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Yeouch! That might be a hard one to swallow.
The rates are going to change somewhat next season. I won't say what but for the time being I think it will put a little more thinking into the team choices.
No matter what happens, twice at the bottom in five years is too much to bear. I can only go up in the standings!
He really is like Bernie, so hard to give money away :)
POSF1, the beleaguered Formula1 outfit, has given Jensen Button an ultimatum: if you want to continue driving for us, finish on the podium.
"The forecast calls for rain. Last year Jensen won in Brazil in rainy conditions from 2nd on the grid. We expect no less from him if he wants to be retained." stated team manager Garry Gould.
"The prestige and respectability of POSF1 Will be restored; and to do that we need the World-Class Jensen, not the -I'll-finish-right-here-in-14th-thank-you-very-much-Jensen." Whether Button has responded internally to the team regarding this ultimatum is unclear. What is clear is that a massive result from Button and Perez would put the team one step above the bottom, which would be a feat in itself since the team has only been out of the top forty once this season. That result was due to its bonus and not anything the team had done to improve the car.
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Originally Posted by COD
I just want to go on record now saying that if we took that approach, I'm already on record as being the Ferrari team. N. Jones with be my Jean Todt, and as usual there will be no bias in the rules regarding Ferrari. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Firstgear
I take that back, I think it will take a small miracle for me to actually stay ahead of you, :angryfire that is unless Slash takes out Hulk. :eek: ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by COD
VAUXHALL ASTRA F1 TEAM STATEMENT
The Vauxhall Astra F1 Team have managed to secure another battery for their wireless keyboard again. Hopefully it can last to the end of this statement. Unfortunately this means the drivers are both going to be without KERS this weekend as the team need it for the keyboard, to continue issuing these important releases. Besides, it's not like we can go much slower anyway.
BRAZIL GP QUALIFYING:
Well that's just swell - our drivers Perez and Gutierrez line up 14th and 18th. It's not looking too good to grab a huge haul of points we're afraid. Sergio even binned it at the end of Q2. We don't care if he outqualified Jenson 10 times, he has not scored enough points, and in this incredibly close championship around 40th, we need every single point.
VAF1 currently lie in an extremely precarious equal 40th in the championship - we are looking in great peril of falling short of our targets to finish in the top 40 as at least one other team behind has Brazil as their bonus GP. We are at least fairly optimistic of remaining ahead of Aki Racing Team, who had a shocker in India while we broke into the top 30 for about the 4th or 5th time this season. But with his chassis ahead of ours on the grid, it is going to very tight.
This is it: The music stops tomorrow evening. Who will be left out of the top 40 seats?!
SHOCK 2014 ANNOUNCEMENT
In a shock U-Turn, our recent major deal to run Renault power has been cancelled. RJBetty's Renault Laguna collided with a deer at the start of the month and the car has had to be scrapped. Thankfully the majestic creature seems to have survived as the team boss was able to slow his car considerably on the 50mph road by the time of impact. The animal refused help when rjbetty tried to approach it, bucking around and looking very threatening with it's large antlers, sending the team boss running back to his car.
The Renault did not do so well but could be driven back to the team's secondary Bedfordshire base. Since it was only £500 the team took the decision to invest in a new vehicle altogether rather than attempt extensive repairs on an old vehicle. Thus we announce for the time being, we return to Vauxhall, but this time we have upgraded to Vectra 2.0 Litre Diesel Power. This powerplant offers a significant improvement over the old Astra, not least that it actually runs. It also boasts a rear spoiler for increased downforce, as well as a reduction from £123.75 to £96 for 6 months road tax, saving us more money for parties. It also means we will continue to run in our familiar silver colour scheme rather than the dark green we were planning for 2014.
Drivers will be announced in due time. Needless to say, both will probably be changed. :mad:
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I know you have all been waiting, so here it is:
https://sites.google.com/site/2009fgp/results/brazil
BRAZIL:
1 Stasio i Jasio GP 96
2 Team Cabbage Face 86
3 Maker's Mark Team Mt. Damavand Racing 84
https://sites.google.com/site/2009fgp/r ... -standings
I'll break down the top ten in my usual fashion in an hour or so.
Following a disappointing season, which saw Yellow Jens GP Racing Team finishing invisibly somewhere in midfield, the team has to announce big news after the season has concluded. Team principal Jens has been sacked as a vote of confidence was held in the factory among all the team personnel. The personnel had been growingly unsatisfied with the way the team has been run recently and decided to take matters in their hands. Jens concluded that if indeed everyone is happy to see the back of him, it is the right time to back out and let someone else run the show. As of yet it is unclear, who would be the new director of the team and what would be the name of the team the next year, but the matters are expected to get resolved before the new year.
Now former team principal Jens however remains convinced that such solution serves best in everyone's interests. "I always like to run team in an open and democratic way, so if people feel I am not doing a good enough job in managing the team, I am most happy to step aside and let someone else run the team."
"My personal future is still unclear and I am looking at various employment options. Remaining in my former team in a new suitable role is also an option, but this will be decided once the management of the new squad has been formed."
"To be honest, I always liked the wheel-gun job in pitstops, so I am open to working in the pit crew next year. But I am certainly looking at other options as well."
Good Evening World Media. This is an end of season statement from Aki Racing Team which competed for its second season if FGP.
"So the season has come to an end at last. This season of torment and ridicule has not left our team ART (Aki Racing Team) in a strong position for 2014.
This season has been one of struggles and disappointments.
The Brazilian Grand Prix saw a relative high for ART of a 28th placed finish, which despite being behind Astra F1 and Henners F1, is a good result.
The seasons finish of 43rd of 46 is a massive blow. However we extend as massive thanks to our rivals for a great seasons sport. :)
Anyway we will announce more later"
Congrats to Force Yorkshire
:sailor: sorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by COD
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Thanks!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Alca-Tazizzle
After losing a couple of years ago on bonus GP result, Force Yorkshire are delighted to win the 2013 FGP title, fully justifying the desiscion to recruit the 2 Nicos and employ Mercedes technology. It is highly likely, subject to budget constraints of course, that Force Yorkshire will continue with Mercedes power in an attempt to defend their crown next season.
Roll on next season!
WT
WT - you can thank Monaco and that massive 154 points you scored.
Anyway, Final podiums, Champions, and Top Ten winners to be formally announced shortly.
13th in the final standings doesn't sound very impressive, but it's a best for me.
Plus I won Singapore this year.
Statement from Maker's Mark Team Mt. Damavand Racing on ending the 2013 season:
Maker's Mark Team Mt. Damavand Racing finishes the season in a solid but typical 14th position.
Our team has pretty much always finished between 11th to 15th in the last 5 years, but is yet to finish in top 10 ever!
We need to change our approach to our team for next season. Solid and steady seems to result in this. We will adopt a more bang or bust approach for next season.
Perhaps we might also change our title sponsor, since it has come to our attention that Maker's Mark produces some alcoholic beverages, and Mt. Damavand, being headquartered in Tehran, Iran, is solidly against such products. Now if the team was HQed in Shiraz, Iran we could make an exception for a Shiraz-making wine maker as a title sponsor. So we might have to move our HQ as a result. But if we move to Shiraz, there is no point calling ourselves Mt. Damavand anymore since that mountain is the symbol of Tehran. So we might also have to change our name...
Urged by the security people at Interlagos, members of Team Loco Americano F1 have informed the team principle that the season is over and we need to move the equipment and transporters. Said team principle denied any belief that they are even in Brasil, and promptly locked himself in one of the transporters with the reserve driver. It is reported that he then made several calls mocking other teams for not saving adequate budget for "proper" celebrations.
In the event he becomes sober enough for a statement this week, we will publish it to the press.
The fifth season of FGP run by myself has now come to an end. Here is how it all ended:
The 2013 FGP Champion is Wasted Talent’s Force Yorkshire with 930 points!
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Our runner up is Firstgear's Spitze Gurke Racing with 921 points!
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And on the 3rd and final step of the podium, seb_sh's Team Purple Frog with 893 points!
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Congratulations to our Champion and podium finishers!!!
Now, on to the top ten:
In fourth - AlexRider's Liger with 884 points.
In fifth - Robinho's All Eggs in a German Basket with 883 points
In sixth - Whatever-Their-Name-Is-This-Week's Slash Inc. with 851 points
Tied for seventh are - Zico's Bed Rules Racing, COD's Force Finland, ojciec dyrektor's Stasio i Jasio GP with 846 points
In tenth - Koz's Team Marlboro Koz Racing with 808 points
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!
I am humbled that you are all still here after five years of me trying to make this as fun as possible. Thank you so much for playing and talking this season. A significant change is going to happen next season (I'll give you a hint - it will be in how a category is scored) so I hope that will help us add more people.
I was disheartened over the years to see that once I took this over we went from eighty regulars down to around fifty, but I have come to accept it.
Again, THANK YOU.
First of all, congratulations to Force Yorkshire for the win and everyone who made it to the podium.
Secondly, big thanks to N.Jones for making this happen, it sure is fun!
As for my team, this was Force Finland's third year in the championship and we have our best result yet. Making it to top ten is a good result, greatly helped by the form found by Hulkenberg at the last races. Of course it is bitter to loose sixth to Slash Inc. but my team wants to congratulate them also for a good final race. As for next year, Force Finland tries to maintain its upward slope and aim for podium in 2014!
Thanks NJ, yes, the Rosberg win for me in Monaco was the descisive moment, after that I was just hanging on.Quote:
Originally Posted by N. Jones
Looking forward to next year, thanks for running this comp.
WT
Try being 46 of 46. ;(Quote:
Originally Posted by steveaki13
2013 races winners:
Australia - Team137
Malaysia - BorsukGP
China - Dudes In F1
Gahrain - Spitze Gurke Racing
Spain - Team P3ws
Monaco - Force Yorkshire
Canada - Team Purple Frog
Britain - BMD Racing
Germany - All Eggs in a German Basket
Hungary - Team Marlboro Koz Racing
Belgium - Bed Rules Racing
Italy - Team Tango
Singapore - The Snuggle Bunch
South Korea - Eagle-Parnelli Racing
Japan - Darth Bong
India - Slash Inc.
UAE - Force Finland
USA - Tire Chains F1
Brazil - Stasio i Jasio GP
Also - the Skunk Holler for finishing last goes to POSF1 sponsored (no longer) by HP.
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-Aki Racing Team would like to thank the organiser of FGP N. Jones for his hard work for the 2013 season. He has controlled the sport in a very positive manner.
-ART (Aki Racing Team) would also like to extend a warm congratulations to the 2013 FGP Champions Force Yorkshire, and podium finishers Spitze Gurke Racing and Team Purple Frog.
-The ART has enjoyed its second season of FGP despite the poor performance this season. It would like offer a special thanks to 2 other backmarker teams that have played a key role in the backmarker battle of 2013. Firstly our main rivals who finished 41st and despite missing out on a top 40 have beaten us fairly, the Astra F1 Team and there team boss rjbetty.
-Also a bad luck message to the POSF1 outfit formerly sponsored by HP who finished behind us in 46th.
Look forward to racing you further up the grid in 2014. :devil:
Wow was each race really one by a different team (19 winners in 19 races)?!Quote:
Originally Posted by N. Jones
Just like the real thing...not!
I've impressed myself that the only GP I won was my bonus round :)
WT
A hearty Congrats to you WT. Once you took the lead no one could come close enough to challenge you.
Well done!
POSF1 can officially announce that they have found sponsorship for next season. The team will be sponsored by Oxy-Clean and famous model railroad company Lionel.
"These companies are looking to broaden their customer base and they felt POSF1 was the best place to do so. We are extremely excited about this new partnership and we look forward to building a new car for the 2014 season." stated team principal Garry Gould.
"The team will now be known as - Oxy-Clean POSF1 Sponsored by Lionel and our tag line is: “A clean diesel engine never looked so slow… uh. I mean clean!”"
So with the end of the 2013 season comes a review of ART (Aki Racing Team)s season in which they finished 43rd out of 46.
After finishing 32nd in 2012 in their debut season in FGP the Aki Racing Team moved into 2013 looking to push on into the top 20, however it was evident as early as pre season testing that the teams Sauber Chassis was flexing and would spell trouble for the team.
The team kept Jenson Button for a second season, but a poor Car meant he Qualified poorly for the opening race and with a shed of a Williams New boy Bottas was going to struggle for anything. The Mercedes Engine was powerful and would be the only thing keeping the team off the bottom.
The season started with signs of things to come as the team wasted their bonus GP in Round 1 and could still only finish 13th.
Round 2 saw the team slip into what would become a familiar position. Finishing 4 laps behind the winner in 43rd.
Round 3 was a bonus as the team made use of retirements and Mercedes Engines to finish 26th, just 2 laps behind, while Round 4 in Bahrain ended in a pile up at turn 1 by finishing 44th on 23 points with Lotus not Lotus and Team Tango.
The same thing happened in Round 5. 44th on 23 points again this time with McLaren Domination and POSF1. Round 6 in Monaco was a rare high 21st, helped by Mercedes Engines.
A Low came in Canada as ART saw a car stall on the grid and a driver going for donuts. Thus finished 46th with 15 points. A 32nd in Britain was a average race and by now ART had set a target of just a Top 40 finish.
Two decent finishes before half season saw 29th and 24th in Germany and Hungary left ART positive and ahead of Astra F1 Team as the battle hotted up, after the said teams boss rjbetty had slagged off Bottas several times.
Round 11 in Belgium saw 35th and Monza 30th meaning ART were into the top 35 at this stage. 33rd in Singapore showed the team to be consistant which kept them ahead of Astra, Henners and POSF1, but lacked stand out results to push the season on.
Later in the season the teams engines were fading, but the Sauber chassis was improving so points continued but great results occasionally by othesr led ART to sink. Round 14 saw a 28th place, while Rd 15 in Japan gained more Sauber points but lacked a star result.
Rd 16 India signalled the end of the challenge for top 40, as a joint last finish saw ART plummet. A 43rd finish 5 laps down in UAE put them into the bottom 5.
Rd 18 saw a brief rest bite with 35 and so Rd 19 in Brazil saw steveaki13 put out a plee for a final hoorah, however 28th was not the boost he wanted.
So 43rd out 46 for the season. Aki Racing Team look forward to December 1st where they officially gain sponsorship by Hedgehog Gutter Brush.
:PRESS RELEASE - TEAM TRUSPEED F1:
2013 ends another disappointing year for the high standards expected from Team Truespeed F1.
Another 18th place finish marks 2 years in a row at that position after a 12th position in 2011 and a championship win in 2010.
"Obviously this is not the direction we like to be going, and like many others the tire change situation after the Silverstone debacle fundamentally caught us off guard this year"; says team principle and owner Truefan72.
"there is going to be some serious assessment going to happen back at the factory. We will right this ship. The new windtunnel is in place, we have hired away a few COD specialists, and some top positions within the organization are now firmly in place after losing a few key personnel in the past 2 years to some rivals."
Truefan72 was however slightly coy about his 2 drivers currently on the books and their retention for 2014. Stating only that they are looking at all their options and that an announcement will be made before the end of the year. If rumors are to be believed, a top driver might be in the works for 2014. This would herald a significant departure from their renowned philosophy of a balanced lineup approach previously employed to modest success by the team.
But with new title sponsor Canon on board, along with Google and Duracell joining the list. the team has the financial stability it needs to compete in 2014 and once again challenge for the title.
Last but not least we would be remissed if we did not thank commercials rights holder and FGP CEO Nick Jones for the hard work in maintaining this top league.
---further announcements pending---
You hired staff from COD?! Does he/she know about this?
Great reviews, guys! Now here's mine:
VAUXHALL ASTRA F1 TEAM SEASON REVIEW
2013 marked the debut of a new FGP team - the Vauxhall Astra F1 Team. Not for us were any 5 year plans for success. We decided that fortune favours the brave. We knew we would not succeed by playing it safe, so we went for a radical approach straight off. The bulk of our budget went on a McLaren chassis and their driver Sergio Perez. We gambled everything on McLaren stepping up again to have the best car - based on THAT Jerez testing time, and Button's declaration that this was the best-ever McLaren.
We also banked heavily on Sauber having an amazing season, based on comments allegedly made by Nico Hulkenberg, and also Sergio Perez declaring the team are ready to win races in 2013.
Well guess what? You would just know that both teams would have their worst seasons in living memory, though Sauber did at least improve - but that did absolutely nothing for us as we signed the wrong Sauber driver.
Mercedes engines were a good buy, but most of the grid plumped for this option too, so it didn't make much difference.
This was a season where little went right, and the cards fell badly for us.
We selected Monza for our bonus GP, believing that McLaren would sort their car out later in the season as they proved so good at in the past, and that Mercedes power would be a benefit.
From the first race in Melbourne it was an inauspicious start for our fledgling team; we banked just 38th place, followed by 37th and 36th in the next 2 races.
Bahrain was an improvement as Perez and McLaren scored a 6th place to put us 18th. We hoped this would be the start of better things, but it was back to 35th in Spain and 37th in Canada, though this was sandwiched by =21st at Monaco.
In fact, this was one of at least 5 occasions we equaled our rivals Aki Racing Team.
It was a long summer for us as we waited for the Italian GP, pinning our hopes of salvaging something with a strong result there. In the meantime, the 4 races from Silverstone to Spa netted 35th, 36th, 24th and 35th places.
So onto the highly anticipated Monza round - and wouldn't you know it - it turned out to be the single most uncompetitive race of the entire season for our combination. We literally could not have picked a worse race. Even Canada was better as Mercedes came 3rd. So that was that down the loo; though we did somehow grab a season high 13th place (don't ask me how - I still think this is a miscalculation :) ).
Our only hope for the season then was that McLaren would at least improve - but instead they promptly announced they were giving up on this year's car and shifting focus to 2014. Well that was just Dandy.
To make matters even worse, there was the ongoing scandal of the spreadsheets which had teams up in arms. Much of the season's results had been miscalculated. When this was finally corrected, guess what happened? Yes that's right - we were one of the teams that went down. By now we were wondering how much worse things would get as the season dragged on.
By now, our morale was finished and we knew it was just a case of just getting through to the end of the season. Our only targets now were to finish in the top 40 (of 46) and to get one up on the Aki Racing Team, who had mocked us several times throughout the year.
All we had left was the hope that Perez would improve by the end of the year and that Gutierrez would score points as the Sauber had moved forward.
Results of 33rd in Singapore, a season's worst 39th in South Korea and 34th in Japan were not what we were looking for.
India proved decisive for us as Perez came 5th and helped us bag a rare top 30 spot in 28th. Aki Racing Team meanwhile, suffered a disaster. This seemingly put us out of reach.
By this point, we had risen to 37th and stayed there for some time; and though things were very tight we were looking good to stay in the top 40, which was all we really wanted. All we had to do was hold on to season's end.
An uncompetitive 34th in Abu Dhabi only served to make the showdown tantalisingly tight - we were still 37th but just 1pt ahead of 40th - still, there was a gap after that, providing us with a decent cushion.
So onto the US, where a combination of a poor 38th, plus failing to take into account a team some way below us had their bonus GP here and leapfrogged us, meant we were holding on by the skin of our teeth - equal 40th - going into the final round.
23rd in Brazil looked good on paper, but to our dismay we had been leapfrogged by another team below us on their bonus GP - at the final hurdle, we fell short by 3pts in 41st... This is a surprise when you consider we actually finished inside the top 39 at every one of the 19 races this season.
All in all, it was a weak season, ruined from the first day when it turned out the McLaren chassis was a donkey.
However, this whole FGP season was hugely enjoyable, much more so than I could have anticipated. We have enjoyed the close battles, even if they took place near the back. And unlike the actual Formula One season, everything was open for us and only decided at the final race.
All the staff at the Vauxhall Astra F1 Team would like to join our competitors in extending thanks to the efforts of N.Jones as well as to the winners Force Yorkshire, who were absolutely out of our league (sigh). We are looking forward to entering next year (surely it can't go worse than this) and will certainly enter if we can be around.
2014 NEWS
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We are delighted to announce a new and exciting sponsorship deal with a well known and popular brand - Snickers. The deal will also see all staff fuelled with free bars to enable them to recover energy and go for longer. It's also full of nuts. We therefore took umbrage to murmurings in the paddock that this tagline describes our team perfectly. :mad:
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lol meant to say CFD
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POSF1 will not be submitting a year end review due to the fact that nothing good can be said when you stink up the table.
Today we at motorsport forums FGP magazine caught up with Aki Racing Team's boss steveaki 13 for an interview after he touched down home from Brazil. We asked him a few questions about his teams season and what their plans are for 2014.
Motorsport Forum Journalist: So steveaki13 thanks very much for your time.
Steveaki 13: No worries.
MFJ: So 2013 was a poor season and I assume you have had about enough now?
SA13: Yes after a positive debut in 2012 it was so disappointing to have such a poor car. Our lack of sponsorship this season was the problem.
MFJ: Still you had some great battles with Astra F1, finishing level with them 5 odd times.
SA13: Yer, it was fun but I am sure both teams would rather be focusing on racing in the top 10. rj's a nice guy and we had a few parties after races.
MFJ: So what about your drivers this season?
SA13: Well we have two great guys and both were hampered by their cars this season. Bottas had a tug of a car, while Jenson raced hard but made no progress.
MFJ: And Chassis and Engines?
SA13: The engine was powerful all year and we doff our caps to Mercedes. The chassis Flexed from day one and meant we couldn't push.
MFJ: So moving onto 2014. You have signed a major sponsorship deal starting soon I believe.
SA13: Yes. In order to try and jump ahead in 2014, Hedgehog Gutter Brush will begin sponsoring us on Dec 1st.
MFJ: Anything else you can tell us for 2014?
SA13: Yes I can confirm we will not be using the Sauber chassis for 2014. We are looking to move on and feel after this season we want to part company.
MFJ: Any clues on who you are signing in their place?
SA13: We have 3 options, but we are waiting to judge costs.
MFJ: What about Engines?
SA13: Mercedes have served us well and we are talking about extending the contract, but its early days.
MFJ: And of course drivers.
SA13: Well I can confirm Bottas will leave for 2014 and we also have let Jenson go after 2 seasons. He has worked hard for us but its time for a clean break.
MFJ: Can you let us know who you are talking to? Rumours running round that you were interested in Bianchi.
SA13: Jules drove brilliantly this year, but we had hoped he may sign for a better team in 2014 and we may have taken him on, but its looking tough now. I can say we are talking to a young star and a more experienced driver.
MFJ: Well thanks for your time today, we hope your planning for 2014 continues well. When do you change name for 2014 by the way?
SA13: Dec 1st we change name from Aki Racing Team to Aki's Hedgehog Racing Team ready for 2014.
Our team has received several hostile attempts to hire our qualified staff, but our competitive salaries and friendly working environment has prevented key members from switching teams. Some less qualified workers we have releast for rivals :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
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