Grand Prix Rejects

Before the current era, what was the last "real" price paid for an existing team? Racing Point buying Force India out of receivership? How much was that? For a more successful team, probably Mercedes GP buying Brawn. How much was that? Brawn bought the Honda team for a tidy £1, didn't he?...

With Pipsy Astromouse now occupying the #10, this means that all seats are now taken for the first round of 2005. All teams are ready, and Figure Eight is just around the corner

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Koopra Sport has good and bad news! After a last-minute entry to the championship, the team are now facing the problem that Morton Koopa has pulled out of the team in protest to the way he was treated in contract duties. The Koopaling brother evidently believes he could do better elsewhere, and it h...

A few weekends later we organised the second pre-season test, which this time featured seven of the ten teams. Koopra Kids joined in and were immediately fast, especially in the hands of seasoned racing veteran Conker. Project Mario and ToadGate decide again to waive participation in the event and i...

Two solid and runaway options for this award from Suzuka. You have 48 hours to get voting, so get doing so!

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Antonio Giovinazzi or Kevin Magnussen getting a fastest lap point is bad for franchise value, so they are discouraged from doing it by being denied plebian FL points. Only the patricians in the top 3 teams are allowed to set fastest laps, so that when the sponsor-ridden advert comes up to announce w...

Over the weekend, we had more driver signings, such as when Koopra Kids hired young Koopa talents such as team owner Iggy Koopa , and 37-year-old Conker T. Squirrel . We also had the first pre-season test held at the classic Mario Raceway, a track not used since the 2002 team. Four teams were absent...

The current Points System: Thanks to the inclusion of Sprint races (I know there wasn't one in Suzuka) and the points system used for them, Sergio Perez is still mathematically in contention for the title but if in the more-than-likelihood of Max Verstappen finishing 6th or higher in the Sprint rac...

And now for the awards: Reject of the Year has to by default go to Peasley Beanbean . Surely one of the worst debutants in Mario Kart history, he failed to qualify once in any of his own races, and managed to do a job ten times worse than Mark Wiggler (who was unable to finish a race before him) and...

Especially good for both sides considering the potential incoming interest from Ferrari or Red Bull or his services. Makes Piastri secure, and means that McLaren will get a hefty income for giving him away if they do decide to.

It was a super close championship between the Red Bulls and the Ferraris, with Vettel taking an early lead and, as always, never relinquishing it. Alonso got tantalisingly close by the end of the year but it wasn't enough to overhaul the Red Bull. The Mercedes were either off or on, there was no mid...

Outside of the boring old races, F1 saw an incredible 2012 with three-time consecutive winner Jules Bianchi nearly winning the championship all on his own, ahead of Ma Qing Hua, Sam Bird, and other podium sitters. Gary Paffett even got a look in, but alas it was the regular runners who were kings of...

The Tyre Wars Begin In an effort to spice up the show, the MKDA have agreed with the MIA to make Mario Kart more exciting by instilling a tyre war, inviting Yoshihama back as a tyre supplier alongside the previously monopolising Bridgestone team. Each supplier has to be supplying two more teams alo...

Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race poll is up! You have 48 hours to get voting

Reject of the Race poll is up for Singapore! You have 48 hours to get voting

CIVIL WAR AT MITSUYOSHI In an off-season shake-up, it is understood that long-time Mitsuyoshi team principal has been shown the door by his former legal client and also formerly dead friend Yoshisaur T. Munchakoopas. After a few seasons now of Yoshi being reanimated, Mitsuyoshi top brass has decide...

The 2023 Super Japanese Super Grand Super Prix 1. Max Verstappen 2. George Russell 3. Charles Leclerc 4. Lewis Hamilton 5. Sergio Perez 6. Yuki Tsunoda 7. Fernando Alonso 8. Valtteri Bottas 9. Liam Lawson 10. Carlos Sainz Jr. PP: George Russell FL: George Russell First Retirement: Zhou Guanyu ROTR:...

2013 was a bit of a bananas season, simply because there were so many one-off tests with one-off participants, not limited to the talented James Calado and Antonio Felix da Costa. After Kimi Räikkönen and Jenson Button fought hard all year for points here and there, and Paul di Resta acted as the da...

Yeah, Lawson for me as well, and let's not forget that Haas finished 10th with Magnussen. After potential trouble for Perez, it could lift AT and Haas to 8th and 9th!

Alonso and Perez absolutely deserve all their abuse, but for me it has to be Russell . It's not just that he binned it a few corners from the end on the last lap, it's that he was fighting for the win. It's that he was a favourite for the win and had the best chance to do it. It's because everythin...

Incredible turnaround in performance by Norris - he seems like he would be unstoppable if the McLaren could keep up its race pace week by week.

Alonso and Perez absolutely deserve all their abuse, but for me it has to be Russell . It's not just that he binned it a few corners from the end on the last lap, it's that he was fighting for the win. It's that he was a favourite for the win and had the best chance to do it. It's because everything...

CIVIL WAR AT MITSUYOSHI In an off-season shake-up, it is understood that long-time Mitsuyoshi team principal has been shown the door by his former legal client and also formerly dead friend Yoshisaur T. Munchakoopas. After a few seasons now of Yoshi being reanimated, Mitsuyoshi top brass has decide...

Non-Championship Races to return In an attempt to encourage the new teams to participate as much as possible, non-championship races are coming to Mario Kart on a permanent basis, between Cups. Teams will have the option of either improving their kart or participating for potential cash funds. It w...

New Team Arrivals To make up for the loss in seats following the collapse of Diddy Kong Racing after 2002, and the move away from double-seated karts after 2004, the MIA have allowed a whopping four new teams to enter the championship for 2005. They are as follows: - Project Mario , the successor t...

While I appreciate the sentiment regarding Sargeant (he isn't nearly incompetent enough to be held in the same vein as Latifi, even if he hasn't had the rare high moment that even Latifi was able to manage), I think that Mick Schumacher really has run his course, and I can't see for any reason other...

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71O7IIo-QAL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg Welcome back one and all to the most wonderfulest series on the planet! News 2004 was, as is rarely the case, a largely drama-free season in spite of the seismic line-up changes that occurred over the summer break. The silly ...

The 2023 "Sergio Perez sews up P2 in the championship" Singapore Grand Prix 1. Max Verstappen 2. Sergio Perez 3. Charles Leclerc 4. George Russell 5. Lando Norris 6. Alex Albon 7. Carlos Sainz Jr. 8. Liam Lawson 9. Lance Stroll 10. Lewis Hamilton PP: Max Verstappen FL: Sergio Perez First ...

Special Cup It was a masterclass of championship recovery as Toad went from somewhere buried in the middle of the standings to a world champion in the Special Cup. Four wins in his final five races, with a third place at Wario Colosseum for his weakest performance. His teammate Bowser Jr. put up a ...

Star Cup The Star Cup was a frightening return to normality as the drivers let their skills do the talking. Waluigi was now at SSL six months early, with the illustrious Mario Mario taking his place and the BMWs fighting tooth and nail to be considered the best of the best in Mario Kart. Mario impr...

48 hours to get voting - the IIDOTR poll is now up

This one is actually on time! ROTR poll is now open for the next 48 hours! Get voting

What a season, though. 20 tests and for the majority of it, the whole thing was incredibly close. Kevin Magnussen and teammate Jenson Button were the early contenders with McLaren, before they eventually fell away and Kimi Räikkönen, former teammate Felipe Massa, and then the two Mercedes, fought fo...

On one hand I am more than pleased to tell you that, with two rounds remaining in a gruelling 17 test calendar, Felipe Nasr was leading the world championship. I regret, on the other hand, to inform you that he did not win it. He was so close to greatness, but decided not to turn up for the final tw...

Two easy choices to pick from at Zandvoort. 48 hours to vote

Just for double confusion (because I forgot) we're running the pole for Zandvoort's Reject of the Race awards. As always, if you can remember, it's 48 hours and one vote.

Surely it has to be Sainz. He fought every single lap for every inch of tarmac he could keep ahead on.

He really is turning the tide significantly at Ferrari isn't he

Five second time penalties - penalising drivers, especially world champions, is terrible for franchise value. Best to give penalties that have no consequences and can easily be nullified.

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