Grand Prix Rejects

Ross Prawn

I do now! Fell out of touch after Enoch, Jamie and the old website disappeared.

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Well - McHonda, because after all the wishful thinking the car is still pants.

But as mocking McHonda is too easy, then I'd have to go for Ferrari's strategists. Come on guys, get a grip, and you had half an hour to think about this obviously stupid tyre decision.

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Strewth!

I came across an obscure Twitter link and followed it to find Jamie and Enoch are podcasting again, and then found this forum,, which I didn't know even existed. And I found I already had an account set up on it!

Welcome back guys, you have been much missed.

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i do think there should be a thread documenting the cerebral perambulations of the great grey one. Todays quotes from the 'McLaren have finally decided somet'ing day' are priceless examples. In m Ron raises incompetant indecision to the level of a new Zen art. And in m he deftly blames Lewis for the...

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What could possibly go wrong!?

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Bernie has gone completely crazy this time.

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That was great.

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The race was indeed a complete snooze. I then watched the eight hours of carnage from Bathurst which cheered me up immensely. So I nominate the circuit, its not bad, but it just isn't difficult enough to challenge top rank drivers. Oh, and I predict the excessive Putin coverage will rebound big time...

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Kvyat - That fifth place on the grid, ahead of both Red Bulls, was the most improbable thing I have seen in a long while.

Putin

.....and perhaps there might be a connection?

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Rosberg for taking his punishment with good grace.

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Ricciardo - All the Mecedes tantrums disguise the ' how the **** did he do that? question' Face it, the Red Bull was not the qickest car out there. A real, quality champion's drive.

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I did consider McLaren for using a weather radar they bought on ebay. But they would have been heroes if the gamble had worked. For me it has to be Mercedes for dilligently chucking the victory away. First by torching Hamilton's car. Then by bathplugging Rosberg's strategy. Then for suggesting to Le...

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Barbazza wrote:It's a familiar story here -

1) Alonso
2) Ricciardo

In which case it isn't Infinite Improbability.

It has to be JE Vergne as the the only driver where I thought, 'what the .. is he doing there?'Brilliant drives by Alonso and Ricciardo, but not improbable.

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This may be very unpopular but I feel Monza has had its day (just like Monaco TBH) as a track it is dull and I never realy get excited by watching the race (last 2 years I went abroad on the weekend and missed the race) Why keep a race just for nostalgia's sake< singapore IMHO should of replaced Mo...

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Rosberg. Amazing job to get that car to the end, and maybe the race where he won the championship.

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The cheque is in the post, Eric .

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Donuts should be compulsory. All cars must pull at least one 360 during the course of the race.

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Vettel should have the choice of 12 or 21, depending how he feels on the day.

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Its speculated that Bernie's PRISM program regularly scans this forum for good ideas on how to "improve the show". Even if that is not true, he may (allegedly) soon have plenty of time to surf the web. So what are your suggestions for "show improvers" for Bernie? Rules, all stupi...

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Massively good FI lineup, and nice to see Checco with a seat after being shafted by McLaren. And I predict Hulkenberg will be in his Ferrari by mid season next year, after Alonso has trounced Kimi whose 'back problem' will mysteriously re-appear. And Di Resta to Indycar, having learned that slagging...

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Spot the Indycar driver

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roblomas52 wrote:
Wallio wrote:

a "Triple Crown" of Monaco, Silverstone, and Monza (the Original 3)

What about Spa?

Indeed. DOuble points is a terrible idea, but if you had to do it then do it for Spa. Maybe half points for all the Tilke tracks?

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Shush damn you! Bernie's probably got his own PRISM program sifting through these threads for ideas as we speak. In that case Bernie, please can you implement my old idea of running the Monaco GP with cars upside down along the roof of the tunnel. Which would illustrate the powers of downforce. The...

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The double points idea looks like the latest in a long line of dubious Bernie innovations 'to improve the show'. Of course it might improve the show a lot more if Bernie retired, CVC stopped sucking all the money out of the sport, and the lower field teams were given enough payment for them to be co...

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Dark77 wrote:

January 2014. Nicky Lauda is furiously searching for Ross Brawn's phone number.

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On behalf of all Lotus fans can I just say 'Oh, *********s' .

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In view of McLaren's current efforts to totally stuff Sergio Perez's F1 career, I was reflecting on the drivers who have moved to McLaren anticipating a brilliant future only to have their careers thrown into reverse or teminated. The list is quite illustrious and includes:- Nigel Mansell Juan Pablo...

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All of it. Dull, dull, dull

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I think Merc are indeed going the Toyota way, or maybe Lauda is bringing his experience of running Jaguar to bear. I can see Merc becoming a corporate run team, ever doomed to to the mid-field.

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The old threads are the best

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Actually the race is impossible to call at the moment, because we don't know what sort of tyres will be used. I suspect they will will use the existing tyres with mandated higher presuures, but even that small change could mess up everyones tyre strategies and greatly change the competitive order. I...

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I think I am going to have to agree. Pirelli isn't entirely at fault, but I don't believe the teams are either. They made the call to keep the tires because it would hurt their competitiveness, but also because they felt that safety wasn't as big of an issue as claimed. I don't remember that many i...

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I think I have to nominate Vijay Mallya who has made a late but valiant attempt for ROTR with the following educated comments:- "Other than the car behind and the driver who might get a bit startled with the sudden explosion in front, it really isn't a major safety issue from that point of view...

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Its unfortunately logical, Mark wasn't going to get a chance at the championship at Red Bull, and its difficult to see where he might have gone for a better car. But whats really interesting is that its another sign of how serious Porsche are about their WEC return. Book your tickets for the Sarthe ...

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I think Jenson deserves it this time. He should have let Perez go, since he was clearly faster and kept doing his race. I don't think he had really faced with the prospect of being beaten by Perez whom I think Button considers an inferior driver. He lost the calm and went too far in trying to asser...

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...knife breaks ...

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Perez, for making it clear to Button that he is not a no. 2 driver.

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I think blaming the individuals for having a falling out after this race is a bit wide of the mark. It was a fascinating race where 4 nearly equal cars were in close contention and the winner was going to be whoever, got the complex fuel/tyre strategy right. The only problem with this was it reduced...

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I should hasten to add though that I, like mario, am undecided about whether team orders are a good or bad thing, and frankly it doesn't matter because it's been a part of the sport since day dot ... I thought Lewis on the podium was magnanimous and honest enough. Interesting to hear Brundle's spec...

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