Grand Prix Rejects

Well, of all the F1 races I've watched, this was certainly one of them. Nominate your IIDOTR contenders here!

Nothing was infinite and improbable. Despite all the safety cars and shenanigans what I posted elsewhere was correct:

IceG wrote: ↑18 Apr 2024, 21:44 So basically we just line up eight of the drivers from the top four teams in team/driver points order, randomly drop Alonso in somewhere, and then choose tenth from Tsunoda, Hulkenberg and Stroll?

HM to Alpine for finishing 11th and 13th.

Hulkenberg - Whenever someone of the main 5 teams mess up, he tends to get that point. Actually not only shows how good a job he's doing but also how much more improved Haas is compared to STYL.

Norris - Very well driven race and rocked the strategy.

I'm nominating Norris, second was the best anyone other than Verstappen could have managed today.

Definitely Lando No-Wins gets it for me - on form you'd have had him not just behind Checo but also Ferrari too and he beat all three. I did get a bit excited he might be able to remove the No-Wins tag when Max was worried about a puncture but false alarm!

HMs to The Hulk (not just for scoring for Haas but being respectably close to a Mercedes and a McLaren), and also Ocon for being close to the points in that shite-heap.

IceG wrote: ↑21 Apr 2024, 09:03 Nothing was infinite and improbable. Despite all the safety cars and shenanigans what I posted elsewhere was correct:

This. We need to stop awarding IIDOTR unless it's actually deserved.

Has to be Norris.
In this Noah's Arc of a season even getting a podium and (where Verstappen doesnt retire) and finishing ahead of the Ferraris is a great result. But getting 2nd and managing to finish ahead of Perez aswell is worth a thumbs up.
He even got sprint pole.

I actually believe there's more of a case for it here (Lando beating 3 cars you wouldn't expect him to) than at Suzuka, just for whoever happened to be 10th in the best of the rest after the top 5 teams minus Stroll arseing it up.

Norris for finishing where Perez should be.

Bernd Mayländer for putting in sn appearance, leading the race, and doing a competent job.

And Alex Albon for having a great alternative helmet design.

1. Hulkenberg scoring a point for Haas is always a well deserved reward, especially since nothing else is noteworthy.

Enforcer wrote: ↑21 Apr 2024, 10:47

IceG wrote: ↑21 Apr 2024, 09:03 Nothing was infinite and improbable. Despite all the safety cars and shenanigans what I posted elsewhere was correct:

This. We need to stop awarding IIDOTR unless it's actually deserved.

I also echo this statement.

1. Fernando Alonso: He was the entertainment of the weekend and gave one of the Bulls a hard time in the race before his tires couldn't take it anymore. A strange gamble on softs, but the final stint on mediums was a dance on the edge. Oh and that save! If you asked the commentators they'd tell you at 42 he is fit for a nursing home, but he has the reactions of a cat. Alonso on race day is always magical.

(Ok I realize he clipped Sainz int he sprint, but it was an all or nothing attitude that really only hurt himself int he end).

2. Nothin' really. I was going to say Norris, but he's delivering the performance we're coming expect from him. I am unsure why he is considered by the masses of keyboard warriors on other forums as a tier below the top, because he regularly is second only to Verstappen and his superior machinery.

Hulkenberg: Another point for Haas and further strengthening his position when you read the gossip that he’s a target for Audi

Norris: I actually agree with James. I didn’t expect Norris to beat Perez or the Ferrari’s this weekend and McLaren probably didn’t either as the lack of faster corners doesn’t suit them

HM: Alpine: A slight bit of progress with both cars making Q2 and Ocon finishing 11th and comfortably keeping Hamilton at bay until the Safety Car.