Grand Prix Rejects

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Apologies, I meant the 24Hr - my bad!

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The only item I would have liked a little more explanation on was Luca's reputation as a moving chicane. He is listed, in the write-up you guys have on the web site (under 'What Mirror's') as being a potential 4th on the all time list and I wondered what that was all about. Did he upset other drive...

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I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned Alex Yoong's successes in A1GP.

Larry Perkins in V8 Supercars.

Eric van de Poele's forays into sports car racing (especially the Spa 1,000km event, how many of these has he won now?).

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Sutil's efforts at Monaco '08 and Germany '09 are definite candidate drives. What about Gaston "The Flying Mullet" Mazzacane's brief appearance in 3rd place at the 2000 US GP where he and Hakkinen battled it out for a few laps? I still remember Murray Walker incredulously asking why he was...

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Badoer would be a dead easy ROTR winner in the absence of: - Vettel painting the entire final sector of the lap with oil (and the marshals repainting it with cement dust) courtesy of his blown Renault in Q2. Leaving the oil line would have made the on-track action more interesting, so the decision t...

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Instead of Badoer, then absolutely yes. Are there other drivers on the market who could have done a better job than either of them? Quite possibly, yes, but that's perhaps another debate for another thread... I don't buy this loyalty crap one bit, the focus should be on achieving the best results po...

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Enoch, LMAO

I'd have thrown Sergey Zlobin into the mix as well, but he's not nearly at the same level as the other nominees!

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When it came to the ROTY nomination, I was split 50:50 between the Honda board (for bailing at precisely the time the team headed for an upswing in results) and for Max Mosley (well, for being Max). BMW takes the cake here. Freezing development on their 2008 car that had a realistic shot at the cham...

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Regardless of any rescue or internal buy-out for the BMW Sauber team, I don't see Kubica hanging around and my bet is that he would move to Renault as the No.1 driver if Alonso goes to Ferrari. That being said, Robert has not covered himself in glory and really hasn't demonstrated the drive and verv...

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I think their public displays of affection are quite cute - he's done well to land her and some would argue that they make a cute couple! (I'd have a tough time picking the smarter one in that pair!) But if I see one more cut to the McLaren garage of her jumping up and down like she's on a jumping c...

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Completely agree with Enoch, here. And I like your conspiracy theory too (currently standing as I type this) The punishment and timing of the penalty (pre-Valencia) is shocking, but nothing out of the ordinary when one considers the inconsistent penalties that have been dished out this year. I'm sur...

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I'm extremely biased, but I'd love to see Gene return to the F1 fold and appear at the next round on a Spanish track - it'd make good PR for the Spanish fans. Although it'd also be great to see Badoer have a punt at getting out of Rejectdom, he hasn't raced competitively in 10 years and would be ver...

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I have to agree that Caesars Palace, Phoenix and the current Barcelona and Magny Cours layouts are definite candidates. The 1992-3 Kyalami circuit was a horrible burchering of a once-great circuit, and the two races on the revised track were very processional. Yes, the opening sequence of the 1993 r...

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BAD NEWS FOR LOTUS & SUPERFUND ENTRIES... (taken from en/f1/live.com website) The Lotus Cars company has followed the Brabham family in distancing itself and threatening legal action against a proposed Formula One team bearing its name. It emerged last week that 'Team Lotus' could return to the ...

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Sebastian Vettel's strategist is definitely a worthy candidate for not switching him to a 2nd-place-winning twop-stop satrategy. Quite why they thought they'd be able to make the margin needed over Button on a three-stopper (when historically this has never been possible at Turkey) is questionable i...

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I'm not surprised it failed to get off the ground - no one in their right mind would fund that rhomboid disaster! Let's not forget that Scalabroni also involved himself in the aborted F1 programs of Il Barone Rampante (1991-2) and Izukawa Internation (1994), and the Durango team. AND he was going to...

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Or a kitty litter company, considering Nelson spends plenty of time in it en route to the Armco!

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Oscar the Grouch to sponsor Sebastien Bourdais, given his overall demeanour this season. A magnet product company to sponsor McLaren as a one-off for the Monaco GP given their drivers' affinity with the armco. No Doze to sponsor Kazuki Nakajima - it keeps you awake all the way through that crucial ...

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There have been a couploe of comments in this thread criticising some the double-diffuser gang's lack of performance at Monaco. It's important to remember that the launch of a new double-diffuser at Monaco is hardly going to be the panacea of performance gain (in Red Bull's case), and its inclusion ...

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Although he won't win it, I have to nominate 2009's "Spinner of the Year" - Nelsinho - for having the temerity to use the rookie tag on Buemi for causing the crash. Shades of A1GP and his clash with Hideki Noda at the Lauzitsring, anyone? Toyota had an embarrassing fall from grace, and are...

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I forgot to post this in my lasty reply, but it's interesting that we haven't yet mentioned the Simtek team's liveries, which must surely rank as among the best liveries of a reject team:

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I agree that the 1992 Fondmetal is a good looking car, but has anyone noticed, and I know I've mentioned this before, how similar it looks to the Forti FG01 before they made the 'B' Spec with the high nose for the 1995 French Grand Prix onwards? I had previously read about the notion that the FG01 ...

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The "Go Faster" arrow design across the top of the helmet has proven very popular, it seems... Julian Bailey: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Julian_Bailey_1991_USA.jpg/240px-Julian_Bailey_1991_USA.jpg Perdo Diniz: http://atlasf1.autosport.com/2000/spn/preview/team...

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I was thinking of the old points system becaus Nakajima avoids rejectdom under the current one Sorry for the noob question, but are rejectdom eligibility rules changed with the new points system? The Drivers Index page still says All a former Formula One driver needs to do to escape eligibility for...

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Aside from the Bernd Maylander answer , Markus Winkelhock IS actually the only driver in the last 20 seasons to meet the criteria of leading a race without earning a race win, a championship point or setting a fastest race lap. Amazingly there are just 42 drivers who have lead a race lap in the last...

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I always loved the helmets that bucked the trend and stood out from the crowd. I have a few I'd like to nominate: Mauricio Gugelmin: http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/263064.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1934A2752006EF5F0ED4D1B02B6879AC4ED284831B75F48EF45 Tarso Marques: http://ca...

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Wow mate, thanks for taking the time out to write that, I'll definitely check out the Martini article. You're most welcome - let's just say I have a healthy obsession about the team! And has the most spectacular racefinish ever to his name: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv2kxImg4vc I have his cras...

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It was the last time a Minardi scored points, and only the second time in the team's history that they had two cars finish in the points in the same race (the first time was the 1989 British GP). Being a die-hard Minardi fan, I definitely wouldn't want the results scrapped! The only highlight of tha...

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Statistically, Martini wins hands down, being both the longest-serving and highest points-scoring driver in the team's history. He: - scored the team's first point at Detroit in 1988 - led the race for a single lap in Portugal 1989, the only lap in the lead in the team's history - achieved the team'...

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While not necessarily the worst livery I've seen, I remember the Gitanes livery Ligier adopted for the last two races in 1993: http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5867/ligiercx6.jpg http://www.f1technical.net/f1db/cars/images/1993/Ligier-JS39-2.jpg Certainly a unique way to show off the brand, but th...

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I saw the trolley assembly used by the Toyota team for Timo Glock's nosecone change, and thought it was an ingenious piece of kit. I've had a look for any photos, and unfortunately couldn't find any The Williams team has, for years, used a hydraulic jack that lifts the front end of the car during th...

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Seeing the Jan Lammers Shadow livery, I'm reminded of a F1 car in the 70s that was sponsored by Penthouse, and it caused a stir for having a near-naked lady painted across it - I can't remember who drove it I must say that I liked the Kronenbourg livery occasionally used by Larrousse in 1994. I have...

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I have to disagree with Captain Hammer regarding the Arrows A2 - I think the "Buzzbomb" was one of the best-looking cars of that season, inspite of being fundamentally flawed in its design. But hey, that's part of being in a forum, is being able to disagree!!! My particular favourites (som...

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Well, Luca Baldisseri has just been "reassigned" and now Chris Dyer is going to be in charge of on-track management as of the Chinese GP: http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=45543 Plus, I also read that Luca de Montezemelo had a crisis meeting with the Ferrari head honchos after the...

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...to be replaced (apparently) by another F1 Reject grandee!

A terrible shame for Perry that his dreams didn't turn into reality and that he will be best remembered for being a victim of the farce that was Andrea Moda. I agree that it's an amazing read, I thoroughly enjoyed the book.

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AGS also raced a couple of races in '86 using Motori Moderni engines in Italy and Portugal starting 25th both times with Ivan Capelli driving retired in italy on lap 31 with a puncture and lap 6 in portugal with transmission failure..... I believe those two races were historic in that the starting ...

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I remember earlier editions of F1 Racing would post a "looky-likey" section in their magazine. My favourite was the one of Dr Mario Thiessen and his resemblance to Ned Flanders!

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When the BBC show on-board telemetry, there's a small grey battery with a red bar indicating the charge remaining. When a driver uses KERS, the icon glows yellow and the red decreases in accordance with the amount being used. However, they only showed it for Hamilton's car in Melbourne; I don't kno...

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(I will start with the disclaimer that I am not a McLaren fan and have not been since I was about 7 years' old.) The difficulty the WMSC will have proving is that the McLaren TEAM (as an entity) is in breach of the rules and regulations by attempting to dodge the stewards and falsely claim entitleme...

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Second race in a row... Reject of the race in Malaysia goes to.... Bernie !! Twilight races are the pits. If we had the normal start time in Malaysia - We would have a had a complete race... Hope Bernie is happy counting his $$$$$ Apparently the weather at Sepang was pretty ordinary at 3pm local ti...

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