Grand Prix Rejects

girry

Just a few months after I posted the above, Manoel de Oliveira has passed away I believe that might be the last pre-WW2 driver that was still alive. Hold your horses! Just came across this guy called Graf Maria Josef Ernst "Ernõ" Festetics von Tolna . I had thought that Manoel had been th...

girry

I'm gonna be attending the Austrian GP this year, what with Fri-Sun general admission being 105 euros. Given that the nature of the RB Ring tracksite ensures that visibility should be excellent everywhere, and that the atmosphere should be decent as well, I consider that price an absolute bargain. A...

girry

Indeed. Remember Hungaroring? In any normal category it would have been an exciting race, what with the leading car having some car trouble mid race, and the quick Mercedes chasing right after the Ferraris - but on a track notoriously difficult to overtake. A perfect recipe for a race long diffuser ...

girry

It's at times like this (i.e. a new profile of a driver who was killed just out of action and not actually on the track) I remember there's a sort-of-profile of Justin Wilson masquerading as a post somewhere on the HWNSNBM forum, and it'd be worth digging that out for another read. m Yeah if anyone...

girry

Was it Liberty Media responsible of the halo though? They are the commerical rights holder. Thought halo had a lot more to do with the FIA and its safety regulations. Besides, they have done plenty of small moves to bring the sport a small bit closer to fans (youtube content, post quali interviews a...

girry

"disappointed every time" is harsh on Gio considering he won the IIDOTR at Melbourne. Just Shanghai was poor.

As stated on the other thread, my ROTY Podium:
1) Daniil Kvyat
2) Sauber
3) Jolyon Palmer/Honda (joint)

girry

You had these prepared, didn't you? Well, I have written down my nominations for Reject of the Year. I think it would be easier to put them in a different thread to this one, what do people think? Only had it prepared in my mind. Swear it took me barely an hour to type.. And yeah, we tended to have...

girry

Constructors 1. Force India - did a stellar job with a limited budget, deservedly the "best of the rest" again. The departure of Hülkenberg shaked them only little - FI found another good driver in Ocon to replace him. Says something about the outfit when the worst thing that can be said ...

girry

Drivers 1. Lewis Hamilton - I'm not his greatest fan by any means, but this was probably the best individual season I've witnessed anyone pull off. The likes of Ricciardo 2014 and Kubica 2010 come close, but the difference to those masterpieces is that 2017 Lewis was operating under an immense titl...

girry

Isn't Flanders just a hick version of the Netherlands anyway?

...that the Dutchies can not officially seize control of, because such an action would make Ferdinand Zvonimir very angry. Or so I have understood.

girry

Did we watch the same race? There were battles throughout the whole field, wheel to wheel racing, and drivers had to work hard for their overtakes. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole affair. Or do you only watch to see who wins? Watching football clubs fight over relegation is dull too. I beg to differ...

girry

Salo apparently told Jos Verstappen that the final decision was made by Charlie, not the stewards. Also stated they cannot pick which incidents to investigate - I can only presume this is because of the FIA's modern, idiotic policy of "stewards not getting involved" with any incident witho...

girry

Narain in 2012 --> out of F1 in 2013 Giedo in 2013 --> out of F1 in 2014 GutiGuti in 2014 --> out of F1 in 2015 JEV since he debuted in FE --> didn't win a single race despite multiple pole positions Daniil since China 2016 --> one race and out of Red Bull, spirals into severe depression at Toro Ro...

girry

I could see a premature Vettel retirement possibly happening only should he win another WDC in the near future.

Until that, I think he has too much to prove to leave the sport.

girry

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/66/bc/98/66bc98d2a164a266529b338fabc96f98.jpg Wasn't quite as different as I recalled, but still - this fast version of the esses would have been Suzuka/Silverstone-esque, whereas the profile it turned out to be is a bit mickey mouse already; and the origin...

girry

COTA is probably one of the best modern tracks on the calendar. Hah, I feel the opposite! I can forgive the fact that it's essentially a cut-and-paste job of everyone's favourite bits from the world's circuits: the opening hill climb stolen from Austria, the Maggotts-Becketts clone, the mirrored Ho...

girry

Both drivers? I'd put it almost entirely on Stroll, whilst Seb may have been a bit hasty to overtake the slowly going Stroll, Vettel certainly kept his line and gave him enough space; the Canadian should have been aware he was gonna be there.

https://twitter.com/Gianludale27/status ... 6550825984

girry

Uh, not arguing that Aleshin shouldn't be the ROTY, but there are plenty of cases with drivers losing their ride mid-season even in recent memory (it more looked like Aleshin's money dried out rather than Schmidt straight out sacking him). Most notably Hildebrand got flat-out sacked by Panther in 20...

girry

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girry

Fair nominations, I agree with all of them (ok, maybe would have Foyt higher up the list & Marco as a HM), but one minor quibble I have to mention because I'm keen on nicknames. Mikhail is the Mad Russian, a nickname paying homage to the great Serbian Bill Vukovich... whereas the Russian Rocket ...

girry

Just flicked through the book "F1nnmade", which focuses on the history Finnish motorsport people associated with F1 (should have done earlier, since it was published in 2014 already...). You can spot a few errors here and there, and it is not the best book to study the actual racing part -...

girry

I am here merely to point out a pressing deficiency concerning Thierry Boutsen's part for he has not obtained a food-based nickname thus far. "The Speedy Sprout"?

girry

I don't even know why but the AI's inner Tora Takagi truly cracked me up.

Good work as always.

girry

Whilst it's true that it seems to be very much a British trait to lash it out at their own drivers (and sportsmen, in general) who don't win much, such as Palmer, Chilton and di Resta, even Eddie Irvine - probably because they get their fair share of the broadcast time? - however, I wouldn't quite a...

girry

Hungary will be the first Brazilian-less Grand Prix since... Imola 1982. Is there any other nation that had such a long unbroken stint of at least one driver in F1? Italy and France come to mind?[/quote] Britain I imagine has to be high on the list too.[/quote] Going purely from memory, the UK has ...

girry

Shaky onboard cameras, gives the illusion that the cars are more difficult to drive. This. Also: corner names. Who the bloody hell decided that track builders should no longer give their corners a proper name to remember them by and name all corners T1, T2, T3 etc instead?!? It used a great way to ...

girry

No disrespect to Karl Ebb or Hans Laine intended, but we've just lost the first great Finnish road racer (and probably the first racing celebrity in the country - even if it was on the "yellow pages", partly because of his wife who was also a small time celebrity here). Reportedly even had...

girry

Also why does David Coulthard say Key-me? Is that how it's pronounced? I don't know but he's the only one who does it? I just spent 15 minutes going through different David Coulthard pronounciations of the name and neither his nor other journalists' version of the name makes any difference to my ea...

girry

Now this probably doesn't seem like a heavy change, but remember how Matt Bishop said at the time that Kimi had admitted to him he would retire from F1 the very second he won the title because he hated Ron so much. Assuming Kimi had kept this promise and retired for good after just 3 seasons, that ...

girry

I'll be honest I expected it would be Charles Pic.

But I'm content with this alternative as well

girry

In further Laffite's defence, you also have to remember that the cars of that era were harder to drive + often the #2 driver got weaker equipment than the #1 driver and thus the teammate gaps, especially in qualifying, were significantly amplified in comparison to modern F1. For instance, Watson and...

girry

Nah as awesome as it would be I feel it would be too early for a race debut now. Too many things to learn with the new car, and I suppose his racecraft would be rustty as well. If you're Renault, and the test session is indeed as good as suggested then surely you're gonna stick Kubica in for the Fri...

girry

Before entering the thread I decided to give my first nomination to the one who had less

so

#1 Jenson
#2 Marcus

for obvious reasons

girry

Servia is in the field as well and he should qualify as a veteran dusting off the cobwebs. Yeah Tagliani and Bell are not there this year unlike the last two years, but Townsend is no longer interested in running without a good ride, and Tags didnt get any sort of a ride, and they were the only vete...

girry

Honestly, I like Jolyon. I think he's really pretty humble in contrast to the Gutierrez' of the world and a lot of the hatred comes because he's British, and there are only 2 British driver on the grid atm so is a shoe in for a C4/SKY interview - so the audience is constantly reminded of his existen...

girry

What if the US GP 2003 start had been scheduled 1 hour earlier, the rain would have been avoided and Kimi would have won the race & subsequently the title in Suzuka. Now this probably doesn't seem like a heavy change, but remember how Matt Bishop said at the time that Kimi had admitted to him he...

girry

Honestly I think Barcelona is the best possible place for a Spanish GP. Aragon is just a slightly duller Tilke version of Catalunya, with even dulker lanfscape; Ricardo Tormo and Jarama are fun circuits but too small for F1 racing; Jerez is great for bikes but too tight for four wheel racing; and Va...

girry

If you know there's a driver called Perez in the race and there's a car with PER on it, that is likely to be more helpful for most people than his number, notwithstanding the occasional issues of drivers with similar names (we managed with the Schumachers after all) We even somehow managed to cope ...

girry

The first three stories on the BBC website about the result mention Hamilton - as opposed to Valtteri's excellent win. Total Fanbois. To be fair titling single race wins with Hamilton/Button is completely understandable for BBC because it's a British media house. National news outlets from other co...

girry

True - Australia, too, had a steady supply of F1 drivers until Alan Jones, but suddenly after him, the Aussies really seemed to begin to struggle to make it to F1. One could argue neither of the younger Brabhams, nor Skaife, Ingall etc. got a fair shot in Europe and therefore got directed back to ho...

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