Grand Prix Rejects

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Excellent, can't wait to listen to this.

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Not only are they announcing plans for more sprint races, Domenicali has also talked about plans for "a special format for certain historical grands prix, and certain special awards" for 2022 as well. The plan seems to be to try and grab the attention of young casual viewers in the USA, p...

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In other news, it looks like Alfa Romeo are interested in Théo Pourchaire. He's very young though, only 17 and turning 18 at the end of the month. They're giving him a private test during the summer break, so maybe they're eyeing him up for a 2022 ride? In that case I would assume Kimi goes rather ...

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I can't look further than the race's serial offenders Sergio Perez and Yuki Tsunoda. Perez for doing Leclerc dirty twice after Norris got a (justified imo) penalty for doing the exact same thing and Tsunoda for repeated white line infringments. If it was up to me I'd make them joint winners!

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2021 Styrian BoatPrix 1. Bottas 2. Verstappen 3. Perez 4. Hamilton 5. Gasly 6. Norris 7. Ricciardo 8. Tsunoda 9. Stroll 10. Alonso Pole: Bottas Fastest lap: Hamilton First retirement: Schumacher ROTR: Ferrari for getting the weather wrong or something IIDOTR: Tsunoda DBTMOTR: Vettel MLP: Tsunoda HFB...

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Red Bull - Masterful stuff by the team and the two drivers. Could have very easily gone the other way if the strategy and drivers weren't up to their very best. Excellent race from them. George Russell - More often than not I end up rolling my eyes at Russell come Sunday these days but 12th in the ...

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awk what the hell why haven't I done this yet 2021 Yves Klein Memorial International Blue Grand Prix 1. Hamilton 2. Verstappen 3. Perez 4. Bottas 5. Norris 6. Vettel 7. Leclerc 8. Sainz 9. Stroll 10. Latifi Pole: Lewis Hamilton Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas First retirement: Pierre Gasly ROTR: George...

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For the record, it wasn't Pirelli that provided Alfa Romeo with a punctured tyre - it was Alfa Romeo themselves who ended up puncturing tyre during their procedures. https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/tyre-valve-issue-caused-disastrous-giovinazzi-pitstop/6505868/ "Alfa Romeo's head of track en...

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Daniel Riccardo takes my top spot, looked very good all weekend and convincingly outperformed Norris. Good on the guy, lovely to see. My number two is gonna be Nicki Latifi . He passed a few cars in inferior machinery and was close to George Russell the whole way through. Only question I have is wh...

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Ah I gotta give it to Pirelli, a flat tyre at the pitstop is nigh-unprecedented. Further destroyed Alfa's race, has commercial implications for the company and gave me a good hearty laugh.* Alfa Romeo are a close second - they looked promising through practice and we absolutely nowhere on Saturday a...

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Aw, I'm torn. I was going to go with Mick Schumacher for his snafu under the safety car - the debris of his own front wing prevented himself from going into the pit lane for repairs. Watching it live, for a second I was wondering why the hell he wasn't coming into the pits but when I realised my sid...

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I love a good podcast, been looking to do one myself for a while actually and I'm definitely interested in participating in something that's along the spirit of this website. Topic wise, we're spoiled for choice aren't we? It's one of those things that we'd all have a good idea of towards the time w...

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I'd like to echo the Mazepin, Vettel and track limits sentiment of everyone above. "Utterly preposterous" pretty much sums up all three.

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Anyone have a link to DM's 1989 mod? The Mega link on the race4sim website doesn't work for me, just keeps saying "temporary error, retrying" when I try to download it.

EDIT: Scratch that, it's working again. All it needed apparently was a day/night cycle.

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That's why I'm starting to dislike both Monza and Monaco races. Usually a borefest under normal conditions. Monaco's not that bad in my opinion, it can produce some pretty good races sometimes. I can't remember there being any good races and Monza recently, apart from like 2008. I'd say alternate i...

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Rosberg got embarrassed there. Hope both Mercs take themselves out otherwise we're probably in for a snoozer.

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Joining the choir as well, very well written piece.

If Felipe is indeed announcing his retirement, I'd like to see him get a podium here. He loves Italy, Italy loves him and so do I. Go Felipe!

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1 - Max Verstappen: I don't think the first corner incident was his fault, although the move on the inside was possibly a tad optimistic, but some fairly reckless driving with a few drivers, namely with Raikkonen. Deserves more than a slap on the wrist. 2 - Kevin Magnussen's headrest: Naughty littl...

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Wonderful podcast lads, first three minutes split my sides and kicked them into orbit.

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How come some folk DNQ'd during 1993? There were only 26 cars and the 107% rule wasn't introduced yet, am I missing something? In a nutshell: The FIA wanted to spice things up/make qualifying actually mean qualifying by only allowing the fastest 25 cars take the start, a rule they ditched halfway t...

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How come some folk DNQ'd during 1993? There were only 26 cars and the 107% rule wasn't introduced yet, am I missing something?

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peteroli34 wrote:3 Reprimands gets a driver a 10 place grid job. What happens if you get another one. Do you get a penalty or would your penalty be at the 6th reprimand.

aye that one yo

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Yet at the same time, had there been no tractor it would've been nothing but a harmless spin or at worst a trip to the barricade. Which the cars ARE designed to withstand. Or had there been no standing water or rain he probably would not have even spun. So not slowing down was a contributing factor...

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The fact of the matter is that the rule is too vague. It says to slow down and be prepared to stop. There is no authority on how much you should slow down. 10km/h? 50? Below 100km/h? A standstill? From the moment Rosberg slowed down noticeably (as confirmed by the telemetry), he was within the lett...

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I know it's probably old news but I'm still pissed that Nico was not penalised for speeding under double yellows during Q3. The rule should be black and white; if you do not slow down sufficiently under double yellows, you're getting smacked. End of story. Rosberg barely lifted, and got away scot-fr...

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I like to imagine that Bernd Maylander cries his eyes out every time Charlie sends him out for the start of the race. Because if he doesn't, he's Satan's little helper.

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I just got this game, do you guys have any tips for getting the game to avoid CTDing? This fella here helped a bunch, after I followed this I've been almost entirely CTD-free. Check it out; m One thing I have to ask is, do mechanical failures even work in the game? I've done a few races with a rang...

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I had no idea a word association thread could cause so much controversy.

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Aliens.

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My broken heart.

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The FORMULA 1™ Awards Driver of the Year: Daniel Ricciardo Team of the Year: Mercedes Reject of the Year: Sauber Race of the Year: Canada or Bahrain Finish of the Year: Canada Deadbeat Teammate of the Year: Kimi Raikkonen Most Improved Driver of the Year: Felipe Massa or Daniel Ricciardo Rookie of ...

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The most frustrating, annoying season in F1 history. The racing has been stellar, but Lewisteria, Bernie Ecclestone, FIA, stupid rules and regs, financial crises, Marrusia and possibly/almost Caterham's demise, Jules Bianchi's crash and a shitton of other things have ruined the season for me and it'...

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BBC's intro for their F1 programme was pretty damn cool it has to be said.

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Hamilton will probably win it, and justifiably so because he's done a better job on track this year. I still want Rosberg to win it because I will take pleasure in watching the internet explode and have ham pie all over its face in the resulting outrage.

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Backmarker wrote:Stand down, gentlemen (and ladies). Ah well. Easy come, easy go.

Oh.. god. That's my heart completely shattered.

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shinji wrote:In fairness, it'd be very difficult not to enjoy a Boojum no matter your dining companion. Best burrito.

Damn right.

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Thanks to McLaren moving to Honda engines, Gary Paffett will no longer be their test driver. Poor Gary probably racked up the most laps testing without actually ever competing in a race. Maybe he'll do some testing work for Mercedes now. And Oliver Turvey and Stoffel Vandoorne will probably be taki...

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I'm from Northern Ireland... so Irvine an' that.

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