- You can make 1 upgrade in each area between races, and 1 pre-season

Drivers
- Drivers are paid up front for their contracted wages
- If a driver is sacked, you do not get repaid their wages. (Severance fee)
- If a driver on a two season contract is sacked in the first year of his contract, you must pay him the rest of the first season’s wages only.
- Minimum wage for the season is £50,000 for paid drivers - That is £2,941 per race.
- 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
- The maximum contract length is 2 years.
- Wages deemed to be grossly unfair (£50,000 for a championship winner, for instance) will be blocked.
- NEW: You do not pay the wages of an injured driver. (This is covered by insurance)

Pay Drivers
- All young drivers start as pay drivers, until their success warrants a paid wage.
- A pay driver may be offered a paid wage to double your odds of securing them in the RNG. However, this transforms a driver from a pay to a normal driver for the rest of their careers.
- 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.
- If you wish to hire a pay driver for less than the full season (17 races), his/her money pot will be divided by 17, and then multiplied by the length of his/her contract.
- All pay drivers pay their money up front.
- If a pay driver is sacked, your forfeit the money they would have paid for the duration of their contract.
- For fictional pay drivers, a RNG of 50/50 will be run to determine whether they are Class 1 or Class 2.

[u]Debt[/u]
- A team may not go into debt. Any team that cannot purchase a chassis (if applicable) or engine is declared bankrupt.
- I reserve the right to remove struggling teams from the game, if their presence is not historically accurate.

Injuries
- Drivers signed to replace injured drivers may be signed on the injured driver's terms, or may be signed to a new contract,
- You do not pay the wages of an injured driver. (This is covered by insurance)
- Injuries are decided by RNG.

Entries
- I reserve the right to refuse unrealistic/ill-thought out entries of any description.
- 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.

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: £15,000
Below 15, finish: £10,000
DNF: £3,000
DNQ: £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 the best 11 results counting towards the championship.

Calendar
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Phase 1: Sponsors, Alignment and Travel Fees

Your opening gambit of the 1979 season will be to select your sponsor tier goal, FISA-FOCA alignment, and Travel Fees.

If you do not purchase a full or part season's worth of travel, you will need to enter on a race-by-race basis. Remember, travel fees are more expensive for FISA members. Your alignment from 1978 has carried over, but you can change this. All teams now must choose an alignment.

The information on your sponsor tier goals can be found on the spreadsheet. If you have any questions, ask me.

Please submit your choices using the form below:

Code: Select all

Team Name:
User:

Travel fees (Full. Europe, or None):
Alignment:
Tier Goal:



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)
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Team Name: March Engineering
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Travel fees: Full
Alignment: FOCA
Tier Goal: Tier 2 (Pasta can we sign Jones pls)

Team Name: Hesketh
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Travel fees: Full
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Tier Goal: Tier 1
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Team Name: Scuderia Everest
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Travel fees (Full. Europe, or None): Europe
Alignment: FOCA
Tier Goal: Tier 2
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Team Name: Ligier
User: Butterfox

Travel fees: Full
Alignment: FISA
Tier Goal: Tier 3

Team Name: VDS racing (if allowed as a new privateer)
User: Butterfox

Travel fees: None
Alignment: FISA
Tier Goal: none, i suggest Belga cigarettes as a sponsor as they had simple but iconic liveries and started to get active around that point.

B&S will be discontinued, unless someone wants to take over that mess.
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Image Scuderia Ferrari
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Travel Fees - Full
Alignment - #FISA4lyf
Tier Goal - Tier 1
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Butterfox wrote:B&S will be discontinued, unless someone wants to take over that mess.

Also, I'm game.

If allowed, my plan would be thus:

Image B&S Fabrications

Travel Fees - Europe (I promise guv, we're good for the money, just not right now)
Alignment - FOCA
Tier Goal - Tier 3
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bad google translate wrote:
La Dernière Heure wrote: Nouvelle équipe belge en formule 1?

L'équipe de course VDS, l'équipe fondée par le comte Rodolphe van der Straten Ponthoz, prévoit de passer à la Formule 1. VDS avait déjà du succès en monoplace avec Teddy Pilette sur la F5000 européenne et était également active dans la série Tasman F5000. L'équipe était également active sur le Can-Am, un rendez-vous incontournable des courses de voitures de sport et souvent présenté aux 24 Heures du Mans. VDS collaborera avec Belga, qui vise à promouvoir les talents belges dans le sport automobile. Des entretiens ont déjà eu lieu avec Claude Bourgiougnie et Pierre Dieudonné et l'expérimenté Patrick Nève. De plus, on s'attend à ce que l'actif permanent Teddy Pilette conduise la première voiture. Dans un premier temps, VDS entend ne participer qu'aux grands prix de Belgique, de France, des Pays-Bas et d'Allemagne, pour éventuellement faire plusieurs courses en 1980. Van Der Straten: «Avec notre expérience, nous sommes convaincus que nous allons créer une équipe solide. est bien organisé. Sans l'aide de Belga et les efforts de Teddy Pilette, ce projet n'aurait pas été possible. Je suis convaincu que nous pouvons faire quelque chose de bien pour le sport automobile belge. Rendez-vous dans Zolder 'Quelle voiture VDS fonctionnera n'a pas encore été annoncée. On s'attend à ce qu'ils utilisent un châssis Lola comme dans le F5000, mais le sponsor Belga négocie également pour le châssis Martini inutilisé qui a été développé pour 1978. Interrogé sur les résultats honteux de l'équipe ENB de Jacques Swaters dans le passé, a déclaré Van Der Straten «ils dirigent leur équipe à leur façon et nous dirigeons notre équipe à notre façon. Ils ont choisi d'être trop dépendants de certains fabricants, ce qui les a rendus dépendants des traitements de ces fabricants. Nous avons construit notre équipe de manière totalement indépendante et avons prouvé ce que nous pouvons faire.
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Team Name: Penthouse Team Tyrrell
User: Dom

Travel fees (Full. Europe, or None): Full, obviously
Alignment: FOCA
Tier Goal: 2

- - - - - - -

Team Name: Team Merzario
User: Dom

Travel fees (Full. Europe, or None): Europe
Alignment: FOCA
Tier Goal: 1
It's do or die. If Merzario fail to achieve the goal, the team will be wound up at the end of 1979.
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Team name: Lotus
User: Misé
Travel fees: All
Alignment: FOCA
Tier Goal: we'll go big, Tier 1

Also, fao Pasta and Nuppiz, Thomas Nurmester is contracted to us for 1979 for 100k.
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Timo Fuchs is seeking a drive for 1979, and will bring sponsorship money as in last season having experience in Formula 1 and the Dywa Series.
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Team name: Warsteiner Arrows
User: Pinkd56
Travel fees: All
Alignment: FISA
Tier Goal: Tier 1

Team name: Madom Formula 1 Team (Formerly Centro Asegurador F1/Iberia Airlines)
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Alignment: FOCA
Tier Goal: N/A
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Motor Sport Magazine wrote:"Don't count us out yet" - Sparshott

Despite a recent record in Formula One that borders on the absurd, beleaguered B&S Fabrications scion Bob Sparshott insists that their story is not over yet.

Since they last qualified for a Grand Prix, the team has tried 16 drivers (Andersson, Ashley, Binder, Bleekemolen, de Dryver, Edwards, Gabbiani, Galica, Henton, Kessel, Leoni, Palm, Quester, Sighinolfi, Sutcliffe, Zapico) over three seasons, with precisely no success to speak of.

Despite this, Sparshott spoke of being "revitalised" for the new season, despite regulation changes rendering his team's venerable equipment illegal on safety grounds. "Honestly, it's forced us to look forwards and not back" he said, "and that's probably a good thing. We're hoping to be able to afford a full European schedule for the first time in a long time, so don't count us out yet."

Quite where Sparshott will find the money for this isn't entirely clear, but one assumes that every pay driver in the known universe will be on his radar. Indeed, he as much as confirmed this: "We don't know much about our driver lineup yet," he said, "apart from that we want to bring back Luciano for the Italian rounds, and probably Divina for the British ones, including the Tony Brise Trophy if we get the opportunity to race in it again. For everything else, it'll be about what the drivers can bring to the team."

By "what the drivers bring to the team", one presumes that this means money. Especially given that next to Sparshott could be seen a cigarette packet with the initials: "F.K., R.Z., L.L., T.P., R.K.?"
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Team Name: Marlboro Team McLaren
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Tier Goal: Tier 1
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Team Name: Alfa Romeo
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Travel fees (Full. Europe, or None): Full
Alignment: FISA
Tier Goal: 1

Team Name: Rebaque
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I would like to put myself on the waiting list please. And if no team opens up I would like a explore a privateer entry, which would depend on where/if Fuchs ends up in F1.
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Alignment: FOCA
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Team Name: North Star
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Team: Dywa
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Travel package: Europe
Tier Goals: Tier 3

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Travel package: Full
Tier Goals: Tier 1

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Motor Sport Magazine wrote:Dywa Announce Intention To Build New Ground-Effect Car For 1979
Well-established stranger to common sense Dydo Monguzzi and his Dywa F1 team have announced that they now have the funding to go about building a new chassis for 1979. Why funding would be an issue with building a new car is unclear, especially considering their ability to mass-produce their current car for the infamous Dywa GP series, and how nonchalantly they stated their intent to mass-produce this new car too. "This car will continue our well-established tradition of competitive and reliable cars built to very high standards of quality", said Mr. Monguzzi, without a whit of sarcasm. Much in line with modern trends in F1, this car will implement ground effects, though the less time you spend pondering what Dywa's interpretation of ground effects will be, the healthier your sanity. It seems quite probable that just like the 001, this car will be powered by a Renzo DFV, the Sicilian firm's artistic takes on concepts like 'reliability' and 'power' once again forming the other half of this unholy marriage. As stated before, this car will also be mass-produced for use in the Dywa GP series, and the fates of the vast quantities of 001s produced for the inaugural season are yet to be determined. Perhaps we will see these fall into the hands of privateers trying in vain to get out of pre-qualifying at Grands Prix this year, or more likely, at non-championship races? In any case, trying to comprehend Dywa is a task that can only be described as Lovecraftian; the more you learn, the more you are consumed by eldritch horror, never again to feel reason's warm embrace.
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Tier Goals: Tier 1
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Motor Sport Magazine wrote:North Star Racing to Merge with Arrows

After a tough 1978 season for both North Star Racing and Warsteiner Arrows, team leaders have come to the conclusion that a merger is required for the survival of both teams.

"I'm excited," said Clayton. "This move needs to be done in order to save jobs and resources for both teams. Formula One is becoming more and more expensive, and to field a competitive team, a merger is required. Furthermore, combining both resources should lead to the escape of the team from pre-qualifying."

"We received offers from multiple teams on the grid for a potential merger, but at the end of the day, Arrows presented the strongest offer that will keep the pride of North Star living long on the grid. I am also keen on working with Gabriel Chateau again, as we have a great working relationship together and he is a class driver."

With the merger, Sir Blake Clayton will join the ownership of the new entry, which will be called Warsteiner Arrows North Star Racing.

The new Arrows North Star outfit will be releasing a statement later.
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Drivers:
The driver market is now OPEN! The driver and pay driver lists are intended as a guide rather than a definitive list, so feel free to bid for those not listed, but bear in mind the following contracts:

Tyrrell: Robert Kagan (PD, All)
Brabham: James Hunt (200k, All)
ATS: Rolf Stommelen (65k, 8-17)
Ligier: Jacques Laffite (200k, All)
Williams: Patrick Depailler (200k, All)
Autodelta: Elio de Angelis (50k, All)
Boro: Vittorio Brambilla (PD, 10)
Lotus: Thomas Nurmester (100k, All)

Consequently:
- ATS need to sign a driver for rounds 1-6 to replace an injured Stommelen
- Boro need to sign a driver for the Dutch GP in place of Brambilla

Please also bear in mind the following drivers are unable to be signed:
- Gunnar Nilsson: Deceased
- Bobby Rahal: Leaving for AOW
- Carlos Reutemann: Argentine Politics
- Leonhard von Gottorp: Is bored (TM) of F1

Remember that the maximum driver contract length is 2 years.
Offering a pay driver a wage will dramatically increase your chance of signing them, and stop them from becoming a pay driver.
Privateers do not need to sign drivers now, instead they can wait until nearer the time they plan to enter.

Designers
Da Rules wrote:NEW: Designers
- Designers are like drivers – they have team preferences, must be paid a wage, can be hired for a maximum of 1 year, and are subject to RNG.
- NEW: Designer contracts are now 1-year. All teams start 1979 without a designer signed
- NEW: Designer GE level adds a set amount of grip to your chassis AFTER generation.
- Designers also affect Grip Range, BQ, Handling, Drag, and Chassis Weight
- NEW: Designers do not affect mid-season upgrades
- More information is provided on the Designers tab of the spreadsheet.


Designers have preferences toward teams, and are signed via RNG like drivers, except you cannot offer a designer more or less money than the value listed. They can be signed for a maximum of 1 year at a time. You do not have to sign a designer.

The Grip Range stat adds or subtracts to the bottom value of your chassis/upgrade RNGs. (e.g. A grip range stat of +10 adds +10 grip to the base value of an RNG, moving 0-100 to 10-100.) The BQ, Drag and Mass stats directly influence the relevant chassis stats.

All values apart from grip range are added to your chassis after construction.

The following teams have a mandatory designer:
- March: Robin Herd
- Lotus: Colin Chapman
- Dywa: Dido Monguzzi

Please submit driver and designer bids using the form below.

Budgets on the sheet have been updated to take into account mergers, sponsors, and travel fees.

Code: Select all

Team Name:
User:

Designer #1:
Designer #2: (If applicable)

Driver #1
Name:
DEC: (Fictional drivers only)
Wage: (Per race or per season, please state)
Contract Length: (Max 2 years)
Races: (Which races will the driver take part in? Part time drivers only.)
Repeat as many times as neccessary

Driver #2
Name:
DEC: (Fictional drivers only)
Wage: (Per race or per season, please state)
Contract Length: (Max 2 years)
Races: (Which races will the driver take part in? Part time drivers only.)
Repeat as many times as neccessary


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)
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Re: Alt79 - Fourtunate Son - Drivers & Designers

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Timo Fuchs is seeking a drive for 1979, and will bring sponsorship money as in last season having experience in Formula 1 and the Dywa Series.

In addition, if no drive can be found for him I will consider a privateer drive for him.
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Team Name: Tyrrell
User: Dom

Designer #1: Gordon Coppuck
Designer #2: Harvey Postlethwaite

Driver #1
Name: Didier Pironi
Wage: 125k in year 1, 150k in year 2
Contract Length: 2 years
Races: All

Driver #1
Name: Tom Pryce
Wage: 150k
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All

Driver #1
Name: Ronnie Peterson
Wage: 150k
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All
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Note: All Drivers here are being signed as pay drivers.

Team Name: Dywa
User: Me

Designer #1: Dydo Monguzzi

Driver #1
Name: Arsenio Matarazzo
DEC: Nuppiz (approved by her)
Wage: season
Contract Length: 2 years
Races: All European Races

Driver #2:
Name: Piercarlo Ghinzani
Wage: season
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All European races

Driver #3:
Name: Beppe Gabbiani
Wage: season
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All European races

Driver #4:
Name: Riccardo Patrese
Wage: season
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All European Races

Driver #5:
Name: Renzo Zorzi
Wage: season
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All European races

Test Driver
Name: Gilles Villeneuve
Wage: Whatever sponsorship mone he brings
Contract Length: 1 year


Team: Scuderia Cacciatori
Owner: Me

Designer: N/A

Driver #1:
Name: Violetta Cacciatori
DEC: Me
Wage: Per race
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: Wherever we show up

Driver #2
Name: Ottavia Cacciatori
DEC: Me
Wage: Per race
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: Wherever we show up
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Team Name: March Engineering
User: TCBY

Designer #1: Robin Herd

Driver #1
Name: Harvey Jones
DEC: AndreaModa/Pasta
Wage: PD
Contract Length: 1yr
Races: All


Driver #2
Name: Guillaume Gauthier
DEC: Pinkd56 (approved already)
Wage: PD
Contract Length: 1yr
Races: All

Team Name: Hesketh Racing
User: TCBY

Designer #1: Gustav Brunner
Designer #2: Tony Southgate

Driver #1
Name: Riccardo Patrese
Wage: PD
Contract Length: 1yr
Races: All

Driver #1
Name: Rene Arnoux
Wage: PD
Contract Length: 1yr
Races: All

Driver #1
Name: Piercarlo Ghinzani
Wage: PD
Contract Length: 1yr
Races: All

Driver #2
Name: Bruno Giacomelli
Wage: PD
Contract Length: 1yr
Races: All

Driver #2
Name: Lella Lombardi
Wage: PD
Contract Length: 1yr
Races: All

Driver #2
Name: Nelson Piquet
Wage: PD
Contract Length: 1yr
Races: All
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Re: Alt79 - Fourtunate Son - Drivers & Designers

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Team Name: Ensign
User: Pilot

Designer #1: Frank Dernie
Designer #2: Gordon Murray

Driver #1
Name: Ronnie Peterson
Wage: 155k S1, 160k S2
Contract Length: 2 yr
Races: All

Driver #1
Name: John Watson
Wage: 130k S1, 140k S2
Contract Length: 2 yr
Races: All

Driver #1
Name: Tom Pryce
Wage: 180k
Contract Length: 1 yr
Races: All

Driver #2
Name: Jan Lammers
Wage: PD
Contract Length: 1 yr
Races: All
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Image Scuderia Ferrari

Designer Bids
1. Image Gordon Murray (£100,000)
2. Image Mauro Forghieri (£100,000)

Car #5 bids (or #2 if we get Andretti)
1. Image Jody Scheckter (as contracted)

Car #6 bids (or #1 if we get Andretti)
1. Image Mario Andretti (£250,000, two years plus a complimentary Italian passport and racing licence)
2. Image Emerson Fittipaldi (£150,000, two years)
3. Image Gilles Villeneuve (as contracted)

- - - - - - - - - -

Image B&S Fabrications

Designer
None

Car #43 and Car #44 (9 rounds each)
1. Image Freddy Kottulinsky (pay me your monies)
2. Image Lella Lombardi (pay me your monies)
3. Image Ricardo Zunino (pay me your monies)
4. Image Patrick Néve (pay me your monies)
5. Image Harald Ertl (pay me your monies)

Car #43 (Rounds 9, 15)
1. Image Luciano Sighinolfi (pay me your monies)

Car #44 (Rounds 8, 11)
1. Image Rupert Keegan (pay me your monies)

Car #44 (Round 11)
2. Image Divina Galica (pay me your monies)

Car #44 (Round 6)
2. Image Silvio Bachot (pay me your monies)
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Re: Alt79 - Fourtunate Son - Drivers & Designers

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Team Name: Brabham

Designer #1: Gordon Murray

Driver #2
Name: Nelson Piquet
Wage: 65K (Per Year)
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All

Meanwhile Jonothon Hunter winner of the 1976 Oulton Park Gold Cup and competed in the 1978 British F1 Championship is seeking a drive for 1979 does some bring some monies to perspective parties
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Team Name: Merzario
User: Dom

Designer #1: None

Driver #1
Name: Arturo Merzario
Wage: PD
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: 5-15 (11 races)

Driver #2
Name: Renzo Zorzi
Wage: PD
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: 5-15 (11 races)

Driver #2
Name: Gianfranco Brancatelli
Wage: PD
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: 5-15 (11 races)

Driver #2
Name: Beppe Gabbiani
Wage: PD
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: 5-15 (11 races)
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Re: Alt79 - Fourtunate Son - Drivers & Designers

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Team Name: Alfa Romeo
User: Me

Designer #1: Harvey Postlethwaite
Designer #2: Giacomo Caliri

Driver #1
Name: Emerson Fittipaldi
Wage: £110,000
Contract Length: 1 year

Team Name: Rebaque
User: Me

Driver #1
Name: Hector Rebaque
Wage: Pay driver
Contract Length: 1 year

Driver #2
Name: Brett Lunger
Wage: Pay driver
Contract Length: 1 year
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Team Name: Scuderia Everest
User: Kinnikuniverse

Designer #1: Giacomo Calieri (ITA)
Designer #2: Harvey Postlewaite (GBR)

Driver #1
Name: Riccardo Patrese (ITA)
Wage: Pay Driver, season
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: all european rounds

Name: Piercarlo Ghinzani (ITA)
Wage: pay driver, season
Contract length: 1 year
Races: all european rounds

Name: Rick Mears (USA)
Wage: Pay driver, season
Contract length: 1 year
Races: all european rounds

Name: Danny Sullivan (USA)
Wage: Pay driver, season
Contract length: 1 year
Races: all european rounds

Name: Elio De Angelis (ITA)
Wage: 40.000$
Contract length: 1 year
Races: all european rounds


Driver #2
Name: Piercarlo Ghinzani (ITA)
Wage: Pay driver, Season
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: all european rounds

Name: Teo Fabi (ITA)
Wage: Pay Driver, season
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All european rounds


Name: Eddie Cheever (USA)
Wage: Pay Driver, season
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: all european rounds


Name: Mauro Baldi (ITA)
Wage: Pay Driver
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: All european Rounds

Name: Roberto Mazzari (ITA)
Wage: pay driver, season
Contract length: 1 year
Races: all european rounds
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Re: Alt79 - Fourtunate Son - Drivers & Designers

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Team Name: Warsteiner Arrows North Star Racing
User: Pinkd56

Designer #1: Tony Southgate

Driver #1
Name: Keke Rosberg
Wage: PD
Contract Length: 1yr
Races: All

Driver #1
Name: Riccardo Patrese
Wage: PD
Contract Length: 1yr
Races: All

Driver #1
Name: Rene Arnoux
Wage: PD
Contract Length: 1yr
Races: All


Driver #2
Name: Gabriel Château
DEC: Pinkd56 (Yeah sure, go for it)
Wage: PD
Contract Length: 1yr
Races: All

Team Name: Madom Formula One Team
User: Pinkd56

Designer #1: Do we need one?

Driver #1
Name: Emilio de Villota
Wage: PD (Team Owner)
Contract Length: 1yr
Races: Spain, Europe, Britain (for now)

Driver #2
Name: David Kennedy
Wage: PD
Contract Length: 1yr
Races: Spain, Europe, Britain (for now)

Driver #2
Name: Freddy Kottulinsky
Wage: PD
Contract Length: 1yr
Races: Spain, Europe, Britain (for now)
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Re: Alt79 - Fourtunate Son - Drivers & Designers

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Team Name: Ligier
User: Butterfox

Designer #1: Gérard Ducarouge (3 year deal)

Driver #2
Name: Ricardo Zunino
Wage: Pay-driver
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: Full season

Driver #2
Name: René Arnoux
Wage: Pay-driver
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: Full season

Driver #2
Name: Patrick Gaillard
Wage: Pay-driver
Contract Length: 1 year
Races: Full season

Team Name: VDS (4 races planned to enter)
User: Butterfox

Driver #1
Name: Patrick Nève
Races: 4

Driver #1
Name: Teddy Pilette
Races: 4

Driver #1
Name: Bernard De Dryver
Races: 4

Driver #2
Name: Teddy Pilette
Races: 1 (Belgium only)

Driver #2
Name: Claude Bourgoignie
Races: 1

Driver #2
Name: Pierre Diéudonné
Races: 1

Driver #2
Name: Hervé Regout
Races: 1

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Driver # 2
Name Bernard De Dryver
Races: 1

Driver #2
Name: Pascal Witmeur
Races: 1

Driver #2
Name: Germain Garon
Races: 1
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Re: Alt79 - Fourtunate Son - Drivers & Designers

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Team name: Lotus
Owner: Misé

Designer: Colin Chapman

Driver #1
Name: Mario Andretti
Wage: £275,000
Contract length: 1 year
Races: all

Obviously we hope that Mario sees that staying with the team who have won back-to-back doubles is the logical move for him, but should his head be turned then we'll turn our attention to the following.

Name: Jody Scheckter (we're absolutely sure that the man who was signed as a contracted number one for Ferrari wouldn't be very happy with the terms of his contract being broken by the signing of Andretti as number one :P )
Wage: £250,000
Contract length: 1 year
Races: all

Name: Alan Jones
Wage: £200,000
Contract length: 1 year
Races: all
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