Grand Prix Rejects

dr-baker

According to Bernie Ecclestone, Max would win even in a McLaren, Ferrari, or Mercedes. Do you agree with him? I suppose it would depend on who took Max's Red Bull seat. If it were someone like Yuji Ide, then sure, Max would win. But put someone in the Red Bull like Fernando or Lewis in their prime ...

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This I would like to see.

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https://youtu.be/ZGvMHTKhsGQ?si=DaRW40eAtmi-deou

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I'm curious if you think of the added races as a bad thing or not. And also is there some limit to the number of races you will watch? I will say that I watch almost every qualifying and sprint race. I could do without the sprint races, but I'm fine with them, especially if it improves the experien...

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The Indian races have been cancelled due to a change in local politics, with the new incumbents being very against the series. Damned democracy...

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Good to see that the FIA/F1 have simply decided that the concept of a saturation point simply doesn't apply to them. I'm curious how this saturation point works for everyone. Please tell me about it. For me, I can make room for about 1 sporting event per weekend, but with a few instances a year whe...

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Forti wrote: ↑03 Jan 2024, 05:18
dr-baker wrote: ↑02 Jan 2024, 18:44 Yes, it's a bit of a mess, isn't it. Kick Strike Alfa Romeo BMW Sauber Ferrari powered by Ilmor...
Broker Red Bull Kick Stake Alfa Romeo BMW Sauber Ferrari Petronas powered by Ilmor, concept by Mercedes-Benz, to be rebranded as Audi.

dr-baker

Great to see a thread on the 2024 season. I wonder why didn't you use their exact name "Stake" 🤔 I just couldn't remember it correctly. I could go back and edit it, but because I don't have a stake in the team, I don't find the name that memorable. It's even more complex than that - the t...

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Jarvis wrote: ↑02 Jan 2024, 15:25 Great to see a thread on the 2024 season. I wonder why didn't you use their exact name "Stake"

I just couldn't remember it correctly. I could go back and edit it, but because I don't have a stake in the team, I don't find the name that memorable.

dr-baker

It's going to take some getting used to, Sauber not being called Alfa Romeo but Strike, or Steak, or whatever it is now instead. Only to change to Audi in a few years anyway.

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Indianapolis 500 winner, two-time CART champion and McLaren F1 advisor Gil de Ferran has died aged 56. Also sporting director for BAR from 2005 to 2007, and according to Autosport, De Ferran holds the record for the fastest closed circuit qualifying speed ever in his Penske IndyCar, lapping Califor...

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Jarvis wrote: ↑22 Dec 2023, 19:53 I will be looking forward to see how de Vries is going to perform in Formula E after his disappointing stint in F1.

He has high standards in FE to maintain, being a recent FE champion. The pressure will be on.

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Blocked by FOM on copyright grounds...

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Har1MAS1415 wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 15:28 Wish someone would do an article commemorating Team HARD now that Tony Gilham's outfit has folded and sold off some of their Cupras.

You could do it perhaps?

dr-baker

I'm glad of this break between seasons. Having so many races is getting a bit saturated. How football and NASCAR fans cope with so many events per season is beyond me.

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The way Max dominated the whole season. I don't think we're going to see such domination from any driver in the next few years at least. I hope you're right, i really do. And yet I suspect that until there is a major rules change, there will continue to be dominance by one team and driver. It will ...

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Does anybody on here know much about this?

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https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/merce ... /10555773/

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The 2023/24 silly season was not at all silly. Not even a will he/won't he of any significance. Next season will start as 2023 ended. No change in driver line up anywhere on the grid.

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One factor that nobody on here has yet considered is Deadbeat Teammate of the Race statistics. Does anybody have that data to compare teammates against?

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Driver: Fernando Alonso for finishing 4th in WDC

Team: Williams for their 7th in the WCC

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I believe that Liberty Media missed a trick. Sprint races really should have been named Petits Prix...

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dr-baker wrote: ↑26 Nov 2023, 19:41
Forti wrote: ↑26 Nov 2023, 18:55
dr-baker wrote: ↑22 Nov 2023, 09:37 2023 VerSTOPpen Grand Prix
Crofty should credit you for that one...
I was thinking that when he said it. Is it good or bad that he and I thought up the same pun?

I do believe that Zoe Ball made the same pun on BBC Radio 2 this morning.

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Forti wrote: ↑26 Nov 2023, 18:55
dr-baker wrote: ↑22 Nov 2023, 09:37 2023 VerSTOPpen Grand Prix
Crofty should credit you for that one...

I was thinking that when he said it. Is it good or bad that he and I thought up the same pun?

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If we are to have sprint races next year, I would propose that teams have third (and fourth?) cars built up and allow their reserve drivers and their F1 Academy drivers race. It's a great idea! Which is why it'll never happen. And if it did, Liam Lawson might well do an Agostini on the field. (Whic...

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Interestingly Maria de Villota seems to missing from that list, even though her death can be attributed to her testing accident. I noticed, but I always thought her case was debatable. She crashed, she was rebuilt, she told us she was taking up a new career as a safety adviser, she got married. For...

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If we are to have sprint races next year, I would propose that teams have third (and fourth?) cars built up and allow their reserve drivers and their F1 Academy drivers race.

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This raises a grim statistic: is Ain-Diab the only circuit - and in turn, is Morocco the only country - that has had a fatality at every Grand Prix it's ever hosted? Even if by "every Grand Prix" that means "the only time it happened". I've already checked Pescara and every driv...

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2023 VerSTOPpen Grand Prix Template for predictions: 1. Verstappen 2. Perez 3. Norris 4. Tsunoda the tsunami 5.Hamilton 6. Leclerc 7. Sainz 8. Russell 9. Piastri 10. Alonso PP: Verstappen FL: Verstappen First Retirement: Ricciardo ROTR: Ricciardo IIDOTR: Tsunoda the Tsunami DBTMOTR: Ricciardo LP: R...

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Har1MAS1415 wrote: ↑19 Nov 2023, 10:08
You mean Direxiv? Kind of went the same way as Team Dubai and later Prodrive.

That's the one, yes. In which case, I really cannot remember Panthera Team Asia well at all apart from the name.

dr-baker

Day one of the event - the drain cover, and the spectators not being able to stay for FP2, having only seen 8 minutes of FP1. The spectators issue is resulting in a lawsuit: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/law-f ... /10548637/

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Gotta be Stroll for me.

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Autosport have written an article explaining why spectators were ejected. Apparently all the Thursday one day pass holders have been given a $200 voucher to spend in the official F1 merchandise store. I have to check with my nieces. Do the kids still say "oof"? Because that's a pretty fre...

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If I remember reading this correctly, there were no spectators for FP2, not ecauseof the delay or time of day, but because all the security staff had finished their shifts and gone home... On any other weekend, I would think this would be a slamdunk for ROTR, but this weekend, i'm not so sure? It a...

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If I remember reading this correctly, there were no spectators for FP2, not ecauseof the delay or time of day, but because all the security staff had finished their shifts and gone home...

On any other weekend, I would think this would be a slamdunk for ROTR, but this weekend, i'm not so sure?

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More modern examples I can think of are Montoya in China 2005 and I think it happened in the early days at Baku but can’t remember what year This echoes the abandonment of the opening practice session at the 2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, when George Russell's Williams sustained heavy floor damage aft...

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Turning this into a documentary discussion thread, is anybody other than myself planning to watch the Brawn GP documentary 4 part series with Keanu Reeves on Disney+ anytime soon?

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