Grand Prix Rejects

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Whatever the aftermath of all this is, I suspect a lot will be made of the conditions being too poor for the helicopter to fly. No doubt we'll see a rule change to allow FIA to overrule all other parties when considering rescheduling a race. Should have been run earlier in the day. With all that sa...

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It's one thing to try and allow a car recovery in the dry, but i feel it was crazy not to call a SC immediately for Sutil's crash in the wet on such a fast corner.

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I think there he may have hit the crane/tractor himself if not a marshall. So very worrying.

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Very concerning to say the least. Fingers crossed he is ok.

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Now that we're going to get a full points race must say us for nominating Honda too early! Perhaps Typhoon Phanfone could be the new nomination for causing so much trouble and yet ending up being an anticlimax during the race!

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Ericsson has put forward a very good case, but think I have to go with Honda, as officially it is their call to time the race not the FIA or Bernie's.

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Before finalising the deal with McLaren, could Alonso possibly be waiting to see if there's any final tantrum or issues at Mercedes that causes Hamilton or Rosberg to depart? He could, but Hamilton and Rosberg know they have got a good thing going, and McLaren's patience won't last forever. Yes, bu...

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Before finalising the deal with McLaren, could Alonso possibly be waiting to see if there's any final tantrum or issues at Mercedes that causes Hamilton or Rosberg to depart? Could easily see whoever loses the title throwing a tantrum and being tempted out, if things go sour. EDIT: Oh right, see I w...

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Pretty sure points aren't awarded if there isn't at least one racing lap (as in WEC Fuji 2013)

The race won't be on Saturday as Honda don't want to give refunds to all those with Sunday tickets.

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It's nice to have a rare occasion where Suzuka doesn't clash with the Bathurst 1000, so I am particularly looking forward to this race this year!

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The Williams strategy worked fine for Massa, as it got him ahead of Kimi, it was just that Bottas seemingly had a power steering issue that affected his ability to manage the tyres. Ironically, the Bottas issues caused a train that allowed Massa to coast home and manage his tyres without pressure fr...

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As per the reasons in the posts above, Sutil

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1. Vergne
2. Perez

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What does Heidfeld have to do to win a major race...? Hope he gets lots of support from this and gets a Fan Boost in Malaysia.

Series was OK, not sure I'll schedule my Saturdays around it but if I'm home, worth a watch.

Reject of the Race: Sausage Kerbs

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Dartanian wrote:EDIT: Actually on top of this, I think that this last race marks the first time that Williams have been in the top 3 in the Constructors since the 2008 Australian Grand Prix.

They were third after Hockenheim

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Albers not only a reject driver but a reject team principal too!

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Explosive claim from Adam Parr on Twitter: "This is the last year of F1 as we know it. In 2015 eight teams will contest the championship, with several teams entering three cars." Well certainly looks like Caterham's in trouble not sure about the others. Hard to know what connections Parr h...

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Good shout re: Maldonado, overlooked him!

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Think it has to be Ferrari

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1. Ricciardo
2. Perez

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Thanks guys, just thought of the Indy 2002 fiasco after I posted but forgot Indy 2004!

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Is Rosberg the first driver to finish as high as 2nd and win RotR?

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Shizuka wrote:So... Rossi got #42 and Lotterer got #45...

Surely Rossi should have gone with 46!

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Well it's going to be a fascinating battle for last between these two! Rossi has some hope as at least he's had recent F1 testing experience, but it will be such a mammoth task for Lotterer. We can see from how slow Webber has been in the WEC how difficult it is to adapt between the two categories, ...

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No chance Monza will go, just the standard old posturing from Bernie. Surprises me every time how many people take what he says on face value. The fear is that one day, he just might be serious and not calling someone's bluff... Of course, but the fact that people take him seriously means that he'l...

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No chance Monza will go, just the standard old posturing from Bernie. Surprises me every time how many people take what he says on face value.

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sw3ishida wrote:After being eliminated in Q2, Grosjean was broadcasted as saying over the radio something to the effect of "We couldn't even beat Sutil?"

Haha missed that at the time, that's hilarious.

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And it's history for now And Pic and Chilton are the only two without even a top 10 in that list. If we had the pre-2003 points system still, Sebastien Buemi would have Luca Badoer's record of most races without a point. Badoer still ahead on most events without a start, if you include those he did...

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Hulkenberg made a VERY compelling argument but going to have to go for Grosjean! Criminal mistake... Williams strategist and the Medium tyres strategy: As Massa said in the post race interview: the car is slow with Medium tyres. A pretty bad strategy error that costed a shot for the podium. By far, ...

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1. Alonso (says something of his drive today that a driver of his repute can get so many votes today)
2. Ricciardo

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Another nomination would be Team Radio

Without that, we could have enjoyed the Alonso/Vettel battle for what it was without petulant whining.

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Best way to avoid missing anything in ad breaks is to have an online stream on your laptop ready and switch to that in the ad breaks.

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Apart from the obvious targets, going to nominate Felipe Massa's luck . Once again more potential points taken away through no fault of his own, the gap to Bottas in the points is completely unrepresentative of their relative pace this year. I think it would be slightly too harsh if Räikkönen got th...

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CGI advertisements are certainly rejectful, but they are a bit like bad directing, hard to actually be bad enough to win a single award. They've been awful all year. Yes, but that wasn't an advertisement. It was a cringe-worthy brown-nose to Bernie and Mateschitz. True, this is a new level, but I d...

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CGI advertisements are certainly rejectful, but they are a bit like bad directing, hard to actually be bad enough to win a single award. They've been awful all year. Perhaps we should have a lifetime achievement award for perpetual rejectness haha. EDIT: For anyone wondering what Bernie's next on-tr...

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And even if they'd given Massa the 2.1 pitstop not Bottas he could have held the lead potentially.

Shame for the 3rd podium spot to be decided by pitstop times not on track overtaking, but well done to Bottas.

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1. Bottas
2. Massa

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Must be Red Bull (as a company so 0.5 RBR 0.5 STR)

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PT8475 wrote:I'm sorry but how crap are the Williams strategists?? It was fairly obvious the Mercedes would get past if they didn't pit first, and yet still they didn't... I cannot think why, the Mercedes will pull away now.

Not to mention the inconsistencies of the pitstop times.... all over the place

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Great to see Nasr pushing on after finally breaking his duck in Barcelona! Although the way Bottas and Massa are going might have to look to another team to break onto the grid haha!

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