F2RWRS - The feeder category of the F1RWRS

[Stramala]

Jason, Bellic stripped of F2RWRS Competition License

Amid growing speculation about how the rule stipulating the amount of drivers each manager/driver management firm can run is to be policed, F2RWRS Commissioner Tom Douglas has taken the unprecedented step of revoking both Tanner Jason's and Niko Bellic's competition licenses until further notice as the Phoenix Management Society (PMS) continue to deliberate how to best deal with the five driver cap, with six drivers currently under contract. This means that they can still test for Aeroracing but neither of them can race in the series unless one of them is either transferred to another driver management program or has their contract terminated by Aeroracing. Neither the commissioner or Phoenix McAllister were available for comment on the decision.

This comes as a shock to me. I thought I had no troubles with my driver quote.

Anyway, if I have to sack someone, it'll be, much to my displeasure, Niko Bellic. Tanner Jason might be an arse at times, but he's faster than Bellic and has a lot of potential in my opinion.

Of course, this means there's an available seat at Aeroracing. Any offers?

I would, but my quota is also full

[Nuppiz]

Of course, this means there's an available seat at Aeroracing. Any offers?

I would, but my quota is also full

My only RWRS drivers who are eligible for this series are already contracted. And I'm not going to put Sophie Fabron here, she'd be 47 in 2015!

[Stramala]

Of course, this means there's an available seat at Aeroracing. Any offers?

I would, but my quota is also full

My only RWRS drivers who are eligible for this series are already contracted. And I'm not going to put Sophie Fabron here, she'd be 47 in 2015!

Actually, you're not quite right, aside from McCracken's one round deal for Hydook replacing the suspended Rueckert, he's free for the rest of the season.

You're not a very good driver manager are you

[Nuppiz]

Actually, you're not quite right, aside from McCracken's one round deal for Hydook replacing the suspended Rueckert, he's free for the rest of the season.

You're not a very good driver manager are you

Crap, I thought this was F3RWRS where he is ineligible. Oh dear, I got to start reading more carefully.

Well then, Phil McCracken is interested in the Aeroracing seat.

[Wizzie]

F2RWRS Commissioner Tom Douglas has restored the competition license of Tanner Jason as the PMS is now no longer over the driver limit.

[Stramala]

F2RWRS Commissioner Tom Douglas has restored the competition license of Tanner Jason as the PMS is now no longer over the driver limit.

The what now?

[Wizzie]

F2RWRS Commissioner Tom Douglas has restored the competition license of Tanner Jason as the PMS is now no longer over the driver limit.

The what now?

The Phoenix Management Society, which is what I called Phoenix's management program. Yes, I did it on purpose

[Phoenix]

OK, Phil McCracken is going to drive for us alongside Jason. As for Bellic, he'll be a free agent since I plan on sacking Hillary King as soon as someone offer my F3RWRS team a driver to replace him. If a F2RWRS team wants to sack a driver and needs a replacement as soon as King is on the dole queue, you know who to call.

[Wizzie]

You're gonna need to put someone else (Read: Raul Suoto Maior ) in the car for round one as McCracken's already super-subbing for Rueckert for that weekend.

[Phoenix]

You're gonna need to put someone else (Read: Raul Suoto Maior ) in the car for round one as McCracken's already super-subbing for Rueckert for that weekend.

This is a monumental mess, I can't have a normal life hanging out with friends and the like and trace the moves of all the drivers in all the series at the same time

Anyway, if I put Souto Maior in the car at the first round, what about his seat at the F3RWRS?

[Wizzie]

You're gonna need to put someone else (Read: Raul Suoto Maior ) in the car for round one as McCracken's already super-subbing for Rueckert for that weekend.

This is a monumental mess, I can't have a normal life hanging out with friends and the like and trace the moves of all the drivers in all the series at the same time

Anyway, if I put Souto Maior in the car at the first round, what about his seat at the F3RWRS?

He can do double-duty that weekend as both categories are racing in Adelaide.

[Phoenix]

You're gonna need to put someone else (Read: Raul Suoto Maior ) in the car for round one as McCracken's already super-subbing for Rueckert for that weekend.

This is a monumental mess, I can't have a normal life hanging out with friends and the like and trace the moves of all the drivers in all the series at the same time

Anyway, if I put Souto Maior in the car at the first round, what about his seat at the F3RWRS?

He can do double-duty that weekend as both categories are racing in Adelaide.

Is that permitted by the rules?

[Wizzie]

This is a monumental mess, I can't have a normal life hanging out with friends and the like and trace the moves of all the drivers in all the series at the same time

Anyway, if I put Souto Maior in the car at the first round, what about his seat at the F3RWRS?

He can do double-duty that weekend as both categories are racing in Adelaide.

Is that permitted by the rules?

Tommy Nash did it twice last year in Belgium and Italy for the F2RWRS and F1RWRS so there's nothing to say that one can't have such an arrangement. Hell, I actively encourage it if the driver's good enough.

[Phoenix]

OK, Raul Souto Maior will double for both rounds at Adelaida.

[Stramala]

OK, Raul Souto Maior will double for both rounds at Adelaida.

Yeah, Phoenix, its 10 rounds in F2RWRS before they're no longer eligible in F3RWRS. As Bellic did a full season he can't make the step down but Souto Maior can.

[Phoenix]

OK, Raul Souto Maior will double for both rounds at Adelaida.

Yeah, Phoenix, its 10 rounds in F2RWRS before they're no longer eligible in F3RWRS. As Bellic did a full season he can't make the step down but Souto Maior can.

OK, but I want McCracken for the second round.

[Nuppiz]

OK, but I want McCracken for the second round.

As far as I'm concerned, you can sign him for as long as you like! His Hydook contract only lasts for the first race.

[AndreaModa]

Hey Lindsay, take a look at the timesheets sunshine! Your little golden boy Kremnicky with his Lancia engine was ONE TENTH ahead of Hawkin and his Aston Martin unit! I think you might want to revise those ambitions for the season, the last thing I need is another trip to Tesco to order an all-you-can-eat buffet's worth of humble pie for your amateur team again.

[Stramala]

Hey Lindsay, take a look at the timesheets sunshine! Your little golden boy Kremnicky with his Lancia engine was ONE TENTH ahead of Hawkin and his Aston Martin unit! I think you might want to revise those ambitions for the season, the last thing I need is another trip to Tesco to order an all-you-can-eat buffet's worth of humble pie for your amateur team again.

Oh wow, in one out of three tests you were able to get to within one tenth. That's so impressive, that 33% of the time you only suck slightly instead of massively! Your team is beyond f**ked for this year. I don't even need to claim anything anymore, you spent all of last year complaining we were screwing everything up, and now, I can just sit back and watch the actual truth unfold, for the world to see with their own eyes. Nobody gives a flying f**k what you have to say anymore, given all of your publicocrap last year has turned out to be a lie. It will be funny watching you rant into a brick wall while Andrej and Bastiaan kick 10 colours of sh*t out of your inferior "golden child" Hawkin.

[Wizzie]

I'm about to do the first day of the third test but before I do, I need to know the home races of the following:

Andrej Kremnicky: I was originally going to give him Germany but then I realised Turkey might be a slightly better option with virtually all the Eastern European races taken off the calender
Alberto Cara: Now this is an interesting one as it depends on whether Tropico is aligned with the Red Threat or the Capitalist Pigdogs
Gregor Pascal: It's a choice between France, Germany and Italy really depending on what heritage and what part of Switzerland he's from
Alexey Buyvolov: See Kremnicky
Tanner Jason: For now, I've put it as the Indianapolis race but that might change depending on what part of America he's from.

[tommykl]

Regarding Pascal, his name sounds francophone...

[eurobrun]

France would probably be the closest thing Pascal has to a home race.

[Wizzie]

France would probably be the closest thing Pascal has to a home race.

France it is then.

[Phoenix]

Tanner Jason is from Indiana, so yes, Indianapolis it is.

[Wizzie]

Barcelona Test 2 - Day 1

The BMW powered team showed up for the second Barcelona Test and, for once, none of them had any problems with the MRT-prepared engines. Daniel Melrose was still a very worried man as the MRTs were still by far the slowest overall of the BMW teams with Michael Robertson wondering if he made the right career move in 21st and Alessandro Marchesi is a disastrous 26th. There were no such complaints in the Lancia camp however with the two customer RonDens in 2nd (Wouter Lamberigts) and 5th (Gianluigi Pazzini) with Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen in 3rd in the works Lancia. The man missing from that group however was the championship favourite Andrej Kremnicky who was relatively disappointing in 8th. The man of the day however was Tropican Alberto Cara as he continued to show his out-and-out pace to end the day on top for BMW, being joined in the top 4 by Gillet-BMW driver Gregor Pascal, who is allegedly on the verge of signing a multi-year deal with the Gillet team as he continues his brilliant pre-season form.

1. A. Cara (Beirao-BMW): 1:28.903
2. W. Lamberigts (RonDen-Lancia): 1:28.954 +0.051
3. B. van Nieuwenhuijzen (Alitalia-Lancia): 1:29.463 +0.560
4. G. Pascal (Gillet-BMW): 1:29.597 +0.694
5. G. Pazzini (RonDen-Lancia): 1:29.678 +0.775
6. M. Cameron (Simpson-BMW): 1:29.734 +0.831
7. T. Nash (Young Lions-Holden): 1:29.747 +0.844
8. A. Kremnicky (Altilaia-Lancia): 1:29.775 +0.872
9. H. Shioya (Jones-Aston Martin): 1:29.797 +0.894
10. J. Rueckert (Hydook-Aston Martin): 1:29.843 +0.940
11. T. Kazama (Aston Martin): 1:29.845 +0.942
12. Y. Katayama (Falik-BMW): 1:29.927 +1.024
13. T. Hawkin (Jones-Aston Martin): 1:29.928 +1.025
14. J-V. Albertini (GIllet-BMW): 1:29.961 +1.058
15. C. Simpson (Young Lions-Holden): 1:30.029 +1.126
16. A. Buyvolov (Dofasco-Audi): 1:30.311 +1.408
17. J. Carlisle (Falik-BMW): 1:30.324 +1.421
18. D. Anderson (Simpson-BMW): 1:30.115 +1.452
19. P. McCracken (AeroRacing-Audi): 1:30.539 +1.636
20. A. Lilly (Kingfisher-Holden): 1:30.637 +1.734
21. M. Roberston (MRT-BMW): 1:30.670 +1.767
22. T. Jason (AeroRacing-Audi): 1:30.763 +1.860
23. C. Lopes (Beirao-BMW): 1:30.820 +1.917
24. S. Davidson (Kingfisher-Holden): 1:30.905 +2.002
25. M. Glotch (Aston Martin): 1:31.041 +2.138
26. A. Marchesi (MRT-BMW): 1:31.055 +2.152
27. E. Molinaro (HYdook-Aston Martin): 1:31.217 +2.314
28. W. Cieslar (Dofasco-Audi): 1:31.847 +2.944

[JeremyMcClean]

These test results are very strange, really. First a Lancia is topping the charts, then a BMW is, and the drivers performance is all over the place. I expect a close season, so I expect Aston to be in the hunt for the championship much like everyone else.

[Nuppiz]

Dis is a-disasterous. Rueckert must-a be favoritized by the team, there is a-no other reason why I would be so far behind.

Aye, it's good to be back! I'm pleased to see meself ahead of me future team mate. And what is that Italian bastard whining? The Hydook looks like a good car, which is splendid as I'm about to drive fer them in the first race.

[The Lukas]

You could say that my form continues to grow, I hope that I can find the form for the season. and the car is really good and has potential.

[SuperAguri]

I am not a happy man, 12th and 17th is just not good. Yuka and Josh know what they need to do. The BMW engine is not as good as the Zytek engine I had lined up but Zytek are only a small company compared to the others so they really had no chance given the others could bribe their way....

Prince Falik is led off by team manager and someone pops to the front.

Haha, you know Prince Falik, making all those funny jokes, yes? The BMW engine is a fine engine and I am sure Falik racing will get several podiums during the year. Oh look a fluffy kitten...

[Stramala]

Dis is a-disasterous. Rueckert must-a be favoritized by the team, there is a-no other reason why I would be so far behind.

There is a reason I offloaded Molinaro. He finished last in the F3RWRS championship last year. LAST. The only driver of mine that failed to score. He is utter garbage. I don't understand why Hydook signed him at all.

[Nuppiz]

There is a reason I offloaded Molinaro. He finished last in the F3RWRS championship last year. LAST. The only driver of mine that failed to score. He is utter garbage. I don't understand why Hydook signed him at all.

Yeah, I've noticed that now, and also noticed that according to Phil McCracken's Wiki page he isn't exactly star material either. Oh well, I'll still try to keep both in the sport as long as possible, until inevitably no team boss is crazy enough to sign them! And with only one personally created driver in RWRS besides these two, I've still got room to spare but for now I'm keeping those slots empty,

[Stramala]

There is a reason I offloaded Molinaro. He finished last in the F3RWRS championship last year. LAST. The only driver of mine that failed to score. He is utter garbage. I don't understand why Hydook signed him at all.

Yeah, I've noticed that now, and also noticed that according to Phil McCracken's Wiki page he isn't exactly star material either. Oh well, I'll still try to keep both in the sport as long as possible, until inevitably no team boss is crazy enough to sign them! And with only one personally created driver in RWRS besides these two, I've still got room to spare but for now I'm keeping those slots empty,

McCracken is either brilliant or incredibly shite. There is nothing inbetween. If he's on form he's really really good, if he isn't you can expect him to finish dead last. I guess he's the Didier Auriol of RWRS

[Klon]

Alberto Cara: Now this is an interesting one as it depends on whether Tropico is aligned with the Red Threat or the Capitalist Pigdogs

What kind of imbecile is this guy, not knowing that Tropico is the last true bastion against the United States capitalist world state?

Home race is actually difficult - Tropico doesn't have a F2RWRS race, neither do Russia or Argentina (since Cara's career mainly took place there). Spain could be an option but that would be extremely cheap.

[AndreaModa]

Someone remind me why we even need home races?

[Wizzie]

Someone remind me why we even need home races?

Simple. Drivers perform better (or worse if I'm feeling particularly sadistic that day ) at home races and after running it through you guys and getting the green light a few months ago, it'll be trialled over the course of the year.

And with Aerond releasing the calendar for 2015, Portugal has been dropped in place of Austria but the full calendar won't be released until this afternoon.

[Wizzie]

Due to time constraints, the Jerez test has been cancelled. Therefore the fourth day of the Barcelona test will be the last time teams can test their F2RWRS machinery before the first race in Adelaide.

[AndreaModa]

Melrose and BMW involved in secret cancellation of Jerez test

It's come to the attention of S.H.I.T that the recent cancellation of the F2RWRS Jerez pre-season test is due entirely to the concerns of BMW and Daniel Melrose that teams powered by rival manufacturers, chiefly Lancia and Aston Martin, will be significantly more competitive than teams supplied by the German manufacturer.

Melrose is believed to have uncovered data that points to the BMW engines being down on power, and has since had heated conversations with BMW top brass about the lack of performance. BMW's history in the RWRS structure is well known for a litany of errors. In the F1RWRS in 2013, the P88 engine was so underpowered that the MRT and Horizon teams frequently failed to qualify for races, whilst in 2014, the P89 was so unreliable it cost MRT both drivers' and constructors' titles.

All of this points to a hurried cancellation of the Jerez test to try and limit the losses of BMW, and the MRT team who look to be significantly less competitive than 2014 when Mitchell Macklin comfortably walked to the title. Representatives from both Lancia and Aston Martin are known to be furious at the decision to cancel the test, though neither were available for comment.

[Wizzie]

Seriously, I was thrown off completely by the fact Aerond started the 2015 F1RWRS pre-season much earlier than just about anyone expected and I got caught between a rock and a hard place when it came to getting both Barcelona and both days of the Jerez test done before the yearly exams in just under weeks. Eventually, I decided it was best to not risk it and actually decide to study, especially considering how screwed I am for English on the first day

[Wizzie]

F2RWRS Barcelona Test 2- Day 2

In order to properly get a summary of just how chaotic the last day of testing was with the bad weather returning to Barcelona, one would have to look at the following extract from the steward's report which had been written by an absolutely irate Chief Steward Theo Rulboke at day's end:

...as a result, the following drivers have been given the various penalties:
Car 1 (Alessandro Marchesi) has been given an official reprimand for causing an avoidable collision with Car 8 (Catarina Lopes)
Car 6 (Tomo Kazama) has been given an official probation for casing avoidable collisions with Cars 7 (Alberto Cara), 18 (Dave Anderson) and 19 (Michael Cameron). This probation will be in effect until the conclusion of Round 8 in the championship and if Kazama is found guilty of another driving offense at any point before Round 8, a one race ban will automatically be applied.
Car 7 (Alberto Cara) has been given an official reprimand for causing an avoidable collision with Car 6 (Micko Glotch)
Car 16 (Johannes Rueckert) has been given a $5 000 fine for causing avoidable collisions with Cars 4 (Josh Carlisle) and 10 (Bastiaan van Niuewenhuijzen). As a result, Rueckert has been found to have breached his probation but, since the breach was caused in testing, it will take the form of an additional race ban which will be suspended until the end of the year. Should Rueckert be found guilty of another driving offense at some point this year, he will be given an automatic two race suspension.
Car 19 (Michael Cameron) has been given an official reprimand for causing an avoidable collision with Car 17 (Enrico Molinaro)
Car 20 (Gregor Pascal) has been given a $5 000 fine for causing avoidable collisions with Cars 27 (Scott Davidson) and 28 (Wouter Lamberigts)
Car 21 (Jean-Vincent Albertini) has been given an official reprimand for causing an avoidable collision with Car 22 (Wojciech Cieslar)

For Kazama and Rueckert, these penalties can be appealed by their respective team owners. For all other penalties, since they have little to no impact on their penalty status for this year, no appeals can be made.

In addition, attrition decimated the field as many teams tested older parts to breaking point, just to see how far they could be stretched for the FedEx 100 at the end of the year. In the end there were 11 separate red-flag periods as stricken cars were retrieved from all over the circuit with various mechanical failures. On the timesheets, it was Tanner Jason reveling in the atrocious weather with Andrej Kremnicky and Alessandro Marchesi the only drivers able to get within a second of the American. Other strong showings included Ashley Lilly inside the top 10 and Alexey Buyvolov in the Dofasco just outside that mark whilst, on the other side of the coin, there were several very poor showings including Tommy Nash and Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen

1. T. Jason (AeroRacing-Audi): 1:43.927
2. A. Kremnicky (Altilaia-Lancia): 1:44.393 +0.421
3. A. Marchesi (MRT-BMW): 1:44.951 +0.979
4. J-V. Albertini (GIllet-BMW): 1:45.158 +1.186
5. A. Cara (Beirao-BMW): 1:45.174 +1.202
6. C. Simpson (Young Lions-Holden): 1:45.258 +1.286
7. T. Hawkin (Jones-Aston Martin): 1:45.384 +1.412
8. G. Pascal (Gillet-BMW): 1:45.387 +1.415
9. A. Lilly (Kingfisher-Holden): 1:45.430 +1.458
10. G. Pazzini (RonDen-Lancia): 1:45.559 +1.587
11. A. Buyvolov (Dofasco-Audi): 1:45.687 +1.715
12. J. Rueckert (Hydook-Aston Martin): 1:45.925 +1.953
13. M. Cameron (Simpson-BMW): 1:45.927 +1.955
14. T. Kazama (Aston Martin): 1:45.998 +2.026
15. P. McCracken (AeroRacing-Audi): 1:46.180 +2.208
16. M. Roberston (MRT-BMW): 1:46.194 +2.222
17. W. Lamberigts (RonDen-Lancia): 1:46.305 +2.333
18. M. Glotch (Aston Martin): 1:46.307 +2.335
19. D. Anderson (Simpson-BMW): 1:46.487 +2.515
20. T. Nash (Young Lions-Holden): 1:46.534 +2.562
21. S. Davidson (Kingfisher-Holden): 1:46.616 +2.644
22. H. Shioya (Jones-Aston Martin): 1:46.620 +2.648
23. Y. Katayama (Falik-BMW): 1:46.654 +2.682
24. B. van Nieuwenhuijzen (Alitalia-Lancia): 1:46.711 +2.739
25. C. Lopes (Beirao-BMW): 1:46.826 +2.854
26. E. Molinaro (Hydook-Aston Martin): 1:46.944 +2.972
27. W. Cieslar (Dofasco-Audi): 1:47.789 +3.817
28. J. Carlisle (Falik-BMW): 1:49.645 +5.673

And as a final note, I need a response from the owner of Gillet as to who will be driving car 20 at the Tasman GP.

[Phoenix]

That's for those who said on Twitter that Tanner Jason was an ass, ha!