Alt-F1 1981 - Season Preview Part II

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 25 Mar 2014, 22:34

Team Leader
Valentino Nicchi
Elio de Angelis
Jean-Pierre Jarier

2nd Driver
Elio de Angelis (if he isn't made team leader obviously)
Didier Pironi
Gianfranco Brancatelli

Reserve driver
Beppe Gabbiani, for teh lulz
Davey Clarke
Piercarlo Ghinzani

All are in order of preference.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 25 Mar 2014, 22:52

RAM drivers preference:
1 Nigel Mansell, improved greatly, and we love to continue with him
2 Jan Lammers, had difficulties to come to grips with the Hart engine, but has shown potential
Both drivers will receive equal treatment.
Reserve driver:
3 Mike Thackwell, our test-driver from last season, who we believe is talented, so we want to keep him. If one of the main drivers declines, he'd be our preferred replacement.
If the real-life drivers decline:
4 André Mignolet, because he already exists in 2016 as father of Ron and Dennis (not as father of Ron Dennis)
If all else fails:
5 Johnny Cecotto, because he has money

AxelP800 · Post by **AxelP800** » 26 Mar 2014, 05:25

Lotus driver preferences:
Car one:
1. Alan Jones - He's the defending champion and we looks ahead to continue to work together with him

Car two:
1. Stefan Bellof
2. Valentino Nicchi
3. Thomas Nurmester

Reserve drivers:
1. Giuseppe Markus (Australian, born 1956) - Comes to the team with Alan Jones' backing. Did 3 F2 seasons, finished 3rd in 1979 and 1980, some sportscar experience and Australian's Driver Champion in 1976 and 1980 (F5000).

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 26 Mar 2014, 11:37

Toleman driver preferences:

Above all:
- Carlos Reutemann
- Andrea de Cesaris

Alternatives (in this order):
- Elio de Angelis
- Nigel Mansell
- Jan Lammers

Post by **tommykl** » 26 Mar 2014, 12:17

Rupert Keegan would like to offer his services and sponsorship to any interested team for the 1981 season

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 26 Mar 2014, 12:39

tommykl wrote:Rupert Keegan would like to offer his services and sponsorship to any interested team for the 1981 season

Keegan is RL driver, ergo, you have no control over his destination

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 26 Mar 2014, 13:40

Shadow extend an offer to Padraig O'Connell for one of seats.

Post by **tommykl** » 26 Mar 2014, 13:48

Biscione wrote:
tommykl wrote:Rupert Keegan would like to offer his services and sponsorship to any interested team for the 1981 season

Keegan is RL driver, ergo, you have no control over his destination

I'm not saying I'm choosing where he's going, just clarifying the fact that he's an option and a very good one

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 26 Mar 2014, 14:02

Team name: Albilad Williams Racing Team
Drivers:
-#26: Callum McAllister (Spain)
-#27: Guillaume Gauthier (France)
Reserve: Tommy Byrne (Ireland)
Test driver: Satoru Nakajima (Japan)
Chassis: FW07C
Engine: Honda RA160C 1.5 V6 T/C

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 26 Mar 2014, 14:06

Here are the results from the first round of driver RNG's.

Larry Perkins

Brabham 1-60
Ferrari 61-80
Back to Oz 81-100
2! - Perkins stays with Brabham

Alain Prost

Merzario 1-65
Ferrari 66-98
Waits for other offers 99-100
18!

Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Renault 1-50
Alfa Romeo 51-100
42! - He stays with Renault, although the opportunity of a fresh start and team leader at Alfa was appealing

Keke Rosberg

Arrows 1-70
Waits for Merzario 71-95
Holds out for another offer 96-100
48, takes the Arrows lifeline

Patrick Depailler's Arrows offer is no longer valid.

Patrick Tambay

Arrows offer is no longer valid.
Waits for Renault offer 1-20
Takes Ferrari reserve drive 21-60
Waits for another offer 61-100
32!

Thierry Boutsen

Waits for Renault offer 1-50
Takes Arrows reserve 51-90
Focuses on junior career 91-100
66!

Stefan Bellof

Lotus 1-70
Waits for Merzario offer 71-85
Waits for a potential Shadow offer 86-95
Waits for Ferrari offer 96-100
29!

Gilles Villeneuve

Ferrari 1-80
Merzario 81-100
62!

Peter Brock

Brabham 1-40
Returns to Australia 41-100
85!

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 26 Mar 2014, 14:15

Tyrrell's offerings: (both race seats)

Thomas Nurmester
Eadbhard O'Caoimhin
Jacques Laffite
Gianfranco Brancatelli
Giancarlo Martini

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 26 Mar 2014, 15:23

Given some of Merzario's reserve choices have gone elsewhere, and one seat is still unaccounted for, the order for the #22 is as follows;

Mario Andretti (renewal)
Rene Arnoux
John Watson
Patrick Depailler
Michele Alboreto
Giancarlo Martini
Elio de Angelis

Our choices for test and reserve driver;
Michele Alboreto
Riccardo Patrese
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Vittorio Brambilla
Siegfried Stohr

If we get Alboreto, Patrese or Jarier as reserve driver, we'd also consider signing Vittorio Brambilla as a second tester.

Post by **tommykl** » 26 Mar 2014, 17:54

Alrighty then, with the support of Salamander and Pasta, since my involvement in this series revolves solely around Rupert Keegan, in order to stay in this series, Keegan has now been fictionalized and will be retconned out of previous results and renamed Robert Kagan, born on March 26th 1955 in Southend.

Robert Kagan's driving services and eventual sponsorship from Penthouse magazine are available for any team who cares to hire them

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 26 Mar 2014, 20:06

Alright. With all my offers for experienced drivers rejected (the fools...), we officially promote Frank Jelinski to the second seat and hire Percival Carrington-Smythe as our official reserve driver.

Gerudo Dragon · Post by **Gerudo Dragon** » 26 Mar 2014, 20:20

Since I doubt anyone else will make him an offer, Nicchi remains at Restov for 1981.

Post by **kevinbotz** » 26 Mar 2014, 21:11

Arrows offers Stefan Johansson the remaining test seat.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 26 Mar 2014, 23:29

Renzo wishes to offer the test driver role to Carlo Facetti. If he turns it down, we will instead offer it to Guido Daccò. If that fails too, the offer passes to Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 26 Mar 2014, 23:41

Osella extend their reserve driver offer to the following drivers:
Enzo Coloni (2nd in 1980 Italian F3, should be enough for a superlicense)
Renzo Zorzi
Piero Necchi
Alberto Colombo

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 27 Mar 2014, 20:24

Here are the RNGs that have been done so far.

Mario Andretti
Merzario 1-80
Waits for another offer 81-95
Leaves F1 for the time being 96-100
42!

Andrea de Cesaris
Alfa Romeo 1-50
Toleman 51-80
Osella 81-100
90

Michele Alboreto
Alfa Romeo 1-50
Osella 51-90
Merzario reserve 91-100
31

Riccardo Patrese
Merzario reserve 1-40
Waits for another offer 41-100
51.

Jean-Pierre Jarier
Waits for developments at Minardi 1-60
Accepts Merzario reserve 61-100
85!

Siegfried Stohr
Merzario test drive 1-35
Waits for Osella situation 36-85
Holds out for another offer 86-100
67

Beppe Gabbiani
Restov reserve 1-80
Waits 81-100
65

Giancarlo Martini
Stays with Minardi 1-90
Waits for Tyrrell developments 91-100
90!

Niki Lauda
Alfa Romeo 1-35
Retirement 36-100
83!

Jacques Laffite
Alfa Romeo 1-30
Waits for Tyrrell 31-40
Waits for Ligier 41-70
Joins Ferrari 71-100
72!

Frank Jelinski
Alfa have offered him a reserve contract
Accepts Alfa Reserve 1-80
Focuses on junior career 81-100
4!

Abilio Diniz
1-70 Accepts Alfa test driver
71-80 Holds out for more offers
81-100 Pursues other interests.
47

Elio de Angelis
Minardi 1-50
Restov 51-80
Waits for Toleman offer 81-100
7

Teo Fabi
Osella 1-65
Stays in F2 66-80
Waits for a better offer 81-100
86!

Piercarlo Ghinzani
Osella 1-70
Waits for any more offers 71-100
62!

Carlos Reutemann
Stays with Toleman 1-65
Moves to Alfa Romeo 66-100
52!

Bruno Giacomelli
Osella 1-55
Waits 56-100
63!

Mauro Baldi
Osella 1-90
Declines 91-100
84.

Riccardo Paletti
Osella 1-90
Declines 91-100
25, however he has not been given a license by FISA, and so cannot take part in any race event.

Didier Pironi
Becomes Renault reserve 1-30
Signs with Restov 31-80
Waits for another offer 81-100
55

John Watson
Signs for Wolf 1-95
Waits for other offers 95-100
50

Derek Warwick
Wolf reserve: 1-35
Waits 36-100
86

Derek Daly
Accepts Wolf reserve: 1-45
Waits for McLaren 46-100
64

Nigel Mansell
Moves to Toleman 1-65
Stays with RAM 67-98
Accepts Wolf reserve 99-100
35

Tiff Needell
Accepts Wolf reserve 1-99
Stays in British F3 and Aurora 100
16

Vittorio Brambilla
Joins Merzario 1-80
Retires 81-100
29!

Jan Lammers
Signs with RAM 1-95
Waits for another offer 96-100
5

Patrick Depailler
1-50 signs with Renault
51-100 waits for a race drive
66

Mike Thackwell
Signs with RAM 1-85
Waits for another offer 86-100
4

Stefan Johansson
Arrows testing 1-97
Declines 98-100
49

Tommy Byrne
Williams Reserve 1-99
Waits for another offer 100
66

Teo Fabi
Renault 1-63
Waits again 64-100
56

The following teams still need to make bids:

Brabham need to make bids for the second and reserve seats
RAM need to clarify if they are making bids for the reserve seat
Restov need to make bids for the second seat
Toleman need to make bids for the reserve seat
Minardi need to make bids for the reserve seat
Osella need to make bids for the reserve seat

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 27 Mar 2014, 20:35

pasta_maldonado wrote:Brabham need to make bids for the second and reserve seats

the Masked Lapwing wrote:Brabham will be aiming at retaining Perkins and Brock. Failing that, we'd like to aim for Andrea de Cesaris. If we can't get him either, Plan C is a fictional driver that I'll announce at a later date.

It would have been nice if you'd actually included Brabham in his RNG...

Ah well. Brabhram will offer Patrick Depailler, Riccardo Patrese and Derek Warwick the second seat. I have a plan for the reserve seat, so don't worry about that

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 27 Mar 2014, 20:38

the Masked Lapwing wrote:It would have been nice if you'd actually included Brabham in his RNG...

Ah well. Brabhram will offer Patrick Depailler, Riccardo Patrese and Derek Warwick the second seat. I have a plan for the reserve seat, so don't worry about that

Oh dear

Sorry about that... on the whole, only two RNG's got slightly muddled, so that's impressive...right?

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 27 Mar 2014, 20:42

the Masked Lapwing wrote:
pasta_maldonado wrote:Brabham need to make bids for the second and reserve seats

the Masked Lapwing wrote:Brabham will be aiming at retaining Perkins and Brock. Failing that, we'd like to aim for Andrea de Cesaris. If we can't get him either, Plan C is a fictional driver that I'll announce at a later date.

It would have been nice if you'd actually included Brabham in his RNG...

Ah well. Brabhram will offer Patrick Depailler, Riccardo Patrese and Derek Warwick the second seat. I have a plan for the reserve seat, so don't worry about that

Renault would like to recommend Thomas Nurmester for the second Brabham.

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 27 Mar 2014, 21:06

pasta_maldonado wrote:
the Masked Lapwing wrote:It would have been nice if you'd actually included Brabham in his RNG...

Ah well. Brabhram will offer Patrick Depailler, Riccardo Patrese and Derek Warwick the second seat. I have a plan for the reserve seat, so don't worry about that

Oh dear Sorry about that... on the whole, only two RNG's got slightly muddled, so that's impressive...right?

For you, that's very impressive

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 27 Mar 2014, 21:39

Could I go on the waiting list please?

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 27 Mar 2014, 22:26

Toleman would like to make Robert Keagan its Reserve driver

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 27 Mar 2014, 22:51

Well, i'm bidding for Johnny Cecotto as a second test-driver, but the official reserve driver will be André Mignolet, who is fictional and owned by me, so that involves no bidding.

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 27 Mar 2014, 23:09

takagi_for_the_win wrote:Team Leader
Valentino Nicchi

2nd Driver
Didier Pironi

Seeing as Based RNG gave us Pironi, and Dark confirmed that Nicchi will continue with us, surely that's my line-up complete?

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 27 Mar 2014, 23:24

takagi_for_the_win wrote:
takagi_for_the_win wrote:Team Leader
Valentino Nicchi

2nd Driver
Didier Pironi

Seeing as Based RNG gave us Pironi, and Dark confirmed that Nicchi will continue with us, surely that's my line-up complete?

Indeed it is, I had forgotten about Nicchi.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 28 Mar 2014, 04:01

Waits for Tyrrell developments

Explain?

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 28 Mar 2014, 12:08

I would like to retire from my team and be put on the waiting list for later. Rebaque is open to anyone who wants it.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 28 Mar 2014, 18:53

FMecha wrote:
Waits for Tyrrell developments

Explain?

Tyrrell have two fictional drivers at the top of their driver list, which means that any RL driver would have to wait and see if they sign or not, hence waiting for the situation to develop at Tyrrell.

tristan1117 wrote:I would like to retire from my team and be put on the waiting list for later. Rebaque is open to anyone who wants it.

With this news, I am closing the re-application process for existing team owners. It's been almost a week, everyone else has managed to re-sign, and teams are already falling behind in the driver contracts department.

This means that McLaren and Ligier will need new owners, with Audi and Rebaque leaving Formula One, to be replaced by new entries (see below)

With Ataxia being first on the waiting list (He did apply last season, I just forgot about him), he has the offer of taking overLigier.
Roblomas, second on the waiting list, has the offer of taking over McLaren. However, if McLaren fail to perform up to the high standards they expect, Ron Dennis' Project Four team are waiting in the wings to take over.
FantometteBR and V8fan12 have the choice of entering either March OR Spirit-BMW. Whoever takes Spirit HAS to use BMW engines, which brings me nicely onto engine suppliers.

The new team owners can begin signing drivers, RL and fictional, right away. There is nothing stopping you creating and hiring your own fictional drivers, or offering them out to other teams.

For 1981, each manufacturer will be 'controlled' by a user. More information on the input they can have in the engine will come at a later stage, but for now, I need to know who will be running each manufacturer. The owner of a manufacturer gets to choose who they supply, how many teams they supply, and the terms of any supply deal. Those already running the works team for a manufacturer (I.E. Renault, Ferrari) or a team previously associated with a manufacturer (Merzario with Lamborghini, Williams with Honda) will get priority. In the future, there will be scope for more independent manufacturers.

Engine Manufacturers:
Alfa Romeo:
BMW: (Whoever takes Spirit)
Cosworth: Me
Fat Tony's special Cosworths: Biscione
Ferrari:
Ford:
Hart:
Honda:
Lamborghini:
Renault:
Talbot: (Priority to Ataxia, Ligier owner)

Cosworths will be available for anyone on request until the end of the turbo era. Not that you'd really want them, anyway.

Those who have already 'ran' the above manufacturers have the first chance to secure them.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 28 Mar 2014, 18:55

As I said in the chat, I think it is best for everyone involved if I take charge of Alfa Romeo's engine division.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 28 Mar 2014, 19:20

I would like to continue developing the Hart engines. Which would make RAM a de facto works team, but Hart is open to supply one or two other teams.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 28 Mar 2014, 19:42

Of course, I will remain at the helm of Renault's engine program - why wouldn't I?

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 28 Mar 2014, 19:53

I'll take the team thats left after FantometteBR chooses since he was on the waiting list first.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 28 Mar 2014, 20:14

Being the owner of Ferrari, I'll take the Ferrari engine development.

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 28 Mar 2014, 20:28

I'll take Spirit then (I know the team sucked in RL but let's make it less sucky in rFAF1L)

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 28 Mar 2014, 20:30

FantometteBR wrote:I'll take Spirit then (I know the team sucked in RL but let's make it less sucky in rFAF1L)

Alrighty then. That means I'll take March.

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 28 Mar 2014, 21:00

Pasta, could McLaren use the following drivers...
Driver 1: Emerson Fittipaldi
Jody Scheckter

Driver 2:
Jody Scheckter
Jochen Mass

Could McLaren also bid for the Honda engines in works or customer form as well please?

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 28 Mar 2014, 21:11

roblomas52 wrote:Pasta, could McLaren use the following drivers...
Driver 1: Emerson Fittipaldi
Jody Scheckter

Driver 2:
Jody Scheckter
Jochen Mass

Could McLaren also bid for the Honda engines in works or customer form as well please?

Well, RL drivers are based on RNG, so there's a chance you may not get any of those drivers. As for engines, you'll have to negotiate with whoever will be managing Honda (which is most likely going to be Phoenix).

March, Ligier, and Spirit can also bid for drivers now as well.