Grand Prix Rejects

It's that most wonderful time of the year - where we determine GPR's Reject of the Year! Start posting your nominations and let the wars begin!

1. Yuki Tsunoda. The first Japanese driver to lead a lap on merit since Takuma Sato in 2004.

2. The chequered flag. For ending this wretched awful season at long last.

1. 2023 Abou Diaby Grand Prix. 58 tedious laps to wrap up a season so awful it makes 2002 and 2004 look like the good old days of F1. It's exactly what Liberty Media and the FIA deserve.

2. Jorge Martin. A ridiculous choke at Valencia.

Apparently we still had to do a vote for IIDOTR despite this race!

A tragicomic bid for ROTR at Suzuka!

A smooth operator in Singapore snuck off with IIDOTR!

A last lap bid for ROTR!

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1. Aston Martin. Suddenly looking like the team which showed up to Bahrain rather than the one in North America.

2. Unreliability. About time we had a healthy dose of it this year.

1. Charles Leclerc's car. The dictionary definition of instant ROTR.

2. Mercedes. Possibly their worst "normal" race since Austria 2018, their race pace and tyre management was frankly embarrassing.

Honourable mention to Alfa Romeo for a costly double DNF

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A podium finish which made Matt Bishop look like a plonker on X!

Another victor in the Max Verstappen Invitational which visited Zandvoort at the end of August!

A fine audition for the only other competitive car in F1 these days!

FInishing well behind in the Max Verstappen Invitational at Spa!

1. Alfa Romeo. A rare double points finish, exactly what Hinwil needed.

2. Oscar Piastri. He's the real deal alright.

1. Mercedes . Team mates colliding is pretty much always an instant ROTR. 2. Nico Hulkenberg . A pretty ridiculous error to make, especially when the lower midfield had a legit shot at points today. Honourable mention to Pirelli/mandatory pit windows . I watched the 2002 CART season a few years ago,...

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We're hungry for some GPR Awards in Hungary

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1. Red Bull . Bafflingly off the pace having crushed everything in their path beforehand. 2. Fernando Alonso . A performance that could merit the "Retire, Old Man" tag. Honourable mentions to Logan Sargeant , who should be demoted a rank to Logan Soldier after that performance, and George ...

1. Carlos Sainz Jr . Be real, who thought Carlos would be the one to end RB's reign of terror? Dominant and sneakily tactical drive worthy of Alain Prost, glad to see him get a much cleaner victory than his rather scruffy Silverstone win last season. 2. Liam Lawson . Points in that barge of a car. I...

"Pronto Legrerg..."

A landside victor in the Northamptonshire countryside!

A familiar face scoops IIDOTR in Styria!

1,000+ reasons to vote for ROTR!

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1. Carlos Sainz Jr. An unexpected pole and a hard-earned podium, can't really ask more from the weekend.

2. Liam Lawson. More and more evidence he should be in the AT for the rest of the season.

1. The formation lap fiasco. Not casting the sport in a great light, a bit too much like amateur hour.

2. Alpine. Double Q1 knockout, never looked likely to score.

Honourable mention to Aston Martin, the first time this season they've looked genuinely poor.

Nyck de Vries? More like Nyck Debries, amirite?

A runaway DRS locomotive at the head of the IIDOTR train!

Hampshire Racing Alliance rise like a phoenix from the flames, entering the following cars:

Henry Taylor in Vanwall VW58 chassis 2 and Vanwall VE2 engine 6
Mike Taylor (who may or may note be related :alonso:) in O.S.C.A. F156A chassis 16 and Vanwall VE2 engine 2

1. Yuki Tsunoda . Hauled that boat of a car to a points finish it didn't deserve, all while crushing his new team mate. A nice job done well. 2. Oscar Piastri . Purely for his performance in the Sprint Race yesterday, completely vindicating his decision to leave Alpine in the lurch this time last ye...

1. Carlos Sainz Jr . A tragicomedy of a race, all of his own making. 2. Daniel Ricciardo . Utterly demolished by Tsundoa today. A really inspired choice of replacement for De Vries clearly. Honourable mentions to Haas and Red Dwarf: Back to Earth , which I started watching at lap 4 today having neve...

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