Grand Prix Rejects

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Nigel Roebuck from Motorsport has realised that we have been doing this thread for 6 years and has decided to post, in his own way:

http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/race/ ... one-to-f1/

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What if Honda continued to supply Spirit in 1984 and Emerson Fittipaldi drove for them? Why on earth Fittipaldi? That suggestion makes no sense to me whatsoever. Unless I'm missing something obvious? m Spirit planned to run him in 1984 and went as far as him running some tests at Rio. He then reali...

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Tickets for the Silverstone Classic are on sale now! m 2-day tickets (friday and Saturday) for £75, that's the one for me. Always fancied this, but do the cars change on each day, or can you go on the Friday for example and see all of the cars, even if they're competing on Sunday (in the paddock I ...

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Tickets for the Silverstone Classic are on sale now!

http://www.silverstoneclassic.com/ticke ... a-16535317

2-day tickets (friday and Saturday) for £75, that's the one for me.

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Lotus is hiring for electronics. 6 month contracts, £20 to £25 per hour.

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What if Reynard didn't go bankrupt in 2002? 300 people, including 3 close mates of mine, wouldn't have lost their jobs, consequently flooding the motorsport community with 300 experienced people who (understandably) got all the good jobs that were available in Formula 1 and left me unable to find a...

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So I went to the midnight launch of Fallout 4, and after staying up until 4am playing it, I can safely say the hype is real, and true. GOTY no question. MGSV be damned. Mine turned up a day early thanks to Zavvi, so I've been in the wastelands since Monday! My PC Pip-Boy edition turned up yesterday...

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Whiteshore-style question: What if A1GP did not go bankrupt in 2009? Better question: What if A1GP did not go bankrupt in 2009? Would FE also have been established as a northern-hemisphere winter series? Would both series have had similar calendars, beginning in September/October in Asia, before go...

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I have a book to give away. I bought some motorsport books from a seller on eBay and he threw a copy of the official ITV 1997 guide. Does anyone want it? If you do, it's yours. Just PM your address and I'll send it to you.

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RonDenisDeletraz wrote:It wouldn't surprise me to see Stevens return next year, anyone know what sponsorship he has?

I believe it's family money or money from family connections.

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Oliver Rowland won Formula Renault 3.5 at the weekend. Hard to see him ever stepping up to Formula One, as he only manages a career at the moment thanks to the Racing Steps Foundation, who won't fund a Formula One seat. It's a shame, 'cause he has a fair share of talent. Hope he can find some good ...

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Just going to leave this here.. https://twitter.com/Eurosport/status/648790290891993088 Those are great news indeed! Sport tv must have finally got tired of paying a lot only for a few viewers so the F1 prices in Portugal became affordable to a kind of free tv channel. Going behind pay wall destroy...

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Red Bull withdrawing might actually happen now. The uncertainity about their engines is causing both Red Bull and Toro Rosso to fall behind schedule on their cars for next season. According to Helmut Marko, Ferrari only offered Red Bull 2015-spec engines, while Haas and Sauber are getting new ones ...

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I bought Mark Webber's autobiography last week but I haven't started reading it yet.

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As for any prospective buyers for the teams, I curiously think that Toro Rosso might be easier due to the lower price and maintenance needed. I always thought that Mateshitz was in no rush to sell them and asked too much, so in the event of leaving F1, Toro Rosso might attract some very rich dudes ...

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Goes to show how relevant and interesting the DTM has become that no one has posted on this thread in months. Anyway, Mercedes in Brixworth have been carrying out an assessment and redesign of the Mercedes DTM engine since about January. The engine was originally designed and manufactured by HWA. Ab...

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See this related old thread:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3540

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29th to 31st of July. m Tickets aren't on sale yet but I've already booked the hotel in Milton Keynes. I'm doing the hospitality thing as well, no expense spared. Next year is my father's 65th birthday so this will be my present to him. We can talk more about it closer to the time and see if you're ...

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How the .... does a spectator 1. Get past the security and the track stewards 2. Get on the track 3. Jog 100 metres 4. Get off the track 5. Get past the security and the track stewards 6. Disappear He didn't even seem to be jogging along the track - he seemed to be walking at a fairly languid pace,...

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I am definitely going to the Silverstone Classic next year. My father is coming over and we're going together, on the Saturday and sunday. If you've never been, I highly recommend it. Brilliant race meeting, great atmosphere, great racing and amazing cars. Sort of like the Goodwood Festival of Speed...

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Max Verstappen and his great drive.

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Finally downloaded it and listened to it yesterday. Very good! Sounds like you had a good time.

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Beaulieu still in early december? That could be interesting.

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Any have plans to go to other races this year? Formula Ford Festival at Brands in October?
Field trip to the Donington Museum?

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It came with a cap too? If I'd known, I'd have tried harder to outbid you. Gah! Open to offers for the cap? Come to the DTM in Brands and you can have it. Thread archaeology time! I looked at this in my wardrobe at the weekend and remembered that I promised you the cap, dr-baker. It's still yours. ...

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What about that car Perrinn wanted to build for testing, though? If that ever comes to fruition, maybe they can flog it off to a customer team who then update it a little bit and race it? Unfortunately the lack of a vessel to collect secreted urine has put at end to that one. Shame though, he is a ...

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Sebastien Bourdais actually had already done testing for Arrows all the way back in 2002 (about a week before they went bankrupt) before he became a Toro Rosso driver 6 years later and did all those interesting things that he did. It was in Valencia in July. I remember it well, I was there. He was ...

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Here's a possibility that we were discussing in the chatroom this morning. What if Red Bull announce a tie-up with...Cosworth. Think about it, Cosworth were considering developing an engine to the new regulations until mid-2013, when Marussia announced their Ferrari deal. The expertise is in place,...

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Force India is hiring. Electronics, aerodynamics, simulator and software. 11 different jobs, no idea how many vacancies. I just had a call about it.

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There was talk a while ago that Red Bull had explored the option of commissioning AVL to design an engine - AVL are a specialist Austrian mechanical engineering company, and that company has a strong reputation for engine design. They also have experience with a current F1 powertrain - they were hi...

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Have we done Jeff Gordon on this thread before? If not, what if Jeff Gordon had done his test with Paul Stewart Racing with a view towards a career in Formula 1?

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Whiteshore wrote:What if Will Power was signed by McLaren to pair Alonso instead of Hamilton in 2007? How well would he have fared in F1?

See Cristiano da Matta's stint with Toyota. Not a reject, but disappointing.

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The FIA technical delegate and the race stewards.
It sounds to me like the cars were illegal and the FIA just backtracked because they didn't want to be seen to penalise a team and promote Ferrari to a race win in Monza.

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Just last week my fiancée asked why I didn't keep any photos from my time at Arrows. I wish I had bothered to take some photos at work or kept some sort of diary. I think an article by someone who was involved could be interesting to some people, providing a real insight into the hard work involved,...

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Nuppiz wrote:There's this PMMF introduction thread I wrote a couple of years ago: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6120

It still holds mostly true and should clarify the basics.

Too much text in that post. Reading makes brain hurt. Hulk smash puny text!

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DanielPT wrote:
Biscione wrote:For eight bucks, this is the best I can do;

Hum... We will have do with that then, although the final result won't be that permanent.

Depends on the liquid used.

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Only just finished watching the race this morning on my DVR, ass unfortunately I couldn't watch it on sunday, so I've been watching in drips and drabs since Monday.
Williams, definitely. Piss poor performance.

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Well, for whoever is my getting my present, I've just bought it.

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dr-baker wrote:
Faustus wrote:Congratulations dr-baker!

Thank you! And welcome back after your short hiatus!

Glad to be back! Work was getting a bit hectic so I haven't had much time for anything. But at least I've racing a bit.

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Meeting your hero's is always a disappoint or so they say. Does meeting a reject mean you'll have an awesome experience? I got the chance to meet my hero (Jim Hall, a reject as well!) at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2003 and fortunately I wasn't disappointed. Really nice man, very polite and v...

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