Grand Prix Rejects

James1978

And we all think Max winning 14 races for real is boring lol. At least next year looks interesting now with all 6 drivers from the top 3 teams out and I see no reason for that pecking order to change unless Ferrari have another shocker. If there's a similar pecking order then I'd put Norris, Ocon as...

James1978

Lewis Hamilton - I’m not sure why yet, I haven’t had time to think of justification yet. Give me time, I’ll come up with something. I’m sure he complained about his tyres at some point, so we’ll go with that for the time being. You made me laugh with that one. Yes he did complain about the hard tyr...

James1978

I was about to give him RotR for that silly move but all credit to him - with no other credible nominations I'll have to go for Ricciardo. Made it work and I did not envisage him winning F1.5 under any circumstances.

James1978

Merc strategy. At least split it! If they're trying to catch Ferrari for 2nd in the constructors then that would cost them 2023 wind tunnel time. :-) Ferrari You would not think they had a 46-point lead at one point, it feels like they've just given up now. I agree with the penalties for being too l...

James1978

Alonso gets my vote.

James1978

Danny Ric. At least Stroll and Bottas showed some decent pace before their respective incidents, and Russell too after it, but he was absolutely nowhere when his teammate was best of the F1.5. .

James1978

Horner (and indeed Marko) are two of the most dislikeable people in the whole sport. I don't feel the relatively small punishment is a big deterrent for the other teams not to do the same next year!

James1978

And all that is before letting Red Bull get away with overspending with such a minor penalty. 10% is crap all and $7m is probably pocket change to them!

James1978

It's almost impressive at this point how people will shoehorn a Hamilton nomination in for literally anything. Came second, within a few laps of winning, in the third fastest car, and still gets a nomination. Incredible stuff. Think I was just overly disappointed/frustrated Max got past him on the ...

James1978

Here's one that completely got me head-scratching - is Danny Ric SERIOUSLY wanting the go back to the team he chose to leave for pastures new, only to be reserve driver? It seems completely shameful to me. At least Mercedes I would have understood as Hamilton is quite close to retirement age. Even i...

James1978

Amazing how Russell's halo has slipped since the early part of the year! (Is looking increasingly like Hamilton self-sacrificed himself to develop the car and it's showing now).

James1978

Alonso and Vettel for showing why they're former champions. Alonso that was on par with Baku 2018 for getting 7th after having his car completely wrecked there too!

James1978

Basically what everyone else has said but I was disappointed Hamilton let Verstappen past seemingly with much less of a fight than Leclerc did. Otherwise Stroll - of ALL the drivers to do that move to! Bottas - that's why Merc chose Russell even though he wasn't that wonderful himself. Danny Ric was...

James1978

And Stewart through Jaguar turned into Red Bull

James1978

100% Latifi. Just shame he couldn't do it earlier!

James1978

Feel that's a good move for Gasly, he was going nowhere in the Alpha Tauri especially as Red Bull probably won't get a much better #2 than Checo. Also great De Vries is getting a full time drive but there was the last team I expected - it gives Horner another reason to brag....... I'm not sure it's ...

James1978

I always wonder what went wrong with Hakkinen in 2001. I mean he proved he still had it at Barcelona, Silverstone and Indy but so many times he was nowhere. I mean Nurburgring he was only like a second ahead of Irvine's Jag at the end!!

James1978

About 1997 I always wonder if they'd have had the balls to still DQ Schumacher from the championship if Villeneuve's car had been too damaged to continue - removing him from 2nd place was trivial in comparison.

James1978

What about Verstappen now he's an all-but double champion?

Think Belgium and Mexico 2016 where he became the complete bain of Ferrari will be in there, also China 2018.

James1978

McLaren then Aston Martin for me.

James1978

So many possibles I'll wait for the voting to start to see what possibilities there are. But not knowing the race winner when the chequered flag drops really gets my goat.

James1978

I remember watching Imola 1998 or 1999, the one where Häkkinen famously bumped it into the wall on the start straight. The reason I remember it is because of how shocked I was that the car remained there for the rest of the race, always on the TV screen when they would show that start-finish straig...

James1978

I know it's done for safety these days but I've been watching quite a few 80s/90s races recently and I really miss just letting the races continue if a car has pulled off with mechanical issues or spun off (I'm primarily referring to pulled completely off the track rather than stopped on track), rat...

James1978

Shame for Zhou as scoring points and bossing Bottas gets completely overlooked by Dr Vries (but rightly so)!

James1978

Almost tempted to say the whole field bar Max - they just have no answer. But in truth, Aston Martin did have a shocker.

James1978

Russell is my pick - Mercedes can easily improve to previous years' levels and Hamilton will retire in the next couple of years so he's the prime candidate. (Or possibly whoever replaces Hamilton when he retires, to be Russell's teammate) Ferrari I can't see getting back to championship-winning ways...

James1978

Online abuse should get it really but Alpha Tauri really didn't help themselves by making it look so blatant. Tsunoda could have toured round back to the pits but the first thing which popped straight into my head when Tsunoda stopped on track was "Nelson Piquet Junior" (as that's basicall...

James1978

Gotta be Albon - a Williams in the points is still a rare thing but both Alpine drivers also worth honourable mentions, Alonso for being near enough to Leclerc to pounce.

James1978

Hamilton would have got it for me until the last lap until Leclerc completely made reject gold again.

James1978

Unless he gets tripped over at the start, I still think Max will win from 15th. 3 cars will jump out of the way for him, and can't see anyone else apart from maybe Sainz being able to hold him up.

And I can't see Mercedes winning a race this year based on that qualifying performance.

James1978

Personally I don't think you can beat the simple Stewart/Cevert era Elf ones, particularly the 1973 one. A case of less is more.

James1978

Also given that the team that originally started out as Jordan has through several iterations now came to be Aston Martin, it's like they've gone full circle back to their original green livery

James1978

Definitely didn't see that one coming. Though it's a sideways move at best for Alonso me thinks.

James1978

HM: Hamilton and Verstappen having a chuckle together about Ferrari's strategy in the cool-down room. The colossal meltdown of Ferrari has actually brought two seemingly sworn enemies together. I'm actually really hoping the two are not sworn enemies like many think and it's literally another Senna...

James1978

Gonna have to go with Max actually - no way did I expect a win from 10th round that track with no significant retirements in front. Even if Ferrari did screw up. Though it is a shame for the championship as he's now 80 points ahead but 2nd to 6th are covered by just 32 points - would be a great figh...

James1978

Ferrari's strategy with Leclerc. Here you go Max, here you go Christian, there's your championships on a platter. 80 points, no coming back from there.

Otherwise probably Ricciardo again - 2014 feels like centuries ago.

James1978

All of Ferrari save Sainz. DHM to a lacklustre Checo.

James1978

There's no way I would have thought after qualifying that Merc would get a double podium so I'm saying them. I thought they might even struggle to beat McLaren/Alpine!

James1978

All over red rover. I'll say this, even if Mercedes are struggling this year at least their reliability is bulletproof unlike Red Bull and especially Ferrari. Russell was just unlucky with his first lap accident at Silverstone!

James1978

I think with the track limits, if everyone was doing it then the criteria is too harsh. If it was 1 or 2 drivers yes but not nearly everyone!

Otherwise Vettel was pretty poor for a 4-time champion, and Sainz's engine, well that a blow-up from the 80s turbo days!

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