Grand Prix Rejects

yannicksamlad

I'm beginning to miss whoever did worldfeed TV direction a few years ago. Recently spending too much time on 'whoosh' and fast panning shots of cars flat out through non-corners when there's overtaking happening elsewhere. And seems to avoid shots of cars under braking (despite being happy to watch ...

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Now the second most hyped GP of 2023 1. Max Verstappen 2. Sergio Perez 3. Fernando Alonso 4. Charles Leclerc 5. George Russell 6. Carlos Sainz 7. Lewis Hamilton 8. Lance Stroll 9. Pierre Gasly 10. Lando Norris PP: Max Verstappen FL: Max Verstappen First Retirement: Tsunoda ROTR: TV direction IIDOTR:...

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Race control. They always had the option to do safety car restart..but chose 'the show'.
And then had to work out the consequences of their choice. Which took ages

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The Saudi Safety Car GP of Arabia

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

PP: Verstappen
FL: Hulkenberg
First Retirement: Magnussen
ROTR: Haas
IIDOTR: Hamilton
DBTMOTR: Zhou
LP: Hulkenberg
MLP: Oscar Piastri

yannicksamlad

Yes indeed! Good point. More teams = more opportunities for all those team members. There's enough money now we have some budget limits and all those races..

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Arrows, or rather Ricardo Patrese, in 1981. First pole, two podiums and a near-miss at points in the first 4 races, then nothing better than a 10th place thereafter. If I recall, this was a lot to do with the change in implementation of the ground clearance and skirts rules, and the accepted workar...

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Another driver guilty from my own experience of watching was Emanuele Pirro. He was the kind of driver who would only appear on the broadcast when he was holding up frontrunners and ruining their races for no reason. Apart from that time when he decided to liven up the German GP by staging a polyst...

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Thanks for this. Edd Straw's view needed to be rebuffed! How anyone can suggest that driving in F1 somehow doesn't have a point of it doesn't lead to podiums and glory is beyond me.

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Terrific thanks. Good to see Nick Heidfeld getting a win, in this particular alternative universe

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Thanks for this. I enjoyed reflecting again on the career of a guy I followed in F2 and thought was headed for F1 stardom. Oh well...

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It's not the attitude, it's the altitude Grande Premio de Mexico 1. Max Verstappen 2. Sergio Perez 3. Charles Leclerc 4. Lewis Hamilton 5. Carlos Sainz 6. Fernando Alonso 7. Esteban Ocon 8. Pierre Gasly 9. George Russell 10. Valtteri Bottas Pole: Max Verstappen Fastest lap: Max Verstappen First reti...

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Excellent stuff here, thanks. His early years were entirely unfamiliar to me

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The Sparkly Singapore GP brought to you by the power of LED 1. Max Verstappen 2. Lewis Hamilton 3. Charles Leclerc 4. George Russell 5. Sergio Perez 6. Carlos Sainz 7. Land Norris 8. Fernando Alonso 9. Esteban Ocon 10. Valtteri Bottas Pole: Max Verstappen Fastest lap: Max Verstappen First retirement...

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F2 and F3 penalties dished out for track limits and bad behaviour - seems a welcome 'firm line' was taken, but then they had to admit there was an error or two ( Vips took a 10 sec stop/go and should have been 'just' 10 sec, and Maini had a penalty rescinded) . F2/F3 penalties do seem a bit harsh an...

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De Vries,

Gasly , maybe...good job in a car that isnt that quick, making the most of penalties for others?

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Aston Martin...they had a pretty poor weekend.

Commentators for trying to create huge controversy despite the rules and practices having been around for ages , and having no real constructive suggestions. And desperately wanting to 'spice it up' so they can get excited.

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I mean think of Australia 86 for a prime example. If they'd have pulled a SC for Rosberg pulling off then Mansell would have pitted and been champion! (Or if they'd thrown it after Mansell's blowout, Piquet would have had more time to pit and been out ahead of Prost and he be champion). Essentially...

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The Orange Army Intervention GP of East Netherlands 1. Verstappen 2. Perez 3. Hamilton 4. Russell 5. Sainz 6. Leclerc 7. Alonso 8. Ocon 9. Norris 10. Magnussen S1: Verstappen S2: Perez S3: Leclerc Fastest lap: Verstappen First retirement: Schumacher ROTR: Alpha Tauri IIDOTR: Norris DBTMOTR: Zhou LP:...

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The 2022 Tyre Temperature GP of GB 1. Max Verstappen 2. Sergio Perez 3. Charles Leclerc 4. Lewis Hamilton 5. George Russell 6. Lando Norris 7. Fernando Alonso 8. Esteban Ocon 9. Lance Stroll 10. Valtteri Bottas Pole: Charles Leclerc Fastest lap: Max Verstappen First retirement: Mick Schumacher Rejec...

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Yes, not sure I feel that Cordeel is a hazard to himself or other drivers, but he's managed it! I dont know if he tried hard to avoid it, or was just unable to... Meanwhile - F2 and F2 off to Australia...in flagrant contravention of the attempts to control costs . I can only hope the teams are being...

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The Next Not-a-Street-Circuit-Street-Circuit GP of Canada 1. Verstappen 2. Perez 3. Leclerc 4. Sainz 5. Norris 6. Russell 7. Alonso 8. Stroll 9. Vettel 10. Hamilton Pole: Verstappen Fastest lap: Perez First retirement: Zhou , Guan Yu Reject of the Race: Alpha Tauri Infinite Improbability Drive of th...

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Yes - good point about the shift in points system , which I like . The old system was way too generous for pole. And now - a bad sprint race is really not all that bad at all

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The Baku Walls Cost Cap Challenge GP of Azerbaijan 1. Sergio Perez 2. Charles Leclerc 3. Max Verstappen 4. Carlos Sainz 5. George Russell 6. Fernando Alonso 7. Esteban Ocon 8. Lando Norris 9. Lance Stroll 10. Sebastian Vettel Pole: Charles Leclerc Fastest lap: Fernando Alonso First retirement: Zhou,...

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And now Pourchaire has one of his better weekends ...So much for my previous comment

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How about Alpha Tauri blowing the chance to have Pierre get a load of points?

And then Yuki was resolutely not on the pace of the car at all in the race.

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Yes, that key moment when Perez moved up wasnt really noticed. At times like this I recall those 3 stop races with refuelling and everyone having started on quallie fuel from years back, when no one had much idea who was doing well until 80% of the way into the race and every overtake was subject to...

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I still find F2 and F3 fascinating and exciting . F2 still slightly blighted by Pirelli randomness , but Lawson seems to have upped his game , Ralph Boschung has matured nicely and we all await Hauger to replicate his F3 form from last year ( or will he replicate his F3 form from before that?) Lawso...

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The First Proper Actual Street Race of 2022 Monaco GP 1. Charles Leclerc 2. Max Verstappen 3. George Russell 4. Lewis Hamilton 5. Sergio Perez 6. Carlos Sainz Jr. 7. Pierre Gasly 8. Lando Norris 9. Daniel Ricciardo 10. Sebastian Vettel Pole: Charles Leclerc Fastest lap: Max Verstappen First retireme...

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As we head to Spain for full F2 and F3 and W Series action, lets see how those cars get on with providing exciting racing versus the 'new rules' F1 cars.. Will the F1 boys tyre-save/fuel save? Will impossible-to-predict F2 Pirelli drop off effect reduce the F2 to a lottery? And one more point about ...

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The Race in Spain for which we pray for Rain GP 1. Verstappen 2. Pérez 3. Leclerc 4. Sainz 5. Russell 6. Hamilton 7. Bottas 8. Norris 9. Gasly 10. Alonso Pole: Sainz Fastest lap: Sainz First retirement: Schumacher Reject of the Race: The speed differential from P1-4 and the rest Infinite Improbabili...

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1 Albon - yes, for all the reasons mentioned already 2. Leclerc- OK the Ferrari is quick , but I'm not sure it's that quick. Quallie: was not easy for him to get pole, and race he had to keep out of Verstappen- lunge distance . All the while looking after tyres etc, and had safety car handicaps thro...

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Enjoyed the article, thanks. I am a big fan of F2/GP2, F3000 as a series for great racing in powerful cars. I think the point about promoting it as such is very valid. In an age where F1 drivers have long careers, and a handful of F1 teams pick up all the wins, there is no chance for a feeder series...

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Thanks, a great read. Particularly filling in some of the picture of the early years - late 60s and pre-BRM of which I knew nothing really (until now). And although many us disagree with his unsupportable comments on various things, you're right to remind us of his excellent record in promoting driv...

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The least anticipated return GP of 2022 1. Sergio Pérez 2. Max Verstappen 3. Carlos Sainz 4. Charles Leclerc 5. Pierre Gasly 6. Valtteri Bottas 7. Lewis Hamilton 8. George Russell 9. Fernando Alonso 10. Sebastian Vettel Pole: Max Verstappen Fastest lap: Charles Leclerc First retirement: Lance Stroll...

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The Really Quite Surprisingly Good Bahrain GP 1.Max Verstappen 2. Carlos Sainz 3. Sergio Perez 4. Pierre Gasly 5. George Russell 6. Lewis Hamilton 7. Valtteri Bottas 8. Esteban Ocon 9. Mick Schumacher 10. Lance Stroll Pole: Max Verstappen Fastest lap: Lando Norris First retirement: Charles Leclerc R...

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Team tech experts with no speciality in broadcasting presentation repeating race after race that the small change to the front is designed ' to tidy airflow' so as to 'go faster'...unmissable for many.

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Big thanks to Rob for doing all that hard work. And for activating double points for me, which pushed me into what I regard as respectable territory.
2022, I must do better. ( Personal Development Review is complete)

yannicksamlad

I'm also of the specific opinion that, by the logic that Hamilton earned having those cars between himself and Max, I don't think it's ever a good idea to let lapped cars unlap themselves. It only adds to the artificiality already created by the safety cars themselves. It doesn't matter who it is: ...

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There have been many moments that have felt like a total sea change, glimpses of it in 2019, very clear signs in 2020, and then now it's been out in the open. For better or for worse, F1 today is not what F1 was, and it's up to you to decide whether you are happy or not with what F1 is now. Indeed....

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The track . Pointlessly dangerous. incapable of supporting extended periods of racing. also because it masquerades as a street track ( the longest and fastest) when plainly those are not streets that were driven down by the citizens of Jeddah ( and instead it was built on a vast open area of parking...

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