Grand Prix Rejects

Row Man Gross-Gene

I'll definitely have to check out the video series, thanks for mentioning it! Did any of this make sense or am I just rambling again? It makes sense, but I just want to push back a little on it. Some of the French protectionism you refer to kind of mirrors a little bit the buy local movements here i...

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I was happy to see that Hamilton continues to criticize the Saudi GP. Not much to say other than I'm glad someone's keeping visibility on this.

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I wouldn't mind seeing them sell to Andretti. I'm assuming Andretti would be capable of running a more competitive team, but I don't know. I'm not certain the Andretti operation is any better financed than Haas is, no other racing series they're in comes close to the budget needs of F1. (In fact, I ...

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the shipping evidence they mentioned This to me is the funny part, at least in a gallows humor sort of way. Gene's Tax Fraud conviction was one of the most open and shut cases due to the MASSIVE paper trail he left. Did lightning strike twice? You'd have to think his name isn't directly on these ri...

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Thanks for posting. This has the potential to be bad for Haas (the company). If they're flouting the rules, I hope they are punished for it. Just a couple comments, I know that TV news is a visual medium and so they need pictures, but the existence of training or promotional videos (even recent ones...

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What is your name? Row Man Gross-Gene How many Formula One Grands Prix will Max Verstappen win in 2023? 12 How often will he finish in 2nd place in a Grand Prix? 4 How often will he finish in 3rd place in a Grand Prix? 3 How often will he not be classified due to retiring from the Grand Prix? 3

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mario wrote: ↑19 Feb 2023, 11:07 Yes, it is possible to colour the epoxy to produce coloured carbon fibre - there is a company called Hypertex which does just that. https://www.hypetex.com/colours/

Those look very cool, the teams should be using that.

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dr-baker wrote: ↑15 Feb 2023, 22:30

Pretty good

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The Haas looks like a Haas The Red Bull looks like a Red Bull The Wiiliams looks like a Williams The others look like the others But... The Mercedes looks like an Andrea Moda! :dance: The Mercedes W14 looks like a Mercedes W11 or a Mercedes W12! Ironic that in the inter-war period, Mercedes left th...

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So, I decided to spend way too much time on this one... I tried this nice "what if" for multiple points in time, in backward steps of 5 years for basically as far as my memory goes. 2023 1 - Guanyu Zhou. I do want to have at least one driver with recent experience in F1. That slims down t...

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Are they not allowed to paint the floors? Or are they just saving weight by not painting them (or maybe everyone just paints them black/dark gray)?

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Yeah, nothing overly exciting yet. I do like how the cars look, but certainly nothing risky. I still like my Red Bull sour apple design. Keep the bull red and use shades of green reminiscent of the 1991 Jordan to fill in the rest, with some accent colors.

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It's probably worth it to put at least one person currently signed to the grid into your car if you can pry them away. So Zhou, Piastri, Nick de Vries. Beyond that, I like the JEV suggestion and da Costa (not a reject, but reject-adjacent).

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dr-baker wrote: ↑31 Jan 2023, 20:49

Heavy sigh. I guess we still have a foot in that old world. Hopefully it will be dead soon.

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I should say that this really hits home for me because we've just been having a major discussion about the Saudi's in sports in my other chosen sport of golf. The Saudis invested about $2 billion in starting a new men's professional golf tour and it has caused no end of consternation and arguments, ...

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I'd love it if Sulayem was legitimately concerned with actively protecting the sport from more excessive and overt investment that would almost certainly increase ticket prices and subscription costs etc (not to mention the sportswashing tendencies of the Saudis). Part of me wonders if he knows of a...

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A year without F1. It did suck to drop my favourite part of my favourite hobby, but I've been fine, it isn't like F1 is the only thing I ever liked. And considering why I left, seeing that in 2022 Verstappen won all the time, I'm glad I didn't watch. Before the end of 2021 I was hoping Mercedes wou...

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Somehow we have also forgotten to mention the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix , what with the behemoth that was the season flattening our heads with so many races. A race which was somehow more farcical than the 2021 race. Almost 100 people were executed by the state a few days prior to the event. Sebasti...

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CoopsII wrote: ↑26 Nov 2022, 16:02 So..... what are we thinking for next year? April? May? As late as June?

For when Alonso decides he hates all things Aston Martin, I mean

Yeah, all of the above? You’re right, it’s not a relationship that seems long for this world. It’s not like Fernando has gotten less cranky with age.

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I broadly agree with Rachel's assessment except for 2 entries. Among the drivers, Ricciardo certainly didn't deliver, but much like last year, he's a victim of our high expectations of him. His performance was certainly the farthest off his past performances, but I'd still put him in my car above th...

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I think people need to stop taking the title of this award so literally. It was chosen as a play on words from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy because it sounded cool. Yes there is meant to be an element of the unexpected to it, but it’s fine when it’s just a good thing too. I get that and I l...

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I think people need to stop taking the title of this award so literally. It was chosen as a play on words from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy because it sounded cool. Yes there is meant to be an element of the unexpected to it, but it’s fine when it’s just a good thing too.

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Well, truth be told, been a bit put-off in recent years with the Mercedes dominance (No offence to Lewis, I am a fan of him). The least said about last year the better and now Max is winning everything. Room for much needed improvement in 2023. That's all fair and you're right. I just feel like the...

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dr-baker wrote: ↑16 Nov 2022, 19:13 I remember when he was dominant in A1GP for, obviously, Team Germany. Such potential in junior series. But it seems now, to rehash an old meme on this forum, We Are Slightly Bored by Nico Hulkenberg.

Exactly

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I’ve not watched a full season of F1 for many years now but back then watching the races following the champions being wrapped up was often more fun, the pressure was off and my guy had won/lost (“Dammit Fernando, get a grip!!”) Is that still the case? Are you guys enjoying it as much? And, more im...

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I dunno, but Hulkenberg seems such an underwhelming choice. He's had his day in F1, was a solid but unspectacular driver, but his time has passed; it would be nice to see more of the younger generation of drivers make their way into the sport. Indeed. He didn't really deserve to be dropped, but now...

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Shaaaysus, Magnussen on pole! Mixed conditions and all notwithstanding, very nice job.

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I personally think it was moot what strategy Merc went for. If they’d been a bit braver they could’ve at least spiced the race up a bit, but given the inherent pace advantage Verstappen has had this season over the Mercs I struggle to see how they could’ve beaten him regardless of strategy. This 100%

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\I worry that the new ESPN deal may limit my access to F1TV going forward. I have yet to pull the trigger on a decent VPN, but being forced to listen to Sky would get me to make the leap. This might be a legitimate worry. I've loved being able to use F1TV thus far, but I just let my subscription la...

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Look, I understand wanting to keep politics away from sport and often feel that way myself. That said, I'm glad to know more about the politics of Mateschitz. Fair enough if you thought the causal links (between Mateschitz's media activities and those of the online fanbases) were too tenuous to be m...

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dr-baker wrote: ↑28 Oct 2022, 16:50

I believe this post epitomizes the title of this thread in a way no other has!

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I'm curious what people think would be an appropriate penalty for this situation? Mario convinced me that some significant penalties should be on the table, but I'd like to know what people think will work. Obviously with the caveat that we don't know yet by how much Red Bull exceeded the cap. They ...

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I suppose the question, though, is whether that attitude would potentially incentivise teams to push the limits, or to break them, if they felt the FIA wouldn't be prepared to take retrospective action and allow them to continue to cash in on that title. Yeah, you're right Mario, those types of pun...

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So: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-delays-release-of-cost-cap-certificates-until-monday/10379852/ If the certificates were issued/denied today that would distract from the whole wekend and could put any transgressors in the hot seat during an active F1 weekend. Delay until Monday and they w...

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Kind of surprised there aren't more Red Bull nominations. If Ferrari had under-fueled their lead driver in qualifying, they'd be leading the nominations right now. Total rookie error.

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I agree with RAK that I'd happily lose all of the Repressive Regime GP's right off the top. That said, I don't get fatigued with watching too many races. How many matches do typical football (soccer) fans watch in a year? My problems with more races are that half of those being added in the last few...

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I don't think it is unreasonable for Porsche to have thought that might have been on the table - there have been some rumours that Mateschitz has not been in great health this year, given his advanced age, and that he was considering the option of selling a stake in the team to allow him to step ba...

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So, given that the idea of a Porsche-Red Bull partnership was meant to have been an open secret for such a long time, Porsche have now confirmed that they are pulling out of negotiations with Red Bull. https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/porsche-officially-calls-off-f1-entry-plans-after-no-red-bull-...

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They are there to explain to the people at home what's happening, and they don't necessarily always do a very good job of it considering the amount of information they have given to them. Something about it irked me. A number of good points, but the quoted part really hit home to me. And it highlig...

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Understandable points, I want to address this one first. Considering this about people saying what should have happened rather than what actually did happen this may be an overreaction, but nevertheless it's an increasingly worrying trend. There's also the issue of statements made regarding the furt...

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