Grand Prix Rejects

I am more than slightly bored by this Whincup domination.

And how many times has Douglas ended up in a gravel trap this weekend?

Wizzie wrote:And how many times has Douglas ended up in a gravel trap this weekend?

Lots of times

As a young fella, I used to watch it heaps, back in the days when Lowndes was a young chap, Brockie, Seton, Dick and Perkins were still around. For the last 5-10 years slighly off the boil, didnt know who went where, or where there at etc. I would watch the majority of Bathurst and Sandown.

But this year, im a bit more interested. For the first time, I was actually so fascinated about the race yesterday, and with the circumstances, brought that great great battle, expecially the last few laps.

Im a Holden fan, but what a finish that was!

You know that watertight contract Cochrane has to race at Homebush? Yeah, that's not going so well anymore.

3 laps in and we've already had as many safety cars as we did in 500km last year

Bathplug off Reynolds.

Premat: "It's a shame, we could have scored points."

Of course you could have you muppet, you just needed to get the damn thing home!

Reynolds had problems in his pit stop.

Awesome.

Bathurst has kangaroos.
Phillip Island has geese

What just happened.

You couldn't have taken out a Ford could you Will? I mean, I'm not complaining, but you know Tander won't pass Slade to put a Commodore on the podium.

Bathplug. The one time when I'm forced to miss a rave and the title contenders just HAD to take each other out. I swear if I didn't have bad luck, I'd have no luck at all

What happened to James Muppet this time.

Wizzie wrote:Bathplug. The one time when I'm forced to miss a rave and the title contenders just HAD to take each other out. I swear if I didn't have bad luck, I'd have no luck at all

What's good is this proved my theory that Phillip Island is crap for races longer than 200km. And you missed it!

Sydney Motorsport Park? Since when did the rest of Sydney care?
Bathplug that, it is and always will be Eastern Creek Raceway.

I'm watching highlights of V8 Development Series at Barbagallo. Even though Nick Percat is a bit rubbish in the wet, his car looks pretty neat.



Defo doing a livery for this in some virtual series.

Greg Murphy's out for the next 4 rounds

He'll be back at Bathurst for sure because he always does ridiculously well there. Whether he'll make it to Sandown however is an entirely different story

Put Sakon Yamamoto in the car, the one with a sore neck replacing the one with a sore back.

eurobrun wrote:Put Sakon Yamamoto in the car, the one with a sore neck replacing the one with a sore back.

Seriously though, if Casey Stoner wants to switch to the V8s in the future, he might as well give it a shot now as Yamaha are probably on their way to the title already

Actually, screw Greg Murphy, we have much bigger fish to fry:

As of about 15 minutes ago, Vodafone have left the building

Wow, I didn't expect that.

They shouldn't have that much difficulty finding a new sponsor.

eurobrun wrote:Wow, I didn't expect that.

They shouldn't have that much difficulty finding a new sponsor.

I'm actually having a hard time trying to figure out who would have the money to sponsor the team, especially since one could safely assume the amount would have increased substantially when Ford decided that not giving manufacturer support to their most competitive team was a good idea. FPR may have finally picked up the ball this year but they're the most inconsistent of all the top runners. Actually, HRT are probably doing a much better job of throwing the titles yet again this year once I think about it

EDIT: At least we don't have to live with those god-awful red and silver liveries after this year.

Wizzie wrote:

eurobrun wrote:Wow, I didn't expect that.

They shouldn't have that much difficulty finding a new sponsor.

I'm actually having a hard time trying to figure out who would have the money to sponsor the team, especially since one could safely assume the amount would have increased substantially when Ford decided that not giving manufacturer support to their most competitive team was a good idea. FPR may have finally picked up the ball this year but they're the most inconsistent of all the top runners. Actually, HRT are probably doing a much better job of throwing the titles yet again this year once I think about it

EDIT: At least we don't have to live with those god-awful red and silver liveries after this year.

I'm thinking that the new sponsor will be an energy drink?

eurobrun wrote:

Wizzie wrote:

eurobrun wrote:Wow, I didn't expect that.

They shouldn't have that much difficulty finding a new sponsor.

I'm actually having a hard time trying to figure out who would have the money to sponsor the team, especially since one could safely assume the amount would have increased substantially when Ford decided that not giving manufacturer support to their most competitive team was a good idea. FPR may have finally picked up the ball this year but they're the most inconsistent of all the top runners. Actually, HRT are probably doing a much better job of throwing the titles yet again this year once I think about it

EDIT: At least we don't have to live with those god-awful red and silver liveries after this year.

I'm thinking that the new sponsor will be an energy drink?

I was thinking along those lines, as Monster sponsor Pye in the DVS. Other than that, Red Bull Racing anyone?

V8 Supercars could race at Hermanos Rodriguez next year:

www.speedcafe.com/2012/06/07/mexico-lin ... t-in-2013/

Captain Hammer wrote:V8 Supercars could race at Hermanos Rodriguez next year:

http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/06/07/mex ... t-in-2013/

Expect crashes

Captain Hammer wrote:V8 Supercars could race at Hermanos Rodriguez next year:

http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/06/07/mex ... t-in-2013/

I call shenanigans at Peradelta

Captain Hammer wrote:V8 Supercars could race at Hermanos Rodriguez next year:

http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/06/07/mex ... t-in-2013/

This could be interesting...

I'll tell you what, the new Pepsi livery is brilliant.

Someone just called Patrizi Riccardo Patrese

It was Lowndesy, I'm amazed he didn't go from Webb to Webber

Wasn't Premat once a Midland test driver?


Bathplug off David Reynolds.

Top 3 were Whincup and the two FPR cars.

Conspiracy theory time! How can FPR go 1-2-3 in qualifying on such a consistent basis? And D'Alberto isn't good enough to be 18th on merit!

the Masked Lapwing wrote:Conspiracy theory time! How can FPR go 1-2-3 in qualifying on such a consistent basis? And D'Alberto isn't good enough to be 18th on merit!

It's FPR, they usually find a way to screw themselves over in the race.

One GRM stalls, the other gets assisted off the road at turn 1, Ingall destroys his suspension. WHY DOES NOTHING BAD EVER HAPPEN TO THE FORDS!?

And JACQUES VILLENEUVE IS BACK

he is replacing Murphy at this stage for Townsville.

David AGS wrote:And JACQUES VILLENEUVE IS BACK

he is replacing Murphy at this stage for Townsville.

If it's anything like last time he stepped into a V8 Supercar, then HWNSNBM help us all

If nothing else, at least Villeneuve will fit in with Kelly Racing - they're all a bunch of prats.