Grand Prix Rejects

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I started following F1 in the early-to-mid-1990's so have a certain fondness for some of the teams of around that era - namely Minardi, Simtek, Pacific, Lola. I never really seemed to become infactuated with Forti, mind you.And I loved the Castrol livery on the 1994 Lotus, a beautiful car in my opin...

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Bleu wrote:Would have been great if car had been number 107 in memory of 107% rule.

Not even a 109% rule would have allowed Mastercard Lola into the Australian GP 1997...

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tristan1117 wrote:
Henrique wrote:Robert Wickens is a Red Bull Junior and he won the first two races. We may be looking at a next year's Red Bull/STR driver.
Watch out, Bourdais

But he has to change his name to Sebastian first.

I'm surprised nobody has referred to Vettel's teammate at Sebastien Webber yet...

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Ed24 wrote:Brabham!

...with David and Gary Brabham as drivers and Geoff Brabham as test driver ?

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The following Autosport article seems to make it clear :

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75784

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Following comes from an article on Autosport website :

"...Sources suggest that GP2 team iSport and Formtech – a composite components manufacturer arisen from the ashes of Super Aguri – have decided against entering F1 in 2010, as has RML."

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It does seem quite amusing that it's easier to say who isn't entering F1 next year. :p But nothing from RML, and iSport and Epsilon Eskudi don't look too likely to happen either. Then again Team Superfund kept their entry off the radar until yesterday, so there's still time for them to confirm it e...

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RML (Ray Mallock Ltd of touring car fame) have confirmed that they did not submit an entry for the 2010 championship :

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75770

Are there many teams who were linked with entries but haven't confirmed one one or the other yet?

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Just been on Autosport website and looks like the deadline hasn't passed yet and another team has submitted an entry :

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75753

Anybody see this coming?

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"Luck" by Mark Webber

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I assumed that he had no further involvement, only what if? I was only speculating if Max were in the position Tony George of the IRL has been in for several years of having his own team and race series (and race track). Not in a good position currently though....

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75735

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Just read a Formula 2 preview today and it read that all previous F2 champs (1967-1984) became F1 drivers. Brian Henton was mentioned as an F2 champ. He was forgettable. Doesn't have a profile on F1 Rejects. Does he deserve one?

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Deadline for entering has now, I beilieve, passed and Autosport makes no mention of March or Minardi. Imagine if Mosely were indeed involved with a March bid (of which there is absolutely no link other than my pure speculation), what would he do with a foot in both FIA and FOTA camps? In my opinon, ...

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RejectSteve wrote:
thehemogoblin wrote:British Government- Red Bull (God Save The Queen reference)

Is this one official or done by MP's questionable practices?

With Lola returning to F1, this time they should try Visa.

Because American Express will be sponsering US F1/GP...???

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Drave like a Winner - Chris Amon, forwarded by Mark Webber

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If we are continuing the car-numbering system from above then so far, in addition to Campos being 1 and 2 and US F1/GP being 3 and 4, Williams will have their late-80's/early-90's numbers of 5 and 6 again and Prodrive 7 and 8. All the confirmed entries to date, with around 12 hours to go...

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75671

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Didn't think of that... Rather appropiate in context, and match the helmet design rather well, in my humble opinon.

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A picture from two Minardi personell from 2000: who has called him and on what reason? http://www.motorsport.com/photos/f1/2000/brazil/f1-2000-bra-tm-0204.jpg Guy on the right: Are you REALLY sure that you want Mr.Mazzacane as your next year's driver, Mr.Prost? "You're from Telefonica? And you...

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Nuppiz wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Coca-Cola to sponser Ferrari, but wait, Raikkonen has already done so during the Malaysian GP... But at least both have red as their corporate colours.
Don't forget Magnum ice-cream.

Magnum ice-cream doesn't match Ferrari's red quite as well as Coca-Cola would on the car...

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Coca-Cola to sponser Ferrari, but wait, Raikkonen has already done so during the Malaysian GP... But at least both have red as their corporate colours.

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Just found a pic of this behemoth: The Lion F1 project!Good thing that it never existed anywhere else than on paper. http://kuvaton.com/k/hhZ.jpg http://www.statsf1.com/constructeurs/modeles/modeletc.aspx?idModele=1251&alpha=L&LG=2 Imagine the pitstops with so many wheels so close to each o...

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This is a question even I don't know: Who has had the most teammates in one season? In 1994, David Brabham at Simtek had the following five : Roland Ratzenberger, Andrea Montermini, Jean-Marc Gounon, Domenico Schiattarella, Taki Inoue. (obtained from the team's profile on the F1R site, where else...)

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Waris wrote:
midgrid wrote:I thought the name was changed anyway, to USGPE (Grand Prix Engineering)?

I thought so too, but one of the gentlemen said it was "Team US F1", when the entry was confirmed today.

Team name confirmed on the Autosport website:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75525

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As Murray Walker said, "F1 is IF spelt backwards." But take this to its extreme, and then it reminds me of Dory in Finding Nemo : "Well, you can't never let anything happen to him. Then nothing would ever happen to him. Not much fun for little Harpo." ...Not that I wish to take s...

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Waris wrote:What fun would it be if the FIA would decide to revert to before the numbering system they started using in 1973, and would give out numbers based on chronological order of application, and Campos would get 1 and 2!

In which case Team US F1 will get 3 and 4 !!!

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Faustus wrote:Who the hell is Formtech?

Just done a very quick Google search and it turns out that Formtech are the ones who bought the assets to Soooooooooooper Aguri.

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There was another F3 team a few years ago that was going to make the jump, Ultimate Motorsport. Possibly linked with Gerhard Berger, the project was going to buy Toro Rosso if I'm not mistaken. It seems that idea was scrapped, but with the mention of all these new teams, isn't Toro Rosso still up f...

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What about this year's Malaysian GP? I think it's recent enough to not need explaining...

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It doesn't really ultimately matter what he's done since (although much of it has been rejectful, even if he has made it a multi-billion dollar sport - which has led to the current political stand-off between the FIA and teams) but to qualify as an F1 Reject relies solely on your results on the trac...

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Not only Croft but Zandvoort as well, and Monza has had problems with residents' complaints, almost leading to the cancellation of its Grand Prix.

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Sorry, my post earlier was commenting on Stephanie's comments about the protests about having a GP in a parkland. There have been, I have heard, enviromentalists protesting there every year. Whereas in Europe, we just get people buying homes near purpose-built racetracks then realise that they're no...

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Albert Park, Melbourne...

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Actuallly, this thread reminds me of a proposed A1 GP calendar that was published at the end of its first season, for the following season: 01/04/2006 - Taking racing to the people wherever they may be is the key to the second series of A1 Grand Prix, starting at the A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Circui...

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Working with borrowed engines of different manufacturers and if none is available, with a stereo system emulating engine sounds is priceless. Now who wouldn't want to be at the wheel in the pits when giving the "Sounds of Formula 1" CD a spin in the car? Can the CD player double-up as the...

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The Ferrari-powered cars generally seem to be rejectful in my opinion. Kimi failed to get out of Q1 then had unreliability; Felipe became the Trulli-train after Jarno's 'retirement' and the two Toro Rossos broke the first unwritten rule of F1 - don't crash into your teammate! Special rejectdom for t...

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"How to stay calm in a London taxi and not let any future champions take my drive" by Bertrand Gachot

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I agree with most of the points made, although I would love to see yet another guarenteed-reject team on the grid (how could they be anything else...!). But just wanted to clarify that the USA is not quite the only country to still use imperial miles per hour. We in the UK do as well...

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BMW Sauber seem to have been rejectful this weekend - the fires in qualifing then being the last two finishers in a race of only one retirement (whom they were running behind anyway). Possibly also Toyota for throwing away a potential double podium, victory even?

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A1 GP Rejects must be tempting - the Greek A1 GP team springs immediately to mind alongside the already-disappeared Korean team...

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Already posted here I know but Bernie has to be a reject, and not just for his driving... And the biggest reject driver of the past 10 or so years has to be Jan Magnussen. He had reject written all over him since finishing 10th in a McLaren on his debut. At least that's what I thought at the time. H...

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