On Sunday 23 July, 2023, Red Bull Racing broke a long-standing record of Formula 1 history. With Max Verstappen taking a commanding victory at the 39th Hungarian Grand Prix, Red Bull had won the first 11 races of this season. Added to their victory at the 2022 season finale, they have stood on top…

Three weeks ago, the most important race of the motorsport year was held. The 107th Indianapolis 500 saw Josef Newgarden beat last year’s winner Marcus Ericsson on the final lap to take his premier win at the prestigious race to add to his Indy Lights and two IndyCar Series world titles. However, said Marcus…

For this month, the Gravel Trap will go to a new place – as a well-known children’s song in Germany says: “Everything is made anew in May”. In this subcategory of the Gravel Trap, the author (and possibly future other GPR staff) will give travel advice for the passionate motorsport fan. Our first entry…

Sports are, contrary to one of the popular running gags on the GP Rejects Discord, alive and well – at the very least financially. Most major sports have expanded their schedules to provide more sports content to the various media partners around the globe, increasing revenues across the board. Some of the deals signed…

The 2000 Formula 1 season was one of turmoil for Minardi, one of the sport’s most beloved underdog teams. Increased costs across the Formula 1 landscape saw the team desperately struggling to make ends meet. Vintage pay-driver Gastón Mazzacane was hired to join Marc Gené, who had scored the team’s last points finish at…

On the 2nd April, the 45th season of the Stock Car Pro Series, Brazil’s premier racing series, is set to begin. Rubens Barrichello will defend his championship crown against over 30 competitors and the author is most certainly looking forward to seeing the action unfold. The author will spend this edition of the Gravel…

On 4 December, 2022, The Race writer Edd Straw released an opinion piece entitled “A Bigger F1 Grid Would Only Give Drivers False Hope” in which he argued against grid expansion by expressing the view that more grid slots would lead to more valuable rides for rookies and other young talent. Normally, this would…

Dear Sebastian, First off, the author apologises for the awkwardness of a German writing to another German in the English language, but that comes with the territory of being an open letter.  It is over (at least for the time being): 300 Grand Prix entries, 16 seasons, five different constructors, and of course, four…

With Formula 1 having ten teams since the demise of Manor at the end of 2016, and new entries being considered undesirable by the sport’s commercial rights holder, it stands to reason that 20th place will remain the last place on the grid for the foreseeable future. Sometimes, even Reject fans do not give…

In recent days, AlphaTauri announced their willingness to let Pierre Gasly out of his contract, allowing him to join a different team for 2023 (most likely Alpine). However, that was dependent on their ability to sign IndyCar driver Colton Herta for the next year. This required a super licence exception for Herta, who currently…