Grand Prix Rejects

Captain Hammer

Alright, who are you people and what have you done with the F1 Rejects members? I make reference to the single most rejectful team ownership episode since a Nigerian prince tried to buy into Arrows, and nobody gets it? What else are they involved with? Are they the same as the suspension manufacture...

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dr-baker wrote:
Captain Hammer wrote:If it's not Haas and if it's not Ferrari, then I think that it's safe to assume that it's Quantum Racing

Who's Quantum Racing? Googling them only produces manufacturers of suspensions, and a seller of sails.

They were the group that were going to buy into Lotus, but never did.

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I wonder how McLaren feel about the Force India livery? Silver and black with orange highlights is a very specific combination of colours, and while the VJM08 and MP4-29 are different enough that they would hardly be mistaken for one another, the new livery on the VJM08 marks the biggest departure f...

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If it's not Haas and if it's not Ferrari, then I think that it's safe to assume that it's Quantum Racing

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Rumours of a Mexican-backed Ferrari B-team have been kicking around for years. I'll believe it when I see it.

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Side profile of the FW37:

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/01/21/n ... -fw37_1-2/

Force India are launching their livery in an hour. They're in Mexico City, so it's expected that they have done a major deal with the Slims. The VJM08 itself won't appear until the second test.

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go_Rubens wrote:Well, the incomplete Marussia that was supposed to be raced this year had a similar tiny dick on the front of the nose.

Not really - it was more of a T shape running the length of the monocoquem

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Frogfoot9013 wrote:In other words, the new rules have kept the noses the exact same, save for the appendage being shorter than before.

No, it's believed that they have a W05-style nose. The angle of the shot makes it a little hard to see.

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I suppose that's what makes F1 Rejects the second-best forum on the internet (GT Planet wins overall). It's not like F1 Fanatic, where the only opinion you can have is the popular opinion. Or Saward's blog, which is run by a man who claims to be the only professional journalists in the paddock, but ...

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This wrote:Family Forum, Miguel98!

Really? After everything CoopsII has posted about Raikkonen's sex face, you want to put up the PG-13 banner now?

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And I don't think he would take kindly to someone buying a team for the prize money. Especially since he would be making a loss.

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Haryanto had potential, but made the mistake of joining Addax while Alejandro Agag was concentrating on Formula E.

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I suspect that's a follow-through from the FIA to remind Ferrari and Renault that they don't run things, the FIA does.

Captain Hammer

The absence of Palmer and Valsecchi is no great travesty. Both took years to win their titles, and both were upstaged by drivers who achieved more in less time, like Vandoorne. If you drew up a list of the twenty open-wheel drivers who deserve to be in Formula 1, Palmer and Valsecchi would not appea...

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James Allen is implying that the potential investors are connected to a driver or drivers who need experience in Formula 1 to stand a chance at getting a seat in 2016 when the new superlicence regulations come into effect: m I'm interpreting that to be Jolyon Palmer. He can't compete in GP2 this yea...

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Nothing is set in stone yet. There was an auction scheduled for Wednesday, but it has been cancelled for the time being as they are in talks with a potential buyer. If the auction were to go ahead, it would make a deal impossible as vital equipment would be sold. But if the deal falls through, the a...

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Pointrox wrote:I want to believe!

I don't want to Scully you, but this is more of a temporary stay of execution than anything else. They still have no pit equipment and will need to relocate sooner rather than later.

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Back on topic before we fall all the way down that rabbit hole, and Graeme Lowdon reckons Marussia have just 48 hours left before they reach the point of no return: I'm a glass-half-full sort of person myself too but surely he's just kidding himself by now? Shame. Maybe not - Wednesday's auction ha...

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Back on topic before we fall all the way down that rabbit hole, and Graeme Lowdon reckons Marussia have just 48 hours left before they reach the point of no return:

http://m.skysports.com/article/formula1//9650619

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The thing I'm surprised about the Ring is that Bernie says "there's nobody there". *points to Hockheinheim stands this year". Some of the comments about the Hockenheim crowd were a joke - especially from Toto Wolff when he was whinging about low attendance on the Friday. For one, Fri...

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Two Iconic things together: Audi Quattro + Williams classic mid 90s Rothmans livery. http://www.eifel-rallye-festival.de/tl_files/nennungs-info-14/Kottulinsky_Audi_Quattro_A2-histo.jpg You do know that Rothmans were running that livery in rallying before they joined Williams, right? There was a Pro...

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Another Formula 1 refugee is dabbling in rallying - Heikki Kovalainen is on the entry list fir the Arctic Lapland Rally, driving a car prepared by Markko Martin's MM Motorsport.

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It seems M-Sport have got fed up of him crashing their factory car, because Kubica's entering a M-Sport Fiesta under his own team. All of the Fiestas are operated by M-Sport. Kubica is probably entering as a private team to get around regulations dictating that he must do a certain number of rounds...

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Oh, stop your whinging. You've got nothing to complain about until your ex-girlfriend reveals herself to be an international assassin - which is an actual sentence and in no way made up, at least according to Kurt Busch:

http://m.autosport.com/news/report.php/ ... n-assassin

It's like TALLADEGA NIGHTS if it was directed by Quentin Tarantinom

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Rocks with Salt wrote:Actually, that sounds like a good idea in case another Korean GP fiasco occurs.

I don't think that was a fiasco. I think it was very deliberately done that way to give the teams an extra engine (or at least to leave the possibility of an extra engine open).

Captain Hammer

107% was enforced in such a way that it kept genuinely uncompetitive cars off the grid. Provided that your team-mate qualified and you had set a representative time during free practice, the stewards would let you onto the grid.

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Qatar are reportedly pushing for a 2016 race at a brand-new circuit, though Bahrain - long speculated to have a veto power - are said to be against it.

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Nope. Perfectly flat.

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dr-baker wrote:
Captain Hammer wrote:
Ataxia wrote:I don't think anybody's reaction can be anything more than "oh".

Mine was more of an "eh?".

And I went, "Who?"

And then when you realised who he was, you went "hoo!".

Captain Hammer

Sort of, but Formula 2's problems stemmed from a complete mismanagement of the category rather than from having a Formula 1 constructor design and build the cars. MSV weren't just the promoters, they were running the cars - the motorsport equivalent of having church and state being the same thing, a...

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What if Formula 1 teams followed M-Sport's business model? M-Sport are able to compete in the WRC by building Fiesta rally cars to a variety of specifications. These then get sold to customers, which provides income for them to race. They are on a lower budget compared to the likes if Volkswagen, Hy...

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Kubica will return for Monte Carlo, but there's no word on whether he has the money or the intention to do the full Watch Robert Crash season.

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Ataxia wrote:
Captain Hammer wrote:Alfonso Celis, Jnr. will race for ART on GP3 this year.

I don't think anybody's reaction can be anything more than "oh".

Mine was more of an "eh?".

Captain Hammer

Turkington is at ASI as I write this, and apparently he is quite taken with the Porsche 919 Hybrid.

If he can't find a BTCC seat, I'm sure he'd be welcome down here for a V8 Supercar hit-out.

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Looking at the car launches from ASI, I have to say the BTCC has some pretty horrible liveries. The SOPR Q50 looks like it was designed by a fourth-grader after one too many cups of red cordial, while Andy Prilaux's livery looks like it takes inspiration from Ron Burgundy's kitchen curtains. As for ...

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It's not Formula 1, or a driver for that matter, but when Volvo joined V8 Supercars last year, team principal Garry Rogers and the race engineers showed up on the grid in Adelaide dressed as ABBA.

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Alfonso Celis, Jnr. will race for ART on GP3 this year.

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And would you believe it, Renault are not impressed with the FIA's treatment of their series: Well, Renault did manage to force through the recognition of the homologation loophole. By limiting the points on offer in their series, the FIA is effectively minimising their future influence. To me, it ...

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THE PARABOLICA IS DEAD!? It has been known for a while that the Peraltada had to be changed. It's extremely quick, but there is no run-off and a major arterial road right behind it. In the event of a serious accident, it could be absolutely devastating. No more repetitive esses, I do like them. It ...

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