Grand Prix Rejects

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Carlos Sainz - OK the team let him down Sunday, but he did Jack all of you know what Friday and Saturday. As a Reddit post I saw today asked: "Can we finally stop asking if he's better than Charles now?"

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So after watching all weekend I have a new "complaint" about the Vegas track. It's just too bloody big, both in terms of length and in width. Let me explain. The two main things even the detractors would admit was that the track was going to be insanely fast, and the cars blasting through ...

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The $200 in store credit fans received as an apology. Buy a hat peasants!

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Autosport have written an article explaining why spectators were ejected. Apparently all the Thursday one day pass holders have been given a $200 voucher to spend in the official F1 merchandise store. I have ti check with my nieces. Do the kids still say "oof"? Because that's a pretty fre...

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Similarly, the rage vented at Baku disappeared not long afterwards You and I go to different forums obviously :P :P :D Toto would have a point, if he made it after FP2, not after 8 minutes. And while I don't hate the circuit itself personally (the track and the event itself are two different issues...

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If I remember reading this correctly, there were no spectators for FP2, not ecauseof the delay or time of day, but because all the security staff had finished their shifts and gone home... On any other weekend, I would think this would be a slamdunk for ROTR, but this weekend, i'm not so sure? It a...

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I watched part 1 last night. Gives great backstory to the Sasetti and the shoe company, and talks about Andrea buying Coloni through to Spain. Ends with the intros of McCarthy and Moreno. A few takeaways: (Minor spoilers) Nigel Mansell can't pronounce Andrea Moda I forgot they ran (as Andra Moda) in...

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FP2 at 2am? I know Vegas is the city that never sleeps but... As James Hinchcliffe correctly pointed out during the delay, that was/is/always will be New York City. Vegas is/was/always will be Sin City, but they are trying to rebrand, by lazily stealing another city's title. Early ROTR for Toto Wol...

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Forgive me if this has been mentioned on here (but I didn't see a post so I doubt it) but lost in the Disnification of the Brawn GP story is the fact that there is an independent Italian Andra Moda documentary! https://vimeo.com/ondemand/andreamoda The-Race did a review of it, and after listening, I...

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That would be pretty wild. I think he wouldn't want to burn bridges in that way. A couple of years of lower viewership and reduced prize money and the teams might be more than open to accepting Andretti's buy-in money, but they'd be less likely to if he tossed a molotov cocktail on his way out the ...

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I do wonder if it has something to do with James Vowles's comments recently saying that if GM applied as a works outfit (and not with Andretti) they would face no opposition. GM's longer, more formal statement today reiterates that they will ONLY join with Andretti. (Bold words, we'll see). Mario is...

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https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/gene ... /10546412/

GM has formally joined F1 as an engine partner committing to build works engines for Andretti starting in 2028.

Interesting. But will it be enough?

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It actually all appears to be moot, as the official F1 app lists Charles as P20 and as a DNS.

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On the leaderboard graphic during the Brazilian Grand Prix, why has Leclerc been listed as 19th ahead of Albon? Surely by taking the start, Albon should be listed as ahead of Leclerc who didn't take the start? While you are correct about a DNS being worse than a DNF, I do wonder if, like grid penal...

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Lord, easier to list who SHOULDN'T be nominated this week. Leclerc : Why are you so unlucky? Roger Penske is fond of saying you make your own luck...... Ferrari : Six cars with your engines, two finished, and one of those had issues. Sainz begging the team to ditch the new spec clutch is a good look...

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As a shoutout but not at all a nomination. What the heck has happened to George Russell? He's just been like not good compared to the standards that we know of him. I'll also agree with this sentiment. I've only been able to catch the full races live every other event, but I must say that the broad...

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Checo Barichello/Reubens Perez - That was bloody embarrassing.

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To be fair to Danny Ric, there is video of the Alpha Tauri crew removing chunks of Stroll's car post contact during a pit stop. I would nominate Stroll if he actually did go to the grid despite having a pit lane start (how does one forget something like that?) Or Aston Martin in general. Like Lando ...

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As of right now Mario, what is being reported over here is very much "Celebs X, Y, and Z are now part owners" and "Celebs invest in F1 team" now if they are using a third party fund, that makes infinitely more sense (especially given what RoGro has told us about Reynolds soccer t...

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But why Alpine and not an underdog like Williams, for example? Given what Reynolds did pumping all the money into that football team, you'd think the same inspiration would apply with an old successful team now struggling for pace and actually needing a cash injection (instead of just lifelines fro...

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Travis and his brother (and mother) like to attach themselves to whatever is hot currently, as they just have to be in the spotlight. Currently that i podcasts, F1 and yes Taylor Swift. Now I don't mind Taylor as such (like most things I don't like, it's her FANS I can't stand, not her), but I HATE,...

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I have to say that I'm a little surprised that there does not seem to have been any comments about Bernie pleading guilty in his latest fraud trial and agreeing to pay £653 million in compensation to HMRC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67088503 Full disclosure, I honestly did not realize Bernie was...

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While it will never ever ever happen, I would laugh so hard I would physically hurt myself if Andretti gets added to the Concorde, but failing to find an engine, Ford pressures Red Bull and snatches the GM team away.

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Row Man Gross-Gene wrote: ↑25 Sep 2023, 13:16 I wonder what the justification is for limiting it to the top 10?

Its to stop teams from doing what RBR did with Perez this past weekend, but get FL instead of serving a penalty. Checo had a purple sector time for awhile during his out-in-out return.

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Perez - Good lord was that the single worst performance of anyone all year? Maybe Scott Mclaughlin was right.....

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I won't nominate Alonso, as he DID actually have damage (his left front wheel arch gimmick) and as I much as I loved watching George crash, I won't nominate him either. And nominating Red Bull is really just sour grapes (they did have a double points finish and ran 2 and 4 for while.) No, there is o...

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Be sure to update us if it turned out to be any good. I remember a decade or so back there was a Williams F1 branded golf club (no idea if it was any good). I imagine it will be decent at least. These Whistlepig "Legends" releases are mostly gimmick. They usually let someone "hand se...

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In merely tangentially related F1 news, Whistlepig have announced a partnership with Alfa Romero. They are releasing a single barrel select rye whiskey with a 100% rye mashbill, bottled at 96.77 proof (in honor of Bottas) and finished with oolong tea (in honor of Zhou). They have also released a vid...

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Loads to choose from this week: Danny Ric - Literally every kid in karts knows you let go of the wheel. Incredibly amateurish. George Russell - "Wahhhhhh!!!! I wAs FoReCaSt A pOdIuM!" Lance Stroll - Maybe those tennis rumors have merit? Esteban Ocon - Full wets WERE the right choice. Take ...

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Wasn't his dad like a proper oligarch? I remember claims that both Uralaki and old man Mazepin himself were the target of sanctions. If that's true, I don't see how you can claim the kid has no involvement.

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As you all know I am an American, and as no doubt other Yanks on here have, I have had quite a few friends get into F1 due to Drive to Survive. As such, this is the first real snoozer of a season for most of them, so I have been explaining that yeah that happens, but we are lucky this year (unlike m...

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It'd be easy to say Haas , but at this point, it's more shocking when they aren't nominated. So for the second week in a row its: Alpine - Absolute hot mess off the track. Much like at Miami, the shake-up has led to a bit of an upswing, which will no doubt crash and burn post-summer break. When the ...

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IceG wrote: ↑28 Jul 2023, 22:05 Gasly looks a lot more competitive and consistent than Stroll Jnr....

That's not going to happen. Ever.

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IceG wrote: ↑28 Jul 2023, 17:45 Ocon to Williams and Gasly to Aston Martin?

Ocon could do worse than a Williams seat. But Alonso has another year on his deal, does he not?

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I'm kind of thinking the season is obviously over so that clean sweep could actually be something that keeps interest up. Though I do think in 1988 had McLaren done it without Schlesser's contribution it would have been a far bigger achievement as reliability wasn't half as good as it is these days...

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https://twitter.com/F1destinations/status/1635958218584104960 Miami and Vegas are....well Miami and Vegas so that is par for the course. Austin surprises me, however. When it was built COTA promised reasonable tickets, comparable to Indy's famously affordable prices (Indiana hotels on the other han...

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I hate to keep hijacking this thread, but you lot are the only other people who would "appreciate" this. I just recently (a few hours ago) was contacted by a friend of a friend. "I hear you like F1. I'm running a VIP trip to Vegas, would you like some info?" He has arranged a wee...

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It reminds me of 2008 - once Super Aguri had gone to the wall, the gap between first and last in Q1 would be under two seconds. But within that, there was a strict pecking order, usually resulting in the animals going in two by two. McLaren and Ferrari at the top, Force India at the back, Honda jus...

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Here's something to put into perspective just how impressive current F1 is (top to bottom): On a recent podcast, Gary Anderson explained that averaged out, the gap from pole to stone dead last in 2023 hovers around 1.7%. The opening race of 1991 (Phoenix), which also saw Jordan debut saw a 1.4% gap ...

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Miguel98 seemed to like the qualifying tyre experiment, as per their post in the IIDOTR thread. But I suspect that it will reduce strategy variance over time and teams will quickly optimise the best way to run the sessions to these constraints, thereby immediately negating the intention. I say let ...

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