Biscione wrote:FMecha wrote:When Plaza retired, he was in which position? And what was his highest position in the race?
13th out of 14 runners. Which is about as high up the order as he got.
RealRacingRoots wrote:The most surprising thing was that the car blew up with about 10 laps to go.
watka wrote:I find it amusing that whilst you're one of the more openly Christian guys here, you are still first and foremost associated with an eye for the ladies!
MCard LOLAdinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
dr-baker wrote:What is Pippa Mann's warning for? She's not likely to get fired, though, given the circumstances...
Novitopoli wrote:Everytime someone orders at Pizza Hut, an Italian dies.
Novitopoli wrote:Juve's Triplete: Calciopoli, doping & Mafia connections.
Salamander wrote:This wrote:Classic Lamberigts. But so far he is doing his contractual job: qualifying well.
And if Gillet don't up their game, Ron Mignolet will consider other options. He does not like to spend his last season on a sinking ship. His age means that he nog longer has the fitness to do a race without spinning and crashing a dozen times, but he can still qualify well, and has experience so he's a perfect fit for any midfielder. Also, waffles.
Gauthier would be interested in running Ron Mignolet in place of Kazama. We believe his waffles could inspire our team to make a car that actually finishes a race for once.
This wrote:Salamander wrote:This wrote:Classic Lamberigts. But so far he is doing his contractual job: qualifying well.
And if Gillet don't up their game, Ron Mignolet will consider other options. He does not like to spend his last season on a sinking ship. His age means that he nog longer has the fitness to do a race without spinning and crashing a dozen times, but he can still qualify well, and has experience so he's a perfect fit for any midfielder. Also, waffles.
Gauthier would be interested in running Ron Mignolet in place of Kazama. We believe his waffles could inspire our team to make a car that actually finishes a race for once.
Mignolet will do one more race for Gillet. If their pace doesn't improve, we have a deal. If their pace does significantly improve, Ron will stay. I suggest a contract up until the Belgian GP, which will be his last race. (in case he doesn't deliver, you will not be stuck with him for a full year)
Sebastian Vettel wrote:If I was good at losing, I wouldn't be in Formula 1
Biscione wrote:dr-baker wrote:What is Pippa Mann's warning for? She's not likely to get fired, though, given the circumstances...
She caused an avoidable incident at Turn 1 a couple of laps into the race. Decided using brakes was too mainstream and piled into Douglas Mann, who in turn was speared into Ben Fleet who got spun into the T1 infield.
Pippa hit her brother, who then got pushed into her husband? Gor blimey guv'nor... No penalty required, she's already going to have a tough home life for a few days after that!watka wrote:I find it amusing that whilst you're one of the more openly Christian guys here, you are still first and foremost associated with an eye for the ladies!
MCard LOLAdinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
Autosport wrote:Jones: "That's ma boy Dagnall"
Sammy Jones was in a jubilant mood this evening following the conclusion of the F1RWRS' 4th race of the year at Monza. His lead driver Mark Dagnall finished a full minute and a half ahead of his closest rival whilst taking victory, his first since he moved to the Jones team. Rookie teammate Diego Alvarez Torrente backed up a strong weekend for the team with fourth place.
Jones told reporters after the race, "Yeah absolutely delighted for Mark, he's done a cracking job today, and totally deserves the result after what's been a frustrating first three races. We've turned a corner and now we'll kick on and look to get a few decent results nailed down and really break the back of this championship challenge. There's a long way to go yet but what we saw today was the Mark Dagnall we all know and love. He's a master at work in the cockpit. Diego drove a great race as well to bring home more points for the team. He's getting more confident by the day, and making sure he makes the full distance at a competitive pace is our main aim at the moment. He's doing a marvellous job - there really isn't much more I could ask from a rookie at this stage."
Danny van Rijkens wrote:The lap was a good one! Really really happy with that, I threw that bloody car round and she held together and P3 was our reward. Top job by the boys to give me the car to do that. Retiring is always sh*t especially when we have good potential, but we need to keep working at it, and our time will come.
Connor O'Heagan wrote:Just feck off will ye? Where's that feckin bottle of whiskey I had earlier...
Jacques Couteau wrote:We couldn't really expect much from this round, this is a power circuit and that's not something we're really ready to deal with right now! Great to see Diego do a nice clean drive to grab 4th, he's really improving with his time at Jones!
Diego Alvarez Torrente wrote:A great result for us at Jones! Mark was great, he's just so quick and seeing him win like that was amazing...he even lapped me! For sure, I'd have liked to have got onto the podium, but not today!
Mitch Hedberg wrote:I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. Say man, can I turn on the radio? You should slow down. Why do we gotta keep going in circles? Man, you really like Tide...
FormulaRejects Mag Ratings - Monza
Thomas de Bock: 8 -- Did what was expected from him.
Nathanael Spencer: 6 -- Suffered a bit too much given the car. He retired on final lap to add insult to injury.
Mark Dagnall: 10 -- Perfect race.
Diego Alvarez Torrente: 7 -- A bit too cautious, but got some valuable points
Alexey Buyvolov: 8 -- Stayed in 2nd the whole time until the car stopped
Kay Lon: 6 -- Mixed feelings; On one hand he finished on the podium, on the other... WTF did he have with Melville?
Philippe Nicolas: 7 -- His point came through sheer good luck, but at least he was there to pick it up.
Hansuke Shioya: 6 -- Outqualified Nicolas, and was not too far from him in the race when the car failed.
Nicolas Steele: 3 -- Qualified quite badly and was taken out after a very poor start.
Daniel Melrose: 4 -- Anonymous at best.
Jean-Luc Schiller: 6 -- Again saved points.
Fredo Mestolio: 7 -- More bad luck from the local hero when he was on his way to a deserved podium.
Hagane Shizuka: 3 -- Did not qualify.
Daniel Melville: 3 -- Very unpredictable. He lost his Front Wing, recovered awesomely and had another brain fade with Lon before his car packed up. Nuts
Ron Mignolet: 4 -- Tried his best to qualify a sub-par car.
Eric Swerts: 3 -- Needs to up his game
Douglas Mann: 3 -- Finished last, that says it all.
Alberto Cara: 4 -- See Melrose
David Neuberg: 6 -- Kept himself in the midfield with a solid drive
Nathan McKane: 4 -- If he repeats many more times performances like this he'll be on the chopping block.
Danny van Rijkens: 5 -- Decent, if only for a while.
Du Lei: 4 -- Kept herself on track for a while.
Daniel Martins: 2 -- Unable to deliver.
Barii Mori: 4 -- Must be really frustrated.
Pippa Mann: 3 -- Pathetic.
Ben Fleet: 2 -- Very Pathetic.
Benoit Voeckler: 1 -- Piss poor.
Connor O Heagan: 2 -- Less piss poor, but piss poor still.
Dave Simpson: 5 -- Did Ok until the car packed up.
Wouter Lamberigts: 5 -- Awesome in qualifying again, but he'll need shorter races to score any points at this pace.
Jesus Plaza: 6 -- Managed to qualify the car and keep it running for quite a decent number of laps.
Hiroto Tojo: 3 -- Needs more effort if he wants to start a race again.
Marco Bizzarri: 3 -- Didn't deliver
Andrej Kremnicky: 3 -- See Bizzarri
Martin McFry: 6 -- Was good to see him back at the grid
Gregor Pascal: 3 -- Missed another chance with a 1st lap crash.
Miko Fakkinen: 3 -- Beating a teammate like Donnelly is not enough.
Geoff Donnelly: 2 -- Painfully slow.
Adelaide Voeckler: 2 -- Far from doing anything meaningful
Shinobu Katayama: 4 -- Her effort wasn't too bad, but she'll need to try again.
The F1RWRS Commission has fined the team BOC Autodynamics Grand Prix with 100 credits after an accounts inspection checked the team had gone into red numbers following their test at Brands Hatch. The Commission will also give subsequent penalties if the team is still in red numbers after races 8, 12 and 16.
Aerond wrote:Autodynamics FinedThe F1RWRS Commission has fined the team BOC Autodynamics Grand Prix with 100 credits after an accounts inspection checked the team had gone into red numbers following their test at Brands Hatch. The Commission will also give subsequent penalties if the team is still in red numbers after races 8, 12 and 16.
Novitopoli wrote:Everytime someone orders at Pizza Hut, an Italian dies.
Novitopoli wrote:Juve's Triplete: Calciopoli, doping & Mafia connections.
Speedcafe.com wrote:Zimmer not impressed by performances
Holden Racing Team principal Frank Zimmer has made his annoyance felt after poor pace and unreliability has so far hampered HRT's early season. Having only scored 3 points in the opening 4 races, HRT is ahead of where they have been in previous seasons, but behind Zimmer's overall targets.
"Frankly we should be scoring more," Zimmer said. "We've come close a few times to adding some, but just can't quite do it. The car's a bit of a dog at the moment, but it's miles ahead of last year's shitbox."
When asked his opinion on his drivers, Zimmer said "I'm happy with Alberto at the moment, he has shown some excellent pace, he's been really impressive at the moment. Douglas, though, has been disappointing. He's been very helpful with getting Alberto up to pace, but his own has been somewhat lacking, especially after last season's excellent efforts."
While Zimmer refused to comment on the possibility of a mid-season replacement for Mann, it is believed that HRT's finances are not in the healthiest state, and a pay driver may need to be brought on. With Cara likely to have his 8 race contract extended soon, that leaves Mann as being potentially out of a drive.
Alexey Buyvolov wrote:If this does not leak , did I think would win another race , but that's racing , is also needed luck and I did not have it
La Gazzetta Dello Sport wrote:Team Ratings - Monza
VOECKLER RENAULT
6
A small improvement from last time out - this time new recruit Thomas De Bock was flying the flag for Voeckler with his second place. It was a lucky second place though - without Buyvolov's Aeroracing grinding to a halt and Lon not suffering extreme brain-fade in his altercation with Melville, he would have been off the podium in 4th place. He showed good race pace, but needs to work on his quali form. Spencer meanwhile is usually one with a hot lap up his sleeve in quali, but emphatically failed to deliver and was way down the order at the start. He made some progress at the start, but his first stint being so short dropped him back into the traffic he had already overtaken at the start of the race, and that was the end of that. A solitary point was to be his reward, but even that was taken away from him, thanks to a last lap car failure handing it to the only other car beind still on the same lap as him, Nicolas.
JONES FORD
8
Dagnall was back to his old self. A decent qualifying was followed up with a commanding drive. Diego Alvarez Torrente was not so spectacular, his driving perhaps a tad too relaxed. He was timid when it came to either defending his position or trying to take it away from those ahead. He made no effort to keep the hard charging De Bock behind, and also failed to push the limit when third was in his grasp thanks to Lon's mistake. Still a good all-around team performance, but perhaps DAT might want to start taking the odd calculated risk.
AERORACING ENGINEERING
6
The race promised so much yet delivered so little in comparison. They have been the team to beat this year, but looked vulnerable in more ways that one. On the driver front, Alexey Buyvolov was not quite as fast as his first three performances, but still there or there-abouts when he was struck with a second car failure in three races. What's debatable is whether the car's reliability is the team's weakest link, or the driver in the other car is. The recently erratic Kay Lon continued his wayward streak with an inexplicable collision with Daniel Melville. While the Australian was perhaps defending a tad too hard to stay ahead, Lon's decision to turn in on him while crossing the start/finish line was simply unjustifiable. It was a brainless move with no possible justification. He let the side down today, and was lucky he ended up on the podium - a feistier driver would likely have fought harder to keep him out of the Top 3 after the Melville incident.
ARROWTECH-ACURI AUTOSPORT
6
Nicolas is once again the man carrying the team, taking another valuable point - albeit a fortunate one with Spencer's last lap retirement. This time however Shioya was closer to the Frenchman's pace, and was finally looking closer to a match of his more experience team-mate before his engine died. The drivers kept their heads down and did about what was possible with the equipment at hand. Nothing as extraordinary as Nicolas' Bathurst podium, though.
BOC AUTODYNAMICS GP
4
Anonymous. Steele was eliminated at the start, leaving the team's hopes on veteran Melrose. His performance was nothing like his one blazing lap at Bathurst - limp, uninspired and unmotivated. He toiled around just outside the points for a while, seemingly hoping that reliability issues would strike others and move him up the order. Instead, the gremlins hit his own car. The technical package is capable of being on the podium, but they looked far from such a result today.
MELROSE RACING TEAM
5
Five could perhaps be seen as a harsh score, given Mestolio's pace. But once again, as mentioned in every other race review of MRT this season, the car in a better position was robbed of success through unreliability. The same problems are persisting and costing the team points time and time again. Schiller was able to pick up the pieces somewhat with 5th place, but Mestolio was on target to be on the podium. Perhaps he would have been the one to take advantage of Lon's mistake and knock the German off the podium, had his car not given up so early.
KAMAHA MOTORSPORTS
2
Barely scraping out of PreQ in the fourth berth of four available, the lead driver failing to make the race at all in main qualifying, while the rookie fails to finish, his car crippled after colliding with someone while being lapped. It's yet another shocking day for Kamaha, but I'm not entirely sure anyone in the paddock is surprise anymore. Kamaha has long been a blackhole for chaos, but this year has a key difference to last; they no longer have any raw pace to bank on. During the very odd occasion the team did not self destruct, they managed to pick up wins in 2016. Such form seems a distant memory now.
GILLET ECURIE NATIONALE BELGE
1
They did slightly better with Ron Mingolet, but not by much. If Swerts had managed to set an identical time to Mignolet, the team would still not have made it out of Pre-Qualifying. Times are still desperate, and nothing short of a miracle can possibly save their season now.
HOLDEN RACING TEAM
3
Alberto Cara had a so-so race before the HRT died underneath him, but Douglas Mann had a shocker. A poor qualifying and poor start was never recovered from, and he spent the entire race toiling round at the rear of the field, eventually rocking up in 10th place, the last car still running. Given the kind of cars that finished ahead of him, the race was a ripe opportunity for scoring the point that comes with 6th place, but Mann absoultely minced it. The car is a decent midfielder, and today Mann made it look like one of the worst on the grid. The old man needs to up his game if he wants to keep his seat for the rest of the year, because Cara has been showing him up badly time and time again.
PLUS ONE KINGFISHER RACING
5
Once again McKane failed to contribute anything noteworthy to the Plus One cause, but Neuberg had a more solid run, albeit not of the standard we've seen on occasion from the young German. On a better day he may have fighting Nicolas for what turned out to be sixth place, but in the end he settled down into a solid and unspectacular drive to 8th. Further improvement is still needed to break the points.
EQUIPE GAUTHIER
4
Danny van Rijkens once again demonstrated the one lap potential of the Gauthier package, but followed it up by once again dropping like a stone, ending up outside of the Top 10 after two dozen or so laps. In the end, the performances of both van Rijkens and substitute driver Du Lei became irrelevant, with poor reliability rearing its head once again and taking both out of the equation. There is a spark, but so far it's not a big enough spark to light the fire.
SUNHINE DAIHATSU
2
Once again Sunshine delivered a small imrpovement, but still far too small an improvement to suddenly make them candidates to be qualifying for the races. Mori did just about enough to scrape them in had Martins been able to meet the Japanese driver's pace. Martins instead put in a horrid performance, ensuring Sunshine would stay nought for four in attempts to escape the dark, scary pit of Pre-Qualifying.
FOXDALE ART
2
Team leader Pippa Mann made an amateur mistake that comrpomised the race of team-mate Ben Fleet. Given Mann started 17th and Fleet 4th, and Mann made little progress, the story of the opening laps for Foxdale becomes clear. Then the transmissions in both cars seized up. A standard Foxdale performance - a team that has little to be optimistic about bar the odd attention-grabbing quali run.
BOXTEL
1
Both cars got out on track and set times for the second race in a row. That's about the strech of their performance. Realistically, this team is not escaping Pre-Qualifying at all in 2017, and that includes any occurence of divine intervention. If both cars can break the Top 10 in a Pre-Q session, that'll be reason enough for them to break out the party-streamers and celebrate like they're world champions.
DACIA
3
Lamberigts once again shone in qualifying, and lined up on the front row, with team-leader Simpson stuck in the midpack from the off. And once again, Lamberigts followed the Foxdale and Gauthier examples by plummeting through the field into irrelevance. While the net result was 9th, it's worth putting into perspective just how far he fell in the context of where those around him came from; the three cars ahead of him in 6th-8th positions started in 16th, 18th and 23rd. A driver who starts on the front row should not be getting beaten by someone who qualified 23rd on merit. His performance was both slow and error-ridden. Simpson meanwhile continued to be completely anonymous, doing a steady stint before the car decided it was having no more.
TEAM MECHA RACING
5
Some more promise was on display this weekend. Making it out of Pre-Qualifying is the biggest immediate hurdle they must face, and to little surprise Tojo failed to make the grade in main qualifying. Plaza came close to making it to the end of the race, and not even at the back of the field - a Top 10 with the HRT of Douglas Mann behind was on the cards had the tyres on his car held together. Plaza has done a great job for Mecha this season - they just now need to deliver him a car capable of doing race distances and let him get to work.
REVOLUTION ENGINEERING
1
So far this season one driver has been on the pace, and the other woefully slow. Today the drivers sucked in unison. The technical package at their disposal is capable of more. Early promise with Kremnicky's Adelaide PreQ effort is fast looking like a flash in the pan.
NURMINEN GRAND PRIX
4
They achieved their primary goal, of getting both cars into the race. Essentially anything beyond this is a bonus, but to at least have a chance of mouting a surprise, the car needs to be reliable enough to make the end, and the drivers need to be level-headed enough to see the cars home if they are up to scratch lifetime-wise. Unfortunately, Pascal broke the latter rule, ending his race right at the start. McFry was doing well enough before mechanical woes took him out. NRE are capable of more.
FUSION MOTORSPORT
1
The Fusion package suffers from a power deficiency, which was demonstrated clearly in Pre-Qualifying. Both drivers were right at the foot of the table, squabbling with no-hopers like Boxtel to avoid the wooden spoon.
ROB LOMAS RACING
2
While Voeckler certainly acted as something of an anchor to the team's performance, Katayama's showing was not good enough to be deserving of a pass into main qualifying either. Simply not fast enough today, will need to regroup and try again next time.
Novitopoli wrote:Everytime someone orders at Pizza Hut, an Italian dies.
Novitopoli wrote:Juve's Triplete: Calciopoli, doping & Mafia connections.
kevinbotz wrote:Cantonese is a completely nonsensical f*cking alien language masquerading as some grossly bastardised form of Chinese
Gonzo wrote:Wasn't there some sort of communisim in the East part of Germany?
Klon wrote:more liek Nick Ass-idy amirite?
Mexicola wrote:shinji wrote:Mexicola wrote: I'd rather listen to a dog lick its balls. Each to their own, I guess.
Does listening to a dog licking its balls get you excited?
That's between me and my internet service provider.
pasta_maldonado wrote:
aerond wrote:Yes RDD, but we always knew you never had any sort of taste either
tommykl wrote:I have a shite car and meme sponsors, but Corrado Fabi will carry me to the promised land with the power of Lionel Richie.
RonDenisDeletraz wrote:What the bathplug have I been fined for?
Sebastian Vettel wrote:If I was good at losing, I wouldn't be in Formula 1
Nuppiz wrote:RonDenisDeletraz wrote:What the bathplug have I been fined for?
http://f1rejects.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 26#p323526
RealRacingRoots wrote:Nuppiz wrote:RonDenisDeletraz wrote:What the bathplug have I been fined for?
http://f1rejects.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 26#p323526
Check your E-Mail RDD. Or else Autodynamics is as good as dead.
Mexicola wrote:shinji wrote:Mexicola wrote: I'd rather listen to a dog lick its balls. Each to their own, I guess.
Does listening to a dog licking its balls get you excited?
That's between me and my internet service provider.
roblomas52 wrote:RealRacingRoots wrote:Nuppiz wrote:viewtopic.php?p=323526#p323526
Check your E-Mail RDD. Or else Autodynamics is as good as dead.
I would like some of the assets if your team go dead
Mitch Hedberg wrote:I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. Say man, can I turn on the radio? You should slow down. Why do we gotta keep going in circles? Man, you really like Tide...
Autosport wrote:All change at Kamaha
Kamaha after a poor test, have sacked a number of key people in the chassis department. However they have lured the Aerodynamist and chief engineer from Autodynamics and the head mechanic from the defunct prospec team, details to follow. Shinji Zanmai has also been let go after a poor start with Simon Weslake, a key member of the Autodynamics team taking charge of the team. He said in a hasty press conference, "Kamaha are a good and well funded team and I am looking forward to turning things around for them.". More details and information to follow.
Biscione wrote:"Some Turkemenistani gulag repurposed for residential use" is the best way yet I've heard to describe North / East Glasgow.
Wizzie wrote:TO ALL TYRE MANUFACTURERS: I have emailed all tyre manufacturer managers with the current budgets and notifying them that the first tyre development window is now open. Because aerond's too lazy to do it himself
Mexicola wrote:shinji wrote:Mexicola wrote: I'd rather listen to a dog lick its balls. Each to their own, I guess.
Does listening to a dog licking its balls get you excited?
That's between me and my internet service provider.
Sebastian Vettel wrote:If I was good at losing, I wouldn't be in Formula 1
Klon wrote:more liek Nick Ass-idy amirite?
Auto Hebdo wrote:Tony Gillet: "Ron Mignolet is an opportunist without commitment"
Following a disappointing prequalifying session in Austria when Gillet once again failed to make the cut, Ron Mignolet decided to jump ship after only two races at the Belgian team when the deal was rumoured to last until the end of the season. Mignolet had already voiced his intention to leave the team after his first weekend with them, allegedly prompting Gillet to make him a better offer. Despite this, Mignolet announced he was leaving after another failed prequalifying session, stating that they would need "a driver like (Wouter) Lamberigts to qualify that car."
Tony Gillet was unimpressed by Mignolet's hasty decision, stating that he "showed a lack of forward thinking. I offered him a chance of rebuilding this team and improving the car. Instead, he gave us one race to gain two seconds per lap. Of course there was no way that this was going to happen. Instead, he's left us in a position where we have an underperforming driver that we have to keep or face driver penalties. With this move, Ron has shown himself to be an opportunist without any commitment."
As of yet, Gillet have not announced a replacement for the next race, but names like Franc Piscine, Daniel Moreno or a comeback from Aurelien Moll have been rumoured.
kevinbotz wrote:Cantonese is a completely nonsensical f*cking alien language masquerading as some grossly bastardised form of Chinese
Gonzo wrote:Wasn't there some sort of communisim in the East part of Germany?
Mahmud Effendi wrote:So Tojo was fast this time... and we failed to prequalify?
Ron Mignolet wrote:I'm not interested in rebuilding anything or anyone in my final year. Besides, i never choose to be at Gillet, this was a decision made by Voeckler. If you don't like it, you should complain over there. Lack of commitment? Yes, indeed. For me, my commitment is leaving this series on a high. Besides, do you really think another driver could make your car any faster? If you care that much about the long term, why don't you believe in your own driver Swerts, then? Great for his confidence to hear things like this... The fact that Thomas De Bock doesn't want to drive your car anymore says enough. I'm sorry Tony, you should have thought of that when you made a deal with Voeckler. Actually i'm not sorry, you know how they work, if you can't deal with it, don't get involved with them. Also, you shouldn't have spend your resources on building that ugly VDS car back in 2013, seriously, what were you thinking when they made you build that... thing?
