Grand Prix Rejects

Dan B

Pieman wrote:Bobsleigh commentator is Martin Haven.

That's what his name is. I've heard him numerous times when watching motorsport clips that are not F1. Never knew he did bobsled until yesterday.

Dan B

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI0PxS4M7M4

Something a bit different. Though I've heard the commentator a bunch of times I cannot remember his name.

Dan B

Seems like me views are pretty much shared then! I would say that predicting a podium for Force India is a bit much though. If they are to do it they'll need to make the running in the earlier GPs as I would imagine they'd fall away in a development race. I'm betting on them scoring a podium out of...

Dan B

Here's my take on what will happen: Red Bull: A less than auspicious first test does raise concerns. If Newey completely misunderstood the regulations, then I can see it being a trying year for Red Bull. Either way, Vettel's patience, and Ricciardo's patience as a number two driver. I do see them at...

Dan B

To me the Ferrari's nose looks like the McLaren's but without the front "shaft" as it were. I don't know if that is a good thing for either team, as they both look ugly. Lotus's car seems to be the best looking one out of all of them shown thus far, with Force India's livery being the best...

Dan B

But why would Hamilton have expected a car he's just lapped to be alongside him? Anyway my nomination goes to Lotus - a monumental engine blow up for Grosjean and Kovalainen being absolutely nowhere. Why shouldn't he? Yes, Bottas might've been lapped but it's not against the rules to get the lap ba...

Dan B

In defence of Hamilton - Bottas was being LAPPED. Why was Bottas trying to unlap himself with DRS when he'd have only been getting blue flags again a few corners later? I can accept the penalty for Hamilton would have been fair enough had they been racing for position but they weren't - Bottas was ...

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Well, the final race has come and gone, and with that the era of the V8s is over. There have been many low points in the season; tires with the build quality of toilet paper, drivers that cannot find drives, and overall no sense of competition against Red Bull. This isn't to say this is Red Bull's f...

Dan B

Hamilton : Did his best impression of Olivier Grouillard and knocked Bottas out of the race, and then claimed it wasn't his fault. Use your mirrors, Hambone! Honorable mentions: The pit entry : Everyone cuts into there; either put a brick wall there if people aren't allowed to cut it or redesign it...

Dan B

Has anyone ever played Robot Arena 2 btw? It's like the Robot Wars video games but much, much better in terms of the robot construction part of the game. I've got it and had added loads of mods and downloads to it so I had a lot of the Robot Wars robots but unfortunately my computer went bust and I...

Dan B

Kevin Magnussen is going to be the first time I will have seen the first race of both genereations..... I only started watching f1 with Keke Rosberg's last race, and then there is Ayrton and Bruno, but i'm not counting them as it's not a parental lineage. Ummmm I completely forgot Nakajima oopos me...

Dan B

Excuse me if I get some of my statements wrong. I guess this race is not memorable, but then again that's par for the course for Abu Dhabi. Vettel: 10: A crushing victory indeed. Webber: 8: Good, but overshadowed by Vettel. Red Bull: 9: Typical day for them; dominant by a long shot. Alonso: 7: Did w...

Dan B

On the subject of All Torque, I'd like to show what robot the team entered in Extreme/Series 5. Meet Hippobotamus everyone... http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090414120625/robotwars/images/f/f1/Hippobotamus.jpg WTF were they thinking?! Seriously, there is the amateur rejectful charm of robot...

Dan B

Anyone remember Ziggo? One of the most feared bots in the lightweight due to its construction; its body was a massive spinner with two hammers (can't come up with a better name for them), spinning at a ridiculous speed. Here's it taking out some of the more rejectful bots such as: Scrap Daddy LW55, ...

Dan B

I was hoping for a New Jersey GP. The circuit actually looked interesting. On top of that, NBCSN did speak to one of the organizers and they said the race was still on, so who knows at this point. As for Mexico, I would've liked to see that too but doesn't Hermanos Rodríguez need a lot of work (sinc...

Dan B

I know people keep bringing this up but does anyone have a replay for what happened between Sutil and Maldonado? NBC never aired one and I am curious as to how that incident happened. Also, I think Hulkenberg's DT was a fair call. Yes, it did cost him any sort of chance at the points, but I was expe...

Dan B

Well that's that then. If a mod could please lock this topic that would be great. Thanks!

Dan B

So, Kimi gets an ROTR from most guys because of one crash. People are saying "he had a bad weekend". Bad weekend? Kimi was ahead of Grosjean all weekend. Lotus let him down by their callousness in qualifying. His only mistake was T1. And what? He gets crucified by f1rejects. This was the ...

Dan B

Just found [url="http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111094"]this[/url] on Autosport, saying that the New Jersey GP and Mexico GP are in doubt. Which is weird since when watching the race NBC apparently spoke to one of the New Jersey GP's organizers and he said the race was still o...

Dan B

Kimi Raikkonen: Calling that crash pathetic is putting it nicely.

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2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 1. Vettel 2. Hamilton 3. Grosjean 4. Alonso 5. Perez 6. Massa 7. Grosjean 8. Raikkonen 9. Button 10. Di Resta Pole: Vettel Fastest Lap: Vettel First Retirement: Chilton (car failure) ROTR: Sauber (Hulkenberg in points before disastrous pitstop; Gutierrez does nothing) IIDOT...

Dan B

It's one of the courses from Unbounded.

HRT is still alive and they hire Adrian Newey

Dan B

While playing F1 2012.

The chicanes are removed from the Mulsanne straight for the next 24 Hours.

Dan B

Vettel now changes his racing suit every race.

Ferrari enters a B team under the Minardi name.

Dan B

dr-baker wrote:You can tell who's American and who's European by that livery.

Funny, because I am American but when I first saw the Penskes I thought of the McLarens.

Which didn't help my cause since I never was a fan of McLaren and thus, my lack-of-fandom for McLaren proceeded to Penske.

Dan B

I'm just going to say right now the ROTR is F1Rejects' forums. Arguing whether or not we should dislike a particular driver, using personal attacks against one another; quite frankly, I'm tired of it and it's one of the reasons why I rarely read the threads here anymore.

Dan B

This doesn't bode well for Williams...

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1) The Jeep: At least Vettel didn't pull an Alex Wurz on it, and it made me laugh.
2) Grosjean: Proves he can stick to Raikkonen

Dan B

Another nomination: Anyone complaining about Vettel winning including those complaining about those who complain that Vettel keeps winning, including Vettel and Red Bull themselves. I'm sorry but people are going to jeer Vettel for what he has done over his career, whether he likes it or not. That's...

Dan B

http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2013/09/19/michael-waltrip-racing-to-lose-napa-sponsorship-at-years-end/ NAPA out at MWR. Seem odd to anyone else? Sterno gel in the intake is ok, but this isn't? I can't help but think that NAPA wanted out of MWR for a long while. Granted they did stick with th...

Dan B

I can't help it but decide to give it to Ricciardo. While di Resta's was just as dumb, it did happen much later in the race and he might've been more exhausted than Ricciardo, who crashed around the middle of the race.

So with that said, honorable mention to di Resta as well.

Dan B

OT: But are the Aussie V8s going down a similar route to the DTM/SGT? I swear I heard that that was the reason Merc and Nissan are in the V8s now... Last I heard I thought they were moving closer to NASCAR. Then again I have heard NASCAR trying to get some part of DTM, so who knows. Maybe in five y...

Dan B

Well, I think this is incredibly worthy of a discussion. With a few laps to go in the final race before the chase, Newman takes the lead. If he wins the race, he is part of the chase by virtue of his previous win and the win that would have occurred tonight. Newman is contesting this second wildcar...

Dan B

Simple: GM is bound and determined to sell Holden Commedores here one way or the other. First they had the FauxGTO, then the G8, now the SS and soon..... this monstrousity: m Ford is scaling back Aussie operations and moving the Mustang Worldwide. GM is continuing to ram the Holden down our throats...

Dan B

I'm sorry but this is one of my big pet peeves. The camry is NOT built in America. it is ASSEMBLED in America. If you bought a model kit that says on it "Made in Hong Kong" and assembled it here, is it Made in America? Of course not. The Camry is no different. Otherwise, I agree with you....

Dan B

Here is one opinion of mine: NASCAR should open up to more manufacturers as what is running right now is a bit hypocritical. I remember when the Toyota Camry was first introduced in NASCAR people were bellyaching that there was a Japanese car (despite it being built in the United States) in an organ...

Dan B

I am going to suggest anybody who thought that Grosjean was either going to have a brilliant race (like winning for example) or crash out. He did neither. And those who thought his penalty was harsh - the rules are the rules. There were replays after the race of on-board footage that showed that Gr...

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1) Maldonado: Finally, a point for the beleaguered Williams team; they need it bad as well. 2) Grosjean: I know this might seem odd but even with his penalty and various incidents he still managed to stay with the top five and I think would've gotten a podium had it not been for the incident with Bu...

Dan B

1) The Stewards : I really can't see how the pass with Massa warranted a penalty. As far as the incident with Button goes, it was a racing incident and nothing more. 2) Force India : As much as it pains me to say it, they seem to be sliding back. Sutil I think would've gotten points if it weren't fo...

Dan B

Red Bull - Renault: Vettel Vergne Red Bull needs a driver that can not pressure Vettel. I see Ricciardo as being too hotheaded for Marko's liking, and they pick Vergne. After all, Vettel is Red Bull's Golden Boy and they don't want someone to challenge him. Same reason why I don't see Raikkonen joi...

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