Grand Prix 4 Formula One Career Season 2004

[Muffin OCE]

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[kedy89]

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[kedy89]

2004 Japanese GP

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Rinneaho on pole
Tapio Rinneaho put his Minardi on pole position for the Japanese GP, beating Ben Utzer by a few hundredths. Those two were the only ones to go below 1.32 minutes. The Jordans of Engberink and Graham are in row 2. Noack with a great lap to secure 5th spot. Teammate Black also with a good quali effort to get 8th. Between them are Martins in 6th and Keranen in 7th. Kederer got 9th, Sigoulakis will start from 10th.

 

[Deleted member 161052]

I hope the Suzuka Circuit will give me an advantage.

 

[kedy89]

2004 Japanese GP

Spoiler: Race Results

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Engberink wins Japanese GP
Tim Engberink took his 2nd win this season, profiting of the late retirement from Utzer. The German held a comfortable lead of 15 seconds over Engberink, when his Renault engine blew up in lap 42. Jimmy Laad finished in 2nd, some 35 seconds behind Engberink. Starting from 14th the Brit showed some epic opening laps, climbing up to 5th by lap 5. Goddard finished 3rd, crossing the line just behind Laad. He too had a fantastic pace throughout the race, having started from last place after a mistake in his quali lap.
Ancevski took 4th place, ahead of the two Jaguars of Noack and Black. Harvey took 7th place, Cornes took the last point for 8th. Further finishers were Buurlage, Reed, Lintner, Diehl, and Kederer. Pole setter Rinneaho's race was ruined early on, when Utzer pushed him off the track in lap 1, dropping him to last. Trying hard to make up positions, he made several mistakes, until he crashed out in lap 22. Martins retired in lap 5 with an oil leak. Laskey dropped out with a water leak, Sigoulakis suffered a gearbox failure. Keranen crashed out from P3 in lap 22. Teammate Mishra's race ended 6 laps later when his gearbox failed while driving in 7th. Graham retired from 3rd with 10 laps to go, he too had a gearbox failure. Heymans retired the same lap when his suspension broke.

FIA Press Conference
@Tim.E: 2nd win for you, but you haven't been that happy with how the season went. Why's that?
@Jimlaad43: You were on fire these first laps, how did it feel to fly past one car after another?
@Mane Goddard: Stunning drive coming from last on the grid. What would've been possible without the mistake in quali?


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[kedy89]

Jaguar drivers Josh Noack and Andy Black both announced their retirement with the end of the 2004 season.​

 

[the_sigman]

At least it wasn't a loose wheel

 

[Tim.E]

@Tim.E: 2nd win for you, but you haven't been that happy with how the season went. Why's that?

Aaah it's been a while, season really hasn't gotten my way after the three consecutive retirements from Canada onwards wasting possible podium positions. Also some hookups during qualifying haven't helped me getting the results I needed. Glad I could get another win under the belt for the Jordan team. Now the aim is to get 2nd in the constructors.

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[Lesley Buurlage]

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[Rui F. Martins]

I'm feeling a bit left out, i started a barbecue for everybody during the race and only 2 or 3 marshalls showed up

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[Jimlaad43]

@Jimlaad43: You were on fire these first laps, how did it feel to fly past one car after another?

I was on fire, literally. I needed to drive so fast to put it out. Luckily I did and it helped an awful lot.

 

[Deleted member 161052]

I feel comfortable with the fifth place finish at my most favourite track. Time to use +ALL my final bucks on Race Skill.

 

[kedy89]

Alright, first bunch of contract offers have been sent out. As of now, I'm planning with 10 teams, meaning Arrows will drop out. If anyone new is interested to join, state your interest now
@Meff28s @Slyfrequency @Omer Said @Jolero02 @rubaru

 

[Decenten]

I see so in second to last race of the season I quit I finally get into the point lmao

 

[oorjit07]

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[kedy89]

Energy drinks company Red Bull has purchased Jaguar Racing, and will enter the 2005 season as Red Bull Racing.​

 

[Benutzername]

i think mane had the wordt qualifying in the history of this game

shame that i retired :/

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[Millsy24]

+1 rbhp
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[Milos]

Poop quali, not a bad race. If we qualified further up we'd have had a better chance of challenging Tim for McLaren's first win I feel.

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[the_sigman]

saving as well