Vanilla game

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Well since i've restarted playing the game, i'll share with you how it is going.

First season started well, with the only problem beign cash due to the staggering amount of chassis totalled by both driver,7 in just 6 races...
Money were also the reason that led me to drop Irvine for the next season in favor of Barrichello(why the hell is he a paydriver),although near the end of the season we managed to fill almost every slot with high paying sponsor rendering his money surplus.
While shumacher domination only came to be due to loads of errors made by both the Benetton's and Williams' drivers and the fact that rained in most of the race that season.

Forti went bankrupt after the italian gp.
Bonus point for Diniz scoring a pole in the storm that engulfed Montreal

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Lineup for the 1997 season

Ferrari

Micheal Shumacher - Rubens Barrichello - Micheal Knodar

Williams Renault

Eddie Irvine - John Newhouse - Spiros Marteene

Mclaren Mercedes

Ukyo Katayama - Martin Brundle - Jan Magnussen

Benetton Yamaha

Jean Alesi - Damon Hill - Vincenzo Sospiri

Jordan Peugeot

Mika Hakkinen - Kelvin Burt - Luca Badoer

Ligier Mugen

Emmanuel Collard - Olivier Panis - Nicola Larini

Sauber Ford

Johnny Herbert - Heinz Harald Frentzen - Alain Tuero

Minardi Ford

Gino Laytho - Giancarlo Fisichella - Jan Al Boreto

Cassini Rolls Royce

Cristoph Vans - Erik Kasee - Jean Colee

Footwork Hart

Gherard Berger - Jos Verstappen -Marco Venlinga

Tsunami Ilmor

Davide Farinella - Giovanni Vaille - Roger Almair

Tyrrell Yamaha

Norberto Fontana - Patrese Blundell - Thomas Kommas

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First qualifying session of the season see the Williams at the top with a staggering 2s lead on the Ferrari, but the race Shumacher took the lead after the first stop until he made a mistake.
Barrichello managed a mere 7th on the grid but more than made up during the race.

Hill managed an impressive 18th on the grid with the Benetton

Interlagos saw Shumacher on a mission, he destroyed everyone in qualifying and led every single lap of the race.

Barrichello started 2nd but after the first stop fell back to 6th untill the last round of pitstop.
Both Benetton outside the top 10 in qualify, their spot taken by the two Cassini, who unfortunately failed to finish the race.

Buenos Aires started a disaster with Shumacher and Barrichello out of the top 10.
Mclaren and Benetton also started at the back while Cassini managed another double top 10
Both Williams were untouchable during the race, luckily some attrion and a good race pace got us into the point.

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Nurburgring see both ferrari and mclaren in the midfield.

During the race some attrition in our favor and a strong pace had us reach the podium with both car, might be an interesting season.

Monaco,our best qualifyin of the season with a 1-2 followed by an impressive hakkinen with a jordan.
Race day did not went as smooth as one would have hoped with a pitstop problem for barrichello with newhouse getting 2nd place with a extremely lucky finish...
Hill finally sees a bit of hope with a strong result.

Catalunya, Both Ligier in the top 6, Shumacher on pole and Barrichello 4th.
Ligier unfortunately couldn't turn the strong qualifying position into points with a double retirement, Hakkinen back on the podium and with both Williams out of the point Shumacher cruised to an easy win and with the recent results swung the championship back in our favor.

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Imola, 3rd-4th place for the Ferrari.

Raceday barrichello spins out of 1st giving Irvine the victory.

Montreal, surprise pole form Hakkinen followed by the 2 Ferrari.
Hakkinen delivered an impressive performance and dominate the race giving Jordan their first ever win, Barrichello once again bin the car.

MagnyCours, Cassini get 3rd place in qualify behind the Williams, 4th and 5th the Ferrari.
Raceday gives us a boon with both Williams out we secured and easy 1-2, both Benetton again with a strong result.