Grand Prix Rejects

SuzukiSwift

Honda is very,very bad but I hope they don't withdraw.

SuzukiSwift

Izzyeviel wrote:Bit of a legend, R.I.P.

Despite being French, Ligier was always a team you wanted to see do ok. He's certainly given F1 numerous memorable moments.

I always want/wanted to see French Teams do well, but especially Ligier.

SuzukiSwift

I also don't know why Ken Tyrrell wanted to hire Verstappen anyway. Based on his performance in 1997 I wouldn't have. Well it was between him and Rosset. It's not like Schumacher was available. I'd hire a Ham Sandwich over Verstappen. This is a biased opinion of course but I do not and never have r...

SuzukiSwift

I also don't know why Ken Tyrrell wanted to hire Verstappen anyway. Based on his performance in 1997 I wouldn't have.

SuzukiSwift

I would say he was. He did have ability in lower categories, but in all honesty he was probably one of the worst drivers in the field in 1996 and definitely the absolute worst in 1998. I wouldn't be so quick to blame the car either - the FA17 was actually pretty fast and would have scored more point...

SuzukiSwift

RIP Jules.

SuzukiSwift

Although the rejectful characteristic of Jabouille's win in 1979 was that those were the only points he scored all season. He then went on to repeat that in 1980 - and these were two of the three times he ever finished in the points in 55 attempts. Jabouille was repeatedly let down by his Renault, ...

SuzukiSwift

And why not? It was a great season.

SuzukiSwift

The MP4-30 is that car's spiritual successor, right down to the awful power delivery.

SuzukiSwift

That is a big "If". ROTR is Williams, way to go guys.

SuzukiSwift

I'm of the opinion they had the best engine by 1985.

SuzukiSwift

I'm of the opinion Honda should have chosen a lower-key team in which to make their debut with, I didn't expect very much from this unit and I was unfortunately correct. I don't think anyone, barring Manor if they get subsidized motors, would even be willing to take the risk of running the Honda uni...

SuzukiSwift

Ah. So now they can pin their failures on Ferrari!

SuzukiSwift

I like 13" wheels, to be quite honest. Also, larger diameter wheels do not equal greater performance, you don't need huge wheels to go fast. I track a car that uses 14" wheels and anything over about 17" would be overkill even with massive upgrades. Large wheels are usually for style,...

SuzukiSwift

McLaren. This is going to be my answer for the next 12 rounds as well.

SuzukiSwift

Hamilton is a Berger-quality driver at best, Rosberg and Button around as good as Capelli or Tambay. Care to back that up with... reasoning? The only time Berger ever had a truly Championship winning car he was pared with Senna. I personally think he's one of the best drivers to have not won a WC. ...

SuzukiSwift

The McLaren's look sorta competitive now, still seem to have massive reliability issues though. I hope the Saubers don't fall off too much, Nasr is my favourite this year.

SuzukiSwift

The new team is going to be Flavio-Toyota.

SuzukiSwift

Is funding an issue? I don't mind donating if need be...would like to see the Profiles back. Also I've been waiting 13 years for the Zakspeed profile.

SuzukiSwift

Meanwhile, the news from Germany keeps getting worse. It looks like it's gonna be the next country to lose free-to-air F1 coverage . The amount of countries that have the entire season live and free-to-air has shrunk considerably now. Only Azerbaijan, China, Israel, Macedonia, Russia, Slovenia, Spa...

SuzukiSwift

Wallio wrote:
Plus higher revs? Free choice of compounds? Is this 1994? I love it. The FIA woke up a bit I think.

Uh oh.

SuzukiSwift

Michael Bartels. He DNQ'd 4 times for Lotus in 1991 and was generally so obscure even the old website did not have a profile for him. In fact were it not for F1 Rejects team and driver profiles I don't think anybody would remember Kuwashima, Hattori, Langes or Pedro Chaves. His profile was never upd...

SuzukiSwift

I predict McLaren will have a working engine in 2016.

SuzukiSwift

I do feel really bad for Michele...he never really recovered from that crushing defeat in 1985. Why do bad things always happen to good Italian drivers?

As for Alliot, I don't know how he kept landing drives after about 1988.

Edit: Imagine a Glock-Kobayashi-Toyota superteam.

SuzukiSwift

tommykl wrote:I really like the guy for some reason I can't quite explain, and I seem to think he's underrated despite no evidence to support it. And yet, I often forget about Marc Surer.

I was also going to say Surer. I think he's the perfect example of an invisible driver. Simply competent and nothing more.

SuzukiSwift

Larini and Caffi did have the talent but never the breaks.

SuzukiSwift

JC Boullion Erik Comas Emmanuel Pirro Wilson Fittpaldi Nicola Larini Alex Caffi Basically drivers that can't be profiled on this site, essentially mid-packers who were decent enough but invisible. Although he is not forgettable, it's pretty amazing Alliot's career spanned a decade, and some of the c...

SuzukiSwift

razta wrote:yeah those are honda's racing colors.. Red and White

If I recall isn't White/Red the Japanese racing Colour?

SuzukiSwift

Well, obvious bias as I am a fan of Aguri, but Suzuki had an excellent 1990. I don't have an excuse as to why he struggled so much with the Footworks. As for Kobayashi, I rate him above Sato due to his consistency. One thing Sato, Suzuki and Katayama all had in common (aside from their speed) was th...

SuzukiSwift

I'm not really against younger drivers provided their talented enough. Under-20 drivers are still something of a rarity anyway...

SuzukiSwift

14.- Satoru Nakajima was mediocre throughout his career. Takuma Sato at least had a modicum of talent. 15.- Oh, God. Kamui Kobayashi was far more consistent than Sato throughout his career. 14. To add to this, Nakajima was flattered by his favoured status at Honda and underperformed in cars that we...

SuzukiSwift

It's nothing if not a good looking car.

SuzukiSwift

Usually you guys are much more vigilant about this than I am, but I'm surprised nobody posted this yet: The Walloon government has invested enough capital to keep the Belgian Grand Prix on the calendar until 2018. This essentially means that every track on my track board that I posted on the last p...

SuzukiSwift

If Bernie really wants this, then perhaps we can propose a 4.5L Atmo formula and 1.6L Turbo one. I hope you Atmo guys enjoy losing, however.....

To be honest I welcomed the return of Turbos and hope they stick around.

SuzukiSwift

Ok fine, using 0 or 00 on a car can be sensible if a bit gimmicky. Though in Damon's case it wasn't his choice, it was forced by circumstances. His 0 was more farcical esp in the context of Formula 1. At the time having a 0 on that Williams was as retarded as the double points today. Something that...

SuzukiSwift

Late but congrats to Kaz Nakajima on his Super Formula championship.

SuzukiSwift

I also think Naoki Hattori kinda deserved a better shot at F1.

SuzukiSwift

Masahiro Hasemi got a fastest lap in his only F1 race. The other day I read an article about the history of the Japanese Grand Prix, and dude, I honestly believe Masahiro Hasemi could've been an epic F1 driver if he would've continued after that race. Sorry to pick up on this point quite a long tim...

SuzukiSwift

The new McLaren driver is going to be Jarno Trulli, driving both cars.

SuzukiSwift

I wish there were more concrete reports on his condition.

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