Grand Prix Rejects

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In the hypothetical scenario that Ricciardo leaves early, who would take his place? Buemi? Would they just promote Gasly immediately? And if they did, who would take Gasly's place? Motorsport is reporting it now too: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ricciardo-helpless-cursed-red-bull-gasly-mexico...

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I SWEAR TO COD, if that guy Gutiérrez takes the second Williams seat at the expense of Kubica, I will not eat a burrito again in my life.

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HOOOH BOY, and now this: Ricciardo: No point turning up to last two races I don't know how reliable this source is, but that would be quite an acrimonious end to Ricciardo's relationship with Red Bull. Could that mean we get a driver change after all this year, finally? -knocks on wood to avoid jinx...

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I dreamed/daydreamed/fantasized that Grosjean got two penalty points on his licence in Mexico and was duly banned for the next race in Brazil, and that Haas replaced him with... Kubica! He qualified in the low midfield, but drove a solid race and finished 8th. But Grosjean was back in the car for Ab...

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I wonder if this is bad news for Williams. I had the impression they were talking to Rich Energy about a title sponsorship deal too.

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Now Kubica is saying (again) that he doesn't want to wait until December for Williams to confirm him in the race seat: Autosport reports it It sounds almost like a warning from him, like he is exhorting the team to get on with it or he's gonna do something else. After the news that they were talking...

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This may not be the right place to post this, but I really miss the podcasts. I seem to remember that even after F1 Rejects ended and was replaced by GP Rejects, Jamie and Enoch were still releasing podcasts under the title "The Rejects Podcast". But all that content appears to have been t...

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Welp, it seems to be happening as predicted: Albon emerges as favourite for Hartley's Toro Rosso seat

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Wehrlein has now signed for Mahindra in FE. I guess he won't be driving the Toro Rosso next year then, eh? Who could that second seat go to then? Not Buemi, he's been confirmed for FE and WEC again. Who are the other candidates? Albon, although he has an FE contract, apparently still has a chance, b...

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https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/139022/kvyat-returns-to-toro-rosso-for-2019 Kvyat's Last Stand has been extended for another season! But seriously, really? I could never have imagined this would be a thing? Is Daniil so desperate for a drive? Or are they offering him a big pay increase? OH BOY OH...

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Its just whether teams will bite the bullet and rotate staff ( they used to run entire test teams, without too much difficulty ) . This remark of yours about the staff reminds me of something I was thinking about the other day. The more staff the teams have, the harder it becomes to create new (com...

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Autosport/Motorsport are now reporting that Vietnam is on the cards for 2020: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/vietnam-poised-for-2020-f1-calendar-slot/3191592/ But since we already have 21 races on the calendar, and what with Miami supposedly coming in too, it seems likely that we'll see a few tr...

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https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/139022/kvyat-returns-to-toro-rosso-for-2019 Kvyat's Last Stand has been extended for another season! But seriously, really? I could never have imagined this would be a thing? Is Daniil so desperate for a drive? Or are they offering him a big pay increase? OH BOY OH...

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FP1 will be interesting with Norris and Markelov both making their debuts. As for Giovinazzi: he's the first Italian in F1 since Liuzzi, isn't he? Nice for Italy to have a full-time F1 driver again. I presume you mean in the sense of being a full time driver, otherwise I would have said Raffaele Ma...

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I have this theory that for the next race (Japan), Lance Stroll will be moved to Force India, to be replaced by Robert Kubica. Williams want to compare the performance of Kubica and Sirotkin, because one of them will drive for them next year. The other seat will be occupied by... Esteban Ocon! See: ...

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FP1 will be interesting with Norris and Markelov both making their debuts.

As for Giovinazzi: he's the first Italian in F1 since Liuzzi, isn't he? Nice for Italy to have a full-time F1 driver again.

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So Leclerc swaps with Raikkonen: m m m Guess that means if Leclerc burns out early Kimi is on a short elastic string straight back. Good for Leclerc, he looks the real deal. Good for Ferrari going for new blood for a change. Good for Kimi staying on because its fun. And good for Sauber - WCC 2019? ...

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Be careful, they might not send you the crate if they do finish 5th but you got some of your finishing predictions wrong

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Er, pretty sure Stewart had a bloody podium in 1997... They still would have been a point short. Seven points under the old system is the minimum for teams. Wow I find it hard to believe Stewart only 97 points were those from Monaco (I can't be bothered to research it, but I'll take your word for i...

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I thought we could nominate two drivers for IIDOTR, or has that rule changed?
Because this race was full of many improbable drives.
Anyway, my choices would be
1. Leclerc - Awesome performance!
2. Alonso - What a king this guy is, too.

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FullMetalJack wrote:Has there ever been a season where none of the teams started the season as rejects?

I did initially think 2004, but Toyota were still a 'point' short. Same with Stewart in 1998.

Er, pretty sure Stewart had a bloody podium in 1997...

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I never got the idea of qualifying races, because the qualifying race itself still needs to have a starting grid, and how are you going to get THAT set then? It's moving the problem.

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Looks like we've got an early contender for Post of the Year.

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You have two worry about JV's mental health sometimes. He's starting to sound increasingly paranoid.

Edit: LOL, never mind, this quote here is telling: "I would do the same in his place". Talk about projection, Jacques!

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Williams... Four years ago they had a front row lockout and finished 3rd in the WCC, now they're propping up the back of the grid. What a shambles. It's painful to watch indeed. I think even having Kubica as a driver would not have helped them much this year.

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Simtek wrote:...

You are great, thanks!

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That's nice Simtek. Can you also do them for the other one, I believe it was called the World Championship for Drivers? And the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers?

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Simtek wrote:Hungary will be the first Brazilian-less Grand Prix since... Imola 1982.

Is there any other nation that had such a long unbroken stint of at least one driver in F1? Italy and France come to mind?

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Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:Alonso and Massa's heated post race exchange

I forgot all about that. What was it about?

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Now that Porsche have pulled out of WEC and won't be joining Formula E until 2019, could that mean... ANDRÉ LOTTERER is finally free to get a full-time F1 drive for 2018?

Imagine if instead of Palmer and Ericsson, we had Kubica and Lotterer driving!

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YEEEEESSSSSSS THEY'RE DOING IT

My mood has been great since this news broke

Now let's see how he actually does! It will probably take him some time to acclimatize to the 2017 car, but somehow I hope he will do very well.

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Barbazza wrote:the last truly great underdog moment in the sport.

What about Maldonado's win in 2012?

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Teams were all against it. Actually, Autosport reports that 9 of the 10 teams were against it. I wonder if the one team that was in favour was Ferrari... Anyway, it also said "the FIA will work with the teams to improve the design" or something like that. I'm thinking, why don't they, ins...

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Is that not just an indictment of the current global attitude though, Mario? You can cut it from any angle: socially, politically, whatever you like, but people are always asking for things to be "back to how they were". We're living in an age of highly-accelerated technological growth, w...

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UgncreativeUsergname wrote:- With the tyres approximately one compound harder than last year, this would've been a great time to symmetricalise the compound names.

I'm thinking Pirelli probably don't want to have a compound called the SUPER HARD compound, because of reasons.

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Wait, what? Stefan tried to enter in 2016? I missed that entirely.

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Do you think that Murray narrates out loud when he watches the races at home?

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I wonder if any of those engines still exist somewhere?

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Wow, he invented DRS too!

Where would the world be without Rejects

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Here is my take on the whole Kubica comeback thing. Of course it would be unrealistic and too goo to be true. But, I think that after McLaren an Alonso did their Indy thing, with lots of PR success, I believe F1 teams have become more open to bold, out-of-left-field ideas. Also I'm amazed, consideri...

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