Grand Prix Rejects

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1) Lewis Hamilton: Nine places behind his teammate, lapped by Verstappen and an embarrassing performance all round.

2) Daniel Ricciardo: A sloppy mistake at the start of the race, turfing off Sainz, left him at the back of the pack and he never looked like he was going to vacate that place.

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2022 "They've Stopped With The Masquerade Of A Race Representing 33,000 People" Grand Prix 1) Leclerc 2) Sainz 3) Verstappen 4) Perez 5) Magnussen 6) Alonso 7) Vettel 8) Gasly 9) Russell 10) Bottas SR1: Leclerc SR2: Verstappen SR3: Sainz Fastest Lap: Verstappen First Retirement: Zhou ROTR:...

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1) Alexander Albon: Managed to get a clean point at a time when his teammate was trundling around at the back.

2) McLaren: A decent result after two miserable weekends.

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1) Carlos Sainz: While the poor qualifying was not entirely his fault, he made a high-speed unforced error in which he was lucky that he didn't collect anybody else in it. An opportunity for decent points gone. 2) Aston Martin: Woeful performance, terrible reliability and Vettel turfing off his car ...

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2022 Respite from the Desert Sands Grand Prix

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

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Sainz
First Retirement: Tsunoda
ROTR: Haas
IIDOTR: Alonso
DBTMOTR: Zhou
LP: Latifi
Laps behind: 2 laps

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They only dropped Russia because they knew there would be massive public pressure; that's not as intense with Saudi Arabia (unfortunately) nor with Azerbaijan.

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1) Lando Norris: Exceptional race performance in a very poor car.

2) The fight for the lead: These regulations might actually be working for close competition; may be the case that DRS could be able to go away eventually.

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1) Nicholas Latifi: Back-to-back crashes in qualifying and the race.

2) Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: A hellishly unsafe track for modern Formula One, an objectionable geopolitical connotation, poor marshalling and a military attack nearby. And we have 15 more years of this?

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2022 Uncomfortable Geopolitical Relationship Grand Prix

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

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Leclerc
First Retirement: Tsunoda
ROTR: Magnussen
IIDOTR: Schumacher
DBTMOTR: Zhou
LP: Latifi
HFB: 2 laps

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1) Kevin Magnussen: The Haas looks a lot better this year and KMag is the kind of driver that can get competitive results out of it. 2) Zhou Guanyu: I didn't rate him in his junior career, coming third place in a two-horse race in his third and last season in Formula Two, but his racecraft seems pre...

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1) Red Bull: Decent pace, but that means nothing if both your cars go out with mechanical gremlins. Gifted Hamilton a podium and helped Ferrari win its 1-2.

2) McLaren: Seriously lacking competitive pace this year, it seems, a major drop from last season.

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2022 Order Shaken Up Grand Prix

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

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Albon
ROTR: McLaren
IIDOTR: Haas
DBTMOTR: Zhou
LP: Latifi
HFB: 2

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Russian Grand Prix contract terminated. Goodbye, Sochi, you will not be missed.

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Russian Grand Prix cancelled, according to BBC.

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In brief: 3) Alfa Romeo 2) Nikita Mazepin 1) Race Control, FIA & Michael Masi In detail: 3) Alfa Romeo: A washed-up former champion fallen far from his peak and an underwhelming backmarker both failing to score points that the car probably could have achieved. And to make things harder for thems...

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Interesting coincidence how dr-baker and I ended up in the same ending positions as we did the last time mario won the championship back in 2017. A tight year, both in the actual Formula One Driver's Championship and the Predicament Predictions, with enough unpredictability to make predictions a mor...

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Hope everybody has enjoyed their holidays so far.

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The thing about Giovinazzi is that while he has not been an impressive driver, I rate his replacement as worse still. At least Giovinazzi only had the one season of GP2 before moving up to Formula One; Zhou came third in what looked like a two-horse race most of the season in his third year in Formu...

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1) Yuki Tsunoda: Excellent result to unrejectify himself.

2) Carlos Sainz Jr.: A quiet, but accomplished podium behind the mess at the front.

Honourable Mention: Sergio Perez - sacrificed his race in one of the most selfless shows of teamwork I've seen, cleanly defending against Hamilton.

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1) The FIA and Michael Masi: No matter how you go on the Hamilton versus Verstappen battle, that was one of the most farcical ways to finish the championship and inconsistent from a rules precedent as well. Michael Masi has proven once again that he is not competent for his role. 2) Alfa Romeo: Both...

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Belegur wrote:Not a prediction, but can we have the FIA being nominated ROTR? What a travesty of an ending.

When the ROTR thread goes up, yeah, sure.

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Maybe he's trying to keep his spins per race ratio below 1?

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2021 Seemingly Endless Middle-Eastern Slogfest Part 3... Oh Wait, It'll Be Over? Grand Prix 1) Hamilton 2) Verstappen 3) Bottas 4) Perez 5) Alonso 6) Gasly 7) Leclerc 8) Ocon 9) Sainz 10) Norris Pole: Hamilton Fastest Lap: Hamilton First Retirement: Latifi ROTR: The championship battle - fizzles out...

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1) Esteban Ocon: Got cruelly denied a podium which he would have deserved, but a strong performance from him today regardless.

2) Antonio Giovinazzi: A better drive than we've seen from him recently. I still suspect he's a substantially superior driver than his replacement next year.

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1) The entire race: Awful, dangerous circuit; abysmal FIA decisions and messy driving from the front runners. An utter farce. Why did Formula One go to Saudi Arabia again?

2) FIA race control: Manifested many of the problems with this wretched race.

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2021 Seemingly Endless Middle Eastern Slogfest Part 2

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Bottas
First Retirement: Tsunoda
ROTR: Perez
IIDOTR: Alonso
DBTMOTR: Perez
MLP: Schumacher
Laps behind: 2

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1) Fernando Alonso: Showing that old dogs can keep learning new tricks, Alonso proves that he's still a better driver than many that have entered the sport after him - or will enter next year, for that matter. 2) Esteban Ocon: Joining his stablemate in the points, looks like it was a good weekend fo...

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1) Pirelli: Too many punctures for their own good. As much as it added excitement to an otherwise mostly dull race, it's a massive safety hazard for the tyres not to be able to live up to their expected lifetime. 2) Losail International Circuit (and Qatar in general): Yes, that circuit was as bad as...

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2022 Seemingly Endless Middle Eastern Slogfest Part 1

1) Hamilton
2) Verstappen
3) Bottas
4) Gasly
5) Norris
6) Perez
7) Leclerc
8) Tsunoda
9) Ocon
10) Vettel

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Alonso
ROTR: Raikkonen
IIDOTR: Tsunoda
DBTMOTR: Alonso
MLP: Tsunoda
HFB: 2 laps

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UncreativeUsername37 wrote:What does Nyck de Vries have to do to get an F1 drive

Judging by Zhou, have a big basket worth of sponsorship money.

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Dropping off quite quickly from the top at this point. Haven't had the greatest luck in the last set of races...

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1) Yuki Tsunoda: An outside bet for Reject of the Year, he just hasn't been doing anything that would justify the early season hype. 2) McLaren: A solitary point to show for the weekend and little time left to fight for third place. Not quite a nomination, but I wasn't terribly impressed by Verstapp...

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1) Lewis Hamilton: Consigned to the back during the sprint race at a track where the Red Bull was expected to have the advantage, he still managed to take the race victory by an unassailable margin. 2) Alpine: A double points score and a quietly successful race. Honourable Mention: Nikita Mazepin - ...

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2021 "The Last Gasp of Proper Race Circuits" Grand Prix 1) Verstappen 2) Hamilton 3) Bottas 4) Perez 5) Gasly 6) Leclerc 7) Sainz 8) Ricciardo 9) Alonso 10) Norris SR1: Hamilton SR2: Verstappen SR3: Bottas Fastest Lap: Hamilton First Retirement: Mazepin ROTR: Russell IIDOTR: Tsunoda DBTMOT...

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1) Pierre Gasly: I expected him to do decently and pick up a few points; being best of the rest was admittedly a step above that.

2) Fernando Alonso: Didn't start in a great position, but pulled it back for a points score.

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1) Valterri Bottas: It wasn't his fault that he dropped down to the back, but he really didn't do much to acquit himself from that position.

2) Daniel Ricciardo: A wasted opportunity after early promise, along with some poor driving overall.

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2021 Sombreros > Stetsons Grand Prix

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

Pole: Perez
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Alonso
ROTR: Stroll
IIDOTR: Ricciardo
DBTMOTR: Stroll
MLP: Tsunoda
Laps behind: 2

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1) Yuki Tsunoda: For a driver who has been struggling to find form all year, that was definitely more what he should be delivering.

2) Daniel Ricciardo: Showed up Norris a bit this weekend.

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1) Alpine: Unreliable, while not exactly setting the world alight when they were going. Alonso's shenanigans just capped off a bad day. 2) Kimi Raikkonen: Shows why he's right to be hanging up the boots at the end of the season. Dishonourable Mentions: The podium ceremony, the longhorn car, Nikita M...

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2021 Alamo Rent a Car Grand Prix

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Bottas
First Retirement: Latifi
ROTR: Raikkonen
IIDOTR: Norris
DBTMOTR: Tsunoda
MLP: Tsunoda
Laps behind: 2

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