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Re: Retrospective F1 Rejects of the Race

Posted: 27 Mar 2014, 21:16
by go_Rubens
good_Ralf wrote:Monaco 1998 - Outside of the race it would 100% go to Ricardo Rosset. His attempt to recover from a spin put him into the wall. I laughed quite hard watching that.


He was already fortunate enough to not hit the wall. Then he did that. Pretty rejectful and disgraceful!

Re: Retrospective F1 Rejects of the Race

Posted: 31 Mar 2014, 22:23
by takagi_for_the_win

Re: Retrospective F1 Rejects of the Race

Posted: 09 Jun 2018, 21:33
by Bleu
DOSBoot wrote:Mexico - Nigel Mansell: Bad start, and multiple tire changes cost him a chance to clinch the title.


Watched the YT video recently from the race and got some obscure candidate: Podium flags!

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Re: Retrospective F1 Rejects of the Race

Posted: 23 Jun 2018, 01:28
by Rob Dylan
Just finished the 1995 Portuguese Grand Prix, and whilst the F1 community celebrates David Coulthard's first win, I'd have to give his teammate Damon Hill Reject of the Race. If we didn't know it before, it was at the end of the Estoril race that it was completely understood Hill was not going to win the 1995 season. Locking out the front row with his teammate, he spent the entire first half of the race behind Schumacher, dropping further and further back. Even when changing strategy and jumping the German in the pits, he proceeded to get overtaken in a masterclass of clean overtaking by his championship rival, one race after he himself had ploughed into Michael at Monza.

Thoroughly embarrassed by Coulthard and by Schumacher, the Estoril race showed Hill really didn't deserve the 1995 title.

Re: Retrospective F1 Rejects of the Race

Posted: 31 Jul 2018, 22:31
by 1993DonningtonNo1Mk2
Hungary 1999 - Mika Salo, 18th on the grid, 12th in the race in a Ferrari that he almost won the previous with. Did surrendering the win to Irvine really damage his confidence that badly?

Re: Retrospective F1 Rejects of the Race

Posted: 27 Jul 2023, 15:18
by Har1MAS1415
Can we include non-Championship races? (Sorry for the resurrection)

1978 BRDC International Trophy:

The World Champions, only Emerson Fittipaldi made the finish and he was driving for his brother's team by this time, plus he got beaten by a Theodore! Remember, Keke Rosberg was only in his 2nd F1 race at this point, and the only other finishers were Tony Trimmer, Brett Lunger and Rupert Keegan!