Grand Prix Rejects

1993DonningtonNo1

My Rejects of the Year 2014: 1. Lotus-Renault: no Kimster, no Quantum, no Hulk, the ugliest nose of the lot and only 10 points all season. Need I say more? 2. Sauber-Ferrari: Simple, their first pointless season! Honestly, did they really score 4 podiums and almost a win only two years ago? 3. Ferra...

1993DonningtonNo1

BTCC Rejects: 1995 1st - Alfa Romeo - They were to the BTCC in 1995 what Ferrari was to F1 in 1980! 2nd - Simon Harrison - Scored just 9 points all season! 3rd - Paul Radisich - Scored 128 points in first 15 races, scored just 2 in last 10 races! Dishonourable mentions: Renault's luck and reliabilit...

1993DonningtonNo1

At least the 2013 edition has a Reject of the Year podium unlike the 2012 version. I know Caterham was Reject of the Year for 2012 but who came 2nd and 3rd?

1993DonningtonNo1

Although it may not happen, Martin Depper will have a chance to un-rejectify himself next year as he is replacing Jeff Smith as Andrew Jordan's team-mate next year.

1993DonningtonNo1

Steve Robertson (96) Best finish, two 10ths. Scored a mere two points for the works Ford team, admittedly in a rather average car. Even managed to take out his teammate, Paul Radisich in his debut race. He went on to form a British F3 team with Kimi Raikkonen. Owen McAuley (96) Best finish, 9th. Ra...

1993DonningtonNo1

If the rules can be bent and years that were covered can be included then here I go. 2013: Already said Caterham 3rd, Maldonado 2nd, McLaren 1st. 2012: Already said Mclaren 3rd, Caterham 2nd, Mercedes 1st. 2011: Already said Renault 3rd, Maldonado 2nd, Williams 1st but in retrospect I would count th...

1993DonningtonNo1

My Reject of the Year for 2013: 3rd Place: Caterham Renault - The reason they are 3rd this year is because inevitably finishing last is not that much of a decline from narrowly claiming 10th at the last possible minute last year. 2nd Place: Pastor Maldonado - Another bad year, another failure to cap...

1993DonningtonNo1

dr-baker wrote:
1993DonningtonNo1 wrote:Rosset and Sospiri - Super Nova in 1995 F3000 and no prizes for guessing the name of the other team.

Hmmm, let's see. Super Vauxhall Nova and... Super Aguri?

The infamous 1997 Lola!

1993DonningtonNo1

I have an idea for an article called 'It runs in the family' by which I mean F1 reject status because inspite of all they have achieved in Sportscars and Touring Cars, the Winkelhock family (Manfred and Markus, of course Joachim already has a profile on this website) are eligible for F1 reject statu...

1993DonningtonNo1

Rosset and Sospiri - Super Nova in 1995 F3000 and no prizes for guessing the name of the other team.

1993DonningtonNo1

Charles Pic and Giedo van der Garde will be team-mates at Caterham this year just like they were at Barwa Addax in GP2 in 2011.

1993DonningtonNo1

A.G.S - Another Gallic Shambles (the first one was post-1981 Ligier)

1993DonningtonNo1

1990
3) Anything to do with the Brabham name - Need I say more?
2) Onyx/Monteverdi - How does a team go full circle in terms of competitiveness in less than 2 years?
1) Ambitious Engine Builders - Yes I mean you, Life and Subaru.

1993DonningtonNo1

Yes, I am actually going through all the Formula One drivers looking for a driver with seven letters in their first name and ten in their surname Here are the rejects I got that aren't already profiled: Roberto Bussinello Bernard Ecclestone (if you count it as Bernard...) Patrick Friesacher Manfred...

1993DonningtonNo1

My Reject of the Year for 2012: 3rd Place - McLaren: They had the best car, two proven drivers, it was 2005 all over again! 2nd Place - Caterham: There is only so long they can afford another near miss like that, hopefully next year we will start to see the bigger PIC! 1st Place - Mercedes: Apart fr...

1993DonningtonNo1

Well, somehow Philip Raby still managed to overlook Kazuki Nakajima as well as Toni Branca!

1993DonningtonNo1

At least HRT don't seem to intend to replace one of their race drivers for the actual race ahead of the British GP for once. (After subbing Senna for Yamamoto in 2010 and Karthikeyan for Ricciardo in 2011)

1993DonningtonNo1

Yes it has got Dries van der Lof in it, surprised no one on here knows about it, it's been out since 2007. Obviously it was published before the last race of that season because it includes all the newcomers from that year (even Markus Winkelhock) with the exception of Kazuki Nakajima.

1993DonningtonNo1

Toni Branca, so forgettable that even 'Grand Prix: Driver by Driver' overlooks him and I'm talking about a book that includes drivers like Karl Oppitzhauzer and the late Ricardo Londono to name but a few, yet they never started a grand prix and he started 3! Karl Oppo-who? Toni Branca is actually o...

1993DonningtonNo1

Toni Branca, so forgettable that even 'Grand Prix: Driver by Driver' overlooks him and I'm talking about a book that includes drivers like Karl Oppitzhauzer and the late Ricardo Londono to name but a few, yet they never started a grand prix and he started 3!

1993DonningtonNo1

2008 would have been 83-80 in Massa's favour. Lewis would have had to finish 2nd (under 1991-2002 Points System)

1993DonningtonNo1

Well it is official, Narain Karthikeyan has done better in 2012 than he did in 2011! 1 15th so far in 2012, 3 17ths in whole of 2011!

1993DonningtonNo1

1st win for car 18 since 1971!

As for Monaco, come on Kimster and/or Seb's namesake!

1993DonningtonNo1

Pedro de la Rosa - Hungary 15th in 1999 16th in 2000 11th in 2001 13th in 2002 2nd in 2006 - His 1st and only podium as a stop-gap at McLaren 7th in 2010 - Only points of F1 comeback with Sauber I say that simply cos he always finishes at Hungary like Damon did. Hope his HRT holds together in this y...

1993DonningtonNo1

Ayrton Senna after his 2nd Suzuka collision with Alain Prost.

1993DonningtonNo1

I share my birthday with Mike Hawthorn and Carel Godin de Beaufort.

1993DonningtonNo1

Well, suppose I could have put Aguri Suzuki, the 'Spinner of the Year' as quoted by James Hunt himself during the Donnington race.

1993DonningtonNo1

Well, apart from that, but you're always going be under pressure when your predecessor scored Williams' 1st pole since 2005. As for Renault, soon to be 'Lotus', things can only get better now they got Kimster. Also, I never thought I'd see the day that Williams would have numbers 18 and 19, if McLar...

1993DonningtonNo1

Takuma Sato - Crashed heavily in practice, failed to qualify but was allowed to start then retired after 12 laps with electrical failure though the circumstances did contribute to his qualifying performance.

1993DonningtonNo1

What is it with Pedro de le Rosa and coming in & out of F1? Even in his early years, he had a knack for it, missing the 1st 4 races of 2001 for instance.

1993DonningtonNo1

1995 3) Karl Wendlinger - If big crashes were reasons for 'Hang up the keys', this would be more than worthy of a mention. 2) Taki Inoue - A lesson in how to injure yourself without crashing your car! 1) The comeback kings - It would be so easy to say Simtek, Pacific or Forti but just look at all th...

1993DonningtonNo1

Now that Kimster's coming back, I cannot help wondering what if Hakk had come back? Remember how he was testing for Williams in 2004 before they tried to prize Jenson away from BAR?

1993DonningtonNo1

Jean Alesi, 3 stints (effectively) at Tyrrell, 4 races in 1989, replaced by Johnny Herbert for 1 race, 1 race back, replaced by Herbert for 1 race again then back for rest of 1989 and whole of 1990.

1993DonningtonNo1

My reject of the year has to be Williams, even in 2006 they weren't this bad, to think that they will be going into Brazil knowing they started at the tail of the field in the last race yet took pole in Brazil last year! 2nd - Pastor Maldonado, 18 races so far and just 1 point, exactly the same as ...

1993DonningtonNo1

Phil Hill & Giancarlo Baghetti at Ferrari (1961-62) and the Italian ATS (1963)

1993DonningtonNo1

My reject of the year has to be Williams, even in 2006 they weren't this bad, to think that they will be going into Brazil knowing they started at the tail of the field in the last race yet took pole in Brazil last year! 2nd - Pastor Maldonado, 18 races so far and just 1 point, exactly the same as V...

1993DonningtonNo1

My 1st F1 race was the 1993 European GP at Donnington Park, and that was all it took for me to get hooked on F1, Ayrton Senna and Damon Hill.

1993DonningtonNo1

Michele Alboreto, 2 stints at Lola in 1989 (Larrousse) and 1993 (Scuderia Italia)

Teo Fabi, 2 stints at Toleman in 1982 and 1985

1993DonningtonNo1

Pierluigi Martini, hired to replace the suspended Ayrton Senna at Toleman for the 1984 Italian Grand Prix, proceeds to fail to qualify on his debut on home ground and becomes the only driver not to qualify for a single race in 1984. To add insult to injury, Stefan Johansson in the other Toleman goes...

1993DonningtonNo1

I wonder if this has been mentioned before? If it hasn't then this has to be the mother of all What if's! Ahem, what if Martin Brundle had got the Williams drive alongside Alain Prost in 1993 instead of Damon Hill? Damon probably would have been pawned off to Ligier and ended up replacing Senna in 1...

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