RD Formula FG Championship Season 2

[Donaldinho105]

Oh I think that I found myself a bad result

 

[Costello]

Brit joins RD Racing for season 3

Briton Harry Costello announces that he will make his FFG debut with RD Racing for season 3

 

[the_sigman]

I remember you wanted a song for the intro Aidan. Just thought about this

Old but Gold

 

[Jimlaad43]

I remember you wanted a song for the intro Aidan. Just thought about this

Old but Gold

I think we all want a song for the results.

 

[Aidan Keranen]

Would have had the intro, but there is going to be copyright issues I think, so I'm steering clear of it.

 

[Milos]

Ah right.
You can always try something from NoCopyrightSounds

 

[Aidan Keranen]

Don't think there is a problem in not having one. Will look into it at a later date but not something that is high on my to-do list

 

[Aidan Keranen]

I should imagine that I will get results done tomorrow, and then an end of season round up later this week before this all gets shut down until S3.

 

[Aidan Keranen]

JAMIE COCKS WINS SEASON 2 CHAMPIONSHIP

Jamie Cocks won his maiden Championship by keeping his car in one piece and on the track. With only his teammate Stephan Bohner to beat, the two N-Tech drivers had decent qualifying in regards to their recent efforts, Bohner on the front row while Cocks was on row 4. From the start, we were witnessing a mouth watering duel starting. Bohner quickly made his way to P1 and Cocks followed, moving up a handful of positions from the start, albeit on a different, heavier strategy. Just as we were getting ready for a long battle, Goodyear's finest tyres decided it was time to fail, pitching the Dutchman straight into retirement. With this, Cocks only needed to finish the race in the points, a result the Australian duly delivered with 3rd place, making history in the process.
In the actual race, Jack Hunsley made another monstrous effort count, winning in a tight tussle with Omer Said that ended up blowing wide open late in the race. For the Turk, it meant that Season 2 ended up much like Season 1, without a win. The same went for his Cedars team, the dark green cars had the championship, and six individual race, winning engines, but were unable to reach that top step. To compound the misery somewhat, it kept Said in 4th place overall, behind the defending champion in Hunsley.
Laszlo Csako came in behind the new champ in 4th, possibly the final race of his career as yet. He was ahead of the two Apex cars, the Monacan team enjoying a strong final result, as Daniel Harvey bids farewell to the team with 6th place. Andy Graham was 7th, single handedly beating the 2KF1 pairing of Sigoulakis and McNamara to secure Viper 7th place in the standings, while Tapio Rinneaho had a up and down race in his final appearance in the famous DTK yellow.
Andrea Dovizioso was unlucky in 11th with Ben Herbert behind, unable to overturn the the 3 point gap to Virgin for his RD team. Andy Black was the only finisher as Speedy Racing brought an end to it's distinguished FFG history, although the Dutch team will be back in a new guise next season. Matt Bailey arguably ends his driving career for the time being with 14th ahead of Pablo Diehl who was unable to mount much of a challenge in his home race and final race for Virgin, the team too had their last race, ahead of the Razors of Utzer and Ishikawa. Brugman was the final finisher in his Virgin.
Following Bohner out of the race early were Engberink in probably his final race, Martins and Sharp.

And with that final flurry around Interlagos, the season was done. A hearty congratulations to Jamie Cocks and commiserations to Stephan Bohner on a wonderful season.
We'll be back later in the week with a full season wrap up!

SEASON 2 DRIVERS CHAMPION
JAMIE COCKS (N-TECH-HONDA)

RDFIA Press Conference
@Jack Hunsley A stunning turnaround season, culminating in a fourth victory and third overall. About the best that could have been done?
@Omer Said Weirdly enough, almost the opposite of Jack's question. Always close to the front, but never actually there, what could have been done about that?
@Jamie Cocks Congratulations to the new champion, talk us through the race and in particular the moments when Stephan retired and when you crossed the line.

Press Paddock
@Smartbean Firstly, commiserations, a fine season run very close. That being said, how frustrating that it should be a tyre of all things that derailed your title chase. Also, did you think you had Jamie's measure at all?
@William Néron Sad way to end the season in some way, your view on the result?
@Jimlaad43 Talk us through the season, was a very impressive turnaround from pre-season to now. And what of the future?
@Márk Lintner Falcon just secured 3rd ahead of Cedars, what can you say about the season, you guys were so close on many occasions?
@mystaaRS 3 points short on Falcon but no win either. Is it fingers crossed that next season the car is at a high level again?
@Leslie10 We know you won't be driving at Falcon next season, will you be driving anywhere else or is that it for you?
And lastly I open it out to everyone to comment on the final round, or even the entire season if they want.

 

[Tim.E]

+5 Quali Skill

 

[Aidan Keranen]

Well if you want, I can charge you that $50 and you can get nothing for it

 

[Márk Lintner]

JAMIE COCKS WINS SEASON 2 CHAMPIONSHIP
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Jamie Cocks won his maiden Championship by keeping his car in one piece and on the track. With only his teammate Stephan Bohner to beat, the two N-Tech drivers had decent qualifying in regards to their recent efforts, Bohner on the front row while Cocks was on row 4. From the start, we were witnessing a mouth watering duel starting. Bohner quickly made his way to P1 and Cocks followed, moving up a handful of positions from the start, albeit on a different, heavier strategy. Just as we were getting ready for a long battle, Goodyear's finest tyres decided it was time to fail, pitching the Dutchman straight into retirement. With this, Cocks only needed to finish the race in the points, a result the Australian duly delivered with 3rd place, making history in the process.
In the actual race, Jack Hunsley made another monstrous effort count, winning in a tight tussle with Omer Said that ended up blowing wide open late in the race. For the Turk, it meant that Season 2 ended up much like Season 1, without a win. The same went for his Cedars team, the dark green cars had the championship, and six individual race, winning engines, but were unable to reach that top step. To compound the misery somewhat, it kept Said in 4th place overall, behind the defending champion in Hunsley.
Laszlo Csako came in behind the new champ in 4th, possibly the final race of his career as yet. He was ahead of the two Apex cars, the Monacan team enjoying a strong final result, as Daniel Harvey bids farewell to the team with 6th place. Andy Graham was 7th, single handedly beating the 2KF1 pairing of Sigoulakis and McNamara to secure Viper 7th place in the standings, while Tapio Rinneaho had a up and down race in his final appearance in the famous DTK yellow.
Andrea Dovizioso was unlucky in 11th with Ben Herbert behind, unable to overturn the the 3 point gap to Virgin for his RD team. Andy Black was the only finisher as Speedy Racing brought an end to it's distinguished FFG history, although the Dutch team will be back in a new guise next season. Matt Bailey arguably ends his driving career for the time being with 14th ahead of Pablo Diehl who was unable to mount much of a challenge in his home race and final race for Virgin, the team too had their last race, ahead of the Razors of Utzer and Ishikawa. Brugman was the final finisher in his Virgin.
Following Bohner out of the race early were Engberink in probably his final race, Martins and Sharp.

And with that final flurry around Interlagos, the season was done. A hearty congratulations to Jamie Cocks and commiserations to Stephan Bohner on a wonderful season.
We'll be back later in the week with a full season wrap up!

SEASON 2 DRIVERS CHAMPION
JAMIE COCKS (N-TECH-HONDA)
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RDFIA Press Conference
@Jack Hunsley A stunning turnaround season, culminating in a fourth victory and third overall. About the best that could have been done?
@Omer Said Weirdly enough, almost the opposite of Jack's question. Always close to the front, but never actually there, what could have been done about that?
@Jamie Cocks Congratulations to the new champion, talk us through the race and in particular the moments when Stephan retired and when you crossed the line.

Press Paddock
@Smartbean Firstly, commiserations, a fine season run very close. That being said, how frustrating that it should be a tyre of all things that derailed your title chase. Also, did you think you had Jamie's measure at all?
@William Néron Sad way to end the season in some way, your view on the result?
@Jimlaad43 Talk us through the season, was a very impressive turnaround from pre-season to now. And what of the future?
@Márk Lintner Falcon just secured 3rd ahead of Cedars, what can you say about the season, you guys were so close on many occasions?
@mystaaRS 3 points short on Falcon but no win either. Is it fingers crossed that next season the car is at a high level again?
@Leslie10 We know you won't be driving at Falcon next season, will you be driving anywhere else or is that it for you?
And lastly I open it out to everyone to comment on the final round, or even the entire season if they want.

The season was better than previous. In this we have many retriments. On the last races we were prepaied the car bad. See next season

 

[Tim.E]

Well if you want, I can charge you that $50 and you can get nothing for it

Add it to Virgin team money

 

[Jimlaad43]

@Jimlaad43 Talk us through the season, was a very impressive turnaround from pre-season to now. And what of the future?

The season hinged on 2 races, Kyalami and Road America. In South Africa, we kinda lucked into a good result, which gave us a monetary platform to improve on. After some experimenting, the luck of a win in the USA helped set the team on a path to success.
Starting the season on low Quali BHP was the opposite of what the team was used to, so we had to find a new strategy which ultimately paid off. N-Tech's were too strong in the mid season while we were building the team up, which is why we weren't able to catch up.

As for the future? Who knows what will happen. Tier 2 engines have proved their worth, so we want to try again with a new Tier. Tier 1 didn't appeal to the team at the current moment, and Tier 3 seems like a Challenge to accept.

PS @Aidan Keranen, a little bit disappointed that we never got a photo at the top of the first post.
Lets hope we get one after the first race of next season.

 

[Aidan Keranen]

Just never got around to it, I intend to get that organised next season.

 

[Omer Said]

@Omer Said Weirdly enough, almost the opposite of Jack's question. Always close to the front, but never actually there, what could have been done about that?

Our car was really dominant in one-lap performances, thus we started around the front row in nearly all races this season. But the race pace, as you mentioned, was not enough to be "there". Also a few misfortunate races where we lost victories due to personal mistakes and relaibility problems prevented us from getting that much needed points and money. But it was a really solid season for us and it gives us hope for the next season. I hope Honda will provide such competitive engines once again.

 

[Tim.E]

Can't see the standings etc

 

[Aidan Keranen]

Can't see the standings etc

should be fine, though the wink face is unnecessary

 

[the_sigman]

In terms of pace the season was not so bad. But generally it was a case of "what could have been".The retirement in Road America was a turning point in the season, as both me and the team lost a big amount of money and points. Then, a season of very good pace and without problems and mistakes turned into the exact opposite thing. The end of the season showed that we had room for improvement and we took some points, which was good.

 

[Milos]

And lastly I open it out to everyone to comment on the final round, or even the entire season if they want.

not good for my standards. Just like S1, I feel like we deserved more.
Especially as it was only until round 10 or 12 when we finally had a race where both drivers stayed out of trouble.

I feel like it was possible to win the championship in this car, it was more competitive than the season 1 car, but since Kyalami where we had a double DNF, it all went downhill with some more DNFs afterwards and we lost any chances.

I am hoping the star signing of Ben Utzer along with hopefully improved tier 3 Playlife engines will give us our maiden championship, as I don't care about anything else to be honest.