Grand Prix Rejects

noiceinmydrink

I believe the sprinklers are only in the short version (from the start/finish straight drivers must turn right to Mistral straight) of the circuit. Yes! Mandate tyre changes in the middle of each lap for the variable conditions! Yes! How soon are you expecting these races to happen? You may want to...

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I am quite surprised that Alonso signed up with Aston Martin when there might still have been a chance of a seat at Mercedes or Red Bull. I suppose he's gambling on their continued investment and development getting them the top team status they're aiming for, and decided this was the best bet for ...

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Lance Stroll : Absolutely hopeless. A piss poor performance all weekend by every metric and his radio outburst doesn't hold up under any scrutiny when you look at where Alonso finished. On that, Lance's never been high up in terms of talent kn the grid but there were times in Racing Point such as T...

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Happy Let's Go! Japanese Grand Prix 1. Verstappen 2. Tsunoda 3. Sainz 4. Perez 5. Hamilton 6. Russell 7. Bottas 8. Stroll 9. Piastri 10. Alonso Pole: Sainz Fastest Lap: Tsunoda First Retirement: Leclerc ROTR: Whoever Leclerc wronged in a prior life IIDOTR: Tsunoda DBTMOTR: Zhou LP: Sargeant FTP: Zh...

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Paul Ricard has sprinklers - we should hold all 24 rounds on that circuit. Same layout and all.

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Gottem all! Some of them not from photos but more from context, the Aintree one in particular.

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Ideally a joint ROTR/IIDOTR for Max's brakes but Willams should probably win it.

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Williams: Did the best they could considering the circumstances, but it's circumstances that they should've never been in in the first place.

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It can only be Max Verstappen's rear brake for giving us a result F1 really needed.

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Pop off Queen! I like Checo but he seems to have a real penchant for outrageous incidents like these - it marred his time in McLaren hugely and he's had some truly awful races over the years (2023 notwithstanding). He's that mould of a driver where there are days like Sakir 2020 where you think &quo...

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I'm gonna nominate Perez simply because Mario called him a tit in a rare and wonderful moment of venom.

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Rubbish. 1. Verstappen 2. Perez 3. Leclerc 4. Sainz 5. Hamilton 6. Russell 7. Norris 8. Piastri 9. Alonso 10. Ricciardo Pole: Verstappen Fastest Lap: Verstappen First Retirement: Tsunoda ROTR: Sauber IIDOTR: No one DBTMOTR: Tsunoda LP: Sargeant FTP: Tsunoda YF: Zhou mechanical failure Worst Team: S...

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Further to my ROTR nomination, No.

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Some fair nominations, some baffling ones quite frankly but to disqualify my latter statement I'm going to nominate Absolutely Everyone, INCLUDING Red Bull . The other teams simply haven't done a good enough job to keep the Red Bulls in sight but quite frankly this situation regarding Horner has not...

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Alright Stringer, I promise to FINALLY see out an entire season of this. 2024 Pride in the Name of No Pride Flags for You! Bahrain Grand Prix 1. "Can anyone stop Max Verstappen?!" 2. "Not Sergio Perez that's for sure" 3. Sainz 4. Hamilton 5. Piastri 6. Alonso 7. Leclerc 8. Norris...

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It's sad but I think you have a real knack for these obituaries, thanks for the write up dinizintheoven - RIP Wilson.

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Shame I was out of commision for the latter part of the season - but I'm not last so yayyyy

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Excellent write-up as always Klon, the work you guys put in is always appreicated!

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Wallio wrote: ↑15 Feb 2024, 19:35 As much as it kills me to say this, right now its probably Merc's. From the front/side anyway. Ferrari in a close second.

I agree; that Mercedes is beautiful. Proper West McLaren vibes.

noiceinmydrink

The only big name driver out of contract in 2025 is Alonso - however, whilst Alonso has remained competitive so far, he would be 44 years old in 2025. Time is not on Alonso's side, and if Mercedes want another driver to replace Hamilton, I expect they'd want a driver for the long term. Sainz might ...

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Liberty Media has talked about having more street circuits as part of the idea of using the race as a "tent pole" event, which supports other events taking place alongside it (e.g. music concerts) - in which case, it makes sense to have those races in a city that has the infrastructure to...

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Is this worse or better than the Team Lotus/Lotus-Renault shambles from 2011?

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If it's a half street/half permo affair like Melbourne or Montreal I probably wouldn't mind that much. And going by the sim Williams put out it doesn't look too bad (apart from the disgraceful kink in the middle of the lap where if someone goes off they're going to hit a barrier head on at 90 degree...

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Frankly I'm kinda glad this has got more people and media outlets to talk about how excessive these street tracks are - years now I've felt like I'm banging my head against a wall or preaching to a small choir talking about how much I hate these dimeadozen, medicore, soulless circuits. Other than th...

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I'll be honest, I have way more respect for the reject drivers in what obstacles they had to deal with and overcome than I have for the reject teams who provided those obstacles. I'm sure I'm not being totally fair, but there it is. I don't think it's unfair in general but this is one of those inst...

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I like it. Looks like a Wipeout colour scheme that was left to the cutting room floor.

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MAX

1) Verstappen
2) Alonso
3) Norris
4) Perez
5) Piastri
6) Hamilton
7) Sainz
8) Leclerc
9) Bottas
10) Ocon

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Lawson
ROTR: AlphaTauri
IIDOTR: Bottas
DBTMOTR: Russell
LP: Magnussen
FtP: Lawson

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2023 "Slick Tyres? What are those?" Belgain Grand Prix S1: Verstappen S2: Norris S3: Perez S4: Leclerc S5: Piastri S6: Sainz S7: Russell S8: Hamilton 1: Verstappen 2: Perez 3: Leclerc 4: Sainz 5: Piastri 6: Hamilton 7: Russell 8: Alonso 9: Albon 10: Stroll PP: Verstappen FL: Verstappen Fi...

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*the post above* Very well put, 100% agree with pretty much everything in this post. As for the current state of F1 - I have found myself enjoying qualifying more than the races this year and I'm putting it down to the field is so close that qualifying is exciting but there isn't enough performance...

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We're giving ROTR suggestions for hypotheticals now? Because Gasly might have collided with Ocon? 'Mon now lads. It's gotta be Zhou - he ultimately caused that collision, had a horrific start anyway and didn't do much after the race to redeem it. After he qualified 5th, I was rooting for him super h...

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2023 IV Grand Prix of Fascism 1. Alonso 2. Vertsappen 3. Perez 4. Stroll 5. Russell 6. Sainz 7. Hamilton 8. Tsunoda 9. Ocon 10. Gasly PP: Verstappen FL: Verstappen First Retirement: Zhou ROTR: Ricciardo IIDOTR: Alonso LP: Ricciardo I also like the first to pit idea - not to give points for this GP ...

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2022 British Grand Prix

1. Sainz
2. Perez
3. Hamilton
4. Leclerc
5. Alonso
6. Norris
7. Verstappen
8. Hulkenburg
9. Stroll
10. Magnussen

PP: Sainz
FL: Hamilton
First Retirement: Albon
ROTR: Just Stop Oil
IIDOTR: Hulkenburg
DBTMOTR: Abon
LP: Tsunoda
MLP: Piastri

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S1: Verstappen S2: Alonso S3: Russell S4: Sainz S5: Perez S6: Hamilton S7: Leclerc S8: Stroll 1. Verstappen 2. Perez 3. Hamilton 4. Leclerc 5. Stroll 6. Sainz 7. Alonso 8. Norris 9. Gasly 10. Ocon PP: Verstappen FL: Norris First Retirement: Russell ROTR: Helmut Marko IIDOTR: De Vries DBTMOTR: Tsunod...

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The incident between De Vries and Magnussen was good old-fashioned rejectfulness. :D I think it has to be this one. Truly amateurish stuff from a world champion racing driver. Laughed my ass off when I watched this. I don't think he should be ROTR but Ted was truly embarrasing. The Lando stuff duri...

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Need to get my arse back into gear for this. 2023 Father of All Mothercanuckers Canadian Grand Prix 1. Verstappen 2. Hamilton 3. Perez 4. Russell 5. Leclerc 6. Alonso 7. Sainz 8. Gasly 9. Hulkenburg 10. Stroll PP: Verstappen FL: Verstappen First Retirement: Albon ROTR: Race Control IIDOTR: Sargeant ...

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I rescind my nomination for Bottas as it has been reported that he was suffering from floor damage - similarly for Leclerc who was suffering from car issues all weekend according to Ferrari. Underwhelming weekends for both but nothing spectacularly awful considering the circumstances.

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I'll second that Bottas nomination, for whatever reason he was miles off. Looked intensly mediocre all weekend. But what trumps that in my opinion is this; while I enjoyed the race, it was promised by strategists to be this 3 stopper behemoth of a race with a little bit of rain. None of that occurre...

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I don't agree with Miami GP nomination tbqh. It doesn't feel like actual rejectfulness. The driver presentation/introduction is just what they do and won't be there for Imola or further races. It was just for a bit of fun and some people had fun, some didn't. Plus the race was dull but again it was...

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1. Perez
2. Alonso
3. Verstappen
4. Russell
5. Hamilton
6. Stroll
7. Sainz
8. Norris
9. Gasly
10. Zhou

PP: Verstappen
FL: Verstappen
First Retirement: Leclerc
ROTR: Red Bull mechanic
IIDOTR: Alonso
DBTMOTR: Piastri
LP: Piastri
MLP: Sargeant

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