SEASON 1 SUMMARYby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
NEWS ROUND-UP The Alonso-Ascari swap has been confirmed, following Benetton's relegation from Division 1. Alberto Ascari - who drove for Ferrari last season - is free to transfer to Renault as there are no longer any other affiliated teams in Division 1, with Fernando Alonso moving in the opposite direction. ---- Meanwhile, another swap that has taken place for next season is betweeby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
JAPANESE GP: ASCARI WINS AS HAKKINEN AND BRABHAM SURVIVE Alberto Ascari has won an extraordinary Japanese Grand Prix, but it was Mika Hakkinen and Jack Brabham who stole the headlines. Ascari's victory - which came after both Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel crashed out from the lead - is his third of the season, finishing over 23 seconds clear of the rest of the field. Lewisby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
SCHUMACHER STORMS TO POLE IN SOAKING SUZUKA Michael Schumacher will start the season finale on pole position after setting the fastest time on a wet Suzuka circuit. Sebastian Vettel forms an all-German front row of the grid, with Lewis Hamilton and Jim Clark qualifying third and fourth respectively. Juan-Manuel Fangio, who will finish second in the inaugural Legend's Trophy Driverby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
FANGIO WINS CHAOTIC AND CONTROVERSIAL MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX Mercedes' Juan Manuel Fangio took victory at an action-packed Malaysian GP which featured more fuel-related issues. Fangio finished over 35 seconds clear of Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, with Michael Schumacher concluding the podium of a race that saw just six cars cross the finish line. Just like in Hockenheim and Montrby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
ASCARI TAKES MALAYSIA POLE AFTER SCHUMACHER PENALTY Alberto Ascari will start the Malaysian Grand Prix from pole position, after Michael Schumacher was demoted three places for impeding in qualifying. Schumacher had set the fastest time of the session with a 1:34.093, over eight-tenths quicker than anybody else, but was handed the penalty after being judged to have blocked Nelson Piquet durby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
SCHUMACHER AND FERRARI WIN LEGEND'S TROPHY CHAMPIONSHIPS AFTER INTERLAGOS VICTORY Michael Schumacher has become the first ever Legend's Trophy Driver's Champion, thanks to a win in Brazil that also handed Ferrari the Constructor's Championship. From second on the grid, Schumacher drove a no-stop strategy to leapfrog Mercedes' Juan Manuel Fangio at the pit stops, driby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
FANGIO BEATS SCHUMACHER TO WET BRAZILIAN POLE Juan Manuel Fangio scored only his second pole position of the season, and a timely one as he tries to prevent Michael Schumacher winning the Driver's Championship at Interlagos. The Argentine will be hoping there is not a repeat of what happened last time he started a race out front, when he would eventually finish third in the British Graby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
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NEWS ROUND-UP Lewis Hamilton and Graham Hill have signed contract extensions that sees them stay with their respective teams until the end of season three. Hamilton was rumoured to be considering switching to Mercedes after next season following an unreliable and frustrating season one with McLaren, but in signing a new contract has shown that he believes the Woking based team will give hiby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
PROVISIONAL SEASON TWO CALENDAR PUBLISHED The draft version of the calendar for the second season of the Legend's Trophy has been published, and features a number of changes from season one. The number of races has increased from 17 to 20, and there are four new tracks hosting races, with Singapore giving way having hosted a controversial race in season one that had to be red flagged fby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
ASCARI WINS SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX AFTER RACE RED-FLAGGED FOLLOWING PIT STOP CATASTROPHE Alberto Ascari has won a controversial Singapore Grand Prix, which had to be red-flagged on lap 22. After an incident-packed first two-thirds of the race, the first of the drivers on a one-stop strategy came into the pits on lap 21, but most of them were unable to be serviced. A bug in the program - attriby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
SCHUMACHER RECOVERS FROM CRASH TO TAKE POLE IN SINGAPORE Ferrari's Michael Schumacher survived a crash and traffic to take his eleventh pole position of the inaugural Legend's Trophy season. The seven-times Formula One world champion hit the wall on his third of four qualifying runs, but by that time had already driven a lap quick enough to ensure he starts the race at the front oby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
TRANSFER RUMOURS Reports are surfacing that Kimi Raikkonen has approached Red Bull with the intention of switching to the Austrian team for next season. Raikkonen - who's contract with Cooper runs out at the end of this season - has already made public his discontent with the lack of power and pace in his current car and is said to be keen to work with Christian Horner and his Formula Oneby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
FERRARI BRING HOME ONE-TWO AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX Michael Schumacher converted his pole position into a victory at the historic Monza circuit, with Alberto Ascari driving a fine race to secure Ferrari's second 1-2 of the season. Sebastian Vettel overtook Juan Manuel Fangio on the last lap to score his first podium since his victory in Canada, and further consolidate Schumacher'by kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
SCHUMACHER TAKES TENTH POLE OF THE SEASON AT MONZA Michael Schumacher delighted the Tifosi with another dominant qualifying performance to secure his tenth pole position of the inaugural Legend's Trophy season. Lewis Hamilton will line up alongside Schumacher, the first time the Brit will start on the front row of the grid - he qualified second last time out at the Nurburgring but wasby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
Division 2 standings after 12 races: DRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIP 1) Nigel MANSELL (Jordan) 147 2) Francois CEVERT (Tyrrell) 120 3) Alan JONES (Matra) 109 4) Bruce McLAREN (Matra) 103 5) Jose Froilan GONZALEZ (Vanwall) 103 ---- 6) Phil HILL (BAR) 86 7) Juan Pablo MONTOYA (BMW) 80 8) Carlos REUTEMANN (Ligier) 60 9) Wolfgang VON TRIPS (BMW) 55 10) Richie GINTHER (Honda) 52 11) Jensonby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
ALAIN PROST WINS ACTION-PACKED EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX Alain Prost has won the European GP at the Nurburgring Circuit, Germany, with Jackie Stewart in second and Ayrton Senna third. Michael Schumacher was one of several retirements in a hectic start to the race, but his championship lead did not suffer too much with Juan Manuel Fangio finishing 8th and Sebastian Vettel also retiring early on.by kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
SCHUMACHER ON POLE AFTER BAD TEMPERED EUROPEAN GP QUALIFYING Ferrari's Michael Schumacher returned to his trademark dominant qualifying form with his ninth pole position of the season after an eventful qualifying session for the European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring Circuit. Schumacher's lap time of 1:15.459 was over seven-tenths of a second faster than anyone else could manage,by kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
miki2000milos Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > you need to ban these no-stops man, doesn't seem > exactly fair to me. Also, not fun how slow Alonso > was here, got beaten by his teammate smh I have been considering the race strategies and the potential of increasing the length of races so as to encourage more pit stops. However, my theory is thby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
SCHUMACHER FENDS OFF PROST TO CLAIM BRITISH GP WIN Michael Schumacher survived a late charge from Renault's Alain Prost to claim his fourth Legends Trophy race win in a row, by a margin of under three seconds. Starting from third on the grid, the Ferrari team opted for a no-stop strategy - just like they did successfully in the last race in Turkey - and when Schumacher took the lead afby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
FANGIO TAKES BRITISH GP POLE AHEAD OF PROST AND SCHUMACHER Juan Manuel Fangio broke Michael Schumacher's pole streak in a rain-affected qualifying session for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Alain Prost outperformed his Renault car to line up alongside the Argentine on the front row of the grid, with Schumacher - who had been on pole for the last four races - starting third.by kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
FERRARI SCORE MAIDEN ONE-TWO FINISH IN ISTANBUL Michael Schumacher completed a hat-trick of wins with a dominant display at the Turkish Grand Prix, with Alberto Ascari finishing second, making Ferrari the first constructor to score a one-two finish in the Legend's Trophy. Schumacher finished 42 seconds ahead of Ascari, who successfully held off Juan Manuel Fangio in the last few laps tby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
FERRARI LOCK OUT ISTANBUL FRONT ROW Michael Schumacher claimed his eighth pole position of the season as Ferrari locked out the front row of the grid for the second race in a row. Schumacher's pole lap time of 1:24.078 was 0.706 seconds quicker than his Italian team mate, with Fangio just 0.04 seconds behind in third place. The front three rows look identical to the last race in Spaby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
NEWS ROUND-UP: CONTRACTS, SEASON TWO CHANGES, AND STATISTICS Three drivers sign contract extensions Michael Schumacher, Damon Hill and Jack Brabham have signed one-season extensions to their current contract, keeping them with their respective teams until the end of season three. Any rumour of Schumacher leaving Ferrari for Mercedes any time soon was quietened by the signing of his extenby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
Division 2 standings after 9 races: DRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIP 1) Nigel MANSELL (Jordan) 110 2) Francois CEVERT (Tyrrell) 93 3) Alan JONES (Matra) 91 4) Juan Pablo MONTOYA (BMW) 74 5) Bruce McLAREN (Matra) 62 ---- 6) Phil HILL (BAR) 57 7) Jose Froilan GONZALEZ (Vanwall) 56 8) Richie GINTHER (Honda) 52 9) Carlos REUTEMANN (Ligier) 41 10) Wolfgang VON TRIPS (BMW) 37 11) Peter REVSOby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
SCHUMACHER WINS RAIN-AFFECTED SPANISH GRAND PRIX Michael Schumacher extended his lead at the top of the Driver's Championship with a dominant victory in difficult conditions at Jerez, Spain. Lewis Hamilton kept his slim chances of a title challenge alive with second place, ahead of Juan Manuel Fangio who scored his fifth podium of the season. After a tight qualifying session that suby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
SCHUMACHER BEATS ASCARI TO JEREZ POLE BY 0.2 SECONDS Michael Schumacher will start on pole for the seventh time this season at the Circuito de Jerez, but the gap to the rest of the field was smaller than he usually enjoys. Ferrari team mate Alberto Ascari, who has gone four races without scoring any Legend's Trophy points and lies 9th in the Driver's Championship, was just 0.209 sby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
DRIVERS WARNED OVER "EXCESSIVE PENALTIES" Drivers have been warned that they could face points deductions or race bans if they incur too many penalties during a Legend's Trophy season. Michael Hayward, head of the LTO, made the announcement shortly after the US Grand Prix, during which Benetton driver Nino Farina incurred his third penalty of the season - the first driver toby kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4
SCHUMACHER WINS US GP AS VETTEL CRASHES ON OPENING LAP Michael Schumacher took full advantage of Sebastian Vettel retiring on the opening lap of the United States Grand Prix, taking a lights-to-flag victory that promotes him to the top of the Driver's Championship. Mercedes emphasised the importance of a quick start to nullify Schumacher's threat, but Juan Manuel Fangio wasn'by kingdeuce86 - Grand Prix 4