Grand Prix Rejects

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Am I the only person that does not understand this, fuel flow is limited to 100kgh but they are only allowed 100kg, of Riccardo exceeded the fuel flow how did he have enough fuel to finish? Secondly how can the flow be above 100 when there is only 100kg of fuel? Well, you'd only use the 100kg of fu...

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From the website: Driver Popularity A sneaky look at the driver selections so far put Lewis Hamilton at the top of this years most wanted list. Lewis is currently featured in 55% of the entries thus far, followed by Nico Hülkenberg (33%) and Nico Rosberg, Kimi Räikkönen and Fernando Alonso (30%). O...

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Faustus wrote:The bonus selections can be changed at every race and are available on both strategies.

Correct

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Just dropping into say the new Trident livery looks...horrible. Seriously. http://www.gp3series.com/webimage/GP2-MultimediaLightboxImage/Global/GP2_2014/05_Testing/01_AD/01_D1%20morning/F80P2917.jpg I'm loving the "Visit Zimbabwe" signs. Yep, just off to book my flight now...

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Could someone clarify about the fixed gear ratios, that the same fixed gear ratio must be ran at all tracks and each teams gets to decide their own ratio? Should we expect to see almost all cars on their rev limits at the Monza straights then? It is precisely that - the teams have to select, in adv...

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Given that the teams with Renault power units are paying for the privilege, it would be interesting to know how much of a refund they will be getting....

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Red Bull finally getting some laps. Vettel went down to a 1:42, then to a 1:40.224 and apparently he had just set two personal best sectors when his car stopped. Meanwhile Hulkenberg is top of the leaderboard at the moment, his 1:36.880 already better than last year's fastest lap of the race. Is th...

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watka wrote:The V6 turbo aren't bad but for me, nothing can beat a mid-noughties V10 fly-by: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT36kC2pwAc

Hairs on back of neck stand up....can't say that about the V6 turbos...

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Joined up - just need to come up with a decent team name.

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I read somewhere before the season that the new turbo engines are likely to be quieter, with some even suggesting you won't need earplugs at the track. Can anyone verify if that's the case? Ted Kravitz wasn't wearing any ear protection when stood in the pit entry as the Ferrari and a couple of othe...

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Only found this out through Ted Kravitz's little testing show at 9:15pm each night. I'll be watching again tonight, some really useful info about the engines last night. I laughed at those looks Rémi Taffin gave him last night, when Ted started out with his little fan and nose trimmer. Looked like ...

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Wizzie wrote:

You couldn't make it up if you tried, could you?

Lordy - worst of the lot (honourable mention to the Toro Rosso)

Makes the McLaren my clear leader for best looking 2014 car

DG

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Three words for that Ferrari: Anteater. Vacuum. Cleaner. The nose by McLaren is the godawful anteater nose that they managed to make it look good. Lotus made their nose asymmetrically,unusual but nice. Ferrari,though, looked like they designed the nose first, then the chassis,and needed a missing l...

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fjackdaw wrote:Aesthetically, I think the McLaren looks immense.

Me too. Just ike the stepped nose - we will forget it once the cars are on track ..... next week!

DG

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UgncreativeUsergname wrote:
Ataxia wrote:Sneak peek of the Caterham GP2 car; the F1 car should apparently have a similar livery.

We can see their F1 car on the right.

No, it isn't, but it would be quicker than their 2013 car...

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Basetornado wrote:And in News I only just found out but others have already proberly written about or knew, apparently the new Ferrari will have its name chosen by Online poll.
Any suggestions?

VWALOL14...

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Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:
Dark77 wrote:For the first time, I agree with Vettel on something :O

If Seb calls it absurd what would Mark Webber describe it as?

...perfect.

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takagi_for_the_win wrote:
dr-baker wrote:And I think car number 69 should be reserved for the foxy Wolff!

No, Maldonado should get 69. That way, when he inevitably rolls the car, he'll still be easily identifiable!

Maldonado to get 11.

Personally I'd love to see Susie in a 69 ...

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Hulkenberg's realistic problems are that he is 29 million euros less wealthy than Maldonado, and he is too tall and heavy for next year's regulations, and he is 29 million euros less wealthy than Maldonado. If it wasn't for those 3 issues i'm sure he'd have a drive for next year. Correct. Rightly o...

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Freeze-O-Kimi wrote: I don't think Chris James would have said this either

(not that I actually believe you...)

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"I think I delivered more to the [Williams] team than they for me," he explained. "We found a victory, we found a very good result last year, and even this year we have been doing quite well races. But this is not everything. "I am waiting for something more, I am expecting some...

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I agree with DutchBear, this is most likely to be a Ferrari problem, and I don't expect it to be much of a problem. Of course now Massa has signed for Williams he won't be required to drive around for 30 laps in the Monza race with Alonso sitting just behind him getting a tow and saving his fuel for...

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The Dutch Bear wrote:On another note, not only F1 but also the World Endurance Championship are moving to fuel flow limitations.
The problem however is that the FIA can't provide enough of these limiters, meaning that F1 and WEC teams have to share them.

...limiter comes back to Ferrari covered in diesel...

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This is a farce. Magnussen is not ready for a drive straight at McLaren imo. Massive gamble anyway. If the champion of the best single seater series after Formula 1 is not ready to drive for McLaren, then we may as well just keep going with the status quo lineups and abandon the sport when the curr...

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Hound55 wrote:Who the hell is Kyvat?

No idea, but Daniil Kvyat will be racing for Toro Rosso next season

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Awful news, simply dreadful to hear this news, especially considering that by all accounts things were really looking up in her life...

RIP Maria

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Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:How does everyone think Susie is doing at the moment?

Wasn't an embarassment was she?

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We want rejects don't we???

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watka wrote:I've just seen the Cecotto pile up at Monaco. I honestly don't see how it was all his fault, Ceccon hitting the back of Bird caused the incident by my books.

....are you a GP2 steward by any chance??

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Canamasas got away with murder. The amount of times he's done something silly and pretty much got away with it is stunning; stop-go penalties are not punishments when you're almost last. I've never seen anyone drive with such little respect for other drivers. ....apart from Cecotto. Agree that the ...

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DOSBoot wrote:1. Bianchi's Marussia MR-02: That was just reject gold! Went rouge on us.

2. Red Bull Pit Crew: Cost Webber a potential podium. Could have killed that cameraman.

This

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Jenson saying that if they are only testing tyres he won't be there. McLaren have plenty of young drivers available besides Vandoorne and Magnussen - Paffett as mentioned above and Oliver Turvey. Given the problems they currently have with the car it makes most sense for Paffett to do the majority o...

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It doesn't necessarily have to be connected to a gearbox - the recording probably was taken from an engine dyno test, which might also explain why the engine note sounded a little flat (since it probably was not operating under heavy load). Sounded like a dyno-test run to me too, but there is no re...

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There are a few things I like about this deal. 1) The money. Volvo are supposedly paying the most of any manufacturer at the moment. Either they're desperate or Garry is the greatest salesman of all time 2) Sponsors are no problem, with Fujitsu and Valvoline both sticking around 3) McLaughlin and P...

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It's just a purely personal thing but I do find reading white text on a black or dark background quite difficult to read. After a short while I need to take a break.

Does anyone else suffer from this?

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I contacted Silverstone today asking about potential prices for admission and they said at the moment it was assumed to be a closed test with no spectators. I would advise anyone interested in attending to contact them and at least show that there is interest and tehre is potential income for the c...

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I know that there are those who despise the fact that Maldonado won a race last year, having seen comments from those who fit into that category, because they feel that he was not entitled to win that race. There are those that obsess over that race and complain that he "lucked in with the tyr...

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I contacted Silverstone today asking about potential prices for admission and they said at the moment it was assumed to be a closed test with no spectators. I would advise anyone interested in attending to contact them and at least show that there is interest and tehre is potential income for the ci...

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Total groundless speculation, but how about:

Button to Ferrari next year (remember you read it here first!),
Kimi to Red Bull
Massa to Lotus
Hulkenburg to McLaren.....

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Vettel 9 Great from him all weekend Webber 7 Getting embarassed by VETTELWINSLOL now. Needs to win at Silverstone (Red Bull 7 - stop moaning about the tyres!!) Alonso 9 Really on it in the chase of Hamilton Massa 7 Good solid race , minus 2 for dropping it again (Ferrari 8) Button 6 You don't become...

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