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- 08 Oct 2023, 18:56
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Qatar 2023
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4253
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Qatar 2023
Alfa Romeo: End of thread
- 06 Oct 2023, 12:43
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 Qatar Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3752
Re: 2023 Qatar Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!
2023 will Max ever win a title normally? GP
S1: VER
S2: NOR
S3: LEC
S4: PER
S5: PIA
S6: SAI
S7: HAM
S8: RUS
1: VER
2: NOR
3: PER
4: HAM
5: LEC
6: PIA
7: RUS
8: SAI
9: ALO
10: GAS
Pole: VER
Fastest Lap: VER
First Retirement: HUL
ROTR: Race Control
IIDOTR: Nobody
DBTMOTR: STR
LP: SAR
FTP: MAG
S1: VER
S2: NOR
S3: LEC
S4: PER
S5: PIA
S6: SAI
S7: HAM
S8: RUS
1: VER
2: NOR
3: PER
4: HAM
5: LEC
6: PIA
7: RUS
8: SAI
9: ALO
10: GAS
Pole: VER
Fastest Lap: VER
First Retirement: HUL
ROTR: Race Control
IIDOTR: Nobody
DBTMOTR: STR
LP: SAR
FTP: MAG
- 24 Sep 2023, 07:38
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Japanese GP ROTR 2023
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14479
Re: Japanese GP ROTR 2023
It’s gotta be Perez I’m afraid, he’s had a good 3 years of boosting up his win and podium stats but it’s time to get someone else, Merc, Ferrari and McLaren will all get stronger and I can’t see him making the end of 2024 if if that’s the case Sargeant: His form has now got to the point where I’ve s...
- 24 Sep 2023, 07:28
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Japanese GP IIDOTR 2023
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4427
Re: Japanese GP IIDOTR 2023
Nothing for me as well. McLaren podiums aren’t shocking anymore and everyone else performed more or less how the weekend said they would
- 22 Sep 2023, 08:31
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 Japanese Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3471
Re: 2023 Japanese Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!
2023 Land of the rising sun GP 1: Verstappen 2: Norris 3: Leclerc 4: Sainz 5: Perez 6: Hamilton 7: Piastri 8: Alonso 9: Russell 10: Bottas Pole: Verstappen Fastest Lap: Verstappen First Retirement: Tsunoda ROTR: Zhou (Wipes out himself and Tsunoda on lap one) IIDOTR: Bottas DBTMOTR: Perez LP: Sargea...
- 18 Sep 2023, 19:39
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Singapore GP ROTR
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8298
Re: Singapore GP ROTR
I’ll give Alonso a pass after finding out that he suffered a cracked suspension in the early stages of the race, it can’t have been easy to control at a place like Singapore. I’m amazed he still finished the race tbh. So instead George Russell: Should have just settled for the 15 points mate, an ove...
- 18 Sep 2023, 19:10
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Singapore GP IIDOTR
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5491
Re: Singapore GP IIDOTR
Carlos Sainz: Be honest, who put their money on this guy to end the Red Bull juggernaut’s winning run? The best bit is he was THE man to beat all weekend, topping every session after a close 2nd in FP1. His tactics in the closing stages were Prost-esque for me and it makes me fear how even more lost...
- 15 Sep 2023, 13:49
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 Singapore Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3234
Re: 2023 Singapore Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!
2023 the sauna GP
1: Verstappen
2: Leclerc
3: Hamilton
4: Russell
5: Sainz
6: Perez
7: Alonso
8: Norris
9: Tsunoda
10: Ocon
Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Stroll
ROTR: Williams
IIDOTR: Tsunoda
DBTMOTR: Lawson
LP: Sargeant
FTP: Hulkenberg
1: Verstappen
2: Leclerc
3: Hamilton
4: Russell
5: Sainz
6: Perez
7: Alonso
8: Norris
9: Tsunoda
10: Ocon
Pole: Leclerc
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Stroll
ROTR: Williams
IIDOTR: Tsunoda
DBTMOTR: Lawson
LP: Sargeant
FTP: Hulkenberg
- 03 Sep 2023, 20:22
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Italy 2023
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3794
Re: Reject of the Race - Italy 2023
5 second time penalties: They do absolutely nothing at Monza, especially to the bigger teams, bring back the penalties from 20 years ago Mercedes and it’s drivers: 2 pretty stupid 5 second time penalties there, Hamilton and Wolff haven’t really covered themselves in glory with their comments about M...
- 03 Sep 2023, 19:50
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Italy 2023
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2940
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Italy 2023
1 Sainz: He looked genuinely on it all weekend and he gave us some great battles and a never say die attitude. The net result was a first Sunday podium of the season (To add to his Austria Sprint top 3) 2: Lawson: Please Mr Marko if you have any sense, give this guy the AlphaTauri seat not just for ...
- 02 Sep 2023, 16:46
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 Italian Grand Prix Prediction Predicament
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3777
Re: 2023 Italian Grand Prix Prediction Predicament
2023 You don’t punish the red cars at Monza GP 1: Verstappen 2: Sainz 3: Perez 4: Russell 5: Leclerc 6: Hamilton 7: Albon 8: Piastri 9: Alonso 10: Tsunoda Pole: N/A (would have put Verstappen) Fastest Lap: Verstappen First Retirement: Zhou ROTR: Alpine IIDOTR: Lawson DBTMOTR: Stroll Last Place: Magn...
- 28 Aug 2023, 17:30
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Dutch Grand Prix 2023
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3691
Re: Reject of the Race - Dutch Grand Prix 2023
Charles Leclerc: This weekend finally convinced me that’s he’s not a generational talent in the mould of Verstappen. I don’t think he had a clean session all weekend with multiple practice offs, the crash in qualifying and then the collision with Norris which damaged his car and yet another horrible...
- 28 Aug 2023, 15:58
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Dutch Grand Prix 2023
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2488
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Dutch Grand Prix 2023
Gasly: Obvious choice really, raced beautifully and was there for a first podium since Azerbaijan 2021 Williams: Albon’s superlative performances are too obvious to mention alone. The surprise for me was Williams were competitive on a slower twister circuit as most of their stronger showings with th...
- 25 Aug 2023, 14:18
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 Dutch Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4081
Re: 2023 Dutch Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!
2023 Double Dutch GP
1: Max
2: Checo
3: Lewis
4: Nando
5: Georgie boy
6: Oscar
7: Lando
8: Charles
9: Esteban
10: Carlos
Pole: Max
FL: Max
First retirement: K-Mag
ROTR: Lance
IIDOTR: Dutch Crowd
DBTMOTR: Lance
LP: Sargeant
FtP: Charles
1: Max
2: Checo
3: Lewis
4: Nando
5: Georgie boy
6: Oscar
7: Lando
8: Charles
9: Esteban
10: Carlos
Pole: Max
FL: Max
First retirement: K-Mag
ROTR: Lance
IIDOTR: Dutch Crowd
DBTMOTR: Lance
LP: Sargeant
FtP: Charles
- 24 Aug 2023, 02:59
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: The Mobile Chicane's historical reject documentaries
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3868
Re: YouTube content about Rejects thread
TyDye Racing Gaming, who has documented reject tracks and rejectful teams outside of F1, has posted a video on Roberto Merhi's bizarre career: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0wvGIST7r8&ab_channel=TyDyeRacingGaming Given the presence of the already-mentioned Peter Brook F1, I think this thread...
- 31 Jul 2023, 00:30
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Belgium 2023
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5345
Re: Reject of the Race - Belgium 2023
I’ll go for the boring nominations this time Sainz’s side of Ferrari: I can only assume the reason Ferrari wasted engine mileage on Sainz was down to them praying for the rain to red flag the race so they could fix the car because if not then what was the point? Carlos of course played his part by c...
- 31 Jul 2023, 00:20
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Belgium 2023
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4087
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Belgium 2023
1: Jenzer Motorsport: For a first win in Formula 3 since 2019 and not only that but also claiming a 1-3-4 finish. Not bad for a team who’s usually propping up the rear in that series 2: Sophia Floresch: An amazing 7th place finish to become the first woman to score points in the F3 era and the first...
- 28 Jul 2023, 09:39
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 Belgian GP - Predictions Thread
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3093
Re: 2023 Belgian GP - Predictions Thread
2023 something about waffles GP S1: Verstappen S2: Hamilton S3: Perez S4: Norris S5: Piastri S6: Leclerc S7: Russell S8: Sainz 1: Verstappen 2: Perez 3: Norris 4: Hamilton 5: Leclerc 6: Sainz 7: Piastri 8: Ocon 9: Alonso 10: Russell Pole: Verstappen Fastest Lap: Verstappen First Retirement: Hulkenbe...
- 23 Jul 2023, 17:25
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Hungary 2023
- Replies: 30
- Views: 10009
Re: Reject of the Race - Hungary 2023
Zhou Guanyu: Hero to Zero in the space of about 750 yards (or something like that). He’d clearly been watching his teammates impression of a bowling ball 2 years ago and decided to try it himself and just like Bottas he ruined a single team’s entire day, at least Bottas can say it was wet at least. ...
- 23 Jul 2023, 17:14
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Hungary 2023
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5137
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Hungary 2023
If I had to mention something it’d be Alfa Romeo for their stunning qualifying speed, shame it went belly up after 2 laps. Otherwise I don’t think anyone did something worthy for it.
- 22 Jul 2023, 17:35
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 396
- Views: 2250239
Re: 2023 Discussion Thread
People have spoken at length about Perez’s Saturday struggles and rightly so but when do we start having a conversation about George Russell? Because that’s now a Q1 exit today (while his teammate gets pole) to add to Q2 exits in Azerbaijan, Spain and Austria.
- 21 Jul 2023, 18:37
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 Hungarian GP - Predictions Thread
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3213
Re: 2023 Hungarian GP - Predictions Thread
2023 will Perez make it to 2024 GP?
1: Verstappen
2: Alonso
3: Hamilton
4: Leclerc
5: Sainz
6: Russell
7: Norris
8: Piastri
9: Stroll
10: Ocon
Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Ricciardo
ROTR: Perez
IIDOTR: Alonso
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: Bottas
1: Verstappen
2: Alonso
3: Hamilton
4: Leclerc
5: Sainz
6: Russell
7: Norris
8: Piastri
9: Stroll
10: Ocon
Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Ricciardo
ROTR: Perez
IIDOTR: Alonso
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: Bottas
- 16 Jul 2023, 17:03
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
- Replies: 1800
- Views: 530577
Re: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
Listening to the interview after today's race, it sounds as if either Sam Bird has already been told he's fired for next season, or that he doesn't believe he's up to the job any more... maybe both. I would say "the curse of the second Jaguar seat strikes again", but he's been the most su...
- 15 Jul 2023, 14:31
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: Biggest drop-offs in performance over a season
- Replies: 100
- Views: 20007
Re: Biggest drop-offs in performance over a season
One of my favorite drop offs is one that I still remember left us shaking our heads at the time Stefano Colleti GP2 2013 After 11 races he’s sat top of the standings with 135 points, he’s had 3 wins, 7 podiums, 1 pole, 2 fastest laps and only 2 no scores to this point In the last 11 races he scored ...
- 11 Jul 2023, 22:49
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 396
- Views: 2250239
Re: 2023 Discussion Thread
Personally the weirdest thing for me is that de Vries got the drive in the first place - Red Bull taking a 27 year old who was never affiliated with them, and putting him into their junior team off the back of an admittedly good one-off performance, but one that took place on a track perfectly suit...
- 10 Jul 2023, 11:33
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 British GP ROTR
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4797
Re: 2023 British GP ROTR
Ferrari: After being Red Bull’s main challenger by a distance in Austria it was back to same old Ferrari here. Outqualified and outraced by the McLaren’s and underestimating the tire wear (Vasseur saying they were scared to push in case they wore them out) meant they were easy prey for Mercedes who ...
- 10 Jul 2023, 11:18
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 British GP IIDOTR
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2906
Re: 2023 British GP IIDOTR
McLaren: Where do you want to start? 2-3 in Qualifying, should have been 2-3 in the race. The clear second quickest car all weekend. Their first podium since Imola last year, Piastri unrejectified and the team scoring more points in one race than the first 9 put together. Williams: Albon on his own ...
- 08 Jul 2023, 10:43
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 British Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2379
Re: 2023 British Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!
1 Verstappen
2: Perez
3: Hamilton
4: Sainz
5: Leclerc
6: Alonso
7: Russell
8: Norris
9: Albon
10: Ocon
Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Stroll
ROTR: Just Stop Oil
IIDOTR: Albon
DBTMOTR: Sargeant
LP: De Vries
MLP: Piastri
2: Perez
3: Hamilton
4: Sainz
5: Leclerc
6: Alonso
7: Russell
8: Norris
9: Albon
10: Ocon
Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Stroll
ROTR: Just Stop Oil
IIDOTR: Albon
DBTMOTR: Sargeant
LP: De Vries
MLP: Piastri
- 03 Jul 2023, 08:13
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Austria 2023
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5985
Re: Reject of the Race - Austria 2023
Track limits: 18 of the so called 20 best drivers in the world couldn’t keep their cars within the white line of the race track. 1200 in total is an astonishing number. Yuki Tsunoda: Tsunoda for me has been one of the top 5 drivers of the season for outperforming the boat that’s called the AlphaTaur...
- 03 Jul 2023, 07:05
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Austria 2023
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3338
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Austria 2023
Lando Norris and McLaren’s Upgrades: Ok so both driver and team have always gone well at Austria but to finish 4th on merit in the worst McLaren since 2018 while passing a Mercedes and comfortably having the measure of Aston Martin was an incredible performance. This was only the first of a 3 part u...
- 30 Jun 2023, 06:12
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 Austrian Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2303
Re: 2023 Austrian Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!
S1: Verstappen S2: Alonso S3: Leclerc S4: Hamilton S5: Perez S6: Russell S7: Sainz S8: Ocon 1: Verstappen 2: Hamilton 3: Alonso 4: Perez 5: Leclerc 6: Russell 7: Sainz 8: Ocon 9: Norris 10: Stroll Pole: Verstappen Fastest Lap: Verstappen First Retirement: De Vries ROTR: De Vries IIDOTR: Albon DBTMOT...
- 18 Jun 2023, 22:07
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Canada 2023
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4963
Re: Reject of the Race - Canada 2023
Haas: Melted from a strong grid slot in Canada for the 2nd year running. 7 years they’ve been in the sport and I still don’t think they know what race pace is Russell: A silly unenforced mistake that ruined any strategy tricks Mercedes may have had to pull off an impossible win De Vries: With each p...
- 18 Jun 2023, 21:57
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Canada 2023
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3319
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Canada 2023
Only 1 winner here
Albon: it really was both Australia and Belgium last year all over again, a mammoth tire stint like the former and some heroic defending like the latter. The end result was Williams’s first dry weather top 8 finish since Azerbaijan 2018.
Albon: it really was both Australia and Belgium last year all over again, a mammoth tire stint like the former and some heroic defending like the latter. The end result was Williams’s first dry weather top 8 finish since Azerbaijan 2018.
- 16 Jun 2023, 19:06
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 Canadian Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3050
Re: 2023 Canadian Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions
2023 it’s Groundhog Day and I don’t mean Red Bull GP
1: MV33
2: SP11
3: LH44
4: FA14
5: GR63
6: CL16
7: CS55
8: EO31
9: LN4
10: LS18
Pole: MV33
Fastest Lap: MV33
First Retirement: VB77
ROTR: PG10
IIDOTR: LN4
DBTMOTR: LS18
LP: LS2
MLP: OP81
1: MV33
2: SP11
3: LH44
4: FA14
5: GR63
6: CL16
7: CS55
8: EO31
9: LN4
10: LS18
Pole: MV33
Fastest Lap: MV33
First Retirement: VB77
ROTR: PG10
IIDOTR: LN4
DBTMOTR: LS18
LP: LS2
MLP: OP81
- 05 Jun 2023, 13:38
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Spain 2023
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2690
Re: Reject of the Race - Spain 2023
McLaren: An awesome qualifying but all hopes of a great result were over after just 2 corners
Russell’s sweat: thanks for fooling us all into believing we might have had some rain
Russell’s sweat: thanks for fooling us all into believing we might have had some rain
- 05 Jun 2023, 13:36
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Spain 2023
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2491
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Spain 2023
Another one for Zhou and Tsunoda. The latter in particular has been one of the unsung heroes so far this year
- 02 Jun 2023, 21:38
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2023 Spanish Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1930
Re: 2023 Spanish Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions
2023 can’t spell Spain without pain GP
1: Verstappen
2: Alonso
3: Perez
4: Leclerc
5: Hamilton
6: Sainz
7: Ocon
8: Russell
9: Gasly
10: Bottas
Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Zhou
ROTR: Stroll
IIDOTR: Bottas
DBTMOTR: Stroll
Last Place: Sargeant
MLP: Piastri
1: Verstappen
2: Alonso
3: Perez
4: Leclerc
5: Hamilton
6: Sainz
7: Ocon
8: Russell
9: Gasly
10: Bottas
Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: Zhou
ROTR: Stroll
IIDOTR: Bottas
DBTMOTR: Stroll
Last Place: Sargeant
MLP: Piastri
- 31 May 2023, 20:37
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
- Replies: 1800
- Views: 530577
Re: The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread
Not sure what is going on behind the scenes at Formula E but having seen Dario Franchitti sadly disappear from commentary duties they have now parted company with Jack Nicholls 'with immediate effect' (standard PR speak for 'sacked' I believe) and with Vernon Kay understandably stepping down due to...
- 28 May 2023, 23:45
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Reject of the Race - Monaco 2023
- Replies: 30
- Views: 18423
Re: Reject of the Race - Monaco 2023
Perez: Congratulations to Max Verstappen on winning the 2023 drivers championship. Not for the first time have we seen a frontrunner’s Monaco weekend effectively over because they crashed in practice or qualy. Stroll: At what point do we start asking questions?. 27 points and not a single podium in ...
- 28 May 2023, 23:34
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Monaco 2023
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3734
Re: Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Monaco 2023
Ocon
No contest whatsoever, don’t even bother with the poll.
No contest whatsoever, don’t even bother with the poll.