New: Geki Profile!

[Ataxia]

Thanks to the sterling work of our own East Londoner, GPR has a comprehensive profile of everyone's favourite (or second-favourite, if you're in the Gimax fanclub) mononymous racer.

Yes, it's none other than Geki! You can read all about his Formula Junior career, his Formula One outings and everything in between here: http://gprejects.com/centrale/drivers/geki

[dinizintheoven]

Which means someone has to do Gimax now...

[Nessafox]

Which means someone has to do Gimax now...

Which is - if i remember correctly - actually happening?
On the article: great detail, nice job. If i had to be critical, then it would be that the writing style is a bit more chaotic than most. But theres nothing particularly wrong with it either, so this is just criticising for the sake of criticising. Don't think i don't admire the work

[Londoner]

Which means someone has to do Gimax now...

Which is - if i remember correctly - actually happening?

The Gimax profile has had to be delayed until early 2017, because I've discovered that Gimax's son also raced under that pseudonym in the 1980s and early 1990s.

On the article: great detail, nice job. If i had to be critical, then it would be that the writing style is a bit more chaotic than most. But theres nothing particularly wrong with it either, so this is just criticising for the sake of criticising. Don't think i don't admire the work

I can understand this, as my modus operandi was to work for an hour or two on the profile every couple of days. Consistency will be key for my next pieces.

Glad to see people are enjoying the profile. I'm currently working on two more pieces for the website, which touch wood should be published before the end of the year.

I can also reveal that we might have another driver profile and a team profile published in the near future, depending on when the authors can complete them. We'll be swimming in new content

[golic_2004]

I love reading about drivers with pseudonyms, especially one named ones. I heard about Geki but not in great detail, but I love the name Gimax.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

I'm currently working on two more pieces for the website, which touch wood should be published before the end of the year.

Are you hinting at a Duncan Hamilton profile perchance?

Also, yeah, top profile-writing job, man.

[Waris]

Well written. However, I was under the impression that drivers who perished in an accident weren't eligible for a profile?

[Nuppiz]

Well written. However, I was under the impression that drivers who perished in an accident weren't eligible for a profile?

This was the case for drivers killed in F1 races (e.g. Roland Ratzenberger) on F1 Rejects. However, drivers killed while racing elsewhere (e.g. Jo Gartner) were still profiled.

Geki was killed in a F3 race, so I'd say he falls under the latter category.

[dinizintheoven]

Hence also, that summary of Justin Wilson's career could be turned into a full profile.

[DonTirri]

A good read.
I do wonder. Why oh why do you keep making articles about these REALLY obscure guys and teams... when the reject team of all reject teams Osella STILL doesn't have one?
I mean, the closest we got to an Osella-profile was Piercarlo Ghinzani's profile in the old site but even that had things outside if Osella.

[Ataxia]

A good read.
I do wonder. Why oh why do you keep making articles about these REALLY obscure guys and teams... when the reject team of all reject teams Osella STILL doesn't have one?
I mean, the closest we got to an Osella-profile was Piercarlo Ghinzani's profile in the old site but even that had things outside if Osella.

Good question! Osella is certainly something that can be tackled later down the line, but considering the length of the articles we've done so far it'd be a massive undertaking...it would definitely require a couple of people working together on it. I mean, there's four seasons of F2 and 10 years of Formula 1 to cover...it'd be huge!

Also, we know we've been a bit quiet on the writing front; I'm currently at the business end of this semester and have exams coming up next week. I've got something in the works which I can probably try to release around Christmas time (which is a little different to a "conventional" team review), and there's a few other things being worked on by some of the other guys.

[tommykl]

A good read.
I do wonder. Why oh why do you keep making articles about these REALLY obscure guys and teams... when the reject team of all reject teams Osella STILL doesn't have one?
I mean, the closest we got to an Osella-profile was Piercarlo Ghinzani's profile in the old site but even that had things outside if Osella.

There is also the question of whether Osella even is a reject team. They only had five points on the scoreboard, but had Jo Gartner's points been allowed to stand in any normal season, they would have 7. Sure, the criteria is simply the number of points, but then how would you change it to accommodate for other points systems? If you redefine it according to finishing positions, then surely Gartner's fifth place counts and Osella aren't a reject team...

[Bobby Doorknobs]

A good read.
I do wonder. Why oh why do you keep making articles about these REALLY obscure guys and teams... when the reject team of all reject teams Osella STILL doesn't have one?
I mean, the closest we got to an Osella-profile was Piercarlo Ghinzani's profile in the old site but even that had things outside if Osella.

There is also the question of whether Osella even is a reject team. They only had five points on the scoreboard, but had Jo Gartner's points been allowed to stand in any normal season, they would have 7. Sure, the criteria is simply the number of points, but then how would you change it to accommodate for other points systems? If you redefine it according to finishing positions, then surely Gartner's fifth place counts and Osella aren't a reject team...

If you look at the criteria we have now you will see all ambiguity has been removed on that front. The bad news is... Osella don't count.

Not to say Centrale pieces tacking the subject aren't allowed.

And on the subject of writing, I have two things in store for you lot before the year's out, one of which has already been discussed, the other... it's a surprise.