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by Vassago
24 Jul 2023, 11:36
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Hungary 2023
Replies: 30
Views: 8614

Re: Reject of the Race - Hungary 2023

Not much of a contest for this race with Zhou Guanyu going from his best F1 grid place ever to a pinball tool come Turn 1. I haven't seen someone made such a bad start in the electronic clutch era in a veeeery long time :facepalm:
by Vassago
18 Jun 2023, 23:38
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Canada 2023
Replies: 26
Views: 4683

Re: Reject of the Race - Canada 2023

1. Haas - They are going backwards fast. Hulk top 5 grid to lapped 15th place and Magnussen somehow picked a fight with Nyck de Vries who might be on his last F1 rites anyway. C'mon!
by Vassago
02 Apr 2023, 09:02
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: 2023 Austrialian GP ROTR
Replies: 30
Views: 5428

Re: 2023 Austrialian GP ROTR

1. Race Control - Is it still F1 or NASCAR already? Just a total clown show. And we had to listen to Karun Chandhok talking about what he thinks is in the rules where red flag instead of SC finish is not part of the rules. It was fitting the race ended under caution anyway :dance: 2. David Croft - ...
by Vassago
02 Apr 2023, 07:17
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: 2023 Discussion Thread
Replies: 396
Views: 1361477

Re: 2023 Discussion Thread

Michael Masi is laughing over those nonsense. Expect a MASSIVE shitstorm after this clown show.
by Vassago
19 Mar 2023, 22:08
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Saudi Arabia 2023
Replies: 30
Views: 5152

Re: Reject of the Race - Saudi Arabia 2023

Aston Martin won the appeal and Alonso is back to 3rd. Icing on the cake :D
by Vassago
19 Mar 2023, 18:33
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Saudi Arabia 2023
Replies: 30
Views: 5152

Re: Reject of the Race - Saudi Arabia 2023

1. FIA Race Control - You have a gazzilion TV cameras around the track and you rely on GPS to determine whether a car has stopped on track or not? Horseshit.

2. McLaren - Need front wings? Their race was hosed within the opening 5 laps.
by Vassago
05 Mar 2023, 16:57
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Bahrain 2023
Replies: 27
Views: 4145

Re: Reject of the Race - Bahrain 2023

1. Esteban Ocon - going for the time penalty record before parking the car. That was BAD. 2. McLaren - off the pace (like in Bahrain last season) and unreliable. Woof. 3. Haas - off the pace and anonymous (the highlight was Hulkenberg losing bodywork on lap one). If they can't score big points befo...
by Vassago
05 Mar 2023, 16:54
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Bahrain 2023
Replies: 23
Views: 3686

Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Bahrain 2023

Frisky Fernando Alonso - on pace and passing Mercedes and Ferrari on track :dance:
by Vassago
20 Nov 2022, 15:41
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Abby Dabby 2022
Replies: 17
Views: 2768

Re: Reject of the Race - Abby Dabby 2022

Co-Award for Nicolas Latifi and Mick Schumacher - they are leaving F1 with a dud aka reject-like collision that even failed to trigger a SC to spice this boring race up. So that collision itself was rejectful. Schumacher gets 5 sec. penalty and Latifi gets called into the pits two laps before the fi...
by Vassago
30 Oct 2022, 21:57
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Mexico 2022
Replies: 31
Views: 4679

Re: Reject of the Race - Mexico 2022

1.Mercedes tyre strategy - Imagine of they had Ricciardo's pace in the closing laps?

Overall this race track is really bad with the new layout. The stadium section spreads the cars out so much the S/F straight can't make up for it. Barcelona 2.0.
by Vassago
30 Oct 2022, 21:54
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Mexico 2022
Replies: 30
Views: 4378

Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Mexico 2022

1. Mariachi F1 theme

2. Martin Brundle driving Pedro Rodriguez's BRM.
by Vassago
23 Oct 2022, 22:10
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - USA 2022
Replies: 30
Views: 4410

Re: Reject of the Race - USA 2022

1. Lance Stroll - Almost caused an yee-haw crash thanks to his driving. Remains a waste of F1 cockpit. 2. Pierre Gasly - Failing to serve a 5 secs. penalty in proper manner which handed him another 5 secs. penalty. And that was the highlight of his race! 3. Mick Schumacher - Multiple track limits v...
by Vassago
23 Oct 2022, 22:06
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - USA 2022
Replies: 17
Views: 2336

Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - USA 2022

Fernando Alonso - for finishing 7th in a car that hit multiple solid objects during the race.
by Vassago
09 Oct 2022, 08:31
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Japan 2022
Replies: 23
Views: 3479

Re: Reject of the Race - Japan 2022

1. FIA - Threatening with another Spa 2021 nonsense, ending up with a timed race when it could have gone until sundown at least and several laps longer (when did the 4 hour window became a 3 hour window?) and finally miscalculating the points so nobody knows if Verstappen actually needed that one e...
by Vassago
11 Sep 2022, 14:57
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Italy 2022
Replies: 34
Views: 4815

Re: Reject of the Race - Italy 2022

1. Nicholas Latifi - It's bad enough Albon makes him look expendable but now we can wonder how many points Williams left on the table with De Vries looking better than him after two days in the car and scoring that 9th place. If it wasn't for the money Latifi could have been easily fired after this...
by Vassago
04 Sep 2022, 15:52
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Holland 2022
Replies: 25
Views: 3296

Re: Reject of the Race - Holland 2022

1. AlphaTauri - I assume Tsunoda had some other problem than a loose wheel to begin with. Still it caused a totally unneccessary havoc. He was three laps down when he rejoined so it was useless to do that and it almost denied Mercedes a shot at victory (before Mercedes themselves fumbled it away af...
by Vassago
04 Sep 2022, 15:47
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Holland 2022
Replies: 13
Views: 1672

Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Holland 2022

1. Fernando Alonso - a popular choice so I'll skip the details.
by Vassago
28 Aug 2022, 14:40
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Belgium 2022
Replies: 26
Views: 4036

Re: Reject of the Race - Belgium 2022

1. Lewis Hamilton - rookie mistake but at least he accepted... sort of... he got it wrong. 2. Ferrari - on plan D by lap 17. Leclerc handed a 5 second penalty for speeding in the pits after going for FL on the last lap. Failed to get it and lost 5th place in completely meaningless fashion. 3. McLar...
by Vassago
01 Aug 2022, 08:50
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: 2022 Discussion Thread
Replies: 323
Views: 365168

Re: 2022 Discussion Thread

That weekend was so bad for Alonso he went and signed up for another team. Aston Martin from 2023 onwards. Do you think the team knew about it beforehand? Can't imagine they wouldn't use team orders if Fernando was their lead driver for the future. I think they had to. That would explain Ocon racin...
by Vassago
31 Jul 2022, 14:57
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Hungary 2022
Replies: 27
Views: 5000

Re: Reject of the Race - Hungary 2022

1. Ferrari - Anyone fired yet? I suspect there will be some heads rolling during the summer break. A clown show on wheels... literally. 2. Alpha Tauri - Bruh, they are just bad this season. Another completely anonymous race, Gasly was nowhere after starting from pitlane and Tsunoda possesed a Mazes...
by Vassago
25 Jul 2022, 04:20
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - France 2022
Replies: 29
Views: 3679

Re: Reject of the Race - France 2022

No need for the poll this week, Ferrari left no room for discussion. Leclerc crashes out of the lead after driver error and when David Croft is mocking the other car's strategy in public you probably know you've totally blown it. Sainz could have finished on the podium?
by Vassago
10 Jul 2022, 15:29
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Austria 2022
Replies: 23
Views: 2650

Re: Reject of the Race - Austria 2022

1. AlphaTauri - If it wasn't for Vettel's penalty they'd have finished in the last two places. They did so on the road. Tsunoda is having another anonymous spell and Gasly was just nowhere once he bumped into Vettel. 2. Aston Martin - speaking of anonymous, they are right there. Vettel is back to t...
by Vassago
10 Jul 2022, 15:24
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Austria 2022
Replies: 17
Views: 2389

Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Austria 2022

1. Mick Schumacher - suddenly he looks like a proper F1 driver.
by Vassago
19 Jun 2022, 19:53
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Canada 2022
Replies: 22
Views: 3332

Re: Reject of the Race - Canada 2022

1. Haas - their trademark mid-season slump in full flow. 5th & 6th on the grid to 17th & DNF. How on Earth Magnussen finished several seconds behind Latifi is beyond me. The front wing problem was ancient history. He was 12th before the SC IIRC. 2. Yuki Tsunoda - it's one of the easiest pit...
by Vassago
12 Jun 2022, 16:34
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Azerbaijan 2022
Replies: 23
Views: 4750

Re: Reject of the Race - Azerbaijan 2022

1. Ferrari - No contest here. Two mechanical DNFs in the first 20 laps of the race? What year is it? 1986 or 2022? You feel like the championship is over already.
by Vassago
29 May 2022, 21:53
Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
Topic: The Alessandro Zanardi IndyCar Thread
Replies: 1897
Views: 1353716

Re: The Alessandro Zanardi IndyCar Thread

The funny thing is, Ericsson would have gotten a 5 sec. penalty in F1 for that weaving on the straight :D However he was fully entitled to wave the middle finger salute after that red flag nonsense. He had the race won if it stayed green. So, who is the next former F1 drop out who wins Indy 500? Dan...
by Vassago
29 May 2022, 16:15
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Monaco 2022
Replies: 23
Views: 2738

Re: Reject of the Race - Monaco 2022

1. Ferrari - it's hard to drop from pole to 4th with no on-track issues and they somehow managed to blow up Leclerc's result. Sainz's call to go to slicks was correct but he still got jumped by Perez on one extra stop by this stage. Hogwash. 2. Race Control - at least they finally got off with the ...
by Vassago
29 May 2022, 16:11
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Monaco 2022
Replies: 18
Views: 2220

Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Monaco 2022

1. Sergio Perez - held it together when it mattered.

HM: Pierre Gasly - he benefited from inters that added to the overall race strategy but was AWOL after the red flag.
by Vassago
22 May 2022, 16:02
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Spain 2022
Replies: 16
Views: 1863

Re: Reject of the Race - Spain 2022

1. Alexander Albon - finished 40+ seconds behind Latifi with no apparent issue or some pitstop drama. True WTF performance. 2. Haas - Magnussen took himself out of contention after four corners and Schumacher tumbled down to 14th even behind the struggling Gasly. They are wasting prime points scori...
by Vassago
08 May 2022, 22:17
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Miami 2022
Replies: 28
Views: 3762

Re: Reject of the Race - Miami 2022

1. Mick Schumacher - five laps until his first F1 career points and he shuts the door on Vettel like a Formula Ford driver resulting in another duck. You have to know better. The excuses are running thin on this guy. 2. TV Director - it seems like we missed a lot of action in the pack especially af...
by Vassago
08 May 2022, 22:13
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Miami 2022
Replies: 21
Views: 2446

Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Miami 2022

1. Alexander Albon - another point for Williams and only 0,2 off a second one!
by Vassago
07 May 2022, 15:08
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: 2022 Miami Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!
Replies: 17
Views: 1844

Re: 2022 Miami Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!

2022 Orange Bowl F1 Grand Prix presented by Wal-Mart 1. Perez 2. Russell 3. Verstappen 4. LeClerc 5. Hamilton 6. Norris 7. Bottas 8. Ocon 9. Tsunoda 10. Zhou Pole: LeClerc FLap: Verstappen First DNF: Latifi ROTR: Sainz (3rd DNF in a row) IIDOTR: Russell Deadbeat: Ricciardo Last: Schumacher Laps Behi...
by Vassago
24 Apr 2022, 19:59
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Emilia-Romagna 2022
Replies: 21
Views: 2400

Re: Reject of the Race - Emilia-Romagna 2022

1. Lewis Hamilton - Lapped on merit, finished miles behind his teammate, stuck behind Gasly for ages in true Bernoldi Monaco throwback. This might have been the worst Grand Prix performance of his career and definitely the worst since the 2009 season based on pace alone. 2. Mick Schumacher - Withou...
by Vassago
24 Apr 2022, 19:48
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Emilia-Romagna
Replies: 17
Views: 1927

Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Emilia-Romagn

Yuki Tsunoda - he seemed like the only driver passing cars when the DRS was enabled and nobody could pass anyone anymore :D
by Vassago
10 Apr 2022, 09:40
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race: Australia
Replies: 17
Views: 2059

Re: Reject of the Race: Australia

1. Aston Martin - it's not even close here. This was a totally rejectful weekend overall. From mechanical failures and crashes on Friday & Saturday to another crash on Sunday (like who actually crashed in Turn 4 on this track last time?) and two penalties for Stroll who was weaving like he saw ...
by Vassago
10 Apr 2022, 09:33
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: IIDOTR: Australia 2022
Replies: 17
Views: 2028

Re: IIDOTR: Australia 2022

1. Alexander Albon - without the mandatory tires change rule he'd have finished 7th without a single pitstop. The point he scored puts some real pressure on Latifi who probably thought he will do much better vs a teammate once Russell is gone. Not quite.
by Vassago
28 Mar 2022, 20:05
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: Reject of the Race - Saudi Arabia 2022 (RESULTS)
Replies: 20
Views: 2263

Re: Reject of the Race - Saudi Arabia 2022

1. Nicholas Latifi - Looking even more behind his new teammate than he was behind the old one. Year 3 and still no real improvement capped off by a rookie error and another crash. With Mazepin gone and Schumacher showing pace in a better car there's nowhere for ole Nicko to hide anymore. Good early...
by Vassago
20 Mar 2022, 17:48
Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
Topic: 2022 Discussion Thread
Replies: 323
Views: 365168

Re: 2022 Discussion Thread

Report is both Red Bulls had fuel pump failure so I'd say it's unrelated to Gasly's fire. Obviously still a bad sign for Honda if they have to address two different issues.