Grand Prix Rejects

http://www.f1today.nl/fotos/t7o95w3p5.jpg Why does the Ferrari have a coat hanger stuck on top of it? Looks like a couple of pitot tubes on top of that giant hanger. They're trying to measure the airflow up there. My guess is to see how far vertically air is disturbed by the front of a F1 car. Sinc...

http://www.blogdocapelli.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/20090131renaultcomparativo.jpg Wow! So there are differences between the R29 and the R30... From that pic they seem to have got away without lengthening the wheelbase. Even stranger when the official press release by Renault states quite cl...

I'm pretty sure Lola withdrew from the reserve list several months ago...as did Epsilon Eskudai, so that leaves the list empty? I don't remember any other teams being in the list. Thanks for correcting me - yes, having checked throught the press reports, they did withdraw their entry last year, alt...

Say Button leads the title race half way during the season like 2009 from Hamilton where button had 65 points to Hamilton 9 points. We all know the Mclaren stands for Lewis Hamilton Racing but will the team let Button be number 1? What kind of dumb question is that? The moment Button shows more tal...

It would be nice. Cars would be more temperamental and, with smaller engines, fuel consumption and contamination would go down as a side effect But, as TeamTipper said, there's too much paranoia with security, and they'd immediately associate turbos with danger. Although today F1 is a very safe spo...

Reports are now circulating through the Motorsports Press in Europe that Campos may be Forced to withdraw their Entry if it cannot guarantee a full budget for the 2010 season......... A doubt: if that happens, would Stefan GP or any other team be able to get their entry? If , and this is a big if, ...

Well, Lambourghini did originally start out as a tractor manufacturer - and I believe that they still do produce tractors, complete with the 'rampant bull' logo on them. m Lamborghini Range: rationality and emotion. Professionals choose Lamborghini tractors for two basic reasons: its advanced techn...

Well, Lambourghini did originally start out as a tractor manufacturer - and I believe that they still do produce tractors, complete with the 'rampant bull' logo on them.

personally I HATE the McLaren. 1st of all, the shark fins are ATROCIOUS. Whoever invented them should be shot, hung and quartered for his crimes against aesthetics. 2nd of all, it bears and EERIE resemblance to the godawful midwing monstrosity of 95. Surely you don't want to shoot Adrian Newey, do ...

Actually it is - he was at Enstone today signing the contract, but I forgot to mention it May I ask how you know this? I'm hoping you're not quting the article again, because I just spotted another error: the article claims he is "rumoured" to have thirteen million pounds' worth of sponso...

Interesting - I know that Petrov had been hunting around for a seat in F1 (given that he'd been linked with Campos for a while), and with the financial backing he brings, he would have been quite a catch for several teams. From what I've heard from GP2 (although I haven't been following it as much a...

Just a quick question, were cars this long back when refueling was forbidden in '93? Sure the engines wouldnt have been nearly as thirsty as they are now, but too long a wheelbase might be undesirable. No - in fact, most of the cars from 1993 have a shorter wheelbase compared to the recent cars, be...

Bernie was so confident at least two new teams would pull out- despite those comments obviously being a warning shot for Campos and USF1 to get their act together- I assumed one of them would've gone by now. Campos might make the grid but run out of money. USF1's preparations seem like classic reje...

Just been watching the streaming of the unveiling of the McLaren ... It looks incredible. Mega engine cover fin and rectangular sidepod openings swooping down so much more aggressively than anything we've seen before. Slightly disappointed that there has been no change to the colour scheme despite ...

As for the Williams car, they said that they were starting from scratch for the FW-32, instead of using the FW-31, and the changes are much clearer. They have also gone down the high nose route, but haven't gone for the Red Bull nose ridges, whilst it looks to me like they have tried to slim down t...

So Anthony Hamilton has struck a deal to run 2009-spec McLarens in private test sessions to help spot talent and allow up-and-coming drivers the opportunity to try out F1 machinery, according to the latest news. http://www.blognow.com.au/richardsF1/236038/Hamilton_launches_F1_test_academy.html Appa...

I will agree that recently Ferrari have been a bit conservative with the design of their cars, particularly in regards the aero package. Noisebox, I would argue that the F60's aerodynamics were flawed to some extent - Ferrari admitted that the gearbox casing was blocking access to the floor for the ...

I find it a little worrying about the state of the forum that most people are all too eager to instantly rubbish and kick someone or something when it's down, under the thin veil of "it'll be something new for the website." It's a little out of place and actually a little worrying that pe...

According to the article here, it makes it clear that he is linking up with the right wing - in particular, the Northern League. http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/81065
So, he's probably going to be Berlusconi's man - at the very least, he is happy to keep the same company as he does.

RB5 nose + BGP-001 lines in the bodywork + MP/4-24 rear wing = Ferrari F60 Once again, the designers resort to apeing one another. That's what I loved about the 2009 launch season - all the cars looked so different . Now it's just a Greatest Hits collection of what the competition did last year. So...

So, the front nose seems to indicate that Ferrari are following the same design philosophy as Red Bull, after trying out those nose cone ridges last year in a few practise sessions. I'm ignoring the wings, because Ferrari have said that they were putting the wings off the F60 on the car, not the win...

Ouch! So they seem to be very cash-strapped after the budget cap didn't come into existence, but under the assumption of which they had applied for the season ... F1 is indeed a waste of money. I mean, those Campos people are all trained professionals and very much unlike the MasterCard Lola, they ...

I love these obscure left-field drivers. After all, that's why we're all here, isn't it? Let's hope the #2 driver is someone equally rejectful. As it stands, USF1 is the most interesting team on the grid. I mean, someone with so much caliber as to be rejected in favor of Nelson Piquet Jr. by Renaul...

At the moment, this does almost sound like Lola-Mastercard, take two. Fragile financial backing, an inexperienced team, a new car which will not be tested until the first race weekend (if this story is true) - at the very least, reliability is going to be such an unknown quantity that they are going...

It's only a few seasons back that tyre stops were dramatically restricted. Do the same again........OVERTAKING! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGaq_SeXTgI Perhaps one of the more extreme situations, but it was a strange situation. The FIA did say, after the race, that they would have allowed Mclare...

Go back to the beginning of the decade, and most of the dry compounds would spend their time sitting in the garage, never seeing the track - which is an utter waste of money and space. That's 'cos we had refueling. With no refueling it gives the teams an option to do something innovative with tyres...

Wouldn't stick different tyre composts at the same time cause undesirable results? I guess if the car is not balanced and there's too much/not enough heat in either the fronts or rears then a mixture of compounds could work, or if the circuit has a lot of high speed turns in one direction then hard...

Perhaps it is just me, but the silver paintwork does seem a little dull. No, not in that sense - but it does seem to lack a bit of vibrancy and irridescence. Looking at it though, the first car which comes to mind is not the Tyrrell, but the Sauber C9 (the Group C prototype car), which had a very si...

Well, for what it is worth, I might as well have a go. Mclaren 1. JB 2. LH DBTM = JB (LH has the advantage of knowing how Mclaren ticks and has been part of the team for several years - whilst I doubt that JB will have the same problems as FA, he will still struggle to get to grips with a new car an...

Incessant gearbox failures, here we come. Also known as: Red Bull, part deux Maybe - Emco is a specialised gearbox manufacturer, and the ones dealing with the most difficult part (designing the internal parts) - all USF1 is effectively designing is the case (which I reckon will probably be aluminiu...

Not the worst car that we have seen in F1 (the 2009 Renault comes to mind...), even if, as Henrique says, it looks like a strawberry sundae. On another note, since I suppose that it is most appropriate to go here, a few more technical details of the USF1 car have emerged recently. At the moment, it ...

I remember the Adrian Newey issue in 2001. I watched the 2001 f1 review not long ago. I remember Ron saying in a cocky way 'he changed his mind'. Rahul said its a load of crap. If Jaguar got Newey for 2002 do u think that irvine and webber would had achive alot more? Ford should of done a Renault. ...

I admit that I will be very amused if one of the new teams manages to beat one of the established teams at Bahrain and makes a mockery of prevailing opinion in the paddock at the moment (even if it is unlikely to happen). Looking at watka's post, my gut feeling is that he could well be closer to the...

I would do it because I like the number 4 and the yellow t-cams, but that's just me. Who the hell cares, because the driver with the yellow t-cam (I think that's what its called... you know that little doohickey on top of the engine cover that the crane usually grabs the car by? It's colored red fo...

Wait, wait, I hear something ... Yep, the publicocrapometer just went through the roof. Damn it, now I'll be sweeping up cogs for days. Still, this does like Piquet trying to get back at a paddock which has probably turned it's back on him, unless the stories about him talking with Campos were not ...

Well, there have been cases where drivers have decided to swap numbers within a team. For example, Jenson once changed numbers with Rubens, because the number Jensen had was supposed to be Rubens's lucky number. If I recall well, that was back in 2006. Didn't Senna have a tradition about the number ...

Brief update concerning Campos - their car has passed the final FIA rash tests. Mor importantly, they now hope to attend the second Jerez test, on the 17th-20th Feb. However, they may not make that test, and have to wait until the final test at Barcelona to try the car out. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80971

How can you unveil a livery, but not unveil a car? Unless Mercedes are going to re-create it on a BGP-001? It appears that they will indeed use a BGP-001 which has been repainted in the Mercedes GP colours (which makes sense, I suppose). What happened to the Simultaneous launch day? It died a death...

USF1-- Are they testing on a track no other F1 car has ever driven, just so that there's no evidence to compare them to? Also, thanks so much for compiling this list... nice work. And USF1 have a base in Spain (at Motorland Aragon no less). We know that the FIA granted a special dispensation to the...

Since we are getting close to the time when the news cars are finally shown to the world (giving us something decent to talk about), I thought that it might be helpful to give a list of the known launch dates for the cars. So, the following list contains the dates which I have been able to find, som...

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