Grand Prix Rejects

This wrote:There's been a mistake on the entry list, i said here that Ron Mignolet was not driving for Duel in the Desert, and that i was looking for an experienced driver instead

dr-baker wrote:Douglas Mann suspects that nobody would be interested in his services for the Duel???

James James Davies wrote:Nah, I'm pretty sure nobody needs their engine exploding there. Or anywhere, for that matter.

dr-baker wrote:Douglas Mann suspects that nobody would be interested in his services for the Duel???

James James Davies wrote:Nah, I'm pretty sure nobody needs their engine exploding there. Or anywhere, for that matter.

Douglas Mann wrote:Good. Just checking that there were no Start-and-Park teams in this series.

Wizzie wrote:

This wrote:

Wizzie wrote:
Gonzalo Solari is more than happy to drive the car at Duel in the Desert, if you so choose.

F1RGP2C experience is required.

Where have you been for the last six races?

dr-baker wrote:Douglas Mann suspects that nobody would be interested in his services for the Duel???

Andreas Stefano wrote:If you want, you can drive for us in place of Vans. But that would confuse commentators.

dr-baker wrote:Douglas Mann suspects that nobody would be interested in his services for the Duel???

Andreas Stefano wrote:If you want, you can drive for us in place of Vans. But that would confuse commentators.

Douglas Mann wrote:Confusing commentators sounds like fun. Didn't stop Murray Walker having a career!

tristan1117 wrote:Still need second drivers from Jordan, DAMS, Benetton, Sauber and Stewart.

Speedline.com wrote:He's back!

Just 6 monrhs after he walked out of the F1RGP2C paddock in disgust about Williams's lack of results, the notorious Prince Walik has announced his return to the paddock as a Duel in the Desert wildcard. And true to form he blasted pretty much everyone in the world in his return speech. "The once honourable Williams team is being disgraced by a bunch of German fools. They let Newey and Renault just walk out and then wonder why their team has gone to shite. And then one gets arrested for fraud, Im not surprised. But Moreno deserved the sack after driving like an ape. He was the best but now he is lazy and hopeless. But that Davies is a talentless hack who only won the title because the Mclaren is just so good. I would beat him easy in that car. And all the rest of you are just talentless field fillerss who nobody cares about." Walik then continued to waffle on about his vast wealth and business interests.

tristan1117 wrote:Still need second drivers from Jordan, DAMS, Benetton, Sauber and Stewart.

eurobrun wrote:Also...

Speedline.com wrote:He's back!

Just 6 monrhs after he walked out of the F1RGP2C paddock in disgust about Williams's lack of results, the notorious Prince Walik has announced his return to the paddock as a Duel in the Desert wildcard. And true to form he blasted pretty much everyone in the world in his return speech. "The once honourable Williams team is being disgraced by a bunch of German fools. They let Newey and Renault just walk out and then wonder why their team has gone to shite. And then one gets arrested for fraud, Im not surprised. But Moreno deserved the sack after driving like an ape. He was the best but now he is lazy and hopeless. But that Davies is a talentless hack who only won the title because the Mclaren is just so good. I would beat him easy in that car. And all the rest of you are just talentless field fillerss who nobody cares about." Walik then continued to waffle on about his vast wealth and business interests.

James James Davies wrote:Keep crying, Wally, your tears are delicious!

eurobrun wrote:Also...

Speedline.com wrote:He's back!

Just 6 monrhs after he walked out of the F1RGP2C paddock in disgust about Williams's lack of results, the notorious Prince Walik has announced his return to the paddock as a Duel in the Desert wildcard. And true to form he blasted pretty much everyone in the world in his return speech. "The once honourable Williams team is being disgraced by a bunch of German fools. They let Newey and Renault just walk out and then wonder why their team has gone to shite. And then one gets arrested for fraud, Im not surprised. But Moreno deserved the sack after driving like an ape. He was the best but now he is lazy and hopeless. But that Davies is a talentless hack who only won the title because the Mclaren is just so good. I would beat him easy in that car. And all the rest of you are just talentless field fillerss who nobody cares about." Walik then continued to waffle on about his vast wealth and business interests.

Daniel Moreno wrote:I will agree and say that Williams is run by German fools. They were the ones that build the ape of a car this season, so it wasn't my fault. Still, it spared me the problem of having to leave the team. I'm in talks with Jordan GP right now. We're discussing contracts for next year. I've also talked with the folks at Ferrari. They said it was a bit of a problem trying to fit me in with Takagi and Douglas. But we'll see what happens.

Daniel Moreno wrote:They were the ones that build the ape of a car this season, so it wasn't my fault.

John Zimmer wrote:He says, having been destroyed by his teammate up until he threw the toys out of his pram. Said teammate proceeds to be best of the rest behind the Ferraris and McLarens. Strange that - he seemed alright with the car.

Daniel Moreno wrote:They were the ones that build the ape of a car this season, so it wasn't my fault.

John Zimmer wrote:He says, having been destroyed by his teammate up until he threw the toys out of his pram. Said teammate proceeds to be best of the rest behind the Ferraris and McLarens. Strange that - he seemed alright with the car.

James James Davies wrote:Yeah, for once Zimmer is actually right. Williams might've bathplugged it up, but it was nowhere near as bad as you were making it look.

dr-baker wrote:Douglas Mann suspects that nobody would be interested in his services for the Duel???

FMecha wrote:After so much deliberation, and with Vans deciding to pursue sportscar racing instead, Douglas Mann will drive instead of Vans for DotD. Top lel!

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dr-baker wrote:Douglas Mann suspects that nobody would be interested in his services for the Duel???

I would - hold on - even consider putting him back in the car for 1999. The engines are going to fail anyway... so i don't have much to lose. And he's the only one that's not called Mignolet who really performed well in a Ligier/Prost (well, let's ignore Valsattis, we're not on good terms with him anymore) A Mignolet-Mann duo would be dynamite. Not only literally! He can get equal status to Ron, but the condition is that he must be positive about Peugeot in the media the whole year long. Awtch.

This wrote:Obviously i'd like to keep Remedio for test-driver, because no way Mann is going to survive such a contractual clausule without skipping a few races now and then.

Shizuka wrote:Okay, seems like Moreno is not interested in the DAMS seat for this one-off.

How about Rory McAllister, or Miko Fakkinen then? Just for this one race.

Wizzie wrote:Since Solari has now been shut out of a potential Prost seat for 1999, he is looking to dump his millions of pesos at any midfield or backmarker team willing to have his money.

dr-baker wrote:

This wrote:Obviously i'd like to keep Remedio for test-driver, because no way Mann is going to survive such a contractual clausule without skipping a few races now and then.

Sounds like a possible avatar challenge...

This wrote:What about Ron Mignolet?

RejectSport wrote:Lola Bought By BAR

The MasterCard Lola team, which has been in dire financial straits since the middle of the season, has been bought out by British American Racing. Seatholder Clint Mort completed the deal with BAR, a team that is backed by the British American Tobacco company. Although some analysts have questioned BAR's entry into the series due to the F1RGP2C's well-publicized ban on tobacco advertising in races, the company is unconcerned by the possible implications. The new seatholder for BAR has yet to be announced.

tristan1117 wrote:If owners do not respond by the deadline, McAllister will drive for Benetton, Fakkinen for Sauber and Rodriguez for Stewart.

tristan1117 wrote:And on that note...

RejectSport wrote:Lola Bought By BAR

The MasterCard Lola team, which has been in dire financial straits since the middle of the season, has been bought out by British American Racing. Seatholder Clint Mort completed the deal with BAR, a team that is backed by the British American Tobacco company. Although some analysts have questioned BAR's entry into the series due to the F1RGP2C's well-publicized ban on tobacco advertising in races, the company is unconcerned by the possible implications. The new seatholder for BAR has yet to be announced.

the Masked Lapwing wrote:

tristan1117 wrote:If owners do not respond by the deadline, McAllister will drive for Benetton, Fakkinen for Sauber and Rodriguez for Stewart.

I'm protesting the possibility of McAllister driving for Benetton, on the basis that Zimmer would never hire people he doesn't like
If anyone good would like to drive, the situation hasn't changed since I last offered it around.

tristan1117 wrote:Two things:

1. Benetton, Sauber and Stewart have until 10:00 PM EST Friday night to decide their DITD lineups. If owners do not respond by the deadline, McAllister will drive for Benetton, Fakkinen for Sauber and Rodriguez for Stewart.

2. With WaffleCat deciding to leave Lola, I have made a decision for BAR to replace them for the 1999 season. Ataxia expressed interest in taking the seatholder position, so he will get the job. I will need a name for your seatholder at some point. Also, Arrows is still available for management. takagi_ftw expressed interest, and the offer for the position is still out there.

This wrote:You are looking for a top driver for only one race? Well, Gio Van Dycke is out of a drive! And perhaps Dennis Mignolet would like to try to race some elses car to infect other teams with the Ligier/Prost/Peugeot/Mann reliability curse!

tristan1117 wrote:2. With WaffleCat deciding to leave Lola, I have made a decision for BAR to replace them for the 1999 season. Ataxia expressed interest in taking the seatholder position, so he will get the job. I will need a name for your seatholder at some point. Also, Arrows is still available for management. takagi_ftw expressed interest, and the offer for the position is still out there.

the Masked Lapwing wrote:

tristan1117 wrote:If owners do not respond by the deadline, McAllister will drive for Benetton, Fakkinen for Sauber and Rodriguez for Stewart.

I'm protesting the possibility of McAllister driving for Benetton, on the basis that Zimmer would never hire people he doesn't like
If anyone good would like to drive, the situation hasn't changed since I last offered it around.

the Masked Lapwing wrote:

This wrote:You are looking for a top driver for only one race? Well, Gio Van Dycke is out of a drive! And perhaps Dennis Mignolet would like to try to race some elses car to infect other teams with the Ligier/Prost/Peugeot/Mann reliability curse!

I repeat: anyone good

Stramala wrote:

tristan1117 wrote:Two things:

1. Benetton, Sauber and Stewart have until 10:00 PM EST Friday night to decide their DITD lineups. If owners do not respond by the deadline, McAllister will drive for Benetton, Fakkinen for Sauber and Rodriguez for Stewart.

2. With WaffleCat deciding to leave Lola, I have made a decision for BAR to replace them for the 1999 season. Ataxia expressed interest in taking the seatholder position, so he will get the job. I will need a name for your seatholder at some point. Also, Arrows is still available for management. takagi_ftw expressed interest, and the offer for the position is still out there.

With all these decisions being made, there still hasn't been a seatholder for Jordan announced. I think there was more than one pursuant of the team, so how do we decide who takes the reins?

L'Equipe wrote:Voeckler takes over Jordan, tells Moreno to get lost

Jordan Grand Prix has found a new owner; Voeckler Capitaux. The French investment firm, a family owned business worth over100 million francs, has purchased the team outright from former seatholder Leonhard von Gottorop, who has elected to retire from life in Formula One.

New seatholder and former F1 driver Jeremy-Etienne Voeckler, who spent all of 1998 as a test driver for Jordan, has elected to be forthright with the press and spoken openly of the team's intentions for 1999.

"Damon Cannon is staying put," he stated bluntly. "He has indicated no desire to leave. We are working on formalising a contract extension for 1999."

The second seat remains a mystery, however Voeckler was quick to debunk a number of rumours circulating the paddock lately.

"Firstly, there will be no nepotism at this team," he said. "My younger brother Frederic-Maxime will not come to Jordan, he is staying at Williams, and he is happy there. People have also suggested I may return to the cockpit. I will be frank and say it is not impossible, but it's an eventuality that I am trying very hard to avoid. We want a top driver for our second car. The only possibility in which I am driving the car is after failing to sign anyone from a shortlist. It's a contingency plan, essentially."

Former champion Daniel Moreno has also been linked to the vacant Jordan drive, but Voeckler was quick to dismiss any such idea.

"We have no need for garbage like Moreno," said Voeckler. "He can get lost and go back to Canada. He is an average driver with an above-average ego. Midfield teams like DAMS and so on come into him and he just turns his nose up at them and totally ignores them. Not even as much as a 'no thanks'. As long as I am in charge of Jordan, he will never drive our car, ever."