Grand Prix Rejects

Fetzie

Report is both Red Bulls had fuel pump failure. I remember a (possibly?) MotoGP race in the dim and distant past when a race-losing crankshaft failure eventually turned out to be running out of fuel. This was in the two-stroke mixed oil/petrol era (where in some engines the crank was lubed by the f...

Fetzie

1. RBR:

Three Red Bull Powertrains engine DNFs in the last ten laps of the first race, and we're racing again next weekend. There's going to be a few long nights in Milton Keynes.

2. McLaren:

Just nowhere.

Fetzie

Grand Prix Racing for the Porpoise of Sportswashing Great Kingdom of Bahrain 1. Leclerc 2. Verstappen 3. Hamilton 4. Sainz Jr 5. Perez 6. Russell 7. Gasly 8. Ocon 9. Gasly 10. Magnussen Pole: Verstappen Fastest Lap: Perez First Retirement: Ricciardo RotR: McLaren IIDOTR: Magnussen DBTMOTR: Zhou LP: ...

Fetzie

Given the way that it blew up on social media, I think going radio silent is probably best for him and his preparation for 2022. Who knows, he might decide to go "full Vettel" and just completely eschew social media.

Fetzie

Also, is there any indication who could be Masi's replacement, and should the replacement come from somewhere else? And Michael Masi's replacement is... Lewis Hamilton! I mean, if the FIA thinks that generating a complete shitshow on social media is what they want, then it'd be difficult to come up...

Fetzie

Yeah I really can't shake the feeling that 2022 is going to be another HamiltonWinsLol with both championships wrapped up in October. I don't think Hamilton will quit this year. He wants that 8th title, and well, all of the records. Mercedes are keeping mum over his future to put pressure on the FIA...

Fetzie

I'm not going to give everybody an individual rating. DHM: Giovanazzi Who? Was he racing this season? I don't remember seeing him anywhere... 3rd place: Yuki Tsunoda His attitude, lack of driving skills and spacial awareness and a strange affinity for finding a barrier to crash into in qualifying se...

Fetzie

Sergio Perez for proving that he is the best wheel-to-wheel driver in a Red Bull F1 cockpit.

Fetzie

(1) Michael Masi - poor inconsistent decision making and communication. When Race Control decide the outcome not of a race but of a championship then there is something fundamentally wrong with the oepration of the sport. I think there is an argument that Masi broke the sporting regulations with th...

Fetzie

The FIA. Michael Masi.

They let exactly the cars between Hamilton and Verstappen through, and then green-flagged the race. Couldn't have gift-wrapped the championship any better if they had wrapped it in shiny paper and tied a bow from a ribbon around it.

Fetzie

Yabbu Dhabbi Doo, it's the last race before 2022 1. Hamilton 2. Bottas 3. Verstappen 4. Gasly 5. Leclerc 6. Norris 7. Perez 8. Sainz Jr 9. Alonso 10.Tsunoda Pole: Hamilton Fastest lap: Verstappen First retirement: Raikönnen ROTR: Everybody who predicted a bloodbath IIDOTR: Tsunoda DBTMOTR: Raikönnen...

Fetzie

Yeah, I had simply assumed that was Masi saying "you can voluntarily give the places back now before we get back under way, or the stewards will make you do so under green-flag conditions by giving Verstappen a drive-through penalty. Your choice."

Fetzie

Esteban Ocon, for keeping his nose mostly clean in a race where lots of people didn't.

Fetzie

1. The circuit. Too easy to crash, cars unable to be removed when they crash. Plus what it provoked in F2. 2. Race control for losing control of the race 3. TV director for completely ignoring the Ocon/Bottas duel in favour of showing Hamilton and Verstappen driving around on their own. DHM: the Red...

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The 2021 ... oh who gives a shite anymore, seriously this season is like 4 races too long and it's going to be even longer next year Grand Prix 1. Hamilton 2. Bottas 3. Verstappen 4. Norris 5. Gasly 6. Perez 7. Sainz 8. Riccardo 9. Alonso 10. Vettel Pole: Hamilton FLAP: Gasly First Retirement: RotR:...

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1. Christian Horner and Helmut Marko How about you grow up and start acting your age? Hopefully the FIA throw the book at both of them and they get a wake-up call. They've been pushing their luck all year. 2. AlphaTauri They spent the race going backwards, with Gasly going from 2nd to outside of the...

Fetzie

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

Find a money truck and back it up to a team factory.

Fetzie

2021 Catarrh Grand Prix

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

Pole: Bottas
Fastest lap: Perez
First retirement: Stroll
ROTR: Russell
IIDOTR: Gasly
DBTMOTR: Tsunoda
MLP: Tsunoda
HFB: 2

Fetzie

Lewis Hamilton. Had to start the sprint quali from the back, was 4 seconds off the podium after 24 laps, and would have taken the podium if it had been 26. Had to start the race from tenth and won it comfortably.

Fetzie

Young Norris seemed to put up very little fight once Hamilton had caught him. He seemed to lift slightly early just before the first corner so Hamilton could go through. Of course this cost Norris nothing since Hamilton would get the five-place grid penalty for the engine change but I think it mean...

Fetzie

The Grand Prix where the grassy bits are always well-trimmed 1. Verstappen 2. Hamilton 3. Bottas 4. Norris 5. Perez 6. Ricciardo 7. Leclerc 8. Sainz Jr 9. Alonso 10. Gasly SPR1: Verstappen SPR2: Hamilton SPR3: Bottas Fastest lap: Bottas First retirement: ROTR: FIA global feed/TV director IIDOTR: Gas...

Fetzie

In which Perez doesn't win his home grand prix (featuring RBR team orders) 1. Verstappen 2. Hamilton 3. Bottas 4. Perez 5. Norris 6. Leclerc 7. Ricciardo 8. Sainz 9. Alonso 10. Gasly Pole: Verstappen Fastest lap: Hamilton First retirement: Ocon ROTR: Red Bull Team Orders IIDOTR: Raikonnen DBTMOTR: T...

Fetzie

1. TV Director for missing almost all of the action
2. Shaq arriving in the Tan Bull car.

DHM for Alpine and Mazepin for general suckage.

Fetzie

"Hello Cowboy" Grand Prix 2021

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Ocon
ROTR: Perez
IIDOTR: Leclerc
DBTMOTR: Tsunoda
MLP: Tsunoda
HFB: 2 laps

Fetzie

1. Verstappen 2. Hamilton 3. Leclerc 4. Norris 5. Ricciardo 6. Bottas 7. Perez 8. Gasly 9. Alonso 10. Raikonnen Pole: Hamilton Fastest lap: Norris First retirement: Ocon Reject of the Race: FIA/FOM Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Sainz Minor League Premiershi...

Fetzie

Lando because his winning drive was infinitely improbable, as was his loss of the winning drive.

Bottas because nobody really expected that projected 5th to happen.

Fetzie

1. TV directors: did we see any action outside of replays?

2. Lando Norris: Your team can see the weather radar, you can't.

Fetzie

Mazepin's Dad's Riva could handle rain better than this Grand Prix 2021 1. Bottas 2. Hamilton 3. Norris 4. Gasly 5. Verstappen 6. Sainz 7. Vettel 8. Leclerc 9. Perez 10. Alonso Pole: Bottas Fastest lap: Verstappen First retirement: Ocon Reject of the Race: FIA/Race Management Infinite Improbability ...

Fetzie

1. Daniel Ricciardo and McLaren, for getting the first 1-2 of the season out of the blue.

2. Valtteri Bottas, because I was expecting him to maybe get to 9th. Or not, given how that car is unable to overtake a snail most of the time.

Fetzie

1. Sergio Perez and RedBull:
Cutting corners and overtaking off track, twice. Not giving the place back because "we didn't know if we needed to", twice.

2. Alpha Tauri:
Not actually taking part in either of the competitive sessions in any meaningful way.

Fetzie

1. Haas. What did they think they were doing? At this rate Drive to Survive won't even have to manufacture drama, all they'll have to do is point the cameras at Schumacher and Mazepin. 2. Bottas. You were ordered to not compete the fastest lap. You were ordered to hold station. Yes, it's one of the ...

Fetzie

Dune buggy grand prix 2021 1. Verstappen 2. Hamilton 3. Leclerc 4. Bottas 5. Perez 6. Sainz 7. Norris 8. Alonso 9. Ricciardo 10. Russell Pole: Verstappen FLAP: Hamilton First Retirement: Kubica ROTR: Another track that you can't overtake on because it's too narrow for modern F1 cars DBTMOTR: Kubica ...

Fetzie

1. The fans for sticking around for four hours in the rain
2. Russell for his podium secured by a stunning lap that would have been pole if he'd been able to take the last corner a bit faster.

HM: Mazepin getting a FLAP without getting in a flap.

Fetzie

1. FIA falling for the sunk-cost-fallacy

2. Cars unable to be driven in rain (aero making bad visibility and tyres unable to disperse water fast enough)

DHM 1: us lot for sitting through that (see 1.)
DHM 2: Perez for crashing on the out lap

Fetzie

The Grand Prix that's so wet, it has a corner called "red water". 1. Hamilton 2. Norris 3. Verstappen 4. Bottas 5. Alonso 6. Ricciardo 7. Leclerc 8. Sainz Jr 9. Vettel 10. Stroll Pole: Hamilton Fastest lap: Verstappen First retirement: Russell Reject of the Race: Russell's luck Infinite Im...

Fetzie

1. (pending the appeal) Aston-Martin, for failing to be able to provide a fuel sample for scrutineering.
2. Bottas
3. Alfa Romeo (pit crew)

Fetzie

1 Hamilton 2 Bottas 3 Verstappen 4 Norris 5 Perez 6 Ricciardo 7 Leclerc 8 Sainz 9 Gasly 10 Alonso Pole: Hamilton Fastest lap: Perez First retirement: Ocon Reject of the Race: FIA Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Russell Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Latifi Minor League Premiership: Tsunoda...

Fetzie

Spectoremg wrote:Londoner, its difficult to play nicely after Fetzie's response.

Not going to apologize for thinking it was an accidental contact that should have been judged to be a racing incident and that I think the stewards made a mistake. Ultimately it didn't affect the end result, but still.

Fetzie

F1 Stewards, for effectively telling the drivers that any mistake made during an overtaking manoever will be penalized. If the FIA wants drivers to race in a "race", they should tell the stewards to let them and accept that sometimes, mistakes will happen. Penalties should be reserved for ...

Fetzie

2021 It's Bri'ish, init? Grand Prix 1. Sir Lewis of Hamilton 2. Max Verstappen 3. Valtteri Bottas 4. Sergio Perez 5. Charles Leclerc 6. Lando Norris 7. Carlos Sainz 8. Pierre Gasly 9. Daniel Ricciardo 10. George Russell SR1: Lewis Hamilton SR2: Max Verstappen SR3: Sergio Perez Fastest lap: Max Verst...

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