Grand Prix Rejects

watka

We know nothing yet but I'm putting it out there that I'd be hugely surprised to see Jolyon Palmer on the 2018 grid. In fact, I'd make it an avatar bet.

watka

Yes, Formula E does comes across as a bit of a retirement home for older drivers or those who never quite made it in F1 and don't fancy sports cars.

watka

What on earth possessed me to do a Super Special Stage based around Swindon's Magic Roundabout... m One car starts on the interior of the roundabout and heading anti-clockwise towards the north exit, following the stage round the football club and back to the west side of the roundabout. The other s...

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No worries! Maybe we should have a stickied thread where people can mention events that they are going to if they would like to meet up with people. Seems difficult to co-ordinate specific outings as forum members (done it a few times but they are a rarity) and it can lead to disappointment and fru...

watka

No worries! Maybe we should have a stickied thread where people can mention events that they are going to if they would like to meet up with people. Seems difficult to co-ordinate specific outings as forum members (done it a few times but they are a rarity) and it can lead to disappointment and frus...

watka

Hmmm, it's a bit of a pain that ChicaneF1 is down as their stuff is easy to cope into a spreadsheet, do some tidy up, run some formulas and boom, it's done. StatsF1 looks good (a lot more professional) and thanks for the tip regarding Formula Libre. I was thinking that surely all the races that Chic...

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Manor started off as a team who built a car without a big enough fuel tank and developed into a very well run little team that unlike their compadres actually gave their drivers a chance to turn in good performances and get noticed. They are very unfortunate not to be on the grid this year as they h...

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Can anyone else get onto chicanef1.com? I keep getting an "ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE" error which I'm told means the problem is specific to my computer but I have tried on different browsers, my phone and my work computer and can't get to the site on any of them.

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Jesus, how many times has the idea of an orange McLaren been suggested on here and now it could be becoming a reality? What a time to be alive. Wait, orange ? Who's the title sponsor? Trump? You say that like Donald Trump being the title sponsor of some low-budget new American privateer Formula One...

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Thought it would be good to tidy things up a bit presentation-wise and add a bit more information - specifically the number of GP entries per driver - in order to give a bit more context.

Currently looking at 1952 but there are a mammoth 51 races!

watka

Because why not try to make a new Suzuka?

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7010448

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I realised that both drivers of the last-placed constructor in 2016 have "moved up the grid" for 2017 (Ocon and Wehrlein). I was wondering when the last time the 2 drivers for the worst constructor effectively ended up with better seats at other teams in the following year. In 2014/15, bot...

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good_Ralf wrote:I found Lord Yuji Ide's Insta... https://www.instagram.com/yuji_ide_official/

Was thinking he looks pretty old now but he was no spring chicken when he competed in F1.

watka

I christen thee "Outerlagos" http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7007974

watka

Unfortunately, I think this team has run out of miracles and seriously doubt that there will be another investor popping up. Still, seven seasons and three points are somewhat respectable for a team that originally entered under the promise of something that never happened (budget cap). I think mos...

watka

Go Uruguay! This is very interesting (although Fangio is obviously dominant in the 50s), keep going! In my opinion, you should just ignore those dual nationality drivers. They didn't grow up in those countries and have never identified as those nationalities. Prost is irrelevant anyway if you consid...

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I've often wanted to do something like this, but have never had the perseverance to get past about the quarter-season point. Hats off to you (and to Mr Fangio, naturally). Gonna be a slog, I aim to churn out at least one a week. Fortunately, I'm a bit of a spreadsheet monkey so I know a few things ...

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tommykl wrote:Out of pure curiosity, which database are you using to determine the Grands Prix count?

ChicaneF1

watka

Hi guys, Been a while since I've done any alternate championship stuff but I've decided to jump back in! I was wondering what the F1 championships would be like if ALL GPs in a season were given championship status. In the early seasons, there were more GPs than there are even now on the massive cur...

watka

Just thinking about this from Manor's perspective, it's a pretty grim outlook for the future. Not only did they finish last in the championship, losing out on sponsorship money, but there doesn't seem to be any drivers out there that can bring the right kind of money to the table. All the big teams'...

watka

+1 to the above, I've just been too afraid to say it because of the massive amount of effort going into the profiles.

I think the Pedro Lamy was one of the best ones we've had as it had the right balance.

watka

So, news has come through that Mercedes have come to an agreement with Sauber to place Wehrlein there in 2017, leaving Nasr out of the team. It therefore means that Manor are the only team left which have not yet confirmed their line up for 2017, in part because of the takeover talks - inevitably, ...

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You'd expect Team USA Rallycross to clean up, wouldn't you?

watka

You scored 19/50 (38.00%).

F1 only: 2/7 (28.57%).

Non-F1: 17/43 (39.53%).

About as well as I usually do. Pretty poor on F1, I know.

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giraurd wrote:Piquet won the '82 Canadian GP after a DNQ at Detroit.

Looked up this tragic grand prix and noted that Piquet won in a Brabham-BMW and Patrese was second in a Brabham-Ford.

watka

I have done my own top 10 favourite albums of the year, but I've done it on Facebook and I'm too lazy to replicate it here, so here's the link.

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The Leyton House of 1990 would be up there had the car held out at Paul Ricard. Is that the only instance of a DNQ followed by a podium finish?

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For anyone interested, this was meant to be mine. I copied the link wrong: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6993229

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Goes to show just way Clark and Senna are held in such high esteem compared to their compatriots. Would not have expected Senna to score 2 titles in a Lotus.

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Coops clearly pining for the good old Britpop era.

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I'm coping by playing Project Cars all winter.

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I've got holiday I need to use up so I'd be interested.

watka

Airfield track in Brookenby, Lincolnshire. Population 665. Nice mix of fast corners and technical corners hopefully! http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=699322

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Nice reviews mate! Must admit I kind of viewed A Moon Shaped Pool as just a more grandiose King of Limbs and cast it aside despite the popular acclaim. Mind you, I didn't enjoy OK Computer until about the 10th listen so maybe I just need to chew the gristle.

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For those wonderig what a lap around Paul Ricard might look like: https://youtu.be/mLyiXG-ZVC4?t=72

Even with the chicane Signes looks pretty cool. Hoping the circuit isn't completely Tilked with hairpin sequences and the like.

watka

With Ocon and Wehrlein, it does seem too early to move either of them up to Mercedes if Mercedes want a shot at the Constructors title. However, it is quite difficult to judge how fast either driver is in the Manor given they are firmly at the back of the grid. Either one of them quite be the next ...

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Rosberg mentioned that the first time he was thinking about retiring was after the Japanese GP, when his title chances were firmly in his own hands. As much as I think Hamilton was a git for saying this is the first time Rosberg's won (against him) in 18 years, he does have a point in that, in all ...

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With Ocon and Wehrlein, it does seem too early to move either of them up to Mercedes if Mercedes want a shot at the Constructors title. However, it is quite difficult to judge how fast either driver is in the Manor given they are firmly at the back of the grid. Either one of them quite be the next V...

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Button, like Coulthard, was another British to end his career with a retirement. Looked into seeing if this was some sort of curse against British drivers in this respect. The closest I came to an interesting fact was that Coulthard, Herbert and Hill all retired in their final race, and all appear ...

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razta wrote:oh on the Malaysia point.. Nico effectively started from the back after getting spun round by Vettel..

I counter that with the help from the safety car and that Hamilton started from the back in China and Belgium.

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