Grand Prix Rejects

Dan B

Vettel: 9 : Excellent race to the top, even if he was helped out a little bit with the incidents throughout the course of the race. Webber: 2 : More and more of a liability at the start of each race, plus terrible overtaking maneuvers, and taken out of the race rather stupidly. Red Bull: 4 : Vettel ...

Dan B

1) Kimi Raikkonen: obviously 2) This is a tough one, but I am going to give it to Pastor Maldonado. Very strong race, even after that rather poor first stint as mentioned. Honorable mentions go to: - Vettel; let's face it, there was some luck involved though his drive was indeed good. - Kobayashi; a...

Dan B

So many contenders for this one. The most obvious would be Sergio Perez . Way too bodacious of a pass on di Resta, which started the whole mess, and then ultimately driving into the path of Grosjean, ultimately ruining Grosjean's race and taking out Webber with him as well. To be honest, I can't see...

Dan B

Ferrarist wrote:Urm, did the marshalls watch a different race? It was di Resta who forced Perez off the track, YOU IDIOTS!

I don't think so. Looked like Perez forced di Resta onto the green stuff and then went back into the track. Grosjean and Webber were innocent victims.

Dan B

That was not the fault of Grosjean there, but Perez. Come on, you don't drive directly back into the track like that.

Dan B

Hamilton out of the race. Engine or electrical.

Dan B

For me right now it's Red Bull. This is the 2nd time this season a car has been caught with too little fuel, never mind that it should've not happened to begin with. If his championship is thwarted because of this incident, the team has noone to blame but themselves.

Dan B

Looks like another cyclist got caught doping, but not the usual kind of cyclist:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/103898

Dan B

Dan B's Predictions 2012 Snoozefest Grand Prix 1. Vettel 2. Hamilton 3. Alonso 4. Button 5. Raikkonen 6. Massa 7. Grosjean 8. Webber 9. Hulkenberg 10. Rosberg Pole: Vettel Fastest lap: Vettel First Retirement: Karthikeyan ROTR: The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix IIDOTR: Grosjean DBTMOTR: Kobayashi MLP: Pic Th...

Dan B

This Race: Really any time I leave before the halfway point of the race it is not a good sign.

Dan B

Dan B's Predictions: 2012 Indian Grand Prix 1. Alonso 2. Vettel 3. Hamilton 4. Button 5. Massa 6. Perez 7. Di Resta 8. Hulkenberg 9. Rosberg 10. Grosjean Pole: Vettel Fastest Lap: Button First Retirement: Schumacher (mechanical problems) ROTR: Caterham (gets beaten by Marussia and HRT on merit) IIDO...

Dan B

Williams: I highly doubt that. They built up Bottas to be ready next year to join probably Maldonado. Bottas better that Kamui, seriously? I have now lost all faith in Williams being in existence in 5 years. Kobayashi might be (and from what we have seen, is) better than Bottas but the fact of the ...

Dan B

Formula 3 shenanigans, highlighting racing luminaries such as Enrique Bernoldi, Alex Yoong, Franck Montagny, and Luciano Burti.

Dan B

hulk's 4th in spa was amazing in what is normally an inferior car to the sauber so that might be why Yes, it was an impressive result for Hülkenberg. Sadly, Kobayashi couldn't do much as Grosjean ruined his race on the first lap. Even though both Kobayashi and Pérez had bad starts, they could have ...

Dan B

Found this compilation of Formula Ford shenanigans from the early 90s. Includes hijinks by Karthikeyan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPVXjcVm ... re=related

Dan B

Well, this is what I ultimately see happening: Red Bull: - Sebastian Vettel - Mark Webber McLaren: - Jenson Button - Sergio Perez Ferrari: - Fernando Alonso - Felipe Massa Lotus-Renault: - Kimi Raikkonen (there's no indication of him leaving F1 again) - Romain Grosjean (inevitable really) Mercedes: ...

Dan B

Two stick out in my mind: The first would be Kobayashi. That is the first time in a long while (if at all) that I saw that kind of incident. It looked so amateurish; I don't know how to put it. This hurts even more because this was on the back of his podium finish at Japan. Podium aside, I think he ...

Dan B

I think you guys know what to do. Sebastian Vettel: 9 : Let's face it; noone could touch him today. In clear command the whole day. Mark Webber: 7 : Loses a few points for not getting a good start; I mean sure it was good compared to his other starts, but Vettel had a better start. Red Bull: 9 : Mor...

Dan B

1) Hulkenberg: Great result coming from him.
2) Massa: Considering he was on Alonso the whole time shows that he has the pace.

Honorable mention:
The astro turf; seriously that made me laugh for a grand prix that was more or less a snoozefest.

Dan B

I really don't see Kobayashi going to Williams. They've been wanting to get Bottas in the 2nd seat for a while, and Maldonado isn't going anywhere with the money he has. Unfortunately, I don't think he will stay at Sauber either. The incident in Korea was downright stupid and Perez has shown him up ...

Dan B

I do find it funny how some people (mainly armchair F1 fans) think pay-drivers from 10-20 years ago fall into the same category as those today. How in heaven's name can you put Deletraz and LavaggiDomenico in the same group as Perez and Maldonado?! But for the future, it looks quite solid at the mo...

Dan B

Vettel - 9 : The win was lucky up to a point. Was incredibly quick and drove professionally, so there's no reason to fault him. Webber - 4 : I'm surprised Red Bull let him stay honestly. If Red Bull needs someone to support Vettel, then chances are in 2014 it's going to be someone else. Red Bull - 6...

Dan B

Well I enjoyed this Grand Prix; it seems that Singapore is getting better over the years, and this was one of the better races of the season. Several thoughts: - This might be Schumacher's last year, and I think he will be "gently persuaded" to retire after the end of the year. The crash o...

Dan B

Lots of nominations today: Schumacher : Did the same thing as last year. Again. Unless there was something deep within the brakes that made him crash into Vergne, that was inexcusable. Caterham : Beaten by Marussia in the standings and at one point both Marussias were running ahead of both Caterhams...

Dan B

1) Marussia : This team seems to do well on this particular track thinking back to 2010. That said, this race was one of their better ones, and good job for Glock beating the Caterhams, a Sauber, and a Force India; the latter two definitely high achievements. 2) Paul di Resta : Superb drive. Honorab...

Dan B

Pamphlet wrote:Renault - FIX YOUR DAMN ALTERNATORS, HOLY PAPAYAS OF BRUNDLE

I thought Renault did fix their alternators after Valencia; Red Bull just stuck with the old ones.

Dan B

Red Bull and Toro Rosso : Vettel shoots himself in the foot, and DNFs later on. Webber stagnated around the lower points before pulling a Karthikeyan. Ricciardo somehow goofed and finished in 12th, and Vergne had suspension problems. Everything that could go wrong did, and in front of the Tifosi no...

Dan B

QuickYoda41 wrote:In general, I don't want to make big mid-season changes, but feel free to do that in your comments. If it turns out to be a popular idea, the team's result will be counted, as well, although it is too late to look at the whole season based on those.

In which case I'll amend my post accordingly.

Dan B

1) Perez: Completely unexpected.
2) Massa: Was quite fast the whole day.

Dan B

One of the better races at Monza that I have seen, especially compared to last year when Vettel took the lead and it became a processional. Here we had passing, attrition, and overall a good race. Some notes: - Vettel's penalty was justified I think. That could have been a LOT worse if Alonso lost c...

Dan B

Red Bull: 2 : Caught with their pants down with the alternator failure; that should have been fixed long ago. Vettel: 5 : Call it Ferrari favoritism but I think that penalty was justified. You simply don't do that. Otherwise was not much of a factor during the race. Webber: 3 : Went backwards more t...

Dan B

Where to begin with this one... Romain Grosjean : That was inexcusable. I like the guy, but that was pure stupidity right there. Pastor Maldonado : Not for the start (Speed were saying how great it was and honestly it looked like a perfect reaction timed start from my end), but for the clash with Ti...

Dan B

This is something I have been thinking for a while, but is there any top flight team Kobayashi can realistically go to? The first bet would be Ferrari. Sauber uses Ferrari engines and they (Ferrari) have used and continue to use Sauber as their "proving grounds" team, such as with Perez. H...

Dan B

Vettel: 7 : Solid, but the whining needs to stop. Webber: 4 : 8th from 11th is okay at best but did absolutely nothing otherwise. Button: 6 : Beaten on merit by Senna. Hamilton: 9 : The only other cars that could potentially beat him were the Lotuses and while they were a threat Lewis responded acco...

Dan B

The race start : I haven't seen an aborted start in forever; the only other gaffe like that I have seen might've been in 1999 during the European GP, but then again I might have forgotten some others. In any case, what was going on there? Might have ruined Schumacher's race though... Michael Schuma...

Dan B

Cynon wrote:Russian Touring Car Championship

Hilarious driving antics, a race track that looks like it's made up of an abandoned airfield and a series of roads, and Ladas.

That's pretty rejectful right there.

Dan B

razta wrote:
BaconLettuceNinja wrote:Uh...KH-7 makes cleaning products...

so they do!! hehe dunno why the person who wrote the article said that they're an Energy Drinks company

I don't blame him. Energy drinks can be substituted for cleaning products if need be.

Dan B

More fallout from the Seranovich-Daly accident in Monaco. Daly is hit with a 10 spot grid penalty after being found hitting Seranovich's car twice (once removing the wing and the 2nd time flying into the catch fence).

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100560

Dan B

The F1Rejects Community - Are you seriously comparing the Toro Rosso of this year with the ones from the previous seasons? The 2011 Canadian Grand Prix had both Toro Rossos finishing in the points. The one before that had Buemi lead a lap of the Grand Prix. In addition, Buemi scored in 4 races, and...

Dan B

The F1Rejects Community - Are you seriously comparing the Toro Rosso of this year with the ones from the previous seasons? The 2011 Canadian Grand Prix had both Toro Rossos finishing in the points. The one before that had Buemi lead a lap of the Grand Prix. In addition, Buemi scored in 4 races, and...

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