Grand Prix 4 Formula One Career Season 2002

Rui F. Martins · Feb 28, 2016

+15 qualy skill: 150$
+10 race skill: 100$

Mane Goddard · Feb 28, 2016

kedy89 said:
2002 French GP

FIA Press Conference
@Mane Goddard: So close, what were your thoughts when you realized Tim had gone past?

I told myself: I'll continue as I am, I shouldn't have to commit anything stupid

Anyway I'm happy because I still have chances to fight the championship after so many years of sacrifice

Buys:
+1 RBHP
+1 QBHP
+25 Race Skill
+15 Quali Skill

Tim.E · Feb 28, 2016

Okay change of plans
+3 Quali HP
+50 Race Skill

kedy89 · Feb 28, 2016

Timmieturner12 said:
J'adore ça. SACRE BLEU! France is my most succesfull circuit now, awesome feeling that I could finally give Renault a win, and to do it on it's home track is phenomenal. And with Mark getting that 3rd place it's surely a race I won't forget.

You've won 3 of the last 5 races there, other 2 were won by Jack. One more for most wins at the French GP.

the_sigman · Feb 28, 2016

RBHP +5
RS +5

Donaldinho105 · Mar 1, 2016

All on da Race bhp
Rest on da race skill

kedy89 · Mar 5, 2016

rs +15

Market is closed

Warnings
@Jack Hunsley
@Aidan Keranen

kedy89 · Mar 5, 2016

2002 German GP

Engberink continues pole run
Once again the Dutchman set the fastest time in quali, securing the top spot on the grid. Jimmy Laad put his Williams in 2nd, ahead of Brugman's Ferrari. Black who's had a decent run recently secured 4th, followed by the 2 Jordans. Goddard sits in 7th alongside last year teammate Diehl. Martins and Utzer round off the top 10.

Tim.E · Mar 5, 2016

Deleted member 161052 · Mar 5, 2016

Outqualified both Jordans!

Benutzername · Mar 5, 2016

kedy89 · Mar 5, 2016

2002 German GP

Kederer takes home win
The Jordan driver took his 5th win, closely followed by Ferrari driver Donald Brugman. With Goddard in 3rd it meant that the leading 3 of the championship also took the podium positions.
At the start Engberink only just managed to keep the lead, Brugman who had started 3rd almost sneaked through. Laad lost one place to Kederer, Goddard got past Hunsley and Black up to 5th. Approaching turn 2 Heymans missed the braking point, crashing into Said. Both had to pit for new wings. Sigoulakis had made use of all the confusion, after the hairpin he was running in 11th, having gained 9 places. Diehl was working his way up from 8th, after battling with Laad for a couple of laps he was in 5th. Laskey had some problems with turn 1, he spun there twice in the first 6 laps, losing a bunch of time. Utzer got a bit held up during the first laps, dropping him to 14th before retiring with a gearbox failure in lap 10. At the front Engberink increased his lead over Brugman. Kederer couldn't follow the 2 Dutchmen, and soon had Goddard at his back. A few laps before the stops started Martins retired with a broken suspension.
Engberink was the first one to pit, but he remained in the lead of the two stoppers. New race leader however was Black, who was running on a one stop strategy and yet to pit. Brugman got held up by traffic in the pits and lost one position to Kederer. Goddard followed in 5th with one stopper Keranen right behind him. Diehl was in 7th, ahead of Laad, Hunsley and Sigoulakis. Engberink was within a second to Black, who was struggling with worn tyres at that point. He tried to pass him for the lead, but they made contact. Black could continue straight away keeping the lead, but Engberink dropped to 7th behind Keranen. It was 5th one lap later when both Black and Keranen pitted, but the gap to 1st was 20 seconds. Kederer inherited the lead, 3s ahead of Brugman, 5s ahead of Goddard. That didn't change much until the final round of stops.
Both Brugman and Goddard lost a fair bit of time, meaning that Kederer now enjoyed a 10 second lead. Diehl kept 4th ahead of Engberink, Black was back up to 6th now. Keranen, Laad, Hunsley and Sigoulakis followed closely, however Hunsley soon dropped out of the fight for points, suffering a puncture one lap after he had pitted. There were no more changes in the final laps, Brugman closed the gap to Kederer a bit, at the same time pulling away from Goddard. Diehl maintained the 2s gap to Engberink, a bit further back Black did the same.

FIA Press Conference
@Donaldinho105: You were running ahead of Kederer in the first stint, did the slow stop cost you the win?
@Mane Goddard: You seemed to lack a bit of pace, was 3rd the best result possible today?
@Diehl: It seems the team improved the car a lot over the last races, will we see you returning to the podium soon?

Market is open!

kedy89 · Mar 5, 2016

Just as a reminder, contracts are still a bit away though.

kedy89 said:
Each driver can contact 1 team (current one or another one), letting them know that they'd like to drive for them the following season. You do that in the contract pm I have with each of you. This doesn't guarantee you a seat for that team though. You should keep following things in mind. Don't approach a team that isn't within your range of objectives. If you barely scored any points it's not much use contacting a top team. If the current drivers of a team achieved the objective it's unlikely that the team will sack one of the drivers, you only have a chance if one of the drivers leaves himself.