Grand Prix Rejects

Thanks for all the help. So this is genuinely the biggest age difference in 70 years. That is quite unusual!

Fernando Alonso remains the oldest driver on the grid this year, being 43 going on 44. The youngest driver will be Antonelli, 18 going on 19. That's an age difference of 25 years. I did a check on Schumacher, when he was in his 40s, and he was 21 years older than Jaime Alguersuari, the youngest, in ...

Since 2021, only one potential career killer in the form of last year's Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber C41 , which had Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu driving it. However, there's plenty of time for Zhou to return, and Bottas has accepted a Mercedes reserve role at the time of writing, so there's definit...

No unrejectifications or moves towards unrejectification for anyone in 2024. The closest we got was Oliver Bearman's 7th place on debut. For 2025 we have six rejects : - Andrea Kimi Antonelli (debuting) - Oliver Bearman (best: 7th) - Gabriel Bortoleto (debuting) - Jack Doohan (best: 15th) - Isack Ha...

Not even unusual, just funny: Lance Stroll is Canada's most experienced F1 driver ever.

I predict that 2025 will be a close season just like 2021 with a nail-biter finish. I also expect that Verstappen will triumph at the death, either against Leclerc, Norris, or both. I also believe that it will be Verstappen's last championship, as Red Bull finally gets caught, and history plays out ...

Well after that late-stage switch we now have a genuinely fascinating chance for a proper fight. Alpine: Jack Doohan Pierre Gasly Aston: Lance Stroll Haas: Esteban Ocon Oliver Bearman Sauber: Gabriel Bortoleto (he has a first name!) Mercedes: Kimi Antonelli RB: Isack Hadjar Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull: Li...

Back to 1988 appearances in Indy, and I've found another almost candidate. Derek Daly had one 6th in Monaco in 1982, a 12th in the Indy 500 in 1985, BUT one fourth place in Le Mans (both on track and in class) in 1988. It takes until we get to 1985 before we find another Triple Crown Driver Reject i...

Strange how this rolled out nearly a week ago on Finnish and German media, but took Auto/Motorsport (a.k.a. the ones we actually trust) until the end of last night to officially confirm it. The gap between "confirmed rumours" and "confirmed" was strangely long for this story. Law...

Having a look around based on F1 drivers who have been in IndyCar in recent years. Funnily enough Max Chilton JUST avoids being in the list because of his 4th place at the 2017 Indy 500. Otherwise he has one retirement at Le Mans and two 14ths at Monaco. Romain Grosjean : - 24 Hours of Le Mans, two ...

This is a particularly fascinating one because the list is actually a lot wider than I was initially thinking: it doesn't have to be rejects in those series, just people who were rubbish at those three specific races. Anyone who's participated in and failed to get a 4, a 5-6, or a 6-6-6 in all three...

So for 2025 we have Alpine: Jack Doohan Pierre Gasly Aston: Lance Stroll Haas: Esteban Ocon Oliver Bearman Sauber: Bortoleto Mercedes: Kimi Antonelli RB: Yuki Tsunoda Of those, Antonelli is by far the favourite, but I reckon we could have a fun time if Tsunoda gets promoted up to Red Bull in Perez's...

I've been taking a sabbatical (hopefully not a Häkkinen sabbatical!) for the most part from F1 this year, but have caught enough races to give my general mentions and opinions. - Zhou Guanyu : After three years in F1, he doesn't seem to have improved beyond his regular level of anonymity, and aside ...

And of course this is probably all deliberately built to become some kind of leviathan that no individual or even group would be able to take down on its own, but would probably need some grand co-ordinated effort. I don't remember who said it, but someone famously said of the recession in the late ...

Row Man Gross-Gene wrote: ↑03 Dec 2024, 15:27almost by definition they need to be a bit old and out of touch in order to be beyond the reach of sanction by Sulayem if they should lose.

I repeat my previous suggestion of either Bernie Ecclestone or Daniel Ricciardo

The organisers have had something of a curse over the years when they've tried to organise 24 races in a season - one or two ultimately always get cancelled due to flooding or worldwide plague or whatever it might be. This year, I think what would be a perfect treat for the viewer at home would be t...

Gasly from sixth to second overall, and it really must be him as the favourite. Considering his topsy-turvy real-life season, in my opinion Magnussen would be the most confusing and funniest runner-up out of the options, and it is for that reason that I will be supporting him.

https://64.media.tumblr.com/6fa94b689971d29819c07d2e2262eae5/1047ce9a717995ea-84/s540x810/1894741ba07f44e5cc768a870f61e49c809719b6.gif Meanwhile the fight for second is very close. Even Magnussen of all people could end up finishing runner-up with two good races behind him. No less than five people...

although the current anti-dilution fee is $200 million, that is expected to increase under the terms of the new commercial agreement that will be in place from 2026 onwards. That is indeed a funny coincidence! "I would like to enter Formula 1. Here is the $200 million you asked for." &quo...

Quite a number of the contemporary opinion pieces were not saved, especially towards the end of the site's life around 2013-2014.

Top ten Genesis albums. 1. A Trick of the Tail. 2. Foxtrot. 3. Wind and Wuthering. 4. Selling England by the Pound. 5. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. 6. Nursery Cryme. 7. Duke. 8. Abacab. 9. Genesis. 10. Trespass. Easily the most controversial thing posted up on this site recently. I have to count...

I also love that Piastri is winning the constructors' championship all on his own in this universe too, even despite a 1-2 for Alpine. Amazing that Piastri still hasn't beaten Russell's win record - the suspense is killing us.

People said at the time that Hamilton dumping his dad as manager was a bit cold, but since that era of the very early 2010s, his "public life" if we want to call it that, has quietened down significantly and he's just generally disappeared from the celebrity controversy mill since. Probabl...

Esteban Gutierrez , two time Reject of the Year, who apparently has nabbed some job at Mercedes. On countless shots of the Merc garage did we see our hero sitting in front of a computer next to other people sitting in front of computers, while he talked into his headset at somebody. If only we coul...

Let's just hope to God that this wasn't posted in The Scottish Sun.

Colapinto consistently delivers, doesn't he. The only other genuinely impressive driver that was out of the ordinary was George Russell for me. Usually it's him with the unforced errors, but he made the backwards strategy work and did as well as he could with no help from safety cars. Penalty shena...

Has to be Lewis Hamilton surely, though Aston Martin going backwards all race was quite bad. The whole turn 11/12 shenanigans that led to so many penalties needs to be changed for next year too - it could decide this year's championship (though we've said that about a few things now).

To respond to the claims of a few days ago, I would say that above what Wikipedia can tell you, the actual experience of watching seasons like 2010 and 2011 were a very different story, and the most important factor that the written word and retrospective dealings miss out on is the public perceptio...

Kokkoro re-signs for Koopra Sport after securing Reject of the Year in 2008.

Birdo has re-signed herself also for Birdette Saurian, while she has also negotiated with Yoshisaur to extend Yellowsaurus' contract to the end of 2009.

Immediate news coming in is that King Boo has re-signed himself for the 2009 season for KBM.

Galactic has chosen to sponsor Ludwig Koopa for another season in the MotoFP class.

https://mario.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/b/b6/LarryKoopaArtwork.png/200px-LarryKoopaArtwork.png Larry Koopaling, Mario Kart's newest world champion As the global recession hits the Marioverse, the series that has everyone and their dog talking is back to blow the minds of the racing fans of the worl...

Mario Invitational Championship Well, this year's death-fest got off to a strong start when a three-kart pileup involving Mario caused the race to be red-flagged without a single racing lap being completed. Mario, having judged by the stewards to have completed 90% of the finished race distance, st...

Nothing in particular came around as massively rejectful in comparison to others. Sauber being last all weekend from start to finish deserves a mention even if it happens every weekend. Ricciardo would probably be a candidate if he didn't receive the FL. If he had crashed into the wall on his final ...

In other news, Galactic re-signs both Larry and Goombella for 2009.

Special Cup The championship was very close going into the Special Cup, and at Dry Dry Ruins, Toad was able to close up the gap from 10 to 8 points behind Larry Koopa, whose third place with a damaged kart was a crucial recovery and damage limitation moment. While the crowd were following their bat...

SOP-M Discovered to have copied entire Mitsuyoshi Kart in 2008 Yet More Cheating in Mario Kart! Yes, it's true. The MIA have received substantial and trustworthy evidence that the excellently debuting Save Our Paras - Mario chassis is so excellent because it is a carbon copy of the defending champi...

MotoFP Rounds 13-16 The final four rounds of MotoFP were dominated by the championship battle. Lemmy Koopa, Candy Kong, Estela Rosalina, and even Pipsy Astromouse all had shots at winning the title. After a few average rounds from Lemmy, the three behind him caught up, to the point where Candy was ...

Peach Announces Retirement Overshadowed by previous Daisy announcement Peach Toadstool has issued a rather catty press release announcing her retirement from racing at the end of the 2008 Mario Kart season. The release was also peppered with snarky comments related to her long-standing rival Prince...

News Para Troopa became MKDA representative for the third time after his initial run from 1998-2002. Daisy von Sarasaland has announced she is retiring from motorsport at the end of the 2008 season. Toad Toadstool won three races after summer, and therefore the Star Cup. Larry Koopa still leads but...

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