Grand Prix Rejects

McDuck

There is certainly cause for concern in 2013 (and beyond.) The truth is the sport isn't that healthy financially at the moment and most of the teams are making poorer decisions because of it. Ferrari using TOYOTA'S wind tunnel and Pat Fry leading the charge to modernize/refresh their core infrastruc...

McDuck

Roger Penske should make a play for HRT and use Kickstater to help pay for and promote it here in the states.

McDuck

I don't hate the Stetsons....nor the grid girls. also, "DRS-Loop-deLoop"? Yes. It was an EPIC idea that I came up with while I was having a pre-race Kimi Raikkonen. Somebody will have to start a kickstarter for it and get the track owners to agree to install it (and also work out a few ni...

McDuck

ROTR Rick Perry: That man is a scumbag and a pox on anything that he associates with. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he stole a blind man's wallet and raped a hooker in one of the trackside porta-johns today... Runner up Red Bull Racing Renault's reliability: You may have won the WCC today, bu...

McDuck

Hats off to Lewis Hamilton and Verizon McLaren Mercedes! What a fun event. The racing was alright, but it will be EPIC once the DRS zone loop-the-loop gets proposed/finished in time for 2013. Contrary to the irrational hatred on f1rejects, I really enjoyed the Stetson podium hats and those amazingly...

McDuck

Red Bull, Monster, Brawndo, or any other random energy swill pedaling corporation should sponsor it. It will keep the race somewhat viable for 1-2 years until it inevitably gets dropped because of lack of interest, again.

McDuck

Also, it looks like another proposal has been dropped from the post 2014 regulations - it appears that the teams have persuaded the FIA to drop their plans for having the teams operate purely on electric power in the pit lane for at least three years after complaints from the teams over pit lane sa...

McDuck

2012 Abu Dhabi GP http://i45.tinypic.com/2qu88ky.jpg 1. Vettel 2. Webber 3. Kobayashi 4. Button 5. Perez 6. Hulkenberg 7. Winkelhock* 8. Prost* 9. Lehto* 10. Salo* 11-22. DSQ (blood doping) 23. Massa DNS (flu) 24. Alonso DNF (Retirement Lap 20, intermittent wiring fault.) * = via factory simulator/r...

McDuck

WaffleCat wrote:Korea International Circuit-WHY IN BATHPLUGGING HWNSNSBM'S BATHPLUGGING NAME ARE WE RACING HERE?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaebol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Motor_Company

McDuck

German driver winning in an Italian car at Monza. Yeah, Vettel already ticked off that box back in 2008. Unless Red Bull plans to fire and/or kill Newey, cancel their contract with Renault, and pull out in 2014, he'd be wiser to stay put. Ferrari has a great history, but there's no point in driving ...

McDuck

ESPN? They're owned by Disney. All 20 races will be live streamed on NBC Sports Group's live-stream platform. Most excellent. EDIT: The NBC Sports player uses Microsoft Silverlight which can be installed by clicking the button below. It takes less than a minute, and you won't need to restart your c...

McDuck

IIDOTR: A long strip of AstroTurf scoring 10th place and a world championship point. It really should have been officially classified as a new and unique late entry. Furthermore Hamilton and McLaren should have been demoted one position for spoiling its chance at a better result.

McDuck

How do we know NBCSN will get the American F1 coverage? Rumor, plus it's the only thing that makes the most sense. A mostly tape delayed season on broadcast TV would seriously cripple F1 in America, and undermine the efforts at Austin and New Jersey. NBCSN isn't on many cable systems at the moment....

McDuck

ROTR: Unwelcome guests The Korean girl interrupting Vettel's interview and asking him for his hat. Astroturf on Hamilton's car. Gangnam-steria running rampant. More avoidable first lap crashes. Another lifeless Tilke-drome. Bad marshals. Ferrari's late season development slump. Brackley's continued...

McDuck

The Speed Channel (or Speedvision for those with long memories) has been going downhill ever since they were bought out by Fox. 100% correct. Speedvision's motorsport coverage was freaking amazing back in the day. Formula 1, LeMans, WRC, World Challenge, etc. Tons of quality racing and so many good...

McDuck

2012 Eternal President of the Republic Kim Il-sung Memorial Eternal General Secretary Kim Jong-Il Memorial " Best Korea " (DPRK) North Korean Grand Prix, Presented by our new and duly elected Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un!* http://i45.tinypic.com/1zdx4xd.jpg http://i46.tinypic...

McDuck

eytl wrote:Can someone explain to me, is this the same Mercedes team that locked out the front row in Shanghai and which could have scored a 1-2 finish there? The same Mercedes team that Lewis Hamilton wants to drive for in 2013?

Yes.

McDuck

dinizintheoven wrote:For purely selfish reasons, my Reject Of The Race goes to RTL and their painfully long advert breaks.

Speed in America had an extremely long break too. I think it was a problem with the FOM feed.

ROTR goes to the frenchman. Kobayashi should get his drive next year if he's out at Sauber.

McDuck

Kobayashi-sama!!!!! San-ban!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 *Rant Speed Channel ca...

McDuck

2012 Fuji Television Super Dimension Fortress Macross 30th Anniversary Suzuka International Racing Course 50th Anniversary Japanese Grand Prix 1. Kobayashi-kun(race)/Kobayashi-sama (post race) 2. Vettel-chan 3. Button-sama 4. Senna-sama 5. Glock 6. Massa-chan 7. Webber-kun 8. Schumacher-sama 9. Rai...

McDuck

Shizuka wrote:Caterham has dropped off the cliff this year. They are making progress backwards - if this keeps up, they'll be fighting with both HRTs as to who gets to the last row...

2012: Trulli's Revenge.

McDuck

http://motorsport.nextgen-auto.com/gallery/pictures/2011/f1/test-catalunya-10mar/253.jpg What a pile of junk. I will go out on a limb here and declare that this is the worst car design currently racing (LOL) in Formula 1. Why??? A CFD only approach might sound viable to someone on drugs, but it's p...

McDuck

Kobayashi deserves a drive with a decent team in F1 next year. Ferrari would be wise to give him a shot instead of the Hulk or Dario's cousin.

The latter two can continue to rot at Jordan for all I care.

McDuck

2012 Fuji Television Super Dimension Fortress Macross 30th Anniversary Suzuka International Racing Course 50th Anniversary Japanese Grand Prix 1. Kobayashi-kun(race)/Kobayashi-sama (post race) 2. Vettel-chan 3. Button-sama 4. Senna-sama 5. Glock 6. Massa-chan 7. Webber-kun 8. Schumacher-sama 9. Raik...

McDuck

Loeb should just suck it up and race full time next year. Then he could be like "WRC? Yeah, I dominated that for an entire decade."

This only racing in WRC part-time next year nonsense smacks of laziness.

McDuck

Hamilton is a madman if this story turns out to be true. IMO, his F1 legacy will be compared to the greed of Ralf Schumacher and the arrogance and driving ability of Jacques Villenueve.

For his sake he'd better hope the next Brackley bucket has a million horsepower and is a fan car.

McDuck

I told you guys that America was too important of a market for F1 to ignore. Look for Bernie to use this as a selling point to the likes of Honda, Toyota, BMW, etc to rejoin the series in the future. It makes financial sense to race in your largest car market. I wouldn't be surprised to see Tony Geo...

McDuck

Oh dear, I fear that the argument that I tried to avoid has instead begun. Now, I don't want to lock this thread, since there are still a number of interesting and valid viewpoints here about the potential for Formula 1 to build up its presence in the US, so I'd just like to remind everybody that t...

McDuck

If Bernie could get a proper street race - like Monaco or Singapore; not Valencia - going in Manhattan, I'd be all for it. And it's not all right-angle bends, either. I think something like this would be fantastic: http://i55.tinypic.com/mmymmh.png Of course, it would involve shutting down the worl...

McDuck

[...] If TPTB in F1 were smart, they'd arrange some sort of 'Stars N' Stripes Cup'/ championship within a championship, that would span 2-3 Grands Prix across the country in the span of 2-3 consecutive weekends. Spam themselves on mainstream TV, giveaway a couple of Ferraris and McLarens as fan priz...

McDuck

I know some of you probably browse this forum during your time off and I'm calling you out! Reveal yourselves!!!

McDuck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7ODqjElFEU

McDuck

Great movie. I watched both versions about a month and a half ago while I was on holiday in Fukushima, Japan.

OT: Bit torrent is an amazing technology. It's perfect for downloading the latest GNU/Linux distro ISOs.

McDuck

Hamilton, drove like a madman.

McDuck

McDuck = vindicated.

A starving man can't eat a computer simulation of a cheeseburger.

McDuck

Sutil STABBED the guy in the neck with a broken glass?! Hardcore, I think I just found my fictional F1 team's new #1 driver! In all seriousness though, this happened in CHINA. Why didn't the guy raise the issue in the country where it happened? I don't know how Europe works, but I'm pretty sure the ...

McDuck

Massa and FIA proposed 2013 engine regs. Both are full of fail and both, hopefully, won't be in the sport in 2013.

McDuck

This race entertained me.

McDuck

Whether you're a purist or not ... whether or not you think the Pirellis, KERS and DRS are too artificial ... if you didn't enjoy that then I'm not sure what kind of F1 you will enjoy. I'm afraid you've gotten used to consuming Bernie's Kool-Aid flavored soylent green crackers Enoch. Become a polic...

McDuck

Klon wrote:
LionZoo wrote:You seem extremely negative after every race...

Fixed for you. I for my part have trouble deciding whether he's just American or trying to be "edgy". Just kidding of course.

I <3 klon.

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