Grand Prix Rejects

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A year without F1. It did suck to drop my favourite part of my favourite hobby, but I've been fine, it isn't like F1 is the only thing I ever liked. And considering why I left, seeing that in 2022 Verstappen won all the time, I'm glad I didn't watch. Before the end of 2021 I was hoping Mercedes woul...

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The two contenders going into the final race equal on points was supremely appropriate for this season. Then Mercedes and Hamilton were a little faster and it was pretty whatever. But then it came down to strategy, ooh, who'll call it right, how exciting... and Mercedes were better there too. So a b...

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Equal nominations for Hamilton, the moral victor, and Pérez, for the best holdup job I've ever seen.

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The increasing flashy explosive entertainmentisation of F1. This isn't about a single race control decision or a single rule.

Second place goes to Alfa Romeo.

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One thing to think about is that the 2021 season hasn't needed to be presented as bizarre and close and dramatic because it actually is. In the beginning we had the fine margins at Bahrain and the large number of championship-altering events in Imola, near the end we've had Horner slating a marshal ...

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1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Bottas
4. Pérez
5. Leclerc
6. Sainz
7. Norris
8. Gasly
9. Ricciardo
10. Ocon

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Pérez
First retirement: Mazepin
ROTR: Räikkönen
IIDOTR: Räikkönen
DBTMOTR: Tsunoda
MLP: Tsunoda
HFB: 2

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1. Verstappen - Pick a side of the track. The speed difference in that collision could have been much worse than it was
2. The track - An entire circuit of high-speed blind corners, who could have predicted something weird and dangerous would happen

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1. TV direction - That slow motion shot of Wolff was legendary
2. Giovinazzi - Everyone at Alfa must be increasingly irritated with the points at Spa

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"F1 Will Shine a Light on the Issues" Grand Prix 1. Hamilton 2. Verstappen 3. Bottas 4. Pérez 5. Leclerc 6. Sainz 7. Gasly 8. Norris 9. Alonso 10. Vettel Pole: Hamilton Fastest lap: Pérez First retirement: Mazepin (it's been a while, but you can do it!) ROTR: Mazepin (it's been a while, b...

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1. Just kind of the general handling of F1. The Brazil decision conveniently coming out when it did, the contradictory flag signals....
2. Pirelli, for the unnecessary random element they provided to the results. (I also nominated the punctures for IIDOTR, I know)

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1. Alonso podium makes me happy
2. White kerbs for making the second half interesting

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When Liberty was coming in, Carey mentioned wanting to exploit F1 as more of a sport-centred entertainment brand than a sport. It's crazy, it's annoying, but it's always been part of the philosophy...

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Hairpin GP

1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Pérez
4. Bottas
5. Leclerc
6. Sainz
7. Norris
8. Gasly
9. Ricciardo
10. Vettel

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Bottas
First retirement: nope
ROTR: Alfa Romeo
IIDOTR: Marshals
DBTMOTR: Tsunoda
MLP: Tsunoda
HFB: 2

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What does Nyck de Vries have to do to get an F1 drive

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McLaren stood out.
Second place will go to there being no static camera or steering telemetry for the stewards to look at.

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Nothing new here...
1. Hamilton because he won from the back of the grid. Yes, he had the fastest car, and yes, the race was 400 km and had two restarts, but still, not everyone would have done that.
2. Alpine. Did you expect a double points finish for them?

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So all "my" people did really well! Hauger won F3, Kirkwood won Indy Lights, Krütten lost his ELMS class by two points. I'm keeping everyone.

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1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Pérez
4. Bottas
5. Leclerc
6. Norris
7. Sainz
8. Gasly
9. Ricciardo
10. Vettel

SPR1: Verstappen
SPR2: Hamilton
SPR3: Pérez

Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Tsunoda
ROTR: Runoff area
IIDOTR: Vettel
DBTMOTR: Tsunoda
MLP: Tsunoda
HFB: 2

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1. Stroll for being mysteriously slow. Who needs incidents when you have no pace in the first place. (If he actually did have an incident or good reason for being slow, ignore this) 2. Ricciardo for locking up (albeit slightly) and taking out the polesitter =. Bottas for not acknowledging the possib...

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Zandvoort's Wingrace

1. Verstappen
2. Pérez
3. Hamilton
4. Bottas
5. Gasly
6. Leclerc
7. Sainz
8. Vettel
9. Alonso
10. Norris

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: none
ROTR: Räikkönen
IIDOTR: Gasly
DBTMOTR: Tsunoda
MLP: Tsunoda
HFB: 2

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1. Alpine - Double retirement, not that it mattered 2. Mazepin - So far behind for (afaik) no good reason Edit: Okay, so it turns out there were some good reasons. I'll give the second nomination to turn 11 for being a hairpin – I like hairpins, but come on, Austin's got enough of them – wit...

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1. Ricciardo for having a firmly better race than Norris
2. Red Bull because this was supposed to be a Mercedes track and they won

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1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Verstappen
4. Pérez
5. Leclerc
6. Norris
7. Sainz
8. Ricciardo
9. Gasly
10. Alonso

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Pérez
First retirement: not today
ROTR: Williams
IIDOTR: Stroll
DBTMOTR: Tsunoda
MLP: Tsunoda
HFB: 2

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Tell me you saw a rainy Istanbul and expected Bottas to put in an untroubled win.
The second nomination will be Sainz for all the overtakes he made. They were so easy they weren't too exciting to watch, but that only bolsters the point....

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1. Verstappen 2. Hamilton 3. Bottas 4. Pérez 5. Norris 6. Ricciardo 7. Leclerc 8. Alonso 9. Gasly 10. Russell Pole: Verstappen Fastest lap: Pérez First retirement: none Reject of the Race: The weather Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Mazepin Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Tsunoda Minor Leag...

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1. Tsunoda - useless
2. Giovinazzi - all the stats sites say he was in the race but I didn't see him

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This is exactly how I expected Hamilton to finish first and Verstappen second.

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Equal nominations to Norris for almost winning for McLaren and Alonso for being sixth for Alpine without any high up retirements.

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1. Hamilton 2. Verstappen 3. Bottas 4. Norris 5. Ricciardo 6. Leclerc 7. Sainz 8. Gasly 9. Alonso 10. Russell Pole: Hamilton Fastest lap: Hamilton First retirement: Both Haases Reject of the Race: Pérez Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Alfa Romeo Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Tsunoda Minor...

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I'm happy about the Monza title contender crash not just because it was an epic sporting moment, but because it evened up the championship in terms of them having the points gap they deserve. Let me explain.... Imola: When a safety car affects a result by changing pit strategies, I'm all over how un...

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We have our post of the year....

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I know it was touched on in IIDOTR, but with Leclerc not getting an endplate to the face, Grosjean not getting a barrier to the face, and now Hamilton, it feels like the halo was introduced just in time. I could cite multiple reasons it's a good thing F1's rules aren't decided by a council of longti...

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I can't nominate Hamilton or Verstappen for creating the kind of moment we'll worship in twenty years. Besides, they both did the right thing; back down and you're down points on the other contender instead of even. I'll say AlphaTauri, for a quick double breakdown post-2009. Second nomination to Gi...

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McLaren have just ended the 2nd longest win drought in F1 History at 171 races, only Ligier had to wait longer, discounting teams that left and came back. Otherwise, I imagine it would be Mercedes that would easily hold that record. Mercedes hold so many hilarious gap records. Almost a shame Alfa h...

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1. Verstappen 2. Hamilton 3. Pérez 4. Bottas 5. Norris 6. Gasly 7. Ricciardo 8. Russell 9. Vettel 10. Stroll SR1: Verstappen SR2: Hamilton SR3: Pérez Fastest lap: Bottas First retirement: Mazepin Reject of the Race: Ferrari Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Kubica Deadbeat Teammate of the Ra...

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I feel that some people who value just overtaking hated the battle between Alonso and Hamilton in Hungary and for them it would have been better if Hamilton had succeeded to overtake on the first try. I remember someone once saying here (well, I think it was here) that a lot of battles from older r...

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1. Alfa Romeo - Giovinazzi and Kubica were both much faster than I expected, which is... yeah, what the award is about
2. Gasly - Best of the rest in an AlphaTauri

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Is Zandvoort Hungary with banked curves? Tarzanbocht = the old turn 1 Turn 3 = turn 2 Right-hand sweeper (the first one) = turn 5 Corner after that = turn 8 Short straight into secondary overtaking point near the end of the lap Roughly square corner near the end = roughly square corner near the end...

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Paul Hayes wrote:It was an amazing shot seeing the cars all go round the turn three banking together on the first lap - it looked like an IndyCar race!

I got some IndyCar vibes (or I should say general open-wheel oval vibes) from the last corner. This turned out to just be a fun track to watch cars on, like Suzuka.

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