Grand Prix Rejects

lance_rambert

Yet they don't do anything about the nearly-as-broken-as-that-Eutechnyx-motorcycle-game Xfinity Series? You know, that feeder series where a Gibbs Cup driver and Cup crew in a Gibbs car is pretty much guaranteed to win whenever one pops in? Oh wait, Brian France and co. are probably okay with this s...

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I really want Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon, and Darrell Waltrip to shut their faces about Truex Jr. right now. It's like they're trying their absolute damnedest to give him the commentator's curse.

...thank bathplugging goodness, he finally wins a race!

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Well, they do have a half-Mauritian down at Manor who I'm sure they'd love to try out soon... Judging by how crap Rosberg was today, maybe Mercedes will force him and Wehrlein to swap seats. Just think what will happen if Rio beats Rosberg first time out in Canada! Busted brakes (and probably ERS) ...

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AndreaModa wrote:
was Rosberg asked to move over by the team?

Yes he was. Merc confirmed it on Twitter. Nico complained of "brake problems" on the radio early on. That likely screwed with ERS and of course you can't brake at your preferred spots on track so... he was basically f'ed the entire race.

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Holy s___, Rossi!

He had just enough fuel to just coast to the line.

Now he has to get towed to victory lane, heh.

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Buddy Lazier's wheel just came off exiting the pits. That's very dangerous, folks.

...and out goes Sato. Fiddlesticks. He actually wasn't looking too bad for once.

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Simon Pagenaud just demonstrated how NOT to do an oval race restart. 2nd to 9th in two laps.

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These decisions are partially fueled by personal salt and bitterness, so... First, I have to consider the woeful performances of Nico Rosberg and Max Verstappen. There is the idea of Nico's car possibly being bathplugged after the "brake problems" radio snip. However, he also was just plai...

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I'll just ditto along with everyone else... no one else piqued my interest as much anyway.

1st - Sergio Perez - This guy's tire management is unbelievable.

2nd - Fernando Alonso - Snuck up to 5th after everyone else around him became dipsticks.

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So for the second race running RBR somehow screws Ricciardo in tyre strategy. Well done for Lewis, he should start to come back to Rosberg now. Someone should ask Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick if their pit crews are attemping a Monaco-Charlotte double this year. Or ask Jeff Gordon if he gave his ...

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Now Kvyat decides to be an idiot. What made him think THAT was going to work?

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Palmer, what the bathplug was that, you goit?

Also, Rosberg is pretty slow for some reason...

...and now Raikonnen bottles it at Portier!

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Whilst the idea that Mercedes would be deliberately sabotaging Hamilton is certainly far fetched, the fact that Hamilton is suffering from so many mechanical issues in close succession is inevitably going to drive those sorts of accusations. At the very least, you have to wonder what is going on wi...

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Gelael wins the coveted Complete and Utter Goit award for being the first to bottle it at Sainte Devote during the sprint race.

Why am I not surprised?

...and another weekend to forget for Sirotkin. Damn.

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Hamilton's engine just took a dump. Again.

I await the Cheatsberg conspiracy theories now...

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Manor's Facebook page is going to look like a war zone if that actually happens. Their social media guy should be paid extra once that s___storm rolls in. Or hire whoever runs Mercedes' Facebook page. He/she seems able to handle that type of garbage. As long as they don't ravage this forum, I'm not ...

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Miguel98 wrote:Rossi doesn't have lots of money.

But he is Manor's designated reserve driver. He'd be the first choice for the seat, right?

...and honestly, I REALLY don't want Can'tamasas anywhere near an F1 race seat...

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That probably sums up how well that SMS crowdfunding campaign went. I guess we might see Rossi again at some point?

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At the same race, Karthikeyan would later give Vettel a headache as the cry-baby gets a flat tire near the end of the race. If only we could hear what Seb had to say on the radio afterwards, but him giving the #1 sign during the race and calling Narain an idiot post-race suffices, I guess.

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It will be interesting to see which of the two drivers within their respective teams is given the new engine - I imagine that Magnussen might get the upgrade first at Renault, given he has been the more competitive driver, but the situation at Red Bull is much more delicately poised. With the help ...

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CoopsII wrote:So we have Soft, Super Soft and Ultra Soft. What's after that? Chocolate wheels?

We should expect cheese tires and Jolly Rancher wheels in the next couple of years.

...okay, that doesn't sound very tasty at all.

lance_rambert

Yep, that Flavio picture is still just as horrifying as it was when I ran into it the first time. What the hell...

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Oh dear. So, Hamilton apologised for the incident, much to the dismay of Martin Brundle, as this goes completely against his theory of British infallibility... Oh no, Brundle will turn it into this incredible act of humility in taking the fall for his teammate. No doubt Jesus comparisons will ensue...

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Lewis Hamilton , I'm surprised he didn't regurgitate Senna's line about "If you don't go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver". Some of his more deranged fans are already doing that for him... Maybe someone should tell Lewis and his more deranged fans that line is a co...

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Wouldn't Mexico's start-to-T1 run rival that of Catalunya's? It is pretty long. Yeah but Hakkinen nearly bathplugged the whole thing. Hakkinen isn't as strong in hindsight. Indeed, but It wouldn't be Mika's fault completely if it did happen. He was pretty error prone in '99, but the McLaren being a ...

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Yeah, I know, Irvine wasn't exactly a great driver or anything, but it would have been a popular win around these parts! Then again, Hakkinen only winning one title doesn't sound right. Nor does Hakkinen losing to Irvine for that matter. If Irvine actually won it, I'd argue that he'd be a pretty we...

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Interpret this as you like, but it seems that everything is peachy keen over in the Campos camp?

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However, I refuse to believe that Red Bull would be malicious enough to deliberately screw over Ricciardo in favour of Verstappen. It bugs (edit, hyperbolic wording) me to read around (here and other places) and see people suggesting something as silly as that. Yes, we're likely all very aware of s...

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So... a Big One just happened at Dover. I'm pretty sure Truex Jr. regrets letting Edwards take the inside lane, because he just piledrove a VERY slow Johnson on the restart. Somehow, Elliott got out without a scratch despite being very damn close to and in the same damn lane as the wreck.

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1st. Max Verstappen - Kept his cool the entire way and it paid off brilliantly. 2nd. Carlos Sainz Jr. - 1/3 of the way to unrejectifying himself. Also made Kvyat look like even more of an idiot, sadly. Honorable Mentions: Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team - Two impatient goits' mistake gave us a brillia...

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1st (Shared). Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton - What the bathplug was that, seriously? I am pretty grateful that it produced this wonderful race, but let's not mess around here, that was a very dumb incident caused by two rather impatient goits. Hamilton gets bonus points for being boneheaded enough...

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I can't freaking believe it. Part of me is pretty mad at Red Bull for screw Ricciardo with pit strategy, but I'll take it for now instead of a another Merc 1-2 bulldozing.

...and of course Sky try to bring focus back to Mercedes. bathplug off, seriously.

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Damn, Kvyat's looking absolutely bathplugging terrible compared to Sainz right now.

Also, did Ferrari just screw Vettel with that pit stop?

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AxelP800 wrote:Boooo. I love to see Nelsinho demolished the field (dominating)

Eh. Whatever. I can do without it. I get enough of that watching Kyle Buschwhacker bulldoze every damn non-Cup race he pops into.

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That plus Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s steering wheel coming off during the race was downright scary The only consolation I can offer is that at least Junior's wheel came off during a caution. One can only imagine how bad a shape he'd be in if he tried to hand-steer under green flag conditions... Tony Stew...

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1st. Kevin Magnussen - Got a trash heap of a Renault in the points. Enough said. 2nd. Fernando Alonso - Found his way up into the mid points with the mediocre Honda PU by actual pace and not getting caught up in everyone else's bullcrap. Honorable Mention(s): McLaren Honda - As a whole looked pretty...

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This is pretty easy so... 1st. Russian Brad Keselowski... err, sorry, Daniil Kvyat - He's definitely showing shades of the '14 Brad that kept causing accidents during the Chase and getting the tar beat out of him for doing so, all while claiming "It's just racing!". I was seriously expecti...

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Matt DiBenedetto 6th in Bristol Sprint Cup race. Great job! Hopefully the finish at Bristol will give the team funding to become more competitive as the year goes on. If he can keep impressing like that, hopefully some bigger teams will take notice and give him a chance to shine. Maybe Matt could t...

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Just by going off that Top 50, the approach these folks use already doesn't pass some sanity checks. Christian Fittipaldi's high ranking is obviously off as he probably got over-rewarded for his time at Minardi and Footwork/Arrows. Moss being ranked below Hawthorne and Farina is definitely weird. Th...

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1st: Renault - Previous races showed me that they could get a sniff of the points. This race, no freaking way were they even close. Palmer came stone dead last, behind Haryanto in a damn Manor no less. Magnussen looked much better, but appeared to be just as useless on track due to that apparent tra...

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