{ Fernando Horta } → Formula Duude

The French leg of the championship is over, with back to back races at Paulo Ricardo Raceway and the famous La Sarthe du Mans track. And results were not the expected by team. No wins, and a lack of pace and performance were the results of the this, after all the races, the team is barely hold second place in the championship, and has yet to lead the table in this season.

Driver tib :

Results were way worse than expected, the team worked hard to setup the car for both races, but we were unable to perform correctly in either venues, i haven't won any of the 3 races, and got a couple of 2nd places as the best results. Fortunately, some of adversaries weren't able to compete in all the races, so i got to gain some points advantage over them, but to keep the hunt for the title alive, i need to win some more races.

Paul Ricard was a disaster, in a sense, we never got the rigth balance in the car, especially in the third sector, and lost a bunch of time on the corners just before the start/finish line. Also, contact with adversaries slowed me down a bit and i was unable to capitalize on the absense of Shaka from that race. Too bad, cause i could have been closer in the title run.

Le Mans was well, a complete disaster, the car was set well, or at least we thought so, it was getting over 340km/h on the Mulsanne straight and we weren't losing time on the Porsche curves, Indianapolis or Ford Esses, but in the first sector, especially Dunlop, the car were a bit shaky during the race, specially on the last laps, with all the pressure from Shaka. The Stop/Go Penalty were a bull-shit call by the stewards, but we got live with it, so complaining won't help our case. All in all, the race was good, especially the battle with Shaka, it's a great scene to see a Peugeot 908 and Audi R15 side by side on the approach to the Porsche curves.

President Di Guevara :

Caspita! Porcharia, Stupid frenchmen and their stupid tracks. I want to win garas, i want to win money and i want la revolucion to happen. Our pilloti wasn't piu veloci and that's pretty bad, but at least we're still in the title run, so i guess what we need is car that works on the next car and 2 wins to blow the others away and do our best. Meanwhile, i guess i will miss the french atmosphere, with beautiful woman and fine restaurants and champagne.

Chief Engineer Donatello :

Holy turtle, what the hell happened? I really thought we had a shot at winning those races, i guess i am doing something very wrong with the cars setup, or perhaps it's tib's fault, perhaps he can't drive, after all. I will review all my calculations, but they seemed spot on, especially during our private testing sessions. The car hold on well throughout the races, no mechanical problems, no fuel issues, no excessive tire wear, and it wasn't slow, so how we lose? Damn Shredder.

Hot Intern Chick :

Oh, noes, there is, like, no, zero, caput way that i am leaving France to go to the USA. It's like, totally the oposite of me, i am chique, i needs the best clothing in the world, and that's made in France. Boo hoo, i want to stay in Paris. Like, totally, right ? Paris is soooo awesome, even if, like, i totally don't understand a single word people say there, and they totally use this totally weird money. But i guess, being the USA, means i can wear bikini tops again... -

don't like, interrupt me, that's totally rude, ya know ? Geez, people don't have manners in this team.

And now, the team is packing and going for the final stretch of the season, the USA leg, on Indy500 and Sebring, perhaps in Florida our hot intern chick can get more confortable aswell, who knows ?