Grand Prix Rejects

There's a big difference between how different outlets operate. Some can go with "oh some guy told me this so we'll report it", others need more. The truth is, this didn't happen until this week - so in that, there's nothing to confirm until it happens. Can't report "Perez set for Red...

I was "lucky enough" to be sent the folder too, so I've seen *everything* in it. But there's lots of context surrounding it that those images alone (which are definitely between Horner and his secretary, but 90% of the images show how dull Horner is) don't show. I can provide said context ...

Feel like I can offer some inside views here, but I think the general mood is pretty well encapsulated. Not going for Williams because it was always evident that it would be a tricky year - probably could have got a better car out but growing pains needed to happen with changing processes. Alpine wa...

Foxdale is done: https://we.tl/t-YHlkHuNwe9

Klon should have that from me, plus Euromotor, Adriatica, MarchSixteen, Czechmate, Jones, and Mecha.

Can sort something when I've got the time. In other news... Samsung Jones Couteau Racing unveils 2023 partners in livery launch https://i.imgur.com/KxhZ3jX.png The livery that will adorn the Jones 120 chassis in the revitalised 2023 AutoReject World Series has been revealed in an online launch, as S...

Team: Jones Couteau Racing
User: taxi

Engine: Ford EcoBoost
Tyres: Michelin

On drivers, if I can drop Ebner for someone more...canonically significant then that'd be lush. DAT stays.

Got livery somewhere, need to hunt it down.

Yes, so Lawson was mooted but Red Bull wanted to keep him on a leash just in case it needed him back as a reserve. Williams didn't want that. Vowles doesn't rate Schumacher, Wolff tried to convince him with some simulator data over the off-season but it was no better than Sargeant's. Plus, why would...

I don't agree, Sainz would not be joining Williams if Vowles wasn't there. I think Vowles has a bit of a blind spot when it comes to the immediate term, because he seems to be entirely focused on the long-term future, but it's difficult to be over everything. Besides, the actual amount the floor wa...

J V..... Jacques Villeneuve? :roll: James Vowles. While I know he was on the pit wall in the past (as a strategist, I believe?), he is so far over his head as a Team Principal. I don't agree, Sainz would not be joining Williams if Vowles wasn't there. I think Vowles has a bit of a blind spot when i...

I'm currently scouring the Autosport archive, but don't see anything related to Keke Rosberg or Roberto Moreno in the September '88 issues. Schlesser had already been a Williams test driver for some years so it makes sense for him to be on standby, especially as Brundle turned the drive down quite l...

1. Kevin Magnussen - probably should have backed out.

2. Sergio Perez - Saw Magnussen coming, did absolutely nothing about it

Yuki Tsunoda is the standout, incredibly strong throughout and his moves in Turn 6 were brilliantly crafted. He's showing up Ricciardo. HMs: Fernando Alonso - sure, he probably played it up a little bit, but that opening stint on the soft tyre was brilliant and vital to scoring sixth over Russell an...

I'd probably agree that the street circuit phase is probably getting a little excessive, but it's at the expense of Barcelona so I can let this one slide...

If Suzuka was to lose the Japanese GP to an Osaka street race, however, then I think all hell would break loose.

You'd hope Cape Town would be one of the February dates - was lucky enough to go out to South Africa for that race this year, and it was incredible. Poor old Kelvin van der Linde though, got run ragged doing media duties around the city and then couldn't even take to the start... But there's still i...

Did Haas specifically say that he would not be able to race because of his nationality? The Russian invasion took place in February 2022 and I'm certain he was replaced before then.I would have thought it would've been fairly straightforward for Haas to assert that his services were not being kept ...

Row Man Gross-Gene wrote: ↑28 Jul 2023, 03:05 Those prices make Montreal a pretty attractive option for US residents.

...before you factor in hotel costs. Montreal prices get jacked up for F1 weekend, crazy money.

Ayr Town Centre

Craig Pollock is going to be heading up a team with the aim of entering in 2026. With backing from an unspecified country in the Gulf region, the team will be called Formula Equal, with the intention that the team's workforce will be 50% male, 50% female, hopefully evenly spread throughout the orga...

Jones Couteau Racing would like to rekindle its relationship with Ford, and hire Lars Ebner for the second seat.

Team: Lamborghini Motor Racing Developments
Cars: (either a one or two car team)
Chassis name: BT60B (formerly the Benetton B190)
Tier: A
Cost: believe it's already been deducted etc

ENGINE: Lamborghini

TYRES
Tyre Supplier: Pirelli
Cost: 200k

As per last season, Lamborghini engines will be available for £350k for any customers. Scuderia Italia would be interested in renewing their supply. Happy to go ahead with that - and hence, we've hit our self-imposed limit of three customer teams. We've also agreed a provisional deal to sell the BT...

As per last season, Lamborghini engines will be available for £350k for any customers.

Jones Couteau Racing bids Chassis: B (500) (REL: Balanced, AERO: Slow corner) Engine: Honda (250) Tyres: Bridgestone (100) EDIT: Driver bids DRIVER 1: Diego Alvarez Torrente (120cr, 1 year) Tomo Kazama (120cr, 1 year) DRIVER 2: Pierre St. Laurent (PAY, 1 year) Simon Mestach (PAY, 1 year) James Wilmi...

TEAM: Lamborghini Motor Racing Developments

Driver 1:
Mark Blundell (1 year, £125,000)
Karl Wendlinger (1 year, PD)
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1 year, PD)

Driver 2:
Stefano Modena (1 year, PD)
Ukyo Katayama (1 year, PD)
Alex Caffi (1 year, PD)
Mauricio Gugelmin (1 year, PD)
Eddie Irvine (1 year, PD)

Jones Couteau Racing announces title partnership with Samsung South Korean electronics giant joins British squad on multi-year deal Electronics giant Samsung has joined Jones Couteau Racing as a title sponsor for its AutoReject World Series team for 2023 and beyond, marking a fruitful relationship ...

Team: Jones Couteau Racing Team
Nationality: British

Team: Lamborghini MRD
Sponsor: Lamborghini (***)

As per last season, engines will be available to purchase. We will supply a maximum of three customer teams, and subject to bids.

There has been on-off talk of Indycar drivers coming to F1 (Palou, Herta) and vice versa, F1 to Indycar (Latifi, Ricciardo), but none of it seemed remotely plausible or realistic. Therefore, where did these stories come from? Why are these stories circulating if there's no substance to them? Will t...

Team Name: HYPERNOVA Racing
Team Nationality: German
Numbers: 19/20

Reticent to nominate Haas as it was just a catalogue of misfortune rather than anything the team did. Thus...

1. Tsunoda - a desperately silly moment of brainfade.
2. McLaren - pitstops had the grace and decorum of a reversing dump truck.

HYPERNOVA will continue.

At the moment, we have 26 full-time teams, 12 Indy 500-only teams, and "TBA" for Ashley Cassidy. At the moment, I'm going to treat Ashley as a 500-only entry. If that needs to be corrected or anyone wants to add a 500 entry, let me know ASAP. Just on that, she was only a TBA because there...

Team: HYPERNOVA Racing
Nationality: DEU
Numbers: 19/20

Driver 1: TBA
Driver 2: TBA

As for Aston Martin, their preparation for this weekend was rather disrupted by Vettel's positive covid test. Added to that, there has been speculation from the start of testing that the aerodynamic package Aston Martin have put together wasn't performing as well as hoped. Piola in particular was v...

For the benefit of any teams who remain undecided with their driver line-ups, I'll run a 'two-day' pre-season test at Valencia, so you can split seats accordingly.

Klon wrote:Exclusive Autosport offers Skye Summers a ride.

She accepts graciously.

Haas doesn't even have to enjoy an upswing in performance to build value; F1's audience is growing and the grid is essentially a closed shop. And either you spend millions on setting up a new team and paying the $200m dilution fee, or you spend marginally fewer millions on buying a going concern. Th...

Wouldn't mind starting to get this show on the road - I have some drivers available for seats if anyone's interested in hiring: Rayyan Amirmoez (19) - comes with National Oil Corporation and Libya Fertiliser Company money Skye Summers (20) - comes with Petro-Canada and Dairy Queen sponsorship Dakota...

Engine - Lamborghini

High Priority - Reliability
Medium Priority - Power
Low Priority - Driveability

TEAM: Monster Energy Esponsorama Racing

Rider 1:
Pol Espargaro - €6M
Enea Bastianini - €4M
Miguel Oliveira - €4M

Rider 2:
Remy Gardner - €3M
Fabio di Giannantonio- €2M
Joe Roberts - €2M

Crew chief 1:
Esteban Garcia - €2M
Diego Gubellini - €2M

Crew chief 2:
Ramon Forcada - €2.5M
Noe Herrera - €2M

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