FORCDA 2010 Season
Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by Wizzie » 18 May 2012, 13:23
LAPPY! Where the hell are ya? I'm bored out of my bathplugging mind in Business
Martin Brundle, at the 2005 San Marino GP wrote:You can sort of imagine in four or five years time talking about these guys we've got on the front two rows of the grid today, can't you? They're very much the future of Grand Prix Racing.
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by Phoenix » 18 May 2012, 23:56
Using the forums to chat with the Masked Lapwing? This is disloyal competence 
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by Wizzie » 27 May 2012, 15:01
Round 17 - Korea
Qualifying:
There was always something strange about this weekend as the track was only just completed in time, practice was rained out for the most part and the new champ Daniel Melrose had already written off a car just as it started to dry out on Friday. Melrose's miserable weekend continued into Saturday as he simply couldn't get the car hooked up at all around the new circuit, which eventually translated to a dismal 18th on the grid. He did have company however as the two Williamses were having an equally torrid time with 16th (Davies) and 17th (Kovalainen) to show for their efforts. Up front and it was Sebastien Bourdais on pole yet again ahead of Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso. The Renaults took full advantage of their immediate rivals running into trouble to lock out row four whilst the two Lotuses collided heavily with each other which meant both of them would start behind the two HRTs.
Grid:
1. S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault)
2. J. Button (McLaren-Mercedes)
3. F. Alonso (Ferrari)
4. S. Vettel (RBR-Renault)
5. L. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)
6. P. McAllister (Ferrari)
7. R. Kubica (Renault)
8. S. Jones (Renault)
9. N. Rosberg (Mercedes)
10. N. McKane (Force India-Mercedes)
11. K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari)
12. A. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes)
13. D. Simpson (BMW Sauber-Ferrari)
14. S. Buemi (STR-Ferrari)
15. J. Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari)
16. R. Davies (Williams-Cosworth)
17. H. Kovalainen (Williams-Cosworth)
18. D. Melrose (Mercedes)
19. A. Rees (HRT-Cosworth)
20. M. Webber (HRT-Cosworth)
21. B. Senna (Lotus-Cosworth)
22. T. Glock (Lotus-Cosworth)
Race:
In the heat of the moment after the race, Daniel Melrose swore that he'd never drive in Korea ever again and, judging by the way he simply couldn't get the car to steer or brake to his liking all weekend, most could understand why as he struggled into 8th place and 4 hard-earned but ultimately unnecessary points. Interestingly enough, Melrose's teammate Nico Rosberg was having no such problems on his way to 4th by race end but with Fernando Alonso romping away with things and the two McLarens putting in solid performances, a podium was always unlikely for either of the works Mercedes cars. Sebastien Bourdais bogged down at the start and made little impression from that point onwards whilst Phoenix McAllister and Sebastian Vettel were even quieter on their way to 6th and 7th. Kamui Kobayashi gave Melrose a real fright by the end of the race by nearly catching and passing the World Champion for 8th whilst Sammy Jones rounded out the points in 10th.
1. F. Alonso (Ferrari): 1h 36m 14.167
2. L. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes): +7.912
3. J. Button (McLaren-Mercedes): +14.473
4. N. Rosberg (Mercedes): +22.559
5. S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault): +29.107
6. P. McAllister (Ferrari): +37.349
7. S. Vettel (RBR-Renault): +43.496
8. D. Melrose (Mercedes): +1:17.750
9. K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): +1:18.109
10. S. Jones (Renault): +1:20.577
11. N. McKane (Force India-Mercedes): +1:27.130
12. J. Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari): +1:29.159
13. S. Buemi (STR-Ferrari): +1:36.048
14. H. Kovalainen (Williams-Cosworth): +1:36.524
15. R. Davies (Williams-Cosworth): +1:36.810
16. R. Kubica (Renault): +1:36.999
17. D. Simpson (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): +1:37.227
18. T. Glock (Lotus-Cosworth): +1 LAP
19. A. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes): +1 LAP
20. A. Rees (HRT-Cosworth): +2 LAPS
21. B. Senna (Lotus-Cosworth): +2 LAPS
22. M. Webber (HRT-Cosworth): +2 LAPS
Pole: S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault): 1:39.529
Fastest Lap: F. Alonso (Ferrari): 1:41.310
Leaders: F. Alonso: 1-55 (Total: 55)
Championship Standings:
Drivers:
1. D. Melrose (Mercedes): 272 points (7 wins, 3 3rds) (World Champion)
2. F. Alonso (Ferrari): 194 points (2 wins, 3 2nds)
3. S. Vettel (RBR-Renault): 174 points (2 wins, 4 2nds, 3 3rds)
4. P. McAllister (Ferrari): 169 points (1 win, 2 2nds, 1 3rd)
5. S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault): 155 points (3 wins, 1 2nd, 2 3rds)
6. L. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes): 154 points (4 2nds, 2 3rds)
7. J. Button (McLaren-Mercedes): 135 points (1 2nd, 3 3rds)
8. N. Rosberg (Mercedes): 108 points (Best Result: 4 4ths)
9. S. Jones (Renault): 100 points (1 win, 2 2nds, 1 3rd)
10. R. Davies (Williams-Cosworth): 96 points (1 win, 1 3rd)
11. R. Kubica (Renault): 41 points (Best Result: 2 5ths)
12. N. McKane (Force India-Mercedes): 31 points (1 3rd)
13. K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): 22 points (Best Result: 1 5th)
14. A. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes): 21 points (Best Result: 3 8ths)
15. D. Simpson (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): 20 points (Best Result: 1 4th)
16. H. Kovalainen (Williams-Cosworth): 13 points (Best Result: 1 6th)
17. S. Buemi (STR-Ferrari): 4 points (Best Result: 1 8th)
18. J. Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari): 4 points (Best Result: 2 9ths)
19. T. Glock (Lotus-Cosworth): 3 points (Best Result: 1 9th)
20. B. Senna (Lotus-Cosworth): 1 point (Best Result: 1 10th)
Constructors:
1. Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team: 381 points (7 wins, 3 3rds)
2. Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro: 363 points (3 wins, 5 2nds, 1 3rd)
3. Red Bull Racing Renault: 329 points (5 wins, 5 2nds, 5 3rds)
4. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes: 289 points (5 2nds, 5 3rds)
5. RubberTex Renault F1 Team: 141 points (1 win, 2 2nds, 1 3rd)
6. AT&T Williams Cosworth: 109 points (1 win, 1 3rd)
7. Kingfisher Force India F1 Team Mercedes: 52 points (1 3rd)
8. BMW Sauber Ferrari: 42 points (Best Result: 1 4th)
9. Scuderia Toro Rosso Ferrari: 8 points (Best Result: 1 8th)
10. Lotus Racing Cosworth: 4 points (Best Result: 1 9th)
Next up is the Brazilian Grand Prix at the Interlagos Circuit.
Qualifying:
There was always something strange about this weekend as the track was only just completed in time, practice was rained out for the most part and the new champ Daniel Melrose had already written off a car just as it started to dry out on Friday. Melrose's miserable weekend continued into Saturday as he simply couldn't get the car hooked up at all around the new circuit, which eventually translated to a dismal 18th on the grid. He did have company however as the two Williamses were having an equally torrid time with 16th (Davies) and 17th (Kovalainen) to show for their efforts. Up front and it was Sebastien Bourdais on pole yet again ahead of Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso. The Renaults took full advantage of their immediate rivals running into trouble to lock out row four whilst the two Lotuses collided heavily with each other which meant both of them would start behind the two HRTs.
Grid:
1. S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault)
2. J. Button (McLaren-Mercedes)
3. F. Alonso (Ferrari)
4. S. Vettel (RBR-Renault)
5. L. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)
6. P. McAllister (Ferrari)
7. R. Kubica (Renault)
8. S. Jones (Renault)
9. N. Rosberg (Mercedes)
10. N. McKane (Force India-Mercedes)
11. K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari)
12. A. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes)
13. D. Simpson (BMW Sauber-Ferrari)
14. S. Buemi (STR-Ferrari)
15. J. Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari)
16. R. Davies (Williams-Cosworth)
17. H. Kovalainen (Williams-Cosworth)
18. D. Melrose (Mercedes)
19. A. Rees (HRT-Cosworth)
20. M. Webber (HRT-Cosworth)
21. B. Senna (Lotus-Cosworth)
22. T. Glock (Lotus-Cosworth)
Race:
In the heat of the moment after the race, Daniel Melrose swore that he'd never drive in Korea ever again and, judging by the way he simply couldn't get the car to steer or brake to his liking all weekend, most could understand why as he struggled into 8th place and 4 hard-earned but ultimately unnecessary points. Interestingly enough, Melrose's teammate Nico Rosberg was having no such problems on his way to 4th by race end but with Fernando Alonso romping away with things and the two McLarens putting in solid performances, a podium was always unlikely for either of the works Mercedes cars. Sebastien Bourdais bogged down at the start and made little impression from that point onwards whilst Phoenix McAllister and Sebastian Vettel were even quieter on their way to 6th and 7th. Kamui Kobayashi gave Melrose a real fright by the end of the race by nearly catching and passing the World Champion for 8th whilst Sammy Jones rounded out the points in 10th.
1. F. Alonso (Ferrari): 1h 36m 14.167
2. L. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes): +7.912
3. J. Button (McLaren-Mercedes): +14.473
4. N. Rosberg (Mercedes): +22.559
5. S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault): +29.107
6. P. McAllister (Ferrari): +37.349
7. S. Vettel (RBR-Renault): +43.496
8. D. Melrose (Mercedes): +1:17.750
9. K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): +1:18.109
10. S. Jones (Renault): +1:20.577
11. N. McKane (Force India-Mercedes): +1:27.130
12. J. Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari): +1:29.159
13. S. Buemi (STR-Ferrari): +1:36.048
14. H. Kovalainen (Williams-Cosworth): +1:36.524
15. R. Davies (Williams-Cosworth): +1:36.810
16. R. Kubica (Renault): +1:36.999
17. D. Simpson (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): +1:37.227
18. T. Glock (Lotus-Cosworth): +1 LAP
19. A. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes): +1 LAP
20. A. Rees (HRT-Cosworth): +2 LAPS
21. B. Senna (Lotus-Cosworth): +2 LAPS
22. M. Webber (HRT-Cosworth): +2 LAPS
Pole: S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault): 1:39.529
Fastest Lap: F. Alonso (Ferrari): 1:41.310
Leaders: F. Alonso: 1-55 (Total: 55)
Championship Standings:
Drivers:
1. D. Melrose (Mercedes): 272 points (7 wins, 3 3rds) (World Champion)
2. F. Alonso (Ferrari): 194 points (2 wins, 3 2nds)
3. S. Vettel (RBR-Renault): 174 points (2 wins, 4 2nds, 3 3rds)
4. P. McAllister (Ferrari): 169 points (1 win, 2 2nds, 1 3rd)
5. S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault): 155 points (3 wins, 1 2nd, 2 3rds)
6. L. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes): 154 points (4 2nds, 2 3rds)
7. J. Button (McLaren-Mercedes): 135 points (1 2nd, 3 3rds)
8. N. Rosberg (Mercedes): 108 points (Best Result: 4 4ths)
9. S. Jones (Renault): 100 points (1 win, 2 2nds, 1 3rd)
10. R. Davies (Williams-Cosworth): 96 points (1 win, 1 3rd)
11. R. Kubica (Renault): 41 points (Best Result: 2 5ths)
12. N. McKane (Force India-Mercedes): 31 points (1 3rd)
13. K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): 22 points (Best Result: 1 5th)
14. A. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes): 21 points (Best Result: 3 8ths)
15. D. Simpson (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): 20 points (Best Result: 1 4th)
16. H. Kovalainen (Williams-Cosworth): 13 points (Best Result: 1 6th)
17. S. Buemi (STR-Ferrari): 4 points (Best Result: 1 8th)
18. J. Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari): 4 points (Best Result: 2 9ths)
19. T. Glock (Lotus-Cosworth): 3 points (Best Result: 1 9th)
20. B. Senna (Lotus-Cosworth): 1 point (Best Result: 1 10th)
Constructors:
1. Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team: 381 points (7 wins, 3 3rds)
2. Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro: 363 points (3 wins, 5 2nds, 1 3rd)
3. Red Bull Racing Renault: 329 points (5 wins, 5 2nds, 5 3rds)
4. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes: 289 points (5 2nds, 5 3rds)
5. RubberTex Renault F1 Team: 141 points (1 win, 2 2nds, 1 3rd)
6. AT&T Williams Cosworth: 109 points (1 win, 1 3rd)
7. Kingfisher Force India F1 Team Mercedes: 52 points (1 3rd)
8. BMW Sauber Ferrari: 42 points (Best Result: 1 4th)
9. Scuderia Toro Rosso Ferrari: 8 points (Best Result: 1 8th)
10. Lotus Racing Cosworth: 4 points (Best Result: 1 9th)
Next up is the Brazilian Grand Prix at the Interlagos Circuit.
Martin Brundle, at the 2005 San Marino GP wrote:You can sort of imagine in four or five years time talking about these guys we've got on the front two rows of the grid today, can't you? They're very much the future of Grand Prix Racing.
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by Wizzie » 03 Jun 2012, 20:55
Round 18 - Brazil
Qualifying:
There's nothing quite like seeing an on-form Daniel Melrose absolutely wringing the neck out of whatever car he happens to be driving during a qualifying session, especially when he happens to be as furious at god knows what as he usually is. Here, he found a second over his already brilliant practice time to score pole position number 60 by a mammoth 1.8 seconds over the Red Bull duo of Sebastien Bourdais and Sebastian Vettel. On the other side of the coin, we had the likes of Nico Rosberg being a relative disappointment in 10th with the Force India pair were down in 15th and 16th.
Grid:
1. D. Melrose (Mercedes)
2. S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault)
3. S. Vettel (RBR-Renault)
4. F. Alonso (Ferrari)
5. L. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)
6. J. Button (McLaren-Mercedes)
7. P. McAllister (Ferrari)
8. R. Davies (Williams-Cosworth)
9. S. Jones (Renault)
10. N. Rosberg (Mercedes)
11. H. Kovalainen (Williams-Cosworth)
12. R. Kubica (Renault)
13. D. Simpson (BMW Sauber-Ferrari)
14. S. Buemi (STR-Ferrari)
15. A. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes)
16. N. McKane (Force India-Mercedes)
17. K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari)
18. J. Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari)
19. M. Webber (HRT-Cosworth)
20. T. Glock (Lotus-Cosworth)
21. B. Senna (Lotus-Cosworth)
22. A. Rees (HRT-Cosworth)
Race:
Another day, another Daniel Melrose roadshow as he got a good start, bolted from the field at over a second a lap in the atrocious conditions early on, and controlled the race from thereon in when the field switched from Monsoons to regular wet tyres. What made it all the more impressive was that Melrose was doing this in a car that, for once this year, had massive oversteer to the point where he spent most of the time sliding around the track with the rear stepping out. Not that he was complaining because he seemed to be having a load of fun in the process whilst seemingly forgetting that he F1 career would end in a week's time at Abu Dhabi. Behind him, Sebastian Vettel was 2nd for the vast majority of the race before he got overtaken by teammate Sebastien Bourdais on the final lap when his, and several other drivers, tyres fell away in the closing stages. The one who lost the most from this was Jenson Button who went from running 5th at one point to a disappointing 9th by race end as he simply failed to keep his tyres alive. With Vettel and Bourdais both eating the gaps to Fernando Alonso and Phoenix McAllister respectively, the battles for 2nd and 4th are set to heat up in the Abu Dhabi desert.
1. D. Melrose (Mercedes): 1h 40m 22.917
2. S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault): +32.449
3. S. Vettel (RBR-Renault): +33.854
4. L. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes): +39.869
5. F. Alonso (Ferrari): +59.150
6. R. Davies (Williams-Cosworth): +1:13.613
7. P. McAllister (Ferrari): +1:15.691
8. S. Jones (Renault): +1:16.755
9. J. Button (McLaren-Mercedes): +1:21.236
10. N. Rosberg (Mercedes): +1 LAP
11. D. Simpson (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): +1 LAP
12. R. Kubica (Renault): +1 LAP
13. N. McKane (Force India-Mercedes): +1 LAP
14. S. Buemi (STR-Ferrari): +1 LAP
15. A. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes): +1 LAP
16. K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): +2 LAPS
17. T. Glock (Lotus-Cosworth): +2 LAPS
18. B. Senna (Lotus-Cosworth): +2 LAPS
19. A. Rees (HRT-Cosworth): +3 LAPS
DNF. H. Kovalainen (Williams-Cosworth)
DNF. J. Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari)
DNF. M. Webber (HRT-Cosworth)
Pole: D. Melrose (Mercedes): 1:10.538
Fastest Lap: S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault): 1:22.141
Leaders: D. Melrose: 1-71 (Total: 71)
Championship Standings:
Drivers:
1. D. Melrose (Mercedes): 297 points (8 wins, 3 3rds) (World Champion)
2. F. Alonso (Ferrari): 204 points (2 wins, 3 2nds)
3. S. Vettel (RBR-Renault): 189 points (2 wins, 4 2nds, 4 3rds)
4. P. McAllister (Ferrari): 175 points (1 win, 2 2nds, 1 3rd)
5. S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault): 173 points (3 wins, 2 2nds, 2 3rds)
6. L. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes): 166 points (4 2nds, 2 3rds)
7. J. Button (McLaren-Mercedes): 137 points (1 2nd, 3 3rds)
8. N. Rosberg (Mercedes): 109 points (Best Result: 4 4ths)
9. S. Jones (Renault): 104 points (1 win, 2 2nds, 1 3rd)
10. R. Davies (Williams-Cosworth): 104 points (1 win, 1 3rd)
11. R. Kubica (Renault): 41 points (Best Result: 2 5ths)
12. N. McKane (Force India-Mercedes): 31 points (1 3rd)
13. K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): 22 points (Best Result: 1 5th)
14. A. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes): 21 points (Best Result: 3 8ths)
15. D. Simpson (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): 20 points (Best Result: 1 4th)
16. H. Kovalainen (Williams-Cosworth): 13 points (Best Result: 1 6th)
17. S. Buemi (STR-Ferrari): 4 points (Best Result: 1 8th)
18. J. Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari): 4 points (Best Result: 2 9ths)
19. T. Glock (Lotus-Cosworth): 3 points (Best Result: 1 9th)
20. B. Senna (Lotus-Cosworth): 1 point (Best Result: 1 10th)
Constructors:
1. Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team: 407 points (8 wins, 3 3rds)
2. Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro: 379 points (3 wins, 5 2nds, 1 3rd)
3. Red Bull Racing Renault: 362 points (5 wins, 6 2nds, 6 3rds)
4. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes: 303 points (5 2nds, 5 3rds)
5. RubberTex Renault F1 Team: 145 points (1 win, 2 2nds, 1 3rd)
6. AT&T Williams Cosworth: 117 points (1 win, 1 3rd)
7. Kingfisher Force India F1 Team Mercedes: 52 points (1 3rd)
8. BMW Sauber Ferrari: 42 points (Best Result: 1 4th)
9. Scuderia Toro Rosso Ferrari: 8 points (Best Result: 1 8th)
10. Lotus Racing Cosworth: 4 points (Best Result: 1 9th)
Next up is the season finale at Abu Dhabi, at what is guaranteed to be a historic event.
Qualifying:
There's nothing quite like seeing an on-form Daniel Melrose absolutely wringing the neck out of whatever car he happens to be driving during a qualifying session, especially when he happens to be as furious at god knows what as he usually is. Here, he found a second over his already brilliant practice time to score pole position number 60 by a mammoth 1.8 seconds over the Red Bull duo of Sebastien Bourdais and Sebastian Vettel. On the other side of the coin, we had the likes of Nico Rosberg being a relative disappointment in 10th with the Force India pair were down in 15th and 16th.
Grid:
1. D. Melrose (Mercedes)
2. S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault)
3. S. Vettel (RBR-Renault)
4. F. Alonso (Ferrari)
5. L. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)
6. J. Button (McLaren-Mercedes)
7. P. McAllister (Ferrari)
8. R. Davies (Williams-Cosworth)
9. S. Jones (Renault)
10. N. Rosberg (Mercedes)
11. H. Kovalainen (Williams-Cosworth)
12. R. Kubica (Renault)
13. D. Simpson (BMW Sauber-Ferrari)
14. S. Buemi (STR-Ferrari)
15. A. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes)
16. N. McKane (Force India-Mercedes)
17. K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari)
18. J. Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari)
19. M. Webber (HRT-Cosworth)
20. T. Glock (Lotus-Cosworth)
21. B. Senna (Lotus-Cosworth)
22. A. Rees (HRT-Cosworth)
Race:
Another day, another Daniel Melrose roadshow as he got a good start, bolted from the field at over a second a lap in the atrocious conditions early on, and controlled the race from thereon in when the field switched from Monsoons to regular wet tyres. What made it all the more impressive was that Melrose was doing this in a car that, for once this year, had massive oversteer to the point where he spent most of the time sliding around the track with the rear stepping out. Not that he was complaining because he seemed to be having a load of fun in the process whilst seemingly forgetting that he F1 career would end in a week's time at Abu Dhabi. Behind him, Sebastian Vettel was 2nd for the vast majority of the race before he got overtaken by teammate Sebastien Bourdais on the final lap when his, and several other drivers, tyres fell away in the closing stages. The one who lost the most from this was Jenson Button who went from running 5th at one point to a disappointing 9th by race end as he simply failed to keep his tyres alive. With Vettel and Bourdais both eating the gaps to Fernando Alonso and Phoenix McAllister respectively, the battles for 2nd and 4th are set to heat up in the Abu Dhabi desert.
1. D. Melrose (Mercedes): 1h 40m 22.917
2. S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault): +32.449
3. S. Vettel (RBR-Renault): +33.854
4. L. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes): +39.869
5. F. Alonso (Ferrari): +59.150
6. R. Davies (Williams-Cosworth): +1:13.613
7. P. McAllister (Ferrari): +1:15.691
8. S. Jones (Renault): +1:16.755
9. J. Button (McLaren-Mercedes): +1:21.236
10. N. Rosberg (Mercedes): +1 LAP
11. D. Simpson (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): +1 LAP
12. R. Kubica (Renault): +1 LAP
13. N. McKane (Force India-Mercedes): +1 LAP
14. S. Buemi (STR-Ferrari): +1 LAP
15. A. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes): +1 LAP
16. K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): +2 LAPS
17. T. Glock (Lotus-Cosworth): +2 LAPS
18. B. Senna (Lotus-Cosworth): +2 LAPS
19. A. Rees (HRT-Cosworth): +3 LAPS
DNF. H. Kovalainen (Williams-Cosworth)
DNF. J. Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari)
DNF. M. Webber (HRT-Cosworth)
Pole: D. Melrose (Mercedes): 1:10.538
Fastest Lap: S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault): 1:22.141
Leaders: D. Melrose: 1-71 (Total: 71)
Championship Standings:
Drivers:
1. D. Melrose (Mercedes): 297 points (8 wins, 3 3rds) (World Champion)
2. F. Alonso (Ferrari): 204 points (2 wins, 3 2nds)
3. S. Vettel (RBR-Renault): 189 points (2 wins, 4 2nds, 4 3rds)
4. P. McAllister (Ferrari): 175 points (1 win, 2 2nds, 1 3rd)
5. S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault): 173 points (3 wins, 2 2nds, 2 3rds)
6. L. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes): 166 points (4 2nds, 2 3rds)
7. J. Button (McLaren-Mercedes): 137 points (1 2nd, 3 3rds)
8. N. Rosberg (Mercedes): 109 points (Best Result: 4 4ths)
9. S. Jones (Renault): 104 points (1 win, 2 2nds, 1 3rd)
10. R. Davies (Williams-Cosworth): 104 points (1 win, 1 3rd)
11. R. Kubica (Renault): 41 points (Best Result: 2 5ths)
12. N. McKane (Force India-Mercedes): 31 points (1 3rd)
13. K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): 22 points (Best Result: 1 5th)
14. A. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes): 21 points (Best Result: 3 8ths)
15. D. Simpson (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): 20 points (Best Result: 1 4th)
16. H. Kovalainen (Williams-Cosworth): 13 points (Best Result: 1 6th)
17. S. Buemi (STR-Ferrari): 4 points (Best Result: 1 8th)
18. J. Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari): 4 points (Best Result: 2 9ths)
19. T. Glock (Lotus-Cosworth): 3 points (Best Result: 1 9th)
20. B. Senna (Lotus-Cosworth): 1 point (Best Result: 1 10th)
Constructors:
1. Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team: 407 points (8 wins, 3 3rds)
2. Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro: 379 points (3 wins, 5 2nds, 1 3rd)
3. Red Bull Racing Renault: 362 points (5 wins, 6 2nds, 6 3rds)
4. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes: 303 points (5 2nds, 5 3rds)
5. RubberTex Renault F1 Team: 145 points (1 win, 2 2nds, 1 3rd)
6. AT&T Williams Cosworth: 117 points (1 win, 1 3rd)
7. Kingfisher Force India F1 Team Mercedes: 52 points (1 3rd)
8. BMW Sauber Ferrari: 42 points (Best Result: 1 4th)
9. Scuderia Toro Rosso Ferrari: 8 points (Best Result: 1 8th)
10. Lotus Racing Cosworth: 4 points (Best Result: 1 9th)
Next up is the season finale at Abu Dhabi, at what is guaranteed to be a historic event.
Martin Brundle, at the 2005 San Marino GP wrote:You can sort of imagine in four or five years time talking about these guys we've got on the front two rows of the grid today, can't you? They're very much the future of Grand Prix Racing.
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by the Masked Lapwing » 17 Jun 2012, 11:24
Right, time to knock off a few races:
2011 German GP
1st: J. Button
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7th: R. Davies
Race
1st: J. Button
2nd: L. Hamilton (FL)
3rd: F. Massa
4th: R. Davies
5th: N. Rosberg
6th: V. Petrov
7th: K. Kobayashi
8th: J. Alguersuari
9th: M. Schumacher
10th: S. Perez
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15th: R. Barrichello
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17th: V. Liuzzi
18th: N. Heidfeld
19th: J. D'Ambrosio
20th: J. Trulli
21st: H. Kovalainen
22nd: T. Glock
23rd: N. Karthikeyan
DNF: M. Webber
The first wet race of the season, yet despite the horrible conditions there were no real incidents to speak of, apart from Webber finding the tyre wall at the chicane. Vettel, Alonso and Heidfeld all started on inters, a massive mistake, and it was fine effort from the Red Bull and Ferrari to wind up 11th and 12th, although Heidfeld failed big time. Davies did fairly well, although the Nurburgring being one of his best tracks, he expected more.
2011 Hungarian Grand Prix
1st: J. Button
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3rd: R. Davies
Race:
1st: F. Alonso
2nd: R. Davies (FL)
3rd: J. Button
4th: V. Petrov
5th: N. Heidfeld
6th: M. Schumacher
7th: S. Perez
8th: N. Rosberg
9th: K. Kobayashi
10th: J. Alguersuari
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12th: R. Barrichello
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15th: H. Kovalainen
16th: J. D'Ambrosio
17th: N. Karthikeyan
18th: J. Trulli
19th: V. Liuzzi
20th: T. Glock
DNF: M. Webber
DNF: F. Massa
DNF: L. Hamilton
DNF: S. Vettel
Good quali, good race. Simple. Davies almost caught Alonso at the end after jumping Button in the pits, but just ran out of time. But see the four front runners who all retired? All of them were after their tyres let go and they crashed. Whoops...
2011 Belgian Grand Prix
1st: J. Alguersuari (!!)
2nd: R. Barrichello (!!!)
3rd: S. Perez
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5th: H. Kovalainen
6th: N. Karthikeyan (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
---
10th: R. Davies
Race:
1st: M. Webber
2nd: J. Alguersuari (FL)
3rd: V. Petrov
4th: R. Barrichello
5th: F. Alonso
6th: J. Button
7th: S. Vettel
8th: N. Heidfeld
9th: M. Schumacher
10th: R. Davies
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17th: H. Kovalainen
18th: V. Liuzzi
19th: T. Glock
20th: J. Trulli
21st: J. D'Ambrosio
22nd: N. Karthikeyan
23rd: L. Hamilton
DNF: N. Rosberg
You might notice the somewhat strange grid. Well, rain at Spa will do that. Alguersuari managed to set an early lap time, as did Barrichello, Kovalainen and Karthikeyan - and then the rain fell. All at once. The race was just as good. Started bone dry, then the rain started to fall just after pit stops, then it just got heavier. Davies' bad luck at Spa started early, and his late stop was so late that he put inters on his car straight away. This proved to be a masterstroke, as the rain started to fall on his out lap, forcing everyone else in for the second time. As it got heavier everyone needed wets, and on the level playing surface, Davies lost out, going from 7th to 10th, just holding off Perez to the line. As for the miracles from the back three, well, they dropped like rocks. Hell, Karthikeyan was the worst!
Standings (after Spa):
1st: J. Button - 175
2nd: M. Webber - 164
3rd: F. Alonso - 143
4th: R. Davies - 138
5th: F. Massa - 114
6th: L. Hamilton - 109
7th: S. Vettel - 86
8th: V. Petrov - 62
9th: N. Rosberg - 52
10th: J. Alguersuari - 44
11th: S. Perez - 36
12th: M. Schumacher - 27
13th: N. Heidfeld - 26
14th: K. Kobayashi - 16
15th: R. Barrichello - 12 ('bout time he scored points...)
16th: P. di Resta - 4
17th: S. Buemi - 3
18th: A. Sutil - 1
1st: McLaren - 281
2nd: Ferrari - 257
3rd: Red Bull - 254
4th: Williams - 150
6th: Renault - 88
5th: Mercedes - 79
7th: Sauber - 52
8th: Toro Rosso - 47
9th: Force India - 5
2011 German GP
1st: J. Button
---
7th: R. Davies
Race
1st: J. Button
2nd: L. Hamilton (FL)
3rd: F. Massa
4th: R. Davies
5th: N. Rosberg
6th: V. Petrov
7th: K. Kobayashi
8th: J. Alguersuari
9th: M. Schumacher
10th: S. Perez
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15th: R. Barrichello
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17th: V. Liuzzi
18th: N. Heidfeld
19th: J. D'Ambrosio
20th: J. Trulli
21st: H. Kovalainen
22nd: T. Glock
23rd: N. Karthikeyan
DNF: M. Webber
The first wet race of the season, yet despite the horrible conditions there were no real incidents to speak of, apart from Webber finding the tyre wall at the chicane. Vettel, Alonso and Heidfeld all started on inters, a massive mistake, and it was fine effort from the Red Bull and Ferrari to wind up 11th and 12th, although Heidfeld failed big time. Davies did fairly well, although the Nurburgring being one of his best tracks, he expected more.
2011 Hungarian Grand Prix
1st: J. Button
---
3rd: R. Davies
Race:
1st: F. Alonso
2nd: R. Davies (FL)
3rd: J. Button
4th: V. Petrov
5th: N. Heidfeld
6th: M. Schumacher
7th: S. Perez
8th: N. Rosberg
9th: K. Kobayashi
10th: J. Alguersuari
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12th: R. Barrichello
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15th: H. Kovalainen
16th: J. D'Ambrosio
17th: N. Karthikeyan
18th: J. Trulli
19th: V. Liuzzi
20th: T. Glock
DNF: M. Webber
DNF: F. Massa
DNF: L. Hamilton
DNF: S. Vettel
Good quali, good race. Simple. Davies almost caught Alonso at the end after jumping Button in the pits, but just ran out of time. But see the four front runners who all retired? All of them were after their tyres let go and they crashed. Whoops...
2011 Belgian Grand Prix
1st: J. Alguersuari (!!)
2nd: R. Barrichello (!!!)
3rd: S. Perez
---
5th: H. Kovalainen
6th: N. Karthikeyan (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
---
10th: R. Davies
Race:
1st: M. Webber
2nd: J. Alguersuari (FL)
3rd: V. Petrov
4th: R. Barrichello
5th: F. Alonso
6th: J. Button
7th: S. Vettel
8th: N. Heidfeld
9th: M. Schumacher
10th: R. Davies
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17th: H. Kovalainen
18th: V. Liuzzi
19th: T. Glock
20th: J. Trulli
21st: J. D'Ambrosio
22nd: N. Karthikeyan
23rd: L. Hamilton
DNF: N. Rosberg
You might notice the somewhat strange grid. Well, rain at Spa will do that. Alguersuari managed to set an early lap time, as did Barrichello, Kovalainen and Karthikeyan - and then the rain fell. All at once. The race was just as good. Started bone dry, then the rain started to fall just after pit stops, then it just got heavier. Davies' bad luck at Spa started early, and his late stop was so late that he put inters on his car straight away. This proved to be a masterstroke, as the rain started to fall on his out lap, forcing everyone else in for the second time. As it got heavier everyone needed wets, and on the level playing surface, Davies lost out, going from 7th to 10th, just holding off Perez to the line. As for the miracles from the back three, well, they dropped like rocks. Hell, Karthikeyan was the worst!
Standings (after Spa):
1st: J. Button - 175
2nd: M. Webber - 164
3rd: F. Alonso - 143
4th: R. Davies - 138
5th: F. Massa - 114
6th: L. Hamilton - 109
7th: S. Vettel - 86
8th: V. Petrov - 62
9th: N. Rosberg - 52
10th: J. Alguersuari - 44
11th: S. Perez - 36
12th: M. Schumacher - 27
13th: N. Heidfeld - 26
14th: K. Kobayashi - 16
15th: R. Barrichello - 12 ('bout time he scored points...)
16th: P. di Resta - 4
17th: S. Buemi - 3
18th: A. Sutil - 1
1st: McLaren - 281
2nd: Ferrari - 257
3rd: Red Bull - 254
4th: Williams - 150
6th: Renault - 88
5th: Mercedes - 79
7th: Sauber - 52
8th: Toro Rosso - 47
9th: Force India - 5
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Garry Rogers wrote:Well, we actually got $1900 cash, plus GST! This is a legitimate sale!
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by Wizzie » 22 Jun 2012, 18:38
Round 19 - Abu Dhabi
Qualifying:
It's impossible to even comprehend that the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix would be the end of an era in a way. This race will be the last for Sammy Jones, two time runner up in 2007 and at the losing end of a mammoth title fight with Kimi Raikkonen in 2003 by a point, as well as Dave Simpson, who was instrumental to the development of the all-conquering BMW F1.09 and someone who also deserved a championship win in his career. But, the biggest scalp of all was that of the five time World Champion Daniel Melrose. According to the critics, unlike Jones or Simpson, Melrose had absolutely nothing to gain from jumping ship. After all, the kid's only 25 and has earned enough for several lifetimes thanks to his rolling BMW contract. And yet, he's gambling his entire reputation on making the decision to join the F1RWRS. History will decide whether it was a good move or not but, as Melrose would say, enough of the sentimental crap and lets go racing.
And go he did as his first lap of the session ended up being good enough for pole position number 61 by the slimmest of margins as a last gasp effort by Lewis Hamilton came within a thousandth of a second away from beating the champion to the pole. In fact, the top 6 were covered by just a tenth and a half between Melrose on pole and Jenson Button in 6th. The grid as a whole wasn't much different as to what one would expect over the course of the year with Timo Glock doing the best out of all the new teams amidst rumours that he's in a straight fight with Nathan McKane for the vacated Mercedes seat.
Grid:
1. D. Melrose (Mercedes)
2. L. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)
3. S. Vettel (RBR-Renault)
4. S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault)
5. F. Alonso (Ferrari)
6. J. Button (McLaren-Mercedes)
7. P. McAllister (Ferrari)
8. N. Rosberg (Mercedes)
9. S. Jones (Renault)
10. R. Davies (Williams-Cosworth)
11. D. Simpson (BMW Sauber-Ferrari)
12. N. McKane (Force India-Mercedes)
13. R. Kubica (Renault)
14. H. Kovalainen (Williams-Cosworth)
15. A. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes)
16. K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari)
17. J. Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari)
18. S. Buemi (STR-Ferrari)
19. T. Glock (Lotus-Cosworth)
20. M. Webber (HRT-Cosworth)
21. B. Senna (Lotus-Cosworth)
22. A. Rees (HRT-Cosworth)
Race:
Lewis Hamilton may have taken his and McLaren's first win since 2008 but nobody really cared about that as, yet again, all eyes were on Daniel Melrose. Melrose had again made a pretty good start and survived a divebomb by Sebastian Vettel to keep the lead at the end of lap 1. It didn't last much longer however as a bolt on his front wing broke, forcing a rather lengthy pitstop, to the point where he was 37 seconds off the lead by the time he left the pits. In typical Melrose fashion however, he simply threw caution to the wind and went for it. Many people say, the man himself included, that Malaysia 2006 was the best drive of his career but, in his final Formula One Grand Prix, he pulled out a performance that was arguably even better by passing people left, right and center throughout the first stint, including an incredible move down the inside of Sebastian Vettel at the high speed turn 20 after he and the two Renaults joined Melrose in the burn from the stern crew, and two moves around the outside of the flatout turn 3 on Heikki Kovalainen and Kamui Kobayashi. In all, Melrose pulled off 20 overtaking maneuvers as he showed the world why he is simply the best for the 123rd, and final, time.
Outside of the top two, attrition decimated the field as both pit entry and exit claimed a number of victims including Rhys Davies, Nico Rosberg, Nathan McKane and Sammy Jones. Fernando Alonso had no such problems on his way to the third step of the podium while Jenson Button was the last of the lead lap runners in 4th. Robert Kubica survived the carnage to claim 5th with Timo Glock doing the same to claim an incredible 6th for the Lotus team to put them ahead of Toro Rosso in the constructors championship. Dave Simpson was on his way to scoring a fantastic 4th placed finish ahead of Button before his Ferrari powerplant cried no more with a heartbreaking three laps to go, which would have put BMW Sauber ahead of Force India in the constructors title right at the death.
1. L. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes): 1h 33m 21.022
2. D. Melrose (Mercedes): +14.859
3. F. Alonso (Ferrari): +34.284
4. J. Button (McLaren-Mercedes): +1:31.563
5. R. Kubica (Renault): +1 LAP
6. T. Glock (Lotus-Cosworth): +1 LAP
7. D. Simpson (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): +4 LAPS*
DNF. A. Rees (HRT-Cosworth)
DNF. S. Jones (Renault)
DNF. S. Buemi (STR-Ferrari)
DNF. H. Kovalainen (Williams-Cosworth)
DNF. P. McAllister (Ferrari)
DNF. B. Senna (Lotus-Cosworth)
DNF. S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault)
DNF. K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari)
DNF. M. Webber (HRT-Cosworth)
DNF. N. McKane (Force India-Mercedes)
DNF. N. Rosberg (Mercedes)
DNF. R. Davies (Williams-Cosworth)
DNF. A. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes)
DNF. S. Vettel (RBR-Renault)
DNF. J. Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari)
Pole: D. Melrose (Mercedes): 1:39.504
Fastest Lap: D. Melrose (Mercedes): 1:39.065
Leaders: D. Melrose: 1, 37-39 (Total: 4)
L. Hamilton: 2-33, 40-55 (Total: 48)
F. Alonso: 34-36 (Total: 3)
Championship Standings:
Drivers:
1. D. Melrose (Mercedes): 315 points (8 wins, 1 2nd, 3 3rds) (World Champion)
2. F. Alonso (Ferrari): 219 points (2 wins, 3 2nds, 1 3rd)
3. L. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes): 191 points (1 win, 4 2nds, 2 3rds)
4. S. Vettel (RBR-Renault): 189 points (2 wins, 4 2nds, 4 3rds)
5. P. McAllister (Ferrari): 175 points (1 win, 2 2nds, 1 3rd)
6. S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault): 173 points (3 wins, 2 2nds, 2 3rds)
7. J. Button (McLaren-Mercedes): 149 points (1 2nd, 3 3rds)
8. N. Rosberg (Mercedes): 109 points (Best Result: 4 4ths)
9. S. Jones (Renault): 104 points (1 win, 2 2nds, 1 3rd)
10. R. Davies (Williams-Cosworth): 104 points (1 win, 1 3rd)
11. R. Kubica (Renault): 51 points (Best Result: 3 5ths)
12. N. McKane (Force India-Mercedes): 31 points (1 3rd)
13. D. Simpson (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): 26 points (Best Result: 1 4th)
14. K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): 22 points (Best Result: 1 5th)
15. A. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes): 21 points (Best Result: 3 8ths)
16. H. Kovalainen (Williams-Cosworth): 13 points (Best Result: 1 6th)
17. T. Glock (Lotus-Cosworth): 11 points (Best Result: 1 6th)
18. S. Buemi (STR-Ferrari): 4 points (Best Result: 1 8th)
19. J. Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari): 4 points (Best Result: 2 9ths)
20. B. Senna (Lotus-Cosworth): 1 point (Best Result: 1 10th)
21. A. Rees (HRT-Cosworth): 0 points (Best Result: 1 11th)
22. M. Webber (HRT-Cosworth): 0 points (Best Result: 1 13th)
Constructors:
1. Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team: 425 points (8 wins, 1 2nd, 3 3rds) (World Champions)
2. Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro: 394 points (3 wins, 5 2nds, 2 3rds)
3. Red Bull Racing Renault: 362 points (5 wins, 6 2nds, 6 3rds)
4. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes: 340 points (1 win, 5 2nds, 5 3rds)
5. RubberTex Renault F1 Team: 155 points (1 win, 2 2nds, 1 3rd)
6. AT&T Williams Cosworth: 117 points (1 win, 1 3rd)
7. Kingfisher Force India F1 Team Mercedes: 52 points (1 3rd)
8. BMW Sauber Ferrari: 48 points (Best Result: 1 4th)
9. Lotus Racing Cosworth: 12 points (Best Result: 1 6th)
10. Scuderia Toro Rosso Ferrari: 8 points (Best Result: 1 8th)
11. HRT F1 Team Cosworth: 0 points (Best Result: 1 11th)
Qualifying:
It's impossible to even comprehend that the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix would be the end of an era in a way. This race will be the last for Sammy Jones, two time runner up in 2007 and at the losing end of a mammoth title fight with Kimi Raikkonen in 2003 by a point, as well as Dave Simpson, who was instrumental to the development of the all-conquering BMW F1.09 and someone who also deserved a championship win in his career. But, the biggest scalp of all was that of the five time World Champion Daniel Melrose. According to the critics, unlike Jones or Simpson, Melrose had absolutely nothing to gain from jumping ship. After all, the kid's only 25 and has earned enough for several lifetimes thanks to his rolling BMW contract. And yet, he's gambling his entire reputation on making the decision to join the F1RWRS. History will decide whether it was a good move or not but, as Melrose would say, enough of the sentimental crap and lets go racing.
And go he did as his first lap of the session ended up being good enough for pole position number 61 by the slimmest of margins as a last gasp effort by Lewis Hamilton came within a thousandth of a second away from beating the champion to the pole. In fact, the top 6 were covered by just a tenth and a half between Melrose on pole and Jenson Button in 6th. The grid as a whole wasn't much different as to what one would expect over the course of the year with Timo Glock doing the best out of all the new teams amidst rumours that he's in a straight fight with Nathan McKane for the vacated Mercedes seat.
Grid:
1. D. Melrose (Mercedes)
2. L. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)
3. S. Vettel (RBR-Renault)
4. S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault)
5. F. Alonso (Ferrari)
6. J. Button (McLaren-Mercedes)
7. P. McAllister (Ferrari)
8. N. Rosberg (Mercedes)
9. S. Jones (Renault)
10. R. Davies (Williams-Cosworth)
11. D. Simpson (BMW Sauber-Ferrari)
12. N. McKane (Force India-Mercedes)
13. R. Kubica (Renault)
14. H. Kovalainen (Williams-Cosworth)
15. A. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes)
16. K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari)
17. J. Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari)
18. S. Buemi (STR-Ferrari)
19. T. Glock (Lotus-Cosworth)
20. M. Webber (HRT-Cosworth)
21. B. Senna (Lotus-Cosworth)
22. A. Rees (HRT-Cosworth)
Race:
Lewis Hamilton may have taken his and McLaren's first win since 2008 but nobody really cared about that as, yet again, all eyes were on Daniel Melrose. Melrose had again made a pretty good start and survived a divebomb by Sebastian Vettel to keep the lead at the end of lap 1. It didn't last much longer however as a bolt on his front wing broke, forcing a rather lengthy pitstop, to the point where he was 37 seconds off the lead by the time he left the pits. In typical Melrose fashion however, he simply threw caution to the wind and went for it. Many people say, the man himself included, that Malaysia 2006 was the best drive of his career but, in his final Formula One Grand Prix, he pulled out a performance that was arguably even better by passing people left, right and center throughout the first stint, including an incredible move down the inside of Sebastian Vettel at the high speed turn 20 after he and the two Renaults joined Melrose in the burn from the stern crew, and two moves around the outside of the flatout turn 3 on Heikki Kovalainen and Kamui Kobayashi. In all, Melrose pulled off 20 overtaking maneuvers as he showed the world why he is simply the best for the 123rd, and final, time.
Outside of the top two, attrition decimated the field as both pit entry and exit claimed a number of victims including Rhys Davies, Nico Rosberg, Nathan McKane and Sammy Jones. Fernando Alonso had no such problems on his way to the third step of the podium while Jenson Button was the last of the lead lap runners in 4th. Robert Kubica survived the carnage to claim 5th with Timo Glock doing the same to claim an incredible 6th for the Lotus team to put them ahead of Toro Rosso in the constructors championship. Dave Simpson was on his way to scoring a fantastic 4th placed finish ahead of Button before his Ferrari powerplant cried no more with a heartbreaking three laps to go, which would have put BMW Sauber ahead of Force India in the constructors title right at the death.
1. L. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes): 1h 33m 21.022
2. D. Melrose (Mercedes): +14.859
3. F. Alonso (Ferrari): +34.284
4. J. Button (McLaren-Mercedes): +1:31.563
5. R. Kubica (Renault): +1 LAP
6. T. Glock (Lotus-Cosworth): +1 LAP
7. D. Simpson (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): +4 LAPS*
DNF. A. Rees (HRT-Cosworth)
DNF. S. Jones (Renault)
DNF. S. Buemi (STR-Ferrari)
DNF. H. Kovalainen (Williams-Cosworth)
DNF. P. McAllister (Ferrari)
DNF. B. Senna (Lotus-Cosworth)
DNF. S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault)
DNF. K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari)
DNF. M. Webber (HRT-Cosworth)
DNF. N. McKane (Force India-Mercedes)
DNF. N. Rosberg (Mercedes)
DNF. R. Davies (Williams-Cosworth)
DNF. A. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes)
DNF. S. Vettel (RBR-Renault)
DNF. J. Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari)
Pole: D. Melrose (Mercedes): 1:39.504
Fastest Lap: D. Melrose (Mercedes): 1:39.065
Leaders: D. Melrose: 1, 37-39 (Total: 4)
L. Hamilton: 2-33, 40-55 (Total: 48)
F. Alonso: 34-36 (Total: 3)
Championship Standings:
Drivers:
1. D. Melrose (Mercedes): 315 points (8 wins, 1 2nd, 3 3rds) (World Champion)
2. F. Alonso (Ferrari): 219 points (2 wins, 3 2nds, 1 3rd)
3. L. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes): 191 points (1 win, 4 2nds, 2 3rds)
4. S. Vettel (RBR-Renault): 189 points (2 wins, 4 2nds, 4 3rds)
5. P. McAllister (Ferrari): 175 points (1 win, 2 2nds, 1 3rd)
6. S. Bourdais (RBR-Renault): 173 points (3 wins, 2 2nds, 2 3rds)
7. J. Button (McLaren-Mercedes): 149 points (1 2nd, 3 3rds)
8. N. Rosberg (Mercedes): 109 points (Best Result: 4 4ths)
9. S. Jones (Renault): 104 points (1 win, 2 2nds, 1 3rd)
10. R. Davies (Williams-Cosworth): 104 points (1 win, 1 3rd)
11. R. Kubica (Renault): 51 points (Best Result: 3 5ths)
12. N. McKane (Force India-Mercedes): 31 points (1 3rd)
13. D. Simpson (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): 26 points (Best Result: 1 4th)
14. K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari): 22 points (Best Result: 1 5th)
15. A. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes): 21 points (Best Result: 3 8ths)
16. H. Kovalainen (Williams-Cosworth): 13 points (Best Result: 1 6th)
17. T. Glock (Lotus-Cosworth): 11 points (Best Result: 1 6th)
18. S. Buemi (STR-Ferrari): 4 points (Best Result: 1 8th)
19. J. Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari): 4 points (Best Result: 2 9ths)
20. B. Senna (Lotus-Cosworth): 1 point (Best Result: 1 10th)
21. A. Rees (HRT-Cosworth): 0 points (Best Result: 1 11th)
22. M. Webber (HRT-Cosworth): 0 points (Best Result: 1 13th)
Constructors:
1. Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team: 425 points (8 wins, 1 2nd, 3 3rds) (World Champions)
2. Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro: 394 points (3 wins, 5 2nds, 2 3rds)
3. Red Bull Racing Renault: 362 points (5 wins, 6 2nds, 6 3rds)
4. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes: 340 points (1 win, 5 2nds, 5 3rds)
5. RubberTex Renault F1 Team: 155 points (1 win, 2 2nds, 1 3rd)
6. AT&T Williams Cosworth: 117 points (1 win, 1 3rd)
7. Kingfisher Force India F1 Team Mercedes: 52 points (1 3rd)
8. BMW Sauber Ferrari: 48 points (Best Result: 1 4th)
9. Lotus Racing Cosworth: 12 points (Best Result: 1 6th)
10. Scuderia Toro Rosso Ferrari: 8 points (Best Result: 1 8th)
11. HRT F1 Team Cosworth: 0 points (Best Result: 1 11th)
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by AndreaModa » 22 Jun 2012, 19:29
Excellent, I was wondering about this yesterday as I don't check this thread that often, and I didn't know exactly where you're at, but finishing Jones' career in 2010 is fine by me. I've decided to run his career myself up until 2005 (or whenever it is you started doing Melrose's career on GP4) at which point the results you have for him can take over. That means I've got at least a few years to make up the difference between my simulation and yours, but I'll get it done eventually! 
What I'll also do is try and get to a point where the grid in my simulation will reach a point where it could realistically mirror the one you had when you began your simulation because obviously at the moment I have Trulli driving for Ferrari, Panis for Benetton, Barrichello for BAR, etc! We might need a few mid-season driver changes and more controversy to make that happen though!
What I'll also do is try and get to a point where the grid in my simulation will reach a point where it could realistically mirror the one you had when you began your simulation because obviously at the moment I have Trulli driving for Ferrari, Panis for Benetton, Barrichello for BAR, etc! We might need a few mid-season driver changes and more controversy to make that happen though!
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by Wizzie » 22 Jun 2012, 22:23
AndreaModa wrote:Excellent, I was wondering about this yesterday as I don't check this thread that often, and I didn't know exactly where you're at, but finishing Jones' career in 2010 is fine by me. I've decided to run his career myself up until 2005 (or whenever it is you started doing Melrose's career on GP4) at which point the results you have for him can take over. That means I've got at least a few years to make up the difference between my simulation and yours, but I'll get it done eventually!
What I'll also do is try and get to a point where the grid in my simulation will reach a point where it could realistically mirror the one you had when you began your simulation because obviously at the moment I have Trulli driving for Ferrari, Panis for Benetton, Barrichello for BAR, etc! We might need a few mid-season driver changes and more controversy to make that happen though!
Barrichello only lasted a year at Ferrari in my game so that should be fine. As long as all the F1 Rejects personas are where they're supposed to be or at least remotely close, it shouldn't be a problem
On a more serious note, I do have results for 2006-2010 but I have nothing for 05 as I did the majority of it before Jones came along and he only drove as a supersub in 2004. It's your call for 04 but I suggest you do 05 yourself.
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by JeremyMcClean » 22 Jun 2012, 23:29
...or you could have two seperate universes and call it a day. How do you expect Barrichello, for instance, who has force quit Ferrari - only to come right back in 2004?? 
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by Klon » 23 Jun 2012, 00:10
Wizzie wrote:On a more serious note, I do have results for 2006-2010 but I have nothing for 05 as I did the majority of it before Jones came along and he only drove as a supersub in 2004. It's your call for 04 but I suggest you do 05 yourself.
Please do 2004 fully, AndreaModa - it would be a needed retcon. I still can't handle a Minardi fighting for a championship. Although Melrose must keep his 2004 win in Canada for all I care.
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by Wizzie » 23 Jun 2012, 16:37
Race results now up
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by AndreaModa » 24 Jun 2012, 00:22
Yeah, seeing as I need to run 2005 anyway, I might as well do 2004 too. That will tie in nicely with the Barrichello situation and give me more time to move drivers about to get them in line for 2006 and Wizzie's simulation. Now I just need to find some time...
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by AndreaModa » 24 Jun 2012, 11:40
Right, Wizzie, I'm trying to be organised and plan out the way I'm going to line my simulation with yours for 2006. There's one big problem though. I can if you wish, run 2004 and 2005 with Melrose at Minardi and Ferrari respectively, or alternatively leave him out. I personally think it's quite attractive to do the former, because although your early career will be retconned slightly (though I'd still imagine you'd do well at Ferrari with a bit of AI tweaking) Jones and Melrose's career's (and all the other characters you've used since) will all slot into the same 'reality' or whatever you want to call it. The issue is I'm trying to work out line ups at each team for each season from 2002 to 2005, and obviously whilst I'd like to include Melrose, if you'd rather me not I need to work out who would fill those gaps. Anyway have a think about it and let me know!
EDIT: Plus, I've just thought, it'll give you the chance to have an actually realistic season in that Minardi in 2004 and make your career just that little bit more believable!
EDIT: Plus, I've just thought, it'll give you the chance to have an actually realistic season in that Minardi in 2004 and make your career just that little bit more believable!
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by RealRacingRoots » 24 Jun 2012, 15:42
Wizzie wrote:Outside of the top two, attrition decimated the field as both pit entry and exit claimed a number of victims including Rhys Davies, Nico Rosberg, Nathan McKane and Sammy Jones.
Why doesn't this happen in real life. I mean, seriously. Talk about a way to spice up a generally processional race.
Wizzie wrote:The grid as a whole wasn't much different as to what one would expect over the course of the year with Timo Glock doing the best out of all the new teams amidst rumours that he's in a straight fight with Nathan McKane for the vacated Mercedes seat.
I thought Timo was in for the long haul at Virgin, oh well. It's his loss once he finds out I bring enough cash (from my personal sponsor Gigawave) to seal the deal. (Right?)
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by Wizzie » 24 Jun 2012, 16:30
RealRacingRoots wrote:Wizzie wrote:The grid as a whole wasn't much different as to what one would expect over the course of the year with Timo Glock doing the best out of all the new teams amidst rumours that he's in a straight fight with Nathan McKane for the vacated Mercedes seat.
I thought Timo was in for the long haul at Virgin, oh well. It's his loss once he finds out I bring enough cash (from my personal sponsor Gigawave) to seal the deal. (Right?)
Rumour has it the deal was sealed after his podium in Italy, allegedly under the advice of Melrose himself.
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by Wizzie » 04 Jul 2012, 21:32
Ok, with Melrose's F1 career now over, I feel that it's time that I fill in a few plot holes here and there that precisely nobody will care about.
First question: With Melrose's BMW contract finishing in 2007, why did it:
A. Take so long for Melrose and BMW to come to a deal?
B. End up with BMW paying an exuberant amount for Melrose's salary under the new rolling one-year deal? (And yes, this was where Melrose got most of the money to create his own team in the first place )
The answer to both those questions will be answered tomorrow. Or whenever I can be bothered
First question: With Melrose's BMW contract finishing in 2007, why did it:
A. Take so long for Melrose and BMW to come to a deal?
B. End up with BMW paying an exuberant amount for Melrose's salary under the new rolling one-year deal? (And yes, this was where Melrose got most of the money to create his own team in the first place
)The answer to both those questions will be answered tomorrow. Or whenever I can be bothered
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by Wizzie » 05 Jul 2012, 11:20
2008 IndyCar Season - Road America Test Day 1
It was all change in the American Open Wheeler scene with the merger of the two premier categories, the IndyCar Series and the ChampCar World Series when the latter was declared financially insolvent with many of the ChampCar teams jumping ship to the IndyCar series. The new championship was struck with a massive blow however as two big names in Dario Franchitti and Sam Hornish Jr left the series altogether to try their luck in NASCAR. Japanese rookie Hideki Mutoh was Franchitti's replacement at Andretti Green Racing but the big news was three time Formula One World Champion Daniel Melrose was going to have a hitout with the Penske team, amidst continuing negotiations with BMW Sauber over a new contract for 2008. Penske and Melrose hurriedly drafted a contract which meant he could participate in the tests at both Road America and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, whilst allowing him to continue negotiating with BMW as well.
Ryan Hunter-Reay stole the headlines on track however with the fastest time of the session, and a new course record for Road America to boot as well. Last year's runner up Scott Dixon was second in the first of the Chip Ganassi cars with Justin Wilson proving the best of the ChampCar runners in third. Daniel Melroes's first run in an IndyCar proved promising with the 4th fastest time just ahead of teammate Helio Castroneves. The second Target car of Dan Wheldon missed much of the afternoon's running with a gearbox gremlin and only ended up 17th and almost 9 tenths off the pace by day's end.
1. R. Hunter-Reay (Rahal/Letterman): 1:29.447
2. S. Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi): +0.022
3. J. Wilson (Newman/Haas/Lanigan): +0.051
4. D. Melrose (Team Penske): +0.138
5. H. Castroneves (Team Penske): +0.145
6. O. Servia (KV Racing): +0.326
7. T. Kanaan (Andretti Green): +0.434
8. W. Power (KV Racing): +0.443
9. B. Junqueira (Dale Coyne): +0.525
10. B. Rice (Dreyer & Reinbold): +0.530
11. M. Andretti (Andretti Green): +0.574
12. D. Patrick (Andretti Green): +0.623
13. D. Manning (A.J. Foyt): +0.738
14. V. Meira (Panther): +0.864
15. G. Rahal (Newman/Haas/Lanigan): +0.866
16. E. Viso (HVM Racing): =0.872
17. D. Wheldon (Target Chip Ganassi): +0.875
18. H. Mutoh (Andretti Green): +1.129
19. T. Scheckter (Luczo Dragon): +1.375
20. A. Foyt IV (Vision): +1.481
21. M. Duno (Dreyer & Reinbold): +1.838
22. E. Carpenter (Vision): +1.922
It was all change in the American Open Wheeler scene with the merger of the two premier categories, the IndyCar Series and the ChampCar World Series when the latter was declared financially insolvent with many of the ChampCar teams jumping ship to the IndyCar series. The new championship was struck with a massive blow however as two big names in Dario Franchitti and Sam Hornish Jr left the series altogether to try their luck in NASCAR. Japanese rookie Hideki Mutoh was Franchitti's replacement at Andretti Green Racing but the big news was three time Formula One World Champion Daniel Melrose was going to have a hitout with the Penske team, amidst continuing negotiations with BMW Sauber over a new contract for 2008. Penske and Melrose hurriedly drafted a contract which meant he could participate in the tests at both Road America and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, whilst allowing him to continue negotiating with BMW as well.
Ryan Hunter-Reay stole the headlines on track however with the fastest time of the session, and a new course record for Road America to boot as well. Last year's runner up Scott Dixon was second in the first of the Chip Ganassi cars with Justin Wilson proving the best of the ChampCar runners in third. Daniel Melroes's first run in an IndyCar proved promising with the 4th fastest time just ahead of teammate Helio Castroneves. The second Target car of Dan Wheldon missed much of the afternoon's running with a gearbox gremlin and only ended up 17th and almost 9 tenths off the pace by day's end.
1. R. Hunter-Reay (Rahal/Letterman): 1:29.447
2. S. Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi): +0.022
3. J. Wilson (Newman/Haas/Lanigan): +0.051
4. D. Melrose (Team Penske): +0.138
5. H. Castroneves (Team Penske): +0.145
6. O. Servia (KV Racing): +0.326
7. T. Kanaan (Andretti Green): +0.434
8. W. Power (KV Racing): +0.443
9. B. Junqueira (Dale Coyne): +0.525
10. B. Rice (Dreyer & Reinbold): +0.530
11. M. Andretti (Andretti Green): +0.574
12. D. Patrick (Andretti Green): +0.623
13. D. Manning (A.J. Foyt): +0.738
14. V. Meira (Panther): +0.864
15. G. Rahal (Newman/Haas/Lanigan): +0.866
16. E. Viso (HVM Racing): =0.872
17. D. Wheldon (Target Chip Ganassi): +0.875
18. H. Mutoh (Andretti Green): +1.129
19. T. Scheckter (Luczo Dragon): +1.375
20. A. Foyt IV (Vision): +1.481
21. M. Duno (Dreyer & Reinbold): +1.838
22. E. Carpenter (Vision): +1.922
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by Wizzie » 09 Jul 2012, 11:42
Road America Test - Day 2
The only change in the driver lineup between days 1 and 2 was Milka Duno in the Dreyer & Reinbold car was replaced by Townsend Bell for the next two days of the Road America test. On track and it was Daniel Melrose creating the headlines, like so many times in his career thus far. After not quite finding the sweetspot in the Dallara yesterday, the 22 year old managed to find something extra in the car as he went to the top of the timesheets, eclipsing Hunter-Reay's lap record by two tenths to boot as well. Teammate Helio Castroneves was the closest to the Australian while. Day 1 pacesetter Hunter-Reay was 7th by day's end while Dan Wheldon was still struggling to get to grips with the Ganassi machine.
1. D. Melrose (Team Penske): 1:29.236
2. H. Castroneves (Team Penske): +0.628
3. T. Kanaan (Andretti Green): +0.644
4. S. Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi): +0.651
5. J. Wilson (Newman/Haas/Lanigan): +0.677
6. W. Power (KV Racing): +0.716
7. R. Hunter-Reay (Rahal/Letterman): +0.805
8. O. Servia (KV Racing): +0.948
9. D. Manning (A.J. Foyt): +1.068
10. G. Rahal (Newman/Haas/Lanigan): +1.220
11. M. Andretti (Andretti Green): +1.239
12. E. Viso (HVM Racing): +1.293
13. B. Junqueira (Dale Coyne): +1.330
14. D. Patrick (Andretti Green): +1.390
15. H. Mutoh (Andretti Green): +1.422
16. D. Wheldon (Target Chip Ganassi): +1.432
17. B. Rice (Dreyer & Reinbold): +1.438
18. T. Scheckter (Luczo Dragon): +1.512
19. V. Meira (Panther): +1.568
20. A. Foyt IV (Vision): +1.838
21. E. Carpenter (Vision): +2.269
22. T. Bell (Dreyer & Reinbold): +2.354
The only change in the driver lineup between days 1 and 2 was Milka Duno in the Dreyer & Reinbold car was replaced by Townsend Bell for the next two days of the Road America test. On track and it was Daniel Melrose creating the headlines, like so many times in his career thus far. After not quite finding the sweetspot in the Dallara yesterday, the 22 year old managed to find something extra in the car as he went to the top of the timesheets, eclipsing Hunter-Reay's lap record by two tenths to boot as well. Teammate Helio Castroneves was the closest to the Australian while. Day 1 pacesetter Hunter-Reay was 7th by day's end while Dan Wheldon was still struggling to get to grips with the Ganassi machine.
1. D. Melrose (Team Penske): 1:29.236
2. H. Castroneves (Team Penske): +0.628
3. T. Kanaan (Andretti Green): +0.644
4. S. Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi): +0.651
5. J. Wilson (Newman/Haas/Lanigan): +0.677
6. W. Power (KV Racing): +0.716
7. R. Hunter-Reay (Rahal/Letterman): +0.805
8. O. Servia (KV Racing): +0.948
9. D. Manning (A.J. Foyt): +1.068
10. G. Rahal (Newman/Haas/Lanigan): +1.220
11. M. Andretti (Andretti Green): +1.239
12. E. Viso (HVM Racing): +1.293
13. B. Junqueira (Dale Coyne): +1.330
14. D. Patrick (Andretti Green): +1.390
15. H. Mutoh (Andretti Green): +1.422
16. D. Wheldon (Target Chip Ganassi): +1.432
17. B. Rice (Dreyer & Reinbold): +1.438
18. T. Scheckter (Luczo Dragon): +1.512
19. V. Meira (Panther): +1.568
20. A. Foyt IV (Vision): +1.838
21. E. Carpenter (Vision): +2.269
22. T. Bell (Dreyer & Reinbold): +2.354
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by Wizzie » 10 Jul 2012, 22:09
Road America test - Day 3
With the teams focusing on race stints for the day, this was the first indication of where everyone stacked up over a race distance. Scott Dixon ended the day on top as the Kiwi was the only man to break into the 1:30s during the course of the session. Hideki Mutoh was the surprise of the day in 2nd for Andretti Green with Justin Wilson the best of the ChampCar teams in 3rd. Daniel Melrose ended up a strong 5th place, having commented over the radio that the car was one of the best he'd ever driven in terms of feel, in complete contrast to Helio Castroneves who found the wall at the Kink early and ended up a relatively lowly 15th. Tony Kanaan was another early crasher at the final corner and ended the day last. Ed Carpenter and Darren Manning both had early showers as well when both their cars suffered unrelated punctures at the bottom of the hill at turn 5.
1. S. Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi): 1:30.915
2. H. Mutoh (Andretti Green): +0.311
3. J. Wilson (Newman/Haas/Lanigan): +0.357
4. R. Hunter-Reay (Rahal/Letterman): +0.412
5. D. Melrose (Team Penske): +0.482
6. O. Servia (KV Racing): +0.533
7. D. Wheldon (Target Chip Ganassi): +0.814
8. E. Viso (HVM Racing): +0.901
9. V. Meira (Panther): +1.408
10. A. Foyt IV (Vision): +1.417
11. W. Power (KV Racing): +1.492
12. T. Bell (Dreyer & Reinbold): +1.502
13. D. Manning (A.J. Foyt): +1.540
14. D. Patrick (Andretti Green): +1.552
15. H. Castroneves (Team Penske): +1.677
16. E. Carpenter (Vision): +1.700
17. B. Junqueira (Dale Coyne): +1.744
18. T. Scheckter (Luczo Dragon): +1.926
19. M. Andretti (Andretti Green): +1.942
20. G. Rahal (Newman/Haas/Lanigan): +1.998
21. B. Rice (Dreyer & Reinbold): +2.127
22. T. Kanaan (Andretti Green): +2.439
With the teams focusing on race stints for the day, this was the first indication of where everyone stacked up over a race distance. Scott Dixon ended the day on top as the Kiwi was the only man to break into the 1:30s during the course of the session. Hideki Mutoh was the surprise of the day in 2nd for Andretti Green with Justin Wilson the best of the ChampCar teams in 3rd. Daniel Melrose ended up a strong 5th place, having commented over the radio that the car was one of the best he'd ever driven in terms of feel, in complete contrast to Helio Castroneves who found the wall at the Kink early and ended up a relatively lowly 15th. Tony Kanaan was another early crasher at the final corner and ended the day last. Ed Carpenter and Darren Manning both had early showers as well when both their cars suffered unrelated punctures at the bottom of the hill at turn 5.
1. S. Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi): 1:30.915
2. H. Mutoh (Andretti Green): +0.311
3. J. Wilson (Newman/Haas/Lanigan): +0.357
4. R. Hunter-Reay (Rahal/Letterman): +0.412
5. D. Melrose (Team Penske): +0.482
6. O. Servia (KV Racing): +0.533
7. D. Wheldon (Target Chip Ganassi): +0.814
8. E. Viso (HVM Racing): +0.901
9. V. Meira (Panther): +1.408
10. A. Foyt IV (Vision): +1.417
11. W. Power (KV Racing): +1.492
12. T. Bell (Dreyer & Reinbold): +1.502
13. D. Manning (A.J. Foyt): +1.540
14. D. Patrick (Andretti Green): +1.552
15. H. Castroneves (Team Penske): +1.677
16. E. Carpenter (Vision): +1.700
17. B. Junqueira (Dale Coyne): +1.744
18. T. Scheckter (Luczo Dragon): +1.926
19. M. Andretti (Andretti Green): +1.942
20. G. Rahal (Newman/Haas/Lanigan): +1.998
21. B. Rice (Dreyer & Reinbold): +2.127
22. T. Kanaan (Andretti Green): +2.439
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by Wizzie » 17 Dec 2012, 20:11
2002 FedEx Championship Series - Round 17: Honda Indy 300
Pre-Race
With Brazilian Cristiano da Matta wrapping up the title the previous weekend at Miami, many teams felt it was time to experiment with new drivers and lineups for 2003 at the unforgiving Surfers Paradise track. Patrick Racing were the first after announcing they had found funds for a second car for Townsend Bell, after the American was replaced by Oriol Servia earlier in the year, while Sigma Autosport announced their surprise return with Max Papis as their sole driver. Dale Coyne was also returning for their second event of the year under the Team St. George banner, with British rookie Darren Manning again as the driver of the 19 car. Finally, Mo Nunn's operation found an Australian backer in the form of supermarket giant Woolworths to enter a second car for this weekend, being driven by 17 year old Australian rookie Daniel Melrose, who had just recently been crowned British F3 champion.
Qualifying
Nobody expected much of Daniel Melrose in his first race in an unfamiliar car but even so, the young Australian gave a good account of himself with a solid if unspectacular 19th place on the grid, just 1.6 seconds behind Jimmy Vasser's Rahal car on pole position. Vasser had secured the pole by the barest of margins, as Ganassi's Bruno Junqueira was just 0.006 behind to be alongside him on the front row. Behind them, the two Newman/Haas cars of Christian Fittipaldi and Cristiano da Matta will line up 3rd and 5th for Saturday's race, sandwiching the ever-impressive Adrian Fernandez. While there were some surprises like Shinji Nakano and Tora Takagi occupying row 4, there were also disappointments, such as Dario Franchitti struggling to get the Kool Green car any higher than 14th and Canadian Patrick Carpentier stranded down in 20th.
Grid
1. J. Vasser (Team Rahal): 1:24.776
2. B. Junqueira (Target Chip Ganassi): +0.006
3. C. Fittipaldi (Newman/Haas Racing): +0.101
4. A. Fernandez (Fernandez Racing): +0.285
5. C. da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing): +0.403
6. O. Servia (Patrick Racing): +0.498
7. S. Nakano (Fernandez Racing): +0.863
8. T. Takagi (Walker Racing): +0.957
9. A. Tagliani (Team Player's): +1.042
10. P. Tracy (Team KOOL Green): +1.055
11. T. Bell (Patrick Racing): +1.085
12. T. Kanaan (Mo Nunn Racing): +1.151
13. S. Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi): +1.153
14. D. Franchitti (Team KOOL Green): +1.157
15. M. Jourdain Jr. (Team Rahal): +1.278
16. K. Brack (Target Chip Ganassi): +1.328
17. M. Dominguez (Herdez Competition): +1.509
18. M. Andretti (Team Motorola): +1.577
19. D. Melrose (Mo Nunn Racing): +1.639
20. P. Carpentier (Team Player's): +1.826
21. M. Papis (Sigma Autosport): +1.918
22. D. Manning (Team St. George): +2.407
Race
One of the hottest October days on record combined with a botched resurfacing job at various points on the circuit in the preceding months led to quite possibly one of the most insane CART races on record. Eventually, it got to the point where the race had to be red flagged after just 40 laps were completed, which meant Christian Fittipaldi won his first race of the year ahead of teammate Cristiano da Matta. The two Andretti Racing cars of Dario Franchitti and Michael Andretti were the only two cars to make it to the end but a few minutes ago, it looked like neither car would make it onto the podium. That was because Mo Nunn's rookie Daniel Melrose had showed a level of maturity and patience that people twice his age didn't have that day to be running third late in the race, with a comfortable gap back to the two Andretti cars. Alas, it was not to be however as the Honda engine in the back of his car tragically blew up with two laps to go, denying the Australian a podium in his first race, but fifth place was nonetheless a fine result. Of the other points scorers, Darren Manning scored 6th place for Dale Coyne despite only completing 23 laps ahead of polesitter Jimmy Vasser and Mario Dominguez. Adrian Fernandez and Kenny Brack rounded out the top 10 with the two Forsythe cars of Alex Tagliani and Patrick Carpentier taking home the final points.
1. C. Fittipaldi (Newman/Haas Racing): 59m 11.711
2. C. da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing): +6.233
3. D. Franchitti (Team KOOL Green): +39.919
4. M. Andretti (Team Motorola): +1:04.127
5. D. Melrose (Mo Nunn Racing): +2 LAPS*
6. D. Manning (Team St. George)
7. J. Vasser (Team Rahal)
8. M. Dominguez (Herdez Competition)
9. A. Fernandez (Fernandez Racing)
10. K. Brack (Target Chip Ganassi)
11. A. Tagliani (Team Player's)
12. P. Carpentier (Team Player's)
13. T. Takagi (Walker Racing)
14. O. Servia (Patrick Racing)
15. M. Papis (Sigma Autosport)
16. S. Nakano (Team Fernandez)
17. S. Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi)
18. T. Kanaan (Mo Nunn Racing)
19. B. Junquiera (Target Chip Ganassi)
20. M. Jourdain Jr. (Team Rahal)
21. T. Bell (Patrick Racing)
22. P. Tracy (Team KOOL Green)
Pole: J. Vasser (Team Rahal): 1:24.776
Fastest Lap: D. Franchitti (Team KOOL Green): 1:25.582
Leaders: J. Vasser: 1-14 (Total: 14)
C. da Matta: 15-16, 24-30 (Total: 9)
C. Fittipaldi: 17-23, 31-40 (Total: 17)
Pre-Race
With Brazilian Cristiano da Matta wrapping up the title the previous weekend at Miami, many teams felt it was time to experiment with new drivers and lineups for 2003 at the unforgiving Surfers Paradise track. Patrick Racing were the first after announcing they had found funds for a second car for Townsend Bell, after the American was replaced by Oriol Servia earlier in the year, while Sigma Autosport announced their surprise return with Max Papis as their sole driver. Dale Coyne was also returning for their second event of the year under the Team St. George banner, with British rookie Darren Manning again as the driver of the 19 car. Finally, Mo Nunn's operation found an Australian backer in the form of supermarket giant Woolworths to enter a second car for this weekend, being driven by 17 year old Australian rookie Daniel Melrose, who had just recently been crowned British F3 champion.
Qualifying
Nobody expected much of Daniel Melrose in his first race in an unfamiliar car but even so, the young Australian gave a good account of himself with a solid if unspectacular 19th place on the grid, just 1.6 seconds behind Jimmy Vasser's Rahal car on pole position. Vasser had secured the pole by the barest of margins, as Ganassi's Bruno Junqueira was just 0.006 behind to be alongside him on the front row. Behind them, the two Newman/Haas cars of Christian Fittipaldi and Cristiano da Matta will line up 3rd and 5th for Saturday's race, sandwiching the ever-impressive Adrian Fernandez. While there were some surprises like Shinji Nakano and Tora Takagi occupying row 4, there were also disappointments, such as Dario Franchitti struggling to get the Kool Green car any higher than 14th and Canadian Patrick Carpentier stranded down in 20th.
Grid
1. J. Vasser (Team Rahal): 1:24.776
2. B. Junqueira (Target Chip Ganassi): +0.006
3. C. Fittipaldi (Newman/Haas Racing): +0.101
4. A. Fernandez (Fernandez Racing): +0.285
5. C. da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing): +0.403
6. O. Servia (Patrick Racing): +0.498
7. S. Nakano (Fernandez Racing): +0.863
8. T. Takagi (Walker Racing): +0.957
9. A. Tagliani (Team Player's): +1.042
10. P. Tracy (Team KOOL Green): +1.055
11. T. Bell (Patrick Racing): +1.085
12. T. Kanaan (Mo Nunn Racing): +1.151
13. S. Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi): +1.153
14. D. Franchitti (Team KOOL Green): +1.157
15. M. Jourdain Jr. (Team Rahal): +1.278
16. K. Brack (Target Chip Ganassi): +1.328
17. M. Dominguez (Herdez Competition): +1.509
18. M. Andretti (Team Motorola): +1.577
19. D. Melrose (Mo Nunn Racing): +1.639
20. P. Carpentier (Team Player's): +1.826
21. M. Papis (Sigma Autosport): +1.918
22. D. Manning (Team St. George): +2.407
Race
One of the hottest October days on record combined with a botched resurfacing job at various points on the circuit in the preceding months led to quite possibly one of the most insane CART races on record. Eventually, it got to the point where the race had to be red flagged after just 40 laps were completed, which meant Christian Fittipaldi won his first race of the year ahead of teammate Cristiano da Matta. The two Andretti Racing cars of Dario Franchitti and Michael Andretti were the only two cars to make it to the end but a few minutes ago, it looked like neither car would make it onto the podium. That was because Mo Nunn's rookie Daniel Melrose had showed a level of maturity and patience that people twice his age didn't have that day to be running third late in the race, with a comfortable gap back to the two Andretti cars. Alas, it was not to be however as the Honda engine in the back of his car tragically blew up with two laps to go, denying the Australian a podium in his first race, but fifth place was nonetheless a fine result. Of the other points scorers, Darren Manning scored 6th place for Dale Coyne despite only completing 23 laps ahead of polesitter Jimmy Vasser and Mario Dominguez. Adrian Fernandez and Kenny Brack rounded out the top 10 with the two Forsythe cars of Alex Tagliani and Patrick Carpentier taking home the final points.
1. C. Fittipaldi (Newman/Haas Racing): 59m 11.711
2. C. da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing): +6.233
3. D. Franchitti (Team KOOL Green): +39.919
4. M. Andretti (Team Motorola): +1:04.127
5. D. Melrose (Mo Nunn Racing): +2 LAPS*
6. D. Manning (Team St. George)
7. J. Vasser (Team Rahal)
8. M. Dominguez (Herdez Competition)
9. A. Fernandez (Fernandez Racing)
10. K. Brack (Target Chip Ganassi)
11. A. Tagliani (Team Player's)
12. P. Carpentier (Team Player's)
13. T. Takagi (Walker Racing)
14. O. Servia (Patrick Racing)
15. M. Papis (Sigma Autosport)
16. S. Nakano (Team Fernandez)
17. S. Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi)
18. T. Kanaan (Mo Nunn Racing)
19. B. Junquiera (Target Chip Ganassi)
20. M. Jourdain Jr. (Team Rahal)
21. T. Bell (Patrick Racing)
22. P. Tracy (Team KOOL Green)
Pole: J. Vasser (Team Rahal): 1:24.776
Fastest Lap: D. Franchitti (Team KOOL Green): 1:25.582
Leaders: J. Vasser: 1-14 (Total: 14)
C. da Matta: 15-16, 24-30 (Total: 9)
C. Fittipaldi: 17-23, 31-40 (Total: 17)
Martin Brundle, at the 2005 San Marino GP wrote:You can sort of imagine in four or five years time talking about these guys we've got on the front two rows of the grid today, can't you? They're very much the future of Grand Prix Racing.
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by AndreaModa » 19 Jan 2013, 10:20
Just been editing Phoenix McAllister's page on the wiki, and I was wondering where on earth his 2011 F1 season results came from as you only did up to 2010 Wizzie? He only has a partial season on there and I was going to try and find the remaining results, but I haven't a clue where they'd be seeing as they're not here!
That's right Eddie, that was me with the banner, Spanish GP, 2002. This pile of legal forms won't fill itself in you know...
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by Wizzie » 19 Jan 2013, 10:23
AndreaModa wrote:Just been editing Phoenix McAllister's page on the wiki, and I was wondering where on earth his 2011 F1 season results came from as you only did up to 2010 Wizzie? He only has a partial season on there and I was going to try and find the remaining results, but I haven't a clue where they'd be seeing as they're not here!
They came from Lappy's 2011 season where I used slightly excessive amounts of creative license to sub McAllister in for Massa. Turns out he stopped posting results for the rest of the 2011 season, hence why it went unfinished
Martin Brundle, at the 2005 San Marino GP wrote:You can sort of imagine in four or five years time talking about these guys we've got on the front two rows of the grid today, can't you? They're very much the future of Grand Prix Racing.
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Re: FORCDA 2010 Season
by AndreaModa » 19 Jan 2013, 10:54
Wizzie wrote:AndreaModa wrote:Just been editing Phoenix McAllister's page on the wiki, and I was wondering where on earth his 2011 F1 season results came from as you only did up to 2010 Wizzie? He only has a partial season on there and I was going to try and find the remaining results, but I haven't a clue where they'd be seeing as they're not here!
They came from Lappy's 2011 season where I used slightly excessive amounts of creative license to sub McAllister in for Massa. Turns out he stopped posting results for the rest of the 2011 season, hence why it went unfinished
Ah right fair enough that explains it then! I'll leave it for the time being then, unless Phoenix himself has an opinion on the issue.
That's right Eddie, that was me with the banner, Spanish GP, 2002. This pile of legal forms won't fill itself in you know...
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