Grand Prix Rejects

Barbazza

The Williams looks like a FW13B with a different air intake slapped on. No idea what the McLaren is, but I'm willing to bet it's something crap from circa 1987/88 with a few bodywork amendments. Maybe it's just the air intake and engine cover that looks like a Lola then - that's what made me think ...

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That Williams looks suspiciously like a 1993 Lola to me - if I'm right then it really is a supreme reject in disguise!

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Faustus wrote:Bollocks, I couldn’t make it to the cinema. I’m having heart problems again. I had no choice but to watch qualifying.

I'm really sorry to hear about this troublesome pain. And the heart problems. (I'm here all week, etc.)

Barbazza

I thought the race was mostly boring, though it simmered nicely up until the end, and Verstappen vs Leclerc was a refreshing battle! Fantastic drive from Verstappen to bring it back, in the current year. That's probably going to be my comeback drive of the year award for this year. But without that...

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Was it really that amazing? Good yes, but not sure I'll be talking about it in 20 years time. Gasly is doing a brilliant job of making him seem even better than he is, for a start (nice to see I was right about him being massively over-rated) I doubt if the stewards will do anything. They certainly ...

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Bloody typical. The first non Mercedes win of the year and it's Max. Forgive me for not joining the whole of Sky F1 in jumping with excitement. And STILL he has a whinge about Leclerc trying to defend a lead he's had all race. Him and Lewis are as bad as each other. Oh well, off to the cricket to av...

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Despite the fact that I obviously have a vested interest in this series of articles (ha ha!) I must say that this has made for a brilliantly entertaining read this weekend - congrats all round.

Barbazza

That roundup of his penalty points is quite something, especially as I don't usually watch F2 so it makes for a nice recap. How on earth do you pass the chequered flag twice?!

Barbazza

Maybe I was a bit harsh on Pirro but does he not have previous form for silly decisions?

Barbazza

Agree with all of the above. I've been very close to giving up F1 over the last few years but that may be the final straw.

Just how did someone with no F1 pedigree like Pirro become a steward anyhow?

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I enjoyed it very much too - what I've seen of the races this season beats F1, that's for sure.

Nice to see some suitably rejectful driving from Sebastien Bourdais too.

Barbazza

What a brave, practical and bitingly funny man he was. When I started watching F1 in 1982 I knew nothing about his previous history so could judge him on his merits and it became clear very quickly what a special talent he was. RIP (PS I noticed Andrew Benson as ever completely missing the point on ...

Barbazza

Hilarious that he threw his toys out of the pram just before that, couldn't have happened to a nicer bloke.... Mind you, I think Mitch Evans is making that car look very good - always good to see a Kiwi win, and to give Lotterer a taste of his own usual tactics made it even sweeter. Meanwhile, Lopez...

Barbazza

A very nice collection. I would love a Lambo of any size or variation but prices I've seen are extremely steep.

Barbazza

No great loss. He'd been driving dreadfully this year anyway. OK, the car's clearly not the best but Mitch Evans has been trying his best whereas he clearly hadn't.

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Samster wrote:Elsewhere Speedworks have revealed their livery for their new Corolla and its dreadful.
https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2019 ... e-sponsor/

Given the sponsor I have an overwhelming urge to spray 'Cock Piss Partridge' on the side of that.

Barbazza

It's a real shame. I used to pass their (admittedly tiny!) ground when I travelled up to Hull for work. I know that the sport doesn't owe anyone and a living and their businesses like any other but it annoys me that proper non-league sides like them are going out of business while sides with delusio...

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I spoke to an F1 loving friend and his words were 'you will love it' so I probably will take the plunge. I gather that there are different options for commentary but the English one will be Murray / James Allen / whoever. Nuppiz - I think you are right. I noticed that they have listed the 89 Austral...

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I've put this topic in this section because for UK viewers, other than live timing there is no current option for watching F1 this season, whereas there is now an option to pay for the archive package for £19.99 per annum. That sounds like a pretty good deal to me, but I'd love to know exactly what ...

Barbazza

I would love for Solihull Moors to win promotion this season, due to our close links to them. I've only been once this season, when they lost 1-0 to former Football League side Barrow. That was the game just after they'd (unjustly) been knocked out of the cup in the replay and their performance was...

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So, AFC Fylde, then. They've been rocketing up the divisions in recent years, from the North West Counties League a decade ago to (as it stands today) fourth in the National League, in the play-off places, and with the possibility of them being the latest all-new addition to the Football League bei...

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A slap for the stewards for, yet again, giving out so many penalties, a lot of which appeared not to be entirely justified. Is Emanuele Pirro involved? I've only just finished watching it. The main problem with the penalties was that in almost every case, they were applied after the race so it was ...

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I watched on Eurosport this time and was delighted to see the usual presentation and commentary team (Vernon Kay, Nicki Shields, Jack, Dario & Bob) rather than Eurosport's terrible line-up so I will stick to that since the BBC red button coverage is far too brief.

Barbazza

All in all, that's a pretty decent selection. I'm fortunate that my Freesat+ box has it's own channels for the BBC red button feeds, so I can still record the race live and watch it later (as I inevitably will have to end up doing) I knew there were red button channels but didn't know you could nec...

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This wrote:Ah i got confused because i thought Barbazza was not a reject because he scored 2 old system points. Silly me. (yes somehow Barbazza is a measuring tool for me )

Not the first time I've been called a tool on here.... (!)

Barbazza

The prices are ridiculous (even the pre-release 'bargain' price which I think has now expired) and the covers - if that's more or less what they'll look like - are hideous. They don't need the modern F1 branding at all. I'll stick to the VHS tapes for now.

Barbazza

Moan all you like about Martin Haven and Eurosport, but at least we're not all forking out for a separate subscription to that, for a series with half the races of F1. Oh yes, the one thing I totally approve of is Formula E's commitment to get live races on free to air TV. Which is more than you ca...

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I was expecting C4 rather than the Beeb who, in their usual half-arsed way given that they don't REALLY care about motorsport have immediately decided to chuck it online even though surely the races on at odd times of the day in UK time could have been found a place in the TV schedule. Looks like it...

Barbazza

I've somehow only just seen this - if I'd known it was closing earlier I would have gone, even though I've been twice before. Why has it closed, just not making enough cash? And what happens to the Lec and the pink Branham now, eh?

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I missed all the post-race shenanigans as I watched the race on delay and fast forwarded through most of it (that's how much I care now) but let me say that I fully approve of Ocon invoking the spirit of Philippe Alliot. The fact that it was Max who was the victim in no way made it even funnier of c...

Barbazza

Not by this Kiwiphile! But by most F1 fans, probably.

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Will Ricciardo's car 'accidentally' go bang again?

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Points for Hartley and Ericsson! GET IN! m YEEESSSS!!! That's solely for Brendon you understand - his best result by default but he deserves a break, and he did outperform Gasly all through that race. Funnily enough I said at the end that 11th wasn't a bad place to be, I just had a feeling there mi...

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91, though there was also one for me that I just couldn't get the right spelling for. Good quiz, a real challenge!

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At least it's good of them to all but wrap it up just as Doctor Who returns to the screen, given that 3 of the last 4 races (I think) clash!

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Pacific 777 wrote:Marko says he'll sign Ocon if he cuts all ties to Merc.
http://kwese.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/248 ... tipulation

Do you think he should do it?

No, no a thousand times no. Do not have anything to do with that man.

Barbazza

Slightly baffling press release on the Formula E website - they don't believe in making things crystal clear - saying that Mediaset will be showing the races live next year. Is that in the UK or in Europe? Instead of C5? (I believe Eurosport will still have live coverage) And most important question...

Barbazza

I didn't see the Kimi to Sauber bit coming, though Leclerc moving the other way isn't a massive surprise.

Once I've been to the Ferrari museums in a week's time I'll report back on whether Kimi is being wiped from history and / or whether any Leclerc stuff is visible.

Barbazza

This is great news. At this rate we'll all get a go! I don't drive, but that doesn't seem to be a hurdle. Just as long as it's not scheduled for the Brands Hatch finale as I think I'm in the Sugababes that week.

Barbazza

Meanwhile, further to what Barb just said, I am looking forward to Sky's extortionately-priced commentary next year about as much as I'm looking forward to attending a political conference (and you can insert any party at all into that comment with the exception of the Official Monster Raving Loony...

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