GPM2, May the best manager win!

[the Masked Lapwing]

Jaguar will take James Courtney as a test driver and will test at Silverstone and Magny-Cours.

[AdrianSutil]

Arrows take Lewis Hamilton for test-driver and will conduct their two test days at Silverstone and Jerez.

[Shadaza]

2003 Formula 1 Entry List

1.McLaren Mercedes
Team Principle: Phoenix
Drivers: 1.Michael Schumacher 2.Jarno Trulli TD:TBC
Home Circuit: Silverstone, GBR
Test 1:
Test 2:

After being snubbed by the likes of Ferrari and Williams, McLaren snapped up defending champion Michael Schumacher to drive for them this season as Michael attempts to win a record 6th Formula 1 world championship. Trulli proves a capable backup for the German though the Italian is sure to be looking for that elusive début win sooner rather then later.

2.Ferrari
Team Principle:Leonhard von Gottorp (Klon)
Drivers: 3.Ralf Schumacher 4.Rubens Barrichello TD: Justin Wilson
Home Circuit: Imola, Italy (NOT SAN MARINO)
Test 1:Imola
Test 2:Jerez

von Gottorp has certainly made an immediate impression on the F1 paddock, snubbing Tifosi hero Michael Schumacher for baby Schumi, forming an technical alliance with the Jordan team and also antagonising rivals Williams. R.Schumacher and Barrichello are two dependable quick drivers sure to both aim for this year championship but has the loss of Michael hurt the team?

3.Williams BMW
Team Principle: Don Rennis (Wizzie)
Drivers: 5.Jenson Button, 6.Giancarlo Fisichella TD: Ryan Briscoe
Home Circuit: Silverstone, GBR
Test 1:Silverstone
Test 2:Estoril

It may seem shocking to some that Williams have hired Button and Fisichella as their drivers, with neither having won Grand Prix before, but this is the team that Button made his début with after all and Fisichella has certainly shown promise before, Don Rennis did his sums when considering his drivers and picked two solid drivers that are decently priced. BMW have announced a full technical partnership with the team and already made plans to expand their factory, a team to look out for.

4.Renault
Team Principle: eurobrun
Drivers 7.Fernando Alonso 8.Jean Alesi TD:Heinz Harold Frentzen
Home Circuit: Silverstone, GBR
Test 1:Silverstone
Test 2:Jerez

Renault are a team that seem to be gaining year on year since the fall of the Benetton team, this year they have promising Spaniard Fernando Alonso and the experienced hands of returning Jean Alesi, this balance of speed and experience is sure to have the team in good shape for this year and the coming seasons. Podiums, Wins and maybe even championships could await.

5.Sauber Petronas
Team Principle: tristan1117
Drivers 9.Kimi Raikkonen 10.Alex Wurz TD:Ricardo Zonta
Home Circuit: Hockenheim, GER
Test 1:Hockenheim
Test 2:Nurburgring

Sauber took full advantage of having the first pick by choosing highly sought after Fin, Kimi Raikkonen who though a little rough around the edges looks seriously quick. Alex Wurz offers a sensible choice of second driver who should be able to manage a fair haul of points. What remains in question is Sauber's future, their position as Ferrari's second team seems to be replaced by Jordan and any chance of a BMW takeover looks put to bed with Williams taking the deal, the second season will be Tristan's real test.

6.Jordan Ferrari
Team Principle: DanielPT
Drivers 11:HWNSNBM 12:Frank Montagny TD: Tiago Monteiro
Home Circuit: Silverstone, GBR
Test 1: Estoril
Test 2: Jerez

Jordan look to be in a phase of transformation, having a close partnership with the Ferrari team can only be beneficial as the powerful engine must propel them up the grid. However the big big big question mark next to the team is the drivers, 2 rookies does not set the world on fire, with HWNSNBM arrives with a brief case of money and a stack of papaya and Montagny, though highly regarded by Ferrari also raises questions.

7.Jaguar
Team Principle: Jimmy Rosenforth (The Masked Lapwing)
Drivers 14: Luca Badoer 15: Takuma Sato TD:James Courtney
Home Circuit: Silverstone, GBR
Test 1:Silverstone
Test 2:Magny-Cours

Jaguar have a worrying recent history of under performing, so hiring the man with most f1 starts and no points and a man famous for crashing seems like a strange, yet highly popular, decision. In the reality both drivers are relative inexpensive and both of whom have potential so loo k out world! Disappointing for Ford perhaps is the fact that only Arrows remain a customer, with Jordan and Minardi getting their engines from elsewhere.

8.BAR Honda
Team Principle: Nicolas Frypan (East Londoner)
Drivers 16:Mark Webber 17:Nick Heidfeld TD:Marc Gene
Home Circuit: Silverstone
Test 1:Magny Cours
Test 2:Imola

Webber and Heidfeld are both good solid midfield drivers for this good solid midfield team. Villeneuve may feel annoyed not to be chosen but what will upset BAR more is the loss of the seemingly guranteed full factory Honda support, instead Minardi have it. Like Sauber, it is a case of where do BAR go from here?

9.Parmalat Minardi F1Team Honda
Team Principle: Alasdair Lindsay (kostas22)
Drivers 18:Mika Hakkinenn 19:Enrique Bernoldi TD:Dario Franchetti
Home Circuit:Monza
Test 1:Monza
Test 2:Barcelona

Minardi, like Jordan, have also undergone a significant transformation, signing 2 time champion Hakkinen and receiving works Honda backing are all positive signs for the lovable team, Bernoldi will help offset the cost of hiring Hakkinen. Alasdair Lindsay may not have the best reputation but so far so good.

10.Toyota
Team Principle:Yusuke Yazaki (Fmecha)
Drivers 20:Olivier Panis 21:Juan Pablo Montoya TD:Jos Verstappen
Home Circuit: Nurburgring
Test 1:Nurburgring
Test 2:Jerez

Toyota had a rocky first year in F1, this year will surely be better. That being said the midfield looks very strong this year so they will have to work hard to make an impression, Panis and Montoya are both top line drivers so all the ingredients are there for a successful F1 future.

11.Orange Cosworth Arrows F1 Team Cosworth
Team Principle: Adrian Sutil
Drivers 22:Felipe Massa 23:Adrian Sutil TD:Lewis Hamilton
Home Circuit: SIlverstone
Test 1: Silverstone
Test 2: Jerez

Driver/manager Adrian Sutil has taken over the assets of the Arrows team and bought them back in the game, how competitive the guise is remains to be seen though Felipe Massa should prove capable enough hands to get the most out of the car, Sutil on the other hand may struggle to adapt right away. Realistically Phoenix and the 107% rule look more like realistic enemies then Ferrari but who knows.

12. Ansimov F1 Team Hart
Team Principle: Maxim Ansimov (The Lukas)
Drivers 24:Pedro de la Rosa 25: Antonio Pizzonia TD:Thomas Enge
Home Circuit: Magny-Cours
Test 1:Magny-Cours
Test 2:Jerez

The old assets of the Prost team have been purchased by business man Maxim Ansimov, who named the team after himself too. A smart couple of driver signings should suit the team well, de la Rosa is a proven steady hand whilst Pizzonia has Williams experience behind him. Question marks remain over the Hart engine though.

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This is going to be the final entry form, so If you wish to change your team name, engine, Manager name, testing ect. Now is your chance to do it.
You can chop and change test drivers however you can not replace drafted drivers

[eurobrun]

Is Jean Alesi available as a test driver

[Shadaza]

Is Jean Alesi available as a test driver

He isn't in the mod, but I could probably edit him in, it wouldn't be completely unreasonable for him to be around in 2003+

Not sure what I would price him at, probably around 1.8 million or something.

[AdrianSutil]

Arrows would like to be renamed: Orange Cosworth Arrows F1Team

is it possible to swap Sutil's and Massa's seats? Or does it make no difference having a total rookie as the number one driver?

[Shadaza]

Arrows would like to be renamed: Orange Cosworth Arrows F1Team

is it possible to swap Sutil's and Massa's seats? Or does it make no difference having a total rookie as the number one driver?

I'll swap them, done. However I will only use the full name on the forums, the in game character limit will mean it will have to be just Arrows.

[East Londoner]

The BAR manager's name is Nicolas Frypan

He states that the team's pre-season tests will take place at Mangy-Cours and Imola.

Marc Gene will join as the offical test driver for this season.

[tristan1117]

Sauber's test driver will be Ricardo Zonta. Can we have our tests at Hockenheim and the Nurburgring?

[Shadaza]

Sauber's test driver will be Ricardo Zonta. Can we have our tests at Hockenheim and the Nurburgring?

Yes you can.

Seems you guys for the most part want to spread out your testing venues, which is good, adds more mystery to race 1.

[FMecha]

Test driver: Jos Verstappen
Manager name: Yusuke Yazaki
Test tracks: Nurburgring, Jerez

[eurobrun]

I have decided that if Shadaza can get Alesi in the game then he will replace Frentzen.

[Wizzie]

Williams will sign Ryan Briscoe as test driver and have their tests at Silverstone and Estoril. If possible we'd like to have the following testing program at Silverstone:

Stint 1: R. Briscoe - 75 laps - Driver Training
Stint 2: J. Button - 50 laps - Car Improvements
Stint 3: G. Fisichella - 50 laps - Car Improvements
Stint 4: R. Briscoe - 25 laps - Pitstop Training
Stint 5: G. Fisichella - 61 laps - Race Simulation
Stint 6: J. Button - 61 laps - Race Simulation

[Stramala]

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[Shadaza]

I have decided that if Shadaza can get Alesi in the game then he will replace Frentzen.

So have Alesi as 2nd driver and Frentzen as the test driver? You could sack Frentzen but you would have to pay the full years salary to do so.

[eurobrun]

I have decided that if Shadaza can get Alesi in the game then he will replace Frentzen.

So have Alesi as 2nd driver and Frentzen as the test driver? You could sack Frentzen but you would have to pay the full years salary to do so.

yes

[Stramala]

I have decided that if Shadaza can get Alesi in the game then he will replace Frentzen.

So have Alesi as 2nd driver and Frentzen as the test driver? You could sack Frentzen but you would have to pay the full years salary to do so.

I was about to propose Minardi hiring Alesi as second driver but it seems he's already gone to Renault now
With Gaston Mazzacane furious we hired him then sacked him all in the space of 5 minutes, it seems we may need to find a new TD. Decision soon.

[Shadaza]

I have decided that if Shadaza can get Alesi in the game then he will replace Frentzen.

So have Alesi as 2nd driver and Frentzen as the test driver? You could sack Frentzen but you would have to pay the full years salary to do so.

I was about to propose Minardi hiring Alesi as second driver but it seems he's already gone to Renault now
With Gaston Mazzacane furious we hired him then sacked him all in the space of 5 minutes, it seems we may need to find a new TD. Decision soon.

If there is any other driver that isn't originally in the mod but realistically could be a driver in the period let me know.

[Shadaza]

GP drivers:


Experienced free agents:


Rookie free agents:

as a reminder as to the driver list.

[Wizzie]

How about bringing some CART drivers over?

[Shadaza]

How about bringing some CART drivers over?

The way the star fire editor works is that any driver I bring in will have to replace a driver we have already, at least I think so!
Now I can't say I know too much about CART, so if you have any suggestions I will take a look.

[Wizzie]

Well, for starters, I recommend Dario Franchitti, Helio Castroneves, Gil de Farren, Tony Kanaan, Kenny Brack, Adrian Fernandes and Scott Dixon.

[Shadaza]

Well, for starters, I recommend Dario Franchitti, Helio Castroneves, Gil de Farren, Tony Kanaan, Kenny Brack, Adrian Fernandes and Scott Dixon.

I'm not so sure about Brack and Fernandes, they would be making their debuts in their mid-late 30's. The rest are all good though.

The next question is who to replace?

Bas Leinders, Darren Manning, Matteo Bobbi, Tony Schmidt, Rob Nguyen, Satoshi Motoyama? For, Alesi, Franchitti, Castroneves, de Farran, Kanaan and Dixon.

[Wizzie]

Leave Nguyen in the game but feel free to replace the others you mentioned

[Stramala]

Minardi sign Franchitti, sell 49% of shares to Parmalat S.p.A.

Under the new ownership of Alasdair Lindsay, Minardi have been revolutionised into a whole new team, and the raft of changes have continued. Scottish former CART driver Dario Franchitti has been hired as test driver for the team, after finishing 4th in the American-based open-wheel championship last year.

Meanwhile, Parmalat, the multinational food producer based in Parma, and a former sponsor of Pedro Diniz, has acquired a 49% stake in the Minardi team, along with major sponsorship of the team. This means the team will be renamed Parmalat Minardi F1 Team from now on. And finally, a team once famed for its lack of income has signed yet another sponsor, this time the national airline Alitalia. Its logos will be present on cars and overalls throughout the season.

[The Lukas]

Test driver: Tomas Enge
Manager name:Maxim Anisimov
Test tracks: Magny-Cours,Jerez
Change name team to Ansimov F1 Team

[Shadaza]

With just Renault and McLaren to reveal their testing plans, this is the testing schedule:

Test 1

Silverstone
Williams
Renault
Jaguar
Arrows

Magny-Cours
BAR
Ansimov

Imola
Ferrari

Hockenheim
Sauber

Estoril
Jordan

Monza
Minardi

Toyota
Nurburgring

With only BAR and Jordan avoiding testing at their home circuit, perhaps to avoid comparison with their competition, It seems logical that teams would want to perform their initial shakedown close to home. Silverstone looks like the interesting circuit for the first test, with McLaren and Renault also likely to make an appearance there.

Test 2

Jerez
Ferrari
Renault
Jordan
Toyota
Arrows
Ansimov

Estoril
Williams

Nurburgring
Sauber

Magny-Cours
Jaguar

Imola
BAR

Barcelona
Minardi

The second test will have all eyes focused on Jerez, even if Ferrari are the only big team to be confirmed there. The other 4 teams are sure to be competing against each other. The remaining 5 teams seem content to do their own thing, Minardi look set to jump in to the season an unknown with no other team testing at either of Minardi's venues. Sauber seem to be distancing themselves from Ferrari, testing entirely in Germany and not joining the Ferrari teams at Jerez.

[Shadaza]

Just as a bump,
we need McLaren to select a test driver and to decide on testing plans and we need Renault to also decide on their testing venue.

Once this is done I can load up the game. Hence why this is the last time you guys can make changes.

[AdrianSutil]

Can we make changes like adding staff during the season at any time?

[Shadaza]

Can we make changes like adding staff during the season at any time?

Yes, you can hire and fire nameless staff at any time, as for chiefs of departments, you have to negotiate for their contracts like you would with drivers.

[eurobrun]

Renault to test at Silverstone and Jerez

[Shadaza]

I plan on starting the game this Sunday, (the 11th) so if you guys need to make any fundamental changes do it now.

Phoenix, please chose your test driver and testing venues buddy.

*Edit* Question for Nuppiz, I have used the Starfire editor to assign all the drivers to the right teams, and add in the requested drivers like Alesi. It won't let me export this config over your one that allowed all teams to be human controlled, with the edited database how can I make all teams human controlled?

[DanielPT]

I plan on starting the game this Sunday, (the 11th) so if you guys need to make any fundamental changes do it now.

Phoenix, please chose your test driver and testing venues buddy.

*Edit* Question for Nuppiz, I have used the Starfire editor to assign all the drivers to the right teams, and add in the requested drivers like Alesi. It won't let me export this config over your one that allowed all teams to be human controlled, with the edited database how can I make all teams human controlled?

For someone like me, who played the game ages ago and can't really remember anything serious about it, what can we do as a manager, what choices and stuff like that?

[Nuppiz]

*Edit* Question for Nuppiz, I have used the Starfire editor to assign all the drivers to the right teams, and add in the requested drivers like Alesi. It won't let me export this config over your one that allowed all teams to be human controlled, with the edited database how can I make all teams human controlled?

It could be that the hex-editing I did to allow all teams to be human-controlled conflicts with Starfire's export function. This is caused by the fact that the config files vary in length depending on the team/driver names. In that case, I'd recommend you to make a completely new, clean config file, then export your modified config file over that. That leaves you with two configs, one is the default 2003-config with all teams allowed, and the other one is your new config with modified drivers but the default player setup.

Now you've got two options:
1. Go to http://forum.gpm2world.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=1110 and find out about hex-editing the config files yourself. Unfortunately though, because the config files vary in length, the hex addresses found there are only a reference, not exactly what might be in your config.

2. Just send the config file to me and I'll edit the teams again.

[Shadaza]

Game loaded, to begin with a staff role call for all teams, the heads of the 4 departments listed above.
E=Excellent VG=Very Good G=Good A=Average T=Trainee

Mclaren
15 Designer Assistants 1.555 miillion 10E 5VG
22 Engineers 0.873 10E 10VG 2G
14 Mechanics 0.523 10E 4VG
9 Comercial 0.576 9E

Ferrari (I have adjusted to how I think your request was)
40 Design 3.1 Million 10E 10VG 10G 10A
46 Engineers 1.485 10E 10VG 10G 10A 10T
39 Mechanics 1.158 10E 10VG 15G 4A
20 Commercial 1.024 15E 5T

Williams (Now i'm not sure if you meant 50 excellent and no other staff in each dept)
50 Excellent staff in each dept.
Design 4.25 Million
Engineer 2.065
Mechanics 1.805
Commercial 2.55

Renault
49 Designers 3.599 10E 10VG 10G 10A 9T
36 Engineers 1.263 10E 10VG 10G 6A
33 Mechanics 1.015 10E 10VG 10G 3A
10 Commercial 0.630 10E

BAR
9 Designers 1.015 Million 9E
8 Engineers 0.377 8E
4 Mechanics 0.187 4E
4 Commercial 0.318 4E

Sauber
9 Designers 1.055 Million 9E
10 Engineers 0.459 10E
8 Mechanics 0.329 8E
4 Commercial 0.324 4E

Jaguar
13 Designers 1.337 10E 3VG
27 Engineers 1.019 10E 10VG 7G
18 Mechanics 0.639 10E 8VG
3 Commercial 0.276 3E

Toyota
6 Designers 0.75 6E
7 Engineers 0.331 7E
6 Mechanics 0.251 6E
2 Commercial 0.204 2E

Jordan
22 Designers 1.946 10E 10VG 2G
17 Engineers 0.704 10E 7VG
25 Mechanics 0.824 10E 10VG 5G
9 Commercial 0.564 9E

Minardi
9 Designers 0.895 9E
8 Engineers 0.375 8E
6 Mechanics 0.255 6E
2 Commercial 0.216 2E

Arrows
6 Designers 0.79 9E
8 Engineers 0.377 8E
8 Mechanics 0.327 8E
3 Commercial 0.270 3E

Ansimov
5 Designers 0.755 5E
5 Engineers 0.259 5E
5 Mechanics 0.224 5E
4 Commercial 0.324 4E

Next Post, Test 1, Car shakedown (you will have more control for test 2)

[Shadaza]

unfortunately i don't think testing will be possible, every time I try to test with a team the game crashes.
Might as well explain sponsorship now:


As you can see areas of the car/driver suit are divided up in to sections, with more money coming in the higher the value of the area. Sponsors are willing to pay for a maximum of 5 pieces.





With this being the list of sponsors, at game start lucky strike is willing to sponsor all teams (yay for tobacco )

[Wizzie]

You got it spot on with Williams' background staff and here's how Williams' initial sponsorship deals will work:

Lucky Strike will have spots C, F, B, O and S. Williams will also enter negotiations with Pepsi and HSBC with 50% dedicated to each. And since merchandising is worth absolute jackshite on GMP2, Williams will dedicate no time to it, leaving all our resources to negotiating with sponsors.

[Shadaza]

You got it spot on with Williams' background staff and here's how Williams' initial sponsorship deals will work:

Lucky Strike will have spots C, F, B, O and S. Williams will also enter negotiations with Pepsi and HSBC with 50% dedicated to each. And since merchandising is worth absolute jackshite on GMP2, Williams will dedicate no time to it, leaving all our resources to negotiating with sponsors.

That's fine, though for some reason Lucky Strike would not sponsor the maximum of 5, instead stopping at 4 (not willing to pay for the B slot) they are still open for every other colour then red though.

[Wizzie]

You got it spot on with Williams' background staff and here's how Williams' initial sponsorship deals will work:

Lucky Strike will have spots C, F, B, O and S. Williams will also enter negotiations with Pepsi and HSBC with 50% dedicated to each. And since merchandising is worth absolute jackshite on GMP2, Williams will dedicate no time to it, leaving all our resources to negotiating with sponsors.

That's fine, though for some reason Lucky Strike would not sponsor the maximum of 5, instead stopping at 4 (not willing to pay for the B slot) they are still open for every other colour then red though.

In that case, change slow B to slot D

[Ferrim]

I've never had a problem with testing... strange... maybe related to managing all the teams?