F1 Manager - Season 2005 - Chinese Grand Prix [Season Finale]

natasp Wrote:
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> Parachki Wrote:
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> > Jops Wrote:
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> > -----
> > > Delighted that we have strengthened our
> > connection
> > > with Honda, its true we tried a marquee
> signing
> > in
> > > Alonso but he didn't buy in to the vision.
> > Still
> > > one thing we are certain is Honda will
> require
> > a
> > > Japanese driver in one of the seats, so JV
> and
> > > Dixon are potentially battling for the
> > remaining
> > > spot, but we will be keeping an eye out in
> the
> > > market to really make an assault on the top
> of
> > the
> > > order next season.
> >
> > We ain’t giving Sato. You can get Montoya if
> you
> > want. We’ll just tell him to get Japanese
> > citizenship if you don’t get a Japanese
> driver.
> >
> >
> > Sincerely
> > Scuderia Ferrari
>
> How about a french citizenship? :P

If he wants, yeah

Parachki Wrote:
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> Jops Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Delighted that we have strengthened our
> connection
> > with Honda, its true we tried a marquee signing
> in
> > Alonso but he didn't buy in to the vision.
> Still
> > one thing we are certain is Honda will require
> a
> > Japanese driver in one of the seats, so JV and
> > Dixon are potentially battling for the
> remaining
> > spot, but we will be keeping an eye out in the
> > market to really make an assault on the top of
> the
> > order next season.
>
> We ain’t giving Sato. You can get Montoya if you
> want. We’ll just tell him to get Japanese
> citizenship if you don’t get a Japanese driver.
>
>
> Sincerely
> Scuderia Ferrari

Speaking as the team principal here, I don't think you realise how deep our Honda pockets run or how badly we want him to return to the stable, he could be a hero in his home country, we'll do our talking in the sauna

Jops Wrote:
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> Parachki Wrote:
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> > Jops Wrote:
> >
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> Speaking as the team principal here, I don't think
> you realise how deep our Honda pockets run or how
> badly we want him to return to the stable, he
> could be a hero in his home country, we'll do our
> talking in the sauna

He’s a hero in Japan and in Italy with us. We have deep pockets as well. Let the bidding wars start.

McLaren

Mark with a lot to do from the midfield, another tight race coming up.

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GPGSL
Christel VXR: S12 onwards | Wins: 3 | Poles: 3 | Fastest Laps: 2

Jordan

Nico and Heikki both showed some great pace in qualifying to start P9 and P11 for the race, a great quali to be satisfied for. Hopefully the race goes fine for the team.

Ferrari

Disappointing pace from Montoya, let's hope he gains positions tomorrow and he has a clean race. Same wishes go to Sato.

2005 United States Grand Prix

Hello and welcome to the 2005 United States Grand Prix. Kimi Raikkonen took pole for Williams yesterday but can he convert it to a race win? Let's find out.

Lap 73/73

It's lights out and away we go!



Raikkonen maintains the lead but Massa has had a great start! He's up to 2nd.



His teammate has had a woeful start is down in 9th.



Lap 72/73

Sato passes Massa for 2nd.



A superb double overtake down the pit straight by Button. He's up to 7th.



Here's a look at the race order.



Alonso runs wide and rejoins down the order.



Lap 71/73

Schumacher moves past Massa for 3rd.



Rosberg overtakes Castro-Neves for 7th.



Lap 70/73

Massa loses another place, this time to Montoya.



Does Massa have an issue? Button now passes him.



Lap 69/73

One man who does is De La Rosa. An engine failure ends his race.



Lap 66/73

Barrichello passes Alonso for 12th. A woeful day for Mclaren so far with Webber also down the field.



Lap 64/73

Barrichello dives down the inside of Davidson.



It's looking close in the battle for 3rd at the moment.



Lap 63/73

Montoya moves into 3rd.



Lap 62/73

Now Button passes Schumacher.



Lap 61/73

Kovalainen is the lastest to be passed by Barrichello. The Brazilian is now in the top 10.



Lap 57/73

Barrichello overtakes Klien for 9th.



Lap 55/73

Montoya overtakes teammate Sato for 2nd.



Lap 53/73

Sato look to be struggling for pace right now, Button goes through into 3rd.



Lap 52/73

Kovalainen is putting in a solid drive for Jordan. He moves into the top 10 with a move on Klien.



Lap 51/73

Rosberg and Villeneuve are the first to stop this afternoon.

Lap 50/73

Alonso, Davidson and Maldonado pit.

Lap 49/73

Sato pits from 4th. Klien also pits.

Lap 48/73

Montoya, Kovalainen, Webber, Dixon, Lotterer, and Massa make their first stops.

Lap 47/73

Race leader Raikkonen pits. He's followed in by Jenson Button, Bruno Senna, and Helio Castro-Neves.

Lap 46/73

Montoya rejoined behind Vettel and it's cost him as Button has leapfrogged him!



Schumacher, Barrichello, Kubica and Vettel pit to complete the first round of stops.

Lap 45/73

It's getting worse for Montoya as Sato passes him for 3rd.



Lap 44/73

Montoya retakes 3rd a lap later.



Here's the latest running order.



Lap 42/73

A mistake from Rosberg in P7 sends him into the wall.



He'll have to pit for a new front wing.



Lap 37/73

Kubica passes Alonso for 12th. A nightmare day for the Spaniard.



Lap 36/73

Raikkonen is in a league of his own at the front today.



Lap 33/73

Barrichello passes Massa for P6.



Lap 29/73

Another Mclaren scalp for Kubica, this time it's Webber.



Lap 27/73

Bruno Senna retires following engine failure.



Lap 26/73

Raikkonen, Button, and Sato make their second stops.

Lap 25/73

Schumacher, Klien, Davidson, Webber and Maldonado pit.

Lap 24/73

Montoya, Barrichello, and Kubica make their second stops.

Lap 23/73

Massa, Vettel, and Dixon are in.

Lap 22/73

Schumacher has jumped Sato in the pits.



Castro-Neves and Villeneuve pit.

Lap 21/73

Alonso, Rosberg, Lotterer, and Kovalainen pit to complete the pit stop phase.

Lap 18/73

A loose wheel ends Dixon's race.



Lap 17/73

A look at the current order.



Lap 10/73

All too easy for Raikkonen today. Just 10 laps to go.



Lap 0/73

Kimi Raikkonen wins a very uneventful United States Grand Prix after a dominant performance.



Jenson Button backs up last week's win in Canada with a superb 2nd.



With Juan-Pablo Montoya completing the podium.



Official 2005 United States Grand Prix Result



2005 Championship Tables

Driver Transfer News

Red Bull to take over Minardi

Minardi have announced that Red Bull will be taking over the team from the 2006 season with 15m being pumped into their coffers for the 2006 season.

Fauzy joins Renault

Current Arrows test driver Fairuz Fauzy will make a switch to Renault for 2006, who have paid 100k for his services.

Ferrari sign Bob Bell

Ferrari have parted with 15m to sign Bob Bell as their technical director for the 2006 season.

Mclaren sign Head and Kovalainen

Mclaren have also signed a technical director, beating Ferrari to Patrick Head's signature with a bid of 22m. They have also signed current Jordan driver Heikki Kovalainen for 3m for 2006, who will fill the test driver's seat.



Signing after next race
Available drivers (name, salary, age)

Kimi Raikkonen £20,000,000 25
Timo Glock £4,000,000 23
Christian Klien £2,000,000 22
Alan van der Merwe £2,000,000 25
Andre Lotterer £2,000,000 23
Enrico Toccacelo £2,000,000 26
Loic Duval £2,000,000 22
Lucas Di Grassi £1,000,000 20
Karun Chandhok -£2,000,000 21
Christijan Albers -£3,000,000 26
Alex Wurz £4,000,000 31
Nico Hulkenberg £2,000,000 17
Scott Speed £2,000,000 22
Kamui Kobayashi £2,000,000 18
Jan Charouz £2,000,000 17
Nicolas Lapierre £2,000,000 21
Ryan Hunter-Reay £1,000,000 24
Bas Leinders -£3,000,000 29
Cristiano da Matta -£4,000,000 31
Dario Franchetti £4,000,000 31
Sam Hornish £2,000,000 25
Jerome d'Ambrosio £2,000,000 19
Allan McNish £1,000,000 35
Alexandre Premat -£1,000,000 22
Antonio Pizzonia -£3,000,000 24

Signing after next race
Available Engineers (name, salary)

Adrian Newey £20,000,000
Paddy Lowe £7,000,000
Geoff Willis £5,000,000
Mike Coughlan £4,000,000
John Owen £10,000,000
Gabriele Tredozi £3,000,000
Gary Anderson £4,000,000
John McQuilliam £4,000,000
Gustav Brunner £4,000,000

Signing after two races
Available drivers (name, salary, age)

Juan Pablo Montoya £18,000,000 29
Michael Schumacher £18,000,000 36
Rubens Barrichello £15,000,000 32
Jacques Villeneuve £7,000,000 34
Pedro De La Rosa £5,000,000 34
Robert Kubica £3,000,000 20
Bjorn Wirdheim £2,000,000 25
Michael Ammermuller £2,000,000 19
Jan Magnussen -£5,000,000 31
Narain Karthikeyan -£5,000,000 28

Signing after two races
Available Engineers (name, salary)

Aldo Costa £18,000,000
Neil Oatley £15,000,000
Simone Resta £5,000,000
Laurent Mekies £3,000,000

Jordan

Painful race from Nico. That mistake threw the good chance of scoring some good points while running P7. Hopefully he bounces back strong next race.

Whilst Heikki finished P9 with a solid drive so far which is very impressive! Sadly, he'll be leaving us by the end of 2005 season to join McLaren as a test driver.

McLaren

Thats a weekend to forget!

On other news, we are looking forward to welcoming Heikki and Patrick to the team for 2006.

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Christel VXR: S12 onwards | Wins: 3 | Poles: 3 | Fastest Laps: 2

Ferrari

A result that while it was good, it is insufficient. Also, we are a bit disappointed it was a strategy battle more than being on-track. We expect better performance next week.

Toyota

A very positive result for ourselves in a very uninteresting race. Hopefully we can keep up our form next week in France

Renault

Both cars inside the top 10, its a good result.

The battle with Mclaren will sure be a though one

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Minardi

We are very happy with the deal by Red Bull. They have shown great interest in the sport, and we hope to achieve success together

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Sorry, I need to withdraw from this series. Coming in half way through has meant I have struggled to get my head around how everything works and has therefore meant I have lacked the motive to participate.

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Williams ded

Williams manager wanted

If there's anyone who would like to trade their current team for Williams, let me know

Driver Transfer News

Trulli signs for Jaguar

Jaguar have announced that Jarno Trulli will replace Anthony Davidson for the rest of the 2005 season, costing the team £6m.