Grand Prix Rejects

andrew2209

I read that Spyker's original livery in early 2007 was a lot more orange than it was when raced, but the orange paint didn't look right when filmed. I could've also read somewhere that the pre-97 Marlboro Ferraris, under some conditions looked maroon.

More info on the Spyker: http://www.f1colours.com/2007/03/13/spy ... ge-livery/

andrew2209

Taki Inoue and the Safety Crew

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What if, during the season, the reigning world champion can't race at one of the events? What happens to the car numbers?

andrew2209

After Vettel's comments today, how about a team running out of wet weather tyres in the race and is thus forced either to try and finish on slicks, re-use knackered wets, or retire altogether? In that situation, they'd have to stay on the knackered wets, as they'd still be faster than slicks. Howev...

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Despite the fact that Vettel was clearly trying to ovetake Webber against team orders, Webber seemd very aggressive in pushing him towards the pit wall. One false move, and it could've ended in catastrophe.

andrew2209

Everyone who isn't Jules Bianchi or Nico Hulkenberg. Actually, this is a reasonable nomination. They both put their head down and did the job, but the others all had been involved in something! I'd add Grosjean to that list. He got overtaken a few times, but didn't do anything stupid, and picked up...

andrew2209

If they're going to fire a driver, then get rid of VdeG. Pic is better and him, and Kovalainen would get you more money by hauling Caterham back into 10th.

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I've never heard of anyone running out of intermediate weather tyres, but if that did happen, I could imagine it'd be chaotic, as teams would end up on the full wets on an intermediate track or vice versa, leading to excessive wear or aquaplaning.

andrew2209

Best.Crazy.Hair.Ever.

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I Now watch as my theory goes out the window and Merc dominate the entire weekend. Wasnt MSC 3rd on the grid last year before fading away? Sounds promising. I wouldn't call being spun around by Grosjean "fading away". I may be bold, but if it rains, McLaren could surprise everyone. After ...

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Caterham-Slower than Marussia, despite getting the 10th place money from 2012, and for some of their (lack of) letting the leaders go by.

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Another reason why they could've postponed qualifying is the risk of someone crashing, bringing out the red flag, and forcing the session to be abandoned anyway, due to the light levels being too low.

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The safety car sent out to test the conditions on track, and crashing.
The car at the front of the "train" at the start of qualifying stalls his car, blocking the pit lane exit.

andrew2209

With delays in qualifying like this, I wonder what do they do if at a race, the rain is so bad, they can't run the race. Is it cancelled, or do they come back on the Monday?

andrew2209

I always wondered why a school based motorsport never has never really worked. I guess costs, and probably the fight to be the driver might have something to do with it. The likelihood of a school driver to be qualified enough to race would be pretty low, and the chances are the red mist would desc...

andrew2209

If Vodafone go, then drop the silver/red livery. Firstly, Mercedes use silver, and second, it would break the association with Hamilton to some extent. If they won't go back to white/red, then go orange, or possibly black/white, as the West livery was clean and efficent.

andrew2209

This one picture is why I believe that there should be only 1 supplier: http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/64125000/jpg/_64125835_2005_usgp_getty.jpg Aside from a (unlikely) repeat of this, a team could lose out purely because they ended up with bad tyres. Although the same could be said for engi...

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Come to think of it, has there ever been a truly wet race at Melbourne? There's been a few wet qualifying sessions, and damp starts, but I can't recall a wet race.

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Can we have a dry start, but a sudden downpour on Lap 1?

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In what universe is Australia 2007 considered a classic race? The only memorable thing that happened was Coulthard trying to decapitate Alex Wurz. ...Wait a second, was Coulthard trying to save the world from WURZ?! It's a British TV channel, and a certain Brit made thier debut. Enough said. My cla...

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Jocke1 wrote:
UgncreativeUsergname wrote: I can't see the picture, and when I try to open it in a separate tab I get a 403 error.

The new Kyalami layout is so boring, Senna could be seen falling asleep just looking at it.

andrew2209

A possible reason for them not putting a DRS zone by Spoon to 130R in Suzuka is that they may consider it too dangerous, in case someone tries to do side by side through the 130R. if you clip the back of someone at 130R, then you'll probably have an accident like Burti's at Spa

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Makes me wonder how does Marussia even prove being a Russian team. We're all confused here, as there's nothing really Russian in it. Xept for Fomenko, who occasionaly gave an interview after a year of silence. It took Benetton around 12 years to decide that they were actually Italian (despite being...

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Here we go: http://www.indycar.com/en/News/2013/02/~/media/IndyCar/News/Standard/2013/02/02-20-Conway-Sponsor-Livery-Std.jpg m the first cigarette related sponsor to an indycar since the TV Tobacco ban and Penske's not-so-subtle liveries in 2007. i know there is no tobacco in e-cigs, but for all pu...

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Tom Kristensen, Jorg Muller and Kenny Brack all did very well in the mid 90's in F3000, and never got to F1. Also, Dan Wheldon was considered an up and rising talent, but lack the resources to make it in Europe.

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Chisea in the Fondmetal of '92 anyone?

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Even if Caterham and Marussia leave F1, it'd still be exciting with only 18 drivers. Couldn't disagree more, if F1 ever drops below 20 cars then I will consider to stop watching it At the moment, are Caterham and Marussia realistically close to any of the 9 other teams? Unless they improve soon, th...

andrew2209

3 Engine suppliers would work perfectly in Formula 1

Een if Caterham and Marussia leave F1, it'd still be exciting with only 18 drivers.

andrew2209

I think the Lotus solution, of the driver's name on the airbox would be quite effective, as it's visible, but doesn't detract from the livery of the car.

andrew2209

Romain Grosjean wins the Belgian GP.

You read it here first.

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Paul di Resta is underrated.

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I've seen that nose before:

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The current Liveries are better than '95 where we had this amazing selection of colours: Williams = Blue Benneton = Blue Ligier = Blue Jordan= Blue Stripe Sauber= Blue Footwork/Arrows = Blue Engine Cover Tyrrell = Blue Nose Simtek = Blue Pacific = Blue On a rainy day half the field went invisible. ...

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dr-baker wrote:I was thinking the Hungarian marshalls....

Canadian marshalls anyone? Remember the one picking up the debris on the track in 2011.

andrew2209

Not really, I fear. If HRT had survived they would have gone for another pay-driver, because their financial situation was as bad as Marussia's and Caterham's. Yeah, DLR had another year signed - but that was back when Thesan Capital seemed to believe that they could make money out of selling a F1 ...

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Oh dear, it's happened again. These guys don't really understand how the forum software works do they? They've clearly used a wildcard (*) in their swear filter, which isn't really a good idea for censoring things, but better for running searches. I wonder what happens if I type in Scunthorpe Unite...

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My feeling with using the modesty panel to create a higher nose is that it'd be banned, on safety grounds.

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About the "Kimi" on the E21 sidepod. I was reading somewhere that for 2013, the teams want to make it easier for casual fans to identify drivers, so that could be one way they are trying to do it. (Until Mercedes decide that Nico Hulkenberg would be a good driver

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andrew2209

Alessandro Nannini at the 1989 Japanese GP
Thierry Boutsen at the 1990 Hungarian GP
Gilles Villeneuve at the 1981 Spanish GP

Also Sebastian Vettel at the 2012 Brazilian GP, for surviving that collision.

andrew2209

I think Hockenheim would probably take the 2013 rrace if the Nurburgring didn't. An 18 race season would be disappointing, when we're suppose to have 20. Alos, how could we end with the 3-times world champion not having a home race?

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