GPM2, May the best manager win!

[FMecha]

I wonder what I should do to the car.

[Shadaza]

sign Compaq as sponsor

Done. This means you will survive the season.

I wonder what I should do to the car.

Well the positives are Toyota will have their new car ready for the next season easily. The negatives are Toyota the engine company don't want to provide you with engines and you may not have the budget to make another season. To make this worse there are no sponsors besides the weak Panasonic and your 2 drivers are both really expensive.

In terms of upgrading the car, you main area of focus should be the Internals. I think Toyota is probably the hardest team to manage in this mod.

[tristan1117]

Sauber needs to work on the new car so we would like to put all our development time on this project. Can we also try to steal something from Toyota? If anyone wants parts, we are willing to sell.

[AdrianSutil]

Come to think of it, BMW are interested in a potential engine supply deal with Arrows on the basis that Briscoe gets a race seat for next year at the team. I'll let Shaza sort out how such a deal would work in practice should it go ahead

I may be interested. Is Briscoe a pay-driver? And why Briscoe?

[Wizzie]

Come to think of it, BMW are interested in a potential engine supply deal with Arrows on the basis that Briscoe gets a race seat for next year at the team. I'll let Shaza sort out how such a deal would work in practice should it go ahead

I may be interested. Is Briscoe a pay-driver? And why Briscoe?

Briscoe's not a pay-driver. And I want to see if he's any good as he may be a potential replacement for Fisichella in 2005 should he want to move elsewhere at the end of next year.

[AdrianSutil]

And may I ask why it's you who's offering BMW engines? I've probably missed something.

[Wizzie]

And may I ask why it's you who's offering BMW engines? I've probably missed something.

Because for some strange reason I've been given the responsibility of running BMW's engine program as well

[AdrianSutil]

And may I ask why it's you who's offering BMW engines? I've probably missed something.

Because for some strange reason I've been given the responsibility of running BMW's engine program as well

Right. Doesn't sounds weird at all

Ok. Talks can begin between BMW and Arrows for next year. Arrows would like to know the following:

1. Will the BMW engines be the same spec as the engines Williams are running, or are we going to run last year's engines ( a la Sauber and Ferrari)?

2. How much will each engine cost?

3. If you don't take Briscoe after the first year, do we have to keep him for a second year?

[Wizzie]

And may I ask why it's you who's offering BMW engines? I've probably missed something.

Because for some strange reason I've been given the responsibility of running BMW's engine program as well

Right. Doesn't sounds weird at all

Ok. Talks can begin between BMW and Arrows for next year. Arrows would like to know the following:

1. Will the BMW engines be the same spec as the engines Williams are running, or are we going to run last year's engines ( a la Sauber and Ferrari)?

2. How much will each engine cost?

3. If you don't take Briscoe after the first year, do we have to keep him for a second year?

1. They'll be the same spec as the ones Williams are running
2. I have no idea whether I can charge for engines or not so I'll let Shaza clarify that
3. If we don't take up our option on him after the first you, you can do whatever the hell you want with him

[AdrianSutil]

Ok. I'll let Shaza sort everything else out. As long as the price is right for us, and we can re-name the engines to Megatron (because Arrows-Megatron sounds epic) we will sign Briscoe and terminate Massa's contract.

[Shadaza]

Ok. I'll let Shaza sort everything else out. As long as the price is right for us, and we can re-name the engines to Megatron (because Arrows-Megatron sounds epic) we will sign Briscoe and terminate Massa's contract.

Can do, though you will have to pay Massa's fee, it may be better to shift him down to test driver.

The reason I gave "ownership" to engines is because the balance in this mod isn't perfect, BMW engines are like the 2nd cheapest yet also the 2nd most powerful.

[Ferrim]

"Hello, I'm BMW's engine program head, I want to sell you my engines but I have no idea if I can charge you for them"

[Wizzie]

"Hello, I'm BMW's engine program head, I want to sell you my engines but I have no idea if I can charge you for them"

GPM2's engine contract system has always been slightly odd for me. I mean, in the 2001 mod, Sauber can't sign Mercedes for the first 3 years for completely arbitrary reasons

[FMecha]

sign Compaq as sponsor

Done. This means you will survive the season.

I wonder what I should do to the car.

Well the positives are Toyota will have their new car ready for the next season easily. The negatives are Toyota the engine company don't want to provide you with engines and you may not have the budget to make another season. To make this worse there are no sponsors besides the weak Panasonic and your 2 drivers are both really expensive.

In terms of upgrading the car, you main area of focus should be the Internals. I think Toyota is probably the hardest team to manage in this mod.

Why the engine division won't provide the engines? Get some 4-star sponsors, if any.

[Shadaza]

Welcome to France, Prepare for the strangest grid of the year. The front 2 and back 2 are not so strange. The rest though, umm.



It seems Magny Cours is a very Aero circuit looking at the grid! The race is 72 laps.

It's almost as if Massa is flipping Arrows off for having his seat in question.

Though Rosberg lines up on pole for China 2012 he starts 26th here!

[East Londoner]

Heidfeld has nothing to lose from that far back, so I'll stick him on a three-stopper and see if he can pull off a surprise. Two stopper for Webber.

[eurobrun]

Both Renault drivers will do two stops

[the Masked Lapwing]

Twp stops for both Jags.

[AdrianSutil]

Technically haven't sacked Massa yet, but he's driving for his job.

Felipe Massa two-stop: Laps 23 and 46
Adrian Sutil three-stop: Laps 16, 34 and 57

[The Lukas]

both anisimov to three pit-stop

[Wizzie]

I'll put Fisichella on the three-stopper and Button on a two-stop strategy but I want to put Button on a 40/30/30 strategy rather than a traditional two-stopper

[Ferrim]

MagnyCours uses to provide some strange grids in GPM2. It's one of the tracks that usually destroys any mod's balance

[Wizzie]

MagnyCours uses to provide some strange grids in GPM2. It's one of the tracks that usually destroys any mod's balance

So a calender full of Magny Cours would make for the most epic season ever, correct?

[AdrianSutil]

MagnyCours uses to provide some strange grids in GPM2. It's one of the tracks that usually destroys any mod's balance

So a calender full of Magny Cours would make for the most epic season ever, correct?

Epic/dull. Delete as appropriate

[Klon]

Though Rosberg lines up on pole for China 2012 he starts 26th here!

Not too surprising, given that he's not even 18 yet.

--- Strategy
Rubens Barrichello - Lap 15 & Lap 30 & Lap 44 & Lap 58

Ralf Schumacher - Lap 24 & Lap 48

[Stramala]

Minardi will put both drivers on 3 stoppers.

[FMecha]

Montoya on 2-stop, Panis on 3-stop.

[andrew]

both on 2 stops please

[Shadaza]

Hi there. Due to connection issues I won't be able to post race results until the morning. I can tell you though we have a first podium this season for one driver, controversy again but perhaps most significant a championship challenge ending crash for one driver who will miss the next 5 races. Stay tuned.

[Shadaza]

A little bit delayed but here it is


Both Ferraris and Both Jaguars suffer engine failures, allowing Fernando Alonso to sneak another win. Alonso is now looking like a genuine champioship threat! Whilst in 3rd place and looking to overtake a recently pitted Barrichello, Massa was rudely taken out by Jarno Trulli who was attempting to unlap himself. A similar problem caused HWNSNBM retirement who collided with Nico Rosberg taking them both out of the race. So a race in which Ferrari, Massa, Badoer and HWNSNBM all had a shot at winning was eventually won by Alonso. Alonso was behind Webber at the first stage of the race and they had an identical pit strategy, but Webber seemed to struggle to get heat in to the tires and in traffic Alonso dived through in what proved to be the decisive move of the race.
Kimi Raikkonen got his first podium of the year and Saubers second this season, a fine late race charge saw him overcome Jean Alesi. Adrian Sutil was a surprise 5th, with his late late final stop being enough to JUST get him out ahead of Hakkinen, despite struggling on the fresh rubber Sutil miraculously held Hakkinen off, so much was Hakkinen slowed down that Dario Franchitti managed to sneak past. Now Franchitti and Sutil need just one 6th place to unrejectify themselves. Button stole the final point right from under Trulli's nose as they fought for the entire race distance.
Sadly whilst chasing down Trulli and Button for the final point FIsichella had a big crash and looks to injured for practically the rest of the season, missing the next 5 races. Fisichella has 1 win to his name and sits 22 points behind Michael Schumacher, though he was just an outside title chance, the injury is sure a blow to the team. Also out for the next race will be Fernando Alonso who seems to have a case of food poisoning, not ideal but not a championship challenge ending ilness by any means. Another no score for Michael Schumacher who is now only 19 points ahead of Alonso, can he hold on?

Drivers:
1.Michael Schumacher 53
2.Fernando Alonso 34 (2 wins)
3.Jarno Trulli 34
4.Giancarlo Fisichella 31
5.Rubens Barrichello 30
6.Jean Alesi 28
7.Kimi Raikkonen 22
8.Mark Webber 20 (2 2nds)
9.Nick Heidfeld 20
10.Ralf Schumacher 19
11.HWNSNBM 15
12.Takuma Sato 14
13.Luca Badoer 11
14.Mika Hakkinen 9
15.Ricardo Zonta 8
16.Heinz Harold Frentzen 6 (1 3rd)
17.Dario Franchitti 6
18.Tiago Monteiro 5 (1 4th)
19.Adrian Sutil 5
20=Jenson Button 4 (1 6th 1 8th)
20=Fellipe Massa 4 (1 6th 1 8th)
22.Pedro de la Rosa 3
23=Enrico Tocacello 2
23=Heikki Kovalainan 2
23=Alex Wurz 2
23=Tony Kanaan 2

Teams
1.McLaren 89
2.Renault 68
3.Ferrari 49
4.BAR 40
5.Williams 35
6.Sauber 32
7.Jaguar 25
8.Jordan 20
9.Minardi 15
10.Arrows 9
11.Asiatech 4
12.Ansimov 3
13.Toyota 1

[Wizzie]

Excuse Mr Rennis for one minute as he unleashes hellfire and brimstone on the entire known universe...

Oh, Williiams will put Briscoe in the car as his replacement and will like to know what their sponsorship situation is like.

[AdrianSutil]

ArrowsF1 Cosworth:
Delighted for Adrian Sutil. He's been improving as the season goes on so his points finish is fantastic. We are deeply annoyed at Jarno Trulli for ruining Massa race as we couldve had a brilliant double-point finish. Still, we are where we want to be in the Championship. Ahead of Toyota, Asiatech and Ansimov.

[eurobrun]

Alonso will be replaced by Frentzen for the race he misses.

[Shadaza]

Team Update

Williams 12.105 Million Advanced Steering and Traction Control are level 4, all work stopped.
Ferrari 13.288 Million Turbo level 1 (!)
McLaren:7.107 Million
Renault:9.312 Million (New Gearbox will be completed next race!)
BAR:11.139 Million
Sauber:10.248 Million
Jaguar:17.038 Million advanced sttering level 3, work stopped.
Toyota:5.802 Million, Kingfisher want to sponsor you (And not a moment too soon!)
Jordan: 10.403 Million, you now have semi automatic gears.
Minardi: 13.340 Million
Arrows: 9.844 Million
Ansimov: 7.631 Million

Ferrari, Jaguar and Jordan all made a small profit. Toyota made the biggest loss, losing 1.3 Million, can Kingfisher save them?

[Klon]

A curious Klon would like to know just how competitive the Ferraris were.

[Shadaza]

A curious Klon would like to know just how competitive the Ferraris were.

In the last race, Both Ferrari's had lapped the field. Not sure who would of won from the 4 stop strategy vs the 2. Barrichello was ahead when Ralf Retired though.

[Shadaza]

It is that time again, and Ferrari look as quick as ever, can they make it to the finish this time?

5 cars fail to make the 107% time, but Pizzonia and Sutil have been allowed to race.

The race is 61 laps.

[Wizzie]

AdrianSutil, take note of Briscoe's performances in the next 5 races

I'll put both my guys on two-stoppers for this race with Button stopping first both times.

[eurobrun]

Both Renaults will do two stop strategies.

[East Londoner]

Three stoppers for the BARs here.