Grand Prix Rejects

Niko Nurminen wrote:So if everything goes according to plan, the title fight will be fought between at least two women, maybe even three. I'm fine with that.

Emanuele Nicchi wrote:Rosco Vantini won't be.

Niko Nurminen wrote:So if everything goes according to plan, the title fight will be fought between at least two women, maybe even three. I'm fine with that.

Emanuele Nicchi wrote:Rosco Vantini won't be.

Aimee Gauthier wrote:Nobody cares what that pumped-up greaseball thinks.

takagi_for_the_win wrote:So to cut a long story short, if Mecha come up with a decent car than Botha could be decent? I'm ok with that

Mahmud Effendi wrote:Yea.

Liam McGuigan wrote:CASTANEDA! What the frig do you think you're doing!? Second last is not where DMR belongs! That said, great job Jari mate.

Sandy Grey wrote:Well, it appears the car is unbalanced around here, far more so for my team mate.

Alessandro Linari wrote:Not this s*** again...

Aimée Gauthier wrote:Normally, I would be pleased to start 4th but given how close the field is at the front, we could've easily been on pole. I am confident that I can win, though, the car is very quick and I see no reason why I cannot work my way past the cars ahead of me - either on the start or when the race is fully under way.

John Zimmer wrote:Not this shite again...

Niko Nurminen wrote:It seems that the #8 car curse continues... good result from Võsu though, let's hope she can score big in the race!

Daniela Anger wrote:I'm sorry about my poor result, but I was signed at the very last minute so I didn't have any time to acclimatise myself with the car!

Aimée Gauthier wrote:It was a good race for us, but not great. We still have pace, but it was not enough to challenge Frankham, which is something we need to work on. I am not too concerned that it was him that beat us today, though; I think he is not consistent enough to be a legitimate threat to our championship ambitions this year. Still, though, we are not in this business to finish 2nd all the time, I want to win a race sooner rather than later, and I think after this race we should be able to improve enough to win the next.

Alessandro Linari wrote:Our drivers made up a few positions each, but not many. We have to qualify better if we're going to have a chance of either driver doing well in the championship next year.

Stan Frankham wrote:Yes! This is what I'm talking about! Finally I have a car underneath me and a team behind me that can give me the opportunity to show what I can do! My aim now is to do it all again in race 2, though it doesn't get much better than that result so we'll see what happens!

Chuck Barrett wrote:The car done good, but it needs more gas on the straights. I ain't goin' no-where unless we get rid of that trick fuel injection trash and git some good ole fashioned carbs on that beauty, then y'all see me at the sharp end I can guarantee it. Ain't no-one got anywhere in this world with stoopid foreign technology, solid original 'Merican engineering is what we need here.

Behrman Reith wrote:I just couldn't do anything out there. Qualifying was just horrible,and I could not find speed any speed at all during the race. I hope to bounce back after this s*** weekend

Behrman Reith's Dad wrote:BEHRMAN! Where did you get this kind of language?!

Behrman Reith wrote:That Scot-Italian down the paddock.

This wrote:Octan guy: Chuck, this is not some kind of drag racing, this formula is serious stuff. And don't complain about gas, you're sponsored by the worlds number one gas company. Danish quality!
And if you're into drag racing, i suggest you go to a beauty contest, organised by Mrs. Van Dycke. Who happens to be your talent coach.

Also, Octan will release a limited edition Lego set of their junior drivers, including mini-figures of Barett, Nicchi, De Boer and Da Cunha! (6 to 10 years) That's a true collectors item! They might not be the most succesful drivers, but they are the most fun to play with! Of course, more widely available is the Lamberigts training day set and the Vannieuwenhuijzen pitstop set! (10 to 16 years)

Stramala wrote:

This wrote:Octan guy: Chuck, this is not some kind of drag racing, this formula is serious stuff. And don't complain about gas, you're sponsored by the worlds number one gas company. Danish quality!
And if you're into drag racing, i suggest you go to a beauty contest, organised by Mrs. Van Dycke. Who happens to be your talent coach.

Also, Octan will release a limited edition Lego set of their junior drivers, including mini-figures of Barett, Nicchi, De Boer and Da Cunha! (6 to 10 years) That's a true collectors item! They might not be the most succesful drivers, but they are the most fun to play with! Of course, more widely available is the Lamberigts training day set and the Vannieuwenhuijzen pitstop set! (10 to 16 years)

The Gialuigi Pazzini starting grid set is also already on sale with 50% off! Buy now because no-one else will!

AndreaModa wrote:You know, there's a Lego set that's come out recently of an Octan race car and transporter, and ohh when I saw it in the Lego shop in Brighton, I was very tempted!

http://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Grand-Prix-Truck-60025?fromListing=listing

It's sort of similar to the one that came out in the 1990s which I got for a birthday one year. I'm pretty sure I still have all the bits but the Octan stickers are long gone and the instruction manual will no doubt have seen better days!

http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=6335-1

I guess the yellow one can be a Kamaha, the blue one a Gillet or Autodynamics perhaps, and the Green a Jones or Alitalia! Maybe I should go back to my parents' place, get all three storage boxes of my old Lego and we can have some stop-motion "tales of F1RWRS" episodes!

Mahmud Effendi wrote:THIS IS DELICIOUS! Keep it up and do better!

Jimmy Rosenforth wrote:Well done Sandy! Excellent job!

John Zimmer wrote:Dammit...

Corrado Provera wrote:No no no, this is still no good! We need more consistent, excepct if that concistency is in being slow like last year. If these guys can't get themselves sorted I will have no choice but to bring in Marcus Gronholm.

Jules Connes wrote:Congratulations to Gauthier for another podium finish. A race win would have been fantastic, but I'm sure there will be one soon. We're fighting for the championship this season.

However, Suomanen should be faster. He is one of the most expierienced drivers in this series, he should have done better.

Aimee Gauthier wrote:It was another strong race for myself and the team. We had good pace at the beginning, but I was being cautious as I saw Botha was charging away in the distance; I figured he would wind up wearing out his tyres or crashing or something. I did close up to him by the end but it was too late then, I had left it too late to push. Had I done so earlier I am certain that I would have won, but the points are still good for second. At the next race weekend our goals have to be to win, and to take the championship lead.

Corrado Provera wrote:While we're happy that Mineiro has scored pole for this race, we're still concerned about how erratic the pace is at the moment. One race Barlini is up there, the next he is right at the back of the field. And the same goes for Mineiro. Both drivers will need to find some consistency if they're going to progress. If they can't fix this, I will have to bring in a more consistent runner, such as Marcus Gronholm.