Grand Prix Rejects

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If we are to have sprint races next year, I would propose that teams have third (and fourth?) cars built up and allow their reserve drivers and their F1 Academy drivers race. It's a great idea! Which is why it'll never happen. And if it did, Liam Lawson might well do an Agostini on the field. (Whic...

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Interestingly Maria de Villota seems to missing from that list, even though her death can be attributed to her testing accident. I noticed, but I always thought her case was debatable. She crashed, she was rebuilt, she told us she was taking up a new career as a safety adviser, she got married. For...

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If we are to have sprint races next year, I would propose that teams have third (and fourth?) cars built up and allow their reserve drivers and their F1 Academy drivers race.

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This raises a grim statistic: is Ain-Diab the only circuit - and in turn, is Morocco the only country - that has had a fatality at every Grand Prix it's ever hosted? Even if by "every Grand Prix" that means "the only time it happened". I've already checked Pescara and every driv...

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2023 VerSTOPpen Grand Prix Template for predictions: 1. Verstappen 2. Perez 3. Norris 4. Tsunoda the tsunami 5.Hamilton 6. Leclerc 7. Sainz 8. Russell 9. Piastri 10. Alonso PP: Verstappen FL: Verstappen First Retirement: Ricciardo ROTR: Ricciardo IIDOTR: Tsunoda the Tsunami DBTMOTR: Ricciardo LP: R...

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Har1MAS1415 wrote: ↑19 Nov 2023, 10:08
You mean Direxiv? Kind of went the same way as Team Dubai and later Prodrive.

That's the one, yes. In which case, I really cannot remember Panthera Team Asia well at all apart from the name.

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Day one of the event - the drain cover, and the spectators not being able to stay for FP2, having only seen 8 minutes of FP1. The spectators issue is resulting in a lawsuit: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/law-f ... /10548637/

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Gotta be Stroll for me.

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Autosport have written an article explaining why spectators were ejected. Apparently all the Thursday one day pass holders have been given a $200 voucher to spend in the official F1 merchandise store. I have to check with my nieces. Do the kids still say "oof"? Because that's a pretty fre...

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If I remember reading this correctly, there were no spectators for FP2, not ecauseof the delay or time of day, but because all the security staff had finished their shifts and gone home... On any other weekend, I would think this would be a slamdunk for ROTR, but this weekend, i'm not so sure? It a...

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If I remember reading this correctly, there were no spectators for FP2, not ecauseof the delay or time of day, but because all the security staff had finished their shifts and gone home...

On any other weekend, I would think this would be a slamdunk for ROTR, but this weekend, i'm not so sure?

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More modern examples I can think of are Montoya in China 2005 and I think it happened in the early days at Baku but can’t remember what year This echoes the abandonment of the opening practice session at the 2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, when George Russell's Williams sustained heavy floor damage aft...

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Turning this into a documentary discussion thread, is anybody other than myself planning to watch the Brawn GP documentary 4 part series with Keanu Reeves on Disney+ anytime soon?

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2023 Best Vegas Grand Prix in nearly 40 years! 1. Verstappen 2. Hamilton 3. Norris 4. Piastri 5. Russell 6. Leclerc 7. Alonso 8. Sainz 9. Ocon 10. Gasley PP: Verstappen FL: Verstappen First Retirement: Logan Sargeant ROTR: drain covers/ event organisers IIDOTR: Hamilton DBTMOTR: Perez LP: Logan Sar...

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Bleu wrote: ↑11 Nov 2023, 17:48 I suspect Paul McGinnes isn't member of this forum.

Makes me wonder how many times His Name has been mentioned at McLaren for the cars to be papaya coloured…

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Anyone remember when Toro Rosso wanted to run Sebastien Loeb in Abu Dhabi in 2009 but he wasn't granted a superlicence? I remember now that you have reminded me. In the 1990s, we had Colin McRae testing a Jordan. None of the current WRC drivers seem to have the same clout as Solberg, Burns, McRae, ...

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Anyone remember Panthera Team Asia? Vaguely, yes. My point exactly, I only vaguely remembered them myself! I remember the name, but have to recall that it isn't Phoenix GP that were going to take over the Prost entry. Don't think it is Alex Wurz's Superfund entry. Is it the entry that Jean Alesi wa...

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https://twitter.com/F1_AlmostMoves/status/1721658315489308690 Do we think Ralf would have done better or worse than Michael? Well, given the list of possible teams, even scoring points would have been a jolly decent showing (apart from Toro Rosso). But taking that into account, who knows. Probably ...

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RAK wrote: ↑07 Nov 2023, 20:54 Darn, slipping back a bit after those rounds.

You and me both!

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Get the papayas ready, someone dared to say the name of He Whose Name Shall Not Be Mentioned (HWNSNBM)!

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Har1MAS1415 wrote: ↑05 Nov 2023, 22:36 Anyone remember Panthera Team Asia?

Vaguely, yes.

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And how is it decided who retires 'first' when there's a multiple collision at the start and two or three cars are out? Is it the car who gets hit first or who hits the wall first or the driver who hops out first? In that situation, where everything appears 'equal', I assume it goes back to qualify...

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That finish for the final podium position between Perez and Alonso.

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Wallio wrote: ↑05 Nov 2023, 19:16 . It wouldn't surprise me if Albon officially retired "first". Although then the Ferrari should also have been ahead of the Haas......

This ie exactly what is so confusing about it. So what is it that we are missing to explain this?

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On the leaderboard graphic during the Brazilian Grand Prix, why has Leclerc been listed as 19th ahead of Albon? Surely by taking the start, Albon should be listed as ahead of Leclerc who didn't take the start?

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Although the DRS made overtaking down the main straight in Sao Paulo very easy, I enjoyed that drivers were able to fight and retake their positions shortly afterwards. It may still be a false fight, but it gets rid of the impression of Trulli trains forming.

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Originally posted my predictions elsewhere because I couldn't access the forum this morning: https://f1rejectsbackup.forumotion.com/t72-predicament-prediction-brazil-2023 Therefore I shouldn't be getting a late penalty. Copy and paste: S1: Verstappen S2: Piastri S3: Leclerc S4: Sainz S5: Norris S6: ...

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Gotta be Norris and Ricciardo, doesn't it?

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Were any penalties dished out for blocking at the pit lane exit? No, they all escaped penalty, because it was safer to wait for a gap in the pitlane than slowing on track. In their verdict the stewards wrote: "The stewards consider that the entire set of incidents occurred as a direct result o...

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A number of IIDOTQ in Mexico:

- A Ferrari front row lockout
- Ricciardo in fourth
- two Alfa Romeo Saubers in the top 10

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No Spring Race this time. Thankfully. No spring race, you’re right. It’s an autumnal race! Template for predictions: 1. Verstappen 2. Norris 3. Piastri 4. Leclerc 5. Russell 6. Sainz 7. Hamilton 8. Albon 9. Alonso 10. Ocon PP: Verstappen FL: Verstappen First Retirement: Ricciardo ROTR: Perez IIDOTR...

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IF I were to change my username, which works better as a pun?

FasterCar Lola, or
FasterCard Lola?

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Row Man Gross-Gene wrote: ↑23 Oct 2023, 23:19

Nice job doc! As we say, keep up the good work!

Thank you. It's nice to have got recognition just for going round doing your everyday job.

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I do recall the Racefans site pointing out that there might have actually been an interesting issue if Hamilton had not started from the grid there. I believe they found that there was a technicality in the regulations that meant that a minimum of one car was required to start from the grid in orde...

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Is it possible that we had a relatively eventful race but no reject? Feel free to send the flaming papayas if I'm out of line here, but I didn't see any truly rejectful performances today. I agree with all the above nominations, but I can't think of any of my own, and I don't feel strongly enough t...

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