Grand Prix Rejects

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I'd also say that Baku isn't a great track and has mainly got its reputation for its proclivity towards chaos rather than being well-designed for racing, but that's a different issue altogether.

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1) Alpine: A decent haul of points for a team that hasn't had the best of it this season.

That's it: Magnussen dropped well back from qualifying, so I don't think his final position was really an IIDOTR.

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1) Charles Leclerc: Has not made a great showing of himself so far this season and this weekend was a particularly bad case of underperformance. 2) Florida: America's appendix. Get rid of this race, please. Dishonourable Mention: McLaren: Back down to the dregs after a couple of more reasonable show...

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2023 Like I've Been Tied To The Whipping Post Grand Prix

1) Verstappen
2) Perez
3) Leclerc
4) Alonso
5) Sainz
6) Hamilton
7) Norris
8) Stroll
9) Gasly
10) Ocon

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Perez
First Retirement: de Vries
ROTR: Alpha Tauri
IIDOTR: Zhou
DBTMOTR: Piastri
LP: Sargeant
MLP: Piastri

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There are also those wondering if the event in Miami really makes that much sense long term, given that Miami's strategy centres around selling expensive luxury experiences - or, at the very least, selling the perception of a luxury experience. It's definitely the latter. When I think of Miami, my ...

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https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/65472770

Bathplug off, Mazepin. I don't want that awful driver anywhere near a Formula One car again.

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I don't think such an unremarkable race deserves an IIDOTR myself.

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1) Nyck de Vries: Just generally poor and sort of confirming why nobody was looking to take a punt on him before, despite his Formula 2 and Formula E success. 2) Alpine: A last-lap pitstop is... unorthodox, to say the least and had the potential to be very dangerous as well. The team never looked co...

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2023 "Baku Bedlam? Not Likely" Grand Prix S1) Verstappen S2) Leclerc S3) Perez S4) Sainz S5) Hamilton S6) Alonso 1) Verstappen 2) Perez 3) Leclerc 4) Alonso 5) Sainz 6) Hamilton 7) Norris 8) Stroll 9) Russell 10) Tsunoda Pole Position: N/A (too late) Fastest Lap: Perez First Retirement: de...

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1) McLaren: Finally in a position to take some solid points; looked a lot more on the pace this weekend than in the previous two races.

2) Hulkenberg: Good effort throughout the race.

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1) Race Control: I thought we might finally get a race where they weren't the obvious candidate, but then they decided, "WE NASCAR NOW BOIZ" with an inexplicable red flag where the restart just made for more chaos. 2) Ferrari: During a race weekend where Red Bull did as much as possible to...

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2023 Insufficience of Italian Ingenuity Grand Prix 1) Verstappen 2) Perez 3) Alonso 4) Hamilton 5) Russell 6) Stroll 7) Gasly 8) Albon 9) Ocon 10) Leclerc Pole: Verstappen Fastest Lap: Verstappen First Retirement: Sainz ROTR: Ferrari - one retirement, one trundling around the back of the points due ...

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The rush to get in on the cryptocurrency bubble in particular is looking particularly questionable, given their main sponsor has since been getting in trouble with the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK - the FCA banned two of their adverts for deliberately misleading investors about the risks a...

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1) Yuki Tsunoda: A decent effort in what is a pretty rubbish car.

2) Kevin Magnussen: Slugged his way to a point.

Honourable Mention: Sergio Perez for not just ceding his first place to Verstappen.

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1) Race Control: Yeah, Stroll's retirement didn't merit a full safety car and it's quite worrying that they relied so much on flawed technology instead of the Mk.1 Eyeball. Also, Alonso's penalty was harsh. 2) Valterri Bottas: Dismal. Dishonourable Mention: The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, for existing...

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Verstappen's reliability problems in qualifying indicate that Mercedes treating them like Red Bull is unassailable is a bit of an overreaction.

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2023 Justice for Yemen Grand Prix 1) Verstappen 2) Perez 3) Alonso 4) Russell 5) Stroll 6) Hamilton 7) Gasly 8) Sainz 9) Albon 10) Tsunoda Pole: Verstappen Fastest Lap: Gasly First Retirement: None ROTR: Alfa Romeo (but should probably be that this race is on at all) IIDOTR: Albon DBTMOTR: Leclerc L...

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Name: RAK
Grand Prix Wins: 18
2nd Places: 2
3rd Places: 1
Retirements: 2

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I'd call that a race defined more by its failures than by its successes; while Alonso did a fantastic job pulling himself to P3, Sargeant had a solid debut and Albon, Gasly and Stroll scored reasonably given their relative circumstances, I was more taken by both McLarens with severe reliability prob...

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1) McLaren: From one of the better contenders last year to an unreliable joke this year. Piastri in particular seems to have been screwed over.

2) Esteban Ocon: What the bathplug was that? Penalty-prone and ridiculous. A clownish performance.

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1) Logan Sargeant: A pretty solid result for his debut, didn't seem to have any crazy mistakes or anything. 2) Fernando Alonso making an actually good career move post-Renault: Alonso's actual pace was not improbable, but ending up in what seems to be a decent car for once is a surprise. Honourable ...

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2023 Best Middle Eastern Grand Prix (Which Is Rather Depressing) 1) Verstappen 2) Perez 3) Alonso 4) Leclerc 5) Norris 6) Stroll 7) Hamilton 8) Gasly 9) Zhou 10) Russell Pole: Verstappen Fastest Lap: Alonso First Retirement: Sainz ROTR: Alpha Tauri IIDOTR: Aston Martin DBTMOTR: Piastri LP: Sargeant ...

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dr-baker wrote: ↑19 Feb 2023, 21:10
I like seeing all the cars from this angle. Gotta make up my mind which I prefer from this perspective. Which nose would you pick?

From that angle, Aston Martin's livery looks the most appealing to me.

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Well, that turned out to be a more effective use of double points than I thought it would be! There was only one other race in the year where I'd have got a better net of points out of using double points and it wouldn't have been enough to swing the balance to the two front runners. Congratulations...

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I share that opinion as well, although the length of the season and the way it dragged on probably contributes to why I wasn't considering it. That said, it's a black mark on the sport and on Liberty to race there.

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Would have to think about it more to have a proper order, but my picks are fairly orthodox here: Nicholas Latifi: With certain geopolitical events leading last year's bronze medalist in the Reject of the Year and chronic underperformer Nikita Mazepin out of the sport, the spotlight was free to be sh...

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1) Mick Schumacher: Has hardly lit the world on fire all year, so a clumsy mistake at the end of the season sums up proceedings. The Mercedes reserve driver position is maybe better than he deserves. 2) Nicholas Latifi: As clumsy as Schumacher's mistake was, I think Latifi put himself in a position ...

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IceG wrote: ↑20 Nov 2022, 14:51 Nothing infinitely umprobable

Agree here.

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2022 "Oh Wow, It's Finally Over" Grand Prix 1) Verstappen 2) Hamilton 3) Russell 4) Perez 5) Leclerc 6) Sainz 7) Alonso 8) Norris 9) Bottas 10) Vettel Pole: Verstappen Fastest Lap: Hamilton First Retirement: Schumacher ROTR: Schumacher - a damp squib to his last race for Haas IIDOTR: Latif...

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1) Kevin Magnussen: Pity that his Grand Prix was scuppered, but that pole was something special.

2) George Russell: Outstanding performance throughout the whole weekend for his first win.

Honourable Mention: Charles Leclerc - great result given his misfortune at the start of the race with Norris.

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1) Daniel Ricciardo: A terrible move from a driver that has not been covering himself in glory as of late. 2) Max Verstappen: Sloppy overtaking attempt against Lewis Hamilton - who, to be fair, recovered well - followed by petulance against his teammate who has been a compliant number 2 throughout t...

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2022 "The Real Winner Is Lula" Grand Prix 1) Verstappen 2) Russell 3) Sainz 4) Hamilton 5) Perez 6) Leclerc 7) Magnussen 8) Norris 9) Alonso 10) Albon S1: Verstappen S2: Russell S3: Magnussen Fastest Lap: Perez First Retirement: Schumacher ROTR: Alfa Romeo IIDOTR: Magnussen DBTMOTR: Latifi...

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1) Mariachi F1 theme: Yeah, that's a pretty nice take on the theme.

2) ...

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1) The race itself: A borefest even in a season of VERSTAPPENWINSLOL.

2) Daniel Ricciardo: Clumsily shunted Tsunoda off; he might have got a haul of points, but it came with ruining another driver's race.

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2022 Will This Season Just End Already? Grand Prix

1) Verstappen
2) Leclerc
3) Hamilton
4) Sainz
5) Russell
6) Perez
7) Alonso
8) Norris
9) Gasly
10) Vettel

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Stroll
ROTR: Stroll
IIDOTR: Gasly
DBTMOTR: Tsunoda
LP: Latifi
HFB: 2 laps

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1) Lance Stroll: Terrible move that took him and Alonso out in a dangerous fashion; only through sheer luck did Alonso make it to the finish.

2) George Russell: A clumsy start which destroyed Sainz's race.

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2022 Lame Duck Grand Prix of the Americas

1) Verstappen
2) Leclerc
3) Sainz
4) Perez
5) Hamilton
6) Norris
7) Russell
8) Gasly
9) Schumacher
10) Ricciardo

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Vettel
ROTR: Alpine
IIDOTR: Schumacher
DBTMOTR: Tsunoda
LP: Latifi
HFB: 1 lap

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1) The FIA: A typical clownshoes moment which made the WDC declaration completely underwhelming and which I'd interpret as inconsistent with previous precedent on rain-shortened races.

2) George Russell: Not a good weekend and underwhelming against his teammate who was battling for higher places.

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1) Nicholas Latifi: When he's normally glued to the back, managing to get a couple of points on merit is worthy of an IIDOTR.

2) Esteban Ocon: Valiantly holding off one of the most lauded wet weather drivers right to the end.

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2022 Inevitable Verstappen Victory Grand Prix

1) Verstappen
2) Hamilton
3) Leclerc
4) Russell
5) Perez
6) Sainz
7) Alonso
8) Magnussen
9) Ocon
10) Zhou

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Schumacher
ROTR: Schumacher
IIDOTR: Zhou
DBTMOTR: Schumacher
LP: Latifi
HFB: 2 laps

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