A1GP - Trial for new format in September. Post entries now.

[tommykl]

Sorry about that, I've just been overwhelmed by deadlines.

Anyways, Belgium, Sweden, Malaysia and Zimbabwe will have the same drivers as before.

Belgium
Aggressive (both)
Hards to 35, softs to the end, stops at 48 and 61 (USA)
Softs to 20, then 40, hards to the end (Canada)
Same SC strategy as before (both)

Sweden
Conservative (US), Aggressive (Canada)
Hards all the way, stop at 39 (US)
Hards all the way, stop at 34 (Canada)
Same SC strategy as before (both)

Malaysia
Conservative (both)
Softs all the way, stops at 19, 38 and 57 (US)
Softs all the way, stops at 23 and 46 (Canada)
Same SC strategy as before (both)

Zimbabwe
Aggressive (US), Conservative (Canada)
Softs to 15, hards to the end (US)
Softs all the way, stop at 22 (Canada)
Same SC strategy as before (both)

[Samster]

For USA and Canada, just use exactly the same as for the last race. If it turns out one or more of my drivers aren't available, let me know.

Charles Leclerc won't be available for these two races as he'll be at the GP3 tests. Everyone else is available though.

Shotgun on France.

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France is yours. Just need your strategies for them by tomorrow.

[Nessafox]

France will race with Grosjean.
Strategies:
USA
Agressive, start on soft, will pit for softs on lap 15,30,45 and 60. SC: change tyres when within 5 laps range of planned pit stop,
Canada
Agressive, start on soft, pit on lap 23 and 46, do not react to SC.

[dr-baker]

For USA and Canada, just use exactly the same as for the last race. If it turns out one or more of my drivers aren't available, let me know.

Charles Leclerc won't be available for these two races as he'll be at the GP3 tests. Everyone else is available though.

What about Stéphane Richelmi?

[Bleu]

I can take Ireland following Simtek withdrawal so I can have interest in each series.

Going to stick with Firman, going for aggressive qualifying in both.

USA: Start on softs, pit on lap 16 and finish with hards
Canada: Start on hards, pit on lap 30 and finish with softs.

[Samster]

For USA and Canada, just use exactly the same as for the last race. If it turns out one or more of my drivers aren't available, let me know.

Charles Leclerc won't be available for these two races as he'll be at the GP3 tests. Everyone else is available though.

What about Stéphane Richelmi?

Yeah he seems to be available.

Now that I've seen who raced in Blancpain at Misano, the following drivers who were signed for Canada are not available due to a date clash.

Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen is not available and neither would Robin Frijns.

Malaysia Jazemann Jaafar is not available for Canada.

Philippines Marlon Stockinger is not available for Canada.

[AustralianStig]

Michele Bumgarner will sub for The Philippines.

[Samster]

Mexican A1 Grand Prix
https://www.docdroid.net/EQxbm7O/3-mexi ... x.pdf.html

Qualifying for the United States Grands Prix should be ran and up tomorrow. You may still make any changes for Canada until the US races have been ran.

[Normal32]

I will like to take over Azerbaijan, and will run the Canadian GP like this:

Driver: Fakhraddin Mirzoev
Start on Softs, no pits
No Pitting under SC
Agressive qualifying strategy

[Bleu]

Is Tom Coronel available for Netherlands?

[Klon]

Okay, short question: do I still have my teams despite my log-in issues? If not, I am not complaining, just want to know.

[Samster]

Okay, short question: do I still have my teams despite my log-in issues? If not, I am not complaining, just want to know.

Yeah you still have them, I've just been covering them during your absence.

[Samster]

Is Tom Coronel available for Netherlands?

Yes he is.

[Samster]

United States Entry List

A1 Grand Prix
AUS Will Power
AUT Christian Klien
BEL Stoffel Vandoorne
BRA Rubens Barrichello
CAN James Hinchcliffe
COL Juan Pablo Montoya
CYP Tio Ellinas
CZE Tomas Enge
DEU Nico Rosberg
DNK Kevin Magnussen
ENG Sam Bird
ESP Carlos Sainz Jr.
EST Kevin Korjus
FIN Kimi Räikkönen
FRA Romain Grosjean
IND Karun Chandhok
ITA Jarno Trulli
JPN Kamui Kobayashi
MLY Jazeman Jaafar
MEX Sergio Pérez
MCO Stéphane Richelmi
NED Robin Frijns
NIR Adam Carroll
NZL Scott Dixon
POL Robert Kubica
POR António Félix da Costa
RUS Daniil Kvyat
SCT Paul di Resta
SUI Sébastien Buemi
SWE Marcus Ericsson
USA Graham Rahal
VEN Ernesto Viso

A2 Grand Prix
AGO Luís Sá Silva
ARG José María López
BOL Pedro Pablo Calbimonte
BGR Vladimir Arabadzhiev
CHL José Luis Riffo
CHN Ho-Pin Tung
ECU Sebastián Merchán
GRC Alexandros Margaritis
GTE Sebastián Arriola
HKG Darryl O'Young
HUN Norbert Michelisz
HVR Ivan Pulic
IDN Rio Haryanto
IRE Ralph Firman
ISR Roy Nissany
KEN Tejas Hirani
LTH Jonas Gelzinis
LUX Gary Hauser
LVA Harald Schlegelmilch
MAC André Couto
MRC Mehdi Bennani
NOR Pal Varhaug
PHL Marlon Stöckinger
PRI Victor Gonzalez Jr.
ROU Robert Visoiu
RSA Adrian Zaugg
SGP Christian Murchison
SRB Milos Pavlovic
THL Tanart Sathienthirakul
UAE Ed Jones
URU Santiago Urrutia
ZWE Axcil Jefferies

A3 Grand Prix
AZE Fakhraddin Mirzoev
BHR Salman Al Khalifa
BLR Alexander Talkanitsa Jr.
BIH Sandro Lukovic
CRI André Solano
DOM R.J. Lopez
GEO Davit Kajaia
IRN Sam Taheri
JAM Thomas Issa
JOR Noel Alainabousi
KAZ Aleksandr Artemev
KOR Jin-Woo Hwang
KWT Zaid Ashkanani
LBN Khalil Beschir
LKA Dilantha Malagamuwa
MDG Jean-Christophe Peyre
MLT Keith Camilleri
OMN Ahmed Al-Harthy
PAK Nur Ali
PER Javier Cárdenas
QAT Amro Al Hamad
SAU Abdulaziz Al Faisal
SEN Nagy Kabaz
SMR Andrea Belluzi
SVK Mat'o Homola
SVN Kyle Kosir
SYR Yazan Hamadeh
TTO Keverne McShine
TUR Kaan Önder
TWN Roy Chiu Tse
UKR Sergey Chukanov
WAL Elfyn Evans

Qualifying

Roy Chiu Tse and Vladimir Arabadzhiev take surprise poles in A3 and A2 respectively. Will Power uses his superior track knowledge to take pole ahead of the F1 drivers though another of the favourites for pole, Scott Dixon made a mistake on his lap and winds up down in 15th.

A1 Grand Prix
1. AUS Will Power 1:19.762
2. FRA Romain Grosjean +0.044
3. FIN Kimi Raikkonen +0.064
4. VEN Ernesto Viso +0.214
5. RUS Daniil Kvyat +0.273
6. POR Antonio Felix da Costa +0.350
7. NED Robin Frijns +0.353
8. DEU Nico Rosberg +0.472
9. COL Juan Pablo Montoya +0.476
10. ESP Carlos Sainz Jr. +0.537
11. SWE Marcus Ericsson +0.555
12. ENG Sam Bird +0.561
13. DNK Kevin Magnussen +0.569
14. BEL Stoffel Vandoorne +0.602
15. NZL Scott Dixon +0.609
16. MEX Sergio Perez +0.618
17. SCT Paul di Resta +0.629
18. USA Graham Rahal +0.673
19. BRA Rubens Barrichello +0.699
20. MCO Stephane Richelmi +0.738
21. JPN Kamui Kobayashi +0.773
22. SUI Sebastien Buemi +0.865
23. POL Robert Kubica +0.892
24. CAN James Hinchcliffe +0.977
25. AUT Christian Klien +1.116
26. EST Kevin Korjus +1.122
27. IND Karun Chandhok +1.255
28. NIR Adam Carroll +1.300
29. CYP Tio Ellinas +1.355
30. MLY Jazeman Jaafar +1.437
31. ITA Jarno Trulli +1.602
32. CZE Tomas Enge +1.785

A2 Grand Prix
1. BGR Vladimir Arabadzhiev 1:20.144
2. ARG Jose Maria Lopez +0.120
3. HUN Norbert Michelisz +0.324
4. CHN Ho-Pin Tung +0.366
5. IDN Rio Haryanto +0.384
6. RSA Adrian Zaugg +0.420
7. CHL Jose Luis Riffo +0.466
8. HVR Ivan Pulic +0.609
9. GTE Sebastian Arriola +0.632
10. PHL Marlon Stockinger +0.696
11. UAE Ed Jones +0.736
12. MRC Mehdi Bennani +0.781
13. ROU Robert Visoiu +0.836
14. HKG Darryl O'Young +0.852
15. SGP Christian Murchison +0.861
16. GRC Alexandros Margaritis +0.866
17. LVA Harald Schlegelmilch +0.876
18. PRI Victor Gonzalez Jr. +0.906
19. SRB Milos Pavlovic +0.916
20. URU Santiago Urrutia +0.973
21. BOL Pedro Pablo Calbimonte +0.976
22. KEN Tejas Hirani +0.996
23. ZWE Axcil Jefferies +1.006
24. ECU Sebastian Merchan +1.020
25. ISR Roy Nissany +1.096
26. LTH Jonas Gelzinis +1.146
27. THL Tanart Sathienthirakul +1.166
28. MAC Andre Couto +1.236
29. NOR Pal Varhaug +1.306
30. AGO Luis Sa Silva +1.386
31. IRE Ralph Firman +1.426
32. LUX Gary Hauser +1.648

A3 Grand Prix
1. TWN Roy Chiu Tse 1:20.580
2. JAM Thomas Issa +0.148
3. WAL Elfyn Evans +0.280
4. UKR Sergey Chukanov +0.290
5. DOM R.J. Lopez +0.438
6. CRI Andre Solano +0.556
7. SAU Abdulaziz Al Faisal +0.570
8. BIH Sandro Lukovic +0.620
9. PER Javier Cardenas +0.735
10. OMN Ahmed Al-Harthy +0.744
11. JOR Noel Alainabousi +0.745
12. GEO Davit Kajaia +0.750
13. QAT Amro Al Hamad +0.780
14. BLR Alexander Talkanitsa Jr. +0.810
15. SVN Kyle Kosir +0.826
16. MLT Keith Camilleri +0.840
17. MDG Jean-Christophe Peyre +0.880
18. TUR Kaan Onder +0.960
19. SYR Yazan Hamadeh +0.960
20. KWT Zaid Ashkanani +1.044
21. KOR Jin-Woo Hwang +1.125
22. SMR Andrea Belluzi +1.125
23. SVK Mat'o Homola +1.152
24. IRN Sam Taheri +1.199
25. TTO Keverne McShine +1.340
26. KAZ Aleksandr Artemev +1.346
27. BHR Salman Al Khalifa +1.580
28. AZE Fakhraddin Mirzoev +1.590
29. LKA Dilantha Malagamuwa +1.600
30. LBN Khalil Beschir +1.681
31. SEN Nagy Kabaz +1.764
32. PAK Nur Ali +1.990

[Bleu]

Is Tom Coronel available for Netherlands?

Yes he is.

OK, he will drive then.

[Samster]

Sorry guys but I'm struggling to find time to run this series the way I wanted to. The method I use to simulate races is more time consuming than I thought it would be and the schedule I'd set out is becoming a burden to keep up with. Also the fact its an identical car series just isn't interesting enough for me to keep on plodding with it. As such I'll be suspending this series indefinitely.

I may run something else that runs team budgets and car development that won't run to real time schedules, that way I can run whatever pace I have time for. Most likely this will be another attempt at the alternate CART series I never ran a race for a couple of years ago.

[AustralianStig]

Very sorry to hear that Samster. If I had more time I'd volunteer to help you run it...

Perhaps if you ever wanted to go back to it you could just run A1?

[Samster]

Very sorry to hear that Samster. If I had more time I'd volunteer to help you run it...

Perhaps if you ever wanted to go back to it you could just run A1?

Perhaps its just how would I decide which nations make it into the series?

[AustralianStig]

Very sorry to hear that Samster. If I had more time I'd volunteer to help you run it...

Perhaps if you ever wanted to go back to it you could just run A1?

Perhaps its just how would I decide which nations make it into the series?

Continue with A1 in its current format. Put all the A2 teams into a pool and use an RNG to decide which teams get promoted each season. If that's too random for you, you could always assign higher probability to the stronger teams.

[thor97]

Very sorry to hear that Samster. If I had more time I'd volunteer to help you run it...

Perhaps if you ever wanted to go back to it you could just run A1?

Perhaps its just how would I decide which nations make it into the series?

i have a bunch of time on my hands i could help you with nations and conflicts and stuff like that if u want to keep this series running

[tommykl]

Does...does this mean I've actually won something?

[Samster]

Okay, I've decided what I am going to do with this. 2016 will officially be cancelled and be taken out of the history books and A1 Grand Prix will be started over for the 2017 season with just the top series. I'll be capping the amount of nations competing at 50 or 60 and a pre-qualifying system will decide who makes the actual race.

Anyone who wants to keep their nations for the 2017 season will be guaranteed those teams.

I won't be opening up the 2017 season until near the end of this year however so in the mean time I may try a more leisurely paced series.

[AustralianStig]

Okay, I've decided what I am going to do with this. 2016 will officially be cancelled and be taken out of the history books and A1 Grand Prix will be started over for the 2017 season with just the top series. I'll be capping the amount of nations competing at 50 or 60 and a pre-qualifying system will decide who makes the actual race.

Anyone who wants to keep their nations for the 2017 season will be guaranteed those teams.

I won't be opening up the 2017 season until near the end of this year however so in the mean time I may try a more leisurely paced series.

Great news New Zealand will return!
Depending how much time I have when this does return I might be able to volunteer to run A2 - we'll see how things go.

[Samster]

I may run some exhibition races during the summer replacing what would have been the rest of 2016, to try out the new format. These will basically be a free-for-all where you'll be able to enter which ever nation you want to.

[Samster]

I have decided on the new format for the series which will allow me to just run one tier and hopefully save me time with running this. Therefore in September I will be hosting a trial meeting for this format.

I realise more detailed info on the format in due course, but in summary it will limit the entry list to 50 full time nations for 2017 while other nations may enter up to six meetings per season with a limit of 10 part-timers per meeting. I will release a list of nations that will be granted full-time status in due course.

The grid size for the races themselves will remain at 32 with the starting lineup decided in similar fashion to the Daytona 500 with a pair of 50 km qualifying races.

There will also be a couple of special meetings to round out the rest of the 2016 season. The full schedule is shown below. The 2017 calender will also be announced in the next month.

New 2016 schedule

September 9-11 - 2017 Format Trial - Yas Marina Circuit
October 21-23 - A1GP Womens Grand Prix - Surfer's Paradise
December 2-4 - Young Drivers Test

You may start posting entries now. You may enter as many or little of your nations as you like. Though clashing restrictions on drivers will still apply.

Clashing with trial races
Indy Lights (and supports) - Laguna Seca
Auto GP/BOSS GP - Brno
Formula V8 3.5 (and supports) - Red Bull Ring
Super Formula (and supports) - Autopolis
European F3/DTM - Nurburgring
BRDC British F3/British GT - Donnington Park
French F4 - Le Mans
Formula 4 Italy - Vallelunga
SMP F4 - Ahvenisto
South East Asia F4 - Penbay
NASCAR Sprint/Xfinity - Richmond
Stock Car Brasil - Interlagos
WRC - China

[dr-baker]

I would like to enter Team England into this series with Pippa Mann (full-time entry).

[AustralianStig]

I got rather attached to my New Zealand team last time, so I'd like to run them please.

[Dexter249]

Canada for me!

[This Could Be You]

Wales please.

[FantometteBR]

Get Brazil for me

[Normal32]

Norway for me.

[alg2159]

France for me.

[RedEyes504]

I'll stick with Denmark

[Ice1Racing]

Finland please

[Dom_Wings]

Czech Rep.

[andrew]

I will Stick with Northern Ireland

[Peteroli34]

Ill enter Austria and Kuwait

[thor97]

Ill enter Iceland

[Bleu]

I had Netherlands in the previous try and as it hasn't been selected, I stay with it.