The Greatest F1 Reject Tournament

Basetornado · Post by **Basetornado** » 02 Jan 2014, 14:10

Im Team Australia and while I know Im already out because Im going up against an entire team of female F1 drivers.
My order is 1. David Brabham, 2. Larry Perkins 3. Gary Brabham.

My picks for this round are
HWNSNBM, for reasons that dont need to be mentioned
Wilson, at least she won some form of F1 race
Tarquini, simply cause his name sounded better
Rosset for Lola!

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 02 Jan 2014, 14:23

HWNSNBM - Really. How could he not win.
Shinji Nakano - I always had a bit of a soft spot for the 1997 Prost.
Gabriele Tarquini - Barbazza's hair is amazing, but Tarquini is one of the most underrated F1 Rejects, I feel.
Jaime Alguersuari - How could I possibly forget the ridiculous amount of times he dropped out of Q1 and scored points anyway?

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 02 Jan 2014, 14:38

Basetornado wrote:I'm Team Australia and while I know I'm already out because I'm going up against an entire team of female F1 drivers.

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 02 Jan 2014, 14:54

2.HWNSNBM vs 34.Bobby Rahal-Indy 500 winner or Website god? God it is

15.Shinji Nakano vs 47.Desiree Wilson-Nakano's name just sticks out more than a name I don't Desiree. (I'll get my coat)

7.Gabriele Tarquini vs 39.Fabrizio Barbazza-I'm sorry,that hair is just too memorable.

10.Jaime Alguersuari vs 23.Ricardo Rosset-Algesaurus gets this for an awesome nickname, presenting F1 shows and generally being in the public limelight.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 02 Jan 2014, 16:29

HWNSNBM
Shinji Nakano
Tarquini
Ricardo Rosset

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 02 Jan 2014, 22:30

2.HWNSNBM vs 34.Bobby Rahal
I don't like being hit by papayas

15.Shinji Nakano vs 47.Desiree Wilson
Nakano Sjinji goes outta! Against the only female F1 driver to have won a race, that's nothing to be ashamed of.

7.Gabriele Tarquini vs 39.Fabrizio Barbazza
If it were about haircuts, Barbazza would actually stand a chance.

10.Jaime Alguersuari vs 23.Ricardo Rosset
Well, it's a fairly short debate, Murray

The Team Netherlands running order will be Van lennep, Doornbos, Lammers

watka · Post by **watka** » 03 Jan 2014, 13:46

2.HWNSNBM vs 34.Bobby Rahal

15.Shinji Nakano vs 47.Desiree Wilson
Close one, but I'll give in to Nakano mainly as he was part of that crazy Formula Nippon finale. NAKANO SHINJI GOES OUTTA!

7.Gabriele Tarquini vs 39.Fabrizio Barbazza
I know he has the record DNQs but the hair wins it for me.

10.Jaime Alguersuari vs 23.Ricardo Rosset
Because the Tyrrell used to swap the "t" and the "r" over...

Also, the running order for Argentina will be Tuero, Laurrari, Mazzacane.

Enforcer · Post by **Enforcer** » 04 Jan 2014, 12:47

2.HWNSNBM vs 34.Bobby Rahal
Yeah sorry guys, outside the confines of this website, Rahal is the more notable, no contest. Not that anyone else will take that in to account tho'.

15.Shinji Nakano vs 47.Desiree Wilson
I'll go with Wilson given the rarity of women drivers. Makes her more notable than a regular old backmarker.

7.Gabriele Tarquini vs 39.Fabrizio Barbazza
I'll go with Tarquini, since I'd actually heard of him before I was ever on f1rejects.com.

10.Jaime Alguersuari vs 23.Ricardo Rosset
Complete coin toss on this one. Tails it is - Rosset.

Running order for Team Ireland 1. Byrne 2. Kennedy 3.Kelly

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 04 Jan 2014, 14:16

This wrote:15.Shinji Nakano vs 47.Desiree Wilson
Nakano Sjinji goes outta! Against the only female F1 driver to have won a race, that's nothing to be ashamed of.

I'm sure the other four must also have won a race at some time in their lives, even if in Giovanna Amati's case it'd have been little more than a soapbox-cart race against the local yoofs.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 04 Jan 2014, 20:43

dinizintheoven wrote:
This wrote:15.Shinji Nakano vs 47.Desiree Wilson
Nakano Sjinji goes outta! Against the only female F1 driver to have won a race, that's nothing to be ashamed of.

I'm sure the other four must also have won a race at some time in their lives, even if in Giovanna Amati's case it'd have been little more than a soapbox-cart race against the local yoofs.

Desiré is the only one who won an F1 race

(a non-championship race)

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 04 Jan 2014, 23:35

This wrote:
dinizintheoven wrote:
This wrote:15.Shinji Nakano vs 47.Desiree Wilson
Nakano Sjinji goes outta! Against the only female F1 driver to have won a race, that's nothing to be ashamed of.

I'm sure the other four must also have won a race at some time in their lives, even if in Giovanna Amati's case it'd have been little more than a soapbox-cart race against the local yoofs.

Desiré is the only one who won an F1 race (a non-championship race)

To be more specific, a British Aurora F1 Championship race at, I believe, Brands Hatch?

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 05 Jan 2014, 22:40

2.HWNSNBM vs 34.Bobby Rahal
No contest. One has an entire forum full of worshippers, and the other is some American that no-ones ever heard of

15.Shinji Nakano vs 47.Desiree Wilson
He raced when I was alive. By default, I remember him better than Ms Wilson

7.Gabriele Tarquini vs 39.Fabrizio Barbazza
None of you will know this, but a couple of years ago I was the proud owner of a Barbazza-style head of hair. Us mopheads have to show solidarity!

10.Jaime Alguersuari vs 23.Ricardo Rosset
I am a teenager. I like electronic music. Thus, I naturally gravitate towards the man who does a bit of DJing in his spare time.

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 06 Jan 2014, 13:16

2.HWNSNBM vs 34.Bobby Rahal
8-1 - The Cult still has power here it seems.
15.Shinji Nakano vs 47.Desiree Wilson
5-4, A super close vote, but in the end the Japanese driver wins out.
7.Gabriele Tarquini vs 39.Fabrizio Barbazza
6-3, Baldy beats Afro.
10.Jaime Alguersuari vs 23.Ricardo Rosset
3-6, You guys actually put the Rosset through, wow.

The Final block for the "Most Memorable round."

3.Luca Badoer vs 35.Bobby Unser

51.Bernd Schnedier vs 19.Eric Van de Poele

59.Sakon Yamamoto vs 38.Andrea Montermini

75.Allan McNish vs 22.AJ Foyt

Whilst I can now introduce the first round of voting for the team contest: (Ireland, Argentina, Netherlands Australia)
For this contest, we are looking for outright pace, simply vote who you think is faster. You get 2 points for winning the match plus 1 point per set, so a perfect score is worth 5 points, winning 2-1 is worth 4 points with the loser getting 1.

Italy A vs Australia:

Marie Teresa de Filippis vs David Brabham
Lella Lombardi vs Larry Perkins
Giovanna Amati Vs Gary Brabham

Belgium vs Italy B
Teddy Pilette vs Alesandro Zanardi
Johnny Claes vs Vitantonio Liuzzi
Eric van de Poele vs Luca Badoer

Nordic vs Argentina
Leo Kinnunen vs Esteban Tuero
Slim Borgudd vs Oscar Laurrari
Jan Magnussen vs Gaston Mazzacane

Republic of Ireland vs Team USA
Tommy Byrne vs AJ Foyt
Dave Kennedy vs Bobby Unser
Joe Kelly vs Danny Sullivan

Netherlands vs Canada
Gijs Van Lennep vs Al Pease
Robert Doornbos vs Jacques Villeneuve Sr.
Jan Lammers vs Peter Broeker

watka · Post by **watka** » 06 Jan 2014, 13:38

Original tournament:

3.Luca Badoer vs 35.Bobby Unser
Most races without a point, the Nurburgring tragedy, the epic comeback with Ferrari. He did it all!

51.Bernd Schneider vs 19.Eric Van de Poele
DTM boss vs Spa legend. Close but I'm more familiar with Schneider, so he gets it.

59.Sakon Yamamoto vs 38.Andrea Montermini
Another close one, but a dodgy neck does not compete with a driver who raced for Simtek, Pacific AND Forti!

75.Allan McNish vs 22.AJ Foyt
McNish was in Kristensen's shadow so whereas Foyt is a legend despite being on the other side of the Pond.

Nations tournament:

I'm not voting in my own match-up.

Italy A vs Australia:

Marie Teresa de Filippis vs David Brabham
Lella Lombardi vs Larry Perkins
Giovani Amati Vs Gary Brabham

Belgium vs Italy B:

Teddy Pilette vs Alesandro Zanardi
Johnny Claes vs Vitantonio Liuzzi
Eric van de Poele vs Luca Badoer

Republic of Ireland vs Team USA:

Tommy Byrne vs AJ Foyt
Dave Kennedy vs Bobby Unser
Joe Kelly vs Danny Sullivan

Netherlands vs Canada

Gijs Van Lennep vs Al Pease
Robert Doornbos vs Jacques Villeneuve Sr.
Jan Lammers vs Peter Broeker

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 06 Jan 2014, 13:44

3.Luca Badoer vs 35.Bobby Unser

51.Bernd Schneider vs 19.Eric Van de Poele

59.Sakon Yamamoto vs 38.Andrea Montermini

75.Allan McNish vs 22.AJ Foyt

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Italy A vs Australia:

Marie Teresa de Filippis vs David Brabham
Lella Lombardi vs Larry Perkins
Giovani Amati Vs Gary Brabham

Belgium vs Italy B
Teddy Pilette vs Alessandro Zanardi
Johnny Claes vs Vitantonio Liuzzi
Eric van de Poele vs Luca Badoer

Nordic vs Argentina
Leo Kinnunen vs Esteban Tuero
Slim Borgudd vs Oscar Laurrari
Jan Magnussen vs Gaston Mazzacane

Republic of Ireland vs Team USA
Tommy Byrne vs AJ Foyt
Dave Kennedy vs Bobby Unser
Joe Kelly vs Danny Sullivan

Netherlands vs Canada
Gijs Van Lennep vs Al Pease
Robert Doornbos vs Jacques Villeneuve Sr.
Jan Lammers vs Peter Broeker

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 06 Jan 2014, 16:23

3.Luca Badoer vs 35.Bobby Unser
How can we forget the ultimate heartbreak moment of history?
51.Bernd Schnedier vs 19.Eric Van de Poele
Close call, both achieved their best results outside of F1. But EVDP wears a hat, and is nicknamed Tintin, that should do it.
59.Sakon Yamamoto vs 38.Andrea Montermini
Name the teams he drove for, and voila.
75.Allan McNish vs 22.AJ Foyt
Simply because i'm not that familiar with the American racers.

Italy A vs Australia:

Marie Teresa de Filippis vs David Brabham
Obvious one to me.
Lella Lombardi vs Larry Perkins
Neither were really impressive.
Giovani Amati Vs Gary Brabham
Pace and Giovanna Amati in one sentence? I didn't think so... (did you seriously wrote Giovani, Shadaza? :lol:

Belgium vs Italy B
Teddy Pilette vs Alesandro Zanardi
Seriously, what were you thinking to achieve with Teddy Pilette?
Johnny Claes vs Vitantonio Liuzzi
Johnny's the most reliable driver ever, but not the fastest.
Eric van de Poele vs Luca Badoer
Close call

Nordic vs Argentina
Leo Kinnunen vs Esteban Tuero
Thats difficult, we haven't seen the true potential of both drivers.
Slim Borgudd vs Oscar Laurrari
Both were rather slow...
Jan Magnussen vs Gaston Mazzacane
Jan defenitely had more potential, at least.

Republic of Ireland vs Team USA
Tommy Byrne vs AJ Foyt
Pace is the one thing Tommy did have
Dave Kennedy vs Bobby Unser
Joe Kelly vs Danny Sullivan
But other than that, it's rather embarassing for the Irishmen

Netherlands vs Canada
Gijs Van Lennep vs Al Pease
Yup, the guy that got black-flagged for being to slow is surely going to win this one...
Robert Doornbos vs Jacques Villeneuve Sr.
Looks like all canadians here were rather slow
Jan Lammers vs Peter Broeker
And that's total domination by the Dutch!

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 06 Jan 2014, 19:09

Luca Badoer - 26/9/1999 - NEVER FORGET
Eric van de Poele - I don't really care about DTM, but I remember van de Poele, for some reason.
Andrea Montermini - Yamamoto is one of the most memorable pay drivers of the last decade... but he didn't have anything like the holy trifecta of teams Montermini drove for.
AJ Foyt - Well, he was a legend when he raced, and Takuma Sato drives for him now.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 06 Jan 2014, 19:40

Original tournament:
3.Luca Badoer vs 35.Bobby Unser
Badoer easily. Most races without point, and epic comeback with Ferrari, which sadly turned out to be unsuccessful.

51.Bernd Schneider vs 19.Eric Van de Poele
Driving for three teams, all of which would fold at the end of the season or during it.

59.Sakon Yamamoto vs 38.Andrea Montermini
Super Aguri being the deciding factor here.

75.Allan McNish vs 22.AJ Foyt
Two legends outside F1, but have to pick Foyt here.

Nations tournament:

Not voting for one because of Nordic team involved.

Italy A vs Australia:

Marie Teresa de Filippis vs David Brabham
Lella Lombardi vs Larry Perkins
Giovani Amati Vs Gary Brabham

Belgium vs Italy B:

Teddy Pilette vs Alesandro Zanardi
Johnny Claes vs Vitantonio Liuzzi
Eric van de Poele vs Luca Badoer

Republic of Ireland vs Team USA:

Tommy Byrne vs AJ Foyt
Dave Kennedy vs Bobby Unser
Joe Kelly vs Danny Sullivan

Netherlands vs Canada

Gijs Van Lennep vs Al Pease
Robert Doornbos vs Jacques Villeneuve Sr.
Jan Lammers vs Peter Broeker

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 06 Jan 2014, 21:03

Bleu wrote:Not voting for one because of Nordic team involved.

Oh yeah, i forgot i couldn't vote for my own team, there. Well, looks like the Netherlands don't need much help, anyway.

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 06 Jan 2014, 22:29

3.Luca Badoer vs 35.Bobby Unser
1999 European Grand Prix. Top that, Mr Unser.

51.Bernd Schnedier vs 19.Eric Van de Poele
Schneider knocked Tora out in the last round; instant death by PIAA branded caps should be the penalty in my opinion.

59.Sakon Yamamoto vs 38.Andrea Montermini
He drove for Sooopahhh Agoooriii and had his superlicence rescinded. In my book, that just about shades driving for Simtek, Pacific and Forti (but only in the same way that sleeping with Beyonce shades sleeping with Laura Robson. In laymans terms, it was too close to call)

75.Allan McNish vs 22.AJ Foyt
McNish wins out simply because I remember him driving in F1.

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 06 Jan 2014, 22:42

takagi_for_the_win wrote:59.Sakon Yamamoto vs 38.Andrea Montermini
He drove for Sooopahhh Agoooriii and had his superlicence rescinded. In my book, that just about shades driving for Simtek, Pacific and Forti (but only in the same way that sleeping with Beyonce shades sleeping with Laura Robson. In laymans terms, it was too close to call)

Yuji Ide, not Sakon Yamamoto lost his superlicense. Of course, it's up to you what you prefer: Super Aguri, Spyker, HRT or Simtek, Pacific, Forti.

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 06 Jan 2014, 22:54

pi314159 wrote:
takagi_for_the_win wrote:59.Sakon Yamamoto vs 38.Andrea Montermini
He drove for Sooopahhh Agoooriii and had his superlicence rescinded. In my book, that just about shades driving for Simtek, Pacific and Forti (but only in the same way that sleeping with Beyonce shades sleeping with Laura Robson. In laymans terms, it was too close to call)

Yuji Ide, not Sakon Yamamoto lost his superlicense. Of course, it's up to you what you prefer: Super Aguri, Spyker, HRT or Simtek, Pacific, Forti.

Ahha, thanks for pointing that one out there Pi

very easy to mistake one dog-slow Japanese paydriver for another dog-slow Japanese pay-driver in my opinion

Anyway, Admiral Yamamoto still has my vote for the Soopah Agoori, Spyker and HRT trilogy.

Basetornado · Post by **Basetornado** » 07 Jan 2014, 02:04

Luca for obvious reasons
Bernd mainly cause i always mistake him for Maylander aka the safety car guy
Sakon for driving for HRT and Super Duper Aguri
Allan for having the same name and spelling as me.

Cant vote for Australia as Im team leader.

Vote for all of Italy B
Vote for all of USA
Vote for all of Netherlands
Vote for all of Nordic

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 07 Jan 2014, 03:02

3.Luca Badoer vs 35.Bobby Unser

51.Bernd Schneider vs 19.Eric Van de Poele

59.Sakon Yamamoto vs 38.Andrea Montermini

75.Allan McNish vs 22.AJ Foyt

Enforcer · Post by **Enforcer** » 09 Jan 2014, 21:00

3.Luca Badoer vs 35.Bobby Unser
Ohhh... well, by the same logic that I voted for Rahal, I have to go with Unser ahead of Luca.

51.Bernd Schnedier vs 19.Eric Van de Poele
Not much in it in terms of F1. Bernd has an outstanding record in DTM, but I'll go with vdP's 3 class wins at Le Mans.

59.Sakon Yamamoto vs 38.Andrea Montermini
For some reason, I thought Montermini had been in F1 longer than Yamamoto, but when I looked at their records, I realised there's no difference. But, because I thought Montermimi was better known 'off the cuff', so to speak, I'll take that as proof that he's more noteable... yeah that works.

75.Allan McNish vs 22.AJ Foyt
As per previous round, I don't think AJ should be in the contest.

Nations tournament:

Italy A vs Australia:

Marie Teresa de Filippis vs David Brabham
Lella Lombardi vs Larry Perkins
Giovani Amati Vs Gary Brabham
Australia lockout.

Belgium vs Italy B
Teddy Pilette vs Alessandro Zanardi
Johnny Claes vs Vitantonio Liuzzi
Eric van de Poele vs Luca Badoer
Badoer/vdP is the only contest there, and I have to go with Luca.

Nordic vs Argentina
Leo Kinnunen vs Esteban Tuero
Slim Borgudd vs Oscar Laurrari
Jan Magnussen vs Gaston Mazzacane
Apart from Magnussen, I think the Argentinians just have more experienced and quicker men to call upon. Albeit not by much.

Republic of Ireland vs Team USA
Tommy Byrne vs AJ Foyt
Dave Kennedy vs Bobby Unser
Joe Kelly vs Danny Sullivan
See above for Foyt. For the others, looks like Ireland are going to be the reject of rejects.

Netherlands vs Canada
Gijs Van Lennep vs Al Pease
Robert Doornbos vs Jacques Villeneuve Sr.
Jan Lammers vs Peter Broeker

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 11 Jan 2014, 12:06

F1 Reject Tournament results:

3.Luca Badoer vs 35.Bobby Unser
8-1, Luca Badoer is somewhat of a hero, so he dominates the round.

51.Bernd Schnedier vs 19.Eric Van de Poele
3-6, Eric dances to the next round, still backed by the forum bearing his name.
59.Sakon Yamamoto vs 38.Andrea Montermini
4-5, Sakon Yamamoto's wonder run comes to an end, just. Montermini's 90's reject trifecta see's him through.
75.Allan McNish vs 22.AJ Foyt
4-5, Two legends who only flirted with F1 do battle, the American takes the victory.

Team Tournament results:
I should have said previously, but you may NOT vote for your own team.

Italy A vs Australia:

Marie Teresa de Filippis 2 vs David Brabham 2
Lella Lombardi 1 vs Larry Perkins 3
Giovanna Amati Vs Gary Brabham 4

Belgium vs Italy B
Teddy Pilette vs Alesandro Zanardi 5
Johnny Claes vs Vitantonio Liuzzi 5
Eric van de Poele vs Luca Badoer 5

Nordic vs Argentina
Leo Kinnunen 2 vs Esteban Tuero 2
Slim Borgudd 3 vs Oscar Laurrari 1
Jan Magnussen 4 vs Gaston Mazzacane

Republic of Ireland vs Team USA
Tommy Byrne 2 vs AJ Foyt 4
Dave Kennedy vs Bobby Unser 6
Joe Kelly vs Danny Sullivan 6

Netherlands vs Canada
Gijs Van Lennep 5 vs Al Pease 1
Robert Doornbos 6 vs Jacques Villeneuve Sr.
Jan Lammers 6 vs Peter Broeker

So the result of the teams means Netherlands, America and Italy B all score perfect sweeps, Nordic and Australia are half a point behind after 1 tie each.
Italy A and Argentina manage to score half a point each with the ties and Belgium, Canada and Ireland fail to score anything.

The next team matches are:

Republic of Ireland vs Argentina
Belgium vs Canada
Team America vs Italy A
Netherlands vs Italy B
Nordic vs Australia

Let me know if you want to change your team order.

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 11 Jan 2014, 12:07

We move on to the next round where the topic is "Team Principles Choice."
In this situation, place yourself in the position of a team boss, you must decide which driver to hire, whether it be the fastest driver, or the one that you reckon would bring the most cash, perhaps you would prefer the experienced steady hand or maybe just the driver with the greatest facial hair :lol:

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1.Alex Zanardi vs 16.Piercarlo Ghinzani

8.Sebastian Bourdais vs 24.Lella Lombardi

4.Taki Inoue vs 45.Sebastian Buemi

28.Maria Teresa de Fillipis vs 12.Markus Winkelhock

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 11 Jan 2014, 13:00

Alex Zanardi - Because it's ALEX FRIGGIN ZANARDI.
Sebastien Bourdais - Being a big Bourdais fan, of course I'd hire Seabass over Lella Lombardi. It helps that he's pretty significantly talented, too...
Taki Inoue - Buemi is fairly quick, but not consistent enough to match Taki's sponsorship dollars. Plus, if I could also get Taki to do the team's Twitter account... :lol:

Markus Winkelhock - A 100% Grands Prix led statistic? All his starts were for Spyker? This man is something special, clearly!

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 11 Jan 2014, 20:43

1.Alex Zanardi vs 16.Piercarlo Ghinzani
Alex just has too much bad luck. A shame, because he's obviously faster then Ghinzani, but rules are rules.
8.Sebastian Bourdais vs 24.Lella Lombardi
Taling about unlucky, the seabass defenitely qualifies for that.
4.Taki Inoue vs 45.Sebastian Buemi
Buemi isn't much luckier either, neither is Inoue, but at least he brings cash. And legendary tweets.
28.Maria Teresa de Fillipis vs 12.Markus Winkelhock
It's hard to judge how good Markus really was, but Maria Teresa is female, so she would automatically got more media attention. Plus she was kind of good too.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 11 Jan 2014, 20:54

1.Alex Zanardi vs 16.Piercarlo Ghinzani

8.Sebastian Bourdais vs 24.Lella Lombardi

4.Taki Inoue vs 45.Sebastian Buemi

28.Maria Teresa de Fillipis vs 12.Markus Winkelhock

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 12 Jan 2014, 00:09

1.Alex Zanardi vs 16.Piercarlo Ghinzani

8.Sebastian Bourdais vs 24.Lella Lombardi

4.Taki Inoue vs 45.Sebastian Buemi

28.Maria Teresa de Fillipis vs 12.Markus Winkelhock

The girls because they're girls and publicity and all that.
The guys because they're legendary, for very different reasons.

Basetornado · Post by **Basetornado** » 12 Jan 2014, 09:53

Zanardi
For the obvious reasons.
Lombardi
Female F1 driver.. Plus its Bourdais....
Taki
Twitter followers alone would be more then enough support.
Maria
as much as I love Markus....

go_Rubens · Post by **go_Rubens** » 12 Jan 2014, 14:41

1. Zanardi
Just unlucky but bloody talented.

2. Lombardi
Female who scored half a point is good enough for me against Bourdais.

3. Inoue
Unlucky, but brings cashflow, and hilarious Twitter posts.

4. de Fillipis
A good driver back in her day in the Maserati 250F.

Enforcer · Post by **Enforcer** » 12 Jan 2014, 22:28

Minor change in Team Ireland running order to Byrne, Kelly, Kennedy.

You know, I really should've put Firman in, at least people know who he is...

1.Alex Zanardi vs 16.Piercarlo Ghinzani
As unlucky as he may have been in F1, Zanardi obliterates Ghinzani for all around ability.

8.Sebastian Bourdais vs 24.Lella Lombardi
Not everyone's cup of tea, but a much more proven driver.

4.Taki Inoue vs 45.Sebastian Buemi
Given that Buemi is probably not in RBR's long term F1 plans, no chance of getting them to bung me a few quid to run him. That being said, it was still a tough choice, but in the end, Buemi isn't quite talented enough for me to go for him over the pay driver.

28.Maria Teresa de Fillipis vs 12.Markus Winkelhock
I'll go for de Fillipis' greater experience.

watka · Post by **watka** » 12 Jan 2014, 23:34

1.Alex Zanardi vs 16.Piercarlo Ghinzani
He's fast (when he's not unlucky) and he's a big name. No contest.

8.Sebastian Bourdais vs 24.Lella Lombardi
Despite the marketability of a woman, did she bring must money to F1? Bourdais is solid enough to be taken over her if he was available.

4.Taki Inoue vs 45.Sebastian Buemi
Money. And humour.

28.Maria Teresa de Fillipis vs 12.Markus Winkelhock
I can't imagine being in a contract meeting with a woman whose driven a 50s F1 car and her not having her way.

Also, in a tit-for-tat exchange with Ireland, I will change my order to Laurrari, Tuero, Mazzacane.

Basetornado · Post by **Basetornado** » 27 Jan 2014, 13:21

This seems to have died..

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 27 Jan 2014, 21:12

Basetornado wrote:This seems to have died..

About a fortnight... Here's somebody who knows how to wait a sufficient time before prompting a revival!

go_Rubens · Post by **go_Rubens** » 27 Jan 2014, 21:22

Basetornado wrote:This seems to have died..

Well, it looks as if the key cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and the organism itself is still living if people are posting here!

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 27 Jan 2014, 23:32

Basetornado wrote:This seems to have died..

You missed out the obligatory "

" face

Basetornado · Post by **Basetornado** » 28 Jan 2014, 09:56

dr-baker wrote:
Basetornado wrote:This seems to have died..

About a fortnight... Here's somebody who knows how to wait a sufficient time before prompting a revival!

I dont know forum etiquette, i just thought that after pretty constant replies, a fortnight gap was pretty big.