"themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
05/27/2015 at 12:25 • Filed to: iGP Recap, IGPmanager
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"themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
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With two new teams on the grid, Kalnins getting sacked by Saldana’s Flying Green Monkeys, TheTeamWithSauce regaining the points lead, and seeing some resurgence from last season’s front runners, the Bahrain round was set to be explosive. How did it all go down? Hit the jump and find out.
Qualifying - A whopping 16 cars took to the grid for the first time this season. Galezcka took the expected pole but Berlusconi and Ryan made sure to keep him on his toes.
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Race - With all eyes on the front half of the pack, the race got off to a brisk pace. The field was split between mediums and softs. But the track temperatures and abrasive surface meant it was less about compound and more about driving style. Berlusconi and Ryan’s early lead over the rest of the pack eroded rapidly with their tires. They fell back to the bottom end of the top 10, swapping back and forth between 7th, 8th, and 9th in their own fights.
Wanting some vengeance for poor setups and driving in the previous round, Tabarez stuck his nose into 2nd and quickly shifted to defense against newcomer G. Berns for the newly formed GmbH GP team. Right behind Berns was A. Rudani for Pink s2000 Racing. As tire strategies defined the front, the smell of burnt rubber was palpable as the back markers were roasting even the harder compound mediums. Amidst this chaos, K Woloszanski slowly but surely worked his way through the field. Keeping his mediums cool was key. Once again showing the power of the prius, he worked his way up to 2nd after the first round of pits. As one of two teams on a 1-stop strategy, he needed to keep calm and use the temperature to his advantage. His own stop dropped him back down to 6th behind Berlusconi but ahead of Ryan in their little scuffles.
Tabarez dropped to 4th after his first stop, but refitted the softs that got him his positions instead of switching to the safer mediums. Zaymidoroga was closing in on this front group as well. Berns was driving out of his skin for a rookie. Keeping in the top 5 even after the first stop.
Then......the penny dropped......and with it, the first of the suspension failures. High heat and stress caused Meyer’s suspension to fail on lap 11. But this was just the first of many. All said and done, 6 cars left some of their handling bits on the bahrain grounds by the end of the race. Among them was Brundle, a standout in the last race. The 15th place finish will do his own points run no favors. Some of the new teams for the season were also caught out. A freak miscalculation claimed one extra statistic.....Zaymidoroga, pitting from 4th, dove into the pits for his second and final stop. He never made it to the box. Coasting down the lane, his car and race came to a stop about halfway down. Just 10 laps earlier, Galezcka’s own car was down to just 0.2L as he came in for his first......but pole position grants the first pit box. Zaymidoroga’s 7th place grid spot was just too far.
All in all, 16 cars started but just 9 found their way to the finish. N. de Lange, Kalnins’ replacement, brought up the rear across the line. James racing scored 4 points in their first ever race with the 8th place finish. But the standouts by far were Tabarez scoring his first podium in his rookie season in 2nd and Berns getting a podium on his maiden race for GmbH GP. Woloszanski worked the 1-stop to a solid 4th. And so the most electric battle of the season so far came to a close.
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R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
> themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
05/27/2015 at 13:09 |
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With a large scale restructuring of the team, the Flying Green Monkeys have been rumored to be pulling back the reins and refocusing on next season. With new driver in the FGM002, Nikens de Lange, the Flying Green Monkeys have little chance at challenging Galezcka and Team Sauce Racing this season.
Many concerns have been raised about de Langes health, FGM team physician Melina Schlappi has reinvigorated the FGM physical fitness program.
Newly acquired Chief Designer, and Adrian Newey star pupil, Mitch Roberts brings two constructors championships and over 90 podium finishes in 8 seasons to the FGM team. Under his design focus team principal Robert Saldana has been quoted, “It was a calculated risk in bringing on new staff mid-season. We realized that although we had pace in Malaysia (er), we really are not ready to contend for the constructors and drivers championship this season. We are a new team and we need to make steady progress and use our budgetary confinement properly.”
When asked if Kalnins tremendously appalling performance last week at China rested upon his race fuel and tyre strategy or on his age, Robert Saldana had this to say:
“Peteris is a fine driver, and has had a consistent career. Unfortunately, he was not a good fit for our team as his development and on track performance left our design and engineering teams to squander assets and valuable time.”
In an absolutely stunning turn of events, rumored to have began as a heated argument with team owner and prinicpal in the pit garage during FP1 and 2, technical director for the FGM Jacob Anderson was also sacked. He has been replaced with Nikens de Langes’ former technical director and mentor from South Africa, Patrick Mynhardt. Mynhardt brings a constructors championship and a wealth of GP racing experience to the FGM garage.
Anderson has subsequently been picked up the Mc Ranen team in the Formula UML league.
There have been many whispers around the grid that the FGM team principal has become too ambitious this year, this journalist just hopes that they can get centered and back to the front of the grid.
Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
> themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
05/27/2015 at 15:09 |
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This is so good! Rudani wasn’t supposed to score any points last night. I’m only running that team to learn what happens when a team goes bankrupt/in to debt. That way, should any managers go deep into debt, I can help them get out of there quicker, if possible.
Lukkhe
> themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
05/27/2015 at 16:40 |
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Fantastic write up! We need to clone you for pro and elite
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themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
05/27/2015 at 17:21 |
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Dude, I run Prius power plus and its a joke team meant to see what happens if you go extra fuel efficient. No live managing either. One stop races and heavy fuel loads ftw. It either does really well or does terrible. Either way, it makes the points chase......interesting.
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Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
> themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
05/27/2015 at 23:11 |
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hahahaha I didn’t know you made a B-team! lmao
Branden J -Reading the Manual
> themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
05/27/2015 at 23:28 |
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Wooo! I made it into your rundown! With My being an idiot and realizing 2 tire and fuel options actually only meant 1 pit stop and the fact that my Internet speeds were not fast enough to open the live manager to change it, along with the fact I just started, scoring points greatly exceeded my expectations! (My goal was to just finish the race)
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themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
05/28/2015 at 00:15 |
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I didn’t want it to get points, I was just curious if the ratings actually meant anything and they do. Prius Power means I routinely run anywhere from 0.3 to upwards of 0.5L a lap less fuel than my actual team. So a one stop race really doesn’t add that much more fuel when you think about it. Yes, numerically, 60L is more than 45. But consider that I use only 120L vs. 135 or more on my main team. And I will never live manage the team. It’s an ongoing experiment with tires and settings. So far, doing surprisingly well. If it moves up, it moves up.