Grand Prix Rejects

1. McLaren . Converted their awesome qualifying session into a big fat zero on raceday. 2. Charles Leclerc . I don't care if the car was junk on Saturday, he never looked likely to score even one point today. Honourable mention to Valtteri Bottas , who's getting to the point where we should start qu...

1. Esteban Ocon. A rare podium for a midfield team, it's like 2021 all over!

2. Monte-Carlo. Imagine actually wanting this track off the F1 calendar. Philistines, the lot of ye.

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.

1. Everyone who stayed up and watched all 57 laps. We're the real MVPs everyone.

2. Kevin Magnussen. A well earned point.

1. 2022 Miami Grand Prix. Exactly the sort of race Liberty Media deserve in their biggest market.

2. Charles Leclerc. More like Choke Leberk, amirite?

2023 Flo Rida can't even handle this sport Grand Prix

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Tsunoda
ROTR: AlphaTauri
IIDOTR: McLaren
DBTMOTR: Hamilton
LP: de Vries

1. Yuki Tsunoda's tyre in the sprint race. An excellent effort, 8/10 for style.

2. Karun Chandhok. Actually made Crofty tolerable for two hours. Shame about Kravitz.

1. Nick de Vries . An excellent Giovanni Lavaggi tribute act all weekend. I'd be surprised if he makes it to the summer break at this rate. 2. Alpine . Nul points, a ton of damage and questionable strategy. Honourable mention to Ted Kravitz for gleefully talking up the possibility of Red Bull orderi...

A landslide victory in the race for ROTR this time around!

Despite my protestations to the contrary, someone has won IIDOTR for Albert Park!

Afternoon everyone :deletraz: Much has been written over the years about the Mastercard Lola debacle and the hapless Ricardo Rosset. But little attention has been paid to the other man who had to grapple with the T97/30. That man's name is Vincenzo Sospiri , and 30+ years ago he had a junior resume ...

Morning everyone We have a topical edition of The Gravel Trap for you this month, with Klon turning his ire on the increasing length of Formula 1 seasons, suggesting a multitude of reasons why a 15 to 17 race season is the optimal amount for the series. You can read his thoughts right here today! Mo...

Nobody connected to Formula 1 deserves IIDOTR after the end of that race.

1. Formula 1 . I cannot believe the stupidity that took place at Albert Park today. At risk of sounding like an old fart, red flags used to occur maybe once a season at best, and usually only for hideous first lap accidents (Britain 1999), huge accidents after the 75% mark (Brazil 2003), or for simp...

2023 don't care, there's no Holdens Grand Prix

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Sainz
First retirement: Hamilton
ROTR: Alpine
IIDOTR: Norris
DBTMOTR: Hamilton
MLP: Piastri
LP: De Vries

IIDOTR has been determined

ROTR has been determined

Evening everyone :deletraz: A short while back we published Klon's latest Gravel Trap column. It's a review of the 2000 Austrian Grand Prix with a twist - it's watched entirely within the prism of the epic Minardi v Prost battle for 10th in the constructors. The plucky but perennially underfunded It...

El Plan worked for once!

One driver woke up in Bahrain and decided he wanted ROTR all to himself!

1. Kevin Magnussen. I imagine points for the lower midfielders are going to be in short supply this season, a clinical drive to secure one for Haas.

2. Yuki Tsunoda. Almost scored a point in the barge that is the AT04.

1. Race Control . Not quite sure what drugs Freitas and Wittich were on today. Stroll's car barely merited a VSC, let alone a full-blown SC. Alonso's penalty and Hamilton's reprimand seemed insanely harsh too. 2. Valtteri Bottas . Dear god he was rubbish this weekend. Honourable mentions to McLaren ...

Evening everyone It's time for another juicy Driver Profile, and we have a doozy for you tonight. Yuji Ide contested only four F1 races in early 2006 but that was enough ammunition for his detractors to completely destroy his reputation, making him into a hapless comedic figure and a perennial inclu...

1. Logan Sargeant. An excellent debut weekend all things considered, he should hopefully pick up some points later in the season.

2. Alex Albon. Nearly reached Q3 and scored a precious point for Williams.

Honourable mention to Lance Stroll, battled through crippling pain to finish 6th.

1. Esteban Ocon . An absolute joke of an afternoon, was he trying to break Maldonado's record for most penalties in one race? :facepalm: 2. McLaren . Slow, dubious reliability, questionable existence, it's 2017 all over again. Honourable mentions to Ferrari , different year same garbage and Alpine f...

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We have a juicy and no doubt totally out of date GPR Season Preview for you, perhaps the only 2023 F1 preview anywhere to reference Prost Grand Prix and the mighty EuroBrun!

2023 GPR Season Preview

2023 Bully Prix Rejects here we come Grand Prix

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Perez
First retirement: Ocon
ROTR: AlphaTauri
IIDOTR: Aston Martin
DBTMOTR: Magnussen
LP: Tsunoda
MLP: Piastri

Afternoon everyone :deletraz: With the new Formula 1 season picking up full steam towards the first race of 2023, it's high time we finally closed the door on 2022. In fashionably late stye, Rob Dylan has produced the official Grand Prix Rejects Season Review for 2022, including the coveted Reject o...

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The new motorsport season brings us our first new Gravel Trap of the year, where Klon gives a great promo about Stock Car Pro, Brazil's premier racing series and a haven for GP Rejects old and new. You can read it right here today!

A Brazilian Gem - The Stock Car Pro Series

Evening everyone. It's time to kick off 2023 with a fresh Driver Profile, and what better way than to profile one of the most recent GP Rejects. Jolyon Palmer could not achieve unrejectification like his father did, but 37 often tumultuous races with two lucky points finishes for Renault obscured a ...

Team: Pretty Green Motorsports Chassis Name: PG01 Chassis Tier: B (500 credits) Engine Bid 1: Honda (250 credits) Engine Bid 2: Ford (250 credits) Tyres Bid 1: Dunlop (100 credits) Tyres Bid 2: Bridgestone (100 credits) Driver 1 Bids: Gary Pacer (100 credits), 2 years Thomas Butler (100 credits), 2 ...

bathplug it, it's about time I returned to the ASMF

After nearly a decade on the sidelines, old Richie White has decided to revive Shock of the Lightning Motorsports under a new trading name.

Team: Pretty Green Motorsports
Nationality: British

Evening everyone It's high time we profiled another of those elite band of men who were GP Rejects in the 1950s. A Formula 1 career lasting just 19 laps in a poorly Gordini, Roger Loyer might seem like the sort of name you'd read once in an Formula 1 results book and never come across again. What al...

Evening everyone. You may or may not have seen an article from those Autosport botherers The Race , where Edd Straw bizarrely takes aim at the 2010 new teams and our 1989 pre-qualifying heroes, all while decrying those calling for more teams in Formula 1. We couldn't possibly let this rest without s...

For the final time in 2022, find out who closes out the season with an inglorious ROTR!

For the final time in 2022, IIDOTR has been decided!

Championship under lock and key and yet he still fancied more...like a ROTR award!

It was a slam dunk for IIDOTR this time around!

Evening everyone

We have a very special edition of The Gravel Trap for you lovely people tonight. With Sebastian Vettel's retirement now reality, Klon has penned a ode to the four-time world champion, which you can read right here!

An Open Letter to Sebastian Vettel

1. Sebastian Vettel. Fought all afternoon, a nice farewell for the lad.

2. Amaury Cordeel. The bloke was an F2 meme for most of this season, but he looked like a proper driver this weekend, excellent effort.

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