Grand Prix Rejects

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Valtteri Bottas is back at Mercedes and Toto Wolff has made it clear that the Finn's naked calendars need to stop despite the reserve driver raising funds for charity in the past. https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/valtteri-bottas-mercedes-naked-calendar-34598154 Nice to know Mercedes has the...

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Can't believe nobody mentioned Kenny Schrader's old AT&T Carrot Top livery. It was... an experience, seeing this thing on the track week after week.

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Eh, why not, I'll take on Supernova Racing.

Wait, what do you mean it's two words?

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Sorry, how exactly will this work? I'm guessing we just pick the next closest track to Melbourne as the next 'stop', but is it only for tracks that were on the 2024 calendar, or can we pick any GP track from any previous calendar? What about rumoured or cancelled GP tracks? Assuming we can pick hist...

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IceG wrote: ↑11 Dec 2024, 14:26 For me there is only one reject of the season...

Christian bath-plugging Horner.

You make a convincing argument. I'll amend my podium to put him 2nd, and Perez 3rd.

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3) Lance Stroll - I was considering several different team for the final podium spot - Sauber, Alpine, Williams, Aston Martin, even - but I had to give it to Stroll in the end. What is he even doing here? What's the point? I know his dad owns the team but I have to ask: Does he even like being a ra...

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(Yes, I am aware that applying these clauses to my own DEC, who I'm only employing in a Sim Driver role, looks absolutely insane, but please trust me when I say it is all in service of The Narrative™) Okay it took a little longer than I'd planned, but yes, I can explain exactly why Kendrick has gre...

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The complaints here basically revolve around "um akchually" comments about human error, something that Murray Walker was not only celebrated for but cemented his legend status. The reason it cemented Murray Walker's legend status is because he had the charm, enthusiasm and genuine love of...

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1. Lewis Hamilton - Storming drive from the back of the grid to beat his teammate on the track. Maybe he still has it, after all? It'd be nice if he did. 2. Alexander Albon - Solid, calm performance to maximise the position he could, right when Williams needed it. Points would've been nice, sure, bu...

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1. Sky commentary booth - God, were they dreadful . David Croft mixed up names about as often as late-career Murray Walker did, with none of the charm, and Martin Brundle continued to exude the aura of the grumpiest, most bored old man you've ever met. 2. Valtteri Bottas - I really still think Botta...

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I know it doesn't really need saying, as seemingly everyone other than the race director already knows this, but I just don't understand why they felt it was fine to leave that wing mirror there? So, I think I get the thought process on this one. I've watched a lot of older NASCAR races over the pa...

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1. Zhou GOATyu -

2. Sauber - Depending on what kind of penalties get handed out after the race (because who even knows anymore what is happening), they might walk away with a double points finish, and a very deserved one at that.

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1. Race control - Okay sure, this is Rui Marques' second F1 race as race director, I fully understand him not being comfortable in the role, and mistakes are understandable. But as I said in the discord, he was so scared of making the wrong call on throwing a VSC/SC for the wing mirror debris that h...

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MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx wrote: ↑30 Nov 2024, 03:41 Early contender
17 drivers under investigation!

An official statement from the FIA has now confirmed that there will be no further action against the drivers.

Common sense prevails at the FIA... for once.

At this stage, I'd put my money on MBS for ROTR.

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Just based on the reviews here and nothing more, I'm fairly certain any of us could come up with a far more compelling story - just look at the storylines and drama the ASMF has generated over the years.

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All-New Driving Lineup for ATS Kauhsen! Interesting scenes unfolded on Friday, as the F1 paddock convened to begin practice for this year's Detroit Grand Prix. Following on from Dietrich Armbrüster's hiring as team manager for ATS Kauhsen, it seems the former Hockenheimring track manager has wasted...

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ATS Kauhsen Appoint New Team Manager Following the sudden dismissal of ATS Kaushen's former Team Manager, Jürgen Strunz, the team has rapidly announced his successor - one Dietrich Franz Armbrüster. An unknown amongst the F1 paddock, Armbrüster, 47, seems to have little experience within any kind o...

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Nuppiz wrote: ↑21 Nov 2024, 12:12OOC: I'm leaving ATS in the capable* hands of Salamander.

*Citation needed.

To be clear, yes, I will be controlling ATS from this point forward.

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Kenny Irwin, Jr. for Robert Yates Racing in the Cup series for 1998-99. Particularly in 1999, when his teammate Dale Jarrett was unquestionably the best driver/team combo in the garage area, Irwin spent his two years at Yates wasting what was one of the best cars available, showcasing speed but also...

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'Crazy' Vaclav Georgiev wrote:Ah, you need good performance engines at cheap price on short notice? Look no further! I can provide powerful Formula-1 certified motors at prices so low, you also will be calling me 'crazy'!

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Long, exasperated, defeated sigh.

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No Hunt for Davies? Melrose Silent The history of James James Davies and Daniel Melrose is a storied rivalry among one of the greats. Yet with the most recent attempts to fan the flames Davies's rival has been quiet silent. Earlier this week Davies's new F1 team, DARE, filed a copyright complaint f...

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I'm probably in the minority here (and I can be convinced otherwise) but I think fines were a sufficient punishment for the people who violated the starting grid rules in this instance. Beyond that I'm not sure what all Race Control and the stewards might have done to deserve ROTR. It seemed pretty...

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A late dishonourable mention for me goes to NASCAR. If you know, you know - if you don't, do yourself a favour and just take my word for it. It was Bad.

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1. Alpine . Perhaps the most astonishing and unexpected double podium since Stewart at the 1999 European GP? Stewart at least had a podium at France that year IIRC? I'm legitimately curious - I might go back and have a look to see I can find one nearly as shocking Ligier, Germany 1994? That's proba...

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1. Alpine . Perhaps the most astonishing and unexpected double podium since Stewart at the 1999 European GP? Stewart at least had a podium at France that year IIRC? I'm legitimately curious - I might go back and have a look to see I can find one nearly as shocking Obviously, Al CHADpine get the nod...

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1. Race Control - Legitimately dangerous all weekend, let's be fair. They did not give the slightest inkling that they knew at all what they were doing, or knew how they even got there in the first place.

2. Lance Stroll - LOL.

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Team Name: Davies-Alpine Racing Enterprises User: Saladmander Team Owner Representation Vote #1: kevinbotz (Caterham) Team Owner Representation Vote #2: RealRacingRoots (ROOKIE Racing) Team Owner Representation Vote #3: Frogfoot9013 (Loonmotor) Chassis designation: [Will be revealed at a later date]...

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1. Kevin Magnussen - As said, that was a really good, solid drive, reminds me of why I used to support him and used to think he was a solid driver worthy of an F1 seat. Don't really think anyone else is hugely worthy of a mention here to be frank - Sainz drove impeccably, but not really beyond the c...

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1. Red Bull drivers - Max Verstappen is a fake racing driver. Sergio Perez won't even be that in a few weeks time.
2. Whoever in Ferrari decided to kick Sainz to the kerb in favour of Hamilton - Betcha feel smart about that one now, huh?

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1. Franco Colapinto - Oh my god there's actually a driver I'm moderately rooting for now, it's been so long I don't know what to make of this.

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= 1. Everyone who forced someone else off the track = 1. Stewards Not that Hamilton doesn't deserve ROTR but holy crap driving standards are embarrassing to watch. Rather than have a good spirited wheel-to-wheel battle, any time anyone gets alongside someone else, they just run them off the road. It...

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Racing driver #1 Bid 1: Driver: Esteban Ocon Status: Racing Driver Wage Contract Year #1: €6,000,000 Wage Contract Year #2: €6,000,000 Additional Clauses: Extension clause: Can be triggered at any time before the halfway point of the season during contract year 2 - driver and team must both agree. ...

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DARE Announces 3-year Partnership with Audi Today, a joint press conference was held between DARE Team Principal James James Davies, Renault Group CEO Luca de Meo, as well as representatives of Audi's nascent Formula 1 effort. The question of the powerplant for the Renault quasi-works team has been...

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I don't think it's so much a problem with Aussie drivers as just in general not respecting any driver who doesn't win everything in sight. It just appears this way because Red Bull have employed more Australian drivers than pretty much any other team.

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User: Saladmander Team Name: Davies-Alpine Racing Enterprises Team Nationality: French (already stated on the wiki but just for the sake of clarity) Team Principal: James James Davies (British) Technical Partner Choice #1: Eibach Title Sponsor Choice #1: Sanofi Title Sponsor Choice #2: Wall's Title ...

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JJD Confirmed to Return to Formula 1, This Time as Team Boss A few weeks ago, we reported that there was reason to believe that 4-time Formula 1 World Champion James James Davies and the Renault Group could join forces in taking over the beleaguered Fernando Alonso Speed Team from its eponymous own...

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The Return of JJD? Legend Linked to FAST Buyout With Alpine 4-time Formula 1 World Champion and self-proclaimed "greatest driver of the past, present, and future" James James Davies, has recently been linked to bids by Renault subsidiary Alpine to purchase and rebrand the struggling Ferna...

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Klon wrote: ↑25 Aug 2024, 14:36 1. Fireworks - What the bathplug was that? Smoking the entire main straight surely was a good idea to someone, but that someone is not someone I would want near my hypothetical children.

Same here. Were they certain none of those fireworks would misfire?

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Maybe it would be easier to divide the Top 100 into sections, one for each different form of motorsport you plan to include, before hand. Just a suggestion. I don't want to get too far into the weeds on how this works before we have a good amount of racers up for debate - we can worry about how to ...

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