Grand Prix Rejects

watka

1. Stoffel Vandoorne - Why he decided to do that I don't know. He MUST have seen Massa. 2. Williams - Just one of those weekends where they are way, way off the pace. They seem to finish 6th or absolutely nowhere. HMs: Jolyon Palmer for taking up a decent seat that so many others would do a better j...

watka

I really enjoyed this race. For a long time it wasn't obvious who would come out on top and it was good to see an overtake for the win rather than a "pass in the pit lane" to decide it. Also enjoyed Mercedes tactics of using Bottas as the "rear-gunner" - I was reminiscing of the ...

watka

Not doing my predictions this week is going to hurt...

watka

To be fair, the same can be said for Australia. in 40 years, there's been Jones, Webber, Ricciardo, and the Brabham brothers who were arguably only there because of their surname. Can't shed any light on the reason other than that there seems to be so many classes of junior series these days that it...

watka

despite McLaren's upcoming divorce with Honda... While I personally believe this to be the case, NBC says no..... m If McLaren and Honda split, it will be Honda's decision as McLaren have too much to lose financially by walking away (as many have been keen to point out to me before when I've brough...

watka

You know. F1 has had a way to recognize the driver for decades. HELMETS. You know back when a driver would use the same helmet for his entire career, when you could actually SEE the driver in the car. Maybe it's just me, but I still identify the driver by the helmet. Purely from a size perspective,...

watka

And the circus rolls on: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-39706499 I'm glad that so far the taxpayer has "only" footed £9.3m of the bills, hopefully this project gets killed stone dead soon before it eats up much more money. The whole idea seemed to come out of nowhere in the first place...

watka

Wanted to discuss this news, but wasn't sure where to put it: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-reveals-plan-for-bigger-driver-numbers-and-names-898408/ Needless tinkering or a welcome move? Being kind of old school myself, I quite like the idea of bigger numbers. Not only does it make it easie...

watka

Wanted to discuss this news, but wasn't sure where to put it: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-reveals-plan-for-bigger-driver-numbers-and-names-898408/ Needless tinkering or a welcome move? Being kind of old school myself, I quite like the idea of bigger numbers. Not only does it make it easie...

watka

AdrianBelmonte_ wrote:
Aislabie wrote:Has anyone ever come across a better drive than this?

Shades of Hamilton at Turkey '06

That's exactly what came to mind for me too. Giovinazzi must be feeling the pressure as the most senior Ferrari Academy driver...

watka

I've had the horrifying realisation that for the first time in about 10 years I will not be watching Eurovision as I will be at a wedding. Somebody please send my respect to Jon Ola Sand by downing their drink when he appears on screen.

watka

Created more of a touge track than a F1 track, but I'll post it anyway: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7062371

watka

I never thought i'd find myself saying this after our first half of the season, but I think we're down. Today's defeat to Villa was really hard to take. I guess League One at least has a few terraces, so there's that. Looking forward to welcoming you to Kingsmeadow, although there's not a lot of sp...

watka

2017 Totally Democratic Grand Prix 1. Sebastian Vettel 2. Lewis Hamilton 3. Max Verstappen 4. Daniel Ricciardo 5. Valtteri Bottas 6. Kimi Raikkonen 7. Sergio Perez 8. Nico Hulkenberg 9. Esteban Ocon 10. Felipe Massa Pole: Lewis Hamilton Fastest lap: Daniil Kvyat (somehow) First retirement: Carlos S...

watka

So my "Eurovision-related yearly avatar change" came earlier than expected, the easiest choice could have been either John Cobra (to keep things on home) or Dustin The Turkey (to "please" the majority of this forum) i opted for a slightly outsider choice... As much as I love Dus...

watka

Would have thought rallycross was definitely his thing given his father's career.

watka

I'm really interested in Alonso doing the Indy 500 but disappointed with McLaren's choice of replacement. I know, Button is the obvious choice given his experience and would probably do better than anyone else but I still find this decision boring. I would rather have seen Oliver Turvey driving. No...

watka

DemocalypseNow wrote:
Pointrox wrote:Robert Kubica tested a GP3 car recently. I wonder where this is going, given that he quit his last job at MyKolles in WEC

Apparently Kubica complained that working with Colin Kolles was like pulling teeth.

Appreciated

watka

Love this challenge!

Pretty straightforward layout from me:

watka

1. Massa - mixed it with the Red Bulls and Ferraris for a bit, all in all exactly what Williams were hoping for when they brought him back
2. Wehrlein - Antonio who?

watka

1. Honda - Vandoorne doesn't get to the grid, Alonso's lasts long enough for all his rants to go out on air before failing also.
2. Palmer - gets best qualifying to date, still finishes last (and I suspect most of the retirees would have finished ahead of him too)

watka

Well done Ataxia, really exciting that your making your way in motorsport journalism!

watka

1956 Scoring system: 8-6-4-3-2, fastest lap 1pt Drivers Championship 1/ STIRLING MOSS - 59pts [11] - 5 wins, 4 FLs https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/25/2c/e3/252ce370e5179d2de582687110ec8dab.jpg 2/ Juan Manuel Fangio - 52.5pts [10] - 5 wins (1 shared win), 6 FLs 3/ Peter Collins - 31pts [10...

watka

Don't know how much of it is true, but the BBC seem to suggest that Mercedes advantage is down to their qualifying engine mode which let's them turn up the wick more than Ferrari. Given that Bahrain is a pretty straight-heavy circuit, I can see how that adds up. Looking down the timesheets, I did se...

watka

As if we needed any more proof of Alonso's waning interest in Formula 1 (or at least, driving for McLaren). Also smacks of a desperate attempt by McLaren to win back some good reputation by putting a "McLaren" in the race, whilst they miserably fail at the highest profile race of the F1 ca...

watka

2017 I Had No Idea The Country Is An Island Grand Prix. 1. Vettel 2. Hamilton 3. Bottas 4. Raikkonen 5. Verstappen 6. Massa 7. Ricciardo 8. Sainz 9. Perez 10. Grosjean Pole: Hamilton Fastest Lap: Vettel RotR: Kvyat, on for a good points finish but messes up somehow IIDotR: Massa First Retirement: Er...

watka

It seems as if these new regs have really shown who the best drivers are: all of Hamilton, Vettel, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Sainz and Alonso have been outstanding at both Grands Prix Must say that I'm surprised these new regs haven't suited Raikkonen more. He cut his teeth in the high-octane V10 days...

watka

Like everyone else, for the same reasons as everyone else

1. Magnussen
2. Verstappen

A close joint 3rd: Sainz and Alonso

watka

1. Hulkenberg - got to say that he was the guy who lost out the most. It was a race of relatively high attrition and he seemed to have the car working well, so it must be frustrating for Renault to miss out on some good points because of stupid mistakes under safety car. 2. Bottas - I get he was try...

watka

What does everyone think about the stewards' approach to the race? I noticed that quite a few things were investigated but not reprimanded. I think Perez nerfing off Stroll would have been a penalty last year, but I'm glad it's not this year. On the other hand, not quite sure why Vettel wasn't penal...

watka

I would guess that dr-baker would appreciate being told where the roundabouts are on some of this circuits rather than having to trawl through 250-odd miles of route to find them...

watka

andrew wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Sabine Schmitz for the last two weeks, and in next week's episode too, makes for a happy Mr Baker...

Haha. She seems to be better as a driving guest than a main presenter in my opinion. She's been good this series.

Eddie Jordan however was as unfunny as ever. He just seems like a confused old man.

watka

Albums to shave to? How long does it take you?!?

watka

Have no fear cockers, the chances of a Macclesfield Grand Prix just got a little bit better... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39539368 This is good news, so long as they don't think about doing a F1 street race in the UK. Firstly, we've got enough street races on the calendar as it is. Secondly, Silv...

watka

This is excellent, he should be an official ambassador for the sport! As Waris said, his explanations are perfect for people who don't know much about F1!

watka

2017 "Every Year It's A Farce But It's The World's Biggest Market So We've Got To Race There Even Though No One There Cares About The Sport" GP 1. Lewis Hamilton 2. Sebastian Vettel 3. Valtteri Bottas (I always have to look up how to spell Valtteri!) 4. Daniel Ricciardo 5. Kimi Raikkonen 6...

watka

1. Bleu
2. AdrianBelmonte_

watka

Wow, weird to think that Damon Hill could have been racing in the 70s!

Being a May child, I'm dismayed by the lack of racing prowess.

watka

I take it you don't like it then?

watka

Let's see if Kimi is the most popular driver once again! He's got a chance seeing that Rio Haryarto's not on the list!

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