Grand Prix Rejects

takagi_for_the_win

Has to be Team Verstappen for me. A silly, possibly even petulant, crash with Hamilton wouldn’t normally be enough to earn a nomination personally. However, our boy Max saved the best for last by refusing to adhere to team orders, pissing off his loyal number 2 in a big way. Not content with this, h...

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Arrows' sponsor bids all in order of preference Tier A PIAA PSN Red Bull Fondmetal Yes, I am willing to throw away 31 years worth of glorious history (the 6 years or so they whored themselves out to Footwork notwithstanding) to rebrand Arrows as the glorious new Panamerican Fondmetal Arrows Racing ...

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I personally think it was moot what strategy Merc went for. If they’d been a bit braver they could’ve at least spiced the race up a bit, but given the inherent pace advantage Verstappen has had this season over the Mercs I struggle to see how they could’ve beaten him regardless of strategy.

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If Arrows are still available, I'll take them.

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Har1MAS1415 wrote: ↑30 Oct 2022, 22:00 Max, enough said.

Not a dig at all, but is possibly the best driver in the sport winning in the fastest car in the field really that infinitely improbable?

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Danny Ric - fair play to him for overcoming the pathetic penalty given out to him, but an atrocious attempt at an overtake that put Tsunoda out. A far cry from the man who once demolished prime Vettel. Merc’s strategists - possibly the first time this season that Merc have had a car even in the sam...

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It's almost impressive at this point how people will shoehorn a Hamilton nomination in for literally anything. Came second, within a few laps of winning, in the third fastest car, and still gets a nomination. Incredible stuff. My nominations here are for Stroll, for obvious reasons, and the FIA, for...

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Spectoremg wrote: ↑09 Oct 2022, 18:05 Well done Tom Ingram. Finally!

Yeah, delighted for Tingram! I'd started to worry that he'd always be the bridesmaid, chuffed for him that he's finally done it.

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Frenchman Alain Chassure-Marchand will give this a go, because why on earth not.

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Complaints about Race Control (not limited to here) Unlike Abu Dhabi, they implemented the rules correctly today. I will also nominate this. For once the racing stewards, against all the odds, chose the safe and sensible option that didn't break all the rules of common sense and actual sportsmanshi...

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The 11th Anniversary Of That One Time A HRT Was Technically 8th For A Few Seconds Grand Prix 1. Verstappen 2. Perez 3. Leclerc 4. Hamilton 5. Russell 6. Alonso 7. Sainz 8. Albon 9. Ocon 10. Stroll Pole: Verstappen Fastest lap: Verstappen First retirement: Latifi Reject of the Race: Ferrari Infinite ...

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takagi_for_the_win wrote: ↑15 Dec 2021, 14:58 Danny Ric.

Based on nothing other than my almost certainly misguided view that the new regs are going to catapult one of the midfield teams into a clear advantage (see also: Merc, 2014; Red Bull and Honda. 2009. McLaren, 1998).

Not 100% sure this has aged terribly well tbh

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Well I was going to nominate Lewis Hamilton for coming fourth with the third fastest car, not being able to hold off Verstappen who had a car advantage and a tyre advantage, before then in the heat of the moment not being happy with a confusing team strategy, but then I regained my senses and realis...

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1. Alonso
2. Stroll

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I'll give this a whirl, why not. In order of preference, I'd prefer any of these boyos:

1. Nissan e.dams
2. Rokit Venturi Racing
3. Nio 333

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2022 Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Grand Prix 1. Verstappen 2. Leclerc 3. Russell 4. Hamilton 5. Perez 6. Alonso 7. Vettel 8. Norris 9. Ocon 10. Zhou Pole: Verstappen Fastest lap: Verstappen First retirement: Latifi Reject of the Race: Latifi, stupid first lap spin into the wall Infinite Improbability ...

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I know people like to pile on Hamilton whenever he shows the slightest vulnerability and some folk on this forum tend to be harder than him than what's probably fair (and I'm definitely guilty of this myself in the past so feel free to dismiss this as hypocrisy on my part), but I am very surprised ...

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I’m a firm believer that ROTR should be given, where possible, to the silliest thing going. That’s why, despite Hamilton’s best efforts to pick the award up with his clumsy lap 1 collision, it has to go to Ferrari and Leclerc. Since the fastest lap point was introduced, we’ve seen countless occasion...

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2. Mario, for another unnecessarily long post. If you want I'll give you some advice in how to get girls - it'll get you out of your bedroom. Highly uncalled for. Ferrari are my only nomination. Bizarre strategy choices saw them slip from 2nd and 3rd to 4th and 6th, despite having possibly the fast...

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Leclerc. Lazily spinning out of the lead? Slam dunk ROTR in my eyes.

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Danny Ric. Based on nothing other than my almost certainly misguided view that the new regs are going to catapult one of the midfield teams into a clear advantage (see also: Merc, 2014; Red Bull and Honda. 2009. McLaren, 1998). But probably either Leclerc or Russell in a few years, depending on thei...

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I'd really like to get everyone's input on the race ending and what should be done in future. As the rules are currently written, it seems that there were 3 options once Latifi crashed. 1. Finish the race under the safety car 2. Restart with lapped cars in place (i.e. the five cars between Max and ...

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I'm also DHM-ing Christian Horner. Even has to have a pop at the opposition even in victory. Mercedes have a genuine case against the FIA here so don't call their appeal pathetic. I find him and Marko far worse than Toto and that's saying something - it goes back to their Vettel/Webber days. I’m ac...

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I agree that Merc played it too conservatively on the tyre front at the end - however, they made a gamble based on the assumption that (some of) the lapped cars wouldn’t be allowed through. Had the rules been applied correctly, Hamilton would’ve had a lap on old tyres whereas Verstappen would’ve had...

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Ocon and Giovanazzi the two stand outs for me.

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1. The Jeddah circuit - This track is one step too far. I'm just glad no one got hurt in the F1 race, and that Pourchaire and Fittipaldi get well soon. 2. Max Verstappen - He's cracking under the pressure. Abysmal and dangerous driving today, this is how you lose championships. I was in the middle ...

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I think it's for the best if I put Lotus up for adoption at this point, real life has come back into play big time for me and as such I don't really have much time to participate as closely as I'd have liked to unfortunately.

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Team: Lotus
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dinizintheoven wrote:Lest we forget:

He’s done us all proud <3

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Bottas has to be front and centre, big shout out to Alfa too for being utterly incapable of making any headway in the sort of race they must have been praying for.

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Team Name: Red Bull
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Lotus side with Bernie on the matter.

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McLaren will throw another 500cr at the car.

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mario wrote:
Pacific Edge wrote:Was refreshing to see companies like Mastercard and Pennzoil in F1, pity this experience may have scared them off F1 for good. Although with Mastercard, it was a considerable own goal

Pennzoil did come back in later years as a minor sponsor of Haas...

Jesus, they really know how to pick them.

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All stand for the GOAT.

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Nissan will offer Tiff Needell 5k per round to fill the test driver seat.

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Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:Jade herself said on Twitter that Neate claimed he had a mechanical failure on the car and if that’s genuinely the case then fair enough

The stewards put three points on his license and fined him a few grand, don't think they're buying the mechanical failure excuse at all.

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Zenarcher wrote:1998

Toranosuke Takagi wins his first championship!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!

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Can only be Raikkonen. Nice change of pace though, having seen two rookies win the award this season it makes a nice change to see the man with more starts than God be a shoo-in for it this weekend

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Quick bit of admin, if anyone wants a shiny new Primera it'll set you back 16,000. Secondly, Kieth Odor will retain #23 from last year. Driver bids for Nissan Janspeed Racing: Driver Name: Hideo Fukuyama Years of Contract (factory only): 1 Driver Status (#1, #2, Equal, Test Driver): #2 Number: 24 Pa...

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