Grand Prix Rejects

First off, apologies for this being very late, but a number of computer issues (soon to be rectified with a newer, much more powerful laptop arriving on Monday) and my A-Levels/uni preparation forced it to the back burner (see also: altBTCC, Asian F4 ). Still, better late than never.

The Simulator
For the 2020 season, I will attempt to replicate Nuppiz's setup on F1C as much as possible, before attempting a transition to either Automobilista or rFactor 2 for 2021 (...which with my luck will crash and burn ).

The Car
The exact same Lola chassis from last season (and every season of AR3.5, in fact) will be used for one last year before it is retired for 2021.

The Calendar
TBD (I'm not that ready!)

Rules and points
The same as last year, basically.

Drivers
All prospective drivers must be no younger than 17 and no older than 30 by 01/01/20, and must have started no more than 16 ARWS or F1 races, or entered more than 24 ARWS races (or any combination thereof that exceeds 24). Drivers with insufficient (read: literally none) Canon experience may be rejected at my discretion.
Teams
Before anyone new can enter, the previous 21 teams from 2019 must confirm their participation (or not) in the upcoming season. This must be done by 11:59PM BST on the 30th September 2018. The status of entries will be shown below:

(key: Confirmed, returning, Confirmed, declined, Confirmed, entry TBA, Unconfirmed)
Écurie Prenois (pi314159)
RUF Blokkmonsta Motorsport (captain_getz)
Renault Academy Voeckler (Biscione)
RonDen Racing Engineering (This)
Definitely Maybe Racing (Londoner)
Simpson Motorsports (MinardiFan)
Mótorar Sigurðardóttir (Petoli)
ICE-3 Melkus Racing (Rated)
Jones Racing (Ataxia)
Chris Short Nismo Academy (RDD)
Nebula Grand Prix (Ataxia)
Falik Arrows (SuperAguri)
Team Mecha Racing (formerly Takagi Racing Enterprises) (FMecha)
Peak Aeroracing Engineering (V8fan12)
Underhill Motorsports (Normal32)
FXS Racing (AdrianBelmonte)
Lotto Junior (Miguel98)
Plus One Racing Engineering (Pasta)
Euromotor International (Fantomette)
North Star Racing (Pilot)
Avanti GP (Pinkd56)
Miraglio Autosport (CarloSpace)
TBA (Gonzalez)
TBA (TomDilain)
TBA (GertrandBachot)
TBA (aggi)
Waiting list:
1. CarloSpace (applied on 3rd March 2017)
2. Gonzalez (applied on 5th March 2017)
3. TomDilain (applied on 25th November 2017)
4. Gertrand Bachot (applied on 30th January 2018)
5. aggi (applied on 31st January 2018)
6. Reject_Dom (applied 16/09/18, 8:59PM BST)
7. John Rafael (applied 17/09/18, 10:52PM BST)
8. FortiWinks (applied 29/11/18, 5:43AM GMT)
x. Simtek (will enter when there's no-one else left on the list)

Plus One Racing Engineering will return for the new season.

Ecurie Prenois would like to remain part of the series.

Jones Racing will return for the new season, as Nebula are henceforth retired from racing competition.

nothing

waiting list-oh

Avanti will take their wooden spoon from 2019 and have another mouthful of AR3.5.

The Icelandic will be there for 2020

Ronden will continue.

RUF Blokkmonsta Motorsport will return after taking their car to the Drivers Championship last season.

Chris Short Racing will carry on, no idea about the state of the Nissan partnership though

Peak Aeroracing will soldier on

Lotto Racing will carry on.

ICE-3 Melkus Racing will be back for 2020.

Miraglio Autosport (based in Bari, Italy) will join the series.

Bitten Heroes GPE dreaming of joining. If a cataclismic event occurs, and no one can join, we join.

Euromotor will ride in once again

TRE will sell their AR3.5 operations to Team Mecha Racing.

Hey yo, FXS Racing here represent, WE STAYING UP IN THA GAME, let's kick some VTECs in the hood

RonDenisDeletraz wrote:Chris Short Racing will carry on, no idea about the state of the Nissan partnership though

Marjolein Postma had a 2020 deal with Nebula but as they've now effed off, I can send her your way and keep the Nissan thing going?

Renault Academy Voeckler will continue into 2020.

If I'm not even on the waiting list, I'm going to at least offer Aria Hevel and Ryunnosuke Takashi, my drivers from last season's F4, to hire. I would feel at least a little present in AR 3.5.

John Rafael wrote:If I'm not even on the waiting list, I'm going to at least offer Aria Hevel and Ryunnosuke Takashi, my drivers from last season's F4, to hire. I would feel at least a little present in AR 3.5.

Just some friendly advice: that move would likely end up killing the career of those drivers. F4 to AR 3.5 is a two-tier jump, and their stats probably wouldn't be good to reflect the massive difference between the two series.

AR 2.0 or F3 would be much wiser options given their promising results in their respective F4 series.

Gunter Masakan is available for anyone that's looking for dat sweet sweet KFC Indonesia money

Nuppiz wrote:

John Rafael wrote:If I'm not even on the waiting list, I'm going to at least offer Aria Hevel and Ryunnosuke Takashi, my drivers from last season's F4, to hire. I would feel at least a little present in AR 3.5.

Just some friendly advice: that move would likely end up killing the career of those drivers. F4 to AR 3.5 is a two-tier jump, and their stats probably wouldn't be good to reflect the massive difference between the two series.

AR 2.0 or F3 would be much wiser options given their promising results in their respective F4 series.

Yup, makes sense. I'll have an eye on it. Thanks.

DemocalypseNow wrote:

RonDenisDeletraz wrote:Chris Short Racing will carry on, no idea about the state of the Nissan partnership though

Marjolein Postma had a 2020 deal with Nebula but as they've now effed off, I can send her your way and keep the Nissan thing going?

Yeah, sounds alright by me

RonDenisDeletraz wrote:

DemocalypseNow wrote:

RonDenisDeletraz wrote:Chris Short Racing will carry on, no idea about the state of the Nissan partnership though

Marjolein Postma had a 2020 deal with Nebula but as they've now effed off, I can send her your way and keep the Nissan thing going?

Yeah, sounds alright by me

Sold! Can I get a bit of Philips branding on the car too for Postma?

Best In The World would like to sponsor the team(s) that hire the following drivers: Sandra Yoo and Haílton Fidélis

Jones Racing have secured Katie May for 2020, and we're waiting on a little RNG magic to secure Stan Frankham for the other car.

DemocalypseNow wrote:

RonDenisDeletraz wrote:

DemocalypseNow wrote:Marjolein Postma had a 2020 deal with Nebula but as they've now effed off, I can send her your way and keep the Nissan thing going?

Yeah, sounds alright by me

Sold! Can I get a bit of Philips branding on the car too for Postma?

No problem at all

Thomas Yorke and Benjamin Foster-Thompson will be the drivers for Peak Aeroracing

After a mad scramble caused by misplacing the entry forms in their headquarters, Definitely Maybe Racing will be back for 2020.

Avanti would like to offer Sandra Yoo a drive.

Ronden will just keep De Bock on and put Rosseels in the other car. For both of them this will be a make or break year.

Once again (because there isn't much where else to put him), Darko Kuzmanovic will race for Euromotor. The second seat is up for the grabs

As the deadline for the roll call has long since passed, Simpson Motorsports, Falik Arrows, Nebula Grand Prix, Underhill Motorsports, and North Star Racing will not be returning. This means that [b]CarloSpace, Gonzalea, TomDilain, GertrandBachot and aggi will have entries for this year, provided that they can respond with plans by 11:59PM on 13/10/18. In the meantime, the other teams can barter with eachother over driver deals and possibly work on their liveries/tell me what you want you livery(s) to look like.

MasterCard Bachot Grand Prix (based in Arlon, Belgium but racing with a French license) will join the AR3.5 grid for 2020.

I’m interested in being put on the waiting list if possible TCBY

i apologise for my inactiveness on the forum as life is hard for me with work and shite.

Since TomDillain and Aggi are unlikely to respond and no one else has responded yet i will just attempt an entry with Mediterranean Motorsport for next Season.

FXS wants to keep Marisa Carrera for the new season, there's a free seat we need to fill, we'll hear offers

After a few years in F2, T. K. Wolf is looking to make a move to AR3.5 for 2020