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- 24 Jul 2022, 14:54
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - France 2022
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4103
Re: Reject of the Race - France 2022
Charles Leclerc: All Ferrari needed to mirror this 2018-esque implosion was a mistake from it’s lead driver. Well done mate. Ferrari and their customers: Every race the Scuderia find new ways to trip over themselves. Today it was Sainz’s strategy. The fact their only 44 points ahead of Mercedes in t...
- 19 Jul 2022, 11:55
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2022 French Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2458
Re: 2022 French Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!
2022 crazy car park GP 1: Verstappen 2: Leclerc 3: Hamilton 4: Perez 5: Sainz 6: Russell 7: Ocon 8: Alonso 9: Norris 10: Schumacher Pole: Leclerc Fastest Lap: Leclerc First Retirement: Bottas ROTR: Tsunoda IIDOTR: Albon (finishes 11th) DBTMOTR: Latifi Last place: Latifi How far back: 1 minute 20 sec...
- 10 Jul 2022, 14:59
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Austria 2022
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2911
Re: Reject of the Race - Austria 2022
Ferrari reliability: How many times do we need to mention this? Their lucky that Red Bull have had similar issues and Mercedes aren’t quick enough to be in the title race Pierre Gasly: AlphaTauri were rubbish but he was way worse on his own. Collisions, multiple penalties, refusal to serve penalties...
- 10 Jul 2022, 14:45
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Austria 2022
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2655
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Austria 2022
Haas: They’ve always gone well around Austria and did so once again. Mick a 1/3 towards unrejectification and K-Mag up there too. Roberto Mehri: A super sub performance that another Roberto we all know and love would have been proud of. HM: McLaren: Purely for salvaging a good result after a dire Fr...
- 08 Jul 2022, 09:01
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2022 Austrian Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2470
Re: 2022 Austrian Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions
1: Leclerc 2: Verstappen 3: Perez 4: Hamilton 5: Alonso 6: Russell 7: Ocon 8: Bottas 9: Norris 10: Vettel S1: Leclerc S2: Verstappen S3: Hamilton Fastest Lap: Russell First Retirement: Sainz ROTR: Sainz (Hero to zero colliding with Russell) IIDOTR: Alpine DBTMOTR: Stroll Last place: Latifi Distance:...
- 06 Jul 2022, 12:47
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2022 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 323
- Views: 623279
Re: 2022 Discussion Thread
This really annoyed me after the race. https://the-race.com/formula-1/f1-ceo-slams-stupid-protesters-but-hamilton-vettel-sympathise/ Of course it was these two who came out and sympathised with them 🙄. I know Hamilton clarified things afterwards in an Instagram post saying he didn’t agree with how i...
- 04 Jul 2022, 08:47
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Unusual F1 Stats
- Replies: 1424
- Views: 1699412
Re: Unusual F1 Stats
With Hamilton not winning in Silverstone, he has now extended his longest ever streak without winning a race. It is now 11 races. It’s also the deepest he’s ever gone into a season without winning. Previously it was 9 in 2009 and 2013. For the 2nd race running a driver celebrating his 150th start q...
- 03 Jul 2022, 18:46
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: The Alessandro Zanardi IndyCar Thread
- Replies: 1898
- Views: 2083103
Re: The Alessandro Zanardi IndyCar Thread
You’d love to be a fly on the wall in the Andretti debrief tonight. What an absolute disasterclass that was. Not pitting Colton Herta under a caution when literally everyone else did, team-mates at war with Alexander Rossi driving like a man who’s moving teams next year. Not to mention being shown u...
- 03 Jul 2022, 17:36
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Great Britain 2022
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2914
Re: Reject of the Race - Great Britain 2022
Again a lot of candidates Racing Extinction: Echo pretty much what the rest of you have said. Neil Horan and the Mercedes employee put you to shame. And to do it when the concern should have been on the condition of a racing driver was very distasteful Ferrari strategists: Ferrari may have won today...
- 03 Jul 2022, 17:10
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Great Britain
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2186
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Great Britain
For once there’s a lot of contenders for this Mick Schumacher: Obviously for the maiden points (even though he tried everything to throw them away on the last lap). He had genuine pace in the short amount of dry running and he deserves it after a compromised qualy. Nicolas Latifi: Easily the best we...
- 01 Jul 2022, 09:07
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2022 British Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1991
Re: 2022 British Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!
2022 Revenge of Max Verstappen GP 1: Verstappen 2: Leclerc 3: Sainz 4: Hamilton 5: Perez 6: Russell 7: Norris 8: Alonso 9: Bottas 10: Ocon Pole: Verstappen Fastest Lap: Verstappen First Retirement: Vettel ROTR: Aston Martin IIDOTR: Hamilton by beating Perez on merit DBTMOTR: Latifi Last place: Latif...
- 23 Jun 2022, 11:47
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Sports Washing
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2581
Re: Sports Washing
F1 would gladly hold a race in North Korea if it had the chance. Sadly this is the way it’s gone in all sports. The days of traditional values have long since been over and that’s why more venues get held in these countries with chequered pasts. The thing that scares me the most about Sportswashing ...
- 22 Jun 2022, 10:41
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2022 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 323
- Views: 623279
Re: 2022 Discussion Thread
I wonder if there’ll come a point where professional sports teams (not just F1) will start writing it into contracts that the athlete is barred from taking part in online gaming streams. He’s not the first to get done for something he shouldn’t have done (Daniel Abt and Kyle Larson to name but two).
- 20 Jun 2022, 09:22
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Canada 2022
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2888
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Canada 2022
HM- HRH Lord Lewis Hamilton- Took the worst car he has ever had in Canada ( so not the 2009 Mclaren then) to third place. Okay he did alright F1 never actually raced at Canada that year (can’t remember why) so we’ll never know. That said given it would have been held pre-Germany (when McLaren sorte...
- 19 Jun 2022, 20:14
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Canada 2022
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2888
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Canada 2022
Alfa Romeo: A double points finish having not quite looked comfortable with the circuit. Has Zhou made a breakthrough with his best weekend of the season? Bottas made amazing tyre life and may have snatched 7th with an extra lap. Lance Stroll: Another great tyre saving performance from Stroll and no...
- 19 Jun 2022, 20:05
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Canada 2022
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3646
Re: Reject of the Race - Canada 2022
Haas: I didn’t expect them to stay too high up after Saturday’s heroics but that was a dreadful collapse. What does Mick have to do to score points? K-Mag put on a horrific strategy. A day to forget and for a team who started so brightly to now being ahead of only Williams in the WCC is quite dammin...
- 17 Jun 2022, 19:27
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2022 Canadian Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1996
Re: 2022 Canadian Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!
2022 Revenge of the Groundhogs GP 1: Verstappen 2: Perez 3: Leclerc 4: Sainz 5: Alonso 6: Russell 7: Hamilton 8: Vettel 9: Gasly 10: Norris Pole: Leclerc Fastest Lap: Verstappen First Retirement: Magnussen ROTR: Canada: Both Canadians out IIDOTR: Alonso DBTMOTR: Ocon Last Place: Albon How far back: ...
- 12 Jun 2022, 19:13
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: The Alessandro Zanardi IndyCar Thread
- Replies: 1898
- Views: 2083103
Re: The Alessandro Zanardi IndyCar Thread
Just when I thought Will Power had become more mature this season I’m sure he’s gone and used his car as a weapon on the slow down lap. Can’t believe the coverage hasn’t spoken about that a little more. Anyway Newgarden was excellent on a course he’s one of the masters of. It seems to be win or bust...
- 12 Jun 2022, 13:33
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Azerbaijan 2022
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6221
Re: Reject of the Race - Azerbaijan 2022
Ferrari: 4 of the 6 cars not finishing with mechanical failure. What more can you say? May as well crown Red Bull champions now. AlphaTauri’s DRS fix: Great speed, not so great method to fix an issue which I thought should have warranted retirement. HM’s Lance Stroll: Obliterated by Vettel all weeke...
- 12 Jun 2022, 13:24
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Azerbaijan 2022
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2518
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Azerbaijan 2022
Vettel: 6th in an Aston Martin which still isn’t optimal despite messing up an overtake and losing time. Scored more points in one race than the team have all season Zhou Guanyu: Destroyed Bottas all weekend and may have taken some points until he became another victim of the Ferrari power train HM:...
- 10 Jun 2022, 16:44
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2123
Re: 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions
2022 King of the Baku Castle GP
1: Verstappen
2: Leclerc
3: Perez
4: Sainz
5: Russell
6: Alonso
7: Norris
8: Hamilton
9: Tsunoda
10: Ocon
Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Schumacher
ROTR: Gasly
IIDOTR: Alonso
DBTMOTR: Ricciardo
Last Place: Latifi
How far back: 2 laps
1: Verstappen
2: Leclerc
3: Perez
4: Sainz
5: Russell
6: Alonso
7: Norris
8: Hamilton
9: Tsunoda
10: Ocon
Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Schumacher
ROTR: Gasly
IIDOTR: Alonso
DBTMOTR: Ricciardo
Last Place: Latifi
How far back: 2 laps
- 29 May 2022, 16:48
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Monaco 2022
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3001
Re: Reject of the Race - Monaco 2022
Ferrari: This was their race to lose. The nature of the circuit and strengths of their car meant they had Red Bull’s number. And then they did that with Leclerc. It’s starting to feel like 2017/2018 all over again. The next 2 races look like Red Bull tracks so this was a wasted opportunity Daniel Ri...
- 29 May 2022, 16:36
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Monaco 2022
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2368
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Monaco 2022
Perez: Soaked up relentless pressure in the final minutes to take a brilliant win
Gasly: Provided most of the entertainment
Gasly: Provided most of the entertainment
- 22 May 2022, 15:12
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Spain 2022
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1437
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Spain 2022
Norris: Battled through the physical illness to score 8th
Alonso: Last to 9th always makes a mention here
Russell: While Verstappen had no DRS and the Merc has improved it’s still not in the same league as Red Bull so for George to deliver like that was very impressive
Alonso: Last to 9th always makes a mention here
Russell: While Verstappen had no DRS and the Merc has improved it’s still not in the same league as Red Bull so for George to deliver like that was very impressive
- 22 May 2022, 15:07
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Spain 2022
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1969
Re: Reject of the Race - Spain 2022
Albon: What happened to him today? Clear last and thrashed by Latifi Magnussen: I can’t stand Hamilton but that was a racing incident at best and he cost himself more. Gasly: Anonymous and outperformed by Tsunoda. He was one of the drivers of the year in 2021 and I’m getting concerned now. Sainz: Th...
- 08 May 2022, 21:33
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Miami 2022
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4036
Re: Reject of the Race - Miami 2022
The whole post race: A new low for American spectacle. A ridiculously long and policed route to the podium and NFL helmets on the podium? Honestly can’t wait until we’re back in the normal European stretch Alonso: Ruined Gasly’s race, Hit Hamilton on the first lap and May still lose those points for...
- 08 May 2022, 21:24
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Miami 2022
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2587
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Miami 2022
Albon: Another Excellent drive. Kept his head while others lost theirs
Ocon: Last to 8th
HM to Mick Schumacher who put in the best weekend of his career so far for 50 laps.
Ocon: Last to 8th
HM to Mick Schumacher who put in the best weekend of his career so far for 50 laps.
- 24 Apr 2022, 22:24
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Emilia-Romagna 2022
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2573
Re: Reject of the Race - Emilia-Romagna 2022
Everyone at Mercedes bar Russell: A team looking like Ferrari 2005 and a lead driver looking like Vettel 2014. That was a shocking weekend. No car in Q3 since Japan 2012 and I’m willing to bet if Russell hadn’t taken advantage of the start they wouldn’t have got so much as 4 points. Hamilton getting...
- 24 Apr 2022, 22:10
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Emilia-Romagna
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2044
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Emilia-Romagn
1: Aston Martin: After the Australia omnishambles I wasn’t expecting them to do this. When everyone switched to dries I thought “Ok the Green tortoises will fall away now” but instead there was barely any stage where either car looked like falling out of the points. 2: Yuki Tsunoda: Similarly when h...
- 10 Apr 2022, 08:02
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race: Australia
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2214
Re: Reject of the Race: Australia
Red Bull unreliability: 6 starts between the 2 drivers and 3 DNF’s already. Max must feel like he’s in 2017 again. Lewis Hamilton: Please just zip it Haas: After 2 really competitive outings they were invisible here Reject of the weekend (ROTW) Aston Martin: The only Aston Martin’s that had a clean ...
- 10 Apr 2022, 07:40
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: IIDOTR: Australia 2022
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2142
Re: IIDOTR: Australia 2022
Albon: Dragged arguably the worst car on the grid to a points finish
McLaren: That’s more like the team that performed well last year
McLaren: That’s more like the team that performed well last year
- 27 Mar 2022, 18:52
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Saudi Arabia 2022 (RESULTS)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2355
Re: Reject of the Race - Saudi Arabia 2022
Saudi Arabia weekend: Let this hopefully be the last time we ever go near this place. The track and it’s surroundings are the biggest death traps since the Life L190 Alfa Romeo: Haven’t entirely stamped out the operational errors of last year. Just how do you neglect to serve a penalty? Bottas retir...
- 27 Mar 2022, 18:44
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: IIDOTR - Saudi Arabia 2022 (RESULTS)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1351
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Saudi Arabia
Norris: Just 0.107 off a top 6 finish in that wagon is a great effort
The quality of the race: I thought this’d just be a demo derby but most of the retirements were mechanical
The quality of the race: I thought this’d just be a demo derby but most of the retirements were mechanical
- 20 Mar 2022, 17:02
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: IIDOTR - Bahrain 2022 (RESULTS)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3230
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Bahrain 2022
K-Mag: No explanation necessary
Alfa Romeo/Haas: The 2 biggest laughing stocks of last year have shown why they were right to look ahead to 2022
Alfa Romeo/Haas: The 2 biggest laughing stocks of last year have shown why they were right to look ahead to 2022
- 20 Mar 2022, 16:58
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Bahrain 2022 (RESULTS)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3929
Re: Reject of the Race - Bahrain 2022
Red Bull: Just how is that possible? McLaren/Aston Martin: Both as rank as each other. Danny Ric’s probably wishing he hadn’t bothered coming back and Seb Vettel’s probably relieved he got the enforced lay off Pierre Gasly’s engine: How ironic that the B-Team’s engine combusting prolonged the race a...
- 22 Dec 2021, 00:16
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Jean Alesi allegedly arrested
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1349
Re: Jean Alesi allegedly arrested
“Oh Jean you may well look a bit worried, you’ve got a major problem sunshine”
- 12 Dec 2021, 20:18
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2021 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 384
- Views: 94776
Re: 2021 Discussion Thread
On the whole Max deserved to be world champion. Without the tire explosion in Baku and the accidents in Silverstone and Hungary I don’t think this title fight would ever have reached Abu Dhabi. With a 8 point margin at least that means TeamLH can’t cry about the 5 points Max gained from the farce of...
- 12 Dec 2021, 15:17
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: IIDOTR - Abby Dabby 2021 (POLL)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3222
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Abby Dabby 20
Perez: Did everything that people were hyping and predicting Bottas to do. Deserved a podium Sainz: that’s 4 podiums to Leclerc’s 1 and he beat him in the championship. Put some respect on his name Tsunoda: unrejectification always qualifies here. Hopefully we’ll see more of this next year Hamilton:...
- 12 Dec 2021, 15:12
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Abby Dabby 2021
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5002
Re: Reject of the Race - Abby Dabby 2021
I think Michael Masi’s just upgraded himself from potential ROTY to favourite for ROTY Mercedes strategists: why on earth did they not pit under that final safety car? They’d already had the warning from the VSC and it’s certainly been one factor as to why they’ve lost the drivers title. Alfa Romeo/...
- 05 Dec 2021, 20:23
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Saudi Arabia 2021 (POLL)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4868
Re: Reject of the Race - Saudi Arabia 2021
Saudi Arabia GP: What an utter crapfest that was. It was just one incident after another and no one comes out smelling of roses The FIA and race control: Say what you will about them in the Schumacher era but they would never have plumbed the depths that they did tonight. Todt needs to take Masi wit...