In a game where people post messages for anything and everything, i see that the current c1 manager Joe Himeji didnt even post once in the forum. The fact that he is in the game from Season2 makes it more interesting.
This race was exciting. Ex-teammie Arun got his first podium
in c2 and i hope that is just the start of more to come.
Its real good news for me too as i would be partnering him for
the Indian team sooner or later. More good news came when i
found my teammie Arunis finishing in fourth position.
In the main battle, the crowd at Barcelona were delighted to
see the Championship contender Eld back into winning ways.
His domination in the race can be figured in the 30 sec margin
he had over second placed Donatas. Sow grabbed the third spot.
DC leader Arus settled with fourth position.
Robertas Mazeikis won the race in c2g1 with a clear margin over
Arun and Thomas. It was his first point scoring race and he
must have enjoyed it. Teammie Arunis at one stage of the race
was even leading the pack and came a strong fourth position
in the end.
Luis Rocha is from Montijo, Portugal and he is one manager
whom i have met (online) recently. He joined the game in Season9
and promoted to c2 in 4 seasons. He is kinda stuck there
for 8 seasons now, that too in my group, and with his
Portugese friends on the verge of getting into the elite
c1 group. That was evident when he secured his first win
in c2 after a gap of 10 seasons. His previous win came in
c4 in Season10. At 32, he is another oldie of F1Time.
Luis Rocha
Wendy is one of the oldest managers of F1Time, both in age
and in F1Time experience. She is here from the Beta Season
stage. But she had to wait 14 long seasons to register her
first win. That shows that she just loves F1Time more than
racing! She also has the additional responsibility of being
a reporter/moderator. Wendy hails from Alameda, an island
city in California.
Wendy Kemper - 'Finally got my head out of the tube!'
Over excitement.. Over confidence.. These can really hurt. When my pitcrew gave me 5 second stops in the last race, that prompted me to go 5 stops in the Brands Hatch race. The Inout was just 4 seconds, but still 5 stops was not the strategy to follow. And to amaze me, the pitcrew random gave me worse pittimes than i had last time.
Over to c1, this race saw Arus win again, this time from Nuno and Eld. The result was close with Nuno crossing the finish line just a second behind Arus.
In c2g1, Akelaitis got the win. DC Competitors Tej and Thomas came second and third. The saving race didnt work well for me as i dropped out with an Engine Explosion.
After 2 weeks of testing, i realised though the engine improved, its
reliability has come down to a new low. That effectively will put down the
curtains on my plans to stay back in c2. But we hear that we need to take
risks to get success. And so did me in Kyalami. I raced for the first time
and with some luck, i got the fifth place. For the first time, my pitcrew
got me something good and my 4stops strategy paid off. I am really happy
today.
The C1 Race was close this time and the final honour went to Sow. Donatas Staukaskas tried hard but could only finish second best. Vitor Ribero came third. Unfortunately no race reports have been published in the site.
C2g1 honours went to Thomas. Now its becoming a battle between Thomas and Tej and they alternate wins and podiums between them. Tej came second this time with Petri joing teamie Thomas in the last podium place.
The Community saw some good, new and old, suggestions from
creating a Staff Pool, Volume Discount for Racers and
Increasing Crash Damages. I think these suggestions would
address a number of concerns like Saving Issue, Quality Staff
etc., if implemented.
The 6th race of the season was at Indy and heres Wendy with
the
race report. Woodi, who was considered to be the main
contender for this seasons title, secured his first win of
the season. I hope its just the start by woodi. Nuno Mendes
came second and Eld was third. Arus could manage only a fifth.
c2g1 was won by Tej Almeida. Thomas and Arunis came second
and third. It was another good show from my teammie who now
seem to save with a good discount for next season. I could
only manage a 20th place finish, 4 laps down on the winner.
Mik is back with this weekly awards again. His first
award for the current season are out. These are for
the first 4 races of the season. Take a look at it
here.
Arus notched up his third win of the season from woodi
and sow. Woodi finally seems to have sorted out his DNF
problems. I can imagine woodi's frustration over DNFing
when he had a chance to go at the Top Most Spot of the
game. Some say its the effect of the famous 'woodi-drop-dance'
he used to do some seasons ago.
After a couple of Podium finishes, Luis Rocha got his
first win in c2g1. That makes it 5 different winners for
the first 5 races of the group and it shows how balanced
and challenging the group is, if we are to try for promo.
Tej came second and Petri got the remaining Podium spot.
For me, this was the best result of the season when i came
16th. Arunis had a DNF and he finished 21st.
French GP created some discussion when the wings for
the race gave some real tough time to the managers. Seemingly
a negative (-ve) effectiveness in one of the sectors gave
a better laptime than with the all positive values. And
that created lots of confusion! Also there was a shock
when we realised that CDs and Designers also retire. The
Official word is that the quality staff in the game as of
now is more than what is required and the retirements are
one way of addressing that imbalance. Whatever may it be..
this condition was not very well recieved by the managers.
Arus once again was the man of the day as he grabbed his
second win of the season. Kolidas came second proving
his win in Imola is not a fluke. Vadim Nogtev came third.
The Race Report from Arunis and Mik can be read here.
Tej got his first win of the season in our group c2g1.
Teammie Arunis cameup with an impressive performance to
come second. Alvydas Akelaitis was third.
The Testing brought good results to 'A-Squared' team and
Arunis showed that with an excellent second position in
the race. I had a real bad time in the race when i chose
the wrong strategy. I came 23rd while i could have finished
around 19th.
The Limited amount of time available to me currently make
me spend less time with F1Time. Fortunately i am again in
a 'non-racing' season and so wont get affected that acutely.
But some of the fellow F1Timers seems to have more free time
now i guess. The Race Reports are back in the HomePage and
so do the 'Unofficial' Awards from Mik. Think saving season
makes my groupmates enjoy more. :)
Monaco saw Last Season Champ coming back to Winning ways. This
Seasons's main contenders Eld and Arus came second and third.
Woodi again had a Bad Day when his Engine let him down. The DC
is too close to call with Eld at 20 points and Arus and Sow tied
at 19.
The Race Report by [rox] can be read here.
Thomas took the credits in c2g1 after Christian Reindl made the
mistake of setting Driver Orders while boozing. Christian was
leading till the dying laps and didnt realize that his Engine
Suppliers latest version sucked in more fuel than last season.
Teammie Stefan seemed very angry in initial reactions. edi came
second and Tej took third seemingly with a 6GB.
Our team finally got a name for our Sponsors to advertise.
'A-Squared'. But another saving race which saw me finishing 19th
and my teammie on 21st position.
I have missed the first two races of this new season due to vacation.
I managed to stay back in the same group but am not sure whether i
will continue to do so this season. The C1 is witnessing the comeback
of Arus and Eld and woodi are determined to give Arus a run for his
money. The Summary of the first two races -
Race 01 - Melbourne, Australia
The WU times cant be closer than this..
1. Johan Skog [1284] 1:26.890
2. Joakim Sjöblom* [1300] + 0.004
3. Rodrigo Coutinho** [373] + 0.038
4. Arunas Babrauskas****** [2] + 0.058
But the Grid showed a different lineup
1. Arunas Babrauskas****** [2] 1:27.085
2. Johan Skog [1284] + 0.167
3. Aleksander Bracko [1646] + 0.236
4. Joakim Sjöblom* [1300] + 0.310
But Woodi had the Bad Luck as his Engine blew out on Lap 10.
And the result.. The Leader remains the same.. but others dont..
1. Arunas Babrauskas****** [2] 58 Laps
2. Vitor Ribeiro [1720] +0:8.805
3. Nuno Mendes [1423] +0:12.691
4. Sow Oneplus* [1514] +0:19.196
5. Joakim Sjöblom* [1300] +0:20.431
6. Rodrigo Coutinho** [373] +0:21.299
Tyre wear caused Eld and RC to loose positions. Also the PitCrew
of Arus and Eld stands out from the rest and this mite be crucial
as the season goes by. Sow and RC are the most affected as a
result of last season title fight.
Race 02 - Imola, SanMarino
The Grid
1. Joakim Sjöblom* [1300] 1:23.025
2. Vadim Nogtev [1295] + 0.452
3. Johan Skog [1284] + 0.498
4. Muhammed Assad [3026] + 0.779
5. Nuno Mendes [1423] + 0.857
6. Rodrigo Coutinho** [373] + 0.965
7. Panagiotis Kolidas [2996] + 1.384
8. Vitor Ribeiro [1720] + 1.576
Seems to be Eld faster than the rest.. huh? we are mistaken.
The Results show a different picture.
1. Panagiotis Kolidas [2996] 62 Laps
2. Joakim Sjöblom* [1300] +0:12.230
3. Johan Skog [1284] +0:17.079
4. Vadim Nogtev [1295] +0:20.030
5. Sow Oneplus* [1514] +0:23.952
6. Donatas Stakauskas [189] +0:26.507
7. Arunas Babrauskas****** [2] +0:26.841
8. Nuno Mendes [1423] +1:10.390
Single Stop for Kolidas worked against the 3 stops of Eld.
In turn he became the first Greek to have a c1 win.
Woodi showed that he too is in for a fight this season.
Again the pittimes of Arus is in a different league from the
others which might be crucial.
c2g1
Race 01 - Adelaide Results
1. Petri Korpela [1272] 58 Laps
2. Luis Rocha [2927] +0:18.899
3. Alvydas Akelaitis [2918] +0:23.157
4. Thomas Pappaioannou [3277] +0:27.810
5. Tej Almeida [2797] +0:28.626
6. Rogério Mandler [1391] +0:55.957
7. Pedro Lanca [2767] +1:11.938
8. Arun Ahuja [3121] +1:14.648
Race 02 - Imola Results
1. Dmitriy Kosev [2714] 62 Laps
2. Luis Rocha [2927] +0:20.688
3. Thomas Pappaioannou [3277] +0:35.378
4. Andreas Buettner [2871] +0:55.395
5. Alvydas Akelaitis [2918] +1:1.168
6. Benjamin Fischer [2894] +1:5.689
7. Pedro Lanca [2767] +1:6.434
8. Tej Almeida [2797] +1:16.444
The Petri-Thomas duo looks strong and by all means would take
the TC this time.
A Couple of weeks vacation made me leave F1Time temporarily. The days were loads of fun and they flew like rockets..! The Rope River Crossing, the Snowy Mountains of the Himalayas, the Indo-Pak Border, the Inner (exclusive) view of Fighter Jets.. I never ever dreamt about all these when the trip started.. But i had the time of my life in the last 2 weeks.. :)
All this time, my new teammate Arunis was looking after my account and now that i am back, i hope i will be back to normal schedule of reports and other reviews.
And i will be posting some snaps of the vacation asap :)
TaBu has released the list of tracks for the current season.
The 17 tracks for the Season20 are as follows.
1. Australia - Melbourne
2. San Marino - Imola
3. Monaco - Monaco
4. France - Magny Cours
5. Hungary - Hungaroring
6. USA - Indianapolis
7. South Africa - Kyalami
8. Great Britain - Brands Hatch
9. Spain - Barcelona
10. Belgium - Spa-Francorchamps
11. Argentina - Buenos Aires
12. Sweden - Anderstorp
13. Bahrain - Sakhir
14. Turkey - Istanbul
15. Mexico - Mexico City
16. Brazil - Interlagos
17. Japan - Suzuka
