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

Driver Transfer News

BMW make double signing

BMW have confirmed that current Jaguar driver Jarno Trulli will race for them in 2006 with Rory Byrne taking up the role of Technical Director. This has cost the team a total of £31.5m.

Honda complete line-up

Honda have completed their line-up for 2006 by agreeing a one year contract extension with Jacques Villeneuve, who will partner Takuma Sato next season.

Renault make Fauzy u-turn

Renault have decided not to sign Fairuz Fauzy as their test driver, instead opting for Vitaly Petrov who will bring them in 7m.



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

Ralf Schumacher £12,000,000 29
Nick Heidfeld £10,000,000 27
Sebastian Vettel £5,000,000 17
Giedo van der Garde £2,000,000 19
Jeffrey van Hooydonk £1,000,000 27
Esteban Guerrieri £1,000,000 20
Sébastien Bourdais £1,000,000 26
Markus Winkelhock -£2,000,000 24
Franck Perera -£2,000,000 21
Vitantonio Liuzzi £4,000,000 23
Jos Verstappen £4,000,000 33
Scott Dixon £3,000,000 24
Tiago Monteiro £3,000,000 28
Olivier Tielemans £2,000,000 20
Jamie Green £2,000,000 22
Zsolt Baumgartner -£3,000,000 24
Pastor Maldonado -£5,000,000 20
Giorgio Pantano -£6,000,000 26
David Coulthard £10,000,000 34
Frank Montagny £3,000,000 27
Patrick Friesacher £3,000,000 24
Neel Jani £2,000,000 21
Adrian Sutil £1,000,000 22
Yuji Ide -£4,000,000 30
Nicolas Kiesa -£4,000,000 27
Gianmaria Bruni -£5,000,000 23
Pedro De La Rosa £5,000,000 34
Bjorn Wirdheim £2,000,000 25
Jan Magnussen -£5,000,000 31
Narain Karthikeyan -£5,000,000 28
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)

Nikolas Tombazis £17,000,000
Willy Rampf £12,000,000
James Allison £5,000,000
Frank Dernie £4,000,000
Ross Brawn £20,000,000
Peter Prodromou £5,000,000
Mario Almondo £4,000,000
Jörg Zander £3,000,000
Robert Taylor £5,000,000
Sam Michael £4,000,000
Alex Hitzinger £3,000,000
Aldo Costa £18,000,000
Simone Resta £5,000,000
Laurent Mekies £3,000,000
Geoff Willis £5,000,000
Mike Coughlan £4,000,000
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)

Felipe Massa £12,000,000 23
Ricardo Zonta £4,000,000 29
Tomas Enge £4,000,000 28
Anthony Davidson £4,000,000 25
Robert Doornbos £3,000,000 23
Jose Maria Lopez £3,000,000 21
Davide Valsecchi £2,000,000 18
Anthony James Allmendinger £2,000,000 23
EJ Viso £1,000,000 20
Justin Wilson £1,000,000 26
Marc Gene £1,000,000 31
Giorgio Mondini -£2,000,000 24
Sakon Yamamoto -£3,000,000 22
Ralph Firman -£3,000,000 29
Rodolfo Gonzalez -£5,000,000 18
Nelson Piquet Jr -£5,000,000 19
Kazuki Nakajima -£7,000,000 20
Bruno Senna -£7,000,000 21

Signing after two races
Available Engineers (name, salary)

Nick Wirth £14,000,000
Mark Smith £4,000,000






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Ferrari

Yet another string of bad luck for Ferrari, 2004 is all over again.

Jaguar

Good stable performance from our both drivers. No mistakes and both cars came to the finish line intact. We are still thinking driver line-up for next season.

Williams

Great day for us, not as smoother as we expected though. Michael after a spin escaped somehow to triumph at Hungary, while Kimi had the same as his teammate but way off. A good day to end with 14 points.

Jordan

Good result for our boys in 10th and 12th. Some slight mistakes for Nico but everything went fine at the end. Looking at the standings, we're quite falling out a bit in the midfield, so we might need to catch up if we want to fight for higher positions.

BAR

What a phenomenal race. It seems like all our rivals had a case of brain fade, delighted for Dixie, his time in practice was enough for P10 in quali so disappointing to see him put it in 20th on the grid. But kept his head to pull out an amazing 6th place.
Disappointing for JV to fall out of the points, had the pace for a top 6 himself the last stint just didn't work out. Still hes shown enough this year to justify keeping his seat for next year alongside Sato, and we know its important for Honda to have a former world champion as we go to move up the table.

McLaren

That mistake from Fernando whilst comfortably outfront will have pretty much ended his quest for the drivers title. Webber again with another kistake means we are in serious problems in the constructors championship

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

Renault

Barrichello still in the fight. Lets keep fighting.

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Toyota

A bad day at the office.

Sauber

Tomáš Enge will replace André Lotterer as the second driver for the rest of the season after a mutual agreement.
André has been demoted to test driver and will partake in the next mid-season test.





Dominik Karda | MAC Racing - #7 - Race Driver



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Mid Season Test #2

After last week's Hungarian Grand Prix, the teams descended on the Circuit de Catalunya for the season and final mid-season test. Renault and Arrows decided that they were not going to attend but the rest of the teams had very productive days, especially those running a qualifying sim.

Look at JV and Dixie, cant wait for them to qualify 16th and 18th in the next race haha

McLaren

Decent team practice in Spain

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

Williams

A good mid-season testing session. Our pace is looking fine but we still expect competition from Ferrari so it's not over yet.

Jordan

Some encouraging pace from Nico. Heikki is seemingly doing good but lacking behind really, which provides that there's work to do ahead of us. Hopefully in the upcoming rounds we improve better.

Ferrari

We’re in a great grid position, we expect to make up the lost points from the last 2 races.

Williams

Not quite where we wanted to be. Race could prove difficult for us but we'll hope for a good race.

Jordan

Wow, what a great quali for us! We didn't expect that to happen with both Jordan cars in top 10. Fingers crossed for a great result potentially.

McLaren

Great qualy from Fernando, another big race coming up for Mark

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

Sauber

Wow, Tomas' first GP in four years and he really shows off how much he has improved over that timespan. Promising!!!





Dominik Karda | MAC Racing - #7 - Race Driver

2005 Turkish Grand Prix

Yesterday Takuma Sato took a superb pole, can he convert it into a race win or can the likes of Alonso spring a surprise? Lets find out.

Lap 58/58

It's lights out and away we go.



Sato retains the lead through the first corner.



A look at the order as Sato makes his way through the last corner.



Lap 56/58

Our first real taste of action sees Castro-Neves run wide.



He spins and drops to the back.



Lap 54/58

Sato is starting to pull away at the front.



Lap 53/58

It's tight in the midfield but still, no overtakes.



It's an Enge train.



His teammate runs slightly wide and drops two places.



Contact between Enge and Barrichello!



Enge is off.



Barrichello spins.



Barrichello drops to 17th.



Enge to last.



Lap 50/58

An overtake! Webber passes Button for 9th.



Lap 49/58

Now Trulli is through past Button.



Lap 48/58

Montoya is slowing, does he have an issue?



Montoya pits to fix a puncture.

Lap 44/58

Pantano goes off and spins. He drops to last.



Lap 43/58

Vettel makes his way past Barrichello.



An Arrows passing a Ferrari for position? Incredible.



Webber passes Kovalainen for 7th.



Sato pits from the lead. Webber also pits.

Lap 42/58

Button spins and drops down the field.



Trulli pits.

Lap 40/58

Kubica passes Vettel.



Lap 39/58

Both Trulli and Webber are stuck in traffic. Trulli also seems to have passed Webber in the pits.



Michael Schumacher pits.

Lap 38/58

Alonso pits from the lead. Rosberg, Barrichello and Kubica also pit.

Lap 36/58

Still a huge train behind Klien. Turkey is not a good track for overtaking!



Lap 35/58

Klien runs wide.



And rejoins in the path of Montoya!



Klien is out.



Montoya will need to pit for a new wing. How unlucky can one guy be!



Alonso hits the back of Kovalainen which drops him behind Michael Schumacher.



De la Rosa comes into the pits. Montoya also pits.

Lap 34/58

Dixon and Massa pit.

Lap 33/58

Race leader Raikkonen pits. Pantano also pits.

Lap 32/58

That's the end of Vettel's race. Looks like an engine problem.



Lap 30/58

Villeneuve is out. He has an electrical problem.



Sato pits from the lead. Kovalainen, Trulli and Webber are also in.

Lap 29/58

Unbelievable! Ferrari's rotten luck continues as Sato retires with a water leak.



Button, Enge, Maldonado and Castro-Neves make their first and possibly only stops.

Lap 27/58

Big spin for Kubica!



He's hit the wall, he's out of the race.



Lap 26/58

A look at the current order. It's looking good for Williams.



Rosberg runs wide and drops to 5th behind Massa.



Lap 21/58

Rosberg runs a little wide at the last corner but no harm done.



Massa is putting pressure on Alonso for 3rd.



Lap 19/58

Massa goes for the overtake but Alonso defends beautifully.



Further down the order, his teammate Button passes Barrichello for 10th.



Lap 18/58

Oh no! That's bad news for Button and Toyota. A water leak ends his race.



Trulli and Webber pit for a 3rd time.

Lap 17/58

Alonso spins! He drops to 5th behind Massa and Rosberg.



Race leader Raikkonen pits.

Lap 15/58

Felipe Massa pits. He's followed in by Kovalainen and Barrichello.

Lap 13/58

Scott Dixon makes his second stop of the race. Castro-Neves and Maldonado also pit.

Lap 11/58

Massa passes Alonso for 4th. Alonso is losing loads of time on those old tyres.



Lap 10/58

Williams will be biting their nails after what happened in Germany.



Lap 9/58

Nico Rosberg pits from 3rd and comes out in 6th.

Lap 8/58

Dixon and De la Rosa collide.



Dixon carries on in 10th.

De la Rosa spins.



Castro-Neves has nowhere to go and hits the stricken Spaniard.



De La Rosa is out and Castro-Neves will need a new front wing.



Montoya pits for the 3rd time. Pantano and Castro-Neves also come in.

Lap 7/58

Schumacher pits from the lead. Surely the win is Raikkonen's now. Alonso also pits. This could really cost the pair who were losing a lot of time!

Lap 6/58

Schumacher just makes it out ahead of Massa in 2nd.



Alonso drops to 8th!



Lap 5/58

A look at the order with 5 laps to go.



Lap 0/58

Kimi Raikkonen wins the Turkish Grand Prix.



Schumacher finishes 2nd to complete a Williams 1-2.



Massa picks up a podium for Toyota.



Official Turkish Grand Prix Result



2005 Championship Tables

Driver Transfer News

Red Bull complete driver line-up

Red Bull have completed their driver line-up by retaining Sebastian Vettel for a fee of £5m.

Williams welcome Heidfeld

Constructors championship leaders Williams have announced that Nick Heidfeld will join them as their second race driver in 2006, costing them £11,000,000.

Mclaren make line-up change

Mclaren have announced that they will no longer be signing Heikki Kovalainen for 2006, instead opting for pay driver Kazuki Nakajima who will bring in £7,000,000 for the team.

BMW finalise their 2006 drivers

BMW have completed their 2006 line-up by announcing that Ralf Schumacher with race alongside Jarno Trulli in 2006 with Jan Magnussen taking up a test driver role. This has cost BMW £7,000,000.



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

Felipe Massa £12,000,000 23
Ricardo Zonta £4,000,000 29
Tomas Enge £4,000,000 28
Anthony Davidson £4,000,000 25
Robert Doornbos £3,000,000 23
Jose Maria Lopez £3,000,000 21
Davide Valsecchi £2,000,000 18
Anthony James Allmendinger £2,000,000 23
EJ Viso £1,000,000 20
Justin Wilson £1,000,000 26
Marc Gene £1,000,000 31
Giorgio Mondini -£2,000,000 24
Sakon Yamamoto -£3,000,000 22
Ralph Firman -£3,000,000 29
Rodolfo Gonzalez -£5,000,000 18
Nelson Piquet Jr -£5,000,000 19
Bruno Senna -£7,000,000 21
Giedo van der Garde £2,000,000 19
Jeffrey van Hooydonk £1,000,000 27
Esteban Guerrieri £1,000,000 20
Sébastien Bourdais £1,000,000 26
Markus Winkelhock -£2,000,000 24
Franck Perera -£2,000,000 21
Vitantonio Liuzzi £4,000,000 23
Jos Verstappen £4,000,000 33
Scott Dixon £3,000,000 24
Tiago Monteiro £3,000,000 28
Olivier Tielemans £2,000,000 20
Jamie Green £2,000,000 22
Zsolt Baumgartner -£3,000,000 24
Pastor Maldonado -£5,000,000 20
Giorgio Pantano -£6,000,000 26
David Coulthard £10,000,000 34
Frank Montagny £3,000,000 27
Patrick Friesacher £3,000,000 24
Neel Jani £2,000,000 21
Adrian Sutil £1,000,000 22
Yuji Ide -£4,000,000 30
Nicolas Kiesa -£4,000,000 27
Gianmaria Bruni -£5,000,000 23
Pedro De La Rosa £5,000,000 34
Bjorn Wirdheim £2,000,000 25
Narain Karthikeyan -£5,000,000 28
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
Fairuz Fauzy -£6,000,000 22
Heikki Kovalainen £3,000,000 23

Signing after next race
Available Engineers (name, salary)

Nick Wirth £14,000,000
Mark Smith £4,000,000
Nikolas Tombazis £17,000,000
Willy Rampf £12,000,000
James Allison £5,000,000
Frank Dernie £4,000,000
Ross Brawn £20,000,000
Peter Prodromou £5,000,000
Mario Almondo £4,000,000
Jörg Zander £3,000,000
Robert Taylor £5,000,000
Sam Michael £4,000,000
Alex Hitzinger £3,000,000
Aldo Costa £18,000,000
Simone Resta £5,000,000
Laurent Mekies £3,000,000
Geoff Willis £5,000,000
Mike Coughlan £4,000,000
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)

Mark Webber £13,000,000 28
Giancarlo Fisichella £12,000,000 32
Dan Wheldon £5,000,000 26
Helio Castro-Neves £5,000,000 29
Luca Badoer £4,000,000 34
Paul Di Resta £3,000,000 19

Signing after two races
Available Engineers (name, salary)

Gavin Fisher £13,000,000
Mike Gascoyne £10,000,000
Ben Agathangelou £4,000,000
Malcolm Oastler £4,000,000






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