1979 Classic GP Manager

[Milos]

@Lesley Buurlage Sorry I missed you, I somehow assumed Milos had tagged you in his post. Because I wasn't able to send those sponsor offers yet, I can still let you in. (More the merrier! ) Just post which team (list in the first post) you'd like to manage and I'll add you to the list.

he mentioned Wolf in his post

 

[TTupsi]

he mentioned Wolf in his post

Ooops, good point

 

[TTupsi]

Double-post to make important announcements.

Wolf joins the series. (Technaically this is still subject to @Lesley Buurlage confiriming he wants to enter this already season)
Wolf takes Rebaque's numbers. Rebaque's new numbers are 31 & 32 (This has absolutely no effect in anything. Team numbers are just another thing I like to keep track of)

EDIT: Wolf joining the series means we now have 15 teams/30 drivers. This means Ensign, Alfa Romeo and Rebaque will have to go through pre-qualifying to qualify for the race.

Teams will start receiving their sponsor offers now in the order indicated in this post. So Lotus will be the first to receive them.
Every team must choose one of the available offers. Each team has 96 hours to choose a sponsor.
Failure to choose a sponsor results in the team siging a sponsor deal worth 40% of the value of the first offer the team received.

 

[Lesley Buurlage]

I join officially, now it's time to read that first post carefully

 

[Milos]

strange, an hour has passed and I recieved no sponsors offers yet. Come on, why do none of the sponsors like my new Arrows!

 

[TTupsi]

strange, an hour has passed and I recieved no sponsors offers yet. Come on, why do none of the sponsors like my new Arrows!

Because your team is one of the last in the list They are coming, I promise.

 

[kedy89]

strange, an hour has passed and I recieved no sponsors offers yet. Come on, why do none of the sponsors like my new Arrows!

Patience isn't exactly your thing, isn't it?

 

[Milos]

Patience isn't exactly your thing, isn't it?

don't you already know that?

 

[kedy89]

don't you already know that?

rhetorical question

 

[TTupsi]

I added the following to the rules regarding bidding:

Note! The highest bidder doesn't always win the bidding contest! There are other factors, including team status, that affect which team's offer an item chooses.

And to be absolutely clear about how the bidding works: Every team makes bids for each item and when I've received all the bids (or when deadline for bids is passed) I will fill one of my OOo Calc speadsheets with the offers and calculate which team's offer a driver/supplier chooses.
So it doesn't matter whether you are the first or the last team to make your bids, as long as you make them before the deadline.

- - -
13/15 have chosen their sponsors already. That is more than I expected! Perhaps we could get that bidding going today already

 

[Márk Lintner]

Wrong message...

 

[Milos]

no! After 6 hours I'm at school

 

[Márk Lintner]

I added the following to the rules regarding bidding:

Note! The highest bidder doesn't always win the bidding contest! There are other factors, including team status, that affect which team's offer an item chooses.

And to be absolutely clear about how the bidding works: Every team makes bids for each item and when I've received all the bids (or when deadline for bids is passed) I will fill one of my OOo Calc speadsheets with the offers and calculate which team's offer a driver/supplier chooses.
So it doesn't matter whether you are the first or the last team to make your bids, as long as you make them before the deadline.

- - -
13/15 have chosen their sponsors already. That is more than I expected! Perhaps we could get that bidding going today already

no! After 6 hours I'm at school

i dont read it sorry

 

[Márk Lintner]

i must read things before posting :-D

Mod Edit: Please stop swearing

 

[kedy89]

I added the following to the rules regarding bidding:

Note! The highest bidder doesn't always win the bidding contest! There are other factors, including team status, that affect which team's offer an item chooses.

And to be absolutely clear about how the bidding works: Every team makes bids for each item and when I've received all the bids (or when deadline for bids is passed) I will fill one of my OOo Calc speadsheets with the offers and calculate which team's offer a driver/supplier chooses.
So it doesn't matter whether you are the first or the last team to make your bids, as long as you make them before the deadline.

- - -
13/15 have chosen their sponsors already. That is more than I expected! Perhaps we could get that bidding going today already

sweet, Tyrrell had a good status back then

 

[Aidan Keranen]

sweet, Tyrrell had a good status back then

6 wheels

 

[kedy89]

6 wheels

Tyrrell P34, epic car. Successful first season ('76), not so successful second. Scheckter finished 3rd in the standings, taking his only win with the remarkably 1-2 at Anderstorp.

 

[TTupsi]

Tyrrell P34, epic car. Successful first season ('76), not so successful second. Scheckter finished 3rd in the standings, taking his only win with the remarkably 1-2 at Anderstorp.

An impressive achievement considering Scheckter hated that car

 

[kedy89]

@Tapio Rinneaho: one thing I'd like to know, in the 2nd post you said to bid for more than 1 driver/engine/etc at a time. So assuming I make bids to 5 drivers for my driver 1 position, 2 reject and 3 accept. Will I then be able to chose whom I sign, or will the highest ranked on my list be signed automatically, while the other 2 get rejected?

 

[TTupsi]

the highest ranked on my list be signed automatically, while the other 2 get rejected?

This is correct. So you (and everyone) should list their preferred driver first in their bidding list.

BTW, everyone has now chosen their sponsors! Stay tuned, the engine, tyres and driver lists will be published soon!