AltF1 Turbo Era - 1982 - Ooh, Seven Is A Place On Earth

[pasta_maldonado]

Ligier updates for the new car
1 drag, 1 handling, 1 mass

You cannot upgrade the new car until after it has made its debut.

[Pinkd56]

Can arrows have a drag upgrade please

[pasta_maldonado]

1982 San Marino Grand Prix - Pre-Qualifying


1) Arrows-Renault 3:12.792
2) March-Rover 3:17.517
3) ATS-TAG 3:17.996

4) Toleman-Triumph 3:18.040

1982 San Marino West Grand Prix - Qualifying



1982 San Marino West Grand Prix - Race



Fastest Lap: Gilles Villeneuve - 1:37.327
Drive of the race: Vittorio Brambilla - dragging an Osella to not last is an achievement.
Honourable mention: Keke Rosberg - first victory for Tyrrell.
Reject of the race: Jean-Pierre Jarier - finished a lap down whilst his teammate finished P2 on the lead lap.

Lap Charts


Protesting
After each race, you can protest up to one team or driver (for now). To submit a protest, use the Google Form linked below. To confirm your protest has been lodged, please drop a post in the thread along the lines of "team X has lodged a protest against Driver Y at Z Grand Prix".

Link to protest form

Spreadsheet
Budgets have been updated.
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[Nessafox]

As Guy Ligier had overruled Ducarouge again to put on the upgrades before the race, tensions might be brewing between the two. Nevertheless Gérard can prove Guy wrong by doing good upgrades.

Ligier updates for the new car
1 drag, 1 handling, 1 mass

[Aislabie]

Penthouse Rover Grand Prix will be making the following upgrades to the brand-new Spartec 14 chassis:

• Grip 1 (£48,000)
• Handling 1 (£16,000)
• Drag 1 (£22,400)
• Mass 1 (£38,400)

[Klon]

User: Klon
Team: Marlboro McLaren International

G Upgrade: Y
H upgrade: Y
D upgrade: N
M upgrade: Y

[CaptainGetz12]

Osella lets go of Ricardo Londoño-Bridge, we're not impressed with his pace. We will make emergency offers to replace him in time for Belgium:

Driver: Roberto Guerrero
Wage: PD
Ask to find more money?: No
Contract length: N/A
Races: All remaining GP

Driver: Ingo Hoffmann
Wage: PD
Ask to find more money?: No
Contract length: N/A
Races: All remaining GP

Driver: David Kennedy
Wage: PD
Ask to find more money?: No
Contract length: N/A
Races: All remaining GP

Driver: Javier Scarpetta (DEC: Javi)
Wage: PD
Ask to find more money?: No
Contract length: N/A
Contract length: 6 races, with potential extension based on performance

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If money allows, Osella will buy upgrades too:
User: Getz
Team: Beta Osella Squadra Corse

G Upgrade: N
H upgrade: N
D upgrade: N
M upgrade: Y

[pasta_maldonado]

1982 Belgian Grand Prix - Pre-Qualifying


1) Ligier-Renault 2:36.147
2) Toleman-Triumph 2:44.65
3) ATS-TAG 2:44.776

4) Osella-Rover 2:47.418

1982 Belgian Grand Prix - Qualifying



1982 Belgian Grand Prix - Race



Fastest Lap: Andrea de Cesaris - 1:18.532
Drive of the race: Harvey Jones - didn't put a foot wrong all race.
Reject of the race: Jeremy-Etienne Voeckler - lazy trip into the T1 gravel ruined his race in the midfield.

Lap Charts


Protesting
After each race, you can protest up to one team or driver (for now). To submit a protest, use the Google Form linked below. To confirm your protest has been lodged, please drop a post in the thread along the lines of "team X has lodged a protest against Driver Y at Z Grand Prix".

Link to protest form

Spreadsheet
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[CaptainGetz12]

Due to unimpressive performances Osella is cancelling Vittorio Brambilla's contract effective immediately.

Osella will make the following contract offers:

Driver: John Watson
Wage: £3,000 /race (OR 50.000/season)
Ask to find more money?: N/A
Contract length: 2 Races
Contract length: Monaco GP, Mexican GP

Driver: Patrick Gaillard
Wage: PD
Ask to find more money?: No
Contract length: 6 Races
Contract Length: Monaco GP - German GP

Driver: Eje Elgh
Wage: PD
Ask to find more money?: No
Contract length: 6 Races
Contract Length: Monaco GP - German GP

Driver: Brian Henton
Wage: PD
Ask to find more money?: No
Contract length: 6 Races
Contract Length: Monaco GP - German GP

[Klon]

User: Klon
Team: Marlboro McLaren International

G Upgrade: Y
H upgrade: Y
D upgrade: Y
M upgrade: N

[Nuppiz]

User: Nuppiz
Team: ATS Kauhsen

G Upgrade: N
H upgrade: N
D upgrade: Y
M upgrade: N

[pasta_maldonado]

As pointed out by the venerable and esteemed Nuppiz, the upgrades tab hadn't been updated.

This has now been updated.

[Gertrand Bachot]

User: GB
Team: Alfa Romeo

G Upgrade: Y
H upgrade: Y
D upgrade: Y
M upgrade: Y

[Aislabie]

Rover state displeasure at Osella double-signing
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Following negotiations with their engine suppliers regarding the services of Rover factory driver Stephen South, sources within the team are publicly outraged by a process that has seen Osella name no announce no fewer than five drivers (Brambilla, Londono, Elgh - who will not drive, Guerrero, Elgh and Henton) before the circus even arrives in Monaco - this after confirmed contact with at least two further drivers (Watson and Gaillard).

This has all come as a great surprise to British Leyland, who made a handshake and written deal with the Italian squad to run South in their line-up from Monaco onwards.

"This is frankly shocking from the Osella team," said one senior source within the company, "what with this and Osella's prior non-compliance with our request regarding the promotion of our MG marque, this is a business relationship at breaking point."

What's more, the engine supplier has issued an ultimatum to the Italian team: "Either Osella runs Stephen South in one of its cars starting from Monaco, or it will very soon find itself without a supply of engines and have only itself to blame."

This author can confirm the veracity of the written communications between the Osella team and Rover-Hart engine programme. Further news will follow when we have it.

Out of character: Rover absolutely mean what they say. They see this as a last chance to save a crumbling working relationship with Osella.

[Gertrand Bachot]

We at Alfa Romeo view the recent ongoings involving Rover and the traitorous backstabbing no-good swines at Osella with a mixture of amusement and vindication. Ever since early last year when the little scamming scrotes wrongfully slammed the door shut at the very last second on a deal they had hitherto agreed to, we have made it one of our missions to help bring them down. This saga with Stephen South on top of the aforementioned event should serve as proof of the legitimacy of our stance, and send a stark warning to all other teams about the conduct of this cowboy outfit. Make it clear, nobody should trade with these shysters.

The sooner the fine sport of Formula One is ridden of these conniving charlatans, the sooner it shall prosper. Death to Osella!

[Salamander]

Ah, you need good performance engines at cheap price on short notice? Look no further! I can provide powerful Formula-1 certified motors at prices so low, you also will be calling me 'crazy'!

[Nessafox]

Well ve probably got a few old Matra blocks for spare, however you must sign Pascal Fabre to get hem, hon.

[Solana7]

March to once again upgrade grip and handling

[pasta_maldonado]

1982 Monaco Grand Prix - Pre-Qualifying


1) Ligier-Renault 2:48.759
2) Osella-Rover 2:58.662
3) Toleman-Triumph 2:59.279

4) ATS-TAG 3:00.249

1982 Monaco Grand Prix - Qualifying



1982 Monaco Grand Prix - Race



Fastest Lap: Alain Prost - 1:
Drive of the race: Phillippe Streiff - Running P4 when another Ligier grenade detonated.
Reject of the race: Clay Regazzoni - Pitted early for damage of his own making, and then couldn't pass back markers.

Lap Charts


Protesting
After each race, you can protest up to one team or driver (for now). To submit a protest, use the Google Form linked below. To confirm your protest has been lodged, please drop a post in the thread along the lines of "team X has lodged a protest against Driver Y at Z Grand Prix".

Link to protest form

Spreadsheet
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[pasta_maldonado]

"Scarpetta must race", rules Mexican Court
A judge in Mexico City has ruled that Javier Scarpetta should take up his Osella seat for the Mexican Grand Prix, or the Italian squad will see their cars impounded. The ruling comes after Scarpetta was denied an outing in the Monaco Grand Prix, with engine supplier Rover pulling the strings to install Stephen South in the car after Scarpetta had signed a contract with Osella.

A source for Rover was quoted as saying "actions have consequences".

OOC: If Osella want to agree with the court ruling and run Scarpetta, they must either fire Guerrero or run Scarpetta in place of South.
If Osella do not want to agree with the court ruling, they will keep their line-up of Guerrero and South for at least another Grand Prix

Warwick handed race ban, Spartec fined

Spartec-Rover driver Derek Warwick has been handed a race ban for the Mexican Grand Prix by the stewards for his part in a collision with the Arrows of Thierry Boutsen at the Monaco Grand Prix. "The driver of car #30 was found to have driven erratically" the stewards ruled.

Spartec-Rover have the opportunity to appeal before the Mexico Grand Prix

Spartec lodge appeal against Warwick ban

Spartec-Rover have appealed the decision to ban Derek Warwick for one race. The team have provided evidence to FISA that, in their view, proves that Jean-Pierre Jarier committed the same offence.

In a press release, team owner Bob Sparshott said "We demand consistency: either both drivers should be disqualified or neither should."

[pasta_maldonado]

Engine upgrades
Engine manufacturers can begin to upgrade their engines in a similar manner to last season. See below for the full rules.

- There are 10 engine tokens that can be spent in-season
- Users will request how their tokens should be spent via Discord PM
- I will keep track of the tokens spent
- Each token will take 1 Grand Prix weekend to develop.
- You can use a maximum of 3 tokens each Grand Prix weekend, with a maximum allocation of 2 tokens per category per race weekend.
- Each token spent to upgrade a category will give you a small deficit in a different category.
- NEW: Each token has a value of 1/10 of the deficit to the maximum permitted value in each category. For example, if manufacturer A has a race bhp of 450, and the maximum for the season (set by me) is 500, they have a deficit of 50. Each token will therefore be worth 5 race bhp.
- NEW: Upgrades can be made available to customer teams, at a cost of whatever price the manufacturer deems fit. Subject to my approval
- NEW: I have reset all token spends to 0. Any upgrades have been incorporated into the base values.

Engine Spreadsheet

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing]Link[/url] in case table does not work properly for you.

Spending tokens
Remember, engine manufacturers need to submit their engine token spends via Discord PM.

[pasta_maldonado]

As an addendum, given we are approximately half-way through the season, I will raise the amount of tokens that can be spent until the Mexican GP to four tokens, three in any one category.

I am planning to run the race on Tuesday.

Engine manufacturers can request these via Discord PM.

[Frogfoot9013]

Upgrades for the Renault engine:
3x Race BHP tokens
1x Quali BHP token

[Dom_Wings]

User: Dom
Team: Penthouse BMW Team Tyrrell

G Upgrade: N
H upgrade: Y
D upgrade: Y
M upgrade: N

[pi314159]

Upgrades for the Honda engine:
2x Race BHP tokens
2x Quali BHP token

Williams Upgrades:
G Upgrade: Y
H upgrade: Y
D upgrade: Y
M upgrade: Y

[pasta_maldonado]

A quick rules update - manufacturers should post their engine token spend here moving forwards.

I will continue to only send the current stats of the engine via discord PM.

[Dom_Wings]

smh my head

BMW tokens:
2x Race BHP
2x Reliability

[Frentzen127]

TAG tokens:
3x Qualy BHP
1x Race BHP

[Aislabie]

For Rover: 3x driveability (race)

[Klon]

Upgrades for the Renault engine:
3x Race BHP tokens
1x Quali BHP token

In agreement with Renault, Marlboro McLaren International will also receive the updated Renault engine for the price of £25,000 per token spend, i.e. for this upgrade a total sum of £100,000

[Nuppiz]

ATS Kauhsen sacks team manager

ATS Kauhsen have announced that their team manager Jürgen Strunz has been sacked following a string of disappointing results, which have also caused problems with the team's finances. We were unable to reach Günter Schmid or WIlli Kauhsen for a comment on Strunz's possible successor.

OOC: I'm leaving ATS in the capable hands of Salamander.

[Salamander]

OOC: I'm leaving ATS in the capable* hands of Salamander.

*Citation needed.

To be clear, yes, I will be controlling ATS from this point forward.

[Aislabie]

Following the Mexican GP, Rover will once again invest in 3x driveability (race)

[Salamander]

ATS Kauhsen Appoint New Team Manager
Following the sudden dismissal of ATS Kaushen's former Team Manager, Jürgen Strunz, the team has rapidly announced his successor - one Dietrich Franz Armbrüster. An unknown amongst the F1 paddock, Armbrüster, 47, seems to have little experience within any kind of motorsports, having spent most of his working life at the Heckler & Koch firearms company. After working for ten years as a sales manager, Armbrüster abruptly left the company 2 years ago, instead taking a position at the Hockenheimring as the track manager there.

Paddock experts anticipated the German outfit to take their time in choosing a successor, with many believing Günter Schmid may attempt to reprise the role himself, having acted as Team Manager previously - but no-one has ever accused Schmid of taking even the halfway-sensible option before, and it seems he will not be breaking that reputation anytime soon. In the announcement, Schmid declared that, "the time for turnarounds is now," and that "ATS Kauhsen will be achieving podium results as soon as early next year". Willi Kauhsen was unavailable for comment.

Armbrüster himself stated the following:
"I am very grateful to Günter and Willi for giving me this opportunity of a lifetime. Certainly, I have always been a fanatic of Formula 1, and it has been a great pleasure to work at the Hockenheimring, and now to be named Team Manager for ATS Kauhsen... it is like a dream come true. Of course, the team results this season have been disappointing, but I have already spoken at length with Günter and Willi, and we are all in agreement that we will be pursuing an aggressive course of action to fully seize the potential of the team. I have already identified several points on which we can improve, and I expect we will be seeing a rapid improvement later in the season, before we begin the charge to victory in 1983."

When questioned on the details of these improvements, Armbrüster declined to elaborate. While there is undoubtedly room for improvement within the ATS Kauhsen team, it is difficult to see how a team which produced aerodynamics comparable to a brick can suddenly turn around and become a threat for podiums and wins - especially when the team arguably already has a pair of capable drivers at the wheel. But, as the inimitable Murray Walker so often likes to say, anything can happen in Formula 1 - and it usually does.

Looking at everything, ATS Kauhsen is doomed to die within a couple of seasons at best - so yeah, I'm here for a good time, not a long time.

That said, Günter Schmid is reportedly 'extremely upset' with the performances of Arnoux and Winkelhock, and Armbrüster also believes there is 'room for improvement' in that department. As such, they would like to enquire as to how much money the following drivers would be able to bring to the table:

Brett Lunger
Jan Lammers
Rupert Keegan
Christian Danner
Rolf Stommelen
Satoru Nakajima
Johnny Cecotto
Gianfranco Brancatelli
Michael Bleekemolen
Raul Boesel
Eliseo Salazar
Kevin Cogan
Hector Rebaque
Chico Serra
Harald Ertl
Slim Borgudd
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Geoff Lees
Kenny Acheson
Teo Fabi
Corrado Fabi
Mauro Baldi
Beppe Gabbiani
Jo Gartner
Siegried Stohr
Miguel Ángel Guerra
Richard Dallest
Eje Elgh
Piero Necchi
Carlo Rossi
Anne-Charlotte Verney
Arie Luyendyk
Jim Crawford
Anders Olofsson
Thierry Tassin
Frank Jelinski
Rad Dougall
Alberto Colombo
Franz Konrad
Fritz Glatz, AKA "James Bald", and "Umberto Calvo"

Yes, I am throwing absolutely everything at the wall and seeing what sticks. No, I am not expecting half of these drivers to qualify for Tier 2 driver status, let alone find enough money to plug the massive holes in ATS' finances.

[Salamander]

All-New Driving Lineup for ATS Kauhsen!
Interesting scenes unfolded on Friday, as the F1 paddock convened to begin practice for this year's Detroit Grand Prix. Following on from Dietrich Armbrüster's hiring as team manager for ATS Kauhsen, it seems the former Hockenheimring track manager has wasted no time in implementing his "aggressive course of action to fully seize the potential of the team". His course of action was, in fact, so aggressive and sudden, that ATS Kauhsen's drivers - well, former drivers - were completely unaware. At least, until they showed up at the garage, where they were promptly shouted out of the paddock entirely by an irate Günter Schmid.

Indeed, the future F1 careers of Manfred Winkelhock and René Arnoux are now very much in doubt, as they find themselves forced to pay for their own flights home - Winkelhock himself offering the following quote to Rejectsport:

"It is heartbreaking, I gave everything I could to this team and they have repaid me like this. I know we have had a disappointing start to the season, but to treat people like this... I just can't believe it. I feel heartbroken."

Armbrüster declined to comment on the manner of the dismissal of the teams' former drivers, citing it as an "internal matter". He was, however, very bullish on their replacements - two young South American talents. The first is Chilean Eliseo Salazar, returning to the F1 paddock after driving for Toleman for the majority of 1981, before a horrific crash during the Swiss Grand Prix sidelined him for the final 3 races of the year - and indeed, it was only in the past few days that Salazar announced that he would be able to begin racing again. Brazilian Raul Boesel, who came 3rd in British Formula 3 last year, will be filling in the other seat, making his Formula 1 debut in the process.

"I am very happy to be able to welcome two bright young stars to the Formula 1 paddock today," Armbrüster stated. "Both Raul and Eliseo have shown they have incredible talent, and the will to win. I have no doubt that they will be the foundation for the unprecedented success that ATS Kauhsen will soon be showing."

Many paddock insiders are doubtful that Armbrüsters words will ring even the slightest bit true, but stranger things have happened in F1... probably.