"Grand Prix 2" Championship

[dr-baker]

To finish first, first you have to finish, as they say, and that's what I did today. Unlike some, Douglas... Another broken transmission, was it?

Yeah. At this rate, I wonder why I bother... I know these guys at Ligier aren't bad, we did win a race together at the end of last year, but these transmissions just don't seem to be able to cope with my driving style.

[BlindCaveSalamander]

And, out of interest, who exactly is on that free agent list?

Available Drivers:
Sebastien Belo
George Tramontani
Samael Meerwick
Sebastian Gazurek
Stephano Baroncelli
Chris Forbes?
Jean-Denis Deletraz
Poppy Whitechapel
Anyone else who wants to make a new driver.

Add Ryan McReynolds to that list. As a current IndyCar driver however, he will only be able to attend races that don't clash with the IndyCar schedule. Which will be: Canada, France, Belgium, and Japan. He does, however, have the experience of winning the IndyCar title.

To finish first, first you have to finish, as they say, and that's what I did today. Unlike some, Douglas... Another broken transmission, was it?

Yeah. At this rate, I wonder why I bother... I know these guys at Ligier aren't bad, we did win a race together at the end of last year, but these transmissions just don't seem to be able to cope with my driving style.

Neither did last year's Williams. Perhaps you should consider a change of career, to something where you don't constantly break your equipment?

[dr-baker]

Yeah. At this rate, I wonder why I bother... I know these guys at Ligier aren't bad, we did win a race together at the end of last year, but these transmissions just don't seem to be able to cope with my driving style.

Neither did last year's Williams. Perhaps you should consider a change of career, to something where you don't constantly break your equipment?

You think that hasn't crossed my mind? I don't enjoy having this happen race after race. I'm here to race to the finish line, I not here to race to the denonation yard!

[Barbazza]

Not my lucky track. I saw more than enough of it. I have nothing else to say.

[tristan1117]

In the wake of the Spanish GP in which two incidents where lapped cars dramatically affected the overall results, the F1RGP2C Commission has decided to bring in a concept from the 1950 A1GP series. A penalty system will be written into the rules, effective immediately, to discourage poor conduct on the track. The system (a near-copypasta of the A1GP one) is as follows:

Drivers receive points on their race license if they are deemed by the stewards to be driving in an 'unsporting manner'. Points are usually given for causing avoidable collisions, pitlane infractions or impeding fastest cars while being lapped. If a driver collects 13 points throughout the season then they are given a three race ban from racing in the series. Points are reset to zero after each season. Fines can also be given.

The penalties following the Spanish GP are:

+4 points to Artiom Zielenkovski for crashing into Tom Douglas while being lapped (+2) and an unsafe reentry onto the circuit after said crash (+2)
+3 points to Martin McFry for crashing into Damon Cannon while being lapped (+2) and causing an avoidable collision with his teammate (+1)
+2 points to Andrew Spokes for an unsafe reentry onto the racing surface

Also, there is a possibility that the F1RGP2C will be returning to Adelaide for a second non-championship race.

[tristan1117]

Round 8: Canada
Weather: Dry

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1. Daniel Moreno (Williams) - 1:22.208
2. Pippa Mann (Williams) - 1:22.440
3. Jack Christopherson (McLaren) - 1:22.571
4. Tom Douglas (Ferrari) - 1:22.737
5. Andrew Spokes (Benetton) - 1:22.747
6. John Zimmer (Benetton) - 1:23.048
7. Damon Cannon (Jordan) - 1:23.051
8. Kazuhiko Takagi (Ferrari) - 1:23.103
9. Rory McAllister (McLaren) - 1:23.315
10. Leonhard von Gottorp (Jordan) -1:23.534
11. Douglas Mann (Ligier) - 1:23.588
12. Pablo da Silva (Sauber) - 1:23.848
13. Pieter Kickert (Sauber) - 1:24.027

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14. Clivio Durand (Tyrrell) - 1:24.367
15. Jorg Scrattenheim (Footwork) - 1:24.415
16. Éadbahrd O'Caoimhín (Tyrrell) - 1:24.416
17. Reiko Megumi (Ligier) - 1:25.119
18. Gio van Dycke (Minardi) - 1:25.254
19. Miko Fakkinen (Minardi) - 1:25.347
20. Kazuyoshi Hoshino (Footwork) - 1:25.694
21. Ben Fleet (DAMS) - 1:26.266
22. Niko Nurminen (DAMS) - 1:26.310
23. Giovanni Roda (Forti) - 1:27.325
24. Robert Anderson (Pacific) - 1:27.501
25. Martin McFry (Forti) - 1:27.724
26. Anton Kaliniczenko (Pacific) - 1:27.729

Daniel Moreno takes pole again for his home race. Damon Cannon did well to place his Jordan in seventh and Éadbahrd O'Caoimhín qualified sixteenth in his return from racing. Reiko Megumi qualified seventeenth and Robert Anderson outqualified Anton Kaliniczenko!

[AdrianSutil]

Masta Valsattis:
"The car seems to be lacking some overall pace at the moment, hopefully my time at the test track whilst Reiko takes over my car will find some improved performance. However, with the new rules about penalty points being brought in, I wonder how long it will take for certain drivers to be given a ban."

[East Londoner]

Zimmer outqualified me by just 3 thousandths of a second. I really think this weekend I can race the Benettons and beat them, unless Megumi or McFry dawdle into my path...

[BlindCaveSalamander]

Zimmer outqualified me by just 3 thousandths of a second. I really think this weekend I can race the Benettons and beat them, unless Megumi or McFry dawdle into my path...

You have my support, go and show the world how useless that Australian James Allen really is.

[FMecha]

There must be a way so I can survive and go to the point(s).

It is nice to back at the [Ligier] machine, I promise that I can be calm and/or get Ligier's first point for this year. I also hoped that [Douglas] Mann would survive in this race too.

I must do something well here, before the bloody Russians come up and criticize me. Don't forget that Keith Wiggins is in my side.

And of course... my helmet reads "GO HOME DOUGLAS MANN"!!

I really want to see a feud between Megumi and Anderson, can it happen please?

[Shizuka]

DAMS in talks with other engine suppliers

This season, DAMS seems to be the best of the backmarkers, regularly finishing ahead of Forti and the dwindling Pacific team. There were already talks about changing the Ford engine to Peugeot engines in 1997, but there is nothing official yet. A DAMS-Peugeot lineup would be interesting to see how the French team and the French engine supplier can work together. Renault is probably out of the question; rumours say Renault Sport will leave F1 at the end of 1997. The question remains: what will Benetton and Williams do then?

[tristan1117]

There will be no highlight video for Canada, mainly because I couldn't find enough interesting incidents.

Five Storylines From the Canadian Grand Prix

1. Pippa Mann Has Arrived
Pippa Mann took her third victory of the season at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve after an impressive drive that defied the odds, team hierarchy and common sense. Everyone knows that in the F1RGP2C, the one-stop strategy is normally the way to go because the time you lose by pitting is not worth the effort to make up. Nonetheless, Pippa Mann elected to take the two-stop strategy while her teammate opted for the more sensible one-stop. At the start, Moreno got off the line first but he was passed by Pippa at the Casino Hairpin. Knowing he had a pit stop in hand, Moreno hung back and waited to press his advantage while Pippa galloped off for her first pit stop. When she stopped on Lap 22, things went according to plan for Moreno. Daniel took the lead but relinquished it after his stop on Lap 38, setting competitive lap times on the way. However, Pippa Mann proceeded to pull out a twenty second lead before her second stop thanks to good driving and newer tyres. She ended up coming out six seconds behind Moreno after her stop on Lap 48 and easily passed her teammate on Lap 55 to take the win. Pippa Mann definitely had the initiative for the first time this season; her last two wins came after Daniel Moreno made a critical mistake. It is clear that Daniel Moreno will not run away with the championship this year.

2. The Inter-team Battles at Williams, Benetton, Jordan and Sauber Rage On
Pippa's victory draws her to within two points of the championship lead, putting Williams in an awkward situation. Earlier in the season the team definitely favored Daniel Moreno over the newcomer Pippa. But now Pippa has three victories to Moreno's two and she has also proved to be more reliable than her established teammate. On the other hand, the situation at Benetton is reversed. John Zimmer, the established driver, leads Andrew Spokes in the championship by two points but he has proven to be far more dependable than Spokes. There is no denying that Spokes is quick but his implosions in Spain and Argentina cannot be forgotten. In Canada, Spokes and Zimmer were put on the same strategy and Spokes outraced his teammate to take a well-deserved podium. Jordan is blessed with two reasonably talented drivers and have already established themselves as "best-of-the-rest". Both Cannon and von Gottorp ran two-stop strategies at Canada which allowed Douglas Mann to leapfrog both of them in his Ligier. Cannon failed to finish the race with a Peugeot engine failure. Sauber looked off the pace this weekend and da Silva had another unforseen mechanical problem that required a pit stop. However, it seems that Kickert and da Silva are evenly matched (though Valsattis has Sauber's only points this season ).

3. Douglas Mann and Kaz Takagi Answer the Critics
Douglas Mann used his one-stop strategy to perfection by leap-frogging the Saubers and the Jordans. Mann's excellent qualifying effort didn't last the first few corners but he was able to plug along and eventually pick up Ligier's first point of the year. Kazuhiko Takagi also drove an excellent one-stop race to record his second consecutive top five finish.

4. Tom Douglas and Jack Christopherson Out Again
Douglas and Christopherson both ran one-stop strategies at Canada and they were both running third before their cars failed. Douglas was knocked out with a faulty transmission and Christopherson was eliminated with a puncture.

5. Ford/Cosworth Engines Explode Repeatedly
Out of the ten cars running Ford engines (the Volga is just a rebadged Cosworth), six of them blew up during the race. If you subtract the two Saubers (who are running the Zetec V10s), that forms a failure ratio of 6:8 which is totally inexcusable. To make matter worse, both Minardis saw their engines explode on the same lap! Funnily enough, the same thing happened to Pacific at the beginning of the race. Therefore, Reject of the Race goes to the Ford EDM2 3.0 V8 engine. Honorable mention to the Yamaha powerplants.

Penalties Awarded:
+1 point to Kazuyoshi Hoshino for dangerously parking his Footwork after a mechanical problem.

Leaders:
Pippa Mann: 1-22
Daniel Moreno: 23-38
Pippa Mann: 39-48
Daniel Moreno: 49-55
Pippa Mann: 56-69

Drivers' Championship
1. Daniel Moreno - 50
2. Pippa Mann - 48
3. John Zimmer - 29
4. Andrew Spokes - 27
5. Tom Douglas - 16
6. Leonhard von Gottorp - 8
7. Rory McAllister - 7
8. Damon Cannon - 5
= James Davies - 5
= Kazuhiko Takagi - 5
11. Jack Christopherson - 4
12. Masta Valsattis - 3
13. Gio van Dycke - 1
= Douglas Mann - 1

Constructors' Championship
1. Williams - 98
2. Benetton - 56
3. Ferrari - 21
4. McLaren - 16
5. Jordan - 13
6. Sauber - 3
7. Minardi - 1
= Ligier - 1

Penalty Standings
1. Artiom Zielenkovski - 4
2. Martin McFry - 3
3. Andrew Spokes - 2
4. Kazuyoshi Hoshino - 1

[dr-baker]

Bet you're glad my brother ditched you so you could have me, eh, Prince Walik? So who's it to be for the team's number 1 driver eh? Gotta be me, doesn't it? Go on, you know it makes sense...

Glad to have made it to the end of a race! And of course I knew that if I finished, it would be in the points.... Oh, sorry, I meant .

Martin McFry and Ben Fleet were both glad to make it to the end of the race without incident.

[East Londoner]

Egads, the French piece of crap strapped into the back decided to do what French people usually do, which is surrender at the earliest possible moment. Before the shitwagon went up in flames, I was doing a damn decent job of matching the Italian clothes company team.

[Shizuka]

Therefore, Reject of the Race goes to the Ford EDM2 3.0 V8 engine.

And that is why DAMS is planning an engine change!

[Barbazza]

I'm pleased to be back on form with another 3rd place. I know I need to be more consistent so that is now the aim.

[Nuppiz]

Ah well, seems that Ford supplied a bad batch of engines for this race, and unfortunately one of those ended up in my car. Nothing I could do.

It will definitely be interesting if our team gets a new engine supplier for next season.

[JeremyMcClean]

It was a good race, but the car needs to be faster!

[This]

Whoo-hoo, Ligier finishes a race! Both of them, actually! It was quite awkward that the only Ligier-driver to have scored points was Valsattis, who did that with a Sauber...

[AdrianSutil]

Whoo-hoo, Ligier finishes a race! Both of them, actually! It was quite awkward that the only Ligier-driver to have scored points was Valsattis, who did that with a Sauber...

Masta Valsattis:
" Yes that's true! But hopefully Ligier can use this as a stepping-stone."

[eurobrun]

Bet you're glad my brother ditched you so you could have me, eh, Prince Walik? So who's it to be for the team's number 1 driver eh? Gotta be me, doesn't it? Go on, you know it makes sense...

You did a great job Pippa, but a rivalry between teammates is the last thing Williams needs. I am committed to giving equal treatment to both drivers until two thirds of the season have been completed.

[tristan1117]

Round 9: United States
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI
Q1: Dry, Q2: Heavy Rain

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1. Daniel Moreno (Williams) - 1:40.103
2. Tom Douglas (Ferrari) - 1:40.627
3. Pippa Mann (Williams) - 1:40.672
4. Andrew Spokes (Benetton) - 1:40.819
5. Jack Christopherson (McLaren) - 1:40.826
6. Damon Cannon (Jordan) - 1:41.432
7. John Zimmer (Benetton) - 1:42.463
8. Kazuhiko Takagi (Ferrari) - 1:41.467
9. Rory McAllister (McLaren) - 1:41.752
10. Leonhard von Gottorp (Jordan) - 1:41.868
11. Douglas Mann (Ligier) - 1:42.063
12. Pablo da Silva (Sauber) - 1:42.341
13. Pieter Kickert (Sauber) - 1:42.821

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14. Eadbhard O'Caoihmin (Tyrrell) - 1:42.825
15. Jorg Scrattenheim (Footwork) - 1:43.027
16. Clivio Durand (Tyrrell) - 1:43.343
17. Reiko Megumi (Ligier) - 1:43.823
18. Miko Fakkinen (Minardi) - 1:44.024
19. Gio van Dycke (Minardi) - 1:44.027
20. Kazuyoshi Hoshino (Footwork) - 1:44.540
21. Ben Fleet (DAMS) - 1:45.220
22. Niko Nurminen (DAMS) - 1:46.585
23. Martin McFry (Forti) - 1:47.138
24. Anton Kaliniczenko (Pacific) - 1:47.141
25. Robert Anderson (Pacific) - 1:47.742
26. Giovanni Roda (Forti) - 1:47.943

Daniel Moreno takes pole convincingly after a washout on Saturday left Friday as the only viable session. Tom Douglas will join him on the front row for Sunday which prevents another Williams lockout on the front row. Damon Cannon out-qualified John Zimmer by a small margin and both Pacifics out-qualified Giovanni Roda.

[BlindCaveSalamander]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I told you you suck, Zimmer! There's proof!

Also, I don't think Rory McAllister drives for Ferrari.

[Phoenix]

I love this track. It's so pintoresque, so different to what we've been racing in...

I'm very happy to have outqualified my team mate for the first time in my career. It was for only 0,003s, but I've been qualifying very close to him all season, so I can definately take up the fight! I'm hoping for a strong result tomorrow.

[dr-baker]

Third on the grid? At least that's the clean side of the grid. I can win this race tomorrow, just you wait and see!

[Nuppiz]

This track was completely new to me, and as a result I was over a second slower than my team mate. Luckily enough, the Fortis and Pacifics were even slower. If tomorrow's race has attrition, I think we have a chance to get good results.

[East Londoner]

Another strong qualifying performance, this time outqualifying the Italian clothes machine of Johnny Zimmer. Now, lets hope that the French engine in the back doesn't go on strike for better working conditions tomorrow afternoon...

[This]

I picked the wrong day to quit drinking.

I mean, this guy has never been faster than me! These modern day high-tech machines like this Minardi are so easy to drive for talentless drivers. The Larousse, that was a diffent beast to tame!

[tristan1117]

What a race! Pippa Mann takes the lead in the championship with a shocking win at Road America after yet another series of errors for Daniel Moreno.

The 20 Most Interesting Events from the USA GP

1. The start was awesome.

The race started with Daniel Moreno and Tom Douglas bogging down at the start which let Andrew Spokes into the lead from fourth on the grid. Christopherson got the inside line into Turn 1 and passed Douglas for second as Moreno fell behind Pippa Mann, Douglas, Cannon and Takagi. By the end of Lap 1, Daniel Moreno had fallen back into sixth place. John Zimmer also had an awful start and fell back to tenth. Meanwhile, Spokes and Christopherson continued to battle for the lead but Spokes gave way at Turn 8 which put the McLaren into the lead. Further back, Tom Douglas ran wide at Turn 8 after passing Cannon and went into the gravel trap. He was quickly followed by Ben Fleet and Niko Nurminen who collided and landed in the gravel trap. Pablo da Silva also got knocked into the gravel. In Douglas' haste to get back onto the track, he unsafely re-entered and crashed into Robert Anderson's Pacific, earning him two penalty points on his license.

2. Spokes and Christopherson collided.

As the rest of the field completed Lap 1, Spokes and Christopherson pulled out lead of 1.8 seconds over Pippa Mann in third. Spokes began to line up Christopherson on the front straight and dived down the inside into Turn 1. Christopherson squeezed Spokes onto the curb and left Andrew nowhere to go except straight into the McLaren's sidepod. Christopherson failed to make the turn and went into the gravel trap, shattering his front wing. Spokes' loss in momentum allowed Pippa Mann to sweep past into the lead. The stewards deemed it a racing incident.

3. O'Caiohmin and Scrattenheim ended up in the gravel.

Later on in the lap, Eadbhard O'Caiohmin passed Rory McAllister and Pablo da Silva for ninth. However, McAllister decided to pass da Silva at Turn 13. Unfortunately, Rory forgot to brake and he T-Boned the Tyrrell into the gravel. For that, McAllister gained two points on his license. Further back, Jorg Scrattenheim spun off at Turn 5.

4. Moreno made up six places and took the lead.

Meanwhile, Daniel Moreno quickly made up for his awful start by overtaking everyone in his path. By the end of Lap 3, Moreno had passed Pippa Mann and taken the lead.

5. Chaos reigned.

Miko Fakkinen went off at Turn 5 on Lap 3. Douglas Mann, who was driving excellently, tried to pass John Zimmer at Turn 8 on Lap 4 but he overshot the exit and landed in the gravel. On Lap 5, Fakkinen tried an ambitious move on Anton Kaliniczenko into Turn 5 but missed completely and crashed into Jorg Scrattenheim's Footwork.

6. Giovanni Roda and Pablo da Silva collided.

I'll keep this one short. Roda and da Silva were battling for position. da Silva tried to pass but the two cars collided, sending da Silva into the air. Upon landing, da Silva's wheel detached and Roda spun out. The stewards deemed Roda was at fault and docked two points on his license.

7. Jack Christopherson and Ben Fleet collided.

Jack Christopherson tried to pass both Miko Fakkinen and Ben Fleet at Turn 5. He nearly did it but he tagged Fleet's DAMS and crashed into the gravel trap. He was knocked out of the race. Fleet was left in the gravel trap for a full three minutes before returning onto the track. He earned two points on his license for parking his car on the curbing for two laps. Fleet spun again later on and retired.

8. Kazuhiko Takagi got a puncture but made it to the pits.

Kaz Takagi is legendary for being extremely unlucky but he caught a break on Lap 14 when he picked up a puncture. He was able to make it back to the pits and rejoin with an extra pit stop. Of course, he also had a spin into the gravel on Lap 18.

9. Tom Douglas retired with an engine failure.

Tom Douglas retired from the race with an engine failure on Lap 17. He received one point on his license for pointlessly ramming Leonhard von Gottorp off the road on Lap 10.

10. Miko Fakkinen threw the car into the scenery multiple times.

Miko Fakkinen crashed and burned his way through the race, eventually playing a pivotal role in the proceedings. By my count, Fakkinen spun four times, colliding with Robert Anderson and Scrattenheim in the process (which earned him two points from the stewards). He also played a pivotal role during the latter stages of the race.

11. Reliability problems plagued the Ligiers and Tyrrells.

Once again, the Ligiers and the Tyrrells all failed to finish the race. Douglas Mann retired with suspension problems (possible due to his earlier off) and Reiko Megumi retired from a competitive position with a brake failure. Clivio Durand had a broken engine and Eadbhard O'Caiohmin ended his miserable day with a transmission failure.

12. Everyone chose to run a one-stop strategy.

The pits at Road America are really long.

13. Miko Fakkinen and Jorg Scrattenheim had the best battle of the race.

Miko Fakkinen and Jorg Scrattenheim had an epic battle for sixteenth place. Both drivers switched positions seven times through four laps before Scrattenheim finally got ahead of the Minardi.

14. Daniel Moreno slid into the gravel trap while trying to lap Fakkinen.

ARGH! Daniel Moreno's choke season continued on Lap 38 when he came up to lap Miko Fakkinen's Minardi. Fakkinen did nothing but Moreno went straight on at Turn 5 and landed in the gravel trap. Pippa Mann raced past and took the lead.

15. Both Benettons did not finish the race.

Andrew Spokes and John Zimmer were running third and fourth respectively when their cars broke down within five laps of each other. With Williams taking another 1-2, it seems that the Benettons have been forced out of the championship battle. Spokes, Tom Douglas and Zimmer have all made critical mistakes that have allowed Williams to break away into the distance.

16. Pippa Mann won the race.

Pippa Mann's victory leaves Daniel Moreno with three weeks of soul-searching as he has now gifted three victories to Pippa through idiotic spins. Now Pippa Mann leads the championship by two points and she has four wins to Moreno's two.

17. Daniel Moreno ran out of fuel.

Somehow, the Williams technicians and strategists royally bathplugged up and did not give Moreno enough fuel to finish the race! He was the only one who ran out of fuel at the end although it didn't matter because he was the only driver on the lead lap. Moreno's car rolled down the front straight and he managed to finish thirty-seven seconds behind Pippa Mann.

18. Kazuhiko Takagi finished in third!

If I still awarded IIDOTR, Takagi would definitely get it for his incredible drive to third place. Takagi has now finished in the top points for three consecutive races. Funnily enough, Takagi was the only driver who had an extra lap of fuel in his car which meant that he was left alone on the podium for ten minutes as Pippa Mann and the rest were brought back to the pits.

19. Jordan scored another double-points finish.

20. Reject of the Race goes to Miko Fakkinen.

Honorable mentions to: Jack Christopherson, Benetton, Daniel Moreno, the Williams fuel strategists, Ben Fleet, Rory McAllister, Tom Douglas, Clivio Durand, Tyrrell, Ligier, Douglas Mann and Kazuyoshi Hoshino.

Things That Weren't Interesting Enough
* Clivio Durand broke his front wing on the first lap.
* Martin McFry and Giovanni Roda made unscheduled stops.
* Benetton stacked their pit stops.
* Damon Cannon drove very well.
* Both Pacifics retired.
* McAllister had a brake problem.


Leaders:
J. Christopherson: 1
Pippa Mann: 2
Daniel Moreno: 3-23
Pippa Mann: 24-29
Daniel Moreno: 30-37
Pippa Mann: 38-55

Penalties:
Tom Douglas +3 Unsafe Reentry, collision with von Gottorp
Rory McAllister +2 collision with O'Caiohmin
Miko Fakkinen +2 collisions with Scrattenheim, Anderson
Giovanni Roda +2 collision with Pablo da Silva
Ben Fleet +2 placed car in dangerous position on Turn 5

Drivers' Championship
1. Pippa Mann - 58
2. Daniel Moreno - 56
3. John Zimmer - 29
4. Andrew Spokes - 27
5. Tom Douglas - 16
6. Kazuhiko Takagi - 9
= Leonhard von Gottorp - 9
= Rory McAllister - 9
9. Damon Cannon - 8
10. James Davies - 5
11. Jack Christopherson - 4
12. Masta Valsattis - 3
13. Gio van Dycke - 1
= Douglas Mann - 1

Constructors' Championship
1. Williams - 114
2. Benetton - 56
3. Ferrari - 24
4. McLaren - 18
5. Jordan - 17
6. Sauber - 3
7. Minardi - 1
= Ligier - 1

Penalty Standings
1. Artiom Zielenkovski - 4
2. Tom Douglas - 3
= Martin McFry - 3
4. Andrew Spokes - 2
= Rory McAllister - 2
= Giovanni Roda - 2
= Ben Fleet - 2
= Miko Fakkinen - 2
8. Kazuyoshi Hoshino - 1

[East Londoner]

And that is a textbook example in how to keep your nose clean and reap the rewards from it. The Williams were unbeatable today, despite Moreno trying his hardest to throw away points . I therefore had a tough but fair battle with that Takagi chap for most of the race, with him narrowly coming out on top.

Tyrrell are shite, come on, come on. Clivio and Eadbhard, I'd suggest getting outta there before it's too late for your career to recover.

[BlindCaveSalamander]

Pippa Mann's got this title won, I'm calling it now. Moreno seems even more dead-set on throwing away his title hopes this year than last year. Also Zimmer continues to be shite, no surprise there. Also also, my neck had better get healed soon, I think McLaren are starting to flounder without my input. Also also also, somebody should really get Damon Cannon a better drive for next year.

[tristan1117]

Highlights are ready.

[JeremyMcClean]

Bathplug bathplug stupid bathplug I don't like this fuel loss bathplug bathplug bathplug

I'm on air?

Ah jeez....

Uhh..

Erm..

Umm...

Question: How do you get the file to say "Grand Prix of Wisconsin" and also on the track selection page as well?

[FMecha]

So I'm back at top six in the standings. Stefano did well to manage my and [Tom] Doug[las] strategies and orders, although Doug could not finish today.

And it's seemingly I now have rivalry/feud with Cannon...

I and [Douglas] Mann have complaining about part reliability, can it be better next time?

The bathplugging muppet Fakkinen must have been complaining about he needing power steering. And glad the muppets at Ligier retired again.

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Has the fortune for both Takagi and Douglas been reversed today? Maybe - I repeat, MAYBE.

[Wizzie]

I only have myself to blame for that poor showing at Road America and I take full responsibility for all the incidents I was involved in today. Hopefully, I can recapture my early season form at the next race and bring my championship back on track.

[Shizuka]

Accidents happen, so once in a season it's kinda expected to knock someone out, or to be knocked out - unfortunate, but this happens. Not mad at Jack at all, however it's disappointing to see Niko's gearbox fail on him. At least the engine wasn't exploding this time!

[AdrianSutil]

Minardi Press Release:
"Despite problems today, it's very encouraging to see both drivers inside the top 10. Hopefully, we can keep this up and finish above Ligier."

[East Londoner]

So I'm back at top six in the standings. Stefano did well to manage my and [Tom] Doug[las] strategies and orders, although Doug could not finish today.

And it's seemingly I now have rivalry/feud with Cannon...

Whut? I was complementing you on your driving. I wasn't saying you were driving like a tool, unlike that Fakkinen fellow.

[Wizzie]

So I'm back at top six in the standings. Stefano did well to manage my and [Tom] Doug[las] strategies and orders, although Doug could not finish today.

And it's seemingly I now have rivalry/feud with Cannon...

Whut? I was complementing you on your driving. I wasn't saying you were driving like a tool, unlike that Fakkinen fellow.

Forgive my teammate for those comments. Must have been a simple miscommunication. That's all to it.

[dr-baker]

The 20 Most Interesting Events from the USA GP

5. Chaos reigned.

Miko Fakkinen went off at Turn 5 on Lap 3. Douglas Mann, who was driving excellently, tried to pass John Zimmer at Turn 8 on Lap 4 but he overshot the exit and landed in the gravel. On Lap 5, Fakkinen tried an ambitious move on Anton Kaliniczenko into Turn 5 but missed completely and crashed into Jorg Scrattenheim's Footwork.

7. Jack Christopherson and Ben Fleet collided.

Jack Christopherson tried to pass both Miko Fakkinen and Ben Fleet at Turn 5. He nearly did it but he tagged Fleet's DAMS and crashed into the gravel trap. He was knocked out of the race. Fleet was left in the gravel trap for a full three minutes before returning onto the track. He earned two points on his license for parking his car on the curbing for two laps. Fleet spun again later on and retired.

16. Pippa Mann won the race.

Pippa Mann's victory leaves Daniel Moreno with three weeks of soul-searching as he has now gifted three victories to Pippa through idiotic spins. Now Pippa Mann leads the championship by two points and she has four wins to Moreno's two.

Anotehr race, another retirement. (Sighs.) At least nobody can accuse me of blowing my engine this time...

What the heckhole? How on earth did I end up with penalty points? Single-seaters are low-slung machines with minimal ground clearance! Is it my fault that I ended up in that gravel trap? No, that was Fakkinen's fault. Was it my fault that the car could not clear the kerbs? No, as I said these are low-slug single-seaters. It's what they do. Plus my tyres had gravel on - no wonder they did not have as much traction as normal. And is it my fault that the marshalls took so long to remove me from a dangerous position? Once agasin, no. I kept signalling for them to come and give me a push, but they just did not come. For two whole laps. What was that about? So tell me, what on earth were my penalty points for?!?!?!

Ahh, what a perfect day. I wish the season could just end now. But it doesn't but I reckon I can still win this thing. Bring on the rest of the season, baby! Can't stop me now, I'm having such a good time, I'm having a ball...