Grand Prix Rejects

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eagleash wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/30131456

So now we know...

A good opportunity for Stevens, because I doubt he will ever get a second grand prix start.

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Captain Hammer wrote:Ferrari have (finally) confirmed Alonso will be replaced by Vettel.

Autosport or it blah blah blah

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Now cracks a noble heart. Good night sweet prince: And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. This grid was never meant for one as beautiful as you. Is that last line... ...Don McLean? If so you should be posting in the music thread And the italicised lines are from Hamlet, but we are sadly lacki...

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Now cracks a
noble heart.
Good night
sweet prince:

And flights of
angels sing
thee to thy
rest.

This grid was never meant for one as beautiful as you.

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Stand down, gentlemen (and ladies). Ah well. Easy come, easy go.

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FMecha wrote:

From @ymcofficial

Looks like they've turned up to steal the engines from Ferrari.

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In what could be the greatest resurrection since Lazarus: MARUSSIA ARE ON THEIR WAY TO ABU DHABI! That would be... Wow!!! By the way, it is too early to speculate on the driver(s) would be? Start and park counts as a presence. Jacques Villeneuve. But, due to an administrative error, they hire Jacqu...

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DanielPT wrote:
Backmarker wrote:In what could be the greatest resurrection since Lazarus:

MARUSSIA ARE ON THEIR WAY TO ABU DHABI!

By the way, it is too early to speculate on the driver(s) would be?

Never too early. Maybe Alexander Rossi?

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CoopsII wrote:
Backmarker wrote:In what could be the greatest resurrection since Lazarus:

MARUSSIA ARE ON THEIR WAY TO ABU DHABI!

Start and park to get the money they earned?

Could be a plan. Also could it get them back on the entry list for 2015, giving a slim hope that they will get bought?

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I feel like the gap between races has been too great, a lot of the excitement that was generated at Beijing has completely died down now. At least the other gaps between races are a bit more sensible.

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In what could be the greatest resurrection since Lazarus:

MARUSSIA ARE ON THEIR WAY TO ABU DHABI!

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That is exactly what I was thinking. Colin Kolles' mob, maybe? Mob is the word for it. It's a mob I want to be part of. If you get into his nucleus of trusted individuals, you've got a job for life with a man who's essentially an F1 auditor. I love that idea. Nah, you have a job, then don't have a ...

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Trouble is, have they said how they intend to race at Abu Dhabi without any staff? Do they only have the race-day staff left or is it a case of the staff being made redundant but still working the grand prix weekend and then leaving? Or neither of these? That is exactly what I was thinking. Colin K...

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Thanks to McLaren moving to Honda engines, Gary Paffett will no longer be their test driver. Poor Gary probably racked up the most laps testing without actually ever competing in a race. Maybe he'll do some testing work for Mercedes now. And Oliver Turvey and Stoffel Vandoorne will probably be takin...

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dr-baker wrote:
eagleash wrote:Why is everyone overlooking who really put the money in? C'mon now, it has to be H.....M

YES! Must have been long enough to challenge Jan Lammers for longest time between GP entries? Or definitely beating Luca Badoer for second on that list?

Put Jan Lammers in, to make his record unassailable.

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Komárek under pressure? With the experienced Jiri Komárek continuing to struggle in AutoReject 3.5 when compared to his Schröder team mate Thomas Butler, Schröder are believed to be considering their options, should Komárek fail to improve. While team-boss Bernd Schröder was quoted as saying he was...

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Isn't Dallara currently the sole constructor homologated to build GP2 cars? And GP3, and F3, and Formula Renault 3.5, and IndyCar, and Indy Lights as well to boot. Super Formula too. If the GP2 chassis idea goes forward, then what about the engines? Cosworth or Zytek could do it without any worry. ...

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula-one/30020798?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter She will probably score as many points as Jarno Trulli, Heikki Kovalainen, Kamui Kobayashi, Vitaly Petrov, Karun Chandhok, Charles Pic, Giedo van der Garde, Marcus Ericsson, and André Lotterer managed fo...

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The basic idea of having the FIA/FOM contract Dallara to make a F1-spec chassis, which customers can then buy and run, in order to maintain a full grid, is not the worst one I've heard. You would need to add incentives for them to become constructors, though. And it would be nice if they actually co...

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Waris wrote:Great! The pinnacle of motorsports, now with Dallara chassis monopoly!

Formula E are supposedly going to open chassis design for 2015 at least.

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What happened to Lawrence Stroll buying the team?

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It's sad if we never see Marussia/Manor again, but at least they've gone with more dignity (and points) than Caterham.

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I want his sponsor to be his original sponsor, Arisco, which I think is a brand of Brazilian recipe/spice mixes.

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Captain Hammer wrote:Don't forget Ricciardo and Kvyat - "Daniil" is the Russian form of "Daniel".

So Verstappen's team mate next season must be Max Chilton!

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Competing in the BRDC F4 Winter Series this year will be...Harrison Newey, son of Adrian. Can anyone else think of chassis designers who had motorsporting sons?

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This hasn't been a great race for us: I can't help feeling that the entire weekend was compromised by Tarantino and Harmsky crashing into our drivers during qualifying. I don't feel there can be any excuse for crashing into another driver during qualifying, except perhaps extreme carelessness, and ...

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I hear Nick Wirth will be designing the chassis.

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After the AutoReject 3.5 feature race at France saw Thomas Butler take the lead in the championship, I understand we have Schröder team principal Bernd Schröder on the line, live from the team factory in Bielefeld. Bernd, I imagine the team is happy with the weekend's results? WOOOOOOOHOOOO! *Sound...

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I'll believe this when I see an Audi-engined car on the grid at a race.

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If the FIA is insistent on having enough runoff to allow a plane to take off, make it out of the super-grippy stuff they have at Paul Ricard so that if drivers step off the racing line they lose a decent amount of time.

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Bernd Schröder wrote:A podium in our first weekend is a great result, but well deserved. The team has been working hard to ensure the best possible result, and we are ecstatic that Thomas Butler has managed to secure second place in the final at Hidden Valley.

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We're pleased with the promising showing from Thomas Butler in the recent test, and feel confident that Jiri Komárek is closer to the others than his position necessarily demonstrated. I am definitely looking forward to the season proper getting under way at Hidden Valley, it will be a great result...

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East Londoner wrote:Statement from the Bianchi family states that Jules has a diffuse axonal injury to his brain. Devastating news to hear.

Really bad news. Most diffuse axonal injury patients don't even wake up.

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Sad news. A great racer, and much loved within the paddock.

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Vettel has been sponsored by Red Bull since he was in karting: as a result, his helmet has been a Red Bull advert for over 10 years now. This is the best picture I can find of his pre-Red Bull helmet: http://gallery.sebastian-vettel.org/albums/userpics/vettel-kart-10359876-mbqf,templateId%3DrenderSc...

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Given that he's scored 70% of Toro Rosso's points this year, and got both of Toro Rosso's first top six grand prix finishes since Vettel, I feel a bit sorry for Vergne, especially because I don't see him having enough sponsorship to get a seat at one of the midfield teams. Hopefully he'll be in Form...

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I can see McLaren going for Alonso or Vettel, but not both. It's at odds with Ron Dennis' comments to Kevin Magnussen about not letting his penalties change the way he drives. While I don't believe it will happen, Alonso and Vettel is a far more marketable line up than Alonso and Magnussen or Vette...

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There is another permanent race track in South Korea that was built only last year in the Inje Speedium. The curious issue, outside the track being a bit on the slow side, is that the circuit is rather close to the border between the South and the Best Korea. The South Korean GP should have been a ...

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http://thejudge13.com/#Rossi%20offered%20Ferrari%20contract So apparently Valentino Rossi was offered a seat at Ferrari for 2007 alongside Kimi Raikkonen. The question is: what if he had taken up the offer? While Rossi apparently had some impressive test times, I can't see him doing as well in real...

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razta wrote:
Jocke1 wrote:I can't wait for Jamie to pronounce his name. : )

LOL!! it's pronounced according to Norbert Haug (DTM TV pundit) Pascal Wur-leen or to that effect

Surely it should be Vair-Line?

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