Grand Prix Rejects

girry

I really, really like the Singapore circuit. It visibly is difficult to drive and punishes for the mistakes of the drivers, you don't really get enough of that in modern F1 racing...

girry

Yeah, it would be tempting to see cars trimmed to explosion point in qualies and producing more horsepower than now if finances weren't an issue, even at the cost of getting some teams dominate it again. Would help with attrition rates at least ^^ and if you combined 'almost' unlimited engines with ...

girry

Unlimited engine rules? That has a financially nasty sound, like a max 10 car grid nowadays .. or if someone more knowledgeable could please explain, how would the privateer teams have been able to cope financially?

I guess I don't need to explain on this website why F1 needs more than 8-10 cars.

girry

Strip off aero, strip off drs, keep Pirelli the way they are.

The artificiality problem isn't caused by the tyres in my opinion, tyres are the thing that make the races eventful at all, with cars going around the track with differing speeds.

girry

Yeah, but it doesn't actually matter in which sector the time difference is when the eventual laptime is x seconds slower.

... so where did I put the point again.... ^^

girry

Point is, comparing sector times is utterly useless given that only laptime counts; the drivers often run differing setups with differences at the car's handling through various types of corner combinations, which - assuming that Massa was one of the drivers to opt for a setup favoring Sectors Two a...

girry

Tell me more? Wasn't he quicker than most drivers on sectors two and three then..?

girry

I do agree that's likely given what has happened to most of their previous drivers, just wondered about the prediction above my post

girry

I don't think it had anything to do with Gilles' death, just the system that was in place? Iirc the numbers were introduced in 1974 based on the previous year's constructor standings (Lotus 1-2, Tyrrell 3-4, Mclaren 5-6 etc) and after that the new drivers champion's team swapped numbers with the one...

girry

Whilst for some unknown and irrational reason I kind of support JEV and want him to do well, I can't see in any circumstances him staying at STR instead of Ricciardo?

Would love to see a couple of new drivers in the grid next season though and Toro Rosso is always a good bet for a shuffle ..

girry

Speed in Tests doesn't equal speed in actual racing ... you know.

girry

I feel for Narain and Pedro, it's not very easy to give all you can on your hotlap while watching your mirrors to avoid bothering any angry overpaid overeager finger wavers. It should be the faster cars duty not to get stuck in traffic and leave enough space in front of you, not the other way round.

girry

What if Alboreto won the 1985 drivers championship? Agree to mario's post on the department that Alboreto himself wouldn't have ended up having too much more gorgeous career (maybe retired earlier) but how would another loss have affected Prost, mentally? Would have he still won the '86 title again...

girry

What if Alboreto won the 1985 drivers championship? Agree to mario's post on the department that Alboreto himself wouldn't have ended up having too much more gorgeous career (maybe retired earlier) but how would another loss have affected Prost, mentally? Would have he still won the '86 title again...

girry

To be fair, Alonso would not have won Valencia if not for technical error and I suspect quite a few ppl predicted Vettels win... drawback with Pirelli tyres seems to be that if you lead, your tyres are saved much more than the guys behind you, which leads to the leader too often pulling a Schumacher...

girry

Early spring races must have been exception? I think the original poster's point was that the 'normal' f1 season has race every 14 days and the early Buenos Aires/Kyalami/etc events were hardly a 'normal' part of the 'European' season. Any modern day examples of mid season breaks, mario, someone els...

girry

nah, Loeb will be successful no matter what these guys do to the cars.

But even his dominance wouldn't bore me as much if the cars are proper.

girry

a Toyota Yaris? Sorry, but I cannot see that as the ultimate saviour of the sport. Personally I think they should asap stop racing those tuned small supermachines with the chassis of similar small hatchback my grandma drives, and start using 'normal' big roadcars (category Imprezas) you could go and...

girry

I Disagree with the criticism of Esses.

Arguably the most fun part of the whole track and pretty much unique in the world ;d

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If they come there, they just have to think of a way to include the whole of Peraltada. Would be a crime to not use that killer.

girry

I don't really think the extra season Chilton has is too big of an advantage anyway in F1 ... if I were in charge and had to decide between the two, would go for Haryanto. Anyone know about Petrov's situation re Marussia, btw? Would seem logical to sneak him in for a Russian team (should Glock leave...

girry

Accountant war would not be nice obviously, but I thought ... release Engine rules completely, free to develop anything you like. And then each winter, that same engine must be sold to anyone who offers for a set price which would be very low. Was a short thought so it probably has a huge hole which...

girry

I have also been on the side of giving points to only top 6 or top 8 - in my view, in Formula 1 it must be a big achievement to score even one point for a smaller team; I can still vividly remember the joy of Minardi the few times when they managed it. But the attrition is why top 10 is ok at the pr...

girry

To be fair mario, I fail to see how anyone could really have impressed this race at all. Problem with F1 cars is the impossibility to drive in other cars diffuser, and it majorly escalated on a track like Hungaroring - no car was able to overtake other without big speed advantage (which didn't happe...

girry

Well if you talk about a 'bad lower formula history' of Bottas I don't know how do you manage to twist Quaife-Hobbs as 'the next big thing'... :p ok, he might be somewhere in the line for Marussia to do a diGrassi/d'Ambrosio/Pic (wouldn't be a wonder if soon Glock just quit altogether and Manorussia...

girry

I do agree that Alguersuari is both faster and more potential driver than Bottas. However, sir less-rejectful-than-coloni, you're implying that Jaime should go there and take the place (doesn't happen that way you know..), whilst you certainly should direct your complaints at Frank. Or is it my engl...

girry

have to nominate Romain Grosjean for the amount of times I saw him off the track during the weekend. Hope he soon finds his speed back.

girry

Sir Eurobrun, Coloni is more rejectful than you, and to the point - where exactly would you locate Alguersuari in the Williams team? He can't just go there and tell Frank to hire him you know, since Maldo brings 30 million reasons plus lots of TV action to keep him and Bottas is pretty much guarante...

girry

well, if Pérez goes then I fully expect Telmex to put Gutiérrez into that seat. --- I wouldn't say Kamui is slipping into obscurity - the reason of lack of results imo is that he's been very inconsistent which is very unlike his previous seasons. For example China, a slow P10 drive from P3 on the gr...

girry

well, TS is pretty much the only media in finland which is on the map about F1, they have relatively often been correct with the (F1) rumours in the past. So the source isn't that unreliable really. Other finnish media have been drumming Heikki to Sauber or Ferrari for ages already, you can pass tho...

girry

The Trulli of 2000-2005 was a top driver, top driver as we say about Alonso, Hamilton, Vettel today (remember start of 2004 and 2005..) but I see it as if he wasnt that much of a top driver at the end of his Toyota career anymore. admittably, Jarno has always been a perfectionist - he was, basically...

girry

Jérôme d'Ambrosio is better than Charles Pic. I'd take this further and say that JDA is better than even Glock, though how much of that is due to the latter's disappearing motivation is a mystery. I would take it even further and say that even if I have nothing against Glock, he is rather overrated...

girry

You know why I hate British people so much? They don't give a toss about anything unless Britain is any good at it. well, this is pretty much worldwide. Generally, people are interested in no sport unless they have played the sport themselves or have something to cheer for, which is usually a compa...

girry

I know that WDC wise some algy-category driver would be better. But then again, my point is - publicity wise for example Maldos win and Hulks pole are what Williams has needed much more than the consistent points making. Must have been big boosts to the team, too. I claim that's more important for t...

girry

Yeah they have been rare, but we know he has the potential to do good with that Williams. Even if it is just two times a season - I personally believe one flash on the podium would do more good for Williams than eleven P7's Alguersuari would bring. A bit like a milder version of Fisichella. 'Best of...

girry

Yes, he was less than a second faster .... on a 50-second circuit. On a normal 1.40 track that would have been almost two. Furthermore, making any assumptions about driver's skills based on testing/practise sessions isn't really the best idea. Teams have differing priorities to each other which you ...

girry

Taki's Twitter was the very first source to announce mr Räikkönen's contract with Lotus, it was big news in media here.

girry

wow ... Actually, I would claim what made the race so good is that the track is so very difficult overtaking-wise. Look what happened at Montreal and what happened at Valencia: You're 3 tenths faster than the guy ahead: M - Nothing, you can't really follow the car in front to be close enough in DRS ...

girry

hello all fellow reject fans, new face here - have been an avid F1 follower ever since I was a little kid, and ever since I remember were more interested in following what was happening in the bottom end of the field than those boring mclarens and ferraris - especially the mighty Minardi vs Arrows d...

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