Grand Prix Rejects

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And now, the big news in Formula 1 is that Giedo van der Garde has announced his retirement.

https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/ex-f ... /10558435/

Thanks Giedo for your time in the sport.

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So by now, Pietro Fittipaldi has signed up with Team Rahal to drive 2024. And the "Man without vowels", Romain Grosjean himself, has signed with Ricardo Juncos' team. Whilst former Indy 500 winner Marcus Ericsson continues his IndyCar career with Andretti Autosport Global. From the perspec...

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In the tradition of Jamie and Enoch having a tendecy to give this pestigious award to inanimate objects, I think everybody should reconsider their choices and give it to "the heat". That is not "Heat One" or "Heat Two" as in the usual heat races. This was a single heat ...

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There won't be any Piquet Corner temporarily for next year: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/singa ... /10386294/

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Looks like "safety failures" has got a strong campaign in this year's race for the "Reject of the Year" award. First the hard wall without any tire barrier or other barrier whatsoever in front of it in Miami, now the tractor on track at the same time as there still are race cars ...

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Congrats to Stoffel Vandoorne for winning this year's Formula E Championship.

Now, I need to find out where I can get a Stoffel T-shirt.

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Porpoising is quickly gaining traction in its campaign for Reject of the Year.

Here's wishing everybody involved to come healthy out of this season.

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That was a well-deserved victory for former Sauber driver Marcus Ericsson. Congrats!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVhvFuafM4w Look at Sato-san making a great comeback after his blunder early on got him his initial qualifying speed disallowed. Also, the "man without vowels" RMN GRJSN did really well on Saturday. It's just that the weather got worse as the day went on. Bu...

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One thing I don't feel like I understand very well is the FIA ruling on Jewelry and fire-proof undergarments. I don't want to start a flame war (sorry) but I do want to understand what exactly is going on and the discussion available elsewhere isn't particularly helpful. Anybody want to chime in wi...

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What do ladies named Marina think about Miami's fake marina?

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ROTR must be "war in general". You shouldn't host a professional international sporting event in a war zone. If you do anyway, your event becomes a target inevitably. Why would you expose your guests to this kind of risk? If you do anyway, you're not being hospitable and you should not be ...

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Looks like Russia has isolated itself pretty much in the international community by starting that war, or as least as much as you can isolate yourself when you're the world's largest country. The decision making process is so beyond me that I cannot even grasp it. And the horrible outcome so far has...

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Thanks for the article. I wonder in which of the 9 groups would you place the late Valencia Marina circuit, AVUS, the original 1972 Fuji Speedway with its frightening banking and the Caesar's Palace Grand Prix.

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dinizintheoven wrote:
Am I alone in wanting Battersea Park back, and not just for nostalgia reasons?

Really, now that Formula E has proven to be racy at Monaco, they should run Crystal Palace!

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Ericsson came a close 2nd in the race at Mid-Ohio, having closed the gap to the winner Josef Newgarden near the end of the race. He is really making his team and his fans proud this year. His car's Stanton Barrett affiliated (remember him?) sponsor must certainly love it, too.

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People on Indianapolis-style racing fan message boards are currently debating rumors amongst each other that the replacement race might be Indianapolis, slotting into the calendar ahead of COTA.

Make of that what you will.

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Jamie & Enoch were always eager to hand out that prestigious "Reject of the Race" award to inanimate objects. Looks like the disqualification gets it then. Thanks to the author for yet another great article. The first one in this unexpected "series" actually invited me enough...

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That layout looks pretty good. Exciting in fact. It's been decades since I last said that about a new layout for F1. It could do without the Turn 14/15 chicane, though, because it doesn't seem to serve any purpose. You certainly don't need it to slow cars down because they are already slow in that s...

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Witnessing over half the field of Formula E run out of energy on the final lap whilst watching the replay of the race was as bizarre a moment as the legendary 2005 USGP of F1 or the safety car literally picking up race leader Franz Engstler's car in WTTC at Pau some years back.

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Forza Man Without Vowels!

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The (how can I best say it?) Bluntness of Cyril Abiteboul will be missed this upcoming season. More often than not, in the F1Rejects days, did it make the "Big News in Formula 1" segment of Jamie & Enoch's podcast. The grid has lost another team principal who it was easy to root for, k...

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RIP Senor Campos.

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For some F1 Rejects galore, the 1991 Imola race (already mentioned) and the 1999 Nürburgring race are probably the best examples. Heinz-Harald Frentzen's victory in the Jordan at Magny Cours whilst fighting for the championship that year is also no slouch. But are they legendary? On this board, they...

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Japan 2008 - on merit, Fernando Alonso wins the race right after the one which would turn into crashgate half a year later That race at Monza when Jenson Button in the McLaren made a high downforce setup work because he would steer one-handed down the straights to activate the F-duct from the cockpi...

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Those are some interesting points you raise about the old Hockenheim. When I wrote my previous posting, I had not noticed the 2nd part of the article had already been online. Having read it now, "old Spa" fills the spot of the "dangerous old and long track" mainly due to that wee...

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What if Jamie and Enoch had not discontinued f1rejects.com? Would this site even be still around?

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Thanks for the great article. I love that topic. Personally, I would have had to give Sochi the benefit of the doubt since it had not been long on the calendar when my attention turned away from F1 when the dominance of one local team organisation that likes painting their cars silver had started to...

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Dear forum moderators, does the discussion of the "American Red Cross IndyCar Grand Prix of Watkins Glen" and the other sim racing events that are to follow as part of the ongoing IndyCar / iRacing cooperation to fill the current downtime for motor racing events belong here or in the "...

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Thank you mario for the links to these videos. The new Zandvoort is looking much better than I expected. They have managed to find additional paddock space between the exit of Hugenholtz to the left and the revised chicane on the right. Also, banking Luyendyk corner feels like another tribute to the...

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Congrats to Josef Newgarden for the 2019 IndyCar drivers title. He is a deserving champion of a pretty good season. Next year's schedule is only a bit worse off this year's because they couldn't add to the number of races. Here's wishing everybody a good and safe new season. And now, let's not wait ...

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Jamie and Enoch in their podcast would have called this "the BIG news in Formula 1" for sure.

They used to love new teams at F1Rejects.

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My guess is that Hockenheim won't be back next year.

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I'm glad the modifications to the track won't alter its shape too much. Mexico City isn't the same anymore and don't get me started about Hockenheim. If having elements of Hungaroring and Donington Park rolled into one provides some surprise winners and exciting racing, it's going to work well. It's...

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Yesterday, everyone's favourite former Super Aguri driver Takuma Sato has qualified on the pole for today's IndyCar Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park, and his teammate Graham Rahal sits beside him on the front row in 2nd. Team Penske hit a rare blunder leading up to this race and none...

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Regarding the track limits discussion: IndyCar's decision to let their drivers use all the space they needed, gave me a distinct vibe of Cleveland which I liked a lot when I saw the 1st victory of a Harding Steinbrenner Racing car. The best moment of the race was seeing the celebration of the winner...

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My fandom of Sauber that started way back during an impromptu autograph session at the pitlane on the Thursday afternoon before the 1993 Belgian GP at Spa-Francorchamps and then being overtaken by none other than Peter Sauber himself with his driver JJ Lehto in the passenger seat on the way to the t...

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Arrivabene had a really great start in his role at Ferrari. And he kept it up and turned it into a great run during his time there.

What can I say about his departure? Never change a winning team?

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The abbreviation of the Formula One Promoters Association, FOPA, sounds very much like it would be appreciated by the fans of f1rejects dot com because it sounds like fauxpas. Finally, there is some entity to cheer for again in F1. And guess what, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and Sotchi have already...

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