NationStates Jolt Archive

Hello, and welcome to Season 6 of the NationStates World Grand Prix Championship. This year, we have 30 drivers, so only the bottom two in qualifying won't race, as having more than 28 cars on the grid is two to many.

Here is the complete list of drivers and numbers, starting with returning champions, Bostopia F1.

Bostopia F1
#00: Adam Teraining (8-8-5)
#2: Dave Prast (8-7-6)

Stellar-WRM Racing
#3: Bob Turner (8-6-7)
#4: Scott Stoddard (8-7-6)

InfoInternet LivEng Racing
#5: Troy Wilkins (11-5-5)
#6: Kristjan Durant (10-5-6)

Quakmybush Racing Inc.
#7: Chris Walton (9-5-7)
#8: Paul Mackenzie (8-6-7)

Scotchpinestan Speed
#9: Marty McRae (7-6-8)
#10: Jeff Zwilling (7-7-8)

Twin Crescent Racing
#11: James KeFlinger (9-6-6)
#12: Scott LeCroix (9-7-5)

OX-Cola Racing
#13: Stephan Villenueva (7-9-5)
#14: Henri Ferrigamo (6-8-7)

Globo/Velog F1
#15: Estive Formoso (8-5-8)
#16: Romergleydson Marella (7-5-9)

Team Revel-Celestar
#17: Pierre-Marc Giordano (7-6-7)
#18: Andy Oliver (6-6-8)

Dallaire Racing
#19: Guillaume Dubois (8-8-5)
#20: François Vaillancourt (8-7-6)

MPC Candelaria And Marquez United World Grand Prix Team
#21: Quintin Wright (4-9-8)
#22: Pat Berryman (4-8-9)

Monteluci F1
#23: Daniel Baer (7-7-7)
#24: Yves Lachapelle (6-8-7)

Federal Racing
#25: Daniel Roberts (6-8-6)
#26: Andrew Bumbalough (5-8-7)

RBK Astera Racing
#27: Kenneth Foree (8-7-6)
#28: Scott Romero (8-8-5)

The Uir Ducks
#29: Alexander Forristo (8-6-7)
#30: Robert Hustorisson (7-6-8)

And now, here's the list of the tracks we'll be visiting this season, in order of where they appear on the Championship.

The Grand Prix of Cafundeu - Autódromo Afonso Lacraia Velog (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12870085&postcount=5)
The Grand Prix of Van Luxemburg - Kreuzbad Street Course (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12882343&postcount=23)
The Grand Prix of The Heartland - Circuit des Îles de l'Extérieur (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12873999&postcount=12)
The Grand Prix of Parabellium - Kiranoring (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12877457&postcount=19)
The Grand Prix of Wentland - Southdown Circuit (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12876586&postcount=15)
The Grand Prix of The Candrian Empire - Mt. Melanis Raceway (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12876768&postcount=17)
The Grand Prix of Bostopia - Fort Boston Park Circuit (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12869396&postcount=2)
The Grand Prix of Oliverry - Circuit Mont-Olive (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12873432&postcount=10)
The Grand Prix of Liverpool England - Motor Racing Circuit of Cyclonesville (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12871328&postcount=7)
The Grand Prix of Quakmybush - Revena Raceway (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12869460&postcount=3)
The Grand Prix of Kelssek - Circuit Jacques Strappe (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12873152&postcount=8)
The Grand Prix of Qazox - Qazox GP Circuit (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12873335&postcount=9)
The Grand Prix of Candaleria and Marquez - Albrecht City West (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12874232&postcount=13)

The first qualifying session in Cafundéu will be on Friday, followed by the race on Saturday. There will be a day's break after every race before the next qualifying session.

There will also be an RP bonus toward your stats, so RP is encouraged!

www.Ox-ColaRacing.com

The 1927 F1 season is about to get under way and Ox-cola racing decided to go in a new direction with 2 rookie drivers, though this is the team's 2nd full season of racing. A quick look at our drivers:

Stephan Villenueva #13
Age: 24
Hometown: Las Vitas
Career Highlights: Won 24 Hours of Qazox (1925-26), 4th- Rockport-New Bruxen Rally (1926), Won Qazox Highway Challenge (1925).

Henri Ferrigamo #14
Age: 23
Hometown: Gothika
Career Highlights: 2nd- 24 Hours of Qazox (1926), 3rd- 24 Hours of Qazox (1925), Won Rockport-New Bruxen Rally (1926),Won Qazox Highway Challenge (1926), Course Record Qazox GP Circuit (1:56.37).

So two young drivers seek to improve on Ox-Cola' finish last year. Stay tuned to QSPNSpeed for all 13 races including every qualifying session and the Weeklong GP of Qazox in-depth coverage.

Taken from F1 World, Van Luxemburg

Squadro Corse Monteluci joins World Grand Prix Championships

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The Monteluci RF12 during a test session at the Nürburgring Nordschleife

After several years of absence, VLT returns to Formula 1, you might think. The large automobile producer from Van Luxemburg deserves it's own team, especially with the somewhat disappointing results in the first season, after which they retreated their team. Now, VLT isn't back, Monteluci is.

'Monteluci deserves to race in Formula One, due to their racing history. We want to give them their old status back, as a world-leading brand which can achieve great results. This is one of the steps we are taking' Alfredo Monteluci spoke during a press conference today. Assisted by the most prominent people in the team, he presented the new Monteluci RF12, equipped with a powerful 2.4 litre V8, with around 800 metric horsepower. The RF12 is mostly made out of carbon fibre, although several materials all across the car have been amde from titanium and other strong but light metals.

Together with technical director Valentino Conti, First Driver Daniel Baer, Second Driver Yves Lachapelle and Test Driver Paolo Monteluci, he presented the car at the Nürburgring, where the car had been tested for some months before, like with several other tracks around the world. All three drivers demostrated the car it's capabilities over the circuit, showing what both the car and themselves are made of. While Baer showed his ability to go fast once again, newcomer Lachapelle showed excellent cornering abilities, coming close to Baer's times on the Nordschleife. Main surprise of the day was the Grand Duke, which took driving lessons from Baer in the two-seater RF12-2. While the Grand Duke didn't exactly show the same skill as either Baer or Lachapelle, he noted an acceptable 8:15 minutes, while Lachapelle finished in 7:13 and Baer in 7:11.

'Monteluci is a brand that has noted interesting results in the past. But this, is fenomenal' The Grand Duke mumbled to the press when he got out of the RF12-2, Which, it has to be said, was notably heavier than the standard RF12 due to the adaptations for two seats, aswell as the two pilots being carried in it. According to technical director Conti, the RF12 could achieve 345 kilometres an hour over the long straight at Le Mans, and according to the Paolo Monteluci, who was driving at that time, 'It could've gone somewhat faster with a more appropriate setting, I guess'.

The first race will be in Cafundeu, taking place on the Autódromo Afonso Lacraia Velog. Monteluci stated they didn't have the time to test there yet, but announced they would be travelling from Van Luxemburg to Cafundeu tomorrow. 'As soon as the aircraft arrives, we can get going. My guess is that we can achieve some success there. Ofcourse, Globo/Velog F1 is at advantage at their home circuit, but we have trained excessively on a locked down Kreuzbad street course, where we will be at advantage over other teams. From what we heard, the first corner at the Autódromo is very dangerous, so we'll obviously have to keep our eyes out, especially in the first few laps, when everyone is still relatively close to eachother. Ofcourse, it is a track with a lot of curves and bends, but my guess we can overcome that.' Daniel Baer stated during the press conference. Lachapelle also seemed excited to race, but seemed to be pushed somewhat on the back ground, as newcomer on the block, opposite to the experienced Baer.

'Monteluci will certainly not be the clown of F1. We believe that we have a serious chance in achieving the highest ranks of motorsports, and that a pole position, and maybe even a victory or two belong to the possibilities. Ofcourse, winning the championship would be our wildest dream, but we think that we shouldn't create high expectations of our team, since things can always turn out worse.' Alfredo Monteluci stated at the end of the Press Conference. We will see you in Cafundeu, at the race on the Autódromo Afonso Lacraia Velog.

Taken from www.autoworld.pb

Astera enters World Grand Prix Championship

After winning their first 24 Hours of Parabellium, Astera Racing announced their entry into the World Grand Prix Championship. With the Royal Bank of Kirano as their title sponsor, the team is ready to make their first attempt at winning the world's premier motor racing series. But are they ready for the challenge?

"We believe that we can do well in our first year," said technical director Thomas McDonald. "It has to be said, though, that this is our first attempt at even building an open-wheel car, so we have to work out the kinks."

The team introduced their car, the AR-01, and their drivers at a press conference held at the Kiranoring. The race drivers were introduced by the team manager, Alexander Emge, the current director of race operations for the factory GT team. Kenneth Foree, the first driver, has driven for Astera for thirteen years and has won the 24 and finished on the podium seven times. The second driver, Scott Romero, has driven for Astera for seven years and finished on the podium at the 24 Hours race three times.

The first race will take place in Cafundeu, at the Autódromo Afonso Lacraia Velog. "Well, we know that the circuit is a difficult one to drive and we know that we are at a disadvantage, but we have the ability to at least take something away from the race and try to get some momentum," said Foree at the press conference. "All we have to do is finish the race without destroying the car and we'll be satisfied," added Romero.

One spot where the team expects to shine is the fourth race at the Kiranoring. "We know that our car has the ability to be great at the Ring, so we will be working towards the goal of finishing in the points or on the podium at the Ring," said Emge at the end of the conference.

Tickets are on sale for the race at the Kiranoring. For information, visit www.racetickets.pb.

Keenan Bailey took a double-take as she entered the MPC-C&M pre-qualifying press conference. She was no expert on this motor-car racing lark, having spent her career as an over-enthusiastic if oddly popular football reporter; generally doing ‘colour’ pieces on slightly deranged fans and clubs’ oh-so-worthy community projects, to be inserted into the main highlights programmes on TV1 on weekends with a dearth of goals. Having somehow found herself in Cafundéu for a report on the forthcoming World Cup, she had been roped in to do trackside reports, on the basis that the various journalists sent by the Herald and Mercury were less than telegenic.

In a city the size of Cafundó do Juta – it was now officially the largest she’d ever visited – and with a public ravenous for sport, she’d rather expected a slightly higher attendance at this press conference. There were no more than half a dozen of them, even after Wright, Berryman, team manager Edward Morales and a bunch of assorted hangers-on entered the room to scattered applause. Unprompted, Morales soon began to wax lyrical on the car for GP Season 6. She soon began to gather the reason for the lack of interest.

Semi-unofficially, a grey chap from the Herald whispered to her as he translated from Morales’ rhetoric, the Morales-Patton-Carmichael’s were the slowest cars on the grid. By quite some margin, it appeared. You could safely bulldoze into a rabbit and full pelt, he continued, safe in the knowledge it would receive only light bruising.
“It’s not really a GP car, y’see, luv. ‘Engines a thing o’beauty, 500 hp, split crankhandle, ooh the angles you should see ‘em, gosh, ‘d never blow up, not in a month o’Sundays. Most reliable thing on the market. Well, our market at any rate. Point is,” he explained with a deflating wave of an arm, “In actual racing terms… it’s kinda rubbish. They’ll always finish, our boys, just… might generally be in last. You could probably follow on horse-back. Dunno why you’d want to, mind.”

Keenan sighed slightly. She knew she couldn’t expect the C&M team, on their debut season, to make a proper challenge. And in all honesty, she didn’t care overly. Like most of her countryfolk she could take cars or leave them, great smelly things. More important were her long-term career prospects. The GP schedule was full of storied nations that featured on the News and in the papers every evening. She’d never dreamt she’d ever be able to go beyond Candelarian shores growing up, never mind some of the largest nations in the world. And if C&M’s team at the Championship didn’t take off, her globe-trotting might be over all too soon. She didn’t have to be an economics professor to know that Messrs Morales, Patton and Smith (Hamish Carmichael had been bought out years ago, and currently lived on a large yautch mored in somewhere off Pacitalia’s west coast) had all staked a hellova lot on this venture; pulling out of the domestic AutoSportsSeries and taking the two best drivers with them. If it didn’t prove a turn-on for C&M audiences and advertisers, she’d find herself reporting on Caires City 0 Cathedral City 0 again, before she could say ‘bore draw’.

Her new friend Alberto from the Herald poked her gently. “Don’t get too dis-heartened, my poppet. There’s a hellova lot o’corners, and if it rains, we might be laughing. Could get a driver in the top 20, at a push!”

Keenan was suddenly aware that the conference had run out of questions, the C&M journalists having conducted extensive interviews already, and nobody having managed to find a Portugeuse-speaking translator. The Candelariasians' thick accents and rusty Spanish had quickly rendered communication between hosts and interlopers pointless. It was time she asked a question. She composed herself.
“Uh, hi guys, Keenan Bailey, TV1. Um, how are you enjoying the city. Awful big, innit? Large… buildings… an’ that.” Wright and Berryman were serious-minded men. They made noises to the effect large buildings were not important. Cars were important. “Your wife must be loving the shopping though, Patrick?” she asked, on safe ground. Isabella Berryman was a celebrity wife of some standing, making a career of being photographed coming in and out of the most expensive stores on Irish Street.
Berryman smiled kindly at her. “The wife left me last week, if you recall. Did they not report on that on Lowland Clans telly?”
“Um… no.”
Berryman looked crestfallen. He turned to Morales and whispered quietly, “Are we actually, y’know, famous? I don’t read the papers.”
“Not overly, Patsy, no. Sorry.”
“Right, right.” Berryman gave an evil grin. “We’ll have to see what we can do about that this weekend…”

GLOBO/VELOG PREPARES FOR FIRST RACE AT HOME

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Cafundéu's GP will open this season of the Formula One Championship. The track chosen was the Velogão, in Cafundó do Juta. Located on the biggest city of the country, it's the best circuit of the country, and the fans can expect a good race there. This circuit also is a good opportunity for the GV drivers to have a good start in the competition, as they'll drive in a known circuit for them. The GV drivers made tests in the Velogão during weeks, so they know all the tricks of the track.

First driver Estive Formoso said to the reporters: "I like the Velogão, it's a fast track with many curves. But, if you brake too hard on the curves, you won't have the same performance of the drivers who pass by the curves at high speed. Some drivers can have problems with this. Another thing is that the first curve is dangerous, so we can see some accidents that change the fate of the race. Qualifying time will also be important, because, although it's possible, it isn't too easy to overtake in the Velogão."

Formoso also talked about the rain possibility: "Yes, this is one of the things that make Cafundó do Juta so special. Probably it'll rain, at least in one of the two days. I'm already used to the climate of this city, where it rains nearly half of the time, but some drivers can not be. I'm sure that the rain, if it comes, will make the race even more exciting. We've been training in this circuit for a while and know how to drive in rainy conditions here. The rain makes the first curve even more dangerous."

The second driver, Romergleydson Marella, talked about the team, which will compete in the Formula One for the first time in its history: "The car is really good to drive. It has a good speed, the Velog engine is very good. The balance of the car is not perfect, but the mechanics are trying to improve that. We had some problems with control, but they were solved. Our braking system works well, but isn't too efficient, unfortunately. But the car is reliable, Velog did an excellent job, we will probably keep our cars in the race."

Also, due to the massive media interest in Formula One, and the massive interest of the private companies in sponsoring the race and the Globo/Velog team, Globo Multimedia got the rights of broadcasting the whole season. So, the first race, in Cafundéu, will be broadcast by Globo Multimedia, your channel 2 in Cafundó do Juta, at 14:00 o'clock. And, of course, with the special commentaries of Breno Gavião! Good luck for Formoso and Marella, and for Globo/Velog team!

The Autódromo Afonso Lacraia Velog (aka Velogão):

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"Hey Troy, looking forward to the season?" Kristjan Durant slid into his plane seat next to his team's number 1 driver. Durant, who was given the team's 2nd drive ahead of former world-number-two Mike Daniels, had impressed in his four outings the previous season replacing Daniels, who had suffered an injury.

Troy Wilkins grinned. "Not as much as you are, I'll bet. Can't wait though. It's great to be back racing. I need to win my driver's title back from Teraining!" Wilkins, a two-time world champion (F1GP3 and 4), had lost the title to Bostopia F1's Adam Teraining last season, the same season LivEng Racing lost its grip on the constructor's title, slipping to third.

Wilkins looked over at Daniels, who was obviously not a happy camper. "Come on Mike, you'll get your shot. You're a former world number two!" (Daniels has actually never finished higher than 6th in the driver's standings.) Daniels shot back. "Oh, yeah? Then why'd the team go back on their public word that I'd still have a drive after I recovered from my injury? Nothing personal, Kristjan, but the team's royally screwed me."

Durant tried to offer an explanation. "Maybe it's the sponsors? The team's dropped LEC. Maybe InfoInternet had a part?" The plane intercom whirred. *Ding!* "The plane is now approaching the airport. Will all cabin crew please return to their positions and prepare for landing. Please buckle all seat belts."

As he buckled his belt, Wilkins interjected. "Look, Mike, if it's really bugging you then why don't you leave the team? Buy out your contract." The local-born Daniels then glared at Wilkins, who held joint Liverpool England/Starblaydi citizenship, although he was in the process of relinquishing Starblaydi nationality. "Well, Mr. Starblaydia, LivEng Racing happens to represent my nation. And as long as it does I'll remain a part of it."

*Ding!* "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking, welcome to Cafundó do Juta in Cafundéu. The temperature outside is currently a nice and warm 24°C. Enjoy your stay in Cafundéu, and thank you for travelling on LivEng Airways."

There clearly was going to be some tension in the InfoInternet LivEng Racing camp over the season...

(OOC: I think that this also deserves a spot here, seeing it is related to the F1 team. Official press release by Monteluci. Image by Mattia Mariani, credit for the purpose-made picture goes to him.)

Limited Edition: Monteluci Duca SFS

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To celebrate the entry of Monteluci into Formula one, the brand has launched a limited edition Duca, the SFS, or Squadra Forze Sportive, bringing back memories from the brand’s racing history. Taking an originally Maserati-built V8 off the shelves at the mother holding, VLT, the 400 horsepower powerplant was installed in the Duca, making it able to breach the 300 km/h barrier. The entire vehicle was made lighter, using carbonfibre bodyparts, while carbonfibre returns in the interior of the car. Every SFS is personally signed by the person who hand-built it, while the certificate of authenticity contains autographs from the Formula 1 Team manager Alfredo Monteluci and his two drivers, Daniel Baer and Yves Lachapelle. A special, hand-crafted silver Monteluci logo is installed in the center console, placed above a racing timer to record the driver’s lap times. Although designed for road-legal use, the Duca SFS has a special, electronically modifiable suspension, allowing the driver to create the Duca with the most ultimate handling available.

Inside, A-grade leather complements the carbonfibre accents. A Bose satellite navigation system is installed, instead of the usual Connect navigation system. Superior sound quality connected to a smart navigation system can guide the driver to the world’s most daring circuits and courses. With the system, the driver can also choose to use 4-wheel drive or Rear wheel drive, aswell as set the chassis and suspension to his personal requirements. The vehicle has been equipped with a 7-speed semi-automatic gearbox, which is set to manual operation in normal situations. When the driver gets more demanding of the gearbox, it can be set to sequential mode. In neither of the two settings a clutch pedal is needed, thus absent in the car. The standard setting has been somewhat improved over the top-of-the-line Duca Biturbo, after several test sessions with the three drivers from Squadra Corse Monteluci, Baer, Lachapelle and test driver Paolo Monteluci. This guarantees the best handling possible, a pure driving experience that cannot be forgotten. The Monteluci Duca SFS will be sold at a price of $100,000, and a production amount of 1000 is set.

Monteluci Duca Squadra Forze Sportive (SFS)

Type: Maserati/Monteluci 8-cilinder, 4 valves per cylinder, double overhead camshafts.
Displacement: 3.187 cm3
Compression: 17.3:1

Sequential, multipoint fuel injection. Atmospheric engine.

Power output: 400 PS at 7.000 rpm
Maximum torque: 451 Nm at 4500 rpm.
Driven Wheels: Variable: either 4 or 2(Rear).

Acceleration: 0-100 km/h 5.0 seconds
Top speed: 310 KM/H
Fuel Consumption: Highway travel: 11,1 l / 100 km
Combined: 15,6l / 100 km
Advised fuel: Super RON98

Fuel capacity: 75 litres
Dry weight: 1460 kg
Max Payload: 500 Kg
Max Towing Capacity: - Kg

Turning circle: 11.9 metres
Gearbox: Monteluci 7-speed Semi-Automatic Gearbox

OOC: For information of competitors: Racination of Qualifying (sounds better than scorination of Qualifying) will be around 12:00 Midday tomorrow, British Summer Time = GMT + 1.

IC:

The NS WGPC authorities have announced that with previous seasons, the scoring system below is in place.


First - 20
Second - 15
Third - 12
Fourth - 10
Firth - 8
Sixth - 7
Seventh - 6
Eighth - 5
Ninth - 4
Tenth - 3
Eleventh - 2
Twelth - 1

(OOC: Since I'll probably miss the last few races of the season, I'll have to make up for that, isn't it? Maybe I'm just a bit too enthousiastic :p )

Inside the spacious and luxurious studio, the lights slowly intensified, with bundles of light illuminating parts of the studio that were used by the presenter.

‘Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Formula One Insight, the TV sports magazine all about Formula One. As you might have read or seen, Monteluci is back in F1 this sixth season. While it might come as a surprise to you that VLT didn’t take the honour to participate, they found that Monteluci deserved this chance. With us in the studio, this time broadcasting from Cafundeu, is Alfredo Monteluci, Manager of the F1 team. Welcome, Alfredo.’

The older gentleman nodded, his crisp black Armani suit somewhat moving with his head. While his hair remained completely black, some traces of grey hair around his temples gave his age away. While the presenter sat on a comfortable seat, Monteluci had taken place on a sofa. Somewhat relaxed, he sat back while he sipped from a glass of red wine, a vintage year from a well-known Italian-language vineyard in Van Luxemburg.

‘It is great to be here, Nicholas.’ He spoke, while putting down his glass of wine.

The presenter, which had been supplied with a glass of white wine from the same vineyard, made a friendly gesture towards the sofa, before moving on.

‘You are the manager of the Monteluci team, while also being the manager of the brand itself. Isn’t it hard to combine those two tasks?’ He asked, while seating back in the divan.

Alfredo responded immediately, while also being seated back on the sofa.

‘It is and it isn’t.’

The presenter wanted to comment, but Alfredo went on, since he hadn’t finished yet.

‘You see, it is great to manage the Monteluci brand, but there, I am assisted by many directors from different departments. PR, R&D, International Sales, Centro Stile, etcetera etcetera. In the F1 team, I only have my technical director doing the technical side of things. I have a lot of work with the F1 team, while I only have to approve the mainstream plans for the brand itself. This can be combined at this moment, while travelling with the Squadra Corse. If I wanted to, I could also immerse myself in every detail of Monteluci, but I trust my family in taking the right decisions.’ Alfredo said in an accented English, which gave away his Italian upbringing. He remained calm and cool, not the most familiar emotions to Italians.

‘You said that you trust your family in taking decisions, does that mean Monteluci is still a largely family-owned firm?’ The presenter, called Nicholas by Alfredo, asked, trying to ask a question before Alfredo would start talking again.

‘It is. Ofcourse, everything is owned by VLT nowadays, but the Monteluci family still takes a lot of important managing positions. This is to make sure that Monteluci will be the Monteluci it has always been. In fact, it has been a suggestion from my little brother Paolo to name the F1 team Monteluci, instead of VLT.’ He said, while taking up his glass of wine again, to take a sip.

‘Speaking about him, Paolo has become test driver for Monteluci, is he excited to do it?’ Nicholas said.
‘Well, in a way, he isn’t too happy with it. It was his idea to name it Monteluci, after all, and he was hoping on a permanent seat. Now, he’s only test driver, due to pressure from inside the VLT Group. They wanted Baer and Lachapelle to race for us. But, after all, I must say that I am thoroughly impressed with both drivers, and that I’m content with the position Paolo takes up in the team.’ Alfredo answered, putting his glass of wine down again.

‘You now have got something which is basically a thorough development of the VLT F1 car that didn’t do quite that well in the first season, and you return with an improved version of that car and expect it to win something?’ Nicholas spoke at a somewhat ironic tone.

‘Yes, we do expect it to win something. One has got to realise that we have been developing the car for five seasons, before entering this season. Tests show that the RF12 is a huge improvement over the RF6 we used in the first season of Formula 1. It’s not only faster, it handles better, it is more reliable, and lighter. I have heard nothing other than positive words from the people that have driven it, including the Grand Duke, ofcourse.’

‘What should we expect from the race in Cafundéu?’

‘Cafundéu is a technical circuit. Cornering is what we need, and Baer and Lachapelle have already said that it is hard to overtake other cars on the circuit. So, our main objective would be to have a fast qualification, and then make sure nobody gets past us during the race. Taking corners the right way is an important point in our strategy, which also consists of the least stops possible, and not letting our opponents past. We will have to play offensive if we haven’t got a position in the higher regions, but as soon as we can place ourselves in, say, the top three, we will go on full defensive.’ He said, drawing out a global map of the circuit.

‘Are you concerned that Monteluci isn’t fast enough to keep up with the faster teams, such as Twin Crescent and InfoInternet LivEng?’ Nicholas said, once again turning his attention to Alfredo.

‘I am not that concerned about it. Ofcourse, they can show superior acceleration, but our cars can keep up their speed in corners, where they will have to brake. Therefore, I think that this would even out the chances a bit. LivEng and Twin Crescent have participated in more seasons than we have, which makes them more experienced, sure. I however do think that we can pose a threat to other racing teams, but that’s my idea, ofcourse.’ Alfredo replied, with a aggressive smile around his face.

‘You do seem to be very convinced that Monteluci is going to make it in F1. What if they completely fail, and the team ends up at the end of the rankings?’ The presenter asked, still vaguely nodding after Alfredo’s last answer.

Taking a rather large sip of red wine, Alfredo thought for a moment before he answered.

‘Well, we won’t go sit in a corner and cry. That would mean letting down the many racing drivers that previously drove for Monteluci and made up it’s history. If we would end up all the way down on the leaderboard, we will have to make our return next year.’ Alfredo said, putting away his red wine again. Meanwhile, the presenter nodded, as if he wanted to end the conversation.

‘Well, it’s been a pleasure having you here, Alfredo. We hope you can make the best of it this season, and keep up the current state of Monteluci, or even improve it. We will ofcourse be watching the only Van Luxemburgian team in F1GP this season.’

Then, the presenter turned to the audience at home.

‘We will be back tomorrow, with live reports from Cafundéu. This season, Formula One Insight will be the programme that cooperates with Monteluci for exclusive coverage of Formula One events. Good Night, and hopefully till tomorrow.’

"Hello, RP cut-off."

"Hello, competitors."

Results at around Midday (about 15 mins)

Grande Prêmio de Cafundéu
Qualifying


Pos Car Name Team Time
1 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 1:18.750
2 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 1:18.751
3 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 1:18.751
4 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 1:18.753
5 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:18.753
6 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 1:18.753
7 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 1:18.753
8 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 1:18.756
9 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:18.756
10 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:18.757
11 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 1:18.758
12 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 1:18.759
13 16 Romergleydson Marella Globo/Velog F1 1:18.770
14 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 1:18.771
15 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 1:18.772
16 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 1:18.783
17 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing 1:18.800
18 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:18.806
19 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 1:18.813
20 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:18.839
21 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:18.851
22 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar 1:18.856
23 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 1:18.864
24 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 1:18.915
25 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 1:19.180
26 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:19.349
27 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 1:19.441
28 23 Daniel Baer Monteluci F1 1:19.835
29 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks 1:20.439
30 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 1:22.515

Forristo and Prast fail to qualify.

(Where times are the same, the drivers second fastest lap was used to decide grid positions)

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Disappointing results for Squadra Corse Monteluci

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Daniel Baer answers the press after ending up on the last starting position for the race in Cafundéu.

Cafundó do Juta – In the first qualification of the season, Monteluci disappointed with their times. While Yves Lachapelle did a reasonable 1.18:783, owning him a 16th position. However, First driver Daniel Baer extremely disappointed with his 28th position, finishing his lap more than a second after Lachapelle. This is a blow for the Squadra Corse, which originally stated they would try to take pole position in this race. In the pit box, the somewhat depressed mood of the crew could be seen by their faces. Technical director Valentino Conti was positive, however.

‘Ofcourse, this is our first qualification, from our first season, on a track we’ve never raced on before we started training here a few days ago. I believe Lachapelle’s result can be seen as promising, while we knew that Baer mostly excelled at fast driving. And, after all, this simply isn’t the track for that, I guess. We need cornering ability here, not high speeds. After all, if we want to overtake, which we will need to do in this situation, we need to take other teams back on corners, since we do not expect that our car can overtake some of the fastest teams around. Our current objective will be to get some points, so we’ll need to have twelfth position, at least.’ He said shortly after the results had been made public.

In a short press conference, Baer said he didn’t have enough experience with the track in Cafundéu. ‘Of course, we have been here for just a few days, and it’s hard to get a good feeling with the track in those few laps that you drive around it in that while. I still have to get a feeling with the corners, but our high-performance simulator has been delivered just a while ago, and I expect that that could turn things in our favour. I hope that results for Monteluci will be better in the actual qualification.’

During the same conference, Lachapelle seemed to be sorry for his colleague, but extremely positive about his own results. ‘Like Valentino and Daniel already said, I believe that this is a good result for a new team. Ofcourse, there are also new teams that do better (RBK Astera Racing took first and second positions, ~ Red.), but when one thinks about it, the results aren’t really bad. After all, people have been able to win a race from 16th position. The qualification went well, I must say, but there are still some points to improve. One of those points is for the Monteluci team, which will have to organise more training on each GP circuit. Other things I can improve on is driving qualifications, ofcourse’ (laughs)

Our Monteluci expert, John Stephens, says that Monteluci shouldn’t be so confident of themselves. ‘Ofcourse, they are a new team with a huge budget, but that won’t exactly help them in getting pole positions and first places on every race. It’s the car’s technology, but mainly the skill of the driver that make the difference. I’m not saying that Lachapelle and Baer should be replaced by more skilful drivers, instead, they should really exercise more, and drive around the various GP track till they can dream every part of it. It’s all about training.’

Tomorrow the actual race will take place. It is still unclear what the real objective of Monteluci will be during the race, but we expect that a 2-stop strategy could be realised when they want to go offensive and let Lachapelle aim for a position amongst the first three. Other possibilities could be trying to let Baer rise through the ranks and try to take some points home, or let Lachapelle drive defensive and try to let him take the points. Alfredo Monteluci and his crew are currently refusing to comment on their strategy for the race tomorrow.

Taken from www.autoworld.pb

Awesome Astera on Top

Cafundó do Juta- The RBK Astera team came to Cafundéu with no real expectations and hopes of just qualifying in the field.

How one day changes everything.

The Astera racers pulled the shock of the day, claiming the top two spots on the grid in the first Grand Prix of the season. Kenneth Foree drove a 1:18.75 to claim pole position, while Scott Romero drove a 1:18.751 to claim second. Team Manager Alexander Emge was less upbeat.

"Well, of course it is good to claim pole, but we still have a race to win. We had a good qualifying run, but qualifying is nothing like the race. Our drivers know that, so they know that there is still a race."

Foree, though, was jubilant. "To take pole in your first race is just incredible. We have the momentum right now, so we feel that we can win the race."

The team has refused to comment on their race strategy tomorrow, but our experts believe that the drivers will be allowed to race against each other for the victory.

Albrecht Herald On-Line/Sport/Grand Prix
Positive Pat in Points Position

MPC Racing’s second ranked driver, Pat Berryman, has given his team a major boost by qualifying for the Cafundéu Grand Prix tomorrow in a point-earning position.

The 32-year old driver, coming off the back of a difficult week in his personal life, clocked a time of 1:18.757 to snatch eleventh place on his debut GP qualifying session; a mere seven one-hundredth of a second behind the pace-setter. Though at times ungainly to watch, with the rear of the car often swinging wildly, he maintained some of the clearest lines of any competitors, taking advantage of the curve-laden Velogão track in Cafundó do Juta.

Though Berryman was keen to play down hype over his and the cars performance, being well ahead of media expectations, he wore a smile on his face throughout the press conference. Pundits have suggested he had every reason to – with car-murdering weather conditions forecasted for tomorrow, on a track lacking a great many overtaking opportunities, the Green Island-born star should be hopeful of retaining, if not improving upon, his current position.

MPC’s performance was thoroughly eclipsed however by that of fellow GP debutants Asteria Racing, of Perabellium, for whom Kenneth Foree and Scott Romero achieved a sensational one-two at the front of the grid. No less notable was the disastrous time of experienced Bostopian driver Dave Prast, who finished last of the thirty competitors some two seconds behind his nearest rival. Insiders at his manufacturers talked of gearbox failure to elements of the international media, though a glaring error in time-keeping appeared to be the real culprit with Prast attempting to start his quick lap at least three seconds too late. His colleague and reigning champion, Adam Teraining, will start from eighth.

Also among the strugglers was Berryman’s new team-mate and long-time rival, Quintin Wright, whose time placed him twenty-sixth overall. Wright claimed to “offer no excuses”, but later complained that his car’s handling was not to his satisfaction.

OOC: Not that I don't feel a burke quibbling such things, but are the times or positions for Roberts and Berryman wrong...?

A second edit: Btw, is Candelaria impossible to spell, or summat? Candalia isn't quite up there with the Lowland Clans' efforts "Canderlaria", "Canderaria" and "Canderlari" but still... :)

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The five lights go out...

Kelssek's first tentative revs in grand prix racing have led Pierre-Marc Giordano to a respectable seventh place on the grid for the Grand Prix of Cafundeu, while team-mate Andy Oliver will start further back at 22nd.

The partnership of Revel and Celestar meanwhile seems to have gelled firmly as the team hopes to establish Kelssek on the map of the grand prix racing world. Revel's sports car pedigree is a well-established one, while Celestar, much more well-known for its aircraft and trains, brings ample technology resources and a unique approach to aerodynamics to the mix - with some unique problems as well.

The team's engineering chief Girard Preston admitted, "It was a big problem early in chassis development when we realised that the Celestar people had forgotten that we want the car to have downforce, not lift. Suffice to say it was a very good thing it was just a crash test dummy in the first prototype."

With that, ahem, minor glitch out of the way the team is ready to establish itself as a solid player.

"We're under no illusions as to what we can achieve in our first season. The important thing is to gain experience and build before we can seriously talk of championships. I'd be over the moon if we got a driver on the podium this season."

OOC: Not that I don't feel a burke quibbling such things, but are the times or positions for Roberts and Berryman wrong...?

A second edit: Btw, is Candelaria impossible to spell, or summat? Candalia isn't quite up there with the Lowland Clans' efforts "Canderlaria", "Canderaria" and "Canderlari" but still... :)

1: Yes, thanks, corrected.
2: Akk, sorry. I'll be copy-and-pasting the proper spelling into the Racinator so it doesn't happen again. It was late at night when I was putting the data in ready to qualify y'all this morning after adding RP bonuses and such to those competitors who had, so I blame that/a lack of proof raeding on my part.

(OOC: Bostopia, although it's not a problem for me to have the name of the GP in English, put it in Portuguese. It'd be "Grande Prêmio de Cafundéu")

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CAFUNDÉU GP - QUALIFYING SESSION ANALYSIS
In Globo Multimedia - Presented by Breno Gavião

BRENO - "Welcome to our analysis of the firrrrrst qualifying session of this Forrrrrmula One season! And the firrrrrst rrrrrace is prrrrrobably the most special for our drrrrriverrrrrs, as they'll drrrrrive at home! Unforrrrrtunately, the qualifying session wasn't the one drrrrreamed by the Globo/Velog team. Marella got the thirrrrrteenth position, while Estive Forrrrrmoso made a major mistake in the Espinho currrrve and lost sufficient time to go to the last positions of the grrrrrid."

BRENO - "We got some quotes of our drrrrriverrrrrs. Our firrrrrst drrrrriver Estive Forrrrrmoso. Let's hear what he said to our rrrrreporter."

REPORTER - "So Estive, not an ideal qualifying. What are your comments?"

ESTIVE - "Well, I was doing okay. I wanted to get a good time, so I took some risks. And, unfortunately, I nearly left the track on the Espinho curve. At least I managed to go to the race, and maybe I can win some points."

REPORTER - "And what about you, Romer?"

MARELLA - "I was more cautious. Made an average time, didn't push too hard. The sufficient to start in a good position and to stay in the track until the end of the race, hoping to see some drivers leaving the track to give their positions to me."

BRENO - "So, these werrrrre the comments of our drrrrriverrrrrs. Another surrrrrprrrrrise was the good perrrrrforrrrrmance of the RrrrrBK Asterrrrra Rrrrracing team, which got the two top positions in qualifying. But Hustorrrrrisson is close to them. We'll see who is the best in Cafundó do Juta tomorrrrrow, at two o'clock in the afternoon!"

Scotchpinestan Speed, an upstart team making its F1 debut, put both of its drivers solidly into the field for the first race of the season.

Marty McRae, who was hoping for a top-10 start, brushed a tire barrier on his second hot lap and nearly wiped out. McRae recovered, but only managed to post the 19th-fastest qualifying speed.

Jeff Zwilling, technically the team's No. 2 driver, managed to out-qualify his teammate. He will start 15th.

Both drivers seemed relieved afterwards just to make the field.

"I didn't expect the times to be so closely bunched up," said Zwilling. "The fact that they are means it is literally going to be anybody's race. Basically, whoever makes the fewest mistakes will be up front."

McRae added, "I think this race may be won and lost in the pits. We think we have the fastest tire-changers in the business, and I know our guys upstairs will keep an eye on things and tell us when it's best to come in. We might not always be following the pack when it comes to deciding when to pit. But then again, the object of this sport is to be LEADING the pack, not following it."

Both drivers felt that they would be able to improve their car setups for race day.

"My car was sluggish in the corners, and I didn't quite have the zip when I hit the gas that I like to have," Zwilling said. "We'll get that for the race."

"I think I had too much downforce," said McRae. "But with the way the weather can change here, we felt it was best to err on the side of caution as far as that went. But as the race goes on, if we have to take some wing out, we will."

The green and white hope to be just a blur to the other competitors in Cafundéu.

www.Ox-ColaRacing.com

A slow start to the 1927 F1 season for Ox-Cola Racing as 30 drivers competed for 28 slots in the Grande Prêmio de Cafundéu. Ox-Cola got both of its drivers in to the starting grid, but starting in 20th and 23rd means some things will have to go wrong up at the front for the team to gain any spots. But Stephan Villenueva and Henri Ferregamo are confident that the poor qualifing times will inspire them to move up towards the front and steal some early points.


20 #13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:18.839
23 #14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 1:18.864

From the same studio in Cafundéu as before, Nicholas Bousquet stood before a table, on which a lone glass of water and some papers were conveniently placed in front of the presenter.

‘Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Formula One Insight again. Yesterday, we interviewed Alfredo Monteluci, and today, we’ll go over the qualifications once again. With us is John Stephens, expert from the F1 World Magazine. Welcome, John.’ Nicholas spoke, his hands adding power to his appearance. From out of a backstage area, a somewhat older man in a polo shirt and shorts appeared, taking place on a bar stool next to Bousquet.

‘Thanks, Nicholas. Great to be here.’ He spoke in a rapid pace, settling onto the bar stool.

‘Well, John, We have all seen the qualifications of the Monteluci’s, you are a long-time expert on formula one racing, and analyse every race for The F1 World Magazine, what did you think of it?’

‘Well, I must say, it was disappointing what they pulled off. If you have such a big mouth, you need to try to make something out of it. Alfredo Monteluci said that his team wouldn’t be the clown of F1. At this moment, the team has 16th and 28th position. Not exactly something to write home about. Now, if I may, I took some videos of what happened during the qualification. Mind if I show them?’ He spoke, at the same rapid pace.

‘Ok, well, play the tape then.’ Nicholas answered, also alarming the crew to start the tapes Stephens had brought.

The first video cut in. John provided comments while it played.

‘This is driver number 23, Daniel Baer. We’re at the Curva Mata-Um, and here he comes. The readouts from the RF12 racecar are on the right. As you can see, he is trying to brake as late as possible, but that went a bit wrong…. There. There he goes, as you can see, off into the gravel. He’s trying to steer clear of it, but… no, apparently, that isn’t working, he must have thought. The car is driving almost right into it there, and this is where he starts turning the wheel. As you can see, this has taken him… 10 seconds. Ofcourse, one has got to note that this was just a training round, not the actual qualification. But, up next is the actual qualification. As we have seen before, the RF12 readouts on the right. There comes Baer again, this time braking hard… braking harder, full on it’s brakes… and this times he’s too slow around there. Coming out of the corner, he still has got to orientate himself, and hits the throttle a fraction of a second too late. Now, that might seem irrelevant to you, but late means later at the finish. Well, as you can see, no problems here, full throttle over the straight, past 300 km/h, into the Curvão do Maníaco with some braking, perfect around there. Well, this is the end of that video. As you can see, he completely missed the point of the Mata-Um corner, which is catching it at the right speed. Brake too late, and you’re eating gravel, braking too early and you look like a granny. Daniel, learn how to tackle that croner, damnit!’ He explicated at the end, after his comments on Baer’s driving, in the same fast pace the viewer had gotten used to.

‘Okay, next up is car number 24. There isn’t that much wrong with car number 24, which is driven by Yves Lachapelle. He was some 33 milliseconds behind Foree of RBK Astera, which took Pole. He was however already 11 milliseconds closer than the number 15, which is, to be honest, quite a difference in this type of sports. I won’t be telling him how to corner, since he’s good at doing that, it may well be one of his best points, but his point is opposite to the one that I brought up when Baer drove. Lachapelle needs to find the throttle pedal. Once again, we’re back at the Curvão do Maníaco, where he brakes… and brakes hard. I took a drive around the track in a standard, road-legal car. For the people that’d like to know it, it was a Monteluci Duca Biturbo, superb car. Anyways, I only had to lift off for a bit, I didn’t have to brake hard. At all. I could floor it again after I had passed the initial braking point, and then fly on. What he did was brake hard, and the accelerate again. You shouldn’t brake there. That’s my only problem with him.’ He spoke, this time somewhat more calm as before.

‘Do you think Monteluci makes a chance in actually winning something? Or should we just give up looking at them and look at more promising teams?’

‘No, not at all. Although they make really stupid mistakes, that can be blamed on insufficient training, or insufficient experience. Their car is perfect, and I saw it during various stages of development. The RF12 is a marvellous piece of engineering and they should have a good chance at winning races with that. Baer and Lachapelle aren’t bad either, but they should have training, training and training again. They are promising drivers, however, and could completely develop themselves. Baer has already proven himself with touring cars, and Lachapelle with karts and lighter Formula 3 vehicles. They just need to learn about F1 for a bit.’ John said, heavily gesturing with his hands to enforce his words.

‘Well, thanks for visiting the studio, and I believe we’ll see you back after the race. Then it’s on to Kreuzbadinsel for ‘de Grousse Präiss vum Vun Lëtzebuerg’, or the Grand Prix of Van Luxemburg. Will you be there aswell?’ Nicholas spoke, trying to end the interview.

‘Of course! I have some special memories of the Kreuzbad Streets. I drove right behind Reiset when his car took off. Very sad moment for my team, which lost a team mate back then. I would like to see how Monteluci will do there. But of course, Cafundéu first.’ He answered, this time slower and somewhat depressed.

‘Cafundéu first. And on those words from John Stephens, we end here, and hope to see you back during the race tomorrow.’

"Hello and welcome to Cafundó do Juta, and to the Autódromo Velogão! We're in Cafundéu this weekend for the first race of the new World Grand Prix Championship season. LivEng Racing are looking to win back their drivers' and constructors' crowns from Adam Teraining and Bostopia F1 this season, and for that they've got a new sponsor, InfoInternet.

"Beside me in the race studio here overlooking the Velogão is former LEC LivEng Racing test driver Tim Owens. Good to have you along today for qualifying, Tim."

Owens: "It's great to be here. Looking forward to the new season, Jeff."

Jeff Edwards: "As the qualifying session gets underway, let's run through how this will work. It's rather simple - you can come out on track at any time, but only your best one lap time counts, except in a tie, with no more than 12 runs. The Velogão is a new track to the championship, so let's take you on our own flying lap. Tim?"

TO: "Yes, Jeff, a very interesting track - it runs anti-clockwise, and yet has been scheduled right for the start of the season. Past the finish line and down the main straight you go, braking hard to take the 130-degree right at Curva do Diabo. Look out for accidents here as the drivers try to overtake each other. A left at turn two and a rather short straight before another hard left at Dedão do Abreu. A winding right-hander leads into a winding left-hander with a long parabolic curve at Sargento, before a hard left leading into a tight hairpin, the Espinho, at turn 7. A quick sequence of corners known as the S do Senna follows which leads into another hairpin at turn 12, Espinho II.

"Then we get to the first of two secondary straights down the back, with a remarkable V-shaped curve joining the end of it to the start of the next. Down the Oposta Straight and a chance for the drivers to overtake during the race. A long, drawn-out left before a right-right left sequence takes you into the Vitória corner, and you're back onto the main straight. Up to seventh gear and past the finish line."

JE: "We've had our first lap times of the day, as three cars have elected to do their runs. Quintin Wright was out early to lay down some rubber and set a time of 1:19.349, while Bob Turner of Stellar-WRM - a name Liverpool England fans will remember - has set a rather impressive 1:18.800 to top the list provisionally. Daniel Baer has also been out, setting a 1:19.835.

"Troy Wilkins is coming out to do his warm-up lap now, so we'll go for a short break and be back for his flying lap."

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JE: "Wilkins is into turn two as we welcome you back to qualifying after a clean passage through turn one. Into the Abreu and Lago turns he goes, that's neat from the former world champion. Takes Sargento like a charm as he nears Espinho I... brilliant driving. At the first intermediate he's up on Bob Turner by 5 thousandths of a second. Into the S now."

TO: "Good, clean driving so far from Troy -- oh dear, he's missed the apex. Commentator's curse strikes again! I've had some bad luck from that myself. He's probably lost his lead on Turner there. He won't be happy about that. Through Curva Bola as he tries to make up some time. He's got to be careful as he heads into the second hairpin... clean as a whistle."

JE: "This is relatively good driving from Wilkins here although ahead of him he has Adam Teraining on his warmup lap! Given the history between these two, will Teraining play gamesmanship?"

TO: "I don't think he will. Adam's a professional and they're good friends. Wilkins is onto the first back straight now. We've got a new leader at the same time - Scott Stoddard betters his team-mate's time by about half a tenth of a second. Does well at the tough V-turn and now onto the back straight... he's slightly down on Stoddard at the intermediate. Into the final section of the track now. This will be a disappointing lap for Troy, I think. The Jegue curve poses no problems for Troy and here he comes past the penultimate corner, through Vitória, and past the finish line."

JE: "Not a great lap as Wilkins is 51 thousandths of a second off of Turner and almost a full tenth down on Stoddard, he'll have expected to do better than 1:18.851. Kristjan Durant's on his warmup lap now, so we'll be back in a while to pick him up as we continue coverage of qualifying from Cafundéu."

--AT THE END--

TO: "And that wraps it all up! A wonderful debut qualifying performance from the RBK Astera Racing team with a 1-2 in qualifying! A disappointing run from Troy Wilkins leaves him down in 21st, but in Kristjan Durant's first qualifying session as a full LivEng Racing driver he's qualified 9th on the grid - clocking the same best time as defending world champion Adam Teraining - but only behind Teraining on account of a weaker second-best lap."

JE: "Indeed. We hope you can join us tomorrow for the race, but until then, thanks for watching our coverage on Sports Network. For Tim Owens, I'm Jeff Edwards, until tomorrow, drive safely everyone."

This is a RP cut-off. RPs posted after this cut-off will not be counted toward the Grande Prêmio de Cafundéu, unless they come while I'm calculating RP bonus, in which case I'll consider them to have been being written when this message was posted.

Grande Prêmio de Cafundéu
Results

Pos Car Name Team Time

1 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:20:31.585
2 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 1:20:58.428
3 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:21:02.590
4 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 1:22:10.146
5 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 1:22:16.424
6 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:22:31.286
7 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:22:56.473
8 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 1:23:21.618
9 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 1:23:33.450
10 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 1:23:37.331
11 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 1:23:39.067
12 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 1:23:39.390
13 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 1:23:51.040
14 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 1:23:51.136
15 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing 1:23:59.855
16 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 1:24:11.679
17 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 1:24:36.304
18 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 1:24:48.855
19 23 Daniel Baer Monteluci F1 1:24:54.748
20 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:25:04.104
21 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 1:25:06.027
22 16 Romergleydson Marella Globo/Velog F1 1:25:10.844
23 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:25:20.649
24 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 1:25:39.741
25 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 1:25:54.776
26 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 1:26:46.387
27 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:26:55.593
28 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar 1:27:22.940


Drivers Championship

1 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 20
2 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 15
3 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 12
4 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 10
5 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 8
6 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 7
7 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 6
8 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 5
9 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 4
10 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 3
11 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 2
12 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 1


Constructors Championship

1 InfoInternet LivEng Racing 22
2 RBK Astera Racing 18
3 Bostopia F1 10
4 Dallaire Racing 8
5 OX-Cola Racing 7
6 Quakmybush Racing Inc. 6
7 Scotchpinestan Speed 5
8 Monteluci F1 4
9 Twin Crescent Racing 2
10 The UIR Ducks 1


The next race will be the Grousse Präiss vum Vun Lëtzebuerg, at the Kreuzbad Street Circuit in Van Luxemburg, with Qualification being held on Monday, and the race on Tuesday.

Monteluci: 9th and 19th

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Daniel Baer poses with Miss Monteluci 2007 at a party in the Monteluci Pit Boxes.

‘A bad qualification makes a good race’ seems to be the motto of Monteluci F1. In Cafundéu, the team achieved both 9th and 19th position on the Autódromo Velagão, impressing the viewer with their swift overtaking manoeuvres and rapid stops.

Especially Baer seemed to be driving a good race, advancing 9 positions: from 28th to 19th. Lachapelle cornered his way to 9th place, 7 ahead of his original place on the starting grid. The Monteluci team seemed to be in a good mood, with their crew performing swift stops, with perfect timing. The drivers themselves looked like low-flying fighter jets, passing by anyone who would oppose them. The Joy of the first points of the season could be seen in the Pit Box, where drivers and crew organised a little party themselves.

‘Yes, it was really a great race. Despite the few overtaking possibilities, I could get past a lot of opponents, though I have never seen Lachapelle, he obviously drove in front of me, though. After the race, I saw that he finished one and a half minute in front of me, so there really wasn’t a chance to see him anyway. I also should complement the crew that performed the pit stops on my car. Supreme cooperation, and I was out of the pits a moment after I entered it, unbelievable. Sadly I had to take three stops instead of the planned two, since my tyre was getting worse all the time. When I headed into the pits that time, I was almost driving on my canvas. That was probably due to that tyre (His front left tyre, ~ Red.) blocking at several corners. It lead to a rather bumpy ride, I must say.’ Daniel Baer commented after the race, seemingly happy with his performance.

‘The race went well, though I believe I could’ve done better. This was my kind of track, and I believe that I should’ve been able to take some more places from opponents if I had replaced my tyres earlier, and didn’t wait until the last pit stop to replace them. I could feel the car gliding sometimes, my grip was reduced. I heard the same from Baer, so I think we will need to research the tyres on the car. Maybe they supplied us with the wrong tyres, accidentally. Nevertheless, I’m very pleased with the results right now. The two-stop strategy really worked, and my car was light enough to fly by some other, probably heavier cars. I was lucky to watch some TV last night, so I could take John Stephens’ advice. Thanks, mate. I’d like to say that I admired you when I was young, you were one of the best back then! Keep up the work with constructive criticism, we can really use that.’ Yves Lachapelle said, especially proud of the criticism by John Stephens (who was evenly delighted to hear that Lachapelle had admired him in his racing days), former touring car/Formula VL driver of Weiß-VLT Motorsports.

Meanwhile, Alfredo Monteluci also showed himself during the driver/crew party in the Pit Box, showing an ear-to-ear smile.
‘I’m very proud of all of you. We have done a great job during this race, but our mission carries on: Van Luxemburg is next!’ Alfredo said, after which a cheer went up from the drivers and crew. Alfredo also announced that they would be looking at the tyres, but that he couldn’t say anything as of yet. He also said that Monteluci would have a surprise for F1GP for the next race in Van Luxemburg: He didn’t want to tell us what.

Taken from www.autoworld.pb

Foree Grabs Second for Astera

After a great qualifying sesson, the RBK Astera Team followed it up with a podium finish and a 10th place. Kenneth Foree took second place after a great drive, while Scott Romero finished tenth after an incident in the pit lane lost him some time.

"Well, unfortunately these things happen. The mechanics had an issue with the fueling rig and we couldn't get any fuel. We had to change our strategy mid-race, so we lost some time trying to get things back in order. Luckily, Kenneth had made his stop, so we didn't worry about him. It's a pity, because the car had so much pace this weekend and I really thought that I could make a podium finish," said Romero, obviously disappointed with the race. "However, we brought both cars home safely and got points, so that's a real bonus for us."

Alexander Emge was proud of his drivers. "Of course it's disappointing that we didn't win, but a podium is something that we are certainly proud of. I'm not sure why the fuel rig failed that way it did, but to have both cars finish in the points after the incident is a testament to the skills of our drivers."

"Did I want the win? Yes, but to finish on the podium in our first race is something that we wanted. The car felt great all weekend and I was surprised that we were able to stay on the pace of the more established teams. It's great that Scott finished in the points to keep us in second overall," said Foree after the post-race press conference. "I think that the finish will help us going into the next Grand Prix.

InfoInternet LivEng Racing took first and third, taking 22 points from the race.

The next race is in Van Luxemburg on a street circuit in Kreuzbad.

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Misfortune finds Giordano in Cafundéu

Pierre-Marc Giordano could have done so much better than 24th but he has now been left cursing his luck and his overeagerness after he all but smashed his car into the walls of the Autódromo Afonso Lacraia Velog.

Things got bad quickly as Giordano became engaged in an incident at turn one and limped back to the pits to replace his front wing. Inexperience then showed through as the team botched pit stops midway through the race, putting the wrong tyres on Giordano's car as a drizzle fell on the track, notorious for its frequent rain.

Giordano's desperation to climb up the order got the better of him too as his frenzied attempts to pass Pat Berryman late in the race nearly put him out of it altogether. He flirted with the tyre walls and nearly lost it at the Curva Mata-Um hairpin. As it was, however, all it did was allow Berryman to keep the place.

The Revel-Celestar engineers were then left to tear their hair as both cars then developed identical, if minor, gearbox problems which more or less doomed their race. Andy Oliver placed a very distant last as the pit crew attempted to fix his problems on the fly but were largely unsuccessful.

"I'm not too sure what to make of the results, to be honest," said team manager Ken McNally.

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CAFUNDÉU GP - RACE ANALYSIS
In Globo Multimedia - Presented by Breno Gavião

BRENO - "Well, my frrrrriends, the rrrrrace has ended. For those of you that watched it in the Velogão or in our channel, you saw a verrrrry exciting rrrrrace. But only for the other teams. The Globo/Velog team had a prrrrretty borrrrring rrrrrace, mantaining both carrrrrs on the trrrrrack. The mechanics said that the rrrrresult was expected, as the car doesn't have enough speed to compete for victorrrrries, but can finish all the rrrrraces. As prrrrredicted, the rrrrrain came this Sunday, but not so strrrrrong. Between the tenth and the twenty-fifth laps, the rrrrrain was a rrrrreal prrrrroblem for the drrrrrivers, but durrrrring the rrrrremaining of the rrrrrace the rrrrrain was too weak to be a serrrrrious prrrrroblem. It even stopped to rrrrrain in the last twenty laps."

BRENO - "Trrrrroy Wilking of InfoInterrrrrnet LivEng Rrrrrracing won the rrrrrace, followed by Foree and Wilking's parrrrrtner Durrrrrant. The firrrrrst place trrrrrophy was given by the Prrrrrincess of Cafundéu Alicia Van Tocco, the second by the dirrrrrector of C-Electronics Arlindo Maceno and the thirrrrrd by the Counselor-Minister of Defence Larrrrrs Winnear. We hearrrrrd Estive Forrrrrmoso, who finished in the twenty-fifth position, while Marrrrrella finished thrrrrree positions in frrrrront of him."

REPORTER - "So, Estive, you finished the race. What are your opinions?"

ESTIVE - "I was hoping to win some points, but I already knew that was going to be a difficult task. Our car isn't fast, it's only reliable. At least we keep the cars in the race, but I wanted a bit more driving at home."

BRENO - "That's all forrrrr today. See you at the next rrrrrace, in the channel two, Globo Multimedia!"

www.Ox-ColaRacing.com

Lady Luck and a bit of skill helped Ox-Cola racing as Stephan Villenueva manged to overcome his #20 starting position and claim a top-6 finish at the Grande Prêmio de Cafundéu. A good start on the 1st lap allowed Villenueva to pass 4 drivers on that lap and through-out the race, Villenueva kept picking them off every other lap. If the race had gone on for about 7 or 8 more laps, he might have won. Henri Ferregamo finsihed in a strong 18th, despite an exteded pit stop on lap 35, that saw him drop to 27th. But a strong last half of the race by Ferregamo placed him in the top 20.

After one race, Villenueva is in 6th in the Drivers Championship and Ox-Cola racing is in 5th in the Constructors Championship.

Up next is the The Grand Prix of Van Luxemburg on the Kreuzbad Street Course. The course is one of the longer ones at 20.2 Km. It crosses the River Kreuz 4 times and lays along the Atlantic Ocean as well. It's a very challengng technical course, which is not one of the team's specialities, but the length maybe a factor in our favor.

Albrecht Herald Online/Sport/Grand Prix/MPC
MPC slope into the background
by Antonio Costa

Whilst larger-than-life team principal Edward Morales claimed magnanimously afterwards that his drivers "simply do not have the car", it would not be too harsh to suggest driver error played an unnecessarily large part in the flaccid performance of C&M representatives at the Velogão.

In finishing second from last, Quintin Wright – supposedly the team leader, though that claim must be challenged on this evidence – had a nightmare. Grumbles over the vehicle's handling had been offered by the 28-year old all weekend, but his seemingly endless stream of offs were placed a little too randomly throughout the race for the team mechanics to bare the brunt of the criticism. Wright overshot the very first "devil's curve", loosing a place from the off. He would later recover some pride with a neat overtaking manoeuvre on Andrew Bumbalough on lap 3's Curva Bola, but a series of errors over the next two laps saw him forced again to give up a place to the Federal Racing driver.

Whatever his own mistakes – surely brought by arrogance, one feels, than a lack of experience or ability – it is the undoubtedly inexperienced back-room team who made sure Wright's record-half of the race would be no better than the first. With a slue of back-markers suffering from a variety of mechanical problems, Wright left his second pit-stop on quite clearly the wrong tire compound, coming out markedly slower than cars he'd previously been setting increasingly useful times against.

If you like that sort of thing, his battle with Bumbalough was genuinely exciting, but the viewing public back home will expect better than a tussle for 26th from their top-rated driver.

If we are to be charitable and suggest Quintin had vehicular issues throughout the Grand Prix, then what are we to do with Patrick Berryman? Perhaps the top men at MPC Racing have dropped a massive clanger* with this man? Does his slow-and-steady tactic used to such great effect domestically for the last decade mean nothing at the world level? Certainly, his performance in qualifying seemed to speak for the potential not only of this car but her driver as well. Berryman even appeared to have lady luck on his side, rising an extra place to tenth after MPC officials spotted a time-keeping error from race organisers.

And what, genuinely, are we to make of the Green Island man's performance in the post-game interview? Not that those of us who attended the scheduled press conference would know – Berryman eschewed that in favour of a quick track-side natter with TV1's Keenan Bailey. Appearing, frankly, punch-drug; the driver who had seemed distinctly bleary-eyed even before the race questioned the reliability of his car's front suspension, something later denied by MPC mechanics. If true, then coupled with Wright's problems this all leaves our representatives team's fabled reliability under considerable doubt. If it is merely an excuse?

Whatever the implications of the second possibility, Berryman had a dire time out there. Caught in the middle pack melee he failed utterly to hold his own, dropping four places on the first two corners. From there, he cornered well and unlike his team-mate it was out-and-out pace that was the problem. What are we to make of so many young and inexperienced drivers leaving Berryman fighting to even get in their wake, never mind trailing in it?

Once again, the second pit-stop proved the telling moment, though the pit crew cannot garner any of the blame. After a short, professional pit, Berryman failed to find any speed at all coming out of the pit lane and found himself passed by no less than five cars before he rejoined the track proper. All but one pitted a lap later, but the now heavily-laden MPC could do nothing to stop them all nipping in ahead. He crawled through the chequered flag in 23rd place.

Quintin Wright provided the most honest post-race assessment, one feels. "We're not going to win races," he admitted with a shrug, "Not with LivEng, Bostopia, Monteluci… these guys are at another level. But we should be picking up point, between the two of us, every race. With the cash that's been spent, we all know there's no excuses. And we will be better in van Luxemburg."

Perhaps. But one feels the Cafundéu GP was made for this car, these drivers. And there will surely have to be some serious soul-searching by all concerned if MPC Racing aren’t to limp into City West after a season of serious embarrassment.

*I love the surreal image that expression always conjurs up.

OOC: Reguarding the RL f1 this weekend... I'm no petrolhead, but wasn't that a lot of fun? Though they should've gone the whole hog and raced in Gloucestershire...

Anyways...

The Albrecht Mercury – WORLD EXCLUSIVE
GP Star 'Drove Me Wild'

C&M motorsport star Pat Berryman ROMPED with a 36-Quadruple-F lap dancer just hours after ensuring a tenth-place start, the Mercury can exclusively reveal.

Paola Andrade dos Santos Moura, 22, of Cafundó do Juta , Cafundéu; told the us how our boy took her corners at 100 mph. "He was a stallion," she purred, "His horse power was off the scale."

Love-rat Berryman picked the stunning wannabe model up in his rented passion wagon after a night on the tiles, before taking her pack to his five-star hotel. There, the millionaire star got his paramour's motor running as he got her in gear with fine wine and STRAWBERRIES. After an extended qualifying session, the 30-year-old turbo-charged Berryman secured a front-row starting position in a DRAMATIC HEAD-TO-HEAD CONTEST where he proved every inch a WORLD-CLASS PERFORMER.

"At his age," Paolo continued, "I didn't think he could last the pace. But he pulled it off magnificently." She added: "He hasn't phoned me yet, but I know we have a FUTURE TOGETHER.

In the race proper, Berryman finished 23rd of 28. He and the MPC team are now in van Luxemburg.

(OOC: It was a great race indeed, I almost laughed my ass of when Winkelhock from Spyker led the race. :p It was great to recognise things after I've been on a guided tour over the Nürburgring (behind the scenes, yay!) back in May. Anyways, people can use this post as a reference as to how the circuit looks like. If you want to use pictures in your post, you could use Monaco, if you'd like.)

Once again behind the table, Nicholas Bousquet was accompanied by John Stephens, calmly hanging down on the table.

‘Welcome, Ladies and Gentlemen. We are in already on Kreuzbadinsel, Van Luxemburg to discuss the race at the Autódromo Velagão in Cafundéu this afternoon. With us here is John Stephens, and we hope that Yves Lachapelle has accepted our invitation to come. But we’ll start with you John. How did you like the race?’

‘Well, it was pretty much fabulous. I’ve caught myself with my mouth open sometimes, I must say. Spectacular overtaking actions, and some pretty interesting pitstops. If this is the pace of the whole season, it’s going to take me a lot of time in the coming months. Absolutely great racing, and Monteluci was better than I expected after the qualifications yesterday. The tyres were a sad thing, and I’m afraid that that pretty much killed their prestations for the rest of the race. I doubt that anyone from the F1 organisation dropped off the wrong tyres, so it must be someone inside the Monteluci team who has made a grave mistake.’ John halted, as he saw a person in a Monteluci shirt come in.

‘Ladies and Gentlemen, Yves Lachapelle! Welcome, Yves. Take a seat.’ Nicholas said, gesturing towards a seat next to Stephens.

‘Thanks, Nicholas. Hi all.’ He said, while trying to tone down Nicholas a bit in his enthusiasm. He took place on the bar stool next to Stephens, before shaking hands with him.

‘It’s an honour to meet you. I’ve been a huge fan since I was a little kid. Although I missed your early races, I’ve got them all on video.’ Yves said to John, which looked surprised.

‘Well, well, I see we have quite a fan here. I didn’t expect that from a Formula One driver.’

‘Formula One or not, you’re still an idol of mine. I really liked to hear criticism from the driver I used to play when I was a little boy. Sitting in my dads’ VLT, I always imagined I were you, in your Weiß-VLT. Ah, the memories’ Lachapelle said, thinking back of the days in which he was a little boy.

‘Well, let’s return to the race. John already said it was great, how do you think it went, Yves?’ Nicholas said, breaking into the conversation between Lachapelle and Stephens.

‘It went pretty good, I must say. Though my tyres were a bit slippery, I could keep up the speed I had, and with the drivers around me. I think that those few extra places all made it worthwhile.’

‘If you mind, I would like to interrupt. Why did you keep driving on those bad tyres while you knew it would affect your driving?’ Stephens asked, while Lachapelle was still busy with his answer to Nicholas.

‘Well, I figured that I could better keep driving with those tyres for the last few laps, which is where I found them to be really slippery, instead of coming into the pits and losing some places. It now only kept me from taking back more places from drivers in front of me. Even though the pit crew pulled off some really fast stops, I couldn’t risk losing places at that moment, so I decided to hold my position.’ Lachapelle said, answering Stephens in the confidence he had done well.

‘I think that was a wise decision, but after all, You can take risks, it makes a race exciting, and you can win a few places with it.’

‘Yes, but of course, we can’t turn back time. You know like no other that decisions need to be made in an instant’

‘True, you’re right there. You win.’ Stephen grinned, while Nicholas took the lead again.

‘Next race is in Kreuzbad, we all had a chance to already to take a look at the track, but for you, the viewers, Stephens and Lachapelle took a Monteluci Duca SFS out over the track. Enjoy.’

The image changed to a camera set inside the car, mounted on the dashboard of the Duca, the camera aimed for the faces of Lachapelle and Stephens.

‘Right. We’re in the pits right now, a building specifically built for these sorts of things is here, we just rolled out of the first pit position, usually for the organisation of F1GP. I’m accelerating towards a hundred kilometres an hour now, and we’re obeying standard rules for the pits right now.’ John said, while still adjusting his helmet. Lachapelle was silent, also listening to Stephens. The view changed, showing a camera mounted on the center armrest, right in between the two front seats. It was set-up in a way that the camera showed what happened in front of the car, what the driver would usually see. In the high left corner of the screen, another camera showed the instruments John saw, so the viewer could see the actual speed and other information Stephens also saw. The vehicle slowly accelerated out of the pit lane, catching up speed as soon as it came onto the actual track. The engine howled, and Stephens let the engine rev to the maximum, in order to get the maximum amount of power out of it.

‘Well, out of the pits here… If we would have other traffic on the track, it would come from the right here, obviously.’ Lachapelle said, looking left, where the track outstretched before them. The Duca accelerated quicker and quicker, before braking for the first few corners.

‘These corners have no name yet. They are a bit tricky, but here we go.’ Stephens commented, shifting back to a lower gear and going into the first corner, immediately accelerating as he came out of the corner, but then braking again to go into the next one. He then immediately put his foot down, shifting gear upwards with the gearbox in sequential mode.

‘Next up is another corner, roughly in the form of an S. Pretty uneventful, nothing happening over here.’ Yves said, bracing himself for the corner. The camera view then returned to the position on the center armrest,

Stephens shifted down again, throwing the car into the corner, accompanied by a lot of tyre squeal. He then turned the wheel the other way, braking again for the next corner. He then almost pushed the throttle pedal through the floor, letting the vehicle accelerate towards the Großcorniche.

‘Here we go. Braking hard, going wide, into Großcorniche. We need to slow down a lot here. It’s an almost 90-degree corner, meaning you need to go wide and slow for this one. Could lead to spectacular overtaking possibilities. Same with the Luxkurve, which we’re approaching now. After a small bend inbetween, we will now head into there. There we go… Okay, now we’re going down into the tight valley, towards Tal.’ Yves shouted over the engine sound, while John was concentrated on the road. The vehicle descended for a bit, while John braked for the next corner.

‘Tal. Looks like a sort of hairpin. Slow, slow, slow. Then accelerating before climbing again, a few unnamed curves, and into the Leeds-Karussell. This corner is hard, Slow again, we head into this wide hairpin, turning around our car for the next climb towards Enzelsberg. The last leftover of the Karussell is this corner here, before we hit the throttle again, before ending up at the highest point of the track, Enzelsberg. From here, we descend towards the sea.’ Yves shouted above the high-revving engine, while the sound of tyre squeal didn’t exactly improved his audibility. The car rapidly took the corners like Lachapelle said, before starting the descent.

‘There we go, this is really fast through here, but we have to slow down extremely quickly for the Reisetschanze, because, if the wind comes from sea, which is likely, the wind can get under the car and cause it to lift off. Wind needs to be pretty rough for that to happen though. Next on the descent is the Facheler S-Kurve, Which we’re going into now!’ Yves exclaimed, though he didn’t really need to shout in the low-sound Monteluci.

The vehicle took the S-corner quickly, using the ability to go wide on the corners. Then, the car spurted down the road again, pushing both race drivers back in their reclining leather seats.

‘On our way to Großherzog, John can put his foot down, and keep it there until he has to brake for the sharp hairpin Großherzog is. Then, accelerate for a couple of hundred meters again, before braking for an unnamed corner again. Then, full on the throttle again for the approach on Meer-S. The first part is excessively wide, which means you can put your foot down and cross it diagonally. Then, the second part is to get on the road approaching the Atlantik Curve again. On your left hand is Kreuzbad’s recreational port, which will undoubtedly house many wealthy onlookers during the race. Into Atlantik-Kurve, not a really sharp curve, though the ocean here can be tricky, since you cannot drive into it, ofcourse.’ Yves spoke, while the car approached the Atlantik-Kurve. While Stephens threw the car around the curve, Yves already started talking about the next part of the track.

‘onto the straight part along the Atlantic. F1 cars can go really fast here, we achieve a mere 250. The road is wide, but if you lose it here, you can end up on the beach or even in the ocean. Next is the Rothschildtener Garten, named after the Rothschildtpark, which is behind there. Throwing it around there, we really have to take it slow, before quickly accelerating and braking again, to take the Vogelsecke. Next, is a straight enclosed by traditional buildings, which means the road is somewhat narrow, meaning there are very little possibilities to overtake. Next up is another sharp corner, Verstappenergrund, which is part of a roundabout; missing this corner could mean you end up in the middle of a roundabout.’

The car cleanly steered through the described parts of the track, heading towards the last part of the track.

‘here we go, the Große S-Kurve. Crossing the River Kreuz a staggering three times, this part is somewhat narrow due to the traditional bridges here. Practically all corners here are 90 degree turns, with some elbow room though. Passign over the last bridge, we enter the last corner before passing over Start/Finish. We’ll leave the track by the entrance and exit for emergency services.’

The Monteluci slowed down, slowly leaving the track through said exit. The vehicle drove past several emergency vehicles, lined up in neat rows – It ranged from E-One Crashtenders to Mercedes-Benz E-class ambulances and from Monteluci Duca’s in medical livery to Ferrari F430’s in Police colours – before the video cut out.

The first race for Scotchpinestan's F1 team produced mixed results.

Marty McRae, who qualified a disappointing 19th, wowed spectators with his passing skills throughout the day and finished eighth.

"Everyone seemed to be driving cautiously; I think nobody wanted the dubious distinction of being the first to crash out this season," McRae said afterwards. "Of course, now whoever crashes first in Van Luxemberg will be the first, so who knows. Anyway, I just took passing opportunities when I saw them and kept working my way up until we ran out of laps."

Teammate Jeff Zwilling did not have as fortunate a day. He was penalized when he ran over an air hose during his first pit stop and wound up finishing 21st.

"I just didn't have the car today," Zwilling said.


Both Scotchpine drivers are excited for the next race in Van Luxemberg, but they expect the race to have a completely different feel.

"It is going to be critical to qualify up front," McRae said. "The track is so long, there won't be as many laps in the race. So if you're stuck in the back, it's going to be hard to get up there. I don't think there'll be a ton of passing, definitely not as much as today."

But, as Zwilling explained, the Scotchpine team thinks they have an edge.

"We'll be bringing our horsepower, for sure," said Zwilling. "Those high-powered straightaways, that's what we live for. In Scotchpinestan we like to race flat-out, all the time. We'll have some opportunity to do that in Van Luxemberg. Of course, there's a lot of sharp turns there too, but as long as we stay out of the wall we should be alright."

"I think at least one of us can start on the front row," McRae added. "And hopefully both of us will finish there."

‘Surprise’ for the F1 Organisation from Monteluci!

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The Formula One Safety Car


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The Formula One Medical Car

For the Grousse Präiss in Kreuzbad, starting with it’s qualifications today, Monteluci has offered the F1GP Organisation a Monteluci Duca SFS, the same car as driven by John Stephens and Yves Lachapelle around the Kreuzbad Street Course, for use as safety car. A second car will be provided for use as a Medical car. Backups will also be provided, in case the initial car breaks down.

Because F1 is somewhat more demanding than regular road use, the vehicle has been modified electronically wise to make the standard atmospheric 4.2 litre V8 deliver 413 HP, and modified the exhaust systems, aswell as increased the engine size to 4.7 litres and some other minor adjustments, to provide an additional 77 HP; making 490 HP.
Monteluci expects that the car, which can do 310 km/h in the 400 HP SFS version, has a top speed of about 325 km/h, while the acceleration can take place in 4.5 seconds. For safety reasons, the Duca has been equipped with permanent ‘smart’ 4-wheel drive, distributing power to all four wheels. Furthermore, the SFS has been equipped with a LED lightbar, colour orange, which has an exceptionally high light output. LED strobes have also been mounted in the grille and rear bumper of the car, as well as the blinkers, that have been modified to serve as strobe lights. The Duca is also equipped with a radio system that allows the driver or passenger to contact the F1 organisation or other instances on the course. The system can also contact Van Luxemburgian Emergency Services via the standard Van Luxemburgian network. The medical car will be equipped with a regular medical kit, as well as an AED for emergency situations. It has been equipped with the same lighting solution as the Safety Car, although red strobe lights replace the orange lights. Furthermore, both cars are stickered for the Van Luxemburgian GP, although they can easily be used in other races by replacing them, which can be done easily by removing the original film that covers the car, and replace it with another one. This can be done in several hours.

Monteluci has stated that the safety car would be a one-off for the race in Van Luxemburg, but inside sources state that the safety cars would be permanent for this season, if the organisation accepts the cars. Monteluci also said that the cars will be auctioned off for charity after it’s task has been completed.

(OOC: So, this one will be driving in Van Luxemburg, and, if accepted by the organisation, during the remaining races in the season as well. Thought it’d be a nice present for the F1 organisation, when I was looking at the RL Grand Prix yesterday. :p)

Here be dragons. They are announcing the RP cut-off.

IC: The organisers of the WGPC would be pleased to undertake a trial at the Van Luxemburg Grand Prix of the offered Monteluci Duca SFS for a safety car and medical car. The WGPC thanks the Monteluci owners for their commitment to safety within the sport.

De Grousse Präiss vum Vun Lëtzebuerg
Qualifying


Pos Car Name Team
1 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 7:21.221
2 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 7:21.221
3 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 7:21.222
4 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 7:21.222
5 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 7:21.223
6 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 7:21.223
7 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 7:21.223
8 23 Daniel Baer Monteluci F1 7:21.223
9 16 Romergleydson Marella Globo/Velog F1 7:21.224
10 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing 7:21.225
11 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 7:21.229
12 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 7:21.234
13 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks 7:21.247
14 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 7:21.261
15 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 7:21.288
16 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 7:21.294
17 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez 7:21.320
18 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 7:21.334
19 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 7:21.359
20 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 7:21.419
21 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 7:21.549
22 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 7:21.575
23 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 7:21.625
24 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 7:21.761
25 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez 7:21.849
26 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar 7:21.947
27 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 7:21.965
28 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 7:22.021
29 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 7:22.194
30 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 7:23.808


Stoddard and Bumbalough fail to qualify.

Walton, Mackenzie in dead heat in VL qualifying
LeCroix, KeFlinger take second row


Masterful (if odd?) performances left the first 11 places in the Grand Prix of Van Luxemburg separated by under a hundredth of a second, as Quakmybush Racing Inc. and Twin Crescent took the first two rows, with a time spread of just over 2 thousandths of a second. QRI pilots Chris Walton and Paul Mackenzie finished qualifying in a dead heat, while Scott LeCroix and James KeFlinger took their spots behind them. Despite not coming in pole, LeCroix's hotlap showed masterful control, pounding through the clockwise street circuit at Kreuzbad. LeCroix showed refined training and control at the limit of traction at Grosscorniche, Luxcurve, and the Facheler Curves, taking the turns the tightest and fastest of the day. Unfortunately, he lost time somewhere between Grossherzog and the Atlantik-Kurve, falling behind that two critical thousandths of a second and loosing out on pole to essentially the whole of QRI.

KeFlinger, on the other hand, had a rockier start; with his procession on through the first Karussell being at mid-pack pace. KeFlinger pulled through Vogelsecke and managed to recover a large amount of time, enough to pull into a razor-close 4th. Despite results being significantly better than last week's GP, TCR still missed out on pole; attributing this to a failure of consistency would seem to be the most obvious reason, but it's been the same story for years - TCR has been teasing with tantalizing performances, but always seems to miss out on actually winning the Constructor's Championship or Driver's Championship. If this year is going to be any different, there must be a tighter focus.

Promising qualification for Monteluci?


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Daniel Baer and his Monteluci RF12 power down a slightly curved straight towards Verstappenergrund.

KREUZBAD – Last race, Daniel Baer advanced 9 places from his starting position on the grid to his final position at the finish in Cafundéu. Now, he has finished his qualification 8th. Would that mean that he can win this race?

Fingers crossed for the Squadra Forze Sportive team of Monteluci, also known as Monteluci F1. First driver Daniel Baer finished 8th in the qualification, only 2 milliseconds behind the Pole position driver, Chris Walton of Quakmybush Racing. Baer has to share his time with three other drivers, of which he had the worst second lap: This means Baer is now placed 8th instead of 4th. Lachapelle disappointed a bit after his first race, he qualified 18th.

‘It is sad that I did bad, even with the help from John Stephens. I guess I’ll have to follow more driving lessons from him’ a smiling Lachapelle said. ‘I had some problems with the Große S-kurve, I lost it at the 90-degree corners there. It was sad, but I took a respectable 18th position after all. And since this is practically Monteluci’s home turf, we expect that we can do a lot better during the race. We have had some great chances to train on this circuit, some laps even in the RF12-2, driven by John Stephens. Besides, I even was only some 113 milliseconds slower than Walton. It’s a difference that can be fixed in some laps, so I’ll have to take some lessons from Stephens again. If you’re listening, come on!’ Lachapelle said, after which Stephens, present at the press conference, agreed on the extra lessons with a laugh. However, Baer thought he was good enough to not need additional laps. His monotone businesslike story was completely opposite to the story told by Lachapelle.

‘I had no problems over the track. I don’t think that the 2 millisecond difference is anything to be worried about. From 8th position, I can use the speed and corners to overtake any opponents. After all, I have had enough training on the track. I do not expect to run up against something that I haven’t trained, and, looking at the last race, the one in Cafundéu, I think that first place is a realistic possibility.’ Baer then left the rest of the conference to team manager Alfredo Monteluci and Technical Director Valentino Conti.

‘Kreuzbad is our home turf, in a way. Although we have trained more on the mainland, we have brought our RF12’s to Kreuzbad on some occasions as well. They managed to break the track record back then, with a 7:21:222, but Quakmybush Racing has braken this one. Therefore, our congratulations go out to that team, on braking the track record, and getting one on your name. So far, our expectations for this race are high, since this is our home race. If we can pull it off to get 1st place, that would be a great opportunity for Monteluci to prove itself. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.’ Technical Director Valentino Conti said, happy with the results achieved by both drivers.

On a different note, Monteluci has offered several modified Duca SFS’es to the organisation. The vehicles, one of them being previously driven by John Stephens on the TV Formula 1 magazine ‘Formula One Insight’, have been built for the task of safety car. As far as our sources indicate, the organisation has accepted the car into service for the race in Van Luxemburg, with a possibility of using it in the remaining races of the season. After this season has ended, Monteluci will auction the cars off for charity, while one copy of both the Medical and the Safety car will most likely be bought by the Van Luxemburgian Classic Preservation Fund, a joint VLT-Governmental institute, heavily sponsored by the Grand Duke.


Last, but not least, the weather forecast for the race tomorrow: 32 degrees Celsius, sunny, 10% chance of rain. Humidity 50-70%.

Taken from www.autoworld.pb

Astera Brought Back to Earth

After their great qualifying in the first Grand Prix, the RBK Astera Team was given a surprise in qualifying for the Van Luxemburg Grand Prix. Kenneth Foree qualified 22nd with a 7:21.575, just .354 seconds off of pole. Scott Romero qualified 27th with a 7:21.965, .744 seconds off of pole.

"Well, it was a difficult track to race on, because we don't have much experience driving a long track. Nearly the entire field was separated by one second, so to get pole here requires a flawless drive around this circuit. I lost a bit of time in the Leeds-Karussell when I lost control and spun the car, but I made up time in the second half of the track, but it wasn't enough," Kenneth Foree explained.

"Well, all the times were close, so one mistake could ruin your qualifying run. Unfortunately, we made those mistakes. Kenneth spun at the Karussell, while Scott ran off at the Luxkurve. They did make most of the time up, but the damage was done. Not a great day all around, but we're optimistic about the race. After all, two laps is not a race. All we need to do is be careful and get as much speed out of the car as we can," said Alexander Emge after qualifying.

The population of Wentland was surprised not to see any match reports following the first Grand Prix. Instead they were faced with blank spaces, which some wags considered were more interesting than the race itself.

It transpired however that there was a media blackout. The Amalgamated Union of Spoonbenders, Nightsoilmen and Sports Reporters had taken advantage of an obscure provision in the Industrial Relations and Cod Fishing Act to go out on trawlers rather than write up another load of Jordan nonsense. So there was no sports news at all.

Albrecht Herald Online/Sport/Grand Prix/MPC
Nothing to Wright home about
by Antonio Costa

Another poor day for MPC saw Quintin Wright secure 17th place on the grid for Kreuzbad. His team-mate Pat Berryman, coming off a week of salacious rumours about his private life, could only manage 25th.

A philosophical Wright attempted not to sound too dis-heartened. "I'm stuck in between a Bostopia and a Monteluci," he told TV1, "Which should put some perspective on things. The top, what, ten drivers are separated by four onehundrendths of a second… I mean, that's just ridiculous. Quakmybush and Twin Cresent were basically nowhere in Cafundéu – their second drivers were scrapping down with us plebs. This is just such a close competetion, so competetive; and as a team, MPC are completely new to it. We said before Cafundéu that we were here to get experience, and that hasn't changed. If we can pick up points, fantastic, but that can't be our only focus."

His comments were echoed by team principal Eddie Morales, though Pat Berryman's soundbites were conspicuous by their absence.

In truth, both drivers should feel comfortable with their performances. The difficult corners at Leeds-Karussell and the wooded Reisetschanze were negociated with aplomb, with this season's car's obvious lack of speed the clear achilles' heal. Wright has good reason to remain upbeat, albeit for slighlt unbecoming reasons – on this dangerous track, the MPC's cornering and reliability may see both drivers shooting up the leaderboard if others prove a little overenthusiastic.


(OOC: Have you got a problem with Daniel Roberts, Bos? The poor fella can't know whether he's coming or going…)

(OOC: Have you got a problem with Daniel Roberts, Bos? The poor fella can't know whether he's coming or going…)

Damnit, I'm blaming the raceinator. Though the spreadsheet lists drivers by how I put them in in the first place (from car number 0 to the last one), so it's probably my lack of mathematical ability that's causing the mess-ups.

www.Ox-ColaRacing.com

Interesting Day of qualifing at De Grousse Präiss vum Vun Lëtzebuerg
as the top 8 drivers all finish within 8/1000ths of a second between the. Among the throng, Stephan Villenueva who will start on the inside of Row 4. His teammate, Henri Ferregamo, just barely qualified in 28th, so there's little chance of help from the back. The long, windy course looks to be the equalizer as evidenced by the qualifing times. This truly is a race that anyone could win.


7th #13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 7:21.223

28th #14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 7:22.021

(OOC: The safety car post has been updated with images of the Safety Car and the Medical Car. I don't expect to have one of my Formula One Insight TV show posts up before the results of the race are in, so a special TV broadcast from the Grand-Ducal Yacht will come after the results of the race are in.)

This here is an RP cut-off point, any RPs after this won't be counted unless they're already being written while I'm writing this (this means LE, who saw this when he was halfway through an RP). Results soon.

Recommended listening while you wait: Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain". The portion of the song after the 3 minute 02 mark was used by the BBC for their Formula 1 coverage, or at least the bits without singing over the top.

Team hotel, somewhere in Van Luxemburg...

"Good session, mate. Slightly unlucky with that guy ahead of you." Durant looked up from his book. "Uh... yeah. Stoddard it was, he was struggling to get a good lap time and he just held me back. He missed the cut in the end?"

"Yes he did, Kristjan. But that doesn't matter. We're both in midfield but we've shown that we can do well, as we did in Cafundéu. Tomorrow's race will be something totally different, with that chance of rain as well. Anyhow... what you reading?"

"This?" Durant looked up again. "Autobiography. Sir Jim Whites wrote it about a hundred or so years ago. Great read, I'll give it to you after I'm done."

"Whites? Oh, that guy." Being born in Starblaydia, Troy Wilkins did not have a good grasp of Liverpool England sporting history. "The first World Cup winning manager from LivEng?"

"Yep, him. Well, I'm done. I'm going for dinner. You coming along?"

"Sure... what about Mike?"

"I think he's doing some additional testing... something about wanting to impress other teams."

"Other teams, eh? So much for staying loyal to his country's team."

"Meh. Forget it, Troy, let's go chow."

De Grousse Präiss vum Vun Lëtzebuerg
Race


1 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 1:51:27.404
2 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 1:51:30.505
3 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 1:52:00.418
4 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 1:52:05.923
5 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 1:52:16.354
6 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 1:52:16.460
7 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 1:52:23.820
8 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:52:24.888
9 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 1:52:30.048
10 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 1:52:30.078
11 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 1:52:35.909
12 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:52:40.457
13 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:52:41.132
14 16 Romergleydson Marella Globo/Velog F1 1:52:50.035
15 23 Daniel Baer Monteluci F1 1:52:55.946
16 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 1:52:56.643
17 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 1:52:57.374
18 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 1:53:01.089
19 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 1:53:03.304
20 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 1:53:12.051
21 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:53:21.099
22 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:53:21.320
23 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:53:33.816
24 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks 1:53:46.134
25 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:53:48.714
26 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 1:53:50.583
27 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar 1:54:23.281

DNF 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing Lap 4


Drivers Championship

1 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 30
2 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 20
" 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 20
4 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 19
5 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 17
6 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 15
7 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 10
8 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 8
9 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 7
" 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 7
" 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 7
12 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 6
13 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 5
14 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 4
15 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 3
" 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 3
" 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 3
18 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 2



Constructors Championship

1 Bostopia F1 45
2 Dallaire Racing 30
3 InfoInternet LivEng Racing 26
4 RBK Astera Racing 22
5 OX-Cola Racing 13
6 Twin Crescent Racing 10
7 Quakmybush Racing Inc. 7
" Globo/Velog F1 7
9 Scotchpinestan Speed 5
10 Monteluci F1 4
11 Federal Racing 3
11 The UIR Ducks 3

MONTELUCI’S HUGE LOSS

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Daniel Baer looks at the results of the race from his Monteluci RF12.

‘A staggering loss’ Alfredo Monteluci said, after the GP of Van Luxemburg in Kreuzbadinsel. ‘I don’t know what the problem was, but our positive line from Cafundéu couldn’t be continued on our home turf. Which is strange, after the many trainings we had here.’

‘It’s just bad luck. Beyond that, the team didn’t really help me at all. Their pit-stops seemed to be somewhat slow. It may just be a matter of training for them’ Daniel Baer commented, leaving shortly afterwards. His temper seemed to have surprised both crew and press, which were left at the conference. ‘I know that Daniel could have a bit of a temper, but this is an extreme. I’ve never seen him this way.’ Lachapelle said after the conference.

While Lachapelle also seemed to be down, he took his loss better than Baer. ‘Yes, like Daniel said, it’s just a case of bad luck. This time, I’ve got nothing to blame. Everything seemed to go well, but I’ve been passed several times. I got in a battle with Berryman for the 21st position, but I could keep it after all. He couldn’t get past me, luckily. But, after all, I must conclude that this was an exceptionally bad race for us. We wanted to show what we were made of during this race in front of our public, but that plan failed for a bit.’

Alfredo Monteluci commented on Baer’s sudden temper, and said he would ‘need to have a word about his recent attitude’ which could mean that the team is not so fond of Baer and his ways of doing press conferences.

UPDATE 14:29:

Monteluci released a short message to the press only seconds ago:

Squadra Forze Sportive Monteluci Formula One
Official Press Bulletin

Tuesday, 24 July 2007

Monteluci sets Baer to Non-Active

After the sudden temper during the press conference, Team Monteluci F1 has communicated with both Baer and his manager. Although Monteluci F1 has a good understanding with the management of Baer Gmbh, the company run by Daniel Baer, our crew and management has refused to cooperate any further with Baer Gmbh, due to the long-time attitude made by Monteluci First Driver Daniel Baer. A difference of opinion finally led to the ceasing of all communications and cooperation between Baer Gmbh and SFS Monteluci F1 Spa. Mr. Baer will not drive anymore for Monteluci F1 and has been set to Non-Active by SFS Monteluci F1. Team Monteluci F1 has also requested the Grand-Ducal Autosports Federation to investigate the possibility to expel Mr. Baer from the GDAF, making it impossible for him to join in any racing event anymore.

For the coming races, Test Driver Paolo Monteluci will replace Mr. Baer until a more permanent solution has been found. SFS Monteluci F1 will test with various Van Luxemburgian racing drivers to find a fitting replacement for Mr. Baer.

A helicopter circled around the huge yacht, a mere 165 metres long, before the image changed to the face of Nicholas Bousquet.

‘Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Formula One Insight. We’re currently broadcasting from the ZMS Rijswijk, The largest Grand-Ducal yacht, currently laying some one hundred metres off the beaches of Kreuzbad. Ofcourse, we will be talking about the terrible events of today that eventually lead to the firing of Baer, but we will focus on the race and qualification first. With us here again is John Stephens, accompanied by Monteluci’s Technical Director, Valentino Conti. Welcome.’

Valentino Conti seemed to make a light bow, before Nicholas went on.

‘You expected more of this race, didn’t you, Valentino?’

The response was prompt, and Conti didn’t hesitate for one moment.

‘Indeed, I did. Especially Baer seemed to be good at this point, and Lachapelle has been training with Stephens a lot on the track. I’m afraid that that didn’t help a lot in the actual race, though. We have lost quite some credibility with this race, I think. We came in with shouting ‘Yeah, we’ll win this race!’, and it all kinda disappointed, actually.’

‘Like the last race in Cafundéu..’ Stephens sighed, after which Conti seemed to be nodding vaguely.

‘Baer has dropped down quite some places, isn’t it? He lost 8 places, almost the same amount as he won in the last race. Could this mean that this wasn’t Baer’s track?’ Nicholas said.

‘No, not at all. I mean, if we look at the qualifications, and the race results aswell, he was the best of our two racers. I’m afraid we’ll just have to accept that our team won’t win a lot. We are currently one of the last in line for the Constructor’s Championship. Lachapelle is our only driver that is listed in the Driver’s Championship, on place fourteen. At this moment, we cannot say we’re one of the top teams anymore. We’re just a newcomer, and maybe we placed our bets too high.’

‘Yes, true, we all might have placed our bets too high. Including us. Expecting to win the championship from a newcomer in the sport is idiotic. Nobody can win it on first hand. Weiß-VLT also had problems firing up it’s Touring Cars. But after several years, we won a lot of races, I’m telling you.’ Stephens spoke, pointing his finger towards the table multiple times to seemingly enforce his position in the conversation.

‘Yes, that’s what we’re aiming for. We will have to wait a season, maybe even multiple, before we can get some acceptable results out of it. For now, it’s just wait and see.’

‘Now, would firing Baer have any effect on the results this season?’ Nicholas asked, trying to steer the conversation in a direction he wanted.

‘Well, while it lasted Baer produced acceptable results, especially in Kreuzbad. Problem was that his attitude affected the functioning of the compete team. They felt that Baer wanted to make them feel inferior to him, and always blamed them for his mistakes. They found that Monteluci could no longer function with Baer. During a conversation with Alfredo about his actions in the Press Conference, he has took up the chance of throwing mud at the organisation of Monteluci. After the threats on Monteluci’s address, he also demanded an increase of his salary, on top of the half a million of Euros we’re paying him already. Therefore, we have decided to take the initiative and put him on Non-Active. We’re currently looking into possibilities for legal action against Baer.’

‘Why would you want to pursue legal action against him?’ Stephens asked, somewhat astonished.

‘We feel that this is a clear insult for Monteluci, and we do not like to see that Baer undermines our team spirit. Therefore, we are claiming this year’s salary back from him, because of our dented image.’

‘That would indeed be a possibility, but do you really think you have a realistic chance of winning a case against Baer?’ Stephens said, taking a sip from a glass of water in front of him.

‘Well, this case will of course be decide din a Van Luxemburgian Civil court, and we have trust in our national laws, and that says a lot, doesn’t it?’

‘Point taken. Well, I wish you the best of luck. I only want to say that Baer refused our invitations multiple times, and Baer Gmbh always asked us for a payment in that case. I however don’t want to turn this in a competition who can throw the most mud at eachother.’ John commented, turning back to Nicholas again.

‘RTVL has been trying to contact Baer, but his company refused us the right to interview him. Now, getting back to the team, Paolo Monteluci will replace Baer, while you are saying to look for a ‘more permanent solution’, what would that solution be then?’

‘Well, as you might know, Paolo is test driver for our team. When we replace Daniel with Paolo, we no longer have a test driver. That means that we need to actively look for a test driver. Therefore, I’d like to hear from the people at home. We’re looking for someone who wants to be Test driver for us. If you’ve got a racing license and are a member of the GDAF, send us a video of your driving on an official GDAF track, and we will pick a set of ten for testing, and one of them will eventually become the Monteluci F1 test Driver! If you’re interested, you can visit www.montelucif1.vl for more information.’ Conti spoke the last part into the camera, turning to the audience at home.

‘Well, that was Formula One Insight for now, we will be reporting from Liverpool England next for the Grand Prix of The Heartland. See you there!’

Taken from www.autoworld.pb

Average Astera finish 10th, 17th

After a podium finish in the first race, the RBK Astera Team finished the Grand Prix of Van Luxemburg ahead of expectations after their poor qualifying performances. Kenneth Foree started in 22nd and made a number of good passes to claim 10th, while Scott Romero gained 10 places after starting in 27th.

Kenneth Foree was optimistic about the finish. "Well, it wasn't the greatest of races, but we managed to get three points out of the race. The bad starting positions hurt us, but with good passing technique and excellent work out of the pit crew on our stops helped us make up some positions. We definitely wanted to finish in the points, but Scott started too low to get enough positions to finish at least 12th. We'll look at the information from the race and make the adjustments for the Grand Prix of The Heartland."

Meanwhile, a scandal has rocked the Astera Racing world. After the race, an audio tape from an unnamed Astera GT driver was delivered to AutoWorld headquarters.

"Romero doesn't deserve to be in the second car. He's not a good driver! He paid off the bosses and got the drive when there were better drivers in the trials. I know at least four guys who could do a better job in the car than Romero could."

In response to the statement, Astera Racing put out a short statement to the press:


Astera Racing Press Release
Response to Anonymous Statement

After the statement given to the AutoWorld Network by an anonymous Astera GT driver, Astera Racing has launched an investigation into the conduct of its GT drivers. AutoWorld Network is cooperating with the investigation. Astera Racing is not making any presumption of guilt and will not suspend any of our drivers until proof can be delivered of a driver's guilt. Astera Racing will make a full statement later.

Jeff Jordan hurled his clipboard at the back of the pits in sheer frustration. Stoddard DNQing after his hot lap was spoilt by residue in his tank. Turner lasting four laps before a suspension failure.

They had to regroup for the next race. There had ben high hopes for a maiden championship but two races and zero points was not the start they wanted.

Thank God for the media blackout, he thought. No-one will find out...

from TV1's website… by this point, the fickle broadcast media are starting to loose interest, with a competitive, Wright- and Berryman-less domestic scene dominating motorsport coverage.

…both Berryman and Wright found themselves firmly in the bottom of the table. Quintin Wright once again failed to deliver at the key moments, an ill-advised lap 25 attempted overtaking of Walton – struggling with gearbox issues but still a top-quality performer - doing for his chances when the car careered off the track at Leeds-Karussell. Wright was forced to concede several places. He admitted afterwards that he "had made mistakes," but failed to offer too many explanations commenting on what he described as "a truly bizarre race. I don't know exactly what was going on at the front – I couldn't see 'em for dust half the time – but how Prast went from sixteenth to second defies explanation. I've said it before, but this championship is going to take a hell of a lot of getting used to.

Pat Berryman again had a better time of it, rising from 25th on the starting grid to 22nd. "Consistent," was Berryman's blunt review of his performance. The MPC second driver found himself involved in a topsy-turvy with home star Lachapelle for much of the race, after having made first-corner gains against McRae and Ferrgamo. Regrettably for the under-fire star, he failed to make good a well-timed pit-stop to stay permanently ahead of the driver for the troubled Monteluci team.

While Ed Morales et al will feel duty-bound to talk up their chances, one feels that TV viewers in C&M can expect little better from their drivers in the first visit of the season to Liverpool England…

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VAN LUXEMBURG GP - RACE ANALYSIS
In Globo Multimedia - Presented by Breno Gavião

BRENO - "Welcome again frrrrriends of Globo Multimedia. Another rrrrrace of this Worrrrrld Grrrrrand Prrrrrix Championship. This time, the rrrrrace was in Van Luxemburrrrrg, in a verrrrry long cirrrrrcuit. I am in the best place to watch the rrrrrace and can't see the entirrrrre trrrrrack. Because of that, I looked more at the computer than at the cirrrrrcuit. This time, Cafundéu's team, Globo/Velog F1, could get some points with the famous Estive Forrrrrmoso. The number fifteen starrrrrted in the nineteenth position in the starrrrrting grrrrrid, but made the impossible and put the black car in the sixth position, earrrrrning six prrrrrecious points. Marella starrrrrted in the ninth position, but was afrrrrraid of crrrrrashing and let other drrrrrivers pass him. Estive commemorated a lot his rrrresult."

BRENO - "In the end, current champion Adam Terrrrraining won the rrrrrace, followed by his team mate Prrrrrast. Dubois finished in the thirrrrrd position. The team frrrrrom Bostopia decided to show InfoInterrrrnet that they arrrrre willing to battle to win the title again, and could do it well today. Our rrrrreporrrrrter talked with Estive Forrrrrmoso, who made an excellent rrrrrace today at Van Luxemburrrrrg."

REPORTER - "So, Estive, first points in the season. Satisfied?"

ESTIVE - "Of course! (sees a girl leaving the circuit passing near him and hugs her for some seconds) I'm very happy with my performance, as I started in the last positions. I'm a bit sad that Romer couldn't get points too. Our car is far from perfect, has many performance problems, and, although it's resistant, we can't fight for victories."

REPORTER - "Tell us more about our performance today."

ESTIVE - "Sure! In the first lap, I was able to win three positions, overtaking Lachapelle, Wilkings and one that I don't remember. When I went to my first pit-stop, I was already in the eleventh position, and passed Marella soon after. I stayed many laps in the tenth position, but three drivers got involved in a small accident, Durant, Hustorisson and Foree, and I could overtake them too. Finally, in the last laps, Ferregamo had to make another pit stop, and I could earn this sixth position."

REPORTER - "Thanks for your words."

(Estive hugs the reporter)

BRENO - "And that's all. We rrrrreturn next week!"

((OOC: Did anyone else notice that the final positions were listed 1-2-3-5-6-7-etc.? Just wanted to make sure things were scored correctly.))

www.Ox-ColaRacing.com

De Grousse Präiss vum Vun Lëtzebuerg was long, hard and tiring, but the course won out in the end as little to no movement occured amongst the drivers, as Stephan Villenueva started in 7th and finsihed there, and Henri Ferregamo started 28th and finished 23rd.

Overall, Villenueva is now tied for 8th and Ferregamo is now tied for 12th. In the constructor's championship, Ox-Cola racing is in 5th place overall.

The next race is the The Grand Prix of The Heartland at Circuit des Îles de l'Extérieur in Liverpool England. The track is new, so no team has a real advantage there. It has 2 long straights, in which speeds of over 190 have been recorded. The race is 68 laps, and the length of the course is 4.52 km.


Drivers Championship
8thT #13 Stephan Villenueva, OX-Cola Racing: 7pts
12thT #14 Henri Ferregamo, OX-Cola Racing: 5pts

Constructors Championship
5th OX-Cola Racing 12pts

((OOC: Did anyone else notice that the final positions were listed 1-2-3-5-6-7-etc.? Just wanted to make sure things were scored correctly.))

The Bostopian Motor Sport Association, current organisers of the World Grand Prix Championship, have issued the following statement.


Due to one of our office staff being a bit incompetant, like, the last results were skewed when it came to points drivers and teams earned. Basically, our watcher didn't see Turner come through, and malfunctioning computers showed him still as 4th. So they decided to skip Turner, and write 1,2,3,5,6,7 etc. These positions have now been fixed, and the updated and correct tables have been placed in the results section for the last Grand Prix. We apologise wholeheartedly for our errors.

So you see, not my fault, it's the BMSA's.

Monteluci: ‘We will be a Gentleman’s Racing Team’

‘Money will play no role in our team anymore’ Alfredo Monteluci spoke during a short stop at Monteluci’s HQ in Venice today. His speech was part of a renewed offensive from Monteluci for it’s F1 venture, after Baer has been fired by the team.

‘In F1, money and investors play a way too important role. F1 deserves to be an exciting sport, with a lot of competition, good to see. You don’t want to see lots of commercial operations around, we need to focus on the drivers and their cars. They make this sport, they make you want to see it. Therefore, Monteluci will be discarding all previous ideas of commercialising the sport, and focus on racing instead. Only direct suppliers of our team will be shown on our cars in the coming races. This also applies for pit crew overalls and many other items. We also won’t demand any money for a drivers’ seat in the sport anymore: drivers will still receive a salary similar to that of the competition, but they may not be sponsored by any company. This also increases the chance of increased racing capability, since the Drivers’ seat isn’t reserved for well-paid drivers anymore; we hope to recruit some new talents that can show skill’

Monteluci would be completely relying on the monetary supply from parent company VLT Automotive, which makes profits that increased into the tens of trillions recently. Currently, VLT has allocated 20 billion Euro for the Monteluci F1 team, and this is expected to increase throughout the next few seasons. The entire Sport Development Team from VLT Automotive and Weiß Motorsports has been loaned to Monteluci for the coming months, in order to design the RF13, a new racing car that should start in Formula One next year.

‘Monteluci simply has some startup problems. We hope to build up a firm driver base in the coming years and elect four of those drivers each year to drive for us. Our plan is to use different drivers every race, until we have found the optimal racing team. Monteluci will also use a fleet of RF12’s for testing of new drivers on domestic tracks and courses, aswell as some interesting driver cups: we are even looking into the possibilities of setting up a domestic racing cup with RF12’s, and allowing the champion of that cup to drive with an RF13 in the World Championship. We’re really trying to explore new possibilities, and we hope that can lead to an advantage for us. We know that the appropriate licenses for Formula one are expensive, but our financial management has agreed in paying the costs of a license for promising drivers. This means we can really choose the best Van Luxemburg has to offer. We hope that can affect our results in a positive way’ Technical Director Valentino Conti commented on the plan.

So far, Monteluci has recruited Anthony Morton, 2003-2005 Formula VL champion, as a supporter of the plan. He will be the Test Driver for the remaining races of the season. In other news, Monteluci has engaged in talks with Baer Gmbh again. Yesterday, the team was approached by a ruined Baer, who was fearing his career might be over if the GDAF revoked his license. ‘Currently, we can not say anything about the team and Baer. His future with Monteluci, and even his future in racing is still unsure. We are still determined to take legal action against him. We have asked the GDAF to cease the investigation for the moment, however.’ Alfredo Monteluci said during the conference. However, Both Paolo Monteluci and Yves Lachapelle will be the Monteluci Drovers for the rest of the season, with fourth driver Anthony Morton being Test Driver. Their first race together will be in Liverpool England, for the GP of The Heartland.

"Welcome to Ad'ihan City, ladies and gentlemen. I'm the chief organiser of the Grand Prix of The Heartland. This is the track you all will be racing on later in the week. We've had a wet spell recently but the weather forecast is for dry racing. I'll now take you around the track.

"The track, as you should have been able to tell by now, runs anti-clockwise. Let me just power on the simulator here..."

All the team representatives and drivers gathered around the big screen in the paddocks.

"Down through turn one and you have absolutely no space for overtaking whatsoever because it leads straight into turns 2, 3 and 4 in what we call the Cliff's Edge, because it resembles exactly that. Your first real chance of overtaking is at Protectorate Bend, but be quick because you only have about ten seconds before you encounter the track's only hairpin.

"Protectorate Two is a fourth-gear corner, and I'd advise teams looking for some extra time off their laptimes not to gear up here - you're very likely to run off. Down Newell Straight and into Harley Straight, here's your best chance to overtake.

"The last bit of the circuit is fairly straightforward, although your pit crews will have to work fast - the pit road is designed such that it is located on the opposite end of parc ferme and the podium, so it takes longer to get back onto track after a pit stop.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I wish all of you and your teams the best of luck. Safe racing, everyone."

With that, most people left. The Circuit at Ad'ihan (colloquial name for Outer Islands Motor Racing Circuit) is the first of two races on Liverpool England soil, and the home team had to meet the press.

"Troy, it's been a relatively average start to the season for the team. A good performance in Cafundéu but the team really struggled at the long road circuit in van Luxemburg?"

"Yes, we did. We're working to get the cars more suited for the long tracks, as we have a couple on the calendar this season. For now however everyone's focus is on this race, one of our home races, and hopefully we'll do well. We haven't actually raced here before, since this is a new track, but we have tested well here, so look forward to a good performance."

With that, the two drivers walked away, leaving the media wanting for more.

Grand Prix of The Heartland
Gran Premio del Heartland
Qualifying

1 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 1:34.410
2 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:34.410
3 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 1:34.410
4 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing 1:34.411
5 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 1:34.411
6 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 1:34.412
6 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 1:34.412
8 16 Romergleydson Marella Globo/Velog F1 1:34.414
9 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:34.416
10 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:34.418
11 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 1:34.420
12 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 1:34.421
13 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 1:34.423
14 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:34.433
15 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 1:34.435
16 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar 1:34.450
17 23 Paolo Monteluci Monteluci F1 1:34.452
18 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 1:34.454
19 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks 1:34.457
20 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 1:34.463
21 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 1:34.490
22 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:34.501
23 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:34.663
24 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:34.875
25 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 1:34.908
26 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 1:35.236
27 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 1:35.458
28 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 1:35.530
29 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 1:38.099
30 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 1:39.232

Lachapelle and Vaillancourt fail to qualify.

Gentleman Racers lose to Commercial Motorsport

‘Well, this time we expected it. As a new entry into F1, we can’t score points just in the beginning of the season. We are tenth, out of fifteen teams, so there is still not a lot to complain about. I think we’ll do just fine after all.’

In Liverpool England, at the GP of The Heartland, Monteluci failed to make a good qualification in their new ‘Team Philosophy’. While Paolo took an ‘acceptable’ 17th, Yves failed to qualify completely: it’s times were a staggering 4 seconds slower than the rest of the grid. According to Monteluci engineers, his car had problems with the fuel injection during the qualification, and the team was unable to fix the problems in time. Therefore, Lachapelle had to drive slow and careful.

‘Yes, it was really embarrassing, I must say. I had seen everyone do a way faster lap than me, and I was just there, driving my laps with one cylinder less. That didn’t really improve my qualification. Plus is, now that I can’t start, the team can check what’s wrong with the car’s engine. We suspect it is a problem with a fuel injection, causing one of the 8 cylindres to drop out during the qualifying. Officially, the car has broken down, and we’ll have to use a replacement car for the next race. Luckily I’m not in the race now, although it’s still sad I can’t participate.’

The technical crew from the Squadra Forze Sportive Monteluci later concluded it indeed was a non-operative cylinder, and the car has been traded in for a reserve vehicle for the next race.

Newcomer Paolo Monteluci had more luck, however. He qualified 17th, roughly 40 milliseconds behind the Scott Lecroix of Twin Crescent, which occupied Pole.
‘Yes, I think the race went well, this is the first time I’ve actually done a qualification, and tomorrow ill be my first race. It’s all just a matter of luck, really, although I’m training hard. I almost missed my braking point on the final corner, but I managed to keep the car on the track. My hope is that I can advance quite a bit throughout the ranks of F1, and end up in a situation where I can take some points home. It’s a matter of advancing 5 places ahead of my position on the starting grid, really. Let’s just hope luck is on our side.’ He said during the press conference. Last, but not least, Alfredo Monteluci had to report interesting news to the gathered press.

‘Daniel Baer has sent us a proposal for the next season, where he asks for only 50% of the offered salary of that year. As of now, Monteluci F1 has officially asked the GDAF to cease their investigation and will not pursue any legal action against Baer Gmbh. Daniel Baer will be employed as a test driver next year, alongside with Anthony Morton. Paolo Monteluci and Yves Lachapelle will be the base on which we will build on next year, while Anthony and Daniel will frequently change seats with the other drivers, to exploit each drivers’ advantages. We do expect to have a lot more success with the RF13 then. Monteluci will present the RF13 in Venice in a few days. We will however not use the car during this season, and it will be rolled out only in the 7th season of F1.’

www.Ox-ColaRacing.com

A good qualifign run by both Ox-Cola drivers have the team starting in 10th and 12th, good places to gain points. The drivers only finished 0.003 seconds apart and were about 0.010 seconds off the pole. So early indications are that the Gran Premio del Heartland will be a hard fought race that any driver could win, and Villenueva and Ferregamo have the cars to do it. I expect that they will both finish near the top of the standings.


10 #13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:34.418
12 #14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 1:34.421

Taken from www.autoworld.pb

Astera Qualify 18th, 25th

Another incredibly close qualifying session leaves the RBK Astera Team near the back of the grid as Scott Romero beats his teammate for the first time this season. Romero qualified 18th, just 44 thousandths of a second off of pole. Foree qualified 25th, about a half a second off of pole. For Foree, tyre issues gave him trouble around the circuit.

"Well, the qualifying tyre that we used had an issue with graining that we've never seen before. All the rest of our practice tyres worked fine, so we think that the tyres might have been defective. Despite this, we're confident in the performance of the car, and we're ready for a very close race."

A representative of Falkirk Group offered an explanation. "We here at Falkirk Tyres are investigating the graining issue on the RBK Astera qualifying tyres. We don't know how the tyres got past our strict quality control, but we promise that the issue will not occur at the next race."

Grand Prix of The Heartland
Gran Premio del Heartland
Race


1 24 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 1:55:38.537 0:00:00.000
2 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 1:56:28.096 0:00:49.559
3 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 1:57:07.774 0:01:29.237
4 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:57:10.519 0:01:31.982
5 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 1:57:11.426 0:01:32.889
6 20 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 1:57:12.065 0:01:33.528
7 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:57:35.100 -1 lap
8 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 1:57:44.799 -1 lap
9 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 1:57:50.271 -1 lap
10 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:57:52.242 -1 lap
11 16 Romergleydson Marella Globo/Velog F1 1:57:54.433 -1 lap
12 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 1:58:03.517 -1 lap
13 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 1:58:26.788 -1 lap
14 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:58:34.932 -1 lap
15 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:58:59.924 -2 laps
16 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing 1:59:02.807 -2 laps
17 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 1:59:03.379 -2 laps
18 23 Paolo Monteluci Monteluci F1 1:59:48.395 -2 laps
19 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar 2:00:09.975 -2 laps
20 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 2:00:28.090 -2 laps
21 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez 2:02:37.271 -4 laps
22 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks 2:02:48.539 -4 laps
14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing DNF 64
10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed DNF 60
11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing DNF 35
19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing DNF 32
0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 DNF 24
8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. DNF 18


Drivers Championship

1 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 30
2 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 27
3 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 26
4 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 22
5 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 20
" 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 20
" 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 20
8 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 17
" 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 17
10 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 10
" 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 10
12 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 8
" 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 8
14 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 7
" 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 7
" 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 7
17 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 6
18 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 5
19 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 4
20 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 3
" 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 3
22 16 Romergleydson Marella Globo/Velog F1 2


Constructors Championship

1 Bostopia F1 57
2 InfoInternet LivEng Racing 43
3 Dallaire Racing 30
4 Globo/Velog F1 24
5 OX-Cola Racing 23
" RBK Astera Racing 23
7 Stellar-WRM Racing 20
8 Twin Crescent Racing 18
9 Federal Racing 15
10 Quakmybush Racing Inc. 10
11 The UIR Ducks 7
12 Scotchpinestan Speed 5
13 Monteluci F1 4

IT’S ALL OVER

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A Monteluci Crew Member doesn't look too happy after the GP of the Heartland

Even with a new Team philosophy, they don’t seem to be able to really take some decent results home: Paolo Monteluci finished 18th in Liverpool England, at the GP of the Heartland.

‘We don’t really know what to say anymore. Lachapelle didn’t even participate, and now Paolo Monteluci finished 18th. Our good hopes from the beginning of the season are shattered. After three races, we couldn’t do any better than one single 8th position, giving us one point. There really is only one thing to say right now: Bad luck. Incredible bad luck. We might well be one of the teams that have the most money available, but we’re only dropping positions right now. Even Kreuzbad couldn’t help us. This is really disastrous.’ Technical Director Valentino Conti spoke to the press after the race.

‘It’s a shame, really. I didn’t have any chance to drive competitively. I even lost one position, and I’ve been driving there for the whole race. I couldn’t do anything from there. It is just sit down and cry, really. Our team can’t do anything against the teams ahead of us, and I think that our chance to end up somewhere in the top 5 of the constructors’ championship is completely lost.’ A sceptic Paolo Monteluci said during the press conference.

Meanwhile, the race in Liverpool England was a refreshing one for the viewer, with a lot of dropouts. 6 cars did not finish, amongst them current champion Adam Terraining.

“…only the third time it has happened in the past year.”

“Alright, thank you Reverend. Reverend Paul O’Jones of the Limbel Christian Fellowship Church, Albrecht, there. Now Steve can bring us the rest of today’s sport.”

“Thanks Samira. We can start in Zapata, where Amis-Cohen starlet Urban Mokhtari secured his first victory of his AutoSportSeries career. In an almost record-beating time of 45 minutes, 13 seconds; Mokhtari led from the first corner, leaving early championship leader Ollie Ibbotson picking up healthy points in second place. An ecstatic Mokhtari spoke after the race.”

“Oh, man… This is just, like, a dream come true. I gotta thank my manager, all the AC crew, my mum, God –”

[Director hastily switches back to Steve in the studio. State telly doesn’t do God.]

“Elsewhere, Scott Stoddard of Stellar-WRM picked up his first points – and a win – of the year in the Grand Prix of the Heartland. Pat Berryman, still clearly the better driver of C&M’s effort, finished 15th ahead of Quintin Wright in 21st – second from last with six drivers having failed to finish.

In cricket, Abiodun beat Melin by four wickets in the day’s only Cities Championship game; Lloyd Hollis the top performer with figures of four for forty-four.”

“Okay, thanks again Steve, and I think we can take you back to the MSS for continued post-match coverage of C&M’s heroic World Cup qualifying defeat to Az-cz –”

Many miles away, Eduardo Morales, team principal of MPC C&M, angrily switched off the feed of TV1’s Evening News. Sucking irritably on a cigarette*, he turned to his secretary. (For the record, Morales has an Italian accent, kind of Frankie Dettori-y. This is probably for effect.)

“Eh, Debbie! What’s going on? Il Big Blues get their asses whupped by a buncha gnomes, and that’s a bigger story that us? Domestic racing’s a bigger story than us?? What’s the big idea??!”

The Debbie shrugged apologetically. Morales scowled. “Whadda the plebs back home want, eh? Victories? Heroics? Sex, drugs and rock and roll? What??”

He breathed deeply before calling again to the secretary. “Eh, Debbie. Get me Don** John on the blower. Tell him to think me up a scandal. I want front pages come Parabellium, you here me?”

* The C&M equivalent of a Cuban cigar. Candelariasians, being of a naturally puritanical lefty disposition, don’t take especially kindly to fags.

Or cigarettes.

** It’s short for Donald.

Taken from www.autoworld.pb

Tyre Issues Plague Astera

After another poor qualifying performance, the RBK Astera Team had another average race in the Grand Prix of the Heartland, finishing 12th and 13th. Both drivers finished a lap down after more trouble with the Falkirk tyres.

"We haven't had this happen at the previous two races at all," said team manager Alexander Emge. "The tyres started to grain and we had to drastically change our pit strategy when it happened. We looked at one of the tyres after a pit stop and it was worn down immensely. The Falkirk rep had no idea what was going on with the tyre. We just had to be very conservative with the car to prevent the tyres from going away quickly, so our times were not what we wanted. The car performed normally, but the tyres failed us again."

Falkirk refused to comment on the issue, but the company did release a statement. "The Falkirk tyres supplied to the RBK Astera Team are the absolute best racing tyres we have ever made. We are investigating the issues and we promise that a solution will be found for the next round of the championship."

Technical Director Thomas McDonald had a different view about the situation. "I've reviewed the tyre performance on the three tracks, and I believe that the tyres we were supplied for this round were just defective. The tyres we used at the first two races were the exact same compound and they experienced the exact same loads. I hope that Falkirk can rectify the situation, because the race at the Kiranoring is coming up next."

-In other news, the support races for the Grand Prix of Parabellium were finalized. The final round of the PRA GT3 Championship and the fourth round of the Formula Astera developmental series will be run before the Grand Prix. AutoWorld will broadcast the races before the Grand Prix, which will be shown on Channel 2 and AutoWorld.

OOC:

Good afternoon guys.

Because British, and therefore lazy, and very interested in this game, is it possible that when the sign ups for the next season are on, someone contacts me?

Cheers

OOC:

Good afternoon guys.

Because British, and therefore lazy, and very interested in this game, is it possible that when the sign ups for the next season are on, someone contacts me?

Cheers

No problem, will make sure it's done.

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THE HEARTLAND GP - RACE ANALYSIS

In Globo Multimedia - Presented by Breno Gavião

BRENO - "And we arrrrre in the end of the last lap, Stoddarrrrrd comes to take the victory and... Stoddarrrrrd wins. But the rrrrrace continues for the other drrrrriverrrrrs. And herrrrre he comes, Estive Forrrrrmoso, to get the second place, to rrrrreach the podium, to win points, to drrrrrink champagne, to put Cafundéu's flag in the podium, to commemorrrrrate... Estive Forrrrrmoso passes in second! And Prrrrrast is coming as the thirrrrrd placed. Amazing rrrrrace of Estive Forrrrrmoso. Starting in the twentieth place, overtaking many opponents, and finishing as second. Marrrrrella wins points two, with a good eleventh position, although he starrrrrted in the eight position."

BRENO - "And let's see the podium. After the anthems, the trrrrophies will be given. Estive is commemorrrrrating... he hugs the winner Stoddarrrrrd, who wins his trrrrrophy now. And now he rrrrreceives his... he hugs the man that gave him the trrrrrophy, hugs his assistant, and hugs the trrrrrophy!"

(After the podium commemoration)

BRENO - "And our rrrrreporrrrrter is with him, Estive Forrrrrmoso. Let's hear him!"

REPORTER - "So, Estive, second position. Good race. What to you have to say?"

(Estive hugs the reporter)

ESTIVE - "I liked to be in the podium, the result was extremely good. I was confident that I could make a good race, some cars were involved in accidents, and the pit crew did a very good jobs. I am happy that Romer won points too. You know, our car can not be the best, but sometimes it can show that it is not the worst. I could get this very good second position, and I hope to be able to continue winning points."

REPORTER - "Thanks, Estive."

BRENO - "Estive is now the fourrrrrth placed in the drrrrriverrrrrs competition, while Globo/Velog is in the same place in the constrrrrructorrrrrs competition. See you next week!"

www.Ox-ColaRacing.com

A cup-half filledtype of day for the team as With 5 laps left, one racer was in 1st and the 2nd racer was in 5th, but a slick spot left behind by an earlier crash left Ox-Cola racing with only a top 5 finish and a DNF.

Henri Ferregamo had just passed Scott Stoddard of Stellar-WRM Racing for the lead on lap 64, when he hit a slick spot caused by the Lap 18 crash of Paul Mackenzie. Ferregamo slid off the track and crashed into the outer barrier of turn #14 aka Burle Corner. Henri was not injured, but the car was unable to continue. Despite this, Stephan Villenueva finished in 4th place, just over 90 seconds back.

After three races, the team is now tied for 5th with RBK Astera Racing in the Constructors Championship.

In the Driver's Championship, Stephan Villeneuva is now tied for 8th with 17 points, while Henri Ferregamo slides down to 17th with 6 points.

Up next is The Grand Prix of Parabellium at Kiranoring. This cource is a very technical one with 25 turns, but no hairpins. The race will be 50 laps and each lap is 7km long.

4th #13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:57:10.519
23rd #14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing DNF Lap 64

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LIVERPOOL ENGLAND GP - RACE ANALYSIS

OOC: I expect Globo will issue an apology next episode, because this wasn't the GP LE (that's later this season) :p

"How does this thing work, Scotty?"

"Just type there, bossman."

"OK."

Yay! We won! Thanks of course to my brilliant tactics and cuting out a tyre stop.

"Is this OK?"

"Yes, apart from not mentioning my driving..."

"I'm coming to that."

It looked as if it would not work, as the tyres had to last a long time, and Feregano

"Is that how you spell it?"

"Doesn't matter."

took the lead but went off straightaway.

"Er..."

"What, Scott?"

"Aren't you going to mention my thoughts on that?"

"Such as?"

"How I knew that there was oil there and lulled him into a false sense of security?"

"No, that'll humiliate the poor chap. Bad enough for him he is not driving for the great Jeff Jordan."

"Whatever."

Scotty managed to nurse to a dominant win. We are still investigating the problems that bedeveld

"Pass me the tipp-ex..."

"Doesn't matter, boss, just go on..."

Bob, but we're onto them. Just as we're back in the Championship. Watch out for the Stellars!

"Bloody hell, Scott, the sooner this newspaper strike finishes the better...I don't like this blooging or whatever you call it..."

After noticing huge mistakes made during the last Grand Prix Championship broadcast, Globo directors acted fast. They got all the tapes and DVDs that recorded the Globo transmission of the race. Most of them were bought, as Globo is one of the richest companies of Cafundéu. Some people didn't want to sell their videos. So, they were accused of stealing copyrighted material, and had to give their tapes and DVDs to Globo.

Once with the videos, Globo edited all the mistakes, substituting them by the correct word or commentary. Now, although many heard them during the live transmission, nobody can prove that Globo made a mistake.

(OOC: sorry for the mistake, it's Breno Gavião's fault, as he makes a lot of mistakes)

From the Vickery Sun:

Giordano blows it

Pierre-Marc Giordano proved his mettle at the Grand Prix of the Heartland by overcoming great obstacles to place 20th, after qualifying 6th.

The car was reliable and quicker than most of the 14 it got overtaken by. The pit crew had a perfect day. But in spite of it all Giordano had his sights set on 20th place and no one, not even teammate Andy Oliver, who placed 19th, could stand in his way.

What could explain this amazing performance? Sheer determination is a stock answer, but we should also give due credit to ineptitude. Giordano, always so modest about his achievements, attributed the wondrous slide down the leaderboard to the track conditions.

The track conditions. The same track conditions which allowed Scott Stoddard to win from 11th place in the grid, presumably.

The Grand Prix of Parabellium
Qualifying

1 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:46.000
2 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 1:46.000
3 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 1:46.001
4 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks 1:46.002
5 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 1:46.004
6 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 1:46.005
7 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 1:46.007
8 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:46.012
9 16 Romergleydson Marella Globo/Velog F1 1:46.013
10 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 1:46.015
11 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 1:46.015
12 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 1:46.033
13 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:46.034
14 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:46.043
15 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 1:46.053
16 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:46.062
17 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 1:46.091
18 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 1:46.112
19 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 1:46.117
20 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:46.126
21 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 1:46.164
22 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing 1:46.165
23 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 1:46.267
24 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 1:46.376
25 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 1:46.446
26 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar 1:46.453
27 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:46.458
28 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 1:46.530
29 23 Paolo Monteluci Monteluci F1 1:46.638
30 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 1:47.477

Monteluci & Teraining fail to qualify.

OOC: Apologies for this being slightly later than usual

"...yes, indeed, they are celebrating. It's tied, but it's the first time they've had a pole position in just their fourth race. But the team are also a little apprehensive, Giordano after all has already established a reputation of choking and one fan made a sarcastic remark that he managed 20th after qualifying 6th last time, so he's well set up to finish last this time... Now Andy Oliver is starting from quite far back; the qualifying times really were extremely close today..."

"Sorry Jim, we've got to cut to an ad break right now. We'll be right back with the pre-race show ahead of the race at the Grand Prix of Para-"

The host of F1 on NSN, however, was cut off by an announcer screaming, "ARE YOUR HAEMORROIDS DRIVING YOU CRAZY? CAN'T GET ANY RELIEF?"

(OOC: Argh, again a slow qualification. Poor Monteluci…)

‘Ladies and gentlemen, once again welcome to Formula One Insight, this time broadcasting from Parabellium. This time with an even more depressing qualification, isn’t it?’ Nicholas spoke, turning to John Stephens about halfway the sentence.

‘Yes. Sadly, they didn’t do any better than 23rd for Lachapelle this time. Paolo Monteluci couldn’t qualify at all, in fact. I think we should stop talking about Monteluci and see how this works out. The team lost a lot of positions in the contructors’ championship, and it isn’t easy to make a comeback from all the way down on the list. This is only the fourth race, but there isn’t a hope in hell that we can end somewhere high up on the leaderboard.’ Stephens answered, heavily leaning on the table.

‘Since there currently is no word from either Monteluci or Lachapelle, we cannot report any further on the matter. The qualification seemed to be quite good for both drivers, and they finished very close behind the driver who occupied pole, Villenueva. But, we have to get on with the next item on the show.’ Nicholas said quickly after Stephens and finished, and turned to Stephens again.

‘Yes. Now, a while ago, Monteluci asked us to come visit their facilities in Venice. And, ofcourse, I wasn’t so rude to refuse that. In fact, I went with a smile.’

The tape started in, showing an Aston Martin DB9 Volante blasting down a wide motorway, bathing in the sun. The car travelled through fields and past picturesque towns, sometimes blowing away parts of plants and crops growing close to the motorway. The view changed to the inside of the car, where John Stephens could be seen, driving the DB9.

‘Hello all. I’ve travelled to Venice today for a special day in the Monteluci factories. We will be broadcasting parts of it during days that F1 races will take place. Let’s see… Here it is. This should be the exit to the Monteluci factories.’

The view changed to a camera standing at the exit, and saw the Aston taking the exit, slowing down heavily to adjust to the speed limits that came into effect again. The car drove past a large amount of signs sending drivers into every direction, from the test track to the R&D department.

‘Reception… Well, that should be it.’ Stephens said, parking his car on a large parking lot, where all kinds of cars could be seen. The building itself was a mixture of modern and classic architecture: The complete outside looked like it had been there for a while, but the glass entry and the small bit of the glass roof that could be seen gave away it was a completely new building. He walked inside, but was stopped by a security guard.

‘This is a restricted area, sir. Do you have an appointment?’

‘Yes, in fact I have. John Stephens, I’ve been invited by Monteluci for a visit of the facilities.’

‘Stephens…. Yes, that is correct. Your guide is waiting for you at the R& D Department.’

Stephens walked on to a lift, where he had to push the button for the top floor. The lift rose to the required level without a sound, and the doors slid open in silence. Stephens was welcomed by a pair of paintings depicting Monteluci’s previous motorsport victories, more than 50 years ago nowadays.

‘Welcome, Mr Stephens.’ A man in a simple polo shirt and jeans addressed him. His nametag read ‘Alfredo Monteluci, and it indeed was the manager of Monteluci’s F1 team, as well as the overall brand.

‘I will be guiding you around the building. We will start where every car starts, the design department. Currently, they’re hard at work, so we won’t interrupt them.’ He said, allowing Stephens a look in the wide, open room, where several engineers worked on 3D depictions of the RF13, as well as some road cars.

‘Our engineers work here on a flexible basis, and we are doing everything to comfort our employees. In fact, the actual automobile designers usually work at home or travel around Van Luxemburg, to get inspiration and draw refreshing things. They usually show up around once a week. Here, everything is worked out into detail. Sketches get turned into 3D models, after which…’ Monteluci walked on to another room, where engineers worked on several models of F1 cars and normal road legal cars.

‘They are taken to the modelling department. Here, we make a scale model of the car, which we test in wind tunnels, and to perfect the actual design with. A small wind tunnel is in the room next door, but a full-scale wind tunnel is in our testing department over in Wing D. That’s also where the test track and crash test facilities are, but you’ll see that later on.’

Monteluci walked on to the next door, although it was quite far way from the others.

‘This is where we make the hand built prototypes. That is, for testing purposes, or for show. The F1 cars are also constructed here, at least, the initial ones. The others get constructed at a department we will visit later on.’

The room was large, clean and sterile, but there were enough tools to create hand built cars. Several Monteluci’s were parked there, including a few which were covered up by special protective covers, to protect them from curious eyes. Only one of them was clearly shaped like an F1 car, while the others seemed to be several road-legal car prototypes. Engineers were working on a Monteluci Duca, into which they slowly lowered a 4-cilinder engine.

‘New engine concepts. We like to experiment, you see. You’re lucky to see this, these engines are to be launched in a somewhat distant future. At least, it will take a while before they will start appearing in Monteluci’s and other cars.’

He then walked on to the end of the hallway, where the wall was completely made out of centimetres-thick glass. The only thing that was not made out of glass was a huge lift door, where a car could easily fit through. When one looked through the glass, he could look all the way down to the ground, since the center part of the building, in the shape of a cross, didn’t contain any floors. The lift shaft was also made out of glass, and so was the lift.

‘This is how we transport the cars that are constructed here downstairs. These lifts are present on all four parts of the building. These four parts of the building are divided by this empty cross in the middle, as you can see. Oh, wait. Here comes a car.’ Alfredo said, as he saw a group of technicians roll the Duca they saw before into the lift.

‘We will follow them. The rest of this building contains offices and the entire top floor belongs to the R & D department. We will now go to Wing D, which can be reached by an underground tunnel.’ Monteluci said, following the engineers into the lift.

‘Ladies and Gentlemen, the next episode of my visit to Monteluci will be broadcasted for the next race.’ John Stephens said to the camera, as the lift doors closed, and the lift went down.

Taken from www.autoworld.pb

Falkirk Dropped After Average Qualifying

The Falkirk tyre issues that plagued Astera in the last race brought them disappointment at the Kiranoring with another average qualifying. Kenneth Foree was 33 thousandths of a second off of pole in 12th, while Scott Romero qualified in 28th, about four tenths of a second off of pole. Despite the problems, the team believes that the race tomorrow will be a good one for them.

"We like coming back home, and to race in front of our fans and the royal family is nothing short of spectacular. We wanted to take a one-two on home soil, but we can do it in the race. We think that our knowledge of the track will help us out because we know how to handle the little things that the track can throw at you. We just need to be ready to handle the race and bring home a win before the home crowd," said Foree after qualifying.

The team is planning to drop Falkirk after two straight races with tyre issues. The tyre manufacturer has not released a statement. Astera Racing representative Leslie Banks released a short statement, saying "The issues we have experienced with Falkirk tyres are not what we expected when the championship started. We have contacted Cirella Tyres and asked them to become our new tyre supplier. We are still waiting for a response, but we expect them to be receptive to our idea."

-In the support races, Glen Calaway took pole for the Formula Astera race, while Thomas McDowell claimed pole for the GT3 race in his Continental CZ300.
-The Astera Racing team have fired Anthony Enders after discovering that he was the driver who sent an audio tape to AutoWorld. Enders came close to earning a test drive for the RBK Astera team, but lost out because of an attitude issue. He has driven for Astera for three years in the GT3 championship.

UST (Uir Spor Talavisin[Uiri Sports Television])


'The Uir Ducks are excited. Considering that this was their first grand prix and there wasn't any circuit yet built in their own country they were doing well. Alexander, who had failed to qualify in the first GP was excited after finishing fourth. Hustorrison was equally excited after finishing 11th. He had done better but as long as he qualified for every single GP they could clinch a top 5 spot.

'The manager on the other hand was less than pleased. "Du hev u kakin,"("You have to win,") he screamed in Uir at Alexander whom finished fourth. " Redax," ("relax,") was all he had to say to his boss.

'There are rumours floating around that Alexander is doing worse than expected and could be replaced by Robert with the test driver taking the second driver spot. Of course with this performance it's all the more unlikely'

The anchor finished his GP news flash.

www.Ox-ColaRacing.com
The Grand Prix of Parabellium


Stephan Villenueva earned his first Pole today by less than 1/10000th of a second over Pierre-Marc Giordano of Team Revel-Celestar. And teammate Henri Ferregamo will start 6th. With two drivers starting that close to the front, Ox-Cola racing is favored to get its first win of the year.


1 #13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:46.000
6 #14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 1:46.005

Stephan Villenueva earned his first Pole today by less than 1/10000th of a second over Pierre-Marc Giordano of Team Revel-Celestar

OOC: F1 times are only calculated to the thousandth, otherwise I believe the cars are split by second-best lap (and if needed, third-best, fourth-best etc.)

The Grand Prix of Parabellium
Race

1 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 1:53:33.486
2 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 1:53:47.340
3 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 1:53:59.724
4 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 1:54:29.329
5 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:54:43.211
6 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 1:54:44.994
7 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:54:48.759
8 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 1:55:02.904
9 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 1:55:16.963
10 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 1:55:22.580
11 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:55:25.644
12 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. -1 Lap
13 24 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing -1 Lap
14 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed -1 Lap
15 16 Romergleydson Marella Globo/Velog F1 -1 Lap
16 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing -1 Lap
17 20 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing -1 Lap
18 23 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 -1 Lap
19 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez -1 Lap
20 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing -1 Lap
21 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. -2 Laps
22 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing -2 Laps
23 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez -2 Laps
24 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar -2 Laps

23 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing DNF 50
19 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks DNF 47
24 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks DNF 42
21 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing DNF 13


Drivers' Championship

1 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 37
2 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 34
3 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 32
4 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 30
5 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 28
6 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 25
7 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 23
8 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 20
" 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 20
" 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 20
11 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 13
" 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 13
13 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 10
" 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 10
" 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 10
16 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 8
" 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 8
18 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 7
" 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 7
20 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 5
21 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 4
22 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 3
" 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 3
24 16 Romergleydson Marella Globo/Velog F1 2


Constructors' Championship

1 Bostopia F1 64
2 InfoInternet LivEng Racing 53
3 Dallaire Racing 42
4 Globo/Velog F1 39
5 OX-Cola Racing 33
" RBK Astera Racing 33
7 Scotchpinestan Speed 25
8 Stellar-WRM Racing 20
9 Twin Crescent Racing 18
10 Federal Racing 15
11 Quakmybush Racing Inc. 11
12 The UIR Ducks 7
13 Monteluci F1 4
14 Team Revel-Celestar 3

Taken form www.autoworld.pb

Astera Claim 4th, 16th

After more tyre issues created a poor qualifying, the RBK Astera team delivered a good finish for Scott Romero, who finished 30 seconds off of the podium. The graining issue left Kenneth Foree back in 16th and a lap down.

Scott Romero was impressed with his finish. "I don't know how the tyres held up around the track. My pit crew said that the tyres were graining badly, yet I didn't feel anything. The car felt good and it handled good, so I guess that's how I kept it in contention. I just want to get on the new Cirella tyres and get ready for the next grand prix."

Falkirk released a short statement after the race, saying "The Falkirk Group recognizes the issues with our F1 tyres. We are disappointed in Astera's decision, but we respect it given the circumstances. We will not be taking Astera to court over breach of contract, because Astera bought out the contract."

-In other news, Ned Williamson won the Formula Astera race by thirteen seconds over Charles McCarthy.
-Edward Jones won the GT3 race and the championship in his Continental CZ300. His nearest rival, Mark Samuels, failed to bring his Astera Nova home after an accident.

‘Hello, and welcome to another Formula One Insight. We’re still in Parabellium, although we will be flying towards Wentland this afternoon. John, we’ve both seen the race, I guess our viewers at home saw it as well… What did you think?’ Bousquet remarked, this time seated on the sofa, together with John Stephens.

‘Well, this race certainly proves that we can be a tad optimistic, but one has got to realise that Lachapelle got those positions due to people dropping out of the race, not due to a good race. Sadly, I’m afraid that this is the pace Monteluci will be moving at this season. I heard them saying that they’re putting all their money on the next season at this moment. They are just testing things for next year at this moment.’

‘Well, you’re the expert, after all, you’ve seen them at work in Venice. We will now take a look at the next episode in your tour around the Monteluci factories…’

The tape started in, and the image changed to a lift, which was probably in the Monteluci Factory. As the door opened, Alfredo Monteluci and John Stephens exited, followed by a whole team of Monteluci Engineers, who continued rolling a Monteluci Duca down a long underground tunnel. The two men followed, and casually walked after them.

‘This tunnel leads to Wing D. That part of the estate is somewhat further away, and we don’t want to roll prototypes out over an open road, because we don’t want to show it to the public, of photographers for that matter, just yet. Eventually, it ends in the building that houses the wind tunnel, crash test facilities, and outside, the test track. The tunnel is about a kilometre long.’

The two men walked down the tunnel, and followed the engineers towards another lift again, which took them up to the ground floor of the Wing D building.

‘Welcome in Wing D. This is where our testing department is housed. On your left, where the engineers are rolling the Duca into that garage, is where we measure Horsepower output, torque, etc.’ Alfredo said, as he opened the door to show that the engineers pushed the automobile on a rolling road, after which the test started.
‘Well, since the output results are secret, we will move on. Next up is the wind tunnel, where we test the aerodynamics of the cars.’

The two stepped into the next room, which was huge. At the end, a large fan was installed, where the wind would come from when the wind tunnel was in use. A control room was built on the right of the wind tunnel, where several technicians overlooked many monitors that would usually show readouts of the wind tunnel. Now, the tunnel was empty, and Stephens and Monteluci were the only people to occupy it.

‘Next room are the crash test facilities. I’ve been told that they’re crashing a Duca SFS, so we better take the door to the control center, unless we want to get smashed by a Monteluci that will be launched against a wall.’ Alfredo said, opening the door to the control room.

‘Yes, I think I don’t want to end my life by getting smashed against a wall with a car for testing purposes.’ Stephens said, with a grin.

The control room was spacious, and it offered a great view of the crash test area. Since Monteluci and Stephens waited, the technicians in the control room had already prepared the test, and only had to push the button to let the catapult launch the car. As one of the technicians pushed the button, the car leaped ahead, following the preset path, before slamming into the concrete wall at 60 km/h. The car certainly was damaged, but the passengers’ compartment was almost completely intact, except for a few dents.

‘We have been working on making the cars we produce safer. This is a great example here: at 60 km/h, the passengers won’t be badly hurt, maybe some minor bruises and scratches. Well, anyways, we’ll have to move on, otherwise our time will be up before we reach the end of the factory!’ Alfredo said, after which he grinned. He then exited the control room, and walked on. He took the next door, which allowed access to a somewhat smaller room, where a lot of engines had been installed in a complex system of tubes, wires and exhausts. All engines seemed to run at full throttle, and produced a huge amount of noise.

‘Here we test the reliability of our engines. This is a full-throttle test, and fuel is constantly supplied to the engine, while we monitor every specific of the engine: if something breaks, we know what we’ll have to improve.’ Alfredo shouted, trying to be audible with the engines running on the background. He then walked back to the door, and exited the room. Followed by Stephens, Monteluci quickly walked across the hallway, opening a large door. It lead to an asphalt road outside the building.

‘As you might have figured, this is our test track. It is a really interesting track, we have been trying to simulate a lot of possible road types, but also hairpins, sharp corners, and that all packed closely together. There is also an oval for high-speed testing, aswell as a simulated motorway, for testing at those speeds. We usually do a lot at our own track, but we’ll have to send cars out into the open every now and then. Which is, I must admit, beneficial for our marketing, so to say. The scoop pictures are free attention which we love to have around here.’

‘I’m afraid we will have to make a cut here. Next time, I’ll be demonstrating the test track, and in later episodes, we’ll also be showing you the production facilities, amongst other things.’

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PARABELLIUM GP - RACE ANALYSIS
In Globo Multimedia - Presented by Breno Gavião

BRENO - "And we arrrrre rrrrreaching the end of one morrrrre rrrrrace in this season, the firrrrrst season of our team, Globo/Velog! This is the Grrrrrand Prrrrrix of Parrrrrabellium... I did it rrrrright now? - (hear his earphone) - Good - (returning to the camera) - not that I made a mistake beforrrrre today or in prrrrrevious rrrrraces, just to check, of courrrrrse. And the winner is coming... he is in the last currrrrves of the rrrrrace, and is... Zwilling, of Scotchpinestan Speed team! But we arrrrre rrrrreally expecting to see the second placed. For a second time, Estive Forrrrrmoso passes as the second placed, and Dubois is the thirrrrrd! Verrrrry good perrrrrforrrrrmance of Forrrrrmoso again, this time starrrrrting in the tenth place! Marella, even starrrrrting in the ninth place, finished just in the twenty-fifth place."

BRENO - "With this rrrrresult, Globo/Velog continues in the fourrrrrth position, but Estive makes a jump in the standings. He goes to the firrrrrst place! Yes, our drrrrriver is in the firrrrrst position in the drrrrriver standings, something that we werrrrren't expecting! Maybe he can keep this position, it would be amazing! Unforrrrrtunately, Marella didn't finish well in his rrrrraces, and can be out of the team soon. We heard that the team is willing to rrrrrelegate him to the position of test drrrrriver, and the currrrrent test drrrrriver João Iller will take his place in the team."

BRENO - "And now to the podium! Estive leaves the car, kisses it, dances a bit, licks the car and hugs it! He is rrrrreally happy! He goes to his mechanics, and hugs them too, before going to the podium. Zwilling looks at him with a strrrrrange face. Maybe he thinks that our drrrrriver is strrrrrange, but he is just excited with another good rrrrresult. They arrrrre now getting their trrrrrophies. As usual, Estive hugs the man who give him the trrrrophy, and even the mechanical of Scotchpinestan Speed who rrrrreceived a trrrrrophy beforrrrre him. He gets the champagne, and drrrrrinks half of the bottle! Well, our rrrrreporrrrrter is waiting for him."

REPORTER - "Yes, and I'll talk with him now. Hey Estive, another good result. How are you feeling?"

(Estive comes with the champagne still in his hand)

ESTIVE - "It's very good. Two podiums in four races, finished all the races, everything is going fine for me. Another time in the podium, commemorating, drinking, it's wonderful!"

REPORTER - "But not so good for Romer..."

ESTIVE - "Yes, he is not getting good results, but I think that he is happy for me too. Two second places, maybe in the future I can even win a race, don't you think? It's my dream to be the first and hear the anthem of Cafundéu, I think that I won't be able to stop the tears if this day comes."

REPORTER - "Romer will probably be substituted by Iller..."

ESTIVE - "I like Iller, my style is similar to his. We will make a good team together."

REPORTER - "Estive. Do you know that, with this result, you are now the first placed in the overall standings?"

ESTIVE - "I am? I didn't know! Hahaha!"

(Estive hugs the reporter and drinks the other half of the champagne)

ESTIVE - "I am going to commemorate a lot today! First placed! Oh my God!"

(Estive kneels down and makes a fast prayer)

ESTIVE - "I was expecting this moment for a long time. Thanks for telling me that. Sorry, but I must go to commemorate!"

BRENO - "And we end today's trrrrransmission! See you in the next rrrrrace!"

(OOC: if I can, I would like to nominate João Pedro Iller (my test driver, included in my post in the sign-ups thread) as my second driver in the place of Romergleydson Marella)

www.Ox-ColaRacing.com
The Grand Prix of Parabellium


One ill-timed pit-stop cost OX-Cola Racing it's first win of the year. Both of the team's drivers were running 1st and 2nd on Lap 42 when Alexander Forristo of The UIR Ducks crashed on turn 11 bringing out a caution, while both drivers just entered the pits. This allowed Jeff Zwilling of Scotchpinestan Speed to take the lead and eventually win the race. Villenueva wound up finishing 7th and Ferregamo 9th. Despite the unfortunate caution, both drivers proved that they can run up front, and that will bode well for the future. In the Driver's championship Villeneuva is in 7th place, just 14 points of the lead and in the Constructor's championship, Ox-Cola is now in 5th place with 33 points. Up next is The Grand Prix of Wentland on the Southdown Circuit. The Southland Circuit is a 14-miles long track with many long stretches of straight-away, which should lead to high speeds.


7th #13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:54:48.759
9th #14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 1:55:16.963

Driver's Championship
7th #13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 23pts
13th (t) #14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 10pts

Constructors' Championship
5th (t) OX-Cola Racing 33pts

Zwilling wins one for Scotchpinestan

The fledgling Scotchpinestan Speed team has had its ups and downs, as was expected. But its ups have been higher than many expected, with Marty McRae placing in the very first race of the season. But when Jeff Zwilling qualified third for the Grand Prix of Parabellium, the hopes of a nation rested on his shoulders.

And he delivered.

Zwilling elected to stay out after the two cars ahead of him went into the pits on a caution on lap 42. The gamble almost backfired, as Estive Formoso nearly caught him three laps from the finish on fresher tires. But Formoso brushed the wall on turn 2 on the penultimate lap, and Zwilling was able to pull away for the win.

And he even had enough rubber on his tires to carve a few celebratory donuts after taking the checkered flag.

"This is an amazing day, for the team, all the guys here, for our fans, and for our country," an elated Zwilling said in the winner's circle. "But I know Marty's going to want to get me back in Wentland, so we're going to go there and try to bring another one home."

Scotchpinestan does not host a race in the series, and that was thought to be a disadvantage to them going into the season.

But Zwilling disagrees.

"We've both been drag racers, we both have a lot of experience at Douglas Motor Speedway (a 3-mile hexagonal speedway) - we are at our best at high speeds going down the straights. That's what Wentland's got, and that's what we got. I think we can both be on the podium there. And now I know what it's like to be up there, I want to be up there again."

Wilkins warned spot not secure

InfoInternet LivEng Racing lead driver Troy Wilkins has been warned by the team that his number 1 driver's seat is not secure, according to team sources. Wilkins, who has been struggling with consistency recently, has repeatedly finished worse than teammate Kristjan Durant.

"Mike Daniels is strongly being considered for a run as the second driver," according to a team insider who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "Wilk has to improve his racing or he risks being dropped, and he's been told that."

When asked, Durant was nonchalant. "Troy's a good driver. Everyone's human, Troy is human, every driver goes through their rough patches. I'm just focussing on the Wentland Grand Prix right now, we did not do very well in van Luxemburg and this is another long track. We're hoping the cars hold together well."

Daniels did not want to comment, although his agent issued a statement. "Mike Daniels supports fully the needs of InfoInternet LivEng Racing as their test driver, and any internal team matters between the team and the other two drivers are of no concern to Mike. He is currently happy with his role as third driver and wants to concentrate on doing well enough to earn a racing slot next season."

The Grand Prix of Wentland
Qualifying

1 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 7:11.671
2 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 7:11.672
3 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 7:11.674
4 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 7:11.678
5 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 7:11.687
6 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 7:11.692
7 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing 7:11.716
8 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 7:11.753
9 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar 7:11.762
10 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 7:11.765
11 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 7:11.769
12 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 7:11.770
13 16 João Pedro Iller Globo/Velog F1 7:11.773
14 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 7:11.796
15 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 7:11.798
16 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 7:11.803
17 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 7:11.838
18 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 7:11.860
19 23 Paolo Monteluci Monteluci F1 7:11.932
20 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 7:11.947
21 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez 7:12.002
22 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 7:12.038
23 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 7:12.079
24 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks 7:12.137
25 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 7:13.207
26 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 7:13.208
27 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez 7:13.378
28 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 7:13.905
29 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 7:14.576
30 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 7:15.153


McRae and Ferregamo did not qualify.

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WENTLAND GP - QUALIFYING ANALYSIS

In Globo Multimedia - Presented by Breno Gavião

BRENO - "And... is for Cafundéu! The pole position is for Cafundéu! With a solid lap, taking advantage of the strrrrraight lines and of the long trrrrrack, Estive Forrrrrmoso, the currrrrrrent leader of the drrrrrivers championship, got the firrrrrst place in the qualifying session and continues perrrrrforrrrrming well. Starrrrrting in the firrrrrst place, therrrrre arrrrre chances of victory, but this can also means that it can be difficult, if we consider the last rrrrraces. Therrrrre, the drrrrriverrrrrs who starrrrrted in the firrrrrst place werrrrre not able to keep the top position. Maybe Estive Forrrrrmoso can keep the position?"

BRENO - "The other drrrrriver, João Pedrrrrro Iller, who rrrrreplaced Rrrrromergleydson Marrrrrella in the rrrrrole of second drrrrriver, starrrrrted well. Maybe he can make a good rrrrrace to finish in the top positions too, to see if the Globo/Velog team can fight in the constrrrrructorrrrrs competition or has a car only to stay in the interrrrrmediate positions. Our rrrrrreporrrrrter had a fast talk with both drrrrrivers."

REPORTER - "First pole today, Estive. Good chances for the race?"

ESTIVE - "Of course. I liked this circuit, it's my style. Starting in the first place, I just have to hold the position to win. But, if we remember the last races, the pole positions weren't able to do so. Let's see, maybe with me things are different."

REPORTER - "And now to our new driver. Good start, João Pedro?"

ILLER - "Yes, it was good. My first contact with this circuit. My first important qualifying session in the team. It is a lot of responsibility, but I think that I can make a good race, maybe even finishing close to Estive."

BRENO - "And that's it. Tomorrrrrow, the rrrrrace!"

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The Grand Prix of Wentland
Qualifying

For the first time in team history, A driver will not start in the field as Henri Ferregamo, who is currently in 13th place in the overall qualifiations, failed to qualify for the GP of Wentland. His team-mate Stephan Villenueva will start in 22nd after a lousy qualifing run. Villenueva is confident that he'll be able to move up in the pack during the race, despite not having a teammate there to help.


22nd #13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 7:12.038
DNQ #14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 7:15.153

‘Ladies and Gentlemen, once again welcome to an episode of Formula One Insight TV Magazine! Since Monteluci didn’t do any good today with the qualifications, my suggestion is that we move on with another part of your visit to Venice, John.’

‘Yes, that seems like a good solution to me, since Monteluci only got 19th and 25th position, there is not so much to report. Let’s just have our fingers crossed for the race. Anyways, start the tape!’

The image changed from the studio in Wentland to John Stephens, overlooking the test track of the Monteluci Facilities in Venice. He stood next to a Monteluci RF12 F1 car, clothed in a fire-resistant racing overall, and carrying a helm under his arm.

‘This is it. The Monteluci test track. It includes cobblestones, asphalt, concrete and everything, but we have decided to leave out the unpaved parts. That means there’s 25 kilometres of different road types to explore. Let’s go.’

He got into the F1 racing car, and was helped by Monteluci crew towards the entry of the track. From there, the car started it’s engine and headed off onto the track.

‘We’re starting with a long straight, to test the car’s top speed. It’s a small piece of Autobahn, like you can find anywhere in Van Luxemburg. I can get up to 320 here, before I’ll have to brake for an exit. Then, we take it down a smaller country road, which can be a bit twisty at times.’

The RF12 shot down the imitation motorway, and had to use all of it’s braking potential to slow down for the exit. The car then immediately carried on on a stretch of B-road.

‘It indeed is twisty. They have also recreated bad road conditions sometimes. I heard a huge bang a moment ago, I think I hit a pothole. From what they told me, there’s a mountainous road up ahead’

The car approached a slope, which could only be taken by a single road, which was constructed using many hairpins and steep climbs, so that the RF12, which was made for racing and had little torque, had a hard time getting up the slopes, and couldn’t use all of the power that housed behind the driver.

‘And down again. The road down the hill was made using concrete, which you can clearly feel.. The places where the concrete plates are joined together are a pain in the ass, literally. I’m shaking out of the car when I pass one of those joints. And the there’s still a piece coming up that was made using cobblestones… Ouch.’

When the RF12 got off the hill, the road indeed changed to cobblestones, causing the F1 car to shake violently, only driving at half the power it could get out of the 2.4-litre V8.

‘This isn’t my idea of a drive in the park really… I’m shaking out of this car, I’m holding on to the steering wheel, but I’m just moving everywhere, and so is the car. This is really bad, the hard suspension may be good for cornering, bad road conditions are a real nightmare.’ Stephens shouted above the roar of the engine, trying to make himself audible. The RF12 made way more sound than the Duca SFS he had taken around Kreuzbad, so he was talking over a radio to the recording team at the control station.
‘Up next is a series of S-curves, all in a different road type. The first one will be asphalt, the second one concrete, and the third cobblestones. Now, you might think that that’s nothing special, but they keep that part of the track wet, day and night. This is going to be slippery.’

The F1 car catapulted off after the road had changed to asphalt again, but had to slow down for the first S. The asphalt underground was extremely wet, and in some places it had created a strange mixture of oil, rubber particles and water. The result was that the car over steered heavily, and Stephens had to correct the movement of the car by steering in a different direction and slowly exerting power on the throttle. Nevertheless, the car still wanted to slide off into the grass, but this could be prevented by Stephens by taking the corner slowly.

‘Asphalt was hard already, but up next is concrete. They told me they got serious issues with aquaplaning there, so this is going to be very slippery.’

The RF12 steered into the next corner, which was made out of concrete. The road was full of water, and it sprayed everywhere. The slick tyres of the car had problems coping with all the water, and Stephens had to take the corner very slowly. Coming out of the corner, the vehicle had everything from under- to oversteer, meaning it was hardly controllable.

‘The last one, then we’ll finish. We haven’t got the entire track, since some parts aren’t suitable for these kinds of racing cars. Next up is the cobblestone S-curve, and it should have some water on it, but I’ll have to see what happens.’

Although the F1 car had some grip on the cobblestones, most of it was lost because of the wet underground: the car wanted to go everywhere again, although the cobblestones seemed to offer some more grip than the Concrete.

‘I’m once again getting shook out of the car, the vibrations are immense. The finish is in sight, though.. Here we go..’

As soon as it got off the cobblestone surface, the car accelerated with the typical high roar of an F1 car, the slicks still spraying water everywhere, shaking it off the car. Even though the road was dry now, the car created a mist behind it, before it went pass the end of the track and slowed down to get off the track.

‘Fabulous. Absolutely Fabulous. This concludes my drive around the test track, we will continue our visit to Monteluci next time on Formula One Insight. Stay with us for the GP of Wentland!’

The Grand Prix of Wentland
Race

1 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 1:42:13.381
2 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 1:42:23.327
3 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:42:27.735
4 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 1:42:44.274
5 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:42:47.012
6 20 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 1:42:50.396
7 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:42:51.888
8 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 1:42:52.465
9 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 1:42:58.780
10 16 João Pedro Iller Globo/Velog F1 1:43:02.098
11 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 1:43:07.877
12 24 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 1:43:08.867
13 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 1:43:18.233
14 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:43:19.081
15 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 1:43:27.605
16 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 1:43:30.256
17 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 1:43:36.653
18 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:43:36.656
19 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing 1:43:36.807
20 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 1:43:38.046
21 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 1:43:38.533
22 23 Paolo Monteluci Monteluci F1 1:43:38.635
23 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:43:46.467
24 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks 1:43:54.221
25 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 1:43:57.579
26 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:43:59.408
27 23 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 1:43:59.827
28 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar 1:44:37.633

Drivers' Championship

1 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 52
2 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 44
3 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 41
4 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 37
5 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 34
6 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 30
7 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 25
8 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 23
9 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 21
10 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 20
" 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 20
12 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 18
13 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 14
14 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 13
15 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 12
16 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 11
17 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 10
18 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 8
" 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 8
20 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 7
21 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 5
22 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 4
23 16 João Pedro Iller Globo/Velog F1 3
" 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 3

Constructors' Championship

1 Bostopia F1 74
2 InfoInternet LivEng Racing 71
3 Dallaire Racing 64
4 Globo/Velog F1 46
5 RBK Astera Racing 38
6 Twin Crescent Racing 33
" OX-Cola Racing 33
8 Scotchpinestan Speed 25
9 Federal Racing 22
10 Stellar-WRM Racing 21
11 Quakmybush Racing Inc. 19
12 The UIR Ducks 7
13 Monteluci F1 4
14 Team Revel-Celestar 3

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Mechanical Issue Costs Astera Points

After a good qualifying rub by Kenneth Foree, gearbox trouble pushed him back into 20th at the GP of Wentland. Scott Romero, though, had a good drive, making his way up the field and finishing in 8th. The team said that the car had lost the top gear after a mechanical failure.

Romero was pleased about his performance. "It's unfortunate that Kenneth couldn't keep up his good qualifying performance, but these things happen. The car felt good all day and I was surprised at the end when Alexander came on the radio and said that I was in 8th. I didn't know that I had gotten that far up."

Albrecht Herald Online/Sport/Grand Prix/MPC
by Antonio Costa

Pat Berryman finished the gruelling Southdown race in the respectable place of fourteenth. Despite the obvious limitations of the car, it was an impressive performance with MPC’s supposed second driver rising from an initial grid position of twenty-seventh. After a battle lasting almost half the race, Berryman got the better of reigning champion Adam Teraining on the final ‘Splash’ corner; though his performance was still not good enough to garner any points.

Quintin Wright yet again had to make do with coming in behind his team-mate, a series of early errors at Sweepstone costing him time. He still managed to improve his own starting rank of twenty-first to eighteenth, finishing split seconds ahead of Stellar-WRM’s Bob Turner.

This is just a quick note to say that Oliverry, as co-host, will be qualifiracinating and racinating (a play on "scorinating") the next race, as I am away on Sunday. I will then look after the Bostopia race, but it might change again from me after that.

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WENTLAND GP - RACE ANALYSIS

In Globo Multimedia - Presented by Breno Gavião

BRENO - "And today the rrrrrace ends with the victory Dubois, with LeCrrrrroix in second and Durant in thirrrrrd. A disappointing rrrrresult for the fans of Globo/Velog team, who expected to see at least one of its drrrrriverrrrrs in the podium. But at least our drrrrriverrrrrs could get some points, something important in such a difficult competition."

BRENO - "Estive Forrrrrmoso, who starrrrrted in the pole position, could keep the position for some laps, but didn't support the prrrrressure of the opponents and was able to finish in the top ten. There wasn't any mechanical prrrrroblem, his bad perrrrrforrrrrmance happened because the other drrrrriverrrrrs werrrrre in better conditions. Even the second drrrrriver, João Pedrrrrro Iller, had a better perrrrrformance than him, and could get in one rrrrrace morrrrre points than Rrrrromerrrrrgleydson managed in four rrrrraces, so a good starrrrrt."

BRENO - "Sad with losing eight positions durrrrring the rrrrrace, Estive decided to not talk with our rrrrreporrrrrter today, saying that will talk later. So, we finish our trrrrransmission now and rrrrreturn for the next rrrrrace."

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The Grand Prix of Wentland
Race

Wentland is not a good place for OX-Cola as Stephan Villenueva finished in 26th, never contending at all for the podium. The teams expects to improve their standing at the next race, The Grand Prix of The Candrian Empire at Mt. Melanis Raceway. The 6.101 KM, 61 Lap race has many stretches for speed, but the technical turns will determine the winner here.


26th #13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing

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MOTOR RACING
McNally defends Giordano
Blames team strategy for raceday disappointments

In what has been widely seen as a move to take the heat off number one driver Pierre-Marc Giordano, Revel-Celestar manager Ken McNally has said team strategy is to blame for the poor race performances both Giordano and second driver Andy Oliver have been turning in.

And it's particularly so for Giordano, who has typically done well in qualifying only to falter and sputter on race day, says McNally.

"We simply don't have the experience or the savvy that some of the other teams have." McNally told reporters today ahead of the Grand Prix of The Candrian Empire. "As team manager, I have to take some responsibility for that."

McNally added that a lot of the criticism which has been levelled at Giordano is unwarranted.

"The media have really been quite unfair to him, I think. He's a good driver and if you look at his record he's a consistent performer, which is why we selected him in the first place. And clearly he's capable of putting in the performances at this level. But as a team we're not working as well as we could be and we're being outsmarted by our rivals and often losing out in the pit lane poker battles."

The team are looking to bring on some more experience to plug in the gaps, although McNally would not comment on what additions he might make to the team. However, there have been rumours that Revel-Celestar might be attempting to headhunt key staff from other teams.

"I won't comment on those rumours. But we would welcome opportunities to improve our team."

McNally also said that engineers were very happy with the performance of the car so far.

"We were worried about reliability and we had some problems in the first race. But since then the car has really exceeded expectations. We're in a position where we simply need some fine-tuning, and we'll be in a very competitive position."

The Grand Prix of The Candrian Empire
Qualifying

Pos Car Name Team Time
1 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:51,354
2 16 João Pedro Iller Globo/Velog F1 1:51,354
3 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 1:51,355
4 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 1:51,355
5 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 1:51,358
6 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 1:51,363
7 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 1:51,372
8 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 1:51,375
9 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:51,388
10 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 1:51,394
11 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 1:51,413
12 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 1:51,427
13 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 1:51,434
14 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:51,435
15 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:51,452
16 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 1:51,472
17 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 1:51,481
18 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar 1:51,505
19 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 1:51,546
20 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 1:51,560
21 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks 1:51,771
22 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:51,909
23 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:52,018
24 23 Paolo Monteluci Monteluci F1 1:52,043
25 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 1:52,095
26 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 1:52,144
27 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:52,421
28 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing 1:52,841
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29 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 1:53,341
30 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 1:54,070

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The Grand Prix of The Candrian Empire
Qualifing

Qualifing as of late has been a dicey affair with the team as for the 3rd time in four races, the drivers will start near the back.


22nd #13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:51.909
26th #14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 1:52.144


Despite this, they are confident that they can finish well in the race.

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Astera Qualify 5th, 6th

A great qualifying run by both drivers means that the RBK Astera Team will start on the third row at the Grand Prix of The Candrian Empire. Kenneth Foree took 5th, while Scott Romero took 6th.

"The car felt great all day," said Foree. "I was pleased with how it felt and how well the car handled around the circuit. The new tyres are working great and we're confident that we can win the race."

Romero echoed that confidence. "We can win the race. The car is driving better than it has this season. A great session, but we want to leave here with a win, possibly even two podium positions."

The Albrecht Herald Online/Sport/Breaking News

Quintin Wright has put Morales-Patton-Carmicael in line for their first points of their debut season, after ensuring an impressive ninth-place start on the grid. His final flying lap gave him his highest ever start in Grand Prix, taking advantage of Mt. Melanis’ series of insanely tight curves that this car was all but made for.

After dominating his team leader for much of the season, Pat Berryman failed to find his wheels in the Candrian Empire, and was forced to settle for the more familiar starting place of twenty-third.

Kristjan Durant, currently fourth in the drivers’ championship, will start on pole.

Grand Prix of The Candrian Empire
Race
Pos Car Name Team Time gap
1 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:41:07,162
2 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks +01:32,756
3 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. -1 Lap
4 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed -1 Lap
5 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. -1 Lap
6 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing -2 Lap
7 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing -2 Lap
8 16 João Pedro Iller Globo/Velog F1 -2 Lap
9 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing -2 Lap
10 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 -2 Lap
11 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing -2 Lap
12 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing -2 Lap
13 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing -2 Lap
14 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 -2 Lap
15 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing -2 Lap
16 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing Out (Lap 60)
17 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks -3 Lap
18 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez -3 Lap
19 23 Paolo Monteluci Monteluci F1 -3 Lap
20 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing -3 Lap
21 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing -3 Lap
22 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed -3 Lap
23 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 -3 Lap
24 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing -3 Lap
25 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar -5 Lap
26 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing -6 Lap
27 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing Out (Lap 55)
28 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez Out (Lap 41)


Drivers' Championship

Pos Car Name Team Points
1 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 54
2 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 52
3 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 44
4 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 41
5 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 37
6 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 33
7 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 27
8 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 25
9 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 23
9 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 23
9 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 23
12 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 22
13 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 20
14 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 19
15 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 16
16 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 15
16 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks 15
18 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 14
19 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 12
20 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 10
21 16 João Pedro Iller Globo/Velog F1 8
21 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 8
23 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 7
24 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 4
25 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 3
26 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing 1

Constructors' Championship

Pos Name Points
1 InfoInternet LivEng Racing 91
2 Bostopia F1 77
3 Dallaire Racing 64
4 Globo/Velog F1 51
5 RBK Astera Racing 49
6 Quakmybush Racing Inc. 39
6 Twin Crescent Racing 39
8 Scotchpinestan Speed 35
9 OX-Cola Racing 33
10 Stellar-WRM Racing 24
11 Federal Racing 22
11 The UIR Ducks 22
13 Monteluci F1 4
14 Team Revel-Celestar 3

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The Grand Prix of The Candrian Empire
Race

The less said the better, so they say so:


Race Standings:
15th #13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing -2 Laps
26th #14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing -6 Laps

And now in the Driver's standings:
9th(t) #13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 23pts
20th #14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 10pts

And Constuctors Standings:
9th OX-Cola Racing 33pts


So the sophomore jinx has seeming struck the team. Up next is The Grand Prix of Bostopia at the Fort Boston Park Circuit.

(Quoted from the GP of Bostopia Site: Blasting down the main straight, reaching speeds of 200mph, the track will provide areas of challenge for the drivers, while maintaining the essential areas of overtaking opportunities and spectacle for the fans.)

Another long fast track, which seems to the team's kryptonite this season.

UST (Uir Spor Talavisin)

'In the GP of the Cadrian Empire, Forristo came i second. This is a big surprise as he had never placed in the top twelve before, even failing to qualify for the first GP.

It was Hustorisson who had been winning or losing, side by side with Forristo. Now that Forristo came in 2nd he may have a chance. The team manager came to Forristo as the racer finished and said, "Bod Trab" (Good Work) "Merik" (Thanks) came the reply.

If Forristo can keep up the good work, does he have a chance of winning? Only time will tell'

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Astera Finish 6th, 9th

In a race where only two cars finished on the lead lap, the RBK Astera Team managed to finish two laps down and in the points. Kenneth Foree finished 6th, while teammate Scott Romero finished 9th. Team manager Alexander Emge offered an explanation for the race.

"It certainly was strange. We had the pace to stay in the top ten, but the continued lapping of our cars made it difficult to get anywhere meaningful. The other cars were just better than us today, as shown by the fact that we finished two laps down. We'll work on the car and prepare for the next race."

The Albrecht Herald Online/Sport/Breaking News
Wright walks away from horror smash
By Antonio Costa

C&M driver Quintin Wright narrowly avoided serious injury today in spectacularly crashing out of the Bostopian Grand Prix.

In an attempted overtaking manoeuvre on the struggling Kristjan Durant, Wright got his line hopelessly wrong, appeared to spin on the dust laid down over an oil patch, and was careered into by Andrew Bumbalough. The front of his vehicle instantly parted company with the rear, coming to a sudden rest on a tyre wall. The race was held up behind the safety car for three laps as the debris was removed and help was rushed to Wright. Incredibly for onlookers, the MPC team leader declined a stretcher shortly afterwards and stumbled to his feet. He was taken immediately to the on-site medical facilities, but was discharged earlier this evening after suffering only mild bruising. MPC claim he will be available to race in Oliverry.

Unlike his countryman; Pat Berryman was never in race contention, but drove well to finish in a fairly positive eighteenth position. Troy Wilkins won the race and went to the top of the drivers’ championship table after finished more than a minute and a half ahead of Forristo.

‘Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another episode of Formula One Insight. We’re sorry we couldn’t be with you for the qualifying in The Candrian Empire, due to some technical problems, but we’re here after the race. And I must say, John, it was disappointing all over again. Don’t you think?’

‘Yes, indeed Nicholas. This year has transformed in a try-out year, really. Expect these sorts of results for the remaining races aswell. Monteluci is putting all their money on next season, so there’s not a lot to expect from the races that remain in this season.’

Nicholas nodded, before continuing.

‘Anyways, we will be carrying on with your visit to Monteluci, isn’t it, John?’

‘Yes, indeed. Next up are the production facilities.’

The image changed to John Stephens standing in front of two large doors, which seemingly offered access to a large hall.

‘Welcome, we are here in Venice for another part of my visit to Monteluci. This time, we will be heading into the production hall, where all Duca’s are assembled.’ He spoke, before stepping inside. There was little sound in the hall, except for some minor sounds coming from the assembly robots and men and women walking around.

‘The assembly is almost completely automatic. There are however employees present at every assembly station to monitor the work of the robot, since we want to ensure the quality of our cars. Everything is done by the most precise robots we could get. This means that everything is extremely accurate, and we have never had to turn down cars since they didn’t meet our quality requirements.’ Alfredo Monteluci said as they walked through the factory. Robots did their job in silence, and mounted every part of the car in place, after which Monteluci employees checked the work done by the robots. The half-assembled cars then moved on to the next assembly station, where the scene repeated itself with a different part. As John Stephens watched the progress at the production line, he asked question.

‘What do all those codes do on the car’s windshield? I suppose they get wiped off before they get delivered?’

‘Yes, Indeed. Those are the vehicle’s order numbers, so we can identify the cars and deliver them to the correct owner with all the options he ordered, etcetera. We don’t want to give someone the wrong car, after all. Think of the consequences of someone having ordered a Biturbo and receiving a 2.0 MD155! Or not receiving his 4-wheel drive system. Those are very expensive mistakes, you know. We end up with a car that is useless to the customer, since it isn’t the right model, and we will have to put it on our parking lot so it can be sold to someone else. Therefore, the final quality check also does a readout of the vehicle code, so we’re sure that the car is how the buyer ordered it. I know a story, which played in the VLT factories by the way, where the whole order was simply wrong. Someone who had ordered an L7 4.4 CD, and the quality inspection crews read the code from the window of an L2 2.0 Turbo. That’s an extreme, though. A production mistake happens roughly every 100,000 cars, and they’re mostly minor incidents like being the wrong interior colour or mounting the wrong version of our diesel engine, the 2.0 MD. They are mostly sold to someone else, who’s waiting time is drastically shortened, since we don’t have to produce the car. Even though producing a Duca only takes some 60 hours. That’s not a lot, since we are focusing a lot on quality these days.’ Alfredo said, sounding very enthusiastic about the undertaking he was the manager of.

‘And do you take special orders, or is that just impossible?’ John asked, out of curiosity.

‘Of course it’s possible. But we have a special department for that, which we will head into now.’ Alfredo spoke, while he stepped into the next hall.

‘This here is the Custom Orders Department. This is where we build the SFS, but also customise Duca’s to be used as police vehicles, rapid responders, diplomatic vehicles, everything. This is all handwork, and we don’t use any robots for this job. Our employees here work hundreds of hours on constructing a Duca SFS, and a Police car conversion take some 20 man-hours. It is all a huge job, but it pays off. What comes out of here are beautifully handcrafted cars, of which the build quality exceeds that of a normal Duca, which is already high. But we’ll have to move on, isn’t it?’

The hall was certainly smaller than the main production one, but there were a lot more people and equipment present, while the sound was also higher than in the main hall. Engineers walked from the equipment tables to cars that were under construction.

‘Yes, true. We’ll see you next time on Formula One Insight, when I’ll be completing my visit to Monteluci’

The Grand Prix of Bostopia
Qualifying

1 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 1:21.250
2 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 1:21.250
3 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar 1:21.250
4 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:21.250
5 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing 1:21.251
6 16 João Pedro Iller Globo/Velog F1 1:21.253
7 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 1:21.253
8 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 1:21.255
9 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 1:21.257
10 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:21.259
11 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 1:21.261
12 23 Paolo Monteluci Monteluci F1 1:21.263
13 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 1:21.267
14 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 1:21.273
15 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 1:21.275
16 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 1:21.275
17 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:21.308
18 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 1:21.315
19 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 1:21.317
20 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 1:21.328
21 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 1:21.370
22 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 1:21.374
23 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:21.409
24 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks 1:21.430
25 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 1:21.550
26 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 1:21.573
27 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 1:21.585
28 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:21.813
29 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:22.322
30 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:22.373

Villenueva and Wright fail to qualify.

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Qualifying

Is there such a thing as Anti-Kryptonite?? If so, please mail some to OX-Cola Racing HQ. During qualifing, both drivers spun out on turn 4. leading Stephan Villenueva to miss qualifing by 1/2 sec. And teammate Henri Ferregamo didn't do much better, starting in 22nd for the Race tommorrow.

This race marks is about the 1/2way point of the season, and compared to last year, the team just stinks. Either it's the new engine package or the inexperience of the drivers, but something is not right in the pits of OX-Cola Racing.

The Grand Prix of Bostopia
Race
1 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 1:36:29.424
2 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:36:47.022
3 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 1:36:54.267
4 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:37:10.294
5 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks 1:37:12.117
6 24 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 1:37:14.115
7 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 1:37:14.174
8 23 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 1:37:35.099
9 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:37:39.032
10 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:37:39.050
11 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 1:37:56.174
12 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 1:38:05.517
13 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed -1 Lap
14 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks -1 Lap
15 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing -1 Lap
16 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed -1 Lap
17 20 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing -1 Lap
18 23 Paolo Monteluci Monteluci F1 -1 Lap
19 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 -2 Laps
20 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing -2 Laps
21 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez -2 Laps
22 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar -2 Laps
23 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar -3 Laps
24 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing -3 Laps

19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing DNF 37
16 João Pedro Iller Globo/Velog F1 DNF 23
28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing DNF 22
25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing DNF 8


Drivers' Championship

1 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 69
2 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 64
3 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 52
4 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 47
5 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 41
6 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 33
7 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 31
8 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 30
9 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 27
" 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 27
11 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 26
" 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 26
13 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 23
" 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks 23
15 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 22
16 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 20
17 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 15
18 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 14
19 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 13
20 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 10
21 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 9
22 16 João Pedro Iller Globo/Velog F1 8
" 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 8
24 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 7
25 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 3
26 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing 1
27 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar 0
" 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez 0
" 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez 0
" 23 Paolo Monteluci Monteluci F1 0


[b]Constructors' Championship[b]

1 InfoInternet LivEng Racing 110
2 Bostopia F1 97
3 Dallaire Racing 65
4 Globo/Velog F1 57
5 Twin Crescent Racing 53
6 Quakmybush Racing Inc. 52
7 RBK Astera Racing 49
8 Scotchpinestan Speed 35
9 OX-Cola Racing 33
10 Stellar-WRM Racing 31
11 The UIR Ducks 30
12 Federal Racing 22
13 Monteluci F1 9
14 Team Revel-Celestar 3
15 MPC Candelaria And Marquez 0

OOC: For everyone's info: I will be on a holiday starting tomorrow and ending August the 27th: I guess I won't make it anymore to see the end of the season, so you'll have to do without me.

Bump, it's been a week, get off your ass Oli! :p

BUMP. I am taking over from Oli since he hasn't done it. Qualifying for the Oliverrian GP will be tomorrow.

OOC: And I was thinking that I'd miss the rest of the season.... After all, I haven't even missed a race... :p

Le Grand Prix d'Oliverry
Qualifying Results
Pos Car Name Team Time Tiebreak
1 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 1:29.642 89.787
2 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:29.642 89.873
3 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing 1:29.642 90.017
4 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 1:29.642 90.240
5 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 1:29.643
6 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:29.644
7 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 1:29.645 89.913
8 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 1:29.645 90.014
9 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar 1:29.646
10 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 1:29.649
11 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:29.651
12 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 1:29.655
13 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 1:29.658
14 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 1:29.687
15 23 Paolo Monteluci Monteluci F1 1:29.699
16 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 1:29.701 90.213
17 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 1:29.701 90.264
18 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 1:29.701 90.312
19 16 João Pedro Iller Globo/Velog F1 1:29.702
20 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:29.716
21 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 1:29.720
22 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:29.721
23 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:29.724
24 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 1:29.731
25 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 1:29.735
26 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 1:29.862
27 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:30.146
28 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 1:30.332
DNQ 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 1:30.943
DNQ 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks 1:31.744

Tiebreak sorted by second-fastest qualifying lap out of 12

Le Grand Prix d'Oliverry
Race results over 53 laps:

Pos Car Driver Team Time/Diff
1 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 1:18:33.603
2 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing +22.010
3 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing +24.712
4 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed +38.736
5 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 +52.359
6 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing +59.554
7 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing +1:11.399
8 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing +1:13.284
9 20 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing +1:14.993
10 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing +1:23.381
11 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar + 1 lap
12 23 Paolo Monteluci Monteluci F1 + 1 lap
13 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez + 1 lap
14 24 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing + 1 lap
15 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing + 1 lap
16 16 João Pedro Iller Globo/Velog F1 + 1 lap
17 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. + 1 lap
18 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing + 2 laps
19 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing + 2 laps
20 23 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 + 2 laps
21 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. + 2 laps
22 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 + 2 laps
23 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks + 2 laps
24 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing + 2 laps
25 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed + 2 laps
26 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar + 3 laps
27 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 + 4 laps
28 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez DNF Lap 11


Driver's championship
Pos Car Driver Team Points
1 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 74
2 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 64
3 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 55
4 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 55
5 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 47
6 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 47
7 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 37
8 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 35
9 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 34
10 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 33
11 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 31
12 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 30
13 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 26
14 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 26
15 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 25
16 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks 23
17 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 20
18 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 18
19 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 13
20 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 10
21 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 9
22 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 8
22 16 João Pedro Iller Globo/Velog F1 8
24 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 7
25 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 3
26 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar 2
27 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing 1
27 23 Paolo Monteluci Monteluci F1 1
29 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez 0
29 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez 0

Tiebreaks:
Dubois has more race wins (1) than Formoso (0)
LeCroix has more race wins (1) than Durant (0)
Walton and Mackenzie both have no race wins and no second place finishes;
Walton has more third-place finishes (1) than Mackenzie (0).
Ties for 22nd, 27th and 29th are not separable

Constructor's championship
1 InfoInternet LivEng Racing 121
2 Bostopia F1 97
3 Twin Crescent Racing 73
4 RBK Astera Racing 71
5 Dallaire Racing 68
6 Globo/Velog F1 65
7 Quakmybush Racing Inc. 52
8 Scotchpinestan Speed 45
8 OX-Cola Racing 45
10 Stellar-WRM Racing 31
11 The UIR Ducks 30
12 Federal Racing 26
13 Monteluci F1 10
14 Team Revel-Celestar 5
15 MPC Candelaria And Marquez 0

The Albrecht Herald Online/Sport/Breaking News
Morales bemoans pointless MPC as Berryman limps out
By Antonio Costa

Morales-Patton-Carmichael team principal Eduardo Morales has admitted for the first time that his cars’ continued participation in the World Grand Prix Championship is far from assured.

In an unusually frank press conference, Morales could find few excuses for his driver’s memorable achievement in being the only competitors in the field yet to pick up a championship point.

Though the MPC was widely expected to be the slowest vehicle in the series on the flat, Morales echoed the surprise of many by questioning the cars’ reliability and handling – a move that implicitly blames his domestic rivals at Patton-Carmichael for Berryman’s and Wright’s failures.

After a dire last two rounds by his team-mate; it was Pat Berryman who offered the day’s real disaster, though in rather less spectacular style that his arch-rival, his car’s hydraulics apparently being to blame for his lap eleven exit when James KeFlinger sailed past the crawling MPC and the unsighted Andy Oliver gave Berryman the final nudge to send the car drifting peacefully to its final resting place.

Quintin Wright had a rather better race, finishing agonisingly outside of the points, which at least represents a quiet hope that his team could break their embarrassing duck before the season comes to a close.

Is it too late to join?

Is it too late to join?

Unfortunately yes, you'll have to wait til WGPC Season 7 starts up sorry.

Grand Prix of Liverpool England
Qualifying Results
Pos Car Name Team Fastest
1 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 1:29.450
2 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:29.453
3 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 1:29.463
4 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 1:29.464
5 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:29.468
6 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 1:29.474
7 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:29.477
8 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 1:29.489
9 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:29.510
10 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 1:29.515
11 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 1:29.532
12 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:29.578
13 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:29.604
14 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 1:29.625
15 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 1:29.628
16 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 1:29.647
17 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:29.734
18 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks 1:29.739
19 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing 1:29.769
20 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 1:29.773
21 16 João Pedro Iller Globo/Velog F1 1:29.806
22 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 1:29.822
23 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 1:29.842
24 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 1:29.940
25 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 1:29.943
26 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 1:30.199
27 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar 1:30.991
28 23 Paolo Monteluci Monteluci F1 1:31.098
DNQ 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 1:31.755
DNQ 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 1:32.497

(ooc: forgot this was still going on...lol)

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Race Results:

20th #14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing -2 Laps

And now in the Driver's standings:
13th(t) #13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 23pts
20th #14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 10pts

And Constuctors Standings:
9th OX-Cola Racing 33pts

Henri Ferregamo was in trouble all day, espcially after lap 5 when his clutch went out, luckily it was repaired, and he went back out the track, but finsihed 2 laps down and slid further down the GP standings.


Le Grand Prix d'Oliverry
Qualifying Results:

6th #13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:29.644
24th #14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 1:29.731

After failing to qualify in Bostopia, Stephan Villenueva qualified 6th for the GP of Oliverry while Ferregamo is still struggling in qualifers. But the team is hoping to turn the season around with this race.

Le Grand Prix d'Oliverry
Race Results:

3rd #13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing +24.712
19th #14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing +2 laps

Stephan Villenueva manged to get a podium finish after being as low as 11th during the race, while Ferregamo finished his 3rd straight race in less than stellar fashion.


And now the Driver's standings:
8th #13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 35pts
20th #14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 10pts

And Constuctors Standings:
8th(t) OX-Cola Racing 45pts

Grand Prix of Liverpool England
Qualifying Results

9th #13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:29.510
15th #14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 1:29.628

Villenueva will start in the top 10 once again, while Ferregamo will start with his best position in 4 races.

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Rumours have Giordano on the way out

Revel-Celestar will not be renewing the contract of Pierre-Marc Giordano when it expires at the conclusion of the WGPC season, the Tribune has learned.

According to sources within the team, the final straw was Giordano's failure to qualify for the Grand Prix of Liverpool England this weekend. However, Giordano has had a racing season marked with incredible inconsistency and numerous disappointing raceday performances after winning a good spot on starting grid.

Team management are also reportedly very unhappy with the failure to gain more than 3 championship points by the driver who was supposed to be leading the team's charge. Combined with his teammate Andy Oliver, Revel-Celestar has 5 points and is second from bottom of the constructors' standings and despite it being the team's first season, the brass had apparently expected much better results.

A native of Saint-Remy, Giordano was picked to be the lead driver for the WGPC team and signed to a one-season contract based on his performances in the Kelssek Professional Motor Racing circuit and the national karting championship, where he is a three-time championship winner.

Neither Revel-Celestar or Giordano could be reached for comment on this story.

Grand Prix of Liverpool England
Race results over 71 laps:

Pos Car Driver Team Time/Diff
1 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:44:31.188
2 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing + 1 lap
3 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed + 1 lap
4 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing + 2 laps
5 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. + 2 laps
6 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks + 2 laps
7 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing + 2 laps
8 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing + 2 laps
9 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing + 2 laps
10 23 Paolo Monteluci Monteluci F1 + 3 laps
11 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez + 3 laps
12 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed + 3 laps
13 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 + 3 laps
14 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing + 3 laps
15 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing + 3 laps
16 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing + 3 laps
17 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. + 4 laps
18 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 + 5 laps
19 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks + 5 laps
20 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar + 5 laps
21 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing LAP 65 DNF
22 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing LAP 57 DNF
23 16 João Pedro Iller Globo/Velog F1 LAP 57 DNF
24 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing LAP 41 DNF
25 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 LAP 34 DNF
26 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 LAP 34 DNF
27 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing LAP 24 DNF
18 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing LAP 4 DNF


Driver's championship
Pos Car Driver Team Points
1 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 74
2 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 64
3 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 57
4 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 55
5 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 55
6 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 47
7 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 43
8 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 40
9 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 34
10 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 34
11 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 33
12 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 32
13 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 31
14 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 30
15 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks 30
16 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 26
17 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 26
18 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 23
19 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez 20
20 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 18
21 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 17
22 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 10
23 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 9
24 16 João Pedro Iller Globo/Velog F1 8
25 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 7
26 23 Paolo Monteluci Monteluci F1 4
27 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 3
28 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar 2
28 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez 2
30 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing 1

Constructor's championship
1 InfoInternet LivEng Racing 121
2 Bostopia F1 97
3 Twin Crescent Racing 83
4 RBK Astera Racing 77
5 Dallaire Racing 72
6 Globo/Velog F1 65
7 Quakmybush Racing Inc. 60
8 Scotchpinestan Speed 58
9 OX-Cola Racing 50
10 Federal Racing 41
11 The UIR Ducks 37
12 Stellar-WRM Racing 31
13 MPC Candelaria And Marquez 22
14 Monteluci F1 13
15 Team Revel-Celestar 5[/QUOTE]

Hopes were high for the Scotchpinestan Speed team at the Grand Prix of Liverpool England, and both drivers quailified high on the grid. Marty McRae scored Scotchpinestan's first-ever pole, while Jeff Zwilling qualified sixth. Zwilling went into the race primed to possibly win his second race of the season, while McRae hoped to take his first checkered flag.

McRae led the first 24 laps but had problems while pitting under caution and fell back. Then on lap 41, he made contact with Henri Ferregamo in turn 3. The incident knocked Ferregamo out of the race. McRae suffered left front wing damage and his team had to replace the front wing on his car, but he was able to continue and he finished 12th.

Zwilling, meanwhile, short-filled on his last pit stop in order to move into fourth place. At first it looked as if Zwilling might run out of fuel at the end. Then leader Kristjan Durant crashed on lap 67, causing a yellow that ensured Zwilling would have enough fuel to come home in third.

Scotchpinestan Speed now sits eighth in the constructors' standings, a very solid showing for a first-year team. They hope to have at least one driver finish the season in the top 10 in points. Zwilling is currently 12th, McRae 17th.

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Grand Prix of Liverpool England
Race results:

8th #13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing +2 laps
24th #14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing LAP 41 DNF

DRIVERS STANDINGS:
8th #13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 40pts
22th #14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 10pts

Constructors Pts: 50pts (9th overall)

Despite finsihing 2 laps down, Villenueva finished in the top 10 again, while Ferregamo crashed on lap 41, while sitting in 11th.

The Albrecht Herald/Sport
Unbercredible!
By Antonio Costa

After decades of sports broadcasting, the legendary Munro Ambler finally made a slip-up; coining a word that will be forever associated with one of the greatest – if most unlikely – achievements in the Candelarias’ sporting history.

After many miles sitting merrily in the slipstream of leader Kristjan Durant; C&M’s new hero Quintin Wright, along with the rest of his nation, could only watch as the local favourite took the relatively simple sixth corner at a madly wrong angle and spun off the track, picking up a race-ending puncture for his trouble. For what seemed like the thousandth time in this race; Wright did everything ri… um… correctly, maintaining his composure after unexpectedly finding his MPC the leading car for the first time in the season. “Unbercredible!” an Ambler on the edge shouted hoarsely to millions of viewers. Those watching in amazement back home could surely only echo his disbelief.

Wright was a man possessed in Cyclonesville; his starting position of seventh seemingly set to be reward enough for his and his team’s efforts. But as this strange day progressed, it would become clear that the wild curvature offered by the Liverpool England Grand Prix would benefit the MPCs over seventy-one laps as well as just one. This was a car-killer like no other; eight cars, including Durant, failing to pass the finish line. Somehow, Wright wasn’t among them though it could so easily have been different when the Candelarian was left stranded by the opening corners, the sheer speed of his fellow front-runners threatening to embarrass the Patton-Carmichael engine once again. A six-lap tussle with Yves Lachapelle, who would eventually be another to retire to the pits, cost Wright not only valuable time but twice his place on the track.

But slow and steady was destined to win out of the frantic action between the leaders. Team management and pit crew must take the plaudits for a perfectly-executed pitting policy where so many others failed. Yet if the rather amusing spectacle of a host of multi-million pound GP cars crawling round the track on the final few laps ensured Wright would have no late threat to his first place; it is still the driver himself whose skills were rightly praised to the hilt by Edward Morales et al, last night. He had, after all, already pulled off a sit-up-and-take-notice overtake on the straight of Scott Stoddard to take second place. Durant’s inexplicable failure would ultimately hand Quintin victory; but grabbling second place alone in such a manner deserves itself the greatest praise. The win was merely the icing on the cake.

His wasn’t the only winner here, for sure. His team-mate Pat Berryman deserves attention for an excellent drive to eleventh; a feat that would have secured MPC’s first points of the campaign but for Wright’s heroics. TV1 will be grinning all the way home, too. After a season in which the C&M effort had previously failed to fire, word-of-mouth of Wright’s increasing success saw the race’s viewing figures shoot up as the race went into its final stages. Early reports from the National Grid suggest this caused a surge in power bested in recent years only by the debut showing of Secondary Modern Theatre Production 2 a fortnight ago.

It’s probably safe to assume that all this did relations between Albrecht and City Centre the power of good too; the rule changes introduced since Liverpool England’s mid-season coup clearly helping MPC to no end.

>Zero (Points) to Hero: The fall and rise of Quintin Wright, News pages 4-5
>The full story of Cyclonesville, Sport pages 66-72

OOC: Mid season coup? Uh?

And from your sig: "Not a single point garnered at the World Grand Prix Championship Season Six." Time to change it. :D

OOC, LE: No points for seven rounds, you take over scorination, and MPC get a race win? In Liverpool England? :eek:

Surely this would warrent an internal investigation....? :p

Grand Prix of Quakmybush
Qualifying Results
Pos Car Name Team Fastest Tiebreak
1 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 1:20.093 80.159
2 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:20.093 80.197
3 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 1:20.093 80.261
4 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:20.093 80.297
5 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 1:20.093 80.914
6 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 1:20.094
7 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 1:20.095
8 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks 1:20.099 80.097
9 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 1:20.099 80.099
10 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 1:20.101
11 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar 1:20.109
12 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 1:20.123 80.123
13 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 1:20.123 80.168
14 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:20.131
15 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 1:20.133
16 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 1:20.135
17 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 1:20.217
18 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 1:20.236
19 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 1:20.245
20 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 1:20.301
21 16 João Pedro Iller Globo/Velog F1 1:20.329
22 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 1:20.359
23 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 1:20.395
24 23 Paolo Monteluci Monteluci F1 1:20.418
25 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 1:20.450
26 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez 1:20.773
27 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing 1:21.072
28 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 1:22.011
DNQ 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 1:22.066
DNQ 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 1:22.510

Grand Prix of Quakmybush
Race results over 67 laps:

Pos Car Driver Team Time/Diff
1 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 1:38:05.301
2 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing +1:00.397
3 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks + 1 lap
4 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing + 1 lap
5 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez + 1 lap
6 23 Paolo Monteluci Monteluci F1 + 1 lap
7 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 + 1 lap
8 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing + 1 lap
9 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 + 1 lap
10 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing + 1 lap
11 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing + 1 lap
12 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing + 2 laps
13 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing + 2 laps
14 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing + 2 laps
15 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing + 2 laps
16 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing + 2 laps
17 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks + 2 laps
18 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing + 2 laps
19 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing + 2 laps
20 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez + 3 laps
21 16 João Pedro Iller Globo/Velog F1 + 3 laps
22 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar + 5 laps
23 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed Lap 66 DNF
24 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed Lap 40 DNF
25 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 Lap 39 DNF
26 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 Lap 30 DNF
27 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar Lap 7 DNF
28 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. Lap 6 DNF


Driver's championship
Pos Car Driver Team Points
1 12 Scott LeCroix Twin Crescent Racing 77
2 5 Troy Wilkins InfoInternet LivEng Racing 77
3 2 Dave Prast Bostopia F1 70
4 19 Guillaume Dubois Dallaire Racing 56
5 15 Estive Formoso Globo/Velog F1 55
6 6 Kristjan Durant InfoInternet LivEng Racing 47
7 28 Scott Romero RBK Astera Racing 43
8 13 Stephan Villenueva OX-Cola Racing 42
9 4 Scott Stoddard Stellar-WRM Racing 40
10 25 Daniel Roberts Federal Racing 38
11 0 Adam Teraining Bostopia F1 37
12 8 Paul Mackenzie Quakmybush Racing Inc. 34
13 27 Kenneth Foree RBK Astera Racing 34
14 10 Jeff Zwilling Scotchpinestan Speed 32
15 11 James KeFlinger Twin Crescent Racing 31
16 29 Alexander Forristo The UIR Ducks 30
17 21 Quintin Wright MPC Candelaria And Marquez 28
18 7 Chris Walton Quakmybush Racing Inc. 26
19 9 Marty McRae Scotchpinestan Speed 26
20 30 Robert Hustorisson The UIR Ducks 19
21 26 Andrew Bumbalough Federal Racing 18
22 20 François Vaillancourt Dallaire Racing 17
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23 14 Henri Ferregamo OX-Cola Racing 15
24 23 Paolo Monteluci Monteluci F1 11
25 24 Yves Lachapelle Monteluci F1 9
26 16 João Pedro Iller Globo/Velog F1 8
27 17 Pierre-Marc Giordano Team Revel-Celestar 3
28 18 Andy Oliver Team Revel-Celestar 2
28 22 Pat Berryman MPC Candelaria And Marquez 2
30 3 Bob Turner Stellar-WRM Racing 1

LeCroix leads the drivers' championship on account of more fourth-place finishes (1) than Wilkins (0).
Both have two race wins, one second-place finish and no third-place finishes.

Foree is in 12th on account of more second-place finishes (1) than Mackenzie (0). Both have not won.

Walton is in 18th on account of more third-place finishes (1) than McRae (0).
Both have no race wins or second-place finishes.

Three races left. Maximum drivers' points available: 60.

Constructor's championship
1 InfoInternet LivEng Racing 124
2 Bostopia F1 107
3 Twin Crescent Racing 103
4 RBK Astera Racing 77
5 Dallaire Racing 73
6 Globo/Velog F1 65
7 Quakmybush Racing Inc. 60
8 Scotchpinestan Speed 58
9 OX-Cola Racing 57
10 Federal Racing 56
11 The UIR Ducks 49
12 Stellar-WRM Racing 41
13 MPC Candelaria And Marquez 30
14 Monteluci F1 20
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15 Team Revel-Celestar 5

Three races left. Maximum team points available: 105.

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THE WEIGHT OF NO EXPECTATIONS

The home team has no chance as the World Grand Prix Championship comes to Outineau for the Grand Prix du Kelssek and no one really seems to care.

No one expected championship contention for Team Revel-Celestar in its rookie season but no one thought it would be this bad either with their number one driver Pierre-Marc Giordano with just three championship points, the subject of intense criticism, and fresh from putting his car into the wall on lap 7 of the Grand Prix of Quakmybush.

Still, fans aren't too worried about waving the flag for the team that's dead last in the constructors' standings and are content to put some support for others who are in contention.

Mostly, they're divided between the two title contenders, Scott LeCroix and Daniel Roberts. While some are behind Roberts because they're fans of LivEng Racing, others fancy LeCroix's chances because his name "sounds Frenchy", according to some guys we found in a sports bar, and most are indifferent to the plight of Revel-Celestar, despite the strong Beaulac roots of the team and its drivers.

But that indifference from their home fans is something that worries the team as they prepare for the race at Circuit Jacques Strappe. If they're that uninspiring, they really need to do something, says team principal Serge Tremblay.

"We have to get the support behind us. We can't expect it, we have to earn it. This season has not been the best but we're working towards a better showing next time around," he said.

Meanwhile, with over 140,000 expected to show up for the race, the city of Outineau is all ready to welcome the world's premier motor racing event. Spinoffs from visiting fans and teams are expected to inject quite a tidy bit of revenue for the city and parts of downtown are already bedecked in WGPC-related banners and posters.

Even if they can't cheer for the home team, fans here are ready to enjoy a visit from the world of motor racing anyway.

The Albrecht Herald Online/Sport/Motor Sport/Grand Prix
Wright on the money
Update by Antonio Costa

Cyclonesville GP hero Quintin Wright showed his race-winning form was no fluke in producing another of the best races of his career in Ravena.

The Morales-Patton-Carmichael star started from a lowly twenty-sixth position on the grid after a series of costly mistakes in qualifying, and was widely expected to quickly find himself one of the back markers. With team-mate Pat Berryman starting rather better on the grid, just outside the points places, MPC staff opted to take a risk on Wright by making their team leader one of only three drivers on the course to start with the unfavoured harder tyre compound.

It would soon prove a smart move, giving Wright almost two seconds a lap over Berryman and several other drivers. By the mid-way point; Wright had pulled himself up to thirteenth, a fine achievement in and of itself, though he was undeniably assisted by the midfield mêlée that occurred soon after. Estive Formosa would be the only direct casualty of the pile-up, but it allowed Wright, Stoddard, Paolo Monteluci and others to sweep forward.

After setting the faster times in qualifying as per usual; Durant, Dubois, Mackenzie and Giordano again flattered to deceive, leaving Scott LeCroix to ease to victory. Wright would pick up a healthy package of points in fifth, while off the pace Berryman had to settle for a disappointing twentieth.