F1 1974 - Driver RNGs Complete

[Samster]

Going to make my first attempt at an alternate F1 series. I intend to include a mixture of ideas from both Tommykl's series and Pi's series which will be explained in more detail in due course.

It is 1974 and the FIA have decided on a major overhaul of the championship with the following changes.

1. Each team will be able to choose permanent racing numbers for each of their entries choosing from #2-#99. #1 will of course be reserved for the defending championship.
2. Teams will be able to run as many as 4 full time entries and/or 1 part time entry.
3. A major overhaul of the points system
4. World championships for Formula 2 and Formula 3 will be introduced from 1976 and 1978 respectively which will support every Formula 1 Grand Prix.
5. There will be three championships, one for drivers, one for entries and one for constructors.
6. Grid sizes at each Grand Prix will vary between 26 and 32 cars depending on track size. If entry lists exceed the grid sizes, a pre-qualifying session on the Friday morning will decide who makes the rest of the weekend.
7. 20 entries will have a guaranteed pass into the race for the opening three meetings based on 1973 success, the rest have to go through pre-qualifying. From the 4th meeting onwards this will be reset each meeting based on the 1974 entry standings.
8. As before teams may either build their own cars or purchase from second party constructors or other teams.
9. Full time entries will cost 250,000 credits per season per car and are obligated to attend every championship meeting. Any part time entries won't have to pay this season fee but will be subject to travel fees for each meeting they do attend (1 credit for every 10 km travelled).
10. The limit on full time entries will be 40 with 5 extra spaces for part-time entries each race.

The calender is the same as the real 1974 only with Japan and Australia included. There are also some non-championship events which do not count towards the championship and full time teams are not obligated to attend but travel costs will apply as above.

Calender
1. ARG Buenos Aries - January 13 - 30 cars
2. BRA Interlagos - January 27 - 32 cars
NC Presidente Medici Grand Prix, Brasilia - February 3 - 30 cars
NC Race of Champions, Brands Hatch - March 17 - 26 cars
3. RSA Kylami - March 30 - 28 cars
NC BRDC International Trophy, Silverstone - April 7 - 28 cars
4. ESP Jarama - April 28 - 26 cars
5. BEL Nivelles-Baulers - May 12 - 26 cars
6. MCO Monte Carlo - May 26 - 26 cars
7. SWE Anderstorp - June 9 - 28 cars
8. NED Zandvoort - June 23 - 28 cars
9. FRA Dijon-Prenois - July 7 - 26 cars
10. GBR Brands Hatch - July 20 - 26 cars
11. DEU Nürburgring - August 4 - 32 cars
12. AUT Österreichring - August 18 - 30 cars
13. ITA Monza - September 8 - 30 cars
14. CAN Mosport Park - September 22 - 26 cars
15. USA Watkins Glen - October 6 - 30 cars
16. JPN Fuji Speedway - 26 cars
17. AUS Oran Park - November 17 - 26 cars

Teams

Here is your choice of teams below. All you need to do for now is choose your team. Sponsor choices, chassis development details and driver choices will be posted on a later date.

As the only full works team in F1 at the moment, Ferrari's budget is much higher than everyone else. Keep in mind that they are obligated to build and develop their own engines and that this also includes their annual allowance from their parent company.

Scuderia Ferrari - Aislable
Team Base - Maranello, Italy
Team Principal - Luca di Montezemolo
Starting Budget - 50,000,000
Current Possessions
Ferrari 312B3-74 #01
Ferrari 312B3-74 #02
Ferrari 312B3-74 #03
Ferrari 001/11 3.0 F12 Engine x4
Entry Fees -500,000
Sponsorship +800,000
Chassis Development (Tier 1) -15,000,000
Chassis Build x3 -4,500,000
Engine Development (Tier 1) -5,000,000
Engine Build x7 -8,500,000
Goodyear Tire Supply -150,000
Sale of Ferrari 312B3 #01 and #02 to Parnelli +2,000,000
Sale of Ferrari Engine x1 to Parnelli +1,000,000
Sale of Ferrari Engine x2 to Amon +2,000,000
Driver Salaries -2,000,000
Pay Drivers +1,028,000
Current Budget - 26,178,000

#12 Niki Lauda
#13 Emerson Fittipaldi
#46 Lella Lombardi, Alberto Colombo, Maurizio Flammini, Alessandro Presenti-Rossi (Part Time)

Team Lotus - alg2159
Team Base - Hethel, England
Team Principal - Colin Chapman
Starting Budget - 25,000,000
Current Possessions
Lotus 72E #02 (On Sale 750,000)
Lotus 74 #01
Lotus 74 #02
Ford Cosworth DFV 74 Spec Engine x2
Entry Fees -500,000
Sponsorship +6,600,000
Chassis Development (Tier 3) -10,000,000
Chassis Build x2 -2,000,000
Purchase of Cosworth Engine x2 -1,200,000
Goodyear Tire Supply -150,000
Sale of Lotus 72E #01 to Maki +750,000
Driver Salaries -4,500,000
Current Budget - 14,000,000

#93 Jacky Ickx
#94 Ronnie Peterson

Team McLaren - RedEyes504
Team Base - Colnbrook, England
Team Principal - Teddy Mayer
Starting Budget - 20,000,000
Current Possessions
McLaren M23 #03
McLaren M24 #01
McLaren M24 #02
McLaren M24 #03
Ford Cosworth DFV 74 Spec Engine x3
Entry Fees -750,000
Sponsorship +4,200,000
Chassis Development (Tier 1) -15,000,000
Chassis Build x3 -4,500,000
Purchase of Cosworth Engine x3 -1,800,000
Goodyear Tire Supply -150,000
Sale of McLaren M23 #01 and #02 to Amon +1,000,000
Driver Salaries -1,500,000
Pay Drivers +660,000
Current Budget - 2,160,000

#54 Jody Scheckter
#55 Denny Hulme
#56 Rikky von Opel

Motor Racing Developments Ltd. - CarloSpace
Team Base - Milton Keynes, England
Team Principal - Bernie Ecclestone
Starting Budget - 18,000,000
Current Possessions
Brabham BT42 #02 (On Sale 650,000)
Brabham BT44 #01
Brabham BT44 #02
Brabham BT44 #03
Ford Cosworth DFV 74 Spec Engine x2
Ford Cosworth DFV 73 Spec Engine x1
Entry Fees -750,000
Sponsorship +4,300,000
Chassis Development (Tier 4) -7,500,000
Chassis Build x3 -2,250,000
Purchase of Cosworth Engine x3 -1,300,000
Goodyear Tire Supply -150,000
Sale of Brabham BT42 #01 to Goldie Hexagon +650,000
Driver Salaries -2,000,000
Pay Drivers +150,000
Current Budget - 9,150,000

#8 Carlos Reutemann
#30 Andrea de Adamich
#38 José Carlos Pace

Team Tyrrell - FantometteBR
Team Base - Ockham, England
Team Principal - Ken Tyrrell
Starting Budget - 16,000,000
Current Possessions
Tyrrell 006
Tyrrell 005
Tyrrell 007 #01
Tyrrell 007 #02
Ford Cosworth DFV 74 Spec Engine x2
Ford Cosworth DFV 73 Spec Engine x2
Entry Fees -500,000
Sponsorship +5,250,000
Chassis Development (Tier 3) -10,000,000
Chassis Build x2 -2,000,000
Purchase of Cosworth Engine x4 -1,400,000
Goodyear Tire Supply -150,000
Driver Salaries -1,250,000
Current Budget - 5,950,000

#3 Jean-Pierre Jarier
#4 Arturo Merzario

March Engineering - This Could Be You
Team Base - Bicester, England
Team Principal - Alan Rees
Starting Budget - 15,000,000
Current Possessions
March 731 #01 (For Sale 350,000)
March 741 #01
March 741 #02
Ford Cosworth DFV 74 Spec Engine x2
Entry Fees -500,000
Sponsorship +3,350,000
Chassis Development (Tier 4) -7,500,000
Chassis Build x4 -3,000,000
Purchase of Cosworth Engine x2 -1,200,000
Goodyear Tire Supply -150,000
Sale of March 741 #03 and #04 to Hesketh +1,760,000
Driver Salaries -1,800,000
Current Budget - 5,960,000

#9 Clay Regazzoni
#10 Patrick Depailler

British Racing Motors - This
Team Base - Bourne, England
Team Principal - Louis Stanley
Starting Budget - 12,000,000
Current Possessions
BRM P201 #01
BRM P201 #02
BRM P201 #03
BRM P201 #04
BRM P200 3.0 V12 Engine x4
Entry Fees -750,000
Sponsorship +3,800,000
Chassis Development (Tier 4) -7,500,000
Chassis Build x4 -3,000,000
Engine Development (Tier 2) -4,000,000
Engine Build x6 -2,400,000
Goodyear Tire Supply -150,000
Sale of BRM P160E #01, #02 and #03 to Trojan +1,450,000
Sale of BRM Engine x2 to Shadow +1,000,000
Driver Salaries -600,000
Pay Drivers +344,000
Current Budget - 394,000

#14 Mike Hailwood
#15 Tom Pryce
#16 John Watson

Shadow Racing Cars - V8fan12
Team Base - Northampton, England
Team Principal - Don Nichols
Starting Budget - 10,000,000
Current Possessions
Shadow DN1 #03
Shadow DN3 #01
Shadow DN3 #02
BRM P200 3.0 V12 Engine x2
Entry Fees -500,000
Sponsorship 600,000
Chassis Development (Tier 4) -7,500,000
Chassis Build x2 -1,500,000
Purchase of BRM Engine x2 -1,200,000
Goodyear Tire Supply -150,000
Sale of Shadow DN1 #01 and #02 +1,300,000
Driver Salaries -700,000
Current Budget - 350,000

#17 Rolf Stommelen
#18 Jochen Mass

Team Surtees - Dexter249
Team Base - Edenbridge, England
Team Principal - John Surtees
Starting Budget - 8,000,000
Current Possessions
Surtees TS14A #01
Surtees TS14A #02
Surtees TS14A #03 (On Sale, Unknown Price)
Ford Cosworth DFV 74 Spec Engine x2
Entry Fees -500,000
Sponsorship 500,000
Purchase of Cosworth Engine x2 -1,200,000
Goodyear Tire Supply -150,000
Driver Salaries -1,750,000
Current Budget - 4,900,000

#11 Peter Revson
#19 Henri Pescarolo

Frank Williams Racing Cars - peteroli
Team Base - Reading, England
Team Principal - Frank Williams
Starting Budget - 7,000,000
Current Possessions
Iso Marlboro FW #01 (On Sale 400,000)
Iso Marlboro FW #02 (On Sale 400,000)
Williams FW02 #01
Williams FW02 #02
Ford Cosworth DFV 74 Spec Engine x2
Entry Fees -500,000
Sponsorship 3,500,000
Chassis Development (Tier 6) -5,000,000
Chassis Build x2 -1,000,000
Purchase of Cosworth Engine x2 -1,200,000
Goodyear Tire Supply -150,000
Driver Salaries -350,000
Current Budget - 2,300,000

#20 Jacques Laffite
#21 Peter Gethin

Hesketh Racing - novitopoli
Team Base - Easton Neston, England
Team Principal - Lord Hesketh
Starting Budget - 6,000,000
Current Possessions
March 731 #02
March 741 #03
March 741 #04
Ford Cosworth DFV 74 Spec Engine x2
Entry Fees -250,000
Sponsorship 3,800,000
Purchase of March 741 #03 and #04 from March -1,760,000
Purchase of Cosworth Engine x2 -1,200,000
Goodyear Tire Supply -150,000
Driver Salaries -1,010,000
Pay Drivers +31,000
Current Budget - 5,461,000

#24 James Hunt
#25 Francois Migault, Gijs van Lennep (Part-Time)

Penske Cars - RejectDom
Team Base - Poole, England
Team Principal - Roger Penske
Starting Budget - 6,000,000
Current Possessions
Shadow DN1 #01
Shadow DN1 #02
Ford Cosworth DFV 74 Spec Engine x2
Entry Fees -250,000
Sponsorship 600,000
Purchase of Shadow DN1 #01 and #02 from Shadow -1,300,000
Purchase of Cosworth Engine x2 -1,200,000
Goodyear Tire Supply -150,000
Driver Salaries -1,085,000
Current Budget - 2,615,000

#66 Mark Donohue
#67 Tony Brise (Part-Time)

Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing - pasta_maldonado
Team Base - Torrance, California
Team Principal - Parnelli Jones
Starting Budget - 5,000,000
Current Possessions
Ferrari 312B3 #01
Ferrari 312B3 #02
Ferrari 001/11 3.0 F12 Engine x1
Entry Fees -250,000
Sponsorship 400,000
Purchase of Ferrari 312B3 #01 and #02 from Ferrari -2,000,000
Purchase of Ferrari Engine x1 -1,000,000
Goodyear Tire Supply -150,000
Driver Salaries -1,000,000
Current Budget - 1,000,000

#88 Al Unser

Embassy Hill Racing - Ataxia
Team Base - Feltham, England
Team Principal - Graham Hill
Starting Budget - 5,000,000
Current Possessions
Shadow DN1 #04
Lola T370 #01
Ford Cosworth DFV 74 Spec Engine x1
Entry Fees -250,000
Sponsorship 3,250,000
Purchase of Lola T370 #01 -700,000
Purchase of Cosworth Engine x1 -600,000
Firestone Tire Supply -100,000
Current Budget - 6,600,000

#26 Graham Hill

Ensign Racing - tommykl
Team Base - Burntwood, England
Team Principal - Mo Nunn
Starting Budget - 4,000,000
Current Possessions
Ensign N173 #01
Ford Cosworth DFV 73 Spec Engine x1
Entry Fees -250,000
Sponsorship 2,750,000
Purchase of Cosworth Engine x1 -100,000
Goodyear Tire Supply -150,000
Driver Salaries -550,000
Current Budget - 5,700,000

#22 Reine Wisell

Chris Amon Racing - Ice1Racing
Team Base - Somewhere in England
Team Principal - Chris Amon
Starting Budget - 4,000,000
Current Possessions
McLaren M23 #01
McLaren M23 #02
Ferrari 001/11 3.0 F12 Engine x2
Entry Fees -500,000
Sponsorship 700,000
Purchase of McLaren M23 #01 and #02 from McLaren -1,000,000
Purchase of Ferrari Engine x2 -2,000,000
Goodyear Tire Supply -150,000
Pay Drivers +320,000
Current Budget - 1,370,000

#79 Chris Amon
#97 Harald Ertl

Trojan-Tauranac Racing - BioBiro
Team Base - Croydon, England
Team Principal - Peter Agg
Starting Budget - 3,000,000
Current Possessions
BRM P160E #01
BRM P160E #02
BRM P160E #03
Trojan V8 Engine x2
Entry Fees -500,000
Sponsorship 3,300,000
Purchase of BRM P160E #01, #02 and #03 -1,450,000
Engine Development (Tier 4) -2,500,000
Engine Build x2 -500,000
Firestone Tire Supply Free
Driver Salaries -500,000
Pay Drivers +500,000
Current Budget - 1,350,000

#41 Tim Schenken
#42 Wilson Fittipaldi Jr.

Maki Engineering - Normal32
Team Base - Tokyo, Japan
Team Principal - Kenji Mimura
Starting Budget - 3,000,000
Current Possessions
Lotus 72E #01
Maki V8 Engine x2
Entry Fees -250,000
Sponsorship 3,000,000
Purchase of Lotus 72E from Lotus -750,000
Engine Development (Tier 3) -3,200,000
Engine Build x2 -640,000
Firestone Tire Supply -100,000
Pay Drivers +345,000
Current Budget - 1,405,000

#2 Motoharu Kurosawa, Noritake Takahara

Token Racing - andrew
Team Base - Somewhere in England
Team Principal - Tony Vlassopulo
Starting Budget - 2,000,000
Current Possessions
Lola T370 #02
Ford Cosworth DFV 73 Spec Engine x1
Entry Fees -250,000
Sponsorship 400,000
Purchase of Lola T370 #02 -620,000
Purchase of Cosworth Engine x1 -90,000
Goodyear Tire Supply -150,000
Pay Drivers +515,000
Current Budget - 1,095,000

#98 Teddy Pilette (Part-Time)
#99 Vittorio Brambilla

Goldie Hexagon Racing - AdrianBelmont
Team Base - London, England
Team Principal - Paul Michaels
Starting Budget - 2,000,000
Current Possessions
Brabham BT42 #01
Ford Cosworth DFV 73 Spec Engine x1
Entry Fees -250,000
Sponsorship 2,300,000
Purchase of Brabham BT42 #01 -650,000
Purchase of Cosworth Engine x1 -100,000
Goodyear Tire Supply -150,000
Driver Salaries -100,000
Current Budget - 3,050,000

#28 Richard Robarts

AAW Racing Team - Nuppiz
Team Base - Turku, Finland
Team Principal - Antti Aarnio-Wihuri
Starting Budget - 2,000,000
Current Possessions
Lola T370 #03
Ford Cosworth DFV 73 Spec Engine x1
Entry Fees 0
Sponsorship 400,000
Purchase of Lola T370 #01 -600,000
Purchase of Cosworth Engine x1 -100,000
Firestone Tire Supply -100,000
Driver Salaries -100,000
Current Budget - 1,500,000

#23 Leo Kinnunen (Part-Time)

Entries locked into the opening three races. (The rest must go through pre-qualifying).
1. Lotus #93
2. Lotus #94
3. Tyrrell #3
4. Tyrrell #4
5. McLaren #54
6. McLaren #55
7. Brabham #8
8. Brabham #38
9. March #9
10. March #10
11. Ferrari #12
12. Ferrari #13
13. BRM #14
14. BRM #15
15. BRM #16
16. Shadow #17
17. Shadow #18
18. Surtees #11
19. Surtees #19
20. Williams #20

[Samster]

Sponsor List

Title Sponsors - Will sponsor all entries, more likely to sponsor multi-car teams.
Elf - 5,000,000
Marlboro - 4,000,000
Martini - 4,000,000
UOP - 3,500,000
Jagermeister - 3,500,000
Firestone - 3,000,000 (Obligated to use Firestone tires)
Motul - 3,000,000
Bang & Olfsen - 3,000,000
Salora - 2,500,000
National City Bank - 2,500,000

John Player Special will automatically offer 6,000,000 to Lotus.
Embassy will automatically offer 3,000,000 to Hill Racing.

Associate Sponsors - Will partly sponsor all entries. May give more money to an entry without a title sponsor.
Texaco - 600,000
FINA x2 - 500,000
Agip - 400,000
Matchbox - 350,000
Duckhams - 350,000
AP Lockhead - 300,000
Marlboro x2 - 300,000
Colt - 300,000
Janex - 300,000
Shell - 300,000
Castrol - 300,000
Suzuki GB - 250,000
Theodore Racing Hong Kong - 250,000
Personal - 250,000
Viceroy - 250,000
Motorcraft - 200,000
Homelite - 200,000
Bretscher - 200,000
Titan Properties - 200,000

Goodyear and Firestone will provide 200,000 for each team that uses their tires in return for running decals on the car.

Chassis and Engine Development

Three options for chassis use.

Option 1. Develop and build a new chassis.

Tier Low High Cost
++ 65 100
+ 60 95
1 55 90 15,000,000
2 50 85 12,500,000
3 45 80 10,000,000
4 40 75 7,500,000
5 35 70 6,000,000
6 30 65 5,000,000
7 25 60 4,000,000
8 20 55 3,000,000
9 15 50 2,500,000
10 10 45 2,000,000
11 5 40 1,500,000
12 0 35 1,000,000

Chose from tiers 1 to 12. The prices shown are a one time development cost then each chassis built will cost 1/10 of that development cost. I would recommend you build at least one spare chassis in case you have a write off at some point in the season.

Their is a large range in performance for each tier which means that throwing loads of money on development won't guarantee a top performing car. Conversely if you are really lucky it is technically possible to have the best car with a tier 7 design. Performance will be decided by RNG.

There are three areas of development, Chassis, Aero and Reliability. The first two will take from the range shown above for your selected tier. Reliability will take from a range of 0-100 for all tiers. You can opt to give even focus on all three areas, give focus on two of the three (meaning those two areas will take a performance from the tier above the one you chose) or give focus on just one of the three (the one area chosen takes from the tier two above the one you chose). If you decide to focus solely on reliability then the range for that will be 50-100.

You will also have the opportunity to make upgrades during the season.

Option 2. Keep the previous season's chassis.

If you look at the post above, some of you will see that you have older chassis in your processions list. You can opt to continue using these chassis instead of developing new ones. However you won't have any influence on their performance level. Remember you still need enough cars to use for your entries. You can also use these cars as spares.

If you don't want to use them you can either make a deal to sell them on to another team or scrap them for 50,000 each.

Option 3. Make a deal to purchase chassis from other teams.

Either buy another team's old chassis or make a deal with them to build a new one for you.

Lola have also developed a new chassis, the T370 (Tier 5), they have five chassis available for sale, prices are negociable but they will expect at least 600,000 each to cover construction costs.

Engine Development

Option 1. Build and Develop your own engines

Tier Low High Cost
++ 65 100
+ 60 95
1 55 90 5,000,000
2 50 85 4,000,000
3 45 80 3,200,000
4 40 75 2,500,000
5 35 70 2,000,000
6 30 65 1,750,000
7 25 60 1,500,000
8 20 55 1,250,000
9 15 50 1,000,000
10 10 45 800,000
11 5 40 600,000
12 0 35 400,000

This is mandatory for Ferrari as a works backed team, but entirely optional for everyone else. Same rules as chassis development. There are two areas of development, Power and Reliability. Power takes from the ranges shown above, reliability takes from 0-100, unless you decide to focus on reliability then it is 50-100.

Option 2. Make a deal to purchase engines from another team or Cosworth.

What the title says really. In this era of Formula One, Cosworth with their famous DFV are the only second party engine constructor. Since they will likely be supplying most of the field they have an unlimited supply of engines though they will also sell older engines for cheap. Prices are negotiable and are for each engine.

Brand New Engine (Tier 1) - At least 600,000.
Year Old Engine - Around 100,000.
2 Year Old Engine - Around 50,000.

Tire Suppliers

Choose from Goodyear or Firestone. Prices shown are after the 200,000 they provide for light sponsorship.

Goodyear - 150,000 - Reasonable Grip, High Endurance
Firestone - 100,000 - High Grip, Poor Endurance (Free for Trojan because of title sponsorship).

Driver List

You may bid for three drivers per entry. Please state order of preference.
You don't have to choose from the list below but these are the drivers most interested in racing in Formula 1. Non-Fictional drivers only, and they must be realistically eligable to race in Formula 1.
Drivers are split into four categories, each with their own expectations. You should try and match those expectations with your bids.
You can make a contract offers ranging from race-by-race to anything up to three seasons. Though I would only recommend trying for that long a contract if you are one of the top teams. If you are making a multi-season bid please state the annual salary.
Some drivers have team preferences and may accepts lower offers from those teams. Chris Amon and Graham Hill are owner/drivers and thus will either drive their own cars or focus on team management. They won't accept offers from other teams.

Platinum - Expect at least 1,000,000 per season.
Chris Amon (Will only drive for Amon Racing)
Mario Andretti (Prefers Parnelli)
Emerson Fittipaldi
Graham Hill (Will only drive for Embassy Hill)
Denny Hulme (Prefers McLaren)
Jacky Ickx
Ronnie Peterson
Clay Regazzoni
Peter Revson

Gold - Expect at least 500,000 per season.
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Mark Donohue (Prefers Penske)
Howden Ganley
Peter Gethin
Mike Hailwood
James Hunt (Prefers Hesketh)
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Niki Lauda
Arturo Merzario
Jackie Oliver
Carlos Pace
Henri Pescarolo
Brian Redman
Carlos Reutemann
Jody Scheckter
Tim Schenken
Rolf Stommelen
Reine Wisell

Silver - Can be asked to bring money.
Ian Ashley
Derek Bell
Tom Belsø
Mike Beuttler
Bill Brack
Tony Brise
Luiz Buena
Vittorio Brambilla
Dave Charlton
Andrea de Adamich
Patrick Depailler
Paddy Driver
Guy Edwards
Bob Evans
Wilson Fittipaldi
Nanni Galli
David Hobbs
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Alan Jones
Eddie Keizan
Leo Kinnunen
Jacques Laffite
Gérard Larrousse
Brett Lunger
Jochen Mass
François Migault
John Nicholson
Torsten Palm
Larry Perkins
David Purley
Tom Pryce
Dieter Quester
Richard Robarts
Bertil Roos
Ian Scheckter
Vern Schuppan
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Tony Trimmer
Gijs van Lennep
Rikky von Opel
David Walker
John Watson
Mike Wilds
Roelof Wunderlink

Bronze - Scrubs, will bring money.
José Dolhem
Harald Ertl
Carlo Facetti
Hiroshi Fushida
Helmuth Koinigg
Lella Lombardi
Teddy Pilette
Eppie Wietzes

[This Could Be You]

I'll take March please.

[Nessafox]

I"m not likely to be that succesful, so i'm not going to ruin a top team. I'll take BRM, as BRM was pretty much doomed post 1974 in reality anyways.

[Normal32]

bathplug it, let's go for a challenge with Maki.

[RedEyes504]

I'll take McLaren

[V8fan12]

I'd like Shadow please

[FantometteBR]

Tyrrell to me please

[CarloSpace]

Brabham please.

[Aislabie]

I almost always take serious rejects, so please can I have Ferrari for a change.

I'd like to run two full-time cars (any two adjacent numbers under 30) and a part-time car (number 46).

[andrew]

Token racing please.

[novitopoli]

Hesketh, please.

[Nuppiz]

I feel rather obligated to run AAW Racing Team.

[Dexter249]

HESKETH for me please.

[Samster]

HESKETH for me please.

Sorry, novitopoli already chose them.

[alg2159]

Team Lotus for me, please

[Ataxia]

I'll take Embassy Hill, please

[Dexter249]

HESKETH for me please.

Sorry, novitopoli already chose them.

Surtees then

[BioBiro]

I've not competed in one of these series' before, but I'd like to pick a team where the watchful gaze of the tabloids will be off me.

Trojan-Tauranac Racing for me, please!

[tommykl]

I'll give this a stab, then. Ensign for me!

[Peteroli34]

Williams for me then please.

[AdrianBelmonte_]

As KL's 2011 campaign seems to be dead, let's take Goldie Hexagon to the glorious glory

[Dom_Wings]

I'll take Penske, please

[Ice1Racing]

Amon please

[Nessafox]

Wait... i just noticed a team is missing... the legendary rejects that were Scuderia Finotto!

[Samster]

Seems sign ups have dried up with just one team left. So tomorrow I'll start the entry sign ups and sponsor bidding. If Parnelli aren't taken by then, I'll look after the team until someone wants them.

[Samster]

Sponsor bidding is now open. Please note that there are a couple of automatic offers to certain teams. You are allowed one each out of title and associate sponsors, plus your Firestone or Goodyear money depending on which tire supply you choose later. You may make bids for three of each.

You also need to decide how many entries you want to have for your team. Full time entries cost 250,000 credits each which covers all event entry and travel costs but are obligated to attend each championship event (non-championship events are still optional and aren't covered by the season fee). Part time entries have no season fee but are subject to event entry fees and travel costs and are restricted to five championship meetings per season.

You may enter anything from one to four full time entries plus one part time. You also need to decide on your permanent race numbers for each entry choosing from #2-#99.

I have also revealed who gets the 20 locked in spots for the first three races on the opening post.

[This Could Be You]

Sponsor bidding is now open. Please note that there are a couple of automatic offers to certain teams.

You also need to decide how many entries you want to have for your team. Full time entries cost 250,000 credits each which covers all event entry and travel costs but are obligated to attend each championship event (non-championship events are still optional and aren't covered by the season fee). Part time entries have no season fee but are subject to event entry fees and travel costs and are restricted to five championship meetings per season.

You may enter anything from one to four full time entries plus one part time. You also need to decide on your permanent race numbers for each entry choosing from #2-#99.

Erm... How many sponsors do we need/are we allowed to sign? (I've checked- you haven't mentioned)

[Nessafox]

Sponsor bidding is now open. Please note that there are a couple of automatic offers to certain teams.

You also need to decide how many entries you want to have for your team. Full time entries cost 250,000 credits each which covers all event entry and travel costs but are obligated to attend each championship event (non-championship events are still optional and aren't covered by the season fee). Part time entries have no season fee but are subject to event entry fees and travel costs and are restricted to five championship meetings per season.

You may enter anything from one to four full time entries plus one part time. You also need to decide on your permanent race numbers for each entry choosing from #2-#99.

Erm... How many sponsors do we need/are we allowed to sign? (I've checked- you haven't mentioned)

Important indeed, because as it look nows, every team could bid on 'all sponsors' Also are there going to be the possibility of pay-drivers or not? As that will have an influence on the amount of cars i could enter full-time.

For now, BRM will enter 3 full-time cars, as in real life, #14,#15 and #16, but the entry of #16 will depend on your answer.

[Samster]

Sponsor bidding is now open. Please note that there are a couple of automatic offers to certain teams.

You also need to decide how many entries you want to have for your team. Full time entries cost 250,000 credits each which covers all event entry and travel costs but are obligated to attend each championship event (non-championship events are still optional and aren't covered by the season fee). Part time entries have no season fee but are subject to event entry fees and travel costs and are restricted to five championship meetings per season.

You may enter anything from one to four full time entries plus one part time. You also need to decide on your permanent race numbers for each entry choosing from #2-#99.

Erm... How many sponsors do we need/are we allowed to sign? (I've checked- you haven't mentioned)

Sorry forgot to write that part. You are allowed one each out of title and associate sponsors, plus your Firestone or Goodyear money depending on which tire supply you choose later. You may make bids for three of each.

[andrew]

National city bank

Motorcraft

[This Could Be You]

March Sponsor bids:

Main:
UOP
B&O
Martini

Supplementary:
Marlboro
Duckhams
Motorcraft

Numbers:
#9, #10 (just like in real life)

[Normal32]

Maki's stuff

Number: #2

Title sponsors:

Firestone
Salora

Supplementary:

Texaco
FINA
Agip

[CarloSpace]

Brabham
We'd like to run three full-time entries: #8, #30 and #38 (I assume the three numbers can be any three numbers)

Title sponsor:

Martini
Jagermeister
Motul

Associate:
Texaco
Agip
Colt

[Samster]

March Sponsor bids:

Main:
UOP
Supplementary:
Marlboro

Numbers:
#9, #10 (just like in real life)

Tyres: Goodyear

What happens if we don't get these? Do we bid again, or can we put backup choices? Furthermore, shouldn't it be Goodyear and Firestone at the top, not Dunlop as they had pulled out of F1 by this point?

You get to bid for three title sponsors and three associate sponsors. And I have now corrected the post to say Goodyear not Dunlop, thanks for spotting the error.

By the way, you do not need to decide your tire supply yet, each of them have a cost which will be revealed later on plus details on their strengths and weaknesses.

[Samster]

Brabham
We'd like to run three full-time entries: #8, #30 and #38 (I assume the three numbers can be any three numbers)

Correct, anything from 2-99, #1 is reserved for defending champion.

[Aislabie]

Scuderia Ferrari

Main Sponsor
Marlboro

Supplementary Sponsors
TAG-Heuer
Agip
Goodyear

Car Numbers
#13 (full-time)
#14 (full-time)
#46 (part-time)

Tyres
Goodyear

#46 will run at: Race of Champions, International Trophy, Monaco GP, British GP, German GP, Italian GP

[Samster]

National city bank

Motorcraft

Don't forget to decide on how many entries you want to run and your race numbers.

[Nessafox]

sponsor bids for British Racing Motors
Main sponsor:
Jagermeister
UOP
Motul

Associate Sponsor
FINA
Matchbox
Duckhams


Cars:
#14 (full time) (we want to ask Ferrari to reconcider their usage of this number, as i stated my intention early, but if they play it hard, we'll use #17 instead
#15 (full time)
#16 (full time)

[Samster]

sponsor bids for British Racing Motors
Main sponsor:
Jagermeister
UOP
Motul

Associate Sponsor
FINA
Matchbox
Duckhams


Cars:
#14 (full time) (we want to ask Ferrari to reconcider their usage of this number, as i stated my intention early, but if they play it hard, we'll use #17 instead
#15 (full time)
#16 (full time)

I'll decide now, as BRM chose #14 first and used the number in real life, you get the number and Ferrari will have to chose another.