Grand Prix Rejects

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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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2004: Unsurprisingly, the great HWNSNBM takes this cake as well. Thank you for staging a very entertaining championship. Also, this thread's 1980 is the first thing I've read about Patrick Gaillard. How did that happen? Looks like he has now outscored Geoff Lees as the least memorable F1 driver (of ...

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It should be noted on here that fairly recently, Charlie Kimball took one of the cars from the new Carlin Racing IndyCar team to a P5 finish on the streets of Toronto's Exhibition Place.

That's quite an impressive result for a 1st year team.

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Vettel crashing out in front of his home crowd right in the middle of Motodrom at Hockenheim makes this race a memorable erstwhile swan song for the German Grand Prix. That may have been tough luck for him but other champions have made similar mistakes under pressure at Hockenheim before, yet most d...

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Thank you dinizintheoven for your race recap, or rather I should say, beautiful coverage.

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RonDenisDeletraz wrote:Top notch stuff from the pace car there

Turns out it was a General Motors manager behind the wheel.

WTCC driver Franz Engstler has seen even worse stuff from the pace car some years back when he was leading at Pau.

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Thank you for this great article. I remember back in the day, I could not believe Peter Sauber had signed him, but over the season, Pedro Diniz convinced me of his ability. That was sweet, as sweet a read as this article.

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I suppose King, Binder & cia are bringing sponsors to fill those seats, considering the most logical choices would be Munoz and Daly. It is indeed fairly obvious that they bring sponsorship. Carlos Munoz has been signed by Andretti Autosport to drive their 5th car at the Indianapolis 500. Meanw...

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In an equally baffling decision, Ricardo Juncos has put together a four race programme for perennial junior series participant Rene Binder It should be noted that Rene Binder apparently is the nephew of one Hans Binder. This alone should be enough to garner a bit of following around these parts for...

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Here's hoping the new bodywork makes this chassis an even safer car. The changes in the driver lineup of the teams are all rather interesting. Portland is a good addition to the calendar. Which one is going to be the next new event or returning event? Mexico City seems to be the leading contender. A...

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With Alexander Rossi on pole and the 2 leading championship contenders Scott Dixon and Josef Newgarden lined up next on the grid, this looks like it's going to be a good day for racing today at Watkins Glen. I've also read somewhere that rain might play a role in this race. It's too bad I cannot wat...

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Takuma Sato has always been good at Indianapolis, even on the road course when he was racing in F1. Congrats to him for now winning the Indy 500. Congrats to Graham Rahal, too, for winning both rounds at Detroit in dominating fashion. Here's wishing Sebastien Bourdais all the best for his continuing...

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Here's wishing a quick and complete recovery to Sebastien Bourdais. May he get back to full health soon. To put this crash into perspective: Bourdais was fastest on Fast Friday, the only car above 233 mph, so he was clearly going for the pole when his car got out of control. Here's wishing him conti...

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Wallio wrote:How wonderfully rejectful. I can only hope the FIA tosses them Andrea Moda-style.

This whole development surrounding Mallya reminds much more of former Leyton House-March boss Akira Akagi's arrest back in the day than it does Andrea Moda.

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A buddy of mine live near the proposed NJ Street Circuit, and claims that local rumors are that Liberty has visited the site in the hopes of reviving it.....as a night race. Thanks for this bit of information. The American Grand Prix at Weehawken certainly makes a lot of sense for Liberty Media's g...

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I agree with mario's first thought of this being a delayed April Fool's joke. Sorry for being a naysayer but Fernando's driving style is not suited so well (yet) to superspeedways: it's a high-speed chess game and you might need more patience for it than for a season in an underperforming F1 car. Mo...

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Thanks Mario for putting those recent developments into perspective.

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RIP Dave Steele.

Didn't know him at all, but sprints and midgets appear to be the most dangerous auto racing categories around these days. Don't know much about these categories either, so I cannot really comment any further on what kind of safety improvements would be possible.

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I couldn't watch it live but Sebastien Bourdais' win at St. Pete is quite something! Here's hoping Dale Coyne Racing can score well again in the next round at Long Beach.

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Thank you for the overview of the long history of Lola Cars, Ltd., in and around F1. A list of the drivers of Larrousse-Lola's drivers who scored the 10 mentioned 6th places would have been a worthy addition to the article, especially in case of the respective drivers' eligibility for a profile on t...

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It's a good thing this thread has gotten rather quiet in the wake of the Liberty Media takeover. Wouldn't you agree?

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Ataxia wrote:I have myself a brand new avatar in anticipation for the season opener next weekend. GET HYPED.

What's he doing inside of that basket?

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That's a sad story about KV Racing. Still, it's as if this sad story started when KV Racing ran Sato, Viso and Moraes as their drivers some seasons ago were officially sponsored by Lotus.

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With Manor closing its doors, all of the 3 "new teams" which were invited to join F1 based on a proposed budget limit for all teams that never came to be, have now shut down. The first to go into administration was HRT/Hispania, the former team of Adrian Campos. And not so long ago, Caterh...

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Probably the biggest surprise of the silly season, Servia will return in 2017 with Rahal in at least three races (a deal for the whole season is possible). Well, I don't think it is the biggest surprise. That one goes to Dale Coyne Racing having finalized its lineup for the upcoming season well bef...

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It's nice to witness another classic track making a comeback with Le Castellet. That chicane on the Mistral straight does look weird, though.

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This comes as quite a surprise. However, Rosberg's decision shows the human being beyond the well-oiled machine that is both Mercedes GP and F1 in general. This human element is a storyline that has seemingly been absent from F1 for a while because it's largely been covered up by PR statements that ...

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Dj_bereta wrote:So, the silly season is almost over.

Yes, indeed. But we still haven't heard anything about what this talented fella

is going to do next season.

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JR Hildebrand got the vacant seat in Capenter. Only a few seats renaming and nothing about Munoz getting one. Well, Larry Foyt has mentioned it before to the media that they want Munoz for the #14. But after Montoya has signed an Indy-only deal with Penske, maybe Munoz is considering following his ...

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More pieces of the IndyCar puzzle slot into place. Ed Jones will be racing for Dale Coyne , whilst Conor Daly has landed a full-time drive with Foyt . Here's hoping Conor Daly can improve on the #41's finishing average, the road and street course expert that he is. A Bourdais/Jones combination is g...

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Bernie is putting the pressure on Interlagos and Hockenheim. m He says he believes Hockenheim won't have a race next year. Well, 2017 would have been Nürburgring's turn to host the event under the current contract, not Hockenheim's, but the circuit has since been sold. I'm not sure if Hockenheim is ...

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"Always be yourself, unless you can be Emanuele Naspetti. Then be Emanuele Naspetti." 10/10 would buy it. Apparently, I have an autograph by Emanuele Naspetti. Unfortunately, there was not a picture of him in the car in the yearbook I gave him to sign so he had to sign next to a photo of ...

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When I saw this thread crop up, I was wondering if this was because of the news that Perez has cut all ties with one of his sponsors - Hawkers MX, the Mexican subsidiary of a US fashion store - made jokes about Mexicans wearing their sunglasses to hide the tears in their eyes as Trump built his wal...

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Could Liberty Media buying into F1 mean a 2nd US GP is on the cards for 2018?

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Surprised to see Palmer keep his ride. When is the last time this has happened to a strong ROTY candidate? Well, stranger things have happened, I guess.

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The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve at Montreal would be better off with IndyCar from 2018 onwards than with F1. If F1 were still racing at Indianapolis with the race being held in early May before practice begins for the Indy 500 (in the time slot currently occupied by the GP of Indianapolis), the big dr...

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Mexico. The chances of that happening are currently rather, well, Slim. After all, wasn't it Bernie who said something along the lines of "in any city around the world, when you ask 'Where is Mexico City?' most people will say 'Mexico.'"? So the real reason being held at Hermanos Rodrigue...

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Taku to Andretti m Sato with his sizeable amount of road course experience might be just what this team needs for improving its road / street course program. Here's hoping he can help them sort out those issues and get them back onto the top step of the podium. Montoya choosing an Indy one-off with...

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Here's hoping Stroll is not a DeCrasheris (no offense intended) anymore like he used to be when his name was first reported in the press due to the incident which gave him a ban for at least one F3 race.

Williams sure can handle him, as they have proven with the Reverend before.

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Thank you for writing this excellent profile. However, that photo of the Virgin Manor and the Ferrari at Monaco's Mirabeau corner easily shows how flawed CFD simulation results will be when your starting model is too blocky: there almost doesn't seem to be a single rounded shape on the Virgin Manor,...

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