The racing career of Astrid Abrahamsen (1990-?)

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So, believe it or not, i will start my own virtual career as well. This one will be about Norwegian Astrid Abrahamsen, who, at 20 years old, after having some stints in F3000 and JF3000, got the chance of her life to drive at... Life for 1990.

Quick notes that some events that happened in real life could be changed, rushed, or delayed. What will those changes be you will have to wait and see. The first change you will note is all the teams have 2 drivers, although most of these come from who raced last year with the team and is no longer racing (eg, PHR in Coloni) and its mostly because of Grand Prix 2. Races are run at 30%, since it will be make it less painful to run races if i DNQ/DNPQ.

Also, empashis on the "Racing career" part.

Round 1: United States Grand Prix, Phoenix

Climate: Sunny all around

Pre-Qualifying:

1. Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) 1:21:673
2. Eric Bernard (Larrousse) 1:22:439
3. JJ Lehto (Onyx) 1:24:196
4. Gabriele Tarquini (AGS) 1:25:183
5. Yannick Dalmas (AGS) 1:25:582
6. Stefan Johansson (Onyx) 1:25:948
7. Olivier Grouillard (Osella) 1:26:657
8. Bertrand Gachot (Coloni) 1:29:288
9. Piercarlo Ghinzani (Osella) 1:29:403
10. Roberto Moreno (Eurobrun) 1:29:518
11. Pierre-Henri Raphanel (Coloni) 1:29:605
12. Claudio Lauges (Eurobrun) 1:32:477
13. Astrid Abrahamsen (Life) 1:34:937
14. Gary Brabham (Life) 1:35:544

***Larrousse and Onyx made the cut

Well, that went better than expected . At least i am ahead of my teammate, which is what matters.

Qualifying:

1. Ayrton Senna (McLaren) 1:18:346
2. Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) 1:18:495
3. Gerhard Berger (McLaren) 1:19:296
4. Alain Prost (Ferrari) 1:19:409
5. Nelson Piquet Sr. (Benetton) 1:19:615
6. Thierry Boutsen (Williams) 1:20:247
7. Riccardo Patrese (Williams) 1:20:256
8. Alessandro Nannini (Benetton) 1:20:281
9. Jean Alesi (Tyrrell) 1:20:370
10. Martin Donnelly (Lotus) 1:20:720
11. Pierluigi Martini (Minardi) 1:20:880
12. Satoru Nakajima (Tyrrell) 1:20:890
13. Eric Benard (Larrousse) 1:21:014
14. Mauricio Gugelmin (Leyton House) 1:21:324
15. Ivan Capelli (Leyton House) 1:21:442
16. Phillippe Alliot (Ligier) 1:21:682
17. Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) 1:21:757
18. Derek Warwick (Lotus) 1:21:847
19. Nicola Larini (Ligier) 1:22:159
20. Gianni Morbidelli (Minardi) 1:22:275
21. Alex Caffi (Arrows) 1:22:391
22. David Brabham (Brabham) 1:22:487
23. Stefano Modena (Brabham) 1:22:592
24. Andrea De Cesaris (Scuderia Italia/Dallara) 1:23:356
25. Michele Alboreto (Arrows) 1:24:313
26. Stefan Johannsson (Onyx) 1:24:425
DNQ Emanuele Pirro (Scuderia Italia/Dallara) 1:25:064
DNQ JJ Lehto (Onyx) 1:25:735

Race:

1. Nelson Piquet (Benetton) 26m 46 513s
2. Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) +35.935
3. Riccardo Patrese (Williams) +38.839
4. Ivan Capelli (Leyton House) +46.307
5. Alain Prost (Ferrari) +1m 34 209s
6. Eric Bernard (Larrousse) +1 lap
Everyone else: Ran out of fuel

Well... luckily, the layouts change in 1991.

ROTR: Fuel strategists, speaks for itself.
IIDOTR: Eric Bernard, point for Larrousse thanks to sticking to his guns

WDC:

Piquet 9
Mansell 6
Patrese 4
Capelli 3
Prost 2
Bernard 1

WCC:

Benetton 9
Ferrari 8
Williams 4
Leyton House 3
Larrousse 1

Hopefully i can suck less next time around... Oh wait.

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Round 2: Brazilian Grand Prix - Interlagos

Climate: Sunny all around

Pre-Qualifying:

1. Eric Bernard (Larrousse) 1:15:588
2. Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) 1:16:446
3. Yannick Dalmas (AGS) 1:17:833
4. Stefan Johannsson (Onyx) 1:18:763
5. Gabriele Tarquini (AGS) 1:19:885
6. JJ Lehto (Onyx) 1:20:928
7. Olivier Grouillard (Osella) 1:21:167
8. Roberto Moreno (Eurobrun) 1:24:132
9. Piercarlo Ghinzani (Osella) 1:24:248
10. Pierre-Henri Raphanel (Coloni) 1:25:337
11. Bertrand Gachot (Coloni) 1:25:376
12. Claudio Langes (Eurobrun) 1:26:730
13. Gary Brabham (Life) 1:27:273
14. Astrid Abrahamsen (Life) 1:28:425

***Larrousse and AGS make it past the cut

Not exactly my best time, but i am not a big fan of Interlagos either.

Qualifying:

1. Ayrton Senna (McLaren) 1:12:844
2. Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) 1:13:114
3. Gerhard Berger (McLaren) 1:13:896
4. Alain Prost (Ferrari) 1:13:966
5. Nelson Piquet Sr. (Benetton) 1:14:209
6. Riccardo Patrese (Williams) 1:14:620
7. Thierry Boutsen (Williams) 1:14:898
8. Jean Alesi (Tyrrell) 1:14:938
9. Alessandro Nannini (Benetton) 1:14:968
10. Martin Donnelly (Lotus) 1:15:357
11. Satoru Nakajima (Tyrrell) 1:15:439
12. Eric Bernard (Larrousse) 1:15:474
13. Pierluigi Martini (Minardi) 1:15:558
14. Mauricio Gugelmin (Leyton House) 1:15:931
15. Ivan Capelli (Leyton House) 1:16:097
16. Phillippe Alliot (Ligier) 1:16:296
17. Derek Warwick (Lotus) 1:16:367
18. Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) 1:16:403
19. Nicola Larini (Ligier) 1:16:944
20. Alex Caffi (Arrows) 1:16:981
21. Gianni Morbidelli (Minardi) 1:16:984
22. David Brabham (Brabham) 1:17:091
23. Stefano Modena (Brabham) 1:17:138
24. Yannick Dalmas (AGS) 1:17:824
25. Michele Alboreto (Arrows) 1:18:918
26. Gabriele Tarquini (AGS) 1:19:729
DNQ Andrea De Cesaris (Scuderia Italia/Dallara) 1:20:662
DNQ Emanuele Pirro (Scuderia Italia/Dallara) 1:20:691

Race:

1. Ayrton Senna (McLaren) 33m 04 068s
2. Alain Prost (Ferrari) +8.984
3. Nelson Piquet Sr. (Benetton) +11.139
4. Gerhard Berger (McLaren) +28.660
5. Thierry Boutsen (Williams) +32.203
6. Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) +35.742
7. Riccardo Patrese (Williams) +45.915
8. Jean Alesi (Tyrrell) +56.366
9. Alessandro Nannini (Benetton) +1m 06 780
10. Ivan Capelli (Leyton House) +1m 08 215
11. Alex Caffi (Arrows) +1m 12 786
12. Eric Bernard (Larrousse) +1 lap
13. Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) +1 lap
14. Derek Warwick (Lotus) +1 lap
15. Michele Alboreto (Arrows) +1 lap
16. Satoru Nakajima (Tyrrell) +1 lap
17. Phillippe Alliot (Ligier) +1 lap
18. Pierluigi Martini (Minardi) +1 lap
19. Martin Donnelly (Lotus) +2 laps
20. Mauricio Gugelmin (Leyton House) +2 laps
21. Yannick Dalmas (AGS) +2 laps
22. Stefano Modena (Brabham) +2 laps
23. Nicola Larini (Ligier) +2 laps
24. Gabriele Tarquini (AGS) +2 laps
25. Gianni Morbidelli (Minardi) +3 laps
26. David Brabham (Brabham) +3 laps

IIDOTR: Arrows, much better than expected
ROTR: Mansell, made a lot of silly mistakes that costed him dearly. DHM to Morbidelli and Brabham, who were so slow it wasn't even funny.


Round 3: San Marino Grand Prix - Imola

Climate: Sunny all around

Pre-Qualifying:

1. Eric Bernard (Larrousse) 1:23:378
2. Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) 1:24:860
3. Yannick Dalmas (AGS) 1:26:833
4. Stefan Johansson (Onyx) 1:27:141
5. Gabriele Tarquini (AGS) 1:28:867
6. JJ Lehto (Onyx) 1:29:101
7. Oliver Grouillard (Osella) 1:31:340
8. Roberto Moreno (Eurobrun) 1:32:321
9. Piercarlo Ghinzani (Osella) 1:32:357
10. Pierre-Henri Raphanel (Coloni) 1:34:631
11. Bertrand Gachot (Coloni) 1:35:014
12. Claudio Langes (Eurobrun) 1:35:024
13. Astrid Abrahamsen (Life) 1:36:238
14. Gary Brabham (Life) 1:36:544

***Larrousse and AGS made the cut

Qualifying:

1. Ayrton Senna (McLaren) 1:21:251
2. Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) 1:21:379
3. Gerhard Berger (McLaren) 1:22:011
4. Alain Prost (Ferrari) 1:22:161
5. Nelson Piquet Sr. (Benetton) 1:22:404
6. Riccardo Patrese (Williams) 1:22:677
7. Thierry Boutsen (Williams) 1:22:710
8. Alessandro Nannini (Benetton) 1:22:876
9. Jean Alesi (Tyrrell) 1:23:187
10. Eric Bernard (Larrousse) 1:23:464
11. Satoru Nakajima (Tyrrell) 1:23:606
12. Martin Donnelly (Lotus) 1:23:615
13. Pierluigi Martini (Minardi) 1:23:770
14. Mauricio Gugelmin (Leyton House) 1:24:240
15. Ivan Capelli (Leyton House) 1:24:323
16. Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) 1:24:394
17. Derek Warwick (Arrows) 1:24:482
18. Phillippe Alliot (Ligier) 1:24:593
19. Alex Caffi (Arrows) 1:24:829
20. Gianni Morbidelli (Minardi) 1:25:066
21. Nicola Larini (Ligier) 1:25:099
22. Stefano Modena (Brabham) 1:25:151
23. David Brabham (Brabham) 1:25:256
24. Yannick Dalmas (AGS) 1:25:536
25. Michele Alboreto (Arrows) 1:26:751
26. Gabriele Tarquini (AGS) 1:27:412
DNQ Andrea De Cesaris (Scuderia Italia/Dallara) 1:29:637
DNQ Emanuele Pirro (Scuderia Italia/Dallara) 1:29:893

Race:

1. Nelson Piquet Sr. (Benetton) 26m 02 090
2. Ayrton Senna (McLaren) +10.670
3. Alain Prost (Ferrari) +16.167
4. Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) +18.295
5. Jean Alesi (Tyrrell) +30.969
6. Alessandro Nannini (Benetton) +43.720
7. Riccardo Patrese (Williams) +51.468
8. Thierry Boutsen (Williams) +1m 07 025
9. Nicola Larini (Ligier) +1m 28 567
10. Pierluigi Martini (Minardi) +1 lap
11. Michele Alboreto (Arrows) +1 lap
12. Alex Caffi (Arrows) +1 lap
13. Satoru Nakajima (Tyrrell) +1 lap
14. Eric Bernard (Larrousse) +1 lap
15. Derek Warwick (Lotus) +1 lap
16. Martin Donnelly (Lotus) +1 lap
17. Phillippe Alliot (Ligier) +1 lap
18. Yannick Dalmas (AGS) +1 lap
19. Gianni Morbidelli (Minardi) +1 lap
20. David Brabham (Brabham) +2 laps
DNF Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) Engine
DNF Mauricio Gugelmin (Leyton House) Water Leak
DNF Ivan Capelli (Leyton House) Suspension
DNF Gerhard Berger (McLaren) Electrical
DNF Stefano Modena (Brabham) Engine
DNF Gabriele Tarquini (AGS) Didn't Finish

IIDOTR: Jean Alesi, points wioth the Tyrrell
ROTR: Leyton House, double DNF

WDC:

Piquet 22
Senna 15
Prost 12
Mansell 10
Patrese 4
Capelli 3
Berger 3
Boutsen 2
Alesi 2
Bernard 1
Nannini 1

WCC:

McLaren 27
Benetton 23
Ferrari 22
Williams 6
Leyton House 3
Tyrrell 2
Larrousse 1
Ligier 0 (BR: 9th)
Minardi 0 (BR: 10th)
Arrows 0 (BR: 11th)
Lotus 0 (BR: 14th)
AGS 0 (BR: 18th)
Brabham 0 (BR: 20th)
Dallara 0 (BR: Ret, 4 DNQs)
Onyx 0 (BR: Ret, 1 DNQ, 4 DNPQs)
Osella 0 (BR: 6 DNPQs, 7th PQ)
Coloni 0 (BR: 6 DNPQs, 8th PQ, 10th and 11th)
Eurobrun 0 (BR: 6 DNPQs, 8th PQ, 10th and 12th)
Life 0 (BR: 6 DNPQs, 13th PQ)

This will be a looong season.... Or will it be?

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PRE-RACE:

Life replaces failed in-house engine, makes radical aero changes

After struggling with power for the last few races, Life has decided to give up in their engine program, instead
opting for the Judd CV engines. However, Judd had a free EV engine batch, which is what they will use. They also contacted ex-Ferrari designer Antonio Tomaini as the consultant for their chassis, which has been given radical changes for the Monaco Grand Prix. Due to this, Life has reportedly used a lot of its budget, so its only a matter of time if they will go broke or not.

FIA to allow up to 30 cars in the main Qualifying shoutout

FIA has decided to up the number of cars in the main Qualifying session up to 30, with 4 of them DNQing. The rest will go to a second qualifying session held with 26 cars. This means Onyx no longer have to pre-qualify.

Several teams to downsize to 1-car operations

Many teams have downsized to 1-car operations. These include:

Osella (dropping Ghinzani)
Coloni (dropping Raphanel)
Life (dropping Brabham)

Broken Marriage; What's happening in Coloni?

After some very unsucessfull attempts to make it into the last couple of races, Subaru seems to be running out of patience more and more. Many of the rumors said that Subaru will pull out their 51% stake after the Canadian Grand Prix.

Dallara: "This is embarassing"

The Scuderia Italia team has been very dissapointed with the result thus far, with two double DNQs and only one race start. Dallara has said that, if they don't improve their game for the remainder of the season, they will withdraw support by the end of this year, Numerous sources have rumored that the Ford engine is under
powered.

Gianni Morbidelli gets the boot

After some really awful perfomances in the last couple of races, Morbidelli will be sacked and replaced by Paolo Barilla.

OOC: I will start using F1C, given that i can simulate PQ much easier that way.


Round 4: Monaco Grand Prix - Monte-Carlo

Climate: Sunny with some clouds in PQ, Overcast in Q1, Monsoon Q2 and R

Pre-Qualifying:

1. Eric Bernard (Larrousse) 1:26:591
2. Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) 1:29:224
3. Olivier Grouillard (Osella) 1:29:343
4. Astrid Abrahamsen (Life) 1:33:071
---DNPQ---
5. Yannick Dalmas (AGS) 1:34:452
6. Gabriele Tarquini (AGS) 1:34:452
7. Claudio Langes (Eurobrun) 1:34:662
8. Bertrand Gachot (Coloni) 1:35:082
9. Roberto Moreno (Eurobrun) 1:35:712

YES! I made it. I can't believe it


Qualifying 1:

1. Gerhard Berger (McLaren) 1:22:178
2. Ayrton Senna (McLaren) 1:22:394
3. Riccardo Patrese (Williams) 1:22:677
4. Alain Prost (Ferrari) 1:22:795
5. Thierry Boutsen (Williams) 1:22:817
6. Stefano Modena (Brabham) 1:22:853
7. Pierluigi Martini (Minardi) 1:23:241
8. Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) 1:23:425
9. Martin Donnelly (Lotus) 1:23:476
10. Michele Alboreto (Arrows) 1:23:562
11. Olivier Grouillard (Osella) 1:23:609
12. Paolo Barilla (Minardi) 1:23:625
13. Derek Warwick (Lotus) 1:23:864
14. Jean Alesi (Tyrrell) 1:23:866
15. Alessandro Nannini (Benetton) 1:24:282
16. Nelson Piquet Sr. (Benetton) 1:24:741
17. Ivan Capelli (Leyton House) 1:25:301
18. Satoru Nakajima (Tyrrell) 1:26:302
19. Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) 1:27:078
20. Mauricio Gugelmin (Leyton House) 1:27:478
21. Nicola Larini (Ligier) 1:27:776
22. Eric Bernard (Larrousse) 1:28:018
23. Phillippe Alliot (Ligier) 1:28:379
24. Astrid Abrahamsen (Life) 1:29:759
25. David Brabham (Brabham) 1:32:194
26. JJ Lehto (Onyx) 1:32:194
DNQ Stefan Johansson (Onyx) 1:32:810
DNQ Andrea De Cesaris (Scuderia Italia/Dallara) 1:33:016
DNQ Emanuele Pirro (Scuderia Italia/Dallara) 1:33:632
DNQ Alex Caffi (Arrows) 1:36:620

YES! I am into the race! I am hoping i can do better.

Qualifying 2:

1. Astrid Abrahamsen (Life) 1:23:850
2. Ayrton Senna (McLaren) 1:24:645
3. Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) 1:25:051
4. Gerhard Berger (McLaren) 1:25:231
5. Thierry Boutsen (Williams) 1:25:250
6. Alain Prost (Ferrari) 1:25:370
7. Riccardo Patrese (Williams) 1:27:143
8. Jean Alesi (Tyrrell) 1:27:496
9. Alessandro Nannini (Benetton) 1:27:546
10. Nelson Piquet (Benetton) 1:27:568
11. Olivier Grouillard (Osella) 1:29:659
12. Ivan Capelli (Leyton House) 1:29:668
13. Pierluigi Martini (Minardi) 1:29:944
14. Eric Bernard (Larrousse) 1:30:627
15. Satoru Nakajima (Tyrrell) 1:30:826
16. Derek Warwick (Lotus) 1:31:097
17. Stefano Modena (Brabham) 1:31:978
18. Martin Donnelly (Lotus) 1:32:805
19. Nicola Larini (Ligier) 1:33:134
20. Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) 1:34:054
21. Paolo Barilla (Minardi) 1:35:040
22. Phillippe Alliot (Ligier) 1:35:334
23. Michele Alboreto (Arrows) 1:37:032
24. Mauricio Gugelmin (Leyton House) 1:37:536
25. David Brabham (Brabham) 1:38:951
26. JJ Lehto (Onyx) 1:39:235

Wow. Just Wow. I can't belive i actually did it!

Race:

1. Astrid Abrahamsen (Life) 20m 11 230
2. Mauricio Gugelmin (Leyton House) +1 Lap
3. Nicola Larini (Ligier) +1 lap
4. Gerhard Berger (McLaren) Didn't Finish (+2 laps)
5. Michele Alboreto (Arrows) +3 Laps
6. Phillippe Alliot (Ligier) +3 Laps
7. Ivan Capelli (Leyton House) +4 Laps
DNF Jean Alesi (Tyrrell) Suspension
DNF Alain Prost (Ferrari) Engine
DNF Satoru Nakajima (Tyrrell) Didn't Finish
DNF Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) Engine
DNF David Brabham (Brabham) Brakes
DNF Martin Donnelly (Lotus) Didn't Finish
DNF Alessandro Nannini (Benetton) Didn't Finish
DNF Riccardo Patrese (Williams) Didn't Finish
DNF Ayrton Senna (McLaren) Gearbox
DNF Pierluigi Martini (Minardi) Engine
DNF Paolo Barilla (Minardi) Accident
DNF Eric Bernard (Larrousse) Engine
DNF Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) Didn't Finish
DNF Derek Warwick (Lotus) Didn't Finish
DNF Stefano Modena (Brabham) Engine
DNF Olivier Grouillard (Osella) Didn't Finish
DNF Nelson Piquet (Benetton) Engine
DNF Thierry Boutsen (Williams) Didn't Finish

IIDOTR: Mauricio Gugelmin - great drive
ROTR: Ferrari, double engine failure

Main talking points:

-Derek Warwick suffered a nasty accident where his car did a complete 180 at the start. He will be out
for the next 6 races because of this, with a replacement yet to be announced.
-Ivan Capelli crashed, hence his slow time.
-The race was stopped after the 50% distance was completed, when the rain was too heavy to continue. Half-points will be rewarded.
-Astrid Abrahamsen lapped everyone, something nobody expected. Not even me :L

Driver: Yes! Yes! I won the Monaco GP! Thank you guys for all the support!
TR (Ernesto Vita): Excellent job Astrid! Totally deserved it! Congratulations!
Driver: Thank you guys!

WDC:

Piquet 22
Senna 15
Prost 12
Mansell 10
Abrahamsen 4,5
Berger 4,5
Patrese 4
Capelli 3
Gugelmin 3
Boutsen 2
Alesi 2
Larini 2
Bernard 1
Nannini 1
Alboreto 1
Alliot 0,5


WCC:

Benetton 23
Ferrari 22
McLaren 19,5
Williams 6
Leyton House 6
Life 4,5
Ligier 3,5
Tyrrell 2
Larrousse 1
Arrows 1
Minardi 0 (BR: 10th)
Lotus 0 (BR: 14th)
AGS 0 (BR: 18th)
Brabham 0 (BR: 20th)
Onyx 0 (BR: 2 Rets, 2 DNQs, 4 DNPQs)
Dallara 0 (BR: Ret, 6 DNQs)
Osella 0 (BR: Ret, 6 DNPQs)
Eurobrun 0 (BR: 8 DNPQs, 7th PQ)
Coloni 0 (BR: 8 DNPQs, 8th PQ)

I will start having a lot more writing from the next GP on. Prepare for somewhat small wall of texts.

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Obviously the issue has been solves now, but Onyx shouldn't have been pre-qualifiers at all, Ligier should have been, as they were the next lowest team.

Hell, even Leyton House and Minardi should have been there before Onyx.

Good luck with your career though.

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Round 5: Canadian GP, Montreal

Climate: Sunny all around

Pre-race has some news from SI/Dallara's camp. Their Ford Cosworth engine has been upgraded, hoping to patch some of the power issues. Coloni have divorced from Subaru, they will now use a heavily upgraded chassis called the C3C, and a new customer Ford engine.

Pre-Qualifying:

1. Eric Bernard (Larrousse) 1:26:084
2. Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) 1:26:661
3. Olivier Grouillard (Osella) 1:26:868
4. Astrid Abrahamsen (Life) 1:29:696
---DNPQ---
5. Bertrand Gachot (Coloni) 1:31:272
6. Claudio Langes (Eurobrun) 1:31:969
7. Gabriele Tarquini (AGS) 1:31:969
8. Roberto Moreno (Eurobrun) 1:32:172
9. Yannick Dalmas (AGS) 1:33:190

I made it out, although i am still way slower than the main 3. Coloni improved a lot and they were only
a spot off from making it, after a much improved chassis and the much better engine. Langes somehow
outqualifies Moreno, and AGS continue to perish into obscurity.

Qualifying 1:

1. Ayrton Senna (McLaren) 1:18:552
2. Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) 1:18:603
3. Thierry Boutsen (Williams) 1:18:701
4. Alain Prost (Ferrari) 1:18:743
5. Gerhard Berger (McLaren) 1:18:784
6. Nelson Piquet Sr. (Benetton) 1:19:210
7. Jean Alesi (Tyrrell) 1:20:144
8. Riccardo Patrese (Williams) 1:20:161
9. Ivan Capelli (Leyton House) 1:20:171
10. Alessandro Nannini (Benetton) 1:20:175
11. Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) 1:20:349
12. Stefano Modena (Brabham) 1:20:602
13. David Brabham (Brabham) 1:20:637
14. Phillippe Alliot (Ligier) 1:20:638
15. Pierluigi Martini (Minardi) 1:20:699
16. Michele Alboreto (Arrows) 1:20:773
17. Paolo Barilla (Minardi) 1:20:831
18. Nicola Larini (Ligier) 1:20:835
19. JJ Lehto (Onyx) 1:20:894
20. Martin Donnelly (Lotus) 1:21:083
21. Olivier Grouillard (Osella) 1:21:182
22. Satoru Nakajima (Tyrrell) 1:22:576
23. Eric Bernard (Larrousse) 1:23:114
24. Stefan Johansson (Onyx) 1:23:396
25. Mauricio Gugelmin (Leyton House) 1:25:071
26. Andrea De Cesaris (Scuderia Italia/Dallara) 1:25:371
DNQ Johnny Herbert (Lotus) 1:25:952
DNQ Emanuele Pirro (Scuderia Italia/Dallara) 1:26:468
DNQ Alex Caffi (Arrows) 1:28:149
DNQ Astrid Abrahamsen (Life) 1:28:171

I was hoping to make it out, but the car didn't behave as well as last time. Caffi DNQs for the second time in a row, Pirro shows that although improvements have been made there is still a long way to go, and Herbert struggled to adapt in the Lotus.

At the front, Boutsen puts the car in a surprising 3rd, Ivan Capelli starts 9th.... and his teammate is all the way down in 25th. Alesi puts its Tyrrell in a respectable 7th, Brabham surprisingly put their cars in the midfielder, and Onyx finally manages to qualify both cars.

Qualifying 2:

1. Ayrton Senna (McLaren) 1:21:510
2. Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) 1:21:615
3. Gerhard Berger (McLaren) 1:21:776
4. Thierry Boutsen (Williams) 1:22:099
5. Alain Prost (Ferrari) 1:22:409
6. Riccardo Patrese (Williams) 1:22:415
7. Jean Alesi (Tyrrell) 1:22:614
8. Nelson Piquet Sr. (Benetton) 1:23:275
9. Ivan Capelli (Leyton House) 1:24:886
10. Alessandro Nannini (Benetton) 1:24:935
11. Olivier Grouillard (Osella) 1:25:051
12. Pierluigi Martini (Minardi) 1:25:526
13. Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) 1:25:988
14. Satoru Nakajima (Tyrrell) 1:26:053
15. Stefano Modena (Brabham) 1:26:379
16. Phillippe Alliot (Ligier) 1:27:049
17. Mauricio Gugelmin (Leyton House) 1:27:359
18. Eric Bernard (Larrousse) 1:27:691
19. Martin Donnelly (Lotus) 1:28:142
20. Andrea De Cesaris (Dallara) 1:28:540
21. Michele Alboreto (Arrows) 1:28:746
22. Nicola Larini (Ligier) 1:29:443
23. Paolo Barilla (Minardi) 1:30:581
24. JJ Lehto (Onyx) 1:31:562
25. David Brabham (Brabham) 1:31:765
26. Stefan Johansson (Onyx) 1:33:801

Not really too much to talk about, apart from the fact that Olivier Grouillard put the Osella in a surprising 11th place. It also frustrates a little bit that had these times been used in Q1, i would have got out. Oh well.

Race:

1. Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) 27m 08 527
2. Jean Alesi (Tyrrell) +44.379
3. Mauricio Gugelmin (Leyton House) +59.033
4. Martin Donnelly (Lotus) +1m 05 793
5. Paolo Barilla (Minardi) +1m 06 035
6. Stefan Johansson (Onyx) +1m 13 875
7. Michele Alboreto (Arrows) +1m 19 435
8. JJ Lehto (Onyx) +1m 20 372
DNF Olivier Grouillard (Osella) Suspension
DNF Pierluigi Martini (Minardi) Gearbox
DNF Satoru Nakajima (Tyrrell) Brakes
DNF Nicola Larini (Ligier) Didn't Finish
DNF Riccardo Patrese (Williams) Didn't Finish
DNF Stefano Modena (Brabham) Didn't Finish
DNF Alessandro Nannini (Benetton) Didn't Finish
DNF Ayrton Senna (McLaren) Brakes
DNF Gerhard Berger (McLaren) Didn't Finish
DNF Eric Bernard (Larrousse) Didn't Finish
DNF Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) Brakes
DNF Andrea De Cesaris (Scuderia Italia/Dallara) Didn't Finish
DNF David Brabham (Brabham) Accident
DNF Ivan Capelli (Leyton House) Didn't Finish
DNF Nelson Piquet (Benetton) Didn't Finish
DNF Alain Prost (Ferrari) Didn't Finish
DNF Thierry Boutsen (Williams) Didn't Finish

Main talking points of the race:

-Thierry Boutsen had a really serious accident at the start; his car flipped a complete 180 and then many many cars couldn't avoid hitting him, and after, Stefan Johansson couldn't avoid running over his car. Although his injuries are not life-threating, he won't be able to do F1 for the rest of the year.
-Gerhard Berger made a very dumb mistake; he overshoot the second corner and crashed into the wall, losing his rear wing. You can imagine what happened next.
-Olivier Grouillard was running really good until his suspension ran out. The Onyxs were rather slow but consistent, hoping for atrittion for points. It worked.

IIDOTR: Olivier Grouillard
ROTR: McLarens, yet another double DNF

WDC:

Piquet 22
Mansell 19
Senna 15
Prost 12
Alesi 8
Gugelmin 7
Abrahamsen 4,5
Berger 4,5
Patrese 4
Capelli 3
Donnelly 3
Boutsen 2
Larini 2
Barilla 2
Bernard 1
Nannini 1
Alboreto 1
Johansson 1

WCC:

Ferrari 31
Benetton 23
McLaren 19,5
Leyton House 10
Tyrrell 8
Williams 6
Life 4,5
Ligier 3,5
Lotus 3
Minardi 2
Larrousse 1
Arrows 1
Onyx 1
AGS 0 (BR: 18th)
Brabham 0 (BR: 20th)
Dallara 0 (BR: 2 Ret, 7 DNQs)
Osella 0 (BR: 2 Ret, 6 DNPQs)
Coloni 0 (BR: 9 DNPQs, 5th PQ)
Eurobrun 0 (BR: 10 DNPQs, 7th PQ)

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Round 6: Mexican GP, Mexico City

Pre-race, there wasn't too much to talk about, apart from the fact that Life have made yet more changes to the car, hopefully to rectify all the handling issues before the next GP. Caffi is currently on the line of fire, and if his results do not improve from the next GPs on, he will get fired. Boutsen's absence will covered by F3000 front-runner, Eric van de Poele. Thanks to the point from last race, Onyx future is looking a bit more stable, however, they still need to defend their position if they wanna be around next year.

Climate: Sunny all around

Pre-Qualifying:

1. Astrid Abrahamsen (Life) 1:21:983
2. Olivier Grouillard (Osella) 1:22:733
3. Eric Bernard (Larrousse) 1:22:950
4. Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) 1:24:219
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5. Bertrand Gachot (Coloni) 1:26:839
6. Roberto Moreno (Eurobrun) 1:27:514
7. Claudio Langes (Eurobrun) 1:28:062
8. Gabriele Tarquini (AGS) 1:28:258
9. Yannick Dalmas (AGS) 1:29:237

I made it once again. The upgrades made the car far more competitive, and i was able to get easily out of pre-qualifying. Osella is doing better and Larrousse struggled a bit, but it was enough to qualify. Gachot is getting closer, and i am sure that when Larrousse and i go out of Pre-Qualifying, it should be easier for them to make it out of pre-qualifying. Eurobrun somehow outperfomed a team, and AGS continues its decline.

Qualifying 1:

1. Ayrton Senna (McLaren) 1:16:473
2. Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) 1:16:735
3. Gerhard Berger (McLaren) 1:16:757
4. Alain Prost (Ferrari) 1:16:874
5. Riccardo Patrese (Williams) 1:17:194
6. Eric van de Poele (Williams) 1:17:614
7. Jean Alesi (Tyrrell) 1:17:630
8. Eric Bernard (Larrousse) 1:18:899
9. Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) 1:18:905
10. Phillippe Alliot (Ligier) 1:18:963
11. Nelson Piquet (Benetton) 1:18:987
12. Alessandro Nannini (Benetton) 1:19:033
13. Ivan Capelli (Leyton House) 1:19:376
14. Martin Donnelly (Lotus) 1:19:443
15. Stefano Modena (Brabham) 1:19:445
16. Pierluigi Martini (Minardi) 1:19:539
17. Michele Alboreto (Arrows) 1:19:658
18. Nicola Larini (Ligier) 1:19:969
19. Olivier Grouillard (Osella) 1:20:685
20. Johnny Herbert (Lotus) 1:20:744
21. Satoru Nakajima (Tyrrell) 1:20:920
22. Paolo Barilla (Minardi) 1:21:007
23. Mauricio Gugelmin (Leyton House) 1:21:222
24. Andrea De Cesaris (Scuderia Italia/Dallara) 1:23:191
25. Astrid Abrahamsen (Life) 1:23:343
26. Emanuele Pirro (Scuderia Italia/Dallara) 1:23:481
DNQ Alex Caffi (Arrows) 1:25:441
DNQ JJ Lehto (Onyx) 1:25:848
DNQ David Brabham (Brabham) 1:26:231
DNQ Stefan Johansson (Onyx) 1:27:379

I was hoping to make it... and i did. Notable is the first double start for SI/Dallara, Caffi DNQs yet again, both Onyx from hero to zero, Brabham was awful, Larrousse managed to get both cars in the top 10, EvDP is on par with his teammate, Gugelmin continues to be laughable in qualifying pace, Alliot managed to get his Ligier in 10th, and Herbert finally got time to adapt to the car, and he qualified.

Qualifying 2:

1. Ayrton Senna (McLaren) 1:16:307
2. Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) 1:16:375
3. Eric van de Poele (Williams) 1:16:545
4. Alain Prost (Ferrari) 1:16:594
5. Gerhard Berger (McLaren) 1:16:752
6. Jean Alesi (Tyrrell) 1:17:880
7. Riccardo Patrese (Williams) 1:17:909
8. Nelson Piquet Sr. (Benetton) 1:18:268
9. Alessandro Nannini (Benetton) 1:18:319
10. Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) 1:18:808
11. Olivier Grouillard (Osella) 1:19:336
12. Andrea De Cesaris (Scuderia Italia/Dallara) 1:19:368
13. Martin Donnelly (Lotus) 1:19:396
14. Pierluigi Martini (Minardi) 1:19:404
15. Ivan Capelli (Leyton House) 1:19:479
16. Nicola Larini (Ligier) 1:19:791
17. Eric Bernard (Larrousse) 1:20:308
18. Astrid Abrahamsen (Life) 1:20:652
19. Johnny Herbert (Lotus) 1:20:663
20. Satoru Nakajima (Tyrrell) 1:20:756
21. Phillippe Alliot (Ligier) 1:21:117
22. Stefano Modena (Brabham) 1:21:420 (swag/10)
23. Mauricio Gugelmin (Leyton House) 1:22:020
24. Paolo Barilla (Minardi) 1:24:452
25. Emanuele Pirro (Scuderia Italia/Dallara) 1:25:538
26. Michele Alboreto (Arrows) 1:25:606

Not too much to talk about.


Race:

1. Ayrton Senna (McLaren) 26m 17 111
2. Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) +8.213
3. Gerhard Berger (McLaren) +9.269
4. Alain Prost (Ferrari) +9.931
5. Eric van de Poele (Williams) +25.003
6. Astrid Abrahamsen (Life) +45.821
7. Nelson Piquet Sr. (Benetton) +50.452
8. Ivan Capelli (Leyton House) +1m 13 881
9. Pierluigi Martini (Minardi) +1 lap
10. Nicola Larini (Ligier) +1 lap
11. Andrea De Cesaris (Scuderia Italia/Dallara) +1 lap
12. Phillippe Alliot (Ligier) +1 lap
13. Johnny Herbert (Lotus) +1 lap
14. Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) +1 lap
DNF Olivier Grouillard (Osella) Didn't Finish
DNF Riccardo Patrese (Williams) Didn't Finish
DNF Stefano Modena (Brabham) Didn't Finish
DNF Michele Alboreto (Arrows) Didn't Finish
DNF Martin Donnelly (Lotus) Didn't Finish
DNF Alessandro Nannini (Benetton) Didn't Finish
DNF Satoru Nakajima (Tyrrell) Accident
DNF Mauricio Gugelmin (Leyton House) Accident
DNF Eric Bernard (Larrousse) Brakes
DNF Emanuele Pirro (Scuderia Italia/Dallara) Gearbox
DNF Jean Alesi (Tyrrell) Gearbox
DNF Paolo Barilla (Minardi) Suspension

FLAP: Aguri Suzuki, 01:16.449

Main talking points of the race:

-Riccardo Patrese made a really dumb mistake. I was fighting Piquet for the point, when he tries to overtake Piquet down the outside of the Peraltada of all corners, and he crashed, losing the rear wing and retiring.
-Nelson Piquet also doesn't escape the clutches of idiotness. He tried to overtake down the inside when i have the inside line, and spuns out. Hadn't been for that, i would have the hands all sweaty trying to hold him off for the last laps.
-Eric van de Poele made a terrific debut for the Williams team. Getting 3rd on the grid and finishing 5th is a good sign for things to come.
-McLaren finally win a race, with both cars finishing, for the second time this year.


WDC:

Mansell 25
Senna 23
Piquet 22
Prost 15
Berger 8,5
Alesi 8
Gugelmin 7
Abrahamsen 5,5
Patrese 4
Capelli 3
Donnelly 3
Boutsen 2
Larini 2
Barilla 2
van de Poele 2
Bernard 1
Nannini 1
Alboreto 1
Johansson 1

WCC:

Ferrari 40
McLaren 31,5
Benetton 23
Leyton House 10
Tyrrell 8
Williams 8
Life 5,5
Ligier 3,5
Lotus 3
Minardi 2
Larrousse 1
Arrows 1
Onyx 1
Dallara 0 (BR: 11th, 2 Ret, 7 DNQs)
AGS 0 (BR: 18th, 6 DNPQs)
Brabham 0 (BR: 20th, 1 DNQ)
Osella 0 (BR: 2 Ret, 6 DNPQs)
Coloni 0 (BR: 9 DNPQs, 5th PQ)
Eurobrun 0 (BR: 10 DNPQs, 6th PQ)

[Ciaran]

Dragging a Life out of pre-qualifying? I'm calling hax!