JamieFranklinF1

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  • #377815
    JamieFranklinF1
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    He’s not wrong. Join at your own risk.

    #362648
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    @robocat, @bradley13, @formula-1, @jamiefranklinf1, @mathers, @pezlo2013, @juan-pablo-heidfeld-1, @sirspuddington, @aiera-music, @blockwall2, @theawesomefish, @holmqvist, @redmist, @alexf11995

    Bid £500k De La Fuente. There you go, the big surprise of my reserve driver. Some FV2 guy that was in the same position last year. I hope it was worth the wait. You. Are. Welcome.

    #361959
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    Certainly somewhat of a surprise right there. I’d wager DS is still ahead of us and Xylander just isn’t very good, but I’m more than a little surprised to be ahead of Downton.

    #359590
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    Seems like we finally have the forum back!

    Just wanted to throw an idea out to everybody. Obviously @Robocat you have the most say in this. But I was wondering how everybody would feel opening up a server on Discord? Across the winter I feel it’s been quite quiet here for one reason or another, but I do think we could garner a bit more chat going on there. Not that we would be moving this away from its spiritual home of RaceFans of course.

    However, it would enable us to open up different channels on the serves, E.g. Fake twitter feed, OOC/General chat/, news, ‘live’ public interview.

    What would everyone’s thoughts be on this?

    #357327
    JamieFranklinF1
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    Who was the best 2017 driver in your eyes?

    – I may be a little biased, but I’m still going for Enrique Ruiz.

    Who was the worst driver of the season?

    – Pucci- ahem, I’m not actually sure about this one, simply because there were a couple that it could be depending on results or hype.

    What was the most exciting race of the season?

    – Has to be Brazil. It just had everything.

    What was the most boring race of the season?

    – My memory is terrible, so let’s just agree on Portugal? I can’t remember.

    How does your 2017 season compare to your pre season ambitions?

    – Ambition is always to win. Realistically we always knew Downton would, so second was the aim, but fell a bit short of that. But back in the top 3 and improving from last year isn’t too bad, as long as the upward trend continues.

    #357252
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    SPOILERS

    Wow, what an incredibly exciting race! I think I can safely say that that was one of the best races we’ve had in the series since its conception.
    Maybe add in there Ruiz’ contendership for overtake of the season with that fantastic lunge out of nowhere! Even I was surprised by him there.

    Congrats to @Bradley13 – it was a long time coming with your strategy, but you’ve finally joined the pantheon of Champions, I just hope you’ll have some more competition next year ;) and congratulations to Powers as well. It’s been a long time since his title with us in 2013, and it’s nice to see his continued success.

    Commiserations genuinely go to @Sirspuddington. I won’t lie in saying that that wasn’t everything I was hoping for during this race, but it was a sad way for the battle to end.

    Once again very happy with Ruiz. I think he got held up in both stops having to hold and wait for people to pass, but I was just happy for him to push on and get the points needed to secure third. Same can’t be said for Giodano, who for the first part looked like he was doing all that was needed, but just fell apart later on.

    Finally, a big thank you to @RoboCAT. I seriously can’t fathom the amount of time and effort he must put in to keep this series running, and for this long as well, going into our 6th year…absolutely amazing, and it just keeps improving as well. You truly are awesome. Thanks, mate.

    #357119
    JamieFranklinF1
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    @Juan-pablo-heidfeld-1 – Damn, had I known Jochem was still in with a shout of the title, I’d have kept him at the beginning of the year ;)

    #356978
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    Who will win the Championship?
    Klaas. With the pace of that Downton, if they are on similar strategies, I can’t see Powers making up enough points to overhaul, unless of course Klaas throws it away.

    Battle for third?
    As much as it pains me to say it, I think we will be hard pressed to claim it. Giodano has been woeful in comparison to what I imagined, and luck hasn’t been much on our side once again.

    North Star vs Holmqvist?
    North Star. I think they’ve had some good pace in the car lately and will probably take it bar some mistakes.

    10th place?
    Ingram, for no other reason than pure unadulterated support for our partners.

    #356798
    JamieFranklinF1
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    @RoboCAT – Franklin and @juan-pablo-heidfeld-1 shall be sticking with Honda.

    Continuity is something I value strongly, and being the only team to have not changed name, base colour scheme and/or engine supplier since its conception is an accolade I’ll hold on to for the foreseeable future. Even Ruiz has been with us since the start as well (albeit as a reserve driver/loaned to Ingram for two races).

    As a side note, hopefully Ingram can attest to the strong partnership we have formed since 2014, and with the loss of Ocelot, I’m sure we would be willing to get into negotiations for any other teams looking to join with Honda. (We also promise it’s a better prospect than in reality)

    #356678
    JamieFranklinF1
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    Haven’t commented in a while, as had problems with the site and busy in general.

    First of all, congratulations to Alex, always nice to see someone so active coming into the sport, and if you need anything, then I’m only a message away.

    Secondly, sad to see Ocelot ditching Honda engines after only a year, but it is nice to see another Manufacturer coming in, and it opens the door to anyone else who is interested in partnering up ahead of the 2019 season.

    In terms of the race, not really what we hoped for, but Ruiz again showing that he’s always delivering. I do have to say that I echo @Sirspuddington here. Klaas did drive dangerously and could easily have taken all three of us out. I feel it also robbed Westwood of potentially increasing the gap to us. Not that I mind, but if it were the other way around, I know how I would feel.

    #354370
    JamieFranklinF1
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    More likely people are trying to find the next big thing.

    #350809
    JamieFranklinF1
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    @Robocat – I presume you mean October instead? :)

    #350195
    JamieFranklinF1
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    Well, that’s certainly a pleasant surprise ^_^

    #349624
    JamieFranklinF1
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    @RoboCAT – Excellent news, thanks for the continued hard work :)

    #349261
    JamieFranklinF1
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    Race 2 – China
    After a few strong practice sessions, where I was able to complete all programs, most of which to optimal standards, I was fairly confident going into qualifying. Unfortunately, that confidence was slightly misplaced and lost too much time in sector two relative to everybody else and started last.

    The race was wet from the start, as predicted, which helped me out to no end given I had been preparing for it all weekend. With everyone being so tentative in the sodden conditions, I made my way up to 13th in the first corner and set about trying to chase the point scorers. To my surprise, I was able to keep quite good pace, and made numerous moves, lap after lap down into the hairpin at turn 5.

    Suddenly, I found myself passing Stroll for 8th, when Kvyat retired and brought out the safety car. There were still 20 laps of the 28 lap race remaining, and with the wets about 25% worn, I decided to take a free stop for fresh wets. No-one else in the field seemed to have the same idea, so I came out in last and caught the pack just as the SC period was ending. So after 10 laps, I was right back to where I started.

    I set about trying to make gains on my fresh wets, but found it slightly more difficult than before. However, people were beginning to put a few laps into this new stint. After another few laps, and pit stops ahead of me, I was back in 10th, chasing down the the pack lead by Stroll conveniently, who was now in 6th, where I could have been had I not pitted.

    Just before I caught them, Vettel had caught me having pitted for inters. So I decided to jump in and do the same. Immediately I felt enough grip to push hard, though I feel many others would feel the same.

    Now I was fighting amidst the pack I had been chasing and finally made my way passed Stroll for a second time, taking 6th. Hulkenberg in 5th, Grosjean in 4th, and whomever was in 3rd seemed a bit too far ahead for me to catch.

    To my surprise, Hulkenberg pitted, gifting me 5th, then the same with Grosjean two laps later. Suddenly, I was so close to the podium I could smell it. It was at this point I realised I was -0.4 down on fuel, with Massa pushing hard to get passed me.

    The next couple of laps passed and I found myself cruising passed the pits to take 3rd from whichever driver pitted at that time. Massa tried to take my glory at this point, but I held around the outside of turn 1 to keep my position. For pretty much the remainder of the race I had to try and save fuel, running lean mix everywhere bar the back straight to give myself the best chance at staying in front.

    Eventually Massa pitted on the penultimate lap and I could cruise home to take my first podium of my career and the first points and podium for Sauber!

    Sauber now sit fourth in the Constructor’s thanks to me, just behind Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull.

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