Grand Prix Rejects

PWNSNBM wrote:
mario wrote:P.S. PWNSNBM, I don't mean to sound rude, but your top 10 list currently only goes down to 8th place (to Petrov).

Wonderful thing, "Cut & Paste"...

As is the "Edit" function...

Regarding the homologation issue: Witmarsh does certainly believe this will slow down the competition, but other team principals (Brawn, Horner,...) are alleady talking about copying the McLaren design, so they must have thought of a way to get it past the FIA. I kind of hope the controversy will c...

They will improve, I'm sure. We have to remember that these were the first 15 laps this car has ever run. Even the Virgin has probably done it (lap a circuit that is) 150 times by now - so there is still a lot of room for improvement. I don't think they are far behind Fondmetal and the Virgin in te...

I don't think the 107% rule is still in force, but there are discussions taking place to reintroduce it apparently. Goodbye MasterCard Lo...I mean HRT, if so. Yup, Todt is apparently keen to bring the 107% rule back in. However, because the season is already underway, the only way that can happen i...

Interesting that Lotus has managed to leapfrog the Virgin Racing team, and by about 1 second. Also that Rosberg is shading Schumacher at the moment - I guess that Nico must have decided to go for broke, in an attempt to break Schumachers hold over the team a.s.a.p., so he could well be worth looking...

It's a very clever idea, but it's just a pisstake, and against the spirit of the regulations, particularly in todays cost-cutting era. It's a hole in the car, how much can it cost!? This looks exactly like the kind of simple but effective innovation we are allways hoping to see. And I'm not a lawye...

I just love our TV commentators for F1. When the HRT finally exited the pits, JJ Lehto and Erkki Mustakari (veteran commentator with 15+ years of experience) betted one € for if the car can stay together for a single lap! They also said that "well, at least they still have more people than And...

This was quick. m Thanks, Renault. Should be Double-Deck-Diffuser-Debate all over again. He wasn't mincing his words, was he? On another note, though, whilst everybody talks about the driver altering the airflow through a duct, it does seem a little difficult to see how this would work, and there i...

Micheal Schumacher will share data with Nico Rosberg, right up to the point he is outpaced in the first practice session. Lewis and Nicole thingy will split up and get back together and split up and get back together and split up. Virgin will be the most punned F1 team in history. Jarno Trulli will...

I would say that doing a documentary means that the final film is more likely to be watchable and enjoyable, since we've seen in the past that racing rarely makes for a good drama film, and it would save us from attempts to crowbar in artificial plot twists when real life is more adept at that. I'm ...

ALMS doesn't clash with Bahrain, interestingly enough. It's possible that Villeneuve was drafted in to substitute for Ian Phillips, who seems to be taking a year out of F1 or possibly retiring. If so, he'll be doing every race this season. He's testing, apparently. He must be testing in an unoffici...

Since I stumbled across this article on the F1Technical forums, I thought that it might well be worth throwing it into the mix and seeing what people make of it. It is from Nick Heidfeld, who had an interview with the German "Auto Motor und Sport" website (slightly mangled translation here...

Come on! We can't believe this. It would be the most stupid lack of perspective in history of motorsport ever. Life F1 wouldn't have fall into this mistake! Who designed that car if it's true? A hair-stylist? Besides, even if they calculated the design without knowing the Cosworth unit consumption ...

As amusing as it is surely that cant be true can it? Car designed by Homer Simpson? ("Hmm, fuel tank size, maybe that should be....bigger.....Hey! That guys got donuts!!" <runs off>). There are precedents, as documented in our very own F1Rejects : Further modifications were called for, an...

I wouldn't be surprised if something is in the bushes, Genii captial are, well, an investment firm. And investment firms have only interest in something which turns out profitable for them. And F1 teams, especially less successful ones, are not known for being too profitable. I agree, let's see wha...

Jacques has managed to join one team this season; however, he'll remain firmly off the track this year, as it is the BBC Radio 5 team which have signed him up. m I wonder if the BBC are planning to use Jacques to cover for Davidson, given that Davidson is now driving for the Peugeot 908 factory team...

Just seen this article in Autosport: m So, judging by the fact that Bridgestone suggests that Sauber look to be the best at preserving their tyres, I wouldn't be surprised to see Sauber doing reasonably well in race trim. At the very least, the suggestion by Bridgestone that Sauber could get away wi...

http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=152455988 Motor racing veteran Sir Stirling Moss is in hospital after breaking both ankles when he fell three floors down a lift shaft. The 80-year-old is recovering in a London hospital after surgery on both his feet following the accident at h...

CarlosFerreira wrote:
Waris wrote:I refrain from making any predictions until at least after first practice.

You lose points for that, remember. You'll end up like Bleu (I think it was) last year, on negative points.

So, on that note, when would be the latest that you could leave it until making a prediction?

Isn't there such a thing as post cerebral injury personality change? I wouldn't take it that way, but the fact is we may be judging Massa a little too kind; remember his comments on the involvement of Alonso in Crashgate? On the other hand, as he admitted later, he was letting his frustration do th...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8554302.stm Last 4 paragraphs. OK, he's probably not being serious, but it made me laugh. (First time Mansell has ever done that). It's Mansell, so God knows what's happening up there in that brain of his. I'm surprised he's doing Le Mans to be...

So that's why Nick gave me those lead lined boots...

I'm admittedly forced to care about Renault because one of my online friends is eager for a Russian driver. Especially one that looks capable of beating a Polish driver. Also, just because someone got two bits of F1 news right before everyone else doesn't mean they're incapable of slipping up at on...

Cynon wrote:Felipe Massa is only saying that crap because he knows his overtaking ability is questionable at best.

I assume that you're referring to this http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81892
In which case, he could also have been pushed to say this by the Ferrari PR department...

But on a serious note, does he really believe that he can beat both the Lotus and Virgin Racing entries, bearing in mind that both of the other entries have proven that their cars work and have both got upgrades in the pipeline (both are bringing new bits to Bahrein, and Lotus is currently working ...

Or should the last word belong to Stefan themselves: http://www.stefangp.com/denial.html What does this have to do with its F1 operation ? The reason that people are commenting about this comes down to the issue of trust; it is becoming clear that AMCO is far and away from what Stefan claimed it to...

Phoenix wrote:This is a crap-only British users can enjoy them

Well, that is down to the fact that the BBC only has permission from FOM to show the clips to UK users.

Wings detaching themselves from Virgins. Campos nearly collapsing and being readied so late that they can't possibly be competitive. USF1 collapsing. Stefan GP being a joke. Renault's rumoured collapse and now they're being sponsored by Lada (well, AutoVAZ). Sauber feeling it would be too expensive...

http://www.totalf1.com/full_story/view/332472/Stefan_GP_finances_unveiled/ Now, call me crazy, but i'm sure i'd seen some people standing up in this forum, long ago, and make bold claims that Stefan wasn't what it appeared. Well...guess you're right Now, with that being said, they *did* appear to h...

Apologies for bringing this up again, but it looks as if Stefan might actually be a much more questionable character then first appears, looking at this article over at F1Technical: m For all Stefan's bold claims, it appears that his "military technology" company is in fact nothing more th...

Región de Murcia no- typical Promoting the Murcia region of Spain, that's my guess. Where my guess comes from: A higher resolution version of the previous pictures and this: http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn17/smaser50/murcia-no-typical1.jpg It seems you're right - it's backing from the regiona...

Well answered ADx_Wales - food for thought indeed. Looking at it, I might as well have a go myself. Will cars run out of fuel again? I think that it is unlikely to happen regularly, although it is not impossible that somebody might run dry during the first one or two races when the teams are still a...

Waris wrote:Speaking of previews, I present you with my prediction of each team's relative performance in 2010:

Very droll.
On another note, does anybody else want to take a punt at what the 2010 season may look like?

Well, they've got a late-'70s race this time round, and I remember they had a Stirling Moss Monaco victory last year. It is the earlier races I would be facinated to see, to fill gaps in my knowledge, and to see if racing really was better "in the good old days." True - I've grown up in t...

The BBC are reviving the idea of showing highlights of 5 Grands Prix on the internet and red button in the lead-up to each GP this year. In the lead-up to Bahrain, they will be showing last year's Bahrain GP, plus 4 classic season-openers: -1978 Argentina -1982 South Africa -1984 Brazil -1990 Phoen...

I think that I shall repeat what I said about the appearance of the car over in the "2010 Car Launches" thread - and in particular, where I reckon that they got a lot of their ideas from. It is certainly lacking sponsors by the looks of things, which is a bad sign, although at least they h...

Ross Prawn wrote:Pro-drive have just revealed their concept for next years Aston Martin entry.

I saw one of those earlier today, actually...

Looks like Kolles either knows something that we don't, or is about to end up with a lot of egg on his face: "We have all tools in our hands to become the most successful new team in the F1 paddock this year." Quote taken from this article m Now, as statements go, that is very provocative ...

It is certainly lacking sponsors by the looks of things, which is a bad sign, although at least they have actually managed to get a car ready. That said, although the car itself looks alright, it is also a case of spotting where they borrowed inspiration from other cars. For example, the front end o...

I noticed Petrov's fastest time was actually better than Kubica's. Does that have any significance? Because we don't know what fuel loads each driver had at the time, and we know that Bridgestone was changing the tyre compounds throughout the week (since Bridgestone also needs to collect data on th...

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