Your Reject of the Race - Singapore!

Captain Hammer · Post by **Captain Hammer** » 25 Sep 2009, 23:23

Because I'm playing Russian Roulette with my internet connection, this has to go up a little earlier than ususal. Anyway, it's Reject time!

The first and most obvious candidate is Romain Grosjean for imitating Nelson Piquet almost flawlessly.

Life w12 · Post by **Life w12** » 26 Sep 2009, 07:08

Renault hands down
Seriously how could you pick someone else?

thalion · Post by **thalion** » 26 Sep 2009, 07:19

Well, so far the mid-season replacements look to be on their way to ROTR. The three new(ish) drivers comprised the bottom three in both practice sessions so far, and Fisi would have been fourth from the bottom both times had Buemi not managed to save him that ignominy in Free Practice 2. But there's still time to pull it out!

LukeB · Post by **LukeB** » 26 Sep 2009, 07:24

thalion wrote:But there's still time to pull it out!

That's what she said!
Oh god what have I become??

Life w12 · Post by **Life w12** » 26 Sep 2009, 07:43

LukeB wrote:
thalion wrote:But there's still time to pull it out!

That's what she said!
Oh god what have I become??

Max Mosley?

Yannick · Post by **Yannick** » 26 Sep 2009, 08:36

Renault's campaign for the ROTR award for this time around is impressive even as early as Friday, with GRSJN replicating the scandalous Piquet spin at Turn 17 and two of their major sponsors having pulled out because of the cheating verdict.
And the race hasn't even started yet.

But as Jamie and Enoch say, these awards are always based upon expectations, so where do we draw the line? Wasn't at least part of this to be expected after the verdict came out?
I guess the only way is up and if they have a good race with both cars finishing, they should not get the award - depending of course on the competition from other candidates for the award, which hasn't exactly materialized yet.

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 26 Sep 2009, 11:28

Gggrrrjjjnnn's crash was full of win. So far, Hamilton is taking a hammering from Kovalainen...

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 26 Sep 2009, 14:54

It's Button! Come on, Ross, do something decent for once, drop Jenson and support Rubens FTW!

Nin13 · Post by **Nin13** » 26 Sep 2009, 15:33

Looks like Ferrari really want it!!

watka · Post by **watka** » 26 Sep 2009, 16:36

Nin13 wrote:Looks like Ferrari really want it!!

Agreed, I expected Ferrari to do not so well this weekend and it seems the case. Although based on Q1 I would have thought that Kimi had enough in him to make Q2.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 26 Sep 2009, 19:46

At this moment after qualifying I have to agree with thalion: Shared between Fisi, Liuzzi, Grosjean and Alguersuari. Last four places in quali.

lindol · Post by **lindol** » 26 Sep 2009, 19:56

This is my first post and I therefore want to make it really count and nominate Nicole, or perhaps it should be Lewis Hamilton for reuniting with Nicole. I thought, as did our hosts, that we had seen the last of her. :roll:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... l?ITO=1490

chrismcn · Post by **chrismcn** » 26 Sep 2009, 19:59

Five Live's Holly Samos had an early shout for ROTR when she asked the Bridgestone rep "are there any special considerations for a night race"

"yes we have a special compound that has extra grip in the dark". Tongue in check.

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 26 Sep 2009, 20:21

Jonathan Legard, purely for this insightful comment.

Kravitz: I think Hamilton has one more set of soft tyres than everybody else.
Legard: Yes, well Lewis Hamilton has an extra set as well, so we'll have to look out for that.

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 26 Sep 2009, 20:25

Reading the last three posts has showed me that no-one has done anything worthy yet to get ROTR.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 26 Sep 2009, 21:48

shinji wrote:Jonathan Legard, purely for this insightful comment.

Kravitz: I think Hamilton has one more set of soft tyres than everybody else.
Legard: Yes, well Lewis Hamilton has an extra set as well, so we'll have to look out for that.

I also remember him saying something along the lines of this:

"Vettel puts in a good lap. As does Button." (Vettel's lap was 4 seconds slower than Button's. At least, I think it was Vettel)

Then Martin comes along with, "Jenson's lap isn't good enough."

I think that speaks for itself.

fjackdaw · Post by **fjackdaw** » 26 Sep 2009, 22:15

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:
shinji wrote:Jonathan Legard, purely for this insightful comment.

Kravitz: I think Hamilton has one more set of soft tyres than everybody else.
Legard: Yes, well Lewis Hamilton has an extra set as well, so we'll have to look out for that.

I also remember him saying something along the lines of this:

"Vettel puts in a good lap. As does Button." (Vettel's lap was 4 seconds slower than Button's. At least, I think it was Vettel)

Then Martin comes along with, "Jenson's lap isn't good enough."

I think that speaks for itself.

He only seemed to be looking at the fact that Button was showing a green minus figure on the timing screen, and announcing this as a good thing, despite the fact that what the number was actually telling us was that Button was around two hundredths of a second away from being bumped from Q1.

One can forgive these lapses if they come with the energy and passion of a Murray Walker, but Jonathan "Thad'll Do" Legard brings whole new meanings to the word tedious.

Debaser · Post by **Debaser** » 26 Sep 2009, 22:27

For all of Legard's tedious and dull commentaries Jenson Button gets my vote. He's doing an F1 version of Greg Norman blowing a 6 shot lead at the Masters, he's obviously nervous and he's being outpaced by Rubens. A podium for Rubens and no points for Button and its only 8 points with 3 races left, and then anything's possible.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 26 Sep 2009, 22:37

My vote goes to Brawn GP. 10th and 12th on the grid at a street circuit is a disaster and Red Bull look set to score a swag of points in the process.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 26 Sep 2009, 22:50

Brawn GP for qualifying 10th and 12th
Jonathan Legard for calling Vettel's 1:51s at the start of Q2 "a good lap". BBC, please get around to sacking him soon.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 27 Sep 2009, 01:16

Force India: Sorry, but 2nd and 6th in Italy to 16th and last in Singapore. Ouch. A little slack as we expected them to fail on high downforce tracks.

Ferrari: No cars in Q3, Fisi struggling, and Raikkonen only 13th.

Jenson Button: 12th? Not great from the championship leader. With Vettel 2nd and Barichello 10th who knows what will happen

Renault: Self-explanatory.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 27 Sep 2009, 02:04

tristan1117 wrote:Jenson Button: 12th? Not great from the championship leader. With Vettel on pole and Barichello 5th who knows what will happen

Barrichello's 10th because of a gearbox change and Vettel's 2nd. Just had to correct you there

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 27 Sep 2009, 05:45

Night races.

I'm having to wake up at 5 AM to watch this race. Grr. So I'm gonna get five hours of sleep or so, watch the race, and then pass out for five more hours... two days before classes start. Great.

Paul Hayes · Post by **Paul Hayes** » 27 Sep 2009, 05:59

kostas22 wrote:Brawn GP for qualifying 10th and 12th
Jonathan Legard for calling Vettel's 1:51s at the start of Q2 "a good lap". BBC, please get around to sacking him soon.

I'm not one of those who's been calling for Legard's head, but I did find it quite surprising when, following a Ted Kravitz report that Hamilton would be the only one going out on the softer tyres at the start of Q2, Legard said "Actually Ted, I think you'll find Hamilton's gone out on the softs as well."

Many Blue Flags · Post by **Many Blue Flags** » 27 Sep 2009, 07:43

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say Barrichello at the moment. In contrast to Alonso's ability in keeping the Renault out of the wall when pushing it to it's absolute limit. (Possibly the best piece of driving I've ever seen in a 2009 F1 car), he manages to wreck the floor, scrapes into Q3 by only the skin of his teeth, and then flings the thing into the wall after setting fifth so nobody can better that.

This vote has nothing to do with the fact that Rubens is down for my ROTR in the Predicament Predictions thread...

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 27 Sep 2009, 09:07

thehemogoblin wrote:Night races.

I'm having to wake up at 5 AM to watch this race. Grr. So I'm gonna get five hours of sleep or so, watch the race, and then pass out for five more hours... two days before classes start. Great.

It's induction week, then? Trying to get some sleep on induction weeks is a bit rejectful. I know, I have been doing it myself...

eytl · Post by **eytl** » 27 Sep 2009, 12:47

Hmmm ... Sutil and Alguersuari have just announced their candidacy ...

Libertango · Post by **Libertango** » 27 Sep 2009, 13:04

Can't blame Sutil for putting some kind of action in this very booooring race

Alguer is just himself...
I still say nobody is reject worthy

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 27 Sep 2009, 13:36

Red Bull Stable:
Getting old now. Alguersauri has a pit problem and causes an accident with Sutil. Fuel problem for Torro Rosso, Webber crashes, Vettel speeds in the pitlane. Good Lord, next Buemi's gonna crash, no?

Singapore Grand Prix 2009
:roll:

EDIT: As I post this, Buemi is wheeled into the garage.

Libertango · Post by **Libertango** » 27 Sep 2009, 13:40

As I post this, Buemi is wheeled into the garage.

For safety probably?

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 27 Sep 2009, 13:44

As I post this, Buemi is wheeled into the garage.

Strangely in tandem with Alguersuari.

Keirdre · Post by **Keirdre** » 27 Sep 2009, 13:56

Sutil all the way. He finished Heidfeld's Boring Man F1 Finishing Record (although that's no big loss). Algersauri a valiant runner-up.

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 27 Sep 2009, 13:59

Trulli - 12th, while his team-mate was second.

LukeB · Post by **LukeB** » 27 Sep 2009, 14:00

Will to live fadeing.........

Sutil. I have no idea what he was thinking.
Is it just season fatigue setting in or was that an incredably dull race?

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 27 Sep 2009, 14:02

Well, Vettel might still get his penalty. If he does after the race I say Red Bull is most definitely the ROTR. Vettel also ran over the kerbing.

LionZoo · Post by **LionZoo** » 27 Sep 2009, 14:11

lindol wrote:This is my first post and I therefore want to make it really count and nominate Nicole, or perhaps it should be Lewis Hamilton for reuniting with Nicole. I thought, as did our hosts, that we had seen the last of her.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... l?ITO=1490

After reading that dailymail article, I'm going to forget all about the race and nominate the F1Rocks stars for ROTR. It's obvious that the people interviewed don't know the difference between F1 and A1 Steak Sauce so their attempt to pretend they car about F1 is as cringe-worthy as Luca Badoer's performances in the Ferrari. At the very least, Lindsay Lohan deserves a nomination for confusing NASCAR with F1. And how can you "study" NASCAR for a year anyway?

Paul Hayes · Post by **Paul Hayes** » 27 Sep 2009, 14:13

Lee McKenzie.

No, there were not two safety cars!

Many Blue Flags · Post by **Many Blue Flags** » 27 Sep 2009, 14:14

The Red Bull family brakes.

hynee · Post by **hynee** » 27 Sep 2009, 14:24

Sutil, it's not one of those humorous RotR picks, but he should get a multi-race suspension for what he did!

lostpin · Post by **lostpin** » 27 Sep 2009, 14:29

I think that the Singapore GP was as fun and interesting as the Valencia GP. Obviously someone still can't figure out that street racing is so booooriiiiing!!! :lol:

P.S. I want my two hours of life back!