The Current Era - Alternate F1 - 2014 Season

pycku · Post by **pycku** » 22 Jun 2014, 20:23

Brabham are happy to announce that we have signed a deal with current champion James James Davies! His salary will be 11 mln, and he will receive a bonus of 6 mln once he wins his first race for Brabham.

Having in mind that news, I am going to revise all driver bids for second and friday drivers.

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 22 Jun 2014, 23:21

Marussia Driver Bids

Driver 1
Name: Felipe Nasr
Wage: 3 million
Contract length: 1 year, with option for a second
Other clauses: Further 1 million per 15 points scored

Name: Antonio Felix da Costa
Wage: 2 million
Contract length: 2 years
Other clauses: Bring your own beer

Name: Romain Grosjean
Wage: 2 million
Contract length: 1 year
Other clauses: We'd quite like croissants for breakfast every now and then

Driver 2

Name: Mike Rockenfeller
Wage: 5 million
Contract length: 2 years
Other clauses: Don't leave us. Please.

Name: Alex Premat
Wage: 2 million
Contract length: 1 year
Other clauses: Grow some hair, don't crash

Name: Augusto Farfus
Wage: 2 million
Contract length: 1 year
Other clauses: Bring plenty of Brazilian football chicks to the paddock every so often

Onxy Wrecked · Post by **Onxy Wrecked** » 23 Jun 2014, 02:53

Salamander wrote:
Onxy Wrecked wrote:Team: Stefan GP
Engine: Mercedes (In hopes of luring Lewis Hamilton)
Contract Length: 1 year
Chassis: B
Brothels: High Class, much like the rakija that is drunk in Serbia!

Lewis Hamilton isn't a Mercedes driver and hasn't been for 2 years now.

Logical fail, but the power. The beautiful power...

andrew · Post by **andrew** » 23 Jun 2014, 20:24

I'll go on the waiting list

Post by **kevinbotz** » 25 Jun 2014, 02:38

---- First Driver ----
Candidate A: Pedro de la Rosa
Offered Wage: 1,000,000
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: N/A

Candidate B: Pastor Maldonado
Offered Wage: 3,000,000
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: N/A

Candidate C: Sergio Perez
Offered Wage: 1,000,000
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: N/A

Candidate D: Johnny Cecotto Jr.
Offered Wage: 1,000,000
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: N/A

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

---- Second Driver ----
Candidate A: Daniil Kvyat
Offered Wage: 1,000,000
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: Will be substituted for one race weekend.

Candidate B: Raffaele Marciello
Offered Wage: 1,000,000
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: Will be substituted for one race weekend.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

---- Friday Tester ----
Candidate A: Kazuki Nakajima
Offered Wage: 1,000,000
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: N/A

Candidate B: Sergio Perez
Offered Wage: 1,000,000
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: N/A

Candidate C: Giancarlo Fisichella
Offered Wage: 1,000,000
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: N/A

Candidate D: Yuji Ide
Offered Wage: 1,000,000
Contract Length: 1 Year
Other Clauses: N/A

OsellaFA1L · Post by **OsellaFA1L** » 26 Jun 2014, 08:47

Driver 1
Name: Valtteri Bottas
Wage: 2 million
Contract length: 1 year
Other clauses: Retains his Mercedes affiliation

Name: Jean-Eric Vernge
Wage: 1 million
Contract length: 1 years
Other clauses: N/A

Name: Narain Karthikayen
Wage: 1 million
Contract length: 1 year
Other clauses: Make sure the engineers get curry that doesn't give you the runs

Driver 2

Name: Jean Eric Vernge
Wage: 2 Million
Contract length: 2 years
Other clauses: N/A

Name: Karun Chandhok
Wage: 1 million
Contract length: 1 year
Other clauses: N/A

Name: Dean Stoneman
Wage: 1 million
Contract length: 1 year
Other clauses: #OneBallOfSteel

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 26 Jun 2014, 13:34

Driver Bids

Driver 1 -
Name : Fernando Alonso
Wage : 5m
Contract Length : 1 year
Other Clauses : Will be offered extension on results. Will get 3m bonus if finishes in top 3 of WDC.

Name : Nico Rosberg
Wage : 3m
Contract Length : 1 year
Other Clauses : If Alonso is signed, then will offered a drive as Number 2 driver. Will get 5m bonus if finishes in top 3 of WDC.

Driver 2 -
Name : James James Davies
Wage : 15m
Contract Length : 1 year
Other Clauses : Must stop being a little whiny bitch

Name: Jari Kekkonen
Wage: 1 million
Contract length: 1 years
Other clauses: If not signed as a Number 2, will drive share with Yuji Ide. If Signed as number 2, Can be replaced if underperforming.

Friday Driver

Name: Yuji Ide
Wage: 1 Million
Contract length: 1 years
Other clauses: Must be ready to jump into a race seat if required.

Reserve Friday Driver

Name: Kyle Larson
Wage: 1 Million
Contract length: 1 years
Other clauses: Must be ready to jump into a race seat if required.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 26 Jun 2014, 15:06

Fernando Alonso
1-35: Williams
36-85: Mercedes
86-95: Villeneuve
96-100: Red Bull
Result: 34

Max Chilton
1-99: Sauber
100: WTCC
Result: 42

Riccardo Agostini
1-99: McLaren
100: AutoGP
Result: 57

Milos Pablovic
1-99: Stefan
100: Blancpain Sprint Series
Result: 81

Bruno Senna
1-65: Red Bull
66-100: FIA WEC
Result: 20

Kazuki Nakajima
1-40: Caterham
41-100: WEC
Result: 52

Michael Schumacher
1: Brabham
2-100: Retirement
Result: 36

Sebastian Vettel
1-40: McLaren
41-95: McLaren, though he only signs a one-year deal
96-100: Rejects McLaren
Result: 59

Sebastién Bourdais
1-99: Sauber
100: IndyCar
Result: 13

Jenson Button
1-80: Red Bull
81-100: Retirement
Result: 39

Nico Rosberg
1-75: Williams
76-100: DTM
Result: 26

Mike Rockenfeller
1-20: Marussia
21-100: DTM
Result: 41

Matthieu Vaxivière
1-99: Peugeot
100: Formula Renault 3.5
Result: 26

Jean-Éric Vergne
1-99: Mahindra
100: WEC
Result: 31

Pedro de la Rosa
1-80: Caterham
81-100: Retirement
Result: 44

Sergio Pérez
1-80: McLaren
81-95: Brabham
96-100: Caterham
Result: 6

Daniil Kwjat
1-85: Caterham
86-100: GP2
Result: 76

Takuma Sato
1-25: Stefan
26-100: IndyCar
Result: 71

Lewis Hamilton
1-95: Stefan
96-100: Rap
Result: 91

Mikhail Aleshin
1-85: Stefan
86-100: Brabham
Result: 61

Vitaly Petrov
1-80: Brabham
81-100: DTM
Result: 23

Felipe Nasr
1-99: Marussia
100: GP2
Result: 58

Romain Grosjean
1-95: Peugeot
96-100: IndyCar
Result: 78

Felipe Massa
1-99: Mercedes
100: Brazilian Stock Cars
Result: 65

Dean Stoneman
1-99: Mercedes
100: GP3
Result: 31

Robert Wickens
1-85: Villeneuve
86-100: DTM
Result: 63

Alexandre Prémat
1-90: Marussia
91-100: V8SC
Result: 63

Johnny Cecotto, Jr.
1-85: Brabham
86-100: IndyCar
Result: 39

Giancarlo Fisichella
1-25: Caterham
26-100: FIA WEC
Result: 19

Yuji Ide
1-99: Williams
100: Super GT
Result: 15

Jacques Villeneuve
1-80: Villeneuve
81-100: Retirement
Result: 25

Jaime Alguersuari
1-99: Villeneuve
100: Formula E
Result: 96

Accounting for driver costs and season preview follow somewhen until next Tuesday.

pycku · Post by **pycku** » 27 Jun 2014, 13:53

Wow, signing both the champion and vice-champion of 2013 certainly makes Brabham one of the top favourites. Certainly fighting for the title is our aim now.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 28 Jun 2014, 00:06

Season preview is online and can be found in the second post of this thread. Once I have accounted for the driver costs and fully set-up the wiki page, we can begin the 2014 season.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 28 Jun 2014, 10:37

2014 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix I - Qualifying

1. Fernando Alonso / Williams-Mercedes - 1:28.255
2. Sébastien Bourdais / Sauber-Mercedes - 1:28.413
3. Vitaly Petrov / Brabham-Mercedes - 1:28.425
4. Nico Rosberg / Williams-Mercedes - 1:28.446
5. Jeroen Krautmeir / Mercedes - 1:28.626
6. James James Davies / Brabham-Mercedes - 1:28.639
7. Romain Grosjean / Peugeot - 1:28.762
8. Dave Cassidy / Sauber-Mercedes - 1:28.787
9. Felipe Massa / Mercedes - 1:28.795
10. Lewis Hamilton / Stefan-Mercedes - 1:28.918
---------------------------------------------
11. Mikhail Aleshin / Stefan-Mercedes - 1:29.098
12. Jenson Button / Red Bull-Hyundai - 1:29.100
13. Valtteri Bottas / Mahindra-Mercedes - 1:29.164
14. Matthieu Vaxivière / Peugeot - 1:29.341
15. Jean-Éric Vergne / Mahindra-Mercedes - 1:29.394
16. Alex Lynn / Red Bull-Hyundai - 1:29.394
17. Pedro de la Rosa / Caterham-Peugeot - 1:29.574
18. Daniil Kwjat / Caterham-Peugeot - 1:29.715
---------------------------------------------
19. Sebastian Vettel / McLaren-Ferrari - 1:29.848
20. Evgeny Restov / Ferrari - 1:29.951
21. Jaime Alguersuari / Villeneuve-Peugeot - 1:30.410
22. Sergio Pérez / McLaren-Ferrari - 1:30.830
23. Damon Cannon / Ferrari - 1:30.964
24. Jacques Villeneuve / Villeneuve-Peugeot - 1:31.000
25. Felipe Nasr / Marussia-Ferrari - 1:31.718
26. Alexandre Prémat / Marussia-Ferrari - 1:31.989

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 28 Jun 2014, 11:26

Alex Lynn's performance in quali looks really encouraging.

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 28 Jun 2014, 12:01

Pasta you incompetent monkeyman! Restov didn't leave Sauber for this!

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 29 Jun 2014, 23:08

2014 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix I - Race

Penalty Points after the race:
#30 - Lewis Hamilton - 5 (+5 for causing an avoidable accident involving the driver of car #77 (Sebastian Vettel))
#51 - Valtteri Bottas - 5 (+5 for causing an avoidable accident involving the driver of car #4 (Jaime Alguersuari))

-- Positives --
Vitaly Petrov - won the lead on the first lap and managed to hold off the competition to win his first race for Stefan.

Fernando Alonso - look who's back with a vengeance, it is Alonso.

Sauber-Mercedes - unlike some of last year's top teams, their performance has hardly suffered.

Rookie Drivers - INFINITE IMPROBABILITY DRIVE OF THE RACE for five guys, including three draftees, for scoring on their first time out.

Nico Rosberg - troublesome transmission spoils spectacular and amazing attempt at assaulting Alonso.

-- Negatives --
Jenson Button - beng beaten by your not highly rated team mate on your first day back with your old team is bad.

Ferrari - their works team fared horrible and their customer teams did even worse, earning them a REJECT OF THE RACE award.

Jeroen Krautmeir - three silly mistakes ruin a healthy bunch of points and hurting his tarnished reputation even more.

Villeneuve-Peugeot - double retirement does not help their budget.

Lewis Hamilton - drives like a monkeyman and gets some penalty points for it.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 30 Jun 2014, 17:30

2014 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix II - Qualifying

1. James James Davies / Brabham-Mercedes - 1:28.317
2. Romain Grosjean / Peugeot - 1:28.518
3. Vitaly Petrov / Brabham-Mercedes - 1:28.587
4. Fernando Alonso / Williams-Mercedes - 1:28.656
5. Sébastien Bourdais / Sauber-Mercedes - 1:28.676
6. Felipe Massa / Mercedes - 1:28.843
7. Jeroen Krautmeir / Mercedes - 1:28.901
8. Dave Cassidy / Sauber-Mercedes - 1:28.923
9. Mikhail Aleshin / Stefan-Mercedes - 1:29.006
10. Lewis Hamilton / Stefan-Mercedes - 1:29.042
---------------------------------------------
11. Nico Rosberg / Williams-Mercedes - 1:28.310 (ten-place grid penalty)
12. Jenson Button / Red Bull-Hyundai - 1:29.331
13. Valtteri Bottas / Mahindra-Mercedes - 1:29.451
14. Daniil Kwjat / Caterham-Peugeot - 1:29.513
15. Jean-Éric Vergne / Mahindra-Mercedes - 1:29.514
16. Matthieu Vaxivière / Peugeot - 1:29.539
17. Alex Lynn / Red Bull-Hyundai - 1:29.642
18. Pedro de la Rosa / Caterham-Peugeot - 1:29.823
---------------------------------------------
19. Evgeny Restov / Ferrari - 1:29.765
20. Sebastian Vettel / McLaren-Ferrari - 1:29.859
21. Damon Cannon / Ferrari - 1:30.690
22. Jacques Villeneuve / Villeneuve-Peugeot - 1:30.869
23. Sergio Pérez / McLaren-Ferrari - 1:30.933
24. Jaime Alguersuari / Villeneuve-Peugeot - 1:30.933
25. Felipe Nasr / Marussia-Ferrari - 1:31.751
26. Alexandre Prémat / Marussia-Ferrari - 1:31.829

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 01 Jul 2014, 19:33

2014 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix II - Race

Penalty Points after the race:
#19 - Daniil Kwjat - 3 (+3 for causing an avoidable accident involving the drivers of car #5 (Fernando Alonso), car #6 (Nico Rosberg), car #8 (Dave Cassidy) and car #31 (Mikhail Aleshin))
#30 - Lewis Hamilton - 5
#51 - Valtteri Bottas - 5

-- Positives --
Sébastien Bourdais - back to winning ways after having to leave F1 and suffering disappointing years in IndyCar.

James James Davies - driving error may have cost him a win, but he did get the edge on his team mate.

Nico Rosberg - recovered nicely from grid penalty.

McLaren-Ferrari - impressive drive to earn their first points of the year in an inferior car get them INFINITE IMPROBABILITY DRIVE OF THE RACE.

Romain Grosjean - engine failure ruins chance at major points, but Grosjean still impressed.

-- Negatives --
Fernando Alonso - he's better not proud of his effort today, even if he got a point.

Valtteri Bottas - driver errors everywhere can earn even a rookie the REJECT OF THE RACE award.

Pedro de la Rosa - could have almost doubled Caterham's point haul if the heat had not fried his aged brain.

Villeneuve-Peugeot - a miserable race after their double retirement yesterday.

Lewis Hamilton - another uninspired retirement for the new Stefan driver, it seems like starting anew is hard.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 01 Jul 2014, 19:41

Dave Cassidy wrote:You know, I think I did a better job in this race than I did yesterday, actually. Doesn't help my frustration though - it's hard not to be when my race was ruined at the first corner. I'm not exactly sure what happened, all I know is I drilled in the back by Rosberg - apparently Kvyat got into him or something, but I haven't seen a replay yet so I can't say for sure. Still, we proved we've got a really fast racecar in this Sauber, so I'm itching to get to Malaysia and make up for what happened today.

I'd also like to add that I'm really thankful that I've got such a great teammate in Sebastien to work with - I'm sure half the reason I'm doing so well is because of his help with working on setup and such. Congrats to him on the win today, I know he deserves it.

James James Davies wrote:I do not believe that Sebastien Bourdais! I had him dead to rights and he practically shoves me off the damn track! And I bet you anything the FIA doesn't bother doing anything about him. Unbelievable the crap you can get away with nowadays...

Onxy Wrecked · Post by **Onxy Wrecked** » 01 Jul 2014, 20:58

Memo from Stefan GP

I think Daniil Kyvat deserves more penalty points for that incident as Lewis Hamilton got two more penalty points for crashing into fewer cars! And no, this has nothing to do with damaging Aleshin's car as much as the fact you finish sixth and took out one driver, damaged the cars of four others, and damaged the finances of multiple teams. I think the only thing saving you from more penalty points was that Nico Rosberg finished on the podium despite such damage.

Post by **kevinbotz** » 01 Jul 2014, 21:40

Tony Fernandes wrote:Mr. Stefanovich would do well to note that his drivers, and his outfit, don't exactly have spotless records themselves - I would suggest he focus on bringing his own organization into line first, rather than pontificate vindictively on a rookie mistake by a rookie driver.

Onxy Wrecked · Post by **Onxy Wrecked** » 01 Jul 2014, 23:17

kevinbotz wrote:
Tony Fernandes wrote:Mr. Stefanovich would do well to note that his drivers, and his outfit, don't exactly have spotless records themselves - I would suggest he focus on bringing his own organization into line first, rather than pontificate vindictively on a rookie mistake by a rookie driver.

That indeed is true, but the damage total cost Williams a bunch of points as I suspect Rosberg could have won and took out a Stefan GP car. Kvyat will not be popular at the Mercedes customer teams.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 03 Jul 2014, 23:49

2014 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix I - Qualifying

1. Jeroen Krautmeir / Mercedes - 1:40.321
2. Dave Cassidy / Sauber-Mercedes - 1:40.425
3. Nico Rosberg / Williams-Mercedes - 1:40.471
4. Lewis Hamilton / Stefan-Mercedes - 1:40.548
5. Fernando Alonso / Williams-Mercedes - 1:40.627
6. Vitaly Petrov / Brabham-Mercedes - 1:40.640
7. Sébastien Bourdais / Sauber-Mercedes - 1:40.806
8. James James Davies / Brabham-Mercedes - 1:40.922
9. Jenson Button / Red Bull-Hyundai - 1:41.001
10. Alex Lynn / Red Bull-Hyundai - 1:41.162
---------------------------------------------
11. Felipe Massa / Mercedes - 1:41.602
12. Daniil Kwjat / Caterham-Peugeot - 1:41.655
13. Romain Grosjean / Peugeot - 1:41.921
14. Mikhail Aleshin / Stefan-Mercedes - 1:41.942
15. Valtteri Bottas / Mahindra-Mercedes - 1:41.957
16. Matthieu Vaxivière / Peugeot - 1:42.162
17. Evgeny Restov / Ferrari - 1:42.335
18. Jean-Éric Vergne / Mahindra-Mercedes - 1:42.498
---------------------------------------------
19. Pedro de la Rosa / Caterham-Peugeot - 1:43.524
20. Damon Cannon / Ferrari - 1:43.734
21. Sergio Pérez / McLaren-Ferrari - 1:43.907
22. Sebastian Vettel / McLaren-Ferrari - 1:44.004
23. Jaime Alguersuari / Villeneuve-Peugeot - 1:44.349
24. Felipe Nasr / Marussia-Ferrari - 1:44.680
25. Jacques Villeneuve / Villeneuve-Peugeot - 1:44.773
26. Alexandre Prémat / Marussia-Ferrari - 1:45.081

OsellaFA1L · Post by **OsellaFA1L** » 05 Jul 2014, 11:18

Good to see Mahindra is solidly midfield and beating some big names.

And what the bathplug is going on with Daniil Kvyat's name?

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 05 Jul 2014, 11:33

OsellaFA1L wrote:Good to see Mahindra is solidly midfield and beating some big names.

And what the bathplug is going on with Daniil Kvyat's name?

IIRC, W in Germany is like a double V. That's why Petrov is spelt Petrow.

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 05 Jul 2014, 17:56

I will go to the waiting list if i may.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 06 Jul 2014, 13:40

2014 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix I - Race

Penalty Points after the race:
#2 - Vitaly Petrov - 3 (+3 for causing an avoidable accident involving the driver of car #8 (Dave Cassidy))
#5 - Fernando Alonso - 5 (+5 for causing an avoidable accident involving the driver of car #3 (Jacques Villeneuve))
#18 - Pedro de la Rosa - 5 (+5 for causing an avoidable accident involving the driver of car #27 (Evgeny Restov))
#30 - Lewis Hamilton - 8 (+3 for causing an avoidable accident involving the driver of car #5 (Fernando Alonso))
#32 - Felipe Nasr - 5 (+5 for causing an avoidable accident involving the driver of car #33 (Alexandre Prémat))
#51 - Valtteri Bottas - 5

-- Positives --
To be honest, I find myself incapable of really talking positives here since literally everyone had mistakes or technical trouble. INFINITE IMPROBABILITY DRIVE OF THE RACE goes to Jeroen Krautmeir since he won the damn thing.

-- Negatives --
Let's make this short and sweet as well: REJECT OF THE RACE for everyone! Yes, everyone was bad and everyone deserved equally to be called a stupid monkeyman. Obviously guys like Alex Lynn and the Saubers stand out, but it would be unjust to give it just to them.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 06 Jul 2014, 15:04

Dave Cassidy wrote:I'm sorry, I wasn't aware we were racing those carnival bumper cars today. If I was I would've been better prepared for Petrov driving into me right off the start. I was looking to settle in and maybe bring a podium home for the team, but that kinda tossed my whole race into the trash can and I had to fight hard to just finish freaking 10th. Which is still a point, but I was looking for 15 of them. But yeah, this is 3 starts and I've been hit on the first lap in two of them. Not exactly happy about that.

Onxy Wrecked · Post by **Onxy Wrecked** » 06 Jul 2014, 15:44

Lewis Hamilton? More like Lewis Ram-ilton!

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 06 Jul 2014, 17:04

2014 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix II - Qualifying

1. Sébastien Bourdais / Sauber-Mercedes - 1:33.321
2. Fernando Alonso / Williams-Mercedes - 1:33.574
3. Dave Cassidy / Sauber-Mercedes - 1:33.577
4. James James Davies / Brabham-Mercedes - 1:33.804
5. Nico Rosberg / Williams-Mercedes - 1:33.821
6. Romain Grosjean / Peugeot - 1:33.821
7. Lewis Hamilton / Stefan-Mercedes - 1:33.833
8. Felipe Massa / Mercedes - 1:33.941
9. Vitaly Petrov / Brabham-Mercedes - 1:34.420
10. Mikhail Aleshin / Stefan-Mercedes - 1:34.538
---------------------------------------------
11. Jeroen Krautmeir / Mercedes - 1:34.368
12. Matthieu Vaxivière / Peugeot - 1:34.552
13. Valtteri Bottas / Mahindra-Mercedes - 1:34.557
14. Daniil Kwjat / Caterham-Peugeot - 1:34.613
15. Jean-Éric Vergne / Mahindra-Mercedes - 1:34.931
16. Jenson Button / Red Bull-Hyundai - 1:34.932
17. Alex Lynn / Red Bull-Hyundai - 1:34.952
18. Pedro de la Rosa / Caterham-Peugeot - 1:35.312
---------------------------------------------
19. Evgeny Restov / Ferrari - 1:35.342
20. Sebastian Vettel / McLaren-Ferrari - 1:35.390
21. Damon Cannon / Ferrari - 1:36.045
22. Sergio Pérez / McLaren-Ferrari - 1:36.263
23. Jaime Alguersuari / Villeneuve-Peugeot - 1:36.280
24. Jacques Villeneuve / Villeneuve-Peugeot - 1:36.503
25. Felipe Nasr / Marussia-Ferrari - 1:37.700
26. Alexandre Prémat / Marussia-Ferrari - 1:38.340

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 06 Jul 2014, 23:04

2014 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix II - Race

Penalty Points after the race:
#2 - Vitaly Petrov - 3
#5 - Fernando Alonso - 5
#7 - Sébastien Bourdais - 4 (+4 for dangerous driving against the driver of car #8 (Dave Cassidy))
#8 - Dave Cassidy - 2 (+2 for dangerous driving against the driver of car #1 (James James Davies))
#15 - Matthieu Vaxivière - 5 (+5 for causing an avoidable accident involving the driver of car #14 (Romain Grosjean))
#18 - Pedro de la Rosa - 9 (+4 for dangerous driving against the driver of car #52 (Jean-Éric Vergne))
#19 - Daniil Kwjat - 3 (+3 for causing an avoidable accident involving the driver of car #51 (Valtteri Bottas))
#27 - Evgeny Restov - 3 (+3 for causing an avoidable accident involving the driver of car #26 (Alex Lynn))
#30 - Lewis Hamilton - 8
#31 - Mikhail Aleshin - 3 (+3 for causing an avoidable accident involving the driver of car #30 (Lewis Hamilton))
#32 - Felipe Nasr - 5
#51 - Valtteri Bottas - 5

-- Positives --
James James Davies - brilliant run by the world champion to get his first win of 2014.

Nico Rosberg - unlucky to not get a podium, but his driving is still impressive.

Jenson Button - taking a good race and making the most of it gets himself an INFINITE IMPROBABILITY DRIVE OF THE RACE.

Evgeny Restov - played very unfair at the start, yet got himself a nice bunch of points.

Dave Cassidy - did a nice job to acquire two points despite everything going wrong.

-- Negatives --
Sébastien Bourdais - awfully bad driving for someone who finished second.

Williams-Mercedes - driver errors and technical issues hurt their chances, even if the results don't look like that.

Mahindra-Mercedes - even with their lack of experience, their drivers fared just too badly to not get the team REJECT OF THE RACE.

Pedro de la Rosa - someone with his experience just musn't act like this.

Villeneuve-Peugeot - another double retirement, this time with electrical problems.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 07 Jul 2014, 04:09

Budgets are updated. Contrary to what I said, I will not automatically apply upgrades once you can afford them, since working that out makes my heads hurt. So note that all upgrades must be announced by you once you can pay for it.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 07 Jul 2014, 06:47

Dave Cassidy wrote:I got a lot of respect for Sebastien, but that move he pulled on me on... what was it, lap 2? Whatever lap, it was totally uncalled for. Hell, if he wanted to get past me so much he could've just said on the radio, I'dve let him by, I know how Formula 1 works, and I wanna help the team win as much as possible, but shoving me off the track, that's just not cool. So I had to fight my way back through the pack, but hey, at least I'm getting plenty of practice at that, right? So, I got back up to 7th I think, and then the energy recovery decides it doesn't want to work properly, and that could've caused a massive failure with some of the driver aids, so I needed to bring it back in and get the team to give it a reset. Obviously I lost a lot of time there, so JJD tried to put the most half-assed overtaking move I've ever seen to lap me, so I just kinda eased him off into the grass. It's not like he was fighting anyone; so he wins by one less second - big deal, who cares, right?

So I charge off again and just squeak back into 9th by the end of the race - I tell you, that was the hardest I've ever fought for a 9th place finish. I guess this is what you call one of those character-building races - hopefully I'm getting all these out of the way early in the season so I can focus on getting much bigger results for the rest of the season, because we should've been at least 2nd and 3rd today. But 2 points is better than 0.

James James Davies wrote:Not really much to say - I drove awesome, losers drove like crap. Alonso beat me on the pit strategy but, eh, I guess he can't stand the pressure from an actual World Champion. Only problem was trying to lap that Cassidy kid - he's a lap down, he's clearly sucking if he's going a lap down in a Sauber, and instead the jackass shoves me off. The FIA needs to do something about those Sauber drivers - I tell you, they're dirty cheats like those Stefan losers.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 07 Jul 2014, 07:31

Mercedes will purchase their first and only upgrade available now

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 07 Jul 2014, 11:25

I'll purchase a Beta upgrade.

SeedStriker · Post by **SeedStriker** » 07 Jul 2014, 15:45

McLaren will buy a Beta upgrade

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 07 Jul 2014, 16:26

Ferrari feel the need to purchase an Alpha upgrade, after a disastrous start to the new campaign.

Post by **kevinbotz** » 07 Jul 2014, 18:02

Caterham will immediately develop two Alpha upgrade packages.

Onxy Wrecked · Post by **Onxy Wrecked** » 08 Jul 2014, 07:01

Stefan GP is going for a Beta upgrade. It's the only chance we have of breaking into points.

pycku · Post by **pycku** » 08 Jul 2014, 07:42

Brabham is planning an Alpha upgrade for next race. (read this as I want such an upgrade)

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 08 Jul 2014, 18:44

To help you with your financial planning, here's an important piece of information: any bonus your team pays your driver will be taken out of your budget at the end of the season, not when the driver actually fulfills the condition.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 08 Jul 2014, 19:23

2014 Caixa Brazilian Grand Prix I - Qualifying

1. Dave Cassidy / Sauber-Mercedes - 50.155
2. Felipe Massa / Mercedes - 50.193
3. Jenson Button / Red Bull-Hyundai - 50.233
4. Lewis Hamilton / Stefan-Mercedes - 50.314
5. Fernando Alonso / Williams-Mercedes - 50.353
6. Jeroen Krautmeir / Mercedes - 50.406
7. Sébastien Bourdais / Sauber-Mercedes - 50.483
8. James James Davies / Brabham-Mercedes - 50.570
9. Valtteri Bottas / Mahindra-Mercedes - 50.607
10. Vitaly Petrov / Brabham-Mercedes - 50.631
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11. Nico Rosberg / Williams-Mercedes - 50.657
12. Alex Lynn / Red Bull-Hyundai - 50.695
13. Jean-Éric Vergne / Mahindra-Mercedes - 50.710
14. Romain Grosjean / Peugeot - 50.728
15. Mikhail Aleshin / Stefan-Mercedes - 50.852
16. Daniil Kwjat / Caterham-Peugeot - 50.856
17. Matthieu Vaxivière / Peugeot - 50.981
18. Pedro de la Rosa / Caterham-Peugeot - 51.094
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19. Sebastian Vettel / McLaren-Ferrari - 51.007
20. Damon Cannon / Ferrari - 51.213
21. Evgeny Restov / Ferrari - 51.368
22. Jaime Alguersuari / Villeneuve-Peugeot - 51.395
23. Sergio Pérez / McLaren-Ferrari - 51.407
24. Jacques Villeneuve / Villeneuve-Peugeot - 51.639
25. Felipe Nasr / Marussia-Ferrari - 52.411
26. Alexandre Prémat / Marussia-Ferrari - 52.451