Grand Prix Rejects

eytl

So, the inevitable has happened. And with another win and another Vettel title, no doubt the pro and anti-Vettel debate can start up again, together with the risk of the emotion and vitriol which has increasingly accompanied that discussion in recent months. Although, I must say, the reaction post-I...

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I can only hope that F1 is able to reverse this trend before it's too late. I'm increasingly convinced that the current business model is simply unable to survive in the long term, and that the current state of things is not pointing in the right direction. And it is a shame, because it looked like...

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If I may say so, although the discussion in this thread has been quite fruitful I'm not sure there's anything to be gained by going back over anyone's specific posts or signatures and calling out the ones which you think might have overstepped the mark. I'd like to believe that anyone who has been f...

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Hi everyone, This was the article I had written and was going to put up when the news of Maria de Villota's passing came through and I decided to write and upload a tribute to her instead: http://www.f1rejects.com/centrale/2013/soul/index.html After the Korean GP, I was pondering what was the future...

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Official result time ... Sorry guys, I would have loved to have given it to dinizintheoven's toilet, but while it was an epic tale I'm afraid that's a little bit too much of an in-joke unless you happen to have been following this thread ... And for the first time I actually made a decision, uploade...

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I just want to thank everyone who cares enough to have shared their views on this.

Hopefully everyone can continue enjoying the site and the forum for some time yet, in the spirit in which both were created.

eytl

Whilst I understand that McLaren might simply be trying to circumvent any restrictions on tobacco advertising, I do think it's a pity that photos and videos now need to be photoshopped. I'm reminded of Channel 7's intro to the Bathurst 1000 last year - every year they produce a great opening montage...

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As much as I am disappointed with the result being a one-eyed Webber supporter (and was hopeful for someone to say the words "Multi 21" in the last two laps), I think it's a bit rich for Mark to say afterwards that he could have made a two-stopper work when it's well-known that he's harder...

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I would like to share the entry I wrote yesterday about Maria. As I say, it's very personal but I know that there are some people on here who have had mental health issues and I hope it might help them too. Thank you for sharing that. And indeed, the title of Maria's book says it all ... Life is a ...

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The Talent decides it's finally time to let some of it shine through. I knew it.

How close was it in Q2?!? Bottas and Maldonado would be disappointed to be around 0.2s off the top ten and yet be 14th and 15th.

eytl

As mentioned on the discussion thread in the Stoddart forum regarding the tragic passing of Maria de Villota ( http://www.f1rejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6501 ), I have penned the following tribute to her career: http://www.f1rejects.com/centrale/2013/devillota/index.html Please feel fre...

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I had another 2013 opinion piece ready to upload when the terrible news of Maria's passing came through. So I'll save that article for later in the coming week and in the meantime penned this tribute to Maria as a celebration of her career which I've now uploaded to the site: http://www.f1rejects.co...

eytl

Well, if you've listened to our latest podcast, you'll already know that we decided to give ROTR to ... the fire marshal's jeep.

I think it's pretty obvious why. That was ... bizarre. Random. Dangerous. And yet wonderfully entertaining. F1 Gangnam style made a glorious return in 2013!

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Oh man, ROTR just got a whole lot harder ...

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Minardi was Pirelli's 'works' team in 1989.According to the 'Forza Minardi' book, they say they would have had a great chance to win in Adelaide, considering he qualified 3rd and was fastest in warm up if it didnt rain. I doubt it. Although it's now 24 years ago and I was 8 at the time I remember 1...

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This is topical enough for me to move it to the Stoddart forum.

eytl

This was the opening sequence to the Channel 9 F1 coverage here in Australia when I first started watching in 1989:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=640WKu5UK8c

Looking back it does sound rather 1980s but I still think it's a good theme for F1.

eytl

Our legendary 1990 Minardi driver's company facing backlash for comments made by Paolo's brother Guido: http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/19144943/pasta-maker-fights-boycott-call-over-anti-gay-remarks/ (I should add, I would prefer for this thread to be kept to the topic of Barilla Pasta's advertisin...

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Sadly, the first few blocks of the piece illustrate how redundant this forum is, other than for nostalgia. As Enoch points out, essentially, the days of the plucky never-giving-up driver, the heroic trier, are over and the format we have now of groomed proteges is here to stay. Im not bitching abou...

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Official decision time (trying to get back into the habit of presenting the official decision within a few days of the race ... not within a few days of the next race!). Tough one this time. Daniel Ricciardo certainly made a very compelling case - an awful start, followed by a lovely, languid unders...

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The example of Graham Hill is a bit poor, considering his career spanned about 17/18 seasons (1958-1975), but otherwise, Go Curse! I did think about that, but I thought: (a) the fact that Graham Hill never even drove a road car until 24 was too good a fact to pass up, and (b) my point was more abou...

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Hello everyone, Take a deep breath. Well, this is it. This will be the ultimate test of whether or not my articles really do curse their subjects. In my latest article, I predict a sustained period of Sebastian Vettel domination, partly because of the fact that the top teams keep recycling the same ...

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Official decision time, and in the end a fairly straightforward decision. I did contemplate giving it to the idiot who was waving a Croatian flag on a long pole right in front of the drivers of the podium ... I mean, what's the connection between Croatia and F1? And why was there a guy waving a Maur...

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But in the end, with no other obvious choices, I have to thank Freeze-O-Kimi for his inspirational idea and go for Sebastian Vettel's blond rinse . And no, this doesn't count as the guy who wins the race also getting ROTR. So, for clarity, this should be a new entry on the leaderboard, not added to...

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Well, once again sorry for delaying the official result until almost the following race - it's been a busy few weeks (yet again), plus this time I've actually been agonising over the choice for ROTR. Which is strange, because it was a race rather devoid of action, and rather devoid of stand-out cand...

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Clearly, Max could hide his talent no longer ...

eytl

Yeah hi everyone, sorry for the delay. Ever since I came back from holidays in early July, and throughout the whole F1 mid-summer break, I have been: (a) sick, (b) crazily busy at work, (c) working on my photography, or (d) any combination of the above. And right now I have to rush off to work again...

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Official decision time, and a pretty easy one, this. Notwithstanding the shenanigans in the pits - two unsafe releases, one of which turned out to be very unsafe indeed, and Williams' problems with their front right - the runaway winner (pardon the pun) is Bianchi's phantom Marussia . That had to be...

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OK, time for the long-awaited official decision ... I'm going to go against the flow here and not give it to Pirelli, even though five or six blow-ups in the one race is certainly very reject-worthy. I think it's marginally different from, say, USA 2005 when Michelin brought a tyre that was actually...

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In a week when I've already had to cope with finding out whilst overseas that the Australian PM had changed and both Nadal and Federer have lost early at Wimbledon, comes the news that Mark Webber is indeed joining Porsche, delivered to me in a Sarajevo hotel room. Has the world gone mad? Actually, ...

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Hi everyone, Well, finally I've been able to churn out a little bit of new content, in the form of another 2013 season comment - this time about the intriguing intra-team battle between Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne at Toro Rosso. We ask whether a case can be made that in fact Jean-Eric Verg...

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This is awful news to wake up to this morning. Simonsen was, in my mind, one of the best and most underrated tin-top drivers in the world, whether that be in touring cars or GT sports cars. His versatility was a throwback to a bygone era. RIP Allan - and my condolences to his friends (many of whom w...

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mediocre, I just want to say thanks for approaching us with the new layouts you've been working on - thanks for the effort. I have passed your email on to Jamie. We haven't forgotten, it's just that we're both rather busy at the moment (me in particular). Glad to see you've posted the layouts here a...

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nigellamansell wrote:Sam doesn't have much luck does he? First Williams went off the boil on his watch and now McLaren....not saying that he's responsible but he must be thinking "oh no...not again!"

Sam Michael: cause or effect?

Discuss if you wish.

eytl

One of the great characters of the early days of the World Championship.

RIP the Pampas Bull.

eytl

It's taken a week to name the official recipient, not because it was a tricky decision, but basically because I have been insanely busy with work for ... well, the last 4-5 weeks, to be honest ... No great surprise here, I've gone for Giedo van der Garde . Of course, the shine from his Monaco qualif...

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Besides, those honours are a joke anyway. The entire English Rugby World Cup squad of 2003 got MBEs, even the guys who didn't play. Didn't the 2005 Ashes-winning cricketers all get honours as well ... shortly before they got pummelled 5-0 by the Aussies less than 18 months later? (Just had to menti...

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The ironic thing is that Brundle was very critical about the crane being brought out - suggesting it would be easier, safer and less hassle to just leave the car there due to there being only 3/4 laps left. In his words "The car is out of danger, you are only going to hit it if you actually ai...

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1992 is my favourite, for the following reasons - Fittipaldi's massive hat. Tarquini and Gugelmin looking blissfully happy and unaware of their nightmares to come (well, Gabriele was probably used to it by then) The photographer at the back gaining evidence of Gabriele's enlarging bald patch. Belmo...

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Rule no. 1 of driving on any public road, if you hit the driver in front, it's your fault. Do you usually race on a public road? I don't think you understand the point. It's always the responsibility of the driver behind to make a clean overtake. Unless the driver ahead engages Johnny Cecotto Jr mo...

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