Grand Prix Rejects

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And unfortunately as I live in Australia myself, not shown at the right time to fall gracefully asleep to if it's a bore.

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Yay!
Good work, never been one for decor, it's the content that makes me glad the site is back.

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I can't help laugh about the jokes made about this. One of the get away cars was a merc, merc team had a function happening nearby too. Rosberg? Other funny comments involve fantastic scenarios involving Vettel, Bernie and/or Adrian. I can't treat this as a serious crime somehow, and the posts and t...

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Anyone else watching the doc Spanish TV made with Alonso for this race? It's not just filming him, he's narrating it and telling everyone his thoughts on leaving ferrari in his own words. Great seeing more of the background stuff. Someone did pt 1 with english subtitles and uploaded it (600MB), no i...

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Leigh Diffey?
LOL. I put up enough with him 10 or so years ago with world superbike, plus some local stuff here in Australia. No thanks, would rather have the current brit F1 commentators.

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Mattiacci was most likely brought in to clear the deadwood, make the harsh and unpopular decisions and then be moved on again for Marchionne's own man. Put it this way, Arrivabene has more F1 credentials on his CV. Mattiacci was the CEO of the North American operations. He was never meant to be the...

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It was Di Montezemolo who placed Mattiacci after ousting Domenicali. I've read the same, while his replacement, Arrivabene, is Marchionne's man. First I thought Mattiacci was just moved on some place else to make a clean start/someone more suited to F1, but it seems he was a Montezemolo man and has...

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I would have told Hamilton to get out of mclaren. It was pretty clear they were on the way down, while mercedes were on the way up. You're giving bernie too much credit. What was his explanation for Williams? LOL. My prediction, vettel at ferrari may bring together a dream team if FIAT and ferrari p...

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The only lewisteria that ever bothered me was back in the ITV/james allen days, because it was unwarranted. But Lewis has just won a WDC after being the fastest driver most of the time with the most wins. Aussie TV lays out the the hype just as much. Old Greg Rust doing the show with Australia's Ala...

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Simtek wrote:
CoopsII wrote:So he's officially gone now? So I don't need to learn how to pronounce his name now? Result.

Mat-ee-atch-ee.

astrid (goodbye)

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Never seemed to be a fit in the first place. Either that or perhaps Vettel has been given full control of the team already and he's decided that he doesn't like Mattiacci. Ha Ha, lets start a new rumour, it was all Vettels fault, he made it a condition on joining the team lol. Sky were talking abou...

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The only good thing about the season was the resurgence of Williams, and the performance of Daniel Ricciardo in the Red Bull. Too many negatives to list and typing them out will leave a bad taste in my mouth but backmarker covered many: Bad points Marussia and Caterham going bust No points for Saube...

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Agree about the hulk. Someone mentioned FI before too, but i think it goes more to the hulk for finishing 6th even after a penalty.

1. Massa for the start and the chance of a win
2. Hulk

HM to Ricciardo, from pit lane last to 4th

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Why cater for younger fans Ecclestone? Because in 30 years THEY will be the ones spenging the money A lot of this suiff, if it was true, seems very much short-termism. Have you noticed his age? Of course he doesn't care about 30 years from now. He doesn't care about anything or planning long term a...

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He got a podium, so even I can't nominate him now, (even though I did before the race). He's been rubbish, but less rubbish than others I guess if we go by results (which we should).

pablo_h

Williams pit stops have failed before

but not sure about seatbelts

RICs car is stuffed and the race has been boring anyway.
Glad I'm on AWST, so it's only 12.55AM, not 3.55AM. Also glad I had enough drinks not to care

Rather watch a new ep of roadkill instead right now.

pablo_h

I've already nominated him as ROTR in my predictions and that was one of the reasons, because it didn't look like it was going to rain. The other reason was me expecting him to over drive and do something else dumb too.

pablo_h

Not a terrible start from dan dan mian for a change. (His starts usually resemble a noodle)
Vettel out the way and pitted eventually

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On one hand that's dissapointing, on the other, mercs and williams are going to suffer a lot I think.

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I can't believe how fast the williams are in q3 the 3rd sector, almost 0.3 s faster than the mercs.

e: Williams bottle it and fail, Hamilton locks up badly and fails by 0.033s
Ric just s u c k s badly.

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2014 Brazil "Didn't it Rain" GP

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Ricciardo
4. Rosberg
5. Alonso
6. Hulkenberg
7. Vettel
8. Raikkonen
9. Magnussen
10. Button

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Grosjean
ROTR: Massa
IIDOTR: Hulkenberg
DBTMOTR: Perez
MLP: Magnussen
DNQ: None

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Going to have to go with the flow 1) Maldonado. Points even after a stop go penalty 2) Ricciardo. Expected bad starts put him back, but great overtakes on MAG and ALO. Stops put him ahead of the williams, but great defending. By now it's getting a bit weird to nominate him for IIDOTR, but why not if...

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Those starting on the dirty side of the grid could make poor starts. In the last two years drivers starting in P2, P4, P6, P8 etc. have tended to lose places off the line/in the 1st turn. So even if the effects of starting in even-numbered grid positions has been reduced, I think the start will be ...

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This thread is about Lemmy now. Very well then. Drinking and sex is good you know, I approve. I used to like him before I know about all the ww2 german stuff, not so much now. On topic, I thought I was blind when I couldn't find a thread about this GP a couple of days ago here, with so much happeni...

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1. Kevin Magnussen - Negated his grid penalty by the end of lap 1. 2. Sergio Perez - Held off Massa while saving fuel... how does that even? Have to go with these two. 1. Magnussen because it was a good effort for the team all around, and Magnussen because he came from a grid penalty into the point...

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^ Ha, yeah saw the Putin and Ecclestone meet.

Almost can't be bothered the rest of the race any more.
Will soldier on just for reject and IIDOTR race nominees

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Aww Kamui retired for no known reason

pablo_h

Boring race so far. I Always viewed the track as a widened maintenance road around buildings... Sky commentators begging for a safety car to make it interesting LOL. Does anyone remember Tilke's comment about the track? I think Brundle said to him it's just a road around buildings and Tilke confirme...

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I haven't watched it. Didn't need to after seeing some stills and knowing how solid and heavy the rear of a wheeled excavator/digger chassis is.
We know the damage a spring did to Massa, or a bang did to Schumacher

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Yeah I know that, but qual is an hour earlier so can't be that important.

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1. Vergne
2. Not really any stand out for 2 really.
I guess Button did well, but that's not really suprising is it?

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Track management/honda. No idea why it was a 3pm start in the first place (I don't mean changing the race time yesterday - I mean why it was originally scheduled so late in the day when it gets dark early, especially on a wet day)

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Bianchi went by ambulance because the helicopter couldn't land/takeoff I believe. Which comprises his treatment a little bit. Not good. The helicopter was there, and indeed could fly, because it took off and left the track fine. A decision was made by the medical team not to use it for Bianchi for ...

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1. Sutil
2. Stewards.

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1. Vergne
2. Perez

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Kamui didn't complete the formation lap

Rosberg doesn't make the grid either.

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Not exactly improbably, but for me, two brilliant drives from these boys: 1) Bottas 2) Ricciardo Can't disagree with that too much. Those two did a lot of work to help make the race entertaining, but this isn't an entertainment award. IIDotR 1. massa (podium!) 2. perez (for keeping in it). Both for...

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Loving the race. Poor starts from Hamilton, Bottas and Ricciardo have made this race great and full of overtaking. e: well Ric started 9th, so less a poor start than a poor spot on the grid, but driving so well as usual to get from 11th+ after the start, to 5th. Other than that, predictable top 10 w...

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Can't say I agree. Rosberg is constantly asking the team things like, help me out, make me faster, tell him to let me pass. Hamilton is saying things like let me know what he's doing, also **** him and **** the team for this POS car LOL. I'm no Hamilton fan, but it's clear he just wants them to give...

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Disclaimer: Not a Hamilton fan, was cheering on Ricciardo in fact. But he got lucky with a safety car while the track was drying out and the drivers in front didn't have the chance to stop when he did, and I acknowledge that fact. 1. Hamilton. Has pitlane to podium been done before on the Hungarorin...

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