QuickSim: Alternate F1 - The Manufacturer Era - 2004 Season

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QuickSim: Alternate F1 - The Manufacturer Era - 2004 Season

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The Simulator

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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 pick from two from five drivers provided by me. Selection will be made in WCC finishing order.

The Teams

10 teams for 2003, 2 cars per team. Those 10 teams have been determined by the needs of the canon and previous developments:

Williams (novitopoli)
Ferrari (biscione)
McLaren (petoli)
Renault (kevinbotz)
Toyota (Pilot)
Jaguar (pinkd56)
BAR (This Could Be You)
Jordan (reject_dom)
Sauber (wizzie)
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 still know how a Formula One race works. One-lap qualifying returns for 2004.

The Points System

The point system is 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1

The Race Calendar

For 2004, the calendar is very unusual. The threatened boycott of races based in the EU because of the introduction of the European Arrest Warrant has become a disheartening reality. Therefore, with the sole exception of the Monaco Grand Prix, all European races ended up being cancele and, with the quick fixes of the Argentinian and Pacific Grands Prix thrown in, we are looking at a thin 12-race calendar (which will turn into an 11-race calendar later in 2004).

See the wiki (soon) for updates

I hereby ask all team owners to report back to the series.[/quote]
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Sauber will return for another year
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BAR will try to make 2004 a better year for us than 2003 or 2002, although that isn't hard.
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Jaguar returns.
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Toyota returns.
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Minardi says yay for another year.
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Renault reporting in.
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Jordan's death spiral will continue in 2004.
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Mclaren will be on the grid for 2004.
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Williams returns, of course.
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This year, you all are gonna be witness to the greatest title fight in history. For so long, everyone has thought that Michael Schumacher is the greatest driver in the world, the greatest in history. Oh, he does sooooo many awesome drives, he destroys every teammate he's come up againnnnnst! But that's a load of crap! He can't be the greatest - 'cause he's not me! I'm the best! And I'm gonna finally prove it this year once and for all!

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Ferrari's new signing James James Davies has wagged plenty of tounges and caused much controversy in his career, and the Ferrari launch was no exception. Just hours after announcing himself as the pre-season favourite for the 2004 crown, it's been revealed that he's already ruffled feathers within the team.

It's being reported that Davies and reigning Formula 3000 champion, and Ferrari junior driver, Daniel Melrose got in a war of words at the after-party at the venue. While it's unknown who or what started the argument, it's believed drinks were thrown before one of the individuals was removed from the venue. Ferrari have understandably tried to keep the incident quiet, but repercussions for the incident are expected to be handed out internally.
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I was wondering, for canonical story purposes, can I offer an original driver to be added as a test driver here?
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aggi wrote:I was wondering, for canonical story purposes, can I offer an original driver to be added as a test driver here?

You can make one up, but it's better to wait for 2005 if you want to do it, and if then there's the small matter of actually getting them into a team.
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aggi wrote:I was wondering, for canonical story purposes, can I offer an original driver to be added as a test driver here?

You can make one up, but it's better to wait for 2005 if you want to do it, and if then there's the small matter of actually getting them into a team.

Ah, good to know. Thanks!
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As Klon has sadly left, can I assume that this series should be put on hold for further notice? :(

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Pilot wrote:As Klon has sadly left, can I assume that this series should be put on hold for further notice? :(

(we miss you Klon <3 )

Until someone picks up the carsets he left behind in his departing post, that is indeed the case. And given how low we're running on people actually being interested in running series, it may take some time before this resumes.
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Nuppiz wrote:
Pilot wrote:As Klon has sadly left, can I assume that this series should be put on hold for further notice? :(

(we miss you Klon <3 )

Until someone picks up the carsets he left behind in his departing post, that is indeed the case. And given how low we're running on people actually being interested in running series, it may take some time before this resumes.

I personally would be interested in continuing this series on, but a number of factors prevent me from doing this.
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I would volunteer to at least finish out 2004, but uh, I have personal biases getting in the way here. :P
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I might finish the season (doubtful about 2005 onward though), but it will have to wait until at least the end of May, so if anyone else volunteers to do so in the meantime I won't stop you. Same with 2019.
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I wouldn't mind taking it over for at least this season
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I am taking control back for this: however, I will do away with the illusion of managing and just take care of 2005-2009 myself.

Here is the 2004 Season for your pleasure.
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Ford Press Office wrote:We are sad to announce that the Ford Motor Company will no longer compete in Formula One in any capacity from the end of this season. The future of Jaguar Racing F1 Team and Cosworth will be announced in due course.


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