Grand Prix Rejects

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From the Motor Sport Magazine "A Lunch With" series....

http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/race/ ... ohn-fitch/

A very good read.

eagleash

August 4 1917 to October 31 2012. 2 GPs no points, but raced in Moss' 250F at the 1955 Italian GP. Better known as a sports car racer who competed for Mercedes in the mid 50s alongside Moss, Kling & Fangio. He was co-driver to Levegh at the time of the 1955 Le Mans disaster & the event spark...

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Some people on here would have hated Guiseppe Farini. fixed... Farina? Some people on here would have hated Jimmy Clark. Yeah, especially since he gave NASCAR a try, which is a mortal sin according to some people in F1 circles... Clark, like Moss, could drive anything....He was spectacular in the L...

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Some people on here would have hated Jimmy Clark.

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Todt & Mosley definitely have contrasting styles & methods. Like a football referee, the best is likely to be the one you don't notice. Todt gets quietly on with his job without a lot of undue fuss & public proclamation & by & large seems to have the respect of the teams. He appe...

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I completely agree with you eagleash, despite not being here since the beginning. And when you drifted away I was afraid you were turned off by these changes. I am now glad you are back! Thank you. I can't say I'm a regular contributor again.... Yes certain changes were a bit off putting......(ther...

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Okay, now we've all settled down somewhat - and as the actual wise leader before whom you should all be kneeling This - let me just say that the board has increased in size and frequency of posts that I honestly have no idea what's going on most of the time. If there are people out there just mindl...

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Captain Hammer wrote:If Hulkenberg is defecting because he knows the writing is on the wall financially, then that probably makes him the smartest guy in the paddock.

Not rocket science. Mallya is in trouble on several fronts & it's been well documented.

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And suddenly, McLaren next year just got a whole lot more interesting . Exactly how much of it is true and how much of it is pot-stirring by the journalists however remains to be seen Those comments seem very un-Buttonish, especially when you consider his comments on Grosjean last week. Maybe he fe...

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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/103485

Yes he's alive!

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For those with a strong disposition. This has been cropping up on Twitter all day. I could have posted the pic. but decided the link with a warning of graphic content would be better....

http://www.mobypicture.com/user/piusgas ... w/13983566

Via ScarbsF1 (Carl Scarborough) so a reasonably reliable source.......

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It has been rather facetiously/mischievously suggested that the measurements having been put forward in metres were incorrectly interpreted by the local contractors.

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Captain Hammer wrote:Got a source for that, if only so I can update the 2013 Wikipedia page?

Yes but you won't like it

http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2012/09/ ... t-to-2017/

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Why after this weekend? If it has already been signed, why wait at all? It seems to be the protocol in F1 not to announce major driver changes during race weekends. Possibly because there's a lot going on as it is & it would be disruptive to the teams involved. Once the HAM business is settled ...

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Auto sport are reporting that KUB may be considered as Pirelli test driver in 2013.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102728

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According to 5live, during today's coverage, there's a press conference tomorrow (Saturday) regarding the future of the Singapore GP. Think it's at 7PM local time; so after quali. Timing would suggest that it is unlikely to be bad news for the event. I would bet my own pancreas that they're announc...

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According to 5live, during today's coverage, there's a press conference tomorrow (Saturday) regarding the future of the Singapore GP. Think it's at 7PM local time; so after quali.
Timing would suggest that it is unlikely to be bad news for the event.

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CBE, then MBE, then OBE are ranked, but knighthoods are a little different, I guess because they're a much older thing, whereas the others all relate to the British Empire. The first rank is OBE I believe. A knighthood is a KBE. Viz.... Geldof & Spike Milligan have honourary KBEs but cannot cal...

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The same story has cropped up with Ted Kravitz - according to him, Kubica has officially been entered for a rally in Southern Italy (driving a Subaru Impreza), but it is not entirely certain that he will compete as his car may not be ready in time for the event. My original source was Motor Sport &...

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Page is in Polish & translation leaves a bit to be desired.

http://sokolimokiem.tv/?p=4059

EJ not involved in this story (probably).

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This has now appeared from several sources (though none that would appease Capt. Hammer....but Joe hasn't commented yet ). Bernie's comments which indicated MSC would be retiring (which he subsequently appeared to retract) make a bit more sense if this were true. "Nothing happens in the paddock...

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Shizuka wrote:First I wrote this in the PP thread... so I'll say it here: I'll do the results on Saturday.

First you don't finish this thread when you've started it. Now you're finishing it when other people have started it.

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As with ROTR, this one is another no-brainer... SERGIO PÉREZ. The guy that for Our Overlords "didn't live up to the hype" last year has outscored his points tally from last season with yet another excellent drive that this time reaped a reward - a sizeable one indeed. Could have won the r...

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Exactly; he is everywhere & as I posted in that self same thread, has won every GP ever by the simple expedient of driving all the cars, all the time.

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Connew, Bellasi, Eiffelland, Merzario, Amon, RAM, Osella, Lambo, Matra, Cosworth, LEC, Ferguson, Simca, Alfa, Lancia, HWM, Connaught, BRP, Gordini, & on & on & on..... That's an impressive reject list! I've never even heard of Bellasi, Ferguson and HWM HWM was probably started up by HWN...

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Connew, Bellasi, Eiffelland, Merzario, Amon, RAM, Osella, Lambo, Matra, Cosworth, LEC, Ferguson, Simca, Alfa, Lancia, HWM, Connaught, BRP, Gordini, & on & on & on..... That's an impressive reject list! I've never even heard of Bellasi, Ferguson and HWM Bellasi was basically Silvio Moser...

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Connew, Bellasi, Eiffelland, Merzario, Amon, RAM, Osella, Lambo, Matra, Cosworth, LEC, Ferguson, Simca, Alfa, Lancia, HWM, Connaught, BRP, Gordini, & on & on & on.....

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They have been filming the Hunt/Lauda movie at Crystal Palace park the last 2 days.

There is no truth in the rumour that these guys were used to portray Max & Bernie. (Part of the famous Crystal Palace park exhibits.)

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Joint top Alonso & Perez...can't split them.

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based on the assumption that, at any moment in time, there is a non-zero probability that even the slowest, most inexperienced and least reliable of underdogs might win the race. That under every rock, there might be a gold nugget. This is the award for that first podium that we all celebrate, for ...

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Massa

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Maldonaldo Alonso Hon. mench. for Button who never looked in any trouble throughout. & also for Red Bull/Vettel for getting Seb out ahead of Lewis during the safety car. Both commentators thought the SC had fallen just right for McLaren. Edit: Kimi too. After a terrible practice I thought the di...

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I'm actually glad I tuned into the BBC. Live on the radio early this morning, that is. Otherwise the highlights would have been intorlerable, good as the commentators were in the limited time that they had... Radio it will be again tomorrow morning, otherwise the highlights just won't be worth it b...

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I'm actually glad I tuned into the BBC. Live on the radio early this morning, that is. Otherwise the highlights would have been intorlerable, good as the commentators were in the limited time that they had... Radio it will be again tomorrow morning, otherwise the highlights just won't be worth it b...

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As was mentioned in the ill-fated Pattaya 2013 (Thai GP) thread, the Red Bull Company is owned 49% by Mateschitz, 49% by the original founder of the Company/drink & 2% by the latter's son. Said founder has now passed away. m How this might affect the structure of the Company remains to be seen. ...

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I thought the first episode of the imaginatively-titled "The F1 Show" on Sky was a decent effort, although perhaps a little over-long at two hours. I'm not sure about the presenter yet, although he's not too irritating... Is that Gary Newbon? I was looking at the schedules and noticed tha...

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Says the one who knows so much trivia about the 50s Touché In all seriousness I find it really interesting how rejectful some of the drivers were. That's pretty much because virtually anyone could obtain a racing licence, buy a car & if it passed scrutineering off you went. No matter how dodgy ...

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Wizzie wrote:
tristan1117 wrote:It would be interesting if we added this to the Predicament Predictions game as a new topic.

I'll get around to it eventually once I figure out what the hell I should call the category

You could call it the "Need to get out more Category"

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Don't miss him, but having him there as another driver of more than journeyman status, capable of challenging the top half dozen, on his day, would be a bonus. I am interested to see if he can make even a moderately successful comeback (in any form of Motorsport) though. Whether his arm/hand mobilit...

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