Grand Prix Rejects

Being amusing or not, thing is, press should stop violating people's intimacy so blatantly. I hate to the point of boiling the so-called pink press , and this is no different. Pink press? It's called yellow journalism over here. Funny. Depending on who is doing the name calling here, there are quit...

I sort-of resent the fact she'll pose like that. You'd never get Schumacher to do it, so why does she? She is going with the sexist habits of this sexist society, and shamelessly exploits her femininity in order to get more attention (and it'll likely bring her more attention than her driving will ...

So they should be. As much as I support Adrian Campos, selling to Tony Teixeira after he oversaw A1GP's disappearance down the gurgler would guarantee that the team has no credibility. There is another point worth raising. Amongst those demanding payment from the A1GP consortium probably would be t...

Kobayashi continues his streak of beating F1 world champions. After having already overtaken (=beaten) Button in Abu Dhabi and Schumacher in GP2 , today he managed to beat Hamilton. Only Alonso to go, who will start testing tomorrow It would be impressive if he beat Alonso today, considering that d...

Something tells me that this poll could swing in a particular direction very quickly...
For those who have not seen it yet, here is the Virgin VR-01

Not a bad looker, is it?

Damn, it looks like Many Blue Flags has beaten me to it, but it is indeed Nakajima who will be the first driver signed for Stefan GP. To be honest, it was predictable - given that Toyota is giving Stefan GP quite a bit of help, along with the use of it's facilities, engines and ex-personnel (so the...

but I had seen a design that someone did, with his helmet painted with the colours of the German flag, which looked quite good. Would that not be Schumy's helmet from his Benetton days? Not quite - it was inspired by the Benetton helmet, but given a modern twist. I can't remember where I saw it tho...

Damn, it looks like Many Blue Flags has beaten me to it, but it is indeed Nakajima who will be the first driver signed for Stefan GP. To be honest, it was predictable - given that Toyota is giving Stefan GP quite a bit of help, along with the use of it's facilities, engines and ex-personnel (so they...

Were turbos not hideous to drive? They'd be easier now of course, but I can't imagine that drivers would be too enamoured with a return. Some of them were very difficult to drive, it is true. The BMW M12 engines were notorious for lag, since they used only one big turbocharger (a Garrett turbo unit...

I would have put up some pictures of the cars but i don't know how to. Probably because i am a technophobe. In that case, I'll save you the bother. And to try to keep some balance, I've tried to pick images with all of the cars at similar angles. http://cdn.gallery.autosport.com/picture_free.php/di...

Meanwhile, the merry game of 'copy the leader' is commencing - the R30 happens to be running a front wing which bears a remarkable similarity to the Mclaren front wing... http://images.gpupdate.net/large/144369.jpg Rear wing looks interesting, though, with those slight indents on the lower edge - I...

Can we forget everything else for a moment, and focus on de la Rosa? Second with a bucketload of laps. When Kobayashi enters that car, it'll fly! Sauber is going to pull a Brawn, running with BMW money! Kobayashi for WDC! Let the hype well and truly begin! Or they could be running light to attract ...

Merc W01: http://cdn.images.autosport.com/editorial/1265012889.jpg Nose looks very agressive, as does the airbox and engine cover, which looks worryingly lik a 1st generation A1GP car! And having taken a look at the airbox, they have pulled a very clever trick. By separating the roll over protectio...

http://www.f1today.nl/fotos/t7o95w3p5.jpg Why does the Ferrari have a coat hanger stuck on top of it? Looks like a couple of pitot tubes on top of that giant hanger. They're trying to measure the airflow up there. My guess is to see how far vertically air is disturbed by the front of a F1 car. Sinc...

http://www.blogdocapelli.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/20090131renaultcomparativo.jpg Wow! So there are differences between the R29 and the R30... From that pic they seem to have got away without lengthening the wheelbase. Even stranger when the official press release by Renault states quite cl...

I'm pretty sure Lola withdrew from the reserve list several months ago...as did Epsilon Eskudai, so that leaves the list empty? I don't remember any other teams being in the list. Thanks for correcting me - yes, having checked throught the press reports, they did withdraw their entry last year, alt...

Say Button leads the title race half way during the season like 2009 from Hamilton where button had 65 points to Hamilton 9 points. We all know the Mclaren stands for Lewis Hamilton Racing but will the team let Button be number 1? What kind of dumb question is that? The moment Button shows more tal...

It would be nice. Cars would be more temperamental and, with smaller engines, fuel consumption and contamination would go down as a side effect But, as TeamTipper said, there's too much paranoia with security, and they'd immediately associate turbos with danger. Although today F1 is a very safe spo...

Reports are now circulating through the Motorsports Press in Europe that Campos may be Forced to withdraw their Entry if it cannot guarantee a full budget for the 2010 season......... A doubt: if that happens, would Stefan GP or any other team be able to get their entry? If , and this is a big if, ...

Well, Lambourghini did originally start out as a tractor manufacturer - and I believe that they still do produce tractors, complete with the 'rampant bull' logo on them. m Lamborghini Range: rationality and emotion. Professionals choose Lamborghini tractors for two basic reasons: its advanced techn...

Well, Lambourghini did originally start out as a tractor manufacturer - and I believe that they still do produce tractors, complete with the 'rampant bull' logo on them.

personally I HATE the McLaren. 1st of all, the shark fins are ATROCIOUS. Whoever invented them should be shot, hung and quartered for his crimes against aesthetics. 2nd of all, it bears and EERIE resemblance to the godawful midwing monstrosity of 95. Surely you don't want to shoot Adrian Newey, do ...

Actually it is - he was at Enstone today signing the contract, but I forgot to mention it May I ask how you know this? I'm hoping you're not quting the article again, because I just spotted another error: the article claims he is "rumoured" to have thirteen million pounds' worth of sponso...

Interesting - I know that Petrov had been hunting around for a seat in F1 (given that he'd been linked with Campos for a while), and with the financial backing he brings, he would have been quite a catch for several teams. From what I've heard from GP2 (although I haven't been following it as much a...

Just a quick question, were cars this long back when refueling was forbidden in '93? Sure the engines wouldnt have been nearly as thirsty as they are now, but too long a wheelbase might be undesirable. No - in fact, most of the cars from 1993 have a shorter wheelbase compared to the recent cars, be...

Bernie was so confident at least two new teams would pull out- despite those comments obviously being a warning shot for Campos and USF1 to get their act together- I assumed one of them would've gone by now. Campos might make the grid but run out of money. USF1's preparations seem like classic reje...

Just been watching the streaming of the unveiling of the McLaren ... It looks incredible. Mega engine cover fin and rectangular sidepod openings swooping down so much more aggressively than anything we've seen before. Slightly disappointed that there has been no change to the colour scheme despite ...

As for the Williams car, they said that they were starting from scratch for the FW-32, instead of using the FW-31, and the changes are much clearer. They have also gone down the high nose route, but haven't gone for the Red Bull nose ridges, whilst it looks to me like they have tried to slim down t...

So Anthony Hamilton has struck a deal to run 2009-spec McLarens in private test sessions to help spot talent and allow up-and-coming drivers the opportunity to try out F1 machinery, according to the latest news. http://www.blognow.com.au/richardsF1/236038/Hamilton_launches_F1_test_academy.html Appa...

I will agree that recently Ferrari have been a bit conservative with the design of their cars, particularly in regards the aero package. Noisebox, I would argue that the F60's aerodynamics were flawed to some extent - Ferrari admitted that the gearbox casing was blocking access to the floor for the ...

I find it a little worrying about the state of the forum that most people are all too eager to instantly rubbish and kick someone or something when it's down, under the thin veil of "it'll be something new for the website." It's a little out of place and actually a little worrying that pe...

According to the article here, it makes it clear that he is linking up with the right wing - in particular, the Northern League. http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/81065
So, he's probably going to be Berlusconi's man - at the very least, he is happy to keep the same company as he does.

RB5 nose + BGP-001 lines in the bodywork + MP/4-24 rear wing = Ferrari F60 Once again, the designers resort to apeing one another. That's what I loved about the 2009 launch season - all the cars looked so different . Now it's just a Greatest Hits collection of what the competition did last year. So...

So, the front nose seems to indicate that Ferrari are following the same design philosophy as Red Bull, after trying out those nose cone ridges last year in a few practise sessions. I'm ignoring the wings, because Ferrari have said that they were putting the wings off the F60 on the car, not the win...

Ouch! So they seem to be very cash-strapped after the budget cap didn't come into existence, but under the assumption of which they had applied for the season ... F1 is indeed a waste of money. I mean, those Campos people are all trained professionals and very much unlike the MasterCard Lola, they ...

I love these obscure left-field drivers. After all, that's why we're all here, isn't it? Let's hope the #2 driver is someone equally rejectful. As it stands, USF1 is the most interesting team on the grid. I mean, someone with so much caliber as to be rejected in favor of Nelson Piquet Jr. by Renaul...

At the moment, this does almost sound like Lola-Mastercard, take two. Fragile financial backing, an inexperienced team, a new car which will not be tested until the first race weekend (if this story is true) - at the very least, reliability is going to be such an unknown quantity that they are going...

It's only a few seasons back that tyre stops were dramatically restricted. Do the same again........OVERTAKING! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGaq_SeXTgI Perhaps one of the more extreme situations, but it was a strange situation. The FIA did say, after the race, that they would have allowed Mclare...

Go back to the beginning of the decade, and most of the dry compounds would spend their time sitting in the garage, never seeing the track - which is an utter waste of money and space. That's 'cos we had refueling. With no refueling it gives the teams an option to do something innovative with tyres...

Wouldn't stick different tyre composts at the same time cause undesirable results? I guess if the car is not balanced and there's too much/not enough heat in either the fronts or rears then a mixture of compounds could work, or if the circuit has a lot of high speed turns in one direction then hard...

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