F1RWRS 2017 - DE BOCK WDC JONES WCC -- Vote ROTY NOW!!!

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 21 Jul 2014, 02:36

Only got an answer from Captain Getz so far regarding tyres. I would like to remind HawkAussie, pycku, Ben Purse and Takagi that refusing to become a tyre manufacturer will mean inmediate drop from waiting list. If you didn't receive the message, please contact me asap here, on chat or through PM.

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 21 Jul 2014, 12:40

Aerond wrote:Only got an answer from Captain Getz so far regarding tyres. I would like to remind HawkAussie, pycku, Ben Purse and Takagi that refusing to become a tyre manufacturer will mean inmediate drop from waiting list. If you didn't receive the message, please contact me asap here, on chat or through PM.

I received nowt from you sorry

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 21 Jul 2014, 13:14

2017 Tyre manufacturers:

WaffleCat -- GoodYear
pi314159 -- Dunlop
pycku -- Pirelli
Takagi_for_the_win -- Bridgestone
HawkAussie -- Michelin

pycku · Post by **pycku** » 22 Jul 2014, 08:46

I am writing just to confirm - I have received two emails and answered them, so I am going to be in charge of Pirelli.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 22 Jul 2014, 17:49

All 5 tyre manufacturers should have an e-mail with 2017 tyre building instructions.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 23 Jul 2014, 12:00

Official PRE-SEASON TESTS:

27th - 28th January -- JEREZ

10th - 11th February -- ESTORIL

Designated dates for Private Pre-Season tests at non-championship venues: 13th-14th January, 20th-21st January and 3rd-4th February.

Please announce your 2 Driver Line-Ups for each one of the official Pre-Season Test (remember it is 2 driver per 2 day test)

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 23 Jul 2014, 12:01

Mann and Cara will the drive the HRT at both tests.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 23 Jul 2014, 12:08

Melrose Racing Team will run the following lineups for the test:

Jerez
Fredo Mestolio/Jean-Luc Schiller

Estoril
Gianluigi Pazzini/Takuma Taki

Post by **Ataxia** » 23 Jul 2014, 12:15

Fusion Motorsports will bring the following drivers:

Private Test - Donington (13/14 Jan)
Miko Fakkinen/Geoff Donnelly
Focus: Max BHP

Jerez:
Miko Fakkinen/Geoff Donnelly

Estoril:
Geoff Donnelly/Franc Piscine

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 23 Jul 2014, 12:28

DScity Voeckler Renault - 2017 Testing Regime

PRIVATE TEST - LE MANS BUGATTI - 13/14 JANUARY
Focus - DOWNFORCE
Day One
Jari Kekkonen
Ron Mignolet

Day Two
Rhys Davies
Nathanael Spencer

OFFICIAL TEST - JEREZ - 27/28 JANUARY
#0 Jari Kekkonen
#2 Nathanael Spencer

PRIVATE TEST - PAUL RICARD - 3/4 FEBRUARY
Focus - RELIABILITY
Day One
Rhys Davies
Nathanael Spencer

Day Two
Jari Kekkonen
Ron Mignolet

OFFICIAL TEST - ESTORIL - 10/11 FEBRUARY
#0 Ron Mignolet
#1 Rhys Davies

Post by **tommykl** » 23 Jul 2014, 12:40

Jérez: Thomas De Bock/Eric Swerts
Estoril: Aurélien Moll/Alexandre Dorval

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 23 Jul 2014, 12:59

By the way, our friend Ataxia has done this amazing spotters guide

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 23 Jul 2014, 13:06

Gauthier testing plans:

Private test session (13th-14th January): Paul Ricard
Focus: Reliability
Danny van Rijkens
Tomo Kazama

Pre-season test 1: Jerez
Danny van Rijkens
Tomo Kazama

Pre-season test 2: Estoril
Jordan Davies
Aimee Gauthier

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 23 Jul 2014, 13:45

Spotters guide looks incredible!!!! Wonderful job!!

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Testing schedule, ArrowTech

January 27-28, Jerez
Phillippe Nicolas
Hansuke Shioya

February 10-11, Estoril
Hansuke Shioya
Marie Simon

EDIT - Woops...

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 23 Jul 2014, 13:51

Aerospeed wrote:Spotters guide looks incredible!!!! Wonderful job!!

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Testing schedule, ArrowTech

January 27, Jerez
Phillippe Nicolas
Hansuke Shioya

January 28, Jerez
Phillippe Nicolas
Marie Simon

February 10, Estoril
Hansuke Shioya
Rosco Vantini

February 11, Estoril
Phillippe Nicolas
Hansuke Shioya

Just one pair of drivers per test

Post by **Ataxia** » 23 Jul 2014, 13:57

Aerond wrote:By the way, our friend Ataxia has done this amazing spotters guide

http://www.formularejects.com/imageuplo ... guibub.png

I'll release the final one once the final things have been confirmed.

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 23 Jul 2014, 13:58

13th - 14th January -- Sebring
Focus: Reliability
Voeckler and McCracken

20th - 21st January -- Silverstone
Focus: Downforce
O'Lauchlan and McCracken

27th - 28th January -- JEREZ
Voeckler and O'Lauchlan

10th - 11th February -- ESTORIL
Voeckler and O'Lauchlan

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 23 Jul 2014, 14:18

Autosport Twitter wrote:Rosco Vantini upset at testing plans
Rosco Vantini was unhappy that he was not on the Arrowtech test plan, he was heard to say 'I am not 'appy.' and demanded his manager Prince Falik do something about it. Prince Falik declined to answer his phone. #Vantini #PrinceFalik #ArrowtechART

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 23 Jul 2014, 15:10

AERORACING ENGINEERING'S TESTING SCHEDULE
PRIVATE TEST: DONINGTON PARK (13th-14th JANUARY)
Focus: Reliability.
Drivers: Kay Lon, Akira Yamamura.

PRIVATE TEST: SILVERSTONE (20th-21st JANUARY)
Focus: Downforce.
Drivers: Alexey Buyvolov, Akira Yamamura.

COLLECTIVE TEST: JEREZ (27th-28th JANUARY)
Drivers: Alexey Buyvolov, Akira Yamamura.

COLLECTIVE TEST: ESTORIL (10th-11th FEBRUARY)
Drivers: Kay Lon, Akira Yamamura.

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 23 Jul 2014, 15:58

Bridgestone's plans sent.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 23 Jul 2014, 16:32

SuperAguri wrote:
Autosport Twitter wrote:Rosco Vantini upset at testing plans
Rosco Vantini was unhappy that he was not on the Arrowtech test plan, he was heard to say 'I am not 'appy.' and demanded his manager Prince Falik do something about it. Prince Falik declined to answer his phone. #Vantini #PrinceFalik #ArrowtechART

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The Fox responds to testing criticism
In reaction to Rosco Vantini being unhappy about the testing schedule for ArrowTech ART, The Fox defended his decision to leave off Vantini from the ArrowTech open testing. "We can only have two people per two day test," said The Fox in an interview. "Nicolas and Shioya are our main drivers, so they will be at Jerez as usual. For Estoril, Nicolas is comfortable with the car, and the car is similar to last years', so we can put in a test driver in the second car. Since Marie Simon is our reserve, we put her in the car for that test. The original plan had both Rosco and Marie at different times but at the same amount of track time, but the regs only allow two drivers per two day test. I don't like those rules, but I have to comply with it, and I have to pick one driver. I will have to put Vantini in the car during a private test, but that will have to come after the season begins. There is too much snow right now in Canada, and everywhere else is too far for us to justify a quick test session.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 23 Jul 2014, 18:10

Aerond wrote:Official PRE-SEASON TESTS:

27th - 28th January -- JEREZ

10th - 11th February -- ESTORIL

Designated dates for Private Pre-Season tests at non-championship venues: 13th-14th January, 20th-21st January and 3rd-4th February.

Please announce your 2 Driver Line-Ups for each one of the official Pre-Season Test (remember it is 2 driver per 2 day test)

Pippa Mann and Peter Port at Jerez, focus on reliability. Fleet and Port at Estoril, again focus on reliability.

Foxdale will also have a private test at Rockingham (the English one, not the American one) on 13th-14th January with Peter Port and Pippa Mann on both days. I believe that, in accordance with the rules on the Wiki, these three tests will qualify Peter Port for a SuperLicence?

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 23 Jul 2014, 19:47

Yes! Loving that spotters guide! Good work Ataxia!

27th - 28th January -- JEREZ
Dagnall and Torrente

3rd-4th February - PRIVATE TEST - Silverstone
Hawkin and Torrente
Focus on Handling

10th - 11th February -- ESTORIL
Dagnall and Torrente

Couple of questions: Are these private tests costing us credits? And also, when is the market open so we can start sorting out chassis plans?

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 23 Jul 2014, 20:00

Team Mecha's test plans:

Jerez: Plaza and Tojo
Estoril: Anderson and Tojo

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 24 Jul 2014, 05:35

Revolution test plans:
27th - 28th January -- JEREZ: Dean O'Lauchlan - Marco Bizzarri
10th - 11th February -- ESTORIL: Marco Bizzarri - Andrej Kremnicky

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 24 Jul 2014, 09:38

Shizuka wrote:Revolution test plans:
27th - 28th January -- JEREZ: Dean O'Lauchlan - Marco Bizzarri
10th - 11th February -- ESTORIL: Marco Bizzarri - Andrej Kremnicky

Dean O'Lauchlan is already scheduled as testing for Rob Lomas Racing at Jerez. You'll need to find someone else!

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 24 Jul 2014, 09:40

Biscione wrote:
Shizuka wrote:Revolution test plans:
27th - 28th January -- JEREZ: Dean O'Lauchlan - Marco Bizzarri
10th - 11th February -- ESTORIL: Marco Bizzarri - Andrej Kremnicky

Dean O'Lauchlan is already scheduled as testing for Rob Lomas Racing at Jerez. You'll need to find someone else!

Yeah, I forgot to cancel O'Lauchlan's testing contract when he got the Lomas drive. My bad

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 24 Jul 2014, 09:43

Wizzie wrote:
Biscione wrote:
Shizuka wrote:Revolution test plans:
27th - 28th January -- JEREZ: Dean O'Lauchlan - Marco Bizzarri
10th - 11th February -- ESTORIL: Marco Bizzarri - Andrej Kremnicky

Dean O'Lauchlan is already scheduled as testing for Rob Lomas Racing at Jerez. You'll need to find someone else!

Yeah, I forgot to cancel O'Lauchlan's testing contract when he got the Lomas drive. My bad

Shizuka, I can't offer you a reserve driver for the main season, but if you want an experienced driver to benchmark the car with in testing, I can loan you Giovanni Roda

Now that F1RICS is done, I am really hoping to get TRRS into full swing on Saturday, and within it are a couple of drivers that could make reasonable test/reserves; Steve Mackintosh, Ashley Watkinson et al. Perhaps some teams should look to these drivers to fill their vacancies

Post by **Nuppiz** » 24 Jul 2014, 10:10

NGPE's testing schedule

Private test, 13th-14th January, Alastaro, Finland:
Gregor Pascal, Shinobu Katayama
Focus on Handling

Official test, 27th-28th January, Jerez, Spain:
Martin McFry, Gregor Pascal

Private test, 3rd-4th February, Alastaro, Finland:
Martin McFry, Thomas Yorke
Focus on Max BHP

Official test, 10th-11th February, Estoril, Portugal
Martin McFry, Phil McCracken (let's try getting him a superlicense

)

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 24 Jul 2014, 12:54

There's been a change in tyre manufacturers; CaptainGetz will take GoodYear tyres instead of Wafflecat.

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 24 Jul 2014, 14:55

Alright, then:

Revolution test plans:
27th - 28th January -- JEREZ: Marco Bizzarri - Andrej Kremnicky;
focus on downforce

10th - 11th February -- ESTORIL: Marco Bizzarri - and I'd like to sign Steve Mackintosh if possible (for this test only if he is locked for the season);
focus on handling

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 24 Jul 2014, 15:54

Shizuka wrote:Alright, then:

Revolution test plans:
27th - 28th January -- JEREZ: Marco Bizzarri - Andrej Kremnicky;
focus on downforce

10th - 11th February -- ESTORIL: Marco Bizzarri - and I'd like to sign Steve Mackintosh if possible (for this test only if he is locked for the season);
focus on handling

No focus is needed for public tests, afaik.

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 24 Jul 2014, 17:12

Gosh, does it show I haven't slept for 37 hours this much? :oops:

Well then, hopefully I can sign a third driver then.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 24 Jul 2014, 17:43

Shizuka wrote:and I'd like to sign Steve Mackintosh if possible (for this test only if he is locked for the season);

Keep an eye on the TRRS thread. Once the three race meetings are complete, drivers will be distributed via RNG. If you don't bid come draft time, you don't get.

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 24 Jul 2014, 17:52

Alrigft, thanks for the heads up!

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 24 Jul 2014, 23:27

I have sent my tire plans, and request that Goodyear would be replaced with Hankook as the tire manufacturer. Need some more cheap Pacific-rim tires for this series

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 25 Jul 2014, 00:11

RejectSport.com wrote:In The News This Week - No Revolution for Plus One Kingfisher

After an upturn of form in the run-in to the end of the 2016 season, which saw his team claim tenth in the Constructor's Championship - their highest position to date - Plus One Kingfisher Racing (POKR) Team Principle Luke Knight has every right to feel confident about his team's 2017 prospects. Retaining the services of the highly-rated German David Neuberg has been a alongside the acquisition of ex-Formula One driver Nathan McKane on a permanent basis for the new season has been a massive coup for the team, but Knight has asserted that the team will not be resting on it's laurels for the new campaign.

"It's very easy to be over confident at this stage - we have the services of two extremely talented drivers, a great car and engine package, and the addition of several new teams to the grid has eased the stakes in terms of Pre-Qualifying" said a buoyant Knight.

"However, we need to keep moving, need to improve further this season, keep the momentum carrying forward. There's been a lot of questions asked of us in the off-season, 'can we compete in the midfield?', 'can we stay out of Pre-Q?", 'has the team's results merely been a fluke?', and we are very much here to prove we have what it takes to establish ourselves firmly in the midfield.

"The stakes are definitely high. There is a lot of expectation surrounding the team, which puts all of us under pressure - even the postmen. What we cannot do is stagnate, Revolution Engineering style. There was a lot of promise surrounding them, especially last season, a great package and driver in the form of Shizuka. Ultimately their form declined and the expectations proved to be unfounded, it is obvious they do not have what it takes to escape Pre-Qualifying, and that is not a direction I plan nor want to see the team take this year."

POKR have also announced that Martin van der Maeyede will continue with the team as test and reserve driver, alongside Martyn Rietacher.

Plus Kingfisher Racing Testing Plans

Donington Park // 13-14 Jan / With Fusion Motorsports & Aeroracing Engineering
David Neuberg
Nathan McKane

///Focusing on Downforce///

Jerez
Nathan McKane
Martyn Rietacher

Estoril
David Neuberg
Martn van der Maeyede

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 25 Jul 2014, 00:23

Boxtel Testing Plans:

We don't have a reserve driver, as of now, so we will be running Benoit and O'Heagan for both tests. We will focus on downforce for the first one and handling for the second.

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 25 Jul 2014, 00:51

The commission rejects the proposal made by Goodyear as there're contracts in place. However, we will consider Hankook's wish to enter the sport for 2018.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 25 Jul 2014, 09:27

Sunshine private testing plans:

13th-14th January -- SUZUKA -> Daniel Martins, Johannes Rueckert
Focus: Reliability

20th-21st January -- MOTEGI -> Barii Mori, Johannes Rueckert
Focus: Reliability

Sunshine official testing plans:

27th - 28th January -- JEREZ -> Yuka Katayama, Johannes Rueckert

10th - 11th February -- ESTORIL -> Daniel Martins, Barii Mori