Grand Prix Rejects

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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/126554/f1-2017-show-at-risk-without-bahrain-testing Paddy Lowe saying the "s" word. While I have little to no sympathy for him or his team, and say that they should just put up or shut up, I agree with Symonds that traveling to Bahrain for testi...

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Congrats to Simon Pagenaud for winning the 2016 IndyCar drivers championship. He is probably the only driver to win the prestigious US open-wheel crown who still has yet to win his first race on an oval (not counting Mark Plourde, of course). That is quite a feat to have achieved, and a surprising o...

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Both are too young and too good to retire. However, this brings me closer to getting myself a "Stoffel" T-shirt.

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Thank you for the 3-part series of articles on Johnny Claes. It's been quite a fascinating read.

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The Nationwide race at Mid-Ohio tonight might be interesting to watch for some of you. If you take a look at the starting grid m you will see that former Indy 500 winner and series champion Sam Hornish, Jr. starts on the pole in a Team Penske car (and on a road couse at that, which is kind of surpri...

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Horrible news. RIP Sir.

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After more than a quarter of a century, Chip Ganassi and Target are parting ways. Even though they had been scaling back their sponsorship the last few seasons, it's still a huge surprise. In other news, RC Enerson will be driving the second Coyne entry at Mid-Ohio this weekend. No, I don't know ei...

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https://www.jamesallenonf1.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2014-07-19-at-23.27.48.png What's happened at Hockenheim, I think, is quite interesting, particularly if you were involved in the discussion about Monza and Imola swapping. Hockenheim used to be packed out, even before Konig Schumacher r...

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With Turkey seemingly getting more dictatorial by the day, how likely do you think it is that they will bid again for a Grand Prix in the name of prestige? Would Istambul Park be still available? Bernie surely likes these kind of clients and the track at Kurtkoy is his anyway.

What do you think?

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So whose money is it that buys Sauber? Who has been investing in Longbow?
Who gets free Paddock Club tickets now?

Are they going to follow the Genii business model in F1 and sell Sauber back to BMW once they are spent? What are the benefits for a financial company to invest into an F1 team?

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The talented will start 4th in today's Iowa Corn Indy at Iowa Speedway, Newton Iowa. He qualified fastest of the 4 Ganassi team mates. Last year in IndyLights, he won the race at this track. That must be the most interesting storyline to follow, which this race has to offer for fans of the website f...

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On another forum, a poster showcased a photo of none other than Pastor Maldonado visiting KVSH Racing at Iowa Speedway today: http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showth ... ost4027300

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After the unsportsmanlike behaviour by DiGrassi in the 2016 Formula E season finale, renaming this thread "The Sebastien Buemi Formula E Thread" ought to be a distinct possibility.

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The schedule looks pretty solid right now. It would be amazing if IndyCar could work out bring in Road America boss George Bruggenthies and his team to promote Milwaukee which has often been discussed by fans (of Robin Miller it was, I think). If Road America continues to prosper and /or even improv...

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Thanks for yet another edition of the (pausing for censorship of a letter and a number) Rejects podcast, Enoch and Jamie.

I'm happy you liked the song enough to play it.

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http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/button-f1-safety-has-gone-backwards-at-baku-788788/?s=1 I'm seriously looking forward to this race, but I have a bad feeling about it. The safety issues mentioned in the article have been obvious as soon as the first track sketches have been posted a year ago. Seem...

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This removal of the 1st chicane is taking away 2 overtaking opportunities: no more 1st chicane and the run down towards the 2nd chicane will be too short. I don't like it at all.

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I applied to be a member of their fan club mainly to get a membership card. I applied but received no card. That still hurts to this day. Same, I signed up to their Fan Club but I wonder what they did with all our details? They didn't have any takers for the spots on the car which said "Your L...

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dr-baker wrote:Is this a sign that Wiggins will resurrect the Pacific team from the dead?

I'd actually prefer it if he brought back HVM Racing to IndyCar.

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I tried watching the Belle Isle Sunday race but couldn't find a stream that worked well with my rather low speed connection, so I finally gave up. Next up is TMS which I also will not be watching for various reasons, the most obvious of which being conflicting time zones: I need to have a good night...

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In this article, Rossi and Herta tell the story of how this was no ordinary fuel strategy by any means: www.racer.com/more/viewpoints/item/1302 ... -500-glory.

This is highly recommended reading because it helps one understand what happened much better.

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Having now watched this race from a recording, I'd like to congratulate Alexander Rossi on his maiden IndyCar victory at this year's Indy 500. My guess is that he made this strategy work because he is an expert in hitting his fuel numbers, as current-era F1 is more about hitting fuel numbers and tre...

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This is an article on "50 amazing projects in pop music that never happened" http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/a ... r-happened features an entry at #49 which is noteworthy for all intents and purposes of this here website. Please click on the link, read the intro and then scroll right down to #49 for the F1 connection.

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The press releases from the end of last week make it appear as though, as a replacement for the cancelled Boston round, it's either Watkins Glen #IndyOrBust or Gateway #IndyOrBust or bust. That overall situation places this years-old hashtag in a different light.

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http://www.motorsport.com/eurof3/news/nelson-piquet-jr-to-contest-european-f3-round-at-pau-734877/ What's the point? This is a WTB (what the bathplug) moment indeed. Maybe the team just needed a replacement driver on short notice and they knew he could do that well because of his one-off IndyLights...

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Kuwashima wrote:We had our list like this in Excel back in 1999. So long ago.

I can sense a The Artist Formerly Known As Prince (RIP) reference right there. Don't we all love guys with acronyms as names, HWNSNBM being another?

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Graham Rahal made things pretty interesting at Barber.

That was a good race.

I've missed the rest of the season so far, though, and I don't know yet which other rounds I can manage to watch due to time zone constraints and preferring to meet friends over sitting in front of a screen.

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Miguel98 wrote:John Booth has signed with... Toro Rosso!

Who would have seen that coming?
I wonder what they see in him. He surely must be bullish about the move, though

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The kink in front of the grandstand by the name of Khazar looks dangerous due to a lack of available space for necessary runoff. The track layout is taking unnecessary risks. I do not like it.

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What? Their Top 50 includes Peterson, Reutemann, Pryce, Pace, Watson, Depailler, Alan Jones and Keke Rosberg - but not Niki Lauda and not Mario Andretti?

This is an indicator that, in the study, the effect of good cars was corrected too heavily.

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Look, there is a Theodore Racing sticker on the side of Graham Rahal's Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan machine at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach this year:

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Thank you guys for letting us listen to your characteristic voices again. It's been a pleasure even though I don't care much about F1 these days. Here's hoping that you can cover other forms of motorsports at least briefly in your new podcast again as well, especially when there are connections to d...

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I feel there was way too much crashing in practice at Phoenix.

I didn't care much for the addition of this event, to be honest. Yet, it's good to know that it turned out nicely. However, it is still way out of my time zone.

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Controversial Jacques sticks his neck on the line once again You could almost imagine JV being the only driver to side with FISA and Balestre over superlicences during the driver's strilke at Kyalami in 1982... The headline is awkwardly funny in a self-referential kind of way, as it goes "Jaqc...

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Here's hoping that Fernando Alonso has been receiving the best possible medical treatment for his injuries, from right after when they happened to him at the racetrack in Australia.

Here's to a full and speedy recovery!

Now where can I buy a Stoffel T-Shirt?

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Thank you Jamie and Enoch for enjoying podcasting again. I don't care for the letter F followed by the number 1 much anymore (and obviously, neither do you, since you haven't mentioned it in the teaser. I guess it could become the NOTSTSNBM now, the Name Of The Sport That Shall Not Be Mentioned). To...

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I only saw the results today. What a performance by the RMN GRSJN. He may not need any vowels because he sure enough has got bowels, erm, balls.

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Bryan Herta's formed an alliance with Andretti, meaning his car will now be preped in Andretti's workshops . However, it seems that Gabby Chaves has been unable to keep his seat. And one Alexander Rossi who since last year is eligible for a profile on the predecessor of this very website we're spea...

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I believe the whole MRT thing has come about because Bernie prefers new teams without history to use abbreviations. Why? What does this achieve? Why is it even a bloody problem? If that's what he prefers, then maybe we should refer to him from now on as BCE. After all, that's where he belongs: Befo...

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dr-baker wrote:So not the Virgin Manor then?

(Harking back to five-year-old puns)

Puns were best when they weren't pay-per-view yet

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