Rantbox

Post by **tommykl** » 05 Mar 2011, 19:13

Rocks with Salt wrote:This has been bugging me for a while, particularly with Trevor Bayne's wreck at Phoenix last week, so I might as well put it into writing:

The [Insert Appropriate Name Here] Principle

Any driver who performs unexpectedly well in a race, given their normal circumstances, will fall victim to an accident or failure during the course of the next race. An extension of Murphy's Law.

Thoughts?

Well, I can already think of two examples that may confirm this theory, both involving Force India:
-Giancarlo Fisichella taking pole and second place in the race at Spa 2009, followed by his disastrous race at Monza for Ferrari.
-Adrian Sutil taking a front row starting place and 4th overall in Monza 2009 before having a sheer moment of brain fade at Singapore, ending Heidfeld's finishing streak.

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 05 Mar 2011, 19:53

Petrov's 5th place at Hungary, and then a avoidable mistake in qualifying in Belgium. Fair play to him as he did make it up during the race.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 05 Mar 2011, 20:03

Rocks with Salt wrote:This has been bugging me for a while, particularly with Trevor Bayne's wreck at Phoenix last week, so I might as well put it into writing:

The [Insert Appropriate Name Here] Principle

Any driver who performs unexpectedly well in a race, given their normal circumstances, will fall victim to an accident or failure during the course of the next race. An extension of Murphy's Law.

Thoughts?

How about Vitaly Petrov? Nobody expected him to do so well in fending off Alonso in Turkey, and even though he lost a points finish thanks to a cut tyre, he still got fastest lap out of the deal. The next race in Canada was an absolute shocker for him, on the over hand. If you change it to include the entire race weekend, you can add three more examples: After scoring his first points in China, he crashed in practice in Spain, forcing a gearbox change and a 5-place grid penalty, ruining his chances of more points (he finished 11th). After having the upper hand over Kubica for the first time in Hungary, he crashes out of Q1 in Belgium with that ridiculous, 'testing the kerbs' wetness' excuse. And finally, after redeeming himself with a 9th place finish from the back with a fantastic overtake to boot in Belgium, he followed that up with that absurd block on Timo Glock in qualifying at Monza.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 06 Mar 2011, 15:15

Rocks with Salt wrote:This has been bugging me for a while, particularly with Trevor Bayne's wreck at Phoenix last week, so I might as well put it into writing:

The [Insert Appropriate Name Here] Principle

Any driver who performs unexpectedly well in a race, given their normal circumstances, will fall victim to an accident or failure during the course of the next race. An extension of Murphy's Law.

Thoughts?

Sutil is a good choice. About Petrov, I don't think he falls victim to an accident since he does seem to cause them. I will throw another name: Liuzzi. Last year he was a surprisingly good 6th in Korea only to crash at Brazil and be the only retirement...

Glennerz · Post by **Glennerz** » 06 Mar 2011, 16:51

The [Insert Appropriate Name Here] Principle

...you mean inconsistency?

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 06 Mar 2011, 20:08

Since Crashgate came to publicity I would have liked to see that Piquet had crashed earlier than planned so he would have had no chance to help Alonso.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 06 Mar 2011, 22:04

Just today I've finally discovered that Pippa Mann is a real person :oops:

Myrvold · Post by **Myrvold** » 06 Mar 2011, 23:42

Oh well, for many many years ago, when I first started to explore the world of internet, I saw on a discussion forum someone called "Tom Waits for Alice". I thought that was a clever name! For 2 months ago I found out that Tom Waits is a real person...

You are not alone

nome66 · Post by **nome66** » 07 Mar 2011, 00:47

my god Ecclestone is a complete ass-hat.
i just heard some news on speed channel that he wants wet tracks on demand.
i have no idea which expletive to shout at him if we come face to face.
Ecclestone and his twin Tilke are ruining this sport.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 07 Mar 2011, 01:55

nome66 wrote:i just heard some news on speed channel that he wants wet tracks on demand.

If this would be like a certain board I am visiting occasionally as well, you'd now have a Slowpoke picture on your screen.

My rant: anyone feeling like filing a lawsuit against the FIA? I really feel robbed due to not having a thirteenth team in F1.

nome66 · Post by **nome66** » 07 Mar 2011, 10:43

Yea I get it I haven't been reading up on here lately, I've been really busy.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 07 Mar 2011, 11:20

Klon wrote:My rant: anyone feeling like filing a lawsuit against the FIA? I really feel robbed due to not having a thirteenth team in F1.

I'm filing in my own against the FIA because they are not sending Colin Kolles home.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 07 Mar 2011, 17:38

Phoenix wrote:Just today I've finally discovered that Pippa Mann is a real person

Really?

nome66 · Post by **nome66** » 07 Mar 2011, 19:53

Klon wrote:My rant: anyone feeling like filing a lawsuit against the FIA? I really feel robbed due to not having a thirteenth team in F1.

robbed for 13? i feel robbed without 18 teams!

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 07 Mar 2011, 21:48

And yet, Bernie's just said (again) "12 teams is too many, why can't we cut it down to 10?"

Was it him or Max who put forward the idea of having 13 teams in the first place? And why is it only a problem now and not in 1997, the last time we had 12 teams (however briefly)?

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 07 Mar 2011, 23:22

dinizintheoven wrote:And yet, Bernie's just said (again) "12 teams is too many, why can't we cut it down to 10?"

Was it him or Max who put forward the idea of having 13 teams in the first place? And why is it only a problem now and not in 1997, the last time we had 12 teams (however briefly)?

...there are no words...

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 07 Mar 2011, 23:24

nome66 wrote:
Klon wrote:My rant: anyone feeling like filing a lawsuit against the FIA? I really feel robbed due to not having a thirteenth team in F1.

robbed for 13? i feel robbed without 18 teams!

And I feel robbed without Life, Andrea Moda, Coloni and Hesketh on the grid.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 07 Mar 2011, 23:26

Phoenix signature enrages me! :twisted:

Worst of all, he might be stuck with it forever... :lol:

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 07 Mar 2011, 23:35

I made a similar bet on this page relating to d'Ambrosio

How do you like that Phoenix???

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 07 Mar 2011, 23:43

DanielPT wrote:Phoenix signature enrages me! Worst of all, he might be stuck with it forever...

The Alguersaurus will replace Webber at Red Bull. He won't unrejectify himself, though, and will be out of F1. And, yes, I'll have this signature forever.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 08 Mar 2011, 02:29

Phoenix wrote:
DanielPT wrote:Phoenix signature enrages me! Worst of all, he might be stuck with it forever...

The Alguersaurus will replace Webber at Red Bull. He won't unrejectify himself, though, and will be out of F1. And, yes, I'll have this signature forever.

Does this mean the downfall of Red Bull?

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 08 Mar 2011, 11:48

Phoenix wrote:
DanielPT wrote:Phoenix signature enrages me! Worst of all, he might be stuck with it forever...

The Alguersaurus will replace Webber at Red Bull. He won't unrejectify himself, though, and will be out of F1. And, yes, I'll have this signature forever.

Some would say that Webber place at Red Bull is already set to Ricciardo.

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 08 Mar 2011, 12:01

I want McLaren to keep the drone nose throughout the season. The drivers would have to use new helmets to optimise the airflow, and the car would have so much downforce it would peel the rubber off the tyres.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 21 Mar 2011, 22:20

I find it funny that people are complaining about the possible lack of noise from the four-cylinder turbos when it is pretty much inevitable that F1 will use electric motors which are pretty quiet even at high speeds in the future. Unless of course my dream comes true and algae fuel gets used

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 22 Mar 2011, 11:34

Bernie's masterplan: play in the circuit's speakers the sound of the old V10s. Everyone's happy. End.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 22 Mar 2011, 11:36

Phoenix wrote:Bernie's masterplan: play in the circuit's speakers the sound of the old V10s. Everyone's happy. End.

While flooding the track with sprinklers at dawn...

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 22 Mar 2011, 11:53

DanielPT wrote:
Phoenix wrote:Bernie's masterplan: play in the circuit's speakers the sound of the old V10s. Everyone's happy. End.

While flooding the track with sprinklers at dawn...

And marshalls are drinking moonshine and jumping to the track completely drunk with tartan skirts and playing bagpipes...

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 22 Mar 2011, 18:06

Klon wrote: Unless of course my dream comes true and algae fuel gets used

I really do believe in this as being the future. It doesn't detract from the food chain, it can continue working in an internal combustion engine, no new infrastructure or technology is required. So why aren't people adopting it ?!?!?!?

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 22 Mar 2011, 22:08

dr-baker wrote:
Klon wrote: Unless of course my dream comes true and algae fuel gets used

I really do believe in this as being the future. It doesn't detract from the food chain, it can continue working in an internal combustion engine, no new infrastructure or technology is required. So why aren't people adopting it ?!?!?!?

Because 99% of the people doesn't know about this option, perhaps?

Cynon · Post by **Cynon** » 22 Mar 2011, 22:32

Phoenix wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
Klon wrote: Unless of course my dream comes true and algae fuel gets used

I really do believe in this as being the future. It doesn't detract from the food chain, it can continue working in an internal combustion engine, no new infrastructure or technology is required. So why aren't people adopting it ?!?!?!?

Because 99% of the people doesn't know about this option, perhaps?

What has more backing:

Algae Industry (Is this even an industry?)

-OR-

Electricity Industry (includes hydroelectricity, windmill farms...)

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 22 Mar 2011, 22:57

I think my counter is broken or something. I have more posts than Carlos...

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 23 Mar 2011, 02:25

Phoenix wrote:I think my counter is broken or something. I have more posts than Carlos...

I think Carlos has gone missing. I haven't heard from him in a while.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 23 Mar 2011, 10:50

JeremyMcClean wrote:
Phoenix wrote:I think my counter is broken or something. I have more posts than Carlos...

I think Carlos has gone missing. I haven't heard from him in a while.

Yes, he went missing for a few months. He is back in time for the long F1Rejects season!

F1000X · Post by **F1000X** » 26 Mar 2011, 19:49

God Liuzzi is an idiot. He could have gone to Superleague, he could have tried for an unobtainable seat in Indycar, he could have gone to sportscar and endurance racing. But nooooooo. You just had to piss your money away on a moronic drive for a team that will more than likely never compete in a grand prix again. DON'T YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU ARE DOING. YOU ARE DENYING FARUZ FAUZY HIS CHANCE TO BE A GRAND PRIX DRIVER! If Force India dumped you for Di Resta, you need to take the hint. You aren't going to get any better, and he most certainly is.

If HRT is going to suck, they need to go all out. Faruz Fauzy and Milka Duno, with Vladimir Arabadzhiev as the Friday driver.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 26 Mar 2011, 20:25

F1000X wrote:God Liuzzi is an idiot. He could have gone to Superleague, he could have tried for an unobtainable seat in Indycar, he could have gone to sportscar and endurance racing. But nooooooo. You just had to piss your money away on a moronic drive for a team that will more than likely never compete in a grand prix again. DON'T YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU ARE DOING. YOU ARE DENYING FARUZ FAUZY HIS CHANCE TO BE A GRAND PRIX DRIVER! If Force India dumped you for Di Resta, you need to take the hint. You aren't going to get any better, and he most certainly is.

If HRT is going to suck, they need to go all out. Faruz Fauzy and Milka Duno, with Vladimir Arabadzhiev as the Friday driver.

Well, if Fauzy got the HRT seat, he'd be in the same position as Liuzzi right now...

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 26 Mar 2011, 21:59

Phoenix wrote:I think my counter is broken or something. I have more posts than Carlos...

Get a job, you bum.

F1000X · Post by **F1000X** » 26 Mar 2011, 22:39

JeremyMcClean wrote: Well, if Fauzy got the HRT seat, he'd be in the same position as Liuzzi right now...

I think you're missing my satire. I can't stand Fairuz Fauzy, he's utter crap, and has been loitering around in the upper echelons of open wheel racing by the string of his parent's checkbook. Lets get into a little career analysis.

In the GP2 Asia series, Fauzy finished 4th, behind the likes of Rommmmmaaaaaaaa Groooooojaaaaaaaaaan, Sebastian Buemi, and Vitaly Petrov, barely beating Bruno Senna (who would have finished ahead of him were he not disqualified in Dubai) and Kamui Kobayashi.

His 2nd place in the 2009 World Series standings is utterly meaningless, as he along with everyone else was curb-stomped by Bertrand Baguette, and he just barely beat GP2 mediocres Charles Pic and Oliver Turvey BOTH of which had 2 retirements, while Fauzy had none. And keep in mind, he's competing in this series after having already spent 2 seasons in GP2 and a season as Spyker's test driver.

But saving the best for last: Fauzy finished 14th in this years GP2 Asia series, scoring only 1 point. Jules Bianchi came into the final race of the season neck in neck with Romain Grojean, only to be taken out by, YOU GUESSED IT: FAIRUZ FAUZY.

To put succinctly: Fairuz Fauzy makes Alex Yoong look like Ayrton Senna.

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 26 Mar 2011, 22:58

thehemogoblin wrote:
Phoenix wrote:I think my counter is broken or something. I have more posts than Carlos...

Get a job, you bum.

I can picture Phoenix standing in filthy clothes on a street corner with a sign saying 'Need change for internet cafe - my forum needs me'.

Or whatever that is in Spanish.

Vepe · Post by **Vepe** » 26 Mar 2011, 23:06

shinji wrote:
thehemogoblin wrote:
Phoenix wrote:I think my counter is broken or something. I have more posts than Carlos...

Get a job, you bum.

I can picture Phoenix standing in filthy clothes on a street corner with a sign saying 'Need change for internet cafe - my forum needs me'.

Or whatever that is in Spanish.

that would be 'Necesitamos un cambio de Servicio de Internet - mi forum me necesita' or something like that And for those who don´t know this yet, GOOGLE TRANSLATOR 4-EVA!!!!!

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 26 Mar 2011, 23:22

shinji wrote:
thehemogoblin wrote:
Phoenix wrote:I think my counter is broken or something. I have more posts than Carlos...

Get a job, you bum.

I can picture Phoenix standing in filthy clothes on a street corner with a sign saying 'Need change for internet cafe - my forum needs me'.

Or whatever that is in Spanish.

I can picture Phoenix standing in filthy clothes on a street corner because he's Spanish.

(my apologies to Ferrim, Aerond and all other Spanish F1Rejects readers)