Nothing happens "for the good of the sport". Don't you watch F1?Quote:
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Nothing happens "for the good of the sport". Don't you watch F1?Quote:
Originally Posted by vvvvv
:D
Has the season already started? :confused:
I prefer WRC - it's more sebastian than F1 :p
Malaysian Grand Prix Results:
https://sites.google.com/site/2009fgp/results/malaysia
1 POSF1 Sponsored by Lionel(!) 64
1 Red Passion Team 64
3 HennersF1 Racing 55
Overall Standings:
https://sites.google.com/site/2009fg.../-00-standings
1 Il ritorno di Sebastiano 156
2 Bobby's Bits 144
2 Top Step Racing 144
4 Team Truspeed 113
5 Victoria Bitter's Mt Gambier Boganwagon F1 Team 108
6 HennersF1 Racing 102
6 Twix's Aki's Racing Team 102
8 POSF1 Sponsored by Lionel 100
9 Red Passion Team 97
10 Vivaldi Mercedes-Ferrari 92
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Originally Posted by N. Jones
This day should be noted in history.
POSF1 Sponsored by Lionel was the FGP race winner!
Team Mia Witt and Tom Horn also showed a strong race and change in form to finish 6th in this race!
With no teams picking Malaysia as their bonus GP, there was still a 64 point spread in finishing positions. It looks like the "sure thing" Mercedes/Mercedes combination might be up in the air.
Good win N. Jones, and about time! :laugh:
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This win goes out to all of YOU who poo-poo'ed picking Ferrari this year.
Last season, they sucked, we sucked, but we stuck together and made it work.
Ya-hoo!!! :D
Fixed. I resent being left off the podium above. :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by N. Jones
I strongly considered having Ferrari on my team, but passed it up since Kimi was such a deal and still driving in the Ferrari. Although I've been critical of their recent management bungles, I consider myself borderline Tifosi and have great respect for their passion.Quote:
Originally Posted by N. Jones
And if their form continues, even though it would likely destroy any chances of me reaching an FGP top 10, I'll enjoy you and the others with Ferrari teams talking smack! And I'll enjoy it even more that those with double Mercedes picks have to pick up their jaws!
And even if things change and Mercedes return to dominance, Taz will be giving everyone on the forum $1000 if that pig of a car called the McLaren doesn't make it to the podium! :) Oink, oink, Tazzy.... not even Fred will be able to podium in that thing!
Finally a 1st place !!! :bounce:Quote:
Originally Posted by N. Jones
Thanks Ferrari, thanks Vettel, thanks Kimi, and thanks to amazing kid Verstappen ! :D
FORD FOCUS F1 TEAM STATEMENT
We report today on the Malaise-ian GP where we scored a decent result of 8th. To go with our 12th place in Melbourne we currently sit 14th in the standings - and already a long way off the championship lead. *sigh*
As we recover from the shock of a Sebby and Ferrari win on merit(!), those of us who chose Kimi can but wonder what he might have done given a clean weekend. As it was, 4th matched his best result of last season and we look forward to Kimi mumbling his way to his own win soon.
We banked on a Williams engine this year, and while they are solidly 3rd best team for now, clearly we have once again made the wrong choice!
Burnt twice by believing McLaren hype in our first 2 seasons, we were sceptical of Ferrari's testing pace, so passed up the chance to sign them even though they were cheaper. So guess what? Yup, the one time I DON'T follow the hype, they turn out to be the revelation of the season!
To make matters worse, McLaren made a lot of improvement. At this rate, they could overtake Williams by Spain - and having persevered with them so long!!
All this means we are set for a long season of midfield adequacy while others get all the success. (jealous) :(
We remain winless and podiumless into our 3rd season of FGP. We look forward to breaking those ducks soon. The big news today is that perennial loser and FGP laughing stock N.Jones caused the biggest shock in FGP history by winning the race - meaning he's gotten a win before us. And even Steve's dad got a podium in Singapore last year, while we still wait for a top 3 finish.
Our main hope to salvage some dignity in this season is our bonus GP in Spain. It doesn't look like many people have chosen this, so we have a good chance to claim our objective of a top 3 here. Therefore you would probably do well to put money on Kimi retiring and Williams being nowhere. :mad:
Also, thank you again to Mr Jones for organising the championship. We would just like to point out that "Team Mia Witt & Tom Horn" and "Team Loco Americano F1" are still listed twice for the Australian GP, and to cheekily point out, Ron Dennis style, that "Force Finland" got spelt wrong. :D
Well done all, we congratulate you on your success (through gritted teeth).
How very apt for a team of that name to be leading after this week-end :)Quote:
Originally Posted by N. Jones
As team owner I´m very happy today. We are used to finish at the bottom but todays result is as a win for us!!
:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by N. Jones
“Great race win for Ferrari powered Mercedes”
The new Mercedes-Ferrari combination is proving quite potent this season, with comfortable win during Malaysian GP. The engine crossed the line first, with chassis following closely behind.
“It’s a bizarre situation” says team boss. “One of our mechanics mistakenly put the engine in the front instead in the back. It slightly affected handling of the car and tire wear. It made no difference for the points scored [the new scoring system introduced this season allows both chassis and engine to score points] but it might have confused some of our casual fans.
We’re very pleased with winning this race. Unfortunately our drivers couldn’t catch up with the car and it cost us a significant number of point.”
There's no room for you. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by steveaki13
That's right, baby, the Minardi of FGP won a race!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by rjbetty
:pQuote:
Originally Posted by N. Jones
Underdog Jens GP Racing press release
Team principal Jens claims that Malaysian Grand Prix basically means their season is down the drain. "With the package we have chosen, basically we gambled it all in Mercedes basket, which means we banked on them winning all races this year. In fact it was the only option. If Mercedes showed any weakness, we knew our season would be down the drain. As it is, they have lost and we have lost. We have no alternative strength apart from Mercedes!"
"But that's why we are underdogs. It is all or nothing! Maybe if Mercedes puts in a string of 5 consecutive race wins again, we could bounce back into top 10 again. But it will be hard to compete against packages, who have got Mercedes, Ferrari, and Räikkönen included in a single team."
I blame Honda. They are the treason we have finished last... again. Yes we were better this time than in Melbourne, and if we keep closing the gap by 1.5 seconds per race we will be on pole by the start of the European season.
Flying Yorkie Zakspeed Express: Team Statement
We regret to inform investors that we misread some key clauses in our suppliers contracts and this has led to poor results.
Specifically we read a document as:
McLaren Technology Centre, Working, Sunday; when we should have read it as McLaren Technology Centre, Woking, Surrey.
Clearly this is not the case as McLaren chassis do not work on Sunday or on any other day of the week.
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Congrats to all those who were silly enough to go way out on a limb and take Ferrari. I think today was just a bit of an anomaly, but I agree with Rosberg that it's nice to have another team fighting up front.
N Jones - I think there are errors (at least one) in the scoring. "Team Name" has MercedesX2 and Ericsson just as I do, but only has 36 points in the overall standings. This can't be right.
Mercedes were second. 18 points for engine and team-engine would be 36 points.
Why did I change my team?!!!
I feel almost as bad as Alonso right now!
Yes, but it shows 36 points in the overall standings. Looks like the points for Australia are missing in the overall standings.Quote:
Originally Posted by N. Jones
Oh, gotchya...
Chinese Grand Prix results:
https://sites.google.com/site/2009fgp/results/bahrain-1
1 HennersF1 Racing 56
1 Twix's Aki's Racing Team 56
3 Chatter Ham 52
3 Team 137 52
3 Team Loco Americano F1 52
3 Lion in the West 52
3 FORD FOCUS F1 TEAM 52
3 ‘Save Internet Explorer’ Williams-Mercedes 52
Overall Standings:
https://sites.google.com/site/2009fg.../-00-standings
1 Il ritorno di Sebastiano 199
2 Bobby's Bits 195
2 Top Step Racing 195
4 Team Truspeed 159
5 HennersF1 Racing 158
5 Twix's Aki's Racing Team 158
7 Victoria Bitter's Mt Gambier Boganwagon F1 Team 150
8 POSF1 Sponsored by Lionel 148
9 Red Passion Team 142
10 LAKKA 141
10 Team Name 141
10 Underdog Jens GP Racing 141
Bad luck, that Verstappen had to retire, with only 3 laps to go ! I could have won this :p:
FORD FOCUS F1 TEAM STATEMENT
Round 3: Chinese GP
We bring an announcement regarding the recent Chinese GP. With Mercedes winning, Kimi coming 4th and Williams as 3rd best engine, these factors have conspired to place us... IN THIRD FOR OUR FIRST PODIUM EVER!! YAY!!!
However, there was controversy during the podium ceremony as it seemed we had to share the podium with 7 other people, including 6 on our step and no-one on the 2nd place step. We found it very difficult to bunch up with the others and try not to fall off the step during the entire ceremony. The officials had a problem trying to give 3rd place trophies to all of us as there was only one available, causing the 6 of us to fight over who got to take it. We have agreed that the trophy is to be cut up into 6 equal pieces, though we are delighted we get to take a piece of podium trophy back to proudly put on display at our team base.
Strangely, we have dropped a place in the overall standings to 13th but seem fairly well in the mix. We look slightly stronger than last year due to our copout policy of now making more 'mainstream' and conventional choices for our line-up this year i.e. no more pie-in-the-sky gambling on McLaren (who will probably make a big leap by Spain).
It doesn't look like we will beat Aki or Jens' teams though since those smartypants chose better than us again. :(
Well it looks like I'm in a race for the bottom. What the heck was I thinking? :confused:
Me choosing Lotus Renault, what was I thinking ! :mad:
Ha, I'd be doing sooo much better if my team could just finish more races. At least my sinking ship isn't lonely :)
WHOSE in 8th overall?????????????????????
ME, THAT'S WHO! bwhahahahahahahaha!
Who had faith in Ferrari for the second year in a row? Who is reaping the benefits?
Oh Yeah, ME!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYY!
9th overall me ! ;)
YE HAAAAA off the bottom of the table :) :) :D
maldonado cost me a double points finish for my drivers.
but at least i collected some points from grosjean for my first in the drivers category for the year :)
but it is encouaging and the car looks like it might be in the top 10 on a regular basis
hopefully more to come in bahrain
Twix's Aki Racing Team announcement
The team is delighted with its first win in FGP of 2015. Second victory overall after one in its debut season in 2012.
The team have been pulling together and results have shown. A victory along with Henners means the team is 5th in the World Championship. Its been a great start.
Congrats to the Ford Focus team too for its first ever podium.
Underdog Jens GP Racing isn't too happy with the state of affairs though. It looks like even if Mercedes is winning, Ferrari + Räikkönen combo, whoever have chosen it, is a genuine match to the Mercs and can even outscore us. Plus Mercedes not winning in Malaysia put a huge dent on our season, because we expected to win all races this year!Quote:
Originally Posted by rjbetty
At least Ericsson has got some points, this is clearly above expectations so far.:p:
If the Ferrari's and Kimi keep it up, it is possible something other than the Mercedes/Mercedes combo could come out on top. But the season is far from over, and at this point it looks like the FGP season might have a lot of varied results!Quote:
Originally Posted by jens