Grand Prix Rejects

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The track looks super narrow, I don't know how anyone will pull off a pass.Probably just stay out of trouble and hope cars in front hit the walls.

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Schröder are looking for a driver to replace James Wilmington in AutoReject 3.5.

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So, I know Haas have had plenty of help from Ferrari, but their success so far does make me wonder how HRT would have done if they had the money to actually pay Dallara. Probably better.

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1. Romain Grosjean - even if it's just that the Haas is a decent midfield car that performs exactly to its ability in Romain Grosjean's hands, he's still outperforming his team mate handily.
2. Stoffel Vandoorne - the only McLaren driver to have a point this season, decent debut.

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Is it confirmed that Vandoorne will replace him, or could McLaren pull a Kovalainen on us?

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DanielPT wrote:Yes. The new qualification format will be used in Australia.

Cool, I'll have a watch because that offers the potential for madness.

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I've struggled to keep up, is the new qualifying system happening in Australia?

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I'd like to see teams split Berniemoney more equally, rather than based on finishing position in the constructors' championship. And I would like to see initiatives to allow more teams to entry to bring the grid to 26 cars - maybe allow new teams to run customer cars for three years.

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I, for one, welcome the rise of the next Senna.

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It seems that the big benefit to Manor for taking Peewee is not free/reduced cost engines, but access to Mercedes' wind tunnel. If Manor have the ability to pay for Mercedes engines anyway, then access to the wind tunnel is probably far more valuable to them going forward, as the chassis has always ...

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I have been unconvinced that Wehrlein is a great talent, but I think I don't give him enough credit. - Won ADAC Formel Masters in 2011, but didn't really beat anyone great (except Roy Nissany). - 2nd in first year of European Formula 3. Lost to Dani Juncadella, who was in his third season, and beat ...

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If Bottas ain't in a Ferrari for this season, I can't honestly see him in one anytime in the future. His moment has passed and there are others on the block. The new Hülkenberg - so we can expect him to win Le Mans. Speaking seriously, if not Ferrari, then I would expect Mercedes to pick Bottas up ...

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DanielPT wrote:Good on Magnussen, he deserves another chance.

As for Maldonado, I reckon he will get a Manor seat still.

Does he want it? I wonder whether a move to Indy or NASCAR might be on the cards.

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I ask this on the off-chance that one of these might actually fancy his chances rather than waste his time and talent trundling around for the odd point here and there, with the other three purely for speculation. I am further wondering, how would some of these F1 champions and maybe-future-champio...

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Let's go controversial: 1) Lewis Hamilton I was impressed. Forget the last three races, they were meaningless as far as Hamilton was concerned: he could have gone on holiday with a pop star instead and still been World Champion (and yet still came second in each race). He won 10 races, finished on t...

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No more news on Rio, but I noticed this amusing little anecdote in an interview with John Booth which was conducted by Autosport after Manor were confirmed as one of the three original new teams for the 2010 season, midway through 2009: Q. Do you have any potential drivers in the pipeline? JB: &quo...

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Bernd Schröder wrote:France was not the greatest race for us, hopefully we can kick on in the next race and produce an improved result.

Also, does anyone else get a 403 forbidden error when trying to access the wiki?

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Not just his career path: finishing the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix in a points position or passing Petrov and Heidfeld at the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix would have added a third title.

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Manor Marussia is going to be changing its name for next season. Dropping the Marussia bit is a given, but with Booth and Lowden gone I think the Manor name is probably on the way out too.

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Will Stevens stay at Manor next year? Apparently, "everything is moving in the right direction", according to the man himself. I can't see that he had many options left in F1 for next season, especially now Kvyat has been announced at Red Bull. Lol. I read somewhere that Stevens was being...

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Simtek wrote:Will Stevens stay at Manor next year?

Apparently, "everything is moving in the right direction", according to the man himself.

I can't see that he had many options left in F1 for next season, especially now Kvyat has been announced at Red Bull.

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I wouldn't imagine that Bob Bell will be without a job for too long.

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To muddy the waters re: Manor and the Prodrive takeover:

Force India set to be rebranded as Aston Martin.

Dave Richards still owns shares in Aston Martin.

Aston Martin Racing is run by Prodrive in the World Endurance Championship.

Prodrive are going to run Force India?

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IceG wrote:Sky are suggesting that Manor and ProDrive could merge and bring Martin Whitmarsh back as team principle...

Prodrive are the New Jersey Grand Prix of F1 teams.

I've also heard Carlin rumoured. Throw Direxiv into the mix and we've gone back to 2006.

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Apparently Jos Verstappen was fastest in FP1.

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Awful - Booth and Lowdon are motorsport people, Fitzpatrick is a businessman whose interest will inevitably wane.

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Bernd Schröder wrote:The team want to congratulate James Wilmington for scoring his first points today. It was good work, and he's showing promise.

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1. Checo Perez - not bad
2. Valtteri Bottas - didn't see him making it back to third, given how poor Williams have been at turning good qualifying positions into podiums, and he was very unfortunate to be a victim of Kimi at the end.

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They've also adopted F1's points system for e-Licences - while 20 points is not a great many, it would have prevented Matthew Brabham and Michela Cerruti from entering.

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It's 100% going to be Grosjean.

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Oliver Rowland won Formula Renault 3.5 at the weekend. Hard to see him ever stepping up to Formula One, as he only manages a career at the moment thanks to the Racing Steps Foundation, who won't fund a Formula One seat.

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WeirdKerr wrote:a 3ft 4 transgendered dwarf called Janice

Think of the weight savings!

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*SILLY QUESTION ALERT* Wait a second! So Renault are buying fully into the Enstone team which they'd fully owned only 5 years ago but then pulled out of. I don't even remember why they dropped out in the first place, but whatever the reason was, why are they suddenly buying it back now? Back in 200...

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GM hasnt even been in any credible f1 rumours since I've followed F1, and (discounting Ilmor) they don't have their own motorsport facilities that are capable of producing engines, either. I'd be less surprised if Kia came forth tomorrow and announced they'll join F1 as a completely new team than i...

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Romain Grosjean has signed with Haas, and Renault have bid for Lotus - interestingly, the deal has the possibility for someone to outbid Renault, which seems unlikely.

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If VW did buy Red Bull, I wonder what would happen to Toro Rosso. I'm not sure I can see VW going from having zero involvement in F1 to owning two teams, and I can't see Red Bull selling the golden goose and keeping their junior team.

Hopefully they'll give it to Giancarlo Minardi.

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As always, I'll believe it when I see it.

Sometimes I think we're more likely to see Life back in Formula One.

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Looks like Red Bull are going to split with Renault . Red Bull Mercedes? Red Bull Ferrari? Red Bull Honda? Red Bull Cosworth? Wasn't Red Bull making noises about creating their own in house engine? I mean, granted they are a drinks company but they can make the engine out of recycled cans and use t...

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Looks like Red Bull are going to split with Renault. Red Bull Mercedes? Red Bull Ferrari? Red Bull Honda? Red Bull Cosworth?

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http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/9978863/2016-f1-season-could-conclude-in-december So, we can have Malaysia at the end of the season, and the season ending in December. Discuss. Sepang is one of the better modern tracks, so probably an improvement on Abu Dhabi. December is a little late for t...

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