Grand Prix Rejects

I know this isn't an F1 car but Kenny Hamilton's 1982 Indy 500 car must get some mention http://www.indy500.com/image/fit/w/640/h/480/wm/1/?img=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imscdn.com%2Fgallery%2F500%2Findy%2F1982%2F19820101-nphotographer%2Fmed%2F1982637-2760.jpg There was an article in Autosport about this ca...

This is a rather unexpected one, isn't it? If they have a Mike Gascoyne-designed car, they could be off to a good start...

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75305

Faustus wrote:And it will take over your life and reduce you to a shivering mess.

No, that's women.

WeirdKerr wrote:Maybe we are gonna be in for a Cart/IRL style split........

I hope not. I don't think the parties involved will be that stupid and pig-headed. But sadly you never know with F1.

I'd be very surprised indeed if we don't see Ferrari on the grid next year. However, I expect that the FIA will have to back down over some of their proposed changes, and in the end there'll be some sort of compromise.

I think it will be a pretty close battle between Vettel and Button tomorrow - Button's best chance is if Massa gets a great KERS start, puts himself into second and Button can scurry off into the distance. If Massa gets ahead of them all at the start, it'll make an interesting race. On the subject o...

There's a Dutch chap who's writing one of those alternative history novels based on this premise, I believe. It's called "The Encounter Down Under", and he has a website somewhere, although I don't think he'll be troubling the Times bestsellers list.

They deserve a bit of luck somewhere. Sutil's going to have to score a point for them eventually, surely?

Nice to see - or rather, hear - the national anthem mix-up from China being rectified!

It will be interesting to see who goes for what option, in terms of obeying the budget cap or not. I am still not sure there is enough money around to get three new teams into the sport, though.

Can Chris Martin from Coldplay act, do you reckon? He'd be a cert for Button if he could!

I'm not sure we'll see more than one new team next year. I just don't see that many people being able to get together serious entries.

Debaser wrote:Prost in 97 did really well...They should have won in Argentina, got 15 points after 6 races when Panis smashed up his legs. And even then Trulli led the Austrian GP as a rookie and would have been 2nd if he didn't break down.

All with Mugen-Honda engines, of course.

Hugely entertaining stuff. I've had a miserable cold this week, and this podcast cheered me up no end.

I keep meaning to do an article on someone who isn't a reject (unless you count most races without a win - I think he still holds the record?) but who had a very reject-worthy season. I'm talking about Brundle He still holds it - unless Heidfeld doesn't win this season and drives all of the GP's. I...

So who was it, in the end?

This can't be true, can it? m But a bad day for Bourdais, who reckoned the race shouldn’t have been run, spun behind the Safety Car, but saved his biggest accident for an hour after the race. For some reason, he took it upon himself to dry out the inside of his crash helmet. His tool of choice was a...

I had to follow this one on the monitor at work (can't wait until Barcelona and my first chance this year to watch a race properly and without distractions!), but managed to see almost all of it, and enjoyed what I saw. The Red Bulls was fairly dominant, but it will be interesting to see how things ...

It has to be Piquet, I'm afraid - how many nosecones, Nelsinho?

Felipe Massa. Just 'cos.

What's most intriguing about all this is Button's suggestion that Briatore wanted to sign him for 2009 - presumably in place of Piquet. Doesn't speak volumes for the confidence Renault feel in Nelson Junior! But then again, that's hardly much of a surprise.

I know "favourite" is a bizarre word to associate with this race, but it probably has to be the 2005 United States Grand Prix - an oddly compelling disaster, in the build-up and opening of the 'race' at least, like watching someone shoot themselves in the head.

Jeez, I never realised the hatred for James Allen transended every continent http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/fighting/fighting0050.gif Does anyone know if he is actually working now, other than his own website ? http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/ He's the F1 correspondent for the Financial Times, I ...

Presumably it's just sitting on some HP webspace somewhere, and has been quietly forgotten about by all concerned. I'm sure at some point they'll notice and wipe it off - unless of course it's being protected by a closet F1 fan somewhere in the company! Great that it still exists, though. A real pie...