Grand Prix Rejects

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk_lsA4ECRs

Ralf just trying a bit too hard there.

Klon wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk_lsA4ECRs

Ralf just trying a bit too hard there.

I really don't know what Ralf was trying to do there. Anyone could see that move was not going to work. I would fault Spengler as well but I don't know how much time he had to react (and judging from the team radio, he had none).

Which brings me to another point; why can't the race commenters shut up when the team radio is talking?

Dan B wrote:I really don't know what Ralf was trying to do there. Anyone could see that move was not going to work. I would fault Spengler as well but I don't know how much time he had to react (and judging from the team radio, he had none)

Trying to stay in front of Spengler, I'd say. He just didn't thought that cunning plan all the way through. Well, he got his penalty for that and came back to finish in the points.

Klon wrote:

Dan B wrote:I really don't know what Ralf was trying to do there. Anyone could see that move was not going to work. I would fault Spengler as well but I don't know how much time he had to react (and judging from the team radio, he had none)

Trying to stay in front of Spengler, I'd say. He just didn't thought that cunning plan all the way through. Well, he got his penalty for that and came back to finish in the points.

That said, it looks like Ralf might well have caused more damage to his rivals than first thought - combined with a number of other accidents during that race, both BMW and Audi are now concerned that they might not be able to repair those damaged cars in time for the next race. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99284

And you people though I was the only one who uses 'muppet' as an insult

"4-year program"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdHURt6s1o&t=9m32s

tkcom wrote:"4-year programme"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdHURt6s1o&t=9m32s

Klon wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk_lsA4ECRs

Ralf just trying a bit too hard there.

The 1st Round of the 2012 DTM season had actually three good candidates for ROTR:

- Obviously Ralf Schumacher for ruining three drivers races, and still managing to get into the points.
- Augusto Farfus for missing his pit crew first (Although the pit crew is to blame here) and speeding in the pit lane one lap later.
- Roberto Mehri, also for ruining two drivers races (Tomczyk and Scheider), and for an overall pretty anonymous race. On top of that, he's the reigning F3 Euro Series champion!

And this is excluding the obvious candidates for DTM-ROTR. Not because they were good, but because they weren't as bad as the three above.

Wizzie wrote:And you people though I was the only one who uses 'muppet' as an insult

Far from it. You slag.

tkcom wrote:"4-year program"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdHURt6s1o&t=9m32s

I loved Clive James' honesty in asking questions. Especially to Pedro 'I didn't need money to get a drive' Diniz.

tkcom wrote:"4-year program"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdHURt6s1o&t=9m32s

I had that show on video when I was really young, watched it to death. I remember having a running joke with my brother about what he asks Ukyo:

Ukyo, in your first Formula One season, you had three shunts. In you second you had four, and in your third, six. What are your plans for this season?

Some 'new' footage has emerged of 'Hamilton-Reverend-Gate Part One' last year in Monaco. For me, this video just confirms what I already believed, that Hamilton was easily 110% responsible for that crash.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KzbxytdHnQE#!

And here's another video of the same race, with some choice comments from Ramilton. You can feel the anger boiling inside him. Go home Hamilton.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf93ZYHmFJM

[quote="East Londoner"]Some 'new' footage has emerged of 'Hamilton-Reverend-Gate Part One' last year in Monaco. For me, this video just confirms what I already believed, that Hamilton was easily 110% responsible for that crash.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KzbxytdHnQE#!

I still can't believe they managed to clear that car before Vettel and the rest came round again, amazing marshaling.

Unfortunately I didn't see the race last year, but I read all about Hamilton's playing the race card and all that. And watching the first video was as eye-opening as the video in 2007 of Hamilton's antics behind the safety car at Fuji that may have had a role in the Webber-Vettel collision, that is to say it's informative beyond anything that would ever be seen on TV.

And seeing someone comment that "anyone who says it's Hamilton's fault knows bathplug-all about racecraft" leads me to question: Since when does having 3 wheels over the kerb, taking out the bollard that was at said inside of corner, and plowing someone who was on the normal racing line into the wall constitute quality racecraft? Anyway thanks for sharing

East Londoner wrote:Some 'new' footage has emerged of 'Hamilton-Reverend-Gate Part One' last year in Monaco. For me, this video just confirms what I already believed, that Hamilton was easily 110% responsible for that crash.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KzbxytdHnQE#!

Some quality work from the Monegasque marshals there - the guy with the yellow flags didn't even seem to need to unfurl them, let alone wave them! And this, on the shortest track of the year...

Any of the older American members, recognize this song?

Ya Don't?


Well it's basically America's version of 'The Chain'

dr-baker wrote:

East Londoner wrote:Some 'new' footage has emerged of 'Hamilton-Reverend-Gate Part One' last year in Monaco. For me, this video just confirms what I already believed, that Hamilton was easily 110% responsible for that crash.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KzbxytdHnQE#!

Some quality work from the Monegasque marshals there - the guy with the yellow flags didn't even seem to need to unfurl them, let alone wave them! And this, on the shortest track of the year...

The marshalls at Monaco are one of the best at that, along with the British. Big respect.

Wizzie wrote:What the bathplug have I just witnessed?

Whatever it is I have no idea, but it's still much, much more exciting than the grand prix that it's promoting!

Don't follow Kovalainen closely, you're going to go flying.

Before you click on the link, it's not Webber's crash.

It is astonishing just how light the car seemed to be, I admittedly do not know about the technical regulations of Formula Renault (which of the millions of FR series that accident happened in, I do not know either) but that car must not weigh very much at all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zQzzL3Xf7ho#t=135s

Someone did a reverse Coulthard and paid the price this weekend at Detroit.

You thought F1 Rejects were scavengers just so they could race? Early 1990s backmarkers in CART raised some interesting stories of their own!!

Also: Dale Coyne loses both cars before the start.

Cynon wrote:You thought F1 Rejects were scavengers just so they could race? Early 1990s backmarkers in CART raised some interesting stories of their own!!

Wow - that was a long journey

Not wishing to blow my own trumpet, but I really think that everyone should watch this. Now.

midgrid wrote:Not wishing to blow my own trumpet, but I really think that everyone should watch this. Now.

That is epically brilliant, thank you!

midgrid wrote:Not wishing to blow my own trumpet, but I really think that everyone should watch this. Now.

Some achievement getting your hands on that! Wow!

Great find!

The Lola just looks so sluggish, it just cannot get what little power it has down.

midgrid wrote:Not wishing to blow my own trumpet, but I really think that everyone should watch this. Now.

And now, I present the sequel!

midgrid wrote:

midgrid wrote:Not wishing to blow my own trumpet, but I really think that everyone should watch this. Now.

And now, I present the sequel!

Curious, but do you have the qualifying session as well?

JeremyMcClean wrote:

midgrid wrote:

midgrid wrote:Not wishing to blow my own trumpet, but I really think that everyone should watch this. Now.

And now, I present the sequel!

Curious, but do you have the qualifying session as well?

Yes, but the equivalent video was uploaded by someone else some time ago.

JeremyMcClean wrote:

midgrid wrote:

midgrid wrote:Not wishing to blow my own trumpet, but I really think that everyone should watch this. Now.

And now, I present the sequel!

Curious, but do you have the qualifying session as well?

Trulli's spin was just brilliant

Wizzie wrote:Trulli's spin was just brilliant

Strangely, the M197 looks better in the gravel than it does on the track

Great practice video's Midgrid thanks.

Looking at the times set by Lola, every lap they were on both drivers were constantly jumping out of the way. I reckon they could've knocked another two seconds off their best aif they just ignored what's going on around them. Of course, it still makes their overall times crap, but might've given the team and more importantly, the sponsors, a bit of confidence to carry on to Brazil.

Must admit though, I've never seen a car so twitchy under braking...

midgrid wrote:

midgrid wrote:Not wishing to blow my own trumpet, but I really think that everyone should watch this. Now.

And now, I present the sequel!

This is a terrific find - thanks a bunch!
I still can't believe a car that slow was granted by FIA to race in Formula One.
It's so unstable it hardly goes in a straight line - no wonder they didn't want to go all the way down on throttle, because it would end Lola's shenanigans even sooner

midgrid wrote:A little bit of Délétraz.

That's a great one too - we all love us some Délétraz from time to time

midgrid wrote:A little bit of Délétraz.

And there's Deletraz stopped in a very unfortuate part of the racetrack...

"And what is Deletraz doing?"

And gotta love the Team Lotus logo above Deletraz's shoulder - wonder what Bahar would have done if he were running Lotus at that point?

midgrid wrote:A little bit of Délétraz.

I love JDD's expression at the beginning of the video. It's like, "what the hell am I doing here?"

Spa, Formula 2, rain, Mulsanne Straight, car in front pretty much stops out of nowhere - no problem.