Grand Prix Rejects

You mean that they switched back to teams over and over again? Because Tuero was at Minardi on three completely separate stints, but never drove for other teams. Giancarlo Fisichella was with Benetton and Jordan, along with their successor teams: Jordan / Force India - 1997; 2002-3; 2008-9 Benetton...

If Alonso joins Renault for 2018, he has been at the same team for 3 different periods. Who have already succeeded in doing this? Pierluigi Martini is the only one i can think of. I think Fisichella did it with Jordan/Force India. 1997, 2002/3, 2008/9 Mansell at Williams? 85-88, 91-92, 94. Not sure...

Goodbye Felipe, you will be missed greatly. The 2008 Brazilian GP is the only time something on television has made me cry. The emotion pouring out of poor Felipe on the podium was heartbreaking. I have watched F1 since 2002 and Felipe and Mark Webber are my 2 favourite drivers of this period (possi...

So "Longbow Finance" have fully purchased Sauber, its sad knowing that Peter Sauber has nothing to do with the team anymore apart from the name, also it seems Monisha Kaltenborn is sticking to the team like a leach even though she no longer owns any shares. Monisha Kaltenborn deserves som...

peteroli34 wrote:1.Bottas - Unexpected Podium
2.Sainz - Bakc row to 9th

+1

Completely agree with this.

1. Paul di Resta - That was some of the most tedious commentary I have ever sat through, please can you be the sign language man in the corner of late night repeats if you insist on commentating so you don't have to speak.

2. Ferrari strategists - do you even want to win?

You get very slow away from traffic lights and pretend you're Mark Webber. You accidentally set off from the traffic lights in 2nd gear and pretend your Nigel Mansell in Mexico 1986. Or accidentally set off from the traffic lights in reverse gear and pretend your Nigel Mansell in Long Beach in 1982...

1. Fernando Alonso
2. Kevin Magnussen

Good drives in bad cars

Adam

1. Daniil Kvyat - Thank you for introducing me to a genuinely new emotion - pity for Seb Vettel

2. Esteban Gutierrez - Amateurish throughout, methinks ROTY will be between him and Palmer if things don't change

Adam

1. Felipe Massa - wounded car or not, Hamilton was unable to pass him. 2008-spec Felipe is hopefully back for good. 2. Daniil Kvyat - Superb move at the start (the clash was caused by Vettel overreacting IMO) and a podium, I thought his job was gonna go to Verstappen before the end of the year but ...

1. Sebastian Vettel - Seb showed today with Kvyat he is still the same spoiled brat from Malaysia 2013 2. Chinese Marshalls - The incompetence in qualifying (indirectly) made my boss shout at me Honourable Mentions: Jolyon Palmer - Beaten on merit by Rio Haryanto (and literally everyone else) Ricci...

My predictions for 2017 Ferrari Sebastian Vettel Valtteri Bottas Ferrari need a low maintenance team mate for Seb to replace the retiring Raikkonen, and although he isn't that much faster than Massa, Vettel likes Finnish blokes so Valtteri could well become Stefan Johansson mark 2. Force India - Mer...

McLaren have lost another sponsor and it's a significant one. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/121844 I'm wearing a Tag Heuer watch right now. I think I've gone off it Red Bull will use TAG branded engines in 2016 then, like McLaren did in the '80s. You heard it here first!

Rosberg was pretty beast in 2009 when he got that run of points-finishes. In context the pendulum was swinging every weekend that summer on which car was fastest at the given track, and he managed to get 8 points-finishes in a row (2 of which were 4th-places), in a season where his teammate scored ...

m A new candidate has emerged to potentially race for the British backmarker Manor in 2016. The former Marussia squad's current lineup is Briton Will Stevens alongside Alexander Rossi, although the latter American rookie will sit out Russia next week as he returns to his GP2 duties. Stevens says he ...

I saw something interesting on Twitter that might explain why he's got the drive: https://twitter.com/GrandPrixDiary/status/644171716458086400 ...China? Ho Ping Tung for Haas drive?! I was gonna say Romania, after all, isn't that the sole reason for Forza Rossa? Or are they not a thing anymore?

Oh, reading back, I realise that I did not mean that I agreed with the miserable heap of slime bit, but the whole point that I didn't think it was new year generally. But now I just seem anti-Semitic. Sorry. Plus Happy New Academic Year to all those in education whose academic year does indeed star...

My nominations: Lotus' Luck - After Grosjean said he could be on the podium again, to have both cars out on the first lap must have been a very bitter pill to swallow. George Lucas - What the bloody hell was that?! "Happy New Year"? It is August you miserable heap of slime..... Worst Podiu...

In my opinion, we have had 4 of the best title fights of all time in the last 10 years: 2006, 2008, 2010 & 2012. In what I assume to be a strange coincidence, I think the wrong man won the title of all of these occasions, but this did not make me enjoy the battles any less. 2006 was seen as a &q...

Whilst all of this conjecture is fascinating and new to me (thanks everyone!) what it still boils down to is that in 1998 Arrows used a Hart engine, built and badged as an Arrows engine. This is correct Whilst all of this conjecture is fascinating and new to me (thanks everyone!) what it still boil...

Actually, TWR had taken over Hart and merged it with Arrows, and the engines they used were modified versions of the Hart-designed Yamaha engine from 1997. I may be wrong but weren't the Yamahas were built by Judd rather than Hart? I always thought the "Arrows" V10 was an all new Hart des...

My nominations:

1. Daniil Kvyat: 4th in a car that is down on power? Bloody well done!
2. Sergio Perez: Faded later on, but damn near lead the race on the first lap. Fisichella 2009 memories

Adam

This will come across as unorthodox to most forum users, but I myself choose to Nominate Romain Grosjean. Had Vettel's tyre not exploded when he did he would have finished 4th when a podium was for the taking. I love Romain, and all that was needed was a semi-suicidal lunge up the inside into Les Co...

It is hateful news, but it might be of some relief to the poor family :'( my thoughts are with them. A bright spirit who did not deserve to die so young :'(

novitopoli wrote:And Maldonado is #13...

This I knew, but while creating the layout there was some copying and pasting involved. I shall fix both.

AndreaModa wrote:#28 is the mighty Will Stevens.

So he is, I stand corrected. I assumed he was #46 as that was the number he used at Caterham in Abu Dhabi last year. It is always good to check these things

Adam

What I think will happen next year: 28. Jolyon Palmer 47. Fabio Leimer[/b] 34. Stoffel Vandoorne[/b] 48. Alex Rossi[/b] How did you come up with these numbers for the rookies? (except that 28 is not available btw) , I merely chose them randlomly to use as placeholders. They seemed inoffensive and n...

What I think will happen next year: Mercedes 6. Nico Rosberg 44. Lewis Hamilton After Hamilton wins a 3rd championship (yawn/hooray, delete as appropriate), it is business as usual. Merc's advantage is down from last year (e.g. 2003 Ferrari, 2012 Red Bull) but they are still the class of the field....

I stand by my nomination, if we assume Kimi Raikkonen's strategist to be Kimi Raikkonen in this instance Thanks for the new info

I fear I may just be repeating what has already been said here, but Sauber had a dismal race, as did Lotus . Williams Strategists were also deeply at fault. I am a big fan of Massa, but they should have given Bottas a chance at getting past him before his tyres went off. My nomination goes to, on th...