Grand Prix Rejects

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1. Ferrari. It's beyond a meme at this point. When us armchair idiots are screaming 'what the hell are you doing' at the TV, and we're correct, there's a problem. They are comfortably on course for ROTY for accidentally throwing a winning lottery ticket out with the trash. 2. Alpha Tauri. Were they ...

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I'm just going to nominate one: Yuki Tsunoda We all know that at some point we'll see a glorious, genuine act of rejectdom unfold on our screens and today were were presented with a treat that will be a highlight in the GPR history books. God rest his soul, we can only imagine the reaction Murray Wa...

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1. Zhou. Walked away empty handed, but was looking quite talented out there.

2. Seb. Dragged that hunk of **** to 4th and bonded, gagged, pegged, and dominated his teammate who's supposed to be having a championship-winning team carved out form him specifically.

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1. Ferrari. This is a CLASSIC example of ROTR. Threw away a guaranteed 4th and 2nd or possible victory and walked away empty handed. 3 Races in a row Charles has been screwed by things out of his control. You want to give the man a hug. 2. Lance Stroll. Two Q1 crashes within half a lap of one anothe...

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Marcus Ericsson. Wait, you're telling me he's not a Sauber driver any more? Nor even an F1 driver any more? And it's not even called Sauber any more? And more to the point, the Indy 500 hasn't been part.of the F1 championship since 1960, 62 years ago? Based on Enforcer's comment, I'm still going fo...

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I probably shouldn't even make a post, but I will say this race had no IIDOTR of note. I will give an HM to Zhou for the save of the century. Inches away from the 2nd red flag of the race.

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1. Race Control. Come on, the fans aren't paying to see stationary cars. This is the fundamental problem with a governing body with unilateral powers, and thus no accountability. 2. Ferrari strategy. You gifted your rivals the win. Slam dunk ROTR in a race with very few, barring the usual suspects. ...

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Ooh I didn't do a ROTR/IIDOTR post for Spain so here's my take for Monaco! 1. Verstappen 2. Sainz 3. Russell 4. Perez 5. Hamilton 6. Vettel 7. Alonso 8. Ocon 9. Norris 10. Albon Pole: Leclerc Fastest lap: Max First retirement: Bottas - The Bottas/Monaco curse, with engine issues this time. Reject of...

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2. Albon. He's showing himself to be a good set of hands behind the wheel of a rolling trash bin. 2. Verstappen. Maybe a controversial choice for IIDOTR, but the guy kept his cool, took the lead, and didn't seem to to be pressured by Leclerc's DRS-fueled charge at the end. Quickly growing wiser to h...

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1. Mick Schumacher. Easy slam dunk for throwing away points with a hail Mary move like that. 2. The Race. They hype suggested we would get Miami Vice the show, the race turned out more like Miami Vice the movie. The saving grace is the circuit is a parking lot so they can reconfigure the layout... w...

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It's an easy one and a tough one this time around! The Easy: Aston Martin Do I need to go into detail with all you lovely people? Probably not. This weekend was ROTY-caliber. The tough: So many candidates for 2nd place here, from the disappointment of Haas to the excessive whining of Hamilton. My vo...

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1. K-Mag. Made Mick look very ordinary today. A very good qualifying session and mixing it up with the Mercedes all race. 2. Zhou. A healthy debut for someone cast aside as a pay driver. HM: Alfa Romeo. Just a wonderful showing for a team that looked nowhere in pre-season testing. They should be hap...

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1. Red Bull: I wanted to give it to Mclaren, but retiring with engine problems with laps/corners to go is ROTR material we've come to celebrate in this community.

2. McLaren. You were saved by Red Bull's end of race failure. What the eff was that?

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1. Verstappen 2. Leclerc 3. Sainz 4. Perez 5. Russell 6. Hamilton 7. Norris 8. Gasly 9. Ocon 10. Alonso Pole: Verstappen Fastest lap: Verstappen First retirement: Albon ROTR: Hulkenberg IIDOTR: Norris, for a brilliant, albeit safe drive to 7th DBTMOTR: Hulkenberg - what, did you expect him to do wel...

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1. Gasly: A quiet, but well-earned 4th place. This man is carry AT on his shoulders. 2. Perez: it took him a while to get to grips with the Red Bull, but now he is delivering the performances the team hired him for: Put pressure on Hamilton and Mercedes. Drover over 40 laps on the mediums, setting p...

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1. Ricciardo: Force Bottas into a spin in a very clumsy move, and triggered all of the race's retirements. Not a good look when you're finally getting the hang of the McLaren. 2. Mercedes. I know it's a stretch to nominate ROTR to the polesitter and 2nd place finisher, but come on: Implying Bottas i...

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1. Aston Martin: Absolutely nowhere all race. Then seem to yo-yo from best of the rest to dead-f******-last in alternate races 2. Nikita Mazepin: Tried to make a big deal out of the 'I was supposed to go first' qualifying incident and almost put Mick into the pit wall in the opening laps. DHM: Merce...

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Hey friends! I forgot to comment last race. Going to overlook a lot of the BS conspiracy theories. You want my opinion on fault? 75-25 against Lewis. There was no malice. They are both VERY aggressive drivers in a fight for the championship, so a clash was inevitable. Had both drivers been taken out...

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1. Ferrari - Sainz didn't do too badly until the car started to eat its tyres but Leclerc was terrible all weekend long, not comfortable at all out there. Bad strategy and, after two good weekends for them, they failed to score. 2. Mercedes - Having two cars out in front and not using a single one ...

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1. Ferrari: What on earth was that? Chewed their tires and couldn't salvage anything at the end. 2. The Dominant Car argument: 'Max only won because Red Bull is cheating with the rear wing'. 'Max only won because he has the better car'. When Mercedes has a clear dominant machine it's, 'brilliant vic...

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1. Max Verstappen: I gave Hamilton IIDOTR in Spain for pulling a similar drive, so Max should get the same treatment here. Had to make the mediums last 23 laps and pass the leaders at the end of this lifespan. 2. Sergio Perez: Used his tire saving wizardry to steal 3rd place and seems to have elevat...

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1. Sebastian Vettel: 4th on Merit, inherited a much welcomed 2nd.

2. Pierre Gasly: He may have inherited 3rd, but it was no less deserved. The man qualified 4th!

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1. Tire Failures: Maybe more information will come that clears Pirelli, but two major RL tire failures are effectively the same part of the track is not a good look. Both times the tires were within there purported lifespan 2. Valteri Bottas: Coasting like it's his last Friday after giving his two w...

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1. The TV Director. Cut away from all the action including Vettel's pass up alongside Gasly. Really rejectful stiff. 2. Ricciardo. When you're described as a future World Champion and a previous winner at Monaco, it's not a good look to get knocked out of Q3 and trudge along towards the back. Norris...

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1. Vettel. It's an obvious one. A very good qualifying performance combined with some excellent team strategy to come home 5th. What a result! 2. Norris. Completely outclassed his much higher rated teammate once again and held it together to score a podium. I think we're coming to expect this kind o...

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I'm being dangerous and buying into the FP2 hype 1.Hamilton 2.Leclerc 3.Sainz 4.Verstappen 5.Bottas 6.Perez 7.Vettel 8.Stroll 9.Alonso 10.Ricciardo Pole: Sainz Fastest lap: Verstappen First retirement: Tsunoda Reject of the Race: Ferrari Pit Stop for pitting Sainz out of the lead and a sure win. Inf...

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1. The Spanish Grand Prix itself. As fans we set the bar so low for this race that any action would have been a surprise. A relatively tame race, but with a nail biter for the race for 1st. The fact that this Grand Prix didn't completely suck is a slam dunk for IIDOTR. 2. Lewis' race/Mercedes Race S...

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It makes my heart tickle with joy to see so many active replies to these post-race threads! 1st. Max Verstappen's team mate. No not Perez specifically, I mean his team mate at Red Bull that is always too far behind to cover off max. Red Bull simply doesn't have that cushion needed to prevent clever ...

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It appears I didn't submit my reply properly, so here's my abridged version 1. Raikkonen -Clashed with his team mate on a straight sending him to retirement. 2. Mazepin -Penalty for ignoring blue flags, cut off Perez rather aggressively, over a minute adrift of the next car up. DHM: The 'RED BULL HA...

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1. Alpine. A great performance by a car we had pretty much written off by this point in the season. 2. Fastest Lap Point rule. The rule I'm on the fence about actually made a snore-fest of a race somewhat interesting at the end. I do think they should open it up to the entire field. Might as well le...

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1st: Lando Norris. That's a slam dunk IIDOTR right there. Outperformed his more highly rated teammate, brought the McLaren to another podium finish, and even gave Hamilton in an infinitely quicker car a challenge to get by. It's important to add that when Hamilton did get by, Norris let it happen wi...

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Going to be preaching to the choir here 2nd: Bottas. Overall a rejectful performance, but it no longer has that spark of surprise anymore as we've come to expect this kind of performance from Bottas in these racing conditions. I do think that Russell was at fault for the collision, but given the pow...

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Everybody that wasn't Mercedes: It took three safety cars (two of them without Mercedes pitting) for the field to be anywhere near contention. If there hadn't been the safety cars, Mercedes would have finished miles away from everybody else. DHM: F1 TV, because it didn't ******* work. Seriously, th...

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Red Bull Might have been a different story if things went differently for Albon, but this is not the way you want to end a season opener at your eponymous circuit. The Red Bulls could have given the troubled Mercedes a run for their money but ended their weekend with a double DNF. This is not top-t...

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Charles Leclerc 2nd place thanks to unreliability and some great on-track battles.

Lando Norris Would probably have picked him first were it not for Leclerc's performance. Added touch was getting fastest lap as the cherry on top.

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I know the early checkered flag is a slam dunk ROTR, I have two more driver/team-centric nominations. 1. Robert Kubica: Look, we're all happy he was able to defeat all odds to return to F1, but after 17 uninspiring drives the triumph has worn off. Cross wind, a green track, a new steering wheel? The...

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I'm going to have to jump in and agree with the comments above: 1. Valtteri Bottas: Sure, the guy's in a Mercedes, but we've come to expect much, much less from Bottas lately. He had the measure of Hamilton this weekend, and when I expected Vettel, barring a jump-start penalty, to catch and pass Bot...

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2. Pit stop rules under VSC and S/C: What the bathplug is this? Three times now, Australia 2018, Britain 2019, Russia 2019, the race win has been decided by a loophole in the VSC rules., we've all complained, but nothing gets done. Actually, since you brought that point up, I went back to look at w...

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1. Ferrari Strategy This one is too easy I'm afraid. Coming off a 3-win high, Ferrari looked set for another 1-2 today. Everything fell apart by the time the first SC ended when Ferrari Desperately tried to get a much faster Vettel to swap places with Leclerc, ultimately taking advantage of a pit s...

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1. Daniel Ricciardo: A sloppy race for Danny today. Instead of licking the stamp and sending it, he got paper cuts on his tongue. Other drivers were able to get past the same cars at the same corners without making a mess of everything. I expect better from a driver of his caliber. 2. Mercedes Strat...

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