Grand Prix Rejects

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After seeing how Nyck de Vries made him look silly after just stepping into the car, this isn't entirely surprising, but it will be interesting to see who Williams gets into the car instead.

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I can think of six of those I'd cut out immediately, most of them in the Middle East, but Miami and Las Vegas are the ne plus ultra of tacky US destinations.

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1) Nyck De Vries: Excellent race coming in at the last hour.

2) Zhou Guanyu: Well ahead of his much more experienced teammate.

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1) Nicholas Latifi: Comprehensively outshone by a driver that only knew he was starting the race on Saturday. Easily the worst driver on the grid.

2) The race itself: Are we entering the VERSTAPPENWINSLOL era? Nobody really looked like keeping up.

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2022 "Grands Prix Are Like Buses" Italian Fast Car Race 1) Verstappen 2) Leclerc 3) Sainz 4) Russell 5) Hamilton 6) Perez 7) Ocon 8) Alonso 9) Norris 10) Albon Pole: Verstappen Fastest Lap: Leclerc First Retirement: Tsunoda ROTR: Ricciardo IIDOTR: Albon DBTMOTR: Ricciardo LP: Latifi HFB: 1...

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1) AlphaTauri: An absolute joke of a retirement which led itself to massive suspicion.

2) Daniel Ricciardo: Well, well behind his teammate and showing exactly why he's been turfed for Piastri.

Dishonourable Mentions: Race Control, Lewis Hamilton

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2022 Brought To You By The Colour Orange Grand Prix

1) Verstappen
2) Leclerc
3) Hamilton
4) Russell
5) Sainz
6) Perez
7) Alonso
8) Ricciardo
9) Ocon
10) Vettel

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Albon
ROTR: Alfa Romeo
IIDOTR: Ricciardo
DBTMOTR: Norris
LP: Latifi
HFB: 2 laps

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1) Alexander Albon: Got a point on merit after a great qualifying.

2) Pierre Gasly: Managed to get into the points after a pitlane start.

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1) Lewis Hamilton: A clumsy, race-ending move from a driver that really should know better.

2) Nicholas Latifi: Now that Mazepin's gone, Latifi's incompetence behind the wheel of the Williams is thrown into the spotlight.

Dishonourable Mentions: Daniel Ricciardo, Ferrari, Mick Schumacher.

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2022 Grand Prix of Free Wallonia

1) Sainz
2) Hamilton
3) Russell
4) Verstappen
5) Perez
6) Leclerc
7) Norris
8) Alonso
9) Albon
10) Ricciardo

Pole: Sainz
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Schumacher
ROTR: Haas
IIDOTR: Albon
DBTMOTR: Latifi
LP: Latifi
HFB: 1 lap

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Ricciardo confirmed out of McLaren, so one more seat free. I wonder if this will be Piastri's moment to shine.

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1) Max Verstappen: Made the most of a poor qualifying position and the increasing propensity for Ferrari to stuff themselves.

2) Mercedes: Looked consistently like the bigger threat over Ferrari during the race; good pole for Russell.

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1) Ferrari: Finding new and more elaborate ways to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

2) Yuki Tsunoda: Very poor performance and showed no sign of anything special this weekend.

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2022 Augur of the First Year Without a Hamilton Victory Grand Prix 1) Leclerc 2) Verstappen 3) Sainz 4) Hamilton 5) Norris 6) Perez 7) Russell 8) Ricciardo 9) Alonso 10) Vettel Pole: Leclerc Fastest Lap: Verstappen First Retirement: Stroll ROTR: Williams IIDOTR: McLaren DBTMOTR: Tsunoda LP: Latifi H...

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1) Charles Leclerc: Yet another instance of Ferrari snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, except this time it was his fault.

2) Alfa Romeo: Glued to the bottom during the race and yet another retirement for Zhou.

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2022 Firestorm Grand Prix

1) Verstappen
2) Leclerc
3) Russell
4) Hamilton
5) Perez
6) Sainz
7) Norris
8) Gasly
9) Magnussen
10) Alonso

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Tsunoda
ROTR: Circuit Paul Ricard
IIDOTR: Russell
DBTMOTR: Schumacher
LP: Latifi
HFB: 1 lap

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1) Mick Schumacher: Moved a step away from unrejectification, which is a massive step up from his underwhelming performances throughout most of the rest of the season (and last year).

2) Esteban Ocon: Quietly worked himself up to fifth place.

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1) AlphaTauri: Slow and causing trouble - not a good weekend for them.

2) Aston Martin: Vettel at the back and Stroll not that far ahead; lacking pace.

Dishonourable Mention: Ferrari's reliability - Lost Sainz a likely podium and risked Leclerc's victory.

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2022 Carmine Cow Gives You the Capability of Flight Grand Prix 1) Verstappen 2) Leclerc 3) Sainz 4) Russell 5) Hamilton 6) Alonso 7) Magnussen 8) Perez 9) Gasly 10) Bottas S1: Verstappen S2: Leclerc S3: Sainz Fastest Lap: Hamilton First Retirement: Tsunoda ROTR: Zhou IIDOTR: Magnussen DBTMOTR: Schum...

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1) Mick Schumacher: Finally achieves a point-scoring finish, which had eluded him this season. Almost managed to overtake the current World Champion, no less, albeit with Verstappen having a damaged car. 2) Carlos Sainz: Assisted a bit by the hedging-of-bets by Ferrari leaving him with the softs ins...

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1) Extinction Rebellion: The only good news from that is that they were arrested during the red flag period rather than ending up with a Neil Horan-meets-Tom Pryce scenario.

2) AlphaTauri: One retirement, another dismal result. They did not cover themselves in anything even approaching glory today.

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2022 Revenge of Cornelius Horan Grand Prix

1) Verstappen
2) Leclerc
3) Sainz
4) Hamilton
5) Perez
6) Russell
7) Alonso
8) Norris
9) Bottas
10) Ricciardo

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Stroll
ROTR: Alpha Tauri
IIDOTR: Albon
DBTMOTR: Ocon
LP: Latifi
HFB: 2 laps

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I'm uncomfortable with this in general, but in particular about several of the Middle Eastern countries for demographic reasons that, among other things, make me legally considered a terrorist in Saudi Arabia. I could be considered hypocritical for watching the races regardless, but putting that asi...

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1) Yuki Tsunoda: Embarrassing way to go out.

2) Haas: Good chances to get points instead squandered.

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Alfa Romeo: Was not expecting good things from this weekend, but the double points score was well-earned.

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2022 Maple Leaf Madness Grand Prix

1) Verstappen
2) Leclerc
3) Sainz
4) Alonso
5) Perez
6) Russell
7) Vettel
8) Gasly
9) Hamilton
10) Ricciardo

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Stroll
ROTR: Alfa Romeo
IIDOTR: Alonso
DBTMOTR: Tsunoda
LP: Schumacher
HFB: 2 laps

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1) Sebastien Vettel: Maybe assisted a bit by the retirements of the Ferraris, but aside from a spin that was recovered from quickly, he was on the ball this weekend.

2) Mercedes drivers: Despite the porpoising, they secured a hard-fought 3-4 on merit.

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1) Ferrari power units: Not only killing the chances of the Ferrari team, but scuppering the races of Zhou and Magnussen as well. 2) Lance Stroll's qualifying efforts: Comical. Dishonourable Mention: Mercedes ride height debacle - Trying to blame the rules for something of their own making and causi...

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2022 Baku to the Streets Grand Prix

1) Verstappen
2) Leclerc
3) Perez
4) Alonso
5) Sainz
6) Russell
7) Gasly
8) Norris
9) Hamilton
10) Tsunoda

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Zhou
ROTR: Haas
IIDOTR: Tsunoda
DBTMOTR: Ocon
LP: Latifi
Laps behind: 1

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1) Pierre Gasly: Was clearly really up for it today; might not have scored points, but certainly entertained. 2) Sergio Perez: I might have actually predicted this, so it's not that improbable, but he had the pace over his championship-leading teammate and more than made up for his mistake in qualif...

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1) Mick Schumacher: Doesn't have his father's talent at Monaco, it seems.

2) Zhou Guanyu: Tsunoda might have finished behind him, but Zhou just looked a bit erratic today and was a lot more present on the coverage.

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2022 "Which bad fortune strikes harder? Leclerc or Sainz?" Grand Prix 1) Perez 2) Sainz 3) Verstappen 4) Norris 5) Gasly 6) Russell 7) Alonso 8) Ricciardo 9) Leclerc 10) Hamilton Pole: Leclerc Fastest Lap: Russell First Retirement: Zhou ROTR: The Ferrari pit crew - a problem with a tyre ch...

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1) Fernando Alonso: Managed points from the back of the grid in a mediocre car.

2) Lando Norris: For reasons previously mentioned, being able to pull out a points-scoring position when ill while your teammate couldn't is worthy of merit.

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1) Carlos Sainz: Leclerc's DNF was a reliability issue - can't fault him for losing the points here. But where was Sainz to pick up the pieces? He hasn't had a terribly impressive showing when his teammate is frequently competing for race victories. 2) Kevin Magnussen: Too ambitious too early on, sc...

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2022 "Catalan Car Crash" Grand Prix

1) Leclerc
2) Verstappen
3) Russell
4) Sainz
5) Hamilton
6) Norris
7) Alonso
8) Perez
9) Vettel
10) Gasly

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Tsunoda
ROTR: Ricciardo
IIDOTR: Russell
DBTMOTR: Perez
LP: Latifi
Laps behind: 2

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For my part, while I'll acknowledge that Monaco as a track may have had its time, neither Singapore nor Las Vegas are sufficiently glamorous substitutes; Singapore is just a bit dull and Las Vegas is tawdry.

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1) Mick Schumacher: Ruined his opportunity at a maiden points finish.

2) TV Director: I would have liked to have seen some more overtakes since they were clearly happening.

Dishonourable Mention: Pierre Gasly - sloppy couple of corners leaving him in a position to turf off Lando Norris.

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1) Alex Albon: A point, well ahead of his teammate, kept his nose clean. 2) George Russell: I've become kind of inclined to see Mercedes struggle, but they did OK at this circuit and Russell made up for a poor qualifying by coming ahead of his teammate, making the best of a clever strategy. Honourab...

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I wasn't sure if we were doing this or not, but in case we are, I'd like to have some predictions in place before the end of third practice. 2022 "Heat & Vice" Grand Prix 1) Leclerc 2) Russell 3) Verstappen 4) Sainz 5) Hamilton 6) Perez 7) Bottas 8) Alonso 9) Gasly 10) Magnussen Pole: ...

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1) Aston Martin: Actually managed a double points finish after a woeful start to the season.

2) Yuki Tsunoda: Decent result after a rather anonymous set of races preceding.

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