Grand Prix Rejects

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Liam Lawson : Points in only his third race – he should get the AlphaTauri seat next year (and for the rest of the season too, to be honest). Also the toughest fight against the Red Bulls from an AlphaTauri driver since Kvyat in 2016, possibly? Honorable mention to Sainz for breaking Red Bull's str...

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Red Bull : What a disaster weekend! After so many dominant victories, it all comes to an end with a double failure to reach Q3, followed by a race where they struggled for the most part (especially Pérez). When a 5th place looks like a good result for the performance they had, you know they've had ...

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In Singapore, Norris takes another win. He's building a significant championship lead (further helped by another fastest lap point), as Stroll failed to start after a crash in qualifying and Ocon is starting to drop out of contention with a retirement. Gasly is doing his best with a second place ahe...

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In Monza, the expected thing happened. Norris takes the championship lead with another win while Stroll only manages a seventh place (second to last of the finishers). However, the real star of the weekend is Liam Lawson who finishes second in his second Grand Prix, better than any of his predecesso...

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Alpine was completely lost, disastrous performance including one of only two non-finishers.

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Bottas scoring a point was the most unexpected result of the weekend for me. Also nice performances by Lawson, Albon and Sainz. Additional honorable mention to Porsche Supercup for the most insane race of the Monza weekend.

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AlphaTauri screwing up Tsunoda's strategy was one of the most frustrating mistakes (and he never recovered from it unlike some other drivers), so I'll nominate them.

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1. Gasly
2. Albon

Both had an amazing weekend, but I guess Gasly's final result was more unexpected in the end.

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Gasly wins a chaotic race in Zandvoort. Norris' streak of four wins comes to an end, but he continues his great performances with a second place ahead of team mate Piastri (who set the fastest lap). Stroll takes a fifth place, but his championship hopes are starting look much worse at the rate Norri...

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Piastri wins the Spa sprint race ahead of Gasly and Norris. Stroll is down in fifth. Norris wins the Belgian Grand Prix after a difficult start, further improving his title chances. Ocon finishes second and Stroll third. Piastri had a much worse day, being the only retirement of the race. Fastest la...

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Yuki Tsunoda: A point for AlphaTauri is always an impressive achievement, deserved an even better result.

Honorable mention to Aston Martin for being higher than I expected with both drivers.

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Carlos Sainz Jr.: A race ruined on lap 1, ended up getting overtaken by everyone before giving up.

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We're down to a (ridiculous) nine-car grid, as De Vries was dropped by AlphaTauri. McLaren's streak of great performances continues with another 1-2. Norris takes his third win (and fastest lap) in a row and Piastri gets another second place. Despite a recent downturn in performance, Stroll only los...

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Lap 1: Pretty much every surprise from yesterday was ruined from the start – Hamilton dropped to fourth, Alfa Romeo had a complete disaster and Verstappen got the lead even faster than I had predicted. Also Alpine getting taken out through no fault of their own.

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"No one" is such a boring nomination, almost as boring as the Verstappen domination. So who should I go for? The drivers and teams that surprised in qualifying (Hamilton, Alfa Romeo) all dropped to their usual places in the race, McLaren was impressive but slightly less so than in the prev...

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Norris and McLaren are starting to look like possible championship contenders, as he wins with Piastri in a career-best second. Sargeant gets his first podium in third, leaving De Vries as the only driver who hasn't taken a top three (or even four) finish so far. Stroll was demoted one place to four...

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Alpine: A double retirement in a race where only one other driver retired. Stroll was to blame for Gasly's retirement, but still a very bad weekend for them.

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Definitely McLaren . Without the safety car, they would have had a double podium. And even the result they got is an amazing one! In the last decade, they have only scored more points twice. Honorable mention to Williams – another very strong result for Albon, and Sargeant was very close to scoring ...

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Track limit violations : Rules are rules, but this was ridiculous. Only two drivers had none, and almost half the field got penalized. :facepalm: Made even more ridiculous by the fact that some penalties were not given during the race, the strange decision to reset the penalty count for the drivers...

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Lando Norris: I may not always agree with the Driver of the Day vote, but this time it went to the right driver. Obvious choice, really.

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Stroll makes second place in this despite spending the entire real-life race behind Bottas and Albon :facepalm: I must say that I really don't think this is a very strong field :pantano: Are you perhaps insinuating that Stroll might not be champion material? :pantano: On another note, I do wonder i...

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I had to go back through this to remind myself when Hulkenberg won (because he obviously isn't in the 2023 line-up). I'm stunned it was as early as 2012 as I don't remember him doing that much that year apart from Brazil when he was battling for the lead with the McLarens. Just lots of minor points...

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Definitely Alexander Albon: Seventh in a Williams is an incredible result.

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The incident between De Vries and Magnussen was good old-fashioned rejectfulness.

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Charles Leclerc : An awful weekend for him. While it's not rare for top team drivers to underperform dramatically (see Pérez on a couple of recent weekends), seeing the driver who is supposed to be Ferrari's number one 19th on the grid while his team mate gets 2nd is shocking. Even more disappointi...

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Zhou Guanyu: Very impressive result after a few weak races for Alfa Romeo. This while Bottas was nowhere – the two are now tied on points!

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Stroll returns to winning ways at Barcelona, also regaining the championship lead. Ocon finishes second, Zhou takes his second career podium in third. Norris sets the fastest lap. 2023 (After seven races): Stroll 120 (4 wins) Gasly 113 (1 win, 3 2nd) Ocon 100 (2 wins, 2 2nd) Tsunoda 80 (2 3rd) Norri...

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Stroll crashes out in Monaco, giving us an Alpine 1-2 and a new championship leader. Ocon takes his second win of the season. Gasly's second place and fastest lap allow him to overtake Stroll. Norris takes third place ahead of team mate Piastri. 2023 (After six races): Gasly 101 (1 win, 3 2nd) Strol...

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Esteban Ocon: The biggest surprise podium of the year. Even after starting 3rd, I really doubted he'd stay there.

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Sergio Pérez : To think we were talking about his chances to fight for the championship just a while ago. Just an embarrassment – crashed out in Q1, couldn't overtake Stroll, then passed him illegally (while blaming Stroll for pushing him off), crashed into Magnussen... The only positive thing abou...

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Don't discount the McLarens. If they continue to improve, they may provide a real challenge for Lance. None of them really impressed this time: Stroll could only manage a fifth place, Norris was seventh, Piastri ninth. Gasly takes his first win of the season in Miami, helping his championship hopes...

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Alpine gets my nomination pretty much by default, as most other teams and drivers were somewhere around their expected position. Magnussen's point was also impressive, but less unexpected after his qualifying.

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Lance Stroll: Apart from some overtakes, just a bad weekend for him. Qualifying 18th with your team mate second is awful, and he didn't do anywhere near enough to climb to the points.

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Stroll won the sprint race at Baku, continuing his streak of strong performances. Piastri and Magnussen also scored a nice haul of points. Stroll also won the actual Grand Prix ahead of Norris and Tsunoda. He is now more than a win's worth of points ahead of Gasly who could only manage a sixth place...

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Yuki Tsunoda for scoring a point, by far the biggest surprise.

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That near miss with Ocon and those people in the pit lane: How did they not realize there was one lap left of the race?

Could have ended really badly, thankfully they all had fast reflexes.

Dishonorable mentions to Nyck de Vries for a completely horrible weekend, Alfa Romeo likewise.

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Stroll takes his second win of the season in a chaotic race in Melbourne. After a difficult start to 2023, McLaren had a much better day with Norris finishing second and Piastri taking his first career podium in third. Only five drivers managed to finish, although all the others (including former ch...

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FIA/Race control/Liberty Media : Another race where their decisions were questionable. The first red flag was unnecessary and costly for drivers like Russell and Pérez. The second one felt even more like it was for the show (a pattern lately) and led to a hilariously rejectful restart. Then a reall...

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I guess I'll nominate Nico Hülkenberg . Great performance all weekend. Oddly, this was arguably the closest he has come to a podium – had the order after the chaotic restart stood (not saying it should have, but you never know with this race control), he would have been there to benefit from Sainz's...

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Not so fast – Stroll fails to score at Jeddah after a car failure. Ocon recovers from his Bahrain disaster to win and set the fastest lap. Gasly takes the championship lead by finishing second again, while Magnussen impresses with a third place. Tsunoda is currently second in the WDC on sheer consis...

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