Grand Prix Rejects

Phoenix wrote:We should get back the Nordschleife, and the Pescara circuit if possible.

Australian GP at Bathurst, Belgium on the old Spa, US at Watkins Glen, France at Paul Ricard, Spain at a properly built and maintained Montjuich Park....

Nearly a repeat of Hill/Schumacher in 1994 on the last lap at exactly the same place as well.

tristan1117 wrote:At least put in Bertrand Baguette so we can hear all the commentators make fun of his name.

A half-baked idea if ever I saw one...oh damn, it's started already!

HWNSNBM's mind powers the Large Hadron Collider.

1) Nico Rosberg - for some time I believed he had been brought into F1 on the strength of his name. This season I have been proved wrong.
2) Kamui Kobayashi - at first, just a substitute, but he injected more excitement and interest than I think anyone else has in 2009.

But the likes of Bartels, Amati, Langes and Chaves are there, so Bertaggia surely should be. (Edit: I get what you mean now - as in he never actually drove in a GP weekend.)

I got 51/77 - Marques and Rosset were among those I didn't get, and I also spelt Sebastien wrong for Buemi and Bourdais.

Klon wrote:Normally I do not like accident videos too much, but Luciano Burti's accident should be shared only to hear the German announcer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulLfbJptE14

That's the first time I've seen that one at full speed - the BBC coverage only picked up the aftermath with an unidentifiable car poking out of the tyres IIRC.

Captain Hammer wrote:

Pieman wrote:ROTR: Alguersuari (or however you spell it!)

Actually, that's exactly how you spell it.

Lucky guess!

1. Vettel
2. Barrichello
3. Button
4. Hamilton
5. Heidfeld
6. Raikkonen
7. Kubica
8. Alonso

FL: Vettel
Pole: Button
First retirement: Webber.
ROTR: Alguersuari (or however you spell it!)
IIDOTR: Heidfeld.

Phoenix wrote:Another one, pay special attention to the beginning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dKITypO ... page#at=20

Surely that deserves a thread of its own - pure Reject gold!

While on the subject of corner names, does anyone know where Goddard's at Donington got its name from?

I apparently began watching F1 as a two-year old in 1988! My lasting memory of those early years, for some reason, is the grid lineup graphics at the start of each race (for example - m ) and apprently even then I could name most of the cars and drivers! I started seriously getting into motorsport a...

1. Deletraz
2. Inoue
3. Kuwasima
4. Yoong

Corrado Fabi.

I remember seeing Philippe Adams winning races in an Audi in the Belgian ProCar series in the mid-90s, but haven't heard of him since.

As for Martini, while he was leading his lap wasn't Nigel Mansell reversing having missed his pit box and being disqualified, meaning that nobody saw it?

watka wrote:I think the most forgettable drivers are the ones that have been mentioned more than once in this thread, because they're so forgettable that people have forgotten that they have already been mentioned.

Indeed - I'm new here though

Although no ones asked the question if the new Lotus team get zero points and pull out in the first year would they be a reject team? That's something I'm wondering about, along with the question: If Lola were to make a return and actually manage to score enough points to invalidate them as a rejec...

Couple of others I'd forgotten were Cristiano da Matta and Sakon Yamamoto.

How about Relentless to sponsor McLaren or Ferrari and complete the trio?

Cynon wrote:What if the person's name was Goddard?

I meant that.

Most forgettable drivers for me have to be Ralph Firman and Enrique Bernoldi, who I only ever really remember racing in Formula 3. Likewise Luciano Burti, who would fit into the same bracket had he not had so many huge smashes! Most forgettable team has to be Midland F1 - I couldn't name anyone who ...

Cynon wrote:Here's the question I have: What if the person's name was Godard? I think someone would be offended to see GOD on the timing sheets in all caps...

Add an extra D in there, and you have my surname.