Grand Prix Rejects

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Alesi may have been born in France but I always thought of him as a Sicilian

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Yes Autosport too (winks): http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117199

Excellent for him.

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I didn't see a specific source quoted anywhere on thread today

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And confirmed: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/30430564

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Good objective summary Mario - thanks

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I was jesting. The video repeats, showing the same car leaving the garage three times...

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Cynon wrote:http://wtf1.co.uk/mclaren-honda-abu-dhabi/

Honda with the nicest engine sound of them all....

And proof they intend to run a three-car team next season!

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Sky are reporting a rumour that Ross Brawn is returning to Ferrari...

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Anyone happen to see the slo-mo of Maldonado about 28 +/-1 mins from the end of FP2? There was a red laser-light dot under the front centre of the car, like you see on surveying stations for registering the position, just visible on the track surface. Anyone have a clue as to its purpose? Measuring ...

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I always thought that the standardised engine/transmission mounting points were designed to facilitate this. So you could bolt a Ferrari engine into a Red Bull chassis (oh, Toro Rosso alreeady did that

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Hamilton looks like he is driving for second place, which is all he needs.

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AndreaModa wrote: Big companies, millionaire playboys, successful businessmen - they're all done with F1.

And that is where the entry money for new teams could come from given the current stated position of the manufacturers.

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Be fair; he overshot his brake marker going into turn 1 and managed to find a Kimi-unlockedgate-esque way back onto the track

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And just confirmed during Sky's live coverage of FP1.

Sad indeed.

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Assuming that the Slim and Medion money would have continued considering Sauber's dire season...

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It's remarkable how BE has made this a debate about it being a problem for the big teams to solve and not about something which he has the power and money to solve unilaterally, regardless of the supposed moans of CVC, etc.

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The 100kg fuel limit would have been all the handicap the old V8s needed.

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"One idea Ecclestone mooted is for the big teams to contribute a share of their prize money towards a fund for the smaller outfits."

So he still is avoiding his role and responsibility!

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The "little" teams just became Lotus, Force India and Sauber. We already marvel if and when they manage to score a point (with the honourable exception of FI); soon we will start to talk about them as "plucky perennial back-markers".... If it wasn't for a good engine and a good d...

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Bernie says its OK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/29765039

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1. Massa for failing to overtake Perez while he was "critically" fuel saving.

2. Pirelli for turning up with such good tyres.

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The timing also matters; it has been less than a week since the accident. Two weeks after Senna's death Williams only ran one car at Monaco. It was 4 weeks before Coulthard drove for the first time in Spain.

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Button's reaction to the Bianchi crash spoke volumes - Jenson was clearly very upset and looked like a man about to announce his retirement.

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I have to say that Monaco does tend to punish drivers who run off track...

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No male driver would stoop so low as to use their family connections to get a drive...Hill, Villeneuve, Rosberg, Senna, the bloke who crashed the Renault, the bloke who was caught with the "lady of the night", etc, etc.

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[/quote]Adrian Sutil is perhaps the most average F1 driver on the grid[/quote]

So there 10 or 11 drivers who are better and 10 or 11 drivers who are worse?

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http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns28453.html

Shame, I really liked watching the way the Mercedes handled the Silverstone curves. You could see the body roll but it was controlled and added a new dynamic.

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Good to see the FIA focussing on cost saving and improving the show.

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Sky News, Reuters and the BBC also reporting that...

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Missing Austria?: http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns28241.html

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Bianchi was in the process of serving his penalty for lining up on the grid incorrectly at the time when the safety car was deployed. Ah, I thought the SC had already been deployed. If not then surely the team have an appeal under Force Majeur? Did it actually affect Bianchi's points? I can't work ...

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Bianchi incurred a 5 second stop-go penalty. He was on a one-stop strategy. He changed tyres under the safety car so could not serve his penalty then (although he did but it cost him nothing). He wasn't stopping again so five seconds added to his race time. This is clever strategic thinking by the t...

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Starting early this year:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/27523534

So, where does that leave Alonso?

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Bringing active suspension back would be brilliant. Especialy if the emphasis on clever aero is reduced at the same time. The technology is directly relevant to road cars, unlike aero (I'm talking for grip, not slipperyness) and could perhaps mean we get rid of the awful DRS system.

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If Ferrari wanted a junior team then surely Sauber would be the quickest and best quality option? They have a good wind tunnel, are local and the relationship goes back decades. Thinking further, a Ferrari junior team would put Sauber at further risk as the need to share and mutually assist is less ...

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I'm not totally sure if the Bianchi nominations are fair, I think he said in the interviews that Vergne hit him which caused him to be unable to stop the car early enough. Didn't see the replay properly though. Yes, it is absolutely clear that Vergne hit him from behind going into the corner; a sma...

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I nominate whoever chose the drivers for every team this year - except Sauber. All the hangers-on (except Kimi), rookies and promotees outperformed expectations, some to a significant extent; any failures were mechanically related (Caterham and Marussia, I'm looking at you). Maybe these new rules ju...

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So presumably Vettel will be telling the FIA that Kvyat's car had the same fuel sensor calibration as Ricciardo's On a serious note, were Vettel and Ricciardo running the same software set-ups? Some of the comments seem to suggest otherwise; that Vettel had a modified version to try and ameliorate s...

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Well.....http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/9217066/FIA-explanation-for-Riccardo-exclusion

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Vettel's car was surely under weight given all the toys he was throwing out in the laps he completed.

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