In this thread I will post which drivers are currently available for contract negotiations as well as your teams current budget and all of the drivers that will become available over the course of the season. Also the prices of engine and brake manufacturers can also be found here.
2004 Team Testing BudgetsYour teams testing budget is the remainder of your previous years budget after having bought all of you drivers, engine and brakes. This can be spent on mid season test sessions that occur during the season. Just as in pre-season testing you can choose to focus on improve pace of reliability.
1. Ferrari - £6.25m
2. Williams - £0m
3. McLaren - £0m
4. Renault - £0m5. Sauber - £1.5m
6. Jordan - £500k
7. Jaguar - £500k
8. BAR - £0m
9. Minardi - £0m10. Toyota - £1.5m
11. Arrows - £1.75m
2005 Team BudgetsThese are your budgets that you have to spend on your team for the next season.
1. Ferrari - £2.5m left (Ferrari Engine + Brembo Brakes + Massa + Verstappen + Alonso = £20m + £6m + £9m + £7m + £16.5m = £58.5m spent)
2. McLaren - £2.25m (Mercedes Engine + Brembo Brakes + Vettel + Rosberg + Briscoe + Montoya = £18m + £6m +£10m + £8m + £3m + £18m = £63m spent)
3. Williams - £3m left (BMW Engine + AP Racing Brakes + M.Schumacher + Villenueve = £17m + £5m + £21m + £9m = £52m spent)
4. Renault - £0m left + £1.7m from GP2 (Renault Engine + Brembo Brakes + Coulthard + Barrichello + Gene = £18m + £6m + £9m + £15m + £4m = £52m spent)
5. Sauber - £5.5m left (Petronas Engine + Brembo Brakes + Heidfeld + Button = £16m + £6m + £9.5m + £11m = £42.5m spent)
6. Jordan - £1.6m from GP2 (Renault Engine + Brembo Brakes + Bruni + Lotterer + Raikkonen = £18m + £6m + £2m + £2m + £17.5m = £45.5m spent)
7. BAR - £3m left (Honda Engine + Hitco Brakes + Sato + Leinders + Fisichella = £17m + £4m + £7m + £2m + £9m = £39m spent)
8. Toyota - £1m left (Toyota Engine + Hitco Brakes + Da Matta + R.Schumacher + McNish = £16m + £4m + £6m + £10m +£3m = £39m spent)
9. Jaguar/Redbull £1.5m left + £2m from GP2 (Honda Engine + AP Racing Brakes + Kubica + Wurz + Webber = £17m + £5m + £7m + £6m +£13.5m= £48.5m spent)
10. Arrows £2m left + £1.5m from GP2 (Petronas Engine + AP Racing Brakes + Paffett + Zonta + Glock = £16m + £5m + £5m + £3m +£6m = £35m spent)
11. Minardi £1m left (Toyota Engine + AP Racing Brakes + Davidson + Klien + Montagny = £16m + £5m + £6m + £4m + £4m = £35m spent)
Engine ManufacturersEach team must sign an engine supplier. Ferrari, Renault and Toyota will all have to stick with their engines however Independants are free to choose their engines. Not all engine manufacturers will be available straight away, for example Mercedes and BMW will be first choice to McLaren and Williams. Each engine has a reliabilty and a bhp setting.
Ferrari - £20m (Exclusive to Ferrari)Mercedes - £18m (McLaren first choice)BMW - £17m (Williams first choice)
Renault - £18m (Max 2 teams. Renault first choice)
Honda - £17m (Max 2 teams. BAR first choice)Petronas - £16m (Max 2 teams. Sauber First choice)Cosworth - £14m
Toyota - £16m (Max 2 teams. Toyota First choice)Ford - £15m
Brake ManufacturersEach team must have a brake supplier. These will have an effect on your teams performance as you recieve random upgrades through the season
Hitco - £4m
Brembo - £6m
AP Racing - £5m
Alcon - £4m
Drivers MarketDrivers will be ready at random times throughout the season for contract negotiations whereas everything else (engines, brakes, etc) can be signed at anytime. Drivers have a set minimum contract offer so anything offered below this figure will be rejected. The driver will accept the highest offer unless his current team are within £500k of the highest bid for the driver in which case the driver will stay with his current team.
Drivers can bring experience to your team, while youngsters are up and coming stars however, race them too early and they may struggle. Same goes for drivers who are pushing on retirement so keep this in mind. Each team must have at least three drivers (2 race drivers, 1 test/third driver) When making an offer, send a pm to me (Twigster151) with your offer and for which driver. Keep in mind other teams may be bidding for this driver, however they may not be. A driver will have a set time to receive offers (usually a week, 2 races etc) After that they will decide who they will race for next season. If they have no offer then they will remain available for contract talks.
2005 Drivers ListBadoer 33 £5m
Massa 23 £8m
Montoya 29 £14m
R Schumacher 29 £10m
Pizzonia 24 £6m
Raikkonen 25 £15m
Wurz 30 £6m
Trulli 30 £7m
Alonso 23 £13m
Fisichella 31 £9m
Baumgartner 23 £3m
Motoyama 33 £2m
Jani 21 £6m
Webber 28 £9m
Lotterer 23 £2m
Villeneuve 33 £7m
Sato 27 £7m
Wilson 26 £7m
Kiesa 26 £3m
Verstappen 32 £7m
Panis 38 £5m
De La Rosa 33 £5m
Montagny 26 £3m
Wirdheim 24 £1m
Briscoe 23 £1m
Pantano 25 £3m
Glock 22 £4m
Doornbos 23 £3m
Leinders 29 £2m
Monteiro 29 £4m
Priaulx 23 £2m
Liuzzi 24 £5m
Speed 22 £3m
Karthikeyan 28 £3m
Friesacher 25 £2m
Albers 26 £3m
TyresTyres will not cost you but you must choose a tyre supplier. Changing tyres could cause your team to struggle on the new tyres, but its nothing a bit of testing won't sort out.
Extra CashDon't worry if you have extra cash. This can be used for next seasons mid-season testing. Testing will cost a team £250k to take part in and could help improve your car by finding that all important break through. Pre Season testing will not cost your team however. Or you could sign a new driver.
Current 2005 LineupsTeam 1: JordanDriver 1: #1 Kimi Raikkonen
Driver 2: #2 Andre Lotterer
Test Driver: Gianmaria Bruni
Engine: Renault
Brakes: Brembo
Tyres: Michelin
Team 2: FerrariDriver 1: #3 Felipe Massa
Driver 2: #4 Fernando Alonso
Test Driver: Jos Verstappen
Engine: Ferrari
Brakes: Brembo
Tyres: Bridgestone
Team 3: McLarenDriver 1: #5 Juan P Montoya
Driver 2: #6 Sebastian Vettel
Test Driver 1: Ryan Briscoe
Test Driver 2: Nico Rosberg
Engine: Mercedes
Brakes: Brembo
Tyres: Michelin
Team 4: WilliamsDriver 1: #7 Michael Schumacher
Driver 2: #8 Jacques Villenueve
Test Driver: Bjorn Wirdheim
Engine: BMW
Brakes: AP Racing
Tyres: Michelin
Team 5: RenaultDriver 1:#9 Rubens Barrichello
Driver 2:#10 David Coulthard
Test Driver: Marc Gene
Engine:Renault
Brakes:Brembo
Tyres:Michelin
Team 6: SauberDriver 1: #11 Nick Heidfeld
Driver 2: #12 Jenson Button
Test Driver: Heikki Kovalainen
Engine: Petronas
Brakes: Brembo
Tyres: Bridgestone
Team 7: BARDriver 1: #14 Takuma Sato
Driver 2: #15 Giancarlo Fisichella
Test Driver: Bas Leinders
Engine: Honda
Brakes: Hitco
Tyres: Bridgestone
Team 8: ToyotaDriver 1: #16 Cristiano Da Matta
Driver 2: #17 Ralf Schumacher
Test Driver: Allan McNish
Engine: Toyota
Brakes: Brembo
Tyres: Michelin
Team 9: Red BullDriver 1: #18 Mark Webber
Driver 2: #19 Robert Kubica
Test Driver: Alexander Wurz
Engine: Honda
Brakes: AP Racing
Tyres: Bridgestone
Team 10: MinardiDriver 1: #22 Anthony Davidson
Driver 2: #23 Christian Klien
Test Driver: Franck Montagny
Engine: Toyota
Brakes: AP Racing
Tyres: Bridgestone
Team 11: ArrowsDriver 1: #24 Timo Glock
Driver 2: #25 Ricardo Zonta
Test Driver: Gary Paffett
Engine: Petronas
Brakes: AP Racing
Tyres: Bridgestone
The 2004 main season thread can be found
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