Grand Prix Rejects

Team: CoBRa Motorsports

---First Driver---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Option A
Driver Name: Martin Donnelly
Basis: Contracted
Wage: 100,000
Contract length (races): 11
Payment method: Per Season

Option B
Driver Name: Johnny Herbert
Basis: Contracted
Wage: 70,000
Contract length (races): 11
Payment method: Per Season

Option C
Driver Name: Mark Blundell
Basis: Contracted
Wage: 70,000
Contract length (races): 11
Payment method: Per Season

Option D
Driver Name: Eddie Irvine
Basis: Contracted
Wage: 55,000
Contract length (races): 11
Payment method: Per Season

Option E
Driver Name: Andrea Chiesa
Basis: Contracted
Wage: 55,000
Contract length (races): 11
Payment method: Per Season

---Second Driver---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Option A
Driver Name: Eddie Irvine
Basis: Pay-Driver
Wage: N/A
Contract length (races): 11
Payment method: Per Season

Option B
Driver Name: Andrea Chiesa
Basis: Pay-Driver
Wage: N/A
Contract length (races): 11
Payment method: Per Season

Option C
Driver Name: Eric van de Poele
Basis: Pay-Driver
Wage: N/A
Contract length (races): 11
Payment method: Per Season

Option D
Driver Name: Mauro Martini
Basis: Pay-Driver
Wage: N/A
Contract length (races): 11
Payment method: Per Season

Option E
Driver Name: Stephane Proulx
Basis: Pay-Driver
Wage: N/A
Contract length (races): 11
Payment method: Per Season

Since the Alt-F1 RNGs have now been run, the following drivers are no longer available:

- Jean Alesi
- Gabriele Tarquini
- Mauricio Gugelmin
- Olivier Grouillard

Make sure to adjust your bids as necessary before the deadline

Wizzie wrote:Since the Alt-F1 RNGs have now been run...

Damn, I missed that. Tell me, did I get Senna?

Bids adjusted

Amended driver bids:

Car 1
Option A
Driver Name: Eric van der Poele
Basis: contracted
Wage: 80,000
Contract length (races): all
Payment method: per seaon

Option B
Driver Name: Fabrizio Giovanardi
Basis: contracted
Wage: 60,000
Contract length (races): All
Payment method: per season

Option C
Driver Name: Perry McCarthy
Basis: pay driver
Wage: N/A
Contract length (races): All
Payment method: per season

Car 2
Option A
Driver Name: Jorg Scrattenheim (fictional, owned by me)
Basis: Contracted
Wage: 60,000
Contract length (races): All
Payment method: per season

Option B
Driver Name: Rickard Rydell
Basis: pay driver
Wage: N/A
Contract length (races): All
Payment method: per season

Dexter249 wrote:

Wizzie wrote:With just over 48 hours to go until the deadline, the following teams still need to place bids for drivers:
CoBRA
Middlebridge

The following teams will also need to modify offers as per the rules. Any illegal bids after the deadline will be ignored:
Onyx
Pacific
EJR

The first round of driver RNGs will not be run until after the Alt-1989 F1 RNGs, as there are several drivers that have offers from both categories. After that, if there are any empty seats, drivers will be RNGed as offers are made to them.

I guess we'll have to snatch any Pay-Drivers we can get!, Also what bids?

As Onyx owner, what I should modify to get into the rules?

FantometteBR wrote:

Dexter249 wrote:

Wizzie wrote:With just over 48 hours to go until the deadline, the following teams still need to place bids for drivers:
CoBRA
Middlebridge

The following teams will also need to modify offers as per the rules. Any illegal bids after the deadline will be ignored:
Onyx
Pacific
EJR

The first round of driver RNGs will not be run until after the Alt-1989 F1 RNGs, as there are several drivers that have offers from both categories. After that, if there are any empty seats, drivers will be RNGed as offers are made to them.

I guess we'll have to snatch any Pay-Drivers we can get!, Also what bids?

As Onyx owner, what I should modify to get into the rules?

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7841&start=40#p367670

Wizzie, under 'Contract' wrote:You may offer a driver a wage to join your team; this must be between £55k-£110k per season (or £5k-£10k per race).

Always read through it carefully, guys.

Onyx bids adjusted

Onyx's Bids

FIrst driver
Option A
Driver Name: Bertrand Gachot
Basis: contracted
Wage: 60,000
Contract length (races): all season
Payment method: per season

Option B
Driver Name: Gianni Morbidelli
Basis: contracted
Wage: 55,000
Contract length (races): all season
Payment method: per season

Option C
Driver Name: Hiro Matsushita
Basis: Pay Driver
Wage: N/A
Contract length (races): all season
Payment method: per season

Option D
Driver Name: Gary Brabham
Basis: Pay Driver
Wage: N/A
Contract length (races): all season
Payment method: per season

Second Driver

Option A
Driver Name: Erik Comas
Basis: Contracted
Wage: 55,000
Contract length (races): all season
Payment method: per season

Option B
Driver Name: JJ Lehto
Basis: Contracted
Wage: 55,000
Contract length (races): all season
Payment method: per season

Option C
Driver Name: Eric van de Poele
Basis: Pay Driver
Wage: N/A
Contract length (races): all season
Payment method: per season

Option D
Driver Name: Emanuele Naspetti
Basis: Pay Driver
Wage: N/A
Contract length (races): all season
Payment method: per season

1989 F3000 Driver Bids - Round 1

Here are the results of the first round of driver bids (I had the backstories typed up somewhere, but I can't seem to find them). RNGs are posted in the order in which they were rolled.

For paydrivers, each were allocated a tier like last year, and the amounts they brought to a team were RNGed. The tiers were as follows:


Bernd Schneider
1-70: Forti
71-100: WTCM
45 - Forti sign their first driver with Schneider

Martin Donnelly
1-75: CoBRa
76-100: CART
55 - After some hesitation, the reigning F3K champ signs with CoBRa

Emanuele Pirro
1-90: IBR
91-100: WTCM
33 - Pirro stays at IBR for another year

Johnny Herbert
1-50: Madgewick
51-95: EJR
96-100: CART
60 - Herbert signs with EJR

Mark Blundell
1-60: Bromley
61-100: WSCC
71 - Blundell focuses on his Nissan Sportscar gig in Japan

Dave Coyne
1-90: Madgewick
91-100: British F3
86 - After some difficulty, Coyne finds the funding for the Madgewick drive
35 - Coyne will bring £55k to Madgewick for the year

Nino Fama
1-95: FIRST
96-100: Italian F3
88 - Fama signs with FIRST for 1989
83 - Fama will bring £25k per race to FIRST

Gimax Jr.
1-95: FIRST
96-100: Italian F3
34 - Gimax Jr. joins his countryman at FIRST
6 - Gimax Jr. will bring £5k per race to FIRST

Severino Nardozzi
1-95: FIRST
96-100: Italian F3
21 - Nardozzi makes it three from three for FIRST
52 - Fama will bring £15k per race to FIRST

Giovanna Amati
1-95: FIRST
96-100: Italian F3
17 - Amati completes the FIRST quartet
6 - Amati will bring £5k per race to FIRST

Perry McCarthy
1-48: Spirit
49-98: GA
99-100: All-Japan F3
3 - McCarthy will lead the Spirit assault for 1989

Damon Hill
1-45: Madgewick
46-72: GA
73-99: Bromley
100: WTCM
75 - Hill will be the first Bromley driver for 1989

Marco Apicella
1-45: IBR
46-80: Forti
81-99: Wait for Oreca
100: WTCM
100 - Apicella defies all conventional wisdom and goes off to drive Touring Cars for 1989

Thomas Danielsson
1-50: Bromley
51-95: GA
96-100: WTCM
3 - Danielsson will complete the Bromley lineup for 1989
4 - Danilesson will bring £55k to Bromley for the year


Jean-Denis Deletraz
1-55: Spirit
56-95: GA
96-100: British F3000
13 - Deletraz will stay at Spirit for another year
96 - Deletraz will bring £275k to Spirit for the year

Michel Ferte
1-90: GA
91-100: WSCC
43 - Ferte becomes the first GA driver signed for 1989
9 - Ferte will bring £55k to GA for the year

Allan McNish
1-60: Oreca
61-95: Pacific
96-100: WTCM
12 - McNish will join Oreca for 1989
91 - McNish will bring £220k to Oreca for the year

Erik Comas
1-80: Oreca
81-95: GA
96-100: WSCC
38 - Comas will complete the Oreca lineup for 1989

Erik Bernard
1-90: EJR
91-100: WTCM
78 - Bernard joins Herbert at EJR for the upcoming season

Hiro Matsushita
1-80: Onyx
81-100: Indy Lights
20 - King Hiro is coming to a racetrack near you
86 - Panasonic and Matsushita will bring £275k to Onyx for the year

Bertrand Gachot
1-90: GA
91-100: WTCM
35 - Gachot completes the GA lineup

Eddie Irvine
1-75: CoBRa
76-100: Japanese F3000
85 - Irv the Swerve's joining Blundell on the JAL redeye to Tokyo

Andrea Chiesa
1-90: CoBRa
96-100: Italian F3
38 - Chiesa completes the CoBRa lineup for 1989
78 - Chiesa will bring £165k to CoBRa

Eric van de Poele
1-90: DAMS
91-100: WTCM
20 - EVDP joins Scrattenheim at the revamped DAMS team

Fabrizio Giovanardi
1-90: IBR
91-100: WTCM
38 - Gio completes the IBR all-Italian dream team

Emanuele Naspetti
1-90: Onyx
91-100: WTCM
60 - Naspetti signs with Onyx for the upcoming season
69 - Naspetti will bring £55k to Onyx

Gianni Mobidelli
1-90: Forti
91-100: Italian F3
32 - Morbidelli will complete the Forti lineup for 1989

A summary of the current lineups can be found here. For teams that have yet to fill seats, offers must be made before 12:00 GMT on Saturday 12th November. After that point, empty seats will be allocated drivers, and it will not be pretty.

Madwick will bid for the following drivers in order of preference:

Option A
Driver Name: Mark Blundell
Basis: contracted
Wage: 80,000
Contract length (races): all season
Payment method: per season

Option B
Driver Name: Rickard Rydell
Basis: Pay-Driver
Wage: N/A
Contract length (races): all season
Payment method: per season

Option C
Driver Name: Eliseo Salazar
Basis: contracted
Wage: 70,000
Contract length (races): all season
Payment method: per season

The arrangement will be as follows:

R1-4: Nino Fama
R5-7: Severino Nardozzi
R8-9: Gimax Jr.
R10-11: Giovanna Amati

As usual Because we're cashstrapped we'll just take two random paydrivers

Mark Blundell - He may be on the flight to Japan at the moment, but his Nissan contract does offer some flexibility. An 11th hour offer from Madgewick opens the door for a possible future in F1

1-60: Signs
61-100: Declines
33 - Blundell signs with Madgewick

Drivers have been updated on the wiki, and budgets will be done shortly. Once that's all settled, we'll get down to racing

1989 Round 1 - Silverstone

Qualifying
1. Emanuele Pirro: 1:10.279
2. Mark Blundell: +0.482
3. Fabrizio Giovanardi: +0.521
4. Josephine Aarseth: +0.609
5. JJ Letho: +0.698
6. Eric Bernard: +0.794
7. Erik Comas: +0.795
8. Johnny Herbert: +0.801
9. Jorg Scrattenheim: +0.839
10. Bernd Schneider: +0.845
11. Allan McNish: +0.970
12. Eric van de Poele: +1.022
13. Geoff Donnelly: +1.146
14. Emanuele Naspetti: +1.248
15. Gianni Morbidelli: +1.635
16. Martin Donnelly: +1.850
17. Dave Coyne: +2.044
18. Bertrand Gachot: +2.135
19. Michel Ferte: +2.178
20. Nino Fama: +2.220
21. Andrea Chiesa: +2.448
22. Marco Greco: +2.535
23. Hiro Matsushita: +2.663
24. Damon Hill: +2.719
25. Ross Hockenhull: +2.790
26. Thomas Danielsson: +2.893
DNQ. Perry McCarthy: +3.017
DNQ. Jean-Denis Deletraz: +3.063

Race


Fastest Lap: Emanuele Pirro: 1:13.026
Drive of the Race: JJ Letho - Was on pace to beat Pirro on debut before the engine expired
Reject of the Race: Allan McNish - Threw away certain podium with silly driver error

Silverstone turned into a battle of attrition, with only 11 cars making it to the finish (Naspetti retired and came to a halt at the final corner whilst running in 6th). Up front, the race quickly became a battle between Pirro on the two stopper, and Letho on the one-stop strategy. Letho was leading with a few laps to go with Pirro catching before his Mugen-Honda cried no more.

Post-Race
- Due to suffering no less than six engine-related failures, Mugen Motorsport have started development on a reliability package that will be ready in time for Pau. In the meantime, they are offering to cover half the repair and replacement costs for ALL EXISTING MUGEN CUSTOMERS until the updates are ready

Damages
Geoff Donnelly (Mugen Honda MF308/5): £47,700
Nino Fama (Mugen Honda MF308/8): £38,700
Bertrand Gachot (Judd AV/5): £21,600
Erik Comas (Mugen Honda MF308/3): £47,700
Josephine Aarseth (Mugen Honda MF308/7): £66,600
Fabrizio Giovanardi (Mugen Honda MF308/2): £73,800
Mark Blundell (Ford-Cosworth DFY/7): £31,500
Eric Bernard (Ford-Cosworth DFY/12): £48,750
JJ Letho (Mugen Honda MF308/6): £54,900
Emanuele Naspetti (Ford-Cosworth DFY/10): £36,750
Johnny Herbert (Lola T88/50/1): £38,250

NOTE: This is BEFORE discounts for Mugen customers. Repairs need to be done by 12:00 GMT on Saturday 3rd December

Comas' engine will be repaired.

Wizzie wrote:Fabrizio Giovanardi (Mugen Honda MF308/2): £73,800

IBR will repair his damn engine.

Goddamn .

Well if I'm going into debt anyway I'll sell Herbert's damaged chassis and buy a Lola T89/50, and I will repair Bernard's engine fully

Excellent start to the season for Scrattenheim, shame that EVDP had a suspension failure. Good pace early for DAMS.

We will repair Gachot's engine

Naspetti engine to be repaired

FIRST will repair everything.

We'll repair it all.

For the next race Herbert will take the Lola T89 while Bernard will have the remaining Lola T88.

Well at least DNQ-ing for everything means I don't have to spend money on repairs!

1989 Round 2 - Imola

Qualifying
1. Emanuele Pirro: 1:31.145
2. Johnny Herbert: +0.064
3. Fabrizio Giovanardi: +0.323
4. Allan McNish: +0.482
5. Mark Blundell: +0.540
6. Eric Bernard: +0.911
7. Martin Donnelly: +1.094
8. Erik Comas: +1.260
9. Emanuele Naspetti: +1.566
10. Jorg Scrattenheim: +1.648
11. Josephine Aarseth: +1.684
12. Bernd Schneider: +1.910
13. Damon Hill: +1.911
14. Eric van de Poele: +1.921
15. Andrea Chiesa: +2.217
16. Gianni Morbidelli: +2.599
17. Hiro Matsushita: +2.908
18. Michel Ferte: +3.025
19. Perry McCarthy: +3.127
20. Marco Greco: +3.216
21. Bertrand Gachot: +3.327
22. Jean-Denis Deletraz: +3.373
23. Dave Coyne: +3.416
24. Thomas Danielsson: +3.427
25. Nino Fama: +3.592
26. Pedro Chaves: +3.730

Race


Fastest Lap: Johnny Herbert - 1:35.242
Drive of the Race: Fabrizio Giovanardi - Was on track to score valuable points after being punted off on lap one before an engine failure ended his day
Reject of the Race: CoBRa - Both cars retired with identical failures within a lap of each other

The race was a story of one man - Johnny Herbert. Having been given a brand new 89-spec Lola to play with, the Englishman absolutely dominated proceedings when most of the front runners took each other out within the first three corners of proceedings. Napsetti and Blundell survived the chaos to complete the podium, while further back, Damon Hill scored a valuable point for Bromley.

Post-Race

- Having gotten word that Mugen Honda have a development package imminent, Ford Cosworth have responded, and have a similar upgrade in the works with a release date to be determined. John Judd is yet to follow suit with the AV.
- Eric Bernard was checked at the medical centre after his big accident on the first lap. He was later cleared without injury and is free to participate at the next round.

Damage

Fabrizio Giovanardi (Mugen Honda MF308/2): £41,400
Allan McNish (Mugen Honda MF308/4): £67,500
Martin Donnelly (Ford-Cosworth DFY/5): £25,500
Andrea Chiesa (Ford-Cosworth DFY/6): £19,500
Emanuele Pirro (Lola T89/50/1): £12,500
Eric Bernard (Lola T88/50/2): £96,750

Repairs are to be done before 12:00 GMT on Thursday 22nd December

IBR will fix everything one last time. However, Mugen-Honda should be acutely aware that if they don't start absorbing our repair costs themselves for their hand-grenades that are misleadingly called "engines", we will take our business elsewhere.

CoBRa will repair all damages incurred at Imola.

At least once we did something fun

Jordan will repair the Lola T88 for next race.

Eric Bernard will be warned: If he gives the team another huge repair bill we're sticking him in a Mooncraft.

ORECA will repair McNish's engine.

Spirit will repair everything after the shock of qualifying and a race finish for Deletraz has breathed new life into the team! We can do this lads!

Couple of housekeeping items to take care of before Pau:

- Due to extenuating circumstances, I will be the caretaker owner for Middlebridge until SuperAguri returns. In the interest of fairness, Middlebridge drivers will not be locked down to season-long contracts, which means other teams can bid for them. Should Middlebridge go bankrupt due to bad luck or bad management, SuperAguri will move to first on the waiting list, and will have first pick of any new teams as he desires
- Due to the rather large repair bills a few teams are facing, a modification has been made to the way engine RNGs are done. Now, if the engine failure is due to an oil or water leak, the damage RNG is capped at 50% of the engine value. This has been applied retrospectively, so IBR, Middlebridge and Oreca will have some money returned as a result
-In addition to that, post-season prize money will be reviewed during the season, and if it looks like too many teams will struggle into 1990, will be increased accordingly

The Pau race weekend post will be up shortly

1989 Round 3 - Pau

Qualifying
1. Fabrizio Giovanardi: 1:09.743
2. Emanuele Pirro: +0.039
3. Johnny Herbert: +0.450
4. Mark Blundell: +0.752
5. Martin Donnelly: +0.762
6. Josephine Aarseth: +1.066
7. Allan McNish: +1.108
8. Emanuele Naspetti: +1.120
9. Erik Comas: +1.199
10. JJ Lehto: +1.202
11. Eric Bernard: +1.288
12. Bernd Schneider: +1.317
13. Paul Belmondo: +1.460
14. Bertrand Gachot: +1.497
15. Andrea Chiesa: +1.520
16. Jorg Scrattenheim: +1.588
17. Eric van de Poele: +1.729
18. Gianni Morbidelli: +1.824
19. Damon Hill: +2.054
20. Hiro Matsushita: +2.144
21. Michel Ferte: +2.528
22. Nino Fama: +2.532
23. Perry McCarthy: +2.801
24. Thomas Danielsson: +2.836
25. Dave Coyne: +2.838
26. Cathy Muller: +2.888
DNQ. Marco Greco: +2.928
DNQ. Jean-Denis Deletraz: +3.206

Race


Fastest Lap: Erik Comas - 1:12.202
Drive of the Race: Andrea Chiesa - Turned middling qualifying effort into a solid points run for CoBRa
Reject of the Race: Madgewick - First two retirements of the afternoon with a transmission failure and silly accident

Il Barone Rampante ran rampant around the streets of Pau, with their two drivers dominating proceedings for much of the race. EJR's Johnny Herbert was in contention for much of the race before his error put him out of contention. Further back and several teams hit problems, most notably the returning Middlebridge squad, Forti and Madgewick, who had the inglorious distinction of being the first two retirements.

Post-Race

- Due to manufacturing issues, the planned Mugen-Honda upgrade was not available in time. Instead, it will be ready in time for the next round at Jerez, and will take the form of 1000 rel points. Consequently, this will be the last round half-price repairs for Mugen customers will apply
- Ford Cosworth's MKII kit will be ready in time for Assen, and will take the form of a 500 rel point bonus. Further upgrades for both manufacturers are being planned in the future depending on how the rest of the season goes
- Due to supplying no less than five Formula One teams in 1989 in addition to their Formula 3000 commitments, John Judd has announced he won't be planning any updates for the AV engine. With Formula One business booming, it's also doubtful he'll supply new AV engines beyond the end of the current season
- Mugen Honda's bosses have also noted IBR's scathing criticism of the MF308 powerplant, and have decided to let them off the hook and redouble their efforts, as they're aware that the engine is the weak link in their operation. They do note however that they won't take such criticism too kindly in future

Damage

Eric van de Poele (Mugen Honda MF308/9): £35,100
Nino Fama (Mugen Honda MF308/8): £5,400
Thomas Danielsson (Judd AV/2): £7,200
Gianni Morbidelli (Ford-Cosworth DFY/5): £52,500
Erik Comas (Mugen Honda MF308/3): £2,700
JJ Lehto (Mugen Honda MF308/6): £38,700
Jorg Scrattenheim (Mugen Honda MF308/10): Write-Off
Michel Ferte (Judd AV/6): £20,400
Paul Belmondo (Reynard 89D/3): £15,000
Bernd Schneider (Reynard 89D/9): £47,500
Mark Blundell (Lola T89/50/5): £55,000

Repairs are to be done before 12:00 GMT on Saturday 31st December

DAMS will buy a new Mugen-Honda engine for Scrattenheim, and repair the other one.

After a disappointing race, if not, a real shocking race which ends with a high repair bill, Forti will be using the spare car and splitting them up to be used for the next race only. Morbidelli will use the spare engine and Schneider will use the spare chassis.

Hopefully after the next race, we shall repair them all without worry, depending on how much money we might make after the next race.

Gonzalez wrote:After a disappointing race, if not, a real shocking race which ends with a high repair bill, Forti will be using the spare car and splitting them up to be used for the next race only. Morbidelli will use the spare engine and Schneider will use the spare chassis.

Hopefully after the next race, we shall repair them all without worry, depending on how much money we might make after the next race.

Forti don't own a spare car, so that won't be happening

Wizzie wrote:

Gonzalez wrote:After a disappointing race, if not, a real shocking race which ends with a high repair bill, Forti will be using the spare car and splitting them up to be used for the next race only. Morbidelli will use the spare engine and Schneider will use the spare chassis.

Hopefully after the next race, we shall repair them all without worry, depending on how much money we might make after the next race.

Forti don't own a spare car, so that won't be happening

Apologies for not paying attention, in that case, Forti will be left with no choice but to repair everything for the next race.

GA Motorsport will repair Ferte's engine

Comas' engine will be repaired.

Blundell's chassis will be repaired.