Grand Prix Rejects

Jordan192

I'm not sure the BBC got much choice over its races. Oh well, Radio 5 Live and the internet it is... BBC picked 3 to share (Monaco, Silverstone, Brazil as the season closer), then Sky picked 3 exclusives(Australia because it's the opener, Canada, US mainly for their timeslots). After that though, t...

Jordan192

I always assume these things are heavily ghostwritten, but whoever actually wrote

Mark Webber wrote:I benefited and that's why I could pounce in turn 10. Jaime snookered Fernando a little bit and I was able to checkmate him.

should get some sort of 'Most confused sporting metaphor' award.

Jordan192

So... yeah.

Sponsors getting sued for fraud? That's some top-notch Rejectiness, that is.

Jordan192

It's a very sad situation, but if Bernie's right (and Bernie never blatantly lies, he just squirms), then I don't blame him at all. He sells TV rights to over 60 countries worldwide, so long as they give him money. He even pays some countries who can't afford it just for the advertising. Why should...

Jordan192

At 3.2km (Wikipedia measurement, admittedly), Monaco actually isn't long enough for F1, and wouldn't be certified if it hadn't previously held races. For fear of stating the obvious, though, it's kind of a special case. APPENDIX O TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPORTING CODE - Procedures for the Recognition o...

Jordan192

What about Infineon Raceway? Or would it be too short. You'd need to use the infield loop to get it long enough (and all that would need proper runoff) and even then it's only just long enough (the minimum is 3.5 km, the prefence is for nearer 5). You'd need to completely remodel turn 11 and the pi...

Jordan192

You point to Watkins Glen as a circuti that could host Formula 1. It can't. Not without a major overhaul - widening the circuit, adding run-off, upgrading pit facilities, and so on. If Formula 1 went to Watkins Glen, it would need so much work that the circuit would become unrecongisable. And then ...

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Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:3) Hermanos Rodriguez

Which one?

Jordan192

Don't forget the Gurney flap too. That had a significant factor in motorsports too. I remember watching a video interview with Stirling Moss, and he mentioned that he thought Dan Gurney was one of the best drivers never to become world champion. Edited and added, I can't believe I forgot it in the ...

Jordan192

Dan Gurney: - Won a Grand Prix in a car he'd designed - Won Le Mans - Once finished 7th in a Grand Prix after stopping mid-way through to... er... 'relieve' himself. - Ran a highly succesful IMSA GTP team - Ran a succesful Indycar team - Invented the Gurney Flap - Started the whole 'spraying the cha...

Jordan192

The solution seems pretty simple to me, just give the Q3 runners an extra set (or two) of that weekend's option compound, to be handed back immediately afterwards. You might still get the odd midfielder with a grid penalty not trying to make Q2, but everyone in Q2 would make a serious go of it as be...

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JeremyMcClean wrote:Yes I said uncle. He doesn't have any of his genes, folks! (What are people going to say about Josh Hill once he comes into the F1 picture??)

He will have some, given that Ayrton's parents are Bruno's grandparents. A nephew will share about 25% of their genes with an uncle.

Jordan192

Sky Sports' managing director Barney Francis wrote:We will give F1 the full Sky Sports treatment

So it'll be cheap and nasty with a lingering undercurrent of misogyny?

WHERE DO I SIGN UP.

Jordan192

There were no problems with the safety of the Audis at Le Mans this year, when two of them had massive shunts, were there, despite being closed-cockpits? Yes and no. It didn't cause any problems, as McNish was neither severely injured, nor was the car on fire, but he was trapped in the car for a go...

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Ed24 wrote:WebbAir destinations include Valencia and Le Mans.

Yes, I'd be perfectly happy to be in a plane Mark Webber was flying.
Landing?.. Not so much.

Jordan192

Even ignoring 1992, I'd say including Mansell would be a bit harsh, given he was a legitimate title contender '87 and '91 as well. But yeah, there have been a few drivers who get painfully close once and then never even get a second whiff of it.

Jordan192

Williams probably had the biggest on the grid at the time, McLaren were mighty high, Williams in the early '90s were certainly running on less money than McLaren, who in turn were running with less than Ferrari. I remember it being about about 40 million, 50 Million and 80 million repsectively, but...

Jordan192

dr-baker wrote:
Jeroen Krautmeir wrote:House of Fun... The fourth-best Madness song on my list.
And yes, I do know the story behind it.

1. So what are the first three?
2. I didn't actually realise there was a story behind it. What is it?

Well, errr... It's about buying... errr... Prophylactics.

Jordan192

Henri Pescarolo, for example, who has long been running petrol powered prototypes, hasn't seen much help from the ACO. Not while there's works teams, at least. The 2005 'Hybrid' rules were bascially structured to hand it to Pescarolo, making the Hybrid cars (of which really only Pescarolo had a dec...

Jordan192

I kind of feel bad for the Indian race organizers, who have basically been cast aside just so that Ecclestone can pocket more money. I'm not so sure this has been about money - otherwise Ecclestone wouldn't have turned tail as soon as the FIA said it was back on, It feels more like he's playing pol...

Jordan192

This wrote:...is a problem for group lotus, who can call their car lotus...

No, they can't. They could call the team "Lotus", but only Team Lotus can can call the car a Lotus.

This is basically why Group are planning an appeal.

Jordan192

Virgin parts company with Wirth

Jordan192

In 2010, the F1 television audience in Britain numbered 33 million. That's got to be a season-long total, even stuff like the '66 world cup final and Diana's funeral just barely passed 32 million. So the 'per-race' audience is of the order of 1-2 million. and unless no-one watches more than one rac...

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F1000X wrote:Wait, doesn't the new Indycar chassis and engine package start use next year?

Chassis and engine, yes, but the teams are really pushing hard to put the Aero kits off until 2013, so everyone will probably still be running exactly the same aero as each other.

Jordan192

I don't believe, that there are people on the world that never hit a person with his fist or what so ever.... i have done it also a few times, and when finished beating the hell out of eachother drinking some beer to make it oké and laugh about it.... but only now it's Sutil ? He should leave, he i...

Jordan192

People who follewed the GT2 category in le mans used to know the increasingly competetive spyker C8's, until the F1 project, then the GT2 car started to fall behind again, was sold to some swiss team (with reject chiesa as a driver), and then to the russians probably that being able to be competiti...

Jordan192

Now this is just rubbish. I think it kind of shows how committed Frank is to the F1 outfit these days. Seems like a pretty shrewd move to me, the F1 outfit is... Maybe not circling the drain yet, but they're on the brink of tipping over the edge and going into a terminal decline. It's not going to ...

Jordan192

in theory, there are a fair few potential big names out there which might need a new engine for 2013 - McLaren's current engine deal with Mercedes expires very soon, and Red Bull might look to switch from the Renault engine to another supplier I thought part of the McLaren/Mercedes buyback was that...

Jordan192

Basically, Fernandes planned to rebuild Lotus' racing image a bit and eventually gain control of Lotus as a whole. After he'd been granted the Lotus Racing licence for 2010, new management (Bahar) came in and decided to take the road car company in a totally new direction and just copy Aston Martin...

Jordan192

Basically, Fernandes planned to rebuild Lotus' racing image a bit and eventually gain control of Lotus as a whole. After he'd been granted the Lotus Racing licence for 2010, new management (Bahar) came in and decided to take the road car company in a totally new direction and just copy Aston Martin....

Jordan192

watka wrote:Imagine if we had a flame war with all the Bridgestone fan boys...

Well, the Bridgestone guys would make the same point over and over again for 2 hours, while we would have to stop and change to a new argument every 20 minutes

Jordan192

Admittedly, it looks like it's going to be about the Notts County deal and may not even mention his F1-related efforts, but if you're interested in learning more more about the shady, shady, shady characters that nearly got their hands on Sauber, Panorama tonight is about Russell King and Qadbak.

Jordan192

Just in case there's anyone who doesn't know the story...

Jordan192

Renault posted on their website saying they were going to put gold foil on the front wing over all of the gold and red elements for qualifying and the race this weekend. Good thing they didn't, as those two would have found a way to wreck the nose. The only thing stupider than that would be embeddi...

Jordan192

While on the surface of it, Liuzzi doesn't have any money to bring to HRT, he's either still under contract to Force India, and they're stumping up some cash for this, or he's got a nice little settlement from them and could be paying out of his own pocket. It's just a thought. I don't have any beef...

Jordan192

one of the things about trademarks is this... if you do not defend your trademark in one case, you are potentially opening the door for other people to claim an easement, which could possibly make your trademark indefensible. As the owner of a Ford F150 (not the Ferrari F150italia), I doubt there w...

Jordan192

-1? I really don't have a problem with it, I'm used to it as an inherent part of many other categories of motorsport (Touring Cars, Sportscars) and F1's not so far removed from the rest of the sport (as much as it would like to consider that it is). I'll still hate the singular instances that I pers...

Jordan192

mario wrote:Ross Brawn, who lead the buyout of the Honda outfit.

Yep, he sent guys to check all the factory's vending machines, succesfully locating enough unclaimed change to meet the £1 asking price. Also a Twix.

Jordan192

It's not about ownership, it's perfectly possible to be a sponsor with an equity stake in the team - less than 12 months ago, Mercedes owned 40% of McLaren, for instance. It's not about refusing to recognise team name changes, either. The entry lists for 2010 or 2011 don't include teams (or construc...

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dr-baker wrote:Jonathan Legard has.... Erm, can anybody help here?

...previously quit commentating on F1 because they offered him football instead?

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