Grand Prix Rejects

good_Ralf

Sergio Perez - It's drives like these which hint as to why he hasn't gotten further than the midfield in his career Red Bull's win luck - Bridesmaid for the 5th Singapore GP in a row Ferrari - Their pace ebbed away over the weekend, plus there was another bad strategy call when they put Vettel on t...

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I don't disagree with any of those points. Verstappen is a talented and fast driver, but even in his third season at Red Bull (wow, his third season), he is definitely not a complete driver yet. The question I ask is whether we've already hit peak Verstappen, in the way that some drivers have their...

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I hate being cynical like this, and this might be a bit heavy-handed/unbalanced in places, but here goes... https://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-1/wolff-blames-politics-and-lies-for-ocon-s-plight_sto6931326/story.shtml Toto Wolff is complaining about other teams not having the "balls" to si...

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YESSSSS!!! Really pleased that Ferrari have taken a chance on Leclerc. Now there might be a reduced chance of 2019 being another Hamilton-Vettel duopoly. I'm also glad Kimi's staying in the sport at Sauber and hopefully it'll satisfy the Kimi fanboys who have been quite vocal about the possibility o...

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Let's just hope McLaren don't mess this one up like they messed up the last three! Amen to that. McLaren aren't going to have many fans left if they keep damaging the prospects of young drivers as they have since 2013. It's really disappointing Vandoorne's career is on the ropes like this, I recall...

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So everyone on the grid has scored

, but then again, Haas lose 4th in the constructors (for now?)

And Racing Point are now in 7th if my math is correct.

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Barbazza wrote:Barely watching it now, another depressing Mercedes win coming so I don't need to see the screen - I can just hear Crofty wanking himself off to work out what's happening with Lewis and / or Max.

Hey, keep it family-friendly Barbazza!!

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Nuppiz wrote:Now watch Ferrari finding a new way to ruin Kimi's race anyway.

You savage! But I fear you're right.

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My goodness, what a horrific crash for Ericsson! Good thing he's alright after rolling like that.

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I agree that "That's Raidillon actually" should be nominated, but I even though I understand the annoyance towards WTF1, I wouldn't want this site to form an anti-WTF1 brigade, not that I'm accusing any of you of starting that.

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- Predictable result - other than the first five to ten laps, it was a pretty dull race. An unfortunately predictable race from the front-end; really wish we could have seen an Ocon podium or something. I know what you mean, there was still some great racing today but I suppose the battle at the fr...

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Racing Point Force India
Halo

HMs: Max Verstappen
Ericsson/Hartley for their beautiful scrap over 10th
Sergey Sirotkin

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Stoffel Vandoorne - Last place in every practice session, last on the grid, last finisher!!! Nico Hulkenberg/Renault - Sainz was massively off the pace in the race too DHM: Kimi Raikkonen's luck Specsavers man who decided to call me just as Max was getting interviewed by Brundle (some might say tha...

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Can we insta-ban anyone posting WTF1 content on this forum? If any website needs exterminating it's that one. A few years ago when WTF1 was a niche site, it was genuinely funny, and even today, some of the articles are still rather good reads, but I guess now that it has blown up, this is inevitabl...

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Sorry JEV fans.

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Who would've thought that Toro Rosso would outqualify Red Bull, on a track and in conditions that should've suited the latter to near perfection? Verstappen's lucky not to get a penalty for blocking Grosjean too. Who knows, Red Bull might've blown their last chance at victory this year. [cynic alert...

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It's effectively the halfway point of 2018 (11/21 races completed) and Renault, McLaren, Haas and Sauber have all outscored their 2017 tallies already.

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I suppose I should've included France (and Italy for that matter), their performance and behaviour in 2010 was plain farcical, probably even worse than their 2002 defense. At least Les Bleus have gotten their act together now, I'm delighted they won this year

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Bumping this. 2018: Germany | The curse continues. To lose to Mexico wasn't great, losing to South Korea 2-0 was simply shocking. That brief shot of Low on the world feed straight after SK's 2nd goal was rather on-point. HMs: Spain, Neymar for his hysterical OTT rolling 2014: Brazil | An astonishing...

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Grosjean - Another strong points finish when he's under pressure to hold on to his seat Ericsson - Not the Sauber driver I would've expected to score in a situation like this Hartley - Another deserved point after the bad luck in recent events Hamilton - It's kinda boring that he's the one to win af...

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Vettel - Not seen someone smash their hands against the wheel like that since Alesi aquaplaned out of 3rd in Magny-Cours '99.
Red Bull - Another mechanical failure, plus a bad strategy call costs them more points, if not a podium or more.

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A meh first two-thirds, a great final third of the race, but although Hamilton drove well, I can't help but be annoyed at how Bottas and Kimi have been the denied the top spot once again, especially with team orders being imposed at Mercedes after the Safety Car. Still, this opens the championship u...

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Big shame about Ricciardo's penalty. Things always seem to go the way of HAM and VET and it almost seems effortless for them to avoid reliability and have a smooth season. Ah well, at least Red Bull appears to have pace. A Verstappen win might just be the thing this season needs to keep it interest...

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I remember the days when we were opening and locking these threads more than a week before the Grand Prix itself, even having picks for ROTR as early as Friday... good times. So F1 is at Hockenheim this weekend, a track which is supposedly rubbish with everyone going on about how much better the old...

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Any clues as to who Santino's replacement is going to be (in the rounds he is suspended for at least)? HWNSNBM was at Silverstone this weekend!

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Bottas' luck - I don't care if he could've made the tyres last, Mercedes made the wrong call on strategy, Bottas just can't do anything get a win right now. But compatriot Mika Hakkinen had a similar run of bad fortune in 1997, and we all know what followed the year after

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That was quite exciting, although the final result is a bit unsatisfactory.
Although the front three teams are too far ahead of the midfield, I'd rather have a field spread like this than something like 2015.

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You forgot to put '2' before the '3rd' in the TV graphic

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What Liberty Media/FOM are doing is an example of early 21st-century consumerism. This fast-food approach to content is being done all over the internet/media, and I feel it will be eventually become normality everywhere. But maybe this is just a generational thing, and in 15 to 25 years time, every...

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Spain - A terrible performance... Oh wait, wrong sport! Yeah Mercedes take this one pretty handily, with both drivers losing a lot of ground in the championship (although it's now closed things up for the Red Bull drivers and Kimi). It's the first mechanical double-DNF for the team since the 1950s!

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Romain Grosjean - Maybe it should be Haas overall but this was sorely needed, it could've been a podium finish in different circumstances. Fernando Alonso - That McLaren is still not back to itself flyaway-levels of pace. HM: Max Verstappen - That's more like it, dude! If the championship had start...

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I somewhat agree with you. Norris is still very quick and deserves an F1 seat in the future, but when he's not leading from pole, he doesn't seem to have that little bit extra form that Russell possesses.

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Goodness sakes!

This is why I sometimes consider Hamilton and Vettel to be the luckiest of the front six, these problems never seem to happen to them

Still, if Max can win, I'll be satisfied.

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The F2 races will be starting behind the safety car, as a result of the excessive number of grid stalls. Standing starts will resume in Hungary.

http://www.fiaformula2.com/News-Room/News/2018/06_June/F2-starts-to-be-given-under-Safety-car/

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What is it with reigning champions going out in the group stage?!

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And at the other end of the F2 grid, Arjun Maini might just be the unhappiest of the lot. [strong language incoming]

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Sauber as a whole were very impressive this weekend, so was Magnussen who kept out of trouble while his teammate couldn't and scored for Haas again, they're closing in on Force One and could even catch McLaren at this rate.

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In the end, all three Frenchmen were (technically) beaten by the Monegasque driver! So France in F1 would be my first choice, it would be similar to when Japan won the award for their home race in 2008. I'm also nominating Sebastian Vettel for the 1st corner incident and ruining Bottas' race, the ta...

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Simtek wrote:I thought I'd be lazy this time and just repost one I already did in another thread.

Jean Alesi chose Ferrari over Williams in a heart-over-head decision

https://www.gprejects.com/forum/viewtop ... 20#p389398

I still feel silly for originally thinking that was the case

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Ferrari, two words: Sign Leclerc! (unless Haas want him, Grosjean's found the barriers again)

for Crofty, apparently this is the first time the Silver Arrows have ever raced in France...

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