Grand Prix Rejects

1. Australian Grand Prix (Melbourne)
2. Bahrain Grand Prix (Sakhir)
3. Monaco Grand Prix (Monte Carlo)
4. German Grand Prix (Nurburgring)
5. Canadian Grand Prix (Montreal)
6. United States Grand Prix (Indianapolis)
7. British Grand Prix (Silverstone)
8. Italian Grand Prix (Monza)
9. Belgian Grand Prix (Spa-Francorchamps)
10. Brazilian Grand Prix (Interlagos)

Christijan Albers --- Pays 15 credits
Fernando Alonso --- Costs 40 credits
Rubens Barrichello --- Costs 35 credits
Zsolt Baummgartner --- Costs 5 credits
Ryan Briscoe --- Costs 15 credits
Gianmaria Bruni --- Costs 15 credits
Jenson Button --- Costs 40 credits
David Coulthard --- Costs 35 credits
Andre Couto --- Pays 10 credits
Anthony Davidson --- Costs 20 credits
Pedro de la Rosa --- Costs 20 credits
Christiano di Matta --- Costs 25 credits
Robert Doornbos --- Pays 5 credits
Giancarlo Fisichella --- Costs 30 credits
Patrick Friesacher --- Costs 5 credits
Marc Gene --- Pays 5 credits
Timo Glock --- Costs 10 credits
Nick Heidfeld --- Costs 30 credits
Narain Karthikeyan --- Pays 15 credits
Nicolas Kiesa --- Costs 5 credits
Christian Klien --- Costs 20 credits
Robert Kubica --- Costs 10 credits
Vitantonio Liuzzi --- Costs 20 credits
Felipe Massa --- Pays 10 credits
Franck Montagny --- Costs 5 credits
Tiago Monteiro --- Pays 5 credits
Juan Pablo Montoya --- Costs 40 credits
Channoch Nissany --- Pays 20 credits
Olivier Panis --- Costs 25 credits
Giorgio Pantano --- Costs 10 credits
Antonio Pizzonia --- Pays 5 credits
Kimi Raikkonen --- Costs 40 credits
Nico Rosberg --- Costs 15 credits
Takuma Sato --- Pays 10 credits
Michael Schumacher --- Costs 50 credits
Ralf Schumacher --- Costs 35 credits
Scott Speed --- Pays 10 credits
Adrian Sutil --- Pays 15 credits
Jarno Trulli --- Costs 35 credits
Sebastian Vettel --- Costs 10 credits
Jacques Villeneuve --- Costs 30 credits
Mark Webber --- Costs 30 credits
Bjorn Wirdheim --- Costs 15 credits
Alexander Wurz --- Costs 25 credits
Sakon Yamamoto --- Pays 20 credits
Ricardo Zonta --- Costs 25 credits

BMW --- Costs 40 credits; one available
Cosworth --- Costs 20 credits; unlimited availability
Ferrari (Customer) --- Costs 40 credits; one available; please re-badge
Ferrari (Works) --- Costs 50 credits; Ferrari only
Honda --- Costs 40 credits; one team only
Hyundai --- Costs 10 credits; to Hyundai-backed team only
Mercedes --- Costs 50 credits; one available
Renault --- Costs 40 credits; Renault only
Toyota (Customer) --- Costs 20 credits; one team only
Toyota (Works) --- Costs 30 credits; Toyota only

Bridgestone --- Costs 5 credits
Michelin --- Costs 10 credits

Wizzie wrote:Name: Wizzie
Team: Sauber
Preferred Investor: Red Bull

We'd also like to make the following bids for drivers:

Driver 1
Fernando Alonso
Nick Heidfeld
Mark Webber

Driver 2
Narain Karthikeyan
Adrian Sutil
Felipe Massa

alg2159 wrote:Renault Drivers :

Driver 1
Fernando Alonso
Kimi Raïkkonen
Nick Heidfeld

Driver 2
Olivier Panis
Sebastian Vettel
Felipe Massa

Dexter249 wrote:Ferrari Drivers :

Driver 1
Kimi Raïkkonen
Nick Heidfeld
Rubens Barrichello
Driver 2
Giancarlo Fisichella
Jacques Villeneuve
Juan Pablo Montoya

RedEyes504 wrote:McLaren Bids

Driver #1
Nick Heidfeld
Kimi Raikkonen
Ralf Schumacher

Driver #2
Kimi Raikkonen
Ralf Schumacher
Alexander Wurz

1. Bridgestone

1. Mercedes
2. Toyota
3. Cosworth

1. Andre Couto
2. Patrick Friesacher
3. Timo Glock
4. Anthony Davidson
5. Gianmaria Bruni

andrew wrote:Name: Andrew
Team Williams
Tyre: Michilen
Engine: Toyota customer
Cosworth

Drivers:
Robert kubica
Nick Heidfeld
Felipe Massa
Sebastian Vettel
Nico Rosberg

Aislabie wrote:Red Bull --- Michael Schumacher

Autosport wrote:Sauber hails "Beginning of New Era"

After the shock decision to sell his eponymous team to energy drink manufacturer Red Bull, Peter Sauber has been highly optimistic about the future of the team. Staying on as a consultant for the new Red Bull Racing squad, Sauber has been highly complementary of the team's efforts over the off-season.

"Red Bull have been highly professional since the start, and even I am slightly amazed by the progress we've made in such a short time," remarked Sauber. "They've signalled their intentions early with signing Michael (Schumacher), and we feel this is a beginning of a new era for our squad. We've already had manufacturers requesting to partner with us for 2006 and beyond, which we are looking at seriously."

Despite the bright outlook of the future, Sauber was more realistic about his aspirations for the season ahead.

"Our immediate goal is to score regular points and podiums to signal that we have arrived on the big stage. I've known Michael for many years, and he is in for the long haul. Neither him or I are expecting to win titles out of the box, but if we provide him a good car, we all know he'll get 110% out of it week in, week out."

When questioned about the signing of Formula 3 Euroseries driver Adrian Sutil in the second car, Sauber defended the signing, stating that the young German is a long-term project for the team.

"Some may argue that we've brought him up too early, but when we ran him in the car during the off-season, he impressed us immensely with his maturity, feedback and consistency. While he may not have the same experience as some of the other rookies, we have our full faith in him for the long haul. With potentially the greatest driver of all time as a teammate and mentor, we fully believe in him and hope to develop him into a very good driver in his own right."

Autosport wrote:2005 will be Schumacher's "new challenge"
Staff reporter

The 2005 Silly Season was far sillier than usual, according to one un-named Team Principal, and it seems hard to disagree with him. This season sees the biggest shake-up Formula One has experienced in decades with illustrious careers apparently ending, World Champions changing teams and entire teams changing hands - and that's before you look at the calendar, which has been slashed from eighteen races last year to just ten this time around.

Firstly though, we must begin with some goodbyes for those drivers who didn't find a place on this year's grid. Rubens Barrichello (2nd), Jenson Button (3rd), Juan Pablo Montoya (5th), Jarno Trulli (6th), Takuma Sato (8th) and David Coulthard (10th) do not return, meaning that just four of last year's top ten drivers (Schumacher, Alonso, Raikkonen and Schumacher) will see the five red lights at Melbourne. It remains to be seen how many teams might go back to these tried and tested drivers when the going gets tough this year.

We also say goodbye to a couple of familiar team names: Sauber has become Red Bull Racing, though with Peter Sauber retained as a consultant, and has managed to secure the scarcely believable signing of Michael Schumacher, who seeks something "a bit more challenging". Meanwhile, Jaguar has become Team China, sporting a bright red livery that has already attracted the ire of the Tifosi. Honda has also backed away from Formula One, though not through choice - no team was prepared to accept an engine deal with the Japanese manufacturer, with B.A.R. preferring to sign up for untried, untested Hyundai power instead.

With so many changes, it seems almost impossible to pick out Championship favourites, but there are a few names that we can expect to challenge for the title. They include:

• Fernando Alonso (Renault): The young Spaniard is highly rated, and the Renault car performed well this winter.
• Nick Heidfeld (McLaren): He knows how to win titles (such as F3000) and now has a front-running car to drive.
• Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari): In 2003, he was Ferrari's closest challenger. Now, he is behind the wheel of one.
• Michael Schumacher (Red Bull): He's won the last five World Championships, so can you ever rule him out?
• Jacques Villeneuve (Ferrari): Nearly a decade on from his Championship, he is finally back with a competitive team.

Whoever wins the Championship, though, you can be sure they will have fought off tough competition.

Motorsport.com wrote:Honda pursuing 2006 works team

After being embarrassingly dumped by British American Racing, Japanese manufacturer Honda is believed to be pushing to return to Formula One in 2006 with a full manufacturer effort. Having already allegedly begun testing of a modified 2004 BAR-Honda at Suzuka with recently recruited test drivers Jenson Button and Takuma Sato, it's expected that they will announce their application for an 11th Formula One team slot in the coming days.

At this stage, it is unclear how the team will be structured, but many believe that it will be run under the Mugen Motorsport banner with the aforementioned Sato and Button as drivers for 2006.