Grand Prix Rejects

Archie2K

Vettel win or no Vettel win, 2013 races have not been exciting. I can't think of one I would willing go back and watch again. Canada and Spa produced two of their dullest races in history. 2009 was similar - only Brazil is a race I'd actually actively return to and watch again, but the season story ...

Archie2K

It is also worth noting that Mateschitz is being quoted as saying that the team are no longer going to apply team orders, so ostensibly the two drivers are now free to race each other on track. You have to wonder, though, whether Mateschitz is saying that because he knows that the team has now got ...

Archie2K

I find it hilarious that all the F1-related blogs and articles with a comment feature on the BBC Sport website are almost unanimously bombarded with comments asking for the BBC to 'come clean' and justify its actions, rather than comments remotely related to the article's content! They really could...

Archie2K

How much does Pointless cost to air, and what significantly more profitable thing would you put in its place? It's 4.30 in the afternoon. That's peak quiz time viewing. And for a quiz, it's not half bad. There are ways to cut costs at the BBC. People know what they are. The management by and large a...

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How much could have been saved by stripping down BBC's F1 coverage? Not flying out a full team to each race, and having the presenting done from a studio in Salford, and cutting the hour long previews from both qualifying and the race down to 15 minutes. These aren't perfect solutions, but they are ...

Archie2K

I won't contribute to the FIA pile-on, so quali rejects have to be Toro Rosso , McLaren and Anyone who did only 1 run in Q1 . McLaren's strategy of sending their drivers out on soft tyres in the rain in Q1 made no sense. Then Hamilton tried to use that same set for the first run in Q3 and failed, an...

Archie2K

Easy. Race Control . First for starting the race behind the safetyh car and keeping it out for four laps when one would have been more than enough. Then there's no point telling the drivers to start on full wets then running them behind the safety car for so many laps that the track is ready for int...

Archie2K

Vettel's ridiculous string of good luck was the most improbable thing that happened all weekend. First the Red Flag in quali ensuring no-one could beat his pole time, then the red flag in the race just as things were shaping up to be interesting.

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Hamilton . 'Nuff said. However, Alguersuari rams the back of Hamilton after the latter's mouthing off about Toro Rosso drivers' lack of impartiality when it come to being lapped, brings out the red flags, thus ensuring a Vettel victory when another 7 laps and I'm sure Alonso and/or Button would've ...

Archie2K

I'm definitely going for Vettel and Ferrari two-stop strategy. Two-stops wasn't the way to go, and they lost out to people they should have beaten comfortably. In terms of rejectfulness compared to expectations they must win comfortably. No, you fool, the strategy battle between the three-stoppers ...

Archie2K

I'm definitely going for Vettel and Ferrari two-stop strategy. Two-stops wasn't the way to go, and they lost out to people they should have beaten comfortably. In terms of rejectfulness compared to expectations they must win comfortably.

Archie2K

I think AndreaModa is referring to things like football and cricket which are pre-dominantly shown on Sky , which you have to pay (I think) 30 pound a month to sign up to, or on ITV where you have simply appalling commentators and pundits. Sports coverage on the BBC is certainly not as good as it u...

Archie2K

3rd Place - Nico Hulkenberg Hulkenberg was picked up early on by Williams, and groomed for the seat all through German F3 and GP2. But his races have been patchy and he has consistently proven to be his own worst enemy. Honorable mention for Captain Hammer for starting this thread too early? Hulken...

Archie2K

Wizzie wrote:I'm guessing Bahrain and either Spain, Europe or Hungary.

Bahrain and Britain by my recollection.

Archie2K

I can't believe there is rain forecast, has there been a race this year where rain hasn't been forecast? I know it hasn't rained every time, but I swear I always read the "X Grand Prix Discussion Thread" on a Wednesday or Thursday and see mention of possible rain! There have (by my readin...

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Buemi for taking out Glock. Boo.

Archie2K

Since F1 in Spain is pretty much being sustained by Alonso mania, how long before either Catalunya or Valencia is abandoned? Obviously win-win that both produce dull racing.

Archie2K

Hamilton's track would be awful to pass on. The braking zone into Casino Square isn't nearly long enough and all the other corners are definitely single file only. What makes Eau Rouge, Pouhon, 130R and the Maggots/Becketts section great is the fact that they come with a decent straight afterwards i...

Archie2K

Surely the reason old circuits are considered the best is due to natural selection. The best stay, and the worst are quietly dropped and forgotten from memory. Add in the fact that Spa, Suzuka and Silverstone regularly get a dash of rain that livens up any race. Give it ten years and see which Tilke...

Archie2K

1) Rosberg 2) Button I'd have never predicted third and fourth for those two after qualifying. Strangely, some will still consider Button to be ROTR. Nowt wrong with that. If a driver does something unutterably stupid to wind up at the back of the grid, but then puts in a stellar drive to haul them...

Archie2K

1) Rosberg
2) Button

I'd have never predicted third and fourth for those two after qualifying.

Archie2K

Have Ferrari ran over a black cat or something. There's a certain luck of the draw when it comes to safety cars but for Alonso to get so royally screwed two races running requires some mighty bad luck. In Valencia, five-second penalties were awarded because although in infraction of the rules took p...

Archie2K

I hope the stewards don't mess about with the result, and instead impose grid penalties at the next race if needs be. Yes I agree totally. The time penalty can be between 20 and 30 seconds, and typically in the past has been 25. A 23+ second penalty would see Kobayashi on the podium. Not that I par...

Archie2K

I reckon with Trulli and Kovalainen Lotus stand a good chance of scraping a point or two in an aberration race. It'd take a start line pile-up or a wet-dry race to make it happen though. I can't see them doing so on merit. Bring it on I say. I want to see Branson in a dress.

Archie2K

Buemi
Kovalainen

For the reasons already mentioned.

Archie2K

Easy "win" for Michael Schumacher . Poor qualifying, Kubica fight was 50-50, Massa move was horrible, spent too long on the soft tyres and finally fell out of the points on the last lap anyway. Although Petrov put up a good fight, jumping the start, driving onto the grass, taking out De La...

Archie2K

To me it seems that the rule that is being quoted has not been amended for this season's safety car line rule. The Australia 09' was more obvious because you wern't allowed to overtake before the line anyway. I really hope they clarify this rule now, I also hope that Mercades' appeal gets accepted ...

Archie2K

1) Kubica
2) Force India - Liuzzi getting into Q3 and both coming home in the points

Archie2K

I'm going to go for Race Control , rather than the rules - the rules aren't that complicated, and there's no mystery to signalling whether the last 500 yards of the race are live or not - If the safety car is coming on the last lap for the sake of the cameras, but the Full course Yellow remains act...

Archie2K

New regulations provided anything noticably more exciting? I'm gonna go with no for the moment. Once the only round of pit stops were done around lap 20 that was pretty much the finishing positions sorted, barring mechanical faults. And it's in your interest to go into the pits at the same time as y...

Archie2K

I've always thought that the whole Schumacher "rainmeister" thing was a bit of a myth based almost solely on Spain '96. Actually, many of the memorable wet races of the past involve Schumi crashing or making mistakes. Belgium '95: Holding off Damon Hill for a lap and a half on dry tyres w...

Archie2K

Right so do we now have a situation where for a certain intensity of rain it is too wet for slicks and too dry for inters?

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1. Petrov
2. Kovalainen

Archie2K

Almost too much rejectdom to choose from. Pit Lane Squabblers - Hamilton had two such moments both diving across the gravel to come in and then the hairy release into Vettel, nearly sliding into another pitcrew, and then drag racing down to the pit exit when it was clear all hope was lost. Dishonora...

Archie2K

Through videogame magic reverse Suzuka's first corner is impossible. It's a blind, tightening, not quite flat-out left-hander where you need to pick out a braking point for the chicane which you can't see, and hitting the brakes makes the car spear straight forwards and off the track entirely. 130R ...

Archie2K

I say this on every F1 forum I go on: Oulton Park. The first lap run down Cascades to Shell Bend (a hairpin, for those who don't know rural Cheshire...) would be fantastic in F1, as it is every year in the F3s. I'd love that. However when I was there in October I noticed that it was narrow, the tra...

Archie2K

1) HRT
2) Sutil, for not getting punted off from a good points paying position.

Archie2K

Dishonourable mention for Rain hype for not coming during the race, but since it gave a good qualifying and would've almost certainly led to a farce, an easy win for

Quali Rain Gamblers: Made McLaren and Ferrari look unutterably stupid.

Archie2K

I think Bernie is also on for the most predictable ROTR ever. He knew the problem with the rain and the light last year, so he decides to move the quali and race even later. Some might say that he did it in order to ensure the rain and an exciting race (well it won't be exciting if it doesn't get r...

Archie2K

From a slightly biased point of view, the highlight has to be both Williams cars in Q3. Hulkenburg was very impressive in particular to qualify 5th. What are the odds of him escaping rejectdom tomorrow? hmm... from a purely statistical point of view 1 in 6 (He has to finish in the top 4 to escape r...

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