Grand Prix Rejects

Belegur

Alpha Tauri, for being absolutely nowhere in pace all weekend.

Even though the race itself was surprisingly not rubbish, the FIA/organisers deserve one for the pure shambles before it.

Belegur

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.

Belegur

The fact that we actually got a race out of this prompts me to not pillory the FIA. 1: Daniel Ricciardo: finished a whole one place higher than the position he started, when Norris finished in the top 6. Stick a fork in him, he's done. 2: HAAS: the only non-finishing team of this whole meet. 3: Asto...

Belegur

Not a prediction, but can we have the FIA being nominated ROTR? What a travesty of an ending.

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Raikkonen and Tsunoda were pretty bad, but the stewards just take the prize here. If it's getting to the point when an opinion of Jeremy Clarkson makes sense, then you know there's a problem.

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Let's explore something else: as of this point, I believe Hamilton has still not signed a deal for 2021 onwards with Mercedes. You can argue what the sticking points are, whether money, or the potential future of Russell within the team, or something else. Still, they'd have to ink out a deal fairly...

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Is it possible to nominate the entire field for ROTR? Maybe Sainz gets a pass, but everyone else, what a shambles.

Belegur

Apparently there are reports that Niki Lauda has passed away.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/niki ... 0/4392728/

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Apparently, FIA race director Charlie Whiting has died suddenly, age 66

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/14208 ... iting-dies.

Hell of a start to the Australian Grand Prix. 66 is far too early to go these days.

Belegur

Well, that was one of the dullest races you're ever likely to see, Nobody can overtake, even with 3 DRS zones. At least it can only improve from here.

Belegur

I don't know whether that worked all that well for Casio, given what happened at the Casio Triangle in 1989.

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Autosport is reporting that Massa has agreed to return to Williams for 2017, so we can assume that Bottas is practically a lock for Mercedes next year.

Belegur

Have the kidnappers not considered the fact that someone who could easily afford to pay the 50m ransom could also pay that amount to have them tracked down and killed?

Belegur

Well, the stewards have obviously been bought off.

Belegur

And Max in the wall again.

Belegur

Ffs Red Bull, can you make your favoritism any more blatant?

Belegur

Man, if I was Rosberg, I would have told the team to eff off. He's leading the championship, he's got track position. He has no reason at all to give his position up to Hamilton.

Belegur

I got really annoyed at Eurovision yesterday because Australia got cheated out of a win by a song that shouldn't have been in because it was political. So today an Australian gets cheated out of a win by political maneouvring and I get annoyed again. If there was an Ashes series on maybe there woul...

Belegur

Well, there can be no doubt Verstappen's the real deal. Nobody has done what he achieved - literally. Not even Schumi himself. Or that other Brazilian.

I'd hate to think that Ricciardo's been visited by the spirit of Chris Amon (though he's not dead yet). At least he's got some wins in the bank.

Belegur

Already the best race this year.

Belegur

Begins and ends with Kvyat. That was just utterly boneheaded.

Given that the race was a bit boring, I'd have to say Toro Rosso gets the 2nd place position. One driver out of the points, one retired, and they're capable of more than that.

Belegur

I would sugged Maldonaldo is in the running, because he apparently caused the faiure of his car. m Pastor Maldonado's second-lap retirement with a loss of power in the Belgian Grand Prix was "self-inflicted", according to his Lotus Formula 1 team. The Venezuelan went off track at Eau Rouge...

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Well, at least the art of wet weather racing hasn't been completely lost.

Belegur

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114525 This sounds pretty artificial and has no need to be in F1 in my eyes. At least it's a test. A case of everything old being new again? That said, it's not such a bad idea, as multitudes of sparks flying from cars was an iconic look for F1 in the 80s.

Belegur

One thing about the bad TV direction is that this has been a problem for the last 15+ years. Back in the ITV days in the late 90s, Martin Brundle was upbraiding the race direction for cutting to shots of people in the paddock, rather than focusing on the race. Noticeably, he doesn't do that any more...

Belegur

Well, there's no doubt who the ROTR is.

Time to pack it in, Massa, you're well past it now.

Belegur

I'm not going to say it's the most rejectful moment (because it clearly wasn't), but Adelaide 1991 is quite rejectful, all the same. How they even decided to start that race beggars belief. And how they kept it running with no visibility, standing water, broken cars + course vehicles on the main str...

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Now that the DQ appears to be official, it's got to go to Red Bull.

Belegur

It's monochromatic, but that livery works very well. Simple and elegant. Pity it apparently isn't the actual one.

Belegur

It's staying true to historical form that Renault just can't develop a reliable turbo engine from the get-go. They need time to get all the gremlins sorted out. Remember that the first time they genuinely challenged for the title was 83. They introduced their turbo engine in 77. Took them 5+ years t...

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What if Nelson Piquet hadn't had his crash at Tamburello in 87? He has said this year that he was never the same after that, having initially lost 80% of his depth perception. Could he have done much more with Lotus if he still had all his ability and racecraft?

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Well, if you want to do really heartbreaking moments, it would be David Purley trying and failing to save Roger Williamson's life at Zandvoort in 1973.

On a less morbid note, I would say Mansell's tyre blowing at Adelaide in '86 would count for his British fans (I'd imagine there are some).

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If I were Force India I would sign Hülkenberg and Pérez. That is a strong line-up that also brings some dollar. I agree with that. Perez needs to get his head down in a decent mid-field team until he matures a bit more. I'd argue McLaren was a mid-field team this year. If Perez has maturing to do, ...

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I really wonder if Massa knows what he's letting himself in for. It's in very poor taste to say this, but Williams have been ending the careers of Brazilian drivers since 1994.

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I read in F1 Racing magazine that Lauda doesn't acknowledge Edwards' role in saving his life. Or Ertl's or Lunger's for that matter. According to Niki, Merzario was the only one who actually went into the flames. I'm not sure who I should believe... In one of his autobiographies, Lauda made specifi...

Belegur

If you think any of that is going to change my view, you're sadly mistaken. He's only revered now because he's dead. Just like Senna, who somehow changed from the dirtiest cheat in the history of the sport to suddenly a godlike figure. These are all opinions, after all. Unpopular ones. Just accept t...

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Gilles Villeneuve was overrated. Before you criticise me for that, just think about how many mistakes he made.

Belegur

How about this: de Cesaris crashes, but everyone thinks it was Patrese, and blames him instead.

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I think it would be better if everyone was able to mix-and-match compounds. From watching F1 races in the 1980s, cars would have hard tires on some wheels and medium or softs on others. When was this practice stopped?

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The current F1 cars aren't fast enough. No, really. 25 years ago, the cars were hitting 220 mph. They'd barely be able to crack 205-210 now, with KERS and DRS deployed. Too much aerodynamic drag, and too much turbulent air making it difficult to pass. Get rid of some of the stupidly complicated aero...

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