Grand Prix Rejects

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Paul Hayes wrote: ↑08 Mar 2024, 12:19 born the year Alonso won his first title!

Shite, he's the age of my daughter! Damn, I'm old

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there are also a number of reasons why the woman in question may have been suspended on full pay for other reasons too, and one option does seem to be a case of protecting an individual against intrusion by the press. Here in the US, it seems weird to call it "suspended" with pay. If it i...

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24 Bonesaw Winternationals

1. Verstappen
2. Perez
3. Leclerc
4. Hamilton
5. Sainz
6. Russell
7. Norris
8. Piastri
9. Alonso
10. Tsunoda

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Bottas
ROTR: Gasly
IIDOTR: Hamilton
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: Sargeant
FTP: Magnussen
YF: Gasly
Worst Team: Sauber

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Jos in his glassiest of glass houses tossing stones...absolutely classic

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If WEC is on Max, I might actually see a little bit of it this season. And I love having F1TV too. Thing is, without a basic cable Speed channel or something like it, I'm not going to be seeing much other motorsport. That's probably ok at this point, but Speed was how I got started on F1 in the fir...

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I'm going to give it a try 2024 Wow it's early GP 1. Verstappen 2. Leclerc 3. Hamilton 4. Perez 5. Russell 6. Norris 7. Alonso 8. Piastri 9. Gasly 10. Ocon Pole: Leclerc Fastest Lap: Russell First Retirement: Bottas ROTR: Haas IIDOTR: Alonso DBTMOTR: Bottas LP: Magnussen FTP: Hulkenberg YF: Bottas W...

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I cannot believe that me, the board's resident grumpy old man is the one saying this, but the question now is: "Is there some limit to the races you will watch live "? I find myself coming back to this as it was (quietly) announced this week that the WEC will be on MAX this season. So you...

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I could have said the same pre-dropped scores... But as always I seem to have a usual rival in RAK. Doc? what happened to your regular account? Logged out of my account on my devices, forgot my password, can't reset my password due to a 404 page not found error. https://www.gprejects.com/forum/view...

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temporary wrote: ↑21 Feb 2024, 06:47
MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx wrote: ↑21 Feb 2024, 00:41 Tucked happily under the lovely Rachel-I shall take that
I could have said the same pre-dropped scores...

But as always I seem to have a usual rival in RAK.

Doc? what happened to your regular account?

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What do you think about the 2024 liveries and which one is your favorite? My favorite one is Ferrari's SF24. As much as it kills me to say this, right now its probably Merc's. From the front/side anyway. Ferrari in a close second. The Mercs look pretty classy, but I'd still like it better if they d...

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Jarvis wrote: ↑09 Feb 2024, 18:30 Visa Cash App RB have launched their 2024 livery and it is looking awesome.

It looks how I thought the 2024 Toro Rosso would look in 2016, which is a compliment.

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Ah, ok. Then yes, I'm starting to find it a little tiresome at this point. That said, for most of the teams it's probably more important to look "cool" than distinctive. I don't know if it is about "looking cool", or more about teams wanting to eke out additional weight savings ...

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Wallio wrote: ↑07 Feb 2024, 16:17 Its naked carbon.

Ah, ok. Then yes, I'm starting to find it a little tiresome at this point. That said, for most of the teams it's probably more important to look "cool" than distinctive.

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Jarvis wrote: ↑07 Feb 2024, 15:35 Alpine have launched their 2024 Livery.

Is it just me, or is it feeling like we're going to have a lot of cars with black as the base color this year?

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This is an incredibly negative and unambitious move by Ferrari who should be moving hell or water to tempt Max. It's also a glorified pension plan for Hamilton. Why would Max want to move? There is not the slightest incentive for him to leave a team that is structured to serve him and has Newey at ...

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Finally a decent silly season! It’s been lame for quite some time. This is exactly what we needed. I can’t wait to read Toto’s recriminations! Absolutely epic! It does have a winding-down feel to it though, I hope he can win some races. And I can’t wait to compare his one-lap pace to Leclerc’s.

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Unfortunately this is the future of F1 now, I think. It’s Visa Cash App RB now and soon it’ll be the ‘YouBetchaBest NFTs Ever Grand Prix of UAE’ There is a danger of forgetting that teams could be rather unsubtle about advertising in the past either - after all, you had Yeoman Credit/Bowmaker from ...

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There had been a few rumours floating around that Liberty Media were looking at moving the Spanish GP to a new venue, and now it has been confirmed that a new street circuit in Madrid will be joining the calendar in 2026, with a ten year deal signed with the Ifema Madrid group (the consortium which...

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Jarvis wrote: ↑20 Jan 2024, 20:56 According to Bernie Ecclestone, Max would win even in a McLaren, Ferrari, or Mercedes. Do you agree with him?

If he means the odd race, maybe 1-3 races, sure, could be. If he means the championship, he’s delusional. (Caveat, this is talking about the 2023 season)

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Mind you, it could be said that this site provides many examples of teams that fell into that category too... I'll be honest, I have way more respect for the reject drivers in what obstacles they had to deal with and overcome than I have for the reject teams who provided those obstacles. I'm sure I...

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You've covered it Mario. I acknowledge my desires are purely what makes sense to me as a fan. I'd like a more competitive team in Haas' entry and they seem to be treading water at this point. Nobody believes they are maxing out their budget. As irrational as it might be, I'd love for FOM or the FIA,...

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RE Haas, Mark Hughes thinks it's likely a sale will happen. I'm hoping he's right. Give Andretti a chance I say. What do you think Andretti will be able to do with it, if they buy the Haas outfit? For now, Gene Haas is insisting that he has no interest in selling - whether that is simply a negotiat...

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And also is there some limit to the number of races you will watch? I cannot believe that me, the board's resident grumpy old man is the one saying this, but the question now is: "Is there some limit to the races you will watch live "? I watch all of F1 practice, qualis, sprints, and race...

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Good to see that the FIA/F1 have simply decided that the concept of a saturation point simply doesn't apply to them. I'm curious how this saturation point works for everyone. Please tell me about it. For me, I can make room for about 1 sporting event per weekend, but with a few instances a year whe...

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Good to see that the FIA/F1 have simply decided that the concept of a saturation point simply doesn't apply to them. I'm curious how this saturation point works for everyone. Please tell me about it. For me, I can make room for about 1 sporting event per weekend, but with a few instances a year whe...

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It sucks when they block stuff that they don't even make available on their own service. I should say that I am not the one who put that up on Youtube.

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The way Max dominated the whole season. I don't think we're going to see such domination from any driver in the next few years at least. I hope you're right, i really do. And yet I suspect that until there is a major rules change, there will continue to be dominance by one team and driver. It will ...

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many people view Charles is another Trulli. That is absolutely hilarious, I guess there is no accounting for intelligence. If I was going to make an unflattering comparison about Charles, the worst I could say is he's not dissimilar to a modern JPM. I mean he's better than JPM, but another Trulli i...

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One factor that nobody on here has yet considered is Deadbeat Teammate of the Race statistics. Does anybody have that data to compare teammates against? That's a legit way to look at it, but it will probably undersell Perez's bona fides as a RotY candidate. His car was too fast to leave him very ma...

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Carlos Sainz "Can we finally stop asking if he's better than Charles now?" Were there a lot of people really wondering about this? I like Carlos, I think he's a good fit for that team and a quick and safe pair of hands. He makes one or two fewer mistakes per season than Leclerc, but in ou...

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When it comes to the Perez RotY nomimation, for me, it's a combination of an absolute deficit in performance to his teammate plus expectations. Mario's stats are the major part of it, but also some others, by all of those metrics I think Perez only beats Stroll and Sargent (of the full-time drivers)...

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Carlos Sainz "Can we finally stop asking if he's better than Charles now?" Were there a lot of people really wondering about this? I like Carlos, I think he's a good fit for that team and a quick and safe pair of hands. He makes one or two fewer mistakes per season than Leclerc, but in ou...

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I agree with the Perez nominations. I'll honorable mention two things: • Street tracks - a necessary evil I guess, but that doesn't mean I have to like them. • Sprint races - they don't add to the excitement of the weekend for me as a general rule. That said, I usually make sure to watch them, but I...

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There's something so middling, so Fisichella-y or Wurz-y about his performances that make him very easy to brush off and far harder to think of a reason why "of all the 20 drivers, this is the one I will back". It's funny how differently two people can think of the same thing. Now I agree...

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This is not a complaint, it's an observation, and it's about Esteban Ocon. I thought I'd made it before, but apparently I haven't. Or if I did and the search failed to bring it up, He's always been one of those drivers that I just didn't notice. Even when he was with Manor for half a season, and th...

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Those mentioned already, plus Fernando spinning on his own.

HM to multiple limo rides for the drivers after the race.

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Ocon, 4th place was terrific from him

HM to the track for exceeding my expectations.

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You're way underselling him pushing a car onto the grass, if there hadn't been a pit lane exit there he would have been 3 car widths onto the grass himself! Paused at 9:19, the video looks absolutely ridiculous.

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There is a rumor going around that that this is all a giant PR exercise. That Andretti has already been told they aren't getting in, and this announcement is just to poison the well with fans when the word officially leaks. And to do it at F1's new showpiece venue too. Pretty cunning and brutally c...

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Let's hope it works. Like Mario, I'll believe it when I see it. If Andretti gets in, everyone is saying it will be the Renault PU until a GM unit comes on line. Makes sense, they have no other customers, seems they could defray some of their R&D cost that way. It was funny that there was part of...

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