Grand Prix Rejects

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Just realised:

Alpine's double-podium in Brazil 2024 was the first for Team Enstone since Korea 2013 when they were Lotus.

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dr-baker wrote: ↑29 Jan 2025, 06:58
Nessafox wrote: ↑28 Jan 2025, 22:09 But, all those liveries are... good?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Or to use a more modern phrase, YMMV...

Those liveries just didn't impress me.

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MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx wrote: ↑12 Jan 2025, 15:48 So apparently we won't be having a Lewis Hamilton on the grid this season Try and get your teeth round that...

Reminds me of Senna. He raced with his full name initially in the junior formulas.

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Tom Kristensen's Nissan Skyline from the 1992 Japanese Touring Car Championship doesn't leave much for inspiration....

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Damon Hill had a few one-make series cameos in 1987. https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/attachments/61yopb05tul-jpg.1424148/ MG Metro Turbo at Silverstone. https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/attachments/screenshot_20250124_193008_youtube-jpg.1424149/ MG Maestro, also Silverstone, he's driving car #19. Finis...

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Tiago Monteiro in the 2002 International F3000 Season.

Just one 5th place, while team-mate Sebastien Bourdais goes on to win the title!

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Tiago Monteiro is an obscure case. He had one season in F3000 and had a single fifth place. Which means he is F3000 reject but thanks to Indygate, isn't F1 reject. In between, he also ended up as a American Open Wheel Racing reject. Ironically, his team-mate Sebastien Bourdais won the title, then l...

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Not F1 but Thornton Mustard speaks for itself.

Sometime British F3 Class B driver in the early 90s.

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Found a whole website full of examples here:

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https://fail-auto.wixsite.com/website/post

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A few GP2 examples here:

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https://fail-auto.wixsite.com/website/p ... _oublier_2
https://fail-auto.wixsite.com/website/p ... blier_2010

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From the 1979 Faberge Fiesta Challenge.

https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/198577/
http://fiesta.foxcraft.co.uk/championship_new.html

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Carlos Sainz Sr competing in the 1984 Formula Ford 2000 Season.

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....and for good measure.... https://cdn-1.motorsport.com/static/img/amp/600000/660000/668000/668500/668557/s6_960363/formula-e-punta-del-este-eprix-2015-jacques-villeneuve-venturi-formula-e-team.jpg ...his brief Formula E stint in the 2015-16 Season. Oh, that reminds me, Jarno Trulli had a FE team...

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I often forget that Jacques Villeneuve had an F1 career beyond Willams and BAR. I never associate him with either Renault or Sauber, or even BMW Sauber. Well in that case.... https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRIlYtDM_AXxd9KUetNdraDnZXBdcnqk41LWg&s https://cdn-5.latimages.com...

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https://touringcarmagazine.co.uk/2024/1 ... g-rumours/

Some of those rumours are more interesting than others.

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...or a Toyota Corolla? https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRUUTcIViRsOHZMI8IH1ajsXsbCeqkKeGRjkQ&s Did two outings in the 2000 WRC in this car. 9th in Corsica was his best result. I do not associate Sebastian Loeb with a Toyota Corolla because I associate him with the manufact...

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Sebastian Loeb in absolutely anything other than a Citroen World Rally Car is strange to me. Except perhaps an Extreme E machine? ...or a Toyota Corolla? https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRUUTcIViRsOHZMI8IH1ajsXsbCeqkKeGRjkQ&s Did two outings in the 2000 WRC in this car. 9th...

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"What is Deletraz doing?"

In this instance, Jean-Denis Deletraz was driving a 1st generation SEAT Toledo in the 1994 French Touring Car Championship.

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Sebastian Loeb in absolutely anything other than a Citroen World Rally Car is strange to me. Except perhaps an Extreme E machine? ...or a Toyota Corolla? https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRUUTcIViRsOHZMI8IH1ajsXsbCeqkKeGRjkQ&s Did two outings in the 2000 WRC in this car. 9th...

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I believe that Esteban José Jean-Pierre Ocon-Khelfane has an Algerian or Moroccan mother... He is of Algerian and Spanish descent. So, to be pedantic, he is French of Algerian and Spanish descent so he is a part-French and part-Algerian but the parts do not add up to 100% :evil: Also Hadjar to Alpi...

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IceG wrote: ↑20 Dec 2024, 14:29
Har1MAS1415 wrote: ↑20 Dec 2024, 13:28 So, is that two French (really part-French, part-Algerian) F1 drivers now?

Pierre-Henri Raphanel being the first?
I believe that Esteban José Jean-Pierre Ocon-Khelfane has an Algerian or Moroccan mother...

He is of Algerian and Spanish descent.

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Bending the rules a bit, the sight of Jim Clark in a Lotus that wasn't painted green might not have looked so jarring had he lived on: https://sportscardigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/HE200610-p1.jpg Here we have a young Carlos Sainz Sr. racing a type of car more closely associated with his s...

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So, is that two French (really part-French, part-Algerian) F1 drivers now?

Pierre-Henri Raphanel being the first?

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It's only just over 10 years ago, but easy to forget both Jerome D'Ambrosio and Heikki Kovalainen getting a go in what was then a decent Lotus. Feel free to branch out into other motorsports. For example: https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/attachments/screenshot_20241218_220516_chrome-jpg.1413895/ Moto...

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Sorry Luca!

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So, who will partner Tsunoda?

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Sweden have been running women-only series for years. https://www.teambild.se/static9/preview2/stock-photo-racing-1988-95057.jpg This is the Lancia Lady Cup that ran from 1984 to 1989. One-time BTCC Class winner Nettan Lindgren dominated the series, winning 4 out of 6 titles. https://speedqueens.blo...

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A thread dedicated to forgotten rides with certain teams by well known drivers, or perhaps a lesser known driver driving for a well known team. The concept of this thread is based on the many fill in drivers we have seen in all forms of motorsports. To start off.... https://cdn-8.latimages.com/image...

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Perez leaves Red Bull.

Lawson his likely replacement.

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https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/ferrari-to-power-cadillac-f1-team-in-multi-year-agreement/10681392/ It came as a bit of a surprise for me. This suggests we should not expect Cadillac to have a winning car for at least the first few seasons. Well, since Haas only has one pole to show for nearly a ...

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https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/ferra ... /10681392/

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https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/ferra ... /10681392/

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Hamilton: His last race for Mercedes looked like it was going be one to forget, and that's putting it mildly, then he climbs all the way up to 4th! He's not passed it yet!

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Bottas: Last race for Sauber and quite possibly of his F1 career. Backs up his team-mate scoring the team's first points of the season in the previous race by qualifying in the Top 10. He blew it!

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1) Sergio Perez, no wins, no podiums in the last 19 races (18 if you include the Miami Sprint race), slumped to 8th overall and, as a result, Red Bull dropped to 3rd in the Constructors' Championship, worst performance for the team that produced the Drivers' Champion since Brabham in 1983 and even R...

Har1MAS1415 · Re: Unusual F1 Stats dr-baker wrote: ↑10 Dec 2024, 07:51 THAT'S INCREDIBLE!

dr-baker wrote: ↑10 Dec 2024, 07:51

THAT'S INCREDIBLE!

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I've had a hell week at work this week, so I decided to distract myself by trying to figure out how many constructors have won the Triple Crown of Motorsport. I get five, if you count Cosworth, and I do because its my game. :P Mercedes-Benz: Le Mans - 1952 and 1989 Indy 500 - 1915 (I don't count th...

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So with the season over and done with it is time to see who the reject of the season is HM- Alpine Saved by impressive late form from Pierre Gasly and one amazing day in Brazil the team were looking down the barrels of 9th until it finally upturned for them. Logan Sargant Saved by 2 teams and 1 dri...

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Red Bull 2005 pre-season testing livery.

Jimmy Vasser, Champ Car's swansong race at Long Beach in 2008.

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I'm halfway through.

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