Fgp 2013

[Wasted Talent]

WT - you can thank Monaco and that massive 154 points you scored.

Anyway, Final podiums, Champions, and Top Ten winners to be formally announced shortly.

Thanks NJ, yes, the Rosberg win for me in Monaco was the descisive moment, after that I was just hanging on.

Looking forward to next year, thanks for running this comp.

WT

[N. Jones]

The seasons finish of 43rd of 46 is a massive blow.

Try being 46 of 46. ;(

[N. Jones]

2013 races winners:
Australia - Team137
Malaysia - BorsukGP
China - Dudes In F1
Gahrain - Spitze Gurke Racing
Spain - Team P3ws
Monaco - Force Yorkshire
Canada - Team Purple Frog
Britain - BMD Racing
Germany - All Eggs in a German Basket
Hungary - Team Marlboro Koz Racing
Belgium - Bed Rules Racing
Italy - Team Tango
Singapore - The Snuggle Bunch
South Korea - Eagle-Parnelli Racing
Japan - Darth Bong
India - Slash Inc.
UAE - Force Finland
USA - Tire Chains F1
Brazil - Stasio i Jasio GP

[N. Jones]

Also - the Skunk Holler for finishing last goes to POSF1 sponsored (no longer) by HP.
:grenade:

:crazy: :confused: :arrowed: :arrows:

[steveaki13]

-Aki Racing Team would like to thank the organiser of FGP N. Jones for his hard work for the 2013 season. He has controlled the sport in a very positive manner.

-ART (Aki Racing Team) would also like to extend a warm congratulations to the 2013 FGP Champions Force Yorkshire, and podium finishers Spitze Gurke Racing and Team Purple Frog.

-The ART has enjoyed its second season of FGP despite the poor performance this season. It would like offer a special thanks to 2 other backmarker teams that have played a key role in the backmarker battle of 2013. Firstly our main rivals who finished 41st and despite missing out on a top 40 have beaten us fairly, the Astra F1 Team and there team boss rjbetty.

-Also a bad luck message to the POSF1 outfit formerly sponsored by HP who finished behind us in 46th.

Look forward to racing you further up the grid in 2014. :devil:

[rjbetty]

2013 races winners:
Australia - Team137
Malaysia - BorsukGP
China - Dudes In F1
Gahrain - Spitze Gurke Racing
Spain - Team P3ws
Monaco - Force Yorkshire
Canada - Team Purple Frog
Britain - BMD Racing
Germany - All Eggs in a German Basket
Hungary - Team Marlboro Koz Racing
Belgium - Bed Rules Racing
Italy - Team Tango
Singapore - The Snuggle Bunch
South Korea - Eagle-Parnelli Racing
Japan - Darth Bong
India - Slash Inc.
UAE - Force Finland
USA - Tire Chains F1
Brazil - Stasio i Jasio GP

Wow was each race really one by a different team (19 winners in 19 races)?!

[Wasted Talent]

Just like the real thing...not!

I've impressed myself that the only GP I won was my bonus round :)

WT

[N. Jones]

A hearty Congrats to you WT. Once you took the lead no one could come close enough to challenge you.

Well done!

[N. Jones]

POSF1 can officially announce that they have found sponsorship for next season. The team will be sponsored by Oxy-Clean and famous model railroad company Lionel.
"These companies are looking to broaden their customer base and they felt POSF1 was the best place to do so. We are extremely excited about this new partnership and we look forward to building a new car for the 2014 season." stated team principal Garry Gould.
"The team will now be known as - Oxy-Clean POSF1 Sponsored by Lionel and our tag line is: “A clean diesel engine never looked so slow… uh. I mean clean!”"

[steveaki13]

So with the end of the 2013 season comes a review of ART (Aki Racing Team)s season in which they finished 43rd out of 46.

After finishing 32nd in 2012 in their debut season in FGP the Aki Racing Team moved into 2013 looking to push on into the top 20, however it was evident as early as pre season testing that the teams Sauber Chassis was flexing and would spell trouble for the team.
The team kept Jenson Button for a second season, but a poor Car meant he Qualified poorly for the opening race and with a shed of a Williams New boy Bottas was going to struggle for anything. The Mercedes Engine was powerful and would be the only thing keeping the team off the bottom.

The season started with signs of things to come as the team wasted their bonus GP in Round 1 and could still only finish 13th.

Round 2 saw the team slip into what would become a familiar position. Finishing 4 laps behind the winner in 43rd.

Round 3 was a bonus as the team made use of retirements and Mercedes Engines to finish 26th, just 2 laps behind, while Round 4 in Bahrain ended in a pile up at turn 1 by finishing 44th on 23 points with Lotus not Lotus and Team Tango.

The same thing happened in Round 5. 44th on 23 points again this time with McLaren Domination and POSF1. Round 6 in Monaco was a rare high 21st, helped by Mercedes Engines.

A Low came in Canada as ART saw a car stall on the grid and a driver going for donuts. Thus finished 46th with 15 points. A 32nd in Britain was a average race and by now ART had set a target of just a Top 40 finish.

Two decent finishes before half season saw 29th and 24th in Germany and Hungary left ART positive and ahead of Astra F1 Team as the battle hotted up, after the said teams boss rjbetty had slagged off Bottas several times.

Round 11 in Belgium saw 35th and Monza 30th meaning ART were into the top 35 at this stage. 33rd in Singapore showed the team to be consistant which kept them ahead of Astra, Henners and POSF1, but lacked stand out results to push the season on.

Later in the season the teams engines were fading, but the Sauber chassis was improving so points continued but great results occasionally by othesr led ART to sink. Round 14 saw a 28th place, while Rd 15 in Japan gained more Sauber points but lacked a star result.

Rd 16 India signalled the end of the challenge for top 40, as a joint last finish saw ART plummet. A 43rd finish 5 laps down in UAE put them into the bottom 5.

Rd 18 saw a brief rest bite with 35 and so Rd 19 in Brazil saw steveaki13 put out a plee for a final hoorah, however 28th was not the boost he wanted.

So 43rd out 46 for the season. Aki Racing Team look forward to December 1st where they officially gain sponsorship by Hedgehog Gutter Brush.

[truefan72]

:PRESS RELEASE - TEAM TRUSPEED F1:
2013 ends another disappointing year for the high standards expected from Team Truespeed F1.
Another 18th place finish marks 2 years in a row at that position after a 12th position in 2011 and a championship win in 2010.
"Obviously this is not the direction we like to be going, and like many others the tire change situation after the Silverstone debacle fundamentally caught us off guard this year"; says team principle and owner Truefan72.
"there is going to be some serious assessment going to happen back at the factory. We will right this ship. The new windtunnel is in place, we have hired away a few COD specialists, and some top positions within the organization are now firmly in place after losing a few key personnel in the past 2 years to some rivals."
Truefan72 was however slightly coy about his 2 drivers currently on the books and their retention for 2014. Stating only that they are looking at all their options and that an announcement will be made before the end of the year. If rumors are to be believed, a top driver might be in the works for 2014. This would herald a significant departure from their renowned philosophy of a balanced lineup approach previously employed to modest success by the team.
But with new title sponsor Canon on board, along with Google and Duracell joining the list. the team has the financial stability it needs to compete in 2014 and once again challenge for the title.

Last but not least we would be remissed if we did not thank commercials rights holder and FGP CEO Nick Jones for the hard work in maintaining this top league.

---further announcements pending---

[N. Jones]

You hired staff from COD?! Does he/she know about this?

[rjbetty]

Great reviews, guys! Now here's mine:

VAUXHALL ASTRA F1 TEAM SEASON REVIEW

2013 marked the debut of a new FGP team - the Vauxhall Astra F1 Team. Not for us were any 5 year plans for success. We decided that fortune favours the brave. We knew we would not succeed by playing it safe, so we went for a radical approach straight off. The bulk of our budget went on a McLaren chassis and their driver Sergio Perez. We gambled everything on McLaren stepping up again to have the best car - based on THAT Jerez testing time, and Button's declaration that this was the best-ever McLaren.

We also banked heavily on Sauber having an amazing season, based on comments allegedly made by Nico Hulkenberg, and also Sergio Perez declaring the team are ready to win races in 2013.

Well guess what? You would just know that both teams would have their worst seasons in living memory, though Sauber did at least improve - but that did absolutely nothing for us as we signed the wrong Sauber driver.

Mercedes engines were a good buy, but most of the grid plumped for this option too, so it didn't make much difference.

This was a season where little went right, and the cards fell badly for us.

We selected Monza for our bonus GP, believing that McLaren would sort their car out later in the season as they proved so good at in the past, and that Mercedes power would be a benefit.

From the first race in Melbourne it was an inauspicious start for our fledgling team; we banked just 38th place, followed by 37th and 36th in the next 2 races.

Bahrain was an improvement as Perez and McLaren scored a 6th place to put us 18th. We hoped this would be the start of better things, but it was back to 35th in Spain and 37th in Canada, though this was sandwiched by =21st at Monaco.

In fact, this was one of at least 5 occasions we equaled our rivals Aki Racing Team.

It was a long summer for us as we waited for the Italian GP, pinning our hopes of salvaging something with a strong result there. In the meantime, the 4 races from Silverstone to Spa netted 35th, 36th, 24th and 35th places.

So onto the highly anticipated Monza round - and wouldn't you know it - it turned out to be the single most uncompetitive race of the entire season for our combination. We literally could not have picked a worse race. Even Canada was better as Mercedes came 3rd. So that was that down the loo; though we did somehow grab a season high 13th place (don't ask me how - I still think this is a miscalculation :) ).

Our only hope for the season then was that McLaren would at least improve - but instead they promptly announced they were giving up on this year's car and shifting focus to 2014. Well that was just Dandy.

To make matters even worse, there was the ongoing scandal of the spreadsheets which had teams up in arms. Much of the season's results had been miscalculated. When this was finally corrected, guess what happened? Yes that's right - we were one of the teams that went down. By now we were wondering how much worse things would get as the season dragged on.

By now, our morale was finished and we knew it was just a case of just getting through to the end of the season. Our only targets now were to finish in the top 40 (of 46) and to get one up on the Aki Racing Team, who had mocked us several times throughout the year.

All we had left was the hope that Perez would improve by the end of the year and that Gutierrez would score points as the Sauber had moved forward.

Results of 33rd in Singapore, a season's worst 39th in South Korea and 34th in Japan were not what we were looking for.

India proved decisive for us as Perez came 5th and helped us bag a rare top 30 spot in 28th. Aki Racing Team meanwhile, suffered a disaster. This seemingly put us out of reach.

By this point, we had risen to 37th and stayed there for some time; and though things were very tight we were looking good to stay in the top 40, which was all we really wanted. All we had to do was hold on to season's end.

An uncompetitive 34th in Abu Dhabi only served to make the showdown tantalisingly tight - we were still 37th but just 1pt ahead of 40th - still, there was a gap after that, providing us with a decent cushion.

So onto the US, where a combination of a poor 38th, plus failing to take into account a team some way below us had their bonus GP here and leapfrogged us, meant we were holding on by the skin of our teeth - equal 40th - going into the final round.

23rd in Brazil looked good on paper, but to our dismay we had been leapfrogged by another team below us on their bonus GP - at the final hurdle, we fell short by 3pts in 41st... This is a surprise when you consider we actually finished inside the top 39 at every one of the 19 races this season.

All in all, it was a weak season, ruined from the first day when it turned out the McLaren chassis was a donkey.

However, this whole FGP season was hugely enjoyable, much more so than I could have anticipated. We have enjoyed the close battles, even if they took place near the back. And unlike the actual Formula One season, everything was open for us and only decided at the final race.

All the staff at the Vauxhall Astra F1 Team would like to join our competitors in extending thanks to the efforts of N.Jones as well as to the winners Force Yorkshire, who were absolutely out of our league (sigh). We are looking forward to entering next year (surely it can't go worse than this) and will certainly enter if we can be around.



2014 NEWS
==========
We are delighted to announce a new and exciting sponsorship deal with a well known and popular brand - Snickers. The deal will also see all staff fuelled with free bars to enable them to recover energy and go for longer. It's also full of nuts. We therefore took umbrage to murmurings in the paddock that this tagline describes our team perfectly. :mad:

[steveaki13]

#like

[truefan72]

You hired staff from COD?! Does he/she know about this?


lol meant to say CFD

[N. Jones]

:laugh:

[N. Jones]

POSF1 will not be submitting a year end review due to the fact that nothing good can be said when you stink up the table.

[steveaki13]

Today we at motorsport forums FGP magazine caught up with Aki Racing Team's boss steveaki 13 for an interview after he touched down home from Brazil. We asked him a few questions about his teams season and what their plans are for 2014.

Motorsport Forum Journalist: So steveaki13 thanks very much for your time.

Steveaki 13: No worries.

MFJ: So 2013 was a poor season and I assume you have had about enough now?

SA13: Yes after a positive debut in 2012 it was so disappointing to have such a poor car. Our lack of sponsorship this season was the problem.

MFJ: Still you had some great battles with Astra F1, finishing level with them 5 odd times.

SA13: Yer, it was fun but I am sure both teams would rather be focusing on racing in the top 10. rj's a nice guy and we had a few parties after races.

MFJ: So what about your drivers this season?

SA13: Well we have two great guys and both were hampered by their cars this season. Bottas had a tug of a car, while Jenson raced hard but made no progress.

MFJ: And Chassis and Engines?

SA13: The engine was powerful all year and we doff our caps to Mercedes. The chassis Flexed from day one and meant we couldn't push.

MFJ: So moving onto 2014. You have signed a major sponsorship deal starting soon I believe.

SA13: Yes. In order to try and jump ahead in 2014, Hedgehog Gutter Brush will begin sponsoring us on Dec 1st.

MFJ: Anything else you can tell us for 2014?

SA13: Yes I can confirm we will not be using the Sauber chassis for 2014. We are looking to move on and feel after this season we want to part company.

MFJ: Any clues on who you are signing in their place?

SA13: We have 3 options, but we are waiting to judge costs.

MFJ: What about Engines?

SA13: Mercedes have served us well and we are talking about extending the contract, but its early days.

MFJ: And of course drivers.

SA13: Well I can confirm Bottas will leave for 2014 and we also have let Jenson go after 2 seasons. He has worked hard for us but its time for a clean break.

MFJ: Can you let us know who you are talking to? Rumours running round that you were interested in Bianchi.

SA13: Jules drove brilliantly this year, but we had hoped he may sign for a better team in 2014 and we may have taken him on, but its looking tough now. I can say we are talking to a young star and a more experienced driver.

MFJ: Well thanks for your time today, we hope your planning for 2014 continues well. When do you change name for 2014 by the way?

SA13: Dec 1st we change name from Aki Racing Team to Aki's Hedgehog Racing Team ready for 2014.

[COD]

You hired staff from COD?! Does he/she know about this?


lol meant to say CFD

Our team has received several hostile attempts to hire our qualified staff, but our competitive salaries and friendly working environment has prevented key members from switching teams. Some less qualified workers we have releast for rivals :laugh:

[N. Jones]

:laugh:

[jens]

Yellow Jens GP Racing Team is the official team name until the end of the season, when based on new management and sponsorship deals the new name will be formed.

However, based on recent developments some new directions have emerged. Based on voting the team has appointed a new temporary manager, whose goal is to secure the future of the team and conclude sustainable deals for the team to carry on into the future.

It has emerged that the Temporary Manager of still-named Yellow Jens GP Racing Team has made co-operation proposals to three active yet unsuccessful teams: POS Racing Team, Aki Racing Team and Vauxhall Astra Racing Team. The project proposal recommends to unite forces to try to collectively be more successful next year via several co-operation methods, like sharing the drivetrain, exchanging engineers, and so on.

The manager made a comment on the plan and why it is the way to go forward. "The problem with our team so far was that it was too conservative. We are always trying to be innovative and look into the future. In my view co-operation and shared wisdom is the way to go. If you look at the professional F1 top-level sports, McLaren and Force India co-operate, as do Toro Rosso and Red Bull, and Ferrari and Sauber."

"Not only are we looking to develop the drive-train together, but would like to give our drivers, whoever they are going to be, the opportunity to practice on other teams' simulators. In the end variety makes them more adaptable and this was our problem last year, drivers could hardly improve during the season. We are awaiting confirmation of interest from three teams to our proposal. Considering none of us was particularly successful this year, I believe it is an attractive proposal to strengthen the competitiveness of all of us and move to the front of the field next season."

[Tazio]

Just like the real thing...not!

I've impressed myself that the only GP I won was my bonus round :)

WT
Which is probably true of almost every other winner including myself.
My team manager would like to offer you a free dinner and personally pour you as glass of Champagne. :stare: :spin:
At any rate, well played WT. :champion:

[N. Jones]

Whatever you say air' I would just like my name listed the way I entered it :dozey: ;)

Boy, you sure were a whiner early on! ;)

[N. Jones]

So many teams, including my own, have Perez as the first driver. He'd better not disappoint! :hmph: ;)
He did.

[N. Jones]

Fantastic start for Force Yorkshire - Rosberg retired and Hulkenberg didn't even start!!!
[editor's note, this was the Australian GP]
Another season looks over .......

WT

Oh ye of little faith!

[N. Jones]

Somehow I gave you more points on one of the GPs. Not sure why exactly...

I shall consult Jean Todt on the proper way to protest this action!

Team Loco Americano does not however think that foul play was involved. We simply think that with the proper protest we can accumulate funds for further parties. As we have now misplaced one of our transporters this is a critical step in staying at the races. With enough parties we can easily get a drunken truck driver to offer the services to move the cars.

Weren't you drunk during the entire season?? :)

[N. Jones]

While the rumor is Sergio is going be cheaper next season

Link Please :D
I can confirm that Sergio will not be cheaper next season.

[N. Jones]

Another solid performance for Slash Inc. although the best I can really hope for is to hold on to P6 overall. Slash is a stud for taking a bullet for the team before the first turn so he could concentrate on his administrative duties, after which he had a routine visit to the ophthalmologist. :dork:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/u ... 2011-1.jpg (http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/forc_suti_vale_2011-1.jpg)

And naturally the only aim for Force Finland for Brazil is to pass Slash Inc. for P6 and hopefully earn some more cash for 2014 from Bernie E. of Fgp, Mr. N.Jones
Now there's an idea - let's make FGP a meritocracy just like F1. The higher you finish, the more cash you get to spend on next years team. :cool:
Winner gets an extra 3mil, podium an extra 2mil, and top ten 1 mil on top of their regular 48mil.

How about we give the bottom five teams extra money? Each gets an extra 2 million to build a contender.

[N. Jones]

Yellow Jens GP Racing Team is the official team name until the end of the season, when based on new management and sponsorship deals the new name will be formed.

However, based on recent developments some new directions have emerged. Based on voting the team has appointed a new temporary manager, whose goal is to secure the future of the team and conclude sustainable deals for the team to carry on into the future.

It has emerged that the Temporary Manager of still-named Yellow Jens GP Racing Team has made co-operation proposals to three active yet unsuccessful teams: POS Racing Team, Aki Racing Team and Vauxhall Astra Racing Team. The project proposal recommends to unite forces to try to collectively be more successful next year via several co-operation methods, like sharing the drivetrain, exchanging engineers, and so on.

The manager made a comment on the plan and why it is the way to go forward. "The problem with our team so far was that it was too conservative. We are always trying to be innovative and look into the future. In my view co-operation and shared wisdom is the way to go. If you look at the professional F1 top-level sports, McLaren and Force India co-operate, as do Toro Rosso and Red Bull, and Ferrari and Sauber."

"Not only are we looking to develop the drive-train together, but would like to give our drivers, whoever they are going to be, the opportunity to practice on other teams' simulators. In the end variety makes them more adaptable and this was our problem last year, drivers could hardly improve during the season. We are awaiting confirmation of interest from three teams to our proposal. Considering none of us was particularly successful this year, I believe it is an attractive proposal to strengthen the competitiveness of all of us and move to the front of the field next season."

I think we can work something out. Have your director of scheduling contact my director of scheduling and we will get a meeting together.

[Wasted Talent]

[quote="Wasted Talent":1z52s6tt]Fantastic start for Force Yorkshire - Rosberg retired and Hulkenberg didn't even start!!!
[editor's note, this was the Australian GP]
Another season looks over .......

WT

Oh ye of little faith![/quote:1z52s6tt]

:) :) :)

[Tazio]

[quote="Mr Alca-Tazizzle":2mmk1ett]Whatever you say air' I would just like my name listed the way I entered it :dozey: ;)

Boy, you sure were a winner all season long! ;)[/quote:2mmk1ett]
There, fixed that for you! ;)

[Firstgear]

How about we give the bottom five teams extra money? Each gets an extra 2 million to build a contender.
But what do you call that? What's the opposite of a meritocracy? A Shytocrapy? :p

[Firstgear]

2013 races winners:
Australia - Team137
Malaysia - BorsukGP
China - Dudes In F1
Gahrain - Spitze Gurke Racing
Spain - Team P3ws
Monaco - Force Yorkshire
Canada - Team Purple Frog
Britain - BMD Racing
Germany - All Eggs in a German Basket
Hungary - Team Marlboro Koz Racing
Belgium - Bed Rules Racing
Italy - Team Tango
Singapore - The Snuggle Bunch
South Korea - Eagle-Parnelli Racing
Japan - Darth Bong
India - Slash Inc.
UAE - Force Finland
USA - Tire Chains F1
Brazil - Stasio i Jasio GP
Here's what the Race Winners list would look like if you take away the bonus points for the bonus GP's (if I did this correctly)

Spitze Gurke Racing - - - - - - 6 wins (hey - that's me :D )
Force Yorkshire - - - - - - - - - 4 wins (overall winner)
Liger - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 wins (identical team to Force Yorkshire, except for Bonus race)
Team Purple Frog - - - - - - - 4 wins (identical team to Force Yorkshire, except for Bonus race)
All Eggs in a German Basket - 4 wins (identical team to Force Yorkshire, except for Bonus race)
Team P3ws - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 wins
Eagle-Parnelli Racing - - - - - 2 wins
Force Finland - - - - - - - - - - 2 wins
Team Integrale - - - - - - - - - 1 win
Team Marlboro Koz Racing - - 1 win
Bed Rules Racing - - - - - - - - 1 win
The Snuggle Bunch - - - - - - - 1 win
note: there was a 3 way tie for the win in Italy between Force Finland, Bed Rules Racing & Spitze Gurke Racing

[N. Jones]

[quote="N. Jones":s4wo66ae][quote="Mr Alca-Tazizzle":s4wo66ae]Whatever you say air' I would just like my name listed the way I entered it :dozey: ;)

Boy, you sure were a winner all season long! ;)[/quote:s4wo66ae]
There, fixed that for you! ;)[/quote:s4wo66ae]

HAHA.

Whiner! Man. Try to help a brother out.... :)

[N. Jones]

Here's what the Race Winners list would look like if you take away the bonus points for the bonus GP's (if I did this correctly)

Spitze Gurke Racing - - - - - - 6 wins (hey - that's me :D )
Force Yorkshire - - - - - - - - - 4 wins (overall winner)
Liger - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 wins (identical team to Force Yorkshire, except for Bonus race)
Team Purple Frog - - - - - - - 4 wins (identical team to Force Yorkshire, except for Bonus race)
All Eggs in a German Basket - 4 wins (identical team to Force Yorkshire, except for Bonus race)
Team P3ws - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 wins
Eagle-Parnelli Racing - - - - - 2 wins
Force Finland - - - - - - - - - - 2 wins
Team Integrale - - - - - - - - - 1 win
Team Marlboro Koz Racing - - 1 win
Bed Rules Racing - - - - - - - - 1 win
The Snuggle Bunch - - - - - - - 1 win
note: there was a 3 way tie for the win in Italy between Force Finland, Bed Rules Racing & Spitze Gurke Racing

Nicely done!

[N. Jones]

If someone had chosen Vettel, a 3million 2nd driver, some 3rd driver, Marussia, Cosworth (this equals 47. Using 1 mil on a 4mil driver is no better. The bottom four drivers were Pic, Bianchi, vam der Garde, and Chilton) this is how the team would have fared:

every Vettel win would have given the team at least 37 points. If Marussia finished 9th or 10th then the total would go up a little but the team would never score more than 39 points. If we make Canada the bonus GP then this team would score 78 points, good for second in the race.
Overall the team would finish with 724 points, 21st overall.

[Firstgear]

Well, I went in the opposite direction. Hoping for Vettel wins but using only his equipment (RB chassis & Renault engine) and cheapo drivers.
Using Vettel's car, I came in 2nd overall. Your method of using Vettel only placed 21st.
That proves once and for all, that Vettel wins strictly because of his equipment, not his talent as a driver. :D

Oh - N. Jones, I also tabulated the results for most "last place finishes" for the 2013 FGP. But seeing as you're such a nice guy (you know running the whole FGP show here) I'll refrain from posting the results. :p

[N. Jones]

I finished in the top ten in 2008!

[N. Jones]

Yes, yes, I know.

This is also the second time in five years I finished last overall.

[airshifter]

2013 races winners:
Australia - Team137
Malaysia - BorsukGP
China - Dudes In F1
Gahrain - Spitze Gurke Racing
Spain - Team P3ws
Monaco - Force Yorkshire
Canada - Team Purple Frog
Britain - BMD Racing
Germany - All Eggs in a German Basket
Hungary - Team Marlboro Koz Racing
Belgium - Bed Rules Racing
Italy - Team Tango
Singapore - The Snuggle Bunch
South Korea - Eagle-Parnelli Racing
Japan - Darth Bong
India - Slash Inc.
UAE - Force Finland
USA - Tire Chains F1
Brazil - Stasio i Jasio GP
Here's what the Race Winners list would look like if you take away the bonus points for the bonus GP's (if I did this correctly)

Spitze Gurke Racing - - - - - - 6 wins (hey - that's me :D )
Force Yorkshire - - - - - - - - - 4 wins (overall winner)
Liger - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 wins (identical team to Force Yorkshire, except for Bonus race)
Team Purple Frog - - - - - - - 4 wins (identical team to Force Yorkshire, except for Bonus race)
All Eggs in a German Basket - 4 wins (identical team to Force Yorkshire, except for Bonus race)
Team P3ws - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 wins
Eagle-Parnelli Racing - - - - - 2 wins
Force Finland - - - - - - - - - - 2 wins
Team Integrale - - - - - - - - - 1 win
Team Marlboro Koz Racing - - 1 win
Bed Rules Racing - - - - - - - - 1 win
The Snuggle Bunch - - - - - - - 1 win
note: there was a 3 way tie for the win in Italy between Force Finland, Bed Rules Racing & Spitze Gurke Racing


Here is what it would look like if you took all the actual racing out of the equation:


Team Loco Americano F1 dominates the entire year.

Everyone else = losers! :D




We will update on the team progress soon. We have just been informed that we must leave the Interlagos track and have run out of excuses to further delay. We have been searching for one transporter but rumor has it that it may have been sold near the seasons end.

[N. Jones]

You've been drinking too much podium champagne!

[COD]

:laugh:

[N. Jones]

As rumors swirl regarding POSF1's 2014 challenger one report coming out of Charlotte is the team are Not determined its drivers or car for 2014. Earlier reports that POSF1 was moving ahead with drivers who are past race winners and a chassis/engine from a down-in-the-dumps manufacturer have no been squashed. "We have heard a few rumors regarding budget concerns, dissensions in a manufacturers team, and sponsor money which may or may not be there. POSF1 has not settled on anyone yet as the off-season has just begun and real testing/silly seasoning has yet to begin/finish up." This from POSF1 head Nigel Jones Jr. Nigel Snr. was too drunk (or off his meds) to respond and/or say anything printable.

[pantealex]

If I take AbuDhabi my double score round, will I get 4x normal points ? ;)

PanteAlex
Team Manager
LAKKA F1 Team

[N. Jones]

Yep. F1's double plus our double.

What moronic move by them.

[Firstgear]

So I guess everybody will be picking Abu as their bonus then?
I think Abu shouldn't be an option as a bonus GP.

[N. Jones]

I don't think everyone will choose UAE as their bonus GP because the past five years show that once a team is in first it is very difficult to over take them. Yes, some teams will over take others lower in the table, but I'd say 70% of teams in FGP don't see a huge jump in the table when their bonus comes up.

[N. Jones]

I can confirm that VETTEL will be #1 on the driver list and CHILTON will be #22 on the driver list.

[steveaki13]

Aki's Hedgehog Racing Team has announced a delay in unveiling its 2014 FGP challenger. The delay comes after the cars new style Nose was rejected by the FIA regulations. Due to the new nose looking like Bruce Forsyths Chin.

[jens]

Haven't seen the prices yet, but I guess based on WDC positions Ricciardo is going to be this year's Pérez. A driver moving up from midfield to a top team and everyone thinking he is a bargain to hire. Pity it went so wrong with Pérez, let's see with Ricciardo! Or is N.Jones going to calculate this year's FGP in a different way and gives potential Webber's price to Ricciardo? :)

[N. Jones]

You got it.
I am afraid he, like Maldonado, are going to be popular but may end up disappointing.

[N. Jones]

I also thought Ferrari may be a contender but with the rumors regarding Alonso being unhappy, plus I wonder how well he and Kimi get on(?), I am thinking it is going to be a circus at Ferrari this year.

[pino]

So Mr Jones, when do we start the 2014 Fgp thread ? ;)

[airshifter]

It seems that some of the crew of the Loco Americano F1 Team decided that an "intervention" was required to secure their final paychecks. After having our transporters towed from the Interlagos circuit they got concerned about their off season payments. Once they got their payments they realized that the excess alcohol purchases were to support post season "development" in Brasil, and promptly broke in and removed me from the rehab facility.

Having now squandered away much of the preparation time for the new regs this season, we promptly hired a few new engineers to put together a turbo car for the season, get it past all testing, and be ready to meet us at the season opener. Though our 2013 contender didn't fare so well, we have plenty of alcohol sponsors on board for the 2014 season, as well as a long and short list of female hospitality experts to keep the team and sponsors happy.

The rumors that the team principle isn't returning to the US due to warrants are completely untrue. Those claims of unlawful carnal knowledge are just speculation unless someone points me to a Texas law that proves otherwise. For that matter, most of the team wasn't yet sober enough to realize we were in the US, so at worst we should be given a warning.

[N. Jones]

Good Question, pino. Let me look and see when the first race beings....

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We will start on 14-Feb, that will give everyone one month before the first race weekend of 2014.

[N. Jones]

It seems that some of the crew of the Loco Americano F1 Team decided that an "intervention" was required to secure their final paychecks. After having our transporters towed from the Interlagos circuit they got concerned about their off season payments. Once they got their payments they realized that the excess alcohol purchases were to support post season "development" in Brasil, and promptly broke in and removed me from the rehab facility.

Having now squandered away much of the preparation time for the new regs this season, we promptly hired a few new engineers to put together a turbo car for the season, get it past all testing, and be ready to meet us at the season opener. Though our 2013 contender didn't fare so well, we have plenty of alcohol sponsors on board for the 2014 season, as well as a long and short list of female hospitality experts to keep the team and sponsors happy.

The rumors that the team principle isn't returning to the US due to warrants are completely untrue. Those claims of unlawful carnal knowledge are just speculation unless someone points me to a Texas law that proves otherwise. For that matter, most of the team wasn't yet sober enough to realize we were in the US, so at worst we should be given a warning.
:laugh:

[steveaki13]

You may official start on the 14th Feb, but us here at Aki Hedgehog Racing Team have been working away for the last month, trying to sign someone who knows anything about F1. :p To help choose a team that doesn't suck for 2014.

[jens]

You may official start on the 14th Feb, but us here at Aki Hedgehog Racing Team have been working away for the last month, trying to sign someone who knows anything about F1. :p To help choose a team that doesn't suck for 2014.

After undergoing post-season analysis in the team it was discovered that most of the formerly named Jens GP Racing Team personnel barely actually knew, what F1 was. It was a shocking discovery, which largely pinpointed to the reason, why the team performed averagely.

The reason for this was that as the team was created so late before the start of the new season, the manager (Jens) couldn't even find time to make job interviews, so he hired all the needed personnel straight from the streets and went straight into Melbourne with all the people and stuff.

As we know, the ownership of former Jens Gp Racing Team has changed and the interim team principal is about to step down. However, the identity of the newly-formed team with a much-improved quality in personnel will be officially introduced on Feb 14, on Valentine's Day. Stay tuned!

[steveaki13]

Aki's Hedgehog Racing Team has had to delay the debut of their 2014 team after a problem in securing their required personel.

Thus the teams line up will not be released until Feb 17th.

[rjbetty]

rjbetty's Team Statement

We announce today that we intend to lodge an entry for the 2014 Fantasy Grand Prix Championship.

We plan a raft of improvements and upgrades for our second season, and will update the team name.

We will reveal our chassis choice in due time, though suffice to say it probably won't be McLaren (unless their price has been much devalued by last year). We want to try a slightly different approach to see how that works.

We would also like to announce that we are open to the possibility of co-operation with some of the other rubbish teams, as suggested by fellow team principal Jens. We have taken the motto"if you can't beat them, join them". Also, any sort of link-up with the series promoter's team could bring extra benefits such as extra finance for parties and suchlike.

Hopefully, this will help us avoid a repeat of our woeful debut season, which from the first race was a long hard slog all year through (through it was great fun)!

More, including driver announcements, our engine partner, and team goals for 2014 to follow.

[N. Jones]

Ha, I've been trying to build a team since the end of last season! I don't have any idea what I am going to do.

I can say that one team is complete. My son is going to join us and he picked his team (hint - his favorite color is red).

[N. Jones]

One Week Before We Begin!

I can't wait! :D

[pino]

Mr Jones, when you're ready please post a new thread, so I can close this one and stuck the new one on top page, thanks ! ;)

[steveaki13]

Aki's Hedgehog Racing Team's new car has been delayed and thus the team will not be able to announce the 2014 line up immediately after the 2014 FGP thread is launched.

[N. Jones]

Ok, I'll stop posting on this one.

[jens]

rjbetty's Team Statement
We would also like to announce that we are open to the possibility of co-operation with some of the other rubbish teams, as suggested by fellow team principal Jens. We have taken the motto"if you can't beat them, join them". Also, any sort of link-up with the series promoter's team could bring extra benefits such as extra finance for parties and suchlike.


With now less than a week till the official announcement of the team, whose identity is yet to be relieved, Former Team Jens XXX has offered Rjbetty's Whatever-named Racing Team a co-operation proposal. Former Team Jens XXX wishes to sort out the details before the official launch of the team on Feb 14.

The co-operation proposes a couple of B2B deals, so possibly...
- a double title sponsorship for both teams (like Marlboro was on Ferrari and McLaren in 1995), so they would be getting double exposure;
- sharing the same windtunnel during the season, whose location is yet to be identified;
- sharing the same reserve driver, who could test on the simulators (or just simple PC-game if a simulator hasn't been developed in either team) of both teams to be fully prepared to jump into the team, whichever needs him;
- sharing the same team principal as the Former Team Jens XXX after sacking is yet to announce a team principal and is prepared to offer this role to RjBetty. We believe RjBetty is capable of running two teams at once;
- sharing the same technical advisor, who is proposed to be Eddie Jordan. He demands a high salary, and with a potential double sponsorship deal we could make this happen. Certainly our team can't afford to hire him single-handedly!
- sharing the same PR-person for post-race analysis. Or we can make a rotation schedule for that one.
- lunch-meals and pre-race breakfast together at each race weekend to get a discount!
- ongoing negotiations with Angolan Oil to supply oil for both teams and get double exposure.
- and perhaps some other stuff I just forgot!

As it is, a lot of details need to get worked out... and less than a week to go! Perhaps we can make things happen?

Edit:
Fresh new developments.
- Kazakhstan Aeronautics company has offered us a double windtunnel deal in the middle of the Kazakhstan desert near the former atomic bomb testing platforms. An attractive deal we could accept?
- Papua New Guinea "traditional hat-makers" company is interested in double sponsorship. As F1 is getting more green with ERS, they think the greener racing is a good platform for marketing their hats, which are also straight from the nature.
- both Gianni Morbidelli and Ricardo Rosset have expressed interest in the "double reserve driver" role. Also Gaston Mazzacane has sent his application. Who do we prefer? Anyone else on the cards?

Edit2:
In case RjBetty's Team refuses to co-operate under these proposals, we are open to co-operating with another team! One thing is sure, we very much prefer and need a co-operation to get this team running. For example, we don't have a windtunnel and renting a wind-tunnel full-time is way too expensive, so we would very much prefer to share it by using it half-time. Also our CFD car design programmes are outdated, so we are interested in sharing the technology, analysts and designers.

[rjbetty]

rjbetty's team statement

We are open to co-operation with Jens Racing Team, but on condition that Ricardo Rosset not be allowed near the car - we don't want another season like 2013! We like Mazzacane though since he really wasn't too shabby. But we would love by far to have Gianni Morbidelli, even as a race driver. Better yet, if Christian Fittipaldi is free, we would like to sign him for the 2nd seat. If this happens, our team name will be 90s Retro Midfield F1 Team sponsored by Parmalat, cos you can't get much more 90s than that. We would also take delivery of a customer Ford engine.

We are unable to afford a simulator, so drivers will have to use Grand Prix 2 using DosBox on rjbetty's laptop. We feel this is probably better than some teams' simluators anyway.

Press Releases will be released pending rjbetty's availability as the team boss might be going back to work next week. Also depends on the keyboard working (must be a problem with the laptop port itself as this 'board is new!)

[jens]

Negotiations with Gianni Morbidelli are at an advanced stage and our team very much agrees with RjBetty's statements that he would be an excellent choice given the circumstances. Also Gianni feels very comfortable about the prospect of doing simulator work on GP2. When he was younger and active in F1 circles, GP2 was a completely new and advanced sim racing technology and he in fact practiced a lot there before taking up Sauber 1997 race drive gig. Gianni Morbidelli claims he knows all the necessary setups for each circuit in Grand Prix 2 by heart and hence can put in an efficient work effort in preparation for Grands Prix.

Former Team Jens is considering an upgrade to Grand Prix 3 in the team's simulator. The team is unable to finance the purchase of all-new powerful computers, which can afford running F1 2010 to F1 2012 games, so Grand Prix 3 looks like a decent solution among the options the team can afford and make work.

However, if we put teams finances together with double sponsorship & exposure deals, it may not be impossible we could purchase an all-new computer, which we could share and which is multifunctional - it can be used by drivers for simulator work, but it can also be used by designers to work with newer CFD programmes to design an aerodynamically efficient car, which we are also currently unable to do with our outdated technology.

[steveaki13]

Based on a suggested union of two rivals looking to gain the services of Morebidelli, it has been suggested that AHRT might try to sign John Surtee's as test driver for 2014.

Anyway as the last post I may make on the FGP2013 thread, I wish you all well and see you in the 2014 thread.