Grand Prix Rejects

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Fiat F1
48. Valentino Rossi
49. Kimi Raikkonen

In a desperate measure to stop Rossi defecting to Duacti a Ferrari C team is set up around him. Raikkonen is poached from WRC to create a 'non F1 driver' superteam.

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eagleash wrote:(Although for me Hockenheim is always associated with the loss of Jim Clark).

Yep - along with Zolder and Imola, Hockenheim will always be defined as a circuit with a tragic legacy.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 826550.stm

So, Red Bull have signed up both Torro Rosso drivers for another year. I can't see any reason why they would do that so early in the season other than to give them options should one of Vettel or Webber move on...

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I'm not sure what will be the smartest for Lotus... Renault engines for free(?) and loose Kovalainen. Or stay with Kovalainen and pay for the engines. I'd choose the last one, and then get in Senna with his sponsors for the second seat. I think they've done enough this year to suggest that a packag...

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To be honest, the original layout just never appealed to me - the high speed sections didn't have any really interesting corners, and the stadium section always felt like a slightly clumsy addition. Agreed - the only interesting aspect I found about the orignal layout was that the stadium section g...

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1. Rosberg - great drive, now humiliating his team mate...
2. Trulli - beat Kov and on the back of only 20 odd laps in practice, good effort.

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Mark Webber: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 799573.stm

Make sure your own house is in order before you s*** on someone else's doorstep...

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Talk about raising my hopes and then instantly dashing them - when I quickly read the title of this thread I thought it said Life to Silverstone! Now that would be a story...

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Now I know what I miss. It's 60 years since the first F1 race ever, it was held on Silverstone, BBC should've tricked Murray to commentate this race, a one-off, that would've been lovely! Where's the "I LOVE this idea" button? No, no, no! It's like visiting long lost relatives - seems lik...

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@ Mario re the new, improved Lotus. How close do you think they will be to the back of the established pack? Given recent developments from Williams and Sauber I think they're maybe looking at Torro Rosso as their target. I'll stick my neck out and say they'll get within half a second. Looking behin...

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Autosport now reporting Sakon Yamamoto has the drive for Silverstone only at this stage.

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For it to happen this close to the race their must be money involved. A pay driver and some hastily printed stickers coming to an HRT near you very soon...

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kostas22 wrote:Any bets on Glock walking out of Virgin after the race? He's only finished one Grand Prix this season, down in 19th or something, right?

If he does I wonder who would slot into the Virgin in Germany?

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Your in Surrey??? People are usually awash with money there, most Surrey residents would only have to look down the back of the sofa to find that sort of money. On the weather, we've had months of almost unbroken sunshine, virtually no rain since March. Its quite eerie to live in London in consiste...

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And finally, Bridgestone are expecting the tyres to be under even more strain, because of the increased speeds of the cars through the new Arena section (which Bridgestone think may make Silverstone the fastest track on the calendar in terms of average lap speed). As a result, they are not bringing...

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It's Z shaped. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Says it all...

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Myrvold wrote:As the title says, does anyone here know why Lotus Racing does not use Lotus' own logo. Every other carmake in F1 does use the carmakers logo, why not Lotus?

They are nothing to do with Lotus cars.

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Horner knows that their superiroty is almost all down to aero, and I suspect the wind tunnel is telling them there aint a lot left to gain. Look out for McLaren and Ferrari making further gains...

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He could be the new Ivan Capelli. Spent most his years in a mediocre car which showed flashes of greatness when conditions suited it, but ultimately never had the ability to make the real breakthrough. Critically, bear in minf it was Fisi, not him that took Pole and a podium at Spa last year...

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I certainly did, though I doubt anyone will know much about it seeing as Eddie said only himself and the Chapmans knew about it. Would be nice to know some details though. I don't think the Chapman's had much to do with Lotus by 1991... I think it would've been a nice idea as the ethos of the early...

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Barbazza - a true reject!

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JohnMLTX wrote:Kovalainen was better then Hamilton

At what?

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http://www.thef1times.com/news/display/01384

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Sadly, we've already seen quite a few teams which were once front running teams slide back down the field, until they were little better then also rans - as this website shows, Brabham went from champions in 1983 to bankrupt in 1993, whilst Lotus died a rather inglorious death in the end. Ligier ha...

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More exciting, eh? You could also legalize the ability to take shortcuts on the race track. These people could for once pretend that they're not producing entertainment but sport instead... We've been there before... http://www.f1rejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=110&p=2069&hilit=jo...

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The Toyota deal might have saved the team a considerable amount in terms of the engine, but at what price? Nakajima, let's be honest, has struggled to maintain a consistant and fast race pace, and the Toyota engine was relatively underpowered compared to the rest. How many points did Williams lose ...

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But I think we will see quite a few races where Lewis fights his way into the lead, Jenson wisely conserves his fuel and tyres for the first half of the race, and then Jenson is prevented from attacking his team mate for the lead at the end of the race. Lewis for champ. If he's not allowed to overt...

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Buemi (see my sig)!

Button - I thought he was nowhere this weekend, car looked totally wrong for him in practice and qualifying, yet he drove a storming race, pulled a great move on Alonso and kept Hamilton honest.

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:shock: For me , Schumi is shouting out for this award - he qualified badly (which he did occasionally in his heyday) I can't remember many... As I said, it was only occasional but there was aBelgian GP where he qualified 16th and won (in the same race, Damon Hill qualified 14th and finished 2nd). ...

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In my mind is now the question, "Were Renault right to get rid of Button for Alonso?" Considering Alonso got matched by Hamilton in his debut season and button is matching him when Hamilton has several years of experience... Two world championships and a bucket load of wins... not the wor...

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dr-baker wrote::shock: For me , Schumi is shouting out for this award - he qualified badly (which he did occasionally in his heyday)

I can't remember many...

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fjackdaw wrote:4. Herman Tilke. How much more exciting are races on decent tracks like Canada?

Dammit! You stole my thunder - Tilke all the way, with Bridgestone worth a mention - tyres do not always have to last a whole race distance...

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At this stage, its the Schu for ROTR. Though at least unlike his team mate he gets to choose his tyres. This may be significant. Or it may not... Actually it is more significant here more than anywhere else. The Supersofts are useless after about 10 laps (And I believe everyone in the top 10 bar Re...

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1. Cheshire GP - Oulton Park 2. East Midlands GP (North) - Donington 3. West Midlands GP - Birmingham Street circuit 4. Scottish GP - Knockhill 5. IOM GP - TT circuit 6. Kentish GP - Brands Hatch 7. GP of East Anglia - Snetterton 8. Welsh GP (South) - Pembury 9.Welsh GP (North) - Anglesey 10. Britis...

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coops wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Marko

Looks in F1 a helmet was the end of Helmut...

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Constantinople: 1. Hamilton 2. Button 3. Webber 4. Schumacher 5. Rosberg 6. Kubica 7. Massa 8. Alonso Standings: Drivers: 1. Webber: 36 points 2. Button: 35 points 3. Hamilton: 34 points 4. Vettel: 32 points 5. Alonso: 32 points 6. Kubica: 27 points 7. Massa: 26 points 8. Rosberg: 26 points 9. Schu...

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One conclusion from today I think we can reasonably draw is that Webber wont be at Red Bull next year. So where will he go, and who might take his seat? How about a swap with Kubica?

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CarlosFerreira wrote:Absolutely. In fact, I am agreeing with you, mate.

Sorry - misunderstanding!

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Mario - you have an uncanny knack of hitting the nail right on the head! Difficult times coming for Webber. For the sake of him, and the sport I hope he comes through and wins the Championship, and then takes the number 1 to somewhere he is more valued and appreciated. What he said. Can I not agree...

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Mario - you have an uncanny knack of hitting the nail right on the head! Difficult times coming for Webber. For the sake of him, and the sport I hope he comes through and wins the Championship, and then takes the number 1 to somewhere he is more valued and appreciated.

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