Grand Prix Rejects

eytl

Thanks for the suggestions. I now have all the pictures lined up, ready to go, and there are 69 of them (no innuendo intended). The first pictures will go up shortly. I might also try to post them in this thread in case you miss out on any day. MODS! Ban this user, he's clearly planning to juice hi...

eytl

Thanks for the suggestions. I now have all the pictures lined up, ready to go, and there are 69 of them (no innuendo intended).

The first pictures will go up shortly. I might also try to post them in this thread in case you miss out on any day.

eytl

He proved it in the Toro Rosso in 2008, when he was less experienced than he is now. I do agree that, for all those on the "anti-Vettel" side who say "he's won all his victories in the best car", there is Italy 2008 to consider. Which is why I had to make mention of it in the ar...

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Hi everyone, As well as our upcoming 2013 season review (and our traditional season review / Christmas / new year podcast - don't hold your breath, it won't be coming until sometime between Christmas and new year at the earliest), one thing to look out for in the coming days is a Mark Webber retrosp...

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Hi everyone, In the last of our 2013 season comments before our season review, I risk a barrage of papayas and starting a brand new flame war by asking the question: is Sebastian Vettel an F1 great? I'd like to think that I have considered both sides of the debate, even though ultimately I reach my ...

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Hi everyone, Another one of the articles we were planning is now up - a Centrale article assessing Mark Webber's career and his strengths and weaknesses as a driver, in the wake of his departure from F1 for sports cars. A link to the article is on the main page of the website; otherwise you can acce...

eytl

I don't want to sound harsh, but eytl, could you at least put a link to this profile on the main site? You know, people who are not on the forum might be interested in this profile too. (yeah i know it's in your message, but, try to motivate yourself, we believe in you!) A link will go up in conjun...

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Well, now that it's been published (and a brilliant read, as always), I believe it's time to gaze at the "Currently Working On:" section of the drivers index... And so, my guesses are: -Frank Gardner -Gino Bianco -Ronnie Bucknum -Masahiro Hasemi It's either Bucknum or Foyt. Foyt happens t...

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The 82 Renault and 75 Shadow are pretty damn smoking as well, if I may say I agree about the 1975 Shadow. I wish I could look at that in real life all day. Seriously, instead of double-points-last-race, or permanent numbers, or pole trophies, if F1 wants to put in place a gimmick that might actuall...

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Hi everyone, After working on it in fits and spurts over the last few months, in whatever spare time I could find, finally the biography of Patrick Friesacher is complete! It's the story of arguably the original Red Bull junior driver who - like so many after him - was discarded by the energy drink ...

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theres the 2033 to 2037 seasons sewn up then... Maybe not 2033, he'll be a contender though Yes it is easy to overlook Seb was runner up in 2009 as well as collecting those 4 Titles 2033: Vettel Jr Runner up 2034: Vettel Jr Champion 2035: Vettel Jr Champion 2036: Vettel Jr Champion 2037: Vettel Jr ...

eytl

As a matter of fact I have been extremely busy over the last two weeks, and a bit on the sick side as well ... What I am ambitiously planning (but probably have little hope of achieving) is to post the Patrick Friesacher profile (which I'm still writing), a comment on Vettel's achievements this year...

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Try this on for size ...

eytl

Here's a thought - if they wanted to make use of the whole "two tyre compound" thing, instead of saying you must use both compounds all race and have mandatory stops, why don't they regulate that you must choose your compound before qualifying, and that's the type of tyre you qualify and ...

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If anyone's been following the political situation in Bangkok, there's probably now real doubt over whether the event will take place at all ... http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/382345/roc-fate-to-be-decided-on-saturday http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-01/thai-pm-flees-after-protesters-stor...

eytl

I'm going to move this to the EvdP forum, methinks it belongs better there ...

eytl

As you can see, my Twitter protest at this latest Baumgartner outrage is visible on the ROC website:

eytl

The only thing I can see this accomplishing is creating more pitlane collisions by effectively forcing all drivers to pit simultaneously. I tend to agree with this. Mandatory pit stops won't make races interesting. They don't really create much of a variety in pit strategys, they're rather limiting...

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Most of the interest is effectively in the three way battle between Mercedes, Ferrari and Lotus over 2nd to 4th in the WCC, since those placings are the only ones that are likely to change in this final race. What about the battle for 3rd in the drivers' points? Hamilton 187, Raikkonen 183 and side...

eytl

What a great few posts so far - thoughtful and measured but to the point. Keep it coming - you're helping me write my season review!

eytl

Time for the official decision ... I must say, there were a couple of interesting alternatives this time around. I did like the suggestion of "team bosses with egg on faces" who must be wondering about their recent driver decisions given some of the performances at the COTA (eg Whitmarsh f...

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Sam Michael's view on the whole Perez-Magnussen business Even though I think Sam Michael's track record of far too often being involved in bad seasons for supposedly top teams makes me suspicious about what he has to say, I find this comment quite telling and even insightful, when asked about wheth...

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Quick guys, get the pitchforks out! According to Autosport: It is understood that the seven candidates that Lotus singled out for the seat were Schumacher, Nico Hulkenberg, Heikki Kovalainen, Pastor Maldonado, Rubens Barrichello, Kamui Kobayashi and Davide Valsecchi. How dare they go for Kovalainen...

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Quick guys, get the pitchforks out! According to Autosport: It is understood that the seven candidates that Lotus singled out for the seat were Schumacher, Nico Hulkenberg, Heikki Kovalainen, Pastor Maldonado, Rubens Barrichello, Kamui Kobayashi and Davide Valsecchi. How dare they go for Kovalainen ...

eytl

"I think I delivered more to the [Williams] team than they for me," he explained. "We found a victory, we found a very good result last year, and even this year we have been doing quite well races. But this is not everything. "I am waiting for something more, I am expecting some...

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Hulkenberg is still in contention for the 2014 Lotus seat but he will not be driving in Austin or Interlagos in the coming weeks. Whilst there's already discussion in the US GP thread about whether Kovalainen or Valsecchi should get the Lotus seat for the last two races - I personally would like to...

eytl

Thanks Jocke1, I enjoyed listening to that.

Particularly liked how diplomatic he was about Aaron Kwok ... Hong Kong Cantopop / dance / film megastar but, obviously, not as great a driver as he would like to be!!

eytl

Official decision, as announced and explained on the Japindhabi GP edition of the podcast, and no surprises here.

For the first time ever, a 2nd straight individual ROTR award, step forward Kimi Raikkonen!

eytl

AustralianStig wrote:
Shizuka wrote:So... who's going to be the title sponsor of McLaren?

I wonder if it depends on the second driver? That could be why they've put off the announcement...

McLaren ... Mercedes ... Magnussen ... Maldonado?

eytl

I think this is another good story about the cost issues I believe there was a similar Autosport article a few weeks ago. This is getting increasingly urgent. And if anyone has an Autosport+ subscription, there's a good article by Dieter Rencken as well about Lotus' financial plight, and basically ...

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Perez brings nothing but money to the table, and while that's nice, it's not like McLaren absolutely desperately need it at this point. Hmmm ... has McLaren announced a replacement title sponsor for Vodafone yet? I know Honda's coming in 2015 but, whilst all the attention is on Lotus' financial pli...

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Is it just me, or does Ms Watson bear a resemblance in that gif above to one Ms Stoddart/Wolff?

Aha, dr baker, all is explained!

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OsellaFA1L, that was my immediate thought as well. But where?

eytl

Ah, dr-baker, how did I know you would be the first to pick up on this story? I was going to be uncharitable and ask on what basis Susie could be counted as a "champion" (apart from the obvious), until I noticed this on Wikipedia ... Wolff began karting from an early age, and in 1996 she w...

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I have always had a soft spot for Ladas so I am delighted with this move!

eytl

What concerns me and makes me uncomfortable at the moment is the fact that Ferrari World (m) looks like a satanic symbol when looked at from a birds eye view. The points look like the horns of the Devil. No, I've always just thought that it looks like a badly decaying or mutant tooth. On a serious ...

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The rest of the grid (except Toro Rosso, which has a different purpose) must look to drivers bringing revenue: the judgement is whether a weaker but wealthy driver is better than a strong driver who could deliver funding through performance and thus points. Any team that goes for a poor pay driver,...

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Perhaps I'm being a bit melodramatic, but I feel that something like this should serve as a wake-up call to the commercial environment in which F1 lives. No, I think that's not being melodramatic at all. Just done a quick count of what the entry list will look like next year, and I can only count a...

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Official decision time, and this one wasn't easy because there weren't really any stand-out choices. Caterham were certainly up there with their double-DNF, and whilst Giedo van der Garde's character reference for Max Chilton was amusing, I think he just got caught in the wrong place at the wrong ti...

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I hadn't put two and two together until now ... I just realised that, 16 days after dr baker posted those Autosport articles, the Sean Edwards Porsche Supercup star who perished in a fiery accident at Queensland Raceway was the same son of Guy Edwards who is mentioned in the Autosport article as the...

eytl

Thanks again for keeping this going and bringing it to the forefront - and, indeed, making it a global announcement. I think a few minor edits might be worthwhile but hopefully I'll get around to that shortly - on my list of things to do. And for the record I must say I like the occasional word asso...

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