Grand Prix Rejects

madmark1974

Wasn't sure whether to post this here or in the FE forum : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-44003961 The Birmingham Superprix could be making a comeback through the medium of Formula E. Some hyperbole below : West Midlands Mayor Andy Street said he was in "advanced talks" ov...

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Orange and blue, McLaren. Orange and blue! I don't want to sound like Gok Wan here, but that is not a winning combination. Orange and black, orange and white, orange and red, orange and yellow, all fine; orange and blue, not so. I was going to be smart and post something in response with the tradit...

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The new McLaren does not look good ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/43162270

I don't know what it is, I don't mind the colours, but maybe it's just too plain? Like they could only afford 2 colours of paint with no intermediate shades or accents or highlights or anything ...

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Man, bathplug Austin Dillon. This, a hundred times over. What an absolute punk move, and you just know NASCAR are going to milk this for all they can given it's 20 years since the #3 won the 500, and 17 years to the day Sr passed away. Oh well, I'll happily take Bubba finishing 2nd. True indeed. To...

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https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/134153/f1-to-end-the-use-of-grid-girls-from-new-season Discuss, I suppose I'm personally not strongly fussed either way. On one hand it's obviously a bit outdated in the current year to have them, but on the other hand grid girls do make up part and parcel of the c...

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For those who've not seen it yet, I won't spoil anything, but the final race of the season, in Valencia, is well worth watching if you get the chance.

It's been a good season overall, pretty much the same as Rob Dylan mentions in the post above throughout the whole year.

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Hadn't seen this until now, some interesting changes : 2017/18 Formula E grid so far: Renault e.dams Sebastien Buemi Nico Prost Faraday Future Dragon Racing Jerome d'Ambrosio Neel Jani DS Virgin Racing Sam Bird Alex Lynn Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler Lucas di Grassi Daniel Abt Techeetah Jean-Eric Vergne...

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Di Grassi gets promoted! https://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2017/09/formula-e-champion-lucas-di-grassi-becomes-ceo-of-autonomous-roborace-series/ Formula E champion and ex-Formula 1 driver Lucas di Grassi has joined driverless racing series Roborace as CEO. Di Grassi’s role was announced at the Frankfur...

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https://twitter.com/tgruener/status/908255759036817408 Can't help but feel McLaren have played a blinder here. Red Bull are likely stranded with that horrendous lump, and unless Honda somehow have a massive turnaround in performance ala Honda in CART between 1994 and 1995 (which isn't going to happ...

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Not F1-related. but approval has been granted for a new National-spec circuit (FIA Grade 2 / FIM Grade B) in Northern Ireland, and news of the likely end of the Circuit Of Wales' hopes ... https://www.autosport.com/national/news/131773/new-29m-track-to-be-built-in-northern-ireland Website here : htt...

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Looking at the coverage for this weekend and it's beyond pathetic. 5 are supposedly covering the Saturday race live though the Formula E website says it's a delayed 'as live' broadcast. Unless I'm missing something it looks like they're not showing the final race of the season AT ALL Looks like it ...

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R.I.P. Nicky.

Such a shame.

The BBC Website has a nice selection of tributes :

http://bbc.in/2qOMfr5

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I did see the race, and in some ways it went in a similar fashion to the Spanish GP - the top two drivers, in a class of their own, having what turned out to be an interesting battle. Those last few laps I was, however, somewhat worried that Di Grassi would have a dose of brain fade and end up stick...

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That was a true classic, the sort of thing that'll be fondly remembered decades afterward. Best race FE has ever had. Yup, great race, very entertaining throughout. I feel as if it was the circuit layout that helped - the cars were 'topping out' so early down the straights that it was pretty much i...

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A supplemental HM: Hamilton's sudden concern for not being able to overtake? He had been predicting that they would have difficulty in overtaking pretty much since the new regulations were introduced. I even wonder if, to some extent, he has become so convinced that it would be difficult that he en...

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Missed the F1 race, but managed to see this one. It's the first MotoGP race i've seen since 2014/5, and I must say I was really impressed. Not too sure about all the delays, but once the race got going it was exciting and entertaining from start to finish. It's good to see that Vinales is doing so ...

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Just a quick reminder, as this thread has been so quiet (no posts for 5 months!) that the MotoGP 2017 Season starts this weekend, as well as the F1. For those in the UK without BT Sport, ITV4 have dropped their coverage, much like with Formula E. So, Channel 5 now have the highlights package, it's o...

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Just seen the pictures of the new Mercedes from its test run at Silverstone. Compared to the Sauber, Renault and Force India it looks very smooth and refined, and no full shark fin (It's more like a horse's mane). That could well be a very bad sign for all the other teams if Merc can get the car wor...

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Force India making a strong case for ugliest 2017 design ... Could it yet be beaten though? https://cdn-1.motorsport.com/images/mgl/Y9or5W70/s8/f1-sahara-force-india-f1-vjm10-launch-2017-the-sahara-force-india-f1-vjm10.jpg Looks like the designer left his set square on the drawing board and they inc...

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So ... did anyone forecast the return of the 'shark fin'?

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Apparently they ran their first test race for the Roborace series in Argentina : https://electrek.co/2017/02/18/self-driving-car-race-crash-buenos-aires-formula-e-eprix/ Roborace, an electric driverless car racing series which is currently still in development, had their first “real” “race” today, d...

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It's over ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38772098

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Nico was so proud of the golden vuvuzela he found on Ebay that it had to go straight on Instagram.

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CoopsII wrote:Well, I certainly enjoyed Rogue One. An actual prequel that felt like a prequel and I personally had no problem with that CGI character.

I agree - I thought it was an excellent film, and my son (10 years old) did too!

madmark1974

Here's the rumoured configuration they will be running :

I think that looks pretty decent!

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1. Everyone except Mercedes. Hamilton and Rosberg could have won by 30 seconds under normal circumstances. Everyone else was just too slow, even with Lewis driving like a Granny! 2. Mercedes. You knew what Lewis needed to do, just let them race, if Nico wanted to pass, let him go for it! HM to Jolyo...

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Prediction for the race: Rosberg to choke the championship away. If that does happen I'll be surprised to be honest. If the last few races of him pootling along are anything to go by it's going to take a cock-up from someone else to put him out of contention. It's not going to do Hamilton any good ...

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Breaking rumor. According with some Brazilian sources (Globo, Folha de São Paulo and others), Banco do Brasil is leaving Sauber and F1 as well. Nasr's seat at Sauber is in danger now. Ericsson at least is staying ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38050061 Sauber said they will announce their ...

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For those of you with Amazon Prime, the first episode of The Grand Tour is available from today.

I've watched it, and it was pretty good, pretty much like an average episode of old 'new' Top Gear. Also, watch out for a guest appearance by an F1 reject ...

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BBC are also reporting Magnussen to Haas as done, but again, a small snippet at the bottom of the article suggests Palmer may end up at Force India, which I'm not sure I'd seen mentioned before ... Magnussen's decision leaves Renault choosing between a number of drivers for their second seat alongsi...

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When you're waiting for your Snapchat to update but only have 56k dial-up internet ...

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Jordan King driving in FP1 for Manor at Austin must mean something ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/37682315

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I know we've got a couple of New Order fans on the site here, so thought this may be of interest : Peter Hook discusses his new book - Substance: Inside New Order He was with the band on and off for 27 years but in his new no-holds-barred account of life in New Order, bass player Peter Hook reveals ...

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Gutierrez about to trip and fall on his Haas.

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PS VR is out next week in the UK. Is anyone getting it?

Personally, I'm giving it at least a year and then see a) if there's anything worth playing, and b) how much the price has come down by.

If anyone does make the purchase, please let us know what you think to it all.

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If you're dodgy and you know it clap your hands ...

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Di Grassi gets put on ice :

http://fiaformulae.com/en/news/2016/september/all-electric-racing-car-runs-on-arctic-ice-cap/

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...or Singa-pour, if reports are to be believed. We had some rain on Tuesday night and I still went out in the car so I hope the F1 drivers do the same... Ah, but is this your car? https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/inside-f1/safety/the-safety-car-and-its-driver/The_safety...

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I was happy to see it move to C5 too actually. Their football league coverage isn't much cop (mainly due to Kelly Cates, or have they sacked her now?) but they do indeed make a good show for the cricket, and they seem to be trying to build a portfolio of sports coverage so will put effort in (which...

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I hope you'll find this morally acceptable, but if not I'll delete it ... On the BBC F1 gossip page, they've posted this picture of the Rosbergs, but with junior's face pixelleted, I found it quite amusing, so, Caption This! http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/125F8/production/_910652...

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