Grand Prix Rejects

Bettenhausen's budget is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GmgYXWJ4S-QoowV5kk8Uqq3TUtIWWYDgJjC898hUNw4/edit?usp=sharing

Team Name: Arciero-Wells Racing
User: Regenmeister94

Driver #1
Name: Max Papis
Wage: $500k/year
Contract Length: 1 year

Driver #1
Name: Robby Gordon
Wage: $500k/year
Contract Length: 1 year

Driver #1
Name: Max Wilson
Wage: $500k/year
Contract Length: 1 year

Driver #2
Name: "King" Hiro Matsushita
Wage: $400k/year
Contract Length: 1 year

Driver #2
Name: Domenico Schiatterella
Wage: $400k/year
Contract Length: 1 year

Driver #2
Name: Alexandre Tagliani
Wage: $400k/year
Contract Length: 1 year

Team Name: Payton/Coyne Racing
User: Bandon23

Driver #1
Name: Michel Jourdain Jr.
Wage: 500k
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: JJ Lehto
Wage: 450k
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Max Papis
Wage: 450k
Contract Length: 1 year

Driver #2
Name: Mark Blundell
Wage: 400k
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: P.J. Jones
Wage: 350k
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Gualter Salles
Wage: 400k
Contract Length: 1 year

Bettenhausen driver bids, all for one season.

Ricardo Zonta - $600,000
Oliver Gavin - $450,000
Jamie Davies - $450,000

Would it be possible to expand to two cars in the future?

Samster wrote:Bettenhausen driver bids, all for one season.

Ricardo Zonta - $600,000
Oliver Gavin - $450,000
Jamie Davies - $450,000

Would it be possible to expand to two cars in the future?

You can, as long as you have the money.

Team Name: Chip Ganassi Racing
User: TheFlyingCaterham

Driver #1
Name: Alex Zanardi
Wage: $1,000,000
Contract Length: 2 years

Name: Greg Moore
Wage: $750,000
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Paul Tracy
Wage: $750,000
Contract Length: 1 year

Driver #2
Name: Jimmy Vasser
Wage: $1,000,000
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Juan Pablo Montoya
Wage: $750,000
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Dario Franchitti
Wage: $750,000
Contract Length: 1 year

As things stand, only 2 teams are yet to have posted driver choices, and those teams are PacWest (RedEyes504) and Patrick (thor97). They will need to post their driver lineups by 31st December 2017, or I will force them to take 2 drivers of my choosing. The 3rd team, Walker (dr-baker), has already posted a lineup, but will need to do it again due to irreconcilable differences between the manager and the wished-for drivers. I will take into account this, and give Walker until 6th January 2018 (an extra week), before they too will be forced to take a driver of my choosing. I am also taking offers for someone to be appointed as the caretaker, as Hogan and Davis have no owner, to run those teams on a temporary basis until an owner of a more permanent basis is willing to run one of those teams. This is open to existing team managers only.

Gertrand Bachot wrote:As things stand, only 2 teams are yet to have posted driver choices, and those teams are PacWest (RedEyes504) and Patrick (thor97). They will need to post their driver lineups by 31st December 2017, or I will force them to take 2 drivers of my choosing. The 3rd team, Walker (dr-baker), has already posted a lineup, but will need to do it again due to irreconcilable differences between the manager and the wished-for drivers. I will take into account this, and give Walker until 6th January 2018 (an extra week), before they too will be forced to take a driver of my choosing. I am also taking offers for someone to be appointed as the caretaker, as Hogan and Davis have no owner, to run those teams on a temporary basis until an owner of a more permanent basis is willing to run one of those teams. This is open to existing team managers only.

I'll take Hogan Racing if possible.

TomDilain wrote:

Gertrand Bachot wrote:As things stand, only 2 teams are yet to have posted driver choices, and those teams are PacWest (RedEyes504) and Patrick (thor97). They will need to post their driver lineups by 31st December 2017, or I will force them to take 2 drivers of my choosing. The 3rd team, Walker (dr-baker), has already posted a lineup, but will need to do it again due to irreconcilable differences between the manager and the wished-for drivers. I will take into account this, and give Walker until 6th January 2018 (an extra week), before they too will be forced to take a driver of my choosing. I am also taking offers for someone to be appointed as the caretaker, as Hogan and Davis have no owner, to run those teams on a temporary basis until an owner of a more permanent basis is willing to run one of those teams. This is open to existing team managers only.

I'll take Hogan Racing if possible.

You most certainly can, as a caretaker. If possible could you also bid for a driver?

Team Name: Hogan Racing
User: TomDilain

Driver #1
Name: Davey Hamilton
Wage: $350000
Contract Length: 1 year

Driver #1
Name: Kenny Brack
Wage: $250000
Contract Length: 1 year

I can caretake Davis.

Driver #1
Name: André Ribeiro
Wage: 400k
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Robby Gordon
Wage: 350k
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Gualter Salles
Wage: 300k
Contract Length: 1 year

dr-baker wrote:Team Name: Walker Racing
User: dr-baker

Driver #1
Name: Lyn St James
Wage: (Per race or per season, please state): 300,000/season
Contract Length: (Max 2 years) 2 years

If RNG counts against this/she is not available for whatever reason, then the same deal to be offered to Sabine Schmitz.

Gertrand Bachot wrote:

dr-baker wrote:

Gertrand Bachot wrote:A mini-RNG has been run to determine whether either want to accept, and the results were that both turned down the offer, so you will need to pick an alternate driver.

Seriously????

What if they were offered one-year contracts instead?

Lyn wanted to stay in IRL for 1998, and Sabine didn't want to leave Europe, so that wouldn't change anything.

So I will offer $500,000 per year for one year to 1. Vincenzo Sosperi, 2. Gil de Ferran, 3. JJ Lehto (in order of preference).

I have now decided that the driver RNG will be on Sunday the 24th of December 2017, which is Christmas Eve, so thor97 and RedEyes504 will need to post their driver bids by 12:00pm GMT on Sunday, otherwise I will choose their drivers for them, and they won't be favorable.

Team Name: Patrick Racing
User: thor97

Driver #1
Name: Adrián Fernández
Wage: $850,000
Contract Length: 2 years

Name: Al Unser, Jr.
Wage: $800,000
Contract Length: 1 year

Name: Paul Tracy
Wage: $750,000
Contract Length: 1 year

Driver #2
Name: Michael Andretti
Wage: $1,250,000
Contract Length: 3 year

Name: Greg Moore
Wage: $850,000
Contract Length: 3 year

Name: Hélio Castroneves
Wage: $700,000
Contract Length: 2 year

So the RNG has been run a day early, and the results are as so:
Chip Ganassi Racing - Alessandro Zanardi + Jimmy Vasser
Marlboro Team Penske - Al Unser Jr + Paul Tracy
Team Rahal - Bobby Rahal + Kenny Bräck
Players Forsythe - Greg Moore + Bryan Herta
Newman/Haas Racing - Dario Franchitti + Juan Pablo Montoya
All-American (Brazillian) Racing - Tony Kanaan + Helio Castroneves
Tasman Racing - Robby Gordon
Team KOOL Green - Patrick Carpentier + Vincenzo Sospiri
Arciero/Wells Racing - Massimiliano Papis + King Hiro Matsushita
Payton/Coyne Racing - Michel Jourdain Jr + P.J. Jones
Hogan Racing - Davey Hamilton
Davis Racing - Gualter Salles
Patrick Racing - Ádrián Fernández + Michael Andretti
Bettenhausen Racing - Ricardo Zonta
Della Penna Motorsport - Tony Stewart
Walker Racing - Gil de Ferran

And as it stands, IIRC PacWest is the only team missing a driver (or in this case, 2 drivers).

Gertrand Bachot wrote:So the RNG has been run a day early, and the results are:
Walker Racing - Gil de Ferran

So long as the team get the right chassis/engine/tyre combo, the team's aim has to be Rookie of the Year.

dr-baker wrote:

Gertrand Bachot wrote:So the RNG has been run a day early, and the results are:
Walker Racing - Gil de Ferran

So long as the team get the right chassis/engine/tyre combo, the team's aim has to be Rookie of the Year.

You'll face stiff competition from All-American (erm, sort of...) Racers all-rookie lineup of Helio Castroneves and Tony Kanaan for that honour...

You can now view which chassis you want here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QemWBAgzK5Fil6g2CAT1KnK0WknEWvMcidNoZyhmKwM/edit?usp=sharing
To choose which chassis you want, then post it here like this:
Team:
User:
Chassis:
Amount of chassis:
Engine:
Amount of engines:
Tyres:
Contract length (max 2 years):

Team: Team Rahal
User: Reject_Dom
Chassis: Reynard 98I
Amount of chassis: x2
Engine: Honda
Amount of engines: x2
Tyres: Firestone

Team: Davis Racing
User: Reject_Dom
Chassis: Swift 009
Amount of chassis: x1
Engine: Ford XB
Amount of engines: x1
Tyres: Goodyear

Gertrand Bachot wrote:You can now view which chassis you want here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QemWBAgzK5Fil6g2CAT1KnK0WknEWvMcidNoZyhmKwM/edit?usp=sharing
To choose which chassis you want, then post it here like this:
Team:
User:
Chassis:
Amount of chassis:

I have a few queries to make, before making my choices: firstly, have the budgets on the CART spreadsheet been updated to take into account driver wages, second can teams have a non-matching pair of chassis, and third can teams who have built their own chassis (i.e Penske and AAR/Eagle) upgrade their designs at any point?

The updated budgets are here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GmgYXWJ4S-QoowV5kk8Uqq3TUtIWWYDgJjC898hUNw4/edit?usp=sharing

This Could Be You wrote:

Gertrand Bachot wrote:You can now view which chassis you want here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QemWBAgzK5Fil6g2CAT1KnK0WknEWvMcidNoZyhmKwM/edit?usp=sharing
To choose which chassis you want, then post it here like this:
Team:
User:
Chassis:
Amount of chassis:

I have a few queries to make, before making my choices: firstly, have the budgets on the CART spreadsheet been updated to take into account driver wages, second can teams have a non-matching pair of chassis, and third can teams who have built their own chassis (i.e Penske and AAR/Eagle) upgrade their designs at any point?

Teams can have non-matching chassis, and you can upgrade your designs as part of the upgrade system.

Gertrand Bachot wrote:

This Could Be You wrote:

Gertrand Bachot wrote:You can now view which chassis you want here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QemWBAgzK5Fil6g2CAT1KnK0WknEWvMcidNoZyhmKwM/edit?usp=sharing
To choose which chassis you want, then post it here like this:
Team:
User:
Chassis:
Amount of chassis:

I have a few queries to make, before making my choices: firstly, have the budgets on the CART spreadsheet been updated to take into account driver wages, second can teams have a non-matching pair of chassis, and third can teams who have built their own chassis (i.e Penske and AAR/Eagle) upgrade their designs at any point?

Teams can have non-matching chassis, and you can upgrade your designs as part of the upgrade system.

Team: 'All-American' Racers
User: This Could Be You
Chassis: Eagle 987
Amount of chassis: 2
Engine: Ford XB
Amount of engines: 2
Tyres: Firestone
Contract length: 1yr

Team: Della Penna Motorsport
User: Wazzle
Chassis: Reynard 98i
Amount of chassis: 1
Engine: Ford XB
Amount of engines: 1
Tyres: Goodyear
Contract length (max 2 years): 1 year

Team: PacWest
Chassis: Swift
Amount of chassis: 2
Engine: Ford
Amount of engines: 2
Tyres: Firestone
Driver #1: Arie Luyendyk $500,000 (1 year) / Scott Goodyear $500,000 (1 year) / Tony Stewart $500,000 (1 year)
Driver #2: Scott Goodyear $400,000 (1 year) / Tony Stewart $400,000 (1 year) / Eliseo Salazar $400,000 (1 year)

Team: Newman-Haas Racing
User: TomDilain
Chassis: Reynard 98I
Amount of chassis: 2
Engine: Honda
Amount of engines: 2
Tyres: Firestone
Contract length (max 2 years): 1 year

Team: Hogan Racing
User: TomDilain
Chassis: Swift 009
Amount of chassis: 1
Engine: Ford
Amount of engines: 1
Tyres: Firestone
Contract length (max 2 years): 1 year

PacWest have signed Scott Goodyear and Eliseo Salazar.

Team: KOOL Green
User: Dexter249
Chassis: Swift 009
Amount of chassis: Dos
Engine: Ford XB
Amount of engines: 2
Tyres: Firestone
Contract length (max 2 years): 2 yrs

Team: Patrick Racing
User:thor97
Chassis: Swift 009
Amount of chassis: 2
Engine: Ford XB
Amount of engines:2
Tyres: Firestone
Contract length:2

Team: Tasman Motorsports Group
User: Not Salamander
Chassis: Reynard
Amount of chassis: 1
Engine: Honda
Amount of engines: 1
Tyres: Firestone
Contract length (max 2 years): 1

Team: Chip Ganassi Racing
User: TheFlyingCaterham
Chassis: Reynard 98I
Amount of chassis: 2
Engine: Honda
Amount of engines: 2
Tyres: Firestone
Contract length (max 2 years): 2 years

Team: Arciero-Wells Racing
User: Regenmeister94
Chassis: Swift 009
Amount of chassis: 2
Engine: Ford XB
Amount of engines: 2
Tyres: Firestone
Contract length (max 2 years): 1

dr-baker wrote:

Gertrand Bachot wrote:So the RNG has been run a day early, and the results are:
Walker Racing - Gil de Ferran

So long as the team get the right chassis/engine/tyre combo, the team's aim has to be Rookie of the Year.

It'd be a pretty impressive achievement, considering it'd be De Ferran's fourth attempt at it

Wizzie wrote:

dr-baker wrote:

Gertrand Bachot wrote:So the RNG has been run a day early, and the results are:
Walker Racing - Gil de Ferran

So long as the team get the right chassis/engine/tyre combo, the team's aim has to be Rookie of the Year.

It'd be a pretty impressive achievement, considering it'd be De Ferran's fourth attempt at it

Oh sod it.

Never mind.


Team: Walker Racing
User: Dr-baker
Chassis: Reynard
Amount of chassis: one
Engine: Honda
Amount of engines: one
Tyres: Firestone
Contract length (max 2 years): one year

Team: Team Penske
User: Gonzalez
Chassis: Penske
Amount of chassis: Two
Engine: Mercedes
Amount of engines: Two
Tyres: Firestone
Contract length (max 2 years): 2 years

Team: Payton/Coyne Racing
User: Bandon23
Chassis: Reynard 98I
Amount of chassis: 2
Engine: Ford XB
Amount of engines: 2
Tyres: Firestone
Contract length (max 2 years): 1 year

Team: Team Bettenhausen
User: Samster
Chassis: Swift 009
Amount of chassis: 2
Engine: Mercedes
Amount of engines: 2
Tyres: Goodyear
Contract length (max 2 years): 1 year

Team: Forsythe
User: CarloSpace
Chassis: Reynard
Amount of chassis: 2
Engine: Honda
Amount of engines: 2
Tyres: Goodyear
Contract length (max 2 years): 1

As there are a few technical problems that I shall not go through right now, the series hasn't started yet (within the next week perhaps) so can I ask all team owners to state their sponsor goals here:



Sponsor spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QXGONWoWPkfdw6Za_6CqJEqCFoN8HTboiQN11A83AMM/edit?usp=sharing

Roll Call (thank you Simtek for this format!):

Existing teams must confirm their sponsor goals by 23:59 GMT, February 12th.

Confirmed Unconfirmed
Ganassi (TheFlyingCaterham)
Penske (Gonzalez)
Walker (dr-baker)
Newman-Haas (TomDilain)
Rahal (Reject_Dom)
Hogan (aggi)
Bettenhausen (Samster)
Della Penna (Wizzie)
PacWest (RedEyes504)
Payton/Coyne (Bandon23)
Patrick (thor97)
Tasman (Salamander)
Arciero-Wells (Regenmeister94)
Team Green (Dexter249)
Forsythe (CarloSpace)
All American (This Could Be You)
Davis (Reject_Dom-Caretaker)