RD Formula Manager - Season 10

Aidan Keranen · Nov 11, 2018

This makes it all very, very interesting now

Milos · Nov 11, 2018

Bellof too? Cmon..
GP2 engine

Azabadaza · Nov 11, 2018

Hella

Icry

Omer Said · Nov 12, 2018

@Aidan Keranen - Must feel great to get a 2nd win a 5 race season, but how realistic is your title chance?
@Jimlaad43 - This solid result must uplift the broken morale of the team? Another podium is the target for the final race?
@kedy89 - Are you disappointed by Bellof's pace this season? How is the team morale coming into the final showdown?
@rubaru - Cars were really fast today, but something must have gone wrong. Especially with Peterson's 4th stop was unexpected, what happened?
@Milos - The last lap must be gutting for you. But there are still 4 points you have in your pocket. Strangely, Rosemeyer has a title chance as well. Will you allow Alonso and him fight?
@Sasha Jednak - What keeps you so far away from the top positions? It was especially strange to see Vettel so far off the pace, considering he won a race this season.
@Azabadaza - So far off the pace today, will we see RRR fighting for podium in the last race?
@TTupsi - How is it going?
@ME9Swe - There is only one race left for L-ROS to shine, do you have any plans?

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Milos · Nov 12, 2018

Omer Said said:
@Milos - The last lap must be gutting for you. But there are still 4 points you have in your pocket. Strangely, Rosemeyer has a title chance as well. Will you allow Alonso and him fight?

I am confident Fernando will have enough pace to beat Ricciardo, so I'm not concerned. As for Bernd, I've let them fight before so if it comes down to it they will. But otherwise he agreed to help out Fernando if needed.

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Azabadaza · Nov 12, 2018

Omer Said said:
@Azabadaza - So far off the pace today, will we see RRR fighting for podium in the last race?

I do not expect a turn around for the final race unfortunately. We only hope to make a good showing and end RD FM with a competitive final race

Sasha Jednak · Nov 12, 2018

Omer Said said:
@Sasha Jednak - What keeps you so far away from the top positions? It was especially strange to see Vettel so far off the pace, considering he won a race this season.

Our plan was simple, with drivers we had at the start of the season we wanted at least 1 race win, putting season result aside. So we prepared our drivers each one for 1 specific track, in order to have any chance of win. Then when Schumacher joined, his track was already gone so we couldn't use his speed. In this race, we are happy we survived, looking at Schumacher position, really bad timing for him to join. We could have done a lot different if he was here before race 1.

Red Night
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Setup testing - 500cr
Chassis x2 - 1000cr
Overtime work (chassis x2) - 1000cr (As I understand it, this can be added to regular 2 upgrades, that's why name says overtime work)
Total - 2500cr
Money left - 0cr

Thunderstorm racing
Money - 2000cr
Setup testing - 500cr
Porsche engine - 100cr
Chassis x2 - 1000cr
Tyre testing - 400cr
Total - 2000cr
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TTupsi · Nov 12, 2018

Omer Said said:
@TTupsi - How is it going?!

We've been better. The morale isn't the greatest it has been but we will give it our best shot in the final race. Hopefully we'll be able to end the season on a high!

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Simona wet track (400)

kedy89 · Nov 12, 2018

Omer Said said:
@kedy89 - Are you disappointed by Bellof's pace this season? How is the team morale coming into the final showdown?

No, that's just a result of the developments over the last couple of seasons, with other teams collaborating and certain rule changes, with the sole purpose of bringing us down. Morale is as low as it could possibly be. If it turns out not to be us winning the titles, it'll simply be the least deserved winners in the history of this series, since in fair competition noone got even close to beating us.

setup test 500
overtime chassis x2 1000
risky 1000
RIC wet
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rubaru · Nov 12, 2018

Omer Said said:
@rubaru - Cars were really fast today, but something must have gone wrong. Especially with Peterson's 4th stop was unexpected, what happened?

Ronnie was complaining since about the halfway point of stomach cramps and ended up ruining the inside of his helmet with...uh..well. I think you can figure it out. Yeah, so he actually needed a new helmet, and his car was overheating badly, so we called him in to retire, but he wanted to go on. A splash of fuel and some new soft tyres, managed to get his car to finish in the Top 10. Overall a good result, best we've had all season so far. Hoping for a strong finish in Belgium.

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Aston Martin engine (400)
Chassis x2 (1000)
Clark Overtaking x1 (400)
Peterson Speed x1 (400)
Bank 200
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Milos · Nov 12, 2018

kedy89 said:
If it turns out not to be us winning the titles, it'll simply be the least deserved winners in the history of this series, since in fair competition noone got even close to beating us.

Oh I'm sorry I didn't realize I was cheating. I guess it's only fair to concede the titles then

Jimlaad43 · Nov 12, 2018

Omer Said said:
@Jimlaad43 - This solid result must uplift the broken morale of the team? Another podium is the target for the final race?

Target was fastest lap, and we didn't even get that. We'll just have to see what we can scrape from the next race.

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Aidan Keranen · Nov 13, 2018

Omer Said said:
@Aidan Keranen - Must feel great to get a 2nd win a 5 race season, but how realistic is your title chance?

Yeah really good, though it's a tad bittersweet knowing that if we played more passive in our strategies in Australia, we'd be probably 10 points closer to the title and frankly, I'd be feeling like it's almost in the bag at that point. Obviously the constructors title is completely gone at this point, it's irrelevant to us. We're just chasing the drivers title, for Alonso to finish no higher than 7th and Riccardo no higher than 5th with no bonus points being considered.. it's a tough ask for sure.
But it's all on the line and we'll give it a good shot.

Milos · Nov 13, 2018

Aidan Keranen said:
Yeah really good, though it's a tad bittersweet knowing that if we played more passive in our strategies in Australia, we'd be probably 10 points closer to the title and frankly, I'd be feeling like it's almost in the bag at that point. Obviously the constructors title is completely gone at this point, it's irrelevant to us. We're just chasing the drivers title, for Alonso to finish no higher than 7th and Riccardo no higher than 5th with no bonus points being considered.. it's a tough ask for sure.
But it's all on the line and we'll give it a good shot.

To be fair if you played more passive in Monaco you may not have won, you may have been blocked by Fernando or Loeb. So it evens out

Aidan Keranen · Nov 13, 2018

Milos said:
To be fair if you played more passive in Monaco you may not have won, you may have been blocked by Fernando or Loeb. So it evens out

Not in the slightest, I would have run that pace and won anyway. If I was running fuel mode in Australia I reckon it would have been roughly 6th place at worst for Mika. With those points (and cash) the season would be over right now.

Aidan Keranen · Nov 13, 2018

2KF1
engine sales (+400)
+1 chassis upgrade (500)
+1 quali upgrade (500)
+2 overtime chassis upgrades (1000)
+engine speed (500)
risky research (1000)
+1 speed - Watson (400)
=250 left

KM
sell Kovalainen to RRR (+300)
cosworth engines (200)
+1 speed - McLaren (400)
+2 overtime chassis upgrades (1000)
=0cr