Grand Prix Rejects

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The recurrence of #18 in Bugatti's single World Championship appearance at the 1956 French GP. Maurice Trintignant qualified in P18, was 18 seconds off the pace and retired after 18 laps, only his race number breaks the pattern as he was car #28. I knew all of that before reading the Bugatti Team P...

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Spectoremg wrote: ↑07 Apr 2024, 18:11 Is anyone else bothered by the amount of deadbeats in F1 lately? Does my memory fade or was it always so?

I’m not sure what you mean here. Deadbeat has a number of meanings, could you be more specific?

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Another perfect score for Batty! And don't feel bad Duck, that's still pretty good, and I made a few lucky guesses that paid off too.

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2024 Formula Nippon 1.5
1. Verstappen
2. Leclerc
3. Sainz
4. Perez
5. Norris
6. Piastri
7. Hamilton
8. Alonso
9. Russell
10. Magnussen
Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Sainz
First Retirement: Hulkenberg
ROTR: Stroll
IIDOTR: Magnussen
DBTMOTR: Ricciardo
LP: Sergeant
FTP: Bottas
YF: Albon
Worst Team: Alpine

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I wonder how the Ferrari management would be feeling after seeing great performances from Carlos Sainz and Hamilton's struggle so far this season. I think Hamilton's struggles this season are the car, just look at how George is doing. But it's worth considering even so. Let's see if Carlos stays on...

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Well done Wallio, and another perfect score for Alextrax52!

I'll say my only one wrong was guessing Aida instead of Fuji. What a stupid I am!

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noiceinmydrink wrote: ↑28 Mar 2024, 19:04 Gottem all! Some of them not from photos but more from context, the Aintree one in particular.

Noice!

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Enforcer wrote: ↑28 Mar 2024, 16:18 Ditto.

Got Phoenix and Dallas mixed up

Nicely done, but you needed to look at the Dallas trackside ads!

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9/13. With at least 3 that I got wrong, I knew it was one of two... That surprises me, I'd have backed you as perfect! For Dallas, I noticed the trackside advertising which helped me on that one. For almost everything else, I really needed to use the age of the cars (plus the clues) to help me iden...

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This quiz is for guessing tracks based on photos/clues, I got 12 out of 13 right. Lot of folks here will likely be perfect.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/ ... hotographs

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Is Sargeant that popular with the average viewer in the USA though? No, I don't think so. The importance of an American driver or even team is way lower than just having races here, in my opinion. I'll start getting excited about an American driver when they land at one of the top 5 teams (preferab...

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:badoer: Have to say the decision not to call a red flag is very questionable given this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDltOg-exCM I mean, the VSC was called more or less instantly, and the only driver realtively close was Stroll, was A.) Close enough a red flag would have made little difference,...

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Don't even bother posting a ROTR thread this week. It's Williams. How in the hell do you not have a spare chassis? That is the type of laughable prep that used to feature on the team profiles of the old site. We're 5 weeks (counting testing) into the bloody season! And as of last season, Williams d...

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1. Verstappen
2. Leclerc
3. Perez
4. Sainz
5. Hamilton
6. Alonso
7. Russell
8. Norris
9. Piastri
10. Stroll

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Bottas
ROTR: Williams
IIDOTR: Alonso
DBTMOTR: Magnussen
LP: Magnussen
FTP: Hulkenberg
YF: Ocon
Worst Team: Haas

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sanctions in place make Nikita effectively unemployable in practice. Not his driving ability? :D His ability - or lack thereof - behind the wheel didn't stop him getting a seat the first time around as long as the money kept flowing. Fair enough, though I'm reminded of the old Mark Twain quote &quo...

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mario wrote: ↑20 Mar 2024, 19:36 sanctions in place make Nikita effectively unemployable in practice.

Not his driving ability?

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Following in the mighty footsteps of USF1!

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Bearman

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I’m on board with Lance throwing it into the wall.

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This is way OT, but there are a number of parents on this forum, but are there any grandparents? Feel free to ignore, but this Bearman thing just made me feel old for having a kid born in 2005, made me wonder about it.

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Question: With FP3 complete, but Sainz temporarily out for Bearman, do we have approval to change the predictions or do we need to stick with what we have? I will say that if we don't want to have wholesale editing of our predictions, perhaps we can just sub in Bearman for wherever Sainz was mentio...

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Paul Hayes wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 12:19 born the year Alonso won his first title!

Shite, he's the age of my daughter! Damn, I'm old

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there are also a number of reasons why the woman in question may have been suspended on full pay for other reasons too, and one option does seem to be a case of protecting an individual against intrusion by the press. Here in the US, it seems weird to call it "suspended" with pay. If it i...

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24 Bonesaw Winternationals

1. Verstappen
2. Perez
3. Leclerc
4. Hamilton
5. Sainz
6. Russell
7. Norris
8. Piastri
9. Alonso
10. Tsunoda

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Bottas
ROTR: Gasly
IIDOTR: Hamilton
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: Sargeant
FTP: Magnussen
YF: Gasly
Worst Team: Sauber

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Jos in his glassiest of glass houses tossing stones...absolutely classic

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If WEC is on Max, I might actually see a little bit of it this season. And I love having F1TV too. Thing is, without a basic cable Speed channel or something like it, I'm not going to be seeing much other motorsport. That's probably ok at this point, but Speed was how I got started on F1 in the fir...

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I'm going to give it a try 2024 Wow it's early GP 1. Verstappen 2. Leclerc 3. Hamilton 4. Perez 5. Russell 6. Norris 7. Alonso 8. Piastri 9. Gasly 10. Ocon Pole: Leclerc Fastest Lap: Russell First Retirement: Bottas ROTR: Haas IIDOTR: Alonso DBTMOTR: Bottas LP: Magnussen FTP: Hulkenberg YF: Bottas W...

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I cannot believe that me, the board's resident grumpy old man is the one saying this, but the question now is: "Is there some limit to the races you will watch live "? I find myself coming back to this as it was (quietly) announced this week that the WEC will be on MAX this season. So you...

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I could have said the same pre-dropped scores... But as always I seem to have a usual rival in RAK. Doc? what happened to your regular account? Logged out of my account on my devices, forgot my password, can't reset my password due to a 404 page not found error. https://www.gprejects.com/forum/view...

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temporary wrote: ↑21 Feb 2024, 06:47
MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx wrote: ↑21 Feb 2024, 00:41 Tucked happily under the lovely Rachel-I shall take that
I could have said the same pre-dropped scores...

But as always I seem to have a usual rival in RAK.

Doc? what happened to your regular account?

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What do you think about the 2024 liveries and which one is your favorite? My favorite one is Ferrari's SF24. As much as it kills me to say this, right now its probably Merc's. From the front/side anyway. Ferrari in a close second. The Mercs look pretty classy, but I'd still like it better if they d...

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Jarvis wrote: ↑09 Feb 2024, 18:30 Visa Cash App RB have launched their 2024 livery and it is looking awesome.

It looks how I thought the 2024 Toro Rosso would look in 2016, which is a compliment.

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Ah, ok. Then yes, I'm starting to find it a little tiresome at this point. That said, for most of the teams it's probably more important to look "cool" than distinctive. I don't know if it is about "looking cool", or more about teams wanting to eke out additional weight savings ...

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Wallio wrote: ↑07 Feb 2024, 16:17 Its naked carbon.

Ah, ok. Then yes, I'm starting to find it a little tiresome at this point. That said, for most of the teams it's probably more important to look "cool" than distinctive.

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Jarvis wrote: ↑07 Feb 2024, 15:35 Alpine have launched their 2024 Livery.

Is it just me, or is it feeling like we're going to have a lot of cars with black as the base color this year?

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This is an incredibly negative and unambitious move by Ferrari who should be moving hell or water to tempt Max. It's also a glorified pension plan for Hamilton. Why would Max want to move? There is not the slightest incentive for him to leave a team that is structured to serve him and has Newey at ...

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Finally a decent silly season! It’s been lame for quite some time. This is exactly what we needed. I can’t wait to read Toto’s recriminations! Absolutely epic! It does have a winding-down feel to it though, I hope he can win some races. And I can’t wait to compare his one-lap pace to Leclerc’s.

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Unfortunately this is the future of F1 now, I think. It’s Visa Cash App RB now and soon it’ll be the ‘YouBetchaBest NFTs Ever Grand Prix of UAE’ There is a danger of forgetting that teams could be rather unsubtle about advertising in the past either - after all, you had Yeoman Credit/Bowmaker from ...

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There had been a few rumours floating around that Liberty Media were looking at moving the Spanish GP to a new venue, and now it has been confirmed that a new street circuit in Madrid will be joining the calendar in 2026, with a ten year deal signed with the Ifema Madrid group (the consortium which...

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Jarvis wrote: ↑20 Jan 2024, 20:56 According to Bernie Ecclestone, Max would win even in a McLaren, Ferrari, or Mercedes. Do you agree with him?

If he means the odd race, maybe 1-3 races, sure, could be. If he means the championship, he’s delusional. (Caveat, this is talking about the 2023 season)

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