Reject moments that never happened

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 06 Jun 2012, 09:19

Surely no driver will manage to get his super licence revoked. oh wait...

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 07 Jun 2012, 02:46

Crashing out of a Grand Prix on lap 2 after hitting a bump 'he didn't know was there'. Oh wait...

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 07 Jun 2012, 07:25

Getting disqualified for using tyres designated for your teammate. Oh wait...

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 07 Jun 2012, 09:58

Spinning out of the race, from the lead, because of a puncture at the first corner of the first lap... oh wait.

Yes, I agree that reality is weirder than imagination!

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 07 Jun 2012, 10:01

Crashing on the warm-down lap after winning your first grand prix........oh wait.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 08 Jun 2012, 13:42

Failing to notice too much tyre wear in time to prevent parking the car in the pit-lane entrance gravel run-off and consequently retiring from the lead which, translated into victory, would have given the championship. Oh wait...

Post by **tommykl** » 08 Jun 2012, 13:54

This may have already been done: Designing a car with a fuel tank too small to complete a race distance. Oh wait...

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 08 Jun 2012, 13:57

It's never been done before: someone spinning on the formation lap, from pole position, into the gravel, ending their race. Oh wait....

Post by **Ataxia** » 08 Jun 2012, 15:01

I bet I can think of something that's not happened...

A top team hires a driver that ends up being too fat to fit in the car..oh wait.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 08 Jun 2012, 16:34

Let me see... Ah yes, driving in such a way that not even the most experience observer knows what you are doing. Oh wait...

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 08 Jun 2012, 18:54

Crashing into the pit wall after a backmarker had already spun there... Oh wait a sec...

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 08 Jun 2012, 21:40

Crashing into a stopped car in the pit lane by failing both to see the car queue stopped at the red light and the red light itself.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 08 Jun 2012, 23:49

DanielPT wrote:Crashing into a stopped car in the pit lane by failing both to see the car queue stopped at the red light and the red light itself.

And then crashing into the back of that mess having missed the red light, the cars in the queue, AND the car that's just gone over the top of someone else :lol:

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 08 Jun 2012, 23:55

Somehow managing to puncture a tire during a pit stop, and then sending the car back out without changing the tire.

Pointrox · Post by **Pointrox** » 10 Jun 2012, 11:01

Qualifying on pole and retiring on formation lap... oh wait.

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 10 Jun 2012, 11:42

Pointrox wrote:Qualifying on pole and retiring on formation lap... oh wait.

Love the Shannon logos on the Forti rear wings as they lined up for the grid!

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 10 Jun 2012, 17:30

Driver is watching his country playing football match and forgetting to drive to the grid in time.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 10 Jun 2012, 17:42

AndreaModa wrote:
Pointrox wrote:Qualifying on pole and retiring on formation lap... oh wait.

Love the Shannon logos on the Forti rear wings as they lined up for the grid!

That very clip was used for the 1997 F1 intro. Shame Shannon didn't really exist as the livery on the cars wasn't too bad.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 11 Jun 2012, 03:04

AndreaModa wrote:
Pointrox wrote:Qualifying on pole and retiring on formation lap... oh wait.

Love the Shannon logos on the Forti rear wings as they lined up for the grid!

Yeah they looked great in that livery. Also loving the screaming V10's

Verde · Post by **Verde** » 12 Jun 2012, 14:06

Retiring with electrical problems just because a subway passed underneath you and caused a short circuit in all the systems.

Of course that would ever happen only if Formula One went to Singapore... oh, wait.

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 12 Jun 2012, 17:13

It would be rejectful for a driver qualify worst than Caterham, Marussia and HRT without having technical failures.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 12 Jun 2012, 17:21

A driver getting imprisoned during the course of a season.

That could only happen in a fictional univ....oh, wait.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 12 Jun 2012, 20:45

pasta_maldonado wrote:A driver getting imprisoned during the course of a season.

That could only happen in a fictional univ....oh, wait.

A team boss getting imprisoned during the course of a season.

That could only happen in a fictional univ....oh, wait.

Ferrarist · Post by **Ferrarist** » 15 Jun 2012, 20:41

How about fans of one team throwing bengal fires into fans of another team...oh wait, that's another sport. :lol:

David AGS · Post by **David AGS** » 16 Jun 2012, 12:33

Getting your car turned upside down by a safety car, oh hang on it has happened before hasnt it?

Blaming your slow performances due to a tooth ache, oh a driver has mentioned that before, hasnt he?

(Okay, tooth ache do hurt, I know but still!)

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 16 Jun 2012, 13:02

A race filled with a lot of attrition that the only cars to truly finish the race are those on the podium...oh hang on one time moment.....

Okay,how about 1 quarter of the drivers falling out on the first lap...Hang on,same race...

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 16 Jun 2012, 13:04

WaffleCat wrote:A race filled with a lot of attrition that the only cars to truly finish the race are those on the podium...oh hang on one time moment.....

Okay,how about 1 quarter of the drivers falling out on the first lap...Hang on,same race...

I take your pathetic one quarter and raise you with Over half the field, all in separate accidents to boot.

simonracer · Post by **simonracer** » 04 Jul 2012, 08:18

What about getting lapped before you've crossed the starting line while your car is still running perfectly fine?

Did happen once to my knowledge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw-F0KK5SZI (at 1:30)

Or getting lapped twice in the same lap while your car is still running perfectly fine?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvFjBwj9I-s (at 4:20)

Admittedly these things did occur back in the old days, but it's extremely unlikely that this would occur in modern motor racing. The first one occurred in a race where there were 106 cars were racing on a 1 mile track, which would never happen today, and the second would not occur either, because speed differences in cars and drivers aren't big enough today, at least in major series's.

golic_2004 · Post by **golic_2004** » 04 Jul 2012, 20:00

Being black flagged for going too slow. It happens pretty frequently but I can assure you it's never been done in the history of Formula 1. *is shown a profile on the site* Then again maybe it has been done.

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 05 Jul 2012, 03:20

Someone really believing that Life W12 engine is a great engine... no, I am talking about team bosses, not 'rejectaddicts' like us

Cynon · Post by **Cynon** » 05 Jul 2012, 23:05

A car retiring from a GP because the team ran out of replacement front wings... oh SHHH- happened to Dan Clarke in a Champ Car race at San Jose in 2007...

The leader getting wrecked under the safety car... bathplug same race and Dan Clarke involved...

The whole field crashing on the warmup lap.

HRT signing either Charlie Nearburg, Jon Herb, or Milka Duno.

Post by **tommykl** » 06 Jul 2012, 05:20

Cynon wrote:A car retiring from a GP because the team ran out of replacement front wings... oh SHHH- happened to Dan Clarke in a Champ Car race at San Jose in 2007...

That actually happened to the whole Footwork team at Monaco in 1996.

Cynon · Post by **Cynon** » 06 Jul 2012, 12:32

tommykl wrote:
Cynon wrote:A car retiring from a GP because the team ran out of replacement front wings... oh SHHH- happened to Dan Clarke in a Champ Car race at San Jose in 2007...

That actually happened to the whole Footwork team at Monaco in 1996.

Why does that not surprise me?

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 06 Jul 2012, 12:37

Cynon wrote:
tommykl wrote:
Cynon wrote:A car retiring from a GP because the team ran out of replacement front wings... oh SHHH- happened to Dan Clarke in a Champ Car race at San Jose in 2007...

That actually happened to the whole Footwork team at Monaco in 1996.

Why does that not surprise me?

Two words. Ricardo Rosset

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 06 Jul 2012, 12:40

eurobrun wrote:
Cynon wrote:
tommykl wrote:That actually happened to the whole Footwork team at Monaco in 1996.

Why does that not surprise me?

Two words. Ricardo Rosset

Wait... wasn't it Jos the Boss having all the accidents that weekend? Not that it really matter in the end as both Footworks were out by lap 2 anyway :lol:

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 06 Jul 2012, 22:39

Someone from F1Rejects actually being able to fool a guy who is "serious" about opening an F1 team...oh,wait...

Gerudo Dragon · Post by **Gerudo Dragon** » 07 Jul 2012, 06:31

Craig Pollock having another go at F1, oh wait...

nigellamansell · Post by **nigellamansell** » 08 Jul 2012, 17:10

Going bowling with your mechanics as skittles........ooops

Post by **Ataxia** » 08 Jul 2012, 21:48

This has now just turned into "Reject moments"...

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 09 Jul 2012, 01:18

A race leader coming into the pits, crashing the car to the pit entrance and never admitting it was his own fault... :lol:

Now, seriously, a driver making a mistake (like taking an escape road by accident) and leading a couple of drivers to the same mistake.