1981 Classic GP Manager
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Wolf will not be testing
yesterday?
Yea, everyone missed the deadline sadly Deadline for test is 4th December 07:00 EET.
First race due 10th December.
Please PM me your preferred test target if you want to gain any development.
@airutonpurosuto8912
You too.
Less than two days left to sign up for the pre-season test!
@Joel
@Costello
@Márk Lintner
@Diehl
@T.Yamaguchi
More info here: http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/1981-classic-gp-manager.113654/page-4#post-2138314
@Joel
@Costello
@Márk Lintner
@Diehl
@T.Yamaguchi
More info here: http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/1981-classic-gp-manager.113654/page-4#post-2138314
Rosberg and Reutemann on top in tests
The 1981 Formula One pre-season test sessions at Imola provided little surprises. Only nine teams showed up after many teams were still working hard on their new cars. All the top teams barring Arrows were in action however so we got a little indication of who the championship favourites might be. Most of the teams taking part were racing brand-new chassis while Ferrari and Ligier took the decision to test their 1980 chassis. Williams and Lotus were also running cars already unveiled last season.
First day of testing saw the teams and drivers get used to their cars. McLaren's Keke Rosberg topped the charts, finishing the day just barely faster than Tyrrell's Didier Pironi. Third fastest was Ferrari's new guy Nelson Piquet who must have been delighted to beat his former Williams teammate de Angelis.
Day 2 standings were topped by 1979 World champion Carlos Reutemann who showed that the "old" 312T5 chassis still has some speed in it. Day 1 front runners Rosberg and Pironi were further down the ranks, suggesting that they might have been running a different program. All in all the top-4 teams were quite far ahead of the the other five with Lotus and Ligier perhaps the best of the rest. New teams Toleman, Theodore and March look to be rather even matched at this point.
Day 1
Day 2
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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/1981-classic-gp-manager.113654/#post-2131892
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 Wednesday at 07:00 EET.
FAILURE TO POST YOUR DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT (via PM or in this thread) BEFORE Monday 07:00 EET RESULTS IN NO DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN TESTING AND THE FIRST RACE.
The 1981 Formula One pre-season test sessions at Imola provided little surprises. Only nine teams showed up after many teams were still working hard on their new cars. All the top teams barring Arrows were in action however so we got a little indication of who the championship favourites might be. Most of the teams taking part were racing brand-new chassis while Ferrari and Ligier took the decision to test their 1980 chassis. Williams and Lotus were also running cars already unveiled last season.
First day of testing saw the teams and drivers get used to their cars. McLaren's Keke Rosberg topped the charts, finishing the day just barely faster than Tyrrell's Didier Pironi. Third fastest was Ferrari's new guy Nelson Piquet who must have been delighted to beat his former Williams teammate de Angelis.
Day 2 standings were topped by 1979 World champion Carlos Reutemann who showed that the "old" 312T5 chassis still has some speed in it. Day 1 front runners Rosberg and Pironi were further down the ranks, suggesting that they might have been running a different program. All in all the top-4 teams were quite far ahead of the the other five with Lotus and Ligier perhaps the best of the rest. New teams Toleman, Theodore and March look to be rather even matched at this point.
Day 1
Day 2
- - - - - -
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/1981-classic-gp-manager.113654/#post-2131892
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 Wednesday at 07:00 EET.
FAILURE TO POST YOUR DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT (via PM or in this thread) BEFORE Monday 07:00 EET RESULTS IN NO DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN TESTING AND THE FIRST RACE.
McLaren
Superb job from Keke. We knew we needed to keep him and in doing so we've set ourselves up very, very well we feel.
Just a great effort from both guys this test, we're quietly confident that we can bring what is necessary to step forward this year.
Superb job from Keke. We knew we needed to keep him and in doing so we've set ourselves up very, very well we feel.
Just a great effort from both guys this test, we're quietly confident that we can bring what is necessary to step forward this year.
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Ligier's Testing Report
Our car has been very much reliable at the testing. The drivers encountered no problems on the car but however we should improve the speed and performance of the car to have a much better season.
Our car has been very much reliable at the testing. The drivers encountered no problems on the car but however we should improve the speed and performance of the car to have a much better season.
Lotus
A very insightful test that. I think we are in a solid position to do well this season. Jean Pierre was very good on day one while we had a small issue with Eddie. Both did a decent job beating the Ligier's, who see, to be our rivals
A very insightful test that. I think we are in a solid position to do well this season. Jean Pierre was very good on day one while we had a small issue with Eddie. Both did a decent job beating the Ligier's, who see, to be our rivals
1981 United States Grand Prix West
Sunny streets of Long Beach hosted the opening round for the 1981 Formula 1 season. Three World champions left the sport during the off-season meaning we only had one past champion (Carlos Reutemann) trying to recapture the title. A few new teams and many new cars were shipped to the States and everyone was eagerly waiting for the season to start.
Pre-qualifying
Last season ended with Wolf, Ligier, Rebaque, ATS and Osella taking part in pre-qualifying. Wolf and Ligier made it out thanks to their late-season form in 1980 while ATS folded in the off-season. Their replacements at least for the first half of the season are Toleman, Theodore and March. Friday morning session is a place no one wants to be in, especially the likes of Derek Daly who was a constant podium finisher just two seasons ago.
Rebaque had to be regarded as the favourites in pre-qualifying, despite still racing their ancient HR100 chassis. The team lead by Derek Daly secured Michelin tyres in hopes of better times but to the surprise of many, failed to qualify. It was Theodore Racing that took the early advantage as Rupert Keegan and David Kennedy lead the time charts. Returning German ace Hans-Joachim Stuck was third fastest for March Racing. Teammate Rahal was only seventh fastest but still quick enough to beat the Tolemans on combined time.
Qualifying
McLaren, Ferrari and Tyrrell had looked the strongest in the pre-season tests and the British teams really fulfilled their promise by capturing the two front rows. It was also a first ever pole for Didier Pironi. Ferraris however were struggling badly. New guy Nelson Piquet had the upper hand to Reutemann but only in 9th position. Both Williamses were in front of him, much to the joy of Williams manager who had been seen fist-bumping air after Piquet's final lap.
Championship contender Jacques Laffite splitted the Williams duo in 6th in his A3 chassis used in 1980, together with Shadow's Alain Prost who was the fastest Goodyear user. Tambay completed the top-10 for Fittipaldi, leaving Reutemann just out of top5 rows. Lotus, Ligier, Renault, Alfa Romeo and Wolf were the next fastest teams. New teams Theodore and March both got one driver in to race as Rupert Keegan was impressively 17th and Bobby Rahal 23rd fastest.
Race
Great start for Tyrrells as Pironi lead Scheckter to turn 1. McLarens followed in 3-4, Williams 5-6 and Prost, Tambay, Laffite and Zunino behind them rounding out the top-10. Ferraris had a miserable start and were down in 11th and 12th. First lap claimed one driver as Lotus' Jean-Pierre Jarier smashed his car to the wall.
Overtaking proved to be difficult on the tight street circuit. Only changes in top-10 in first 10 laps happened on lap 4 when Piquet tried to overtake Zunino for 10th. Following the opportunistic move the Brazilian ran wide and dropped to last. Zunino lost some time too allowing Reutemann to claim 10th place. Running order on lap 10 of 80 was Pironi-Scheckter-Rosberg-Mansell-de Angelis-Alboreto-Prost-Tambay-Laffite-Reutemann. Piquet was already up to 20th after Keegan had retired.
Next few laps saw more higher profile retirements as Laffite crashed out first on lap 12, soon followed by Alboreto. Prost was now running in points with Tambay right behind him. Tambay however retired on lap 17 giving Prost some breathing space.
After these incidents the race cooled down considerably. A bit of drama unfolded on lap 31 when Pironi's car looked to be overheating due to water leak. Luckily the Frenchman was just about to do his first pit stop. Tyrrell pit crew did a marvellous job fixing Pironi's car and he rejoined the track second with only teammate Scheckter in front. De Angelis had passed both McLarens during pit stops but otherwise the top-10 was largely unchanged. Word out for Kevin Cogan however who was having a solid début race in 9th.
Closest battle on track was for tenth place between Depailler and de Cesaris. Hoffmann and Piquet were also within striking distance but other than that battle, nothing much was happening for the next 30 laps. Overtakes were few as everyone was waiting for the second round of pit stops to shuffle the pack perhaps.
The stops really did shuffle the order a bit and with 15 laps remaining Pironi was back in the lead. Scheckter was 15 seconds behind while de Angelis, Mansell, Rosberg and Prost all had around 10 seconds between each other. Reutemann, Cogan, Zunino and Depailler were also in top-10. It looked like defending champions Ferrari would be left without points but luckily for them Nigel Mansell's Cosworth engine blew up with six laps to go. A massive shame for McLaren who were looking to have to cars on points today.
In the end the only team with two cars on points was another British team as Tyrrell started their season with a perfect display. A pole position, 1-2 finish and fastest lap of the race for Jody Scheckter showed they had done something right during winter break. Elio de Angelis completed the podium but never looked like challenging the Tyrrell duo. Alain Prost in fifth had a good race and will be delighted with the two points.
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The development market for the second race is open! You have until Monday 07:00 EEST to make/modify your investments.
Sunny streets of Long Beach hosted the opening round for the 1981 Formula 1 season. Three World champions left the sport during the off-season meaning we only had one past champion (Carlos Reutemann) trying to recapture the title. A few new teams and many new cars were shipped to the States and everyone was eagerly waiting for the season to start.
Pre-qualifying
Last season ended with Wolf, Ligier, Rebaque, ATS and Osella taking part in pre-qualifying. Wolf and Ligier made it out thanks to their late-season form in 1980 while ATS folded in the off-season. Their replacements at least for the first half of the season are Toleman, Theodore and March. Friday morning session is a place no one wants to be in, especially the likes of Derek Daly who was a constant podium finisher just two seasons ago.
Rebaque had to be regarded as the favourites in pre-qualifying, despite still racing their ancient HR100 chassis. The team lead by Derek Daly secured Michelin tyres in hopes of better times but to the surprise of many, failed to qualify. It was Theodore Racing that took the early advantage as Rupert Keegan and David Kennedy lead the time charts. Returning German ace Hans-Joachim Stuck was third fastest for March Racing. Teammate Rahal was only seventh fastest but still quick enough to beat the Tolemans on combined time.
Qualifying
McLaren, Ferrari and Tyrrell had looked the strongest in the pre-season tests and the British teams really fulfilled their promise by capturing the two front rows. It was also a first ever pole for Didier Pironi. Ferraris however were struggling badly. New guy Nelson Piquet had the upper hand to Reutemann but only in 9th position. Both Williamses were in front of him, much to the joy of Williams manager who had been seen fist-bumping air after Piquet's final lap.
Championship contender Jacques Laffite splitted the Williams duo in 6th in his A3 chassis used in 1980, together with Shadow's Alain Prost who was the fastest Goodyear user. Tambay completed the top-10 for Fittipaldi, leaving Reutemann just out of top5 rows. Lotus, Ligier, Renault, Alfa Romeo and Wolf were the next fastest teams. New teams Theodore and March both got one driver in to race as Rupert Keegan was impressively 17th and Bobby Rahal 23rd fastest.
Race
Great start for Tyrrells as Pironi lead Scheckter to turn 1. McLarens followed in 3-4, Williams 5-6 and Prost, Tambay, Laffite and Zunino behind them rounding out the top-10. Ferraris had a miserable start and were down in 11th and 12th. First lap claimed one driver as Lotus' Jean-Pierre Jarier smashed his car to the wall.
Overtaking proved to be difficult on the tight street circuit. Only changes in top-10 in first 10 laps happened on lap 4 when Piquet tried to overtake Zunino for 10th. Following the opportunistic move the Brazilian ran wide and dropped to last. Zunino lost some time too allowing Reutemann to claim 10th place. Running order on lap 10 of 80 was Pironi-Scheckter-Rosberg-Mansell-de Angelis-Alboreto-Prost-Tambay-Laffite-Reutemann. Piquet was already up to 20th after Keegan had retired.
Next few laps saw more higher profile retirements as Laffite crashed out first on lap 12, soon followed by Alboreto. Prost was now running in points with Tambay right behind him. Tambay however retired on lap 17 giving Prost some breathing space.
After these incidents the race cooled down considerably. A bit of drama unfolded on lap 31 when Pironi's car looked to be overheating due to water leak. Luckily the Frenchman was just about to do his first pit stop. Tyrrell pit crew did a marvellous job fixing Pironi's car and he rejoined the track second with only teammate Scheckter in front. De Angelis had passed both McLarens during pit stops but otherwise the top-10 was largely unchanged. Word out for Kevin Cogan however who was having a solid début race in 9th.
Closest battle on track was for tenth place between Depailler and de Cesaris. Hoffmann and Piquet were also within striking distance but other than that battle, nothing much was happening for the next 30 laps. Overtakes were few as everyone was waiting for the second round of pit stops to shuffle the pack perhaps.
The stops really did shuffle the order a bit and with 15 laps remaining Pironi was back in the lead. Scheckter was 15 seconds behind while de Angelis, Mansell, Rosberg and Prost all had around 10 seconds between each other. Reutemann, Cogan, Zunino and Depailler were also in top-10. It looked like defending champions Ferrari would be left without points but luckily for them Nigel Mansell's Cosworth engine blew up with six laps to go. A massive shame for McLaren who were looking to have to cars on points today.
In the end the only team with two cars on points was another British team as Tyrrell started their season with a perfect display. A pole position, 1-2 finish and fastest lap of the race for Jody Scheckter showed they had done something right during winter break. Elio de Angelis completed the podium but never looked like challenging the Tyrrell duo. Alain Prost in fifth had a good race and will be delighted with the two points.
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The development market for the second race is open! You have until Monday 07:00 EEST to make/modify your investments.
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