Grand Prix Rejects

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Hm Daniel Ricciardo. Cannot believe he might actually replace Perez next season. Really doesn't deserve it. Lawson has been the best driver in that Alpha Tauri this year. No prior F1 racing experience, and was a mid-season replacement (usually a major disadvantage) yet is the only one of the three ...

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1) Yuki Tsunoda: Outclassed his teammate and scored a point in a very poor car. 2) Lance Stroll: The Aston Martin has dropped well back in terms of pace over the season, but Stroll made up 10 positions in it from a poor qualifying to score points. What RAK said. Except Tsunoda scored two points, in...

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https://twitter.com/autosport/status/1715764216894803976 Discuss. To be honest, while I am a big F1 fan, I don't always necessarily have the time to dedicate to watch ALL the ontrack action live. I often have to resort to watching on delay by half an hour or whatever, depending on timings and whate...

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Interesting that there was no TV coverage earlier in the history of F1 Academy, but there is now on Sky Sports F1 in time for the final weekend in Austin.

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Uber States of Keeping It Weird Grand Prix of Austin Allegro 2023 S1: Verstappen S2: Sainz S3: Leclerc S4: Norris S5: Piastri S6: Hamilton S7: Russell S8: Perez 1. Verstappen 2. Sainz 3. Piastri 4. Norris 5. Russell 6. Hamilton 7. Alonso 8. Perez 9. Albon 10. Leclerc PP: Verstappen FL: Verstappen Fi...

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Wow, missing just one round made a big difference, dropping me from third to 8th.

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MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx wrote: ↑09 Oct 2023, 20:55 Just out of interest, are we officially counting Oscar as a Grand Prix race winner?

He's definitely a Formula One Championship race winner, but it wasn't a Grand Prix that he won....

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Liam ColesLaw.son

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Quotation of the weekend goes to Oscar Piastri: "I'll just give the FIA a minute for track limits..."

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2023 Catarrh Grand Prix S1: Driver finished 1st in the sprint VERSTAPPEN S2: Driver finished 2nd in the sprint NORRIS S3: Driver finished 3rd in the sprint RUSSELL S4: Driver finished 4th in the sprint SAINZ S5: Driver finished 5th in the sprint PIASTRI S6: Driver finished 6th in the sprint ALONSO ...

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Would you go on the Saturday again, or the Sunday, or both days? Make a celebration of it and do both days. Might have to go beer-free because accommodation in London is still more expensive than driving to Epping and getting a tube in and out of Sadiq's Hot Zone. Sounds good to me. I would be up f...

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Spectoremg wrote: ↑01 Oct 2023, 16:03
What happened to Nick Hamilton - cash flow?

Sadly, yes.

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Also, anyone up for the London ePrix this coming season? I haven't been to a live race since that day in Battersea Park. I'll be up for it. I haven't done a live FE race since then either, although I've done BTCC since then, at Knockhill, Brands Hatch and Rockingham. Was due to go to New York in Ju...

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Butterfox wrote: ↑27 Sep 2023, 07:24 [Insert obligatory dr. baker post]

I can't possibly imagine what you mean. Lella Lombardi? Who he?!

I'd better read the article and find out.

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Har1MAS1415 wrote: ↑24 Sep 2023, 14:32
dr-baker wrote: ↑15 Sep 2023, 06:27 [tweet][/tweet]
Sounds a bit like Schumacher and Hakkinen in F3 and then F1.

It really does.

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That we have our first official podium trophy awarded to a driver born in a year starting with a two is concerning enough. But also, with news of Oscar Piastri's new McLaren contract, when it ends he will be the same age as Jean Alesi was when he made his F1 debut. Sacre Bleu, strewth, etc. Wow. Ju...

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Max Verstappen could secure the title in the Sprint Race in Qatar. Technically, this would mean he would equal Michael Schumacher's 2002 record of winning the title with 6 races to go. He only needs to finish 6th or higher or, if he fails to score, have Perez finish 4th or lower. At the rate he's g...

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2023 Why is this not the ultimate, penultimate, antepenultimate, or even preantepenultimate race of the year? Still not as odd as the Japanese GP being the 4th race of the year in April as in 2024… 1. Verstappen 2. Perez 3. Norris 4. Hamilton 5. Russell 6. Leclerc 7. Sainz 8. Alonson 9. Stroll 10. ...

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Batty wrote: ↑18 Sep 2023, 01:55
Total:

1. mario - 169
2. RAK - 166
3. dr-baker - 158
4. IceG - 148

Pretty close between the top 2 and very close from 4th through to 9th.

So, in other words, I'm running in clear air?

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

PP: Verstappen
FL: Verstappen
First Retirement: Lawson
ROTR: a stewarding decision
IIDOTR: new track layout
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: Sargeant
FtP: Perez

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Why is there a Royal Park in the middle of a Republic? Grand Prix of Italy 1. Driver finished 1st: Verstappen 2. Driver finished 2nd: Alonso 3. Driver finished 3rd: Norris 4. Driver finished 4th: Perez 5. Driver finished 5th: Russell 6. Driver classified 6th: Hamilton 7. Driver classified 7th: Stro...

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Rob Dylan wrote: ↑30 Aug 2023, 06:15
dr-baker wrote: ↑29 Aug 2023, 19:08

After an average of one qualifying session

Yeah, it was a bit of a weird, random tweet...

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MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx wrote: ↑25 Aug 2023, 12:06 Have we caught up? I still have Austria,Britain,Hungary and Belgium missing...

Nope, those are still outstanding. People are doing this voluntarily in their own free time. The results will appear whenever they are ready.

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2023 Let’s be honest, nobody’s going to be passing the Dutches on the left hand side, nor the right, Grand Prix of the Netherlands 1. Verstappen 2. Leclerc 3. Norris 4. Russell 5. Hamilton 6. Perez 7. Alonso 8. Stroll 9. Ocon 10. Gasley PP: Verstappen FL: Verstappen First Retirement: Lawson ROTR: S...

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Rob Dylan wrote: ↑24 Aug 2023, 06:14
dr-baker wrote: ↑24 Aug 2023, 05:34 Seems like that was a good weekend for me.

As an aside, are we having any dropped scores in this as we did last year? Otherwise, me missing the last round in Belgium will hit hard...
You heard the man, Batty. Baker deserves to win at least one of these in his life

Cheers, mate!

dr-baker

Seems like that was a good weekend for me.

As an aside, are we having any dropped scores in this as we did last year? Otherwise, me missing the last round in Belgium will hit hard...

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So Sam Bird will be at McLaren, confirmed.

https://www.autosport.com/formula-e/new ... /10510252/

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Andretti has the money but has the American car racing handicaps of (i) not understanding the European roots and culture of F1 and (ii) not (yet) understanding the need for a European factory to attract experienced talent... So you are suggesting that he has not learnt from his 1993 season as a McL...

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Reject of the race: me. I have only just watched the race, and even then, it was C4 highlights, not the whole race. And I didn’t get round to doing my Predictament Predictions or vote in the poll on this thread. I need a break from my annual leave…

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Rob Dylan wrote: ↑02 Aug 2023, 11:11 I hear a certain former F1 driver now "involved with sustainability" and living in Switzerland is potentially stepping into an FE car next year. My bets are on either Jackie Stewart or Jacques Villeneuve.

More realistically, possibly Vettel?

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1. I forgot that Jarno Trulli drove for Caterham Team Lotus.

2. I was not expecting an F1 meme in this kind of Twitter X threads.

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https://twitter.com/F1destinations/status/1635958218584104960 Three out of the five most expensive races have something in common, that being they take place in the country of inexpensive, affordable heathcare! Where prices are comparable with Monaco... And Australia is one of the cheapest, yet off...

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