Grand Prix Rejects

Given as his post works really well, I am totally going to steal the introduction sequence from Simtek for this series.

The Simulator

Simtek wrote:Grand Prix 2, same as what I use for Anglo-Irish F4, same as what Normal uses for F3 Eurasia, what novitopoli and CaptainGetz12 use for their F4 series, what Ataxia uses for IndyCar, what Pasta uses for... look, you get the idea, it's popular, it works, moving on.

The Cars

There will be little deviation from the cars that were run in real F1 in this time period, mostly slight performance adjustments based on the previous performance of a team the season before.

The Drivers

Before the start of each season, you are free to offer contracts for two driver slots.

Your choice will be limited in that you must fulfill two out of three objectives when signing drivers. Those objectives will be given and explained to you in private.

If multiple teams are looking for a certain driver, RNG will decide their fate.

The Teams

11 teams for 1999, 2 cars per team. Those 11 teams have been determined by the needs of the canon and previous developments:

West McLaren Mercedes (salamander)
Scuderia Ferrari (biscione)
Benetton Arrows Playlife (kevinbotz)
Benson & Hedges Jordan (Reject_Dom)
Winfield Williams (novitopoli)
Gauloises Prost Peugeot (ataxia)
HSBC Stewart Ford (pinkd56)
Red Bull Sauber Petronas (wizzie)
MasterCard Lola Formula One Racing Team (petoli)
Fondmetal Minardi Team (Normal32)
British American Racing (This Could Be You)

I hereby ask all team owners to report back to the series.

If any team owners fail to report back, their replacements will be decided by me in a hopefully fair selection process.

The Race Weekend

305 km except Monaco, you all know how a Formula One race works. Furthermore, there will be two one-hour sessions to determine the grid.

The Points System

10, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 for the time being.

The Race Calendar

TBA

If this is all automated, what do I do?

You pick the drivers, hope for the best and if you wish, you may change the lineup by replacing a driver with a driver picked from one of my suggestions if you can provide a good justification

I'll continue in charge of Prost, and attempt to channel Alain's skills in nail-biting and looking generally worried.

Lola Remain for a second season.

Minardi will power onto 1999.

I'll confirm at Jordan for '99 & go for the 3rd spot in the WCC

BAR will continue its "Tradition of Excellence" into 1999 (yes, that was their real slogan )

1998's third best team, Stewart, will return for 1999.

Sauber will return for another season of mediocrity

Williams will be back for a glorious 1999.

/s

Ferrari will of course continue its never-ending presence in Formula 1.

Benetton Arrows will return for 1999.

I'll hang on to McLaren for another season.

Jordan

Driver 1:
Jack Christopherson

Driver 2:
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Ralf Schumacher

Test Drivers:
Greg Moore
Tomas Enge
Stephen Watson

Driver 1:

Gabriel Ponce de Leon

Driver 2:

Oliver Martini

Test Drivers:

Gaston Mazzacane
Giovanna Amati
Takuya Kurosawa

Gauloises Prost Peugeot

Driver 1:
Rubens Barrichello
Jan Magnussen
Gianni Morbidelli

Driver 2:
Stéphane Sarrazin

Test Drivers:
Soheil Ayari
Franck Montagny
Christophe Bouchut

Alrighty, thanks for that you three, but your offers can wait for a later day.

BAR Driver Bids: (EDIT: Updated after AndreaModa's approval)

Driver 1:
Damon Hill
Jacques Villeneuve
Ricardo Zonta

Driver 2:
Sammy Jones (Approved by AndreaModa below)

Test Drivers:
Justin Wilson
Jenson Button
Bruno Junqueria

(I guess it's more accurate to real-life if we're massively over-ambitious)

Yeah that's cool. Jones is approved for the second BAR seat.

Just a reminder before the driver market opens that Daniel Moreno (CAN) is looking for an F1 drive.

Lola

Driver 1

Satoshi Motoyama
Gaston Mazzacane
Juichi Wakisaka

Driver 2

Deanna McMahon (DEC -Me)

Test Driver

Viktor Maslov

I would like to go on the waiting list.

Now that I have send out all messages to all team owners, the driver market is formally open NOW. I request all team owners to post their bids again, as the previous ones are considered void, except for the signings of Deanna McMahon by peteroli34 and Sammy Jones by This Could Be You

Reject_Dom wrote:Jordan

Driver 1:
Jack Christopherson

I forgot to approve this. Naturally, Christopherson is happy to renew with Jordan.

Scuderia Ferrari

Driver 1
Michael Schumacher

Driver 2
David Coulthard
Gerhard Berger
Chris Dagnall
Jeremy-Etienne Voeckler

BAR Driver Bids, again...

Driver 1:
Damon Hill
Jacques Villeneuve
Ricardo Zonta

Driver 2:
Sammy Jones (Approved by AndreaModa above)

Test Drivers:
Justin Wilson
Jenson Button
Bruno Junqueria

(I guess it's more accurate to real-life if we're massively over-ambitious. But of course you already know that...)

Minardi driver stuff

Driver 1:

Eddie Irvine
Stefano Modena
Oliver Martini

Driver 2:

Jan Magnussen
Marc Gene
Gabriel Ponce de Leon


Test Drivers:

Pierluigi Martini
Yuji Ide
Kazuyoshi Hoshino

Please refer to my post above as Jordan's final bids
But, if you want:

Jordan

Driver 1:
Jack Christopherson

Driver 2:
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Ralf Schumacher

Test Drivers:
Greg Moore (in case he doesn't get signed to a race seat)
Tomas Enge
Stephen Watson

Lola Bid

Driver 1

Satoshi Motoyama
Gaston Mazzacane
Juichi Wakisaka

Test Driver

Viktor Maslov

McLaren:

Driver 1
Mika Hakkinen
Greg Moore
Paul Tracy
Adrian Fernandez

Also Driver 1 Because He Would Be Really Upset If I Called Him Driver 2
James James Davies

Test driver
Nick Heidfeld

Sauber Driver Bids

Driver 1:
Giancarlo Fisichella
Gil de Ferran
Tony Kanaan

Driver 2:
Rhys Davies (approved by Kevinbotz)

Test Drivers:
Tom Douglas
Juan Pablo Montoya

HSBC Stewart Ford Bids:

Driver 1:
Ralf Schumacher
David Coulthard
Jan Magnussen

Driver 2:
Dario Franchitti
Greg Moore
Chris Dagnall (subject to permissions)
Eddie Irvine

TD:
Pedro de la Rosa
Jason Watt
John Zimmer (subject to permissions)

WilliamsF1 Team:

Driver 1:
Michael Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher

Driver 2 (also Driver 1 bids, should the ones above fail)
Giancarlo Fisichella
Jarno Trulli
Alessandro Zanardi

Test Driver (also Driver 1/2 bids, should the ones above fail)
Juan Pablo Montoya
Jörg Müller

Benetton Arrows driver bids

Driver 1:

Rubens Barrichello
Gil de Ferran
Bruno Junqueira

Driver 2:

Ralf Schumacher
Pedro de la Rosa

Qantas Australian Grand Prix Qualifying
Qantas Australian Grand Prix Race (Fastest Lap: Mika Häkkinen, McLaren-Mercedes - 1:33.443)
Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil Qualifying
Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil Race (Fastest Lap: James Davies, McLaren-Mercedes - 1:19.099)
Gran Premio Warsteiner di San Marino Qualifying
Gran Premio Warsteiner di San Marino Race (Fastest Lap: James Davies, McLaren-Mercedes - 1:28.785)
Gran Premio Marlboro de España Qualifying
Gran Premio Marlboro de España Race (Fastest Lap: Michael Schumacher, Ferrari - 1:24.765)

From now on, you may apply for driver changes by sending me a message which details why you think a driver replacement is sensible. If approved, you will be handed a list of at least two drivers from which you may pick the replacement. Please note that because of me already being behind schedule, there is a good chance your change may not be implemented until race 8.

If you're wondering what the championship standings look like, well here they are:

WDC after 4 Rounds:
1. David Coulthard 27
2. Michael Schumacher 20
3. James Davies 17
4. Mika Hakkinen 12
5. Jack Christopherson 6
=5. Pedro de la Rosa 6
7. Ralf Schumacher 4
=7. Rubens Barrichello 4
9. Heinz-Harald Frentzen 3
10. Giancarlo Fisichella 2
11. Stephane Sarrazin 1
=11. Rhys Davies 1
=11. Eddie Irvine 1

WCC after 4 Rounds
1. Ferrari 47
2. Mclaren 29
3. Benetton Arrows 10
4. Jordan 9
5. Williams 6
6. Sauber 1 (Best Result: 1x6th, 1x7th, 1x8th)
7. Prost 1 (Best Result: 1x6th, 1x7th, 1x10th)
8. Minardi 1 (Best Result: 1x6th, 1x11th)
9. Stewart 0 (Best Result: 2x8th)
10. Lola 0 (Best Result: 1x8th)
11. BAR 0 (Best Result: 1x10th)

(as you can see, BAR is somehow doing even worse than last year in the WCC despite having a better chassis, engine and drivers than last year, albeit with equally poor reliability)

Grand Prix de Monaco Qualifying
Grand Prix de Monaco Race (Fastest Lap: Michael Schumacher, Ferrari - 1:23.010)
Player's Canadian Grand Prix Qualifying
Player's Canadian Grand Prix Race (Fastest Lap: Michael Schumacher, Ferrari - 1:23.323)
Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France Qualifying
Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France Race (Fastest Lap: James Davies, McLaren-Mercedes - 1:19.987)
RAC British Grand Prix Qualifying
RAC British Grand Prix Race (Fastest Lap: Michael Schumacher, Ferrari - 1:28.299)

And here's the championship standings after eight rounds:

WDC After 8 Rounds:
1. Michael Schumacher 33
2. David Coulthard 31
3. Mika Hakkinen 28
4. James Davies 27
5. Heinz-Harald Frentzen 21
6. Jack Christopherson 19
7. Pedro de la Rosa 16
8. Rubens Barrichello 13
9. Ralf Schumacher 10
10. Giancarlo Fisichella 3
11 Dario Franchitti 2
12. Stephane Sarrazin 1
=12. Rhys Davies 1
=12. Eddie Irvine 1
=12. Luca Badoer 1
=12. Gianni Morbidelli 1

WCC after 8 Rounds
1. Ferrari 64
2. Mclaren 55
3. Jordan 40
4. Benetton Arrows 29
5. Williams 13
6. Stewart 2 (Best Result: 1x5th, 2x8th)
7. Sauber 2 (Best Result: 2x6th, 1x7th, 1x8th)
8. Prost 2 (Best Result: 2x6th, 1x7th, 1x10th)
9. Minardi 1 (Best Result: 1x6th, 1x11th)
10. Lola 0 (Best Result: 1x8th)
11. BAR 0 (Best Result: 1x10th)
Only BAR and Lola have failed to score so far, and so far don't look all that likely to score, (although at least the BAR 01 is getting faster)

Großer A1 Preis von Österreich Qualifying
Großer A1 Preis von Österreich Race (Fastest Lap: Michael Schumacher, Ferrari - 1:12.322)
Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland Qualifying
Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland Race (Fastest Lap: Jack Christopherson, Jordan-Mugen Honda - 1:45.630)
Marlboro Magyar Nagydij Qualifying
Marlboro Magyar Nagydij Race (Fastest Lap: Mika Häkkinen, McLaren-Mercedes - 1:18.994)
Foster's Belgian Grand Prix Qualifying
Foster's Belgian Grand Prix Race (Fastest Lap: Mika Häkkinen, McLaren-Mercedes - 1:52.244)

boi

WDC after 12 Rounds:
1. Mika Hakkinen 48
2. Michael Schumacher 47
3. James Davies 46
4. Jack Christopherson 38
5. David Coulthard 36
6. Heinz-Harald Frentzen 31
7. Pedro de la Rosa 18
8. Rubens Barrichello 13
9. Ralf Schumacher 10
=10. Giancarlo Fisichella 8
=10. Dario Franchitti 8
12. Rhys Davies 4
13. Luca Badoer 2
=14. Stephane Sarrazin 1
=14. Eddie Irvine 1
=14. Gianni Morbidelli 1

(can't be arsed to do countbacks & shite)

WCC after 12 Rounds:
1. McLaren 94
2. Ferrari 83
3. Jordan 69
4. Benetton Arrows 31
5. Williams 18
6. Stewart 8
7. Sauber 6
8. Prost 2
9. Minardi 1
10. Lola 0 (best: 8th)
11. BAR 0 (best: 9th)

Gran Premio Campari d'Italia Qualifying
Gran Premio Campari d'Italia Race (Fastest Lap: Jack Christopherson, Jordan-Mugen Honda - 1:25.156)
Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix Qualifying
Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix Race (Fastest Lap: Michael Schumacher, Ferrari - 1:42.771)
Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Qualifying
Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Race (Fastest Lap: James Davies, McLaren-Mercedes - 1:43.942)
Grande Prémio Galp Energia de Portugal Qualifying
Grande Prémio Galp Energia de Portugal Race (Fastest Lap: Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Jordan-Mugen Honda - 1:20.453)

Edit: wrong picture for Italy