Grand Prix Rejects

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FullMetalJack wrote:I bet Robert Kubica is looking at these new cars and thinking everyone's taking the piss out of him.

boom!

what about Prost too?

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East Londoner wrote:

oh lord

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Just thinking about the teams and how they have fared with their driver changes in the off-season... Winners: Caterham - 2 good signings, a big step up in quality. Shame they have no carry over from last season but it seems they learnt a lesson about experience drivers being a good thing. Ferrari - ...

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Ferrim wrote:KOBAYASHI KAMUI TO SCORE CATERHAM'S FIRST EVER POINT IN AUSTRALIA!

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Okay, I'm slightly overjoyed at the moment

Maybe not in Australia but i can see him scoring the first ever "New team Point" at some stage.

Go Bad reliability!!

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And who's to say Caterham and Marussia will be at the back this year ...

Me...

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Here are the raw figures for DBTM 2013 (difference in average quali/finish position behind team mate): Gutierrez - 4.63 Well, if anything it shows how good the Hulk has performed - Gutierrez has actually looked ok this year Webber - 3.84 Looked 'ok' against the boy wonder - still has it in him but r...

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Japanese interest:

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2013/10/15064.html

Woo!

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What a guy! However, how does he afford to live in Monaco? I thought I read that he doesn't have a job. He is working as a limousine-driver and still has his management buisiness for japanese drivers running. For real? If you go to Monaco & hire a limo you might have Taki driving you around??? ...

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it's an oldie - but i just love their faces:

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Yes,

it's not supposed to be a cast iron statistical analysis!

Just a way of starting a discussion....

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Who Is you DBTM of the year award winner this season? Massa? Grssssjjjjnnnnnn? Here are the cold numbers (average position behind team mate in races/quali): Massa - 3.65 Grosjean - 3.34 Vergne - 1.88 Schumacher - 1.73 Webber - 1.63 Senna - 1.35 Karthikayan - 0.93 Pic - 0.86 Button - 0.67 Perez - 0.5...

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Vettel - 9 - Great speed Webber - 10 - perfect race Button - 1 - Seriously? Hamilton - 4 - I'm getting slightly bored with Lewis Hamilton. STOP DRIVING AT 90% and stop complaining all the time! Alonso - 10 - He's pretty good aint he? Massa - 8 - Decent, finally Schumacher - 7 - Good speed but where ...

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Vettel - 8 Webber - 5 Button - 4 Hamilton - 8 Alonso - 9 Massa - 2 Schumacher - 2 Rosberg - 5 Raikkonen - 9 Grosjean - 7 Di Resta - 4 Hulkenberg - 6 Kobayashi - 8 Perez - 5 Ricciardo - 5 Vergne - 6 Maldonado - 10 Senna - 1 Kovalainen - 6 Petrov - 6 De la Rosa - 5 Karthikeyan - 4 Glock - 4 Pic - 2

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Great work!

What was the top 10 from Malaysia?

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Vettel - 5 - Decent drive but poor reaction (actually, an awsome reaction but maybe he needs to calm down a bit if he's going to show his class) Webber - 6 - Good solid drive Button - 2 - 'Hamilton-esque' peformance - looked racey, hit someone, pitted and drove round complaining of no grip Hamilton ...

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Sounds like a good idea - it is a bit frustrating that they dropped the idea of letting lapped cars go past the safety car and reform at the back of the pack, as Vettel could comfortably bolt away from Webber before he could clear the backmarkers. In addition, Mclaren's idea of putting fresh tyres ...

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Sounds like a good idea - it is a bit frustrating that they dropped the idea of letting lapped cars go past the safety car and reform at the back of the pack, as Vettel could comfortably bolt away from Webber before he could clear the backmarkers. In addition, Mclaren's idea of putting fresh tyres ...

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b) The team was favoring said LEWIS bathplug HAMILTON in everything. How does that explain Button's proximity to Hamilton? It's down to ability, fair and square. Hamilton has found his place and so has Kov. That is a somewhat unfair conparision. Kovi was a young guy wanlking into a British team wit...

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But I've seen two revealing shots: one of them of Prost's on board camera, that shows him turning in in a very radical way (similar to Schumacher at Jerez in '97); the second one was taken from an helicopter, and shows that the way Prost was turning in, he would cut the corner if Senna wasn't there...

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You wonder what the point of bring Nick back into the team was.

Is he really going to perform much better than PDR for the last few races? Is he going to bring anything in terms of development at this late stage?

And, yes, sink or swim for 'team leader' Kobi next season... Good luck to him!

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Yes, he is somewhat of a knob & and it would be nice to see him go... Though - he is actually a lot better than James Allen who was one of the worst commentators i have ever heard (though he actually writes pretty well). They both suffer from their 'fake' excitement and the fact they talk absolu...

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eagleash wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Do the new Minis count as BMWs for this stereotype? 'Cos that's the car I have...

Personally I wouldn't include them. Unless driven by an Estate Agent.

Which they all are... Other than the ones driven by 50+ yr old women who wish they where still 20 yr old...

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21 Years later...

Hammilton this year - then webber next... (first championship for Red Bull).

Actually - No... Hammilton this year then slide into obscurity next season for Webber is more likely.

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I like this picture in particular ... clearly the Cowboy can get people of all ages excited ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/mac-k/4878578709/in/set-72157624694850266/ Cool photo though that is - what i want to know is where can i get some of these: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mac-k/4878579717/in/...

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From Murry Walkers own mouth Another gutsy drive by Japans best driver yet - Our very own KK! http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/murraywalker/2010/08/my_hungarian_grand_prix_review.html In case someone is in Tokyo during a GP weekend i wholeheartedly recomend you to visit the F1 Pit Stop Cafe in Roppongi. T...

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yea, keep it coming.... you can never have too many alternative points championships / comparisons / anything else...

- If nothing else it should give Sakon at least 4 or 5 points....

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Yes, I realise there are plenty of races I have 'missed'. I wasn't attempting a complete list of drivers - just the 'best' of the bunch. - It is suprising how many points some of these guys could have picked up under the new rules though... Does anyone have any theories as why a Japanese driver has ...

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shinji wrote:Uh, NAKANO SHINJI has 45 points...

I think.

Many thanks!! I'll add him now...

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I got to thinking about (some of) our minor obsessions with Japanese drivers in F1. Firstly why is this? (things like this: m obviously helps!) and where do our heroes stand in the hall of fame? I thought it would be interesting to compare some of the cream using the current points system (I have ta...

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Cars must now get back to the pits in a decent time after the quali run:

The maximum time in Hungary was one minute and 26 seconds.

- That is faster than the HRT cars can actual go!!

erm, isn't that a little unfair? I suppose the worst that can happen is they will be given a grid penalty...

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I must say 13 teams would be a really nice number: It allows for new / old / pay / second-rate drivers to find a home It allows for several different battles to be taking place down the grid (eg. the 'new 3' battle this year - I, for one, find this one of the best things going on at the mo.) Lapping...

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shinji wrote:Was it as horrendously dull a race as it seemed at the track?

Yes.

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Yeah, I don't mind the 'team order' stuff... At least Ferrari are honest enough to have a clear #1/#2 set-up.... Better that other teams who employ drivers with a clear 'talent gap' between them and hoping things natural sort themselves out - all the while claiming the drivers are 'equal'... (see Re...

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Force India looks like a likely candidate so far. Sutil loses a lot of places from driveshaft failure and doesn't do enough to compensate; Liuzzi loses it and starts twenty-second. Yer Force India are slipping back. They seem to be behind Williams and maybe even Sauber too now... Has their brief mo...

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Warren Hughes wrote:Kobayashi to get the 6th place he needs to escape rejectdom?

Assuming the Red Bulls hit each other and Massa & Schumacher are shite then you could be right...

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FP3 over. Button can't seem to find himself. On the positive side, Williams' bounce seem to continue - Barrichello actually beat both Renaults. Yup, looks like the Renaults could struggle this week.... The top 4 teams all look solid, could well be the Williams cars trying to hold off Kubica, Kobaya...

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Valrys wrote:
eagleash wrote:Just out of interest Chandhok is apparently going to form part of the BBC R5live commentary team for 1st & 2nd practice on Friday. This is also transmitted via TV "red button".

And an excellent job he did too!

yes, a ready replacement once brundell retires!

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He was WDC last year. He previously received 2 ROTY awards. Fact. Has Jenson actually ever fulfilled the "official" criteria to be a Reject, or was it just his apparent innate ability for under achievement? Has JV, come to that? Of course not, Both are WORLD CHAMPIONS. - It's simply a cas...

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It depends. The Piquets would have to buy Cypher after the team received an entry because the FIA could use their presence - and the fact that they brought the sport into disrepute - to disqualify them as an entry. But at the same time, they could still block the sale of Cypher to the Piquets. Not ...

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Tealy wrote:
Row Man Gross-Gene wrote:Is there a driver on the grid with a larger delta between qualifying and race pace than Button?

I would say Timo Glock but it's not really that noticeable now that he is in the Virgin.

Also Kamui seems to be poor at qualifying. If he could sort that out he could be very interesting...

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