Grand Prix Rejects

James1978

What if Damon Hill had joined Jordan a year earlier? Probably would have scored their first win a year early, given how good the Jordan was in 1997, no offence to Ralf or Fisichella but a more experienced driver certainly could and would have won a race. I said the same on Big Zeddie's YouTube chan...

James1978

Actually I'll elaborate - I feel 2002 WAS worse. Ferrari were able to play games then like trying to stage a dead heat, switching at the last minute in Austria, and other games like slowing down then catching up again such as Hungary, or will they/won't they at Nurburgring. At least on this occasion...

James1978

Stroll to be out of the points when his teammate is on the podium was just about the only thing standout here. Yes and the state of F1 but what can you do, punish someone for being good and give them weight penalties like they used to in Touring Cars? But 2002 and 2004 were very similar and I think ...

James1978

Was almost going to say nobody but Alpine's 6 points could be big in the fight for P5 in the constructors.

James1978

I think De Vries got mega overhyped after his performance at Monza last year - it was one race on a circuit which suited the Williams and it was only Latifi in the other car so probably just luck rather than anything else. But Yuki is wiping the floor with him!

James1978

Has to be Yuki really. A Red Bull 1-2 even if it was the opposite way round to what was expected thought it was a specialist circuit for Checo, the chasing 3 teams covering 3rd to 8th and Lando top of F1.5 is all expected I guess.

James1978

The pitlane shenanigans at the end is a deal-clincher but DHMs to Alfa, Alpine, Haas and De Vries. And Max for his pathetic rant about Russell and Horner for condoning it :-) Max had a face like a slapped arse all weekend TBH :-) Let's face it no other team can challenge RB at the moment so good on ...

James1978

Max Ver-strap-on

James1978

I have it in my mind that if Hill had been in the 1998 McLaren then MSC would have won the championship, as Hill takes more points off Hakkinen than Coulthard does earlier in the season, plus MSC wins Spa because Hill is further up the road than DC so doesn't get lapped and therefore THAT accident d...

James1978

Kvyat had 3 separate stints at Toro Rosso/Alpha Tauri and Gasly had 2.

James1978

Rob Dylan wrote: ↑04 Apr 2023, 04:05 It would have given us a Heidfeld win, and for me nothing else matters after that. They can just stop F1 and everyone can go home.

Sorry to be (slightly) boring, but Kimi surely if he got out of the pits unscathed?

James1978

I saw that initially on Facebook and though "Pah, that's ludicrous, Autosport or it didn't happen!". Then I flick over to Autosport and lo and behold, there it is!! The debate should stop at "Ferrari might have just as easily botched the pitstop under normal green flag conditions"...

James1978

Nothing can trump "the farce at the end" but DHMs to Sargeant (yes that was dumb and he sounds like the next Scott Speed given his colourful language), Russell's luck (2 Mercs in there could have maybe done something against Max), Ferrari, and whoever (probably Crofty) who said that was th...

James1978

Norris gets it for me.

HMs - Gasly (shame about the restart), Hulk (getting lower points finishes is what Hass really need off him), Alpine's pink livery which I'll really miss now, blue will make it look too similar to the Williams.

James1978

I too was going to mention the DRS zone for being far too powerful but I think really it only applied to Red Bull - for other teams it was rather a struggle and just serving its purpose looking at the battles further down such as Magnussen on Tsunoda, the McLarens on Sargeant etc. It would have been...

James1978

Very slim pickings here but Magnussen getting an important point for Haas could prove important - especially now Alpine seem to have established themselves 5th in the pecking order. Also Checo - I expected Max to swallow him up once he got into 2nd after the SC that should never have been. We need C...

James1978

Race Control for throwing the SC at anything is the obvious one but, Ferrari, McLaren and Jos Verstappen for having a face like a slapped arse at the end because his son's teammate had dared to win the race are all candidates for me. Think Bottas had some sort of car problem.

James1978

This sounds good - predictions for 1976 to date (whited out for people who don't want to see): 1976 Lauda (missed races after his big Nurbiugring crash) 1977 Lauda (pulled out of last 2 races after championship sealed 1978 Peterson (died at the third-last race) 1979 Depailler (only did half the seas...

James1978

Just thought, what happens if he gets a lower points place like 7th or something if he suffers delays and/or damage such as Silverstone or Brazil last year?

James1978

I'll go for 19 wins, 1 2nd, 1 3rd, 2 retirements. Glad you've done this as it might be interesting to follow instead of getting depressed at the state of affairs. Ferrari will always find some way of messing up, Mercedes concept is all wrong and will take too much time to fix, and Aston Martin are a...

James1978

I'm DHM'ing Russell for saying post-race that Red Bull will win every race this year. What a defeatist attitude! I've been following 1998 closely on YouTube (the channel that posts the races has them taken down almost immediately every time but Belgium was posted yesterday and I enjoyed it tons more...

James1978

One of my faves from the 90s was Pedro Diniz in the oven

James1978

Alex Albon's hair!!

James1978

Ocon's penalties galore is the stuff RotR comedy gold is made for :-) DHMs to McLaren (though Lando did show some decent pace in between topping up for air), Ferrari reliability again and the chasing pack bar Aston Martin (they get a free as they've made a big stride forward) but mostly Ferrari and ...

James1978

Gotta be Alonso - livened up what in all honesty was a pretty boring race at the front. And for once he's made a good team switch!

HMs to Williams as a whole - well up there in midfield but especially great ddebut from Sargeant, and Gasly going from last to 9th (in contrast to his teammate).

James1978

Can't believe nobody has said Alex All-Bran yet

James1978

This sounds insane and legendary

I have worked out 1998 (thought of that year straight away as Big Zeddie is covering that season on YouTube) will be between Panis, Diniz, Nakano and Tuero. I think Nakano finished more races than the other 3

James1978

I really dislike this shedding colour to save weight. The Alfa looks like a Ferrari only half-covered with red!

James1978

Yep, an unheralded legend. His most famous race is more well-known for the battle behind him, and his other win seems to have disappeared into the ether (1980 seems to have far less surviving footage than the 70s, then 1981 onwards).

James1978

Until he was mentioned in this article (no he wasn't in the top 10!):

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/the-t ... /10420395/

I had forgotten Brendon Hartley.

James1978

It is true that the only thing I remember about Pirro apart from hitting the big polystrene block are two mega-blocking incidents when being lapped; first on Boutsen when he was leading the 1989 Australian GP so Nannini in the other Benetton could catch up (I always pictured Irvine doing this if he ...

James1978

Grouillard nearly took Mansell out in the closing stages at Imola 1992 but Mansell had worse clashes IMO with Phillipe Alliot (Portugal 1990) and De Cesaris (Imola 1990).

James1978

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/ferra ... /10407762/

It's on Autosport. RIP Tambay - he always seemed a great guy in the 80s reviews.

James1978

I was watching the 1985 season review a few days ago, and the thought occurred to me it was possible that there might be a podium where all three drivers have since died - given that the season had Senna, De Angelis, Lauda and Alboreto in competitive cars (also De Cesaris, Bellof, and Manfred Winke...

James1978

I don't remember Trulli really doing anything either in '07 though so maybe it was just an all-round bad year for Toyota? I mean both Trulli and Glock got some podiums in their lasty 2 years, Glock would always be remembered for Brazil and they had a few forays near the front then!

James1978

Here's one - dates of Sunday have fallen on the same dates in 2011, 2016 and 2022 - the only 3 years Hamilton had finished behind his teammate in the points. (ie in all 3 years Monaco was on 29th May and Spa was on 28th August). So the same shouldn't happen again next year or indeed the rest of his ...

James1978

There was one point in Abu Dhabi where David Croft actually said Michael Schumacher instead of Mick. I don't think Mick is quite as good as Michael somehow

James1978

Red Bull Karens

James1978

Schumi/Latifi looked so amateurish it was pure reject gold so has to be that, but biggest DHM is Mercedes - back to earth with a bang for them.

And yes, I was hoping Max would help Checo more than he did but the counter-argument is 15 wins in a season, that might never be done again!

James1978

I'm actually going to say Leclerc believe it or not - after qualifying I though Checo had 2nd in the WDC all wrapped up!

Also honourable mention to Norris for someone outside the top 3 teams getting a fastest lap.

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