Grand Prix Rejects

pi314159 wrote:Loeb agrees to drive the third Corvette at Le Mans.
James Courtney agrees to do Le Mans and Adelaide, but declines for the rest of the season.

I was feeling like that was going to happen, anyway Elinor Yurko will do the Quali for the rest of the races with Adam Rees being in place for the other rounds where James Courtney isn't racing for us.

Having seen the title, what am I needed for?

AndreaModa wrote:Having seen the title, what am I needed for?

The Jones Racing entry is still missing a driver; you have entered Sammy Jones and Mike Vulcano so far.

pasta_maldonado wrote:

AndreaModa wrote:Having seen the title, what am I needed for?

The Jones Racing entry is still missing a driver; you have entered Sammy Jones and Mike Vulcano so far.

Indeed, that's it. Same for the other people in the title.

-Jones needs a third driver
-Boxtel needs a third driver for #87
-Porsche needs several drivers to complete their lineup

pi314159 wrote:-Porsche needs several drivers to complete their lineup

If this is in reference to BOSS Automation, the team owner hasn't been present on the forum for several months now. I wouldn't mind running the Porsche team for one season before handing it over to someone else

Righto! I knew I'd signed someone from somewhere, and it turns out the chap in question is 18 year old Neste Oil-backed Finnish driver Juuso Mäki. The post in question is here: http://www.f1rejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6546&start=440#p309987

Full details of the driver are in the posts immediately above (and after) that one. As he has no experience, but isn't a pay driver, I'm not sure whether he's bronze or silver.

Biscione wrote:

pi314159 wrote:-Porsche needs several drivers to complete their lineup

If this is in reference to BOSS Automation, the team owner hasn't been present on the forum for several months now. I wouldn't mind running the Porsche team for one season before handing it over to someone else

I think I got handed the BOSS team, but yeah things are happening in my life and I've very little free time so you take control.

Biscione wrote:

pi314159 wrote:-Porsche needs several drivers to complete their lineup

If this is in reference to BOSS Automation, the team owner hasn't been present on the forum for several months now. I wouldn't mind running the Porsche team for one season before handing it over to someone else

You can have the team for the 2017 season.

OK.

According to the wiki article, none of these drivers have been claimed, so don't blame me if it turns out someone already has them

Porsche Racing [GER]
#92
Marc Lieb (GER) [P]
Romain Dumas (FRA) [P]
Tristan Jung (USA) [G]

#93
Timo Bernhard (GER) [P]
Jörg Bergmeister (GER) [P]
John Bovy (GRA) [G]


Bovy and Jung moving to Porsche means there will be some alterations to the Trueba entry. I'll do these later once I've been able to acquire some replacement drivers. Gio Roda stays where he is, but the other two will be TBA...

With time running out, Sentinel wants to see if Carl Breeze wants to drive with Sentinel.

I wonder how good my team will be on track.

In a virtually last-second decision, Porsche by Best In The World make Calvin Brooks the qualifying driver of the #41 car.

Ammermueller and von Hegel will be the qualifying drivers for their cars for the foreseeable future.

DENSO Toyota PORE has to remove Kamui Kobyashi from the lineup because his racing career ended in 2010 after suffered a career-ending accident in the United States Grand Prix I.

HawkAussie wrote:DENSO Toyota PORE has to remove Kamui Kobyashi from the lineup because his racing career ended in 2010 after suffered a career-ending accident in the United States Grand Prix I.

Career ending being F1 Career. You act like we don't know, or remember this.

Also, learn to spell Kobayashi right. Idiot.

RealRacingRoots wrote:

HawkAussie wrote:DENSO Toyota PORE has to remove Kamui Kobyashi from the lineup because his racing career ended in 2010 after suffered a career-ending accident in the United States Grand Prix I.

Career ending being F1 Career. You act like we don't know, or remember this.

Also, learn to spell Kobayashi right. Idiot.

I can't spell Kobayashi for some strange reason.

HawkAussie wrote: I can't spell Kobayashi for some strange reason.

You can't seem to spell a lot of things.

RealRacingRoots wrote:

HawkAussie wrote:DENSO Toyota PORE has to remove Kamui Kobyashi from the lineup because his racing career ended in 2010 after suffered a career-ending accident in the United States Grand Prix I.

Career ending being F1 Career. You act like we don't know, or remember this.

You act like we all have photographic memories and have nothing better to do than remember every small detail in a fictional universe. Idiot.

dr-baker wrote:

RealRacingRoots wrote:

HawkAussie wrote:DENSO Toyota PORE has to remove Kamui Kobyashi from the lineup because his racing career ended in 2010 after suffered a career-ending accident in the United States Grand Prix I.

Career ending being F1 Career. You act like we don't know, or remember this.

You act like we all have photographic memories and have nothing better to do than remember every small detail in a fictional universe. Idiot.

That's kind of my job around here...

Salamander wrote:That's kind of my job around here...

And mine is to analyse shite is so nerdy not even he would touch it.

Salamander wrote:
That's kind of my job around here...

OK, so for a fictional universe to work, we need one or two people to know it inside-out. But it doesn't require EVERYBODY to dedicate their lives to it, does it?

Or am I just not taking this forum seriously enough?

For reasons that only BBC London will ever know, the Porsche 991 that the Top Gear presenters were supposed to use has been withdrawn. Instead, the #84 ABR entry will run a 2016-spec Ferrari 458 for their two races

Team name : Valerian Prototype Racing
Nationality : France
Class : LMP1-L

Car : Oreca 07 - Toyota
Car Number : 7
Rounds : Spa, Indianapolis, Fuji

Driver 1
Spa/Fuji
Name: Jose Maria Lopez
Nationality: Argentina
Qualifying Driver: Yes (Spa/Fuji)
Tier: RL Platinum

Indy
Name: Masami Karai
Nationality: Japan
Qualifying Driver: No
Tier: Silver

Driver 2
Name: Esteban Guerrieri
Nationality: Argentina
Qualifying Driver: Yes (Indy only)
Tier: RL Gold

Driver 3
Spa/Fuji
Name: Masami Karai
Nationality: Japan
Qualifying Driver: No
Tier: Silver
Indy
Name: Ryan Cotman
Nationality: UK
Qualifying Driver: No
Tier: Bronze

Due to Bourdais still being a competetive Formula 1 driver, Klon and I agreed that he should remain in F1 for 2017, as he is unlikely to turn down an F1 offer for an LMP1-L seat. V8Fan12, if that is ok for you, you are allowed to create a fictional driver with a platinum rating to replace Bourdais.

pi314159 wrote:Due to Bourdais still being a competetive Formula 1 driver, Klon and I agreed that he should remain in F1 for 2017, as he is unlikely to turn down an F1 offer for an LMP1-L seat. V8Fan12, if that is ok for you, you are allowed to create a fictional driver with a platinum rating to replace Bourdais.

Alrighty then, Sebastian Bourdais will be replaced by:

Driver 1
Name: Bernard Beauchene
Nationality: France
Qualifying Driver: Yes
Tier: Platinum

pi, I know this is a bit 11th hour, but would it be alright with you if I ret-conned my team to be run under the Al Smith Racing Enterprises banner instead of Equipe Gauthier?

Salamander wrote:pi, I know this is a bit 11th hour, but would it be alright with you if I ret-conned my team to be run under the Al Smith Racing Enterprises banner instead of Equipe Gauthier?

No problem. It's just a name change, which isn't much work for me.

I will finally announce the chassis and engine designation for the new Nissan equipment.

The newly christened chassis shall be named the R17CK, and the engine shall be known as the VRFZ.