Grand Prix Rejects

Interesting, but it's only talking about outright power. The Toyota engine may have had some other redeeming characteristic (low weight, high torque, 'driveability') that may have compensated for the lack of outright power and made the performance gap less than 0.3 seconds a lap. Sadly, that articl...

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80330 We need the publicocrapometer for this "... and the reading is going through the roof, ladies and gentlemen!". Come on, hadn't Donington gone into administration last week? Sort of bankrupt? I can hear the publiciocrap meter beeping away f...

Probably Renault didn't even thought about taking over Toyota's sponsors. In fact, why should they be interested in sponsor a team that is not very competitive and that didn't have any kind of previous relation with it? And never mind if it lacks the white- in my opinion, it looks better this way. ...

http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/alarm-bells-over-renault-future/ I appreciate it's just a blog post, bur I really wouldn't make any assumptions about a Renault F1 team even being on the grid next year. I happen to like the comment that he hade about the Concorde agreement: "Renault s...

CarlosFerreira wrote:

Jordan192 wrote:Rosberg's official now:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80316

Finally, I was beginning to worry what was going on! Glad he finally learned all the letters to sign up.

Given that it had become an embarassingly badly kept secret, it's about time that Mercedes finally got it over and done with and announced him.

Or, if you don't fancy doing it the old fashioned way and go flicking through the classified section of Autosport, you can take a look on the internet. For example, here is Williams m (Slightly off topic - if you were one of the 20 people who got work experience at Williams, how big would the grin b...

kostas22 wrote:Infact, chuck mufflers and V8s out the window. All F1 cars should have this engine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBXUOomynxw

Ah, the shrill sounds of yesteryear. Such a distinct sound; just a shame that most of the engine power went up the exhausts as noise...

Not so fast - this story is cropping up elsewhere, true, but they suggest that the deal isn't quite done yet. For example, from Autosport: "Jose Maria Lopez has revealed that he will race for US F1 next season if he can secure the rest of his sponsorship package ." m So, although he will p...

Will they recycle the actual fuel rigs? You'd have to ask FOM about that one, as I believe that they were responsible for providing the fuel rigs (so that they could cut standardise the refuelling equipment). But what they are going to do with those fuel rigs is a good question - I assume that they...

i think they should sign Markus Winkelhock...... Finally, sense. Now, has Rosberg signed up yet? So, we've had first Heidfeld linked to Mercedes, followed by Kimi. Now, we have Schumacher supposedly being brought back in a Niki Lauda style move - but, of course, they want him there as a seat warmer...

Well howardmb, this post is a bit at odds with the rest of the thread. It kind of feels like talking across a crowded bar... It seems as if the track organizers took gross advantage of their situation. VERY bad idea, as moves like that are seen by group #1 for what they are and that group will mobil...

The thing is, although it is welcome to see that Spa will be allowed to run F1 races again, the problem was a bit more complicated then NIMBY's complaining about the track. Having seen a thread about the same topic over at the F1 Technical forums, it appears that when the licence for Spa last came u...

I wonder if this will be the first year I've been watching with no Finns on the grid? There's always a half-Finn out there... True, but it'll not quite be the same. However, although we now know that Heikki is on his way from Mclaren, there is probably a good chance that someone else will pick him ...

Well, Salo has offered his take on why Toyota underperformed - and one thing that struck me was that there was a parallel with the Arrows team. To quote Salo from the article: "There were too many things happening there, the key personnel would change all the time and they didn't have this cont...

But that's not the case.It sure as hell doesn't justify giving Kimi a contract that satisfies his demands for tens of millions of dollars, reduced PR commitments and a championship-winning car. Raikkonen's results have been all over the place, and it took Felipe Massa getting KO'ed in Hungary to in...

Well, whether it's a sign of things to come or not, it has certainly put a smile on my face this morning

I think it would be a mad and bizarre decision for Button to leave Brawn, but with a feeling of due dread it seems to me to be increasingly likely to happen. The only thing that would almost make it worth it would be the amusement of the British press wetting themselves with excitement over a Butto...

Ah, now I understand what you mean. I think that an indemnity is the word you were looking for.

On another note, if I reall well, Flavio is still pursuing a case against the Piquet's over the 'Crashgate' affair (if I recall well, it was a private case against them, accusing them of fabricating the case to get revenge). Has anybody heard any news about that case? After all, if Flavio won that ...

Well, to guide the thread back onto topic, it appears that the accusations of Flavio haven't exactly gone down well over at the FIA m Considering that there was extensive leaking of evidence from the FIA before the trial, it apears that they have got a bit of a nerve to complain. On the other hand, ...

You know, looking back through this thread, I think that I should set up a stall here selling rose tinted glasses - it seems that there is quite a strong demand for them at the moment "Remember when F1 was embroiled in endless controversy and teams were jumping ship on a monthly basis? Ah, hap...

You know, looking back through this thread, I think that I should set up a stall here selling rose tinted glasses - it seems that there is quite a strong demand for them at the moment

There is one thing that I would like to have cleared up - since Toyota signed the new agreement with FOM to commit to the sport until 2012, what will the repercussions be for breach of contract? I assume that they will be stripped of their prize money - and what will happen to that prize money is al...

Actually, Tire war can be a good thing. For one, the late eighties/early nineties Pirelli vs Goodyear was great, Pirelli had the upper hand in qualifying (highlighted by Martini putting the minardi on a front row) while Goodyear was generally better in races. Also, Bridgestone vs Goodyear was good ...

In 2011 Kubica is bound to take over his seat. We personally don’t see the point, surely Kubica isn’t that much better or worse than Massa and we think both of these drivers can make life for Alonso difficult. Kubica and Alonso are quite pally, actually, while Massa and Alonso already aren't gettin...

Damn, you beat me to it. Mind you, I got the Wikipedia edits. OK, question. How do you rate this Senna-at-Campos thing? I don't think Senna is too good, I believe the car will be awful (if they do indeed make the grid, which I probably won't be too sure of until Winter testing), and the expectation...

Well, to be fair Yannick, the reject award should go to Heikki's gearbox - according to post race interviews, he got stuck in 2nd gear, and will be taking a 5 place penalty. m For me, it's Renault who are making an early bid to win the Reject award this time around. A shocking performance (16th and ...