rFAF1 1980: SEASON OVER

[AxelP800]

Lotus would like to test at Mugello, 4 drivers would participate. Alan Jones, Harvey Jones, James Generic, and Ronald Tenpecost, for young driver test

[pycku]

Constant upgrade failure and lack of progress make me unsatisfied and I lost interest in this as a team owner. So I decided to sell my team to another user. Which means I will lead Arrows untill someone wants to take over and I approve this. However, I am planning to stay in the series with my driver, Deyan Rangelov.

[AxelP800]

--Bump--

Any update on the series?

[pasta_maldonado]

1980 European Grand Prix // Vallelunga (ITA)

Quali:

Race:

Driver's Championship

1. Alan Jones - 61
2. Harvey Jones - 43
3. Jody Scheckter -34
4. Larry Perkins - 33
5. Jeremy-Etienne Voeckler - 29
6. Callum McAllister - 27
7 Jacques Laffite - 18
8. Guilliame Gauthier - 15
9. Jean-Pierre Jabouille - 16
= Eadbhard O'Caoimhin - 13
= Stefan Bellof - 13
= Mario Andretti - 13
13. Nelson Piquet - 12
14. Alain Prost - 10
15. Carlos Reutemann - 5
= Valentino Nicchi - 5
17. Rene Arnoux - 3
= Peter Brock - 3
= Padraig O'Connell - 3
20. Jan Lammers - 2
= Thomas Nurmester - 2
= Davey Clarke - 2
= Martin Rossler - 2
24. Jochen Mass - 1
= Giancarlo Martini - 1

Constructor's Championship

1. Lotus-Renault - 102
2. Williams-Honda - 72
3. Brabham-Renault - 48
4. Renault - 38
5. Ligier-Talbot - 31
6. Shadow-Ford - 25
7. Merzario-Lamborghini - 23
8. Restov-Lada - 5
9. McLaren-Ford - 4
10. Ferrari - 3
11. Rebaque-Ford - 3
12. RAM-Ferrari - 2
= Osella-Alfa - 2
= Wolf-Renault - 2
= Ensign-Honda - 2
16. Audi - 1
= Minardi-Lamborghini - 1

Testing and Upgrades are NOT open, as I want to finish the season. 1981 will bring better upgrading rules and a more reliable schedule.

The Austrian GP will be run tonight, starting between 7:00 PM GMT and 8:00PM

[kevinbotz]

Constant upgrade failure and lack of progress make me unsatisfied and I lost interest in this as a team owner. So I decided to sell my team to another user. Which means I will lead Arrows untill someone wants to take over and I approve this. However, I am planning to stay in the series with my driver, Deyan Rangelov.

I'd be willing to take over Arrows at the end of this season, if there are no objections.

[pasta_maldonado]

1980 Austrian Grand Prix // Osterreichring (AUT)

Quali:

DNQ:
Pironi
Fittipaldi
Takagi
Horford
Alboreto
O'Connell
Kunz
Sutherland
Stohr
Stever


Race


Driver's Championship

1. Alan Jones - 61
2. Harvey Jones - 43
3. Jody Scheckter -35
4. Larry Perkins - 33
5. Jeremy-Etienne Voeckler - 29
6. Jacques Laffite - 18
7. Callum McAllister - 27
8. Stefan Bellof - 20
9. Guilliame Gauthier - 15
10. Jean-Pierre Jabouille - 16
11. Eadbhard O'Caoimhin - 13
= Mario Andretti - 13
13. Nelson Piquet - 12
14. Alain Prost - 10
15. Giancarlo Martini - 6
16. Rene Arnoux - 6
17. Carlos Reutemann - 5
= Valentino Nicchi - 5
19. Peter Brock - 3
= Padraig O'Connell - 3
21. Gilles Villenueve - 2
= Jan Lammers - 2
= Thomas Nurmester - 2
= Davey Clarke - 2
= Martin Rossler - 2
26. Jochen Mass - 1

Constructor's Championship

1. Lotus-Renault - 102
2. Williams-Honda - 73
3. Brabham-Renault - 48
4. Ligier-Talbot - 41
5. Renault - 38
6. Shadow-Ford - 33
7. Merzario-Lamborghini - 23
8. Ferrari - 8
9. Minardi-Lamborghini - 6
10. Restov-Lada - 5
11. McLaren-Ford - 4
12. Rebaque-Ford - 3
13. RAM-Ferrari - 2
= Osella-Alfa - 2
= Wolf-Renault - 2
= Ensign-Honda - 2
17. Audi - 1

Any questions, just ask away. I'll probably run the Italian GP later today.

[tommykl]

I think you just posted the results from Vallelunga instead of the Österreichring, there

[pasta_maldonado]

I think you just posted the results from Vallelunga instead of the Österreichring, there

Indeed I have Post Edited.

[Nuppiz]

I think you just posted the results from Vallelunga instead of the Österreichring, there

Indeed I have Post Edited.

The quali results are still wrong.

[WaffleCat]

pasta,two things.

First,wasn't the Austrian GP supposed to be at the Salzburgring?

Two,where was Gauthier when his engine went explode in both races?

[pasta_maldonado]

pasta,two things.

First,wasn't the Austrian GP supposed to be at the Salzburgring?

Two,where was Gauthier when his engine went explode in both races?

1) It was. BUT, I discovered some pretty annoying faults with the track, such as a pretty much non functioning pitlane.
2) Gauthier was 7th. It was an uncharacteristic weekend for him

[takagi_for_the_win]

Any questions, just ask away.

How were the two Restovs going before the inevitable DNF goodness?

And also, how much forum stalking did you undertake in order to find that quote in your sig?

[pasta_maldonado]

Any questions, just ask away.

How were the two Restovs going before the inevitable DNF goodness?

And also, how much forum stalking did you undertake in order to find that quote in your sig?

Really late reply for this, but they were running in the midfield.

[pasta_maldonado]

The season will continue to draw to a close with the Italian Grand Prix, broadcast at the usual place just after F1RWRS Qualifying (roughly about 7pm GMT)

[pasta_maldonado]

1980 Italian Grand Prix // Monza (ITA)

The only driver changes pre-weekend was the return of Arsenio Matarazzo to the Steve Smith seat.

Quali:


Race


If Alan Jones could win the race with Harvey Jones he would be crowned champion.

Well, the race got off to a clean start. Except for Harvey Jones, who crashed on the first lap - contact in the pack sent him into the wall. With that, Alan Jones became world champion. The Williams cars had the advantage over the field, with the Merzarios and Villeneuve right behind, but when Villenueve lost his front wing after violently clipping the kerbs and was sent towards the back of the field, it was Williams vs Merzario. Alan Jones spun off on the first lap at the first corner, and rejoined in stone dead last. However, neither Scheckter nor McAllister could keep the thing on the track! The Merzarios were astonishingly quick in a straight line, but lacked the cornering speed, and encountering the backmarkers didn't help. Despite leading the race, Andretti and Prost fell back, whilst Sheckter and McAllister moved out in front, despite spinning and fancying a bit of rallycross. However, constantly making mistakes, combined with a ferocious battle for the lead and the not so ferocious backmarkers allowed Alan Jones to climb through the field, slowly but surely... until with three laps to go, he was behind McAllister, who was in turn 2 seconds adrift of Scheckter. A well executed move on the Spaniard saw the champion-in-waitingthrough, but the gap to Scheckter was too big to overcome, and all for Scheckter to take the win. Coming into the della Roggia chicane,Scheckter encountered the lapped traffic of Hiroshi Takagi.... who promptly swerved like a maniac on the exit, crashing into Scheckter! The South African was out! Takagi would limp to the finish, but both Scheckter and everyone at Williams were furious! Patrick Head was seen storming down to the Tyrrell garage for a few choice words. For the second year in succession Takagi had caused controversy at Monza. Rene Arnoux managed to drag the Ferrari up to 5th place to score an emotional 2 points for Ferrari after a torrid year.



This madness promoted Alan Jones to the lead of the race, and after a sterling effort, he won the Italian Grand Prix and his first World Championship with his 5th victory of the season. Congratulations to Alan Jones and the Lotus-Renault team. Lotus are almost out of reach in the Constructor's championship, although Williams would have to finish 1-2 in both remaining races to overhaul them.


Bold indicates champions

Driver's Championship

1. Alan Jones - 71
2. Harvey Jones - 43
3. Jody Scheckter -35
4. Callum McAllister - 34
5. Larry Perkins - 33
6. Jeremy-Etienne Voeckler - 29
= Jacques Laffite - 29
8. Stefan Bellof - 20
9. Jean-Pierre Jabouille - 16
= Mario Andretti - 16
11. Guilliame Gauthier - 15
= Alain Prost - 15
13. Eadbhard O'Caoimhin - 13
14. Nelson Piquet - 12
15. Rene Arnoux - 8
16. Giancarlo Martini - 6
17. Carlos Reutemann - 5
= Valentino Nicchi - 5
19. Peter Brock - 3
= Padraig O'Connell - 3
21. Gilles Villenueve - 2
= Jan Lammers - 2
= Thomas Nurmester - 2
= Davey Clarke - 2
= Martin Rossler - 2
26. Jochen Mass - 1

Constructor's Championship

1. Lotus-Renault - 112
2. Williams-Honda - 80
3. Brabham-Renault - 48
4. Ligier-Talbot - 42
5. Renault - 38
6. Shadow-Ford - 33
7. Merzario-Lamborghini - 30
8. Ferrari - 10
9. Minardi-Lamborghini - 6
10. Restov-Lada - 5
11. McLaren-Ford - 4
12. Rebaque-Ford - 3
13. RAM-Ferrari - 2
= Osella-Alfa - 2
= Wolf-Renault - 2
= Ensign-Honda - 2
17. Audi - 1

Hiroshi Takagi's exploits have landed him a 16-race ban from Formula One competition. This ban will carry over into next season. Tyrrell need to nominate a replacement by the end of the week, or the #3 Tyrrell will not partake in the remaining rounds.

Any questions, just ask away.

[Nuppiz]

Hiroshi Takagi's exploits have landed him a 16-race ban from Formula One competition. This ban will carry over into next season. Tyrrell need to nominate a replacement by the end of the week, or the #3 Tyrrell will not partake in the remaining rounds.

*clears throat*

[Klon]

Abilio Diniz would like to throw his cruzeiros on the plate to get the Tyrrell drive.

[Aerospeed]

Huzzah! Arnoux is (semi) victorious with the points finish!!!

[FMecha]

Tyrrell will call for an appeal first. If it fails, we will request that Hiroshi be disqualified from this year's standings.

Indy 500 entratant Sheldon Kinser will replace him

[pycku]

Constant upgrade failure and lack of progress make me unsatisfied and I lost interest in this as a team owner. So I decided to sell my team to another user. Which means I will lead Arrows untill someone wants to take over and I approve this. However, I am planning to stay in the series with my driver, Deyan Rangelov.

I'd be willing to take over Arrows at the end of this season, if there are no objections.

As there were no other candidates, it is yours now (or after the end of the season if you wish so)

[Salamander]

I, for one, completely support ze banning of zat imbecile Hiroshi Takagi. Unfortunately, it seems as though 'is stupidity 'as spread to ze 'ole of Tyrrell - if zey are trying to appeal ze ban, why are zey saying zey want 'im to be disqualified for ze 'ole year!? It makes no sense! And when zey can run Thomas Nurmester, zey choose instead to run some nobody from ze States! In retrospect, I am glad zey refused my offer for Renault engines - I 'ave not ze patience to deal with such idiocy.

Indy 500 champion Brendon Cassidy was reportedly interested in the Tyrrell seat, but after hearing they settled for Sheldon Kinser, who failed to even qualify for the race, he is staying well clear of the team from now on.

[FMecha]

I, for one, completely support ze banning of zat imbecile Hiroshi Takagi. Unfortunately, it seems as though 'is stupidity 'as spread to ze 'ole of Tyrrell - if zey are trying to appeal ze ban, why are zey saying zey want 'im to be disqualified for ze 'ole year!? It makes no sense! And when zey can run Thomas Nurmester, zey choose instead to run some nobody from ze States! In retrospect, I am glad zey refused my offer for Renault engines - I 'ave not ze patience to deal with such idiocy.

Listen, the whole request to disqualify Hiroshi is the plan B. The plan A is to appeal Hiroshi's ban, you dumbhead.

On the another hand, Sheldon Kinser just mailed us that he's not interested to drive with us, so we'll call Nurmester instead.

[Salamander]

I, for one, completely support ze banning of zat imbecile Hiroshi Takagi. Unfortunately, it seems as though 'is stupidity 'as spread to ze 'ole of Tyrrell - if zey are trying to appeal ze ban, why are zey saying zey want 'im to be disqualified for ze 'ole year!? It makes no sense! And when zey can run Thomas Nurmester, zey choose instead to run some nobody from ze States! In retrospect, I am glad zey refused my offer for Renault engines - I 'ave not ze patience to deal with such idiocy.

Listen, the whole request to disqualify Hiroshi is the plan B. The plan A is to appeal Hiroshi's ban, you dumbhead.

Mon dieu, I understand zat you imbecile. What I do not understand is why zat is your Plan B at all-- nevermind! I 'ave more worthwhile discussions with ze useless morons at Alfa zan zis! Goodbye!

[Nuppiz]

On the another hand, Sheldon Kinser just mailed us that he's not interested to drive with us, so we'll call Nurmester instead.

Yes, I'm still interested in driving for you. It's not like I had anything better to do...

[AndreaModa]

Well, I'm obviously disappointed to loose the championship considering we have such a dominant car, but congratulations to Alan, he's driven an excellent season. I just wish our reliability had been better, the team hasn't focused on it at all and it's cost me a huge amount of points. I'll look to try and get some good results for the remainder of the year, and then take a year's sabbatical. I want to pursue some other interests in my life, I have some activities going on in Banbury and I want to spend some time with my wife and young son Sammy. I can announce that, barring any unfortunate incidents, I shall be returning to F1 in 1982 to drive for Renault, which is something I'm very excited about also. But now, I intend to do the best job I can for Lotus for the rest of 1980.

[pasta_maldonado]

Statement regarding the race exclusion of Hiroshi Takagi

We have received the appeal from Team Tyrrell regarding the exclusion of Hiroshi Takagi from 16 world championship events. We would like to illustrate the precise reasoning for said ban, that is Takagi was found to be driving in a manner which not only posed a great danger to his competitors, but to himself and spectators. He has also been found guilty of obstructing the leader of the race, whether or not this was intentional, his actions during the closing stages of the 1980 Italian Grand Prix confirm this statement.

As such, Takagi's exclusions of 12 World Championship events for dangerous driving and endangerment of fellow competitors, and 4 World Championship events for gross obstruction of the race leader, for a total of 16 World Championship events still stands. On top of this, we have fined Team Tyrrell £300,000 for an appeal against a major offence. Team Tyrrell have also been fined £700,000 for bringing the sport into disrepute - a team cannot request to disqualify their own driver. This brings the total fine up to £1,000,000.

FMecha - I will not disqualify Takagi on the premise that he had done nothing wrong up until this point. Only confirmed cases of cheating or extreme offences will cause a driver to be disqualified.

[FMecha]

On the another hand, Sheldon Kinser just mailed us that he's not interested to drive with us, so we'll call Nurmester instead.

Yes, I'm still interested in driving for you. It's not like I had anything better to do...

Good.

Therefore, Nurmester, not Kinser, replaces Takagi for his duration of ban.

[pasta_maldonado]

Anyone willing to do the series wiki work for me will receive a bonus from me for the 1980 Australian Grand Prix.

Interested applicants can post here, or find me on IRC, and I'll tell you more.

[pasta_maldonado]

1980 Japanese Grand Prix // Fuji Speedway

Qualifying


Race


1980 United States East Grand Prix // Watkins Glen

Qualifying


Race


Diver's Championship
1. Alan Jones - 71
2. Jody Scheckter -52
3. Jeremy-Etienne Voeckler - 46
4. Harvey Jones - 43
5. Callum McAllister - 42
6. Larry Perkins - 33
7. Jacques Laffite - 29
8. Stefan Bellof - 20
9. Eadbhard O'Caoimhin - 18
10. Guilliame Gauthier - 17
11. Mario Andretti - 16
12. Alain Prost - 15
13. Jean-Pierre Jabouille - 14
14. Nelson Piquet - 12
15. Rene Arnoux - 9
16. Gilles Villenueve - 7
17. Giancarlo Martini - 6
18. Carlos Reutemann - 5
= Valentino Nicchi - 5
= Peter Brock - 5
21. Padraig O'Connell - 3
22. Jan Lammers - 2
= Thomas Nurmester - 2
= Davey Clarke - 2
= Ladislav Sedlak - 2
26. Jochen Mass - 1
27. Brian Henton - 0
= Marc Surer - 0
= Elio de Angelis - 0
= Hiroshi Takagi - 0
= Rupert Keegan - 0
= Piercarlo Ghinzani - 0
= Nigel Mansell - 0
= Keiran Sutherland - 0
= Gianfranco Brancatelli - 0
= Siegfried Stohr - 0
= Deyan Rangelov - 0
= Niki Lauda - 0
= Derek Daly - 0
= Didier Pironi - 0
= Brett Lunger - 0
= Michael Bleekemolen - 0
= Roberto Horford - 0
= Emerson Fittipaldi - 0
= Olivier Kunz - 0
= Michele Alboreto - 0
= Pierre Depault - 0
= Derek Warwick - 0
= Bruno Giacomelli - 0
= Riccardo Patrese - 0
= Martin Rossler - 0
= Beppe Gabbiani - 0
53. Andrea de Cesaris -/
= Eddie Cheever - /
= Brendon Cassidy -/
= Arsenio Matarazzo - /
= Hope Stever - /
= Kuzuki Fushida - /

Constructor's Championship
1. Lotus-Renault - 112
2. Williams-Honda - 93
3. Renault - 53
4. Brabham-Renault - 50
5. Ligier-Talbot - 47
6. Shadow-Ford - 33
7. Merzario-Lamborghini - 30
8. Ferrari - 17
9. Minardi-Lamborghini - 6
= McLaren-Ford - 6
11. Restov-Lada - 5
12. Rebaque-Ford - 3
13. RAM-FIAT- 2
= Osella-Alfa - 2
= Wolf-Renault - 2
= Ensign-Honda - 2
17. Audi - 1
18. RAM-Hart - 0
= JLD-Porsche - 0
= Tyrrell-Ford - 0
= Arrows-Ford - 0
= Alfa-Romeo - 0
= CBS-Cosworth - 0
= Toleman-Honda - 0
25. Steve Smith-Cosworth - /

The season is now over. It;s been a long one, but it's finally drawn to a close. I may post a drivers and teams rankings if I have the time, but aside from that, feel free to post any season reactions/silly season stuff you want. 1981 will be bigger and better, a new thread will be opened when I've got all the new rules in place

[Salamander]

Jean-Pierre Jabouille to stay at Renault for 1981?
In years past, the question of whether Jean-Pierre Jabouille would stay at Renault was a rather pointless one - well-liked by the team management and very quick, signing a contract was merely a formality. However, times have changed at Renault, as Jean Sage ran out of patience with the under-performing Carlos Reutemann and replaced him with Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler, the rookie who has already secured a long-term future with Renault after his incredible success in 1980. Combined with the news that Harvey Jones has already signed a contract with the French marque for 1982, and you could be forgiven for thinking that the 2nd Renault seat for next year is perhaps not the most sought after. Nonetheless, Jean Sage is hoping to keep the French veteran on for one last season.

"It is true that Jean-Pierre will have to look for employment elsewhere for 1982, however, I believe his best chance for this is to have a strong 1981 with Renault. It has been a great pleasure of mine to work with him all these years, and I am hoping that he will return with us for one last season, with which he can achieve the success someone of his talent richly deserves."

Sage did not rule out the possibility of Jabouille remaining a works driver following 1981, with whichever team secures his services for 1982 being entitled to a more favourable Renault engine contract. However, he also confirmed that he was looking strongly into other possibilities for the seat, including the reigning Indy 500 and IndyCar champion, Brendon Cassidy, who impressed in a test for the French team earlier this year, and who has also been offered status as a works Renault driver alongside Jabouille.