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Good on them. I’m neither a smoker or a Ferrari fan, but I’ve always found the tobacco advertising ban a bit stupid. Just because I see a billboard or a car with tobacco products/brands on it I don’t suddenly feel the urge to by a cigarette. I don’t smoke, and seeing an advert for it isn’t going to change my mind.
If that was how it actually worked I’d be running to feminine hygiene isle every time I saw a tampon commercial.
It’s been a while! Good to see that this championship is still around. Any chance of getting myself on the list for this season? I realize y’all are full up, so I’m cool with being stuck on the reserve list. I’ll take a Marussia seat since none of my other choices are available.
Since this new championship will be taking place in the 2012 version of the game, I regretfully will not be taking part in the championship. I’ll still keep an eye on the proceeding, and try to sabotage Lemon however I can from afar, but I won’t be actively racing. ;)
I picked it up last night during a brief onboard shot during FP2. I thought it being 2AM and all I was just hearing things. If it is just cylinder cutting based on steering angle it sounds legal to me. It could also be McLaren have found a creative way to circumvent the exhaust-blowing ban, but I doubt they’d roll something like that out so late in a season.
Anyway, for my season review:
Awards
Driver of the season – Lemon (no ****)
Pass of the Season – I don’t know in the season, but I remember in the second quick-race championship myself and Alfred went insane in Singapore.
Race of the Season- Italian GP
Best newcomer – Umm…
Best Race drive of the season – Lemon doing dat one-stop in Australia to go from the back to the front.
Gentleman of the season- Dunno…
Moment of the Championship – India, where the battle for second place closed an insane amount
Most controversial moment – Chinese GP… the whole damn thing
Most exciting start – Italian GP, where Lemon, myself, and Alfred all went into T1 side by side.
Most exciting Qualifying – Personally, Brazil. Pipped pole by 0.07 seconds if memory serves.
Crash of the Season – Again, I didn’t see that many. It’s a toss up between being punted off in China or having a controller failure in Monaco.
Team partnership of the season – Sauber
Best Strategic call of the season – Toss up between Lemon’s one stop in Australia, and everyone who one-stopped in Italy.
Worst strategic blunder of the season – I don’t know of that many. Maybe everyone who two-stopped in Italy, or those who stayed out on Inters in Britain.
Funniest moment – Those times when Kimi suddenly appeared on the radio. It was okay.
Radio (headset) message of the season – Take your pick from China.
The Pastor Maldonaldo award (for driver who loved to collect penalties) – Don’t know who got what penalties, so I don’t know.
Most improved driver From last season- Wasn’t around last season.
The romain grosjean award (for driver most likely to be involved in first corner crash) – Dunno…
Personal questions
Biggest rival – Would say Lemon, but I never really had his pace.
Any Personal milestones – Two pole positions and a fastest lap, my first league championship ever.
How you can improve next season – Need better tire conservation setups.
Overall Personal highlight – Montreal and Brazil qualifying. The races turned to **** but those quali sessions felt epic.
Next season
What did you like about this season?
Fast drivers, good time for the events, well organized.What could be improved?
Would you be interested in another championship?
If it’s in F12011.when would you likely to be getting F1 2012?
I won’t be after the laundry list of things I’ve seen.Would you like a full 20 race season or keep it similar to how it is?
Full 20 race season for selfish reasons. Some of the tracks we skipped I really like, and am strong around. Plus more variety is never a bad thing.Grand Prix Mode is out.
Free Practice 2-3 are out.
Tire Wear is now fixed like you said. In F12011 our 40% races had tire wear to match, meaning we had strategic options. In F12012 our races will be one stops… if that.
Despite these deletions, Codemasters couldn’t find it in them to delete the save-game corruption bug…
Alfred, your internet connection might explain what happened with me as well. From my perspective at least we came to blows five times over the entire event. I’ve raced a few times with a bad connection so I know how that can go. Either way, now that I know the appeal system is well and truly alive I’ll just have to remember to record Brazil.
Well, yet another unmitigated disaster of a race for me. My attempt to use a more tire conservative setup fell flat on it’s face. I had no grip, I was locking in every corner on options, and could barely keep the car in a straight line, much less go anywhere quickly. I retired from the race when I realized I was doing nothing but impeding those around me.
The start to that race was interesting. Tried to follow Lemon through the first corner, bumped Alfred who was taking avoiding action, nothing drastic. My option stint was a mess, and I could never find the grip I wanted. I had to fight hard to keep three guys behind me, but the pressure was lifted when there was contact.
My tires seemed to come to life in the latter half of stint 1, and I was catching Alfred at a rapid rate. I never planned to one stop truth be told. I just noticed on my scheduled in-lap that my tires were holding up much better than anticipated, and figured I’d try and jump Alfred that way. So I drug the stint out long, ended up losing a few seconds with a half-spin on my new in-lap, and came out right behind Alfred and Inferno.
I had to try three times to get passed Inferno, eventually giving him a Kamui Kiss in Parabolica. Once I realized Alfred was on a two stop strategy, and I knew Lemon couldn’t be caught, I went into full tire conservation mode.
Still got a bit of work to do, but potentially being runner up in my first F1F championship (my first championship ever actually) is quite an accomplishment. Hopefully my team prospects for S3 are bright.
My perfect three would consist of three elements.
For an analytic, driver’s knowledge angle: Brundle
For telling it like it is: Raikkonen or Webber
For when things get crazy: This guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k0TGQQptFsSebastian Vettel: Dancing With Myself- Billy Idol
Jenson Button: Stuck in a Rut- The Darkness
Felipe Massa: Can’t decide between Muse’s “Time is Running Out” and U2’s “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”
Nico Rosberg: Crownless- Nightwish
Romain Grosjean: Assassin- Muse
Sergio Perez: High Hopes- Nightwish
Pastor Maldonado: Forgot the actual name, but it’s the song that goes “you spin me right ’round baby”
