Grand Prix Rejects

Wallio

While I really, really want to nominate the supposed "best drivers in the world" for making a routine restart look like a bathplugging Lemons race (I did chuckle at the stewards ruling that while normally they did leniency on starts/restarts, Sainz move was just SO BAD they had no choice) ...

Wallio

FIA/The Stewards - We all had at laugh at poor Ocon last week, myself included, but we now see that the FIA is just incompetent. Alonso's original "offense" was a joke, but you then wait over an hour to penalize him again post-race (and after the official F1 social media's posted 100 podi...

Wallio

This is a fair point in light of the current economy. I always believed that any Andretti F1 team would be more financially secure even before GM due to Gainsbridge. They were supposedly going to pour a ton of money into the project (assuming Herta was part of it). However, the current banking and c...

Wallio

There have been a few "responses to the response" already (these off weeks give us not much to do otherwise) and if we believe the few nickel's worth of free legal advice flying around, while things are certainly looking far, far better for Haas, they aren't out of the woods yet. Apparentl...

Wallio

No, I can't imagine he'd make that same mistake again, but I wouldn't be surprised if they just had normal shipping invoices, approved by accounts receivable with very clear Russian addresses on them dated post-Feb 2022. Just laying around in a file drawer or hard drive somewhere.

Wallio

Row Man Gross-Gene wrote: ↑15 Mar 2023, 19:04 the shipping evidence they mentioned

This to me is the funny part, at least in a gallows humor sort of way. Gene's Tax Fraud conviction was one of the most open and shut cases due to the MASSIVE paper trail he left. Did lightning strike twice?

Wallio

Haas Automation has allegedly been caught suppling parts and tools to Russia's weapons industry. If this is true, ol' Gene is going back to Federal Prison, and Andretti will get a team cheap. Per PBS: This is the factory floor of RATEP, a weapons manufacturer in Russia that is part of the Almaz-Ante...

Wallio

Eh, the Merc "letter" was pretty cringeworthy, but they had to say SOMETHING. Last year they seemed......content? With where they were. This at least is a response to Sir Lewis throwing them under the bus.

Wallio

Ocon - How? Just how? This type of thing is what this site was built for. And if you were going to retire anyway, why take every penalty first?

Hulkenberg - New year, New team, still terrible. Mick died for this.

Wallio

I do find it interesting that in the midst of claiming that F1 does not need an American team, because they already have one, Haas has ditched the American Flag from its cars. It makes perfect sense, but the timing is odd. Also, I do not get sites like Autosport and The Race sh***ing all over the Re...

Wallio

Yeah, old Mikey's bid seems to be DOA before even being officially lodged! Nine out of ten teams saying no, FOM being lukewarm at best (and holding a veto on any 11th team), and now rumored demands of the "anti-dilution fee" being raised to $600 million. Mohammed Ben Sulayem had to tweet h...

Wallio

This is Nick Heidfeld levels of dull. I don't think I could physically care, and I'm a Haas fan.

Wallio

Daniel Riccardo - Seriously just bathplug right off with that shite. Driving Standards - Was this a Saturday night dirt track or the Brazilian GP? I've run club races with less contact. Best drivers in the world my arse. Alpine - what in the world is going on in that dumpster fire? HM: Mick Schumac...

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Row Man Gross-Gene wrote: ↑01 Nov 2022, 20:37 I have a nice big TV set and I had no easy way to watch the races on it with F1TV.

While it's very "going around your elbow to gt to your wrist". if you have a laptop, Amazon sells a $6 dollar adaptor to go USB-C to HDMI. It's how I watch on my 60inch.

Wallio

Not sure if anyone on here saw Ross Chastain's insane video game move this week at Martinsville. Due to NASCAR's stupid points "playoffs", Ross needed to gain two spots to make the next "round" and actually be able to race for a championship. However, there was no one really near...

Wallio

That last bit from Rob says it best. 99% of people who watch F1 probably have no clue who Mateschitz is or knew what he looked like which to be fair I can understand because he never wanted the limelight and Horner has said that several times when he talks about his impact. Still it didn’t stop “Te...

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Mercedes Benz - What the bathplug was that? Did they even run the medium at all during practice? Because if they did, they would have realized that the "approaching fall off" was simply not a thing. Also Merc, Pirelli themselves said the medium could go 46 laps so....... Mario and I once ...

Wallio

I think this whole thing has shown just how stupid the cost cap exercise is. Red Bull got dinged for a tax credit, and Aston Martin for OFFICE DESKS AND CHAIRS?!? Pinnacle of motorsport indeed. Anyhoo, hopefully, half (hell even a third) of everyone on Twitter/Reddit/etc saying they are leaving the ...

Wallio

Good news everybody! George Russell has owned up to his mistake and apologised to Sainz! https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/russell-apologises-to-sainz-as-us-gp-wing-damage-triggers-worst-sunday/10389679/ Genuinely shocked. I wonder if this is like his clash with Bottas at Imola, and once again Toto...

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IceG wrote: ↑23 Oct 2022, 11:12 My first thought was about whether this brings Porsche back into the game?

No way. Didi was the reason they were there in the first place. Porsche won't buy in unless Horner is out and that sure as hell ain't happening now.

Wallio

Zak is such a shite stirrer.

"You named Red Bull in your letter."

"No I didn't. I named a team who breached the cost cap."

"Yes and there was only one. Red Bull."

"What a coincidence."

I love it.

Wallio

George Russell - In his own words "blyme that was some dangerous driving!" Was anonymous all weekend (again), ruined someone else's race (again) and refused to take blame (again). He is genuinely unlikable. At least he's a great qualifier......oh wait.

Wallio

The thing is, if it is for the reason that AMus have suggested, it might not necessarily be in Red Bull's interests to start pushing things too far given that HMRC might start entering the picture as an interested third party. Under the cost cap system, teams are allowed to exempt the salaries of t...

Wallio

The whole points thing is on the TV presenters and amazingly, the team principals. The rule is clear as day, the line "and cannot be resumed" is right there in black and white. This race WAS resumed, and it finished under the green flag due to the 3-hour rule. But the very letter of the po...

Wallio

The one interesting thing in this whole cost cap malarky is that both the FIA and Red Bull actually agree that there is no hidden funny business. The numbers are the numbers and there is no backchannel cloak-and-dagger stuff. The dispute seems to arise over what was actually submitted. Red Bull clai...

Wallio

Man, it's almost like many fans, drivers, team principals, insiders, and pretty much ANYONE who wasn't the FIA said years ago that this would be impossible to police. It's not like there are dozens of loopholes and exceptions for teams to hide money under or anything. And what will the FIA do on Mon...

Wallio

MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx wrote: ↑21 Sep 2022, 20:18 becoming the first country since 1982 to host three races(that was the US too)

While I know what you meant, 2020 saw Italy have 3.

Wallio

I am curious if we will finally get 23 GPs in a year next year. 2020/2021/2022 all have had a "record-breaking 23 race schedule" then.....never did lol. We certainly won't hit 24, as I'd bet dollars to donuts that China won't happen. And depending on how the Azerbaijan/Armenia conflict goe...

Wallio

dr-baker wrote: ↑06 Sep 2022, 17:57
Hmm, let's check.

Reliant Robin - 3 wheels
Morgan 3 Wheeler - 3 wheels
Peel P50 - 3 wheels
Messersmitt KR175/200 - 3 wheels

OK boss, evidence suggests cars have 3 wheels...

Ok doc, you did get me there, and I did laugh. Just don't give the Scuderia any ideas before Monza eh?

Wallio

Ferrari - As one online commenter put it: "How many tyres does a car need? Question." " We are checking." People claiming AT pulled a Crashgate - If you believe this, you are literally too stupid to insult. Kevin Magnussen - "Just what in the actual bathplug was that?

Wallio

As much as I like dumping on Lewis, it is once again: Ferrari they simply cannot help themselves. I have a friend who got into F1 over COVID thanks to DTS, and he was baffled at how I "predicted" Ferrari falling apart earlier this year. So I sent him the 1979-2000 retrospective from the ol...

Wallio

Forgive the thread resurrection, but it was nice to hear mention of our own Rob Lomas this week's episode, keeping the spirit of the site alive and giving Moreno the love he deserves. Also, the fact that Tarquinni in a Fondmetal had the 3rd fastest lap at Brasil '92 is.........unfathomable.

Wallio

Well, drifting off topic a little - the indication is that the whole "road car related" aspect was misunderstood by large chunks of the media. Whilst there seem to have been a lot of people getting excited about the idea of the Hypercar class being based on road vehicles like the McLaren ...

Wallio

Wallio, with regards to your question about McLaren and the WEC - Zak Brown has publicly floated the idea of McLaren building an LMDh car and entering the WEC in 2024, with the final decision due later this year. Still, even with a WEC team, it does look like a few too many driver contracts around ...

Wallio

Everyone put on your tinfoil hats. Are they nice and snug? Good. "Rumor is" that Oscar Piastri agent, Fernando Alonso bestie, and former demigod of this sub Mark Webber orchestrated the entire thing. Old Oscar supposedly had a July 31st out clause in his contract, and after Alonso told his...

Wallio

Ferrari - Full stop. I've said it a few times this season already, but they have already locked up ROTY. However, more importantly they are only 30 points ahead of Mercedes in the WCC and will probably lose 2nd place by Zandvoort. Lewis now has more podiums than Charles. Just like......how?

Wallio

Sad day today. Love Seb since he rocked up at Indy in a Sauber. A weird way for Toto to show-horn Nyck De Vries into a seat, but here we are. [removes tin foil hat] Seriously though, Seb can retire with his head high. 4 WDCs, comfortably better than Lance on even his worst days these past few season...

Wallio

With regards to Wolff, I have some queries over that because, from what I could see, at least some of the comments attributed to him seem to have been quoted out of context, and in some cases being very heavily manipulated to completely change the meaning of the quote. In one instance, it was claim...

Wallio

In Checo's defense, he had no info from race control during the VSC, so he couldn't see the deltas or the countdown to the green. And since the team was getting conflicting data, they had him go slower to be safe. Cost him a podium easily. That being said Leclerc/Ferrari have this locked up (and pro...

Wallio

Ahh, so maybe that's what I'm doing right! Not being married... In fairness to my wife, I began losing my hair (noticeably) in college. It's just fun to blame her. My buddy Steve, on the other hand, being six months or so older than I am, still has the thickest head of hair you'll find. It's just b...

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