Grand Prix Rejects

Tsunoda: Continues to get points out of a car that I'm fairly sure is terrible. Zhou: What Londoner said. Unfortunately, Tsunoda was given a time penalty that dropped him out of the points in the end - it was an effort that should have resulted in points, but it just didn't work out that way. Still...

Charles Leclerc had a real shocker this weekend - awful pace in qualifying, followed by similar lacklustre pace during the race itself. OK, even with a slightly odd strategy for Ferrari - not sure why they started him on the hard tyres, only to then pit for the softs so early on - he was still disap...

1) Verstappen
2) Perez
3) Alonso
4) Leclerc
5) Hamilton
6) Sainz
7) Ocon
8) Russell
9) Gasly
10) Norris

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: None
ROTR: Stroll
IIDOTR: Ocon
DBTMOTR: Stroll
MLP: Piastri
LP: Sargeant

Assuming that Alonso is going to drive until he's 93, he'll be thrilled about developing another Honda partnership. For what it is worth, the president of the Honda Racing Corporation, Koji Watanabe, has said that they would have no objections to Alonso driving for the team if they wanted him to. M...

Russell is a young playboy who is absolutely in the "in crowd". As was just said, he was hyped to heaven for his prowess, and sadly he himself has bought into that hype - a major mistake for anyone. He plays to the media because he knows he will always be "their man". So when he...

1. Sergio Perez . Well, it was nice to have the illusion of a title battle this season. 2. Lance Stroll . Frankly a bit amateurish round the streets. Honourable mention to Haas , it seems they gave up on the race the moment it started raining. Both pretty solid nominations - it all went to pieces f...

Mercedes also owns around 10% of Aston Martin (which I believe makes them the third largest shareholder in the company), and I believe their long term plan was to increase that to 20% of the business in the near future. Now THAT'S interesting. I wonder if they'll sell as they did with their stake i...

1. Verstappen 2. Perez 3. Alonso 4. Sainz 5. Hamilton 6. Leclerc 7. Russell 8. Stroll 9. Norris 10. Gasly PP: Verstappen FL: Perez First Retirement: Tsunoda ROTR: Leclerc's luck - given how so many of his races at Monaco have gone, it seems likely that something will somehow go awry again (although ...

Lot of upside for Honda if they can power the progeny of Jordan to a championship. That said, AM is investing a lot of money and effort, maybe they'll be coming good with the new tunnel etc. coming on line. It seems a little weird, but better they're in than out no? It seems that, as you suggest, H...

After a few whispers going round about teams courting Honda as a possible engine partner, we've now had formal confirmation by Honda that they intend to return to Formula 1 with the Aston Martin team. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/65682563

It really is amazing how quickly everyone has forgotten Max and Bernie. They certainly weren't loved. And that's to say nothing of Jean-Marie Balestre. Heck, even poor Charlie Whiting caught quite a bit of flack prior to his passing. I do agree that they did get a fair bit of criticism in the past ...

That said, it does seem to be a measure of how low the FIA's reputation has now sunk is that quite a few fans also seemed surprised that the FIA had decided to act promptly, decisively and made a decision that was considered to be sensible. Wait a minute. When have the fans ever had a high opinion ...

While no one can argue today's cancelation (although that hasn't stopped people on Reddit, Twitter and Facebook from trying) it does once again enforce the universe's 'soft cap' of 22 races. Try as they might, Liberty simply cannot get a 23 race season off the ground. Maybe when they finally plan t...

Right now, the bigger question is going to be whether the race can even take place - they've been ordered to evacuate the circuit due to the possibility that the Santerno river could flood the circuit. 1. Verstappen 2. Perez 3. Alonso 4. Hamilton 5. Russell 6. Sainz 7. Leclerc 8. Stroll 9. Ocon 10. ...

I don't agree with Miami GP nomination tbqh. It doesn't feel like actual rejectfulness. The driver presentation/introduction is just what they do and won't be there for Imola or further races. It was just for a bit of fun and some people had fun, some didn't. Plus the race was dull but again it was...

On F1TV's FP coverage, they were basically saying how Max being ahead of Checo so far is normal service resuming now we are back on a "proper track". Except......we aren't. It is literally a parking lot, and used as a track one weekend a year. Placing my tin foil hat firmly on, I believe ...

Actually I'll elaborate - I feel 2002 WAS worse. Ferrari were able to play games then like trying to stage a dead heat, switching at the last minute in Austria, and other games like slowing down then catching up again such as Hungary, or will they/won't they at Nurburgring. At least on this occasio...

Apparently Liberty, having seen and heard how fans aren't huge fans of sprint races and having seen and heard how the drivers aren't huge fans of sprint races, have decided to push for 10 sprint races for 2024. The phrase "saturation point" just simply doesn't exist in their lexicon clear...

1. Verstappen
2. Perez
3. Alonso
4. Leclerc
5. Hamilton
6. Sainz
7. Russell
8. Stroll
9. Norris
10. Gasly

PP: Verstappen
FL: Perez
First Retirement: de Vries
ROTR: de Vries
IIDOTR: no award
DBTMOTR: de Vries
LP: Bottas
MLP: Piastri

Then again, it could also be related to the talk of Hitech submitting an application to join Formula 1. Hitech used to be partially owned by the Mazepin's, and whilst they ostensibly stepped back following the imposition of sanctions, there have been allegations that they are still indirectly invol...

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/65472770 Bathplug off, Mazepin. I don't want that awful driver anywhere near a Formula One car again. That's as daft as the Massa one. Even if the sanctions were lifted he's hardly a driver that any team is crying out for. This isn't like football where rich owner...

[Edit] On another note, following Perez's victory in Baku, we have Horner making some comments that seem designed to undermine Perez's confidence, not increase it: “Winning the sprint race yesterday, obviously he got a little bit lucky with the timing of the Safety Car [in the grand prix],” said Ho...

There were a few people wryly noting that Red Bull's mechanics were ignoring the instructions not to do that - however, with the focus very much on the Ocon incident, it seems that the FIA may be quietly ignoring Red Bull's actions. I thought that might kind of happen. Horner is probably happy to p...

Pretty weird to see Verstappen insert himself as the authority on good driving standards, considering his many on-track antics between 2015 and 2021. Effectively, it's now the case that Verstappen is the one with much more to loose by not yielding, whilst other drivers around him now have less to l...

That near miss with Ocon and those people in the pit lane : How did they not realize there was one lap left of the race? :facepalm: Could have ended really badly, thankfully they all had fast reflexes. It's not just that there was one lap left, but the FIA's own officials should have known that Oco...

Not to get too pessimistic as I'm in a good mood today, but I do think, on this subject, that the FIA will at some point "make sprint races count, even in retrospect", as part of a driver's results record. It seems inevitable that in a few years "well of course they're part of the fu...

It would depend where exactly the new team finished, but I'd say that around 6-7 years is about the point where your increased income would outweigh the initial upfront payment under the new prize fund structure. Imagine being on the other end of the table to the potential investors :P "You sh...

Quick question, if a Reject wins a Sprint race are they unrejectified? I wouldn't expect the powers that be to care about such a thing and in the real world, of course, it doesn't really matter but what does matter, I think, is whether a driver who wins a sprint race is counted as a race winner. Wh...

It's Aston Martin's strongest ever! Even better than 1999 when they were Jordan! Strictly speaking, the original entity - Force India Formula One Team Limited - went into administration in 2018, with the entity that is now known as AMR GP Limited (the holding company that runs the Aston Martin F1 T...

S1: Verstappen S2: Perez S3: Alonso S4: Leclerc S5: Hamilton S6: Russell 1. Verstappen 2. Perez 3. Alonso 4. Leclerc 5. Hamilton 6. Russell 7. Stroll 8. Sainz 9. Zhou 10. Bottas PP: Verstappen FL: Perez First Retirement: Sargeant ROTR: The race, for managing to be overly complicated in format and pr...

This is Alonso's strongest start to the season since 2007 :shock: It's Aston Martin's strongest ever! Even better than 1999 when they were Jordan! Strictly speaking, the original entity - Force India Formula One Team Limited - went into administration in 2018, with the entity that is now known as A...

While we're on the subject, just how many teams was Damon Hill linked to for 1997 before he signed for Arrows? I think he was also linked with McLaren and Jordan as well. Obviously the latter move happened a year later but I think he turned McLaren down which he probably regretted come the start of...

There isn't much to say that hasn't already been said, but I'm still confused by the "statute of limitations" rule he seems to be citing here. If them knowing about it before the ceremony extended it, surely it would only be extended until the next ceremony? Which if they didn't do anythi...

Michael Andretti signed a deal to race for Ferrari in 1992, what if this had eventuated? Given how the 1992 Ferrari turned out, probably would have been just as disastrous as his stint at McLaren turned out. But maybe in that case, the car could have been blamed and masked any poor performance by t...

Not sure what became of Jani after Champ Car got absorbed by the Indy Racing League though given how Hartley was later recalled to the Red Bull family, I suppose Jani could have been recalled. Forgot about Takuma Sato and how he came close to replacing Bourdais so I guess he could also have been a ...

As for Schneider, he was so unfortunate to only really drive shitboxes in F1. And when he finally did get to sit in the Arrows, he immediately got yeeted for Alex Caffi, who still bagged a couple of points that should have been Schneider's. By 1991 there were so many open seats too - the second Lot...

Asides from personal motivations to stir trouble, it's also not as if Bernie has had a reputation for being a particularly honest individual - in fact, it's pretty much the polar opposite. As a witness, the reliability of his testimony is rather questionable at best - not to mention that the fraud ...

Michael Masi is laughing over those nonsense. Expect a MASSIVE shitstorm after this clown show. By a peculiar twist, Masi was apparently present in the paddock this weekend as a guest of the FIA. He is involved in the Supercars series which ran at Melbourne as per usual. To a point - whilst he is i...

It's been revealed accoring to Autosport that Massa is looking to challenge the result of the 2008 Singapore GP , as aul' Bernie has stated that he and Max Mosely, FIA president at the time, knew of the events that took place at least before the end of the 2008 season, which was within the time all...

I agree. Some of us may not like the rules, but it appears they played it by the book. People can certainly continue to nominate race control for following the rules, but it’s a little weird. Well, even then, only to some extent - the protest by Haas over the restart procedure was on the grounds th...

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