Grand Prix Rejects

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The Santander Aero Challenge Grand Prix of the New Republic of Catalunya 1. Verstappen 2. Vettel 3. Hamilton 4. Bottas 5. Leclerc 6. Perez 7. Hulkenberg 8. Raikkonen 9. Giovinazzi 10. Kvyat Pole: Vettel Fastest lap: Bottas First retirement: Gasly Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Magnussen Infinite Improba...

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Samster wrote:
He was barely within 107% this weekend. MP Motorsport must have been desperate for cash when they signed him.

And yet he almost scored a point ....Baku isnt really a track for racing if you're going to put out the safety car a lot

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FullMetalJack wrote:Ricciardo
Renault

My thoughts precisely

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I've watched replays of the Norris/Sainz/Kvyat incident perhaps ten times now from several angles, car cameras and at various speeds. I kept hoping they would show an on-board from Sainz's car, but for some reason they didn't (unless I missed it). Is it available anywhere? From Kvyat's car you coul...

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Camerawork/ TV race direction. What happened ? Watching Indycar makes me appreciate F! coverage so much. But dropped a level in this race !

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I'll go Perez - Albon was very good, but ignoring the damaged, the DNFs and the first lap casualties all he had to beat was 2 Haas, Giovinazzi and Stroll. He undercut Stroll , and the Haas were struggling. Giovinazzi went on a different strategy that was the wrong choice . Instead - Perez - whose la...

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Agreed - really didnt see why Kvyat got a penalty. One McLaren is off track and rejoining, the other one has tried to go around the outside. Kvyat might have just left enough room for one McLaren on his left, but not for 2 - so there is quite a bump for the Toro Rosso with Sainz ( seen from the fron...

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Just posting this to express my support for those in our community suffering loss and illness. Not sure I can think of any particularly helpful words to add, just wishing you well.

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Yep nice to see some retro helmet designs. I know I am old and set in my ways , but some of the more modern designs look best close up but seem a bit too 'busy' and detailed so that they dont seem to work very well at distance. And the commonplace horizontal 'sponsor' ring doesnt help, although some...

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The Taiwan (West) Harmonious Republic of China F1 Grand Prix 1. Charles Leclerc 2. Sebastian Vettel 3. Lewis Hamilton 4. Max Verstappen 5. Valtteri Bottas 6. Pierre Gasly 7. Kimi Räikkönen 8. Lando Norris 9. Antonio Giovinazzi 10. Daniil Kvyat Pole: Charles Leclerc Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas First...

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And Sato wins! Nice to see. And he looked pretty much the fastest thing there; didn't win just because of full-course yellows or fuel saving etc. And Ericsson - nice performance, looked quick .
TV coverage is still pretty rubbish ..

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Properly exciting race, albeit hugely disappointed that Charles didnt win. Gasly got the 'long' pitstop treatment at Red Bull having been ignored in quallie in Australia ( just kidding, and it was Kvyat's turn to miss his run quallie),so that pit delay shuffled him back some places, but the real iss...

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I'll agree ;
The piece of Ferrari that stopped the win we all wanted

Renault - that didnt look good . Failures in the race , Hulkenberg's quallie ruined ....

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I'll go Charles Leclerc - start was a bit ropey , but at least that meant we could see how good he was at fighting/passing. And then seemed to have very good pace

Also Sainz, really good quallie and initial race pace impressed me

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Thanks for correcting me - I'm not quite sure why I though it was Montoya ( obviously I don't remember watching it as well as I thought . I did watch a lot of Indycar around that time ..and they were both Target Ganassi ... and it looks a bit of a Pablo manoeuvre) I think we'll continue to differ on...

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To me its a failure by race control if they decide to run an undefined track layout... I do remember watching that Montoya pass, and its impressive. He left the track . He probably had an advantage by doing so - although there was a lot of dirt on his tyres and he had to rejoin at a tight angle . Bu...

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The Plant a Random Palm in the Dust Bahrain GP 1. Seb Vettel 2. Michel Leclere ....if only ( what a comeback !) ...so seriously - Charles Leclerc 3. Lewis Hamilton 4. Max Verstappen 5. Pierre Gasly 6. Romain Grosjean 7. Nico Hulkenberg 8. Kimi Raikkonen 9. Daniil Kvyat 10. Daniel Ricciardo Pole: Bot...

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Apart from the stupid failure to police track limits, I quite enjoyed the race at COTA - it is a good track , and the drivers really had a challenge. And Sky did keep showing the action while the US viewers had to watch adverts (they seem to miss a lot of race action ) which was good . If Herta wins...

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Third race in the series and he's already a winner, how the hell did no-one in F1 pick this chap up? https://www.motorsport.com/euroformula-open/news/why-colton-herta-isnt-aiming-for-f1-it-just-bores-me-851424/851424/ Seems he wasnt interested .. he had quite a good Euroformula Open season in 2016,...

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This is maybe more appropriate for the Rantbox, but I find it a bit tiresome that almost every season a major, either controversial or just downright unpopular decision gets made about critical rules about three days before Australia. Obviously timed just so they can't reverse it, even though 2016'...

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Albert Park's an absolutely garbage track, isn't it? It's entertaining when you've got variables like wet weather, but it's not wide enough for cars to race close to each other - especially post-2016 where the cars are now two metres wide. What's massively interesting is how much faster the cars ar...

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I'll join the disappointment that Ferrari were a long way off the lead Mercedes...and Red Bull couldnt do much either. Hopefully its just a one-off.... Kubica looked a bit rusty overall - glanced the pit wall, glanced the barrier in quallie, and hit Gasly at turn 1 ..surely he'll do better next time...

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Yes - more bumps, perhaps even a little track break-up. And if you do have to have safety cars ( And I still miss the days of races which were either stopped and restarted after a proper clean-up, or they just managed with yellows) ... ...then I miss non-standard safety cars ( although I understand ...

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The Multiple Chicanes in a Park Grand Prix of Down Under 1. Vettel 2. Leclerc 3. Hamilton 4. Verstappen 5. Bottas 6. Grosjean 7. Raikkonen 8. Norris 9. Gasly 10. Albon Pole: Vettel Fastest lap: Bottas First retirement: Stroll Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Stroll Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race...

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So it's been confirmed - and if the 11th place (or lower) person does the fastest lap, there is no point awarded ( to anyone). Mostly it wont matter I suppose , but if someone loses a title because his rival's team mate stopped for hypersofts with 3 laps to go and took a point off them...people will...

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Watched the race on Sky. Ignoring the blacked-out periods ( and it's been a while since I've seen that kind of complete extended broadcast failure ..what happened?) , and I have to say that I really have trouble with US-style presentation of a race. OK - so there are advert breaks, and if I'm not pa...

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Thank you Simtek - a beautiful Elf F2 car pic and Marie-Claude Beaumont - who I had not heard of ( or had completely forgotten) - fascinating

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Anyone thinking about the proposed 'point-for-fastest-lap' idea ? I think its a terrible idea and a stupid gimmick. But it happened in the 50s, and apparently Massa would have been 2008 World Champion if they'd been dishing out such points then ( I havent checked this 2008 thing at all - could be wr...

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Ouch, people had been saying that he might take the fall and resign, but I didn't expect it to be so soon - before the season has even begun. This really is dire news for Williams, in a season where they need to start bouncing back a bit after last year. 2011, '13, and '18 were bad years, but they ...

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So long as it doesnt get in the way of the F1/F2/F3...I'm happy .
And will they manage to lose the terrible US commentators? ( Tom Gaymor did a great job , but was repeatedly interrupted by the US 'team' for long stretches of inane stating-the-obvious and ignoring-anything-not-on-screen)

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For what it's worth , my reading of the various analyses of testing shows an overall opinion that Ferrari have an early edge over Mercedes. And Red Bull will be race competitive, but perhaps lack a little one-lap pace compared to Ferrari/Mercedes. I don't see Renault , McLaren , Alfa in the same lea...

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New F3 car has had a shakedown ( incidentally seems Macau think it'd be too big and fast for their 'F3' Grand Prix), and really hope there's no issues there ( shouldnt be , surely, but then look what happened with F2 last year) And now F2 are pre-season testing and already- what a grid ! Alesi , Sch...

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Interesting analysis there . I shan't attempt to match it, but for what it's worth , here's my preview , team by team .. Mercedes. May not have an engine advantage in 2019, and may not have the best chassis. But they do have Lewis. So they'll still be winning, although Bottas chances of cementing hi...

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I find it funny that Ticktum stirred up so much controversy, walking off the podium in one race and overtaking under the safety car in another, combined with other horrific performances, has made the Asian F3 WINTER series a relevant series in motorsport as of right now. Like, Rinus VK's performanc...

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Meanwhile Dan Ticktum is having trouble getting superlicence points in Asian F3..Struggling to finish in the top 5.

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https://www.sporcle.com/games/Mr_I/name ... -the-clues
1 minute...quick quiz - hope it works/you like it

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No need to apologize: it's appalling treatment of viewers. I was furious when Sky skipped the live coverage of the start of an F2 race, having committed to "full" and "enhanced" coverage. I don't understand how they can fundamentally misunderstand their audience in these circumst...

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That said, I kinda like Faustas' suggestion, it's an origional idea Me too - so a lottery is held for a nominal sum per ticket, tickets for lottery sold on the Friday and Saturday ( entry also possible by premium rate text) , all entry costs are donated to charity (maybe) , and the winners are told...

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It's a bit mad to think that the 1995 Monaco Grand Prix was the last time F1 had a full grid. It's a bit bloody mad! I agree - it is mad that F1 is undersubscribed. The 'highest level' of motorsport has failed to attract a full complement of competitors. F1 should be oversubscribed with teams as we...

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This is an interesting point, and (spoiler) , I'm not going to be able to supply an answer. But I remember from race reports of the 1970s much talk of the 'dummy grid' - where the cars would line up apparently a few metres back from the start position , and at a signal advance to the start position ...

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