Grand Prix Rejects

Ciaran

19 July edit: I've had some time to sleep on it, so here's my revised picks:

David Croft, please just bathplug off to Merc's marketing department.
Red Bull, for sacrificing Checo and a handful of WCC points just to deny Lewis a fastest lap point.

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Kimi. Just retire old man.
Checo for waking up at T4 and choosing violence.

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Here's the thing though - everyone I've spoken to who works with EVs and e-mobility thinks that FE is a waste of time. Sure, it's driving efficiency to some extent - but motor development is pretty much frozen up to a certain power level and there's no battery development at all. That's why you hav...

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Williams.
Ocon for being anonymous.

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Ferrari.
Merc strategists.

Congratulations, you played yourselves.

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What's the point of a restart, we've got >90% of the race done FFS! Hamilton making a mistake was the point of it. It ain't over till the chequered flag waves. Yeah, I guess that'll teach me to shoot my mouth off. You could tell I was a tad salty about witnessing a potential deciding point in an 8t...

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Checo.
Seb.

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Lewis Hamilton for the OMEGACHOKE. You said it yourself, this is a marathon, you could've settled for 18 points and instead you've finished behind Bottas.
Pirelli, for living up to the meme of Italian unreliability.

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What's the point of a restart, we've got >90% of the race done FFS!

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EDIT because of this: m ⋅ Ferrari. OK, if Leclerc's driveshaft was actually checked for damage, it'd probably need replacing and incur a penalty. Maybe he'd get the jump on Gasly with some heroics into Sainte-Devote, but if not he'd still be on for 10 points after Bottas's luck struck aga...

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Aston Martin, for their genius strategy calls which have nearly quadrupled their points haul.
Gasly, for adding to Lewis's salt.

Checo gets the honourable mention for his tyre management that lifted him to 4th.

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Now I know where the "Bergas" name comes from.

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1. Red Bull strategists for their sizeable deposit into the Hamfosi's collective spank bank. I muted my speakers rather than listen to yet another David Croft impersonation of Michael Cole after a face Roman Reigns win. 2. Pirelli for their quality control. The only things I'm looking forward to in ...

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⋅ Kimi , for going for a gap that wasn't there. ⋅ I had to think about this one for a while, but I'll go for Williams after coming home in 16th & 18th. Leaving Russell out for so long didn't help. Dishonourable mention: David Croft , for thinking Alpine's pit crew were Will...

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Anyone else stunned by how few laps Prost was ahead of Senna for on his way to the 1989 title?

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James1978 wrote:Did anything happen with Kimi being under investigation? Can't find anything about it on Autosport.

Yep, he's been slapped with a 30-sec penalty, which promotes Nando into P10.

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Checo, for blowing a 2nd chance at scoring some major points after the restart.
Mick for spinning under the safety car.

Dishonourable mentions to Bottas, Russell, Ted Kravitz for "oh my god guise this is just like 1994" and David Croft for being David Croft.

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1. Michael Masi
2. Microdick-ita Maze-spin

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I've just had a thought pop into my head, partially inspired by Aidan Millward fantasy booking a world where Senna didn't die (and where Schumacher got exiled to the midfield because loltractioncontrol) - what if he got banned for 1991 following his title-sealing crash with Prost? Who'd step into hi...

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Just how many black cat corpses littered the streets of Maranello during the '95/'96 off-season?

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Team Name: Automobiles Mayonnaise Sportives
Driver 1: Hamilton
Driver 2: Ricciardo
Chassis: Pink Merc Racing Point
Engine: Ferrari

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Needs more Ronspeak.

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Formula 5000 was cool back in the day. Better than F3000. Very different intent as well. Formula 3000 was a stepping stone formula whereas Formula 5000 was intended as an alternative series to Formula 1. Speaking of alternatives to F1, I often wonder why one didn't spring up during Japan's 80s boom...

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Driver Name: Itsuki Takeuchi Driver Nationality: Japanese Preferred Number: 85 Attributes (Aggression, Speed, Quali, Wet, Start, Min. Skill) Ultra Pro (Pick 1): Wet Average Pro (Pick 1): Start Average No (Pick 1): Aggression Ultra No (Pick 1): Min. Skill Special Vehicle (Touring Cars, Sportscars, O...

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92/93 should be fun.

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Sign me up for Club 19, I don't think I could have done much better without cheating.

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Fingers crossed that UK Conquest is still around in 6 years...

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Artemio Matarazzo?

*takes a hit off a Mission WinLOLNOPE vape*

Now that's a name I haven't heard in a while...

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The best thing about that F2 feature race was being able to say, "What is Deletraz doing?"

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What a coincidence that when Brabham used pink in their livery, they had their last race in Hungary.

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If it doesn't have any bigger naturally-aspirated engines involved, then sure. I was just outlining a lore for a universe where F5000 survived. I blame Polyphony Digital, for introducing the term "Formula GT" way back in GT3 and sticking in my head for years.

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I'd rather give the 2010 RoTY award to France.

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*sigh* Why did F5000 have to fail? Maybe it could have been fun in the 80s with 2-litre turbo engines, considering how much of a deal BMW made out of their F1 engines' road-going origins.

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Two of the ten teams in the Irish top flight are facing financial ruin. Fun times.

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Team Name: Republic of Ireland
Driver 1: Tommy Byrne (RL)
Driver 1 Number: #16
Driver 2: Ralph Firman (RL)
Driver 2 Number: #61
Which Car?: A Ford plastered in 7-Up logos

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Williams - it's times like these my nostalgia for DNQs intensifies.
Toto Wolff - I can understand a driver getting lost in the heat of the moment and accusing another of intentionally hitting him, but his bathplugging team principal?

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What is it with career modes here and them beginning around 1988/89?

Anyway, good luck with the venture!

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The 2019 season should be fun.

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good_Ralf wrote:Don't know if it's genuinely unpopular or not, but I'll say it here: Nostalgia is doing Formula 1 more harm than good.

The F1 fandom needs more Memberberries memes.

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With his winnings, Itsuki is finally able to afford a real AE86.

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