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"SR F1 Championship 2002"

I'm not sure whether anyone will be interested but I'll give it a whirl. Just to liven the forum up a bit.

I'm going to start a World Championship on Grand Prix 4 and you have to pick a driver from the list below. I will give you the race results when I have them. Remember that all the cars and drivers will be equal so the race results will be completely random.

Michael Schumacher
Rubens Barrichello
Juan Pablo Montoya
Ralf Schumacher
David Coulthard
Kimi Raikkonen
Jarno Trulli
Jenson Button
Nick Heidfeld
Felipe Massa
Takumo Sato
Giancarlo Fisichella
Jacques Villeneuve
Olivier Panis
Heinz Harald Frentzen
Enrique Bernoldi
Eddie Irvine
Pedro De La Rosa
Mika Salo
Allan McNish
Mark Webber
Alex Yoong

First come, first serve basis.

I'm very happy to claim 1st place. This has got to be the best Post Competition by far.

I see it was a very tight finish between Trulli and Sato.

6 points wooohooo.

This is a good compo.

LOL!

Ferrari are yet to get a point.

Darn! I finished 14th.

Nice little championship, this is. Roll on the next race.

:D

Williams domination ends in heartbreak for Ralf

Montoya has won the Brazilian Grand Prix with a faultless drive and superb strategy from Williams. It was heartbreak for Ralf Schumacher though, who saw a podium position evaporate on the final lap.

The track was bone dry and it was the first dry race of the season. Qualifying mixed a few fast ones among the slower ones so there was plenty of overtaking.

Ralf Schumacher was cruising round in a comfortable 2nd place when, on the last lap, his transmission failed and retired. He was classified 16th but that was no consolation. Panis avoided a big accident after he made a mistake on lap 8 but 4 laps later, he suffered a water leak and retirement. Raikkonen's season keeps getting worse after he suffered a water leak and retirement on lap 37. Webber also retired after his transmission failed on lap 63. Frentzen retired with transmission failure on lap 14.

Mistakes proved costly as not many were making mistakes. Michael Schumacher ran wide and lost 4 places early on and De La Rosa lost 1 place from running wide. Yoong spun and lost 11 places with 2 laps to go. He was 7th and slipped all the way to 18th and last.

Williams got the strategy exactly right with a two stop strategy when McLaren opted for a one stop strategy. It was a big mistake as Coulthard was just not quick enough to keep Montoya behind him. Montoya took the lead on lap 2 and after briefly losing the lead during pit stops, promptly got it back and won. McNish couldn't keep up with Montoya but benefitted for Ralf's retirement and took 2nd. Button drove exceptionally and took 3rd. Massa, Coulthard and Salo rounded out the top 6.

Final results:

1st Montoya (Foreman) 1h31m25.083s
2nd McNish (Dr. Pepper - oni) +16.373s
3rd Button (Jetster) +18.316s
4th Massa (Ortega) +22.001s
5th Coulthard (Quinty) +28.109s
6th Salo (PS2 Proud) +37.925s
7th Fisichella (Major Chip Hazard) +42.783s
8th Barrichello (Reddy 2002) +43.659s
9th De La Rosa (Grandprix) +49.679s
10th Trulli (Triple H) +55.413s
11th Sato (Bizarre Cabbage) +55.433s
12th Heidfeld (Daxter) +57.203s
13th M Schumacher (Ronaldo) +58.876s
14th Bernoldi (Afrojoe) +1m01.039s
15th Villeneuve (James Pond) +1m03.426s
16th R Schumacher (Badgerman) +1lap
17th Irvine (Dead Wonder) +1lap
18th Yoong (No.2) +1lap

DNF

Webber (Ant) - Transmission
Raikkonen (Figo) - Water Leak
Frentzen (KR) - Transmission
Panis (Your Honour) - Water Leak

Driver standings

1= Montoya 10pts
1= Frentzen 10pts
1= Webber 10pts
4= Bernoldi 8pts
4= Button 8pts
6= McNish 6pts
6= Panis 6pts
8= Heidfeld 4pts
8= Massa 4pts
10= R Schumacher 3pts
10= Yoong 3pts
12= Coulthard 2pts
12= Raikkonen 2pts
14= Trulli 1pt
14= Salo 1pt

Constructors standings

1 Arrows 18pts
2= Williams 13pts
2= Minardi 13pts
4 Renault 9pts
5 Sauber 8pts
6 Toyota 7pts
7 BAR 6pts
8 McLaren 4pts

Fastest Lap: Ralf Schumacher 1m14.617s

Bah, Minardi were unlucky, but we'll be back as Yoong (no.2) has proved with an excellent qualifiying position, and I'm sure I can mzke my way up the field.

This is really cool Matt, I love the little reports. {:)

Ronaldo wrote:
> Does this game not like Michael Schumacher or something! Not once has
> he made it into the top ten for either qualifying or the race. I would
> have been better off with Jensen Button. :)

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Or Bernoldi, but luckily I got him.

:-)

Cracking im in pole position.....roll on the race.

Does this game not like Michael Schumacher or something! Not once has he made it into the top ten for either qualifying or the race. I would have been better off with Jensen Button. :)

Very unlucky :D

Looking forward to next race...