Grand Prix Rejects

Pieman

Hockenheim (in its original guise) - the circuit that so tragically took Jim Clark from us.

Pieman

1951 British Grand Prix. Hans Stuck participated (although he did not start) and even if he lived his whole life in Germany and raced under German (and Austrian) license, he was born in Warsaw, making him technically Polish. HA, didn't think of that, didn't you? That's a nice one, but I'm looking f...

Pieman

Mister Fungus wrote:Brazil is probably the last chance for HRT to secure 10th place or even points.

If something like this happens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD5NgW7FoIg

Just wanted to say a quick thankyou for posting that - I'd forgotten what an extraordinary race that was!

Pieman

1: Kubica 2: Vettel 3: Webber 4: Rosberg 5: Button 6: Alonso 7: Massa 8: Sutil 9: Kobayashi 10: Liuzzi Pole: Vettel Fastest lap: Kubica First retirement: Hamilton ROTR: McLaren. IIDOTR: Kubica DBTMOTR: Schumacher MLP (Driver): Kobayashi MLP (Team): Virgin F1 Playoffs: Webber vs Vettel: Webber Hamilt...

Pieman

Harald Ertl, 1978 Italian GP. Didn't get past pre-qualifying in a Sachs Racing-run Ensign, and then failed to make the grid in an ATS.

Pieman

Warren Hughes wrote: let's wait and see.

It annoys me a little when people start predicting the results of these ages before they happen - just my opinion, but watching them unfold in order is part of the fun for me. Not having a go at anyone though - keep up the good work Mr Hughes.

Pieman

Just about everyone is a candidate in one way or another after that race, but my vote goes to Sebastian Buemi . He's been pretty much anonymous ever since he came into F1, and his banger-racing tactics today deprived us of perhaps one or two surprise results. Here's hoping the Red Bull empire replac...

Pieman

Over-use of the word "crucial" was evident again in today's race.

Pieman

1. Liuzzi. After he looked at first to be in for another dreadful weekend and sliding all over the place early on, how on earth did he finish sixth and nearly unrejectify himself?

2. HRT. A double finish after possibly the most Laurel and Hardy-esque performance in F1 history. Enough said.

Pieman

patrick wrote:Poor STR, imagine telling them in 2008 that they'd be behind Force India in the constructors' in two years time. I hope they get sold, they just seem so directionless.

Sell them to someone who will rechristen them Minardi - that would be fantastic!

Pieman

The gravel trap didn't do much did it? He punched a huge dent in the armco. It was brutal indeed-the throttle was stuck open after the initial hit, the sand trap was bedded down due to the rain and the front of the car was completely ripped off before he crashed into the tyre wall. And he was consc...

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1) Vettel 2) Webber 3) Button 4) Rosberg 5) Kubica 6) Hamilton 7) Massa 8) Barrichello 9) Hulkenberg 10) Schumacher Pole: Vettel Fastest Lap: Vettel First Retirement: Alonso ROTR: Ferrari IIDOTR: Lotus DBTMOTR: Petrov MLPD: Hulkenberg MLPT: Lotus F1 PLAYOFFS: Webber vs. Vettel: Vettel Hamilton vs. A...

Pieman

In UK short track stock car racing I have seen two occasions where three generations of the same family have raced against each other.

Pieman

Welcome to the site Zolf - great to have you on board! I remember Pacific's 1995 season well so it's good to see someone documenting them.

Pieman

Why can't we have a championship like this in the UK to run alongside the regular BTCC?

Pieman

2) The only one I know of was in 1991 or '92 - the prototype designed for BMW (by Nick Wirth) was bought by Andrea Moda.

Pieman

The first person to be killed in an F1 race - it doesn't mention it has to be a driver, so I will say the spectator that was tragically run over during the inaugural Argentine GP in 1952.

Pieman

Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:

Completely off-topic I know, but where do you get these brilliant images from?

Pieman

1. Webber 2. Hamilton 3. Alonso 4. Vettel 5. Rosberg 6. Kubica 7. Massa 8. Kobayashi 9. Schumacher 10. Alguersuari Pole: Hamilton Fastest lap: Webber First Retirement: Heidfeld ROTR: Force India IIDOTR: Trulli DBTMOTR: Buemi Minor League Premiership (Driver): Kobayashi Minor League Premiership (Team...

Pieman

D'oh - wrong thread! (Was just looking in the Japanese GP thread and thinking "where did my post go" - and then I realised!

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Posting late at night NFTW.

Pieman

1. Webber 2. Hamilton 3. Alonso 4. Vettel 5. Rosberg 6. Kubica 7. Massa 8. Kobayashi 9. Schumacher 10. Alguersuari Pole: Hamilton Fastest lap: Webber First Retirement: Heidfeld ROTR: Force India IIDOTR: Trulli DBTMOTR: Buemi Minor League Premiership (Driver): Kobayashi Minor League Premiership (Team...

Pieman

Well it won its class, so that counts I suppose! The race was won overall by an Arrows A3.

Pieman

Just been reading an Autosport from a couple of weeks ago, and I noticed that the infamous Amon AF101 has resurfaced competing in the Grand Prix Masters series, with noted historic racer Simon Hadfield taking a class win at Donington. Apologies if it's been racing for a while and this is old news, b...

Pieman

Hope these are in time... 1. Hamilton 2. Webber 3. Kubica 4. Button 5. Massa 6. Rosberg 7. Schumacher 8. Kobayashi 9. Petrov 10. Sutil Pole: Hamilton Fastest lap: Webber First Retirement: Vettel ROTR: Williams IIDOTR: Kovalainen DBTMOTR: Massa Minor League Premiership (Driver): Kobayashi Minor Leagu...

Pieman

As I commentate on motorsport in the UK, I think mine would be this.

Pieman

How and where do I apply as a replacement for Legard - anyone know? (I'm being serious, by the way.)

Pieman

dr-baker wrote:I hope no F1 team tries for a livery like the Rebellion team tried in the LMS:

They have - 2008 Force India looked very similar.

Pieman

Despite a number of worthy candidates (when Hamilton made his cock-up on lap one I actually shouted "You stupid idiot!" at the TV!), my vote goes to the Hispania team. Dreadful in practice and qualifying, Senna's car hardly able to run all weekend, and to top it off a needlessly stupid and...

Pieman

WeirdKerr wrote:Force India used to be Jordan by way of spyker and midland so they had won a race in a previous incarnation....

Toro Rosso used to be Minardi if I remember rightly, so when Vettel took his first win at Monza a year or two ago, technically a Minardi won a Grand Prix!

Pieman

1. Vettel 2. Hamilton 3. Massa 4. Button 5. Sutil 6. Rosberg 7. Kubica 8. Alonso 9. Hulkenberg 10. Liuzzi Pole: Vettel Fastest lap: Vettel First Retirement: Glock ROTR: Webber (throwing away a good result with a daft mistake) IIDOTR: Sutil DBTMOTR: Schumacher Minor League Premiership (Driver): Hulke...

Pieman

Benetton did indeed carry Autopolis logos in the early 90s. The circuit was built and held international sportscar races for a time, but if I remember rightly its main problem was that it was a long way from any major town or city. No infrastructure meant a short lifespan.

Pieman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkBtK3aFwvs&NR=1 Mark Webber in a Formula Ford, a lap of Lakeside until he crashes. Two things stood out from that for me... 1) In these days of paddle gearboxes, it seems quite unfamiliar to watch a single seater driver take his hand off the wheel to change gear....

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1. Webber 2. Hamilton 3. Alonso 4. Button 5. Vettel 6. Kubica 7. Rosberg 8. Petrov 9. Schumacher 10. de la Rosa Pole: Hamilton Fastest lap: Webber First Retirement: di Grassi ROTR: Force India IIDOTR: Petrov DBTMOTR: Kobayashi Minor League Premiership (Driver): Petrov Minor League Premiership (Team)...

Pieman

WeirdKerr wrote:can we have a seperate forum for these.....?

I was about to suggest the same.

How about the Otto Stuppacher Memorial Forum?

Pieman

Search term: Ricardo Rosset.

Page 2: The 1996 Australian GP podium.
Page 3: A white fluffy dog and a Goodyear cap.
Page 4: Two spanners.
Page 5: A random guitarist.
Page 6: An Autosport front cover featuring Benetton, and what appears to be a barried-up Trabant (pic from this site).

Pieman

coops wrote:Change the un-named driver (should have been Villenueve but for tedious contractual reasons) to PI MAN.

What that got to do with me?

Pieman

My family lived in Birmingham during the Superprix years, but sadly I was born in 1986 and thus too young to remember them.

Thanks for the footage all - maybe one day, the Superprix will rise from the ashes and be held again......yeah right!

Pieman

What a superb read - IndyRejects.com is surely in the making based on that.

If ever I have time to run one of the fantasy-championships-on-paper-and-Microsoft-Excel that are so beloved of this forum, I may just consider entering Dale Coyne USF1.....

Pieman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3oWoS9vDyk&playnext=1&videos=nxdLYQIkXLw Here's a great clip from the 1990 season. That appeared further back in the thread, but it deserves to be seen again as it is pure reject gold. It should be incorporated into the homepage of the site somehow! I think t...

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Oh bathplug, I forgot to play !

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