Grand Prix Rejects

jackanderton

To be honest, having a 14th, 18th, 16th and 16th position in this McLaren car seems like woeful underperformance- you might think it cruel to say but you only have to look at his win and his 2nd place to start pondering. Let's be frank- his qualifying has been abysmal and his race strategies have su...

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he still has many times the points total of a certain 7-time world champion, where are the calls for his resignation?

Everywhere?

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Pamphlet wrote:Grosjean, Rosberg, Webber. Which is disheartening, as I don't want any of them to win.

HAHAHAHAH

Webber.

I'm sorry.

Are you insane. Is that what it is.

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Grosjean is clearly just a liability when it comes to early laps of racing and close-quarters battles, but quite pacey over a timed-lap. Raikkonen has been stunningly conservative with his race strategy and attitude on the track and it's starting to cost him over his teammate. I assume he thinks he ...

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Whatever move he makes, he can't be someone's number two.

With Vettel, Alonso and Hamilton- the now clear best three drivers in the sport, that rules out 3 teams.

Perez is going to have to be patient or he will burn out.

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Quite literally no other competitors:

1)Perez
2)Grosjean

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New rear wing for Canada, but essentially just to compensate for their lack of KERS, it seems.

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I do think the Pirelli nomination is justified. We knew they had the ability to prevent a procession single handedly but instead made it possible to go for 50 laps on one set of tyres. Dismal showing by them. DRS was hardly talked about- maybe they should just allow it all the way around the track? ...

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1. Kovalainen - Great start, and in contention for points as rain started falling, even when other cars were constantly trying to destroy his. 2. Paul Di Resta - At a loss of many amazing performances today, Paul was slower than Hulkenberg all weekend in his lower midfield car and once again intelli...

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1) Pirelli - With tyre degradation needed to spice up a dry race, it never happened. We may as well have had Bridgestones back. Rubbish rubbish rubbish. Everyone should've had to stop at least twice.

2) Maldonado - How not to follow a Grand Prix win in almost epic clarity.

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Vettel - 8 - Good race strategy leapfrogged him up the road and keeps him firmly in the title hunt Webber - 9 - Didn't put a foot wrong, despite not looking especially fast at any time Button - 3 - Just ridiculously bad Hamilton - 5 - Another race of going backwards Alonso - 9 - Just keeps picking u...

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/18201521

A bomb disposal expert has undertaken a controlled explosion of a suspect package in the paddock at the Monaco Grand Prix circuit.

My first thought was wondering what Eddie Jordan's been sticking down his trousers.

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So much for Pastor, but this is a Williams thread too, and time to dissect what has been an awful time in their history. I plan to do this via the usual process of overwhelming statistics. 9 - The number of consecutive seasons a Williams car won at least 1 GP (1979-1987) 9 - The number of consecutiv...

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Going back to what was said earlier about Maldonado not being considered capable of being an F1 winner. Here are the unusual OR unlikely winners and podiums over the last ten years: 1st - 2012 Spanish GP - Pastor Maldonado (Williams) 3rd - 2012 Bahrain GP - Romain Grosjean (Lotus Genii) 1st - 2012 C...

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Looks more like the Mastercard Lola.

Eric Broadley should sue.

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Ah I expect after this performance he will immediately be seized upon by a middle-grid team, being as it was, extraordinary.

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Join me in a thought experiment; a voyage of the mind. Imagine for one race a perfect (or Picfect storm), if you like. 1. Irrationally and without explanation, Pirelli's tyres move into Marussia's optimal operating window and no-one elses , and stay there all weekend. 2. Timo Glock badly injures his...

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My thoughts on some of your suggestions.... De Cesaris- too many decent results. He is a serious consideration but has major results for lower ranked teams throughout his whole career. Out of 208 starts he only finished outside the top ten 18 times- granted, because he crashed or retired in most, b...

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Wizzie's Predictions 2012 Wizzie Grand Prix: 1. Hamilton 2. Maldonado 3. Raikkonen 4. Di Resta 5. Vettel 6. Button 7. Webber 8. Rosberg 9. Alonso 10. Massa Pole: Hamilton Fastest lap: Vettel First Retirement: Grosjean ROTR: Schumacher IIDOTR: Di Resta Minor League Premiership: Vergne Non-Qualifiers:...

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Fairly self-explanatory. It's difficult to have a long career in F1 if your results are continually mediocre. Sponsors want that breakthrough performance, the team wants to know you can occasionally make the car do things they didn't expect. However many have hung around for a long while, rarely exc...

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Nice article! It sheds light on the various pushes and pulls backmarkers have to steady themselves for, from their sponsors (who usually have too much power), not always positive ones. Aside of this, I miss the GP reports and I think one or two people from this forum would happily put one together i...

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Stefan GP prepare for next year's entry.

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HRT's aeroteam get back to work.

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There's an inherent...not issue, but theme to this- being that the more times a driver does something infinitely improbable, the less the impression of infinite improbability there is. So for instance, Kobayashi might have not won IIDOTR for a while, this is because his points finishes and banzai ch...

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Good work!

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he is renown for his lack of technical skills while developing a car.

Is there any basis for that? Or is it just passed on bullshit someone on Autosport or wherever made up.

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Okay, so let's pause for thought for how it's going for the drivers who started this season as rejects! Sergio Perez - He had his spotlight GP in China which could and should have been a victory. Maldonado's performance in Spain highlights that he more or less bottled it with Alonso looming, and he ...

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kostas22 wrote:
AdrianSutil wrote:Ferrari dumped Schumacher in favour of Raikkonen? Is that way Schumi decided to 'retire'?!

Allegedly, yes. But I still don't buy into that conspiracy theory.

You have a conspiracy theory, others don't.

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Im doing half points. Vettel- 8- a storming drive with some gutsy moves Webber- 5 - mired in mediocrity Button-4- why did he bother turning up Hamilton- 8.5 - classic fearsome drive Alonso- 9- hate him but he is amazing Massa- 4- embarrassing himself Schumacher- 4- embarrassing himself Rosberg- 7.5-...

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Maldonado. Combo of him and williams winning a Gp would have been ridiculous a year ago and still ridiculous now. Yet it happened.

Kk for a brilliant 5th place outperforming bigger named cars and drivers. Wish he could string together a few of these and hopefully get a race seat nearer the front.

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I dont really rate Senna but he has picked up some good results. Surely he is going to continue at Williams at least for the rest of the year. Maldonado is too inconsistent to do an Alonso style curtainpull of Sennas shortcomings. Plus this season has all been about tyres race setup and pitstop stra...

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Schumacher- embarrassing and seems to be indecisive in the braking zone

Button- so much for the car being quick

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The races arent light on substance though- the championship table reflects the drivers performances very well so far. Alonso and Vettel have been consistent and frequently maximised the performance of the car.

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RIP

People say it's no shame to die doing what you love, but people love many things, and each one can damage the other. Horrible news.

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Vettel - 9 - Supreme and did well when challenged. Very alike 2011. Webber - 7 - 4th again. Isn't showing much desire to do anything different, but the championship isn't making untidy reading for him right now. Button - 5 - One of those now and again Button races where he faded pretty badly Hamilto...

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Oh and openly baiting the sites users and readers is trolling. Even if they do have such a low opinion of their own customers they should keep it to themselves.

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There is on average one spelling mistake in every PF1 article. All the more embarrassing given theyre usually a couple of paragraphs long at most and contain quotes copied and pasted elsewhere.

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Over the years, Brundle, the winner of no F1 races or championships, was beginning to grate on me with his opinions of others who actually managed to do so.

You must find this site unbearable then, surely?

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I think Button is a great overtaker, the key is 100% commitment to the move. That assertiveness makes other drivers yield. His driving style isn't very aggressive but I bet he must've pulled off the most overtakes in F1 since 2009.

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I have no idea what Rosberg was playing at in Bahrain but it was pretty aggressive.

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