any new chassis is a good one. Well apart from Tyrrell.Well at least we will still qualify with the most awesome chassis
Lotus, and Shadow also gained a lot from the new chassis last season.
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Lotus, and Shadow also gained a lot from the new chassis last season.
This season though
"so guys, how's the new chassis going?"
"Fantastically well Takuma, it should be done in 10 races times
""THATS AFTER THE SEASON IS FINISHED, I CANT DEVELOP THE OLD ONE ANYONE MORE AND YOU CANT GIVE ME A NEW ONE. DAMN IT LOTUS"
Thank god I have two decent drivers.
Well, I'd better say nothing
Mid-season review
The 1980 Formula One season has reached its halfway mark with the completion of the Spanish Grand Prix. Seven races behind and eight races to go, it's time to look at the championship standings and what changes the mid-season cut-off brings to the championship.
Driver's standings
Arrows's Jacques Laffite is the surprise leader of the championship after seven races. The Frenchman who sat out the 1979 season after failing to get a drive, took three straight victories in Belgium, Monaco and Spain and snatched the lead from Ferrari's Alan Jones. Jones had lead the championship comfortably after four races following close to perfect run of results but was unable to add to his points total in the next three races despite finishing second in Monaco. Only one point separates the leading duo. Oddly enough, if every result counted, Jones would lead Laffite by four points.
Reigning champion Carlos Reutemann sits third in the championship and has by no means been bad this season. Two wins is an excellent achievement but something has been lacking since and the Argentinean has only managed to score one 4th-place finish in the last four rounds. Some eight points behind him are de Angelis, Scheckter, Rosberg and Pironi who all have a decent chance to challenge for third place with a succesful second half to the season.
In top-10 of the standings are also two rookie drivers. McLaren's Nigel Mansell scored a brilliant 2nd in Brazil and Shadow's Alain Prost was 3rd in Monaco. Neither of the two however hasn't shown anything special to back the podium finishes. The promise is there though and both will surely achieve some great things when they get more experience.
Constructor's championship
Ferrari has been the dominant team this season. Six pole positions and four wins (including two 1-2 finishes) in first six races has secured the Maranello team a comfortable lead of 23 points. Arrows is the surprise second following lead driver Laffite's three wins. Unfortunately Binder has only managed to score two points this season, leaving Arrows with a mountain to climb for the second half of the season.
Williams and McLaren were the early season favourites for second but have since fallen to 4th and 5th respectively after Tyrrell has regained their form after a terrible start to the season. Four podiums in the last five races have helped the team into third, 14 points behind Arrows.
Lotus and Renault have probably been the biggest disappointments so far this year. Both teams were at challenging for race wins last season but this season the two teams have scored a combined total of 7 points. Both are yet to score a podium finish too. One reason for this might be the change in administration that has happened in both teams, badly affecting their development.
PRE-QUALIFYING CUT-OFF
One of the most important points of the mid-season review is the pre-qualifying cut-off. Brabham, Wolf, Ensign, ATS and Osella have taken part in the early Friday sessions this season with Brabham and Wolf being the strongest of the five. Now is the time to check the standings and see which teams will swap places.
Out of pre-qualifying:
Brabham - 7th in standigs (6 pts)
Ensign - 12th (best finish of 8th)
In to pre-qualifying:
Ligier - 13th (best finish of 9th)
Rebaque - 14th (best finish of 10th)
Remaining in the pre-qualifying:
Wolf - 15th (best finish of 11th)
ATS - Not classified
Osella - Not classified
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Next race will be run this evening.
The 1980 Formula One season has reached its halfway mark with the completion of the Spanish Grand Prix. Seven races behind and eight races to go, it's time to look at the championship standings and what changes the mid-season cut-off brings to the championship.
Driver's standings
Arrows's Jacques Laffite is the surprise leader of the championship after seven races. The Frenchman who sat out the 1979 season after failing to get a drive, took three straight victories in Belgium, Monaco and Spain and snatched the lead from Ferrari's Alan Jones. Jones had lead the championship comfortably after four races following close to perfect run of results but was unable to add to his points total in the next three races despite finishing second in Monaco. Only one point separates the leading duo. Oddly enough, if every result counted, Jones would lead Laffite by four points.
Reigning champion Carlos Reutemann sits third in the championship and has by no means been bad this season. Two wins is an excellent achievement but something has been lacking since and the Argentinean has only managed to score one 4th-place finish in the last four rounds. Some eight points behind him are de Angelis, Scheckter, Rosberg and Pironi who all have a decent chance to challenge for third place with a succesful second half to the season.
In top-10 of the standings are also two rookie drivers. McLaren's Nigel Mansell scored a brilliant 2nd in Brazil and Shadow's Alain Prost was 3rd in Monaco. Neither of the two however hasn't shown anything special to back the podium finishes. The promise is there though and both will surely achieve some great things when they get more experience.
Constructor's championship
Ferrari has been the dominant team this season. Six pole positions and four wins (including two 1-2 finishes) in first six races has secured the Maranello team a comfortable lead of 23 points. Arrows is the surprise second following lead driver Laffite's three wins. Unfortunately Binder has only managed to score two points this season, leaving Arrows with a mountain to climb for the second half of the season.
Williams and McLaren were the early season favourites for second but have since fallen to 4th and 5th respectively after Tyrrell has regained their form after a terrible start to the season. Four podiums in the last five races have helped the team into third, 14 points behind Arrows.
Lotus and Renault have probably been the biggest disappointments so far this year. Both teams were at challenging for race wins last season but this season the two teams have scored a combined total of 7 points. Both are yet to score a podium finish too. One reason for this might be the change in administration that has happened in both teams, badly affecting their development.
PRE-QUALIFYING CUT-OFF
One of the most important points of the mid-season review is the pre-qualifying cut-off. Brabham, Wolf, Ensign, ATS and Osella have taken part in the early Friday sessions this season with Brabham and Wolf being the strongest of the five. Now is the time to check the standings and see which teams will swap places.
Out of pre-qualifying:
Brabham - 7th in standigs (6 pts)
Ensign - 12th (best finish of 8th)
In to pre-qualifying:
Ligier - 13th (best finish of 9th)
Rebaque - 14th (best finish of 10th)
Remaining in the pre-qualifying:
Wolf - 15th (best finish of 11th)
ATS - Not classified
Osella - Not classified
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Next race will be run this evening.
Aidan Keranen
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I think he was referring to how surprising it is that you haven't retired yet
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I'm not gonna be worried if we make it out from pre-qualifying.
But you have the beasts that is Wolf in there with yah, don't get to comfy
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So what does comfy mean?But you have the beasts that is Wolf in there with yah, don't get to comfy
Comfy is the shortened way of saying comfortable
sorry can't hear ya, we're developping a car upgrade.
Joel
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You will be surprised
let me do it thenNicely jynxed there
I retire
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Aidan Keranen
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Um, I was referring to the running gag that Milos retires (that is, leaves) a series when results don't go his way
1980 French Grand Prix
Points and pre-qualifying teams have been cut-off and it's time to "start all over again". Jacques Laffite and Alan Jones are leading the championship and have the advantage going into the last eight races. Remember, only the eight best results from them will count! Laffite, in front of his home crowd, is surely hoping to continue his magnificent form and extend the winning streak.
Pre-qualifying
No Brabhams or Ensigns on track on Friday morning. Their places are vacated by Team Rebaque and Matra works team Ligier who shouldn't have any trouble advancing on their home track.
Expectations were correct and Ligier didn't fail to qualify. Their drivers's combined time was just enough to defeat Rebaques. The winner however was a pre-qualifying regular Hunt in his Wolf, beating rest of the field almost by half a second on the short circuit. Zunino was over second slowed but benefited once again from the 1976 World Champion's superb effort. Osella and ATS were never challenging. This time Osella's Gabbiani was the fastest of the four.
Qualifying
Jacques Laffite was the man to beat in the qualifying session and there was not a single French fan in the crowd who didn't believe the championship leader wouldn't be on pole today. How wrong they all were. The speed of the Arrows had got lost somewhere on the Spanish-French border as their drivers were well down the order, Laffite in 13th and Binder in 16th. Huge surprise and a massive shame for the home favourite. Laffite wouldn't be lonely in the midfield though as besides him in the seventh row would be Tyrrell's Jody Scheckter who continued his mixed qualifying results.
Returning to the pole position for the first time after South African GP however was the reigning World Champion Carlos Reutemann who beat Williams' Elio de Angelis rather comfortably. McLarens had a great team effort and would start from second row. Piquet was fifth, rookie Prost returned to speed. Alan Jones managed to qualify only in seventh place, yet he shouldn't be too disappointed after seeing Laffite's result. Pironi, Villeneuve and Tambay, who came through pre-qualifying, completed the top-10. In the back Lotus continued their dismal season. Daly made the race just by qualifying 25th while Cheever got disqualified for the second time this season in 27th. Bobby Rahal got disqualified too in his return to qualifying.
Race
Start was extremely even as the top drivers came three-wide in to the first corner. Mansell was the bravest of all, outbraking de Angelis and Reutemann and took the lead. Pironi was fourth while Rosberg lost a little. Prost and Piquet were behind him, ahead of Scheckter who had made an incredible six places in the start. Tambay, Depailler and Binder followed before Jones who was 12th. Laffite had a terrible start and was battling the Alfa Romeos in 17th. Lauda and Villeneuve were the first retirements after a contact in turn 1.
Reutemann, despite dropping to third in the start looked to be fast. He was searching for opportunity to pass de Angelis fiercely and on lap 4 completed the pass. Three laps later he was already leading the race as Mansell was struggling to keep up to speed. The McLaren rookie had lost position to de Angelis and Pironi too by lap 10 and now Rosberg was already on his tail.
Meanwhile in the back, Laffite had improved his position and was now behind Jones in 13th. A few laps later the crowd cheered loudly as Laffite passed his main championship rival. Unfortunately he got stuck behind teammate Binder, who either didn't see Laffite behind him or didn't want to let him past
Pit stops cycled through and Pironi took the lead briefly. On lap 30 the running order was: Reutemann leading with 10 seconds over de Angelis. Mansell and Rosberg in 3rd and 4th were a little behind. Prost was 8 seconds behind them in fifth ahead of Pironi and Piquet. Championship contender's group of Scheckter, Tambay, Binder, Laffite and Jones was way behind them
Until then only "backmarkers" had retired but on lap 32 a few top drivers joined the list. Scheckter, Jones and de Angelis all broke their gearboxes within the next ten laps. Prost's engine blew up on lap 47 of 54. By this time he had dropped to sixth as Pironi and Piquet had come through. The two, especially Pironi who was driving in front of home crowd, were having a great race. The Frenchman was already second by comfortable margin after dispatching McLarens easily. Mansell was third but had to make a late pit stop, promoting Piquet to third.
Tightest battle in the last laps was between the Arrows' who had driven together the whole race. Laffite just couldn't get past Binder. One could assume the team manager not to be happy by the Austrian's actions. Even more so because the first car to cross the finish line was a Ferrari. Carlos Reutemann returned to winner's circle and announced his return to the title battle. He's now tied in second with teammate Jones. Pironi had another strong race, achieving his third podium finish of the season in second. Piquet was third, Rosberg fourth. Fifth was Ligier's Patrick Tambay who had gone under the radar the whole race to take the team's first points of the season. Had the points come one round earlier and the team wouldn't have to pre-qualify... Nigel Mansell came home in sixth. Arrows duo finished the race a lap down, off the points.
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Points and pre-qualifying teams have been cut-off and it's time to "start all over again". Jacques Laffite and Alan Jones are leading the championship and have the advantage going into the last eight races. Remember, only the eight best results from them will count! Laffite, in front of his home crowd, is surely hoping to continue his magnificent form and extend the winning streak.
Pre-qualifying
No Brabhams or Ensigns on track on Friday morning. Their places are vacated by Team Rebaque and Matra works team Ligier who shouldn't have any trouble advancing on their home track.
Expectations were correct and Ligier didn't fail to qualify. Their drivers's combined time was just enough to defeat Rebaques. The winner however was a pre-qualifying regular Hunt in his Wolf, beating rest of the field almost by half a second on the short circuit. Zunino was over second slowed but benefited once again from the 1976 World Champion's superb effort. Osella and ATS were never challenging. This time Osella's Gabbiani was the fastest of the four.
Qualifying
Jacques Laffite was the man to beat in the qualifying session and there was not a single French fan in the crowd who didn't believe the championship leader wouldn't be on pole today. How wrong they all were. The speed of the Arrows had got lost somewhere on the Spanish-French border as their drivers were well down the order, Laffite in 13th and Binder in 16th. Huge surprise and a massive shame for the home favourite. Laffite wouldn't be lonely in the midfield though as besides him in the seventh row would be Tyrrell's Jody Scheckter who continued his mixed qualifying results.
Returning to the pole position for the first time after South African GP however was the reigning World Champion Carlos Reutemann who beat Williams' Elio de Angelis rather comfortably. McLarens had a great team effort and would start from second row. Piquet was fifth, rookie Prost returned to speed. Alan Jones managed to qualify only in seventh place, yet he shouldn't be too disappointed after seeing Laffite's result. Pironi, Villeneuve and Tambay, who came through pre-qualifying, completed the top-10. In the back Lotus continued their dismal season. Daly made the race just by qualifying 25th while Cheever got disqualified for the second time this season in 27th. Bobby Rahal got disqualified too in his return to qualifying.
Race
Start was extremely even as the top drivers came three-wide in to the first corner. Mansell was the bravest of all, outbraking de Angelis and Reutemann and took the lead. Pironi was fourth while Rosberg lost a little. Prost and Piquet were behind him, ahead of Scheckter who had made an incredible six places in the start. Tambay, Depailler and Binder followed before Jones who was 12th. Laffite had a terrible start and was battling the Alfa Romeos in 17th. Lauda and Villeneuve were the first retirements after a contact in turn 1.
Reutemann, despite dropping to third in the start looked to be fast. He was searching for opportunity to pass de Angelis fiercely and on lap 4 completed the pass. Three laps later he was already leading the race as Mansell was struggling to keep up to speed. The McLaren rookie had lost position to de Angelis and Pironi too by lap 10 and now Rosberg was already on his tail.
Meanwhile in the back, Laffite had improved his position and was now behind Jones in 13th. A few laps later the crowd cheered loudly as Laffite passed his main championship rival. Unfortunately he got stuck behind teammate Binder, who either didn't see Laffite behind him or didn't want to let him past
Pit stops cycled through and Pironi took the lead briefly. On lap 30 the running order was: Reutemann leading with 10 seconds over de Angelis. Mansell and Rosberg in 3rd and 4th were a little behind. Prost was 8 seconds behind them in fifth ahead of Pironi and Piquet. Championship contender's group of Scheckter, Tambay, Binder, Laffite and Jones was way behind them
Until then only "backmarkers" had retired but on lap 32 a few top drivers joined the list. Scheckter, Jones and de Angelis all broke their gearboxes within the next ten laps. Prost's engine blew up on lap 47 of 54. By this time he had dropped to sixth as Pironi and Piquet had come through. The two, especially Pironi who was driving in front of home crowd, were having a great race. The Frenchman was already second by comfortable margin after dispatching McLarens easily. Mansell was third but had to make a late pit stop, promoting Piquet to third.
Tightest battle in the last laps was between the Arrows' who had driven together the whole race. Laffite just couldn't get past Binder. One could assume the team manager not to be happy by the Austrian's actions. Even more so because the first car to cross the finish line was a Ferrari. Carlos Reutemann returned to winner's circle and announced his return to the title battle. He's now tied in second with teammate Jones. Pironi had another strong race, achieving his third podium finish of the season in second. Piquet was third, Rosberg fourth. Fifth was Ligier's Patrick Tambay who had gone under the radar the whole race to take the team's first points of the season. Had the points come one round earlier and the team wouldn't have to pre-qualify... Nigel Mansell came home in sixth. Arrows duo finished the race a lap down, off the points.
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Well Hunt can finish a race but never in the points, just hoping we can have some improvement so I don't have to go through the pain of prequalifying again
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