Grand Prix Rejects

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I actually spent my honeymoon in Adler, in a hotel 5 minutes go from the raceway. It was such a good time! And no, Adler wasn't empty before the Olympics. In fact, I spent my summer vacations there 7 times in a row when I was a child. I admit this particular part of Adler might have been emptier but...

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I hope it goes well for Sirotkin.

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I've read in an interview that some Bernie Ecclestone is upset with the way Liberty Media handles the sport, especially it's heavy reliance on social media and platforms. I am also aware of a popular opinion that Formula 1 is becoming gradually less exciting because the element of "heroism"...

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and a tin of surströmming several years past its use by date M-man, sure Vandoorne messed up quite a lot there, but that's just, ehm, I mean he already has to drive that McHonda, and a 3-place grid penalty too, so let's save that surströmming for whoever it will be who takes the first victory from ...

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This is easy!

1. Wehrlein
2. Force India

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Some of you might appreciate the fact that GPRejects Forums now has 1049 members. Nothing important honestly, just a random stat.
someone call Wurz. quick. the day has come.

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There's rumours Force India's gonna switch to.... PINK. In case they sign a contract with BWT.

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I think Ferrari figured it out a bit. Hoping for a decent season for them. (Räikkönen for WDC!!)
I wouldn't want to be in Alonso's skin right now.

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DemocalypseNow wrote:This is a formal warning. Posting of explicit, pornographic images will not be tolerated on this forum.

Then ban me. Ban me right now, harder, ban me with a vengeance!

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The revelation season is over: let's rate them! Sauber: 10 - classy. Toro Rosso: 10 - a great leap forward in design. Renault: 9 - good Renaultish livery. Haas: 9 - you need to get used to that asphalt gray, but once you do.. Also, their shark fin is the BEST. Mercedes: 8 - nice job, improved over t...

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Finally, our prayers for the changing of the Toro Rosso design concept were heard. This is awesome!

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I would only disagree with you, Simtek, in your opinion that the white ruins this McLaren. I think it's pretty nice overall, but on the contrary, I'd suggest to get rid of black there. We already have a yellowish-blackish contender, which is Renault. Having an orange-white livery would be an enhance...

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My take on the showings so far: Williams pre-release photos: quite mediocre, as in, not much different from their previous livery. that's not exactly bad though, and the car looks slick, only they didn't touch the painting and I'm always in favor of livery creativity. Sauber: the best livery so far...

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Aislabie wrote:Gorgeous livery, absentee sponsors and a year-old engine.

That's basically what we, as GP Rejects, love in F1 cars.
Awesome livery, Sauber has far surpassed my expectations. I was expecting boring crap, and what we got was a sleek and classy paintjob.

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Okay here you go easy one... Mercedes doesn't win the Constructor's Cup.

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Check this out. Some Italian (with a nice surname) started a crowdfunding campaign to buy the remnants of the team. He claims to be in contact with Capital GF. https://www.generosity.com/sports-fundraising/save-manor-racing-team When you said Italian with nice surname, I expected something along th...

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This wrote:Bad news, as Esteban Tuero just announced his retirement from racing.

...making Mercedes feel shocked again. Now their options are hopelessly limited.

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CoopsII wrote:

"Thanks Bernie, this is so unexpected"

"What you on about? The box is empty, it's for you to put your ID cards, car keys and canteen vouchers in. The exit's over thataway"

...And that ribbon is $2.5.

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It might be a better bet for Wehrlein to stay at Manor than go to Sauber. I'd always liked Sauber until the Monisha era; she seems to make some very odd decisions around finance and driver contracts. Manor with new investors and a Merc engine sounds far more attractive than Sauber on the edge of fi...

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Aerond wrote:
East Londoner wrote:Say hello to standing restarts after safety car periods next year

I'm happy with the idea.

So am I.

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1. Esteban Gutierrez Gutierrez. I tried to justify all he did this season and to see how he's just full of bad luck and not actually a bad driver, but today I lost a big chunk of respect for him. I dare to suggest that was his last race in Formula 1. You,young man, should be grateful to Guenther Sht...

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I don't know if anyone other than me plays collectible card games here, but I find it really funny to make game cards of some of Formula 1 happenings. Here are two I did yesterday: https://pp.vk.me/c626723/v626723658/3a069/0uF_uWnATSM.jpg https://pp.vk.me/c626723/v626723658/3a070/N5uuORyYWsc.jpg

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I predicted Brexit, I predicted Trump win, I never watched Walking Dead, but THIS ... I mean, what was their reasoning to hesitate to keep KMag on-board again? Who on earth would prefer Jolyon to Kevin? Okay Renault, fine, now Kevin will beat Jolyon, the only difference being he will be in Haas. Big...

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I'm glad to hear this news, though I'd apparently prefer him go to Force India, the very fact that after all this he stays in F1 is awesome. Open champagne!

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Palmer's recent comments on how Renault doesn't value their drivers' efforts are something else entirely. Am I the only one who thinks that the most vivid part of the silly season is the WORST possible time to criticize your team so bluntly and stupidly? I mean, efforts. What efforts did Palmer do t...

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I've never heard of the One Team Association, what was it? When HRT F1 Team left the FOTA, Colin Colles jokingly established an alternative association of his own team and called it One Team Association (OTA). He gave out those member cards to his team personnel, his friends and those who like his ...

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What a lazy deal: they'll only need to throw away the "i" from "Applied"!

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Not sure if this ever appeared on the forum, but this is the member card of infamous Colin Colles' OTA (One Team Association).

I think this just deserves to be here.

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We've passed 15 Grand Prix already. Look at internal race battle within Haas: GRO / GUT - - - - - - - - - AUS: 6 / ret (GRO) BAH: 5 / ret (GRO) CHN: 19 / 14 (GUT) RUS: 8 / 17 (GRO) ESP: ret / 11 (GUT) MON: 13 / 11 (GUT) CAN: 14 / 13 (GUT) AZE: 13 / 16 (GRO) AUT: 7 / 11 (GRO) GBR: ret / 16 (GUT) HUN:...

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CoopsII wrote:1 - Kvyat - "Poshel na khuy Verstappen!"

That's exactly what we exclaimed when we were watching that fight!

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You're right, he has seen his first race in 1988 in Belgium. His father worked in some trading ministry of USSR or something like that.

You're also right about Soviet Russia, though I've never experienced the full effect: I was only _made_ in USSR, but I was born in Russia already.

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2. Sauber - it is not so much for their terrible pace, given that you expect Sauber to generally be rubbish these days, but more for the fact that they cynically sent Nasr back out solely to serve the 10 second penalty that he'd earned for his clash with Palmer because they knew the stewards would ...

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This discussion just makes me understand how lucky we Russians are and we barely realise it. We have one TV holding broadcasting F1, but it does it well. Commentator (Alexey Popov) is in love with F1 since childhood and he comments for decades already, and by his voice you can figure he really lives...

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Here's a thought I've recently had So there's Ferrari dreaming big about having a 3rd car Okay, but why not consider a possibility of having the 1-car teams? Manor could afford 1 car _and_ proper development, rather than 2 cars and doubtful development. Also we could see an influx of new ambitious p...

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This is how I see it: Force India Vitaly Petrov Nico Hulkenberg Williams Narain Karthikeyan Stoffel Vandoorne Toro Rosso Carlos Sainz, Jr. Pierre Gasly McLaren Fernando Alonso Nico Rosberg Renault Valtteri Bottas Kevin Magnussen Sauber Ralf Aron Pastor Maldonado Haas Romain Grosjean Pascal Wehrlein ...

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So, I have stumbled upon this web service txti.es and I liked it SO much that I decided to start my small project for fun with it. I will share some exclusive and undoubtedly true F1 news there and see how it goes. (Aside from that, check out the entire platform: it lets you make really beautiful, s...

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Biscione, from your profile pic I make a conclusion you're supporting the Icelandic football team this Euro? High five! We're gonna destroy Austria! (I'm personally a geek of Iceland and surrounding areas, though I equally support my own nation's team) Now, Rejects of the race from me: 1. Jolyon Pal...

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I hope you're getting all the support and help that you need. And I hope that the support is ongoing, not just through the worst of times. Thank you for the kind words. I have people to support me luckily, it's just that my self-experimenting went wrong. Let's move on, I won't bring it up again. At...

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Well, it is a shame to lose you again so soon after you'd returned - it was always interesting to hear your viewpoint on things. Still, I am sure that it shall be for the best in the end. It wasn't for the best. I'm so so sorry I even brang it all here, I didn't realize what I was doing, it was sub...

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I know this probably isn't an appropriate place to post it, but I felt it would be unfair if I didn't notify anyone. For a long time already I've been slowly cutting my Internet usage, I deleted all my social media and other accounts. My ultimate goal is to live a life free of Internet; my reasoning...

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