Grand Prix Rejects

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RAK wrote:this could be an exciting race with some of the usual suspects out of order

Too bad all of the suspects went out of order

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Leclerc and Ferrari thought they had the master plan, but then Mercedes were like "no, we wanna be ROTR!". Look, Ferrari made a gamble and it didn't pay off. Fine. That pit stop (or attempt at one) was so bizarre . That's what ROTR should be about. Ricciardo was lapped by his teammate whic...

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The One Race Where Red Bull Get The Strategy Right 1. Verstappen 2. Hamilton 3. Bottas 4. Pérez 5. Leclerc 6. Ricciardo 7. Norris 8. Sainz 9. Ocon 10. Gasly Pole: Verstappen Fastest lap: Pérez First retirement: Mazepin Reject of the Race: The manhole cover that caused a safety car Infinite Improbab...

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Beaufort podium, aw yeah
And the US succeeding enough at F1 to be excluded is pretty funny

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That pit stop was so distinctive I can't give it to anything else. It wasn't Nürburgring 1999 bad, but I agree with Chandhok about the flashbacks

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Mercedes deserve some kind of meta IIDOTR for managing to do something unexpected and cool when they've done the double for the past seven championships. That guy who noticed that puncture deserves a mention too. Russell also stood out, and I think it's fair to say he likely wouldn't have fallen bac...

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Mercedes can pull a fun strategy on Red Bull because their second driver is actually where he should be. Same old thing, you can say, but the margin of victory was much closer than previous years. Bahrain, Algarve, and Catalunya have given us the kind of tension we've been missing for quite a while ...

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I don't know what happened to old style Sainte Dévote, but hey, who can be negative about this race. What other series will give you an overtake at Beau Rivage and a locked up around the outside last lap pass for the lead at Monaco?

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It might be very difficult commercially but I feel that we really need to have non-championship Formula 1 events in the calendar . I agree with this because I think it'll be the junior drivers that'll be fielded. Hamilton, Verstappen etc won't want to risk an injury/won't see the point if there's n...

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2021 CATALAN Grand Prix

1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Bottas
4. Pérez
5. Norris
6. Ricciardo
7. Leclerc
8. Sainz
9. Gasly
10. Ocon

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Pérez
First retirement: Mazepin
ROTR: Aston Martin
IIDOTR: Russell
DbTmOTR: Tsunoda
MLP: Tsunoda
HFB: 2

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Scott McLaughlin in race 1 was probably "objectively" more impressive, but Patoooo finally winning has such a great feel-good value, I've always been cheering for him a little. Wait, this isn't the IIDOTR thread? Oh, we don't have that for IndyCar? Well, we should. It'd stop a lot of those...

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1. Alpine, didn't expect solid double points from them
2. Gasly, beating a Ferrari in the other Italian team

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1. Verstappen 2. Hamilton 3. Pérez 4. Bottas 5. Norris 6. Ricciardo 7. Leclerc 8. Sainz 9. Gasly 10. Tsunoda Pole: Verstappen Fastest lap: Hamilton First retirement: Mazepin Reject of the Race: Vettel Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Russsell Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Vettel Minor Leag...

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Oh. I was supposed to not find it fun? Hmm.

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Equal nominations for:
George Russell, for throwing away his annual chance at a Williams point again
Valtteri Bottas, for having to battle a Williams when he was in a Mercedes

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2021 Ratzenberger Ignoring Festival 1. Verstappen 2. Hamilton 3. Bottas 4. Pérez 5. Ricciardo 6. Norris 7. Leclerc 8. Sainz 9. Alonso 10. Gasly Pole: Verstappen Fastest lap: Hamilton First retirement: Mazepin (again) Reject of the Race: Mazepin (again) Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Giov...

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Nikita Marzipan. Along with a bunch of things you could change from "pin"....

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1. Vettel; a four-time champion crashing into someone by not deciding which line to brake on is bad enough, but saying that that someone who was parallel to the track the entire time did it seals the deal
2. Haas; something's up with that car, man

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1. Lando Norris; yes, it's Ricciardo's first race in a new team, but if Norris keeps this up he'll be part of the elite
2. AlphaTauri; okay, more like IIDOTW, but they were entertainment. And I want them to get some credit for Tsunoda's points too.

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If this is representative of 2021, then wow.

And hey, maybe this race'll finally get them to make up their mind on track limits

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The one I tend to forget is Andretti because 1) my knowledge of the 1970s isn't very good and 2) I associate him with another continent's scene the most. I always remember Hawthorn because of the story behind it and frankly the debate over whether he deserved to be champion, Phil Hill because 1961 j...

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Porsche engines are finally back, everyone!

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Bahrain Grand Prix, Not Sakhir, Because The FIA Like The Normal Layout Better, And So Do I, Honestly, But It's Probably Funnier If We Say The Outer Layout Is The Superior One And They're Being No Fun 1. Verstappen 2. Hamilton 3. Pérez 4. Bottas 5. Ricciardo 6. Leclerc 7. Alonso 8. Norris 9. Sainz 1...

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I feel like doing some livery rankings. Is this the right place for it? Well, the silly season and testing threads are supposed to be separate, so who cares, I guess. 10. Ferrari The Ferrari liveries the past couple of years have been horribly boring. Yes, a Ferrari should be mostly red, but just pl...

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No one loved Formula One as much as Murray Walker. If there was a weird penalty, he'd be able to get on with enjoying the race. (Imagine the value that would have had the previous decade.) No matter how boring a race would be to anyone else, he'd find something intriguing in it, and just by conveyin...

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The races were eventful and close, but the shortish distance (well, time) of them combined with the closeness of the field makes it feel like the results are mostly being decided by the group qualifying pseudo reverse grid. Blegh.

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What did "my" drivers do in 2020? Any racing of significance at all? Well, most of them. Kyle Kirkwood: He did a few minor sports car races. That's it. He'll still be in Indy Lights this year (or start being in it, I guess) and it isn't like he had a chance to dent my confidence, so I'm ke...

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It's crazy you have so many epic stories with this format... maybe the sprint races aren't such a bad idea :p

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Of all years, it went down for 2020, the year the clean sweep of the big three was broken twice. Imagine what the Italian GP thread would've been like. Ah well. The forum's back up, hooray. I remember going to the backup site, seeing that no one else had posted there, and figuring I was the only one...

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2020 Aust... wai... wha... okay...? 1. Bottas 2. Hamilton 3. Verstappen 4. Albon 5. Leclerc 6. Vettel 7. Norris 8. Sainz 9. Pérez 10. Stroll Pole: Bottas Fastest lap: Hamilton First retirement: Grosjean Reject of the Race: The race for its epically boring results Infinite Improbability Drive of the...

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I know Alonso always hinted the door wasn't completely closed, but I can't fathom why he'd want to arse around in the midfield with Renault. It is weird when he always said he was only interested in a top team. I'm not complaining, though, he's good enough for F1 so I'm glad he'll be in it. I'd be ...

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1. McLaren - They have more hope for this season than Ferrari, which is quite the achievement 2. Racing Point - They have more hope for this season than Ferrari, which is quite the achievement Commentary commentary I don't mind Croft. He's all right. Wouldn't miss him, but don't dislike him. Except ...

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1. Ferrari - The attrition can't fool me, you were a midfield team. Despite having the budget of Ferrari. Your engine sucks too. 2. Vettel - To spin trying to pass Sainz of all people is... poetic. He should've taken the last podium spot and instead he was tenth. 3. Haas - In a new decade where a pa...

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We should start every season in July!

I don't agree with Hamilton's penalty, but... it's understandable. I don't feel bad for Albon, though. Who I do feel bad for is Leclerc, who probably thought he had signed a long-term contract with a top team.

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Neste Salojärvi Motorsport
Constructor: Racing Point-Honda
Drivers: Hamilton, Sainz

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Might as well repeat my prediction for Australia since it isn't like there's been much in the way of new data The Usual First Race of the Year, Just Missing a Couple Letters 1. Hamilton 2. Bottas 3. Verstappen 4. Leclerc 5. Vettel 6. Albon 7. Pérez 8. Sainz 9. Ricciardo 10. Norris Pole: Hamilton Fas...

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"It's a low downforce track. There's no way I'm going to compare it to Monza, but it's a track where you're going to run the cars on minimum downforce, so there will be slipstreaming. Hopefully we can have three DRS zones. " Am I the only one envisioning a cycling-esque, Monza 2019-style ...

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Never have I more wished this was an actual award.

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2020 might have some awkward moments. Three people (at least) in the top half of the grid will be leaving their teams, and Ricciardo will surely in some moments be racing the team he's going to join, so cue the conspiracy theories.... Sainz might get a lot of attention about his time at Ferrari that...

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If the old Hockenheim was in the desert, everyone would've hated it.

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