Grand Prix Rejects

Robbie

I'm in for whatever I can do. I'm in GMT -6, available pretty much every weeknight after 5:00 or so.

I'll try to record a short thing later. I'm pretty good at making goofy small talk if there's any sort of agenda.

Skype: simracerworld

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"How to make a good F1 forum/podcast" by Jamie McGregor and Enoch Law

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If you need somebody to be sarcastic about F1, I'd be more than up for it. Wrote a relatively satirical blog on F1 for about a year and a half.

http://f1ronspeak.wordpress.com

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Indianapolis: US Grand Prix 2007.

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What I find interesting is that Pat Symonds is claiming that Piquet suggested a crash. If there is even the minutest possibility that Piquet suggested it, why has he been given immunity? Can it now be proven that he was operating on his own, but because he was part of Renault the team will be punish...

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I have to ask:

Has anyone ever even HEARD of South American F3?

Does it really exist or was he making that up?

Such a big talent pool there, you know

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Kubica's still got it, and yes he still has motivation. But, again comparing to Alonso at Minardi.... It's much easier to push like a maniac and squeeze extra results out of the car when you have a point to make. There's less than no hope for the BMW, and Kubica has proven speed, so why bother riski...

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In regards to the potential failure of Schumacher to do well and the resulting image destruction, recall that Ferrari have conditionally approved him to race--if he doesn't want to, he can still pull out, and I guarantee that if he of all people did not believe himself to be the best, he wouldn't ev...

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Despite the commercial breaks, I still find myself downloading SpeedTV coverage after every race. The commentator crew works well together and actually adds something to the race.

David Hobbs is almost as awesome as Murray Walker for random nonsensical quotes...

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Peter Windsor has stated on SpeedTV that they will only consider two American drivers.

JV isn't an option, and I think F1 is better as a result(seriously, have you seen his HAIR?).

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KERS.

You repeatedly watched cars come up on a KERS car and just stop--no way to get by.

That was probably the most disappointing part of the entire race.

Though Kimi's idiotic attempt to drive around the outside of T1 was eminently laughable.

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Bernie: Max, what the &%&@* are you doing, you're ruining F1?
Max: What do you mean, can't you tell I'm doing a brilliant job of running F1?

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What about Carlos Reutemann? Politician in Argentina, and drove the F1 turbo cars, which automatically makes him perfect. Anyone who has driven a turbo car is a freakin' genius.

Though if we're going for anyone actually in the running, I have to say that I really think highly of Ari Vatanen.

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Mosley for ROTY!

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http://formula-1.updatesport.com/news/article/1247127974/formula_one/F1headlines/The-Nonsense-has-to-Stop/view.html

Pretty much self-descriptive, but oh man I love that piece of writing.

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I vote for Sutil--he beat Lewisteria in quali despite some apparently pretty major car problems.

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I'm not so sure.

Considering tyres, Webber's probably going to start on the softer and then run the harder. Vettel will start on the harder. If Webber can make the tyres last through his stint, he may be able to jump Vettel and get the win.

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My dream for F1--anyone know FOTA's email so I can submit this? Engines limited to 800hp, anything goes as long as it doesn't break 800hp. Examples: Ferrari V12, Mercedes V8, Toyota V6, Aston V12(PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE HAVE AN ASTON V12) Engines, being mostly larger, will rev lower and be more dur...

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You can say he's just fast because he's in the best car, but he has pulled some fantastic laps out of the bag when need be in quali. I've been a fan since '03 when he started his demolition of Jacques. Never wavered a bit, even was screaming as he got punted out of the 06 USGP. @redbulljack14: Butto...

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Ross Prawn wrote: *

Max prepares for his second ANTSMSW5PG, but this time he isn't taking any chances with the possibility of the other participants filming him.

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All I can say is that yet again politics have taken priority over racing. I love Formula One, it was my goal when younger to be a driver someday; but oh my god, reading anything about this stupid Mosleygate makes me sick to my stomach, quite literally. I hope the teams break away, just to show Max up.

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Bleu: I don't get it; Friesacher has the small car showing his lack of money or the Gallardo showing where his money went?

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Hey, I'll volunteer-F1 fanatic and completely biasless(unless Minardi returns....). Seriously, Max has run his course; politics for the sake of politics are tiring, and for the first time in nearly ten years of obsession I'm considering stopping watching races; the politics are so huge that they det...

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Johnny Claes.

Seriously, the last place finisher from the very first World Championship GP definitely deserves a profile on the site.

Tazio Nuvolari could count too, you know--he never scored a point because he never even raced in the Championship

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Seriously, is there any candidate other than Ferrari? The only guys finishing down low were the usual--Piquet, Nakajima, Fisi. You could say the track for not helping in ANY overtaking at all--but then, Ferrari is screaming at the top of its lungs for Reject of the Race. Come on, guys, prove us righ...

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What the heck--we need one

Anything that can be considered a reject or involving a reject.

And here, a pic of mine from the 2007 US Grand Prix to kick things off.....relatively self-explanatory.

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My brother talked to Massa's brother at the 2007 USGP, assuming that it was Massa himself.

Does that count as a famous F1 guy?

Oh, and I almost got run over by Trulli's Harley at the 06 USGP....

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Hmmmm....this is interesting. If so, who would their drivers be? I can see Sato, but Ide/Yamamoto/Montagny? I think they've proved themselves to be pretty far out of their depth in F1(Well, not Montagny, but he's now too old to risk--IMO). Therefore you could perhaps end up with, heck, yet another g...

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Out of all the teams, that is the one I would have guessed most to have that particular fact.

Considering that I don't remember, though, what team WAS Toyota previously? Did they start their own at the beginning of 2002?

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American fans would be instantly interested if the team signed Danica Patrick. It's amazing, the allure of the female body. And Flav could hire his ex, Heidi Klum, to replace Piquet at Renault. I would have zero interest in it besides idle curiosity of seeing how well they did, but it would indeed ...

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Jeremy Clarkson as Flavio Briatore.

The Stig as Kimi Raikkonen(hey, he doesn't need to talk)

David Tennant as Sid Watkins

Bill Clinton as Max

Bill Gates as Bernie

Jackie Chan as Yuji Ide

Macaulay Culkin as Lewis Hamilton

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Kimi podium, Massa abducted by terrorists and held for ransom of $2m in the ex-Super Aguri motorhome--Brazil tries to find its sniper team and discovers that it doesn't have one.

Oh, you mean in reality...

Button, Trulli, Barrichello.

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Nah, Chevy Cavalier. It isn't really even a decent car before you add the wingy thingys, after them it sets new records for dumbness....

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I'm going to suggest the Suburbia Grand Prix, in which each driver competes rally-style against a teenage girl in a Honda Civic or Mitsubishi Eclipse Spider.

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I think that to ensure Lola's huge success, mirroring their triumph in 1997, they should start development of the car no earlier than this coming December, and hire Yuji Ide and Jean-Denis Deletraz as drivers for the ultimate reject team of all time...

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There once was Piquet Jr, so they say
Nelson, hired to pave Alonso's way
His arrogance in Renault's halls
And crashes into concrete walls
Sent him also down to the deep south.

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BB01 wrote:And why did it seem to recharge as the cars went over the line?

The graphic didn't show charging--it just showed how much was left. Given that the teams are allowed 6.6s per lap, that was simply the timer resetting. I noticed too and thought it odd for a few laps.

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It's my personal opinion that whitewalls should be introduced as of China, for the sole purpose of attracting old farts that still think that whitewalls are hot stuff.

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LukeB wrote:Apparently he was given a shunt up the backside by Kovalainen.

So Rubens is trying to emulate Max?

*Announcer voice*
Tune in tomorrow for the Rubens and Max Show, live from their dingy London dungeon!

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After rewatching Kubica's attempted pass on Vettel several times, I must complain that your podcast deserves reject status! It is my view that the same thing happened as at Japan last year(between Massa and Bourdais); the passing driver squeezed in too much, assuming that the inner driver would slam...

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