Grand Prix Rejects

Pedro_Diniz

That video clip is terribly eerie, as the car comes to a stop with his visor slightly ajar.

RIP.

Pedro_Diniz

Those are wonderful photos. I find Monza to be very interesting, I spent a lunch hour looking at the aerial photos on google once, finding the traces of the old formal gardens there. Thanks for posting the links. I am so going to have to go there someday. Even if there isn't a race on I'd love to w...

Pedro_Diniz

*bangs head against wall*

Pedro_Diniz

It was the spectacle of Hockeheim that made it so loved by fans. The vision of an F1 car blasting at high speed through the dense forest was always a joy to see. There was something almost mythological about the old Hockenheim which has been lost with the anti-spetic Tilke version.

Pedro_Diniz

BBC news reckon there's a slight chance of rain during qualifying...

Pedro_Diniz

hclw wrote:I spent the whole of this evening doing this star wars photoshop for another forum, so I'll post it here for the sake of completion

@ Fernando

Good job!

Pedro_Diniz

Irisado wrote:
Speaking of Noda, has he been mentioned yet? his three race stint at Larrousse was very forgettable.

I just remember him for aquaplaning, and almost hitting the stranded Inoue, at the Japanese Grand Prix (it may have been the other way around, actually

)

Pedro_Diniz

DonTirri is absolutely correct, although I regard Mansell alot more than I do Button for a variety of reasons.
I've always liked Jenson but there's no way he's the best driver on the grid, he simply has the superior car under his arse.

Pedro_Diniz

Won't they be legally unable to use Formula One in the title as Bernie owns the rights to that? (See US F1).

Pedro_Diniz

Are you mad? It's the best of the lot!

Pedro_Diniz

Yay, reject circuits!

Pedro_Diniz

It's shocking how many times I've seen something about Jenson in F1 Racing this year

Pedro_Diniz

thehemogoblin wrote:
Pedro_Diniz wrote:Julian Bailey - had two stabs at F1 and still I can't recall him.

How can you forget the Stig?

Putting aside my fervent dislike of Top Gear, has this been clarified yet? I'm still on the Perry McCarthy team!

Pedro_Diniz

Julian Bailey - had two stabs at F1 and still I can't recall him.

Pedro_Diniz

Wow, I didn't think they'd go through with it... I'm not sure how I should feel, to be honest.

Pedro_Diniz

Also, I know Magny-Cours gets a lot of flack around here... but I quite like the first section of the lap. The sweeping right-hander which leads onto the long straight and then into the tight hairpin is cracking! It's the kind of thing that Tilke's been trying to tack onto all of his recent tracks. ...

Pedro_Diniz

Wasn't 1997 the year with the fantastic back-to-front grid thanks to a wet qualifying??

Pedro_Diniz

To be fair, Sepang is a fantastic circuit which provides good racing, so Istanbul Park isn't the only good Tilke circuit. Sepang may be a good circuit, but I think that, like Shangai, Bahrain, etc., lacks of any appeal. I don't like those circuits planned on a desk and built on a flat ground, in th...

Pedro_Diniz

To be fair, Sepang is a fantastic circuit which provides good racing, so Istanbul Park isn't the only good Tilke circuit. I'd also like to defend the A1 Ring. I didn't grow up knowing the original Ostereichring, but to me the A1 ring was a nice circuit. I can't remember a dull race at the A1 Ring an...

Pedro_Diniz

Maybe Campos will sign both. Otherwise, Gené has the advantage. He scored more points in F1 than Pantano and has a lot of testing experience. Great for pre-season testing, at least. I'm imagining that Campos will want an all-Spanish line-up, therefore we could possibly see the return of Pedro De La...

Pedro_Diniz

Henrique wrote:http://gp2.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/06/15/pantano-to-join-campos/

He'll apparently face competition from a previous "Ex F1 Reject", Marc Gene.

Pedro_Diniz

Isn't the up-hill kink on the back straight called Faux Rouge??

Pedro_Diniz

Wizzie wrote:Who was that Sauber driver that partnered Salo for the 2000 season again?

Ok, so 2000 wasn't exactly his best season in Formula 1...

Pedro_Diniz

Debaser wrote:Piquet blamed "driver error" for spinning off in Q1. Does anyone believe that?

Pedro_Diniz

Frank Montagny All I can remember him for is replacing that legend that was IDE, I don;'t remember him doing anything except slogging it around at the back That's a good choice, I can agree with that, as the only thing I remember his getting involved in was the spectacular first corner pile up at t...

Pedro_Diniz

hehe.... listening to Coulthard and co. talking about him after Q1, I actually felt for him. He cut a sorry figure wandering around the back of the circuit with his Renault beached in the gravel.

Pedro_Diniz

Impressed by Sutil again, hopefully Force India can get some points after a few decent performances. I was slightly disappointed by the Toro Rossos. They seem to have run out of a bit of steam since we've hit Europe, hopefully they can keep up the progression we're seeing with their sister team. McL...

Pedro_Diniz

CarlosFerreira wrote:
Pedro_Diniz wrote:Turn 8

What? Why?

For giving us Piquet's double-whammy of reject offings in qualifying! I think it's an ironic reject award, actually...

Pedro_Diniz

Turn 8

Pedro_Diniz

Oh my... Nakajima and Fisichella

Pedro_Diniz

Massa does love this track and I'm sure Ferrari will be up there fighting for it after the improvements we saw at Monaco... as for turn 8, let's see how many excursions Piquet willl have...

Pedro_Diniz

The only thing I like about Fuji is the long straight, otherwise I'll gladly take Suzuka!

Pedro_Diniz

DonTirri wrote:
jackanderton wrote:Mika Salo (middle of the road performer)

I wouldn't call Salo forgettable, he is memorable for being the only man to go full distance without a pitstop since 94.

I'll always remember him for being Schumacher's stand-in at Ferrari.

Pedro_Diniz

Catalunya is a poor circuit for entertainment, that's for sure. Good circuits seem to combine these elements: 1)Location in geographical position of unpredictable weather 2)Hills 3)Unusual track elements (ie, not just a straight, an apex, fiddly bits and a back straight before more fiddly bits and ...

Pedro_Diniz

Flav kicks up a stink over the standard of the Monaco pits.

Pedro_Diniz

RejectSteve wrote:Rare footage indeed, the MasterCard Lola Ford T97/30 in Melbourne.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g9spQ3F5zg

I didn't think any footage existed on YouTube!

Pedro_Diniz

Pedro Diniz was a good enough driver not to be classed as a reject in my view. He compared well to all his team mates in F1, but his main problem was consistency, since there were always some races in each season where he was miles off the pace (e.g. Hungary 1997, where he was fighting with the Min...

Pedro_Diniz

deCrasheris wrote:I think i'm having an off day today with my stats

That must be what Piquet radios back to the pits each time he has an "excursion"

Pedro_Diniz

I defintely see a future for Buemi in Formula 1 - I think he's doing a great job for his first season and has completely out-classed Bourdais.
Buemi's managed to make it into Q3 and has scored points twice, although both don't count under the old points system, but they're points nonetheless!

Pedro_Diniz

definitely the German Grand Prix, though he did score more points at the Hungarian Grand Prix, which followed it.

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