Grand Prix Rejects

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Romain Grosjean, no contest. He made up for his quiet start to the season by going into full banzai, mid 2012 mode again. Bingo! And there's the official decision as well ... A bit of a hands-down winner, this one. As if four crashes over the weekend weren't enough, his rear-end job on Ricciardo wa...

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David AGS wrote:What I can work out, 1986 is in Australia (cant work out the driver wearing the Australia tshirt, bottom row, 3rd from right).

Johnny Dumfries, no? By the way, how seriously short is Allen Berg?!

David AGS wrote:BTW, Bruni looks pre-occupied!

Wouldn't you be when you have greatness right next to you?

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Olivier Grouillard, why did you just have to be so different? Out of the four seasons he was in, in each of the 1989, 1990 and 1992 pics he's wearing civvies (although in 1992 that looks like an official Tyrrell shirt) whereas most if not all of the rest are in their race-suits. And in 1991 he's not...

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Official decision time - and this wasn't an easy choice. In the end, I've gone for Lewis Hamilton . Yes the Pirelli tyres are difficult. Yes the Mercedes is (still) pretty dreadful on its tyres, whatever the set-up. But falling from the front row to a lapped 12th place is bad enough. Watching Nico R...

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Well well well ... On Autosport tonight, in the wake of McLaren's deal with Honda for 2015, there's a story (for subscribers only) on the 1988 MP4/4. At the end there's also this addendum: Imagine how different the history of Formula 1 might be had McLaren not landed Honda engines for 1988. Then ima...

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I'm a Thunderbirds puppet Schumacher http://wtf1.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC00847-1024x768.jpg At first I was going to ask why he had Stefan Bellof's helmet on his lap, but it's not actually Bellof's helmet - Bellof has the yellow strip on top of the red one. So whose helmet is it? It's no...

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Here's my take on this whole Pirelli issue. I spent most of Sunday night (our time) getting frustrated and agreeing with Martin Brundle who was describing the racing as "pedestrian". Whilst I don't necessarily want to see us going back to the sprint racing of the refuelling days, or the da...

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midgrid wrote:

"Let's take the two drivers who battled for the British F3 championship in 1983, and meld them together in one glorious whole!"

Or just ignore Senna and make Brundle instead.

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Hi everyone, For our second new article in one day, here is the next Centrale article we promised - the story of Porsche's last involvement in Formula One when they thought that supplying an overweight, underpowered, outdated and unreliable engine to a team that had never previously won a Grand Prix...

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Hi everyone, Two brand new articles for your reading pleasure. The first is the next of our 2013 season comments, and this time I turn my attention to everyone's favourite monotonic Finn. I decided to look at some of his stats and realised that maybe not all of the stereotypes surrounding him are tr...

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Am I the only one that thinks this track has potential if they go with it? I like the basic layout. I think passing should be easy and may see an exciting race. I completely agree. I mean, we need to remember that we're looking at a street circuit here, so fancy complexes, loop-the-loops (joke), et...

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I know this isn't wsrgo's original question so I'll try not to hijack the discussion, but I must say I don't really know what to think about F1 teams spreading their tentacles down through all the junior categories and all having a cache of young drivers. I guess it's just the way of the world these...

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Can I just put it out there that I'm mildly fascinated by who people are naming as their three other Hungarians ... it's providing an insight as to the things people are into. Good stuff!

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Your country: Australia First Hungarian GP you watched: 1989 What were your feelings when finding out that Hungary is/will be part of the Formula One calendar: back in 1989, it seemed a bit exotic being behind the Iron Curtain; now I'm fairly neutral Which country would be the first you say as a pot...

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Which caption best describes this hilarity? http://www.speedcafe.com/2013/04/29/video-nelson-piquet-jr-kicks-nascar-rival-in-the-groin/ (a) Like father, like son (b) Eliseo Salazar, count yourself lucky (c) Brian Scott must be inexperienced* (d) Flav and Pat told him to do it (* old A1GP joke involv...

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Official decision time, and this wasn't easy as there weren't really any stand-out candidates. But ultimately I've agreed with many of you and awarded it to Jenson Button . I agree with pretty much what madmark1974 and Stramala have said above. Over the last few years, I've grown in respect for Jens...

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Thanks guys for getting the ball rolling on this. I'll review more closely ASAP, and give others the chance to contribute, but maybe leave it to either Jamie or me to post the final version as a global announcement.

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I wonder if another reason for Alonso abandoning the lap was because he realised / was told that pole was out of the question and so he settled for 3rd to be on the cleaner side of the track? I know GP2 is racing this weekend as well but given how dusty / sandy the circuit is I would've thought that...

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I've deleted the first Bahrain ROTR thread and renamed this thread. I know the horse has bolted on the EvdP forum but can I just say that I'm not a huge fan of every new thread being called "The [insert supposedly witty catchphrase] XYZ thread", but to each their own. This coming from the ...

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I'm remaining seated for now - Webber and Alonso have been friends for a number of years, so it's hardly surprising to see the two of them together after the last race. There are also quite a few shots of Webber hanging around with Button after races - I think that they've even been seen together o...

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It's official decision time, in case you haven't already heard it on the podcast. But yes, a unanimous decision (i.e. Jamie and I agreed on the spot) to give it to Esteban Gutierrez. Rookie inexperience notwithstanding. It seems like assaults from behind in Shanghai on someone unsuspecting seems to ...

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In case you haven't seen this on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/alo_oficial/status/324221105000833024/photo/1

Conspiracy theorists, STAND UP!

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Go one step further and ban in car radios, let the drivers work out what to do themselves, seeing as they don't need to communicate when they want to pit any more, only if they've sustained damage, which would be obvious, either to the eye or in lap times. Leave the good old fashioned pit board as ...

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Back onto the topic of strategy, I wonder if Webber starting last is actually a blessing in disguise. Everyone agrees that those starting on (used) softs at the front will have to pit early, thus putting them back in the pack and perhaps hurting their genuine pace mid-race. The likes of Button and V...

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I guess it comes back to what I've written in the past ... is this style of racing too artificial? I think that, in principle, having two compounds to choose from is a good idea. As is the fundamental idea that, in theory, you have a choice whether to run your race as a "tortoise" or as a ...

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Now, whilst that does not excuse him from criticism - indeed, I've had my share of harsh words for him over the years - at the same time, if I was in Vettel's position and presented with that level of success and adoration, can I deny that I wouldn't develop something of a sense of entitlement? I a...

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There is another way ... I'll lock this thread and one of the mods can reopen it once the action gets underway in Shanghai.

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My word, this is awesome.

I'm almost tempted to update the Life profile on the site ...

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As for Hamilton stopping in the McLaren pit box, well, it was silly but ultimately of little consequence as he didn't lose any positions due to that mistake - and given that the outfits of Mercedes and McLaren are so similar, it is perhaps kind of forgiveable (certainly more forgiveable than Button...

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Hi everyone, The next driver profile has now been uploaded! It's the story of Tony Shelly, the Wellingtonian car dealer's son who spent one season in Europe in 1962 and became only the second New Zealand driver to start a World Championship Grand Prix. Whilst all the other Kiwi drivers to have achie...

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OK, I'm sorry it's taken this long to announce the official ROTR, but you have to admit there was a very large field of candidates wanting to get in early for an ROTR award in 2013. Firstly, as to those who didn't get to share the award this time around ... there was obviously plenty of mediocrity, ...

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And since I've never found anywhere else to say it, I need to give a shout-out to the Romanian team of 1994 who capitulated in the quarter-final penalty shoot-out against Sweden, when they had a team which was good enough - I remain convinced to this day - to beat Brazil in the semis and then the It...

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1950: the English team for being knocked out by the USA.

1966: the Italian team for being knocked out by one Pak Do Ik.

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2006 World Cup Having thought about it, that referee who booked the Croatian player three times before sending him off deserves a shout. Worse still, it was Australia v Croatia, and the player involved was Josip Simunic who had chosen to represent Croatia despite being raised in Australia ... Plus ...

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I know David Reynolds isn't exactly everyone's cup of tea here, but I had to laugh at his interview after his crash in the first Sunday race ... nice to see someone being a tad clever and able to see the lighter side of an accident rather than immediately looking for someone to blame.

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I'm aware that we have the Sportscar and Endurance thread, but that seems to exist mostly to discuss the big endurance races, as opposed to FIA GT, Blancpain etc. Nevertheless, if you feel this thread is unnecessary, feel free to say, and I will delete it. I must say, these days in my old age I get...

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hoshino in japanese gp 1976 and how he could have been japans first ever world champion i could do Well yes, at some stage Hoshino will need a full profile on the site. As usual I'm happy for people to start the research and prepare a first draft for me to then add to/edit/revise as necessary. Not ...

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JJ Lehto's 1994. While it looked like he would have a chance to big break, testing accident happened and lots of other setbacks, then he was out of F1 at the end of the season. I have some of Finnish magazines from that era which could help. Maybe for next year as 20-year-anniversary of the events....

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And DJR are jumping ship from Ford as well, according to this un-funny and not very subtle AFJ:

http://www.speedcafe.com/2013/04/01/dick-johnson-racing-announces-bold-new-future/

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ibsey, glad you're enjoying the discussion, and thanks for another detailed and well thought-out post. I look at many of your points and think, "Can't disagree with that!". Coming back to Hungary 2010 and why Vettel seemed so upset at the team. I think it's fair to say that F1 is so compet...

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