Grand Prix Rejects

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(1) the guaranteed safety car - there was not even a yellow flag IIRC?

(2) Crofty's replacement - not a single over-stretched pun or commentator team in joke

(3) Fernando Alonso - that was not great

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(1) Verstappen - so much talk prior to the race was about how Red Bull were struggling, and how Norris/Leclerc were going to win, but Max led from the front, managed the race perfectly, did not panic under serious pressure for the last three laps, and finished 54 seconds ahead of Perez.

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The 2024 Emilia Romagna Fi Grand Prix 1. Max Verstappen 2. Lando Norris 3. Charles Leclerc 4. Carlos Sainz 5. Oscar Piastri 6. George Russell 7. Lewis Hamilton 8. Sergio Perez 9. Yuki Tsunoda 10. Nick Hulkenberg Pole: Max Verstappen Fastest Lap: Sergio Perez First Retirement: Fernando Alonso ROTR: A...

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Driver: Magnussen - for owning his behaviour during the sprint, showing Hamilton how to race , and also being my candidate for RoTR

Team: Has to be Alpine I guess

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Driver: Magnussen for the full bouquet of penalties

Team: Mercedes - neither driver looked like they were trying
Aston Martin for just underperforming their investment

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The 2024 Miami F1 Grand Prix S1: Verstappen S2: Sainz S3: Perez S4: Norris S5: Leclerc S6: Russell S7: Alonso S8: Piastri Sprint Pole: Verstappen First Retirement or None: Sargeant 1. Verstappen 2. Sainz 3. Perez 4. Norris 5. Leclerc 6. Russell 7. Hamilton 8. Alonso 9. Piastri 10. Hulkenberg Race Po...

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Newey leaving Red Bull, ostensibly because of Horner's alleged shenanigans, is surely a significant issue for the team's owners? Before Horner's blown diffuser (as it were) became a matter of public record, the team was unbeatable, was odds-on for the championship this year and next, a good head sta...

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So how will Horner and Wolff refer to "the red team" and "the team in red" now?

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Nothing was infinite and improbable. Despite all the safety cars and shenanigans what I posted elsewhere was correct: So basically we just line up eight of the drivers from the top four teams in team/driver points order, randomly drop Alonso in somewhere, and then choose tenth from Tsunoda, Hulkenbe...

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Driver: Stroll for ruining Piastri's and Ricciardo's races - he really does not deserve that seat

Team: Mercedes for their dire lacklustre performance - two points places was flattering

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The FIA stewards not being sure of what the word "stopped" means is quite the RoTR.

However I think that they reached the correct decision re Sainz and Aston's protest. Perhaps some-one will be updating rule 39.6 soon?

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The 2024 "What Mario said" Chinese F1 Grand Prix S1: Verstappen S2: Perez S3: Sainz S4: Leclerc S5: Norris S6: Alonso S7: Piastri S8: Russell Sprint Pole: Verstappen First Retirement or None: None 1. Verstappen 2. Perez 3. Sainz 4. Leclerc 5. Norris 6. Piastri 7. Alonso 8. Russell 9. Hamil...

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Yuki, Yuki, Yuki, oi, oi, oi!

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(1) Logan Sergeant for that unforced error

(2) Lance Stroll for finishing out of the points in a Haas sandwich

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The 2024 Japanese "Total guesswork after the rained off 2nd practice" F1 Grand Prix 1. Verstappen 2. Sainz 3. Perez 4. Leclerc 5. Russell 6. Hamilton 7. Norris 8. Piastri 9. Alonso 10. Tsunoda Pole: Verstappen Fastest Lap: Verstappen First Retirement: Sargeant (actually got lost in the pit...

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(1) Sainz - the redundant second driver at Ferrari demonstrating how to get a new job. Looks a much better prospect than Hamilton at the moment.

(2) Pitwall and driver teamwork by Ferrari, Mclaren and Haas - they all seem to have worked out that the way to win is not screw each other up.

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(1) Race Control for not throwing an immediate red flag when there is a car upside across the track in the middle of a series of bends and with a driver still in the car. Sure it would have been the same situation as a VSC, except the points would have been awarded for the positions at the end of th...

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Qualifying: Sainz was very good - faster than Leclerc - and the Ferraris look competitive vs. the Red Bulls. Sainz' ability to turn in especially was remarkable and his recovery from illness very impressive, showing fitness and motivation for wherever he is heading in 2025. I think Leclerc overdrove...

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The 2024 "Nice mullet mate" Australian F1 Grand Prix 1. Charles Leclerc 2. Max Verstappen 3. Lando Norris 4. Carlos Sainz Jr. 5. Sergio Perez 6. Oscar Piastri 7. Fernando Alonso 8. George Russell 9. Daniel Ricciardo 10. Lewis Hamilton Pole: Charles Leclerc Fastest Lap: Charles Leclerc Firs...

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Seems that Ricciardo's poor race may have been down to the pit crew being useless:

www.grandprix.com.au/fan-zone/news/ricc ... un-to-16th

so perhaps we can give him a break?

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Stroll - unforced error in the same place as practice.

Sauber looked dire.

Alpine looked weak.

Ricciardo looked poor.

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Ditto, Bearman was excellent

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Carlos Sainz has been replaced by Bearman for the Saudi Grand prix due to appendicitis - hope he gets will in time for Australia and good luck to young Oliver Bearman. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68511360 So that is a point dropped in my predicament predictions. Won't edit but for the record: ROTR:...

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The 2024 Saudi Arabian "Monza in tunnels" F1 Grand Prix 1. Verstappen 2. Russell 3. Alonso 4. Sainz 5. Perez 6. Leclerc 7. Hamilton 8. Norris 9. Piastri 10. Hulkenberg Pole: Verstappen Fastest Lap: Verstappen First Retirement: Bottas ROTR: RB Visa Cashapp - intrateam shenanigans again IIDO...

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Looks like Piastri and Alonso had some kind of sixth sense. It seems that Alpine's aero designer, Dirk de Beer, and the technical director have resigned. Did they not fire half their senior staff last year to bring in new blood and concentrate on 2024? Given their lamentable performance at Bahrain y...

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Nothing remotely infinitely improbable occured.

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(1) The state of F1: fell asleep at one point during the race.

(2) VisaCashAppRB/Scuderia Alpha Tauri/Scuderia Toro Rosso/Minardi giving Haas a place or two.

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2024 Bahrain F1 Grand Prix: 1. Verstappen 2. Hamilton 3. Leclerc 4. Alonso 5. Russell 6. Sainz 7. Perez 8. Norris 9. Piastri 10. Ricciardo Pole: Verstappen Fastest Lap: Verstappen First Retirement: Zhou ROTR: Pitstop-related shenanigans IIDOTR: Nothing infinitely impossible occurs DBTMOTR: Stroll LP...

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When Mercedes ask Toto what he needs to win the WDC/WCC in 2025, he will reply "a multiple WDC who is not called Alonso". So that's Max to Mercedes in 2025 with Albon and Ricciardo at Red Bull, and Sainz at Aston Martin replacing Alonso or the boss's son. Meanwhile only Mclaren will have a...

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Looking at this from Hamilton's point of view: (1) He is a brilliant driver who has achieved everything to which an an F1 driver could possibly aspire - except win a race/championship in a Ferrari (2) Ferrari build superb race-winning but edgy F1 cars (3) Hamilton is highly adaptable and can also ou...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68163799

and other sources...

Is this nonsense fake news, a bad move for Lewis, or the greatest coup in F1 history?

Thoughts?

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The 2023/24 silly season was not at all silly. Not even a will he/won't he of any significance. Next season will start as 2023 ended. No change in driver line up anywhere on the grid. Remember Niko Rosberg retiring just after the season's ending? There are a number of senior drivers out there who m...

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Spectoremg wrote: ↑28 Nov 2023, 18:45 This is a great read.
Only one nomination: Haas. 10 million seasons with deadbeat drivers and zero ambition. It must piss Andretti off just a bit.

Andretti: "Your F1 teams sucks!"

Haas/Steiner: "Yes, but at least we have a team!"

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Really pleased to see Williams emerge from the mess of the past few years. A proper focussed F1 only team with a long and distinguished heritage adds class to the sport. They are not there to sell fizzy drinks or cars or whatever, they are there to compete and achieve the best they can. The patience...

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The Americanisation, commercialisation and cheapening of Formula 1: - Stupid ticket prices/treatment of fans in the land of the free - Unknown dis-interested celebrities being name-checked by dis-interested commentators - Too many races and sprints within races - Too many street circuits (but Las Ve...

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Yuki, Yuki, Yuki - brilliant effort and led the race

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Yup Jorge Martin's intertake was optimistic. And ye gods Moto GP bikes have become ugly.

But if the pitcrew infringements affect the race or championship results...

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The 2023 Abu Dhabi (count-back for 2nd place in the WCC) F1 Grand Prix 1. Verstappen (25+1) 2. Leclerc (18) 3. Perez (15) 4. Norris (12) 5. Russell (10) 6. Piastri (8) 7. Hamilton (6) 8. Sainz (4) 9. Alonso (2) 10. Ocon (1) PP: Verstappen FL: Verstappen First Retirement: Zhou ROTR: Haas IIDOTR: Nobo...

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The drain cover - that is all.

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The race was one of the best this season which given that the teams are all exhausted and the track/venue was criticised so much in advance makes it a good candidate. Slick surfaces and sane DRS zones made overtaking a skill again. Ocon and Stroll provided unexpected results, I'll give it to Stroll ...

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