Grand Prix Rejects

I will be going to today's race.

HRT, this is beyond embarrassing. The satellite team can take it to FPR and T8 so why can't you?

Reynolds having a terrible weekend. This makes me happy.

Villeneuve got spun on the first lap. Other then that, Will Davison was on pole, alongside his teammate Mark Winterbottom. Winterbottom got him at the start though. Craig Lowndes took the lead after a few laps, and stayed there, although Winterbottom was never that far away. Only other major drama was that Paul Dumbrell had a flat tire, a few laps in. Jamie Whincup was third, quite a way behind the winner, with Davison fourth. Russell Ingall, who was having his best weekend in a long time, came home 6th.

eurobrun wrote:Reynolds having a terrible weekend. This makes me happy.

He has tonsillitis, and can't eat properly. That's why he struggled.

From now on I plan to award my own unofficial ROTR for every race.

eurobrun wrote:From now on I plan to award my own unofficial ROTR for every race.

Just give it to Premat and/or whoever does shite out of the DJR stable every week and you should be set

Ah, back in the day when the fields were batshite insanely large at Bathurst.

Wizzie wrote:Ah, back in the day when the fields were batshite insanely large at Bathurst.

I remember watching the DVD of that race so many times and being able to remember most of the field when I was young.

Ever wondered what 55 cars in the wet at Bathurst would be like? Well, here's your answer

Go die in a hole Whincup.

In other news, only one of the three Walkinshaws qualified in the top 10. Anyone want to guess which one it was?

the Masked Lapwing wrote:Go die in a hole Whincup.

In other news, only one of the three Walkinshaws qualified in the top 10. Anyone want to guess which one it was?

Isn't he supposed to be the shite qualifer of the trio though?

Whincup having a shocking start? There is a God

It took a grand total of one flying lap to demolish Skaifey's old lap record. Man, I wish I was in the commentary box to see his reaction

Webb is fast becoming my one of my favourite drivers.

Looks like the soft tyre might actually be useless for once. This is going to be VERY interesting

Whincup's right rear is shot

And there is a visual demonstration of just how bulletproof the Dunlop tyres are. If that was an Pirelli or a Bridgestone for that matter, it'd have blown up long before the finish on that T8 car

Wizzie wrote:And there is a visual demonstration of just how bulletproof the Dunlop tyres are. If that was an Pirelli or a Bridgestone for that matter, it'd have blown up long before the finish on that T8 car

Which is why I prefer Dunlop, it's much, much more entertaining to watch Whincup struggle around with a tyre that ould go at any instant, than watching him go around with a tyre that's already in pieces.

the Masked Lapwing wrote:

Wizzie wrote:And there is a visual demonstration of just how bulletproof the Dunlop tyres are. If that was an Pirelli or a Bridgestone for that matter, it'd have blown up long before the finish on that T8 car

Which is why I prefer Dunlop, it's much, much more entertaining to watch Whincup struggle around with a tyre that ould go at any instant, than watching him go around with a tyre that's already in pieces.

Either way, it's highly satisfying for us because he's basically been a Karma Houdini since he joined T8 all those years ago so it's about time he had a race where everything went wrong

Ever wondered what the V8 Supercars' racing is like but never had the time or opportunity to watch? Well, here's the official V8 Supercars youtube channel

Rusty's driving like a man possessed on the softs

Guy on twitter gets F1 and V8 Supercars confused. Commentators proceed to mercilessly mock him

Well done Bright. That was one of the best moves I've seen in a long time

I went to the race today. Got a very good view of Villeneuve having a casual spin

For those who are interested, here's how the line-up for the GC600 is looking:

Triple Eight Race Engineering
#1 - Jamie Whincup/Sebastien Bourdais
#888 - Craig Lowndes/Richard Lyons

Walkinshaw Racing
#2 - Garth Tander/TBA
#22 - James Courtney/Darren Turner
#66 - Russell Ingall/TBA

Tony D'Alberto Racing
#3 - Tony D'Alberto/TBA

Stone Brothers Racing
#4 - Lee Holdsworth/Simon Pagenaud
#9 - Shane van Gisbergen/Jeroen Bleekemolen
#47 - Tim Slade/David Brabham

Ford Performance Racing
#5 - Mark Winterbottom/Will Power
#6 - Will Davison/Mika Salo
#55 - David Reynolds/Nick Heidfeld

Kelly Racing
#7 - Todd Kelly/Marco Andretti
#11 - Karl Reindler/Franck Montagny
#15 - Rick Kelly/Graham Rahal
#51 - Greg Murphy/Justin Wilson

Brad Jones Racing
#8 - Jason Bright/Stephane Sarrazin
#14 - Fabian Coulthard/Nicolas Minassian
#21 - David Wall/Jamie Campbell-Walter

Dick Johnson Racing
#12 - Dean Fiore/Gianni Morbidelli
#17 - Steven Johnson/Max Papis
#18 - James Moffat/Peter Kox
#49 - Steve Owen/Boris Said

Tekno Autosports
#19 - Jonathan Webb/TBA
#91 - Michael Patrizi/TBA

Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
#30 - Taz Douglas/Mike Conway

Garry Rogers Motorsport
#33 - Alexandre Premat/TBA
#34 - Michael Caruso/TBA

Bugger.

Now Larry's gone and the Kelly brothers will get even bigger heads...

And Besnard's already back on form by writing off the Lockwood Commodore

Hinchtown and Ricky Taylor are the second drivers at GRM.

A very good pair of drivers if I do say so, even if Taylor isn't that well known outside of Grand-Am. He is quite the prospect in US Sports Car racing, and this may be his international Big Break.

Hinchtown will have a ball racing in Aussie V8s.

RealRacingRoots wrote:Hinchtown and Ricky Taylor are the second drivers at GRM.

A very good pair of drivers if I do say so, even if Taylor isn't that well known outside of Grand-Am. He is quite the prospect in US Sports Car racing, and this may be his international Big Break.

Hinchtown will have a ball racing in Aussie V8s.

Unless the Mayor gets paired up with Premat. He'd never touch the category with a 10ft pole again after that point

Although I do fear the monstrosity of a livery that'll come about with the signing of Go Daddy.

Wizzie wrote:

RealRacingRoots wrote:Hinchtown and Ricky Taylor are the second drivers at GRM.

A very good pair of drivers if I do say so, even if Taylor isn't that well known outside of Grand-Am. He is quite the prospect in US Sports Car racing, and this may be his international Big Break.

Hinchtown will have a ball racing in Aussie V8s.

Unless the Mayor gets paired up with Premat. He'd never touch the category with a 10ft pole again after that point

Although I do fear the monstrosity of a livery that'll come about with the signing of Go Daddy.

I've always disliked the name of that company. And that green.

Paul Morris you absolute muppet

the Masked Lapwing wrote:Paul Morris you absolute muppet

Not a surprise really

Holy crap. Someone who wasn't T8 or FPR actually won something

Wizzie wrote:Holy crap. Someone who wasn't T8 or FPR actually won something

Yeah, but the #9 Falcon was the only other car to win a race before now anyway (The Giz won race 4 at Albert Park).

Jack Perkins skilfully dodging Larko's question about how much Garry's paying him

Someone needs to give this kid a full time drive.

Replace Premat with him.

2 laps of this sprint race has already provided more action than the last 500 at Phillip Island. Why did we ever leave Sandown in the first place?

FPR have been ridiculously unnlucky in these races. And it's all because of DJR

the Masked Lapwing wrote:FPR have been ridiculously unnlucky in these races. And it's all because of DJR

FPR failing makes me happy. Now Reynolds just needs to go out of the race.