Grand Prix Rejects

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If the super license rules weren't in place, Jordan King would be at Manor next season. With the rules, I wonder how long his father will back Manor if it doesn't look like his son will earn enough points to ever drive in F1.

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In the concept in the motorsport.com article, why is there one pylon (/blade) right in front of the drivers eyes, rather than two pylons at the side more like a dirt buggy's cage?

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Very sad. I can barely believe that yet another driver has died doing what they love in the modern age.

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Romain Grosjean for the incredible things he did with a Lotus this weekend. That he might be without a seat next season is appalling.
Sergio Pérez for looking back to his 2012 best.

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Williams, easily. The tyres yet another indication of the team just getting things wrong this season.

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Two teams have failed to gain an entry for 2016-17. The identities of the teams have not been revealed, but it is understood ART is neither of them, interestingly. It can also be understood that one of them was probably Stefan GP, as usual But unfortunately, it now looks like no new teams will be e...

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Over at that there reddit, I made a post on the records that have been set in the last season of Formula E: https://www.reddit.com/r/FormulaE/comments/3ga52w/after_one_season_of_formula_e_heres_some_of_the/ Also, does anyone else think this smiley: looks like Nathan from South Park? http://vignette2...

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novitopoli wrote:Looks like van der Garde finally managed to find a cockpit:

https://twitter.com/GvanderGarde/status ... 8049615872

1989 Coloni C3?

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Italian media are apparently reporting that McLaren will announce next month that Stoffel Vandoorne will be replacing Button from 2016 onwards. Good. Vandoorne is a talent. 2nd in his rookie season of Formula Renault 3.5, 2nd in his rookie season of GP2 (a series which increasingly favours experien...

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In Autosport Bottas has said that he is probably going to have to do back exercises for the rest of his career following his accident this season. While it seems that he's managing it pretty well at the moment, I wondered whether it might affect his prospects with regards Ferrari.

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I was thinking lately, there is only one driver I can name who won a World Championship F1 race in every year he competed: Lewis Hamilton. Lots of others are quite close: Vettel only didn't win a single race in 2007 and 2014, Fangio in 1958, Nino Farina in 1955 and so on. Most later drivers missed ...

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So are there any engine suppliers that might consider joining the sport? Cosworth, AER and Zytek could do it, for cheap, but Cosworth's recent engine programme doesn't suggest that Red Bull should have confidence that it would make them competitive.

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Red Bull-Mercedes ? Believable in the short-term. In the long-term (looking to 2020 and beyond), I would expect Mateschitz to sell the team, or find a customer supplier. Not sure who they might tempt to enter the sport. A Volkswagen brand is the obvious rumour (probably Porsche, maybe Audi), but th...

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Reject_Dom wrote:http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/120093

Quite excited to see how it'll look next year - and there was a mention of GP2 becoming FIA's F2 category too.

Thus begins the slow death of Formula Renault 3.5. Like when Coloni took control of Euro Formula 3000.

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The other option could be that Ferrari does ask, but Williams exercise the option in their current contract with Bottas for 2016 and decline to release him. Surely that wouldn't be an issue, though, would it? Because Money. I'd expect Williams to make heavy weather of it just to juice the puppy up ...

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I don't think Bottas will switch - he hasn't exactly walked all over Massa this year, and we all know how much Felipe's stock fell at Ferrari over the years. I can't imagine Bottas saying no if Ferrari ask. I can't imagine his management letting him say no. I can't imagine Ferrari saying no to Ferr...

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lgaquino wrote:that footwork reminds me so much of jake dennis' car in F3!

Given chronology, shouldn't it be that the Racing Steps Foundation's livery reminds you of the 1995 Foowork?

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McLaren would welcome GP2 teams with customer cars in Formula 1 . "We like the idea that a GP2 team, ART, could come along and buy or rent two McLarens," Boullier told F1 Racing. "Straight away they would be competitive, without all the investment." Competitive? Has he seen the ...

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Ataxia wrote:Wilmington will take Schröder's offer; he brings support from Cargill and BlackBerry.

Great, he'll be the entrant for the Africa Cup too.

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An absolute tragedy to lose a driver who was destined for greatness. A sobering reminder of F1's dangers.

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Schröder (GER)
#x: Thomas Butler (GBR)
#x: James Wilmington (CAN)

To give him experience ahead of the full season, we'll stick James Wilmington in the car for the Africa Cup.

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http://formularejects.com/w/images/3/37/Flag_of_Canada_svg.png James Wilmington, 18 - In 2017, Wilmington raced in AR2.0NA for the Falik team; with the series now defunct, the Canadian is looking for a new challenge in single-seater racing. Wilmington was usually at the sharp end of the field last ...

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Roberto Merhi: Nearly crossed the line. Better just slam on the brakes.

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He's still listed on their "Drivers Club" page here : http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/drivers-club/ben-collins.aspx There's a number of drivers who I was surprised didn't get picked up: Albers, Bourdais, Berthon, Carroll, Conway, Clos, Daly, Doornbos, Hildebrand, Klien, Lancaster, Pantano, ...

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Lotus' drivers - they need to take the magnets out of those cars.

If it hadn't been for that, I guess whoever was responsible for denying Williams a podium by stopping too late for inters.

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1) Kvyat
2) Vettel

I guess. No massively surprising results.

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dinizintheoven wrote:I wonder also, were there to be a Qatar Grand Prix, would Claire Williams, Susie Wolff and *cough* Carmen Jordá even be allowed to turn up?

Given that they allow María Herrera, Elena Rosell and Ana Carrasco to race motorbikes around there, I wouldn't worry too much.

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The Qatar Investment Authority also own 17% of the Volkswagen Group... So, 20 races a season, all held at Losail, with all the teams having Porsche engines?

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On the BBC Steiner said that the only things the team had to build for itself were the chassis and the aero kit (which will all be done by Dallara anyway). While customer cars are banned, this is the most sensible solution for a start-up team, imo.

Hopefully it will be Marciello in one of the seats.

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dr-baker wrote:Name five sponsors? I put Andrea Moda (as prompted by an earlier post here), MTV, MasterCard and Pennzoil, plus one other. Maybe when I go back to attempt it again, I'll put Shannon? Or Qadbak? Or even Black Death cigarettes!

I managed to think of Philip Morris International.

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The only thing to look forward to with refuelling is watching Ferrari manage to cock it up every week.

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Antonio Pizzonia was leading the Auto GP race at the Hungaroring, but got passed on the last lap by Facundo Regalia. There are only 9 drivers in Auto GP this year.

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Kazuki Nakajima broke his vertebra in a practice accident at Spa in WEC.

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Given his testing role, Martin Brundle to Force India?

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Nice piece here about the GP2 class of 2005, including rejects Scott Speed, Giorgio Pantano, Gianmaria Bruni, and almost reject Jose Maria Lopez: http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2015/04/23/as-gp2-turns-10-years-old-where-is-the-class-of-05-now/

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In more positive news, a couple of sites are saying that Manor might change their livery for Spain.

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Hmm, so Thomas Butler is actually the worst driver on the grid?

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Collieafc wrote:20 years after McLaren hired another ex-champ...

Meaning Alonso will turn out to be too fat for the chassis, and Jenson Button will suffer appendicitis, requiring his replacement.

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Miguel98 wrote:Adrian Sutil has been announced as Williams reserve driver, alongside Alex Lynn.

Presumably if Bottas can't race this weekend, Adrian Sutil will step in, rather than Alex Lynn or Susie Wolff.

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1. McLaren-Honda. The engine has problems, and I suspect that its woes are covering for a dog of a chassis. Their drivers, who are very talented, had no chance this weekend.
2. Sergio Pérez. Only beat the worst car on the grid, kept making mistakes.

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