2007 Alternate GP2 - Hockenheim qualifying + race tactics

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 15 Jul 2014, 20:18

Pantano is ineligible (random graduate after 2005 season), other seven drivers are OK.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 16 Jul 2014, 08:22

I plan to do first day of testing tomorrow (Thursday)

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 16 Jul 2014, 11:07

Restov will test with the following;

Robert Wickens
Kamui Kobayashi
Esteban Guerrieri
Romain Grosjean
Alvaro Parente
Giedo van der Garde
Sebastien Buemi

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 16 Jul 2014, 13:04

One too many in that list (since di Resta will automatically test for two days), I left Buemi out since he was last in the list. I will publish soon who will test for which team on which day.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 16 Jul 2014, 14:00

The names which appear twice in one team are drivers who test only for that team and are selected with RNG among the test drivers. The driver listed above will use team's #1 car.

Here is the money already confirmed drivers bring.
Nelson Piquet Jr. 1,1
Andre Lotterer 0,3
Paul di Resta 0,3

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 17 Jul 2014, 07:01

di Resta set the early pace in the morning session. Towards the end times improved by all bar three: Kobayashi, Jarvis and Ricciardo being exceptions.

di Grassi's car failed less than 15 minutes before the lunch break. No other drama was seen in the morning session. Piquet Jr was the fastest at that point, with Pagenaud and di Resta less than tenth a second slower.

Second session had more drama. Near the halfway, Lotterer, Teixeira and Senna all had to end their day with mechanical troubles. Even before that Hülkenberg had crashed, putting his team to repair the car overnight.

Piquet Jr wasn't able to improve his morning time whereas most others did. Lotterer, Petrov, Kerr and Hülkenberg were in the same situation as Piquet Jr, although two of them had a clear reason for it.

In the end, Pagenaud was on the top of the timesheet ahead of drivers who have more experience on the series.

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Simon Pagenaud               SFE 1'48.451
Paul di Resta                RES 1'48.482
Nelson Piquet Jr.            EMI 1'48.496
Oliver Jarvis                EMB 1'48.573
Alx Danielsson               VEN 1'48.633
Alex Lloyd                   EMB 1'48.650
Andre Lotterer               SAC 1'48.681
Lucas di Grassi              EMI 1'48.718
Filipe Albuquerque           SAC 1'48.794
Bruno Senna                  RLR 1'48.858
Hiroki Yoshimoto             ATA 1'48.901
Andy Soucek                  VEN 1'48.912
Timo Glock                   HUN 1'48.928
Kamui Kobayashi              PMC 1'48.961
Vitaly Petrov                PMC 1'48.971
Kohei Hirate                 ATA 1'49.052
Robbie Kerr                  SFE 1'49,097
Markus Niemelä               ICE 1'49.149
Nico Hülkenberg              RLR 1'49.215
Esteban Guerrieri            RES 1'49.218
Giedo van der Garde          HUN 1'49.229
Henri Karjalainen            ICE 1'49.330
Daniel Ricciardo             LIF 1'49.331
Chris Atkinson               LIF 1'49.373
Jason Tahincioglu            JRM 1'49.844
Ricardo Teixeira             JRM 1'50.005

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 19 Jul 2014, 18:49

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Timo Glock                  RLR 1'48.593
Nelson Philippe             EMI 1'48.914
Filipe Albuquerque          VEN 1'48.934
Lucas di Grassi             HUN 1'49.011
Andreas Zuber               VEN 1'49.043
Mike Conway                 SAC 1'49.043
Bruno Spengler              EMB 1'49.051
Simon Pagenaud              EMB 1'49.059
Nico Hülkenberg             ICE 1'49.072
Kamui Kobayashi             HUN 1'49.074
Takashi Kogure              ATA 1'49.087
Christian Vietoris          SFE 1'49.098
Vitaly Petrov               ICE 1'49.100
Nicolas Prost               LIF 1'49.105
Giedo van der Garde         EMI 1'49.142
Oliver Jarvis               RLR 1'49.223
Romain Grosjean             RES 1'49.257
Alex Lloyd                  PMC 1'49.260
Kazuki Nakajima             ATA 1'49.264
Robert Wickens              RES 1'49.274
Robbie Kerr                 SFE 1'49.306
Daniel Ricciardo            PMC 1'49.355
Esteban Guerrieri           SAC 1'49.398
Adam Khan                   JRM 1'49.756
Milka Duno                  LIF 1'49.773
Armaan Ebrahim              JRM 1'50.232

No time for longer report, but here is the list of mechanical problems and accidents which affected times for the drivers.

Morning session mechanicals: Vietoris, Spengler, Lloyd, Grosjean
Morning session accidents: Nakajima
Afternoon session mechanicals: Guerrieri, Lloyd, Kobayashi
Afternoon session accidents: Nakajima

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 19 Jul 2014, 19:18

Bleu wrote:Morning session accidents: Nakajima
Afternoon session accidents: Nakajima

Somehow I don't see him getting a drive now... :lol:

andrew · Post by **andrew** » 19 Jul 2014, 19:54

Biscione wrote:
Bleu wrote:Morning session accidents: Nakajima
Afternoon session accidents: Nakajima

Somehow I don't see him getting a drive now...

He could be the reject that JRM are looking for

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 19 Jul 2014, 20:28

Rob Lomas Racing may add two and Peak Motorsport Canada one more driver to the line-up. However, they must be drivers who are not in the line-up for any team. If there is no announcement, I will add one driver from 2006 pool to the list.

Third test will take place on Tuesday.

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 19 Jul 2014, 21:01

Could RLR test Valentino Rossi and Tony Stewart?

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 19 Jul 2014, 21:16

roblomas52 wrote:Could RLR test Valentino Rossi and Tony Stewart?

Pretty sure Stewart would be too fat to fit in the car, and even if he could, would probably prefer to drive in NASCAR regardless of anything else.

andrew · Post by **andrew** » 19 Jul 2014, 21:36

Salamander wrote:
roblomas52 wrote:Could RLR test Valentino Rossi and Tony Stewart?

Pretty sure Stewart would be too fat to fit in the car, and even if he could, would probably prefer to drive in NASCAR regardless of anything else.

Ha

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 20 Jul 2014, 17:06

Rossi can take part but Stewart is over the age limit.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 20 Jul 2014, 20:59

Lucas di Grassi will join Peak Motorsport Canada for the 4th test day (I don't think he is in anyone elses lineup, correct me if I'm wrong)

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 22 Jul 2014, 19:02

During the first hour, Matsuda was the only driver to get under 1'13.

But with track improving all the time, more drivers did that before the break. Matsuda spun off before lunch, losing some laps. Turvey had a small crash, while Hülkenberg and van der Garde managed to collide with each other. The German suffered more and returned only on the second hour after break.

Ricciardo and de Oliveira had early mechanical troubles and they missed time too.

During the second half, Premat crashed, as did Parente. Three drivers suffered from mechanical gremlins, namely Sutil, Valerio and Albuquerque.

Short track enabled small gaps. In the end, Matsuda was the fastest, but other two other drivers was within a tenth from the top.

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Tsugio Matsuda              ATA 1'12.639
Timo Glock                  ICE 1'12.685
Simon Pagenaud              PMC 1'12.697
Alx Danielsson              VEN 1'12.753
Nico Hülkenberg             SFE 1'12.768
Kohei Hirate                ATA 1'12.775
Kamui Kobayashi             RES 1'12.803
Joao Paulo de Oliveira      SAC 1'12.830
Giedo van der Garde         RLR 1'12.835
Vitaly Petrov               LIF 1'12.845
Oliver Turvey               EMB 1'12.894
Pastor Maldonado            SAC 1'12.907
Alvaro Parente              RES 1'12.928
Javier Villa                ICE 1'12.954
Filipe Albuquerque          SFE 1'12.955
Sebastien Buemi             LIF 1'12.955
Adrian Sutil                HUN 1'13.077
Oliver Jarvis               EMB 1'13.095
Daniel Ricciardo            EMI 1'13.107
Nelson Philippe             EMI 1'13.117
Valentino Rossi             RLR 1'13.131
Esteban Guerrieri           VEN 1'13.159
Robert Wickens              PMC 1'13.180
Alexandre Premat            HUN 1'13.217
Christian Bakkerud          JRM 1'13.239
Alberto Valerio             JRM 1'13.694

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 22 Jul 2014, 19:08

Here is the current money and chassis situation for each team:

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Hunter Autosport           6,7  78,3 70,9
Ember Racing               4,3  86   84
Euromotor International    4,8  85,2 79,1
Scuderia Alitalia Coloni   3,1  85   80,7
Veneta Racing              4,5  84,5 82,7
Restov Racing              3,1  73,1 66,5
Atari Motorsports          5,2  79,6 81
Junior Reject Motorsport   5,2  73   59,8
Starforce Engineering      2,8  94,8 97
Life Motosport             2,8  97   97
Rob Lomas Racing           2,8  94,5 97
Peak Motorsport Canada     2,8  97   97
Ice Racing                 2,8  97   97

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 22 Jul 2014, 20:17

Last test is going to take place on Thursday

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 24 Jul 2014, 07:03

With no announcement, former VRT driver Ernesto Viso joined Rob Lomas Racing line-up for final day.

One driver was on the top of the timesheets for all day long. Zuber took the glory from the final test day and ended up almost half a second faster than anyone else. He just couldn't be stopped.

Otherwise it was very close indeed, including three pairs of drivers who clocked same time.

Morning session crashes: Unser III
Morning session mechanicals: Conway, Rossi, di Grassi, Niemelä
Afternoon session crashes: Conway, Viso
Afternoon session mechanicals: Carroll, Nakajima

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Andreas Zuber              VEN 1'12.156
Filipe Albuquerque         JRM 1'12.621
Paul di Resta              RES 1'12.683
Bruno Senna                VEN 1'12.743
Nelson Piquet Jr.          EMI 1'12.775
Andre Lotterer             SAC 1'12.803
Heikki Kovalainen          HUN 1'12.862
Adrian Sutil               HUN 1'12.939
Kamui Kobayashi            ATA 1'12.964
Oliver Jarvis              SAC 1'12.972
Markus Niemelä             ICE 1'12.972
Kazuki Nakajima            ATA 1'12.974
Lucas di Grassi            PMC 1'12.974
Sebastien Buemi            LIF 1'12.988
Nico Hülkenberg            EMI 1'12.988
Nelson Philippe            SFE 1'13.017
Adam Carroll               EMB 1'13.026
Marko Asmer                JRM 1'13.086
Mike Conway                SFE 1'13.107
Esteban Guerrieri          PMC 1'13.155
Robert Wickens             EMB 1'13.214
Javier Villa               ICE 1'13.220
Al Unser III               LIF 1'13.248
Giedo van der Garde        RES 1'13.259
Valentino Rossi            RLR 1'13.372
Ernesto Viso               RLR 1'13.556

Driver signing period begins after my next message in which process is explained.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 24 Jul 2014, 07:13

Driver signing period rules

* In the initial period, only drivers who tested for the team in Paul Ricard may be nominated
* The team is allowed to nominate two preferred drivers and up to two reserves (in case of nominating driver who tested for another team(s))
* If multiple teams nominate same driver, the driver's selection is done by a weighted randomizer, taking account the positions from four testing days. Preferred driver always takes advantage over reserve driver
* Deadline for nominations is 48 hours from this message
* If there are vacant spots at that time, team may nominate any driver who meets the driver requirements and is free

Drivers who want to be paid (in this case you have to state how much you will offer and driver accepts or refuses the offer)
Rossi
Drivers offering small package (up to 0.5 million)
Danielsson, Hirate, Kovalainen, Parente, Philippe, Carroll, Conway, Pagenaud, Kerr, Lloyd, Soucek, Spengler, Asmer, Wickens, Prost, Atkinson, Unser III
Drivers offering medium package (between 0.6 and 1 million)
Glock, Jarvis, Nakajima, Sutil, Viso, Zuber, di Grassi, Premat, Albuquerque, Hülkenberg, Buemi, de Oliveira, Grosjean, Kogure, Matsuda, Turvey, Vietoris, Villa, Yoshimoto, Ricciardo, Bakkerud, Niemelä, Khan, Karjalainen
Drivers offering big package (between 1.1 and 2 million)
Maldonado, Senna, Guerrieri, van der Garde, Petrov, Valerio, Ebrahim, Tahincioglu, Duno, Teixeira

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 24 Jul 2014, 08:20

Starforce Engineering will make offers to the following drivers:

Preferred
Simon Pagenaud
Nico Hulkenberg

Reserve
Filipe Albuquerque
Robbie Kerr

andrew · Post by **andrew** » 24 Jul 2014, 08:44

Preferred
Ebrahim
Valerio

Reserve
Texeria
Tahincioglu

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 24 Jul 2014, 08:49

PREFERRED
Hulkenberg
Van Der Garde

Reserve
Senna
Grosjean

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 24 Jul 2014, 09:05

Hunter Autosport

Preferred

Timo Glock
Heikki Kovalainen

Reserve

Lucas Di Grassi
Adrian Sutil

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 24 Jul 2014, 09:51

Preferred
Oliver Jarvis
Filipe Albuquerque

Reserve
Pastor Maldonado
Mike Conway

Post by **Ataxia** » 24 Jul 2014, 11:37

Preferred
Alx Danielsson
Andreas Zuber

Pretty sure they tested for nobody but Veneta, so I guess reserves are superfluous.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 24 Jul 2014, 12:36

Ebrahim and Valerio tested only for Junior Reject Motorsport so they will be automatically confirmed. So are Danielsson and Zuber for Veneta Racing.

With Scuderia Alitalia Coloni already having Lotterer confirmed, Albuquerque will be moved to reserves and Conway off the list.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 24 Jul 2014, 14:29

Actually checked that Ebrahim will turn 18 only after season starts. Ricardo Teixeira will drive in Sakhir and Catalunya before handing car to Ebrahim.

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 24 Jul 2014, 15:53

Seeing that Philippe seemed to have the best of our timetables, he is our primary option to retain his seat for the team.

If not, the list of potential goes below

Lucas di Grassi
Giedo van der Garde
Nico Hulkenberg
Daniel Ricciardo

Ice1Racing · Post by **Ice1Racing** » 24 Jul 2014, 16:46

Ice Racing

prefered
Timo Glock
Nico Hulkenberg

reserve
Markus Nimela
Javier Villa

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 24 Jul 2014, 20:56

Peak Motorsport Canada

Preferred
Simon Pagenaud
Lucas di Grassi

Reserves
Robert Wickens
Vitaly Petrov

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 25 Jul 2014, 03:02

Prefered:
Vitaly Petrov
Sebastien Buemi

Reserve:
Milka Duno
Chris Atkinson

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 25 Jul 2014, 10:11

Ember Racing
Preferred:
Oliver Turvey
Simon Pagenaud

Reserve:
Oliver Jarvis
Bruno Spengler

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 25 Jul 2014, 10:55

Atari driver bids

Preferred
Tsugio Matsuda
Hiroki Yoshimoto

Reserve
Kamui Kobayashi
Takashi Kogure

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 25 Jul 2014, 12:34

Only Restov left, with one spot left as di Resta is confirmed. If the announcement is coming before the deadline, I will do RNG instantly after that.

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 25 Jul 2014, 16:15

Right so, in this order;

Grosjean
Kobayashi
Wickens

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 25 Jul 2014, 18:03

First of all, these drivers signed with following teams, having no interest from the other teams.

Heikki Kovalainen, Hunter Autosport (brings 0,2 million)
Oliver Turvey, Ember Racing (0,8)
Nelson Philippe, Euromotor International (0,2)
Alx Danielsson, Veneta Racing (0,4)
Andreas Zuber, Veneta Racing (0,9)
Romain Grosjean, Restov Racing (1)
Tsugio Matsuda, Atari Motorsport (0,8)
Hiroki Yoshimoto, Atari Motorsport (0,9)
Armaan Ebrahim, Junior Reject Motorsport (1,1 for part season, Ricardo Teixeira will bring 0,2 for two races)
Alberto Valerio, Junior Reject Motorsport (1,2)
Sebastien Buemi, Life Motorsport (1)

RNG drivers
Timo Glock, interest from Hunter Autosport (13th) and Ice Racing (2nd)
1-25 for Hunter, 26-100 for Ice.
16! Glock goes to reigning champions with 0,8 backing.
Simon Pagenaud, interest from Ember Racing (8th), Starforce Engineering (1st) and Peak Motorsport Canada (3rd)
1-19 for Ember, 20-53 for PMC, 54-100 for Starforce.
53! Pagenaud chooses Peak Motorsport Canada as his team giving 0,5 backing.
Nico Hülkenberg, interest from Starforce Engineering (5th), Rob Lomas Racing (19th) and Ice Racing (9th).
1-14 for Rob Lomas, 15-48 for Ice, 49-100 for Starforce.
23! Hülkenberg will drive for Ice Racing with 1M backing.

At this point, following drivers can also join teams:
Robbie Kerr, Starforce Engineering (0,4)
Lucas di Grassi, Peak Motorsport Canada (1)
Vitaly Petrov, Life Motorsport (1)
Bruno Senna, Rob Lomas Racing (1,3)
Giedo van der Garde, Rob Lomas Racing (1,5)
Markus Niemelä, Ice Racing (0,9)

Three places still up for grabs.
Oliver Jarvis has interest from Ember Racing (4th+18th) and Scuderia Alitalia Coloni (10th). With him being first option for latter and reserve option for the former. SAC chances get doubled.
Final numbers are 1-45 for SAC, 46-100 for Ember.
71! Jarvis continues with the team he drove for in 2006. He has 0,7M.

Filipe Albuquerque is now on the list for Scuderia Alitalia Coloni (9th) and Starforce Engineering (15th), as a reserve option for both.
1-39 for Starforce, 40-100 for SAC.
49! Albuquerque joins Scuderia Alitalia Coloni and brings 0,9M.

Starforce Engineering was left without second driver. They are allowed to take any driver who fulfills the requirements and is not already promoted. (see list here) In case of driver tested for any team, it will be accepted. If (s)he didn't test and didn't participate 2006 season, I will tell the money category the driver belongs and then you will accept it or ask for other driver.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 25 Jul 2014, 18:05

And here is the entry list.
From the left, team, chassis, number, driver, driver's money, (blank because I have driver values there), current money of the team and then number of updates it has in each category. If bolded (none is) it means that update for that category has been used during the season.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 25 Jul 2014, 20:03

As of now my plan is to run qualifying on Monday. So requests on new chassis and updates until 8.00 CET on 28th July.

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 25 Jul 2014, 20:19

Euromotor will purchase a new chassis for Nelson Philippe

PS: It that means my team won't be able to purchase updates?