2016 Australian Grand Prix - Reject of the Race

AustralianStig · Post by **AustralianStig** » 21 Mar 2016, 11:34

tommykl wrote:Something I noticed on Twitter regarding the vast majority of the Indonesian fanbase is a shocking lack of ability to comprehend how sports works. They seem to think that Haryanto is the best driver of all time and therefore is entitled to the best car out there, for the sole reason that he is Indonesian. Oh, and Manor obviously sabotaged his car, because Wehrlein was faster and finished, and that can't possibly be right!

There was also a bit of a campaign on Twitter etc. for everyone to vote for Haryanto just for the lulz.

golic_2004 · Post by **golic_2004** » 21 Mar 2016, 11:43

Qualifying is the real Reject.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 21 Mar 2016, 15:31

AustralianStig wrote:
tommykl wrote:Something I noticed on Twitter regarding the vast majority of the Indonesian fanbase is a shocking lack of ability to comprehend how sports works. They seem to think that Haryanto is the best driver of all time and therefore is entitled to the best car out there, for the sole reason that he is Indonesian. Oh, and Manor obviously sabotaged his car, because Wehrlein was faster and finished, and that can't possibly be right!
There was also a bit of a campaign on Twitter etc. for everyone to vote for Haryanto just for the lulz.

The voting system is probably scripted in a very simplistic manner which makes it easy to cheat on. So easy that you don't even necessarily need to mount a specific campaign to have thousands of people voting; you only need a few guys running a script that repeats the same vote hundreds of times.

andrew · Post by **andrew** » 21 Mar 2016, 15:35

Who won driver of the day?

Post by **tommykl** » 21 Mar 2016, 20:11

Nuppiz wrote:
AustralianStig wrote:
tommykl wrote:Something I noticed on Twitter regarding the vast majority of the Indonesian fanbase is a shocking lack of ability to comprehend how sports works. They seem to think that Haryanto is the best driver of all time and therefore is entitled to the best car out there, for the sole reason that he is Indonesian. Oh, and Manor obviously sabotaged his car, because Wehrlein was faster and finished, and that can't possibly be right!
There was also a bit of a campaign on Twitter etc. for everyone to vote for Haryanto just for the lulz.

The voting system is probably scripted in a very simplistic manner which makes it easy to cheat on. So easy that you don't even necessarily need to mount a specific campaign to have thousands of people voting; you only need a few guys running a script that repeats the same vote hundreds of times.

As a matter of fact, someone on Reddit managed to find the actual voting tally a few minutes from the end of voting. There was a combination of a huge amount of scripts and people finding a way to manually enter submissions that weren't actually options.

Therefore, at that particular point in time, Max Verstappen had 75% of the votes, while Rubens Barrichello had 2 votes and Boaty McBoatface had, and this is true, eight whole votes. The internet, everyone.

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 21 Mar 2016, 20:29

tommykl wrote:
Nuppiz wrote:
AustralianStig wrote:The voting system is probably scripted in a very simplistic manner which makes it easy to cheat on. So easy that you don't even necessarily need to mount a specific campaign to have thousands of people voting; you only need a few guys running a script that repeats the same vote hundreds of times.

As a matter of fact, someone on Reddit managed to find the actual voting tally a few minutes from the end of voting. There was a combination of a huge amount of scripts and people finding a way to manually enter submissions that weren't actually options.

Therefore, at that particular point in time, Max Verstappen had 75% of the votes, while Rubens Barrichello had 2 votes and Boaty McBoatface had, and this is true, eight whole votes. The internet, everyone.

A link?

Post by **tommykl** » 21 Mar 2016, 20:42

novitopoli wrote:A link?

http://pastebin.com/rbwiMvww

AdrianBelmonte_ · Post by **AdrianBelmonte_** » 21 Mar 2016, 22:50

tommykl wrote:
Nuppiz wrote:The voting system is probably scripted in a very simplistic manner which makes it easy to cheat on. So easy that you don't even necessarily need to mount a specific campaign to have thousands of people voting; you only need a few guys running a script that repeats the same vote hundreds of times.

As a matter of fact, someone on Reddit managed to find the actual voting tally a few minutes from the end of voting. There was a combination of a huge amount of scripts and people finding a way to manually enter submissions that weren't actually options.

Therefore, at that particular point in time, Max Verstappen had 75% of the votes, while Rubens Barrichello had 2 votes and Boaty McBoatface had, and this is true, eight whole votes. The internet, everyone.

So i have the challenge of making Chanoch Nissany driver of the day in some random Grand Prix, and i'm saying Nissany because making Foxes DotD it would be too obvious even for my standards

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 21 Mar 2016, 22:55

I feel sorry for Nasr. What a crap score for someone actually in the race!

I'm hoping Boaty goes one better and scoops the award next time out. :pantano:

Post by **Ataxia** » 21 Mar 2016, 23:02

So in a strange turn of events, we now appear to have have Boatface AND Boatarse. What a load of ship.

Post by **mario** » 22 Mar 2016, 10:08

AndreaModa wrote:I feel sorry for Nasr. What a crap score for someone actually in the race!

I'm hoping Boaty goes one better and scoops the award next time out.

It seems that the organisers were able to filter out the fake votes in order to give Grosjean the award - in fairness, I think most neutral observers would agree he probably was the most deserving nominee in that race.

CoopsII wrote:
watka wrote:David Coulthard - Channel 4's coverage was excellent (better than BBC's in some ways). But Coulthard's joke about people happily willing to pay £800 for Vettel's (wheel)nuts let the side down

Well, it is Channel 4 isn't it?

1 - Qualifying
2 - The smugness of every team principle being interviewed after Qualifying.

There were some who wondered if the team principals might be quite happy that it worked out in such an embarrassing way and backfired in FOM's face.

The public backlash means that the sport has been pushed into adopting the old qualifying format, which most team principals wanted to retain in the first place. In effect, they have kind of had their cake and eaten it at the same time - they kept in with FOM by voting the new system through, but could then rise the wave of public indignation to push FOM into going back to the qualifying system they wanted to retain.

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 22 Mar 2016, 10:13

AdrianBelmonte_ wrote:So i have the challenge of making Chanoch Nissany driver of the day in some random Grand Prix, and i'm saying Nissany because making Foxes DotD it would be too obvious even for my standards

Remember she was given a Citroën C1 last year, private plate and all, after passing her driving test - despite (I would assume) having more in the bank than all of us in this forum put together. But such a combination of pop princess plus tiny French shopping trolley would still be faster than...

...oh, wait, we can't make McLaren jokes any more, can we. Bah.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 22 Mar 2016, 11:47

AdrianBelmonte_ wrote:So i have the challenge of making Chanoch Nissany driver of the day in some random Grand Prix, and i'm saying Nissany because making Foxes DotD it would be too obvious even for my standards

I would have suggested Hungary for totally obvious reasons, but then it became obvious to me that the top-two positions in Hungary will permanently belong to HWNSNBM and Ferenc Szisz...

AdrianBelmonte_ · Post by **AdrianBelmonte_** » 22 Mar 2016, 18:16

dinizintheoven wrote:
AdrianBelmonte_ wrote:So i have the challenge of making Chanoch Nissany driver of the day in some random Grand Prix, and i'm saying Nissany because making Foxes DotD it would be too obvious even for my standards

Remember she was given a Citroën C1 last year, private plate and all, after passing her driving test - despite (I would assume) having more in the bank than all of us in this forum put together. But such a combination of pop princess plus tiny French shopping trolley would still be faster than...

...oh, wait, we can't make McLaren jokes any more, can we. Bah.

Let's hope that McHonda jokes turns into Esteban Gutiérrez's Haas jokes

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 22 Mar 2016, 20:51

AndreaModa wrote:I feel sorry for Nasr. What a crap score for someone actually in the race!

I'm hoping Boaty goes one better and scoops the award next time out.

wait? what? Nasr was in the race??

Jan Magnussen · Post by **Rob Dylan** » 23 Mar 2016, 12:32

Gutierrez will most definitely beat Grosjean this year. I have a feeling as well as a bet that says he will.

GerhardTalger · Post by **GerhardTalger** » 25 Mar 2016, 17:57

Max Verstappen for being a whiny little James Hunt. And moreover my blind compatriots who think the blame is all on Sainz and the team and that he was right in whining. Don't get me wrong, I like it when he does good, feels like the Netherlands is finally on it, but if he behaves this way, no way José

Moreover, the qualifying shenanigans were balls. And they are, still. It's completely crazy.

HM for Toro Rosso and Ferrari for screwing up in solid positions.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 28 Mar 2016, 08:44

Jamie and Enoch gave RotR to the qualifying system in their newly relaunched podcast. How does this affect the official awarding of the award?

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 28 Mar 2016, 15:06

dr-baker wrote:Jamie and Enoch gave RotR to the qualifying system in their newly relaunched podcast. How does this affect the official awarding of the award?

Someone needs to venture into the many other avenues of GPR's online presence! Facebook! Twitter! The homepage! Notice how the same day the podcast came out, ROTR for Melbourne popped up in all these places...

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 28 Mar 2016, 15:12

dr-baker wrote:Jamie and Enoch gave RotR to the qualifying system in their newly relaunched podcast. How does this affect the official awarding of the award?

And so it begins....

There will be some that view Jamie & Enochs award as the proper one and those that stand with Biscione and see his decision as final. People will need to decide just which side they're on because soon it'll be fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes! The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

GP Rejects : Civil War!

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 28 Mar 2016, 15:48

Biscione wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Jamie and Enoch gave RotR to the qualifying system in their newly relaunched podcast. How does this affect the official awarding of the award?

Someone needs to venture into the many other avenues of GPR's online presence! Facebook! Twitter! The homepage! Notice how the same day the podcast came out, ROTR for Melbourne popped up in all these places...

One day, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are going to merge into one mega global social media website. It'll be called YouTwitFace...

Ross Prawn · Post by **Ross Prawn** » 28 Mar 2016, 18:23

Well - McHonda, because after all the wishful thinking the car is still pants.

But as mocking McHonda is too easy, then I'd have to go for Ferrari's strategists. Come on guys, get a grip, and you had half an hour to think about this obviously stupid tyre decision.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 28 Mar 2016, 19:52

CoopsII wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Jamie and Enoch gave RotR to the qualifying system in their newly relaunched podcast. How does this affect the official awarding of the award?

And so it begins....

There will be some that view Jamie & Enochs award as the proper one and those that stand with Biscione and see his decision as final. People will need to decide just which side they're on because soon it'll be fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes! The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

GP Rejects : Civil War!

Sounds like real Wrath of God type stuff...

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 28 Mar 2016, 23:32

dr-baker wrote:One day, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are going to merge into one mega global social media website. It'll be called YouTwitFace...

Friendface! FRIENDFACE! FRIENDFACE!

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 29 Mar 2016, 07:35

dinizintheoven wrote:
dr-baker wrote:One day, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are going to merge into one mega global social media website. It'll be called YouTwitFace...

Friendface! FRIENDFACE! FRIENDFACE!

How about Twitty McTubeface?

Collieafc · Post by **Collieafc** » 29 Mar 2016, 11:45

CoopsII wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Jamie and Enoch gave RotR to the qualifying system in their newly relaunched podcast. How does this affect the official awarding of the award?

And so it begins....

There will be some that view Jamie & Enochs award as the proper one and those that stand with Biscione and see his decision as final. People will need to decide just which side they're on because soon it'll be fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes! The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

GP Rejects : Civil War!

Simple: Jamie and Enoch declare RotRs - in the event of a disagreement, Biscione chooses which of the two will be awarded

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 29 Mar 2016, 12:09

Collieafc wrote:Simple: Jamie and Enoch declare RotRs - in the event of a disagreement, Biscione chooses which of the two will be awarded

But Biscione is the one that organises the front page so surely he should be able to decide what goes on that? See? It's not straightforward. Then you'll get those who won't recognise Bisciones award and consider Jamie and Enochs the only one that counts. Maybe Nuppiz might chip in too. Mark my words, no good will come of this....

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 29 Mar 2016, 13:35

Originally I was just going to say "I'll go with whatever Jenoch go with," but then that presented something of a problem. Given the irregularity of the podcast, I will likely simply have to formulate an answer myself in good time, and to hell with it if Jenoch pick something else. What can I do? The speed at which things like these are expected to be decided is much faster now than back in 1999!

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 29 Mar 2016, 14:04

Biscione wrote:Originally I was just going to say "I'll go with whatever Jenoch go with," but then that presented something of a problem. Given the irregularity of the podcast, I will likely simply have to formulate an answer myself in good time, and to hell with it if Jenoch pick something else. What can I do? The speed at which things like these are expected to be decided is much faster now than back in 1999!

And so it begins...

SuzukiSwift · Post by **SuzukiSwift** » 29 Mar 2016, 16:40

Ross Prawn wrote:Well - McHonda, because after all the wishful thinking the car is still pants.

But as mocking McHonda is too easy, then I'd have to go for Ferrari's strategists. Come on guys, get a grip, and you had half an hour to think about this obviously stupid tyre decision.

The McHonda wasn't that bad.

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 29 Mar 2016, 17:32

Biscione wrote:to hell with it if Jenoch pick something else.

That's the fighting spirit, Biscy, they may take your ROTR but they'll never take your freedom! My Mam was born in Port Glasgow and spent much of her youth in Dunoon so you know who's side I'm on.

Leave DanielPT to me....

UncreativeUsername37 · Post by **UncreativeUsername37** » 29 Mar 2016, 20:46

Remember Captain Hammer's military coup that fell flat on its face? Maybe he'll come back.

Jan Magnussen · Post by **Rob Dylan** » 29 Mar 2016, 21:43

UgncreativeUsergname wrote:Remember Captain Hammer's military coup that fell flat on its face? Maybe he'll come back.

I do remember being loudly supportive of a Captain Hammer coup, but I've forgotten just about all the details behind why there was even a coup

I for one would welcome our new Hammer overlord.

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 30 Mar 2016, 09:34

UgncreativeUsergname wrote:Remember Captain Hammer's military coup that fell flat on its face? Maybe he'll come back.

I'm not trying to incite a coup I'm supporting the current regime. Biscione is a bit like Duke Atreides discovering the Harkonnens have returned. I see myself as Duncan Idaho. This analogy doesn't end well for either of us.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 30 Mar 2016, 09:47

CoopsII wrote:
UgncreativeUsergname wrote:Remember Captain Hammer's military coup that fell flat on its face? Maybe he'll come back.

I'm not trying to incite a coup I'm supporting the current regime. Biscione is a bit like Duke Atreides discovering the Harkonnens have returned. I see myself as Duncan Idaho. This analogy doesn't end well for either of us.

Why do you go with an analogy that ends poorly for both?

Using that lore I am that guy whom Frank Herbert thought about introducing somewhere in the middle of the book but then something funny happened and he completely forgot about him, ending up not making it in the book.

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 30 Mar 2016, 09:51

DanielPT wrote:Why do you go with an analogy that ends poorly for both?

So we can be heroes, just for one day. Also I come back numerous times as a ghola so it's not all bad. For me.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 30 Mar 2016, 10:23

CoopsII wrote:
DanielPT wrote:Why do you go with an analogy that ends poorly for both?

So we can be heroes, just for one day.

Love the quote!

CoopsII wrote: Also I come back numerous times as a ghola so it's not all bad. For me.

You realize it is a ghola, so it is not really you but another being looking like you and possessing your memories.

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 30 Mar 2016, 11:36

DanielPT wrote:You realize it is a ghola, so it is not really you but another being looking like you and possessing your memories.

Sure, but it's as close to immortality as I can get.

Enforcer · Post by **Enforcer** » 02 Apr 2016, 12:48

Rob Dylan wrote:
UgncreativeUsergname wrote:Remember Captain Hammer's military coup that fell flat on its face? Maybe he'll come back.
I do remember being loudly supportive of a Captain Hammer coup, but I've forgotten just about all the details behind why there was even a coup

I for one would welcome our new Hammer overlord.

Hammer has probably by this stage disappeared so far up his own backside that he's technically ceased to exist, so I wouldn't hold your breath.