Grand Prix Rejects

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m m Firstly, hi everyone! Sorry I have been away from all this lately. Isn't everyone else rather disillusioned with F1 lately due to the domination by the top teams and the rest of the field basically becoming their 'servants'? However, Louis Deletraz is about to have an F1 test with Haas after the...

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I must admit, the lack of explanation coming from Jamie and Enoch is very worrying or even unusual? If this was silence coming from a F1 team Jamie and Enoch would be the first to start asking questions and speculating that all was not well, and rightly so! Are F1Rejects doing a Caterham? There were...

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When you are at the grand prix and you see a man who caused a collision earlier in the race on the podium it is always going to be easy to boo them and people will do it when you are in a crowd really. Not a lot of thought will have gone into the booing however so I don't know why Eddie Jordan on th...

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I really hope the double points idea is done away with at the end of the season. It's clearly a way for Bernie to make more money. Pay X amount more and your race will become a double points race, meaning it's more important than other GPs. It devalues other tracks and means the most important race ...

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I have got to agree with the nominations for Williams strategists, although Force India drivers are a good shout as well. As some what of a Williams fan, it has been painful to watch this year how they are throwing away good results with strategy blunders and overly conservative tactics, with a good...

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You could consider a nomination for all the midfield and newer teams. On a day when Force India and Williams could have scored mega results (possibly even a win) their main hopes for a result just ended up crashing into each other. Marussia and Caterham also could have taken advantage of any potenti...

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eytl wrote:I was thinking that Zakspeed's results during the 1989 season would eventually be covered in their team profile (which due to this article will now probably happen sooner rather than later)

A teaser of things to come then!

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RIP Nigel. It's fair to say that both Nigel Stepney and Mike Coughlan were made into the 'scapegoats' in the whole 'spygate' affair, in an extremely competitive sport where espionage was and possibly still is fairly common. The whole saga must have left a deep personal trauma for both him and his fa...

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A big thanks for Mario for writing the article, which clearly demonstrates plenty of research and an incredibly detailed technical insight into not just the 1989 Yamaha engine, but other engines from 1989 as well. I have always wondered what happened to Zakspeed in 1989 given the fact that they were...

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Has anyone else noticed how remarkably similar this is to when Ferrari removed Cesare Fiorio in 1991 after three races due to a poor start to the season? The team went into a rapid decline after then and were only saved when Jean Todt came along, and even then it took years to recover. I suspect Dom...

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Does anyone know if there are officially one or two positions on the grid up for grabs? I know the official limit is 13 teams...It would be daft to turn away a perfectly good bid and only choose one new team for 2015. We need full F1 grids with competitive cars to produce more racing and interest, a...

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I think awarding McLaren the prize would be a bit harsh seeing as they lost the main team status of Mercedes this year and started having to pay for their engines. They have lost their star driver too and Paddy Lowe. Clearly on a much reduced budget they were going to fall down the grid. At least t...

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Then what happened last year then? What happened was Alonso did the best he could and almost won the championship with that piece of crap Ferrari that did not deserve to be anywhere near a championship. If Ferrari didn't suck so bad then Alonso would have won the championship. I am still adamant th...

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I think it's fair to say that both Mike Coughlan and Nigel Stepney were the 'scapegoats' of the whole affair. It's quite similar with most coverups, the companies try to pin all the blame on the actions of 'rogue' employees..

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What about Nico Hülkenberg's penalty too for apparently leaving the track and gaining an advantage against Perez? Some might call his comments on the radio and after the race whining, but I think he had a legitimate case! His Sauber was clearly ahead and his only other option would have been to turn...

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I would second the nomination for Raikkonen's brakes ! They started to smoke extremely early in the race after all! Heidfeld manages to hold onto the record for longer now! The race All weekend we heard about the "magic" of Spa and how it had its own micro-climate. I Spent the whole race c...

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If this story about Sauber is true then there are shades of the Forti-Shannon deal, when the Irish money and promises failed to materialise! I agree on the earlier points raised that this is no laughing matter. Formula 1 is of course an elitist sport so you are never going to gain much sympathy or s...

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I still have the Autosport magazine from that race. The front reads "Amazing Damon! Hill so close to the shock of the decade!" Lol so do I! In fact, I'm using that issue as source material to write about the race on its wikipedia page! I have to say the 1997 Hungarian Grand Prix is probab...

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For me it has to be Pirelli this time round. I know people have been complaining about the tyres pretty much all year, but this race seems to have been the worst example yet. Well, I say race, there wasn't really any like-for-like racing out there. Qualifying has now become totally meaningless, and...

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I am really surprised few people have suggested Bruno Senna for reject of the year! I really don't want to beat up on the guy because I would have loved to see him and Williams do well in 2012 due to what happened in the past, but it has to be said the FW34 has hugely flattered its drivers this seas...

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The only reason for choosing Sutil rather than Alguersuari, in my view, is cash. From the sporting point of view, they know that Di Resta is better than Sutil for sure and pretty much everyone else knows that, so it makes no real sense. What no one knows is what is Jaime capable of doing. I think h...

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I would give it to the FOM TV director for missing several key incidents during the race. The worst decision though was when they tried to be really clever and decided to show a bizarre rearward shot for the start of the race! It was incredibly frustrating having to watch the run up to the first cor...

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I really wish Luca would shut up on this issue. Does anyone seriously believe allowing Ferrari to ‘monopolise’ the front of F1 and having more races decided on team orders with fewer competitors is a good idea? Ferrari have been seeking for political and financial control of F1 for years and three c...

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Whilst I agree that the refuelling offers a further variable and an interesting part to the race, the costs are astronomical for such a benefit. There was massive opposition to it in 1993 before it came in, particularly from the lower teams with smaller budgets (I seem to recall Jackie Oliver of Ar...

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That's a fair point, particularly about this year's tyre strategy, but I wouldn't call for a return of re-fuelling. What we need is the removal of the current 'must use both compounds' rule, and for a much larger step between the tyre performances, so that Driver A could opt for the soft option, a ...

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As Alonso showed in Abu Dhabi, the idea of having long term tyres which can last with no problems over 60 laps is a recipe for terrible races. It just means drivers are stuck in position after the early round of stops with no threat of the driver in front loosing tyre performance. The idea that F1 2...

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You are very very very wrong there, there are statistics that prove otherwise. Average Overtaking Moves per GP per Season 1983 - 40.47 1984 - 41.63 1985 - 41.06 1986 - 36.31 1987 - 34.88 1988 - 30.81 1989 - 34.19 1990 - 30.88 1991 - 30.94 1992 - 25.38 1993 - 24.5 1994 - 18.06 1995 - 17.47 1996 - 11...

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After watching the race there should be major alarm bells on the entertainment value of F1. What is already extremely clear is we have gutted F1 racing because of the consequences and risks of wearing your tyres. Martin Whitmarsh worryingly raised the point if there was an early safety car then all ...

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The new car has been released!!!! Is it me or does the new HRT Dallara look suspiciously like the car Wirth Research produced for Virgin??

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once again this shows what a tough nut F1 is to crack. However as much as we criticise USF1 at least they are trying make the gird, whereas Prodrive gave up in November 2007 for the 2008 season. As much as I support the new teams though I think it would be a farce for any team to be able to pick and...

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..There is something about Valles that reminds me of Fabrizio Barbazza, I just can't put my finger on it

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Lewis is probably the best driver in F1 at the moment (only if Schumi does not return to his best in 2010) so it will be difficult for Jenson to compete. I can imagine Lewis will out-qualify him most of the time but Jenson will be closer in races. Based on the evidence of last year Lewis does seem t...

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Selling a shareholding to Teixeira would make sense really because it would raise extra cash, bring in further contacts (possible sponsors) and provide more business and racing experience. I REALLY hope Campos make the grid because if they don't Ferrari will be able to say they need three car teams ...

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I really could not care less either cos I hate this posh celebrity rubbish more than anyone, but there is one thing on my mind about all this whole thing so ill say it anyway (maybe it means I do care after all) The fact is she was just using him to gain publicity frankly, like every time Lewis over...

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lol...fighting aside,I do wonder why De La Rosa is suddenly considered hot property considering he was passed over so many times in his younger years. I would guess it is something to do with his Mclaren experience but I think it's no secret if they did not have to go for pay drivers USF1 and Campos...

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what annoys me is in most other normal sports such an example would be seen as a conflict of interest, but this has never been seen as a problem in F1. How can someone involved with the running of F1 be seen to 'get into bed' with one of the teams 'associated' with the running of one of the actual F...

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sounds like more crap from Luca really. Whats stopping him from having some 'glamour girls' in the Ferrari pit if he thinks f1 fans are all just horny men

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Rumor has it, "Disgraced former Renault F1 pilot Nelson Piquet Jr appears to have earned a reprieve following claims that he will form half of an all-Brazilian line-up at Formula One newcomer Campos Meta. According to Spanish website motor21.com, the 24-year old has inked a three-year deal wit...

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I have been surprised to be honest that nobody has talked about Ralf in the driver market for 2010, except for Eddie Jordan who said he would employ him for 2010 if he was still a team boss. The problem with Ralf was always motivation. You could tell for almost half of the races in a season he was n...

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kostas22 wrote:
kostas22 wrote:
pher38 wrote:How did USF1 get in ahead of them?

USF1 bribed the FIA with 10,000 toasters

There's your answer...

I guess this is what they meant by a "skunk works" approach! The gorillas in the Marketing department will have to convince us otherwise as to how they got their entry!

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