Alternate F1 - The Current Era - 2017 Season

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 17 Jan 2015, 00:29

Waiting List:
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Biscione
Simtek
peteroli34
v8fan12
pycku
MinardiFan

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Klon · Post by **Klon** » 17 Jan 2015, 00:29

2017 Formula 1 Season Preview - Don't Stop Me Now

After last year saw the introduction of crazy technology, this year will see the engineers work to perfect things. After pre-season testing at the Hungaroring, we have gained a picture of what to expect. However, one thing will not change, technology or not: 26 drivers want the world title, only one can have it.

Rule Changes:
- With the aim of increasing competitiveness throughout the field, the FIA has ruled that teams may not use their last upgrade token before the 11th weekend.
- If a team is not able to pay the WCC penalty for 10 penalty points, instead of a one-race ban, the team will lose as many points as they can before they get to zero with the rest being converted into a grid penalty for both cars of the team in the next race.

Season Calendar:
Budweiser United States Grands Prix – Streets of Las Vegas – 4/5 March
Magneti Marelli Japanese Grands Prix – Okayama International Circuit - 18/19 March
Airtel Indian Grands Prix – Buddh International Circuit – 8/9 April
Marlboro Bahrain Grands Prix – Bahrain International Circuit – 22/23 April
Cyta Cyprus Grands Prix – Akrotiri Bay International Circuit – 13/14 May
Allianz Magyar Futamok – Hungaroring – 27/28 May
Große Vodafone Preise von Deutschland – Nürburgring – 15/16 July
Vauxhall Adam British Grands Prix – Donington Park – 22/23 July
Ticketek Australian Grands Prix – Surfers Paradise Street Circuit - 5/6 August
Kawasaki Pacific Grands Prix – Sonoma Raceway – 19/20 August
Grandes Premios Telmex de Mexico – Parque Fundidora – 26/27 August
Große Red Bull Preise von Österreich – Red Bull Ring – 9/10 September
Gran Premi Agip d'Italia - Autodromo Nazionale Monza – 16/17 September
Hitachi European Grands Prix – Silverstone National Circuit – 23/24 September
Grandes Premios Canon de España – Circuito de Jerez – 7/8 October
Mubadala Abu Dhabi Grands Prix – Yas Marina Circuit – 14/15 October
Shell Chemicals Russian Grands Prix – Irkutsk Speedway – 21/22 October
Petrobras Brazilian Grands Prix – Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura – 4/5 November
Olympus Chinese Grands Prix – Shanghai International Circuit - 11/12 November

Car Preview:

Boost Mobile WilliamsF1
#5: Will Power
#6: Dave Cassidy
Chassis Designation: FW39
Engine: Peugeot
Fuel Supplier: XY Energi

Canal+ Sauber F1 Team
#7: Pastor Maldonado
#8: Simon Pagenaud
Chassis Designation: C36
Engine: Judd
Fuel Supplier: PDVSA

Eni Valerian Formula Ferrari
#9: Davide Valsecchi
#10: Sergio Pérez
Chassis Designation: Valerian F01
Engine: Ferrari
Fuel Supplier: Eni

DHL Brabham Racing Organisation
#11: Nico Rosberg
#12: Nyck de Vries
Chassis Designation: BT107
Engine: Ferrari
Fuel Supplier: Esso

Team Peugeot Agfa
#14: Romain Grosjean
#15: Luiz Razia
Chassis Designation: 9004
Engine: Peugeot
Fuel Supplier: Cairn

Babayevsky Caterham F1 Team
#18: Sebastian Vettel
#19: Daniil Kwjat
Chassis Designation: CT05
Engine: Judd
Fuel Supplier: Total

Haas F1 Team
#21: Stoffel Vandoorne
#22: Robert Kubica
Chassis Designation: GH02
Engine: Ferrari
Fuel Supplier: Mobil 1

CEPSA Red Bull Racing
#25: Fernando Alonso
#26: Pierre Gasly
Chassis Designation: RB13
Engine: Ferrari
Fuel Supplier: CEPSA

Gauloises Scuderia Ferrari
#27: Sebastién Bourdais
#28: Einar Ármannsson
Chassis Designation: F17
Engine: Ferrari
Fuel Supplier: PDVSA

Nordea Mahindra Racing
#51: Daniel Ricciardo
#52: Conor Daly
Chassis Designation: MA-D4
Engine: Mercedes
Fuel Supplier: SOCAR

Elf AMG Precision Motorsport
#62: Jules Bianchi
#63: Valtteri Bottas
Chassis Designation: KP17
Engine: Mercedes
Fuel Supplier: Elf

Team Calinetic Petronas
#90: Max Verstappen
#91: Jazeman Jaafar
Chassis Designation: F1-CAL2
Engine: Mercedes
Fuel Supplier: Petronas

DISA DGNgineering
#98: Bradley Dagnall
#99: Kevin Magnussen
Chassis Designation: CD-05
Engine: Judd
Fuel Supplier: BP

Autosport Preview:
Can be found soon on their homepage

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 17 Jan 2015, 18:52

Sponsorship Market

You may now proceed to sign a main sponsor for your team in order to earn more money for the team.
There are two sponsors available for your team, which will pay you certain amounts of money, depending on which one of the four conditions your team fulfills:

Advancement Condition - These are the sponsors that have very specific demands regarding your results. This condition will pay out €90,000,000.
Nationality Condition - The sponsor will support you and demand a driver of a certain nationality be signed. This condition will pay out €45,000,000.
Statistic Condition - The sponsor will support you and very specific demands regarding the achievements of one of your driver. This condition will pay out €30,000,000.
No Condition - The sponsor will support you without asking for anything but a spot on your car. This condition will pay out €15,000,000.

++ Williams ++
Boost Mobile
Advancement Condition - Not available
Nationality Condition – Hire Australian driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver who has won at least with at least 1 V8 Supercars title
No Condition

ING
Advancement Condition - Not available
Nationality Condition – Hire Dutch driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver who has driven in at least 150 F1 races
No Condition

++ Caterham ++
Babayevsky
Advancement Condition - Not available
Nationality Condition – Hire Russian driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver above the age of 38
No Condition

Sport Bild
Advancement Condition - Not available
Nationality Condition – Hire Austrian driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver who has scored at least 20 F1 poles
No Condition

++ Precision ++
Elf
Advancement Condition - Not available
Nationality Condition – Hire Russian driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver who has won at least with at least 1 FIA European F3 title
No Condition

TRILUX
Advancement Condition - Not available
Nationality Condition – Hire German driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver who has driven in at least 40 DTM races
No Condition

++ Red Bull ++
Banorte
Advancement Condition - Not available
Nationality Condition – Hire Mexican driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver who has won at least 1 FIA European F3 title
No Condition

CEPSA
Advancement Condition - Not available
Nationality Condition – Hire Spanish driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver under the age of 22
No Condition

++ Sauber ++
Canal+
Advancement Condition - Not available
Nationality Condition – Hire French driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver with at least 15 GP2 podium finishes
No Condition

Zepter
Advancement Condition - Not available
Nationality Condition – Hire Austrian driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver with at least 550 F1 points
No Condition

++ Haas ++
Haas Automation
Advancement Condition - Finish 1st in the 2017 WCC
Nationality Condition – Hire Belgian driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver who has driven in at least 125 NASCAR Sprint Cup races
No Condition

Shionogi
Advancement Conditon - Finish 1st in the 2017 WCC
Nationality Conditon – Hire Japanese driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver who has won at least 1 Super Formula title
No Condition

++ Ferrari ++
Ferrari
Advancement Condition - Finish 2nd in the 2017 WCC
Nationality Condition – Hire Italian driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver who has won at least 1 F1 title
No Condition

Gauloises
Advancement Condition - Finish 2nd in the 2017 WCC
Nationality Condition – Hire French driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver who has scored at least 5 Auto GP wins
No Condition

++ DGN ++
DISA
Advancement Condition - Finish 3rd in the 2017 WCC
Nationality Condition – Hire Danish driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver who has won at least 1 FR 3.5 title
No Condition

Schlesinger Associates
Advancement Condition - Finish 3rd in the 2017 WCC
Nationality Condition – Hire American driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver who has scored at least 15 ALMS/RSCS/UCSS pole positions
No Condition

++ Peugeot ++
Agfa
Advancement Condition - Finish 4th in the 2016 WCC
Nationality Condition – Hire Belgian driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver with at least 70 GP2 races
No Condition

TNA Wrestling
Advancement Condition - Finish 4th in the 2016 WCC
Nationality Condition – Hire British driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver who has driven in at least 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup poles
No Condition

++ Calinetic ++
BBC
Advancement Condition - Finish 5th in the 2016 WCC
Nationality Condition – Hire British driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver who has won at least 1 MotoGP title
No Condition

Petronas
Advancement Condition - Finish 5th in the 2016 WCC
Nationality Condition – Hire Malaysian driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver who has driven in at least 15 DTM races for Mercedes
No Condition

++ Brabham ++
DHL
Advancement Condition - Finish 6th in the 2016 WCC
Nationality Condition – Hire German driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver with at least 20 F1 fastest laps of the race
No Condition

Carroll's
Advancement Condition - Finish 6th in the 2016 WCC
Nationality Condition – Hire Irish driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver who has won at least 1 British Formula Ford title
No Condition

++ Mahindra ++
Nordea
Advancement Condition - Finish 8th in the 2016 WCC
Nationality Condition – Hire Swedish driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver with at least 200 Auto GP points
No Condition

SOCAR
Advancement Condition - Finish 8th in the 2016 WCC
Nationality Condition – Hire Ukranian driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver with at least 5 TC2 ETCC podium finishes
No Condition

++ Valerian ++
Eni
Advancement Condition – Not available
Nationality Condition – Hire Italian driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver with at least 5 International GT Open wins
No Condition

Google+
Advancement Condition - Not available
Nationality Condition – Hire American driver
Statistic Condition – Hire driver who has won at least 1 24 Hours Nürburgring title
No Condition

Any driver demands go for one year and are only fulfilled if the designated driver is having a full-time drive. You may sign a driver meeting the demands for longer than that, but it will not assure you sponsorship for the next seasons. Please note that if you fail to meet the Advancement Condition, you will have to pay the entire sum back to the company. No team needs to agree to the Advancement Condition to survive, any team that would is declared bankrupt. For the other conditions, you must not decide on the condition right now, the money for whatever condition you fulfill will be added to your account after you have signed your drivers. Further note that age-related clauses mean "age at the first race of the F1 season" (March 4, 2017). As you may have noted, all teams from last year have the choice to retain their sponsor. From now on, retaining a sponsor will be possible for two years, i.e. any team that picks their 2016 sponsor again must choose a new one for 2018.

For these two elements, please fill out this formula until January 22, 7:15 p.m. CET

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Team: Obvious
Chosen Sponsor: 
Advancement Condition: Yes/No

FIA Young Drivers Draft

To both encourage teams to give new drivers a chance and to ensure sponsorship is not the decisive element in drivers getting F1 drives, the FIA has designed the FIA Young Drivers Draft. 25 drivers from all over the world have accepted invitations by the FIA to become part of this event.

Europe:
Emil Sawan-Montag (Germany)
Igor Walilko (Poland)
Max Verstappen (Netherlands)
Ryan Cotman (United Kingdom) - DEC owned by normal32
Thomas Butler (United Kingdom) - DEC owned by Londoner

North America:
Conor Daly (USA)
Matthew Brabham (USA)
Maxx Ebenal (Canada)
Scott Hargrove (Canada)
Spencer Pigot (USA)

South America:
Daniel Serra (Brazil)
Federico Cavagnero (Argentina)
Jorge Bas Viguera (Chile)
Mauro Giallombardo (Argentina)
Victor Franzoni (Brazil)

Asia:
Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Saud (Saudi Arabia)
Kevin Tse (Macau)
Ryo Hirakawa (Japan)
Shigetomo Shimono (Japan)
Vishnu Prasaad (India)

Oceania & Africa:
Anton de Pasquale (Australia)
Ash Blewett (New Zealand)
David Sera (Australia)
Naomi Schiff (South Africa)
Rajbir Rai (Kenya)

Now, each team can pick one of these. The order of picks was determined in a weighted lottery a few days after the end of the season and is as follows.

Draft Order:
1st pick : Calinetic
2nd pick : Valerian
3rd pick : Mahindra
4th pick : Ferrari
5th pick : DGN
6th pick : Brabham
7th pick : Peugeot
8th pick : Haas
9th pick : Sauber
10th pick : Red Bull
11th pick : Precision
12th pick : Caterham
13th pick : Williams

After each team has picked a young driver, they have a so-called right of first refusal for the next four years (i.e. the 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 season). That means that if their driver gets a contract offer from another team, the drafting team may choose to match that offer and sign the driver themselves. Furthermore, a drafted young driver may not refuse the contract offer of the team that drafted him during those four years unless it violates the rules of Formula One. Generally, the following holds true: if your drafted driver is approached mid-season, the right of first refusal does not force you to sack one of your drivers to keep him. Instead, matching that offer will mean his contract starts as soon as one driver contract of your team runs out; also, you are required to match the offer in all details, wage, contract length and position, i.e. you can't match a race drive offer with a friday drive (more on that later) offer (although you can offer a race drive to match a friday drive). Any team that signs their drafted driver for a racing contract at the start of any season during the team's right of first refusal is given a €10,000,000 bonus.

Please send a list of your draft choices to me using the forum message system with message header "F1 Draft" until January 22, 7:15 p.m. CET. Please list at least as many possible choices as needed for your position in the draft (e.g. 11 for Precision), since you will forfeit your draft pick and be subject to a €5,000,000 fine if you don't have a valid draft option. If you wish to sell or give your draft pick to another team, post any agreements in this thread or inform me about them with the usual ways.

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 17 Jan 2015, 19:02

Team: Eni Valerian Formula
Chosen Sponsor: Eni
Advancement Condition: No (nationalistic condition)

Post by **Miguel98** » 17 Jan 2015, 19:27

Team: Petronas Calinetic Mercedes
Chosen Sponsor: Petronas
Chosen Condition: None

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 17 Jan 2015, 19:33

Team: Red Bull
Chosen Sponsor: CESPA
Chosen Condition: Nationality

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 17 Jan 2015, 19:36

Can I be put on the waiting list for this? Thank you in advance.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 17 Jan 2015, 22:19

Team: DGNgineering
Chosen Sponsor: DISA
Chosen Condition: Nationality

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 17 Jan 2015, 23:07

Would it be possible to be placed on the waiting? Thank you

Post by **Londoner** » 18 Jan 2015, 10:24

Team: Sauber F1 Team
Chosen Sponsor: Canal+
Chosen Condition: Nationality

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 18 Jan 2015, 10:41

Team: Mahindra
Chosen Sponsor: Nordea
Chosen Condition: Advancement

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 18 Jan 2015, 13:38

RejectSport wrote:Cassidy: "I need to improve for 2017"

Following an ultimately disappointing 2016 season for American Dave Cassidy, where the Indiana-native finished a distant 3rd to teammate and eventual champion Lewis Hamilton, he has stated that he will have to drive better in 2017 if he wishes to claim his first World Championship.

"I never like saying that I lost because of bad luck or anything like that. And while I did have more car problems than Lewis [Hamilton], there were way too many days where he was just plain faster than me. If I'm ever gonna be World Champion, I can't let that happen again. I need to improve if I want a better shot than I got this year."

Cassidy's statement comes in a time of uncertainty - whilst he is expected to be retained by Williams for the upcoming season, there are question marks over whether reigning World Champion Hamilton will remain as well. With whispers that relations between the Brit and senior management at Williams has broken down since the Abu Dhabi Grands Prix in late October, rumours are placing Daniel Ricciardo or Robin Frijns in the seat alongside Cassidy for 2017. But whoever is in the seat, Cassidy remains unwavering in his resolve to perform at a higher level.

"Whoever's in the seat alongside me, they're gonna be tough to beat," Cassidy went on to say, "Everybody with any sense wants that seat, and Frank's not in the business of hiring slouches."

Post by **Ataxia** » 18 Jan 2015, 14:32

Team: Haas F1 Team
Chosen Sponsor: Haas Automation
Chosen Condition: Nationality

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 18 Jan 2015, 19:15

peteroli34 wrote:Would it be possible to be placed on the waiting? Thank you

I would like to go on the waiting list too please.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 18 Jan 2015, 23:03

Team: Equipe Peugeot Agfa.
Sponsor: Agfa.
Advancement Condition: no.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 18 Jan 2015, 23:22

Team: AMG Precision Motorsport
Chosen Sponsor: Elf
Advancement Condition: No

pycku · Post by **pycku** » 19 Jan 2015, 07:47

Team: Brabham
Chosen Sponsor: DHL
Advancement Condition: No

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 20 Jan 2015, 11:51

Team: Williams
Chosen Sponsor: Boost Mobile
Advancement Condition: Yes :p

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 20 Jan 2015, 11:53

Team: Scuderia Ferrari
Chosen Sponsor: Gauloises
Advancement Condition: No

Post by **kevinbotz** » 21 Jan 2015, 01:54

Team: Caterham F1 Team
Chosen Sponsor: Babayevsky
Advancement Condition: N/A

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 22 Jan 2015, 12:54

This is solved.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 23 Jan 2015, 17:46

Draft Results

Calinetic: Max Verstappen
Valerian: Thomas Butler
Mahindra: Conor Daly
Ferrari: Mauro Giallombardo
DGN: Anton de Pasquale
Brabham: Emil Sawan-Montag
DGN*: Ryo Hirakawa
Haas: Matthew Brabham
Sauber: Spencer Pigot
Red Bull: Ryan Cotman
Precision: Scott Hargrove
Caterham: Daniel Serra
Williams: Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Saud

* Purchased seventh pick from Peugeot on draft day in exchange for the contract of engineer Blair McNamara.

*******************************************************************

Car Market
Here's the Price table

>> Step 1: Buying an engine
We have four manufacturers available for your choice if you happen to be a customer team. I will explain the columns:
Company should be self-explainatory. The type of engine describes, whether you are purchasing a V10 NA engine or an I4 turbo engine and BHP states its power in qualifying and race. CFP means Car Failure Probability, i.e. it's a fancy term for reliability. The higher it is, the more likely your car is to retire from a race. With the engine freeze, the engine performanc is locked for the next two seasons.
From now on you purchase your engines from the works teams, i.e. you negotiate the engine deal with the user owning the works team. These are as follows:

Ferrari - pasta_maldonado
Judd - kevinbotz
Mercedes - wizzie
Peugeot - phoenix

What is important for the works teams is the value Average Price on the price sheet found in the opening post. This is the average price you must meet for all engines you sell (both to customers team and to yourself). You may sell some above that price or below that price, but the average stays the same. For every million you take in over the average, your engine get -50 CFP (capped at -750 CFP). For every million you are below the average, your engine gets +400 CFP (capped at +12800 CP) - this value applies to all customers, not only those that pay too much/too little. You may also name clauses your customers (or the works team) must fulfill, whilst also determining contract length. Each manufacturers is limited to three customer teams (not including the works team itself).

>> Step 2: Developing a chassis
Explaining the columns as well: Upgrades replace testing (to a point, there will be one mid-season test - this time for real), the upgrades are in the right top of the table. Updates can be applied at any time from after the first weekend until the day before the start of the final GP weekend of the season. Upgrades will only be applied before the start of the next weekend and you may only apply one upgrade per weekend. Furthermore note that half of the upgrades you do not use are carried over to the next season. You may never have more than three upgrades more than your chassis type permits. The lower chassis have a higher number of possible upgrades to counter the fact that the higher chassis types are more expensive. Please note that from this season on, the final upgrade may not be used before the start of the eleventh Grand Prix weekend. Max Grip determines the highest amount of grip possible, your car won't have more grip than that value, no matter what, even if you had HWNSNBM himself driving the vehicle. An RNG will determine that value once you have decided on a chassis type. CFP is the same as with engines - the lower the number the more likely your car is to finish.

>> Step 3: Arranging brothels
Explaining the columns for the third time: Max Grip increases the max grip value of your chassis for the last third of the season. Range is the value that is added on to the Random Grip Range, i.e. the value used by the game to determine inconsistency. The higher that value, the more likelier your driver is to have a bad day. Unlike last season, you must make your brothel selection before the start of the year and may not change it.

Alright, please fill out this until Tuesday, January 27 (11:00 p.m. CET) and post it in this thread. Once you have posted the data, editing your post is forbidden unless I allow you to:

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Team: 
Engine: Ferrari/Judd/Mercedes/Peugeot
Price: €???,???,???
Contract Length: X Years
Chassis: A/B/C/D
Brothels: High Class/Low Class/None

Please note that I need a confirmation of the works team that an agreement has been reached. Please make sure the users controlling the works team takes care of that. If you have any questions, go ahead and ask.

After purchasing chassis, engine and brothels, your team must only be so far in debt that you are able to get back into the black numbers after the sponsorship clause has been added after the driver market.

Furthermore, note that if you have not posted your choices until the deadline, your spot will be taken by a user from the waiting list.

Post by **Londoner** » 23 Jan 2015, 17:51

Team; Sauber F1
Engine: Judd
Price: $140,000, 000
Contract Length: 1 year
Chassis: C
Brothels: High Quality

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 23 Jan 2015, 18:00

Team: DGNgineering
Engine: Judd
Price: €140,000,000
Contract Length: 1 Year
Chassis: D
Brothels: None

Post by **Miguel98** » 23 Jan 2015, 18:02

Team: Petronas Calinetic
Engine: Mercedes
Price: €120.000.000 (god damn it two year contract)
Contract Length: 1 year
Chassis: D class
Brothels: None

Post by **Ataxia** » 23 Jan 2015, 18:04

Team: Haas F1 Team
Engine: Ferrari
Price: €80M
Contract Length: 1 year (activating last year's option)
Chassis: B
Brothels: High Class

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 23 Jan 2015, 20:34

Team: Eni Valerian Formula
Engine: Ferrari
Price: 116m
Contract Length: 2 Years
Chassis: C
Brothels: None

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 23 Jan 2015, 21:27

Team: Scuderia Ferrari
Engine: Ferrari
Price: €78M
Contract Length: N/A
Chassis: A
Brothels: None

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 23 Jan 2015, 21:29

Team: Red Bull
Engine: Ferrari
Price: €130M
Contract Length: 1 Year
Chassis: B
Brothels: Low class

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 23 Jan 2015, 21:41

Team: AMG Precision Motorsport
Engine: BMW Mercedes
Price: $95 million
Contract Length: N/A
Chassis: A
Brothels: High-Class

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 24 Jan 2015, 08:23

Team: Mahindra
Engine: Mercedes
Price: €115,000,000 (as per existing contract)
Contract Length: 1 year
Chassis: C
Brothels: None

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 24 Jan 2015, 12:23

Our team manager is checking out brothels around the world, he says it is very hard, but he will be coming back soon.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 24 Jan 2015, 12:39

Dave Cassidy wrote:I'd rather not drive a Mercedes-powered car ever again if I can help it... those lumps of junk were useless for making it to the finish back in my Sauber days...

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 24 Jan 2015, 12:59

Team: Williams
Engine: Pug
Price: 155m
Contract Length: 1 Year
Chassis: A
Brothels: High Class

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 24 Jan 2015, 14:00

Are the budgets on the first post calculated including sponsorship money?

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 24 Jan 2015, 14:46

Phoenix wrote:Are the budgets on the first post calculated including sponsorship money?

Unless you picked the advancement condition, no.

pycku · Post by **pycku** » 26 Jan 2015, 15:50

We would like to officially ask FIA for an exception. Due to the fact that Ferrari is the cheapest engines of all, we would like to be able to negotiate with them and eventually sign a deal. Otherwise, it could be barely possible for us to pay for our engines (to another supplier). However, we have initiated some conversations with other engine suppliers, but it is going to be almost impossible to persuade them to lower their offers.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 26 Jan 2015, 16:30

pycku wrote:We would like to officially ask FIA for an exception. Due to the fact that Ferrari is the cheapest engines of all, we would like to be able to negotiate with them and eventually sign a deal. Otherwise, it could be barely possible for us to pay for our engines (to another supplier). However, we have initiated some conversations with other engine suppliers, but it is going to be almost impossible to persuade them to lower their offers.

You can still make the average cost of the Mercedes regardless. Calinetic had a similar budget to you and managed to make ends meet (albeit only just) while paying 10 million more than that with engines.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 27 Jan 2015, 03:13

Salamander wrote:
pycku wrote:We would like to officially ask FIA for an exception. Due to the fact that Ferrari is the cheapest engines of all, we would like to be able to negotiate with them and eventually sign a deal. Otherwise, it could be barely possible for us to pay for our engines (to another supplier). However, we have initiated some conversations with other engine suppliers, but it is going to be almost impossible to persuade them to lower their offers.

You can still make the average cost of the Mercedes regardless. Calinetic had a similar budget to you and managed to make ends meet (albeit only just) while paying 10 million more than that with engines.

That point is valid. An exception will only be granted if Mercedes refuses to supply at average price.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 27 Jan 2015, 18:17

Team: Peugeot.
Engine: Peugeot.
Price: €140,000,000.
Chassis: B.
Brothels: High Class.

Re: SuperAguri, you can state your plans regarding what you're going to pay for the Peugeot engine.