Grand Prix Rejects

The Simulator

Simtek wrote:Grand Prix 2, same as what I use for Anglo-Irish F4, same as what Normal uses for F3 Eurasia, what novitopoli and CaptainGetz12 use for their F4 series, what Ataxia uses for IndyCar, what Pasta uses for... look, you get the idea, it's popular, it works, moving on.

The Cars

There will be little deviation from the cars that were run in real F1 in this time period, mostly slight performance adjustments based on the previous performance of a team the season before.

The Drivers

Before the start of each season, you are free to offer contracts for two driver slots.

Your choice will be limited in that you must fulfill two out of three objectives when signing drivers. Those objectives will be given and explained to you in private.

If multiple teams are looking for a certain driver, RNG will decide their fate.

The Teams

10 teams for 2000, 2 cars per team. Those 10 teams have been determined by the needs of the canon and previous developments:

Ferrari (biscione)
McLaren (petoli)
Jordan (Reject_Dom)
Arrows (kevinbotz)
Williams (novitopoli)
BAR (This Could Be You)
Jaguar (pinkd56)
Sauber (wizzie)
Prost (ataxia)
Minardi (Normal32)

If any team owners fail to report back, their replacements will be decided by me in a hopefully fair selection process.

The Race Weekend

305 km except Monaco, you all know how a Formula One race works. Furthermore, there will be two one-hour sessions to determine the grid.

The Points System

10, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 for the time being.

The Race Calendar

See the wiki for updates

If this is all automated, what do I do?

You pick the drivers, hope for the best and if you wish, you may change the lineup by replacing a driver with a driver picked from one of my suggestions if you can provide a good justification.

I promised you more involvement in 2001 and here it goes: the tyre war is underway!

After Bridgestone enjoyed a monopoly from 1998 to 2000, both Michelin and Pirelli are prepared to take the challenge to them. Each tyre supplier has advantages and disadvantages, so choose carefully:

Bridgestone:
+ Established, will have advantage in 2001
- Only has minor preference for top teams

Michelin:
+ Fresh supplier, will give uprising teams an advantage
- Top heavy, weaker teams will not be sufficiently supported

Pirelli:
+ Can provide equal support for all teams
- Can not supply more than three teams

I hereby ask all team owners to report back to the series and state their tyre preferences.

Benetton-Arrows will continue for 2001 ahead of its impending takeover by Renault, and will select Michelin as its tire supplier.

Minardi will continue in 2001, supplied by Bridgestone.

Jordan will march on into 2001, supplied by Bridgestone.

Sauber will continue on into 2001, and will select Pirelli as their supplier

Prost will return for 2001, taking Michelin tyres after binning off the Peugeots.

BAR will return for 2001, using Michelin tyres.

Ferrari shall continue with Bridgestone into the 2001 season.

Jaaaaaag returns and will gamble on Pirelli.

Williams will stick with Bridgestone for 2001.

Mclaren continue into 2001 and fitted with Michelin Rubber

All team owners have been assigned their targets. You may now proceed to post your bids.
Please get the DEC owners of fictional drivers to post in this thread, stating their agreement.

Driver 1:

Fernando Alonso
Pedro de La Rosa
Marc Gene

Driver 2:

Luca Badoer
Jan Magnussen
Tarso Marques

Test Driver:

Yuji Ide
Ruben Derfler
Kimi Raikkonen

Jordan

Driver 1:
James James Davies

Driver 2:
Jarno Trulli
Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Test Drivers:
Kimi Raikkonen
Takuma Sato
Ricardo Zonta

kthxbai.

Jaguar bids:

Driver 1:

Eddie Irvine
Jos Verstappen


Driver 2:

Pedro de la Rosa
Luciano Burti
Tomas Scheckter

Test Driver:
Luciano Burti
Tomas Scheckter
Mark Webber

Prost Bids:

Driver 1:
Stephane Sarrazin
Jean Alesi
Olivier Panis

Driver 2:
Rubens Barrichello
Pedro Diniz
Gaston Mazzacane

Test drivers:
Sebastien Bourdais
Franck Montagny
Jonathan Cochet

Driver 1:
David Coulthard
Nick Heidfeld
Kimi Raikkonen

Driver 2:
Nick Heidfeld
Kimi Raikkonen
Jenson Button

Test drivers:
Enrique Bernoldi
Memo Gidley

Mclaren

Driver 1
Jack Christopherson

Driver 2

Mika Hakkinen
Heinz Herald Frentzen

Test Driver
Alexander Wurz

BAR bids:

Driver 1:
Jacques Villeneuve
Rubens Barrichello
Olivier Panis

Driver 2:
Sammy Jones (if Villeneuve is signed, pending AndreaModa's approval)
Bryan Herta
Townsend Bell

Test Driver:
Justin Wilson
Anthony Davidson
Marc Hynes

(again we're keeping the status quo driver-wise almost by default due to our sponsor requirements, though I'm surprised no one has tried to poach Jones yet considering his performances last year)

Benetton Arrows driver contract offers:

Driver 1:

Jenson Button
Alexander Wurz
Olivier Panis

Driver 2:

Fernando Alonso
Rubens Barrichello
Marc Gene

Driver 1:
Ralf Schumacher
Juan Pablo Montoya

Driver 2:
Rhys Davies (pending approval by Kevinbotz)
Juan Pablo Montoya (if not number 1)

Test drivers:

Jörg Müller
Antonio Pizzonia

Scuderia Ferrari

Driver 1
Michael Schumacher

Driver 2
Rhys Davies
Giancarlo Fisichella
Pedro de la Rosa

TD/Reserve (Sign 2 max)
Giancarlo Fisichella
Luca Badoer
Jarno Trulli
Marc Gené
Gianni Morbidelli

novitopoli wrote:Driver 1:
Ralf Schumacher
Juan Pablo Montoya

Driver 2:
Rhys Davies (pending approval by Kevinbotz)
Juan Pablo Montoya (if not number 1)

Test drivers:

Jörg Müller
Antonio Pizzonia

Pursuant to the existing pre-agreement between the relevant parties, Rhys Davies will drive for Williams for the 2001 season.

Seeing as no-one else wants to try and sign Jones he re-signs for another season with BAR.

Qantas Australian Grand Prix Qualifying
Qantas Australian Grand Prix Race (Fastest Lap: Rhys Davies, BMW-Williams - 1:30.073)
Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Qualifying
Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Race (Fastest Lap: Rhys Davies, BMW-Williams - 1:39.974)
Grande Prêmio do Brasil Qualifying
Grande Prêmio do Brasil Race (Fastest Lap: Michael Schumacher, Ferrari - 1:15.745)
Gran Premio Warsteiner di San Marino Qualifying
Gran Premio Warsteiner di San Marino Race (Fastest Lap: Nick Heidfeld, Sauber-Petronas - 1:25.235)

You may from now on request driver changes per private message or in the chatroom.

Here are the championship standings after four rounds:

Drivers' Championship After Four Rounds:
1. R. Schumacher 19
2. Fisichella 17
3. R. Davies 16
4. M. Schumacher 13
5. Christopherson 10
6. Hakkinen 6 (Best Result: 1x2nd, 3xDNF, result scored first)
7. J. Davies 6 (Best Result 1x2nd, 3xDNF, result scored second)
8. Trulli 5
9. Jones 4
10. Sarrazin 3
11. Coulthard 2
12. Irvine 1 (Best Result: 1x6th, 1x7th, 2x9th)
13. Villeneuve 1 (Best Result: 1x6th, 1x7th, 1x10th)
14. Heidfeld 1 (Best Result: 1x6th, 1x11th)

Constructors' Championship After Four Rounds:
1. Williams-BMW 35
2. Ferrari 30
3. Mclaren-Mercedes 16
4. Jordan-Honda 11
5. BAR-Honda 5
6. Prost-Mercedes 3 (Best Result: 1x4th)
7. Sauber-Petronas 3 (Best Result: 1x5th)
8. Jaguar-Cosworth 1
9. Arrows-Renault 0 (Best Result: 1x8th)
10. Minardi-European 0 (Best Result: 1x9th)

(This season's a lot closer than 2000...)

This Could Be You wrote:7. J. Davies 6 (Best Result 1x2nd, 3xDNF, result scored second)
8. Trulli 5

4. Jordan-Honda 10

TCBY pls

Reject_Dom wrote:

This Could Be You wrote:7. J. Davies 6 (Best Result 1x2nd, 3xDNF, result scored second)
8. Trulli 5

4. Jordan-Honda 10

TCBY pls

Well, I was within 91% of the correct answer
(It's fixed now- that's what you get for rushing mental maths!)

Gran Premio Marlboro de España Qualifying
Gran Premio Marlboro de España Race (Fastest Lap: Ralf Schumacher, BMW-Williams - 1:21.645)
Großer A1 Preis von Österreich Qualifying
Großer A1 Preis von Österreich Race (Fastest Lap: Rhys Davies, BMW-Williams - 1:10.313)
Grand Prix de Monaco Qualifying
Grand Prix de Monaco Race (Fastest Lap: Jack Christopherson, McLaren-Mercedes - 1:19.887)
Grand Prix Air Canada Qualifying
Grand Prix Air Canada Race (Fastest Lap: Rhys Davies, BMW-Williams - 1:19.420)

Drivers' Championship After Eight Rounds:
1. R. Schumacher 43
2. R. Davies 38
3. M. Schumacher 32
4. Fisichella 21
5. Christopherson 17
6. Hakkinen 12
7. J. Davies 9
8. Coulthard 8
9. Trulli 7
10. Irvine 5 (Best Result: 1x4th)
11. Jones 5 (Best Result: 2x5th)
12. Sarrazin 3 (Best Result: 1x4th)
13. Heidfeld 3 (Best Result: 1x5th)
14. Barrichello 2 (Best Result: 1x5th)
15. Villeneuve 2 (Best Result: 2x6th)
16. Alonso 1

Constructors' Championship After Eight Rounds:
1. Williams-BMW 81
2. Ferrari 53
3. Mclaren-Mercedes 29
4. Jordan-Honda 16
5. Sauber-Petronas 11
6. BAR-Honda 7
7. Prost-Mercedes 5 (Best Result: 1x4th, 1x5th)
8. Jaguar-Cosworth 5 (Best Result: 1x4th, 2x6th)
9. Arrows-Renault 1
10. Minardi-European 0 (Best Result: 1x9th)

(This has turned into a WILLIAMSWINSLOL slightly, though the increasingly likely prospect of a Schumacher-Schumacher title fight should be interesting at least)

Großer Warsteiner Preis von Europa Qualifying
Großer Warsteiner Preis von Europa Race (Fastest Lap: Rhys Davies, BMW-Williams - 1:19.570)
Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France Qualifying
Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France Race (Fastest Lap: Mika Häkkinen, McLaren-Mercedes - 1:15.007)
Foster's British Grand Prix Qualifying
Foster's British Grand Prix Race (Fastest Lap: Ralf Schumacher, BMW-Williams - 1:24.246)
Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland Qualifying
Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland Race (Fastest Lap: Sammy Jones, BAR-Honda - 1:41.450)

Drivers' Championship After Twelve Rounds:
1. R. Schumacher 59
2. R. Davies 52
3. M. Schumacher 39
4. Fisichella 27
5. Christopherson 36
6. Hakkinen 24
7. J. Davies 17
8. Jones 15
9. Coulthard 11
10. Trulli 7
11. Villeneuve 6 (Best Result: 1x3rd)
12. Sarrazin 6 (Best Result: 2x4th)
13. Irvine 6 (Best Result: 1x4th)
14. Heidfeld 3
15. Barrichello 2 (Best Result: 1x5th)
16. Alonso 1 (Best Result: 1x6th, 1x8th, 4x10th)
17. Button 1 (Best Result: 1x6th, 1x8th, 1x10th)

Constructors' Championship After Twelve Rounds:
1. Williams-BMW 111
2. Ferrari 66
3. Mclaren-Mercedes 60
4. Jordan-Honda 24
5. BAR-Honda 21
6. Sauber-Petronas 14
7. Prost-Mercedes 8
8. Jaguar-Cosworth 6
9. Arrows-Renault 2
10. Minardi-European 0 (Best Result: 1x7th)

Klon wrote:Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland Race (Fastest Lap: Sammy Jones, BAR-Honda - 1:41.450)

Oh yeah.

Marlboro Magyar Nagydij Qualifying
Marlboro Magyar Nagydij Race (Fastest Lap: Mika Häkkinen, McLaren-Mercedes - 1:15.591)
Foster's Belgian Grand Prix Qualifying
Foster's Belgian Grand Prix Race (Fastest Lap: Michael Schumacher, Ferrari - 1:50.234)
Gran Premio Campari d'Italia Qualifying
Gran Premio Campari d'Italia Race (Fastest Lap: Jack Christopherson, McLaren-Mercedes - 1:24.881)
SAP United States Grand Prix Qualifying
SAP United States Grand Prix Race (Fastest Lap: Mika Häkkinen, McLaren-Mercedes - 1:14.499)
Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix Qualifying
Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix Race (Fastest Lap: Michael Schumacher, Ferrari - 1:35.888)