Grand Prix Rejects

Dan B

First F1 race I watched in quite a while, so let’s get to it: 1st: Daniel Ricciardo : Utterly useless, especially in a race of attrition where he could make up ground. Instead, he gets beaten by Latifi and gets lapped. If this isn’t the best 1999 Damon Hill impersonation I don’t know what is. 2nd: Y...

Dan B

1st) Charles Leclerc : Moral victor of today, and honestly should have been the overall victor, but alas that was not to be. 2nd) Alpine : Good job all around for the boys in blue, especially Alonso for his sprint race. Honorable Mentions: Lance Stroll : For having the measure of his much more exper...

Dan B

Haven't posted in a while, but that race was something else (and not in a good way); might as well get the nominations out: 1st) The FIA/Stewarding : Wading through the utter shite that is the Motorsport.com comments sections, there was one comment that seemed to have it right. Either this was a rac...

Dan B

Honestly, both Vettel and Hamilton should be joint ROTR. Should Vettel have been punished? Yes, definitely. Should he have been DQ'd? Perhaps. That said, Hamilton should have been given a penalty as well. Both were quite unsportsmanlike. Ocon and Bottas also get black marks for ruining their teammat...

Dan B

Despite my dislike for Red Bull in general I do hope it's Ricciardo. That being said I see "Golden Boy" written all over Max's face so I think that's who will get the lion's share of the support and Ricciardo will be Webber 2.0.

Dan B

- Driver of the Year Award = None stood out. Maybe Riccardo but only by a little. - Team of the Year Award = Mercedes might be the obvious choice but I'll say Force India for this one considering that their budget is much smaller than the top three. - Race of the Year Award = Brazil - Rookie of the ...

Dan B

1) The FIA/Pirelli: Take your pick on this one. While Grosjean's crash was certainly laughable, I think it wasn't entirely his fault. How many drivers spun or crashed there that were using full wets? Yes Ericsson, Raikkonen and I think Massa were on inters but Vettel (and I think Alonso) spun on ful...

Dan B

1) Max Verstappen : Unacceptable driving. Period. The divebomb into La Source was completely unnecessary and on top of that was the most dangerous driver on the grid as others have stated. I don't know if the Dutch fans have gotten to his head, but he ought to be benched for that driving. What a jac...

Dan B

1: Perez
2: Sauber, for the entertainment value.

Dan B

This one is a bit hard since there were quite a few nominations. 1 : Sauber: Complete and utter morons, the both of them. First rule of racing: NEVER HIT YOUR TEAMMATE. Besides, wasn't this the second time they collided into each other? I'm trying to think back this year they nearly did, plus they h...

Dan B

1) Mercedes : This was bound to happen since 2014. While I don't think Rosberg is entirely blameless, Hamilton should've expected what Rosberg was trying to do. This isn't the first time we've seen Rosberg force someone offline (didn't he do it at Bahrain a few years ago?) and should've just waited ...

Dan B

Kvyat for this one. What was he thinking?!

Dan B

I can't really comment on qualifying since I haven't seen it personally, but considering how much crap it has gotten from the motorsport press thus far I will have to at least give it 3rd . It was one of these changes for change's sake decisions that has plagued F1 in recent years, but at least here...

Dan B

While I do think Hamilton is an insufferable git, for the most part he was the most consistent driver with the most consistent team with the most consistent crew all season out of the top teams. Would I have preferred to see a different champion? Yes, definitely, but aside from Vettel there really i...

Dan B

1) Rossi: Despite running into the back of Stevens in the beginning he otherwise kept it clean, especially when others decided to play pinball or drive like idiots. If only Alonso's engine and Ricciardo's car decided to pack up... 2) Sainz: Started dead last, had a penalty, and still managed to fini...

Dan B

Just as a quick recap of what has transpired, here is what I have gathered: - Ferrari: Vettel Raikkonen - Mercedes: Hamilton Rosberg - Williams: Bottas Massa - Force India: Hulkenberg Perez - Sauber Nasr Ericsson Now for the single seats (at least on Wikipedia): - Red Bull: Ricciardo - McLaren Butto...

Dan B

Fernando Alonso - Yes, the engine sucks but we know that since Melbourne. However bitching about it in public on Honda's home turf is plain dumb. His political approach to holding the paddock hostage over the best seat available has bitten him in the ass and he can't do anything about it anymore. S...

Dan B

Looks like Red Bull are going to split with Renault . Red Bull Mercedes? Red Bull Ferrari? Red Bull Honda? Red Bull Cosworth? Wasn't Red Bull making noises about creating their own in house engine? I mean, granted they are a drinks company but they can make the engine out of recycled cans and use t...

Dan B

As much as I want to nominate the entire race; The Stewards and rules about the tires : Set a guideline, follow it, and stick to it. If they have to be measured while in their blankets or whatever, so be it and freaking agree on it. Because really what comes from this is that either Mercedes did und...

Dan B

I can't see anyone but Williams getting this. Quite slow during the race but the mistake of putting different compounds on the car is what really seals it. About Sebastian Vettel; in defense I can see why he is angry. The guy suffered a catastrophic tire failure coming out one of the more hair raisi...

Dan B

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

Pole: Hamilton
FL: Hamilton
ROTR: Lotus; again with reliability woes
IIDOTR: Kvyat
First DNF: Maldonado; gearbox failure
MLP: Verstappen
DBTMOTR: Raikkonen
DNQ: None

Dan B

I heard the same news from Netherlands in the Telegraaf I think, it came out that rumour. As for Hulkenberg - well, whilst it seems he was the fan favourite for the position, at the same time Ferrari have had multiple opportunities to hire Hulkenberg and have refused to hire him on every occasion, ...

Dan B

Like what East Londoner and Enforcer said, Everyone in the field barring Vettel, Alonso, and the Manors . First, there's Hamilton . Drove like a complete jackass today. Had a less than stellar start which saw him swamped, outbraked himself and then blamed it on Rosberg, toiled around for a bit and t...

Dan B

IT'S BACK! Well, Battlebots that is; found this Youtube of the various new fights. https://www.youtube.com/user/mattman154/videos Quite a few of the veterans are back, including some of the original bots like Nightmare and Warhead. Looks like it's faithful to the original though I hope that in later...

Dan B

1) Manor
2) Nobody

Not saying this was an awful race but it could've been so much better than it was.

Dan B

Kobayashi (if he's interested in coming back to Ferrari). Pretty certain Ferrari is done with Kobayashi after he turned down a GT drive to go and waste a year with Caterham. On the other hand, I believe Daniel Ricciardo is free for 2016... Seeing Kobayashi at Ferrari is wishful thinking I know, but...

Dan B

Kimi Raikkonen deserves this easily. Lackadaisical qualifying should mean that he would have to fight to the top but instead he bins it into Alonso coming out of Remus. Arrivaberne, please give the seat to someone like JEV, Hulkenberg, Bottas, or Kobayashi (if he's interested in coming back to Ferr...

Dan B

Grosjean would be a good nomination, once again Lotus as a team fail to maximize their potential. McLaren are also a good shout, but I have to give the award to Daniel Ricciardo . Once again he is beaten by Kvyat and regarding that he achieved one of the drives of 2014 at CGV last year, today he wa...

Dan B

1) Maldonado: kept it clean even with his tires falling off.
2) Tie between Massa and Vettel, for those charges through the field. Yes I know both drivers are capable of doing that but it was impressive.

Dan B

Grosjean made a good case for it but ultimately I'll have to give it to McLaren . One step forward, 49 steps back. Honorable mention goes to the Canadian Grand Prix . That was a very mediocre race at best especially for this track's standards. EDIT: Oh yeah, Kimi Raikkonen deserves a mention as well...

Dan B

It's hard to say who or what is the reject of this race; simply because there are so many of them. Williams were anonymous, McLaren STILL has reliability problems and can't get both cars to finish ever since China (but to their credit, they weren't a complete embarrassment this time) , Massa put his...

Dan B

McLaren, easily. Button was forever stuck in Manorville while Alonso, despite showing some speed to get up to 11th, retired due to faulty brakes.

Oh yeah, and their livery sucks as well.

Dan B

Rather than giving a countdown, I think I'll just say Marcus Ericcson gets my nomination. Threw away possible points really early in the race and with no one to blame but himself. Red Bull deserves a mention as well. Okay, the Renault engine isn't great, but Toro Rosso beat them on merit, whilst the...

Dan B

1. Rosberg 2. Hamilton 3. Massa 4. Vettel 5. Raikkonen 6. Grosjean 7. Bottas 8. Sainz 9. Nasr 10. Hulkenberg Pole: Hamilton FL: Rosberg ROTR: Mclaren (engine issues sideline the cars again) IIDOTR: Manor First DNF: Button MLP: Sainz DBTMOTR: Bottas; hasn't recovered 100% from his incident in Austral...

Dan B

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/red-bull-racing-s-f1-future-in-doubt-490864 Hmm... I do remember reading a rumour (and I do emphasise the word "rumour" here) about a month ago that Mateschitz was in talks with Audi about selling the team. This can of course mean only one thing though: A...

Dan B

Well, several nominations to go around; really anyone except Mercedes would fit here, but I should go into further detail. 3rd: Ferrari, for that failure of a pitstop which ultimately cost Raikkonen his race. It's a good thing the wheel didn't fall off otherwise I'd think they would be in a deep mes...

Dan B

Just leaving these here...

Dan B

I keep forgetting that Jordan hired two guys named Ralph Firman and Giorgio Pantano.

Dan B

The FORMULA 1™ Awards Driver of the Year: 3rd: Daniel Ricciardo. He was electrifying this year and utterly trounced Vettel who was thought to have the measure of him at the beginning of the year. Took the chance to become leader by the horns and it payed off dramatically. 2nd: Fernando Alonso. Whil...

Dan B

Congratulations to Hamilton. I might not like the guy, but he did have a great race. Ditto for Massa and Bottas (despite the latter's poor start). Also congratulations to Hulkenberg and Perez for finishing 6th and 7th. Does that mean they take over McLaren, or do double points only apply to podium p...

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