Grand Prix Rejects

Go home Monster, go home!

I mean, if you're gonna win the court case, could you at least drag him kicking and screaming out of Triple 8 while you're at it?

>Implying that there would have been any other result than what actually happened

It was significantly more likely that I would become the new Pope than Whincup having to leave Triple 8 due to this case

eurobrun wrote:>Implying that there would have been any other result than what actually happened

It was significantly more likely that I would become the new Pope than Whincup having to leave Triple 8 due to this case

A man can dream, you know.

Although with the Giz looking like he's probably the man to beat this year, it probably doesn't matter as much.

BJRPOLELOL

Seriously, why is it that their best track is the non-championship one?

Well, I am glad to see that Mercedes didn't fell far from their F1 tree. Worse than Nissan, he? And that Maro Engel has a knack to finish last in these adaptation times it seems. No wonder, looking at his DTM results... I expect them in three years time to sign everyone from triple 8 team.

DanielPT wrote:Well, I am glad to see that Mercedes didn't fell far from their F1 tree. Worse than Nissan, he? And that Maro Engel has a knack to finish last in these adaptation times it seems. No wonder, looking at his DTM results... I expect them in three years time to sign everyone from triple 8 team.

And then promptly do piss all with them.

You know, I'm quite liking this whole BJRWINSLOL thing going on this weekend. Plus, it gives us an excuse to call for David Wall's sacking as he's proven to be absolutely useless in what is fundamentally a very good car.

You know you're screwed when you have four drivers and your best is James Moffat

Shoutout to James Moffat for getting 7th and 5th in the first 2 races of the weekend in that Nissan. Too bad these races aren't for points.

RealRacingRoots wrote:Shoutout to James Moffat for getting 7th and 5th in the first 2 races of the weekend in that Nissan. Too bad these races aren't for points.

The Altimas all look good on soft tyres, I expect them to be fairly decent at Symmons Plains. I can't say the same about Mercedes yet...

And there's a car stuck on the grid

Wait, that's a... DAMN IT!

the Masked Lapwing wrote:And there's a car stuck on the grid

Wait, that's a... DAMN IT!

Now I'm thankful that its only a non-title race. And good work on Channel 10 missing the Giz going off while in the middle of a replay

Does anyone want to win this race? No? Good, more interesting for us

And yet again Lowndes decides to show us all just why he's a freaking lunatic. How he managed to hold on to that I'll never know.

FPR with synchronised offs there
I'm expecting our traditional Saturday Smash any moment now.

Wait, what do you mean we're not up to the CPS yet? And something tells me Caruso doesn't want a job beyond next week

You know this race is exciting is when you see Tim Blachard in front of Jamie Whincup. And CMON David Reynolds!

Wizzie wrote:Wait, what do you mean we're not up to the CPS yet? And something tells me Caruso doesn't want a job beyond next week

It's hilarious how the basis for his move to the Kellys, and for that matter, Holdsworth to SBR, was because they believed the Kellys/SBR had better engineering resources than GRM and they'd thus move up the grid. Now McLaughlin will almost certainly win a race, likely at Surfers or Homebush, and I would put money on Premat getting a podium at some point, while Caruso is stuck outside the top 10 and Holdsworth is fighting just to get in the top 20

the Masked Lapwing wrote:

Wizzie wrote:Wait, what do you mean we're not up to the CPS yet? And something tells me Caruso doesn't want a job beyond next week

It's hilarious how the basis for his move to the Kellys, and for that matter, Holdsworth to SBR, was because they believed the Kellys/SBR had better engineering resources than GRM and they'd thus move up the grid. Now McLaughlin will almost certainly win a race, likely at Surfers or Homebush, and I would put money on Premat getting a podium at some point, while Caruso is stuck outside the top 10 and Holdsworth is fighting just to get in the top 20

Funny you say that as other than Slade binning it on lap 1, I don't think I've seen any of the Mercs all race

Ben Purse wrote:You know this race is exciting is when you see Tim Blachard in front of Jamie Whincup. And CRASH David Reynolds!

Fixed

eurobrun wrote:

Ben Purse wrote:You know this race is exciting is when you see Tim Blachard in front of Jamie Whincup. And CRASH David Reynolds!

Fixed

I knew you'd do something like that

Hey, aren't these guys due for a pitstop anytime within the next three years now?

Wizzie wrote:

the Masked Lapwing wrote:

Wizzie wrote:Wait, what do you mean we're not up to the CPS yet? And something tells me Caruso doesn't want a job beyond next week

It's hilarious how the basis for his move to the Kellys, and for that matter, Holdsworth to SBR, was because they believed the Kellys/SBR had better engineering resources than GRM and they'd thus move up the grid. Now McLaughlin will almost certainly win a race, likely at Surfers or Homebush, and I would put money on Premat getting a podium at some point, while Caruso is stuck outside the top 10 and Holdsworth is fighting just to get in the top 20

Funny you say that as other than Slade binning it on lap 1, I don't think I've seen any of the Mercs all race

It's even funnier because apart from McLaughlin and Fiore (who seems to have lost a lap), Holdsworth and Slade are the last two cars. Not that Engel is much better.

Also, go Caruso! He may be driving for a bunch of idiots, but he is the lesser of four evils there.

How on earth did Caruso and Pye avoid having the mother and father of all big accidents at turn 12?

Nice driving Scott

And Wizzie, wrong Nissan.

the Masked Lapwing wrote:Nice driving Scott

And Wizzie, wrong Nissan.

They all look the same to me. Too many bloody yellow cars on the grid this year.

Scott Mclaughlin will be big I reckon. Been following him since 2010.

TRIPLE8FAILSLOL

Non-championship races are serious business in the V8 Supercars.

So we have one Walkinshaw missing a rear bumper, another plucking an oil line 50m after the start and the third one absolutely nowhere... well done HRT.

ALL HAIL SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN!

The only thing I enjoy more than this year's BJRWINSLOL is when GRM come through from out of nowhere to take a well-deserved win

Right, let's summarise this weekend:
We had BJRWINSLOL, which is a good thing for two reasons. One, because they're a Holden team, and two, because they don't rely on T8 or Walkinshaw
We had GRM winning a race, which is good for the exact same reasons. The problem is that in four V8 races (and lets chuck in 3 Carrera Cup races), no Aussies won races. That was probably a hint for the F1 race, actually
We had all six Triple Eight cars and two of the Nissans excluded from a race for some technical reason that had no bearing on performance whatsoever. Not that I'm complaining about that
We had James Moffat leave with his wallet quite a bit lighter after giving Scott Pye a shove inside the LDM garage, then try to pass it off as "not worth discussion"

Why is this not a championship round? Apart from Bernie, and Channel Ten

Tyre allocations for majority of remaining rounds to be cut

So it saves costs and makes life harder for the teams? I'm all for it then.

EDIT: Guess which member of F1 Rejects royalty might be coming down-under for the Enduros?

Wizzie wrote:EDIT: Guess which member of F1 Rejects royalty might be coming down-under for the Enduros?

Oh. I thought it was going to be the one whose name could not be uttered. Still an epic driver though...

the Masked Lapwing wrote:Ford couldn't be this stupid... right?

You do realise these were the same guys that were stupid enough to piss off Triple 8 back in 2009, right?

the Masked Lapwing wrote:Ford couldn't be this stupid... right?

Well, V8 Supercars just wouldn't be the same without Ford - the famous rivalry would be dead, and the series would lose a lot of it's fanbase. The only other Ford team left are DJR, and they aren't faring too well at the moment.

And DJR are jumping ship from Ford as well, according to this un-funny and not very subtle AFJ:

http://www.speedcafe.com/2013/04/01/dick-johnson-racing-announces-bold-new-future/

eytl wrote:And DJR are jumping ship from Ford as well, according to this un-funny and not very subtle AFJ:

http://www.speedcafe.com/2013/04/01/dick-johnson-racing-announces-bold-new-future/

If only this would be allowed.

eytl wrote:And DJR are jumping ship from Ford as well, according to this un-funny and not very subtle AFJ:

http://www.speedcafe.com/2013/04/01/dick-johnson-racing-announces-bold-new-future/

Oh my god this is the best thing. Ever. Of all time.