For all you first time Amateurs - I will say this one more time
The season is still 17 races and you have just promoted and so will not have overly high level car parts. Give the season a few races and your car parts situation will improve. Be sensible with your money and you WILL get points be the end of the season. At least 4 (if not 5) drivers got their points in the last 3 races last season in my group as the other cars stopped replacing parts to save money. If by the last race you have a car that will go the distance without smoking then you have a good chance of points.
I remember the first race last season my qually times were not good but it WILL get better.
For those drivers with 0 motivation, the Sports Psych training is underrated. I gave my driver a couple of hits and then, as if by magic, his qually times improved and that made the races better because there were less cars ahead to start with.
Dont write your seasons off just because you have a 'rubbish' driver and a bad qually for Race 1