Grand Prix Rejects

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1) Alex Albon: Points for Williams! 2) Charles Leclerc: Given that he's in one of the top teams and has shown a lot of pace over the years, albeit more in qualifying than the races, this shouldn't be improbable, but given how many times he's had to give up the top spot here, it's a feel-good result....

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1) Kevin Magnussen: A complete scuppering of not just his race, but his teammate and Perez as well.

2) Esteban Ocon: Smashing into his teammate is very much reject-worthy.

Dishonourable Mention: Lance Stroll - Not exactly doing a good job of obscuring the fact that he has a nepotism drive.

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2024 Tunnel Vision Grand Prix

1) Leclerc
2) Verstappen
3) Hamilton
4) Norris
5) Sainz
6) Perez
7) Piastri
8) Alonso
9) Russell
10) Stroll

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Leclerc
First Retirement: Zhou
ROTR: Sauber
IIDOTR: Leclerc
DBTMOTR: Russell
LP: Bottas
FTP: Alonso
YF: Zhou
Worst Team: Sauber

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1) 100% safety car: LOL.

2) Sergio Perez: Back to disappointing.

Dishonourable Mention: Fernando Alonso - terrible qualifying, trundled around the back, making up the numbers this weekend.

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Lando Norris: Even though it shouldn't be a massive surprise to see Norris on the podium right now, I figure he showed, despite not securing the win, that last race was not just a flash in the pan.

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2024 Circus Max imus Grand Prix 1) Verstappen 2) Leclerc 3) Sainz 4) Piastri 5) Russell 6) Norris 7) Perez 8) Hamilton 9) Alonso 10) Tsunoda Pole: Leclerc Fastest Lap: Verstappen First Retirement: Sargeant ROTR: Sargeant IIDOTR: None DBTMOTR: Perez LP: Hulkenberg FTP: Ricciardo YF: Zhou Worst Team: ...

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1) Kevin Magnussen: Ridiculously poor performance.

2) Alexander Albon: Undeservedly made his sub-par teammate look better than he is by comparison.

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1) Lando Norris: An obvious choice, toppling Verstappen and winning on his own terms.

2) Daniel Ricciardo: A mediocre race performance, but the sprint placing was definitely improbable.

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2024 "The Upcoming Loss of Miami is One of the Few Good Things About Climate Change" Grand Prix S1) Verstappen S2) Sainz S3) Piastri S4) Perez S5) Leclerc S6) Hamilton S7) Norris S8) Russell Sprint Pole: Verstappen 1) Verstappen 2) Perez 3) Norris 4) Sainz 5) Piastri 6) Leclerc 7) Russell ...

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Lance Stroll: How much longer are Aston Martin going to sacrifice points from him?

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2024 Zhou: "Go Slow? No!" Grand Prix S1: Verstappen S2: Perez S3: Sainz S4: Hamilton S5: Leclerc S6: Alonso S7: Russell S8: Norris Sprint Pole: Verstappen First Retirement: None 1) Verstappen 2) Perez 3) Sainz 4) Leclerc 5) Norris 6) Hamilton 7) Piastri 8) Alonso 9) Russell 10) Zhou Pole: ...

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Yuki Tsunoda by default, since he wasn't guaranteed that point.

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2024 Raining in the Land of the Rising Sun Grand Prix 1) Verstappen 2) Perez 3) Sainz 4) Hamilton 5) Leclerc 6) Russell 7) Piastri 8) Alonso 9) Norris 10) Tsunoda Pole: Verstappen Fastest Lap: Verstappen First Retirement: Zhou ROTR: Haas IIDOTR: Tsunoda DBTMOTR: Stroll LP: Sargeant FTP: Leclerc YF: ...

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2024 Woeful Williams Grand Prix 1) Verstappen 2) Leclerc 3) Perez 4) Sainz 5) Norris 6) Hamilton 7) Alonso 8) Russell 9) Stroll 10) Ricciardo Pole: Verstappen Fastest Lap: Sainz First Retirement: Albon ROTR: Williams IIDOTR: Tsunoda DBTMOTR: Bottas LP: Bottas FTP: Tsunoda YF: Albon Worst Team: Sauber

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1) Lance Stroll: That was all on him. Unforced mistake.

2) Sauber: Dismal pace with pathetic results.

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Oliver Bearman acquitted himself well considering this was his debut and he came in last-minute. One for the future, let's hope.

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Question: With FP3 complete, but Sainz temporarily out for Bearman, do we have approval to change the predictions or do we need to stick with what we have?

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2024 Disrupted Schedule Part 2 Grand Prix 1) Verstappen 2) Perez 3) Russell 4) Leclerc 5) Sainz 6) Hamilton 7) Alonso 8) Norris 9) Stroll 10) Piastri Pole: Verstappen Fastest Lap: Verstappen First Retirement: Ricciardo ROTR: Haas IIDOTR: Stroll DBTMOTR: Zhou LP: Magnussen FTP: Hamilton YF: Ricciardo...

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I can't say I found anything actually improbable here, but Sainz did impress against Leclerc and maybe set Ferrari up for a bit of buyer's remorse in 2025.

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1) Alpine: Only not bolted to the bottom due to pitstop and driver error respectively. Slow and unimpressive. 2) Everybody but Red Bull: Yet another case of Verstappen flying off into the distance and Perez making up ground from a not-great qualifying. Dishonourable Mention - The new Sauber logo jus...

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2024 Red Bull Release The Sandbags Grand Prix 1) Verstappen 2) Perez 3) Hamilton 4) Leclerc 5) Russell 6) Sainz 7) Alonso 8) Piastri 9) Norris 10) Albon Pole: Verstappen Fastest Lap: Hamilton First Retirement: Ocon ROTR: Alpine IIDOTR: Piastri DBTMOTR: Stroll LP: Zhou FTP: Sargeant YF: Gasly Worst T...

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I think mario grabbed this year's tournament by the scruff of the neck at some point and managed to keep a sizeable advantage right to the end, so congratulations are in order. I'm happy enough myself to have ended up on the podium.

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Liam Lawson would have to be my driver pick. He didn't get much time in the car, but he came in and impressed quickly while balancing things with a decent Super Formula season.

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The staggering lack of competition at the pointy end of the grid has made their nearest competitors look rejectful by association, with the one exception of Singapore. Miami was utter dross; at least Las Vegas served up a half-decent Grand Prix. But between them and the ridiculous Machine Gun Kelly ...

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1) Alfa Romeo: Looked promising in second practice; not so much in the race.

2) Kevin Magnussen: Pinned to the back.

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Yuki Tsunoda's the obvious choice here, but it's a sign of what crushingly low expectations that I have for this particular track that I'd almost consider nominating this Grand Prix as an option.

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2023 Dead Rubber Grand Prix 1) Verstappen 2) Leclerc 3) Norris 4) Perez 5) Sainz 6) Piastri 7) Bottas 8) Hamilton 9) Zhou 10) Russell Pole: Leclerc Fastest Lap: Zhou First Retirement: Ocon ROTR: Aston Martin IIDOTR: Zhou DBTMOTR: Sargeant FTP: Russell LP: Sargeant Since I haven't used them this year...

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1) Esteban Ocon: Held onto a strong points-scoring finish by merit.

2) The track: While I feel that the race owed a fair bit of its excitement to chaos like Baku, it at least had some opportunities to overtake and created some excitement that way.

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1) The drain cover and what it represented: It says a lot when the literal car park for Caesars Palace posed fewer safety problems than this track. 2) Lap 1 stewarding decision: I feel it really should have been a place exchange rather than a 5-second penalty; we've seen the latter being too heavily...

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2023 "The literal Caesars Palace car park was better" Grand Prix 1) Verstappen 2) Leclerc 3) Sainz 4) Hamilton 5) Alonso 6) Perez 7) Russell 8) Norris 9) Albon 10) Piastri Pole: Leclerc Fastest Lap: Verstappen First Retirement: Ocon ROTR: The track - another black mark on Las Vegas as a Gr...

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Darn, slipping back a bit after those rounds.

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1) Aston Martin: Actually looked a lot better today, especially Alonso's gallant drive to a podium.

2) The Perez/Alonso duel: Wow, that was a great bit of racing of the sort we don't see on the awful new oil state tracks. Take a hint, Liberty.

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1) Mercedes: Looked promising in qualifying, but were swallowed up in the race. Hamilton's four points won't be much of a consolation.

2) Leclerc's car: Risible and farcical.

Dishonourable Mention: Alfa Romeo

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2023 Last Good Track Of The Season Grand Prix S1: Verstappen S2: Hamilton S3: Norris S4: Leclerc S5: Perez S6: Alonso S7: Russell S8: Sainz 1) Verstappen 2) Leclerc 3) Hamilton 4) Alonso 5) Sainz 6) Perez 7) Norris 8) Piastri 9) Stroll 10) Russell Pole: N/A (Another missed due to sprint race shenani...

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1) Daniel Ricciardo: Made up a good haul of points for once, with a result that came out of left field. Tsunoda's no longer the only AlphaTauri driver this season to get points. 2) Lando Norris: I expected a decent recovery drive, but fifth is still a result after all of that. Liam Lawson scored po...

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1) Daniel Ricciardo: Made up a good haul of points for once, with a result that came out of left field. Tsunoda's no longer the only AlphaTauri driver this season to get points.

2) Lando Norris: I expected a decent recovery drive, but fifth is still a result after all of that.

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1) Sergio Perez: Not making his case for remaining in Red Bull with a clumsy first-corner retirement.

2) Aston Martin: Double retirement; not that they looked terribly impressive in qualifying either.

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2023 "The Verstappen train carries on unabated" Grand Prix 1) Verstappen 2) Norris 3) Leclerc 4) Perez 5) Hamilton 6) Sainz 7) Russell 8) Piastri 9) Ocon 10) Albon Pole: Verstappen Fastest Lap: Hamilton First Retirement: Gasly ROTR: Aston Martin IIDOTR: Albon DBTMOTR: Sargeant FTP: Russell...

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1) Yuki Tsunoda: Outclassed his teammate and scored a point in a very poor car.

2) Lance Stroll: The Aston Martin has dropped well back in terms of pace over the season, but Stroll made up 10 positions in it from a poor qualifying to score points.

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1) Daniel Ricciardo: Pinned to the back while his teammate scored a point. 2) Charles Leclerc: I'm not going to fault him for failing to pick up yet another win from a pole position when Verstappen has proven the Red Bull's race pace, but falling behind his teammate into the middle of the points-sco...

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