2019 SAF4 - Season finished - Rodriguez champion!

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 28 Feb 2017, 22:31

Valdes - Parachuting Session
Fittapaldi - A New Intrest

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 01 Mar 2017, 21:28

Carlos Ramon Jimenez - Press Day
Arsenio Godoy - Press Day

A Paraguayan journalist is writing a story about new motorsport talents from his country - among others, he's going to interview the Ascension SAF4 guys.

1-65: The driver gets along well with the journalist
66-100: Interviews are nothing for them, they'd rather spend some time on the track.

Jimenez...24: He loves being labelled as "the future of Paraguayan motorsport" (+38 grip)
Godoy...77: Too much attention for Jimenez makes Godoy a dull boy. (-8 grip)

Cecilia Ugarte - Formula 3 test
Caio Collet - Formula 3 test
Gianluca Petecof - Formula 3 test
Ana Sofia Santana - Formula 3 test

Formula 3 Americas is starting, more teams are looking for some talented South American drivers. Ugarte, Collet, Petecof and Santana will have the opportunity to test today.

1-50: Some contract offers are underway - testing records are impressive.
51-100: Maybe some more F4 will do?

Ugarte...99: An utter failure. She isn't ready to make the jump. (-9 grip)
Collet...44: Good, but not as impressive as someone was expecting. (+22 grip)
Petecof...42: Even faster than Collet. That's impressive. (+40 grip)
Santana...79: Not too fast, not too slow. Barely noticed, to be honest. (-1 grip)

Xavier Santillian - New Sponsor

The Tropican Tourism Board is willing to bankroll a new local driver - they sure have money, can they find an agreement?

1-50: A contract is signed, his further career is on a good path.
51-100: Xavier's requests were too high - Tropico will find someone else.

1: They come to an agreement in a couple of minutes. (+2 grip)

Julio Jimenez - Parachuting Session
Matias Valdes - Parachuting Session

Many drivers went parachuting last week, Jimenez and Valdes are doing it this week.

1-85: The others were right, it's damn fun.
86-100: It's funnier when you do it all together.

Jimenez...42: Begging to do it again as soon as he landed. (+15 grip)
Valdes...27: Fun, but not that much. (+4 grip)

Enzo Fittipaldi - A New Interest
Verania Andres - A New Interest
Maria del Carmen Alvarez - A New Interest
Carla Wilikinson - A New Interest
Catriel Mollo - A New Interest

Some drivers took up gaming, namely the Hernandez girls and Enzo.

1-85: Racing games are fun and they also can act as "makeshift simulators"!
86-100: 16 hours long Starcraft sessions aren't that good...

Fittipaldi...77: He gave up on it pretty fast, as he didn't like being defeated by the girls. (+1 grip)
Andres...77: Setting fastest laps in series, as she does in real life. (+13 grip)
Alvarez...26: Racing is again a bit more exciting for her. (+19 grip)
Wilkinson...5: She likes playing with the other girls, but not as much as the others. (+7 grip)
Mollo...11: Regularly beating Alvarez: this should mean something! (+16 grip)

Raquel Rodriguez - Back to school
John Pearson - Back to school

They may be quick and talented on the track, but even racing drivers have to do some work for getting their "regular" driving license.

1-85: I mean, that's an easy game for them!
86-100: Astonishingly enough, the driver fails!

Rodriguez...3: No problems for Raquel. (+15 grip)
Pearson...20: Made it at the first try. (+5 grip)

Oscar Sandoval - A day at the races
Rafael Muralha - A day at the races

Sandoval and Muralha are invited to attend a Formula 1 race.

1-65: They love it and want to further pursue their racing career.
66-100: It's not all fun and games up there.

Sandoval...62: It wasn't bad, but he got pretty bored. (+1 grip)
Muralha...31: He sure had more fun than Oscar. (+22 grip)

Current tokens situation:

6 tokens left:
Elda Carita Colina Carreras
Pedro Garcia
Fabricio Castillo
Adriana Quiroz

4 tokens left:
Alejandro Gomez
Catriel Mollo

3 tokens left:
Ricardo Miranda
Aria Hevel
Victoria Marcia Belmonte
Diego Moggia

2 tokens left:
Julio Jimenez
Jorge Agramonte

1 token left:
Verania Andres
Maria del Carmen Alvarez
Carlos Ramon Jimenez
Arsenio Godoy
Carla Wilkinson
Oscar Sandoval
Rafael Muralha

No tokens left:
Gabriela Alessandra Castaneda
John Pearson
Cecilia Ugarte
Xavier Santillan
Caio Collet
Gianluca Petecof
Ana Sofia Santana
Matias Valdes
Enzo Fittipaldi
Raquel Rodriguez

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 01 Mar 2017, 21:46

May 11 - Autodromo Internacional de Cascavel - Race 1

Qualifying:

Race:

Fastest lap:
Ana Sofia Santana - 1.06.765

Race commentary here.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 01 Mar 2017, 22:16

May 12 - Autodromo Internacional de Cascavel - Race 2

Qualifying:

Race:

Fastest lap:
Victoria Marcia Belmonte, 1.06.875

Race commentary here.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 01 Mar 2017, 22:42

Moggia and Carreras will both do an Indy Lights test with Team Pelfrey after this weekend (Cost as an F3 test)

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 01 Mar 2017, 22:59

Mollo will fool about with a F3 car.

CarloSpace · Post by **CarloSpace** » 02 Mar 2017, 17:36

CR Jiménez will check the Internet forums to see if people are talking about his recent form.
Godoy will go parachuting to forget the press day and disappointing weekend.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 03 Mar 2017, 00:01

Jorge Agramonte will go out for a day at the races

Post by **Ataxia** » 03 Mar 2017, 08:43

Belmonte has offered mo...uh, BEEN offered a chance to try a simulator run.

Alejandro Gomez will spend some time with his engineers, looking to put together a new setup.

Pinkd56 · Post by **Pinkd56** » 03 Mar 2017, 14:35

Both Sandoval and Muralha will be encouraged to take up a new interest.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 11 Mar 2017, 20:16

Diego Moggia - Formula 3 test
Elda Carita Colina Carreras - Formula 3 test
Catriel Mollo - Formula 3 test

Delighted by their recent form, Indy Lights' Team Pelfrey invited Moggia and Carreras for a test; meanwhile in Argentina, Mollo had been given by a personal sponsor the opportunity to test an AF3 car.

1-50: Good performance, a contract for next season is almost on the books.
51-100: Another year in F4 will probably do it, right?

Moggia...90: Utterly disappointing. (-12 grip)
Carreras...29: Not that good, but at least she did better than Moggia (+3 grip)
Mollo...62: I doubt she really is F3 material yet... (-13 grip)

Carlos Ramon Jimenez - Internet Forum

Some folks like googling their own name. Jimenez is one of them - by doing that, he stumbled upon a famous internet forum, where a guy is posting SAF4 news and results.

1-80: Nice place, isn't it?
81-100: What's that #@*! writing?

39: That Italian guy who writes about SAF4 the whole time is actually quite nice. Carlos can't understand why he is that interested in it, though. (+17 grip).

Arsenio Godoy - Parachuting Session

Parachuting or paragliding in Paraguay, it's a paranormal experience either way.

1-80: Arsenio's already pre-para-ing to do it again
81-100: You can't enjoy things when fear almost paralyzes you.

22: A nice parenthesis in his week (+14 grip)

Jorge Agramonte - A day at the races

Agramonte has been offered the opportunity to meet his idol Pastor Maldonado during a F1 weekend.

1-65: Jorge gets along well with Pastor, and calls him "his mentor".
66-100: The Reverend isn't impressed.

16: It's nice to have someone to look up to. (+21 grip)

Oscar Sandoval - A new interest
Rafael Muralha - A new interest

Sandoval and Muralha hang up for a while and begin working together on their mopeds.

1-80: They like going fast, even outside the track.
81-100: They like going TOO fast...this isn't always good.

Sandoval...47: So fast they won't catch him (+6 grip)
Muralha...15: Right behind his teammate. (+6 grip)

Victoria Marcia Belmonte - Simulator Run

Belmonte's manager set up a day for her to try a powerful simulator. Not that it could bring so much...

1-65: Well, she ain't so slow, you know?
66-100: She is slow. Period.

60: It's all fun and games, when it doesn't come down to driving an actual car... (+23 grip)

Alejandro Gomez - New Setup

Gomez struggled a bit lately, thus his team decided to meet up with him to try and find a new setup for his cockpit.

1-50: Issue found, things will go better now.
51-100: The issue hasn't been found. What could they do?

5: A couple of wings adjustments and a better seat fitting can work wonders! (+49 grip)

Current token situation:

6 tokens left:
Fabricio Castillo
Adriana Quiroz
Pedro Garcia

3 tokens left:
Aria Hevel
Ricardo Miranda
Elda C.C. Carreras

2 tokens left
Julio Jimenez

1 token left
Verania Andres
Maria del Carmen Alvarez
Catriel Mollo
Carla Wilkinson
Victoria Marcia Belmonte
Alejandro Gomez

All other drivers have no tokens left.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 11 Mar 2017, 21:44

June 1 - Autodromo Internacional Jose Carlos Pace - Race 1

Qualifying:

Race:

Fastest lap:
Victoria Marcia Belmonte - 1.47.435

Race commentary here.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 11 Mar 2017, 22:21

June 2 - Autodromo Internacional Jose Carlos Pace - Race 2

Qualifying:

Race:

Fastest lap:
Raquel Rodriguez - 1.47.793

Race commentary here.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 30 Mar 2017, 19:46

Time has come for the second mid-season test, which will take place over two days

This time around, you may choose a focus for each of your two drivers, among:
- Qualifying pace (higher quali grip)
- Race pace (higher race grip)
- Consistency (reducing RGR) <- Default choice, in case no input comes in.
- Driver development - in case you decide to test a rookie driver for next season, this may lead to a grip bonus...

Apart from that, you may choose the effort your driver will have to put in:
- Low effort (Lower bonus, chance to succeed = 75%)
- Medium effort (Medium bonus, chance to succeed = 60%)
- High effort (Higher bonus, chance to succeed = 45%)
Unlike normal upgrades, these won't backfire if they don't succeed.

Please, post your schedule for both days as soon as possible.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 30 Mar 2017, 21:23

If I am responsible for driver development for a driver of mine placed at another team, do I dictate the testing strategy for said driver at the other team?

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 30 Mar 2017, 22:30

DemocalypseNow wrote:If I am responsible for driver development for a driver of mine placed at another team, do I dictate the testing strategy for said driver at the other team?

Yes, you do.

Source:

novitopoli, opening post wrote:Drivers are divided into two categories: "Stay-at-Home" (DEC owner manages upgrade path)

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 30 Mar 2017, 22:46

pasta_maldonado wrote:
DemocalypseNow wrote:If I am responsible for driver development for a driver of mine placed at another team, do I dictate the testing strategy for said driver at the other team?

Yes, you do.

Source:
novitopoli, opening post wrote:Drivers are divided into two categories: "Stay-at-Home" (DEC owner manages upgrade path)

Yes, but that refers to upgrade paths, not testing sessions. Therefore the rule, as in its current form does not explicitly include test sessions, may mean this is not the case.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 01 Apr 2017, 09:44

Sorry for not making it clear:

Testing focuses are chosen by the team owners - since they may also choose to try out a new driver...

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 02 Apr 2017, 11:52

Mazzacane Motorsport:

Day 1:
Fabricio Castillo - qualifying pace (medium)
Leonardo Caldeiro (MEX, 17, rookie) - driver development (medium)

Day 2:
Fabricio Castillo - race pace (medium)
Leonardo Caldeiro (MEX, 17, rookie) - driver development (medium)

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 02 Apr 2017, 12:00

Eurofarma Juniores

Day 1:
Caio Collett - Quali Pace [Medium]
Gianluca Petecof - Quali Pace [Medium]
Ana Sofia Santana - Consistency [Low]
Day 2:
Caio Collett - Race pace [Medium]
Gianluca Petecof - Race pace [Medium]
Ana Sofia Santana - Consistency [High]

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 02 Apr 2017, 12:10

Equipo Berta

Day 1:
Raquel Rodriguez - Quali Pace (Medium)
John Pearson - Race Pace (Medium)
Gabriela Castaneda - Quali Pace (Large)

Day 2:
Raquel Rodriguez - Race Pace (Medium)
John Pearson - Consistency (medium)
Gabriela Castaneda - Race Pace (large)

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 03 Apr 2017, 02:27

Equipo de Carreras Venezolano

Day 1:
Xavier Santillan - Race Pace [Medium]
Jorge Agramonte - Qualifying Pace [High]

Day 2:
Xavier Santillan - Consistency [Medium]
Jorge Agramonte - Consistency [Medium]

CarloSpace · Post by **CarloSpace** » 03 Apr 2017, 21:49

Day 1
Godoy: Race pace, medium
Jiménez: Qualifying pace, medium

Day 2
Godoy: Qualifying pace, low
Driver development: Edson Iturra (Chilean, b. 21/6/2003)

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 04 Apr 2017, 10:16

Day 1
Enzo Fittapaldi - Race Pace ( Meduim)
Matias Valdes - Qualifying Pace ( High)

Day 2
Enzo Fittapaldi - Consistency ( High)
Matias Valdes - Race Pace (Medium)

SeedStriker · Post by **SeedStriker** » 04 Apr 2017, 14:55

Day 1
Cecilia Ugarte - Qualifying Pace (Meduim)
Julio Jimenez - Qualifying Pace (Medium)

Day 2
Cecilia Ugarte - Race Pace (Medium)
Julio Jimenez - Race Pace (Medium)

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 04 Apr 2017, 15:36

Day 1
Andres: quali pace, low
development: Thomas Araya (CHL) (DOB: 6/6/2004)

Day 2
Andres: quali pace, medium
development: Thomas Araya

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 05 Apr 2017, 08:53

Ataxia, Wizzie, John Rafael and Pinkd56 are still missing.

Deadline will be at 23.59 CEST this Friday (April 7)

Pinkd56 · Post by **Pinkd56** » 05 Apr 2017, 11:29

Day 1
Muralha - Qualifying Pace (Medium)
Sandoval - Qualifying Pace (Medium)

Day 2
Muralha - Race Pace (Medium)
Sandoval - Race Pace (Medium)

Post by **Ataxia** » 05 Apr 2017, 17:51

Day 1:
Victoria Marcia Belmonte - Quali Pace (medium)
Pedro Garcia - Race Pace (medium)

Day 2:
Pedro Garcia - Quali Pace (medium)
Federico Fernández (URY, 2/8/2004) - Driver development

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 05 Apr 2017, 23:48

Day 1:
Diego Moggia - Race Pace (Medium)
Elda Carita Colina Carreras - Qualifying Pace (medium)
Alejandro Gómez - Qualifying Pace (Medium)

Day 2:
Diego Moggia - Race Pace (Medium)
Elda Carita Colina Carreras - Race Pace (medium)
Alejandro Gómez - Race Pace (Medium)

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 08 Apr 2017, 10:54

Mid-season Test 2 - Report
Escuderia Hernandez:
Andres: Despite her efforts, she only made small gains in her qualifying pace. Not quite what Hernandez was hoping for. (+ 7 Quali)
Araya (R): He isn't bad, but he isn't that good to begin with. And he made no significant gains during testing. Lower midfield at most.
Wilkinson: She worked on her consistency and could get somehow better (-15 RGR).

Total BR Autosport:
Miranda: He barely showed up at all, no one noticed him and he didn't make any gains.
Hevel: Day 1 - same story as her teammate. Day 2 - worked well on her consistency and made the test at least a bit useful for the Total BR guys (-28 RGR).

Ascension Asuncion:
C. R. Jimenez: Further improved his qualifying pace, he's among the top drivers in the field as far as it goes now (+44 Quali)
Godoy: Also made gains in qualifying pace, albeit lower than his teammate (+12 RGR)
Iturra (R): He's not even Formula 4 material, showing no signs of talent and not making any progress during his test. Forget it.

Equipo Berta:
Castaneda: No progress whatsoever. Some slight bits of pace, but she's too erratic to make anything about it.
Pearson: Good gains in consistency, especially if compared to Miranda's performance, will help him in his fight for P3 in the championship. (-45 RGR)
Rodriguez: She topped the timesheets, as usual, and also made some long runs which improved her race pace. (+30 Race)

T&D Vasquez:
Ugarte: Among the worst drivers, as usual, but at least she got somehow better in her long runs. (+20 Race)
Jimenez: Probably the real surprise of this session, making good gains in both qualifying and race pace. Let's see how the last part of the season turns out for him. (+33 Quali, +45 Race)

Silver Line Racing:
Gomez: Got better in his long runs, but it won't help him in his struggle to qualify the car. (+53 Race)
Carreras: Followed up on her first points-scoring finish with a solid testing result (+28 Quali, +12 Race)
Moggia: Not quite what his team was waiting for - we've got the feeling he wasted a good opportunity.

Equipo de Carreras Venezolano:
Santillan: Solid result, exactly what he can't seem to pull during actual races. (+13 Race, -21 RGR)
Agramonte: Further slight improvement, there are good expectations for him for the last part of the season. (+13 Quali, -44 RGR)

Eurofarma Juniores:
Collet: Had some good long runs to help establish himself in the upper midfield. (+32 Race)
Petecof: Almost a no-show. Looks like the Eurofarma guys are losing patience with him.
Santana: Worked on her consistency and made some gains. (-29 RGR)

Equipo Sandoval
Sandoval: (Almost) nothing to see there. (+3 Race)
Muralha: Good gains, but there wasn't anything terrific to start with. (+55 Quali)

RZ Motorsport:
Belmonte: Slight gains, almost a drop in the ocean. (+2 Quali)
Garcia: Those long runs will sure help him. (+26 Race)
Fernandez (R): He's not bad, but no championship material either. With some luck, he could make a solid midfielder.

Pillan Competicion:
Valdes: A driver who often struggles to qualify almost topping the timesheets, that's surprising. (+86 Quali)
Fittipaldi: Got more consistent-that was everything he could hope for. (-35 RGR)

Mazzacane Motorsport:
Castillo: More like the bad version of himself. Wasted the weekend.
Caldeiro: He could be a good midfielder and also showed some solid gains during testing. But he looks a bit erratic...

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 08 Apr 2017, 12:27

June 29 - Autodromo de Las Vizcachas - Race 1

Qualifying:

Race:

Fastest lap:
Verania Andres - 1.09.105

Race commentary here.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 08 Apr 2017, 13:02

June 30 - Autodromo de Las Vizcachas - Race 2

Qualifying:

Race:

Fastest lap:
Arsenio Godoy - 1.08.874

Race commentary here.

You have now time for upgrades.

Current token situation:

3 tokens left:
Fabricio Castillo
Adriana Quiroz
Pedro Garcia
Aria Hevel
Ricardo Miranda
Elda C.C. Carreras

2 tokens left
Julio Jimenez

1 token left
Verania Andres
Maria del Carmen Alvarez
Catriel Mollo
Carla Wilkinson
Victoria Marcia Belmonte
Alejandro Gomez

All other drivers have no upgrade tokens left.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 12 Apr 2017, 21:16

July 20 - Autodromo Internacional Nelson Piquet - Race 1

Qualifying:

15. Ana Sofia Santana
16. Verania Andres
17. Elda C.C. Carreras
18. Maria C. Alvarez
19. Gabriela A. Castaneda
20. Xavier Santillan
21. Cecilia Ugarte
22. Rafael Muralha
23. Victoria M. Belmonte
24. Alejandro Gomez
25. Enzo Fittipaldi
26. Adriana Quiroz

Race:

Fastest lap:
Pedro Garcia - 1.48.080

Race commentary here.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 12 Apr 2017, 21:18

July 21 - Autodromo Internacional Nelson Piquet - Race 2

Qualifying:

Race:

Fastest lap:
Matias Valdes - 1.47.964

Race commentary here.

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 12 Apr 2017, 22:00

Back to school for the Hernandez drivers.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 20 Apr 2017, 19:07

Normal32 wrote:Back to school for the Hernandez drivers.

Verania Andres - Back to school
Catriel Mollo - Back to school
Maria del Carmen Alvarez - Back to school
Carla Wilkinson - Back to school

The long break in the SAF4 season gives the Hernandez girls time to concentrate on their school duties.

Andres...29. It's all fine and she goes well into the (South American) summer break. (+18 grip)
Mollo...94. Despite having no racing commitments anymore, she struggles more than she should. (-7 grip)
Alvarez...79. No easy year for her, but at the end she'll get her passing grades. (+9 grip)
Wilkinson...26. She got even better than she was before taking up racing. (+12 grip)

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 21 Apr 2017, 19:05

6 December - Autodromo Internacional de Curitiba - Race 1

Qualifying:

Race:

Fastest lap:
Verania Andres - 1:28.964

Race commentary here.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 21 Apr 2017, 19:53

7 December - Autodromo Internacional de Curitiba - Race 2

Qualifying:

Race:

Fastest lap:
Julio Jimenez - 1:29.311
Race commentary here.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 21 Apr 2017, 20:18

8 December - Autodromo Internacional de Curitiba - Final
Double points, and 4 points for pole and fastest lap.

Qualifying:

Race:

Fastest lap
Verania Andres - 1:29.490

Race commentary here.

Penalties:
Raquel Rodriguez - 3 pts - Causing an avoidable collision
Ana Sofia Santana - 3 pts - Dangerously rejoining the track