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- 09 May 2024, 23:28
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: What If?
- Replies: 3366
- Views: 628319
Re: What If?
There's been a few motorsport-related ThemTube channels making their customary "What If Ayrton Senna Hadn't Died?" videos around now (Aiden Millward notably refusing to do so because everyone else did), so I thought I'd do the same and predict how Alternative History™ would have progressed...
- 09 May 2024, 12:08
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Unusual F1 Stats
- Replies: 1424
- Views: 1698038
Re: Unusual F1 Stats
Also, with Lando Norris' first win, I have cause for an update about one-hit wonders in the 2020s. Right now we're up to four - Gasly, Ocon, Russell, Norris - and it could have been six if Pérez and Sainz hadn't both gone on to more wins. Now we know the McLaren is up to the task, we might end this ...
- 28 Apr 2024, 21:30
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
- Replies: 1802
- Views: 533605
Re: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
And this aged like milk left out in the sun... This means that Jehan Daruvala - who scored his first points in the second race - is now the only driver on the grid still in FE Reject status... ...that is, until Berlin, where both Envision drivers and Nyck de Vries will be stepping aside due to commi...
- 25 Apr 2024, 16:19
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2024 discussion thread
- Replies: 187
- Views: 14329
Re: 2024 discussion thread
And Lawrence Stroll opens his cheque book (or Swiss bank account, crypto wallet, whatever they're all using these days), and...
...Adrian Newey decides to retire instead. Because he could, couldn't he? What more does he have to prove? The only reason he won't stop is because he can't stop.
...Adrian Newey decides to retire instead. Because he could, couldn't he? What more does he have to prove? The only reason he won't stop is because he can't stop.
- 22 Apr 2024, 22:19
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
- Replies: 3253
- Views: 666963
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Further thread necromancy alert! Back in t'old days when everything was black and white, I'd write round-ups of tragic tales of football rejectfulness, sparked by the trials and tribulations of Woodford United in the United Counties League, before they were finally forced to drop into the Wikipediab...
- 21 Apr 2024, 17:28
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Ted Toleman, 1938-2024
- Replies: 8
- Views: 503
Re: Ted Toleman, 1938-2024
You must be joking right? The 1983 car was one of the coolest looking cars of all time! Well maybe not pretty, but defenitely cool! That thing with not one, but two of those tea-tray rear wings and the 1970-esque radiator in the nose? Yes, that one. I'm going to stop thinking of it now, because I'm...
- 15 Apr 2024, 20:11
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
- Replies: 1802
- Views: 533605
Re: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
Further spoilers for Misano NOW UNCOVERED (since the next race has happened), nothing to do with what SammiRei has already mentioned: A big shout to Nico Müller for dragging the reticent Mahindra-"powered" Abt Cupra to 4th in the second race, and it would have been a podium for the beleagu...
- 11 Apr 2024, 17:27
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Ted Toleman, 1938-2024
- Replies: 8
- Views: 503
Ted Toleman, 1938-2024
Ted Toleman, original founder of the team now floundering at the back of the field as Alpine, has had the misfortune to die - and on the same day as O.J. Simpson, so we all know who the Mainstream Media will focus all their attention towards. Let me correct their error. At the end of Ted Toleman's l...
- 07 Apr 2024, 21:19
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2024 Japanese GP IIDOTR
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1234
Re: 2024 Japanese GP IIDOTR
Yuki-san wa remindu me of Kobayashi-san desu.
Japan: Japan is betteru.
Honda: I've got one and after north of 16 years and almost 120,000 miles it's still mechanically sound.
Japan: Japan is betteru.
Honda: I've got one and after north of 16 years and almost 120,000 miles it's still mechanically sound.
- 07 Apr 2024, 21:15
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2024 Japanese GP ROTR
- Replies: 13
- Views: 801
Re: 2024 Japanese GP ROTR
Lawrence Strulovich Jr.: "GP2 engine, GP2, eh. Wait... what do you mean it's a Mercedes? It's not my buddy, guy. Eh."
- 28 Mar 2024, 18:22
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
- Replies: 1802
- Views: 533605
Re: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
Bring it on! Let's see if they can team up with Vincenzo Sospiri Racing for extra technical support. While they'll not be at risk of a DNQ in FE, Lola will have to get used to being bottom of the standings for a couple of years - especially with Yamaha being an all-new drivetrain manufacturer, and e...
- 25 Mar 2024, 15:23
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Unusual F1 Stats
- Replies: 1424
- Views: 1698038
Re: Unusual F1 Stats
I have just looked up Fangio again... and, there it is, no participations in 1952. So, as Bleu has done, 14 drivers are required to get us in an unbroken line of starts from Silverstone 1950 to the present. Meanwhile, in the current year's Driver's Championship standings, Lance "WORST DRIVER EV...
- 24 Mar 2024, 19:56
- Forum: The HWNSNBM Memorial Forum
- Topic: New Team Profile - AGS
- Replies: 21
- Views: 40351
Re: New Team Profile - AGS
Thread necromancy alert! For a good reason, though. Every now and then, I check back on the AGS website to see how they're doing, and apparently, they're looking at a return to racing - not in F1, obviously, but in smaller regional series. I'll have to see how that turns out. Something that might be...
- 17 Mar 2024, 22:22
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: The reject youtube thread
- Replies: 1928
- Views: 308833
Re: The reject youtube thread
Time for a bit of thread necromancy for a very good reason: Drivetribe has just released a video on the Life W12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC7Nbn25zCY Hey! Great news! The Dacia Sandero... isn't in this video, but there's a lot of extra background information that most plebs out there (i.e. n...
- 16 Mar 2024, 19:50
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
- Replies: 1802
- Views: 533605
Re: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
June 2023: Bird's my favourite driver in Formula E, but I have a funny feeling he's going to need to seriously buck his ideas up if he wants a seat next season, given today's mess. I too.am a fan of the Bird, but I am starting to fear that his last win is already behind him. July 2023: If I hadn't a...
- 14 Mar 2024, 15:33
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2024 discussion thread
- Replies: 187
- Views: 14329
Re: 2024 discussion thread
<r><QUOTE author="Paul Hayes" post_id="417144" time="1710276507" user_id="274"><s>[quote="Paul Hayes" post_id=417144 time=1710276507 user_id=274]</s> <QUOTE author="Bleu" post_id="417115" time="1710012370" user_id="86"><s>[quote=Bleu post_id=417115 time=1710012370 user_id=86]</s> <QUOTE author="Paul...
- 14 Mar 2024, 15:32
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Unusual F1 Stats
- Replies: 1424
- Views: 1698038
Re: Unusual F1 Stats
From this thread... If Bearman goes on to have a long F1 career, his having overlapped with Alonso will be a good link for those "get from now to 1950 in the fewest possible career overlaps" games. Now we can go with Maurice Trintignant - Chris Amon - Jacques Laffite - Gerhard Berger - Mi...
- 13 Mar 2024, 17:39
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: Non-F1 deaths in the automotive world
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4491
Re: Non-F1 deaths in the automotive world
Here's an unfortunate reason to dig up a thread that's based entirely on misfortune (and also inevitability). There must have been some deaths in 2022 and 2023 that could have been marked on this thread, but now it's time for a big one. Marcello Gandini died some time today, aged 85 , long retired f...
- 05 Mar 2024, 13:38
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2024 discussion thread
- Replies: 187
- Views: 14329
Re: 2024 discussion thread
In latest news, bin Suleyman is in trouble for altering the result of a race by ordering Alonso's penalty at Saudi 2023 be removed I had to look that up... you made it sound like he was trying to fiddle the result retrospectively a year later, something that only the Ministry Of Truth could do. And...
- 24 Feb 2024, 11:41
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Wilson Fittipaldi, 1943-2024
- Replies: 4
- Views: 722
Wilson Fittipaldi, 1943-2024
https://ge.globo.com/motor/formula-1/noticia/2024/02/23/morre-o-ex-piloto-de-f1-wilson-fittipaldi-aos-80-anos.ghtml And the famous Brazilian racing dynasty is one down. According to Wikipedia, Wilson Fittipaldi celebrated his 80th birthday on Christmas Day by choking on some food, suffering brain da...
- 02 Feb 2024, 17:22
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Hamilton to Ferrari in 2025?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2216
Re: Hamilton to Ferrari in 2025?
Predicament Predictions for the round of musical chairs: Carlos Sainz to Sauber in 2025 is about to be a done deal, with instructions to not get too bogged down in it being a bit of an old nag for one year at least, seeing as Audi are taking over and they've won everything they've ever entered. Joe ...
- 01 Feb 2024, 16:48
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Andretti bid for 2025 rejected
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1791
Re: Andretti bid for 2025 rejected
Did I miss any? You missed Sauber, which funny enough might be the most similar to the Andretti engine in some ways. Both have had great success in other racing disciplines, both will bring a big manufacturer as engine partner, it officially not yet in their first year. ...just goes to prove that e...
- 31 Jan 2024, 23:30
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Andretti bid for 2025 rejected
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1791
Re: Andretti bid for 2025 rejected
Here is the statement from the FIA. To us, the following should be interesting: 9. Any 11th team should show that its participation and involvement would bring a benefit to the Championship. The most significant way in which a new entrant would bring value is by being competitive, in particular by ...
- 31 Jan 2024, 22:46
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
- Replies: 1802
- Views: 533605
Re: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
I missed watching these races live, and I didn’t get round to recording them on my digital recording device from TNT Sports. Last year, this meant that I would simply go to Channel 4’s YouTube channel a few hours later and watch the hole race there. Now what do I do if I miss the whole race again? ...
- 29 Jan 2024, 23:41
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: The return of Credit Card backed teams?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 795
Re: The return of Credit Card backed teams?
First, they came for the tobacco sponsorship, and I did not speak out, because I was not a smoker. Then, they came for the alcohol sponsorship (at least in Islamic dictatorships such as Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, France...), and I did not speak out, because I was drunk. Then, they came for the ...
- 29 Jan 2024, 23:28
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
- Replies: 1802
- Views: 533605
Re: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
And now, I have caught up with the weekend's two races in a country which I definitely approve of hosting races in, FE, F1, everything else, come one, come all, and which I'd really, really like to visit one day because there are definitely no reasons why I would ever not want to. I definitely didn'...
- 15 Jan 2024, 21:18
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
- Replies: 1802
- Views: 533605
Re: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
Also, with the season underway, I have a few more statistics... We know that Ma Qing Hua holds the unenviable record of the highest number of FE entries without ever scoring a point - 14 (and he was Jean-Eric Vergne's team-mate at Techeetah, briefly). However, amongst the drivers who did get on the ...
- 14 Jan 2024, 20:58
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
- Replies: 1802
- Views: 533605
Re: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
I've decided I can justify it as (1) I barely spend any money on "hobbies" as it is, and (2) I'm not shelling out for Sky Sports just to watch Max Verstappen cruise to victory after victory after victory, week in, week out. The paywall is a problem, though. And I do wonder if the manufactu...
- 14 Jan 2024, 14:19
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
- Replies: 1802
- Views: 533605
Re: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
So, who's still watching? Mild spoilers alert in very light grey below. (Now un-greyed because... two weeks later.) After yesterday's lack of obvious shenanigans, I'm going to say the pecking order of the drivetrains is much the same as it was last season. Porsche and Jaguar competing for the top sp...
- 11 Jan 2024, 15:17
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Alberto Colombo 1946-2024
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1487
Re: Alberto Colombo 1946-2024
He had a profile on t'old site, which Wikipedia still links to (as is the case with quite a few other drivers who would have been forgotten if it hadn't been for the efforts of two Australians two decades ago).
- 30 Dec 2023, 21:39
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
- Replies: 1802
- Views: 533605
Re: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
QR code? Gah! I need a smartphone for that, and I'm a technological Luddite (and proud of it).
- 27 Dec 2023, 14:55
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
- Replies: 1802
- Views: 533605
- 02 Dec 2023, 00:35
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 396
- Views: 2326967
Re: 2023 Discussion Thread
I'm sure the entire Sargeant family is shouting "WHOA, AWESOME, DUDE!" in a very apple-pie-with-lots-of-cinnamon way, with bald eagles flying overhead, as their boy gets to drive for Williams for another season. But I can't help thinking that one of these is the chief reason behind him bei...
- 25 Nov 2023, 21:26
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Unusual F1 Stats
- Replies: 1424
- Views: 1698038
Re: Unusual F1 Stats
Interestingly Maria de Villota seems to missing from that list, even though her death can be attributed to her testing accident. I noticed, but I always thought her case was debatable. She crashed, she was rebuilt, she told us she was taking up a new career as a safety adviser, she got married. For...
- 25 Nov 2023, 21:25
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 396
- Views: 2326967
Re: 2023 Discussion Thread
If we are to have sprint races next year, I would propose that teams have third (and fourth?) cars built up and allow their reserve drivers and their F1 Academy drivers race. It's a great idea! Which is why it'll never happen. And if it did, Liam Lawson might well do an Agostini on the field. (Whic...
- 22 Nov 2023, 19:58
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Unusual F1 Stats
- Replies: 1424
- Views: 1698038
Re: Unusual F1 Stats
I have had a sudden morbid revelation brought on by His Holiness Lord Sir Lewis Of Stevenage whining that there isn't a Grand Prix in Africa so the World Championship shouldn't be a World Championship etc etc etc ad nauseam. We all know about the South African Grand Prix, and most of us know why it'...
- 20 Nov 2023, 13:56
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 396
- Views: 2326967
Re: 2023 Discussion Thread
This is not a complaint, it's an observation, and it's about Esteban Ocon. I thought I'd made it before, but apparently I haven't. Or if I did and the search failed to bring it up, He's always been one of those drivers that I just didn't notice. Even when he was with Manor for half a season, and the...
- 17 Nov 2023, 11:33
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 396
- Views: 2326967
Re: 2023 Discussion Thread
Early 'reject of the race' for the Vegas Circuit drain covers. Nice to see the return of F1's rarer issues When was the last time this happened? I can't remember at this point whether it's a race I've seen or one from the 1980s that I've only ever experienced on a season review video. But if I had ...
- 11 Nov 2023, 12:41
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 396
- Views: 2326967
Re: 2023 Discussion Thread
All the FIA need to do now is tell Felipe Massa to get knotted and reaffirm the results of every Grand Prix and every World Championship since 2008. Seriously, haven't they yeeted this one onto the pavement yet?
- 06 Nov 2023, 01:09
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Brazil 2023
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6465
Re: Reject of the Race - Brazil 2023
I will nominate... the England ODI cricket team . You utter, utter, utter muppets . The last four weeks have been considerably less entertaining than I'd hoped. "Oh, but it's in India and we're not used to the conditions, and..." ...the Netherlands have managed two wins, and they're part-t...