Grand Prix Rejects

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In the actual 1999 season, BAR finished in the top 10 much more consistently than Arrows, but Arrows got that all-important 6th place in the first race of the season, and so finished ahead of them. In this championship that means that Arrows scored all of their points in the first 5 races and then f...

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1999 (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; McLaren; Williams; Benetton) Heinz-Harald Frentzen was a genuine outsider for the title in real life, so here, HHF dominates the season with 11 wins out of the 16 races. Jordan take their 4th constructor's title in a row WINNER: HEINZ-HARALD FRENTZEN AND JORDAN...

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The first time I calculated 1998 I did have Jean Alesi win, and I did wonder if I missed something the second time around. Thanks for spotting that!
1998 goes to the rightful champion, Jean Alesi

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1998 (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams; Benetton) 1998 is an odd season. In real life Jordan don't start scoring until Britain though they end up out-scoring Benetton in the end. This means the Jordan start off slow but become unstoppable in the 2nd half. To the surprise o...

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1997 (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams; Benetton) At the start of the season, it looked like Panis was going to run away with this one. Unfortunately his crash in Canada puts paid to that plan and opens the door to the Jordan drivers and Herbert to surpass his points title...

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1996 (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams; Benetton) With Benetton finally excluded, we will finally see our first non-Benetton winner since Rene Arnoux and Ligier in 1986. Ligier, alongside Jordan & Sauber were the best of the rest last year, but are now the main competi...

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1995 (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams) Lotus are the next big name to leave the sport, but it'll be back one day! Meanwhile Benetton and Schumacher continue to dominate this championship, winning 11 out of 17 races. Herbert, Schumacher's teammate remains close behind with...

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1994 (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Lotus; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams) Schumacher and Benetton continue their dominance with Schumacher winning the first 7 races in a row, effectively sealing both championships by mid-season. Mid-way through the season, the best of the rest competition is quite c...

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Just for the sake of some silightly different/simpler criticisms, I just did not find the anti-safety article particularly funny or interesting. In a way where you just lazily skip over the article and forget about it, rather than actually reading it all the way through.

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Blooming heck, has it really been that long?
I stopped updating due to my laptop dying, but I should be good to continue once I return from holiday.

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I'm loving these new articles.
Keep up the good work!

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You scored 18/50 (36.00%).

F1 only: 6/6 (100.00%).

Non-F1: 12/44 (27.27%).

Even with some lucky guesses, this is still a worse score than last year

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Thinking about it, my opinion of Michael Schuacher has changed a bit over the years. I used to cheer him on against who I viewed to be the "dull" Hakkinen. Then I grew to dislike him and he would not stop winning (As you do when a driver is no longer the underdog) Then after his first reti...

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1993 (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Lotus; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams) So Brabham have bit the dust as constructors are dropping like flies But Sauber are here to save the day Just kidding, its another Schumacher masterclass. Schumacher wins every race he finishes, whilst his new team-mate Patres...

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BONUS - 1992 without Benetton (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Brabham; Lotus; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams; BENETTON) However having no Ferrari, Lotus or Tyrrell as well would made ridiculous Alboreto domination! Yep, Footwork, Ligier and Dallara are by some way the obvious top 3 teams here. Alboret...

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This should be renamed after the late Guy Ligier and you should have added a bit in 1990 about helicopters crashing. Guy Ligier never actually scored a point in this championship as he always drove for excluded teams. Yeah, Nannini did suffer a helicopter crash in 1990 but Piquet had already won th...

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1992 Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Brabham; Lotus; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams) 1990 was a pretty dominant season for Benetton, but 1992 goes one step beyond. Benetton win EVERY SINGLE RACE this year . In ominous fashion, Schumacher wins the first 4 races in a row, but surprisingly, he doesn't hav...

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BONUS - 1991 without Benetton (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Brabham; Lotus; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams; BENETTON) With Benetton removed from the equation, the obvious front-runner was Jordan. Even so, the season was pretty close in the early stages before de Cesaris won 4 races out of 5 to gain ...

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1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Rosberg
4. Raikkonen
5. Bottas
6. Verstappen
7. Ricciardo
8. Massa
9. Grosjean
10. Sainz Jr.

Pole: Hamilton
FL: Hamilton
ROTR: The Weather
IIDOTR: Verstappen
First DNF: Mehri
MLP: Verstappen
DBTMOTR: Kyvat
DNQ:

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1991 (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Brabham; Lotus; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams) Piquet starts his championship defence the right way, with 2 wins on the trot. With Piquet retiring from the next 2 races, a win for Moreno in Monaco keeps him in reach of his teammate, though Moreno's challenge quick...

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1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Raikkonen
4. Rosberg
5. Bottas
6. Massa
7. Ricciardo
8. Grosjean
9. Kvyat
10. Alonso

Pole: Hamilton
FL: Hamilton
ROTR: Sauber
IIDOTR: Alonso
First DNF: Merhi
MLP: Verstappen
DBTMOTR: Maldonado
DNQ: None

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2015 Desert GP

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Bottas
5. Raikkonen
6. Massa
7. Nasr
8. Ricciardo
9. Kyvat
10. Grosjean

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
ROTR: Sand.
IIDOTR: WILL STEVENS
First retirement: Ericsson
MLP: Nasr
DBTMOTR: Ericsson
DNQ: No-one

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BONUS - 1990 without Benetton (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Brabham; Lotus; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams; BENETTON) Removing Benetton from the equation, the rest of the field was very closely matched during 1990. Martini starts off well with 2 wins in the first 2 races but his poor reliability lea...

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1990 (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Brabham; Lotus; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams) The Benetton Train starts to hit full-throttle in 1990 with Nelson Piquet joining the team after 2 lackluster years at Lotus. Benetton absolutely crush the opposition in a way not seen since McLaren in 1974, with only...

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1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Massa
5. Ricciardo
6. Raikkonen
7. Bottas
8. Grosjean
9. Nasr
10. Alonso

Pole: Hamilton
FL: Hamilton
ROTR: Force India
IIDOTR: Grosjean
First DNF: Maldonado
MLP: Nasr
DBTMOTR: Maldonado
DNQ: Stevens, Merhi

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Dartanian's Neighbours GP Predictions: 1. Hamilton 2. Rosberg 3. Vettel 4. Ricciardo 5. Massa 6. Button 7. Bottas 8. Kyvat 9. Verstappen 10. Grosjean Pole: Hamilton Fastest lap: Vettel ROTR: Sauber IIDOTR: Manor First DNF: Magnussen MLP: Verstappen Deadbeat teammate: Raikkonen DNQ: Mehri & Stevens

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The layout doesn't look too great on mobile, but I'm just its back up

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God dang it Boutsen!
Stop having a name I can't spell

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1989 (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Brabham; Lotus; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams) With Boutsen off to Williams and Herbert/Pirro disappointing, Nannini takes the lead at Benetton and takes the early lead, with the 2 Arrows drivers of Cheever and Warwick not too far behind. In the first half of the ...

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1988 (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Lotus; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams) This season was a lot closer than the standings suggest, with Benetton and Arrows dominating the season with the exception of a mid-late season charge by the March team. Boutsen lead the Benetton charge with Nannini suffering ...

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One weird thing about Britain and motorsports is that if a British person wins in Formula 1, you will damn well hear about it. But if a British person wins in any other racing series its like mentioned once in passing, if that.

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1987 (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Brabham; Lotus; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams) The first half of this season is very close due to poor reliability from many of the teams. As such the standings are a bit ridiculous, which is exemplified by the fact that if I ended this championship after Germany ...

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1986 (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Brabham; Lotus; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams) With Renault out the picture and Arrows not having the pace to challenge the top teams, the first half of the season is all about Ligier v Benetton. Benetton impress with 2 wins early on, but quickly Ligier begin to d...

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You scored 22/50 (44.00%).

F1 only: 5/8 (62.50%).

Non-F1: 17/42 (40.48%).

That's not too bad. Most fans did as well as you...

Another 44%-er.

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Well as this is home of alternative championships, I may do some additional Lotus-friendly versions of 2010 onwards.

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Question: will you count modern Renault the same team as Benetton and Group Lotus the same team as modern Renault? Benetton and Renault are different constructors, so Benetton gets excluded in 1995 and Renault in 2005. In terms of modern Lotus, again it's a different constructor than Renault so tha...

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1985 (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Brabham; Lotus; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams) Renault start as the team to beat as it appears that the season will turn into another Warwick vs Tambay fight, but the season quickly descends into a 3-way fight between Renault, Ligier and Arrows. Warwick's challeng...

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1984 (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Brabham; Lotus; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams) Renault are once again the team to beat but with Alain Prost being fired and Cheever off to Alfa Romeo, its a close duel between the new line-up of Warwick and Tambay. Warwick wins 3 times early on to gain an early ad...

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1983 (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Brabham; Lotus; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams) Alain Prost narrowly lost the championship in real life, so here he cleans up with 7 wins to easily defend his title. Marc Surer (Arrows) had a brilliant start to the season, and even won the first 2 races, but it was...

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1982 (Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Brabham; Lotus; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams) With the competitiveness of Ligier declining around this time, Renault are the fastest team that aren't yet excluded. Renault are plagued with a lot of retirements in 1982, but then again, so are everyone else René Ar...

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