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GPR Awards – 2021 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
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In a season that is turning even the most cynical of heads around to expect a good title fight to the finish, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was by far the most weird and wonderful yet. With what appeared to be an inherited win by Sergio Pérez, the Mexican then had to earn it as…
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GPR Awards – 2021 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix
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For the first time in three years, the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix saw Mercedes at the top of neither the drivers’ nor the constructors’ championship on Sunday evening. It was a show of resurgence and driving excellence yet again from Max Verstappen, who took full advantage of inheriting pole position from Charles Leclerc‘s non-starting Ferrari and was the…
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GPR Awards – 2021 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix
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The 2021 Spanish Grand Prix provided the fans with an unusually interesting race at the Circuit of Catalunya, as Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes used better strategy and almost unbelievable pace on medium tyres to provide a repeat of the 2019 Hungarian Grand Prix, overtaking Max Verstappen and Red Bull in the final laps of the race to take…
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GPR Awards – 2021 Formula 1 Portuguese Grand Prix
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The 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix gifted us Lewis Hamilton‘s second win of the season, beating Max Verstappen and his team-mate Valtteri Bottas. While the race relied more on how the Pirelli tyres handled the surface of the Portimão racetrack to create some interesting strategy variance, further behind some plot lines developed, contributing to the soap opera that the 2021 Formula One season…
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GPR Awards – 2021 Formula 1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix
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The 2021 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, whose full name is so rejectful I won’t even type it, brought F1 back to Imola again, and back racing after a three-week break. Max Verstappen took a dominant win to bring the title challenge to Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes. However, we at Grand Prix Rejects are far more…
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GPR Awards – 2021 Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix
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The 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix was run last Sunday. After a fantastic, yet controversial, race-long duel between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, the defending champion came out on top. But the race win isn’t the most important prize of the weekend at Grand Prix Rejects. Those are the coveted Reject of the Race and Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race awards, elected democratically by…
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Kvyat from hero to zero at home; Magnussen collects Sochi IIDOTR
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With Max Verstappen peering over his shoulder from the Red Bull junior stable, Daniil Kvyat was in desperate need of a turnaround in form. Shanghai offered hope in that respect, picking up our Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race for his first podium of the year. Sochi completely destroyed that hope. Kvyat suffered the…
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Palmer earns ROTR for China; Kvyat tops all-around plaudits for Red Bull in IIDOTR
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Jolyon Palmer set himself apart from the rest of the field by recording a season’s first – finishing a race in 22nd position – and earning him Reject of the Race to go with it. It was poor timing for turning in a bad performance, given the entire field ran from start to finish.…
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Bahrain GP: New kids on the block steal the show
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Against the Saturday backdrop of aggravation and absurdity, on both grand prix Sundays so far this season fans have headed into the races with a sense of trepidation of what may be about to unfold. But what we have seen on Sundays so far has been incredible racing all through the field in both…
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Force India sweeps Bahrain ROTR; Vandoorne edges Wehrlein for IIDOTR
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Bahrain saw a dominant show of force from the Silverstone based Indian team, but of entirely the wrong kind. They showed a level of authority in the Reject of the Race vote that deserted them out on the track itself, left clinging desperately to the coat-tails of Sauber and Manor. It was an incredible…
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