Grand Prix Rejects

Row Man Gross-Gene

Don't inspire Elon to send a prove to Uranus, will you. If Elon includes himself on the passenger list, I'm cool with it! You seem to ignore the innuendo here. I feel so dumb. Reminder to self to not try to be funny! On a more serious note, Trump and his cronies are just spamming us with garbage ri...

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It goes on and on doc. One very funny one was declaring that everyone is legally the sex they were at “conception”, which would literally mean everyone is female. If you put it all in a work of fiction, you’d be criticized for how unrealistic it was. Yeah, I saw that on social media too. The intere...

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Just been reading a thread on Threads. I wanted to make a note of the following: SCROTUS: So called ruler of the US. FOTUS: Felon/fuhrer of the US Also, I loved the recent speech that Bishop Mariann Budde gave with Trump. Shame it won't ever have penetrated that thick skull. And trying to end the w...

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Wow, nothing out-of-date in the AI response!

All I'll say is I think Hamilton and Leclerc will be fairly close in points. I don't think it will be a huge Leclerc walkover.

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Additional research has shown that Zakspeed nearly made the list. Their F1 efforts are well known, but they ran the C100 prototype program for Ford (eventually turning it into the C1/4 and C1/8) but were credited only with a DNS at Le Mans 81, before racing pretty much every continental sports car ...

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Thought I'd compile an alphabet of the most successful drivers beginning with each letter of the alphabet (surnames), some of this might be subjective but I'm going on championships first, then race wins, then placings. Nobody begins with X :-) Fernando Alonso (could argue for Ascari with also cham...

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1. Norris 2. Hamilton 3. Sainz 4. Russell 5. Max 6. Piastri 7. Leclerc 8. Bottas 9. Hulkenberg 10. Alonso Race Pole: Norris FL: Piastri First Retirement: Magnussen ROTR: Max IIDOTR: Bottas DBTMOTR: Stroll LP: Zhou F2P: Albon Yellow Flag: Stroll Worst Team: Williams RE the ROTR, IIDOTR, I'm fine doin...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/cn4x21xwp8go This is getting VERY heated between Max and George. Oh dear. The plot thickens! I'll say it's super easy to pigeonhole George as the head-boy type, but I'm glad to get his side of this story. Max has been getting away with tons of shite on ...

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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 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 cons...

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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...

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Added to that, it seems there are many who are fearful of the potential backlash if they were to run against him and the potential revenge that he might take once back in power. This is an interesting conundrum. But I think it can be beaten. We just need someone popular who is outside the sport cur...

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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...

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Zhou then Gasly.

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Yeah, race control on that one. So utterly predictable.

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I’m late and copying Ice G, I accept my penalty, just busy during US thanksgiving holiday. S1: Leclerc S2: Norris S3: Piastri S4: Sainz S5: Verstappen S6: Russell S7: Hamilton S8: Albon Sprint Pole: Leclerc First Retirement or None: None 1: Leclerc 2: Norris 3: Verstappen 4: Russell 5: Sainz 6: Pias...

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Yeesh, all it took was getting Michael out? Is he really that bad?

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

Pole: Leclerc
Fastest lap: Russell
First retirement: Alonso
ROTR: Las Vegas GP organizers
IIDOTR: Albon
DBTMOTR: Colapinto
LP: Zhou
F2P: Alonso
Yellow flag: Alonso
Worst team: Sauber

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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...

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Yeah, it's tough as a parent of a trans kid and a gay kid considering what he's said about trans youth. I hope I can make them feel safe, but I worry I won't be able to.

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I agree with your conclusions directly above Mario. I'm happy to get on race control to always work to be better than they are, while acknowledging that perfection is likely impossible. Same with the stewards, though by that explanation, they're being pretty consistent (and I'm not aware that there ...

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Welp, today's the day. Fingers crossed everyone!

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For me, Stroll beaching it is a good, old-fashioned ROTR slam-dunk. One thing I'm curious about is whether the replay of him beaching was ever played, I didn't see it anywhere, but what a colossal bathplug that would have to have been, after him being shown pointing the wrong way but still on the t...

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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...

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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 ...

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1. Chuck 2. Norris Nice S1: Piastri S2: Sainz S3: Leclerc S4: Max S5: Norris S6: Hamilton S7: Russell S8: Perez Sprint Pole: Piastri First Retirement or None: None 1. Leclerc 2. Norris 3. Sainz 4. Max 5. Piastri 6. Russell 7. Hamilton 8. Hulkenberg 9. Albon 10. Colapinto Race Pole: Norris FL: Perez...

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I would be beyond surprised to see Colapinto in the second Red Bull next season (nevermind this season). I think Mario's thought that Lawson or Tsunoda would move up and Colapinto jumps to the vacated junior team seat is much more likely (and next season, not this season). And as others have pointed...

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I realize the speculation might be that Sainz is lacking something in the team-building/relationship side It's not speculation. It's been fairly widely reported that both Carlos' father and ESPECIALLY his brother/manager have burned a lot of bridges in the paddock and are not welcome in a number of...

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IceG wrote: ↑27 Oct 2024, 22:19 (1) K-Mag - great way to bow out (probably)

(2) The stewards who appear to have found some huevos.

Agree with both

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

Race Pole: Leclerc
FL: Perez
First Retirement: Stroll
ROTR: Stewards/race control
IIDOTR: Colapinto
DBTMOTR: Magnussen
LP: Zhou
F2P: Bottas
Yellow Flag: Gasly
Worst Team: Sauber

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It does seem to be a bit of a trend for Sainz though that, despite not putting in any particularly bad performances, he's also never really established a particularly strong long term relationship with any particular team. His relationship with Red Bull never seems to have really recovered from the...

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Back in the middle of summer with Mercedes winning some races the question was raised about whether Hamilton might be regretting signing with Ferrari. Now one might wonder whether the opposite is true, might Ferrari be regretting letting Sainz go? My gut reaction is "no", they still needed...

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2) Tyre Trophies - what in the name of all that's holy and unholy was that? There's more to this nomination. Apparently the original trophies were potentially in breach of copyright and so were withdrawn. On Saturday... https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/pirelli-drops-us-gp-trophy-design-over-potent...

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Tough to beat Hamilton for this one. Perez next and honorable mention to the bunch of weird penalties.

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Agree with Lawson first then Colapinto.

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S1: Piastri S2: Max S3: Leclerc S4: Norris S5: Hamilton S6: Sainz S7: Perez S8: Russell Sprint Pole: Piastry First Retirement or None: None 1. Norris 2. Leclerc 3. Max 4. Piastri 5. Sainz 6. Perez 7. Hamilton 8. Russell 9. Hulkenberg 10. Albon Race Pole: Norris FL: Magnussen First Retirement: Tsunod...

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Thanks. Back on subject. Robin Montgomerie-Charrington Phillip Fotheringham-Parker Do I recall correctly: Desmond Titterington? Yes Desmond T. is my go-to for ultra-British sounding upper-class drivers. I don't know if he was upper-class, but he sounds like he was. I can still hear in my head Enoch...

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Har1MAS1415 wrote: ↑15 Aug 2024, 15:08
Nessafox wrote: ↑15 Aug 2024, 10:04
Har1MAS1415 wrote: ↑14 Aug 2024, 20:38 (My 600th Post!)

That's cute
Thanks.

Back on subject.

Robin Montgomerie-Charrington
Phillip Fotheringham-Parker

Do I recall correctly: Desmond Titterington?

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rachel1990 wrote: ↑22 Sep 2024, 16:53 I mean if Mclaren lose the drivers title by a point, I don't think anyone is going to look at this race as the reason they lost it. Maybe look at the poor start of the season and the poor strategy calls in Britain and Spain

Agreed, especially the bolded part.

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Well, it's official now: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/sep/26/daniel-ricciardos-f1-exit-confirmed-as-liam-lawson-replaces-him-at-rb-for-rest-of-season Was he too nice? I don't think so, certainly not on the track. I'm sure he'd have preferred to have won a championship, but I think he's got...

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Thanks Mario, I had forgotten the degree to which he disdained the technical side of things. That will certainly have been no help in getting him out of the hole he's been in. But it's also fine... some F1 drivers come and go like this. Not that they are similar in temperament, but his record is sim...

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