Grand Prix Rejects

1993DonningtonNo1Mk2

Rob Dylan wrote:
1993DonningtonNo1Mk2 wrote:Here's to another half-century of wins for Team Enstone
Half a century, that's not so far away: Kimi Raikkonen could be driving for them by then

He already contributed 2 of the first 50.

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Ensign scored more than enough points in 1977 alone, ATS just escaped, Osella would have escaped if Jo Gartner had been eligible for points in 1984.

Here's to another half-century of wins for Team Enstone

1993DonningtonNo1Mk2

In addition to this being the 50th win for Toleman/Benetton/Renault/Lotus/Alpine, this is only the 2nd time car 31 has won a race, first time was Austria 1972 with Emerson Fittipaldi.

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R.I.P Graham

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Pierre Gasly: 8.5 An excellent season from Gasly so far as he continues to show his worth on the F1 grid. Other than Silverstone where the team has never really gone well in any guise he’s always been a contender for good points. If, by "any guise", you're including the Minardi years then...

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The 2020s is now back up to two... albeit with eight and a half seasons still to run. And if the cards had fallen differently at Sakhir last year, we could have had four at this point. Make that three now Ocon's a race winner. Hang on, what? We had one one one-hit wonder in 2020 (Gasly, Monza), wen...

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In 1993, the BBC Grand Prix guide assessed "one-hit wonders" and concluded that the 1980s had been so dominated by Prost, Senna, Piquet and Mansell that there weren't any. They forgot Alessandro Nannini. The 1990s gave us two (Jean Alesi and Olivier Panis), the 2000s gave us three (Jarno ...

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Oh yes, Christian 'The biggest crybaby in F1' Horner, trying to cause as much trouble for Mercedes as he possibly can.

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Phew! Thank goodness! I was worried it might be Russell on the brink.

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1. Alpine: Did anyone know this is actually the 50th win for the team since they started competing as Toleman 40 years ago? So happy for Ocon, he looked down and out only 2 years ago after losing his seat at Racing Point, talk about irony. Alonso's clearly still got it. 2. Williams: First points sin...

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ROTR: Bottas, definitely Bottas, that 2nd Merc might as well have Russell's name on it hereafter. DHM: 1. Alfa Romeo for that unsafe release more than anything else, yet Kimi still got a point because of... 2. ...Aston Martin's luck, one driver follows Bottas' example, the other lost a podium becaus...

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BTCC 2020 Round 6: Tyre Wear, though it did allow Nic Hamilton to score his first point in that old-as-billy-o VW CC, the same for last-minute entries Jack Butel and Ollie Brown. In general, I think the CC would be the ROTY for BTCC 2020 or at least a strong contender.

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2000 International F3000: Stephanie Sarrazin, seems anyone associated with Prost was destined to have a disastrous season that year. Mind you, the McLaren Junior/MySAP.com team must have been disappointed to go from dominant champions with Heidfeld in 1999 to just one win all season. At least they s...

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What if Colin Chapman was still alive when Senna joined Lotus?

Also, is this thread only for F1-related subjects?

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https://www.autosport.com/supercars/new ... s/6636935/ - Would be interesting if this came to pass. Also, roll on Jack Mitchell's BTCC debut.

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I think Nic deserves respect for his performances. I mean how many racing drivers have to compete with the limitations he has?

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Nic's season's over also. This made me sad. Although on a par with Mark Blundell (and he describes this season as he worst ever in more than 30 years), he often put in respectable performances and did not disgrace himself. Hope he makes it back for next year. Yeah, not really. Sadly for Nic, he's a...

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1993DonningtonNo1Mk2 wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
1993DonningtonNo1Mk2 wrote:Knockhill coming up but no Tordoff out of respect for his recently deceased newborn son.

Only a week or so old. Tragic news.

Means Bushell's back for Knockhill.

...and Silverstone and Brands too. Nic's season's over also.

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dr-baker wrote:
1993DonningtonNo1Mk2 wrote:Knockhill coming up but no Tordoff out of respect for his recently deceased newborn son.

Only a week or so old. Tragic news.

Means Bushell's back for Knockhill.

1993DonningtonNo1Mk2

3. Driving Standards - The Q3 debacle, Vettel and Stroll, Leclerc's defending. What is going on here? Everyone seems to be turning into a bunch of Deletraz', Rossets, Inoues and Peases! 2. The stewards - I suspect they were biased because it was Ferrari's home GP. 1. Sebastian Vettel - Good grief! ...

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3. Driving Standards - The Q3 debacle, Vettel and Stroll, Leclerc's defending. What is going on here? Everyone seems to be turning into a bunch of Deletraz', Rossets, Inoues and Peases! 2. The stewards - I suspect they were biased because it was Ferrari's home GP. 1. Sebastian Vettel - Good grief! I...

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dr-baker wrote:
1993DonningtonNo1Mk2 wrote:Knockhill coming up but no Tordoff out of respect for his recently deceased newborn son.

Only a week or so old. Tragic news.

Absolutely terrible. Wonder if AMD will be allowed to withdraw his car out of respect or have to find a replacement?

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This wrote:So that's Hulk to Haas maybe?

Haas are certainly keen on him, I doubt they'll want to keep Grosjean much longer...

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Knockhill coming up but no Tordoff out of respect for his recently deceased newborn son.

1993DonningtonNo1Mk2

Now that the official entry list has been confirmed, who or what does everyone believe to be potential rejects of the year for the 2019 BTCC? My suggestions are: The MG6 GT, especially in the hands of an inexperienced team with two rookie drivers The Team HARD driver-merry-go-round, the season hasn'...

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FortiWinks wrote:How many reject father-sons have we had? As in both ended up as rejects?

Andre Pilette (Best Result: 1 x 5th) and Teddy Pilette (Best Result: 1 x 17th)

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Good morning everyone The British Touring Car Championship celebrates its 60th anniversary today with a special feature race at Snetterton. We've decided to join in the celebrations by compiling a list of F1 Rejects who've taken on Britain's premier touring car series over the years, some with incr...

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Just finished up re-watching the 2007 Champcar season on YouTube. My individual ROTR awards are in the ROTR outside F1 thread. Here are my picks for ROTY podium. Dishonorable Mentions Katherine Legge and Alex Figge - Comfortably the weakest drivers of the season, Figge only had a small handful of r...

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Somehow, I still don't think we've seen the end of the MG6 in the BTCC. Fully expecting some tinpot independents to rock up with them at Brands come the spring. Called it! Pretty sure these are the only NGTC cars from 2012 still racing at this point. It'll probably take a nuclear missile or the hea...

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WRC 2001 Monte Carlo: Peugeot: all 3 cars out by stage 3 with mechanical woes. HM to Colin McRae's engine for denying him the win Sweden: Tommi Makinen: Crashed out of 2nd on the final stage, he wasn't to know that it would cost him a 5th title Portugal: Mother Nature: Horrendous conditions led to ...

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Think I'll take the opportunity to update this thread then. Of my original list from 2013, Ollie Jackson, James Cole and Jack Goff are now unrejectified, the former only doing so at the start of this season by virtue of a 3rd place in the wet-dry Brands race 2. Everyone else on that list left the B...

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dr-baker wrote:I keep forgetting that Marcus Ericsson drive for Sauber last year. And that he has remained at the team?

Well, he's certainly tried to rectify that this year, 7 points now.

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BTCC 2018: Round 2 - Everyone on wet tyres even if the result was an absolute cracker of a race! Absolutely stunner of a race, especially trackside! It certainly was and to see Vauxhall score a win for the first time since 2012 and Proctor score his and PMR's first win after Rob Huff's near-miss at...

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If this were a tentenths.com forum, I'd have got a rollicking most likely. Back on subject, what about Grahame Davis with his Rover in 1991?

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1. Mercedes' pit strategy - Not as shambolic as McLaren's China 2007 blunder but seriously guys! Lewis had the title on a plate, Vettel practically handed it to him on the first lap and you left him out on those worn softs until he was liable to drop behind both Kimi and Max? You totally shot yourse...

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Although it may not happen, Martin Depper will have a chance to un-rejectify himself next year as he is replacing Jeff Smith as Andrew Jordan's team-mate next year. ...and it didn't happen and he still hasn't, scored a 5th at Thruxton in 2016 but 2nd best is 9th at Donington in 2015, apologies for ...

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BTCC 2018: Round 2 - Everyone on wet tyres even if the result was an absolute cracker of a race!

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Now that the 2018 BTCC is over, here's my ROTY podium for that series: ROTY: Jason Plato - I said last year he's been getting worse since he started driving the Subaru but seriously, what the heck happened to him this year? One lousy podium and only 3 other points finishes while his team-mate achie...

1993DonningtonNo1Mk2

Now that the 2018 BTCC is over, here's my ROTY podium for that series: ROTY: Jason Plato - I said last year he's been getting worse since he started driving the Subaru but seriously, what the heck happened to him this year? One lousy podium and only 3 other points finishes while his team-mate achiev...

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The musical chairs continue at TGR as Michael Caine has left the team. Carl Boardley finally gets his shot in the main game for Knockhill having been a front runner in Ginetta Supercup for what seems like forever. Likely to be a one-off while that series takes a break as he's battling Charlie Ladel...

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