Grand Prix Rejects

yannicksamlad

I assume it's a bit of a financial decision. HWA though...not looking to have improved in testing

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....These days the FiA is... barely even there? Especially when it comes to in-race decisions, there hasn't been an in-race DSQ since probably 2007 or 2008 or something, and there have been PLENTY of incidents that have warranted that kind of action*. There doesn't appear to be any kind of leadersh...

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Truly sad news. I really admire anyone who can drive fast, and anyone with the drive to run a racing team . And he did both, and so much more.

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Also won't that mean the people who actually pay to sit in the stands get less track action over the weekend, if FP2 is replaced by qualification, and FP3 and quali on Saturday are replaced by a 30 minutes sprint race? Are they banking on spills in the sprint race leading to Parc Fermé breaking fix...

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Seems they may award points for it... In which case, I really really don't like it. The championship should reflect the performance in Grands Prix only, for me. Not performance in quallie, in sprint races, in FP1, in 5 a side, in Esports etc . And it'll devalue the GP. Takes away from the focus on S...

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As far as events that seemed cataclysmic at the time but ended up being a damp squib in comparison, the collapse of KirchGruppe in 2002 surely has to rank up there in how it ended up being a lot of nothing in the grand scheme of things. With what I've read from motorsport news at the time, it seeme...

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Wonderful stuff, thanks. The maths and the observation of the post race body language - fabulous

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Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but does one ever feel that looking back on it with the power of hindsight that the 2005 US Grand Prix had less of a significant impact on F1 than it could have? I suppose it is the reason for the tyre war ending prematurely (which going by the prev...

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So, a wide raft of regulations for 2020 and 2021 onwards have now been formally passed by the FIA, from the introduction of the financial cap through to restrictions on testing. m Turning over some of the ideas, there are some aspects that do leave me wondering about their impact. In particular, th...

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I'm struggling with any idea that Lewis won't drive a Mercedes this year. We don't think he's got anything else to do, he's training... So it's just a question of doing the deal, surely. I'm sure he's asked for a lot of money, but that's normal. If he's asked for permission to be more political...th...

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The 2020 Deja Vu GP of South Eastern Greater Germany 1. Bottas 2.Hamilton 3. Verstappen 4.Sainz 5. Perez 6. Albon 7. Stroll 8. Leclerc 9. Vettel 10. Norris Pole: Hamilton Fastest lap: Hamilton First retirement: Grosjean Reject of the Race: Vettel Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Perez Deadb...

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I loved Austria F2 and F3. Last year Seb Fernandez scored no F3 points for Campos, a switch in teams and a new year and he's on pole! And Drugovich - no F3 bright spots last year , turns up in F2 in MP Motorsport car and is front row on Saturday and wins the reverse grid race . This is the kind of c...

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It's an old obsession of mine; brake failures in F1 aren't acceptable . It's the pinnacle of sport, and if they err on the side of caution I'm sure they wouldnt have half the problems

So Haas ..

Also - I'll agree on the prevalence of white-ish cars- it's a bit annoying

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Will Stevens....I had completely forgotten about him until recently I got a memory jog. Raced for 2 teams, as well

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The How does this go, again? Red Ring Bull Bubble GP 1. Bottas 2.Hamilton 3. Verstappen 4.Leclerc 5. Albon 6. Vettel 7. Perez 8. Stroll 9. Sainz 10. Norris Pole: Hamilton Fastest lap: Hamilton First retirement: Grosjean Reject of the Race: Magnussen Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Perez De...

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It's a great discussion topic, isnt it. I'd nominate 1974 as in the best ( if not THE best ) - properly competitive with Brabham, Lotus, Tyrrell, Ferrari and McLaren winning multiple races, Ferrari having the fastest car ( but maybe not the most reliable) and the new star Lauda ( crashing out the le...

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Terrific piece, thanks.
And a great repudiation to those who comment that 'backmarkers' shouldn't bother .

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Thanks for this - a really enjoyable read . Yas Marina in my view isnt that bad as a layout , and the non-F1 categories seem to cope with it quite well in terms of finding a way to race each other . Even F1 - in 2012 Vettel started in the pit lane and finished 3rd , passing cars on track (as well as...

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I'm finding it all very depressing. No racing as well as all the other terrible stuff.

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McLaren have withdrawn from the GP weekend. Let's see whether Brawn's word is worth something and this will become a NC race. Wow. I'm not quite sure how this materially prevents the spread of the virus, but I assume they'll hole up somewhere, get tested and only the uninfected will be allowed out ...

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End of the World Grand Prix Vol 1 1. Valtteri Bottas 2. Lewis Hamilton 3. Max Verstappen 4. Sebastian Vettel 5. Alex Albon 6. Charles Leclerc 7. Carlos Sainz or Kimi if no McLarens 8. Lando Norris or Giovinazzi if no McLarens 9. Sergio Perez 10. Lance Stroll Pole: Valtteri Bottas Fastest lap: Lewis ...

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On the one hand the FIA has some transparency obligation; it must be seen to be policing the rules properly. On the other hand here it seems the FIA didnt feel able to rule that there was any breach of the regulations , there was no penalty to impose and so revealing to the word the details of somet...

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dr-baker wrote:
Rob Dylan wrote:well, fact of the day for me: Nelson Piquet Jr. lives in Heidelberg. Who knew?

Maybe Nelson Piquet Snr?

And his postman?..?

I'm particularly taken with the fact that Kelly Piquet is with Daniil Kvyat ...I know its old news, but I just wondered about how they met

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Donington! Oh I enjoyed that. And has it improved since I went to see Renault World Series there? Traffic was bad , and facilities were not good . And viewing wasnt very good either , to be honest (although I didnt get all round the track) . I think MSV have spent some money recently , so I'll assum...

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Some might suggest that the "water cooled brakes" was veering more into outright cheating, given that the system wasn't intended to coll the brakes, but to allow the car to run underweight instead. One that might be debatable would be the Ligier JS11, where the team found that the floor w...

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There was Piquet losing a perfectly good win in Brazil 1982 for 'water cooled brakes' issue . Not really an innovation that was banned though. More of an interpretation of the rules that was 'eliminated'/over-ruled . A bit like the Michelin tyres of 2003 that deformed/wore away to give a greater tre...

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Personally I didnt like X wings - they seemed a bit of a hazard all things considered, and of limited advantage. For me, it seemed a bit of a shame when more-than-4-wheels was banned. I know it was likely provoked when there was a possibility that only Williams were going to have a 6 wheeler and it ...

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I rather like the look of the newly-rendered impressions of the generic 2021 F1 car. So why do I have this awful sinking feeling that, come 2021 pre-season testing, the teams will have found their ways to work around the new rules enough so that the cars are even uglier than the 2012 stepped-nose h...

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Imola is very good in many ways. I've been there for the Historic Minardi days a couple of times . So close to the town, and some great corners, but wow it'd be pretty fast . Without the variante Bassa it's a long blast to turn 1 these days.

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I am a bit taken aback at Klon's harsh assessment of the quality of the field ...They are still developing . Anyway, I'm really not certain that Shwartzman is in the best team for a title challenge - Prema came 9th out of 10 teams last year. I know the new tyres will re-set things and Prema's resour...

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F2 2020 - Piquet, Deletraz, Alesi, Schumacher ...Shwartzman, Lundgaard, Armstrong , Ilott, Markelov, Zhou, ...maybe Aitken and Ghiotto....Ticktum, Tsunoda, Gelael , ..and Drugovich Nissany ...I've no idea who'll be champ. Could be quite random with the new tyres. Looks fun

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UncreativeUsername37 wrote:Formula 1 The Knowledge says the formation lap was made mandatory from 1973 Spain. Only took me three weeks to remember this thread existed....

Thanks!
But we're pretty sure the Nurburgring races didn't go a full 14 miles, aren't we. Aren't we?

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Agreed - excellent news to have another team on the F2 grid, and Hitech know what theyre doing..
I remember 13 teams in GP2 ....

And with 30 F3 drivers , this gives them a bit more opportunity to move up .

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Surprised no one has commented on Dick Tantrum getting a DAMS drive yet. Love the name ... I dont know who is bankrolling him now....not sure I'd see the attraction . But a DAMS seat is desirable . On a tangent - is a Prema seat still considered highly desirable - they didnt do that well this year ...

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The fact that two overtakes happened and weren't shown because Hamilton was shown crossing the finishing line was really annoying. OBVIOUSLY they have to show Hamilton, but it wasn't like he'd done anything interesting over the last 55 laps, and all the action that was occurring was still going on....

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On the fuel check- I suppose they had to run a calculation of how much fuel was recorded as being used in the race , as well , to see how much was mis-declared.. I can see it might be quite complicated . Personally given the complexity of the rules, I dont mind them taking a while to get things righ...

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A flurry of F2 driver announcements - the Ferrari Driver Academy will have 5 drivers in F2 - Alesi , Schwartzman, Arstrong, Schumacher and Ilott.

Ferrari are doing a Red Bull replacement service in assisting and funding drivers..which is nice . But some pressure for those 5...

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The LED Grand Lumens Gulf Grand Prix of Etihad 1. Valtteri Bottas 2. Lewis Hamilton 3. Max Verstappen 4. Alex Albon 5. Sebastian Vettel 6. Charles Leclerc 7. Daniel Ricciardo 8. Carlos Sainz 9. Nico Hulkenberg 10. Lando Norris Pole: Lewis Hamilton Fastest lap: Charles Leclerc First retirement: Romai...

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