Aki's Hedgehog Racing Team would like to offer an opposing view.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tazio
"Sod that give us all the points we can get, do you think it would help to offer some cash to FGPs Bernie or should I say N.Jones" :sailor:
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Aki's Hedgehog Racing Team would like to offer an opposing view.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tazio
"Sod that give us all the points we can get, do you think it would help to offer some cash to FGPs Bernie or should I say N.Jones" :sailor:
"My revenue is the silly cheat :stareup:
Winter's Tale Act 4, Scene 3
[quote=scaliwag-2]----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Don't understand, how can my team have less points than McLaren forever after the first race when we have identical teams, and the bonus doesn't come into it.Quote:
Originally Posted by N. Jones":erxgu0ka]Welcome one and all. This thread will server as the primary throughout the season. For those returning players please go here: [url="https://sites.google.com/site/2009fgp/
Regards scaliwag-2[/quote:erxgu0ka]
Because I goofed on McLaren Forever's bonus GP. Fixing it now.
https://sites.google.com/site/2009fgp/results/australia
1 Minardi 122
2 Bobby's Bits 120
2 NSA Team Mt. Damavand F1 Racing 120
4 GP Stood Guard 106
Overall is the same.
Tazio - is that a picture of Dr. Detroit??
The motor city bad boy himself!Quote:
Originally Posted by N. Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmgbbT_Eruc
Sweet! (adding letters to meet the ten character limit)
FORD FOCUS F1 TEAM STATEMENT
We deliver a belated review of the season opening Australian Grand Prix.
Due to technical problems i.e. rjbetty sitting on his laptop and breaking most o the screen... communications have not been possible.
We were always hopeful of a stronger performance this season, as we now take things more seriously in our 2nd year (no more parties!) The change of our team identity to the strong and reliable Ford Focus (C-Max, or whatever the souped up version is called, that team boss rjbetty wants) from the troublesome Vauxhall Astra (good riddance) has appeared to prove as much a masterstroke as Williams dumping Renault for Mercedes.
We were delighted and amazed to see we had finished the Australian GP in 5th place, our previous best being two top 20 finishes in Monza and Bahrain in 2013. Even more so that we were actually the first of the non-bonus GP teams.
We had a feeling that choosing Monaco as our bonus GP may have been the wrong choice, and did feel we should have gone for Australia. If we had done so, we would have ended up winning the race by 20pts! :)
ON OUR RIVALS
Much congratulations go to Happy Bubble Racing Team and Aki's Hedgehog Racing Team who we are in a sort of partnership with, sharing Steve's desktop fan and my copy of Grand Prix 2 etc. After being down the fiel last season, they too were both at the sharp end, and even though Ricciardo was disqualified (and we just had a feeling someone would be!) they performed very strongly indeed and look in good form for the season.
We feel we will very much regret passing the opportunity to sign Ricciardo, who is the bargain of the season and believe he will easily outscore Magnussen over the year. Given that we had 1M spare, we may well rue not going for the sensible option and trying to be too radical again...
Even so, we are very proud of what Kevin has done so far and in that way, we are very pleased we signed him.
ON THE 2014 SEASON
Unlike last year, this season loos to be a very closely contested and competitive one, with many teams able to do well. Happily it looks like we are one of them. Though we know it is disappointing entrants are down on last year, 33 is still a good number, and not that much less than last year (13 less). It didn't help that 2013 was dull as dishwater. We still have enough entrants to make this a great season.
Aki's Hedgehog racing still holds out hope of getting into the top 10 in Oz once Red Bulls appeal for Riccardo's points goes through
I hate my team and will make certain I wait until AFTER testing is complete to build it!
https://sites.google.com/site/2009fgp/results/malaysia
Malaysia GP Results:
1 NSA Team Mt. Damavand F1 Racing 54
1 3-2-1 Ray Sing 54
3 AMG FGP Racing 50
Overall Standings:
https://sites.google.com/site/2009fg.../-00-standings
1 NSA Team Mt. Damavand F1 Racing* 174
2 Minardi* 159
3 Bobby's Bits* 158
4 GP Stood Guard* 145
5 3-2-1 Ray Sing 114
6 Ford Focus F1 Team sponspored by Dominos 112
7 Team Marlboro Koz Racing 107
8 AMG FGP Racing 100
8 Cabbage Face 100
10 McLaren Forever 99
10 warumnicht rensport 99
Aki's Hedgehog Racing Team Statement http://thumb9.shutterstock.com/thumb...n-44202358.jpg
AHRT would like to deny rumours that team boss Steveaki13 is already considering throwing Maldonado's car off of Southend Pier.
After the Malaysian GP AHRT were still maintaining an upbeat look out. After all they are now a midfield contender rather than a backmarker.
Steveaki13 was quoted :
"Its good to see the team has made a step forward for 2014. Its not quite happened like we had hoped, but if Ricciardo gets his points back for Australia we should be well into the top half. "
He also quipped "Congrats to rjbetty and Ford Focus F1 Team. They look mighty this season and we are happy that they have tasted some real success. We hope we might race them soon. At least we have both left the days of battling Oxyclean POSF1 type teams behind. "
As for his components
"Mercedes has produced a fantastic chassis and we really hit gold with that, the Mclarens engine has been an up and then down affair. Ricciardo has driven well and had no luck. We would be around the bottom of the top 10 had he got what he deserved.
As for Maldonado and his Lotus.............. http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/sa...smiley-055.gif
making a slight comeback. and moving up ever so slightly
Wow, in over 8 years of running in FGP, I believe this is my first GP win ever!
Who would have thought it would come on a circuit which wasn't even my bonus GP?
Yay!
PS: Thank N. Jones :)
:stareup: Well done mate :dork:
FORD FOCUS F1 TEAM STATEMENT
We bring another press release for the Malaysian GP, since team boss rjbetty has decided to make one of his rare visits to the hq.
Wooooo we are all giddy at the great heights of our 10th(!) place finish last weekend, to follow our even better 5th place from Australia.
It now looks like we have a good chance to finish in the top 10 in the championship this season, and this is now our aim (and we are still pinching ourselves having been so used to being lucky to scrape a top 30 finish on a good day last season).
We knew this year would be better for us, and even though itīs a strong field, we were hopeful of a strong result from time to time, and not being cr@p all the time.
We are not talking about any title challenge, our team is simply not strong enough. We see ourselves as similar to the real life Williams - much improved over 2013 with top 10s at every race a realistic aim, and maybe we can get on the podium on our strongest days.
We are very pleased indeed with Kevin Magnussen who is already on Jenson's pace.
We still feel the champion will probably have Ricciardo as a driver though, as the Red Bull is simply too good for the McLaren over the season, and it is only a matter of time before Daniel starts bagging the results.
Bottas, Magnussen and McLaren engines will do us far better than Perez, Gutierrez and McLaren did last year, though our chief asset is of course the Mercedes chassis. It's no surprise that almost every team has Mercedes somewhere in their line up.
As for our partners, Happy Bubble Racing Team were somewhere doing ok, while Aki's Hedgehog Racing Team shows promise but has bagged no results for it yet. We will watch out for him later in the season, when Ricciardo and Maldonado's Lotus are expected to come good. Though we did feel he has maybe made a mistake ditching Bottas after persevering with him all last year.
POS F1 surprise us with their uncanny ability to always choose the wrong line-up. Looks like another year of being the laughing stock of the pitlane for the series promoter, though his overall level of performance is at least much improved.
Also, has FGP really been running 8 years???
Apparently so.Quote:
Originally Posted by rjbetty
I have only done 3 though. :p So you'll have to ask someone older
Not sure how many years FGP has been around, but 8 doesn't seem a stretch. I know at one point there was also a physical trophy that someone made, and I want to say it was possibly Bagwan that created the trophy. The idea was that it would get passed along each year, but I'm not sure what became of it.
As for this year, I am now commanding major points and am soundly in next to last place. But the Mia Whit and Tom Horn team has a great chance of overtaking me, as their driver is Kimi. All years I make my picks based on pre season gut feelings, and with Lotus on my team things are going to be dismal unless they finally get it together.
And to think I had a third place season finish only a couple years back, now I'm in a fight for last place! :laugh:
I know it has been running since 2003. I took over in 2008.
Bahrain Results:
https://sites.google.com/site/2009fg...ahrain-1?pli=1
1 Team Marlboro Koz Racing 86
2 Slash LLC. 59
3 HennersF1 Racing 55
3 GP Stood Guard 55
Overall Standings:
https://sites.google.com/site/2009fg.../-00-standings
1 NSA Team Mt. Damavand F1 Racing* 228
2 Bobby's Bits* 205
3 GP Stood Guard* 200
4 Team Marlboro Koz Racing* 193
5 Minardi* 185
6 3-2-1 Ray Sing 168
7 AMG FGP Racing 150
8 HennersF1 Racing 147
8 Slash LLC. 147
10 Ford Focus F1 Team sponspored by Dominos 142
slowly we a crawling back from the first race disaster
williams are still giving points away imo
They are, they certainly are. That car has been capable of a lot more than the points they have earned.Quote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
Aki's Hedgehog Racing Team Bahrain GP Statement
http://thumb9.shutterstock.com/thumb...n-44202358.jpg
So with three races down its clear Aki's Hedgehog Racing Team has the potential to move even further up the field as so far always two components of the are not scoring.
In Australia Ricciardo and Maldonado scored no points.
In Malaysia Ricciardo and Maldonado scored no points.
and now in Bahrain McLaren Mercedes and Maldonado scored no points
We are clearly delighted about our Chassis which again won the race and if only we were allowed both cars to score.
We give three cheers to Daniel for scoring his first allowed points of this season.
However once again we can only kick ourselves for choosing Maldonado. Already in 2014 relations had become strained but yesterdays incident is already causing concern as to whether he will score any points.
As for McLaren Mercedes our engine, we are very disappointed in our double DNF.
We hope for better results in China. However an 18th placed finish in the Bahrain FGP is clear evidence that we are no longer a back marker, and today we got a big jump over Ford Focus F1 Team who clearly had a bad day, however we are sure they will be back.
Congrats to Happy Bubble racing who finished 11th.
It seems our 3 team partnership has taken us from back markers to 10th-20th sitters at the moment. With Ford Focus a fine 10th, Happy Bubble 13th and sadly due to Ricciardos two failures to score in Rounds 1 and 2 we sit 20th.
We hope to move forward as the season improves.
Motorsport Forum Journalists have got hold of a rumour that relations have become very strained between Aki's Hedgehog Racing team and its second driver Pastor Maldonado.
So far choosing Maldonado has been AHRT's biggest mistake after letting highly promising Bottas go over the winter.
Maldonado has failed to score a single point in the first 3 events and he capped it off by smashing into a Sauber.
We have it on authority that AHRT have already been threatening Maldonado with the sack for 2015.
No, my drivers ran into each other!Quote:
Originally Posted by steveaki13
I think I should change my team to - "King of the Crap" or "I Provide The Comedy".
2nd for the boyz only losing out to a bonus baby. After the race Slash thanked Danny boy, Fast Felipe, and Hulk for their contributions helping the team jump 13 places to p8. :eek: :p:
Congrats Koz!
Edit:
Thanks for the expeditious work Mr. Jones. I am curious why Koz has his team listed twice; 1st 86 points , and 30th 14points :confused:
AAh!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tazio
I changed my team just before entries closed, I didn't see the old team in there before and I'm sure Mr Jones missed it too... Thankfully it's the newer team that's scoring good points!!
FORD FOCUS F1 TEAM STATEMENT
We bring a report on the recent happenings at the Bahrain GP.
After our very strong start to the season, it was a bit of a dip this time for the team as we scored a result more in keeping with our form last season - 24th. But at least unlike then, it seems more of a one-off, and not a sign of constant mediocrity to come.
Well, we maybe should have thought about using a McLaren chassis again, after everything they put us through last year! At least Captain Complex is in charge of the team again and is likely to whip the team forwards instead of saying never mind.
Mercedes unsurprisingly prove the right choice again, and failure to have this car in your line-up spells instant suicide for you. *cough N.Jones cough*
As for our drivers, well Magnussen retired this time so no points there. As for Bottas, we are scratching our heads as to how he and Williams contrived to get him down to 8th behind Felipe-baby, having started 3rd(?) But at least he brings more points and saves us total embarrassment.
As for our partners, Happy Bubble Racing Team came 11th; pretty good seeing they don't have a permanent team boss. We almost forgot that rjbetty is due to fill that role too at some point this season. Aki's Hedgehog Racing Team came 18th, ahead of us for the first time, since Ricciardo now scored points. They are down a little so far, but show potential as their drivers are likely to do much better than present in future.
However, we still can't quite believe he dumped Bottas, who is now coming good, for Maldonado. Oh dear.
10th in the FGP WDC may be a little optimistic now, but we are still enjoying a much better season.
In our co-operation with other teams, we are saving up to buy another desktop fan to provide a windtunnel boost alongside Steve's one. Rumours are that we are in disagreement as to whether this should be located in Chelmsford, Berkshire, or in the Kazhakstan desert, where our simulator is unexplicably located.
We are unhappy with the remote desert location, and grumpily question what Jens was thinking when he came up with this bright idea. Though secrecy is improved, the cost of renting a camel each time is simply too much of a drain on our finances.
Our season so far:
5th 10th 24th
Overall position: 10th - 142pts
Yeah. It looks like I forgot to delete your old team. Doing that now!
Okay, all fixed!
I only got one point so far, last in the standings.
Didnīt Kimi got some points.
He scored only 1 point in 10th... :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Mia 01
Yep. It is a rough start to your team Mia but it could be worse...
you could be POSF1!!!
China Grand Prix Results:
https://sites.google.com/site/2009fg...ts/china?pli=1
1 3-2-1 Ray Sing 112
2 HennersF1 Racing 98
3 TruespeedF1 94
Overall Standings:
https://sites.google.com/site/2009fg.../-00-standings
1 NSA Team Mt. Damavand F1 Racing* 284
2 3-2-1 Ray Sing* 280
3 Bobby's Bits* 250
4 GP Stood Guard* 249
5 HennersF1 Racing* 245
6 TruespeedF1* 235
7 Team Marlboro Koz Racing* 232
8 Minardi* 216
9 Hamilton Abbey* 204
10 Slash LLC. 202
Thanks dawg, I'm still the highest rated of teams that have not used their bonus. Not sure If I can finish in the top 10 though!
making some steady progress. although Williams are really letting me down.
I really thought they would capitalize on the early season mercedes advantage, but so far it seems not to work out.
But pleased to crack the top 10
Thanks Nick
Great job tf, and also congrats to 3-2-1 for taking 1st.