Grand Prix Rejects

Aislabie

Mot of these are drivers that I would like to have seen win, and I have allocated them years in which they entered the most races (as a percentage of the season length), or had their best results, or would have been epic if they had won for that team in that particular year (eg Hunt winning for Hes...

Aislabie

1950 - Luigi Fagioli (1) 1951 - Juan Manuel Fangio 1952 - Alberto Ascari 1953 - Alberto Ascari 1954 - Juan Manuel Fangio 1955 - Juan Manuel Fangio (2) 1956 - Jean Behra (3) 1957 - Juan Manuel Fangio 1958 - Stirling Moss (4) 1959 - Alberto Ascari 1960 - Jack Brabham 1961 - Alberto Ascari 1962 - Grah...

Aislabie

Now most of the threads on this forum have a more calculated approach than this, but I'm just interested in who you would have liked to have seen win the World Championship in various years, and your reasoning. Be as creative or daft as you like. (PS - I will return to the Stirling Moss Trophy when ...

Aislabie

Ecurie Maghreb already agreed to accept the offer in public, so I don't see why people continue to negotiate when the deal has already been ratified by both sides. Scuderia Alzani-Volpani If it's allowed, I would like to set up Scuderia Alzani-Volpani as my second privateer (I meant to do this last...

Aislabie

I'm going travelling tomorrow, and won't return until September. Although I expect some of the places I stay to have WiFi, I have no idea how reliable it will be and therefore no idea if I'm likely to be online. If so, these are my plans for the series I am entered for: Alt-1956 (Tommykl) Halford Au...

Aislabie

Ecurie Maghreb is willing to sell off their AAC chassis and engine. We will part with the package for 10,000 (5000 each), though prices can be negotiated. You could sell to Scuderia Arzani-Volpani (which, assuming we're allowed to start up a second privateer entry) I would like to enter only into t...

Aislabie

I'm going travelling tomorrow, so if EuroBrun could have large grip upgrades at every opportunity, that would be great.

Aislabie

A 3.6 mile re-imagining of the Red Bull Ring, Austria. http://i.picresize.com/images/2016/07/22/4Gule.png Please note that on Sunday I go travelling and have no idea how often I'll be online. If we assume the answer is not very often at all, then the challenge I would like to nominate is the one I ...

Aislabie

The Observer publishes a feature on the present, bloody state of Formula One: Driving Into The Trenches Detailing the bloody world of Grand Prix motor racing. Motorsports are dangerous games. It is something of which all participants are well aware when they put themselves forward for competition, b...

Aislabie

Dj_bereta wrote:Talking about it, I think this season is close to break the record of most lap under safety car. I believe 2007 holds the record.

26 laps so far, plus a load of VSC. Record by some way is 73 in 2010

Aislabie

As of the British Grand Prix, Safety Car driver Bernd Maylander has now led more Grand Prix laps (637) than Jacques Villeneuve (633), putting him at number 31 on the all-time list; next up Carlos Reutemann.

Statistic courtesy of Reddit.

Aislabie

Just a thought, but could there ever be a platform for a sort of GPR BOSS GP where all the canon teams to have competed in major categories (F1, ARWS, F2, AR3.5, Indy, etc) would be able to bring together their old out-of-date cars?

Aislabie

Bruce Halford wishes to extend his congratulations to Paul Emery for a fantastic defensive drive, and his goodwill to Godia, Chapman and Brooks as they fight for their health in hospital.

Aislabie

Qualified Drivers: Jim Clark (54 points) Richie Ginther (29 points) Graham Hill (25 points) John Surtees (22 points) Jack Brabham (14 points) Bruce McLaren (14 points) Race Report Before the race began, there was a ceremony to rename the Championship Trophy in honour of four-time World Champion Sti...

Aislabie

Qualified Drivers: Graham Hill (39 points) Jim Clark (30 points) Bruce McLaren (24 points) John Surtees (19 points) Dan Gurney (15 points - absent) Phil Hill (14 points - absent) Race Report With Americans Gurney and Hill absent once again from the Grand Final owing to Ferrari's decision not to tra...

Aislabie

Qualified Drivers: Phil Hill (34 points - absent) Wolfgang von Trips (33 points - deceased) Stirling Moss (21 points) Richie Ginther (16 points - absent) Dan Gurney (15 points) Jim Clark (11 points) Race Report With the Grand Final taking place once again at Watkins Glen, it was perhaps fitting tha...

Aislabie

Esteban Gutiérrez wrote: That is...a...very...interesting question...*Grins from ear to ear* I know where I'm going. I know what I'm doing, but I can't say anything yet

Aislabie

Qualified Drivers: * Jack Brabham (40 points) Bruce McLaren (33 points) Phil Hill (15 points) Innes Ireland (12 points) Stirling Moss (11 points) Oliver Gendebien (10 points) * Six drivers qualify for the first time, owing to a change in the points system. Race Report In qualifying, Stirling Moss p...

Aislabie

Qualified Drivers: Jack Brabham (31 points) Stirling Moss (25.5 points) Tony Brooks (23 points) Phil Hill (20 points) Dan Gurney (13 points - absent) Race Report Dan Gurney would not have been pleased by Ferrari's decision not to allow him to race. It would have been his first Grand Final, in his h...

Aislabie

Qualified Drivers: Mike Hawthorn (40 points) Stirling Moss (32 points) Tony Brooks (24 points) Roy Salvadori (15 points) Peter Collins (14 points - deceased) Race Report The 1958 Grand Final was historic in several ways: it was the first to contain drivers from only one nation (Great Britain); it w...

Aislabie

Bruce Halford mentioned "a small sense of relief to avoid a race distance on such a dangerous circuit." I'm sure that's exactly how he felt. That [Pescara, one of the most dangerous circuits ever raced on by Formula One cars] was one of the most marvellous circuits on which I ever raced. ...

Aislabie

Qualified Drivers: Juan Manuel Fangio (40 points) Stirling Moss (17 points) Luigi Musso (16 points) Mike Hawthorn (13 points) Tony Brooks (10 points) Race Report After an exciting early phase of the race, during which Moss, Fangio and Brooks traded passes for the lead, the race settled into more of...

Aislabie

Qualified Drivers: Juan Manuel Fangio (30 points) Peter Collins (22 points) Jean Behra (22 points) Stirling Moss (19 points) Pat Flaherty (8 points - absent) Race Report Yet again, it was Fangio who found his way onto pole position, followed by Behra, Moss and Collins. Once again, the Indy 500 winn...

Aislabie

Qualified Drivers: Juan Manuel Fangio (33 points) Stirling Moss (22 points) Maurice Trintignant (11.33 points) Nino Farina (10.33 points) Bob Sweikert (8 points - absent) Race Report Once again, it was Fangio who qualified on pole for the 1955 Grand Final; behind him on the grid were Moss, Farina a...

Aislabie

Qualified Drivers: Juan Manuel Fangio (42 points) Jose Froilan Gonzalez (25.14 points - absent) Maurice Trintingnant (17 points) Mike Hawthorn (16.64 points) Karl Kling (10 points) Race Report For the second year running, Gonzalez was absent from the Final that he had worked so hard to earn his pla...

Aislabie

Delighted to see Emery through to the race itself; however after missing out on the grid, Bruce Halford mentioned "a small sense of relief to avoid a race distance on such a dangerous circuit." I'm sure that's exactly how he felt. Bentley engines are a bit Tommy Tank, but what do we expect...

Aislabie

Qualified Drivers: Alberto Ascari (34.5 points) Nino Farina (24 points) Juan Manuel Fangio (20.5 points) Mike Hawthorn (19 points) Jose Froilan Gonzalez (13.5 points - absent) Race Report 1953 saw the first ever Fomula One Grand Final to be hailed a classic. After Ascari, Fangio and Farina qualifie...

Aislabie

Qualified Drivers: Alberto Ascari (36 points) Nino Farina (24 points) Piero Taruffi (22 points) Rudi Fischer (10 points) Mike Hawthorn (10 points) Race Report The qualifying grid for this race showed a huge spread: Ascari's pole lap was a full six seconds quicker than Fischer's fifth place, with Fa...

Aislabie

Qualified Drivers: Juan Manuel Fangio (27 points) Alberto Ascari (25 points) Jose Froilan Gonzalez (21 points) Nino Farina (17 points) Luigi Villoresi (15 points) Race Report After close qualifying which gave a grid of Ascari, Fangio, Gonzalez, Farina and Villoresi, it looked like the Grand Final w...

Aislabie

Qualified Drivers: Juan Manuel Fangio (28 points) Luigi Fagioli (24 points) Nino Farina (22 points) Louis Rosier (10 points) Johnnie Parsons (9 points - absent) Race Report With Johnnie Parsons committed to racing only in America, the Grand Final was contested between just four drivers, who qualifi...

Aislabie

I know I already have an alternate Championship running, but I've run this one all the way through and love the results it produces, so I'm going to run with it. The premise is that rather than deciding the World Championship based on points standings there is a Grand Final to conclude everything in...

Aislabie

Felipe Nasr - For fighting a Williams for position
Max Verstappen - For top-quality wet-weather driving.

Aislabie

Charlie Whiting - For the first six laps
Renault Pit Crew - For obvious reasons.

Aislabie

As I always like to do, I've been trying to put together my ideal 2017 grid. I came up with something like this: Mercedes - Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg Red Bull - Daniel Ricciardo & Max Verstappen Ferrari - Sebastian Vettel & Romain Grosjean Williams - Valtteri Bottas & Daniil Kvya...

Aislabie

Personally, I think the time is right for a re-union between Jaguar and Antonio Pizzonia.

Aislabie

Because I really hope to see this Championship return, I'm going to make predictions for all the seasons to date: 2002: Michael Schumacher 2003: Michael Schumacher 2004: Kimi Raikkonen 2005: Fernando Alonso 2006: Felipe Massa 2007: Kimi Raikkonen 2008: Felipe Massa 2009: Sebastian Vettel 2010: Sebas...

Aislabie

Halford Auto Racing Team - Scottish Grand Prix Entries

Bruce Halford
Vanwall VW56 chassis 4 & Bentley 16VL-1 engine 8 *
* Subject to confirmation from Connaught

Paul Emery
Vanwall VW55 chassis 2 & Vanwall 254 engine 2

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This team really is pure reject material.

Aislabie

Behold, the Stuttgart City Circuit in honour of Markus Winkelhock.

Aislabie

Large grip for EuroBrun please

Aislabie

Due to some financial sleepwalking, the Halford Auto Racing Team currently has two drivers, two chassis and only one engine. We would be extremely grateful to any team willing to loan us an engine so that honouring our commitment to Paul Emery does not result in our owner missing out on his home Gr...

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