Grand Prix Rejects

eytl

Can i nominate Webber for having his reputation slowly decreasing with every performance by Ricciardo? Mark is racing at Silverstone tonight (our time) for his reputation! I agree that Daniel's form is certainly casting a little question mark over Vettel, but is also perhaps casting a bigger questi...

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I haven't posted a meanwhile in Belgium for a while, so what has happened since? -Club Brugge just fails to deliver when they have the chances How's Mat Ryan going in goal for them? Having come from my beloved A-League team the Central Coast Mariners and looking likely to be the Socceroos goalkeepe...

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How did he get the Jordan drive for the 1993 Italian GP and what are his recollections of that ill-fated weekend?

(And, would he be willing for us to conduct an interview with him as well?

)

eytl

As Row Man Gross-Gene rightly points out, there are many other major talking points to discuss - Grosjean's surprise entry into the top 10 is certainly one, especially given their troubled test sessions in Bahrain. It's one of those things where you feel that there is perhaps some interesting poten...

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Wasn't this the site of Button's "Ricciardo, wow" radio message last year or the year before? Dan's done it again. For me this was even more impressive than Australia because he was way off Seb in Q1 and Q2 but he pulled something out of the bag in Q3 when it mattered. Rather like what Vet...

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Klon wrote:In the end, part of racing is not crashing into other people and therefore I think a Formula One driver can be expected to manage that.

So blindingly obvious, and yet seemingly a radical concept for some. Well said.

eytl

Hi everyone, Time for my first 2014 season comment - or, as some of you might believe, my first attempt to put a hex on someone / something. In the wake of the thrilling Bahrain GP, many were quick to claim it as a triumph of the 2014 rules to throw back in the face of those (*cough*Bernie*cough* an...

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This is the part of the article I'm most interested in: SMP Racing is Aleshin's main sponsor in Indy Car, but the organization's sports director Sergei Zlobin told R-Sport that Aleshin's career had yet to be affected by the sanctions. However, SMP Racing-backed racers in European series could be lef...

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From a legal and administrative standpoint it would have been an absolute joke if any other decision had been reached. I agree with DanielPT's point about how Red Bull conceded Ricciardo would not have finished 2nd had they heeded the FIA's warnings. There's no way he could have kept the 2nd place a...

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I must say that I hadn't been aware that Domenicali had come from such a non-racing background. That explains quite a bit. Mattiacci's background doesn't inspire confidence either: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/04/14/car-sales-chief-mattiacci-takes-domenicalis-place-ferrari/ As this points out, yo...

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Official decision time ... It's been a bit delayed this week because I've spent the whole week trying to think of reasons why we should not award it to Pastor Maldonado ... and drawn a blank. The wheelbanging antics with JEV on the first lap were crazy enough, but tipping Gutierrez into a roll seale...

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All I can say is that I am about as good as a W12 engine when it comes to playing these games.

eytl

It's OK, I for one think this is a valid topic for discussion because I think this - and several other team-mate rivalries that have all started to play out dramatically over the course of Malaysia and Bahrain - will become one of the key subplots of the season. I think there is a difference between...

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Bobby K's making it really, really difficult to be a Kubica fan right now I agree. I like to consider myself quite a Robert supporter but this is becoming more than a bad joke. He'll probably need another new navigator soon! I know just the man for the job! To pull out an old chestnut ... http://ww...

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Good gamble by Red Bull there, getting Ricciardo through to Q2 whilst saving a set of softs which might help in the face of his grid penalty.

eytl

Having decided to switch my former-but-not-all-that-strong allegiance from Holden to the Erebus Mercs the moment I saw and (better still) heard them at the Eastern Creek test day last year, all I can say is, in Aussie Grit fashion: "Yes! Yes yes yes yes yes! Yeeeeeeesssssssssssssssss!" Wha...

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When I read the front page, I was like "Who!?" But yes totally agree with it even though I originally nominated Sauber - but didn't you see them having to battle with Caterhams and Marussias on merit though Enoch? When you are dead tired after a day of running around chasing after four sm...

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OK, I can't delay the official decision too much longer because Bahrain is this weekend. I'm going to go against the more popular nominations this time around. Sauber were undoubtedly mediocre in Malaysia, as they were in Australia. But I was rather expecting that and I must say I didn't really noti...

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You would have thought that Williams would not use the phrase "Valtteri is faster than you" to Massa.

Williams man-management comes to the fore again.

eytl

Would conspiracy theorists suggest that putting Ricciardo on primes whilst putting Vettel on options is a way of ensuring Dan is no threat, in the name of shadowing Alonso's strategy? Conspiracy theorists will now be saying a whole lot more. Looks like another day of listening to 'Red Bull/anti-Aus...

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eytl wrote:Would conspiracy theorists suggest that putting Ricciardo on primes whilst putting Vettel on options is a way of ensuring Dan is no threat, in the name of shadowing Alonso's strategy?

Conspiracy theorists will now be saying a whole lot more.

eytl

Would conspiracy theorists suggest that putting Ricciardo on primes whilst putting Vettel on options is a way of ensuring Dan is no threat, in the name of shadowing Alonso's strategy?

eytl

Ericsson and Chilton close on track. The hairdo battle is in full swing!

eytl

Ooh, fuel usage percentage graphic. Interesting.

Agree that the penalty for K-Mag takes F1 to a new level of nanny-statehood.

eytl

Did you enjoy Ricciardo's start, Seb?

eytl

Indeed, for those of you who haven't yet listened to the Australian GP podcast, or who have no intention of doing so (if you fall into the latter category, I don't know whether to heap shame on you or to commend you for your superior intelligence), then just confirming that we backtracked on our ori...

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Problem is the Renault cars can hardly get off the line, right?

Still, Australia has a new hero.

eytl

Take that Seb, take that. Ricciardo never even came in for a new set of inters.

eytl

That's potentialy 4/5th of the race spent piddling around and not racing. Yes, but then they might still drop out in that last fifth of the race. That potential unpredictability alone has just added a level of interest. I am excited about the new stuff and the general reshuffle, but i very much dou...

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Ahh, a new profile pic for eytl, I see... Alright, so the circuit in question is obviously Riverside. The question is: is it during the 1960 US Grand Prix? If so, and assuming this is still the "American oddity", it could be Chuck Daigh, Pete Lovely or Bob Drake. Taking into account that ...

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I'll sum up today in one word: CARUSOP1LOL . Seriously, nobody's had an answer to the guy at any point today. Meanwhile, Scotty Mac continues to be a hero for Volvo Why can't Caruso run in the beyondblue livery all year. It is by far and away the best V8 livery I think I've ever seen. And a very im...

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Retrospective complete!

Hope you have enjoyed the walk down the Webber memory lane!

eytl

Well, considering that I have, amongst other things, this and this , some of my music taste may be rather un-Baker-like... But then, I do have Cliff Richard and Granham Kendrick , plus Queen, Abba and Boney M, so eclectic is possibly one word to describe my music taste? Mate, its all about Matt Red...

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Hi everyone, As well as the season preview podcast, the written 2014 Season Preview is now up: http://www.f1rejects.com/centrale/2014/preview/index.html Is the looming chaos in Melbourne the end of the world as we know it? Far from it. Inadvertently, F1 might just be returning to some of the old-sch...

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Does anyone know if Andrea Montermini ever actually drove the Lola T97/30? I get the impression that he never did, though Lola did have three cars. The above seems to cover just about every official test that Lola ran the cars in, and it does not seem as though he did. Unless Autosport didn't repor...

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I would be honoured if this were to happen. But would there be a way of archiving the original, like transferring it to Reject Centrale, or would it be a total replacement? Probably a total replacement ... and a total improvement! I'd give you the credit for much of the research as well. Although w...

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Awesome stuff. In fact, so awesome that I am very tempted to do something we have steadfastly refused to do for the last 10 years or so. A quick bit of F1 Rejects site history. A lot of the content on the site was first written in 1999-2001 when Jamie and I had time (infinitely more time than we do ...

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That, and I've seen way.....way worse movies than "Driven". (Even racing themed ones.) Someone earlier suggested calling it "The Tommy Wiseau Movie Thread". I quite like that. So I'm changing it to that. Why Tommy Wiseau? What was so rejectful about him? Have you ever seen "...

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For me, it has to be one of these (and yes, you can see a theme here):

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I don't think I have seen a team have such a testing nightmare that Red Bull have had since Mclarens 2004 Mp4-19. And we all know how that turned out... Do you mean the MP4-19 or the ultimately unraced MP4-18? You can do as much with the car as you want, but if the engine's a pile of junk then it's...

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