F1RWRS - A computerised F1Reject series

[DanielPT]

I shall be having a few words with our drivers as they were rubbish, yes yes, rubbish, Daniel Martins should be ashamed of coming 12th. If he was a real man he would stab himself in the stomach for honor, like the Japanese do when they bring shame home.

While I am certainly ashamed of spinning and ending up 12th when a higher finish was on the cards, I prefer to make a lesson from this and be better next time out, because we can only improve with mistakes. And I am in a good position to say that if everyone at ArrowTech did seppuku when they brought shame home, the team would have absolutely no personal left!

[dr-baker]

Well, this was my first time not running near the front of the field at the start of the race, and I guess I was just trying far too hard to get back towards the front. Sadly, I have got a bit of concussion and so I will have to give up my seat to Pippa for the final race of the year.

[tommykl]

It's nice to finish second, obviously, as it brings much-needed points in the race for second both in the drivers' and constructors' championships. Shinobu drove a great race today, and congrats to her on winning her first race, and I'll also thank her for pushing Chris into a mistake. Thanks to her, I'm second in the championship, which is a relief after scoring no points since Portugal. I'm hoping the car will stand the distance in Brazil, so I can defend my second place against all the other contenders, mainly Chris and Rhys.

Well, I can't say I'm not used to this, this is my twelfth retirement of the year in fifteen races, yet my car was so quick in the three races I finished that I'm still seventh in the championship. I don't think I'll finish the last race either, but I really hope next year's car will be more reliable. The speed is there, but we dearly need the ability to actually finish the race if we want to launch an attack on the world title.

[JeremyMcClean]

Good to finish in tenth. It's only my fourth finish this year, so any finish will do. Hopefully our reliability will improve next season, I had some good drives this season. However, this was not one of them, I do take fault for the bad finish today.

[Wizzie]

From 18th on the grid in a race of low attrition to 8th by race finish is a good effort by myself and the team. The car felt incredibly skittish in one-lap trim which meant that I simply couldn't get any confidence to go absolutely flat out without fearing a meeting with the nearest concrete wall. Once we put in a race setup though the car felt much more stable and as a result I was able to make several overtaking maneuvers. I did get some damage from the incident off the start involving Frank and Ashley which was totally my fault and without that I believe we would have been in with a good shot for a point or two.

[AndreaModa]

It's mixed bag of feelings really following the race, whilst I'm happy at having taken more points with 4th place and I'm pleased for Daniel who had a solid drive in his first race for the team, Gilet have managed to increase the gap to us so now 2nd place in the constructors championship looks a long way off. Having said that, 3rd place looks very possible, HRT have had a poor end to the season and whilst I wouldn't want to wish them any misfortune, I hope their current trend continues! Here's hoping for a very strong double points finish for us at the final race of the year!

[tommykl]

Colruyt confident in Prospec buyout

Jo Colruyt has expressed his confidence in acquiring the Prospec team, after no one expressed an offer in the press.

"I'm sure we're very close to getting hold of Prospec, as no one else seems to be interested in the team. I have heard some vague rumours that Gary himself could eventually attempt a takeover, but I don't have any info on that. It could well prove to be just a rumour, so I'm not really worrying about him too much."

[This]

Colruyt confident in Prospec buyout

Jo Colruyt has expressed his confidence in acquiring the Prospec team, after no one expressed an offer in the press.

"I'm sure we're very close to getting hold of Prospec, as no one else seems to be interested in the team. I have heard some vague rumours that Gary himself could eventually attempt a takeover, but I don't have any info on that. It could well prove to be just a rumour, so I'm not really worrying about him too much."

Though there are rumours of a mysterious by-out financed by the inhabitants of the glorious city of Herstappe. (a community with 80 inhabitants)

[Warren Hughes]

Colruyt confident in Prospec buyout

Jo Colruyt has expressed his confidence in acquiring the Prospec team, after no one expressed an offer in the press.

"I'm sure we're very close to getting hold of Prospec, as no one else seems to be interested in the team. I have heard some vague rumours that Gary himself could eventually attempt a takeover, but I don't have any info on that. It could well prove to be just a rumour, so I'm not really worrying about him too much."

Cameron denies Colruyt speculation

Gary Cameron has issued a hasty denial that he is involved in a buyout of the up-for-grabs Prospec team, after Jo Colruyt mentioned his name in connection with a rival takeover bid. When questioned specifically about this issue, Cameron merely responded "There's nothing to say. I don't pay any attention to rumour and counter-rumour." It was a far-from-convincing denial from the Englishman, and may serve only to fuel further speculation.

[the Masked Lapwing]

Zimmer suggests "Chase"-style championship
John Zimmer has recently suggested that the F1RWRS may benefit from a new championship structure, that would employ a similar system to the Chase for the Sprint Cup currently used in NASCAR. "If you look at this year's championship, it's so one-sided. Assume that the first race of the chase was at Estoril. Each driver would have their points reset to, say, 100, and get two more for every win they have at that point. If I'm right, than Mark Dagnall wouldn't be leading the championship - Chris would, by four points. Straight away more interesting!" While no other drivers or officials could be contacted, there could be some support from drivers in the paddock, possibly including former NASCAR drivers Douglas Mann and James Davies.

[tommykl]

De Bock supports Zimmer in chase proposal

Thomas De Bock, driver for Gillet Ecurie Nationale Belge has announced that he will support John Zimmer in his campaign to adopt a NASCAR-like "Chase" points system.

I know it hasn't worked very well so far in NASCAR, but that's because there's always been one team who adapted best to the situation, while the others were simply unable to counter. No offense to the guys in the US, but the F1RWRS is a much more competitve series, and the chances of the same scenario repeating itself over here is very low, in my opinion. I don't see why it wouldn't work.

[East Londoner]

Offspring Racing to contest F1RWRS?
As the 2013 F1RWRS season draws to it's conclusion, the rumour mill is stepped up a gear, as drivers, teams, chassis and engine names fly about the place. More often then not, these rumours are proved to be just that, rumours. One recently making the headlines does, however carry some weight behind it. Richie White, recently dropped by the soon to be renamed Shock Of The Lightning Motorsport, has apparently bought some old chassis and secured a potential supply of turbo engines to rejoin the series for 2014. When we interviewed him, he was economical with details.

"To face facts, yes I was kicked out of SOTL by the new owner so he could put in his own pay driver. Like that will get the crapbox into a race (SOTL have failed to pass pre-qualfying at all this year). What's worse, as I drove for that idiot Dany Bahar and his frankly awful Group Lotus effort last year in the F1RWRS, none of the teams in F1 would touch me with a bargepole (Bahar having taken over and destroyed Team Genii), whilst Damon (Cannon) was easily able to find a seat in F1 because of his F1CC results. So I thought to myself, what could I do for next season? So I decided to look around for a few spare chassis for sale, and bought a couple from someone who only gave his name as R. O. Forth. The plan was just to mess around with them, but I got a second wind, and decided to show up the team that nearly destroyed my career for next season. I have some engines, though their identity is a closely-guarded secret, and with some luck, me and my girlfriend shall be driving them next season, under the identity of Offspring Racing. Why the name? Because The Offspring (sh*tty a** pop punk band - Ed) are my favourite band, and I couldn't be bothered to think of a better name.

Yes, I've returned. My insane plan to study 5 A-levels at sixth form college blew up in my face, and I decided to drop to 4 A-levels to reduce pressure on me to suceed. Thus I shall have more free time, and can return here.

Note: I do actually like The Offspring, contrary to what that awful editor of The Scum thinks.

[tommykl]

Note: I do actually like The Offspring, contrary to what that awful editor of The Scum thinks.

[The Lukas]

Sobczyk surprised back White to F1RWRS
Current team owner SOTL Grzegosz Sobczyk admitted that he is surprised again Richie White,it F1RWRS
has announced that it has completed the sale of the team at the end of the season and that does not matter that the team who will be the de facto successor SOTL team who plans to enter the F1RWRS played a greater role.

[Aerond]

Hey, sorry for not having performed the Brazilian GP yet, I had planned to do it this weekend but I´m running a bit late with a remix, which was due on Friday... I promise I will do it on Tuesday the latest!

[JeremyMcClean]

Hey, sorry for not having performed the Brazilian GP yet, I had planned to do it this weekend but I´m running a bit late with a remix, which was due on Friday... I promise I will do it on Tuesday the latest!

Thanks for the update!

Entries are still open for the ArrowTech test at the end of the season. Anyone who sends me a PM saying if they want an entry will be entered.

[Shizuka]

I´m running a bit late with a remix, which was due on Friday

Remix? Musician?

[Wizzie]

I´m running a bit late with a remix, which was due on Friday

Remix? Musician?

I can imagine Aerond and Alguersuari doing a DJ duet one day

[Aerond]

I´m running a bit late with a remix, which was due on Friday

Remix? Musician?

It doesn´t pay my expenses but I have loads of fun with it and I spend most of my free time with music. Appart from occasional Dj Sets and Remixes I play synth + programming in a band. We´re about to record our first full album (we have an EP out) next month.

I can imagine Aerond and Alguersuari doing a DJ duet one day

The big question is who would open the night

[Shizuka]

I'm also a musician, what genre do you do, Aerond?

[Aerond]

I'm also a musician, what genre do you do, Aerond?

What we do (as a band) falls between Electronica, Dance-Punk and Indie-Pop; we admire bands like Lcd Soundsystem, Digitalism, Cut Copy or M83, if that helps.

[Shizuka]

That's cool, I do electronic music.

[Klon]

UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ?

[Shizuka]

Exactly!

Maybe this is why I flounder like Alguersuari did?

[Aerond]

F1RWRS 2013 - ROUND 16/16 - BRAZILIAN GP - Interlagos

PRE-QUALIFYING (Drivers in bold go into main qualifying)

1. Kay Lon (Sunshine) -- 1.20.768
2. Douglas Mann (Foxdale) -- 1.20.772 (+0.004)
3. Pippa Mann (Foxdale) -- 1.20.807 (+0.039)
4. Shinobu Katayama (Sunshine) -- 1.21.286 (+0.518)
5. Hagane Shizuka (FAT) -- 1.21.415 (+0.647)
6. Ron Mignolet (Phoenix) -- 1.22.084 (+1.316)
7. Jari Kekkonen (FAT) -- 1.22.321 (+1.553)
8. Poppy Whitechapel (Calinetic) -- 1.22.524 (+1.756)
9. David Koczo (Calinetic) -- 1.22.679 (+1.911)
10. Giovanni Roda (Trueba) -- 1.22.709 (+1.941)
11. James Davies (Trueba) -- 1.22.756 (+1.988)
12. Tomislaw Tajner (SOTL) -- 1.23.201 (+2.433)
13. Phoenix McAllister (Phoenix) -- 1.24.192 (+3.424)
14. Damon Cannon (SOTL) -- 1.24.355 (+3.587)
15. Todd Cockburn (Virgin Intercorse) -- 1.25.381 (+4.613)
16. Phil McCraken (Virgin Intercorse) -- 1.25.545 (+4.777)
17. Vidal Reyna-Sanchez (Horizon) -- 1.26.499 (+5.731)
18. Dean O´Lauchlan (Horizon) -- 1.26.979 (+6.211)
19. Fredo Mestolio (CR) -- 1.29.091 (+8.323)
20. Darren Older Jr (CR) -- 1.29.604 (+8.836)

QUALIFYING

1. Douglas Mann (Foxdale) -- 1.20.682
2. Kay Lon (Sunshine) -- 1.20.689 (+0.007)
3. Pippa Mann (Foxdale) -- 1.20.773 (+0.091)
4. Shinobu Katayama (Sunshine) -- 1.20.921 (+0.239)
5. Mark Dagnall (Dagnall) -- 1.21.438 (+0.756)
6. Jari Kekkonen (FAT) -- 1.21.527 (+0.845)
7. Hagane Shizuka (FAT) -- 1.21.559 (+0.877)
8. Thomas de Bock (Gillet) -- 1.21.600 (+0.918)
9. Aurelian Moll (Gillet) -- 1.21.647 (+0.965)
10. Ashley Watkinson (HRT) -- 1.21.920 (+1.238)
11. Daniel Melrose (Jones) -- 1.21.961 (+1.279)
12. Sammy Jones (Jones) -- 1.22.077 (+1.395)
13. Sebastian Groves (Arrowtech) -- 1.22.366 (+1.684)
14. Dave Simpson (Prospec) -- 1.22.527 (+1.845)
15. Gary Cameron (Prospec) -- 1.22.678 (+1.996)
16. Chris Dagnall (Dagnall) -- 1.22.795 (+2.113)
17. Nicolas Steele (Kamaha) -- 1.22.918 (+2.236)
18. Nathanael Spencer (MRT) -- 1.23.264 (+2.582)
19. Tommy Nash (GRM) -- 1.23.400 (+2.718)
20. Resi Respati (Flying Fish) -- 1.23.467 (+2.785)
21. Jesus Plaza (ARC) -- 1.23.471 (+2.789)
22. Rhys Davies (HRT) -- 1.23.515 (+2.833)
23. Colin Pratchett (ARC) -- 1.23.516 (+2.834)
24. Barii Mori (Kamaha) -- 1.23.690 (+2.908)
25. Yu Hiang Hao (Flying Fish) -- 1.23.638 (+2.956)
26. Nathan Scott (GRM) -- 1.23.678 (+2.996)
DNQ. Daniel Martins (Arrowtech) -- 1.23.796 (+3.114)
DNQ. Phillippe Nicolas (MRT) -- 1.24.828 (+4.146)

RACE

Finally! A long season for some of the drivers, who couldn´t wait enough to go and drink caipirinhas all night. Martins was so eager to do it that he "forgot" to qualify the car... Douglas Mann did a decent start while Pippa Mann managed to pass Kay Lon, who decided to imitate Mark Webber. Mark Dagnall passed Katayama as well. At the back straight Pippa Mann decided she had waited too long and took the lead.




The first few laps happened without many incidents at the front (Watkinson and Respati having to pit for mechanical reasons), but Kay Lon really wanted to end his season standing out and he spun off the track, falling to 24th... Gary Cameron was the first man to retire, followed by Mori. Melrose decided to pit first on lap 21 while Kekkonen lost sometime trying to figure how Tommy Nash had unlapped himself...



Miss Katayama retired on lap 23, to Sunshine disgrace, while Douglas Mann, Jones and Lon were the only top drivers to go for one stop. Kekkonen managed to pass Jones for 4th on lap 26, then Shizuka passed Jones as well and one lap later the Castrol painted car failed altogether. Meanwhile, Kay Lon got stuck behind De Bock before his pitstop almost at the same time Douglas Mann retired once again.



The Fox decided that Caipirinhas weren´t going to be enough for a proper party and so another DNF came from Pippa when she had a nice lead. Caipirinhas with barbecue taste better.
Lon finally managed to pass De Bock on lap 35. Lon came into the pits two laps later and managed to exit 7th behind an impressive Groves. When Moll came into the pits for the 2nd pitstop on lap 44 Lon passed the Gillet comfortably but didn´t manage to beat Shziuka on lap 46. Mark Dagnall kept the lead after his second stop and only some sort of a car problem would stop him from scoring another win.



But the race wasn´t totally over as the retirement galore at the top positions came in this last part of the race. First De Bock, then Moll for another Gillet double DNF. Then Kekkonen ending his short FAT adventure on lap 54. Shizuka had to pit to solve a problem on lap 57 and lost the 2nd place to Kay Lon. Then, on lap 63 Simpson retired from 5th place and as it seemed Steele would get the 6th place he suffered a problem with the brakes and gave the last point to Rhys Davies... but only for two laps, as the new tyres helped the Kamaha driver achieve one last point finish before the end of the season!




FASTEST LAP: Pippa Mann (Foxdale) -- 1.23.624
ROTR: Daniel Martins; couldn´t qualify his car while rookie teammate got a brilliant 4th place.

FASTEST LAP: Kay Lon (Sunshine) -- 1.34.730
ROTR: HRT -- Constructor 2nd place contenders didn´t qualify one car and Watkinson suffered a lack of top speed to be able to do anything.

CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL STANDINGS

Drivers

1. Mark Dagnall -- 74 pts
2. Aurelian Moll -- 34 pts
3. Chris Dagnall -- 32 pts
4. Rhys Davies -- 31 pts
5. Kay Lon -- 30 pts
6. Sammy Jones -- 25 pts
7. Thomas de Bock -- 23 pts
8. Daniel Melrose -- 18 pts
=. Shinobu Katayama -- 18 pts
10. Ashley Watkinson -- 17 pts
11. Frank Zimmer -- 14 pts
12. Colin Pratchett -- 13 pts
13. Dave Simpson -- 10 pts
=. Douglas Mann -- 10 pts
=. Jesus Plaza -- 10 pts
16. Daniel Martins -- 9 pts
=. Resi Respati -- 9 pts
18. Barii Mori -- 6 pts
=. Hagane Shizuka -- 6 pts
20. John Zimmer -- 5 pts
=. Saeed Al Faisal -- 5 pts
22. Nathan Scott -- 3 pts
=. Sebastian Groves -- 3 pts
24. Nathanael Spencer -- 2 pts
=. Phoenix McAllister -- 2 pts
=. Phillippe Nicolas -- 2 pts
=. Gary Cameron -- 2 pts
28. Dave McFaste -- 1 pt
=. Nicolas Steele -- 1 pt


Teams

1. Dagnall Engineering -- 106 pts
2. Gillet -- 57 pts
3. HRT -- 49 pts
4. Jones Racing -- 48 pts
5. Arrowtech -- 30 pts
6. Sunshine -- 29 pts
7. American Racing -- 23 pts
8. GRM -- 21 pts
9. Prospec -- 12 pts
10. Foxdale -- 10 pts
11. Flying Fish -- 9 pts
12. FAT -- 7 pts
=. Kamaha -- 7 pts
13. MRT -- 4 pts
15. Phoenix -- 2 pts
16. Calinetic -- 1 pt

**** Can somebody look at point ties to define the final positions for me, please??

[Shizuka]

[ incomprehensible drunk speech ... ]

[This]

and what is my teammate/teamboss doing?

[dr-baker]

F1RWRS 2013 - ROUND 16/16 - BRAZILIAN GP - Interlagos

PRE-QUALIFYING (Drivers in bold go into main qualifying)

2. Douglas Mann (Foxdale) -- 1.20.772 (+0.004)
3. Pippa Mann (Foxdale) -- 1.20.807 (+0.039)


QUALIFYING

1. Douglas Mann (Foxdale) -- 1.20.682
3. Pippa Mann (Foxdale) -- 1.20.773 (+0.091)

About as inevitable as Foxdale going on to either win or, more likely, double-DNF.

And great to see gender equality in the top 4 in both sessions - 50% male, 50% female. Go Pippa! Go Shinobu!

[JeremyMcClean]

Great qualifying! The car felt fantastic! Of course, only the race matters, but I will always race to my best and hopefully I'll put up a great result.

...

Oh, and Nicolas, watch out for Tommy Nash, he might bump into you

Shut up Jari!

Hey! I'm not THAT clumsy at the start of the race!

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He writes, "What the hell happened Daniel??"

[the Masked Lapwing]

26. Nathan Scott (GRM) -- 1.23.678 (+2.996)
DNQ. Daniel Martins (Arrowtech) -- 1.23.796 (+3.114)

A tenth of a second. Not deserving of a Dagnall drive, is he?
But on another note, the HRT-GRM group is going for a three-peat. Anybody dare deny us?

[Wizzie]

26. Nathan Scott (GRM) -- 1.23.678 (+2.996)
DNQ. Daniel Martins (Arrowtech) -- 1.23.796 (+3.114)

A tenth of a second. Not deserving of a Dagnall drive, is he?
But on another note, the HRT-GRM group is going for a three-peat. Anybody dare deny us?

I think Martins is giving a run for your money for being thrashed by his former teammate and rookie teammate on his way to a DNQ

[Shizuka]

[ another incomprehensible drunk speech with blood on overall ]

[Phoenix]

Oh, I can't just be bothered anymore this season. I am intensely performing testing duties for next year's car, and since this year's car is utter shite, I said: "Why try harder?". But, I mean, shite, if I knew Ron would have been this high... *sigh*

[SuperAguri]

Kay Lon does continue to impress, being 7 thousands of a second off pole, Shinobu was unlucky as she ran wide into the last corner and lost at least a few tenths. We are hoping for a few podiums or some points to make sure that we finish strongly.

It is disappointing to be in 24th, but Steele in 17th is just being race winner Chris Dagnall, I do hope we can get a point or two.

What, what, what? What the [censored] was Daniel Martins doing? DNQ, DNQ. DNQ? I hope daniel can find a good use for the sharp knives in the motorhome. Yes, yes, yes. I hope the Fox makes Daniel Martins qualify for his place in the team at the tests. Still I was surprised that Sebastian Groves managed 13th, unlucky for Daniel Martins it would seem. Daniel was just slow, he can't even say it was a car problem or had a driver in front of them.

[DanielPT]

Martins claims someone sabotaged his ArrowTech

Daniel Martins, following his DNQ, claimed in a organized press conference, along with his agent Pierre Moreau and his race engineer Mark Smixley, that someone with paddock access tampered with his powertrain. Showing photos of what looks to be the gearbox he used at qualifying, he explained that "in this photo we can clearly show that the gearbox case screws where tampered due to portraying signs of extreme wear made possible by someone reckless. In this next photo, we can see a broken gear which prevented me from using the top gear. Gearbox was completely new and this gear looks to have been destroyed by human interference. Telemetry showed that the gear would not engage since we left the garage. Given time shortage and the lack of another gearbox, we decided to try qualifying like this anyway. Obviously it didn't worked...". Daniel Martins chose not to answer when asked if this possible act could come from within the team preferring to enhance his commitment to ArrowTech in rough times. The conference ended when Moreau said that they were studying the next step which included a possible F1RWRS commission official investigation or even a criminal investigation.

[JeremyMcClean]

I'd have to agree with Daniel here. I'm not a person who issues team orders and I thought the car was fine during Friday Practice... obviously someone sabotaged the car! I think it was Daniel Melrose. Other than him, I don't have any immediate suspects. We'll definitely be issuing a police investigation. I just hope the police do a good job...

[Klon]

While I agree with both The Fox and Daniel Martins there, they fail to take a look at the bigger picture. There is indeed something awful going around these places in recent times, starting with me getting fired two races before the season ends and now goes up to the straight-up manipulation of cars. I for my part am the Best In The World at what I do, so I can struggle against the evil forces by sheer driving talent alone, but weaker drivers just cannot do this and get screwed out of their chances. We must remain vigilant lest this series becomes the playball of forces with dark intent.

[Wizzie]

Now why the hell will I do that? Everyone knows I've been crook as a dog all weekend and can barely walk and talk let alone do something as heinous as that. Plus even though we had the massive falling out I still hold the highest respect of Daniel, the Fox and all the mechanics of... *Runs to porta-loo to throw up for the 17th time this weekend*

[Klon]

Here's some rumours for you, because I feel like writing a bit.

Pippa Mann To Strike Huge Deal?

Newest rumours in the paddock say that current Foxdale driver and defending F1RWRS champion Pippa Mann is to strike a huge deal with Nike which is to be announced soon. The deal is supposed to involve, aside from the obvious multiple attendances at Nike marketing events, a huge commerical to be send all over Europe, very closely to resemble the former "Tell Me" commercial done with Michael Jordan. Currently, no Foxdale staff was ready to make a statement regarding this deal, but Nike admitted that they are looking at a possible F1RWRS deal due to the series becoming more and more popular with crowds "normally out of reach" for advertising campaings of this kind (editor's note: hipsters).

500 Miles Race In Spa Planned

According to an insider within the F1RWRS Council, negotations with the owners of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps are underway involving turning the Belgian F1RWRS Grand Prix into a 500-miles race, just like the Indy 500 or the non-championship Budweiser 500. 500 miles would mean 115 laps around the circuit. While some question whether doing so would be a good idea with the lack of reliability in the old reject cars, officials are sure it can quickly become one of the biggest racing events of the year.

And since I don't feel the silly season doesn't do its name justice, have two of these as well:

Adrian Sutil Set For Acuri Autosport Deal

According to our sources, former F1 driver Adrian Sutil has signed a deal with the newest F1RWRS effort Acuri Autosport. Sutil, who partnered Acuri at Spyker/Force India both in 2007 and 2010, seems to be out of Formula 1 after his 2013 run with Williams turned out awful with him losing his place at the team two races before season closure. Adrian Sutil himself said that he has a "number of options" which according to German media include, aside from Acuri's team, "multiple" F1 teams, a DTM drive with BMW or a new car run by Earnhardt Ganassi Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

Kay Lon To Return To Kamaha?

After being released from Jones Racing, the German Kay Lon is one of the biggest free agents on the market. His Sunshine deal is currently only for the last two races of the year and while Lon has announced his intention of driving with them for 2014 as well, there is no deal currently on the table as indicated by Lon being a participant in the ArrowTech shoot-out. Despite their fallout in early 2013, Kamaha boss Bari Morii must be aware of Lon's noticeable skills. Being asked about a possible return, Lon laughed heartly at first. After he had collected himself, he said that he does not have a problem with the Kamaha staff at all, only with the "so-called management", so if things were to his "liking", he would consider a new Kamaha deal "an option". We had no chance of talking to Morii or other leading staff of Kamaha about this yet.

[dr-baker]

Here's some rumours for you, because I feel like writing a bit.

Pippa Mann To Strike Huge Deal?

Newest rumours in the paddock say that current Foxdale driver and defending F1RWRS champion Pippa Mann is to strike a huge deal with Nike which is to be announced soon. The deal is supposed to involve, aside from the obvious multiple attendances at Nike marketing events, a huge commerical to be send all over Europe, very closely to resemble the former "Tell Me" commercial done with Michael Jordan. Currently, no Foxdale staff was ready to make a statement regarding this deal, but Nike admitted that they are looking at a possible F1RWRS deal due to the series becoming more and more popular with crowds "normally out of reach" for advertising campaings of this kind (editor's note: hipsters).

Interesting rumour. But here's the truth of the situation. The Sun has been in negociations with me. They want to turn me into the British version of Danica Patrick. And they think that if they can get Nike to sponsor my team, that might help to sway my mind. But I am NOT getting my mammery glands out for anybody but Ben. If Nike still want to sponsor the team, then that's up to them, but that will be wholly independant of The Sun.