Grand Prix Rejects

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The way they had hyped this film nonsense I was under the impression that it was going to be a real movie Pinocchio. Instead, it's direct to streaming. And not even on a proper service either. The article I saw specifically said it would get a minimum of 30 days theater release before going to Appl...

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The way they had hyped this film nonsense I was under the impression that it was going to be a real movie Pinocchio. Instead, it's direct to streaming. And not even on a proper service either. The article I saw specifically said it would get a minimum of 30 days theater release before going to Appl...

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Yeah, I'm guessing it's more of a safe investment than a publicity stunt. I can't imagine anyone gets excited about Alpine full-stop, and Reynolds pumping money into shareholders is probably just a guaranteed ROI for the next couple of years while the F1 money well runs deep. Though I do agree, Rya...

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It's funny because Alpine is the least interesting choice they could have made in my opinion. Partly it's because they're such minority shareholders that they certainly won't have sufficient voting rights to influence the team. But also, the team just leaves me slightly bored as they say. If they ha...

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Interesting news out of the F1 world: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jun/26/ryan-reynolds-and-rob-mcelhenney-join-investors-buying-into-alpine-f1-team Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney, and Michael B. Jordan buying a 24% stake in Alpine. Interesting I think. The first two were pretty successful ...

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A lot of good stuff there, probably the smallest, but most intriguing to me is the below. Max allegedly does like a very nonconventional setup for his cars and as such it's very hard to drive if you aren't him. If this is the case, it makes me wonder what exactly Red Bull expects from their second d...

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Anyone know exactly what Lando Norris' penalty was for? Normally it will be specified-'driving too slowly','exceeding track limits','impeding another driver' but 'unsportsmanlike behaviour' covers a multitude of sins... I'm pretty certain it was for backing up traffic into the pits so he could doub...

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but at least as Alonso had promised it wasn't a 20-to-30 second margin. It probably should have been though. Max did actually hit a bird, and it was lodged in his brake duct throughout the race. I'm left wondering why Max is so much faster than Checo. If he had a bird (or bits of it) in his brake d...

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I think my avatar doesn't say that in general - I just thought it was funny given the distance he'd dropped back by the end :-) I should say that I didn't think you were being too hard on him or anything, it's a little different in this case, but some on this board, and some podcasters, among other...

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I think my avatar doesn't say that in general - I just thought it was funny given the distance he'd dropped back by the end :-) I should say that I didn't think you were being too hard on him or anything, it's a little different in this case, but some on this board, and some podcasters, among other...

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From the RotR thread: Stroll: At what point do we start asking questions?. 27 points and not a single podium in what’s arguably been the 2nd quickest car up to now just isn’t good enough. A nice lad but if Aston Martin are going to fulfill their ambitions of fighting for the championship then the o...

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I didn't vote for him, but seeing Russell as an option made me remember something which I thought was quite hilarious - him being repeatedly on the blower to the team to get him let past Lewis to try and protect him from his penalty, only to finish 12 seconds behind him at the end - has shades of O...

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Lot of upside for Honda if they can power the progeny of Jordan to a championship.

That said, AM is investing a lot of money and effort, maybe they'll be coming good with the new tunnel etc. coming on line.
It seems a little weird, but better they're in than out no?

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I do agree that they did get a fair bit of criticism in the past and were not particularly well regarded before. However, even if not held in great esteem before, it does feel as if they are held in lower regard now. Part of it seems to be that Sulayem is not considered particularly good - when som...

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Wait a minute. When have the fans ever had a high opinion of the FIA? I doubt the FIA of 5 or 10 years ago was held in appreciably higher esteem than now, at least by the fans. It really is amazing how quickly everyone has forgotten Max and Bernie. They certainly weren't loved. And that's to say no...

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That said, it does seem to be a measure of how low the FIA's reputation has now sunk is that quite a few fans also seemed surprised that the FIA had decided to act promptly, decisively and made a decision that was considered to be sensible. Wait a minute. When have the fans ever had a high opinion ...

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I'm not following the commentary that closely, but I remember that statement and it felt to me like a mistake more than purposeful. In everyday life I notice things that seem like a pattern and I'll say it looks like X is happening and someone will point out I need to expand my window. I can accept...

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Can I change my nomination to Anthony Davidson ? It appears he was trying to toe the Sky company line and continue the "Red Bull hates Checo" narrative by claiming Perez was refused information on the gaps as Max ran his strategy. Which would be fine......if the public didn't have access ...

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Every viewer who stayed up through the whole race - I fell asleep to this, and it was the shortened rerun . Really says a lot about the nature of the track and its racing. I dozed off and missed the main round of pitstops. So little was going on, I didn't bother rewinding to see what I'd missed. I ...

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Street tracks. Four out of five thus far and they’re not terribly conducive to racing.

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The Miami race is a sop to big money and I don’t like the track, but I still find it less objectionable than what I’m calling the sportswashing GPs. It seems like there’s a chance Vegas could steal its thunder in the glamour department, and maybe its days will be numbered.

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Some of the top non-Europeans: Liam Lawson had five wins in F2 over two seasons - however none of them in feature races. Won also his first Super Formula race this year. Felipe Drugovich is reigning F2 champion but I'm not very optimistic he can find a drive in F1 soon. Enzo Fittipaldi had some gre...

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While I do think "what-about-isms" are perfectly valid, and while I do think also that F1 fans have far too short-term a collective memory, I also think George Russell is getting far more off the hook than most other (read: not British, probably not very good-looking) drivers would in his...

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The 1990 Japanese Grand Prix is the most recent race with no Europeans on the podium. That got me thinking about how dominant Europe is in F1 these days. There have only been six seasons in all the 73 completed seasons with no Europeans in the top two of the final standings. 1954, 1960, and 1967 ha...

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Horner and the whole Red Bull ethos have pretty much gone full-cringe at this point.

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“Winning the sprint race yesterday, obviously he got a little bit lucky with the timing of the Safety Car [in the grand prix],” said Horner. “But having got the lead he built close to a four-second lead at one point and controlled the race. “So he used his opportunity, converted it into a great win...

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There were a few people wryly noting that Red Bull's mechanics were ignoring the instructions not to do that - however, with the focus very much on the Ocon incident, it seems that the FIA may be quietly ignoring Red Bull's actions. I thought that might kind of happen. Horner is probably happy to p...

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So then what was the advantage of not just taking over the entry?

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This is Alonso's strongest start to the season since 2007 :shock: It's Aston Martin's strongest ever! Even better than 1999 when they were Jordan! Strictly speaking, the original entity - Force India Formula One Team Limited - went into administration in 2018, with the entity that is now known as A...

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There isn't much to say that hasn't already been said, but I'm still confused by the "statute of limitations" rule he seems to be citing here. If them knowing about it before the ceremony extended it, surely it would only be extended until the next ceremony? Which if they didn't do anythin...

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WEC? How close are they to a $600 mil startup cost? James Glickenhaus is running a team out of a shed with the profits made from crappy B movies. They don't win but their one-lap pace isn't embarrassing. And I have to say, I don't even want it to be easy for just anyone to rock up, I just want it t...

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Ted Kravitz - for his nonsensical, biased, and embarrassingly unprofessional rant about Micahel Masi during Free Practice. 2021 is over Teddy Boy, shut the hell up and move on. I only heard his comments during the race and thought they were a little weird and over the top, but if there was an addit...

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If I had to guess their criteria for when to throw a red flag, it would be any time there is any debris or a car would be tough to recover. This is just from memory, but since the end of 2021 they pretty much throw a red if there was contact or the car is in a tough place to recover with cars on the...

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I don't think the red flags were a problem. There was lot of debris when Albon spun, there was metal and debris and a tire when K-Mag hit the wall per the team radios and the last one was literally just chaos everywhere. It was confusing as heck but eventually the fairest thing was done in the end ...

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In reply to Rob's question... 1981 Belgium Grand Prix- an Osella mechanic fell from the wall in the pits and was hit by Reutemann's car.He sadly died of a fractured skull. That is tragic, but I wonder if there even was a catch fence in 1981 or just wall at that point that didn't require any real cl...

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https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/fia-bans-f1-teams-from-pitwall-fence-celebrations/10450137/ The FIA wants to clamp down on the rule forbidding people from climbing the pitfall, with celebrations at the end of races coming to their minds. Whatever next? As a general rule, I'm in favor of more safe...

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It's funny, I wonder how many teams on the current grid would not be able to start now because of the buy-in fee and the huge startup costs? Three or Four? Gotta figure at least two. Also, if I was a multi-multi billionaire, what kind of outlay would I need to get to the grid? $200 mil buy in, proba...

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Craig Pollock is going to be heading up a team with the aim of entering in 2026. With backing from an unspecified country in the Gulf region, the team will be called Formula Equal, with the intention that the team's workforce will be 50% male, 50% female, hopefully evenly spread throughout the orga...

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I'm sure those tickets will give you exclusive access to the casinos, where you can lose more of your money for no reason! It seems most casinos have decided to create their own exclusive packages - it looks like they're not going after the sort of person who spends $500 on a ticket, they're going ...

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I definitely agree diniz, that there are better and worse cars (and car companies) out there. I also suspect we have similar opinions on a lot of the car companies. But I’m going to push back on the reasons a little bit. I don’t think slovenly workers have anything to do with it now (or maybe ever)....

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