Grand Prix Rejects

Ataxia wrote:Now that I've had a bit of a break, I'm considering keeping this going after all. There's going to be a period of time where things get really busy for me (looking at you, Paul Ricard-Red Bull Ring-Silverstone triple-header), but I'll be upfront as and when that happens.

I'll update budgets when I have a minute, and press on with things after the Azerbaijan GP. Sound okay?

I'd be fine with it, though NAF4 may need to change its calendar again to match more with Indycar

Good to have you back and I look forward to seeing season 2 of this series!

pasta_maldonado wrote:

Ataxia wrote:Now that I've had a bit of a break, I'm considering keeping this going after all. There's going to be a period of time where things get really busy for me (looking at you, Paul Ricard-Red Bull Ring-Silverstone triple-header), but I'll be upfront as and when that happens.

I'll update budgets when I have a minute, and press on with things after the Azerbaijan GP. Sound okay?

Christmas in April?

...Is called Easter.

Okay, so, if I could ask our current crop of team managers to check in, and then I'll get the ball rolling on driver signings next week.

Furthermore, I'd also like people interested in running Indy 500 one-off entries to apply. Current team owners can add an extra car, and those currently not involved can also ask for an entry. (I'll go through the details of how to turn your application into a fully signed & sealed entry over the coming weeks, so I wouldn't lock yourselves into drivers just yet...)

Dale Coyne Racing reporting for duty, sir

We'd also like to apply for a third car for the Indianapolis 500, under the banner of Coyne Team Pelfrey running the #81

I am unfortunately going to give up Andretti. If I may suggest a successor, I would like pinkd56 to go from managing the Herta minor team to managing all of Andretti.

Since Special Ed has decided to race this year's Indy 500 with three cars, I assume it wouldn't be a bad idea to replicate it here.

Klon wrote:I am unfortunately going to give up Andretti. If I may suggest a successor, I would like pinkd56 to go from managing the Herta minor team to managing all of Andretti.

That's a shame, but thanks for being a part of it all! Door's always open for a 500 entry if you're up for it.

Thanks to ARWS not racing at all in May beyond the first weekend, Voeckler hopes to enter a technical partnership with a major team to field its own single car entry, with Dan Greenlaw at the wheel.

I'd like an entry for the 500.

Team Bachot will attempt to field an Indy 500 entry, hoping a more prolific team will help us in this, and we will attempt to field Michael Rohnstock (pending CaptainGetz's permission). Failing that, we'll just field Jean-Maxime Bachot instead.

Team Penske checking in.

Underhill would like to enter the #6 into the 500 once more. They are interesting in fielding John Hunter Nemechek.

And yeah, Cassidy is coming back.

I'm back in with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing for the Indy 500 and with Carlin.

Rahal checking in and ready to rock

I'll be running Juncos Racing for the Indy 500 if that's OK.

Foyt's still in here.

SPM checking in.

Excited for this to get going!

I'll stick my hand up for running an Indy 500 entry for Stewart-Haas Racing.

Right, let's open full-season driver signings. To repeat...

First of all, as last year, your sponsors will front you the cash to sign their desired drivers. If you fail to meet the given criteria, you'll be forced to pay the sponsor of that given car their money back in full.

Currently, budgets for the signing process are:
AJ Foyt - $5,842,000
Andretti - $16,862,000
Carlin - $4,642,000
Cassidy - $3,142,000
Ganassi - $13,892,000
Dale Coyne - $3,692,000
Ed Carpenter - $1,642,000
Penske - $19,552,000
RLL - $8,442,000
SPM - $3,702,000

Regular and Promoted drivers must be paid a minimum of $1m (unless otherwise stated in the Driver Discounts tab) for a season. IndyCar will cover some of the budget for Promoted drivers, eg. if you offer the minimum $1m to Promoted Driver A, you'll get $500k back at the end of the signing process.

Pay-drivers do not require a wage, instead they just need to be offered the seat. You can only sign pay-drivers if you explicitly stated your wish to in the sponsor signing phase (ie. Cassidy #65, SPM #7, ECR #21).

You may wish to modify your bids for a driver having seen your competition, but you must do that with a separate post instead of editing your original post (I will be keeping track of bids).

Alternatively, if you intend to sign more than one driver to drive the car over the year, then you must state the overall wage you wish to pay and then offer drivers individually the chance to drive for a part of the season.

Top-level regular drivers have a high chance of declining drives if a derisory salary is offered.

Fictional drivers:
Drivers must be paid a minimum of $1m for a season as a base fee. Each fictional driver will be assigned a tier, and this reflects the past successes of a driver. The tiers will also be assigned a multiplier, which multiplies the base wage to a figure more representative of the driver's ability. These are as follows:

Tier 1 (Title or regular race winner in top-level series) - 2.5x
Tier 2 (Occasional race winner/frequent point scorer in top/mid-level series) - 2.0x
Tier 3 (Proven points-scorer in mid-level series) - 1.5x
Tier 4 (Scrubs) - 1.0x

Note: Ashley Cassidy is not subject to the multiplier if she is offered the Cassidy Racing drive.

Link to the everything spreadsheet



Regions



NEW FEATURE: SCOUTING

You may PM me a selection of three drivers who you are interested in, and I will be able to provide you with a rating score out of 100. This score is a function of their combined qualifying and race performances in GP2. Last year, the ratings ranged between 85/100 and 54/100 (obvs, the higher the better). You may purchase a fourth scout slot for $100k.

Ratings can go up and down between seasons, following good results.

--- First Driver ---
Car No: 20 (ovals)
Driver Choice #1: Ed Carpenter
Offered Wage: 200k

Car No: 20 (RC)
Driver Choice #1: Robert Wickens
Offered Wage: 1m

Car No: 20 (RC)
Driver Choice #2: Mike Conway
Offered Wage: 1m

Car No: 20 (RC)
Driver Choice #3: Spencer Pigot
Offered Wage: 1m

--- Second Driver ---
Car No: 21
Driver Choice #1: Nicholas Latifi
Offered Wage: PD

Car No: 21
Driver Choice #2: Sergio Sette Camara
Offered Wage: PD

Car No: 21
Driver Choice #3: Max Chilton
Offered Wage: PD

As previously agreed:

—- First Driver ---
Car No: 5
Driver Choice #1: Ryan McReynolds
Offered Wage: Minimum wage for his tier
DEC holder: Miguel98

--- Second Driver ---
Car No: 7
Driver Choice #1: Jack Christopherson Jr.
Offered Wage: PD

SPM would also like to apply for a third entry st the Indy 500. Pending Biscione’s approval, this would be #55 and would be driven by Jack Christopherson Sr. under the “SPM Christopherson Racing” banner.

--- First Driver ---
Car No: 64
Driver Choice #1: Ashley Cassidy
Offered Wage: 1m

--- Second Driver ---
Car No: 65
Driver Choice #1: Nicholas Latifi
Offered Wage: gib shekels

Car No: 65
Driver Choice #2: Max Chilton
Offered Wage: gib shekels

Car No: 65
Driver Choice #3: Carlos Huertas
Offered Wage: gib shekels

Car No: 65
Driver Choice #4: Juan Piedrehita
Offered Wage: gib shekels

No changes, since the sponsorship is already in place

—- First Driver ---
Car No: 15
Driver Choice #1: Graham Rahal
Offered Wage: Minimum
DEC holder: none

--- Second Driver ---
Car No: 16
Driver Choice #1: Esteban Guerrieri
Offered Wage: Minimum

Bids for car #18 will be announced at a later date

--- Second Driver ---
Car No: 19
Driver Choice #1: Santino Ferrucci
Offered Wage: $1 million

Car No: 19
Driver Choice #2: Sage Karam
Offered Wage: $1 million

--- First Driver ---
Car No: 18
Driver Choice #1: Alexander Rossi
Offered Wage: $1 million

Car No: 18
Driver Choice #2: Jack Harvey
Offered Wage: $1 million

Car No: 18
Driver Choice #3: Kyle Kaiser
Offered Wage: $1 million

Car No: 18
Driver Choice #4: RC Enerson
Offered Wage: $1 million

pasta_maldonado wrote:SPM would also like to apply for a third entry st the Indy 500. Pending Biscione’s approval, this would be #55 and would be driven by Jack Christopherson Sr. under the “Christopherson Racing with SPM” banner.

S'cool.

--- First Driver ---
Car No: 98
Driver Choice #1: Colton Herta
Offered Wage: 400k

Driver Choice #2: Marco Andretti
Offered Wage: 1m

Driver Choice #3: Santino Ferrucci
Offered Wage: 1m

Pinkd56 wrote:--- First Driver ---
Car No: 98
Driver Choice #1: Colton Herta
Offered Wage: 400k

Driver Choice #2: Marco Andretti
Offered Wage: 1m

Driver Choice #3: Santino Ferrucci
Offered Wage: 1m

As Klon has withdrawn, you're able to take on Andretti if you'd like to.

--- First Driver ---
Car No: #2
Driver Choice #1: Simon Pagenaud
Offered Wage: $2,500,000

--- Second Driver ---
Car No: #3
Driver Choice #1: Will Power
Offered Wage: $2,500,000

--- Third Driver ---
Car No: #12
Driver Choice #1: James Hinchcliffe
Offered Wage: $2,500,000

--- Fourth Driver ---

Car No: #22
Driver Choice #1: Thomas de Bock
Offered Wage: $2,500,000
DEC holder: tommykl

--- First Driver ---
Car No: #26
Driver Choice #1: Felipe Massa
Offered Wage: $2.2m

Driver Choice #2: Sébastien Bourdais
Offered Wage: $2.2m

--- Second Driver ---
Car No: #27
Driver Choice #1: Marco Andretti
Offered Wage: $1m

--- Third Driver ---
Car No: #28
Driver Choice #1: Simon Pagenaud
Offered Wage: $2,800,000

Driver Choice #2: Scott Dixon
Offered Wage: $2,800,000

Driver Choice #3: Ryan Hunter-Reay
Offered Wage: $2,800,000

Driver Choice #4: Will Power
Offered Wage: $2,800,000

Andretti-Herta (now held by Bachot) will keep the same bids, unless he wants to change.

Right, no different drivers, just a slight shakeup in the order of preference.
--- First Driver ---
Car No: 98

Driver Choice #1: Alexander Rossi
Offered Wage: $2,500,000

Driver Choice #2: Josef Newgarden
Offered Wage: $2,500,000

Driver Choice #3: Colton Herta
Offered Wage: $400,000

Carlin options:
--- First Driver ---
Car No: 11
Driver Choice #1: Ed Jones
Offered Wage: 1.3 million

Car No: 11
Driver Choice #2: Felix Roseqnvist
Offered Wage: 1.2 million

Car No: 11
Driver Choice #3: Ferdinand Habsburg
Offered Wage: 1 million

--- Second Driver ---
Car No: 13
Driver Choice #1: Max Verstappen
Offered Wage: 2.5 million

Car No: 13
Driver Choice #1: António Félix da Costa
Offered Wage: 1 million

Car No: 13
Driver Choice #2: Raffaele Marciello
Offered Wage: 1 million

Car No: 13
Driver Choice #3: Alex Lynn
Offered Wage: 1 million

Ganassi will try to sign the following drivers for their four cars:

#8:
Driver Choice #1: Ryan Hunter-Reay
Offered Wage: $3,000,000

#9
Driver Choice #1: Josef Newgarden
Offered Wage: $2,500,000

Driver Choice #2: Robert Wickens
Offered Wage: $2,000,000

#10
Driver Choice #1: Patricio O'Ward
Offered Wage: $1,500,000

Driver Choice #2: Sergio Perez
Offered Wage: $1,500,000

#83
Driver Choice #1: Carlos Munoz
Offered Wage: $2,000,000

Driver Choice #2: Lance Stroll
Offered Wage: $2,000,000

Driver Choice #3: Sebastien Bourdais
Offered Wage: $2,000,000

If anyone needs a driver, I offer F2 regular Tanner Jason to anyone who needs a driver.

Before driver choices are locked in; AutoReject 3.5 runner-up Mineiro is available for teams that aren't terrible.

DemocalypseNow wrote:Before driver choices are locked in; AutoReject 3.5 runner-up Mineiro is available for teams that aren't terrible.

Andretti Herta would be willing to sign him assuming Rossi and Newgarden don't sign, and for the same wage of $2.5m. Would that work?

Dale Coyne will update their bids for the #18 car as follows:

Car No: 18
Driver Choice #1: Scott Dixon
Offered Wage: $2.5 million

Car No: 18
Driver Choice #2: Alexander Rossi
Offered Wage: $1 million

Car No: 18
Driver Choice #3: Jack Harvey
Offered Wage: $1 million

Car No: 18
Driver Choice #4: Kyle Kaiser
Offered Wage: $1 million

Car No: 18
Driver Choice #5: RC Enerson
Offered Wage: $1 million

Dale Coyne would also like to add the following driver bids to the #19 car in addition to the existing bids

Car No: 19
Driver Choice #3: Neil Verhagen
Offered Wage: $1 million

Car No: 19
Driver Choice #4: Ryan Tveter
Offered Wage: $1 million

Foyt have until after the Monaco F1 weekend to get their signings in.

Carlin options:
--- First Driver ---
Car No: 11
Driver Choice #1: Ed Jones
Offered Wage: 1.3 million

Car No: 11
Driver Choice #2: Felix Roseqnvist
Offered Wage: 1.2 million

Car No: 11
Driver Choice #3: Ferdinand Habsburg
Offered Wage: 1 million

--- Second Driver ---
Car No: 13
Driver Choice #1: Max Verstappen
Offered Wage: 2.5 million

Car No: 13
Driver Choice #2: António Félix da Costa
Offered Wage: 1 million

Car No: 13
Driver Choice #3: Raffaele Marciello
Offered Wage: 1 million

Car No: 13
Driver Choice #4: Alex Lynn
Offered Wage: 1 million