2007 Alternate GP2 - Hockenheim qualifying + race tactics

Ice1Racing · Post by **Ice1Racing** » 08 Aug 2014, 13:27

Hulkenberg will start on inters, Nimela on slicks

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 08 Aug 2014, 13:48

Sutil will start on inters and Kerr on slicks. Sutil will stop for slicks once Kerr starts lapping consistently quicker than him, unless that starts to happen with less than 10 laps to go, in which case Sutil will stay out until the end.

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 08 Aug 2014, 16:00

Both drivers will start with inters, with both drivers pitting in a interval of 1% of track conditions (Philippe at 31% and Piquet at 30%)

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 08 Aug 2014, 16:12

Both drivers on slicks.

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 08 Aug 2014, 20:59

Kovalainen will start on slicks, while Glock will start on inters and will pit as soon as the drivers on slicks post faster lap times then those on inters

Post by **Ataxia** » 08 Aug 2014, 21:22

Slicks for Danielsson, and inters for Zuber. Zuber will pit on lap 8 for slicks.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 08 Aug 2014, 21:44

di Grassi will start on inters and switch to slicks when the wet percentage gets under 28%

Pagenaud will start on slicks. If the wet percentage hasn't fallen to under 35% by lap 8, he will switch to inters.

No pitting in the last 9 laps.

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 09 Aug 2014, 10:02

Grosjean will run slicks, di Resta will start on inters and switch to wets once Grosjean sets two lap times in a row that are quicker than the inters.

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 10 Aug 2014, 17:25

inters to the start,stop on 5% if its 8 laps or more,otherwise keep.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 12 Aug 2014, 13:03

As the advice on tyre change was different from the users I decided to change it so that each driver who started on inters will take slicks after their team-mate has done faster lap on slicks. In case the team-mate is not on slicks (including situation of team-mate being out of the race), the average laptime of drivers using slicks is used as comparison.

I have now done 15 laps of the race.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 13 Aug 2014, 08:30

Start: In intermediate conditions there are lots of differences between the drivers. Start happens to be much cleaner than in the feature race, but not without incident this time either. Grosjean and Philippe collide, Grosjean goes out and Philippe to the pits. He goes for slicks at the same time.
Lap 1: di Grassi goes off at Renault curve, retiring while Piquet has more gentle off. Anyway, he loses some positions too.
Order: Hülkenberg, Jarvis, Zuber, Buemi, Sutil, Glock, Turvey, Albuquerque, Valerio, Petrov, Piquet Jr., van der Garde, Danielsson, di Resta, Matsuda, Yoshimoto, Senna, Kovalainen, Pagenaud, Lotterer, Teixeira, Kerr, Philippe (pitting and losing more time), Niemelä.
Lap 2: Piquet Jr. makes another mistake and drops to 23rd, only his team-mate behind him.
Lap 4: First 15 positions are held by drivers on intermediates. Danielsson is 16th, 21.4 seconds from the lead.
Lap 6: Petrov overtakes Valerio.
Lap 7: di Resta overtakes Valerio. Danielsson is 26.8 seconds from the lead.
Lap 9: Small collision between Glock and Turvey, dropping the Englishman to 8th.
Lap 10: Pagenaud hits Lotterer and overtakes him. Kovalainen goes off and pits to retire.
Lap 13: Hülkenberg makes a small mistake which drops him to 3rd.
Laps 14-16: Drivers who started on inters change to slicks.
Lap 17: Danielsson,(5.8) Zuber, Sutil, Jarvis, Buemi, Hülkenberg,(3.8) Glock, Albuquerque, (3.4) Lotterer, Kerr. Then Niemelä, Turvey, Pagenaud, di Resta, Petrov, van der Garde, Yoshimoto, Matsuda, Senna, Valerio, Teixeira, Piquet Jr. and Philippe (no gaps mentioned outside top 10). Pagenaud drops down on the order as he serves drive through penalty for the collision with Lotterer.
Lap 18: Jarvis overtakes Sutil.
Lap 23: Niemelä collides with Turvey and retires.
Lap 24: Kerr spins, drops to 12th. Turvey now in top 10.
Lap 26: Just like in Bahrain, same driver wins both races in Catalunya. Danielsson was so much faster than others who chose slicks, meaning that he was the only one who could take real advantage.

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Alx Danielsson                VEN 26 42'08.017
Andreas Zuber                 VEN 26 +4.852
Oliver Jarvis                 EMB 26 +5.084
Adrian Sutil                  SFE 26 +6.383
Sebastien Buemi               LIF 26 +7.735
Nico Hülkenberg               ICE 26 +11.573
Timo Glock                    HUN 26 +14.403
Filipe Albuquerque            SAC 26 +18.706
Andre Lotterer                SAC 26 +21.813
Oliver Turvey                 EMB 26 +22.028
Paul di Resta                 RES 26 +29.149
Robbie Kerr                   SFE 26 +29.376
Giedo van der Garde           RLR 26 +32.492
Vitaly Petrov                 LIF 26 +33.124
Hiroki Yoshimoto              ATA 26 +34.490
Bruno Senna                   RLR 26 +35.309
Tsugio Matsuda                ATA 26 +36.472
Alberto Valerio               JRM 26 +44.371
Nelson Piquet Jr.             EMI 26 +47.652
Ricardo Teixeira              JRM 26 +52.954
Simon Pagenaud                PMC 26 +53.388
Nelson Philippe               EMI 26 +1'14.139
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Markus Niemelä                ICE 22 collision (Turvey)
Heikki Kovalainen             HUN 10 accident damage
Lucas di Grassi               PMC 00 accident
Romain Grosjean               RES 00 collision (Philippe)
Fastest lap: Adrian Sutil 1'28.082 on lap 23

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 13 Aug 2014, 08:41

Information after Catalunya races. Requests for any changes until Friday August 15th 11.00 CET.

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 13 Aug 2014, 08:59

Restov will buy two new chassis, one for each driver.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 13 Aug 2014, 12:49

Two new chassis for SAC!

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 13 Aug 2014, 15:53

Euromotor International would like to purchase, if funds available, a reliability upgrade

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 13 Aug 2014, 18:27

FantometteBR wrote:Euromotor International would like to purchase, if funds available, a reliability upgrade

How much are you going to pay for update. 0.2 to 1 with 0.2 intervals. Percentages of success are listed in the opening post.

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 13 Aug 2014, 19:15

I will afford 0.6 in payment

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 13 Aug 2014, 19:57

Hunter Autosport will also acquire 2 brand new chassis

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 13 Aug 2014, 20:48

Peak Motorsport Canada will also like two new chassis.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 15 Aug 2014, 13:34

It was Timo Glock who went fastest early on and incredibnly no one could beat that time. Paul di Resta came close but lost by one thousand of second.

Andreas Zuber's car failed on the closing minutes of the qualifying session. Four drivers crashed their cars: Hiroki Yoshimoto, Lucas di Grassi, Armaan Ebrahim and Filipe Albuquerque.

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Timo Glock                  HUN 1'20.885
Paul di Resta               RES 1'20.886
Alx Danielsson              VEN 1'21.093
Heikki Kovalainen           HUN 1'21.102
Nelson Philippe             EMI 1'21.169
Nelson Piquet Jr.           EMI 1'21.224
Romain Grosjean             RES 1'21.246
Andre Lotterer              SAC 1'21.249
Giedo van der Garde         RLR 1'21.281
Bruno Senna                 RLR 1'21.327
Filipe Albuquerque          SAC 1'21.363
Vitaly Petrov               LIF 1'21.381
Oliver Turvey               EMB 1'21.514
Adrian Sutil                SFE 1'21.544
Sebastien Buemi             LIF 1'21.605
Tsugio Matsuda              ATA 1'21.656
Nico Hülkenberg             ICE 1'21.663
Markus Niemelä              ICE 1'21.676
Simon Pagenaud              PMC 1'21.709
Andreas Zuber               VEN 1'21.768
Lucas di Grassi             PMC 1'21.780
Alberto Valerio             JRM 1'21.787
Oliver Jarvis               EMB 1'21.824
Robbie Kerr                 SFE 1'21.951
Armaan Ebrahim              JRM 1'22.358
Hiroki Yoshimoto            ATA no time

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 22 Aug 2014, 08:15

Lap 1: Petrov and Turvey collide at Ste Devote. Both are out. Yoshimoto and Ebrahim have a small collision later on the lap. Ebrahim pits.
Order: di Resta, Glock, Danielsson, Philippe, Kovalainen, Grosjean, Piquet, Lotterer, Senna, van der Garde, Albuquerque, Sutil, Matsuda, Buemi, Niemelä, Hülkenberg, Pagenaud, Zuber, di Grassi, Valerio, Jarvis, Kerr, Yoshimoto, Ebrahim.
Lap 3: Glock overtakes di Resta for the lead. Piquet Jr. has a quick spin and drops to 13th.
Lap 6: Kerr retires after a collision with Jarvis.
Laps 8-14: Pit stops.
Lap 14: Lotterer overtakes Grosjean.
Lap 15: Glock, (1.1) di Resta , Danielsson, (3.4) Kovalainen, Philippe, (2.1) Lotterer, (1.6) Grosjean, (5.0) Albuquerque, van der Garde, Piquet Jr., (1.4) Sutil, (1.5) Senna, (4.0) Buemi, Matsuda, Pagenaud, (1.4) Niemelä, Zuber, (1.3) di Grassi, Hülkenberg, (6.1) Yoshimoto, Jarvis, (1.3) Valerio, (45.7) Ebrahim.
Lap 18: Albuquerque and van der Garde battle enough to allow Piquet past both into 8th. Zuber straightens swimming pool chicane and drops one place.
Lap 25: Van der Garde overtakes Albuquerque.
Lap 30: Di Grassi crashes at the latter part of swimming pool section, retires.
Lap 34: Philippe touches the wall and is forced to the pits. Grosjean has a quick spin and drops behind Piquet Jr. and van der Garde. However he is now gunning for pole position in the sprint.
Glock, (9.0), di Resta, Danielsson, Kovalainen, (7.9) Lotterer, (8.5) Piquet Jr., (1.2) van der Garde, (2.0) Grosjean, (3.9) Albuquerque, Sutil, (1.3) Senna, (7.9) Buemi, (3.1) Matsuda, Pagenaud, (2.0) Niemelä, (1.3) Zuber, Hülkenberg, (9.4) Yoshimoto, Jarvis, Philippe, (4.7) Valerio, (60.9, lap down on leaders) Ebrahim.
Lap 35: Danielsson slides to the wall at Mirabeau-Bas. He's out!
Lap 36: Philippe feels everything is not good with his car following the earlier incident, so he retires.
Lap 44: Not much happens through the rest of the race. Glock wins and Kovalainen concludes good race overall for Hunter Autosport with 3rd. di Resta was 2nd while Lotterer moves closer to championship lead. van der Garde and Grosjean open their point tallies.

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Timo Glock                 HUN 44 1:01'47.988
Paul di Resta              RES 44 +6.931
Heikki Kovalainen          HUN 44 +10.793
Andre Lotterer             SAC 44 +21.770
Nelson Piquet Jr.          EMI 44 +23.758
Giedo van der Garde        RLR 44 +28.623
Romain Grosjean            RES 44 +33.233
Filipe Albuquerque         SAC 44 +35.880
Adrian Sutil               SFE 44 +36.602
Bruno Senna                RLR 44 +40.606
Sebastien Buemi            LIF 44 +48.358
Tsugio Matsuda             ATA 44 +51.057
Simon Pagenaud             PMC 44 +52.292
Markus Niemelä             ICE 44 +54.024
Andreas Zuber              VEN 44 +54.464
Nico Hülkenberg            ICE 44 +59.756
Hiroki Yoshimoto           ATA 44 +1'05.031
Oliver Jarvis              EMB 44 +1'07.738
Alberto Valerio            JRM 44 +1'15.918
Armaan Ebrahim             JRM 43
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Nelson Philippe            EMI 35 accident damage
Alx Danielsson             VEN 34 accident
Lucas di Grassi            PMC 29 accident
Robbie Kerr                SFE 05 collision (Jarvis)
Vitaly Petrov              LIF 00 collision (Turvey)
Oliver Turvey              EMB 00 collision (Petrov)
Fastest lap: Nelson Piquet Jr. 1'22.384 on lap 39

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 28 Aug 2014, 21:44

Lap 1: di Resta managed to get ahead of Lotterer and Kovalainen but otherwise top 8 stayed in same order going through Ste Devote. This time no incidents there. Kovalainen lost two more positions during the first lap.
Albuqueque, Grosjean, van der Garde, Piquet Jr., di Resta, Lotterer, Glock, Senna, Kovalainen, Sutil, Buemi, Pagenaud, Niemelä, Matsuda, Zuber, Hülkenberg, Yoshimoto, Jarvis, Valerio, Ebrahim, Danielsson, Philippe, di Grassi, Kerr, Petrov, Turvey.
Lap 4: Mistake from Kovalainen allows Sutil into 9th.
Lap 5: Lotterer makes a small mistake and Glock goes through to 6th.
Lap 7: Danielsson drops to 24th after a mistake while trying to overtake Ebrahim.
Lap 9: Sutil gets bad getaway from the chicane and Kovalainen comes alongside him. They touch and both end into wall at Tabac. Safety car comes out.
Lap 13: Restart. Albuquerque, Grosjean, van der Garde, Piquet Jr., di Resta, Glock, Lotterer, Senna, Buemi, Pagenaud, Niemelä, Matsuda, Hülkenberg, Zuber, Yoshimoto, Jarvis, Valerio, Philippe, Ebrahim, di Grassi, Petrov, Danielsson, Kerr, Turvey.
Lap 14: Pagenaud retires.
Lap 16: Shaky events at the back. Drivers on positions 18-21 were in order Ebrahim, di Grassi, Danielsson, Petrov and end in Danielsson, Ebrahim, Petrov, di Grassi.
Lap 17: di Grassi has a big crash coming down to Mirabeau. He is OK, but car gets bad damage. Safety car.
Lap 20: Restart.
Lap 23: van der Garde and Piquet collide as Brazilian tries to overtake and Dutchman blocks him at the chicane. van der Garde drops down to 5th, Piquet Jr. down to 9th.
Lap 24: Matsuda damages his car as he touches wall at Casino. He pulls to the pits and retires.
Lap 28: Glock overtakes di Resta.
Lap 30: Final drama! Grosjean's car comes to a halt just after first corner. He is angry while climbing out.
Maximum time is reached on the same lap as they finish anyway. Albuquerque stays ahead, while Glock and di Resta take double podium for the event. van der Garde finishes fourth, Lotterer fifth, Senna opens his point tally with sixth. However, there is still more to come.
Post-race: The stewards heard drivers about Sutil/Kovalainen collision, after which it was decided that no further action was needed. However, Piquet Jr. was absolutely furious at van der Garde. What they said to each other is better not to be published. The post-race event was seen so serious that both drivers were disqualified from the race, van der Garde from fourth and Piquet Jr. from eighth. van der Garde was also awarded 10-place grid penalty for next race due to collision.

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Filipe Albuquerque                  SAC 30 45'01.891
Timo Glock                          HUN 30 +3.313
Paul di Resta                       RES 30 +4.840
Andre Lotterer                      SAC 30 +7.868
Bruno Senna                         RLR 30 +10.648
Sebastien Buemi                     LIF 30 +13.514
Markus Niemelä                      ICE 30 +15.930
Nico Hülkenberg                     ICE 30 +17.214
Andreas Zuber                       VEN 30 +17.933
Oliver Jarvis                       EMB 30 +18.499
Hiroki Yoshimoto                    ATA 30 +21.548
Nelson Philippe                     EMI 30 +22.572
Alberto Valerio                     JRM 30 +24.567
Alx Danielsson                      VEN 30 +25.046
Vitaly Petrov                       LIF 30 +26.996
Robbie Kerr                         SFE 30 +29.189
Oliver Turvey                       EMB 30 +29.865
Armaan Ebrahim                      JRM 30 +33.241
Romain Grosjean                     RES 29 mechanical
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Tsugio Matsuda                      ATA 23 accident damage
Lucas di Grassi                     PMC 17 accident
Simon Pagenaud                      PMC 13 mechanical
Adrian Sutil                        SFE 08 collision (Kovalainen)
Heikki Kovalainen                   HUN 08 collision
Giedo van der Garde                 RLR 30 disqualified
Nelson Piquet Jr.                   EMI 30 disqualified
Fastest lap: Paul di Resta 1'22.466 on lap 25

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 28 Aug 2014, 22:10

Peak Motorsport Canada would like to purchase a 0.8M reliability upgrade please

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 28 Aug 2014, 22:24

Situation after Monaco.

Update requests until 8.00 AM on Sunday, August 31st 2014.

Post by **Ataxia** » 29 Aug 2014, 00:20

New chassis for Danielsson, please. Zuber will get Alx's old one.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 31 Aug 2014, 07:08

Top of the championship was surprisingly struggling in the fourth qualifying of the GP2 season in Magny-Cours. Andre Lotterer, Alx Danielsson and Timo Glock will have a lot to do in the race.

Adrian Sutil claimed the pole position, his second in the series. Sebastien Buemi was a pleasant surprise in the qualifying, joining Sutil in the front row. Oliver Jarvis spun off and had to end his session early.

Giedo van der Garde will start 21st following the grid penalty.

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Adrian Sutil                SFE 1'25.158
Sebastien Buemi             LIF 1'25.205
Heikki Kovalainen           HUN 1'25.240
Paul di Resta               RES 1'25.318
Lucas di Grassi             PMC 1'25.336
Andreas Zuber               VEN 1'25.345
Andre Lotterer              SAC 1'25.375
Nico Hülkenberg             ICE 1'25.423
Filipe Albuquerque          SAC 1'25.500
Alx Danielsson              VEN 1'25.514
Giedo van der Garde         RLR 1'25.524
Bruno Senna                 RLR 1'25.599
Oliver Turvey               EMB 1'25.621
Nelson Piquet Jr.           EMI 1'25.650
Timo Glock                  HUN 1'25.670
Tsugio Matsuda              ATA 1'25.719
Robbie Kerr                 SFE 1'25.741
Vitaly Petrov               LIF 1'25.754
Simon Pagenaud              PMC 1'25.788
Markus Niemelä              ICE 1'25.804
Oliver Jarvis               EMB 1'25.823
Nelson Philippe             EMI 1'26.032
Romain Grosjean             RES 1'26.125
Armaan Ebrahim              JRM 1'26.372
Hiroki Yoshimoto            ATA 1'26.615
Alberto Valerio             JRM 1'27.024

* Earlier I had stated that chassis swap is allowed once in 3-year-cycle. Veneta Racing has done that now.
* Peak Motorsport Canada reliability upgrade was successful.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 16 Sep 2014, 09:01

Start: Buemi was able to get into the lead by the time the field reached Adelaide hairpin. After that, polesitter Sutil lost one more place to di Resta. Petrov stalled on the grid. He was able to continue but long time after everyone else.
Buemi, di Resta, Sutil, di Grassi, Kovalainen, Zuber, Lotterer, Albuquerque, Hülkenberg, Turvey, Danielsson, Piquet Jr., Senna, Glock, Matsuda, Kerr, Niemelä, van der Garde, Pagenaud, Jarvis, Ebrahim, Grosjean, Philippe, Valerio, Yoshimoto, Petrov.
Lap 2: Sutil overtakes di Resta. Albuquerque overtakes Lotterer.
Lap 3: Kovalainen overtakes di Grassi.
Lap 4: Hülkenberg overtakes Lotterer.
Lap 5: Yoshimoto goes off and is in need of pit stop. He goes for an extra lap though, since that means he doesn't need additional stop.
Lap 6: Lotterer is going to re-take Hülkenberg and is already half a car length past him until Hülkenberg puts front tyre ahead of Lotterer's rear tyre. They collide, punting Lotterer to the side of the track and Hülkenberg getting also terminal damage.
Lap 7: Kovalainen overtakes di Resta. van der Garde pits and retires.
Lap 8: Senna and Danielsson clash. Both pit for repairs.
Until lap 13: All pit stops are made. Buemi's stop was a slow one and Sutil took the lead back.
Lap 13: Sutil, Buemi, di Resta, Kovalainen, Zuber, di Grassi, Albuquerque, Turvey, Glock, Piquet Jr., Matsuda, Pagenaud, Senna, Kerr, Jarvis, Niemelä, Philippe, Ebrahim, Grosjean, Valerio, Danielsson (who had another off), Yoshimoto, Petrov.
Lap 20: Albuquerque overtakes di Grassi.
Lap 21: Small mistake from Grosjean drops him from 19th to 21st.
Lap 25: Amazingly close battle in the front. Sutil, Buemi, di Resta and Kovalainen within a second. Zuber 2.6 behind, Albuquerque 4.7, di Grassi 7.8 and Turvey 11.5 with Glock just behind. Piquet Jr. tenth with Matsuda, Pagenaud, Senna, Kerr, Jarvis, Niemelä, Philippe, Danielsson, Ebrahim, Valerio, Grosjean, Yoshimoto and Petrov rounding the field.
Lap 26: Buemi outbrakes Sutil to take the lead.
Lap 28: Glock snatches 8th place from Turvey and is now on road for the pole.
Lap 31: Piquet Jr. overtakes Turvey.
Lap 32: Kovalainen overtakes di Resta.
Lap 40: Both Junior Reject Motorsport drivers spun off in separate events. Ebrahim at Imola corner, Valerio goes off at Nürburgring corner.
Lap 41: Buemi snatches his first win in the series as well as first for any Swiss driver. Sutil and Kovalainen join him on the podium. Glock gets pole for the sprint race.

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Sebastien Buemi             LIF 41 1:01'18.216
Adrian Sutil                SFE 41 +0.703
Heikki Kovalainen           HUN 41 +1.025
Paul di Resta               RES 41 +1.774
Andreas Zuber               VEN 41 +4.236
Filipe Albuquerque          SAC 41 +6.453
Lucas di Grassi             PMC 41 +11.879
Timo Glock                  HUN 41 +13.001
Nelson Piquet Jr.           EMI 41 +15.659
Oliver Turvey               EMB 41 +20.149
Tsugio Matsuda              ATA 41 +21.716
Simon Pagenaud              PMC 41 +23.464
Bruno Senna                 RLR 41 +26.858
Oliver Jarvis               EMB 41 +29.376
Alx Danielsson              VEN 41 +31.496
Robbie Kerr                 SFE 41 +36.195
Markus Niemelä              ICE 41 +40.538
Nelson Philippe             EMI 41 +41.055
Romain Grosjean             RES 41 +49.414
Hiroki Yoshimoto            ATA 41 +1'07.485
Vitaly Petrov               LIF 40 (finished between Senna and Jarvis)
Armaan Ebrahim              JRM 39 spun off
Alberto Valerio             JRM 39 spun off
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Giedo van der Garde         RLR 07 mechanical
Nico Hülkenberg             ICE 05 collision (Lotterer)
Andre Lotterer              SAC 05 collision (Hülkenberg)
Fastest lap: Paul di Resta 1'27.701 on lap 35

Stewards' decision: Nico Hülkenberg will start the sprint race from the pit lane due to collision with Lotterer.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 16 Sep 2014, 22:06

BAN HULKENBERG! :evil:

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 16 Sep 2014, 23:34

we will replace petrov,using after france Daniel Ricciardo.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 22 Sep 2014, 19:13

Start: It is Albuquerque who succeeds in the start and leads into Adelaide. Glock and di Grassi follow. But before the first lap is completed, Glock leads.
Glock, Albuquerque, di Grassi, Zuber, Sutil, di Resta, Kovalainen, Buemi, Piquet Jr., Turvey, Matsuda, Pagenaud, Senna, Jarvis, Danielsson, Niemelä, Kerr, Philippe, Petrov, Yoshimoto, van der Garde, Ebrahim, Valerio, Lotterer, Hülkenberg, Grosjean.
Grosjean was out of the race after contact with Kerr. While Grosjean has been involved in multiple collisions, this one was Kerr's fault.
Lap 3: Ebrahim loses one and half seconds by going off. He drops to last.
Lap 4: Kerr retires to the pits with mechanical problem.
Lap 5: Kovalainen crashes heavily at the exit of Estoril corner. Safety car. Kovalainen climbs out but is clearly shaken. di Resta manages to get past Sutil.
Lap 10: Restart. Glock, Albuquerque, di Grassi, Zuber, di Resta, Sutil, Buemi, Piquet Jr., Turvey, Matsuda, Senna, Pagenaud, Jarvis, Danielsson, Niemelä, Petrov, Philippe, Yoshimoto, van der Garde, Hülkenberg, Lotterer, Valerio, Ebrahim.
Lap 12: di Resta overtakes Zuber and Piquet Jr. overtakes Buemi.
Lap 13: Piquet Jr. and Sutil are so tight in their battle so Buemi overtakes them both. Pagenaud overtakes Matsuda.
Lap 15: Senna's mistake drops him to 19th.
Lap 16: di Resta overtakes di Grassi.
Lap 22: Matsuda and Jarvis collide. Jarvis is out, Matsuda pits.
Lap 23: Niemelä goes off and pits.
Lap 27: Glock slows coming out of Lycee corner! Is it a problem?
Luckily no, it was brilliant tactic by the team. He had three-second-gap to Albuquerque and with his normal speed he would have started another lap. He slowed enough to make the race end on this lap thanks to 45-minute-limit. The race was obviously slowed by the safety car.

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Timo Glock                   HUN 27 45'00.961
Filipe Albuquerque           SAC 27 +0.979
Paul di Resta                RES 27 +1.629
Lucas di Grassi              PMC 27 +3.842
Andreas Zuber                VEN 27 +4.648
Sebastien Buemi              LIF 27 +5.558
Adrian Sutil                 SFE 27 +8.862
Nelson Piquet Jr.            EMI 27 +9.805
Oliver Turvey                EMB 27 +11.716
Simon Pagenaud               PMC 27 +11.974
Alx Danielsson               VEN 27 +17.641
Vitaly Petrov                LIF 27 +18.130
Nelson Philippe              EMI 27 +19.798
Giedo van der Garde          RLR 27 +21.351
Nico Hülkenberg              ICE 27 +21.616
Andre Lotterer               SAC 27 +23.389
Bruno Senna                  RLR 27 +24.611
Alberto Valerio              JRM 27 +33.804
Hiroki Yoshimoto             ATA 27 +35.096
Armaan Ebrahim               JRM 27 +38.953
Tsugio Matsuda               ATA 27 +1'00.108
Markus Niemelä               ICE 27 +1'07.660
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Oliver Jarvis                EMB 21 collision (Matsuda)
Heikki Kovalainen            HUN 04 accident
Robbie Kerr                  SFE 04 mechanical
Romain Grosjean              RES 01 collision damage
Fastest lap: Timo Glock 1'27.820 on lap 21

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 22 Sep 2014, 19:24

Newest situation.

Notes:

*Ricciardo will replace Petrov from Silverstone onwards. That will cost 0,1M.
*Kerr will have 10-place grid penalty due to the collision with Grosjean
*Matsuda will have 10-place grid penalty due to the collision with Jarvis
*Kovalainen will miss Silverstone race due to injury (concussion) from his sprint race accident. Hunter Autosport will need to bring replacement driver. Unless the driver asks to be paid, the swap is free.

Deadline for any changes Thursday September 25th, 08:00 CET.

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 24 Sep 2014, 17:20

If posiible Hunter Autosport will hire the recently released Vitaly Petrov to replace Kovalianen at Silverstone

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 25 Sep 2014, 03:49

Euromotor will spend 0.4m in a minimal performance upgrade

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 25 Sep 2014, 08:37

Scuderia Alitalia Coloni conquered the front row at Silverstone. Unlike it has been on many occasions, this time it really was teams showing big strength, because behind them, Hunter Autosport and Ember Racing drivers shared next two rows. Vitaly Petrov, recently sacked from Life Motorsport, surprised and took 3rd spot, two places ahead of his team-mate and championship leader Timo Glock.

There was no big drama in the session in terms of accidents or mechanical problems.

Robbie Kerr and Tsugio Matsuda will start from the back row following their grid penalties.

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Andre Lotterer                SAC 1'29.004
Filipe Albuquerque            SAC 1'29.137
Vitaly Petrov                 HUN 1'29.224
Oliver Jarvis                 EMB 1'29.282
Timo Glock                    HUN 1'29.315
Oliver Turvey                 EMB 1'29.327
Bruno Senna                   RLR 1'29.382
Alx Danielsson                VEN 1'29.392
Sebastien Buemi               LIF 1'29.421
Romain Grosjean               RES 1'29.510
Andreas Zuber                 VEN 1'29.580
Simon Pagenaud                PMC 1'29.594
Paul di Resta                 RES 1'29.657
Giedo van der Garde           RLR 1'29.678
Adrian Sutil                  SFE 1'29.695
Lucas di Grassi               PMC 1'29.719
Daniel Ricciardo              LIF 1'29.813
Hiroki Yoshimoto              ATA 1'29.846
Robbie Kerr                   SFE 1'29.849
Nico Hülkenberg               ICE 1'29.897
Nelson Piquet Jr.             EMI 1'29.915
Markus Niemelä                ICE 1'29.952
Nelson Philippe               EMI 1'29.993
Tsugio Matsuda                ATA 1'30.011
Alberto Valerio               JRM 1'30.396
Armaan Ebrahim                JRM 1'30.492

Euromotor International upgrade was not successful.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 26 Sep 2014, 01:19

Due to consistently disappointing results, Robbie Kerr will be dropped from the Starforce squad at the conclusion of this weekend. Loic Duval will take his place for the rest of the season.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 02 Oct 2014, 14:12

Start: No changes on the front except Glock taking fourth place. Further back, Yoshimoto hit Piquet Jr. and forced the Brazilian off road, rejoining the race in last position. Yoshimoto was out on the spot.
Lotterer, Albuquerque, Petrov, Glock, Jarvis, Turvey, Senna, Buemi, Grosjean, Zuber, Danielsson, Pagenaud, Sutil, di Resta, van der Garde, di Grassi, Ricciardo, Hülkenberg, Niemelä, Valerio, Philippe, Kerr, Matsuda, Ebrahim, Piquet Jr.
Lap 6: Glock overtakes Petrov.
Lap 8: Turvey overtakes Jarvis, Danielsson overtakes Zuber. So three passes between team-mates. Little did we know how much that affects the race...
Lap 10: Big crash between Pagenaud and van der Garde at Club. Safety car is deployed and everyone pits. Yes, this means that the drivers who are ahead of their team-mates get advantage...
Lap 11: Lotterer, Turvey, Glock, Senna, Buemi, Grosjean, Sutil, Danielsson, Albuquerque, Jarvis, Petrov, di Grassi, Ricciardo, Hülkenberg, Kerr, Zuber, di Resta, Valerio, Philippe, Matsuda, Ebrahim, Niemelä, Piquet Jr.
Lap 14: Restart.
Lap 15: Jarvis goes off and retires. Despite the big hit, driver is OK.
Lap 17: Sutil overtakes Grosjean.
Lap 19: Glock hits Turvey and needs new front wing. Turvey loses a bit of time, allowing Senna to second.
Lap 21: Lotterer makes a mistake and goes off at Abbey. He's out of the race, Senna leads!
Lap 23: Kerr spins off.
Lap 25: Albuquerque overtakes Danielsson.
Lap 28: Albuquerque spins off at the same place where his team-mate went off. Bad day for Scuderia Alitalia Coloni.
Lap 33: di Grassi and Hülkenberg collide in their battle for sprint race pole. It ends in a retirement for both drivers. Ricciardo moves up to 8th in his debut race. With safety car coming out, this also confirms a victory for Senna.
Lap 36: Race finishes under the safety car.
Post-race: Glock was deemed responsible for the collision with Turvey. With Glock finishing last of the drivers the stewards decided to remove his fastest lap of the race, which would have given him one point. This point goes to Turvey. Other incidents in the race won't lead to any penalties.

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Bruno Senna                  RLR 36 59'45.844
Oliver Turvey                EMB 36 +0.546
Sebastien Buemi              LIF 36 +1.156
Adrian Sutil                 SFE 36 +1.721
Alx Danielsson               VEN 36 +2.241
Romain Grosjean              RES 36 +2.803
Vitaly Petrov                HUN 36 +3.338
Daniel Ricciardo             LIF 36 +3.842
Andreas Zuber                VEN 36 +4.454
Tsugio Matsuda               ATA 36 +4.968
Paul di Resta                RES 36 +5.626
Alberto Valerio              JRM 36 +6.144
Nelson Philippe              EMI 36 +6.616
Markus Niemelä               ICE 36 +7.173
Nelson Piquet Jr.            EMI 36 +7.731
Armaan Ebrahim               JRM 36 +8.301
Timo Glock                   HUN 36 +8.838
Lucas di Grassi              PMC 32 collision (Hülkenberg)
Nico Hülkenberg              ICE 32 collision (di Grassi)
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Filipe Albuquerque           SAC 27 spun off
Robbie Kerr                  SFE 22 spun off
Andre Lotterer               SAC 20 accident
Oliver Jarvis                EMB 14 accident
Simon Pagenaud               PMC 09 collision (van der Garde)
Giedo van der Garde          RLR 09 collision (Pagenaud)
Hiroki Yoshimoto             ATA 00 collision (Piquet Jr.)
Fastest lap: Oliver Turvey 1'31.793 on lap 30

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 02 Oct 2014, 17:24

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 14 Oct 2014, 07:07

Start: No incidents on the first lap. Many changes in order though, Petrov moved into lead. Sutil overtook Danielsson at the start and Grosjean later on the first lap.
Petrov, Ricciardo, Sutil, Grosjean, Danielsson, Turvey, Buemi, Matsuda, Senna, di Resta, Zuber, Valerio, Niemelä, Ebrahim, Philippe, Piquet Jr., di Grassi, Glock, Hülkenberg, Lotterer, Kerr, Albuquerque, Pagenaud, Jarvis, Yoshimoto, van der Garde.
Lap 2: Turvey and Buemi collide with both going out of the race.
Lap 3: Another incident, this time with Niemelä and Valerio. Niemelä is out, Valerio drops from 10th to 11th.
Lap 4: More crashes and this time it's the leading pair! Ricciardo hits Petrov and is out of the race. Petrov escapes almost unscatched, but Sutil is now in the lead. Meanwhile, Ebrahim, who is up to 10th, comes into the pits to serve drive through penalty - he had jumped the start.
Lap 5: Glock has charged his way up to 9th already. Sutil was put under investigation for not lifting for the yellow flags. However, his subsequent laps were enough to convince that he lifted, therefore no penalty for him.
Lap 6: Zuber goes off at Chapel, safety car comes out.
Lap 9: Restart.
Lap 10: Lotterer and Hülkenberg clash, Hülkenberg is out and Lotterer drops two places.
Sutil, Petrov, Grosjean, Danielsson, Matsuda, Senna, di Resta, Glock, Philippe, Valerio, di Grassi, Piquet Jr., Albuquerque, Lotterer, Kerr, Jarvis, Pagenaud, Yoshimoto, van der Garde, Ebrahim.
Lap 11: Guess what? A collision? Yes, this time it's Senna and di Resta who crash each other out.
Lap 13: And another. Pagenaud hits Kerr and forces both drivers to make a pit stop.
Lap 14: Matsuda spins off.
Lap 16: Valerio spins off.
Lap 17: Lotterer overtakes Albuquerque.
Lap 19: Glock overtakes Danielsson.
Lap 24: Nothing more happens. Sutil wins, while Petrov and Grosjean take their first podiums. Glock made a great recovery drive to take fourth.

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Adrian Sutil                   SFE 24 38'37.981
Vitaly Petrov                  HUN 24 +3.486
Romain Grosjean                RES 24 +5.906
Timo Glock                     HUN 24 +6.255
Alx Danielsson                 VEN 24 +11.037
Nelson Philippe                EMI 24 +17.311
Lucas di Grassi                PMC 24 +18.615
Andre Lotterer                 SAC 24 +18.866
Filipe Albuquerque             SAC 24 +19.460
Nelson Piquet Jr.              EMI 24 +20.340
Oliver Jarvis                  EMB 24 +22.800
Hiroki Yoshimoto               ATA 24 +26.256
Giedo van der Garde            RLR 24 +28.915
Armaan Ebrahim                 JRM 24 +38.103
Simon Pagenaud                 PMC 24 +1'05.920
Robbie Kerr                    SFE 24 +1.15.092
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Alberto Valerio                JRM 15 spun off
Tsugio Matsuda                 ATA 13 spun off
Bruno Senna                    RLR 10 collision (di Resta)
Paul di Resta                  RES 10 collision (Senna)
Nico Hülkenberg                ICE 09 collision (Lotterer)
Andreas Zuber                  VEN 05 accident
Daniel Ricciardo               LIF 03 collision (Petrov)
Markus Niemelä                 ICE 02 collision (Valerio)
Oliver Turvey                  EMB 01 collision (Buemi)
Sebastien Buemi                LIF 01 collision (Turvey)
Fastest lap: Timo Glock 1'31.438 on lap 20

I tell that one of the drivers who retired because of crash was due to retire with mechanical troubles later in the race...

Penalties for Nürburgring feature race:
Senna 5 places
Pagenaud 5 places

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 14 Oct 2014, 07:41

Newest info. Cost for Starforce Engineering driver change is 0,1M.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 14 Oct 2014, 07:54

PMC would like to purchase a new chassis for Di Grassi and a 0.8M minimum performance upgrade as well.