Grand Prix Rejects

kostas22 wrote:Top 5: Under-rated F1 Drivers by Kostas22 (including some rejects)

Nice.

I'll take this oppurtunity to promote my own Luca Badoer love-in - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P69BuCOepxs.

I full on love the guy who made one of the comments -

nortsoldier wrote:i hope he gets his chance again a career cant be this unlucky and then ends this way i hope? he comes bk and wins!

kostas22 wrote:Top 5: Under-rated F1 Drivers by Kostas22 (including some rejects)

I enjoyed it, but I don't think Rindt would have become a legend; he told his wife he was going to retire should he won a championship...

Phoenix wrote:

kostas22 wrote:Top 5: Under-rated F1 Drivers by Kostas22 (including some rejects)

I enjoyed it, but I don't think Rindt would have become a legend; he told his wife he was going to retire should he won a championship...

I never heard that before.
And then again, we are talking about F1 here, where saying something confirms the opposite.

kostas22 wrote:I never heard that before.
And then again, we are talking about F1 here, where saying something confirms the opposite.

We're talking about 1970s F1, where honor and loyalty still meant something...

A short tribute to Deletraz that I made. WOO! SELF-ADVERTISEMENT!

Note: Germans aren't allowed see it 'cos it's too awesome and I used a copyrighted song.

shinji wrote:A short tribute to Deletraz that I made. WOO! SELF-ADVERTISEMENT!

You should have added a couple of pics from that Michel Vaillant book where Deletraz is the main character

shinji wrote:A short tribute to Deletraz that I made. WOO! SELF-ADVERTISEMENT!

Note: Germans aren't allowed see it 'cos it's too awesome and I used a copyrighted song.

That was a nice tune you picked up there, found myself smiling for no apparent reason.

Its not footage of a reject driver, its footage of probably a bit of reject music
its the Giorgio Mororder version of "the ivory tower" theme from the film "neverending story"
more commonly known as the BBC Grand Prix grid-line-up music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bsfpb98Nss

This is how it looked back in the day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoGMDUkn ... re=related

...and this is some editing whizz, applying it to the new BBC coverage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl6ks0Kz ... re=related

I miss it.

That second video of the scrolling grid represents my earliest memory of F1 - and apparently even at the age of two I could name most of the cars and drivers!

ADx_Wales wrote:Its not footage of a reject driver, its footage of probably a bit of reject music
its the Giorgio Mororder version of "the ivory tower" theme from the film "neverending story"
more commonly known as the BBC Grand Prix grid-line-up music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bsfpb98Nss

This is how it looked back in the day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoGMDUkn ... re=related

...and this is some editing whizz, applying it to the new BBC coverage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl6ks0Kz ... re=related

I miss it.

I listen to that almost every day.

Thankyou SO much for this ADx_Wales - I loved that tune and for years have not known what it was!

I remember way back someone on Ceefax (!) asking what it was and the reply was given that it was Giorgio Moroder's 'The Chase' which I knew was wrong so finally I know....

Waris wrote:

ADx_Wales wrote:Its not footage of a reject driver, its footage of probably a bit of reject music
its the Giorgio Mororder version of "the ivory tower" theme from the film "neverending story"
more commonly known as the BBC Grand Prix grid-line-up music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bsfpb98Nss

This is how it looked back in the day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoGMDUkn ... re=related

...and this is some editing whizz, applying it to the new BBC coverage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl6ks0Kz ... re=related

I miss it.

I listen to that almost every day.

Same here, it's actually what I'm listening to as I'm typing this out...

Davina Galica racing a Hesketh at Lime Rock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pm6uecs ... r2-2r-1-HM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIyQ4u7U ... re=related
I admire the bravery of people posting enture GPs on youtube in neat chunks, however this is the 1989 deciding factor, via the Channel 9 Australia coverage, Plenty of rejects, a "punch and judy" award nominee in duel form, and the sight of 26 cars hurtling towards turn 1, Cant wait to see the surge down to turn 1 in Bahrain, shame its not the turn 1 in Melbourne, but beggars cant be choosers, bernie can.

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

Now Gilles doesn't count as a reject,but forgetting where the start is? Even if it's a bit oddly put halfway around the circuit.... and then some drivers slow for their grid slots,others avoid them. It's amazing how shambolically the grids of the 70s and 80s look compared to todays immaculate two lines...

I think Giorgio Moroder is the guy who wrote the song Call Me with Blondie, he and Enrico Morricone (hope I got that right) have done loads of legendary soundtracks. To shamelessly self advertise, I've uploaded the 1989 Australian GP (my youtube name is "swca92"), which is a shambles and had Martini starting in 3rd so some reject action there.

Debaser wrote:To shamelessly self advertise, I've uploaded the 1989 Australian GP (my youtube name is "swca92"), which is a shambles and had Martini starting in 3rd so some reject action there.

Already a subscriber and grateful watcher of your uploads!

lemon_martini2 wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEbVrjLDMTk

Now Gilles doesn't count as a reject,but forgetting where the start is? Even if it's a bit oddly put halfway around the circuit.... and then some drivers slow for their grid slots,others avoid them. It's amazing how shambolically the grids of the 70s and 80s look compared to todays immaculate two lines...

...he ended up winning that race

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4_LCNvrv1s
Hungarian commentator Palik Laci clearly smoked something he shouldn't have before the start of Indy 2004, as HWNSNBM passes Fisi for 8th place.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHFlIuKA8d0&NR=1

1988 Coloni it looks like

and 1991 BMS Scuderia Italia Dallara Judd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8nkW7UI1bQ

Sebastian Vettel does have a way with words: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBSpgYxvakY

And this little beauty from his teammate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2CTm0ao ... re=related

Nasty one for Alex Caffi at 1:35. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoG4cLaX ... re=related

Mind you, gives us a chance to see that legendary Porche powerplant.

Enforcer wrote:Nasty one for Alex Caffi at 1:35. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoG4cLaX ... re=related

Mind you, gives us a chance to see that legendary Porche powerplant.

That crash is insane. The way the rear wing and wheels are completely seperate is just ridiculous.

shinji wrote:

Enforcer wrote:Nasty one for Alex Caffi at 1:35. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoG4cLaX ... re=related

Mind you, gives us a chance to see that legendary Porche powerplant.

That crash is insane. The way the rear wing and wheels are completely seperate is just ridiculous.

Yeah, quite Indycar-esque in that respect.


Another contrib, this is the definition of a "half-arsed move": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvPLWrNV2AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tllTc6T ... re=related

I hadn't seen the footage before - I had thought the accident happened nearer the front of the grid AND involved fewer cars...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFUJjm0yXNc
That reminds me of a press conference at the AUS GP a few years ago where he got a bit aggravated and well confused !
I don't know for sure, but it sounds like it was a Chaser's stunt judging by the voice but I can't know for sure. Maybe some of the guys down under may know?

And in summary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH-d5I8y ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q02yEewPLf8 - 4:00 for a Michael Andretti interview at his last race.

shinji wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q02yEewPLf8 - 4:00 for a Michael Andretti interview at his last race.

ESPN Speedworld - wow, that takes me back! Does anybody remember the ESPN commercials for F1 races in 1995? I remember that great music fitting the physical and technological struggle of F1 racing.

Guzuky wrote:In this video we can catch a very little glimpse of the Eifelland car - ant its unique periscope viewmirror

It's at 6:36 so fast-forward if you need to do so:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLMjWwGZ ... re=related

(Copy-and-pasted from another thread...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8lutheieVs - as a bonus it includes mention of Norberto Fontana.

watka wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8lutheieVs - as a bonus it includes mention of Norberto Fontana.

I knew there was a reason why Alex Wurz was our very first ROTY ...

Not F1 related, but from the same weekend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKxeBNOPZEg

The DTM never went back to AVUS since.

RejectSteve wrote:

shinji wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q02yEewPLf8 - 4:00 for a Michael Andretti interview at his last race.

ESPN Speedworld - wow, that takes me back! Does anybody remember the ESPN commercials for F1 races in 1995? I remember that great music fitting the physical and technological struggle of F1 racing.

I don't remember them personally even though I did see races on ESPN then in 93. Ah ESPN, back before all they cared about was stick and ball sports and NASCAR.

Python wrote:

RejectSteve wrote:

shinji wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q02yEewPLf8 - 4:00 for a Michael Andretti interview at his last race.

ESPN Speedworld - wow, that takes me back! Does anybody remember the ESPN commercials for F1 races in 1995? I remember that great music fitting the physical and technological struggle of F1 racing.

I don't remember them personally even though I did see races on ESPN then in 93. Ah ESPN, back before all they cared about was stick and ball sports and NASCAR.

Someone obviously doesn't watch ESPN that much -- because they don't even give a rat's ass about NASCAR either. Their commentary makes Jonathan Legard sound interesting by comparison after they dropped Rusty Wallace from the play by play. The camerawork is inane and they can make the most epic of races turn into boring drivel.

Which is kind of funny, because the commentary for the Indy Racing League is so much better (Scott Goodyear is amazing and so is Eddie Cheever).

Cynon wrote:Someone obviously doesn't watch ESPN that much -- because they don't even give a rat's ass about NASCAR either. Their commentary makes Jonathan Legard sound interesting by comparison after they dropped Rusty Wallace from the play by play. The camerawork is inane and they can make the most epic of races turn into boring drivel.

Which is kind of funny, because the commentary for the Indy Racing League is so much better (Scott Goodyear is amazing and so is Eddie Cheever).

I actually do watch ESPN quite a bit, I was more or less not exactly quoting Speed reporter Robin Miller who mostly says that about ESPN caring about stick and ball sports and NASCAR. I know NASCAR's coverage on ESPN is not all that great. What I don't like about IRL's commentary on ESPN is that Scott Goodyear is Master of the Obvious.