Grand Prix Rejects

FInishing well behind in the Max Verstappen Invitational at Spa!

1. Alfa Romeo. A rare double points finish, exactly what Hinwil needed.

2. Oscar Piastri. He's the real deal alright.

1. Mercedes . Team mates colliding is pretty much always an instant ROTR. 2. Nico Hulkenberg . A pretty ridiculous error to make, especially when the lower midfield had a legit shot at points today. Honourable mention to Pirelli/mandatory pit windows . I watched the 2002 CART season a few years ago,...

Evening everyone. It's time for another Driver Profile, and this may be one of the most important ones we've ever published. Out of nearly 800 Formula 1 drivers over the last 74 years, only five have been female, and only one has reached the scoreboard in a World Championship Grand Prix. Yes, we've ...

We're hungry for some GPR Awards in Hungary

We're hungry for some GPR Awards in Hungary

1. Red Bull . Bafflingly off the pace having crushed everything in their path beforehand. 2. Fernando Alonso . A performance that could merit the "Retire, Old Man" tag. Honourable mentions to Logan Sargeant , who should be demoted a rank to Logan Soldier after that performance, and George ...

1. Carlos Sainz Jr . Be real, who thought Carlos would be the one to end RB's reign of terror? Dominant and sneakily tactical drive worthy of Alain Prost, glad to see him get a much cleaner victory than his rather scruffy Silverstone win last season. 2. Liam Lawson . Points in that barge of a car. I...

"Pronto Legrerg..."

A landside victor in the Northamptonshire countryside!

A familiar face scoops IIDOTR in Styria!

1,000+ reasons to vote for ROTR!

Evening everyone :deletraz: After a relatively barren 1960s, French drivers seemed to drip out of every pore of motorsport. While many of them experienced significant success in Formula 1, others simply didn't get the breaks. Our subject this time around had the misfortune of getting drives with BRM...

Evening everyone Rob Dylan and Klon have been busy this summer, with several more editions of GPR's homebrew podcast, the Teammate Collision! Catch episodes #11, #12 and #13 right here on Grand Prix Rejects, with our esteemed protagonists waxing on about all things Formula 1! #11: 2009 Reject Re-App...

Evening everyone :deletraz: Apologies for the tardiness in publicising our latest posts. We've had three recent Gravel Trap columns from Klon , the June edition looks at the increasing use of the red flag as an entertainment tool across multiple motorsport categories and what might be done in future...

1. Carlos Sainz Jr. An unexpected pole and a hard-earned podium, can't really ask more from the weekend.

2. Liam Lawson. More and more evidence he should be in the AT for the rest of the season.

1. The formation lap fiasco. Not casting the sport in a great light, a bit too much like amateur hour.

2. Alpine. Double Q1 knockout, never looked likely to score.

Honourable mention to Aston Martin, the first time this season they've looked genuinely poor.

Nyck de Vries? More like Nyck Debries, amirite?

A runaway DRS locomotive at the head of the IIDOTR train!

Hampshire Racing Alliance rise like a phoenix from the flames, entering the following cars:

Henry Taylor in Vanwall VW58 chassis 2 and Vanwall VE2 engine 6
Mike Taylor (who may or may note be related :alonso:) in O.S.C.A. F156A chassis 16 and Vanwall VE2 engine 2

1. Yuki Tsunoda . Hauled that boat of a car to a points finish it didn't deserve, all while crushing his new team mate. A nice job done well. 2. Oscar Piastri . Purely for his performance in the Sprint Race yesterday, completely vindicating his decision to leave Alpine in the lurch this time last ye...

1. Carlos Sainz Jr . A tragicomedy of a race, all of his own making. 2. Daniel Ricciardo . Utterly demolished by Tsundoa today. A really inspired choice of replacement for De Vries clearly. Honourable mentions to Haas and Red Dwarf: Back to Earth , which I started watching at lap 4 today having neve...

Pretty easy decision today.

1. No-one

2. No-one

1. Alpine . Absolute clownshow. They looked like they were going to collide into T1 anyway before Riccardo gave them a helping hand. 2. Guanyu Zhou . 5th place on the grid totally wasted the moment the lights went out. :( Honourable mention to Daniel Ricciardo for an utterly pointless return to F1 a...

Afternoon everyone It's time for another 1980s Driver Profile! Canada hasn't produced many Formula 1 drivers, and scarcely fewer Rejects. The subject of this profile is one of the many Osella heroes of the mid-80s. It's time for Allen Berg to take his rightful place on Grand Prix Rejects! Read his s...

1. Lando Norris. Fighting for a podium on merit in that crapwagon, excellent stuff.

2. Ben Stokes. Nearly singlehandedly salvaged this Test for England, alas it wasn't enough

1. Yuki Tsunoda. Clearly enjoyed his 2021 ROTR victory here so he's decided to give us a second edition of it! Penalties galore.

2. Lewis Hamilton. Stop whinging for five seconds ffs.

A fairly runaway winner for IIDOTR at Monte Carlo!

Of all the guys to have a howler at Monte Carlo, it had to be the one the championship battle could least afford!

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Evening everyone Throughout the years Formula 1 has seen many drivers from Japan tackle the pinnacle of motorsport,with varying levels of success. Almost 50 years on since the trailblazing pilots of Kojima in the mid-70s, the nation is still awaiting its first F1 race winner. In the late 1990s a qui...

Evening everyone

Last month's Gravel Trap saw Klon branch his column out into a new realm - museum reviews. The inaugural subject is the Stiftung AutoMuseum Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, Germany. Read a review GP Rejects style right here!

Trip into the Gravel – Stiftung AutoMuseum Volkswagen

In a year where the races blend into a mid-level soup, at least the competition for ROTR is as gripping as ever!

A slightly wider field for IIDOTR this time around, with a deserved winner

Bowling for ROTR awards

Very thin pickings for IIDOTR in Baku, but we found a winner!

1. Guanyu Zhou. Firmly had the measure of Bottas all weekend, and to my eyes seems to be the Alfa driver with the more secure future in F1.

2. Carlos Sainz Jr. Purely by default, this was the first weekend in a while where he was the best Ferrari driver.

1. McLaren . Converted their awesome qualifying session into a big fat zero on raceday. 2. Charles Leclerc . I don't care if the car was junk on Saturday, he never looked likely to score even one point today. Honourable mention to Valtteri Bottas , who's getting to the point where we should start qu...

1. Esteban Ocon. A rare podium for a midfield team, it's like 2021 all over!

2. Monte-Carlo. Imagine actually wanting this track off the F1 calendar. Philistines, the lot of ye.

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