Grand Prix Rejects

AndreaModa

So, I had a fun time at the GP. As you probably have read, it was a record attendance, and it certainly felt like it during the weekend. God knows what the race was like before Verstappen came along, but he and all the Dutch fans he brings along make the whole thing all the more better. Brilliant at...

AndreaModa

Sorry Barbazza, but I watched Race 2 over lunch today, and Shedden's accident was a 50/50 and Neal's was just over-optimistic and entirely his fault. Not sure what Cook could have done in that instance? Not turn in? How? Neal has hardly covered himself in glory this year and that incident is just an...

AndreaModa

MTN will return please! Van Rijkens in one car, if I get a second seat, that will be open to offers.

AndreaModa

Did someone say something about Belgian beer, chips and mussels? Is that Ypres? Bruges, both times (or Brugge, if you have some chips stuck in your throat). Though I did go to Ypres (or Ieper, if you still have chips stuck in your throat) in 2014, when it was exactly 100 years since the day we star...

AndreaModa

Aerond wrote:
AndreaModa wrote:I'm assuming they can't be the team's current drivers? Or can they?

If not, Jones will run Stan Frankham on both days.

It has to be drivers that haven't made their debut yet. It can also only be one driver, if you want to.

Cool. Frankham for both days it is then please.

AndreaModa

Did someone say something about Belgian beer, chips and mussels? Is that Ypres? Incidentally, I will be making the journey to Spa this year, having confirmed to myself that is in fact cheaper to drive from Bristol, pick up three mates, take the ferry to Calais and drive to Spa, camp for 4 nights, e...

AndreaModa

I'm assuming they can't be the team's current drivers? Or can they?

If not, Jones will run Stan Frankham on both days.

AndreaModa

Yeah that's cool. Jones is approved for the second BAR seat.

AndreaModa

Jones laments lack of pace, but pleased with points haul 2019 is turning into a season to forget for the Jones Unipart TAG team in ARWS. The team's two rookie drivers have largely struggled in qualifying and the team now finds itself in the lottery of pre-qualifying. And having been in title conten...

AndreaModa

Maybe. I've caught it now and again - the Mexico race this season had a great finish to it, but I just can't get captivated by it. Not given up on it though.

AndreaModa

My post was a bit tongue-in-cheek, but you make good points. It's true, they've done well to lure the manufacturers in. But it leaves the series massively exposed should any get cold feet. Look at the history of sports car racing. There's plenty of instances that prove to us that this model is not s...

AndreaModa

Give me tracks that aren't laughable, cars that aren't gimmicky and don't fall apart at the smallest of contact and don't schedule it on Saturday and I might remember to watch it sometime.

AndreaModa

Can I use my second upgrade at this point?

If so, Jones will take a medium upgrade to car grip please!

AndreaModa

The tyres should just be A compound, B compound, C compound, etc.

Try telling someone new to F1 that the soft tyre is the hardest compound in the race...

AndreaModa

Wow. Let's go through these one at a time: Zakspeed changed their airbox midway through the year and both photos are from Germany so I guess they were just testing the different types. All the photos I've seen of Suzuki that weekend have him using the rounded design, while there's pictures of Schnei...

AndreaModa

Gee, I wonder who runs that DNPQ account on Twitter...?

Here's the tweet if anyone is interested:

AndreaModa

Mosport is now Canadian Tire Motorsport Park or something like that isn't it?

Can't think of any others though.

AndreaModa

Jones will try for a medium upgrade to car grip please.

AndreaModa

Very very happy to see this get off the ground. Thanks for your work Normal, keep it up for the rest of the season!

AndreaModa

Force 1 definitely isn't an improvement over Force India. Bland, uninspiring and just as unwieldy.

If they want something distinctive and memorable, they need to pick a name that's completely new.

Panther F1 Team - then they can really be the 'pink panthers'...

I'll get my coat...

AndreaModa

Jones driving for Tyrrell is good with me.

AndreaModa

I was reading an old Motor Sport article on Stefano Modena today, and there was a short piece from Mike Earle at the end which stated that he wanted to launch the F1 team in 1988, as the articles above indicate, but that Marlboro were unwilling to front some of the costs, so it had to be delayed. I ...

AndreaModa

Didn't Warwick turn down a Williams drive to move to Renault instead? I'm sure I read that somewhere.

AndreaModa

While Sammy Jones will definitely be available from 1999 onwards, he'd be open to offers for 1998 too - particularly test/reserve slots that would turn into a race seat in 1999.

AndreaModa

Liberty need to get Monaco off the same weekend as the Indy 500 pronto. I love Monaco, I love the spectacle and the race, but jeez having watched Indy from start to finish for the first time, the comparisons do not hold up well. They are two totally different products but you inevitably end up makin...

AndreaModa

I can't see Alonso doing a full season in IndyCar, too much hassle with new tracks, etc.

Great race though, and although I wanted Alonso to win, to have Chilton and Sato at the front at the end was mega. Very enjoyable.

AndreaModa

I don't follow IndyCar too closely but what I want to know is this - in previous years all the old veterans would dust off the cobwebs for a shot at the big one, the Indy 500. Lazier has done it this year, but no-one else has. Is that for any reason in particular?

AndreaModa

That's an interesting list, but it tends to reward longevity in the sport over a short burst of brilliance. I divided each driver's total in your list by the number of seasons they were in F1 (partial or full, excluding 2017) which produced the results below. It's arguable that this revised table mi...

AndreaModa

Terrible news about Hayden. 2006 was right when I was really into MotoGP before I came back towards F1. Still remember the championship going down to the wire after Pedrosa wiped him out. He was livid! And then coming back in Valencia and winning the title after Rossi stacked it. Incredible scenes. ...

AndreaModa

If they really want to push the numbers thing then they need to do what MotoGP does and let each driver develop a brand and look for their number - their own font, colours, etc. None of this co-ordinated crap in bold Arial font or whatever it is. So uninspiring and dull and means there's no reason ...

AndreaModa

If they really want to push the numbers thing then they need to do what MotoGP does and let each driver develop a brand and look for their number - their own font, colours, etc. None of this co-ordinated crap in bold Arial font or whatever it is. So uninspiring and dull and means there's no reason f...

AndreaModa

Although it's tragic, it was depressingly inevitable. If not this season it would have certainly been next, probably with a complete collapse and an embarrassingly low points total. Although he didn't have a great record at Coventry I hope we keep Tony Mowbray and that he's given a bit of money to s...

AndreaModa

Lawd Almeida and Renaud are doing poor.

For the test, focus on race pace for both please.

AndreaModa

Get there EARLY. Single track country lanes in the middle of nowhere means it gets congested fast. Same as anywhere else I guess, but no-one wants to be sat in queues missing out on action. And with the paddock pass, you'll want to make use of it before the action gets going. As far as where to watc...

AndreaModa

Jones and Pacer delighted with first points in first race of the season After a fourth place on his ARWS debut and "Driver of the Race" award too, Jones driver Gary Pacer declared he was very happy to have started the year on a positive note. "It's fantastic, I'm really pleased to be...

AndreaModa

Anyone else heard Honda whining? I certainly haven't.

AndreaModa

The problem for Formula E going down that path is what happens when the manufacturers aren't interested in playing any more. Suddenly the sport finds itself with none or very few teams to go racing, like the World Sportscar Championship in 1992/3, WRC until recently, F1 in 2009 and LMP1, frankly for...

AndreaModa

The thing is, 9 times out of 10, the driver who should be penalised suffers from the manoeuvre anyway - Magnussen in Australia being a case in point. A case of "well done sunshine, how did that work for you?" So why then slap another penalty on top? The consequences of dumb moves are almos...

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Spotters guide in the offing Ataxia? Hawkin concerned about Fusion's 2019 pace Terry Hawkin has told reporters he remains concerned with Fusion's pace for the upcoming 2019 ARWS season as rivals Kjellerup look to set the early pace in pre season testing. The reigning champion was goof for only 14th ...

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Jones happy with first test performance Sammy Jones has declared himself satisfied with his team's performance in the first pre-season ARWS test at Jerez. While Gary Pacer was only 24th fastest, teammate Nathanael Cameron was 13th. "Look, we're running last year's engines in the new chassis - ...

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