Grand Prix Rejects

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1996 Japanese Grand Prix The Williams team are already celebrating an incredibly successful season, but there is still plenty to look for behind them in the last race of the season. The battle for third in the drivers' championship is very interesting, with Mika Hakkinen, Johnny Herbert, Jean Alesi...

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Shadaza wrote:The revival of 1) Sebastian Vettel.

You love to see it.

2) Alonso P6. What an incredible restart from the old fart.

Seconded. But a very honorable mention for Alonso. How he ended up in P6 is beyond me.

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A very dishonorable mention for Valtteri Bottas. Awful performance. 2. Pirelli punctures - what a mess and not because tyres were run longer than they should have. 1. Lewis Hamilton - cracked under pressure like in Imola, but this time he had run out of (insane amounts of) luck with the red flag inc...

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Woops, too late. Anyway:

2021 European Grand Prix

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

Pole: we know
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Raikkonen
ROTR: Mercedes
IIDOTR: Perez
DBTMOTR: Stroll
MLP: Tsunoda
HFB: 1 lap

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1972 1972 is again one of those years where the real-life champion was from a country that had not yet been eliminated: Emerson Fittipaldi from Brazil. He was pretty dominant in real-life and even more so in the Kubica Trophy, winning 7 races and securing the title two races before the end of the s...

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GRAND PRIX NEWS Your monthly source for racing news, stories and rumors | Wednesday 2nd October, 1996 Life After Williams Damon Hill is the 1996 Formula One world champion, that is a fact now. It is also a fact that he will leave the Williams team, despite that success. It is not the first time tha...

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Just a shower thought: the Netherlands are now one of the countries to win a triple crown: Verstappen in the Monaco GP, Luyendyk in the Indy 500 and Lammers and Van Lennep in Le Mans. A quick look through Wikipedia shows that Great Britain, Italy, France, Canada, Sweden, New Zealand and Australia ha...

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1971 After Rindt's death, the only world champion in the field was once again Jacky Ickx, who ended the 1970 season only 2 points short of the title. Ickx did start the season strongly, finishing on the podium in the first four races and opening up a comfortable lead in the championship. Ronnie Pet...

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1970 We all know what happened in real life: Jochen Rindt was crowned as champion posthumously in 1970. We have also seen that every real life champion also won the Kubica Trophy in that year, so Rindt is a clear favorite for the win this year. In 1969, the battle was between Jacky Ickx, Jean-Pierr...

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The entire Mercedes team except for Valtteri Bottas deserves it. What a mess, from dodgy setup stories in qualifying, via a wheel failing to come off, all the way to Sir Lewis "such a strong team without blame culture" Hamilton who managed to point all fingers at the team.

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Why is nobody nominating Ferrari? Having a top-2 car on merit was way beyond expectations on my opinion. Yes, they were unlucky with Leclerc on the end, but this was a remarkably strong weekend and race for them. Sebastian Vettel deserves a nomination as well. A fine weekend, a great race result and...

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Press Release - Mild Seven Benetton Renault Mild Seven Benetton Renault confirms that it will keep the same driver duo in 1997. Jean Alesi had already signed a 2-year deal, which will continue next year. Johnny Herbert has extended his contract by another year to start his third full season with th...

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https://imgur.com/r1Ugfxp.jpg Jacques Villeneuve is victorious in Monza What happened to the chequered flag marshal's legs? I blame the crocodile that he brought onto the track with him. Oh dear, that's not good. Looking at that image again, I'm also wondering who Andy is and why his name is on tha...

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2021 "Formula E is better racing" GP 1. Verstappen 2. Perez 3. Bottas 4. Leclerc 5. Sainz 6. Gasly 7. Norris 8. Ocon 9. Ricciardo 10. Giovinazzi Pole: Verstappen Fastest lap: Verstappen First retirement: Tsunoda Reject of the Race: Hamilton Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Gasly D...

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1969 With New Zealand now excluded, it is very likely that 1969 will have a world champion from a non-English speaking country for the first time since 1955. Based on the previous season, one could assume that Jacky Ickx and Jo Siffert were the main title favorites, with young guns Jochen Rindt and...

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1996 Portuguese Grand Prix Both the constructors' and the drivers' championships have been decided, but that does not mean that the Portuguese GP at Estoril will not be worth watching. The battle for 3rd in the drivers' and 2nd in the constructors' championship is still on and the fight in the midf...

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1968 The 1968 season started off very interestingly with seven different winners in the first seven races: Jochen Rindt, Denny Hulme, Lucien Bianchi, Bruce McLaren, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Jacky Ickx and Jo Siffert all claiming a top spot on the podium. The first one to win two races was Rindt, but t...

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If we were looking at a past equivalent, it's like Pierluigi Martini getting fired from Minardi where he was loved, and the only option he had was to take something like the 2nd Benetton alongside Schumacher or the 2nd McLaren alongside Senna and obviously being nowhere near either of them! ...Or M...

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1967 Another year where the previous year's top scorers would not play much of a role: Jack Brabham was excluded from the Kubica Trophy and Jochen Rindt only finished two races. Instead, this was another year where the real-life champion dominated the championship, Denny Hulme winning eight races a...

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My (probably very inaccurate) predictions for the next years: 2003 - Fisichella 2004 - Raikkonen 2005 - Button 2006 - Sato 2007 - Rosberg 2008 - Rosberg 2009 - Hamilton 2010 - Kubica 2011 - Glock 2012 - Alonso 2013 - Hulkenberg 2014 - Alonso 2015 - Nasr 2016 - Grosjean 2017 - Alonso 2018 - Alonso 20...

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1966 Judging by the previous season, Bruce McLaren and Jo Siffert would be again the favorites for 1966. However, looking at what happened in real life, it cannot be a surprise who wins the Kubica Trophy in this year. After a first race where nobody finished and a second race where he finished 2nd ...

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1996 Italian Grand Prix As F1 arrives at the legendary circuit of Monza, Damon Hill only needs one more point to be a world champion. A championship celebration for a Williams driver in front of the Italian crowd would be an interesting occasion, but the tifosi will have high hopes of Ferrari's new...

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Was refreshing to see companies like Mastercard and Pennzoil in F1, pity this experience may have scared them off F1 for good. Although with Mastercard, it was a considerable own goal Pennzoil did come back in later years as a minor sponsor of Haas... Did they though? Or was that only a rumor that ...

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Some bold predictions in that one! Who knows what may be true...

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Probably Webber indeed, but I think Frentzen and Salo are dark horses to snatch it.

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1965 Some said this championship would be anyone's after American drivers were eliminated as well, but it did not at all look like that after the first three races: Bruce McLaren from New Zealand had won all three and he was 11 points ahead of his nearest competitor, Switzerland's Jo Siffert. McLar...

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1964 Richie Ginther was a clear favorite for the title after winning by a mile in 1963 and he started the season very well by winning the first race, in Monaco. However, the next 6 races were all won by a different driver: Chris Amon, Bruce McLaren, Dan Gurney, Jack Brabham and Jo Siffert all won a...

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What if Ron Dennis' doubts about Hamilton hadn't been taken away in testing? Okay, so hear me out on this one... It changes just about everything. Pedro de la Rosa gets the second seat at McLaren in 2007, alongside Alonso. With Pedro being a solid wingman to a happy Alonso, the latter wins the champ...

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GRAND PRIX NEWS Your monthly source for racing news, rumors and stories | Wednesday 4th September, 1996 Damon Hill: Where To Go? The rumors had been spread for months, but the news became official mere days before the Belgian Grand Prix: Damon Hill will not drive for Williams next year. Hill will m...

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Charles Leclerc - very strong weekend throughout, but his great start was the icing on the cake.

Mercedes - clearly the best car in race circumstances, by a mile. I genuinely didn't expect that after the first race(s).

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Loving the salt over Portimao's incredibly controversial funniest alternative race title. Any more complaining out of the lot of you and I'll award myself the extra point this weekend Hey, I'm not complaining! In fact, I'm considering to change my title for this weekend to "Flat ROFLMAO Grand ...

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1963 With the British drivers now being excluded as well, a lot more will change in 1963 compared to the previous seasons, also given the fact that Jim Clark from Great Britain dominated this championship in real life. This alternative championship looked like a very exciting one after the first fo...

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1960 Since the anglophone countries continued to dominate F1 in this era, the deletion of drivers from Argentina and Italy did also not have too much effect in 1960. Only the home Grands Prix of those drivers were affected: in Argentina, Gonzalez' 4th place was deleted, giving Von Trips, Ireland an...

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1958 1958 may well be the least interesting season of all in this alternative championship. The only drivers from the dropped countries who scored points in real life, were Musso (2x 2nd) and Fangio (2x 4th and a fastest lap). It barely affected the top of the table: Hawthorn just had some more poi...

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Flat Portimao Grand Prix 1. Hamilton 2. Bottas 3. Verstappen 4. Perez 5. Norris 6. Leclerc 7. Alonso 8. Ricciardo 9. Ocon 10. Sainz Pole: Hamilton Fastest lap: Verstappen First retirement: Mazepin Reject of the Race: Mazepin Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Alonso Deadbeat Teammate of the R...

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1996 Belgian Grand Prix Only days before the race where Damon Hill could mathematically secure the championship, his team Williams dropped a bomb: Hill will need to look elsewhere for a seat in 1997. To secure the title and take the number 1 with him next year, Hill will need to outscore Villeneuve...

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My predictions, which are already Wrong TM! One thing in the 70s will definitely not be accurate, but that's all I'm going to say about it... You might be able to figure it out yourself now 1957 Once again, it was Jean Behra who took an early lead in the championship and he hung on to it until the ...

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Press Release - Rothmans Williams Renault Rothmans Williams Renault is delighted to announce its driver line-up for the coming two years. First of all, Jacques Villeneuve's contract has been extended to the end of 1998. When asked about his contract extension, Villeneuve said: "It is fantastic...

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Kinnikuniverse wrote:Welcome back! Can't wait for 97 with all the new teams!

Thanks! To be honest, I still haven't made my mind up about the silly season. It's going to be fun to place all those underdog drivers!

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Honestly looks like being a mental championship especially from about 1985 onwards Well, that's more or less what I was going for: a lot of different and unexpected champions. Clearly though, Vips, Daruvala and Nissany are needed in F1. Well if that wasn't obvious already! For a nice championship, ...

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