Where am I ?
I made my entry 14.3
if I am not in, it´s OK. Not too serious!
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Where am I ?
I made my entry 14.3
if I am not in, it´s OK. Not too serious!
Joint 16th is a solid result considering only our chassis performed and the rest of our package can only improve.
I think a top10 finish by the end of the season is realistic (which would be an improvement over last year's 13th). :) If we get lucky and circumstances favour us, even more could come.
Aki Racing Team today announced that it was unhappy with lead driver Jenson Button, but only because his results for the team are based in the performance of his Mclaren. The team owner stated "It was really disappointing that Jenson didn't wipe everyone else out in order to pick up some big points at Our bonus GP".
He also said Bottas had better get his Williams improving if the team are to get some more FGP points.
Also commenting on his teams new chassis. "We are very disappointed in the Sauber Chassis. When we took on the Sauber Car we had hoped the team could stop fuel pouring out of the car and acually get the cars into the Race".
He was positve about the Mercedes Engine though.
"The Engine seems decent with 3 teams that could be towards the front in F1. We hope they can save some of our seasons objectives".
Did I not add you in? Let me check!!Quote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Oh my, how could all of you allow me to forget add a team!
I will calculate the points for Team L A K K A and post them later tonight.
Aw great, another team to finish ahead of me... :(
I also came 63rd out of 67 in pickems, even worse than my WRC performances.
It's gonna be a long year.
Any chance I can dump my McLaren chassis and change it? Maybe I'll just go the Chrstian Horner route and blame it all on the tyres.
VAUXHALL ASTRA F1 TEAM STATEMENT: AUSTRALIAN GP
The Vauxhall Astra F1 team had a very cr@p weekend at the Australian Grand Prix last sunday. The main culprit was the decision to put trust in McLaren, which team boss rjbetty acknowledges rarely works out. The chassis is in as bad a condition as the tyres.
At least lead driver Sergio Perez did well considering. He beat Button in Q1 and lost out on a likely Q3 spot due to being on the wrong tyres. He still finished the race just behind Button, and setting a faster race lap.
Estaban Gutierrez finished the race; problem was, he was nowhere! But give the lad time and hopefully he will grab some points (and outperform Bottas) :)
With McLaren not looking like sorting out their problems any time soon, rjbetty is fearing a loooooong season ahead. At least he picked Monza for his bonus race. I'm only glad I didn't choose Jenson as my driver - I absolutely don't see him doing what Alonso did last year!
Today Aki Racing Team signalled its intentions to play mind games with one of its main rivals. The team prinicipal made the comments after team boss of the VAUXHALL ASTRA F1 TEAM made a comment feeling confident his 2nd driver Esteban Gutierrez would wipe the floor with ART (Aki Racing Team)'s second driver Bottas.
The ART Team boss stated "So their team principal reckons his rookie is better than our rookie. He would say that, he is just trying to draw attention away from his teams poor choice of Chassis. We'll see who finishes the champioship ahead."
The growing rivalry between these two very outspoken teams is all the more suprising as they appear backmarker material after poor 1st races of the season.
ART only finishing joint 12th due to prematurely wasting their Bonus GP.
The worlds Media waits for the next blow as the Malaysian GP approaches.
Vauxhall Astra F1 Team would like to point out to Aki Racing Team, in light of their recent statement, that our second driver Esteban Gutierrez finished ahead of their second driver Valtteri Bottas in the Australian GP.
We are also confident that Gutierrez will remain ahead during the season and prove to be the best £6Million driver on account that Williams have produced an absolute shed.
Yellow Jens GP Racing Team
Press releases
Insight into the life of PR department
In a silent period between the two races in Australia and Malaysia Yellow Jens GP Racing Team considers it vital to keep fans informed about the team's activities during the break. Public relations (in short PR) is an essential tool in modern media to stay in touch with people and never drop into the background. In addition, it is important for sponsors to reach the headlines as often as possible. Powered by our primary sponsor Yellow we would like to issue a few press releases in order to keep the interested people informed of the background information. With this press release we would like to show you that our PR department is working hard non-stop, so you have no reason to be worried about lack of news or information.
Top Ten is the Aim
Following an intra-team post-race colloquium the staff of Yellow Jens GP Racing Team reached upon a conclusion that a Top Ten finish in the 2013 FGP World Constructors championship among 40+ participants is a realistic minimum goal. Top Ten placing is also important in order to stay in touch with the leaderboard to have a shot at the championship itself, should luck and circumstances play in our favour in the closing stages of the season.
„Last year we finished 13th, which was a solid comeback season for our team. We still have room for further progress, so we can improve on our 16th position in the standings. But we are aware that our rivals have set ambitious plans as well and are looking to progress as well,“ commented team principal.
Lack of winter testing has hurt driver performances
While Yellow Jens GP Racing Team has been deeply satisfied with the performance of the Ferrari chassis, which proved to be fast out of the box, team principal Jens had to admit that the drivers were probably suffering due to lack of testing.
„Following our post-race meeting we had to conclude that our drivers did not feel comfortable in the car. We were extremely late with our preparation for the season and in fact missed all winter testing sessions. We were even fortunate to fill the application to enter the season in time. But our drivers could not yet wring the speed out of our car, having sat in the new car for the first time in Friday's practice session. Finding a suitable setup for both of our drivers proved to be an overly problematic issue. As a result both Pérez and Bottas performed way below expectations, being unable to score World Championship points.“
„We are convinced in the skills of our both drivers. Before the season we calculated that both of them should be able to score a reasonable amount of points over a full season. That is why we hired them. But we underestimated the challenge of entering the season without testing. Now both of our drivers are back in the factory for seat-fitting, so that we can really mold the car around them to enable them to perform at their best.“
„Also the engine performance wasn't optimal in our brand-new Ferrari chassis. While we are happy with the performance of the chassis, we had to concede that the Mercedes engine was a long way behind Renault and Ferrari – also a result of lack of time to dial it in with the chassis properly. But we are aware that these are the issues we can improve on during the season.“
Thoughts on the championship by Jens
Team principal Jens has decided to share his thoughts on how the season could be shaping up in general. „It is incredibly difficult to predict the final outcome. Obviously we opted for a team we thought could be competitive in modern Formula One, but you can never be completely convinced, how the final result is going to pan out in this incredibly highly-competitive series.“
„From what I gather from the opening round, teams, who have opted for a combination of Lotus chassis and a Renault engine, are positioned very well. We were not ready for such gamble, because we felt it would have demanded a significant compromise on the driver front. But I have to admit we may have possibly underestimated the Lotus chassis. As we saw already last year, whoever picked Lotus was rather well off, so it looks like choosing Lotus may have been a wise choice yet again for the season. They are really improving each year. But we would still like to believe our Ferrari chassis would outperform Lotus over a full season of racing.“
„As it is, we learn every day. Any lesson we can gather from this year, will be used wisely the next season. And next season is going to be absolutely crucial with new regulations, engines, possibly driver line-ups and pecking order. So we will start preparing for next season fairly soon to be competitive from the get-go to avoid missing winter tests and any uncomfortable setbacks early in the season.“