1979 rFactor F1 - Please go to 1980 thread

[JeremyMcClean]

Is it just me, or does some of the overtakes on the pictures have the AI go off the track?

[Phoenix]

Is it just me, or does some of the overtakes on the pictures have the AI go off the track?

Those are retirements.

[shinji]

Wow, this news about the Irish GP has completely taken me by surprise! I've barely been back home since the beginning of the season, and when I was it was only for a night or two like when I was on the Late Late Show, so I really had no idea how big F1's been getting. It's really incredible, how in the space of a couple of months Ireland's gone from a place with a couple of unsuccessful drivers in the past and no real interest to a country that - so I've heard - pretty much shuts down on Sunday afternoons, with RTÉ, the national broadcaster, showing all the races live. I guess that growth is reflected in this news about the race.

Mondello is actually really near the town my mam grew up in, so it's a real home race for me. It was also the first track I ever raced a car on, so I've a lot of fond memories there. I'm looking forward to it already, though I'm aware of the amount of pressure I'll be under. Hopefully I'll be as competitive then as I am now, and hopefully the rumours I've heard about us switching to a new, more reliable engine manufacturer for next year are true, because it'd be an absolute nightmare to retire from that race with another blown engine. Before that, though, I've got the rest of this season to look forward to.

[Pamphlet]

BRAKE, BRAKE, BRAAAAKE

I can't brake, it's already broken!

[pasta_maldonado]

Is there any changes for Monaco?

Also, just a reminder to Pamphlet and East Londoner that Patrese and Hunt will be able to race after this round

[tommykl]

Wow, I'm really pleased to be given this opportunity to race at my home track! Hopefully I'll qualify and finish the race for the first time in my career! The Jenkins is getting quicker and quicker, so I feel this is my time to shine, now. It's so amazing that I'll gladly leave my parking space at the Penthouse to Beppe for the race. I told the girls you were coming, don't disappoint them

[FMecha]

Before you think this is an invocation of Mecha's Law...

Lees not cleared to take part in Monaco GP

The doctors has confirmed that Geoff Lees will be not able to take part in the upcoming Monaco Grand Prix as he suffers a food poisioning recently. The medical team have recently...{cue long news}

Tyrrell has nominated Thomas Nurmester to stand in place of Lees for Monaco.

[pasta_maldonado]

Talking of mecha's law, for those of you not in the uk it is the six weeks holidays now, so hopefully i can get most of the season done

[Nuppiz]

Of course it is bad to hear your team mate is ill, but on the other hand I finally get to make my F1 debut! The past few weeks have been insane, first I had no F1 seat at all, then I got the test job at Tyrrell, and now I'm going to debut in a race seat at Monaco of all places! I hope that I can prove my worth there.

[pasta_maldonado]

1979 Monaco Grand Prix

Newsflash
FIA President announced an Irish Grand Prix to be held sometime next year.

Tyrrell driver Geoff Lees was taken ill with food poisoning, and he will be replaced by reserve and test driver, Thomas Nurmester.

Qualifying



Callum McAllister took his 3rd pole of the year, ahead of Arnoux and Scheckter, but it remains to be seen if he can convert it into victory. The two Joneses done well to line up 6th and 7th on the grid, and Jan Lammers was mired down in 20th position behind both Arrows. At the back of the grid, Brambillia qualifies for the first time this year, with team mate Guidetti missing the cut. Jenkins lines up 28th ahead of Andretti, the American having a nightmare qualifying session. The ATS/JLD squad partied into the night after Pierre Depault managed to drag the ATS onto the grid in 30th, with Stuck only in 34th. Rossler, Rosberg, Ongais, Stuck, Fittipaldi, Guidetti, Gabbiani, and Rebaque all failed to qualify.

Race - 72 laps
McAllister managed to stay ahead into turn 1, with Scheckter passing Arnoux for 2nd place. The field managed to get through the first corner without incident. Approaching the chicane, Reutemann divided pass Ed Kevin for 4th place, the Irishman been caught unawares by the move. On lap 3, Jean-Pierre Jabouille made a move on Laffite for 9th place. The pair went side by side through Rascasse, with Jabouille on the inside, but he moved back over onto the racing line too quick, with Laffite's right front tapping Jabouilles left rear, tipping the Renault man into the wall and retirement. Laffite continued unharmed.

By lap 20, Scheckter had a 20 second lead over McAllister, Reutemann, Arnoux, Kevin, and Alan Jones in the Lotus. However, Villeneuve was on a charge, and passed Jones into turn 1 two laps later. On lap 23, McAllister slowed to a halt around the swimming pool section with smoke pouring from the back of a car - another Williams retirement.

Carlos Reutemann began to eat into Scheckter's 17 second lead, and by lap 40, had caught him, but was unable to find a way through. Scheckter was obviously holding Reutemann up, and the delay allowed Arnoux to close on the leadin gtwo . On lap 51, Reutemann had enough, and poked his nose down the inside of Scheckter into St.Devote, and muscled his way through. Scheckter managed to fend off Arnoux up the hill, the Ferrari unable to find a way through.

Two laps later, Ed Kevin's Ligier slowed gradually to a halt along the start finish straight, ending his day from a solid 4th position. Another engine failure for Ligier won't go down well. Lammers was promoted into 4th posistion, ahead of Villeneuve in 5th.

Reuteman crossed the line to win after 72 laps, with Scheckter 24 seconds behind. Arnoux couldn't find a way past Scheckter and had to settle for 3rd place, while Jan Lammers lead home Villeneuve, Laffite and Jones. Thomas Nurmester put in a great drive on his Formula One debut to clinch the last point, 5 seconds ahead of Piquet. Depault and Brambillia ended their first race of 1979 2 laps down, while Marshal Jenkins was releived to make it to the finish.




McAllister gets away well..


...and leads into turn one.


Into the hairpin


Jabouille's crash


Scheckter, 20 seconds out in front, pondering whether to have a quick gamble...


McAllister retires

Championship Tables

Driver's Championship-After 7 rounds

1: Jody Scheckter - 26
2: Rene Arnoux - 25
3: Callum McAllister - 22
4: Ed Kevin - 21
= Jacques Laffite - 21
= Gilles Villeneuve - 21
7: Jan Lammers - 20
8: Carlos Reutemann - 18
9: Harvey Jones - 14
10: Nelson Piquet - 11
11: Gianfranco Brancatelli - 9
= Hiroshi Takagi - 9
13: Alan Jones - 8
= Mario Andretti - 8
15: James Hunt - 6
= Alain Prost - 6
17: Jean-Pierre Jabouille - 5
18: Andrea de Cesaris - 4
= Geoff Lees - 4
= Guilliame Gauthier - 4
21: Niki Lauda - 3
= John Watson - 3
23: Roberto Horford - 2
24: Kieran Sutherland - 1
= Thomas Nurmester - 1

Constructor's Championship-After 7 rounds

1: Williams-Ford - 48
2: Ferrari - 46
3: Ligier-Ford - 42
4: Ram-Ferrari -24
5: Renault - 23
6: Lotus-Ford - 22
7: Tyrrell-Ford - 14
8: McLaren-Ford - 13
= Brabham-Ford - 13
10: Alfa Romeo - 8
11: Wolf-Ford - 6
12: RAM-Ford -5
= Arrows-Ford - 5
14: Shadow-Ford - 3

[WaffleCat]

Wow.Gauthier does have promising pace.Andretti....we'll see though.How he did that I do not know.

[pasta_maldonado]

Wow.Gauthier does have promising pace.Andretti....we'll see though.How he did that I do not know.

Would you like to replace him for France?

[WaffleCat]

Wow.Gauthier does have promising pace.Andretti....we'll see though.How he did that I do not know.

Would you like to replace him for France?

Well,Derek Daly does need some experience I feel,so put him in Andretti's car for France.

[Nuppiz]

I'm very happy to outqualify my team mate and then go on to finish in points on my debut. Shame for Takagi's accident, I hope he is OK.

I believe this result might have made my future in F1 a bit more certain!

[Phoenix]

Aaarrg, we feel slightly disappointed with how the race went. After lap 1 we were in the lead, and we finally could only pick up a 2nd place with Jody. I'd have thought that the Cosworth units would be more reliable, but it seems we're not the only ones having some issues with them, Ligier also seem to have their fair share of failures. But we must look into the positives: we're leading both championships, but with scarce margins, so we need to keep on working hard.

[BlindCaveSalamander]

Wow.Gauthier does have promising pace.Andretti....we'll see though.How he did that I do not know.

Would you like to replace him for France?

Well,Derek Daly does need some experience I feel,so put him in Andretti's car for France.

The defending World Champion gets replaced for poor performance midway through the season? After being thrashed by his rookie teammate at Monaco? You could not make this up.

It's a shame I didn't finish, because I was very happy with ze car all weekend. Still, I suppose it's nice to have whatever the problem was at Spa fixed. Unfortunately, I think zat problem is now affecting Mario...

Finally! Finally I finish a race! I've never been so relieved to see the chequered flag in my life! Wait... wait, I won?

Godammit! Ah, well, it's not like ze car would've finished anyway, right, Carlos?
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[East Londoner]

Man, this engine sucks! Literally. I was told it sucked up too much crap from the track which caused it to blow up. Still, this is appalling! We need an all-American engine in the back pronto!

Eh, car too slow. No grip, no pace. Kept being passed by faster cars. Mumma mia!

Well, now that I have served my draconian punishment, I can return to my Wolverine. It is clear to see it was missing me, as the entire team has been falling back down the grid faster than the average Victoria line train. And Mr Clarke, if you do succeed in replacing the trusty Cosworth DFV with an 'all-American' engine, make sure it is confined to your car only. I refuse to drive a car fitted with such a rudimentary, yobbish engine.

[This]

Technically, that Lotus ground effect car could impossibly be competitive with a Ferrari V12 it wouldn't even fit in. And neither could any car being ran by RAM be able to be somewhat decent...
This proves however that real talent (Lammers, Brancatelli) shines trough.

[JeremyMcClean]

Hey, not too bad today, we're only a few points off the constructors...

NO! YOU MUST GO FASTER!

[AndreaModa]

Well all I can say is BOLLOCKS to the lot of you doubters who thought I couldn't hack it in an F1 car. Bloody brilliant weekend all round for me, the car ran a treat all race long, my first race finish in F1, especially at Monaco is something we'll be celebrating tonight! Beppe's DNQ was a bugger, getting both cars into the race would have been magic but ultimately it justifies my decision in putting Rupert in the car in Britain.

Another couple of points keeps me ticking over in the drivers' championship, though I can't help but feel that we really should be doing better than what we've achieved so far. As a team I think we're underperforming, and I hope that in the coming races we can turn this around and try and make the podium at least.

[AdrianSutil]

Shadow: Bellof to be given chance.
The Shadow team have decided to give German hotshot Stefan Bellof time in the car as they look to evaluate his performances before next season. "Keke hasn't been as prolific as we thought and we feel a period away from the car will help. Therefore, Stefan will replace Keke with immediate effect."

[Wizzie]

I was actually about to post something about how Keke was about to quit the team but you beat me to it

[AdrianSutil]

I was actually about to post something about how Keke was about to quit the team but you beat me to it

Haha. Your more than welcome to post something if you so wish

[Wizzie]

I was actually about to post something about how Keke was about to quit the team but you beat me to it

Haha. Your more than welcome to post something if you so wish

Stuck, Rosberg in straight swap?

Just hours after Keke Rosberg was rested by the Ford works team for the foreseeable future, there are rumours abound that German Hans-Joachim Stuck is unhappy with the JLD-ATS team and is about to jump ship back to the Shadow team with Keke Rosberg filling his seat at the German team. Whilst neither Shadow or ATS were available for comment, it is believed that Stuck has until the German GP to decide on his future.

[pasta_maldonado]

Guys, due to my computer packing up, the championship will have to be postpones for 6 weeks. Im really sorry. I can't afford another one until september at the earliest. this also means my posting will dramatically decrease, but I'll still contribute to the forums when I can.

[East Londoner]

Guys, due to my computer packing up, the championship will have to be postpones for 6 weeks. Im really sorry. I can't afford another one until september at the earliest. this also means my posting will dramatically decrease, but I'll still contribute to the forums when I can.

Sad to hear about your computer. Did it get the Blue Screen of Death?

I suppose the one positive that comes from it is that you won't get stricken by F1 Deprivation which will inevitably set in some time during the summer break, turning the forum into a warzone. As for the rest of us though...

[Stramala]

Guys, due to my computer packing up, the championship will have to be postpones for 6 weeks. Im really sorry. I can't afford another one until september at the earliest. this also means my posting will dramatically decrease, but I'll still contribute to the forums when I can.

Sad to hear about your computer. Did it get the Blue Screen of Death?

I suppose the one positive that comes from it is that you won't get stricken by F1 Deprivation which will inevitably set in some time during the summer break, turning the forum into a warzone. As for the rest of us though...

Inter Milan get their 2012/13 season off to a start this Thursday against Hadjuk Split, so I'll survive!

[Phoenix]

Guys, due to my computer packing up, the championship will have to be postpones for 6 weeks. Im really sorry. I can't afford another one until september at the earliest. this also means my posting will dramatically decrease, but I'll still contribute to the forums when I can.

Sad to hear about your computer. Did it get the Blue Screen of Death?

I suppose the one positive that comes from it is that you won't get stricken by F1 Deprivation which will inevitably set in some time during the summer break, turning the forum into a warzone. As for the rest of us though...

Actually, perhaps not having a computer readily available might make his F1 Deprivation Syndrome be even worse...

[Stramala]

Guys, due to my computer packing up, the championship will have to be postpones for 6 weeks. Im really sorry. I can't afford another one until september at the earliest. this also means my posting will dramatically decrease, but I'll still contribute to the forums when I can.

Sad to hear about your computer. Did it get the Blue Screen of Death?

I suppose the one positive that comes from it is that you won't get stricken by F1 Deprivation which will inevitably set in some time during the summer break, turning the forum into a warzone. As for the rest of us though...

Actually, perhaps not having a computer readily available might make his F1 Deprivation Syndrome be even worse...

I doubt it. Not having a computer at hand will force him to cultivate a social life which occurs outdoors whilst it is being fixed. He may disappear and never return!

[Phoenix]

Actually, perhaps not having a computer readily available might make his F1 Deprivation Syndrome be even worse...

I doubt it. Not having a computer at hand will force him to cultivate a social life which occurs outdoors whilst it is being fixed. He may disappear and never return!

I though in these days a social life was forged as much outdoors as in front of a computer...

[BlindCaveSalamander]

I doubt it. Not having a computer at hand will force him to cultivate a social life which occurs outdoors whilst it is being fixed. He may disappear and never return!

Well, at least my Renault actually managed to get to the finish for once and actually win.

[pasta_maldonado]

I doubt it. Not having a computer at hand will force him to cultivate a social life which occurs outdoors whilst it is being fixed. He may disappear and never return!

Well, at least my Renault actually managed to get to the finish for once and actually win.

I am still here and the championship will be back

[dr-baker]

I doubt it. Not having a computer at hand will force him to cultivate a social life which occurs outdoors whilst it is being fixed. He may disappear and never return!

Well, at least my Renault actually managed to get to the finish for once and actually win.

I am still here and the championship will be back

So this then?

[eurobrun]

Guys, due to my computer packing up, the championship will have to be postpones for 6 weeks. Im really sorry. I can't afford another one until september at the earliest. this also means my posting will dramatically decrease, but I'll still contribute to the forums when I can.

Sorry to hear. I was enjoying this championship.

Now you won't overtake me in posts anytime soon.

[pasta_maldonado]

Guys, due to my computer packing up, the championship will have to be postpones for 6 weeks. Im really sorry. I can't afford another one until september at the earliest. this also means my posting will dramatically decrease, but I'll still contribute to the forums when I can.

Sorry to hear. I was enjoying this championship.

Now you won't overtake me in posts anytime soon.

Update: I have managed to purcase a new computer sooner than I thought. The next round at France will come soon . James Hunt and Riccardo Patrese are elligible to race again now.

[BlindCaveSalamander]

Guys, due to my computer packing up, the championship will have to be postpones for 6 weeks. Im really sorry. I can't afford another one until september at the earliest. this also means my posting will dramatically decrease, but I'll still contribute to the forums when I can.

Sorry to hear. I was enjoying this championship.

Now you won't overtake me in posts anytime soon.

Update: I have managed to purcase a new computer sooner than I thought. The next round at France will come soon . James Hunt and Riccardo Patrese are elligible to race again now.

Awesome!

[pasta_maldonado]

A few things about 1980:

1)Is everybody ahppy with the grid sizes and the amount of DNQ's? I know this is a major problem in the F1RWRS.
2)I was thinking of letting team owners choose from any chassis in the 1983/1984 mod, couple with an engine of their choosing. (The teams would pick according to 79 championship position). The mod includes all chassis used in both seasons, including variations. Does this sound okay to you?
3) A definate addition to the calendar will be Ireland, but is there any other circuit you'd liek? I wouldn't like to expand the calendar anymore though.
4)Should 3 car teams be allowed?

[FantometteBR]

It will be open to new people if 1980 and later reach or the entry list will remain 'closed'?

[pasta_maldonado]

It will be open to new people if 1980 and later reach or the entry list will remain 'closed'?

1979 is not over yet, but for 1980 I'm considering taking teams off of people who have not shown up since the entry process and giving them to new people

[WaffleCat]

A few things about 1980:

1)Is everybody ahppy with the grid sizes and the amount of DNQ's? I know this is a major problem in the F1RWRS.
2)I was thinking of letting team owners choose from any chassis in the 1983/1984 mod, couple with an engine of their choosing. (The teams would pick according to 79 championship position). The mod includes all chassis used in both seasons, including variations. Does this sound okay to you?
3) A definate addition to the calendar will be Ireland, but is there any other circuit you'd liek? I wouldn't like to expand the calendar anymore though.
4)Should 3 car teams be allowed?

1)I'm happy of how many DNQ's there are.
2)Maybe as it gives team owners more freedom to choose.
3)Maybe the Caesar's Salad Grand Prix,or a race in Estoril.
4)No.