Grand Prix Rejects

Yannick

Max Chilton has really proven his talent with his maiden oval victory at Newton, Iowa, in his first season in IndyLights. He really impressed me with this, and from that, I can easily understand what Chip Ganassi sees in him. Let's see how he performs compared to the results of Graham Rahal and Sage...

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golic_2004 wrote:Conor Daly reckons he's close to a deal to drive for Dale Coyne full-time in 2016

http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/ ... n-clauson/ And it's confirmed.

That's a smart business decision by Dale Coyne: an up-and-coming, talented youngster / twisties specialist for the full season and an oval specialist for Indy: and they are both funded!

Yannick

At Newman/Haas, team officials deemed him immature before they sidelined him and he lost his drive.

Good to see he's still got his, erm, drive.

Here's wishing him all the best with his recent business venture.

Yannick

More on the Rafa Matos doping case ... from last year:
http://www.motorsport.com/stockcar-br/n ... umors/?s=1

It's sad that this stock photo of the hairstylist from Barcelona, Franck Montagny, speaks volumes. Here's hoping he has conquered his drug problem since receiving the career-ending ban.

Yannick

June 12 - Canada
June 19 - Europe (Baku)

What a week for the F1 world this is going to be ... weary travelers and all ... oh my!

Yannick

Justin Wilson is being missed by all of us for sure. RIP.

Yannick

Stoffel Vandoorne scored another GP2 victory today. It's his 11th, putting him 1st in the all-time record books of the GP2 series. I'm impressed and want a Stoffel T-Shirt. Does anybody around here have a suggestion where I might find one? It's too bad he won't get a McLaren drive next season in spi...

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Long time no say, but a 70 place grid penalty has got just what a Reject Of the Race nominee is made of. Not to the driver receiving it, but to the penalty itself.

Here's wishing everybody a good and safe race.

Yannick

So sad.

Yannick

Edit: what do I have to type so the forum automatically corrects it to "James Allen" or "James Hunt"? And what other such auto-corrections are in place, besides "bathplug"? There should be an info page on these. If there already is one, where can I find it? Thanks for ...

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They had this coming after the abysmal date they had given Fontana on the 2015 schedule. At least, it went out on a high. The silly Labor Day Season Finale has lost IndyCar all races which have been held from early September onwards. Thus, Mark Miles achieved his goal, no matter how nonsensical it h...

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He is already having a tough season, and now this.

It's good to know everybody who stayed in the house is OK.

Yannick

Congrats to Graham Rahal for his IndyCar race victory at Mid-Ohio yesterday, and thanks to Team Rahal for making the championship all that much closer again. Here are the Verizon IndyCar Series' completely unofficial (Title Sponsor Pending) Mario Andretti Road & Street Course Trophy points stand...

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Got to be:

1) Alonso

That leaves :

2) the three podium finishers

Yannick

Not so sure if this is a good idea because of how would he get out of the car quickly if necessary? I guess team owners would agree with that. Driving the pace car, however, would be big, too. And now, let's focus back on the ongoing season. Mid-Ohio is up next this weekend. Given how racy the curre...

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Congrats to Ryan Hunter-Reay for taking Honda's test team Andretti Autosport team back to the top spot of the podium on merit with a win at Newton, Iowa. Here are the AJ Foyt Oval Track Trophy points standings after this race: 1 Juan Pablo Montoya 205 2 Graham Rahal 195 3 Scott Dixon 188 4 Marco And...

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In the midst of all the sadness, last night, Max Chilton has won his first IndyLights race at Iowa Speedway, and dedicates this victory to his former teammate Jules Bianchi (RIP).

http://www.racer.com/road-to-indy/item/ ... lights-win

Yannick

RIP Jules Bianchi. Too soon gone. So sad.

Yannick

Congrats to former Scuderia Toro Rosso driver and 4-time US open-wheel (co-)champion Sebastien Bourdais for his victory at the Milwaukee Mile yesterday where he managed the incredible feat of lapping the whole field once, (only for them to get their lap back on a yellow). Here are your AJ Foyt Oval ...

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The 2016 calendar has been published. It would seem that the recent speculation on the calendar order was correct, with Australia and China being held back-to-back, Russia being moved to May, Baku being held in July between Austria and Germany, and Malaysia being moved to September when it will be ...

Yannick

Fernando Alonso should win this by default. The rules say he cannot but at least, he gets this forum member's vote:

1) Fernando Alonso.

Yannick

I did like the race. It's just frustrating to see such a good race have such a predictable ending. ... ⋅ No points for Manor ⋅ No points for Ericsson ⋅ Points for McLaren ⋅ Williams reminded everyone why they've only won 1 race in the last 11 seasons ⋅&n...

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I might watch the Hungaroring F1 race this year because it's the place where it's most likely somebody might actually beat F1's premier team from Brackley. Vettel, driving for Ferrari. won the Malaysian GP this year. I have watched this race and was extremely happy about the outcome. But it feels l...

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Thus the last privateer team to enter and then actually survive for five years in F1 is Sauber, which is quite a shocking statistic in my mind. No, it is not Sauber, I'm afraid. They had the words "concept by Mercedes Benz" on their airbox in their first year, running the Ilmor-Mercedes e...

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I have not followed F1 this year, after having watched an interesting Bahrain GP and a snoozer of an Austrian GP last year. My interest in F1 had waned considerably after Kamui Kobayashi lost his ride with my favourite team Sauber. Other good drivers lost their seats that offseason, too. IndyCar, on...

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Congrats to Graham Rahal for winning the 2015 MAVTV 500 at Fontana this past Saturday in the baking heat which not many people wanted to sit through in the stands, in spite of a refuelling mishap that caused a safety car period a/k/a full course yellow. He has since moved up one place in the points ...

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I'm rather sure Enoch and Jamie would have given a shared award to Raikkonen, Alonso and Button and found a nice moniker for it, such as underperforming former champions or maybe something that sounds like even more of a mouthful.

Yannick

This is sad. This lawsuit is likely going to keep any of the proposed road cars from being produced until they are outdated or have been copied by a Chinese company as a "tribute" to the original Delta Wing. The manufacturers of "conventional" road sports cars will probably rejoi...

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2 hour-plus races won't appeal to the elusive casual fanbase that the head honchos are hopelessly chasing after. What is the elusive "casual fanbase" anyway? People who sip champagne and rattle their jewelry (quote by ?) while talking business inside their homes located trackside at the M...

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With some of the drivers already on or getting their 5th engine out of 4 for the season, what is your early favourite for "Reject Of the Year"? Is it engine reliability or engine penalties?

Yannick

Congrats to Josef Newgarden for winning the Honda Indy Toronto with his teammate Luca Filippi coming 2nd right next to him. In the Mario Andretti Road & Street Course Trophy points standings, Will Power has got the points lead now: Will Power 247 Helio Castroneves 241 Juan Pablo Montoya 240 Seba...

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Antonio Felix da Costa won't race in London due to DTM ( ) and who will replace him? ... Sakon Yamamoto ... Here we goooo, Banzaiiiiiii As was common during Enoch and Jamie's tenure on this website's podcast, the Big news in Formula One usually had not happened in Formula One at all. And this is th...

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Driver Stefano Coletti of KV Racing Technology was fined $5,000 and placed on a two-race probation for violating Rules 7.10.1.1 (Pit Safety Violation, improper lane usage) and 7.9.12 (Pit Procedures, pit speed violation at pit in) of the Verizon IndyCar Series rulebook. The two-race probation is in...

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Here are the Mario Andretti Road & Street Course Trophy points standings of the Verizon IndyCar Series after the double-header at Detroit's Belle Isle in 2015: Juan Pablo Montoya 214 Will Power 213 Helio Castroneves 205 Sebastien Bourdais 190 Graham Rahal 186 Scott Dixon 185 Marco Andretti 168 T...

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Here's to a full and quick recovery for James Hinchcliffe. It's good to find out he is stable and improving. Meanwhile, I'm now sure I won't watch the Indy 500 this year, preferring to spend time with friends instead of trying to get a murky webstream to work. Here's hoping for a safe race and that ...

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You couldn't really read any of the sponsor logos with the old colour scheme of black on chrome. I guess that's why they had to change it.

The new colour scheme is not a beauty (just yet) but it does a better job at representing the sponsors.

Yannick

"The result is a dynamic, predatory, graphite-grey colouration, complemented by McLaren-dayglo 'Speedmarks' and keylines, reducing the reflection issues caused by our latest chrome-silver treatment." Sniff Petrol couldn't even parody McLaren as good as McLaren parody themselves, good grie...

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May Kazuki-san heal completely and quickly. Here's to a full recovery.

Yannick

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118704 Thank you Autosport for having posted the testing times from the WTCC test at the Nordschleife. This might get you guys pretty excited as former US-F1 team leader Jose Maria Lopez topped the time charts, and Ma Qing Hua came 3rd, over 3 seconds dow...

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Congrats to Josef Newgarden (of CFH Racing which shares a common history with Fisher, Vision and Walker Racing) for winning his debut victory in the Verizon IndyCar Series at Barber Motorsports Park near Birmingham, Alabama, yesterday. Also congrats to Graham Rahal who worked his way through the fie...

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