Grand Prix Rejects

Divina_Galica

AndreaModa wrote:I'm regretting going for the fixed line-up and then picking Button, Grosjean and Maldonado...

Well at least two of those will come good.....

DG

Divina_Galica

FMecha wrote:Looks like I forget to join... or is that it? 14th in the F1R league.

It is possible to join anytime up to the end of the season

DG

Divina_Galica

My goal is to be able to run as many as possible drivers by the end of the season. (7 would be realistic, but maybe 8 will be possible) I'm pretty sure the maximum number of drivers allowed is 6 Yes, maximum number of drivers is six. Still, you don't have to spend all your budget do you....(pretend...

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DGs Predictions 2013 Less-than-Bohrain Grand Prix 1. Raikkonen 2. Alonso 3. Vettel 4. Webber 5. Button 6. Massa 7. Rosberg 8. di Resta 9. Vergne 10. Ricciardo Pole: Hamilton Fastest Lap: Raikkonen First DNF: Hamilton ROTR: Perez (nightmare with tyres - again) IIDOTR: Button DBTMOTR: Perez MLP: Botta...

Divina_Galica

Where am I going with this? Well, the way I see it, is Pirelli need to develop two or three compounds of tyre, bring two to a race weekend, set a limit on the number of tyres each driver gets to keep costs down obviously, and let them go from there. So the cars wouldn't go out in FP1 & 2 and po...

Divina_Galica

But the basic complaint is that the drivers can't push without ruining the tyres. That may be true, but let's say that we have a tyre that lasts 20 laps if pushed and 25 laps driven at 75%. Will the drivers push? No, because they can eliminate one pit stop by preserving the tires. So basically the ...

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Warren Hughes wrote:Thought Daly did OK in Malaysia, a bit surprised to see him dropped. But glad to see Frijns in a race drive, looking forward to seeing what he can do.

Agreed, maybe Frijns wil live up to all the hype or just become another statistic by the wayside

DG

Divina_Galica

DanielPT wrote:
Divina_Galica wrote:
Oh, the shame....or how to glory in my Reject status

DG

There was a mistake with your score on the update post. Fixed to realistic levels now.

Thanks, but I can still wallow in my rejectfulness!

DG

Divina_Galica

Fantasy Racers 2013: Chinese GP Update Lowest Scorer: The Holy Romain Empire (Divina_Galica) - 365 points ROTR: The Holy Romain Empire (Divina_Galica) - This season, a 365 score would normally be midfield, but in this case, with the opposition hitting new highs, it failed to up thee pace resulting ...

Divina_Galica

The lap times from that final stint from both drivers were interesting, but for different reasons. Excluding his outlap, Vettel's times in the final four laps were as follows: 1m36.81s, 1m37.26s, 1m38.21s, 1m40.05s. Vettel's times were actually dropping away a lot more quickly than you'd think - it...

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Warren Hughes wrote:Seriously? Webber didn't even have an overlap - Vergne took his normal line because he thought, quite justifiably, that Mark was too far back to try anything.

Exactly.

100% Webber mistake, the post race comment was just smokescreen to deflect blame.

DG

Divina_Galica

I don't know about the Vergne-Webber collision - sure Mark was pretty far back starting that move, and wasn't alongside, but I thought it was pretty obvious that he was going for the overtake there, especially given that Vergne didn't even try defending. He was just inviting Webber to have a go the...

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Klon wrote:
Jocke1 wrote:I think it would be pretty sad if he were now to leave F1 for sports cars. Stay and fight Mark, damn it! Stick it to the man.

.....Rebellion only has a point when you are able to win.....

has he already signed for Rebellion??

DG

Divina_Galica

Mind you, Webber's weekend was, frankly, the weekend from hell in many ways - the mistakes in qualifying by the team that sent him to the back of the grid, his aggressive drive through the field that was blown by his clumsy accident with Vergne (with Webber admitting that it was his fault) that has...

Divina_Galica

Going with the concensus -

Ricciardo
then
Button

DG

Divina_Galica

(3) Computer simulations mean that, based on data gained in free practice, teams can work out an "optimal" strategy. In the past, when some chose to be tortoises and others chose to be hares, it was more of a calculated gamble. Now, why gamble when you can plug some numbers into a compute...

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Aerond wrote:I particularly love how F1 is doing regarding tyres now; races are exciting and interesting to watch and there's usually action all across the field. I think, whatever it happens, there's always someone unhappy with it. Races are nowadays way better than 10 years ago, deal with it.

Agreed 100%.

DG

Divina_Galica

...and so far no-one has mentioned Danica, far and away the best female driver in recent times. I know that Bernie would like to see her in F1 and I think she would do a solid job if she commits to it and is given the time to learn, as F1 is very different to anything she has done so far. (Awaits be...

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David AGS wrote:This is a great find. I knew like most that Minardi had done a deal with Subaru, and the deal with Coloni but the detail here is great.

The engine looks very large and chunky indeed!

Yes, it looks wider than a wide-thing!

Very low centre of gravity but it just doesn't look right does it?

DG

Divina_Galica

What do we make of the noises coming out of McLaren saying they fixed their car? Is this true or PR bile? They haven't said they've fixed it. They said they figured out what's wrong with it. And frankly, at this point, I'm taking nothing for granted with McLaren. Agreed - they now think they know w...

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2013 Red China GP 1. Vettelwinslol 2. Raikkonen 3. Alonso 4. Button 5. Grosjean 6. Massa 7. di Resta 8. Rosberg 9. Sutil 10. Perez Pole: VettelPOLELOL Fastest Lap: Raikkonen First DNF: Webber - first corner attempt to take out Vettel fails spectacularily ROTR: Toto Wolff for being wrong by saying hi...

Divina_Galica

"I think in one race Jacques Villeneuve’s car was 200g lighter than the minimum weight..."

No, it was just the driver getting out...

DG

Divina_Galica

I like the concept of DRS. I just wished the Championship leader wasn't allowed to use it. Or better, that Vettel was banned from using it whenever he is in the top 10. It's all very nice releasing the fast cars, but I resent that it releases the fastest car. How about none of the top 5 qualifiers ...

Divina_Galica

Stramala [kostas22] wrote:Oh, and there's a QPR logo on the bargeboard. Again, shameless self-promotion by Fernandes.

Nothing like reinforcing failure....

DG

Divina_Galica

http://www.oxfordshireguardian.co.uk/2013/03/philosophical-lotus-turn-attentions-to-shanghai%E2%80%A6/ Just thought I'd post this seeing as I'm now the Formula 1 correspondent for the Oxfordshire Guardian (my name's not on it so you'll just have to trust me) Excellent (and you didn't even mention t...

Divina_Galica

This is an amusing read . I'm not going to get any prizes for guessing what you all want to read about this week, am I? My team's decision to ask me not to try to pass Sebastian Vettel in the other Red Bull in the last four of five laps of the British Grand Prix. I chose to race as hard and as fair...

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What the heck happened to Marcus Ericsson?! I remember watching him live in 2007 in FBMW and 2008 in British F3, and he looked the class of the field back then. But now he's in his fourth season of GP2 and is still pretty much in no mans land. I don't know how to explain that... ...plus he has move...

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I don't think the Bird impeding Cecotto has been on TV so can't comment on that, but Cecotto's behaviour was outrageous and fortunately was seen by everyone. Should have been disqualified from the whole weekend at least, especially as he has had a number of incidents before in GP2. Interesting grid...

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I'm actually surprised nobody pointed out that Webber nearly had Vettel into the pitwall..... I did in my F1 Rejects Forum Ratings 2013 - R2 Malaysia response: "Webber - 7 - Not convinced he deserved to win. Despite your team-mate disobeying team orders you don't try and shove them into the pi...

Divina_Galica

Imo the best thing that could come out of this whole Red Bull driver situation would be if in the last race of the season we got Webber infront of the guy who is Vettels biggest challenger and waves him through to the title just to tell Red Bull "Screw you, I'm resigning" Hardly. That's a...

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1 lap ahead of Chilton!. I think 1 lap ahead probably overstates it. I need to check the timing but he might not have been that far behind but if Bianchi was just ahead of Vettel when Seb took the flag and Chilton was behind him then he would be classified as a lap behind even though he wouldn't ha...

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1 lap ahead of Chilton!. I think 1 lap ahead probably overstates it. I need to check the timing but he might not have been that far behind but if Bianchi was just ahead of Vettel when Seb took the flag and Chilton was behind him then he would be classified as a lap behind even though he wouldn't ha...

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4) STR - how come Vergne hasn't received a penalty for unsafe release..???? DG The team has been fined €10,000 for an unsafe release, but Vergne did not receive a penalty because the stewards decided that it was the fault of the team, who should have held him in his pit box, rather than Vergne hims...

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Rosberg 9 - anyone who thought Hamilton would steamroller him (including me) is really wrong! Hamilton 8 - good but loses a mark for the pitstop error (to be fair it wasn't as bad as Button's similar mistake because Button's never drove for Red Bull and their crew looks nothing like McLaren's!!). H...

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Vettel - 8 - Great pole lap. Manged tyres. Saw off Webber Webber - 7 - Not convinced he deserved to win. Despite your team-mate disobeying team orders you don't try and shove them into the pit wall Red Bull - 8 A 1-2 finish not to be sneezed at. China etc will be interesting Alonso - 2 - Just ran in...

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1 Button - looked on for a great result until that pitstop - two stopping rather than three of everyone else (excluding switch from inters to slicks) 2 di Resta - unlucky with team calling him in Q2, started 15th, had to queue behind Sutils long pitstop for slicks, passed Sutil (IIDoR from Australia...

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DidNotQualify wrote:
Red Bull inter-team relations just went ice-cold. Instead of complaining about the tyres, they might need to spend more time controlling their drivers,

Red Bull Ice .... if this were Lotus I could see their marketing team cranking it up now....

DG

Divina_Galica

At the same time, you have to wonder what went on with Alonso earlier in the race - clattering Vettel is an unusual mistake for a driver of his experience and calibre, and surely the team must have known that it would not be possible to leave him out there for much longer even if the wing didn't co...

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Max Chilton - Another run of the mill pay driver? Certainly, we know he's there because of his Aon sponsorship, and I don't think the board as a whole expects him to do amazing things with the car in the way Bianchi has done so far. I'm certainly not arguing that Chilton isn't paying towards the se...

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For reasons I can't really explain I feel Daniel Ricciardo and Jean Eric Vergne are both fantastic drivers and a step up from Buemi and Alguersuari. I don't think any of the last four Toro Rosso drivers are putting any pressure at all on Webber for the second Red Bull seat. They might as well drop ...

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