Grand Prix Rejects

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Why has no one thought of this before?: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7171049

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So I didn't realise that Max Verstappen was born in Belgium, to a Belgian mother, and grew up in Belgium, but races under a Dutch licence. One could argue the wait for the first Dutch winner goes on...

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The Chicane wrote:This track forever reminds me of 2010 and the BBC for some reason...?

The Chicane, have you noticed the Renault team wearing retro team gear this weekend?

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Can we all at least just spare a thought for Wehrlein. Two perfectly commendable years for two shite teams, and not even in the running for a drive. Poor, poor Pascal... You have to say that Pascal has done better than most who've had their introduction to F1 at the back of the grid. He's certainly...

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tommykl wrote:...well, that was embarrassing. I forgot to check what the last thing I copied was.

This is the actual thing I made.

A fan of Jay Foreman too I see!

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Very excited too! I have heard that the rules have been opened up a bit in the hope for some "Carbide-killers" to emerge (things like nets and entanglement weapons being allowed, for example). Smacks a bit like fixing to me, but on the other hand no one got anywhere near beating Carbide la...

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1. Vettel's luck - frankly unbelievable sequence of events for him. Been the best driver this year and will have little to show for it.

2. Hulkenberg's luck - freak DRS failure meant we didn't get the chance to be entertained by Nico on new tyres.

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1. Haas - they said themselves that they are fighting tooth and nail for every single point in this part of the season, so a double points finish is especially welcome to them. 2. Verstappen - by default really, he challenged Hamilton throughout and without Bottas and lapped cars coming into play, h...

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I can't pick just one! 1996 Monaco GP - for reasons mentioned plenty of times already 2003 Brazilian GP - chaos in the rain 2005 San Marino GP - one of the best defensive driving performances ever, Alonso vs Michael Schumacher 2005 Japanese GP - Alonso had won the championship at the previous race, ...

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Oh, there's a thread for this stuff? Cool, I'll just leave this here: m Make sure you have a couple of hours free. Going through 17776 was the most surreal experience of the summer for me. And I got undue attention for being on national TV. If you at all have the time, read it. It's one of the best...

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AdrianBelmonte_ wrote:https://twitter.com/ChelseaFC/status/910861681101873152

FINALLY

Words can't describe how much excited i am...

Happy to sell the diva back to you for a tidy £15m profit, not to mention only £1m shy of what was paid for Morata.

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The whole set up of junior teams is completely at odds with the superlicence points system and its peeing me off. We're in a situation where there's a seat at Toro Rosso and currently no one to fill it. Honda's choice would clearly be Nobuharu Matsushita, but the points requirement is a big hurdle f...

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We have an early runner for Malaysia ROTR!

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Just seems like Renault were the first team to think of it and now everyone is mad that they didn't think of it first.

Mind you, I would have thought the gardening leave would be much longer.

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On it straight away.

Yet another great profile! Shame he never got a proper chance, understandable why he turned down further drives. Perhaps the most talented driver to only ever have one race in F1.

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I was thinking... Now liberty media want to increase the calendar, could be interesting the inclusion of an oval race, we could have an oval race, some street races, some at night... Judging by their latest strategy, it's more likely that Liberty Media are going to focus on boosting the number of s...

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Many teams owe him a great debt, RIP.

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1. Pirelli - a wet race that wasn't mired by constant debate about whether the cars should be racing or not

2. Mercedes - I know part of the race was wet, but where did that pace come from

HMs: Sainz, Palmer and Vandoorne for scoring way more points than we are used to

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1. Sebastian Vettel 2. Shared between Daniil Kvyat and Marcus Ericsson +1 for this. Was Vettel's move aggressive? Maybe, but I doubt he knew Raikkonen was up the inside of Verstappen. Was his start poor? Yes As for Kvyat and Ericsson, they are the bottom two drivers in the championship and days lik...

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Enjoyed this a bunch!

Never thought of Larrousse as anything other than bland, so you've added some excitement for me!

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1. Ricciardo - please give him a grid penalty every race so he can storm through the pack
2. Stroll - mainly for his qualifying, but you can't fault his racing either. Shame Williams let him down on his pit stop, they are usually so good

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At risk of sounding petulant but hear me out... 1. Mercedes With Hamilton on pole and three Mercedes powered cars between him and Vettel, this was a chance for Hamilton to build up a nice points lead in the championship before a very tricky round in Singapore (and I'd possibly favour Ferrari around ...

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1. Ricciardo - 3rd at a power circuit shouldn't be possible in this year's Red Bull.

2. Massa - no idea how he get P8 but there he is.

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Looking at the TBCs for 2018, this is how I see it working out: Force India: Despite the conflict with his teammate, I don't see Perez getting dropped, he is too consistent and brings good money to team. Nor is there any good reason for Perez to move himself as there are no better drives around - pe...

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1. Perez - now I don't think that Ocon did himself any favours by going for that gap when the option was there to back out and do Perez on the Kemmel straight with the slipstream, but obviously Perez was very aggressive and dangerous in a high speed part of the track. He seems to have a vendetta wit...

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Just happened the other day that I was watching footage of Shadow's only GP win in Austria. RIP Don

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Maybe. I've caught it now and again - the Mexico race this season had a great finish to it, but I just can't get captivated by it. Not given up on it though. I'm the same, when I do watch it I enjoy it and get into it quite quickly but I've missed most of the races this season due to not knowing th...

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WaffleCat wrote:Yet another reddit article for me, this time focusing on one famous Finnish reject: Leo Kinnunen

Nice job! Really enjoyed reading this. To think he could have joined Lotus...

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Driver swaps for Spa! Nyck De Vries and Louis Deletraz swap teams, and Deletraz now joins Rapax as De Vries hooks up with Racing Engineering as they attempt to save face from a dodgy opening few rounds. Oh, and Roberto Merhi's in the other Rapax, and replaces Canamasas to the dismay/delight of many...

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Miguel Ángel Guerra sounds like the very definition of middle of the road!

I didn't know Argentina had a Formula 1 series. Thanks very much for the article!

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I managed to get gmaps-pedometer working, albeit with a bit of the straight line tool.

Paul Ricard to Mont Ventoux via Ledenon

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7116800

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I had a nice route all mapped out...and gmap-pedometer decided to refuse to let me save it. I'll try again tomorrow.

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Whoever they choose, I wouldn't be sad to see the last of Ericsson...

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WaffleCat wrote:Yet again another little article I did on the reddit with my random driver highlight project, this time featuring Gerhard Mitter

Great article on Mitter, particularly interesting were the tales of intrigue in his early Formula Junior career!

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That 2018 design...so sleek at the back. Looks like the tail will be swinging all over the place on that thing.

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1. Alonso - McLaren upped their game this weekend, but I doubt anyone other than Fernando would have finished as high as 6th for them and get a fastest lap. The smallest sniff of a result and this guy will be all over it. 2. Hamilton - He'd have been forgiven (at least by the British press) for not ...

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1. Magnussen - What a child. Deliberately resorting to dirty driving and then acting like that to Hulkenberg on camera (hilarious, though). On a day where Hamilton even managed a sporting gesture. 2. Palmer - You can finish 11th as often as you like mate but just speak to Gutierrez about that. Plus ...

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It's got to be something like that, hasn't it? I can't see how Sauber have managed to get latest spec engines without bargaining something else (that something else surely not being money). Latest spec engines also make sense if they are running a Ferrari junior driver as it will give Ferrari a bett...

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That's my kind of service station!

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Waris wrote:
Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:Alonso and Massa's heated post race exchange

I forgot all about that. What was it about?

I'm sure it was just the follow on from Alonso's bullying pass on Massa for the win.

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