Grand Prix Rejects

And it's tot ziens for the Dutch Grand Prix in 2026 with the final one being a sprint weekend So that's one more weekend that can be shovelled off to a Middle Eastern country. I loved both incarnations of Zandvoort whether it be racing through the dunes or the constant rollercoaster of the new look...

That sounds great! Could you share a link? Thanks. The FIA has archived the documents for the seasons from 2012 to 2023 here: https://www.fia.com/f1-archives After that, it's usually a case of looking for a link to "event information", and there you can then find the "race history&qu...

And all this netted......3 points finishes (1 P4, 1 P5, 1 P6) in one and a third seasons. Just.....how? Well for starters that all-star list of names above was only all together for a handful of months. In his book, Newey claims his THL period was the only period of his whole career where he felt a...

Huge rebump, but I think this deserves it... The captures from my investigation, over 12 years ago, have long been lost. I'm no longer subscribed to FORIX, and have no plans to subscribe again. However, it was only yesterday that I found, by total chance, an incredible resource, hosted under the go...

And the first firm news of the year is that Spa will be missing from the calendar in 2028 and 2030 Spa has been trying to set up that sort of deal for a long time - since at least 2012, and I believe potentially even before that - so it's going to be interesting to see which other circuit has agree...

I think Mclaren will take the constructors fairly easily, but I think Max will just edge out the WDC solely for the fact that he will be the undisputed number 1, whereas Oscar and Lando will do the awkward "papaya rules" dance for half a season. Ferrari will slip to third as they redo 199...

I'll start with some thoughts on the WCC, as this post is already long enough without discussing the driver performances as well: 1. McLaren - Whilst McLaren didn't always make the most of their car or their drivers in 2024, I expect them to improve if they are more confident that they can fight for...

Going off topic a bit, is there a rallying equivalent to the Triple Crown? I would imagine that it would be some something like Rally Monte Carlo, the Safari and the Dakar. I might be mistaken, but it seems that there isn't an equivalent in rallying - most of the series that have an equivalent trip...

Isaac Hadjar will be in the VCARB, he quietly left Carlin so it's all but confirmed Yuki will once again produce better results than his teammate in an F1 season. I would like to see him race for the Red Bull along with Max, but I am not sure if that will ever happen. That does, to some extent, put...

I think I may have FINALLY found a Triple Crown Reject Constructor. Combing through stats sites I can add BRM, Lancia, Ilmor, Judd, Bugatti, Dallara and Penske to the lists of "Never won the Triple Crown, but had some success." I finally struck gold! De Tomaso (who else?) Le Mans: 1972 DN...

Sorry, how exactly will this work? I'm guessing we just pick the next closest track to Melbourne as the next 'stop', but is it only for tracks that were on the 2024 calendar, or can we pick any GP track from any previous calendar? What about rumoured or cancelled GP tracks? Assuming we can pick his...

https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/42954772/daniel-ricciardo-no-interest-f1-return-cadillac-sources Mario has always been very high on Danny, and his "Q Rating" (is that still a thing?) in America was probably the highest of all F1 drivers. Not sure why he would turn this down. Of course,...

Strange how this rolled out nearly a week ago on Finnish and German media, but took Auto/Motorsport (a.k.a. the ones we actually trust) until the end of last night to officially confirm it. The gap between "confirmed rumours" and "confirmed" was strangely long for this story. La...

Which leads us to the next questions: who are the triple rejects? In terms of constructors, this is going to take some digging, because honestly, all of the constructors that have run all three have had at least SOME success at one of them. Mercedes, Lotus, Cosworth, McLaren, and Honda - Won all th...

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/ferrari-to-power-cadillac-f1-team-in-multi-year-agreement/10681392/ It came as a bit of a surprise for me. This suggests we should not expect Cadillac to have a winning car for at least the first few seasons. Whilst I note that's probably a bit of a tongue in cheek...

(1) there is strong evidence (shared across the paddock and reported widely) While your overall argument is valid, I must say that the general consensus now is that the "leaked" evidence was at best exaggerated, and at worst outright fabricated. When known rumor mongers like Jenna Fryer a...

Gold- Sergio Perez It does feel like kicking a puppy sometimes but let's be honest. His teammate won the driver's championship. He came 8th. Max won 9 races and got 14 podiums overall. Sergio got 4 podiums 0 wins and none since China. 285 point difference. Sergio would be boxed in races to get out ...

1. Pierre Gasly . At one point he was holding his own in the top 4. 2. Kevin Magnussen . The last ever man to score fastest lap when it actually means something. Well, yes and no for Magnussen on that front - being outside of the top 10, it'll count for nothing for him in practice, and the rest of ...

1. Valtteri Bottas . A brilliant Saturday effort which was all for nothing by the end of lap 1. Two crashes and confirmation that he will go pointless in 2024 is not the way he should be ending his F1 career. 2. Red Bull drivers . Verstappen tried his usual zero skill move on Piastri and finally go...

1) Norris 2) Piastri 3) Sainz 4) Verstappen 5) Russell 6) Hamilton 7) Leclerc 8) Gasly 9) Magnussen 10) Lawson Pole: Norris Fastest Lap: Piastri First Retirement: Stroll ROTR: Perez IIDOTR: Lawson DBTMOTR: Perez LP: Zhou F2P: Gasly Yellow Flag: Stroll Worst Team: Sauber Also, I might be mistaken, bu...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/cn4x21xwp8go This is getting VERY heated between Max and George. Oh dear. My interpretation of all this is George is getting into Team Leader mode and I think he's decided that if he's to challenge Verstappen for the championship this issue is going to ...

I could live with Daniel, but I wonder if he has any aspirations in endurance racing or anywhere else the FIA has tendrils? Whilst he's not announced what he intends to do next, Ricciardo does seem to have considered racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the past. Asides from that, it seems Sulayem ...

almost by definition they need to be a bit old and out of touch in order to be beyond the reach of sanction by Sulayem if they should lose. I repeat my previous suggestion of either Bernie Ecclestone or Daniel Ricciardo :vergne: I could live with Daniel, but I wonder if he has any aspirations in en...

https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/42733410/sergio-perez-set-leave-red-bull-end-season-sources ESPN rarely covers F1 at all (on their own i mean, they run the Sky feed but that's it.) And essentially never break stories, but this is on their front page. I mean, he pretty much has to be gone......ri...

What probably does not help is that Rui Marques is having to double up as the race director for the Formula 2 support races that were taking place in Qatar this weekend. Originally, Janette Tan, who was the deputy race director for Formula 2, was supposed to be stepping up to the role of race direc...

1. Race control - Okay sure, this is Rui Marques' second F1 race as race director, I fully understand him not being comfortable in the role, and mistakes are understandable. But as I said in the discord, he was so scared of making the wrong call on throwing a VSC/SC for the wing mirror debris that ...

I acknowledge that I am posting this after the sprint qualifying session has completed (I misread the time that it would take place), so I am accepting that I will receive a penalty of sorts. S1: Norris S2: Piastri S3: Russell S4: Leclerc S5: Verstappen S6: Hamilton S7: Sainz S8: Gasly Sprint Pole: ...

To be honest, given the rate at which Sulayem is continuing to fire senior members of the FIA, I'm starting to wonder if there's going to be anybody left to start the race in the first place...

Whilst we know that the attempts by the Andretti's to get an entry failed, it would appear that Dan Towriss, having replaced Michael Andretti, has been continuing negotiations with both General Motors and FOM over a potential General Motors works team. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/c...

Just watched the LV qualifying. Did anyone else notice the comment from Martin Brundell after Q1 that he was "sure that Colapinto would be in a seat next year, and a competitive one at that", followed by "especially after some of the performances we have just seen". He seemed to...

1. Norris
2. Russell
3. Leclerc
4. Hamilton
5. Sainz
6. Verstappen
7. Piastri
8. Hulkenberg
9. Perez
10. Gasly

Pole: Norris
Fastest lap: Russell
First retirement: Zhou
ROTR: Sauber
IIDOTR: Hulkenberg
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: Bottas
F2P: Gasly
Yellow flag: Zhou
Worst team: Sauber

Whilst there is ongoing speculation about Colapinto, there has also been notable upheaval at the FIA. Firstly, Wittich suddenly left the FIA under unclear circumstances - the official announcement from the FIA claimed he chose to leave to pursue alternative plans, but Wittich unambiguously told the ...

Trump isn't necessarily the problem, irrespective of what an appalling person he is, much of his propaganda he doesn't really care enough about to try to enact. It's the people who voted for him on those issues I'd worry about. Not just because they exist but because they'll now feel empowered beca...

Rumour Alert!!!!! I'm not sure I 100% belive it as true, but I can definitely understand sponsors buying a big chunk of tickets for promotions and bigwigs, whilst teams would get some for promotions, attracting new deals, etc.... https://twitter.com/kirethk/status/1857373925283361190 EDIT: apparent...

So F1 thought it might be an idea to have a livery launch event at London's O2 Arena (still known to me as the Millennium Dome) on Thursday 18th February 2025. Many comments I have seen so far point out that it is only liveries being launched, and not actually any cars. And ticket prices are from £...

Lol now Jack Doohan is apparently going to be replaced by Collapinto at Alpine, this is the silliest season for some time. Which brings me on to another crazy rumour... Hamilton done at Mercedes, people think his Interlagos radio call is too reminiscent of Ricciardo We are feasting on the F1 sillin...

I'm not aware that there are definite prescribed penalties at all for what Norris et al did. They failed to follow the race director's instructions. For which there are a range of specified penalties. The fact that this has happened before (I forgot about Sainz' tribulations) might be a mitigation ...

I'm probably in the minority here (and I can be convinced otherwise) but I think fines were a sufficient punishment for the people who violated the starting grid rules in this instance. Beyond that I'm not sure what all Race Control and the stewards might have done to deserve ROTR. It seemed pretty...

1. Alpine . Perhaps the most astonishing and unexpected double podium since Stewart at the 1999 European GP? Stewart at least had a podium at France that year IIRC? I'm legitimately curious - I might go back and have a look to see I can find one nearly as shocking Obviously, Al CHADpine get the nod...

SAUBER - Can't get points in that shitshow 😂 STROLL - for obvious reasons. DHM - RACE CONTROL Unfortunately, it seems that some Verstappen fans were seizing on some of the decisions by race control to start shrieking that "the FIA is trying to rig the championship in Norris's favour" with...

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