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Dear Kodi Tiilikainen,
On behalf of KALK Racing I would hereby like to appeal The Formula Racing Owners & Constructors Association appeal on Mural Racing and Draig Racing
We believe the FROCA has broken the following rule
>27.1 All teams are entitled to appeal all rules and events that take place within the subreddit.
The rule states that all teams are entitled to appeal. We interpret that rule to mean that only teams and not associations are entitled to appeal. While we agree that that Rule 27.1 nor the entire rule book mentions associations, but the fact that it states that teams are entitled to appeals and doesn't include other entities such as the non team owners, we believe this rule to apply exclusively to teams.
Best Regards,
Arden Evans,
KALK Team Principal
Greetings gathered press. Today we have Chris Tanner of Autocrust and representatives from Ember-BMW, Pikainen, Mercedes USA, WLD Racing, Strike Force and Amon-McLaren to make a special announcement. Here is Chris Tanner:
>Hello everyone. Today I am proud to announce the formation of the Formula Racing Owners & Constructors Association or FROCA for short. We are a coalition of team owners that have formed a group so that we can work together to protect our interests in the FRL.
>I have been elected as the inaugural chairman of the group and have selected Noah Moss of Ember-BMW as my vice-chairman. Our roles are to be the spokespeople for the organisation but all members are given equal opportunity.
>We have agreed to put aside personal gains if there has been a serious injustice in the league to ensure all members are treated fairly by the FRL. Our goal is not to disrupt the league but to push for positive change and as such we will be working with the president rather than against him.
We will open now for any statements from the other teams and to the floor for any questions of our principals. Please give your name and publication and indicate who the question is for.
1950's
1951: WDC with Alberto Ascari driving a Ferrari
1952: WDC with Alberto Ascari driving a Ferrari
1956: WDC with Juan Manuel Fangio driving a Ferrari
1960's
1961: Double Title with Phil Hill winning the WDC
1964: Double Title with John Surtees winning the WDC
1970's
1975: Double Title with Niki Lauda winning the WDC
1976: World Constructors Champion
1977: Double Title with Niki Lauda winning the WDC
1979: Double Title with Jody Scheckter winning the WDC
1980's
1982: World Constructors Champion
1983: World Constructors Champion
1990's
1999: World Constructors Champion
2000's
2000: Double Title with Michael Schumacher winning the WDC
2001: Double Title with Michael Schumacher winning the WDC
2002: Double Title with Michael Schumacher winning the WDC
2003: Double Title with Michael Schumacher winning the WDC
2004: Double Title with Michael Schumacher winning the WDC
2007: Double Title with Kimi Raikkonnen winning the WDC
2008: World Constructors Champion
2010's
No Titles
McLaren - Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost (3x - shared outright)
Ferrari - Michael Schumacher (5x)
Benetton - Michael Schumacher (2x)
Mercedes - Lewis Hamilton (6x)
Lotus - Jim Clark (2x)
Renault - Fernando Alonso (2x)
Red Bull - Sebastian Vettel (4x)
Any additions?
I think that FE will need to open more development in the near future for the long term development of the series. What should they open up next to keep manufacturers interested?
So I was a little bored in class today, and I made a spreadsheet that would calculate the progression of all of the constructors in Formula One history without taking into account their real-life history. Beyond me inputting the constructor's starting season and starting performance, the spreadsheet would then decide how their experience of Formula One would treat them. This means that their performance growth, performance decline, and reasons for quitting Formula One are all decided by the spreadsheet.
As you may imagine, this had some rather surprising results.
Year | Fastest Car(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|
1950 | Alfa Romeo | First year of F1, reflects reality |
1951 | Alfa Romeo | Mild decline from 1950 |
1952 | Maserati | Overtakes Alfa, Cisitalia and Gordini near the front |
1953 | Maserati | |
1954 | Mercedes | Enter the sport with a huge impact |
1955 | Mercedes | |
1956 | Frazer Nash and Mercedes | Frazer Nash the first really major departure from real life |
1957 | Frazer Nash | Mercedes left after '56 |
1958 | Frazer Nash, Maserati, Vanwall and Veritas | Bonkers year, should be a phenomenal title battle |
1959 | Veritas | The power of German engineering |
1960 | Veritas | |
1961 | BRM, Maserati and Veritas | And we have another new British front-runner |
1962 | BRM and Maserati | |
1963 | BRM and Maserati | |
1964 | BRM | The British team creating a dynasty |
1965 | BRM | |
1966 | Honda | A far more successful entry than in our timeline |
1967 | Honda | |
1968 | BRM and Honda | The two real protagonists of the 1960s are clear here |
1969 | Honda | |
1970 | Honda | |
1971 | BRM and Honda | And people say there's a Formula 1.5 nowadays... |
1972 | Honda | |
1973 | Honda and LDS (Serrurier) | Another constructor hugely favoured by the spreadsheet. The real LDS entered only five Grands Prix |
1974 | Honda, LDS, Matra and Parnell-Lola | Reg Parnell Racing also having more success than in real life |
1975 | LDS, Matra and Parnell-Lola | |
1976 | LDS | |
1977 | LDS, McLaren and Parnell-Lola | It's nice to see a real-life front-runner also setting the pace in this alternate reality. |
1978 | Parnell-Lola and Wolf | I mean, Wolf were pretty good in real life too |
1979 | Parnell-Lola and Wolf | |
1980 | LDS, Parnell-Lola and Wolf | |
1981 | LDS | The South African constructor pulling away from the pack |
1982 | LDS | |
1983 | LD |
Any additions?
Link. This took probably close to eight hours of poring Wikipedia for data to input. A couple caveats exist, however, and I was forced to exclude some teams that entered. Here are the requirements for a team to show up:
1950-1957: since Grand Prix racing predated Formula One guidelines, which were enacted in 1950, only teams that competed in more than one championship race in this period were included. Thus, Indy 500 entrants and Bugatti are excluded. There are too many one-off entries to be worth including in this sheet.
The list only includes entries by factory teams or constructors, with some exceptions.
1958 was the year the WCC was born, and from this point out, only teams that have scored at least once in their history were included on the sheet, with Caterham excepted due to how recently they competed. Sorry Life and Pacific.
Trophy symbols indicate placing first in the WCC in a season, other numbers denoting finishing places. Shared numbers (5/8) indicate a chassis that was used with more than one engine in a season, as the two variants were historically treated as separate cars, and were scored independently, even if the chassis was identical.
Now, some trivia I learned while making this:
The oldest team on the grid, of course, is Ferrari, who have competed in Grand Prix racing since 1947. The second oldest is actually a tie between McLaren (1966) and... Mercedes? Yes, Mercedes competed in the 50s, but the team was dissolved entirely after a series of motorsport accidents, and the lineage of the original team stops there. However, they have ties as far back as Matra's 1966 entry, and as Matra later backed Tyrrell, they can be traced forward to BAR, then BAR Honda, Brawn, and finally, Mercedes.
The oldest currently existing team without a WCC is Sauber (1993), who have never earned higher than 3rd in the WCC. Yes, they placed 2nd in 2007, but only after McLaren was disqualified for Spygate.
Force India would contend this, as their lineage goes as far back as Jordan in 1991, but the team has sort of changed names three times since then, and between 2005 and 2009, competed under four different names consecutively: Jordan (through 2006), Midlands (2007)
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