1980 Classic GP Manager

[Costello]

Renault will take part in the preseason test (as we have some money it seems )

Is it just one driver for the test? If so Villeneuve will be out on track

 

[Milos]

Renault will take part in the preseason test (as we have some money it seems )

Is it just one driver for the test? If so Villeneuve will be out on track

both

 

[TTupsi]

Renault will take part in the preseason test (as we have some money it seems )

Is it just one driver for the test? If so Villeneuve will be out on track

Remember to PM me whether you're focusing on performance or reliability

Both as Milos said.

 

[Costello]

Remember to PM me whether you're focusing on performance or reliability

Both as Milos said.

Don't need to remember, already done it like four hours ago

 

[TTupsi]

A reminder about the pre-season tests. See this post for info: http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/1980-classic-gp-manager.108396/page-4#post-2057103
@Jimlaad43
@Diehl
@Márk Lintner

Also:
@Joel
@airutonpurosuto8912
Your testing focus, please. Your engineers need some instructions!

 

[Jimlaad43]

Williams will bother to test. Frank's been away and unable to comment.

 

[TTupsi]

Reutemann tops tests
The reigning World Champion Carlos Reutemann continued where he left off last season by topping the pre-season tests at Paul Ricard today. A total of 11 teams were present, Tyrrell as the most notable team missing. Below you can find the complete results.

Morning results

Afternoon results (Reutemann's time is incorrect - should read 1.14,314)

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I will update the budgets and inform of the possible developments shortly.

Development info ahead of the new season and first race will also be posted once again (to help new managers).

 

[Milos]

Arrows (Jacques) is decently fast now! To some good and consistent points hopefully and Arrows's first race win!

 

[Deleted member 161052]

What happened to Tyrrell?

EDIT: I just realised that they won't take part in the test.

 

[Costello]

Quite a successful test today Villeneuve was quick throughout the test and hopefully will be able to challenge for a podium at the first race

While Arnoux didn't quite have the pace, he was much quicker as the day went on, improving his time by 6 tenths

 

[Jimlaad43]

Williams were pleased with their test session. Obviously, the exact programme is a complete secret, but the drop in position for the Afternoon was expected.

 

[Aidan Keranen]

McLaren have been testing a new chassis for 1980, the M29*. We feel there is a large step forward to be found here somewhere, and are hopeful that Keke and Nigel can moustache their way to the front of the pack.

 

[Milos]

What happened to Tyrrell?

EDIT: I just realised that they won't take part in the test.

quite suprised by that decision. Tyrrell lacking money?

McLaren have been testing a new chassis for 1980

yes, most of us have I think

 

[Deleted member 161052]

Ligier were impressed with Tambay's performance in the morning test, but were not much impressed in the afternoon test.

 

[Aidan Keranen]

Ah, it came to my attention that we're only up to M29, not yet M30

 

[TTupsi]

DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION AHEAD OF THE SEASON

The last and only thing managers have to do during the season is to decide on the development money invested per race. This can be a little confusing task the first time so I strongly suggest at least the new managers to read the info about it through one more time: http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/1980-classic-gp-manager.108396/#post-2047805

In a nutshell I expect every manager (who wishes or affords) to develop their chassis to indicate the amount of money (100cr-500cr) and the focus (performance/reliability) of their investment.
This can be done on a race-by-race basis or you can determine the money you want to invest per race as far to the future as you wish or until the development is finished. There will be a notification when your engineers have completed the development of new parts.

Here are a few examples of how you can handle the development: (money and focus are just examples)

If you wish to determine the money only for the next race:
200cr, performance

If you wish to determine the money for the whole season:
200cr, performance the first 10 races
150cr, performance next 2 races
0cr for the last races

If you wish to determine the money until development is completed:
200cr until performance develops
then 350cr until reliability develops
then 100cr until performance develops

Note! You can change the amount of development investment as many times during the season and between races as you wish!

Remember! You can start building your new chassis at any point during the season. See the second post for more information.

Note for teams that are building a new chassis! Building a new chassis requires an investment of at least 100cr per race or the new chassis development will be put on hold.

First race of the season is scheduled to take place next Monday at 10:00 EEST.

FAILURE TO POST YOUR DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT (via PM or in this thread) BEFORE Monday at 10:00 EEST RESULTS IN NO DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN TESTING AND THE FIRST RACE.

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Budgets have been updated and test upgrades (if any) posted. Let's get this party started

 

[kedy89]

Tyrrell denies any rumours about eventual financial issues.

 

[Omer Said]

Shadow is extremely satisfied with the performance of the French rookie driver, Alain Prost. But it is quite clear that the team needs to work hard in order to catch up with the leaders.

 

[TTupsi]

1980 Argentine Grand Prix

The Formula 1 silly season is officially over as the teams arrive to Argentina. Local hero Carlos Reutemann comes to Buenos Aires as the reigning World Champion and is surely delighted at the chance to start his campaign on his home track.

Experts made some notes of the cars teams are using this weekend. Many teams are using brand new chassis, most of them already seen in the pre-season tests. Of the front-running teams Tyrrell, Williams, Lotus and Renault however have decided to continue with their chassis from last season. Alfa Romeo, Ensign, Ligier, Rebaque, Shadow and Wolf have made a similar decision. It's unsure when the teams will bring out their new challengers.

Pre-qualifying
Of the teams seen here last season, Shadow, Alfa Romeo and Rebque made it out of the dreaded pre-qualifying session. Brabham and Wolf are new to pre-qualifying, making company to regulars Ensign. Newcomers ATS and Osella are of course taking part.

Jacky Ickx was the strongest driver on Friday morning, teammate Patrese securing an expected Brabham 1-2. Jean-Pierre Jabouille was their closest challenger, leading Ensign to the qualifying session. ATS was a pleasant surprise after they were comfortably the third fastest team out there. Decent start to their comeback although it wasn't enough to see them advance.

Qualifying
To the delight of the crowd it was Carlos Reutemann who put in the fastest lap in the #1 Ferrari. Alan Jones in the second Ferrari got close but had to settle to second. Third fastest was Arrows' Jacques Laffite who returned to the series after missing the 1979 season. The Frenchman had clearly not been slacking off during his year off as he surprised everyone with his strong qualifying effort in the brand new A3 chassis. Villeneuve would accompany him in the second row.

Williams's, McLarens, Arnoux, Fittipaldis and Tambay sat on the next four rows. Only in 13th was the better Tyrrell, Pironi. There were rumours on the paddock about Tyrrell's possible financial troubles but a more plausible explanation to their poor pace must be the old 009 chassis. Scheckter, who set 17th fastest time in qualifying, won the last two races of '79 using the chassis but now it was clearly outdated after numerous teams had brought new cars with them. It was a similar story for Lotus too. The 1978 champions had faded badly over the last year and a half and would start the race from the last row.

Shadow's Alain Prost who joined the series with huge hype and had already showed very convincing pace at the pre-season tests was only 20th, just faster than his experienced teammate Jochen Mass.

Race
Laffite took the best start from second row and promoted his Arrows to the lead of the race! His lead wasn't going to last long as Carlos Reutemann passed the Frenchman on third lap, for the joy of the Argentinean crowd. Villeneuve had took third in the start but was already losing ground and was down to sixth by this moment. De Angelis, Jones and Piquet had gone through. Lauda had gone past McLarens and was 7th. In the back Scheckter was already making a lot of ground after taking advantage of Pironi's and Takahara's poor starts - he was up to 11th.

Like last season, Ferrari was the dominant car and by lap 10 the prancing horse had 1-2 lead in the race after Jones had caught up and passed Laffite. Otherwise the order was mostly unchanged in front. Further down there were some nice battles, some of them not ending in such a happy tone. French youngster Alain Prost hadn't been able to live up to the expectations and his race ended in a collision with another promising young driver Eddie Cheever.

As the race went on a number of drivers faced techical issues. On lap 16 Nigel Mansell's debut race blew up in the air together with McLaren's Cosworth engine and a few laps later his teammate Rosberg pulled over too after his right rear wheel got loose. Matra's return as a factory engine supplier was far from succesful too - both Matra powered Ligiers exited following a thick cloud of smoke from the engine.

In front the closest battle was fought between Piquet and Villeneuve over fifth place. Laffite was also within striking distance from Jones. The Arrows driver tried all he could but couldn't quite catch the Australian before the chequered flag.

However it was Argentina's Carlos Reutemann who crossed the line first. The reigning World Champion never looked like losing his lead and took arguably one of his greatest victories in front of the home crowd. Behind Jones and Laffite the other points finishes went to Williams' Elio de Angelis who had a rather quiet race to fourth. Villeneuve was fifth and Nelson Piquet added to Williams' good day in sixth.

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The development market for the second race is open! You have until Thursday 08:00 EEST to make/modify your investments.

 

[Deleted member 161052]

Unimpressed. Just unimpressed.

Spoiler: Post-Race Interview

"The 1980 season is just a poor start to your team, do you expect something better in the next race?"
Definitely a poor start to our team. We were hoping for more decent results than we had last year, but this time it definitely did not came up to the hope that we had back in the pre-season testing.