"Grand Prix 2" Championship

[The Lukas]

Pacific Grand Prix Line up to 1996 season
Artiom Zielenkovski
Anton Kalinczenko

[tristan1117]

I am open to calendar suggestions for 1996. The current tracks I have downloaded are:

Nolecksy (fictional Czech circuit)
Seoul-Intsjon (fictional Korean circuit)
Mexico City
Pau
Anderstorp
Long Beach
Zeltweg
Sepang
Warwick Farm Raceway, an old Australian circuit

I can install virtually all the tracks on this website so if you have any other suggestions, (personally, I would like to go to Aintree) feel free to request a circuit. The current calendar for 1996 can be found here.

EDIT: I will make one restriction: The tracks must be plausibly around at the time of 1996. If it is not, please write an article stating the the track has been rebuilt. For example...

Consortium of Businessmen, led by Prince Walik, Plan to Rebuild Ain-Diab

[tristan1117]

Round 14: 1995 F1RGP2C European Grand Prix
Positives:

Padraig O'Connell: Yay! Padraig finally got a win! As you can see from the lap chart, it was not an easy win but O'Connell managed to make it to the end. However, it did take two extra pit stops and two spins for John Zimmer for Padraig to win by only 20 seconds. IIDOTR for him.

Tom Douglas: Tom Douglas survived three accidents to score in the points. Quite a remarkable achievement. He was rammed up the backside by Takagi at the beginning of the race, missed a spinning John Zimmer by inches and crashed himself (breaking his suspension) while running in third. Somehow he stayed in the race to score more points for Ferrari.

Dennis Mignolet: Mignolet finally got the better of the Tyrrells and the Saubers today, even if he didn't get points. The disaster that befell Takagi gave him some hope but the Renault engine blew too early.

Masta Valsattis: 18th fastest lap of the race! Better than Reiko Megumi! Not bad.

Negatives:

Samael Meerwick: Nice job predicting your own retirement.

Footwork: As a whole, the team appears to have given up for the season.

Simtek: One driver out in pre-qualifying and the other out on the first lap of the race! Not a great way to finish up the year guys.

Damon Cannon: Cannon has had a year of highs and lows and this race was another low. After a poor start, Cannon was trapped in the midfield before he went off while trying to pass McAllister's McLaren.

Williams and Benetton: Reject of the Race for the European GP goes to Williams and Benetton as a joint award for bathplugging up the race and giving the win to O'Connell. Each driver had their own story:

John Zimmer: In any other circumstance, Zimmer would have taken the win by a country mile. Instead, he lost out to O'Connell after Benetton made four separate mistakes. His first mistake was going on a two-stop strategy, giving O'Connell and extra stop. His second came on Lap 10 when he slowed down with an apparent transmission problem. He would have been out of the race had he not drifted his way into the pit-lane but he ended up losing another thirty seconds. Zimmer made up both stops and overtook the Ferrari (after a brilliant pass) but slid off and spun the lead away. However, he made up all the lost time within ten laps and looked to challenge again before he spun off again. Fail.

Kazuhiko Takagi: Fairly miserable weekend for the Japanese driver. He started sixth. Then he crashed into Tom Douglas at the start, breaking his front wing. While Douglas Mann seems to have mastered the comeback drive, Takagi was new to the game and his trip up the field only reached Tom Douglas. Then Takagi's engine exploded with two laps to go. At least he salvaged a lucky point from the debacle.

Daniel Moreno: Moreno was significantly slower than Zimmer and O'Connell all weekend and it really showed in the race. The best he could ever have hoped for was third, even with Zimmer's problems. Adding to that, Moreno also made an unscheduled stop to fix a stuck throttle as his championship hopes seem to be fading away...

Douglas Mann: Oh Douglas Mann. What do you need to do to win a race? Mann was within ten second of the lead after O'Connell's stop and was the only other front runner who hadn't made an unscheduled stop. Then his electrics failed. Normally that isn't such a bad thing; cars have electrical problems all the time and just have to make a pit stop. Only Douglas Mann would get an electrical at the beginning of the lap, forcing him to go all the way around the track. He stopped just in front of the pits.







Lead Changes:
John Zimmer: 1-10
Padraig O'Connell: 11
Daniel Moreno: 12-19
O'Connell: 20-31
Zimmer: 32-35
O'Connell: 36-46
Zimmer: 47-48
O'Connell: 49-59
(8 of them!)

Drivers' Championship
1. John Zimmer - 90 (7 wins)
2. Daniel Moreno - 74 (5 wins)
3. Padraig O'Connell - 49
4. Kazuhiko Takagi - 37 (1 win)
5. Douglas Mann - 33
6. Tom Douglas - 21
7. Rory McAllister - 12
=8 Leonhard von Gottorp - 11
=8 James Davies - 11
10. Damon Cannon - 8
11. Pieter Kickert - 7
12. Pablo da Silva - 4
=13 Dennis Mignolet - 3
=13. Gio van Dycke - 3
15. Poppy Whitechapel - 2
16. Miko Fakkinen - 1

Constructors' Championship
1. Benetton - 127
2. Williams - 109
3. Ferrari - 70
4. McLaren - 23
5. Jordan - 19
6. Sauber - 11
7. Tyrrell - 5
8. Ligier 3
9. Minardi - 1

[eurobrun]

Prince Walik didn't offer a comment but he was seen screaming something incomprehensible about a bathplug.

In other news, police are investigating a suspicious fire that broke out in the Williams motorhome after the race.

[AdrianSutil]

Masta Valsattis:
It's dissapointing to retire again, especially when the car was running well. Indeed, I had made my first stop and was running in 13th when the gearbox got stuck in 3rd. The team also informed me that I'd set the 18th fastest lap of the race!

[Shizuka]

I bet Meerwick will now have an engine failure.

I seriously need to stop predicting this!

[BlindCaveSalamander]

GodDAMMIT. What do I have to do to get a trouble-free race here?

[dr-baker]

Prince Walik didn't offer a comment but he was seen screaming something incomprehensible about a bathplug.

In other news, police are investigating a suspicious fire that broke out in the Williams motorhome after the race.

Was this Douglas Mann setting fire to his Williams in frustration, hoping to get insurance money for Prince Walik in exchange for a brand new chassis for the next race?

[FMecha]

I nearly missed out the points. Crap!

I'm getting hopeless now.

And why it's at Jerez?

[JeremyMcClean]

Bathplug.

[tristan1117]

I nearly missed out the points. Crap!

I'm getting hopeless now.

And why it's at Jerez?

Oops. Darn. Retcon time!

[Jack O Melley]

Roda to join Forti in 1996
Scuderia Forti Corse will shortly announce that Italian racing driver Giovanni Roda is to join the team next season. Roda, who signed a one-year contract, has spent last year exiled in Italian F.3000 championship, not being able to find a valid offer in the main Formula. Roda made his F1 debut in 1994 with the Ursus Pacific Gran Prix, scoring 16 DNPQs in 16 entries. Neither Guido Forti, team owner, nor the driver were available for comments.

[tristan1117]

Round 15: 1995 F1RGP2C Japanese Grand Prix
Suzuka

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1. John Zimmer (Benetton) - 1.36.205
2. Daniel Moreno (Williams) - 1.36.552
3. Douglas Mann (Williams) - 1.36.672
4. Padraig O'Connell (Ferrari) - 1.37.253
5. Kazuhiko Takagi (Benetton) - 1.37.513
6. James Davies (McLaren) - 1.37.774
7. Tom Douglas (Ferrari) - 1.38.354
8. Damon Cannon (Jordan) - 1.39.214
9. Leonhard von Gottorp (Jordan) - 1.39.269
10. Rory McAllister (McLaren) - 1.39.628
11. Dennis Mignolet (Ligier) - 1.40.268
12. Pieter Kickert (Sauber) - 1.40.806
13. Poppy Whitechapel (Tyrrell) - 1.40.852

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14. Reiko Megumi (Ligier) - 1.40.930
15. Andrew Spokes (Minardi) - 1.41.500
16. Kazuyoshi Hoshino (Footwork) - 1.41.888
17. Gio van Dycke (Tyrrell) - 1.42.341
18. Miko Fakkinen (Minardi) - 1.42.817
19. Pablo da Silva (Sauber) - 1.42.859
20. Jorg Scrattenheim (Simtek) - 1.42.867
21. Anton Kaliniczenko (Pacific) - 1.43.878
22. George Tramontani (Simtek) - 1.44.237
23. Samael Meerwick (Footwork) - 1.44.318
24. Artiom Zielenkovski (Pacific) - 1.44.401
25. Masta Valsattis (Forti) - 1.44.493
26. Ben Fleet (DAMS) - 1.45.004
DNQ Pippa Mann (DAMS) - 1.45.545
DNQ Sebastian Gazurek (Forti) - 1.45.624

And we're back to the traditional qualifying scheme with Zimmer, Moreno, O'Connell, Mann and Takagi sweeping the top five positions. Zimmer has a chance to clinch the title with two races to go if he wins and Daniel Moreno does not finish second. Jordan seem to be slipping a little bit toward the end of the year while Simtek had their best qualifying result in ages. I guess they want to go out with a bang. Oh, and Pippa Mann DNQ'd .

[Wizzie]

Zimmer has a chance to clinch the title with two races to go if he wins and Daniel Moreno does not finish second. Jordan seem to be slipping a little bit toward the end of the year while Simtek had their best qualifying result in ages. I guess they want to go out with a bang. Oh, and Pippa Mann DNQ'd .

Nah. If Zimmer wins the race, he takes the championship no matter what as Moreno won't be able to beat him on countback.

[AdrianSutil]

I can't scroll down again weirdly. Did Valsattis qualify that awful Forti for the sixth time?

[Wizzie]

I can't scroll down again weirdly. Did Valsattis qualify that awful Forti for the sixth time?

Yeah. He hauled that crapbox into 25th on the grid.

[AdrianSutil]

I can't scroll down again weirdly. Did Valsattis qualify that awful Forti for the sixth time?

Yeah. He hauled that crapbox into 25th on the grid.

Epic.

[dr-baker]

Yawns...

[JeremyMcClean]

Well, at least I get the clean side of the track.

[East Londoner]

I think Jordan may have finally stopped development of this year's car. Why that may be, I do not know, seeing as we could easily overhaul McLaren.

I usually qualify 13th or 14th. Take a guess which spot I took this time

[tristan1117]

Positives:

Daniel Moreno: Moreno got the jump on Zimmer at the start and was able to stay ahead through superior pit strategy and general quickness after the Benetton driver had an off day. Although he led every lap but one, his lead was gradually cut away by Zimmer to twenty seconds before the race ended. Moreno's win keeps him alive in the championship, albeit down by twelve with two races to go. Moreno desperately needs a Zimmer retirement at the next race to stay in contention. Williams also stays alive in the Constructors'.

Rory McAllister: James Davies has bested him in the last few races but McAllister came back with a solid fifth place finish after Tom Douglas retired and Leonhard von Gottorp's Jordan sustained an electrical problem. The battle for fourth in the Constructors' is still on but McAllister's performance definitely gives a boost for McLaren.

Masta Valsattis: He finished 11th in a Forti . Epic.


No really, this has to go up there as one of the best drives of the season. Valsattis qualified 25th (a major accomplishment), rocketed up the field at the start and jumped into 16th place! On merit! He was ahead of such luminaries as: Pablo da Silva, Poppy Whitechapel and Andrew Spokes at the start and he defended his position throughout the race. Then he came up on Reiko Megumi. Megumi has been notoriously difficult to pass this year and she basically knocked Valsattis off the road three times which caused him to break his suspension and fall back. Did that stop him? Of course not. Valsattis battled his way through the field and got past Spokes and Scrattenheim on merit, setting the 17th fastest lap in the process. In a Forti. An easy IIDOTR this time around (which, by default, gives Gazurek DBTMOTR).

Negatives

Reiko Megumi: Despite knocking our darling Masta off thrice and robbing him of a potential top 10 finish, not to mention ruining Whitechapel's race at the exact same corner (the chicane after the 130R), Megumi was driving a fairly solid race. I have no idea how she ended up in 14th, though.

Ford: Lots of Ford engine failures meant that only three Ford cars finished the race. A 30% success race isn't going to cut it.

Pablo da Silva: Wait, is that Pablo da Silva getting passed by a Forti? Oh dear...

The Manns: The Mann siblings get Reject of the Race for generall uncompetitiveness and appallingly bad luck. Douglas Mann looked to have third place sewn up before his engine exploded again. I have no idea why this keeps happening and I doubt P. Walik knows either. Pippa looked miserable in her DAMS on Saturday as the car is slipping back into pre-qualifying and Fleet didn't look much better either. With DAMS' struggles and Douglas Mann's poor luck, the Mann siblings get ROTR for the Japanese GP. On to the Pacific GP!

Lead Changes:
O'Connell: 1
Moreno: 2-45




Drivers' Championship
1. John Zimmer - 96 (7 wins)
2. Daniel Moreno - 84 (6 wins)
3. Padraig O'Connell - 53 (1 win)
4. Kazuhiko Takagi - 40 (1 win)
5. Douglas Mann - 33
6. Tom Douglas - 21
7. Rory McAllister - 14
8. Leonhard von Gottorp - 12
9. James Davies - 11
10. Damon Cannon - 8
11. Pieter Kickert - 7
12. Pablo da Silva - 4
=13 Dennis Mignolet - 3
=13. Gio van Dycke - 3
15. Poppy Whitechapel - 2
16. Miko Fakkinen - 1

Constructors' Championship
1. Benetton - 136
2. Williams - 119
3. Ferrari - 74
4. McLaren - 25
5. Jordan - 20
6. Sauber - 11
7. Tyrrell - 5
8. Ligier 3
9. Minardi - 1
Forti, Pacific, DAMS, Simtek and Footwork all have 0 points.

[eurobrun]

[Shizuka]

What a surprise, an engine failure!

[AdrianSutil]

Masta Valsattis:
I don't know what it is with this track, that's two years on the trot where I've come away a very happy lad (Im only 18 remember). Last year I scored my first World Championship point and today I've battled well into the midfield. The development on the car has been slow, and I'm pleased to have qualified half a dozen times this year. I'm looking forward to next year with Ligier and am hoping for better things. As for Megumi, well we know she can be a handful and it's a shame my wishbone was damaged in the off-track incident, otherwise I had the pace to finish in the top 10.

[JeremyMcClean]

That's not gone well...

What Walik said.

[tristan1117]

That's not gone well...

What Walik said.

But Moreno won the race! Why on earth would he be mad?

[dr-baker]

I quit. I've had enough for this year. I may or may not be interested for next season, Mr Walik, but I do not wish to drive this year's Williams for one minute more.

If I am able to withdraw DAMS from the rest of the season, I wish to do so with immediate effect for clear and obvious reasons. If somebody else wishes to take on the team, be my guest. Douglas an I will not be driving for the rest of this year.

On that note, I am available to take over Douglas's seat for the rest of the season if Prince Walik is willing. He need only look at how well I did in a one-off race for McLaren at the end of last season to see what I can do.

[JeremyMcClean]

Now what is Douglas doing? He clearly has commitment problems. Good racer, but commitment problems. Hopefully he'll return, he was a great teammate...

[dr-baker]

Now what is Douglas doing? He clearly has commitment problems. Good racer, but commitment problems. Hopefully he'll return, he was a great teammate...

No, not commitment problems. Just engine problems. Many, many engine problems. It has got beyond a joke.

[tristan1117]

If I am able to withdraw DAMS from the rest of the season, I wish to do so with immediate effect for clear and obvious reasons. If somebody else wishes to take on the team, be my guest. Douglas an I will not be driving for the rest of this year.

So DAMS is withdrawing? Hmmm... I offer to buy the team for two races! I will be personally driving with either Ben Fleet or Giovanni Roda alongside me.

[dr-baker]

If I am able to withdraw DAMS from the rest of the season, I wish to do so with immediate effect for clear and obvious reasons. If somebody else wishes to take on the team, be my guest. Douglas an I will not be driving for the rest of this year.

So DAMS is withdrawing? Hmmm... I offer to buy the team for two races! I will be personally driving with either Ben Fleet or Giovanni Roda alongside me.

Be my guest! (Assuming we don't have a waiting list to join here?) And Ben Fleet will be happy to join you if he does not get Douglas's drive at Williams.

[AdrianSutil]

Masta Valsattis is willing to put his name in the hat for the Williams seat until next year. His performances for Forti have been nothing short of amazing and has already driven for a top team in Ferrari at France.

[Barbazza]

To see my ex-team mate pass me twice in an inferior car is not good. This chassis has suffered from lack of development and I hope this isn't a sign of things to come next season..

[This]

Masta Valsattis is willing to put his name in the hat for the Williams seat until next year. His performances for Forti have been nothing short of amazing and has already driven for a top team in Ferrari at France.

I have a better idea, what about me driving in that Williams for my last races, and you going to Ligier to get used to your role as lead driver next year? You know you will not be lead driver at Williams!
Also to Megumi: if you're not bothered to do your best, so we will not be bothered to help you with your set-up or reliability problems. Crashing multiple times into your future team-mate is just ridiculous.

What about i driving for DAMS these races?

[tristan1117]

Masta Valsattis is willing to put his name in the hat for the Williams seat until next year. His performances for Forti have been nothing short of amazing and has already driven for a top team in Ferrari at France.

I have a better idea, what about me driving in that Williams for my last races, and you going to Ligier to get used to your role as lead driver next year? You know you will not be lead driver at Williams!
Also to Megumi: if you're not bothered to do your best, so we will not be bothered to help you with your set-up or reliability problems. Crashing multiple times into your future team-mate is just ridiculous.

What about i driving for DAMS these races?

Gio, you're already at Tyrrell. Why would you go to DAMS?

[JeremyMcClean]

That's not gone well...

What Walik said.

But Moreno won the race! Why on earth would he be mad?

He needs an absolute miracle to win the championship.

[This]

What about i driving for DAMS these races?

Gio, you're already at Tyrrell. Why would you go to DAMS?

I think i might get some very valuable experience over there. Also Tyrrell aren't happy with me having already signed for Minardi next year. In fact, i think driving for Forti will be the best thing

[East Londoner]

God almighty! I got a good start, but when I cleared Degner, the gearbox decided to jump into neutral. Which naturally, ruined the bathplug transmission, and I had to park it.

Someone please ban Reiko for the final race of the year, because this is just ridiculous.

[AdrianSutil]

Masta Valsattis:
I never said I wanted to be lead driver at Williams! I just wanted another chance to prove myself in a superior car. However, I would be more than happy to move to Ligier early if you went to Williams.

[Wizzie]

What the bathplug just happened?