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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby AdrianSutil » 16 Mar 2012, 17:34

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Firstly, I would like to thank Luca Di Montelmo for this wonderful chance, and qualifying 8th I think makes their choice a good one. As for qualifying itself, I think I could've been higher, but I've barely sat in the car so I'm pleased to be in the top 10. Hopefully, I can stay clear of trouble and score a point of two tomorrow.
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby dr-baker » 16 Mar 2012, 23:29

Martin McFry wrote:I'm glad to have gone faster than my temmate on my mid-season debut, but can't understand why I couldn't qualify. I think there may have been a problem with the car's flux capacitor or something.


Pippa Mann wrote: Phew, that was close. Can't understand how I ended up a second behind Ben Fleet, and only 0.2 seconds from DNQing. Looking forward to the race tomorrow though. Things can only get better, right?


Douglas Mann wrote:Makes a change from starting third, although it does mean that I am no longer starting from the clean side of the grid. I hope it will not be a problem tomorrow and will going all guns blazing for the win.
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby tristan1117 » 18 Mar 2012, 00:46

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And that's two wins in a row for Moreno after nearly dominating the entire race. He took pole, fastest lap and led every lap of the race (except for a brief period in Lap 1 where his teammate went ahead but Moreno passed him at the Adelaide hairpin). Better yet, Douglas Mann was able to beat out John Zimmer, closing the championship to only four points! Otherwise, the race was rather dull. Instead of doing a positive/negative, I will do a quick run-through of every team.

Williams: Took a 1-2 finish (although Moreno nearly lost the win after spinning late in the race) and basically dominated the entire weekend. They are now clearly catching up to Benetton.

Benetton: Zimmer and Takagi finished in the points but neither could challenge the Williams drivers. They will be looking forward to Silverstone for an uptick in form.

Ferrari: Masta Valsattis debut went as follows:
Lap 1: Took fifth place from Davies
Lap 5: Fell back to sixth after Takagi passed him
Lap 12: Valsattis spins off while running in sixth, then hits von Gottorp while trying to re-enter the track, breaking his front wing.
Lap 30: Valsattis suffers a puncture and goes out on lap 30

It wasn't a Badoer-esque performance from Valsattis but that move on von Gottorp was the dumbest thing that happened in the race, so I have to give him Reject of the Race! O'Connell managed to get to the end and took a confident fourth.

Jordan: Not a good race from Jordan. They were beaten soundly by James Davies and Dennis Mignolet and scored no points. Damon Cannon retired late in the race while running eighth and von Gottorp's race was screwed by Valsattis.

McLaren: James Davies was spectacular, taking out IIDOTR for the race. Rory McAllister might have been up there but he broke his front wing on Lap 1 and McAllister crashed out after a suspension failure.

Tyrrell: van Dycke beat out Whitechapel but other than that, Tyrrell were fairly anonymous.

Ligier: Mignolet drove a good race to finish seventh but Megumi was disappointing and retired again with mechanical problems.

Sauber: Both Saubers retired with problems (da Silva on Lap 1) and had their worst race since Australia.

Footwork: Kazuyoshi Hoshino was driving a pretty good race but Taki Meerwick hit new lows, finishing in dead last.

DAMS: Both DAMS cars were also fairly anonymous with Pippa Mann retiring and Fleet finishing in 12th. At least he beat ol' Taki Meerwick.

Minardi: Minardi had one of their best races of the season with Spokes once again running high up in the midfield. Spokes managed to finish with Fakkinen finishing in 13th.

Pacific: Another double-DNF.

Forti: Another double-DNQ

Drivers' Championship (unofficial)
1. John Zimmer - 44
2. Daniel Moreno - 40
3. Kazuhiko Takagi - 24
4. Douglas Mann - 22
5. Padraig O'Connell - 17
6. Leonhard von Gottorp - 8
7. James Davies - 6
=8 Tom Douglas - 5
=8 Rory McAllister - 5
10. Pablo da Silva - 4
11. Damon Cannon - 3
=12 Pieter Kickert - 2
=12 Gio van Dycke - 2
=13 Dennis Mignolet - 1
=13 Miko Fakkinen - 1

Constructors' Championship
1. Benetton - 68
2. Williams - 62
3. Ferrari - 22
=4 Jordan - 11
=4 McLaren - 11
6. Sauber - 6
7. Tyrrell - 2
=8 Ligier - 1
=8 Minardi - 1
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby East Londoner » 18 Mar 2012, 02:42

Tristan1117 wrote:Tyrrell: van Dycke beat out Whitechapel but other than that, Tyrrell were fairly anonymous


Poppy Whitechapel wrote: :shock: Erm, yeah, that's what happened obviously. Probably explains why my race was so shite afterwards. :?


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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby BlindCaveSalamander » 18 Mar 2012, 03:09

James Davies wrote:Eh, a point's a point, but I really think I could've snatched 5th off of Takagi on the last lap had Moreno not lapped me.
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby Shizuka » 18 Mar 2012, 03:53

Again, it seems my driver turns rejectful in another series. Unbelievable.
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby dr-baker » 18 Mar 2012, 06:29

Where are the championship tables? (EDIT: Oh there they are!)

Anyway, DAMS just had to be content to get a car to the end of another race today, while Douglas was reasonably happy to get yet another 2nd-place finish, but frustrated not to be winning yet (a frustration that Ben Fleet and Pippa Mann both wished they suffered from...).
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby FMecha » 18 Mar 2012, 22:02

What a big gap for Takagi. :shock: And poor Megumi had to be bathplugged by reliablity? Again? AGAIN? :cry:
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby This » 19 Mar 2012, 05:38

FMecha wrote:What a big gap for Takagi. :shock: And poor Megumi had to be bathplugged by reliablity? Again? AGAIN? :cry:


Dennis Mignolet wrote:Im sorry for that, but Mugen is impossible to work with, they only let us prepare one of our cars decently, and the contract is clear, Megumi is second driver. We do our best to get our Renault Engines back, or Peugeots. You must know, Benetton tricked us into this. And i would say: this is maybe the only good chance you got, take it or leave it.



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That does explain why Puppy is often overcooking her engine ;)
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby FMecha » 19 Mar 2012, 14:32

^That means that Mugen-Honda had reliabilty problems, right? :? I may now consider Megumi as F1RGP2C's equivalent of Shinji Nakano... only gender-flipped (as in the fact that Megumi is female) and occurs two year earlier (Nakano-san debuted in '97). :lol:
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby tristan1117 » 20 Mar 2012, 12:22

Round 8: Great Britain
Silverstone
Qualifying, Dry


Code: Select all
1. John Zimmer (Benetton) - 1.24.486
2. Daniel Moreno (Williams) - 1.24.523
3. Douglas Mann (Williams) - 1.24.730
4. Padraig O'Connell (Ferrari) - 1.25.057
5. Kazuhiko Takagi (Benetton) - 1.25.495
6. Leonhard von Gottorp (Jordan) - 1.26.258
7. Damon Cannon (Jordan) - 1.26.267
8. James Davies (McLaren) - 1.26.468
9. Tom Douglas (Ferrari) - 1.26.708
10. Rory McAllister (McLaren) - 1.26.989
11. Dennis Mignolet (Ligier) - 1.27.434
12. Reiko Megumi (Ligier) - 1.27.964
13. Pieter Kickert (Sauber) - 1.28.619

Code: Select all
14. Poppy Whitechapel (Tyrrell) - 1.28.687
15. Pablo da Silva (Sauber) - 1.29.329
16. Andrew Spokes (Minardi) - 1.29.460
17. Kazuyoshi Hoshino (Footwork) - 1.29.708
18. Jorg Scrattenheim (Simtek) - 1.29.747
19. Gio van Dycke (Tyrrell) - 1.30.019
20. Miko Fakkinen (Minardi) - 1.30.551
21. Samael Meerwick (Footwork) - 1.30.591
22. Ben Fleet (DAMS) - 1.31.511
23. Artiom Zielenkovski (Pacific) - 1.31.712
24. Anton Kaliniczenko (Pacific) - 1.32.037
25. Pippa Mann (DAMS) - 1.32.325
26. George Tramontani (Simtek) - 1.32.376
DNQ Masta Valsattis (Forti) - 1.32.472
DNQ Sebastian Gazurek (Forti) - 1.33.049


The top five went back to their usual positions and the Jordans outqualified James Davies. Tom Douglas returned to about the same spot where Valsattis had been while Valsattis himself missed out on his second start by a tenth of a second. It was doubly annoying because Tramontani had failed to set a time in Q2 and qualified in dead last. Gio van Dycke qualified badly again but he seems to do well during the races so I guess that doesn't matter! Oh, and Reiko Megumi is back on form. That is all.
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby tristan1117 » 20 Mar 2012, 14:17

F1RGP2C Exhibition Race Announced

A second F1RGP2C exhibition race has been set at the end of the 1995 season. After the less than rousing success of the Nazareth 200, an exhibition race was not announced at the beginning of the season but the F1RGP2C Commission has decided to run another one. The race will be run as the "Duel in the Desert" at the Phoenix street circuit. The driver will all be driving in identical cars as they drive around the Phoenix circuit to see who really is the best driver of them all. As an added gimmick, six "guest drivers" will be allowed to participate in the weekend although the grid is still limited to 26 cars.

Basically, I will be running a race in GP1 (the same program used in the F1RMGP) with all the current drivers (plus the guests) at the Phoenix track. Guest drivers can be submitted by anyone but space is limited so first come, first served. An entry list will be posted later.
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby Wizzie » 20 Mar 2012, 16:28

I nominate 1991 World Champion Chris Dagnall to be one of the six guest drivers only because it'd be simply epic :mrgreen:
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby FMecha » 20 Mar 2012, 19:56

As of 2014 season F1RMGP has switched to GP2 IIRC. :) BTW, go keep it up Takagi and Megumi! :D
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby tristan1117 » 21 Mar 2012, 04:53

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The British Grand Prix was another good race with plenty of action and intrigue. We now have five storylines coming into the second half of the season. I will run through these storylines while reviewing the race.

The championship is wide open!

After two wins by Williams and Daniel Moreno, John Zimmer's championship aspirations had taken a large hit. Moreno dominated in Canada and France while Zimmer had been taken out in Canada and been slow in France. However, Britain saw Benetton, Ferrari and Williams on equal footing. At the start, Padraig O'Connell went down the inside and snatched the lead away from Zimmer. Zimmer fell back to fourth after being passed by both Williams drivers. Then, on Lap 3, Moreno went past O'Connell and led. Suddenly, on Lap 6, Moreno went to lap Anton Kaliniczenko. Disaster ensued.

Padraig O'Connell took the lead while Mann, Zimmer and Takagi scrapped for second. Unfortunately, all but John Zimmer were on two-stop strategies. If Zimmer could keep the car on the road, he would be able to take an easy win, no matter how well O'Connell was driving. However, Zimmer would very nearly be run off the track, by his own teammate, nonetheless!

The Zimmer/Takagi Feud Has Begun

Kazuhiko Takagi has been trying to prove that he is a championship contender this season. His win at San Marino was terrific but he has suffered from the brunt of the Benetton reliability issues. At Silverstone, it appears that Takagi went out of his way to prove that he was capable of winning the championship. At the start, he got the jump on Zimmer and was running in third after Moreno's unfortunate incident. Zimmer, Mann and Takagi all battled for second while O'Connell held a large lead. The battle was furious as they got caught in a massive traffic jam. As they dodged through traffic, Takagi and Zimmer swapped places after every lap. At first, Zimmer got the jump on Takagi at the Hangar Straight on Lap 6 but Zimmer was blocked by a Pacific, letting Takagi back through later on. Zimmer passed by Takagi again on Lap 10 but he went wide while lapping Ben Fleet on Lap 11, letting Takagi barge through. Takagi and Zimmer then banged wheels again at Copse on Lap 12 with Takagi holding his position over his team leader. Zimmer finally passed by Takagi at the Hangar Straight on Lap 12 before having to deal with Douglas Mann's exploding Williams car.

Later in the race, Takagi retired again with an engine failure. Afterwards, Takagi went to the post-race conference and did a Barrichello; basically, he started whining about how the team was trying to sabotage him. Zimmer responded by accusing Douglas Mann of using Ben Fleet's DAMS to run him off the road on Lap 11. Douglas Mann was furious after his car failed and bemoaned the performance of the Renault engine, a sentiment that Takagi echoed.

The backmarkers are TOO DAMN SLOW!

See the video of Daniel Moreno above. By tradition, I should give Zielenkovski ROTR for crashing into the leaders while being lapped, but I thought that Moreno was actually in the wrong. If you look closely, Moreno speeds up for no reason and tries to punt Zielenkovksi off the road, causing an avoidable accident. All Zielenkovski did was stay on the racing line. Anyway, both drivers escape ROTR because of other stupid antics.

McLaren and Jordan need to get cars to the end

Both McLarens and both Jordans failed to finish the race with mechanical trouble. For McLaren, this was their third double-DNF of the season. Damon Cannon has been hamstrung by reliability all season and Leonhard von Gottorp has been inconsistent. Ferrari has shot off into the distance with another double points finish leaving McLaren and Jordan to fight for fourth place in the Constructors'. Both teams need to improve their reliability as they consistently run in the points but fail to finish, leaving guys like Tom Douglas and Pieter Kickert (IIDOTR for the race) valuable points.

Samael Meerwick is having a spectacular ROTY campaign

Another race, another miserable outing for Samael Meerwick in the Footwork. He didn't have such a bad qualifying (for once) but was still miles behind his teammate. In the race, Kazuyoshi Hoshino brought his Footwork to tenth place. Where was Meerwick? Well, he spun on Lap 1 (without being hit by anyone) and dropped back to the end of the field. He failed to get past the Pacifics and Miko Fakkinen and generally drove a crappy race before his car blew up. Despite the competition, Meerwick takes out Reject of the Race for Great Britain. He is also in contention for ROTY with Sebastian Gazurek, Masta Valsattis and George Tramontani.

Lead Changes:
O'Connell: 1-3
Moreno: 4-6
O'Connell: 7-32
Zimmer: 33-51


Drivers' Championship (unofficial)
1. John Zimmer - 54
2. Daniel Moreno - 44
3. Kazuhiko Takagi - 24
4. Padraig O'Connell - 23
5. Douglas Mann - 22
6. Leonhard von Gottorp - 8
=6 Tom Douglas - 8
8. James Davies - 6
9. Rory McAllister - 5
10. Pablo da Silva - 4
=11 Damon Cannon - 3
=11 Dennis Mignolet - 3
=11 Pieter Kickert - 3
14. Gio van Dycke - 2
15. Miko Fakkinen - 1

Constructors' Championship
1. Benetton - 78
2. Williams - 66
3. Ferrari - 31
=4 Jordan - 11
=4 McLaren - 11
6. Sauber - 7
7. Ligier 3
8. Tyrrell - 2
9. Minardi - 1
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby JeremyMcClean » 21 Mar 2012, 06:35

Daniel Moreno wrote:Whoever designed that car should get sacked. It's so bathplugging slow it's a danger to the entire paddock. I should be lucky I got a podium.


Pablo da Silva wrote:Well, I nearly got points there! Car felt good, the tyres though were shod.
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby dr-baker » 21 Mar 2012, 08:40

tristan1117 wrote:The Zimmer/Takagi Feud Has Begun

... Zimmer finally passed by Takagi at the Hangar Straight on Lap 12 before having to deal with Douglas Mann's exploding Williams car.

Later in the race, Takagi retired again with an engine failure. Afterwards, Takagi went to the post-race conference and did a Barrichello; basically, he started whining about how the team was trying to sabotage him. Zimmer responded by accusing Douglas Mann of using Ben Fleet's DAMS to run him off the road on Lap 11. Douglas Mann was furious after his car failed and bemoaned the performance of the Renault engine, a sentiment that Takagi echoed.

Douglas Mann wrote:I would like to begin by apologising to Mr Zimmer and Mr Takagi for any inconvenience my exploding engine caused. I tried to pull over to cause the least disruption, but I had little notice as to what was happening. I hope Prince Walik will sort this problem with Renault out, as it is clearly affecting my championship chances.

Additionally, I would like to defend myself and Ben Fleet's reputation. While Ben Fleet will try to aid me and my championship aspirations, he would not consider running anybody off the road. He acknowledges that this remains a dangerous sport and to deliberately cause an accident that may injure someone would go against his morals and personal ethics. He may try holding someone up for a few corners or let me pass a bit more easily, but to run somebody off? No.
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby BlindCaveSalamander » 21 Mar 2012, 09:31

James Davies wrote:Cocking hell! What the crap, I was on for 5th, maybe even 4th there! We really need to get our act together and finish more races, sharpish. Pit stop practice, arduous testing, reliability upgrades, let's do this and give those Irish mugs what for!
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby FMecha » 21 Mar 2012, 14:40

Kazuhiko Takagi wrote:Must.. Try.. To.. Calm.. Down.... (after conference incident)

By the way, I talked to Zimmer (and Benetton) so we can deny any feuds between us. Okay, so the paddock has said I'm (nearly) everyone's favorite number 2, but if I trying to pull a seriousness like this... why journalists call it FEUD? :shock:


Reiko Megumi wrote:GAH! Everything's ruined again, and again. :cry: Did pitcrews fail to install my tires correctly again when I was on pitstops? :evil:
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby eurobrun » 21 Mar 2012, 14:55

Prince Walik wrote:Those idiots at Renault better give us better engines or else.
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby East Londoner » 22 Mar 2012, 00:53

Damon Cannon wrote:This is just bathplugging ridiculous. Just how many points have the team lost this year because of parts failing on the car? Seriously, if this run continues, I'm out of here come the end of the season.


Poppy Whitechapel wrote:The Tyrrell is finally becoming reliable. However, it is still too slow to challenge for points. We need a high attrition race soon...
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby Shizuka » 23 Mar 2012, 19:07

Well, seems like Meerwick is the Inoue of this series.
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby eurobrun » 23 Mar 2012, 19:22

Sauber PR wrote:We hope to retain both drivers for 1996.
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby dinizintheoven » 24 Mar 2012, 01:24

FMecha wrote:As of 2014 season F1RMGP has switched to GP2 IIRC.

Correct. But the gains in customisability are marmalised by a huge loss in the randomness of events, which I'm still trying to combat. Not to worry, for I have further ideas...

Incidentally, for future reference, can "future" reject teams participate in this championship? Part of me is tempted by an entry for the 1996 season. I am even more tempted to enter one of the drivers in the season finale at Phoenix.
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby JeremyMcClean » 24 Mar 2012, 06:20

eurobrun wrote:
Sauber PR wrote:We hope to retain both drivers for 1996.


Pablo da Silva wrote:Huzzah!
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby tristan1117 » 24 Mar 2012, 08:16

dinizintheoven wrote:
FMecha wrote:As of 2014 season F1RMGP has switched to GP2 IIRC.

Correct. But the gains in customisability are marmalised by a huge loss in the randomness of events, which I'm still trying to combat. Not to worry, for I have further ideas...

Incidentally, for future reference, can "future" reject teams participate in this championship? Part of me is tempted by an entry for the 1996 season. I am even more tempted to enter one of the drivers in the season finale at Phoenix.


Well, I am planning to put in MasterCard Lola in 1997 (to replace a team) but entering them in 1996 can be acceptable. Future reject teams will be included as they come along.
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby AdrianSutil » 24 Mar 2012, 08:22

Minardi Seatholder Valsattis:

"We are delighted with Andrew Spokes' continued peformances, and should he wish to leave us at the end of the year for a bigger team, we won't stop him."
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby tristan1117 » 24 Mar 2012, 08:37

Round 9: Germany
Hockenheim, 38 laps
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1. John Zimmer (Benetton) - 1.42.309
2. Daniel Moreno (Williams) - 1.42.341
3. Douglas Mann (Williams) - 1.42.355
4. Padraig O'Connell (Ferrari) - 1.43.408
5. Kazuhiko Takagi (Benetton) - 1.44.282
6. Tom Douglas (Ferrari) - 1.44.282
7. Leonhard von Gottorp (Jordan) - 1.44.610
8. James Davies (McLaren) - 1.44.782
9. Damon Cannon (Jordan) - 1.45.435
10. Rory McAllister (McLaren) - 1.45.436
11. Reiko Megumi (Ligier) - 1.45.984
12. Dennis Mignolet (Ligier) - 1.46.344
13. Pieter Kickert (Sauber) - 1.46.719

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14. Poppy Whitechapel (Tyrrell) - 1.47.410
15. Kazuyoshi Hoshino (Footwork) - 1.47.995
16. Andrew Spokes (Minardi) - 1.48.004
17. Jorg Scrattenheim (Simtek) - 1.48.658
18. Gio van Dycke (Tyrrell) - 1.48.735
19. Miko Fakkinen (Minardi) - 1.49.017
20. Pablo da Silva (Sauber) - 1.49.195
21. George Tramontani (Simtek) - 1.49.752
22. Anton Kaliniczenko (Pacific) - 1.49.793
23. Artiom Zielenkovski (Pacific) - 1.49.839
24. Ben Fleet (DAMS) - 1.49.935
25. Samael Meerwick (Footwork) - 1.49.979
26. Masta Valsattis (Forti) - 1.50.266
DNQ Pippa Mann (DAMS) - 1.50.938
DNQ Sebastian Gazurek (Forti) - 1.51.092


Zimmer takes pole by 0.032 seconds over the Williams cars. Padraig O'Connell and Tom Douglas benefited from the Ferrari V12 engine to take 4th and 6th, respectively (although they were helped by Kazuhiko Takagi not making a run in Q2). At the back, da Silva and Meerwick both qualified miserably. Lastly, Masta Valsattis will make his first start for Forti after Pippa Mann had a brainfade.
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby tristan1117 » 24 Mar 2012, 08:40

AdrianSutil wrote:
Minardi Seatholder Valsattis:

"We are delighted with Andrew Spokes' continued peformances, and should he wish to leave us at the end of the year for a bigger team, we won't stop him."


You know Pierluigi Martini gets replaced by Pedro Lamy in '96, right?
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby East Londoner » 25 Mar 2012, 03:36

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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby dr-baker » 25 Mar 2012, 04:23

tristan1117 wrote:Round 9: Germany
Hockenheim, 38 laps
Code: Select all
24. Ben Fleet (DAMS) - 1.49.935
DNQ Pippa Mann (DAMS) - 1.50.938


Zimmer takes pole by 0.032 seconds over the Williams cars. Padraig O'Connell and Tom Douglas benefited from the Ferrari V12 engine to take 4th and 6th, respectively (although they were helped by Kazuhiko Takagi not making a run in Q2). At the back, da Silva and Meerwick both qualified miserably. Lastly, Masta Valsattis will make his first start for Forti after Pippa Mann had a brainfade.


Pippa Mann wrote:My brainfade is so bad, I still can't think what happened that made me a second slower than Ben Fleet. At this rate, I'm not going to be scoring this season, unlike last year in the Simtek. Although to be proved wrong would be nice, of course...
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby tristan1117 » 26 Mar 2012, 09:20

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Positives:

Daniel Moreno: He lead the entire race from start to finish, absolutely demolishing the field once Zimmer was out of the way. After I proclaimed his championship chances dead at the beginning of the season, Moreno and Zimmer are tied on points. We are set for an interesting battle with Takagi and O'Connell also making up ground.

Douglas Mann: What a race from Douglas! At the start, he went off the circuit and shattered his front wing and basically ended his chances for winning. However, Mann made a stirring comeback, getting all the way up to fourth by the end. He passed at least twenty cars on the way up the field and was the most impressive driver of the day, in my opinion.

McLaren and Jordan: After I bashed them last week, they had a much better race this time around. Both teams ended up in the points with McAllister in fifth and von Gottorp in sixth. Damon Cannon did finish the race this time around but he was out of the points. James Davies was the only retirement.

Tom Douglas: He was running in the points and was going quite well despite his two-stop strategy before his car gave up at the end.

Pacific: Both Pacifics finished the race for the first time this year! Definitely something to celebrate.

Negatives:

John Zimmer: This guy is cursed. Every time that Zimmer is in a good spot, something goes terribly wrong. The Wily E. Coyote of F1RGP2C went KABOOM! again, although it was more of a deflated rubber problem this time around. He did take fastest lap on Lap 2 for compensation but fastest laps do not award points in this series.

Pablo da Silva: What happened here? He qualified 20th and basically stayed there for the entire race before his eventual retirement! Not a very good performance from one of last year's best drivers.

Samael Meerwick: He was in last for most of the race. Behind the Fortis and Pacifics. (Zielenkovski had an electrical problem late in the race)
'Nuff said.

Reiko Megumi: If you look at the results, you might not understand why Megumi should get Reject of the Race. However, the F1RGP2C has decided to disqualify Reiko for dangerous driving, following the precedent set by the Douglas incident in Canada. On Lap 6, Poppy Whitechapel came up to try to pass Reiko on the outside at Turn 1. Reiko blocked Whitechapel and turfed the Tyrrell off the road, straight into the wall. Whitechapel was forced to retire the car. On the next lap, Reiko did the exact same thing to Pieter Kickert, this time causing Kickert to lose his front wing. To make such a dangerous maneuver twice in two laps is unacceptable and merits disqualification.

I have also posted the fastest lap charts to show the disparity between the cars. Gio van Dycke did not complete a second lap which explains his slow lap time.

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Drivers' Championship
=1 John Zimmer - 54 (4 wins)
=1 Daniel Moreno - 54 (4 wins)
3. Padraig O'Connell - 29
4. Kazuhiko Takagi - 28 (1 win)
5. Douglas Mann - 25
6. Leonhard von Gottorp - 9
7. Tom Douglas - 8
8. Rory McAllister - 7
9. James Davies - 6
10. Pablo da Silva - 4
=11 Damon Cannon - 3
=11 Dennis Mignolet - 3
=11 Pieter Kickert - 3
14. Gio van Dycke - 2
15. Miko Fakkinen - 1

Constructors' Championship
1. Benetton - 82
2. Williams - 79
3. Ferrari - 37
4. McLaren - 13
5. Jordan - 12
6. Sauber - 7
7. Ligier 3
8. Tyrrell - 2
9. Minardi - 1
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby tristan1117 » 26 Mar 2012, 09:40

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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby JeremyMcClean » 26 Mar 2012, 10:27

Daniel Moreno wrote:YES! THAT'S WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT!
dinizintheoven wrote:I've got one: "Reject Moments That Actually Never Happened, As Opposed To Those That Did And Which End With 'Oh, Wait!'" by the users of the F1 Rejects forum.

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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby eurobrun » 26 Mar 2012, 11:01

Prince Walik wrote:I am very pleased with the performance of Daniel Moreno and I hope he can win the championship
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby tristan1117 » 26 Mar 2012, 12:19

Max von Hegel wrote:Samael Meerwick must score a top-twelve finish or qualify higher than 20th in the next race to keep his drive. Truth is, I've only been keeping him 'cause he's German.
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby FMecha » 26 Mar 2012, 19:21

Kazuhiko Takagi wrote:Nothing to say today, but I feel sorry for Megumi's DSQ. :(


Reiko Megumi wrote:All I can say is BS, for myself. I just apologized to Whitechapel and Kickert after that, but Kickert seems won't accept my apology and threatens to ram me for next race. :evil:


Is Megumi suspended too for next race? :?
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby tristan1117 » 26 Mar 2012, 19:56

FMecha wrote:
Kazuhiko Takagi wrote:Nothing to say today, but I feel sorry for Megumi's DSQ. :(


Reiko Megumi wrote:All I can say is BS, for myself. I just apologized to Whitechapel and Kickert after that, but Kickert seems won't accept my apology and threatens to ram me for next race. :evil:


Is Megumi suspended too for next race? :?


No. The F1RGP2C decided disqualification was enough because the incident did happen during a battle for position.

EDIT: Terrible grammar.
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby FMecha » 26 Mar 2012, 20:02

tristan1117 wrote:
FMecha wrote:
Kazuhiko Takagi wrote:Nothing to say today, but I feel sorry for Megumi's DSQ. :(


Reiko Megumi wrote:All I can say is BS, for myself. I just apologized to Whitechapel and Kickert after that, but Kickert seems won't accept my apology and threatens to ram me for next race. :evil:


Is Megumi suspended too for next race? :?


No. The F1RGP2C didn't decided disqualification was enough because the incident did happen during a battle for position.


I'm still confused with the underlined part. :|
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Re: "Grand Prix 2" Championship

Postby dr-baker » 26 Mar 2012, 23:27

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Douglas Mann wrote:Eh? No mention of me and my brilliant drive? I passed 20 people for goodness sake! If I can repeat this in more 'normal' races, I could still win this... ;)
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