Grand Prix Rejects

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According to the man himself, Hamilton has a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change: https://www.instagram.com/p/BEKFZ8yr005/

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While The Philippines are very happy to have led their first laps in A2, their chief strategist just got taken out the back and forced to eat 20 serves of Balut. (Only Google that if you have a strong stomach for foreign delicacies) Just when i thought i finally got over the trauma of being forced ...

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While The Philippines are very happy to have led their first laps in A2, their chief strategist just got taken out the back and forced to eat 20 serves of Balut.

(Only Google that if you have a strong stomach for foreign delicacies)

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As for Williams' bitching, the only reason that Haas beat them is because they bathplugged up. In reality Williams should be ahead of Haas and probably will be by the end of the season. Gutierrez being a muppet should almost ensure that, although I expect Williams will continue to try and level the...

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It doesn't seem like Webber to say that. Maybe a French sabotage? Unfortunately, it does seem like Webber to say that. You only have to listen to him commentate to hear his total lack of respect for any driver that he thinks doesn't deserve a race seat. One the one hand it's refreshing to have some...

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You'd have to wonder about Alonso missing races following crashes in consecutive seasons. Does he have a particular recurring issue with concussion following the pre-season incident last year, or are he and McLaren just taking precautions which teams and drivers have avoided taking in the past? Giv...

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Webber will always remain a driver I'm fiercely loyal to, and I loved watching him on track and reading his autobiography. But I'll always cringe whenever he's dismissive of drivers that aren't battling for the top 5. He needs to remember that he was once a backmarker too. My latest idea on making q...

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Add me to the list of people who are offended by this article.

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This debate is as old as the Hills.

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Why isn't Car SAFETY's name capitalised properly? Oh that notorious guy Car SAFETY. Ever noticed how he's involved in pretty much every single accident our there? He's notched up an impressive number of laps led in recent years though so he can't be all bad. And yet still never won a race. That's t...

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USA Strategies: New Zealand -- Scott Dixon Qualifying Strategy -- Aggressive Race Strategy -- Start soft, pit lap 15 for hards, pit lap 45 for hards. Safety Car Reaction -- Stop if safety car comes out 10 or less laps before scheduled. Philippines -- Marlon Stöckinger Qualifying Strategy -- Conserv...

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So it's looking like we might be keeping the elimination quali format for Q1 and Q2 then reverting to last year's system for Q3. I actually liked the new system for Q1/2 because it gave the backmarker teams some exposure and something to race for. It's not often they need to get out there quickly to...

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WeirdKerr wrote:I cannot think of another race where a driver has benefited from a safety car period/red flag brought out by his team mates crash.....

Bottas managed to benefit from his OWN safety car in Australia 2014!

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Something I noticed on Twitter regarding the vast majority of the Indonesian fanbase is a shocking lack of ability to comprehend how sports works. They seem to think that Haryanto is the best driver of all time and therefore is entitled to the best car out there, for the sole reason that he is Indo...

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1. Grosjean, obviously
2. The new tyre rules - they actually worked and gave teams multiple strategy options.

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You should have one driver operating the pedals and the other operating the steering wheel

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Nah, this is F1. I say electrodes in the helmet. Discuss previously all possible driver actions before while finding out where in the brain these are stored. Then, what ever is needed during the race the electrodes will stimulate the area associated with that idea. Drivers will then suddenly 'pictu...

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Normal32 wrote:If anyone is interested, i created a league in Fantasy Racers.

League Number: 403
League Name: GP Rejects League pow. by Life
Password: gprejects

Enjoy if you want to...

Also just signed up - AustralianStig Racing Team.
Decided to pick just 4 drivers - hoping it pays off...

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dr-baker wrote:I'm guessing that this thread is effectively over now?

Yes.

Finally! I got one correct!

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It appears that after over 20 years of rejectdom, Pacific GP's website has finally died:

http://www.pacificgrandprix.com/

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golic_2004 wrote:

The Popemobile attracted only a few followers, but still bestowed a blessing.

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Adelaide?

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Strategies: New Zealand -- Brendon Hartley Qualifying Strategy -- Aggressive Race Strategy -- Start hard, pit lap 40 for hard Safety Car Reaction -- Stop if safety car comes out 10 or less laps before scheduled. Philippines -- Marlon Stöckinger Qualifying Strategy -- Aggressive Race Strategy -- Star...

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Ataxia wrote:Or to solid, hard, medium, soft and camembert. I'm easy.

I still think ultrasoft should be called flaccid.

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AndreaModa wrote:but nonetheless it's an interesting, exciting new take on qualifying without introducing any bullshit like reverse grids or double points.

Or qualifying races...

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I don't have any real coding knowledge but do enjoy using spreadsheets recreationally, so would you be able to point me in the right direction for such a spreadsheet, or would I have to build my own? Tommykl's spreadsheet is definitely more basic than mine so I'd suggest trying his first (if he's w...

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I have several ideas that I've been exploring - making databases and stuff - but I don't have any suitable software to simulate results with. Well, I have xkoranate, but the results it generates are kind of rubbish. What software would people recommend I experiment with? Aside from using actual mot...

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Strategies: New Zealand -- Scott Dixon Qualifying Strategy -- Conservative Race Strategy -- Start soft, pit lap 20 for hards, pit lap 50 for softs Wet strategy -- Put wet tyres on as soon as rain starts if rain forecast for 4 laps or more. Put slicks back on when track is drying. Safety Car Reaction...

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Not to go of the deep end, but I actually predict Haryanto will take Wehrlein to school this year. The latter will get sacked for underperforming and be replaced by Rossi, who would actually score a shock podium. Quite a deep end of a prediction, but that's what I think. I'll eat my hat if that hap...

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tBone wrote:I might be the only one, but I really like it! Way better than the cluttered liveries with many lines and colours they had in the past years.

I also like it, good to see a team going for a matte livery after so many metallic ones on the grid over recent years.

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The Philippines and Belarus are very happy with results and will retain the same drivers for Round 2. Out of interest, is there any reason why drivers aren't pitting on the first lap the SC is called? It seems to somewhat dull the advantage of pitting under the SC as by the time they pit the field h...

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I have been wondering about one thing for quite a long time. On what basis are incidents investigated, especially those between team mates? Hamilton and Rosberg's crash in Spa 2014 was never investigated, which I assumed was because one of the parties involved in the incident (driver or team) would...

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Enforcer wrote:I'm reasonably confident I just raced the actual Rubens Barrichello (and not some kid using his name) in iRacing.

Out-qualified him too. Too bad I binned it in the race.

Wow, that's pretty awesome. After a quick google it looks like Rubens is an active sim racer.

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And here I was thinking Mitch Evans was going to be overshadowed after only being rated Silver. Sweet as, bru!

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Some great submissions, and some not so great - let's just focus on the top three: 1st: pi314159 - m - One of the most elegant designs I've seen, take a bow. 2nd: peteroli34 - m 3rd: Bleu - m - May well have taken the honours this round if you hadn't cut out what I consider the most iconic part of t...

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Don't hate, that's pretty good for MS Paint!

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My bad, I failed to state that the track must have hosted at least one F1 race... Having said that, I'll accept the entries prior to this post because I was a numpty. I guess im DSQ'ed Calobogie never hosted f1 (obviously) but has hosted IMSA GT3 cup No that's fine, you entered before I realised my...

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New Zealand: Driver: Mitch Evans Quali: Aggressive if dry, Conservative if wet. Race: Softs L1-30 (SC window laps 15-30) Hards 45 laps (SC window starts lap 60) Softs to the end. Philippines: Driver: Marlon Stöckinger Quali: Conservative Race: Softs L1-30 (don't react to SC) Softs L31-61 (don't rea...

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My bad, I failed to state that the track must have hosted at least one F1 race...

Having said that, I'll accept the entries prior to this post because I was a numpty.

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When we did the triangle design track a few weeks ago I had great misplaced fun in redesigning the Adelaide street circuit as if it were originally designed in the 1960s (m). Your challenge is to redesign an F1 circuit as if the design trends of the 60s still applied today. Obviously a street circui...

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