Alternate F1 - The Current Era - 2016 Season

[Salamander]

---- Friday Tester ----
Candidate A: Kevin Magnussen
Offered Wage: 2m
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: Contract comes with a two-year option clause for 2017 and 2018 - this will guarantee a race seat with the team in both seasons, and a pay raise to 4 million euros should it be activated.

Candidate B: Robin Frijns
Offered Wage: 2m
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: None

Candidate C: Scott Pye
Offered Wage: 1m
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: None

[roblo97]

Second driver if I can't get Sainz JR

Candidate B: Sergio Canamassa
Offered Wage: 1.5m
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: Can be dropped if acting like a stooge

[kevinbotz]

Caterham's Bids

---- First Driver ----
Candidate A: Sebastian Vettel
Offered Wage: $4 million
Contract Length: 2 years
Other Clauses: None

Candidate B: Robert Kubica
Offered Wage: $4 million
Contract Length: 2 years
Other Clauses: None

Candidate C: Fernando Alonso
Offered Wage: $4 million
Contract Length: 2 years
Other Clauses: None

Candidate D: Jenson Button
Offered Wage: $4 million
Contract Length: 2 years
Other Clauses: None

[pycku]

Brabham bids:

---- First Driver ----
Candidate A: Nico Rosberg
Offered Wage: $6 million
Contract Length: 2 years
Other Clauses: None

Candidate B: Sebastian Vettel
Offered Wage: $6 million
Contract Length: 2 years
Other Clauses: None

Candidate C: Daniel Abt
Offered Wage: $2 million
Contract Length: 1 year
Other Clauses: Automatic renewal for a year under same conditions in case our main sponsor (DHL) wishes so

---- First Driver ----
Candidate A: Robert Frijns
Offered Wage: $1 million
Contract Length: 1 year
Other Clauses: Automatic renewal if he gets 75 points or more

Candidate B: Nick de Vries
Offered Wage: $1 million
Contract Length: 1 year
Other Clauses: none

Candidate B: Romain Grosjean
Offered Wage: $1 million
Contract Length: 2 year
Other Clauses: His salary for next year becomes 5 millions if he gets 100 points or more

[Phoenix]

Second driver if I can't get Sainz JR

Candidate B: Sergio Canamassa
Offered Wage: 1.5m
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: Can be dropped if acting like a stooge

I'd begin thinking about another driver if I was you then.

[roblo97]

Second driver if I can't get Sainz JR

Candidate B: Sergio Canamassa
Offered Wage: 1.5m
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: Can be dropped if acting like a stooge

I'd begin thinking about another driver if I was you then.

Red bull already have Senna and Lynn under contract.

[DemocalypseNow]

Second driver if I can't get Sainz JR

Candidate B: Sergio Canamassa
Offered Wage: 1.5m
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: Can be dropped if acting like a stooge

I'd begin thinking about another driver if I was you then.

Red bull already have Senna and Lynn under contract.

Senna and Lynn?

So yeah, Phoenix's point still applies...

[andrew]

Would I still get the money if Muller is my tester, I can't have both as sponsors want me to have a Indian driver?

[pasta_maldonado]

Would I still get the money if muller is my tester, I can't have both as sponsors want me to have a indian driver?

Hire an Indian driver + Muller?

Also, learn to use capital letters.

[andrew]

Would I still get the money if muller is my tester, I can't have both as sponsors want me to have a indian driver?

Hire an Indian driver + Muller?

Also, learn to use capital letters.

My bad, I'll give Muller a 1 year contract with the option to extend.

[Klon]

André Lotterer
1-75: Haas
76-100: Super Formula
Result: 39

Dean Stoneman
1-90: Calinetic (Friday tester)
91-100: Super Formula
Result: 12

Fernando Alonso
1-25: Williams
26-40: Williams - Retirement at the end of his contract
41-60: Ferrari
61-70: Ferrari - Retirement at the end of his contract
71-90: Red Bull
91-99: Red Bull - Retirement at the end of his contract
100: Retirement
Result: 77

Felipe Nasr
1-99: Sauber (Friday tester)
100: Stock Car do Brasil
Result: 44

Giorgio Pantano
1-80: Calinetic
81-100: Blancpain Sprint Series
Result: 36

Jean-Éric Vergne
1-90: Mahindra (Friday tester)
91-100: Super GT
Result: 41

Jérôme d'Ambrosio
1-99: Peugeot
100: Blancpain Endurance Series
Result: 72

Johnny Cecotto, Jr.
1-80: Haas
81-100: F1RWRS
Result: 4

Karun Chandhok
1-99: Mahindra
100: Formula E
Result: 13

Kevin Magnussen
1-70: Sauber
71-99: DGN
100: TTA – Racing Elite League
Result: 93

Lewis Hamilton
1-95: Williams
96-100: R&B Career
Result: 21

Luca Filippi
1-99: Ferrari (Friday tester)
100: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Result: 8

Nico Rosberg
1-55: Ferrari
56-85: Brabham
86-99: Williams
100: DTM
Result: 77

Pastor Maldonado
1-85: Sauber
86-100: NASCAR Sprint Cup
Result: 8

Pedro de la Rosa
1-90: Ferrari (Friday tester)
91-100: Retirement
Result: 8

Romain Grosjean
1-40: Sauber
41-99: Peugeot
100: Blancpain Sprint Series
Result: 48

Sebastian Vettel
1-99: Caterham
100: IndyCar
Result: 70

Sebastién Bourdais
1-70: Ferrari
71-100: IndyCar
Result: 37

Stoffel Vandoorne
1-50: Peugeot
51-99: Haas
100: SARS
Result: 83

Takuma Sato
1-80: Williams (Friday tester)
81-100: Super Formula
Result: 77

[roblo97]

[andrew]

Mahindra are offering Muller 1.5 mill for the second seat, the contract will be 1 year with the option of a second year.

[Klon]

Mahindra are offering Muller 1.5 mill for the second seat, the contract will be 1 year with the option of a second year.

We got that by now, thank you very much.
Your line-up is in fact Chandhok and Müller.

[andrew]

Mahindra are offering Muller 1.5 mill for the second seat, the contract will be 1 year with the option of a second year.

We got that by now, thank you very much.
Your line-up is in fact Chandhok and Müller.

Ahh ok ,I just didn't see it on the RNG so I got confused. Thank you.

[Klon]

Ahh ok ,I just didn't see it on the RNG so I got confused. Thank you.

Since you access Mercedes's draft pick, there is no RNG.

[RonDenisDeletraz]

On second thought, I might as well hand over Calinetic to somebody with more spare time.

[pycku]

We were offering a seat to Grosjean, but RNG did not include us. Does that mean that we signed Frijns?

[DemocalypseNow]

We were offering a seat to Grosjean, but RNG did not include us. Does that mean that we signed Frijns?

The only other people who wanted him were Sauber (4th choice) and McLaren (Test 2nd choice), and Sauber got their 3rd and McLaren their 1st choice for the respective positions. So yeah...

[takagi_for_the_win]

Evgeny Restov, proven race winner, would like to offer his services to Calinetic for their first season in F1.

[Klon]

On second thought, I might as well hand over Calinetic to somebody with more spare time.

Since a few guys from the waiting list have already rejected taking Calientic, I declare open freakin' season: anyone who wants a part of Alt-F1 and does not own a team already may grab the team if they keep the name, engine deals and chassis. The first one to claim their interest and provide a fully filled out driver formula gets the team.

[Miguel98]

On second thought, I might as well hand over Calinetic to somebody with more spare time.

Since a few guys from the waiting list have already rejected taking Calientic, I declare open freakin' season: anyone who wants a part of Alt-F1 and does not own a team already may grab the team if they keep the name, engine deals and chassis. The first one to claim their interest and provide a fully filled out driver formula gets the team.

Let's see:

---- First Driver ----
Candidate A: Evgeny Restov
Offered Wage: €1.300.000
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: Score points

Candidate B: Sam Bird
Offered Wage: €1.100.000
Contract Length: 2 Years
Other Clauses: Score points

Candidate C: Kimya Sato
Offered Wage: €1.000.000
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: Don't destroy cars

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---- Second Driver ----
Candidate A: Giorgio Pantano
Offered Wage: €1.000.000
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: Score points

Candidate B: Pal Varhaug
Offered Wage: €1.000.000
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: Score points

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---- Friday Tester ----
Candidate A: Dean Stoneman
Offered Wage: €1.200.000
Contract Length: 2 Years
Other Clauses: Get's to drive the British Grand Prix

Candidate B: Vitantonio Liuzzi
Offered Wage: €1.300.000
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: Get's to drive the Italian Grand Prix

[Klon]

Let's see:

The RNGs for Calinetic have been added to the RNG post. I will now prepare the season preview and the carset. Ideally, we should be able to start 2016 on Friday evening or on Saturday morning.

[SuperAguri]

Autosport unofficial season preview.

Autosport sneaked in and saw the teams in testing action in Jerez and from the hard data we saw, we present our seaon preview of the 2016 F1 season. Our photgrapher is still in hospital after not climbing over a barbed wire fench properly and playing with the nice guard dogs.

So without any delay....


DGN Judd

Out : McLaren, Hyundai
In : DGN, Judd, Kevin Magnussen (Friday Driver)

Chris Dagnall has finally bought out the McLaren race team and races the team under the DGN banner from their base in Donnington. Last season was a fight between McLaren and Williams with Daniel Ricciardo winning the championship in his debut season. They are unchanged in the driver line up which should give the team stability with Ricciardo wanting to fight for a second drivers championship and Kubica wanting to improve to challenge, as he knows time is running out for his to get a title as Magnussen comes in as a friday test driver and is gauranteed driver next season. The car doesn't look as fast as last seasons car but the powerful Judd engine should get them challenging for wins, however at technical circuits and tight circuits they may struggle for points, realistically they won't fight for the championship but they will win races.

Autosport Prediction : 4th


Williams Peugeot

Out : Mercedes, Nico Rosberg, Fernando Alonso
In : Peugeot, Lewis Hamilton, Dave Cassidy, Takumo Sato (Friday Tester)

Williams picked up their second world constructors title but Rosberg lost the title by 5 and a half points, Frank Williams blaming the canceled second Malaysian race as costing Rosberg the title. However there are major changes at Williams with 2008 and 2012 champion Lewis Hamilton coming in after three years at Red Bull with two of them in a horrible car, Hamilton wants to win and get a third title like his hero Ayrton Senna, if he can find his magic then the third title is his but he will have to fight for it. Dave Cassidy impressed a lot of people and getting a podium more then his Sauber team mate, he will race hard this season and should get a few wins. Williams also drop Mercedes to become the semi works team of Peugeot and spent the most on an engine to make it the best on the grid, it is hard to see Williams not getting a hat trick of WCCs.

Autosport Predictions : WCC


Red Bull Ferrari

Out : Hyundai, Jenson Button, Scott Pye
In : Ferrari, Fernando Alonso

Red Bull have new management and persuaded Fernando Alonso to join replacing the retiring Jenson Button, Alonso had a torrid time with Williams last year but the pay increase and a known team leader should make the Red Bull a team to look out for.Alex Lynn hoping to move forward after a pretty good season. Bruno Senna has been kept on as the friday tester but if Lynn gets into trouble again he will be looking forward to racing the Red Bull. Red Bull have one of the strongest looking cars in the field but the Ferrari engine is underpowered compared to the Hyundai last year, however Alonso will be worth several tenths of a second and should propell them into the top again.

Autosport Predictions : 3rd


Caterham Judd

Out - Peugeot, Raffaele Marciello
In - Judd

Caterham have made few changes, they decided not to continue with the Peugeot engine and use the Judd. The Peugeot engine last year was woefully underpowered but Sebastian Vettel took it in the back of the Caterham to a win and several podiums, with the more poweful Judd engine this season, Caterham are looking good and fromer champion Vettel will be looking for more wins if not the championship this season. Daniel Kwjat missed 12 races last season due to a frightening crash, he is hoping to bounce back but in testing he has been much slower then Vettel. They have a good car and a good engine and are likely to give Williams a run for their money.

Autosport Predicitions : 2nd


Sauber Judd

Out : Mercedes, Sebastian Bourdais, Dave Cassidy, Max Chilton (Friday tester)
In : Judd, Alexandre-Laurent Voeckler, Pastor Maldonado , Felipe Nasr (Friday Tester)

Sauber lost a lot of pace between 2014 and 2015 and have decided to change everything. For a start they have signed up with Judd, dropping Mercedes who look woeful in testing. They have gone for a fresh new look for their car and fired their two drivers. However the placement drivers are a bit questionable. Alexandre-Laurent Voeckler has been signed for the sponsorship he brings and he will get points but he is a bit too inconsistant to get more then one race victory. Pastor Maldonano was 3rd in the championship for Sauber in 2012 winning seven races, however his wage demands were not met and he ended up pricing himself out of a seat. He spend the last two years in south american stock cars so will he be ready to race? Overall they should get a solid top half finish but two more experienced drivers could have got them challenging for the championships.

Autosport Predicitions : 5th


Ferrari

Out : Alexandre-Laurent Voeckler, Evgeny Restov, Daniel Melrose, Giovanni Roda
In : Sebastian Bourdais, Luca Filippi

Ferrari had a bad season last year, a single win due to attrition was the highlight. Restov was disappointing in the Ferrari as was Voeckler despite the single win and they have been sacked and replaced by Sebastian Bourdais who is consistant if unexciting and new talent Luca Fillpi, who has done reasonable in GP2 but didn't win a championship. Ferrari have improved the chassis since last year but the engine is one of the slowest so they should score decent points but a win is looking unlikely.

Autosport Prediction : 8th


Brabham Judd

Out : Mercedes, James James Davies
In : Judd, Nico Rosberg

It is fair to say that Brabham had a bad season and finished 7th, the season started brightly with James James Davies getting a podium but that was the only highlight in a dreadful season where Davies drove averagely and looked more like he was collecting his wages. Fjirns looked out of his depth, but scored minor points. Brabham have signed Nico Rosberg but they are paying a solid chunk of money to take him away from Williams and this has effect car developement and has made the car look painfully slow even with the Judd Engine. They will still score the odd few points but Rosberg is likely to be frustrated by midseason and unless upgrades come soon he may end up quiting before the season is out. This could well be Brabhams last season in F1.

Autosport Prediction : 10th


Peugeot

Out : Marc Gené
In : Jérôme d'Ambrosio

Peugeot were hampered with an underpowered engine and a reasonable car. Grosjean used it to great effect to score a podium and a number of points finished. Gené struggled to score anything but a couple of minor points. Peugeot have spent big on engine developement but this has hampered the car developement. Grosjean should score several more podiums but d'Ambrosio is not likely to trouble the podium. Solid results should get them up the championship table and with an engine freeze they look solid for 2017.

Autosport Prediction : 7th


Precision Mercedes

Out : Mercedes (as team), Jeroen Krautmeir (as driver), Felipe Massa, Dean Stoneman (Friday Tester)
In : Precision, Valtteri Bottas

Mercedes would be happy their engine powered the WCC Williams but were disappointed the team scored 16 times less points then them and double what Mahrinda did. Mercedes offloaded the team which has been reborn as Precision. Massa who did get Mercedes only podium has retired and has been replaced by Bottas who did reasonable in the ill handling Mahrind with Jules Bianchi being kept for another season. Precision do have a reasonable chassis but have a weak engine that could cost them points at the power hungery circuits. Bianchi and Bottas should get solid points positions with the odd podium here and there.

Autosport Prediction : 9th


Mahrinda Mercedes

Out : Valtteri Bottas, Narain Karthikeyan (Friday Tester)
In : Karun Chandhok, Nico Müller

Mahrinda had an awful season, Jean-Eric Vergne got a 5th in a season full of minor points. Mahrinda will be looking at less of the same this season as the car is marginly better if you could measure improvements to the 9th decimal place, the engine is much worse. Vergne becomes tester, Chandhok becomes lead driver bringing money but not much talent and will struggle to be lucky to score minor points, Müller brings cheaper Mercedes engines and some talent and it is likely he will out perform Chandhok who should be replaced by Vergne before the season is out. All in all, Mahrinda will be fighting for the wooden spoom with Calnetics.

Autosport Prediction : 12th


Haas Ferrari

Out - Villeneuve, Hyundai, Phoenix McAllister, Robert Wickens (Friday Tester)
In - Haas, Ferrari, Stoffel Vandoorne, Johnny Cecotto Jr (Friday Tester)

Haas have bought the ailing Villeneuve team who in two seasons scored two podiums and score points a mere three times last season. Jacques Villeneuve hung up his helmet and pitlane headset and is off to wail into a microphone. Haas who were working on an F1 project have a completely new chassis and it looks sleek and fast, testing has shown some interesting results. André Lotterer struggled with the poor car last season but with his experience he should surprise. Stoffel Vandoorne who did win GP3 does look fresh and exciting and should match Lotterer for pace if not consitancy. Overall Haas will punch well above their weight.

Autosport Prediction : 6th


Mansell Ferrari

Mansell are one of the new teams that have started from scratch, Nigel Mansell started an F1 team in the hopes that his son can rise the ranks and have a gauranteed F1 seat when he gets here. Mansell has also said he wants to promote young talent and have an inexperienced team of Einar Ármannsson and Danilo di Meglio with Paulo Serafim as friday tester. It remains to see how the conservative chassis will handle but the testing has seen the team at the bottom of the time sheets. If the young drivers develop then points and maybe a podium could be possible, if not then they are going to fight for that wooden spoon.

Autosport Prediction : 11th


Calinetic Mercedes

Calinetic were one of the founding teams of the rival F1RWRS series before they went bust at the end of the 2013 season after some early promise. Joseph Calinetic raised some more money and wanted to return to F1RWRS but found that the waiting list was too long and managed to get an entry into F1. Things did not start off well, with the chassis being a hacked up version of the CAL4 chassis to comply with F1 rules, they raised enough money for the Mercedes engines before Joseph ran out of money again. It looked like that they would close down before the season started but a buyer was found a the last minute. Evgeny Restov leads the team and will be hoping for some success and is joined by third time still not very good Giorgio Pantano with Dean Stoneman finding a friday tester role. Calnetics will struggle, but if they can survive the season then they might be able to make a real chassis and not be last.

Autosport Prediction : 13th

[pycku]

Damn, with that chassis we have no other option but to struggle. However we will never quit fighting and giving our best. Our main purpose this season is to survive and reorganize so that we challenge the top in three seasons time.

[Klon]

2016 Marlboro Bahrain Grand Prix I - Qualifying

1. Sebastian Vettel / Caterham-Judd - 1:21.822
2. Dave Cassidy / Williams-Peugeot - 1:21.883
3. Lewis Hamilton / Williams-Peugeot - 1:21.943
4. Pastor Maldonado / Sauber-Judd - 1:22.051
5. Alex Lynn / Red Bull-Ferrari - 1:22.119
6. Daniil Kwjat / Caterham-Judd - 1:22.278
7. Fernando Alonso / Red Bull-Ferrari - 1:22.279
8. Jules Bianchi / Precision-Mercedes - 1:22.283
9. Valtteri Bottas / Precision-Mercedes - 1:22.325
10. Stoffel Vandoorne / Haas-Ferrari - 1:22.358
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11. Daniel Ricciardo / DGN-Judd - 1:22.333
12. Sebastién Bourdais / Ferrari - 1:22.521
13. Robert Kubica / DGN-Judd - 1:22.622
14. Alexandre Voeckler / Sauber-Judd - 1:22.637
15. André Lotterer / Haas-Ferrari - 1:22.765
16. Romain Grosjean / Peugeot - 1:22.804
17. Luca Filippi / Ferrari - 1:22.846
18. Jérôme d'Ambrosio / Peugeot - 1:23.001
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19. Nico Rosberg / Brabham-Judd - 1:22.831
20. Giorgio Pantano / Calinetic-Mercedes - 1:23.132
21. Einar Ármannsson / Mansell-Ferrari - 1:23.352
22. Evgeny Restov / Calinetic-Mercedes - 1:22.387
23. Robin Frinjs / Brabham-Judd - 1:23.457
24. Danilo di Meglio / Mansell-Ferrari - 1:23.612
25. Karun Chandhok / Mahindra-Mercedes - 1:23.824
26. Nico Müller / Mahindra-Mercedes - 1:23.888

[pasta_maldonado]

Ferrari purchase an Alpha upgrade.

[Klon]

2016 Marlboro Bahrain Grand Prix I - Race

Penalty Points after the race:
#5 - Lewis Hamilton - 4 (+4 for dangerous driving against the driver of car #22 (Stoffel Vandoorne))
#11 - Nico Rosberg - 3 (+3 for causing an avoidable accident involving the drivers of car #14 (Romain Grosjean) and car #15 (Jérôme d'Ambrosio))
#12 - Robin Frijns - 5 (+5 for causing an avoidable accident involving the drivers of car #7 (Alexandre Voeckler))

-- Positives --
Pastor Maldonado - he's back and he's better than ever, he's got a knack for making things better.

Dave Cassidy - nearly spoiled the day of his former team.

Ferrari - kept a low profile and was there to reap the benefits when the others struggled in the fast cars.

Evgeny Restov - took a Calinetic to the points and earns INFINITE IMPROBABILITY DRIVE OF THE RACE for that feat.

Jules Bianchi - must be sad, he had a chance at lots of points.

-- Negatives --
Lewis Hamilton - 6th and the first batch of penalty points are not gonna endear Hamilton to his new boss.

Robin Frijns - there was no need to be so brutal to the Sauber of ALV.

Robert Kubica - using your brain is not a bad thing, Robert.

Alex Lynn - throwing away what could have been your first win tends to earn you REJECT OF THE RACE.

Sebastian Vettel - amazing for two laps, but lost his plot in the final corner.

[Klon]

2016 Marlboro Bahrain Grand Prix II - Qualifying

1. Lewis Hamilton / Williams-Peugeot - 1:21.735
2. Dave Cassidy / Williams-Peugeot - 1:21.884
3. Alex Lynn / Red Bull-Ferrari - 1:21.889
4. Fernando Alonso / Red Bull-Ferrari - 1:21.890
5. Sebastian Vettel / Caterham-Judd - 1:21.919
6. Daniel Ricciardo / DGN-Judd - 1:22.038
7. Valtteri Bottas / Precision-Mercedes - 1:22.168
8. Stoffel Vandoorne / Haas-Ferrari - 1:22.235
9. Jules Bianchi / Precision-Mercedes - 1:22.238
10. Daniil Kwjat / Caterham-Judd - 1:22.288
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11. Pastor Maldonado / Sauber-Judd - 1:22.359
12. Alexandre Voeckler / Sauber-Judd - 1:22.359
13. Robert Kubica / DGN-Judd - 1:22.363
14. Romain Grosjean / Peugeot - 1:22.442
15. André Lotterer / Haas-Ferrari - 1:22.474
16. Sebastién Bourdais / Ferrari - 1:22.515
17. Nico Rosberg / Brabham-Judd - 1:22.782
18. Luca Filippi / Ferrari - 1:22.785
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19. Evgeny Restov / Calinetic-Mercedes - 1:22.828
20. Jérôme d'Ambrosio / Peugeot - 1:23.027
21. Giorgio Pantano / Calinetic-Mercedes - 1:23.143
22. Nico Müller / Mahindra-Mercedes - 1:23.189
23. Robin Frinjs / Brabham-Judd - 1:23.414
24. Karun Chandhok / Mahindra-Mercedes - 1:23.458
25. Danilo di Meglio / Mansell-Ferrari - 1:23.660
26. Einar Ármannsson / Mansell-Ferrari - 1:23.728

[Miguel98]

Calinetic ecstatic with points on debut
New Calinetic owner, Joshua Gibbs, has expressed his happyness with the team's first points, right on their debut in Formula One.
"It's such a great achievement" - he said. It was the russian Evgeny Restov, that after years at Ferrari and Sauber, decided to sign for a backmarker team, and on his first drive for them, scored points with a 10th place finish in the Bahrain Grand Prix I. Restov said that "The team we're ecstatic on the radio. They we're so happy, and after the change of ownership right before the beginning of the season, this is a sign of things to come".
Race II of the Bahrain Grand Prix, the opening round of the 2016 Formula One World Champioship, will be run this Sunday, and it features William's Lewis Hamilton on pole position for the race.

Hell yeah!!

[Klon]

2016 Marlboro Bahrain Grand Prix II - Race

Penalty Points after the race:
#5 - Lewis Hamilton - 4
#11 - Nico Rosberg - 3
#12 - Robin Frijns - 5
#22 - Stoffel Vandoorne - 5 (+5 for causing an avoidable accident involving the drivers of car #11 (Nico Rosberg))
#91 - Giorgio Pantano - 5 (+5 for causing an avoidable accident involving the drivers of car #19 (Daniil Kwjat))

-- Positives --
Lewis Hamilton - after screwing up yesterday, he got the win he wanted.

Fernando Alonso - he could not beat Hamilton, but he did secure second place.

Jules Bianchi - worked hard and gets Precision 10 points and the INFINITE IMPROBABILITY DRIVE OF THE RACE

Sebastién Bourdais - on Saturday he was subtle, today he took a much more noticeable approach to earn some healthy points.

Haas-Ferrari - nice intra-team battle and and a double point finish makes the new guys popular.

-- Negatives --
Luca Filippi - when Bourdais does so well, being anonymous and failing to score points make you look bad.

Giorgio Pantono - not very popular with Caterham after causing an accident at pitlane.

DGN-Judd - Kubica first takes off his team mate and then Ricciardo's engine happens to explode, REJECT OF THE RACE for the team.

Alex Lynn - another avoidable driver error, that's a miserable first weekend

Valterri Bottas - the team of Mr. Krautmeir needs every point it can get, so Bottas retiring is not good for business.

[roblo97]

Senna will be driving Lynn's car for Brazil.

[Klon]

2016 Airtel Indian Grand Prix I - Qualifying

1. Lewis Hamilton / Williams-Peugeot - 1:19.221
2. Dave Cassidy / Williams-Peugeot - 1:19.458
3. Stoffel Vandoorne / Haas-Ferrari - 1:19.832
4. Fernando Alonso / Red Bull-Ferrari - 1:19.934
5. Sebastian Vettel / Caterham-Judd - 1:19.962
6. Valtteri Bottas / Precision-Mercedes - 1:19.972
7. Sebastién Bourdais / Ferrari - 1:20.052
8. Robert Kubica / DGN-Judd - 1:20.172
9. Jules Bianchi / Precision-Mercedes - 1:20.174
10. Daniil Kwjat / Caterham-Judd - 1:20.206
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11. Pastor Maldonado / Sauber-Judd - 1:20.200
12. Luca Filippi / Ferrari - 1:20.367
13. Alexandre Voeckler / Sauber-Judd - 1:20.405
14. Daniel Ricciardo / DGN-Judd - 1:20.411
15. André Lotterer / Haas-Ferrari - 1:20.664
16. Romain Grosjean / Peugeot - 1:20.677
17. Jérôme d'Ambrosio / Peugeot - 1:20.754
18. Alex Lynn / Red Bull-Ferrari - 1:20.815
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19. Evgeny Restov / Calinetic-Mercedes - 1:20.923
20. Karun Chandhok / Mahindra-Mercedes - 1:20.928
21. Einar Ármannsson / Mansell-Ferrari - 1:21.062
22. Robin Frinjs / Brabham-Judd - 1:21.066
23. Nico Müller / Mahindra-Mercedes - 1:21.146
24. Danilo di Meglio / Mansell-Ferrari - 1:21.157
25. Nico Rosberg / Brabham-Judd - 1:21.210
26. Giorgio Pantano / Calinetic-Mercedes - 1:21.514

[Klon]

2016 Airtel Indian Grand Prix I - Race

Penalty Points after the race:
#5 - Lewis Hamilton - 4
#11 - Nico Rosberg - 3
#12 - Robin Frijns - 5
#22 - Stoffel Vandoorne - 5
#91 - Giorgio Pantano - 5

-- Positives --
Stoffel Vandoorne - not even Gene Haas could have dreamt of this success: INFINITE IMPROBABILITY DRIVE OF THE RACE for sure!

Valtteri Bottas - perhaps he lost a win when he couldn't get past André Lotterer, but second is still a good result to get Precision going.

Ferrari - a 3-4 helps their dreams in the WCC.

Robert Kubica - despite fuel trouble, he kept multiple cars behind him successfully.

Nico Rosberg - came close to scoring points for Brabham.

-- Negatives --
Williams-Peugeot - their star Hamilton nearly breaks his neck in a crash and Cassidy runs out of fuel: REJECT OF THE RACE for sure!

Pastor Maldonado - he was bitterly disappointed to run out of fuel.

Mahindra-Mercedes - double retirement in their first home race leaves people worrying about them.

Daniel Ricciardo - silly mistakes throughout the day are not the mark of a valid world champion.

Fernando Alonso - had a chance to strike but failed to do so, that's not good for Red Bull.

[Klon]

2016 Airtel Indian Grand Prix II - Qualifying

1. Dave Cassidy / Williams-Peugeot - 1:19.138
2. Lewis Hamilton / Williams-Peugeot - 1:19.379
3. Fernando Alonso / Red Bull-Ferrari - 1:19.974
4. Sebastian Vettel / Caterham-Judd - 1:20.054
5. Jules Bianchi / Precision-Mercedes - 1:20.121
6. Alexandre Voeckler / Sauber-Judd - 1:20.131
7. Pastor Maldonado / Sauber-Judd - 1:20.200
8. Romain Grosjean / Peugeot - 1:20.287
9. Alex Lynn / Red Bull-Ferrari - 1:20.291
10. Valtteri Bottas / Precision-Mercedes - 1:20.361
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11. Daniel Ricciardo / DGN-Judd - 1:20.418
12. Daniil Kwjat / Caterham-Judd - 1:20.444
13. Luca Filippi / Ferrari - 1:20.485
14. Sebastién Bourdais / Ferrari - 1:20.532
15. Robert Kubica / DGN-Judd - 1:20.642
16. André Lotterer / Haas-Ferrari - 1:20.678
17. Robin Frinjs / Brabham-Judd - 1:20.852
18. Stoffel Vandoorne / Haas-Ferrari - 1:21.007
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19. Evgeny Restov / Calinetic-Mercedes - 1:21.040
20. Giorgio Pantano / Calinetic-Mercedes - 1:21.064
21. Karun Chandhok / Mahindra-Mercedes - 1:21.191
22. Nico Rosberg / Brabham-Judd - 1:21.276
23. Danilo di Meglio / Mansell-Ferrari - 1:21.395
24. Nico Müller / Mahindra-Mercedes - 1:21.678
25. Jérôme d'Ambrosio / Peugeot - 1:21.053 (ten-place grid penalty)
26. Einar Ármannsson / Mansell-Ferrari - 1:21.543 (ten-place grid penalty)

[pycku]

I am going to miss next week. However, I wish a gamma upgrade for Brabham once it is affordable for our team.

[Klon]

I am going to miss next week. However, I wish a gamma upgrade for Brabham once it is affordable for our team.

It will be executed as soon as possible

[TomWazzleshaw]

Precision would like to a buy a Delta upgrade at the conclusion of this weekend

[Klon]

2016 Airtel Indian Grand Prix II - Race

Penalty Points after the race:
#5 - Lewis Hamilton - 4
#11 - Nico Rosberg - 3
#12 - Robin Frijns - 5
#22 - Stoffel Vandoorne - 5
#63 - Valtteri Bottas - 5
#91 - Giorgio Pantano - 5

-- Positives --
Lewis Hamilton - took the control of the race and made the most of his chances.

Pastor Maldonado - did well enough to earn Sauber a podium.

Jules Bianchi - after retiring at the start, he made the most of his shot today.

André Lotterer - after his dirty part in yesterday's win, he got a minor heroic moment and earns INFINITE IMPROBABILITY DRIVE OF THE RACE.

Giorgio Pantano - came close to stealing a point or two for Calinetic.

-- Negatives --
Evgeny Restov - avoidable error hurts his team.

Jérôme d'Ambrosio - failed to recover from his grid penalty

Dave Cassidy - the gearbox was his undoing in India, he must prevent Hamilton from running away with the WDC, though.

Alexandre Voeckler - cracked under pressure as if this was his first race, that makes him the REJECT OF THE RACE.

Alex Lynn - he is in serious trouble, Bruno Senna could just replace him permanently.

[andrew]

What are the upgrade rules for this?