AR Japan 2019 (Previously SANDWICH). Preparations.

[Aerond]

Welcome to ANUS! (Autoreject Nippon United Series). For this following season the series goes Full time, becoming the third series in the canon at a F2/AR 3.5 level, with its own cars, and allowing drivers coming from ARWS or Alt-F1 (fictional only)

As usual, people in ARWS waiting list has preference and the rest of the entries will be drawn. There's a limit of 14 entries. Races will have 26 starters with 2 DNQ. List is as follows:

1. Miguel98
2. peteroli34
3. FantometteBR
4. Novitopoli
5. Klon
6. RDD
7. gonzalez
8. Ataxia

Driver Requirements: Any Japanese driver or any driver with F3/AR2.0, or similar experience; any driver with F2, AR 3.5, SANDWICH or similar formula experience or ARWS / F1 (fictional only) drivers. Drivers with success in other formulae can be considered. Every team must at least use one Japanese or Asian driver of other nacionality. Japanese drivers will have a small performance boost. Drivers will not be allowed to double duty with any other Formula series.

Race format: Races will be run in two separate heats, each with its own Qualifying, of 110 kms. each. Every driver must do at least one mandatory pitstop at every heat.

POINTS (Per Heat)

1st - 50
2nd - 40
3rd - 30
4th - 25
5th - 20
6th - 15
7th - 10
8th - 5
Pole Position - 20
Fastest Lap - 10

CALENDAR

1. Suzuka -- 6th/7th April
2. Sentul -- 26th/27th April
3. Okayama -- 11th/12th May
4. Autopolis -- 8th/9th June
5. Motegi -Oval- -- 13th/14th July
6. Motegi -Road- -- 21st/22nd September
7. Sugo -- 5th/6th October
8. Fuji -- 9th/10th November
9. Macau -- 16th/17th November

PRIZES

Reject license according to F2RWRS and AR 3.5 standards, valid for the 2020 and 2021 seasons.
Top 3 Teams will receive, when they get an ARWS entry a boost in credits:
1st - 100 Credits
2nd - 50 Credits
3rd - 25 Credits

These are accumulative for a maximum of 3 seasons, but they don't expire. -These credits are only available for teams that haven't raced yet in ARWS-

Entry form:

TEAM NAME:
TEAM BASE: (Must be one of the Japanese races)
DRIVER #1:
DRIVER #2:
SPONSOR:
CHASSIS:
ENGINE:
TYRES:

CAR BUILDING

The budget is dictated by your chosen sponsor; Each sponsor comes with a "pressure" level. If you fail to meet the sponsor demands, they will increase the pressure over the team to get results as soon as possible and the RGR of your drivers will go up as a result.

High pressure: Must get at least one podium or Pole Position per weekend.
Medium pressure: Must get points every weekend.
Low pressure: No results demands.



CHASSIS, ENGINES AND TYRES

[Miguel98]

TEAM NAME: Lotto Racing Japan
TEAM BASE: Motegui
DRIVER #1: Josh Carlisle
DRIVER #2: Nikov Time
SPONSOR: Fujitsu
CHASSIS: Swift
ENGINE: Honda
TYRES: Yokohama

Lotto Racing are looking for one japanese driver and a belgian driver to fill out both seats.

[Ataxia]

TEAM NAME: Yanagawa Racing
TEAM BASE: Fuji
DRIVER #1: Tomo Kazama (JPN) (approved by Klon)
DRIVER #2: Quentin Reatherson (GBR)
SPONSOR: Kikkoman (190M)
CHASSIS: Dome (120M)
ENGINE: Toyota (40M)
TYRES: Bridgestone (30M)

[Peteroli34]

TEAM NAME: Narita Engineering
TEAM BASE: Motegi
DRIVER #1: Osama Takahashi (JPN)
DRIVER #2: TBA
SPONSOR: Fukuya
CHASSIS: Dallara
ENGINE: Toyota
TYRES: Yokohama

Second seat open to all drivers with previous single seater experiance

[DemocalypseNow]

TEAM NAME: Nissan Motorsports
TEAM BASE: Fuji Speedway
DRIVER 1: #22 Pippa Mann (GBR) (all rounds except Motegi Oval) / Kyoko Katayama (JPN) (Motegi Oval only)
DRIVER 2: #23 Hagane Shizuka (JPN)
SPONSOR: Toshiba
CHASSIS: Swift
ENGINE: Nissan
TYRES: Bridgestone

[Gonzalez]

TEAM NAME: Fujibayashi Racing Team (FRT)
TEAM BASE: Motegi
DRIVER #1: TBA
DRIVER #2: TBA
SPONSOR: Sony
CHASSIS: Swift
ENGINE: Toyota
TYRES: Bridgestone

Currently looking for experienced drivers.

[V8fan12]

TEAM NAME: Far East Associates Racing (F.E.A.R.)
TEAM BASE: Okayama International Circuit
DRIVER #1: Daisuke Yanagawa (JPN)
DRIVER #2: Alexey Pchelintsev (KAZ)

SPONSOR: Muji (190M)
CHASSIS: Dome (120M)
ENGINE: Toyota (40M)
TYRES: Yokohama (20M)

Looking for experienced drivers (F1/ARWS, F2 or AR3.5), one must be Japanese

[Normal32]

TEAM NAME: Tochigi International Team by Softbank
TEAM BASE: Motegi (Oval)
DRIVER #1: TBA
DRIVER #2: Andrej Kremnicky (SVK)
SPONSOR: Softbank
CHASSIS: Swift
ENGINE: Nissan
TYRES: Bridgestone

[novitopoli]

Team Name: Asahi Tsuijmura Scuderia
Team Base: Suzuka
Driver #1: TBA
Driver #2: TBA
Sponsor: Asahi
Chassis: Dome
Engine: Honda
Tyres: Yokohama

Looking for two talented drivers, at least one of them with ARWS experience.

[TomWazzleshaw]

TEAM NAME: Calsonic United Nippon Team powered by Super Dragon
TEAM BASE: Fuji
DRIVER #1: TBA
DRIVER #2: TBA
SPONSOR: Calsonic
CHASSIS: Swift
ENGINE: Nissan
TYRES: Kumho

[FMecha]

Team Name: Takagi Racing Enterprises
Base: Motegi Road
Driver 1: Martyn Rietacher (per RoR)
Driver 2: Ryu Takanori
Sponsor: Yodobashi
Chassis: Swift
Engine: Honda
Tires: Yokohama

[AndreaModa]

Here we go then. Lots of empty seats to fill. Step right up!

Josh Carlisle (GBR) is available to hire. He finished fifth in the F2RWRS Pacific Rim Cup in 2017, winning a race. He's also got plenty of experience in Japan, having done both FRENCH and SANDWICH, and is a veteran of similar classes AR3.5 and F2.

Roberto Dinella (ITA) is also available, and brings significant Lampre sponsorship with him. After the demise of IPC, ANUS presents the perfect opportunity for the experienced Italian to return to single seaters where he's most comfortable.

Alexey Pchelintsev (KAZ) has been ripping it up in F5000 in 2018 with regular points, podiums and a race win and is on the comeback trail. Having become accustomed to living in Australia for the past two years, the hop over to Japan doesn't worry him in the slightest and his sponsor Kazatomprom is ready to bankroll a Japanese adventure.

Connor O'Heagan (IRE) has been Blokkmonsta's ARWS tester for the past year, and is looking to continue with the team. In the event that he remains a test/reserve driver (likely), he'd like to keep his race skills sharp by driving in ANUS. He is backed by the Shannon Group.

Chuck Barrett (USA) was unceremoniously dumped by RonDen's AR3.5 team halfway through 2018 because attempting to promote a young driver with just a single year in AR2.0 was apparently a sensible idea. Since then Chuck has been re-grouping and is refocused and ready for the 2019 season. ANUS presents the perfect opportunity for him to get his career back on track and he'd love the chance to show RonDen what utter imbeciles they are for not having faith in him.

[V8fan12]

Here we go then. Lots of empty seats to fill. Step right up!
Alexey Pchelintsev (KAZ) has been ripping it up in F5000 in 2018 with regular points, podiums and a race win and is on the comeback trail. Having become accustomed to living in Australia for the past two years, the hop over to Japan doesn't worry him in the slightest and his sponsor Kazatomprom is ready to bankroll a Japanese adventure.

FEAR would like to sign Pchelintsev

[AndreaModa]

Here we go then. Lots of empty seats to fill. Step right up!
Alexey Pchelintsev (KAZ) has been ripping it up in F5000 in 2018 with regular points, podiums and a race win and is on the comeback trail. Having become accustomed to living in Australia for the past two years, the hop over to Japan doesn't worry him in the slightest and his sponsor Kazatomprom is ready to bankroll a Japanese adventure.

FEAR would like to sign Pchelintsev

We have a deal!

[RonDenisDeletraz]

TEAM NAME: Technical Sports Technology
TEAM BASE: (Must be one of the Japanese races) Suzuka (or near enough)
DRIVER #1: Nobihiro Nakamura
DRIVER #2: TBA
SPONSOR:Yodobashi
CHASSIS: Dome
ENGINE: Honda
TYRES: Yokohama

Will fix anything I got wrong

[pi314159]

The legendary Kazuki Fushida would like to drive in this series. Starting his career in Japanese Formula 2, he later became a Honda factory driver and competed in F1 for Coloni and Williams, even dragging the Coloni into the points once. After his Formula One career, he competed in CART and IndyCar. In 2017, he won the Motegi Oval race of SANDWICH.

[Miguel98]

Here we go then. Lots of empty seats to fill. Step right up!

Josh Carlisle (GBR) is available to hire. He finished fifth in the F2RWRS Pacific Rim Cup in 2017, winning a race. He's also got plenty of experience in Japan, having done both FRENCH and SANDWICH, and is a veteran of similar classes AR3.5 and F2.

Roberto Dinella (ITA) is also available, and brings significant Lampre sponsorship with him. After the demise of IPC, ANUS presents the perfect opportunity for the experienced Italian to return to single seaters where he's most comfortable.

Alexey Pchelintsev (KAZ) has been ripping it up in F5000 in 2018 with regular points, podiums and a race win and is on the comeback trail. Having become accustomed to living in Australia for the past two years, the hop over to Japan doesn't worry him in the slightest and his sponsor Kazatomprom is ready to bankroll a Japanese adventure.

Connor O'Heagan (IRE) has been Blokkmonsta's ARWS tester for the past year, and is looking to continue with the team. In the event that he remains a test/reserve driver (likely), he'd like to keep his race skills sharp by driving in ANUS. He is backed by the Shannon Group.

Chuck Barrett (USA) was unceremoniously dumped by RonDen's AR3.5 team halfway through 2018 because attempting to promote a young driver with just a single year in AR2.0 was apparently a sensible idea. Since then Chuck has been re-grouping and is refocused and ready for the 2019 season. ANUS presents the perfect opportunity for him to get his career back on track and he'd love the chance to show RonDen what utter imbeciles they are for not having faith in him.

Lotto Racing believe in Josh Carlisle, and give him a contract offer as our #1 driver.

[Klon]

TEAM NAME: Pretty Cure Luxray Engineering
TEAM BASE: Kyoto, Kansai
DRIVER #1: Kastazumo Nakaya
DRIVER #2: Kazuki Fushida
SPONSOR: Bandai
CHASSIS: Swift
ENGINE: Toyota
TYRES: Bridgestone

[Aerond]

TEAM NAME: Technical Sports Technology
TEAM BASE: (Must be one of the Japanese races) Suzuka (or near enough)
DRIVER #1: Nobihiro Nakamura
DRIVER #2: TBA
SPONSOR:Yodobashi
CHASSIS: Dome
ENGINE: Honda
TYRES: Yokohama

Will fix anything I got wrong

Yodobashi is already picked by Mecha, choose another one

[novitopoli]

Alexey Pchelintsev (KAZ) has been ripping it up in F5000 in 2018 with regular points, podiums and a race win and is on the comeback trail. Having become accustomed to living in Australia for the past two years, the hop over to Japan doesn't worry him in the slightest and his sponsor Kazatomprom is ready to bankroll a Japanese adventure.

Asahi Tsujimura Scuderia would be interested in Pchelintsev's services.
Would he count as Asian?

[Aerond]

Alexey Pchelintsev (KAZ) has been ripping it up in F5000 in 2018 with regular points, podiums and a race win and is on the comeback trail. Having become accustomed to living in Australia for the past two years, the hop over to Japan doesn't worry him in the slightest and his sponsor Kazatomprom is ready to bankroll a Japanese adventure.

Asahi Tsujimura Scuderia would be interested in Pchelintsev's services.
Would he count as Asian?

Yes, he does count as Asian

[novitopoli]

Alexey Pchelintsev (KAZ) has been ripping it up in F5000 in 2018 with regular points, podiums and a race win and is on the comeback trail. Having become accustomed to living in Australia for the past two years, the hop over to Japan doesn't worry him in the slightest and his sponsor Kazatomprom is ready to bankroll a Japanese adventure.

Asahi Tsujimura Scuderia would be interested in Pchelintsev's services.
Would he count as Asian?

Yes, he does count as Asian

Ok, then we'll make an offer to Pchelintsev!

[SuperAguri]

Current sandwich champion Barii Mori is looking for a seat.

Former awrs race winner and F2RWRS runner up Rosco Vantini is also looking for a drive.

Kenji Katayama is also tossing his hat in the ring with an provisional entry.


TEAM NAME: Katayama Racing
TEAM BASE: Motogi oval
DRIVER #1: tbc
DRIVER #2: Kenji Katayama
SPONSOR: tbc
CHASSIS: tbc
ENGINE: Nissan
TYRES: tbc

[Gonzalez]

Current sandwich champion Barii Mori is looking for a seat.

Former awrs race winner and F2RWRS runner up Rosco Vantini is also looking for a drive.

Kenji Katayama is also tossing his hat in the ring with an provisional entry.


TEAM NAME: Katayama Racing
TEAM BASE: Motogi oval
DRIVER #1: tbc
DRIVER #2: Yuka Katayama
SPONSOR: tbc
CHASSIS: tbc
ENGINE: Nissan
TYRES: tbc

Fujibayashi Racing would be happy to have Mori's Services.

[SuperAguri]

Yuka Katayama provisionally accepts Yanagawa racing's offer.

Barii Mori is looking for a team that can deliver a fast car and will make a decision on the weekend.

[Ataxia]

Yuka Katayama provisionally accepts Yanagawa racing's offer.

Since there's a shortage of Asian drivers, I'll pass on this and let you do what you want with her.

In her place, Quentin Reatherson will occupy the seat alongside Kazama.

[TomWazzleshaw]

Super Dragon is interested in signing Mori for the upcoming season

[novitopoli]

Current sandwich champion Barii Mori is looking for a seat.

Former awrs race winner and F2RWRS runner up Rosco Vantini is also looking for a drive.

Tsujimura Scuderia would be interested in Rosco Vantini.

[DemocalypseNow]

Something perhaps worth considering - if Nissan Motorsports doesn't get an entry, then Hagane Shizuka will be available to hire by Nissan powered teams.

[SeedStriker]

Union Saver Developments' young drivers program let's you know that former SANDWICH and F5000 driver Hayato Kazami is avaiable and ready to go.

[SuperAguri]

Current sandwich champion Barii Mori is looking for a seat.

Former awrs race winner and F2RWRS runner up Rosco Vantini is also looking for a drive.

Tsujimura Scuderia would be interested in Rosco Vantini.

Italian Rosco Vantini signs for Tsujumura Scuderia.

[AndreaModa]

Lotto Racing believe in Josh Carlisle, and give him a contract offer as our #1 driver.

Excellent! He's yours!

Asahi Tsujimura Scuderia would be interested in Pchelintsev's services.
Would he count as Asian?

Yes, he does count as Asian

Ok, then we'll make an offer to Pchelintsev!

Sorry dude, he's already been snapped up by V8fan12 for his team.

Anyone still looking for drivers, I still have Roberto Dinella (go on, hire him!), Connor O'Heagan and Chuck Barrett available.

[This Could Be You]

Bakkumakaotoreshinguchimu (BORC for short) (Back-marker Auto Racing Team, (poorly translated, minus accents) )

Base: Autopolis
Chassis: Dallara
Engine: Honda
Tyres: Yokohama
Sponsor: Shimano
Driver #1: Roberto Dinella [ITA]
Driver #2: Takuma Nakamura [JPN]

[Bobby Doorknobs]

Driver #2: TBA (How do you sign people anyway? Do you just place their names here and hope they're confirmed, as above?)

We really do need a thread explaining stuff like this for newer users...

There are two different ways:

1. For real-life drivers, you just put their name down and an RNG will be run determining whether you or other bidders will get them. However, as you probably know already, real-life drivers are not allowed in this particular series, so this is really just for future reference.
2a. For fictional drivers, again, you put their name down, preferably with "pending confirmation from DEC user" or something similar just to clarify to others that the signing hasn't been agreed yet (I once annoyed Salamander by not doing this!). Then you just wait for the driver's owner to confirm! Either that or you can send a PM to the owner just to remind them of your interest.
2b. Alternate fictional driver option: Just make one up for yourself! If you take this option, make sure, in the case of this specific series, that the driver is Japanese.

I do hope this helps!

[novitopoli]

Union Saver Developments' young drivers program let's you know that former SANDWICH and F5000 driver Hayato Kazami is avaiable and ready to go.

Tsujimura's interested in signing him.

[This Could Be You]

Driver #2: TBA (How do you sign people anyway? Do you just place their names here and hope they're confirmed, as above?)

We really do need a thread explaining stuff like this for newer users...

There are two different ways:

1. For real-life drivers, you just put their name down and an RNG will be run determining whether you or other bidders will get them. However, as you probably know already, real-life drivers are not allowed in this particular series, so this is really just for future reference.
2a. For fictional drivers, again, you put their name down, preferably with "pending confirmation from DEC user" or something similar just to clarify to others that the signing hasn't been agreed yet (I once annoyed Salamander by not doing this!). Then you just wait for the driver's owner to confirm! Either that or you can send a PM to the owner just to remind them of your interest.
2b. Alternate fictional driver option: Just make one up for yourself! If you take this option, make sure, in the case of this specific series, that the driver is Japanese.

I do hope this helps!

Thanks!

[DemocalypseNow]

Driver #2: TBA (How do you sign people anyway? Do you just place their names here and hope they're confirmed, as above?)

We really do need a thread explaining stuff like this for newer users...

There are two different ways:

1. For real-life drivers, you just put their name down and an RNG will be run determining whether you or other bidders will get them. However, as you probably know already, real-life drivers are not allowed in this particular series, so this is really just for future reference.
2a. For fictional drivers, again, you put their name down, preferably with "pending confirmation from DEC user" or something similar just to clarify to others that the signing hasn't been agreed yet (I once annoyed Salamander by not doing this!). Then you just wait for the driver's owner to confirm! Either that or you can send a PM to the owner just to remind them of your interest.
2b. Alternate fictional driver option: Just make one up for yourself! If you take this option, make sure, in the case of this specific series, that the driver is Japanese.

I do hope this helps!

Thanks!

I prefer to go fishing in advance, speaking directly to the DEC holders via message to get their attention. When you send a PM on the forum, they get a big blue notification bar at the top of the page, one which is pretty impossible to miss. If you want to chase a specific driver, rather than just wait and see who may or may not be available, that's the way to do it.

For example, Dan Greenlaw is my driver now in ARWS because a few seasons ago I went and chased up his then-owner when he was winning F3RWRS. I got his contract because I was the first to pursue him...and I accepted a couple of conditions he had.

Think of it almost as a completely capitalistic free market. People are free to make whatever deals they with with whomever they wish, so long as they don't contravene series regulations (don't worry, there aren't many of these, the only thing that's usually banned is deals that involved the transfer of in-series currency from one team to another).

[SeedStriker]

Union Saver Developments' young drivers program let's you know that former SANDWICH and F5000 driver Hayato Kazami is avaiable and ready to go.

Tsujimura's interested in signing him.

Hayato Kazami signs for Tsujimura

[Peteroli34]

Driver #2: TBA (How do you sign people anyway? Do you just place their names here and hope they're confirmed, as above?)

We really do need a thread explaining stuff like this for newer users...

There are two different ways:

1. For real-life drivers, you just put their name down and an RNG will be run determining whether you or other bidders will get them. However, as you probably know already, real-life drivers are not allowed in this particular series, so this is really just for future reference.
2a. For fictional drivers, again, you put their name down, preferably with "pending confirmation from DEC user" or something similar just to clarify to others that the signing hasn't been agreed yet (I once annoyed Salamander by not doing this!). Then you just wait for the driver's owner to confirm! Either that or you can send a PM to the owner just to remind them of your interest.
2b. Alternate fictional driver option: Just make one up for yourself! If you take this option, make sure, in the case of this specific series, that the driver is Japanese.

I do hope this helps!

I think also we should have a simplier way to see who controls what driver and whether or not they are available it can be a bit confusing i know we have a thread that list all drivers but how often does that get updated and even then its multiple pages long.

[RealRacingRoots]

TEAM NAME: Luxray Engineering
TEAM BASE: Kyoto (Suzuka Circuit)
DRIVER #1: Ito Shidehara
DRIVER #2: Kastazumo Nakaya

SPONSOR: Calbee
CHASSIS: Swift
ENGINE: Toyota
TYRES: Bridgestone