Grand Prix Rejects

I agree that I don't think Red Bull will win every race, but one wonders how far they'll go this season. I think it's highly likely they'll pass Ferrari's old mark, they'll be pulling out all the stops at the Netherlands and they've got the fastest top speed for Monza. The races are still exciting,...

Renault/Alpine have only ever won the Constructors title twice and that was with Alonso driving in 2005/6. He walked out at the end of last year when he realised he was wasting his time. The constant lack of focus and changes of management, strategy and purpose (as directed by corporate Renault) is...

Bold prediction... Andretti to buy Enstone I suspect that, with the recent injection of investor capital, Alpine might be content to hold on for now. It's not that far fetched though - Andretti does reportedly have a contract in place for Renault's power unit, which will have opened up connections ...

1- Yuki Tsunoda Kicked Dale's behind and did tons of overtakes- deserved more than 1 point. (ffs Max won driver of the day- Should have been Yuki) Probably not that surprising if Max probably also picked up a lot of votes for being half Belgian - whilst Norris and Stroll might also be half Belgian,...

1- Carlos Sainz and Ferrari While he got the punishment he clearly deserved the fact was that he took Pisatri out by leaving him no room - literally. However, I would add Ferrari onto this when they could see Sainz tumbling down the order and left him out (maybe it was extra punishment). Anyway aft...

This shake-up at Alpine is seismic. Szafnauer, Permane and Fry all out on the tail of Rossi. Stroll over at Aston Martin seems to understand that building a championship winning team takes time, patience and lots of money. Renault seem to have forgotten that. I wonder if this all started after the ...

The "are we even trying to pretend that Max won't win by miles" GP? S1: Verstappen S2: Perez S3: Norris S4: Hamilton S5: Piastri S6: Russell S7: Leclerc S8: Sainz 1. Verstappen 2. Perez 3. Norris 4. Hamilton 5. Piastri 6. Leclerc 7. Russell 8. Sainz 9. Alonso 10. Stroll PP: Verstappen FL: ...

And Australia is one of the cheapest, yet offer an extra day on top... The reason why the Australian Grand Prix ticket prices are so low is because the state of Victoria are subsidising the event very heavily, which means the tickets are sold at a quite substantial loss. Whilst I can't find the fig...

Just to ponder... if George hadn't won Brazil last year, Red Bull would have had 22 consecutive wins... Don't tempt fate. I would say "that's the last thing we need", but if Red Bull gets a clean sweep of wins that even the McLaren MP4/4 couldn't manage (merci, Jean-Louis), that might sna...

This season is turning into a real kicker for Alpine, isn't it? A second double-DNF in a row, this one cause by their cars hitting one another - albeit the incident wasn't entirely their drivers' fault. The season began with the team their star driver had left them for taking all the plaudits, and ...

In some ways, there is an argument for the entire race deserving the award - the pre-race excitement from Zhou's high starting position evaporated before they even reached the first corner, where it instead turned into a farce, Verstappen comfortably drove off into the distance, Aston Martin have fa...

I did not expect a Mercedes pole in Hungary for the second year in a row! There are a few surprises up and down the field there - for a start, as you say, I doubt many were expecting anything other than another comfortable pole for Verstappen (and Norris has also managed to get surprisingly close t...

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

PP: Verstappen
FL: Verstappen
First Retirement: Bottas
ROTR: Stroll
IIDOTR: None
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: Sargeant

The First GP without Nyck. Because he's goneskies and replaced by a non-rookie, the rookie point is goneskies. I'm open to suggestions for anything else. I was thinking first to pit going forwards but it's up for debate. There are still two rookies to choose between, Pastrami and Police Sargeant Lo...

I think the question really should be "will there be a seat there at all next year?" We know that AT is gone as of 2024, while Marko is getting on in years and there were multiple comments made following Mateschietz's death last year that he would be gone before long. If my theory is corr...

Do Max and Lando have similar driving styles/preferences in regards the instability of the rear end? If so, it doesn't bode will for Danny's chances in the current Red Bull dynamic. I believe that the issue with the McLaren cars was not so much about rear end instability, but more to do with change...

Media already have Ricciardo in the seat. Reckon RB's main motivation here is getting a look at Ricciardo, to see should he replace Perez. De Vries' lack of performance has just given them an easy excuse. Be interesting if he's beaten by Tsunoda. Lawson will come in next season. I guess so - I had ...

Will Nyck de Vries last until the end of the season? Just throwing it out there. I think that he might just last until the end of the season, if only because it's plausible to me that Red Bull might put Liam Lawson into one of the Alpha Tauri cars in a free practice session first. I suspect Lawson ...

Will Nyck de Vries last until the end of the season? Just throwing it out there. I think that he might just last until the end of the season, if only because it's plausible to me that Red Bull might put Liam Lawson into one of the Alpha Tauri cars in a free practice session first. I suspect Lawson ...

1. Ferrari. Sainz passed be four cars was embarrassing. I think their heads have gone down. Stand by for some sackings. 2. Alpine. Poor. It was another case of strange strategy calls by Ferrari - Sainz was left exposed on his hard tyres, and there was the slightly unexpected decision to call Lecler...

I really thought Norris had the pole there, with Verstappen having a yellow middle sector behind him. Poor old Perez can't qualify for love nor money at the moment, can he? In qualifying trim at least, his performance has fallen off a cliff quite spectacularly - five consecutive races where he's fa...

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

PP: Verstappen
FL: Verstappen
First Retirement: de Vries
ROTR: Williams (end up flattering to deceive after their practice results)
IIDOTR: Norris
DBTMOTR: de Vries
LP: Magnussen
MLP: Piastri

I find it quite interesting that Hamilton has got countless shouts for airing his frustrations over the team radio, but not a single shout for Sainz for his pathetic attempts to get a penalty for Perez. It wasn't great but at least Fred didn't have to tell Carlos off like Toto did, PLUS he could sa...

I will just go with one - Red Bull. Now, let me say that I do genuinely think Verstappen is a genuinely fantastic driver. But the team he drives for me gives me such "villain" energy from any number of competitive sports movies (Talladega Nights/Dodgeball/ CARS). Verstappen pitting for a ...

S1: Verstappen S2: Alonso S3: Hamilton S4: Perez S5: Russell S6: Leclerc S7: Sainz S8: Ocon 1. Verstappen 2. Alonso 3. Perez 4. Hamilton 5. Russell 6. Leclerc 7. Sainz 8. Ocon 9. Stroll 10. Gasly PP: Verstappen FL: Verstappen First Retirement: de Vries ROTR: de Vries (making mistakes during the week...

The Red Bull approach seems counter-productive. The Mercedes and Ferrari teams have a history of well-matched drivers who could both get great results from the car. Yes there is still a team hierarchy but Irvine, Rosberg and Bottas were still fabulous in their day. Red Bull manufacture a car for on...

Anyone know exactly what Lando Norris' penalty was for? Normally it will be specified-'driving too slowly','exceeding track limits','impeding another driver' but 'unsportsmanlike behaviour' covers a multitude of sins... I'm pretty certain it was for backing up traffic into the pits so he could doub...

I'm torn on this. Competition, or even the mere threat of it, does improve the product. And Bridgestone probably are less likely to ram the tyre blanket ban down the drivers throats. But Bridgestone was SO bad in 2008/2009/2010. The two compounds rule was at least partly because teams were tempted ...

A shame it was once again an easy one for Verstappen out front. I'm not sure how much I believe Alonso could have challenged him without his issue, but at least as Alonso had promised it wasn't a 20-to-30 second margin. Great drive by Albon to get some good points for Williams. Verstappen's enginee...

Back in March , the FIA initiated the tender process for a three year tyre supply contract, which would cover the seasons from 2025 to 2027 (with the option to extend that contract to 2028). Whilst Pirelli confirmed quite early on that they intended to apply for the contract, it has now emerged tha...

Back in March , the FIA initiated the tender process for a three year tyre supply contract, which would cover the seasons from 2025 to 2027 (with the option to extend that contract to 2028). Whilst Pirelli confirmed quite early on that they intended to apply for the contract, it has now emerged tha...

1. Verstappen
2. Perez
3. Alonso
4. Russell
5. Leclerc
6. Hamilton
7. Sainz
8. Stroll
9. Gasly
10. Bottas

PP: Verstappen
FL: Verstappen
First Retirement: de Vries
ROTR: de Vries
IIDOTR: None
DBTMOTR: Zhou
LP: Sargeant
MLP: Piastri

Tsunoda: Continues to get points out of a car that I'm fairly sure is terrible. Zhou: What Londoner said. Unfortunately, Tsunoda was given a time penalty that dropped him out of the points in the end - it was an effort that should have resulted in points, but it just didn't work out that way. Still...

Charles Leclerc had a real shocker this weekend - awful pace in qualifying, followed by similar lacklustre pace during the race itself. OK, even with a slightly odd strategy for Ferrari - not sure why they started him on the hard tyres, only to then pit for the softs so early on - he was still disap...

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: None
ROTR: Stroll
IIDOTR: Ocon
DBTMOTR: Stroll
MLP: Piastri
LP: Sargeant

Assuming that Alonso is going to drive until he's 93, he'll be thrilled about developing another Honda partnership. For what it is worth, the president of the Honda Racing Corporation, Koji Watanabe, has said that they would have no objections to Alonso driving for the team if they wanted him to. M...

Russell is a young playboy who is absolutely in the "in crowd". As was just said, he was hyped to heaven for his prowess, and sadly he himself has bought into that hype - a major mistake for anyone. He plays to the media because he knows he will always be "their man". So when he...

1. Sergio Perez . Well, it was nice to have the illusion of a title battle this season. 2. Lance Stroll . Frankly a bit amateurish round the streets. Honourable mention to Haas , it seems they gave up on the race the moment it started raining. Both pretty solid nominations - it all went to pieces f...

Mercedes also owns around 10% of Aston Martin (which I believe makes them the third largest shareholder in the company), and I believe their long term plan was to increase that to 20% of the business in the near future. Now THAT'S interesting. I wonder if they'll sell as they did with their stake i...

1. Verstappen 2. Perez 3. Alonso 4. Sainz 5. Hamilton 6. Leclerc 7. Russell 8. Stroll 9. Norris 10. Gasly PP: Verstappen FL: Perez First Retirement: Tsunoda ROTR: Leclerc's luck - given how so many of his races at Monaco have gone, it seems likely that something will somehow go awry again (although ...

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