Grand Prix Rejects

I...well...
http://airrider1.deviantart.com/journal/33069256/
Here. Have this.

Reverie Planetarian wrote:I...well...
http://airrider1.deviantart.com/journal/33069256/
Here. Have this.

I like.

Dear Hulk,

Good qualifying. We know how good we are, just please keep it in the black stuff and away from other drivers' cars in the first lap, yeah?

Best,

Carlos

RejectSteve wrote:What's this World Cup that you're all on about?

The World Cup is now over.

Im pleased in many ways, we've kidded ourselves for years about our chances and Im grateful to a great German side who showed us the reality yesterday. The England players are all about themselves not the shirt (the exception being Beckham who always played each game like it was his last). I dont think it will change, the culture of the Premiership is too ingrained.

Good luck Germany, I hope you win as you deserve it more than we did.

Why do I get the feeling that the movable rear wing concept is going to be killed off as a result of what happened at Valencia?

Wizzie wrote:Why do I get the feeling that the movable rear wing concept is going to be killed off as a result of what happened at Valencia?

We can only hope.

A guy cheats and gets away with it. Another guy complains about it. People criticize the latter guy for complaining.

*sighs*

It's so freaking hot here, I feel like I'm in the rain forest on a journey. And I hate journeys... *whine*

Yamamoto is the Lavaggi of the modern era.

The shifting of HRT drivers to accommodate Sakon "What's that button for" Yamamoto is making me absolutely LIVID!

CarlosFerreira wrote:The shifting of HRT drivers to accommodate Sakon "What's that button for" Yamamoto is making me absolutely LIVID!

Carlos, my Moderator Of The Month, the nickname you've given him is the precise reason I think he's top banana (not a phrase I bandy about easily).

coops wrote:

CarlosFerreira wrote:The shifting of HRT drivers to accommodate Sakon "What's that button for" Yamamoto is making me absolutely LIVID!

Carlos, my Moderator Of The Month, the nickname you've given him is the precise reason I think he's top banana (not a phrase I bandy about easily).

Go home Colin KOlles!

Call me Chavski...

Glock ruined a promising career by going to Virgin. Unless he supposedly goes to Renault next season.

coops wrote:

CarlosFerreira wrote:The shifting of HRT drivers to accommodate Sakon "What's that button for" Yamamoto is making me absolutely LIVID!

Carlos, my Moderator Of The Month, the nickname you've given him is the precise reason I think he's top banana (not a phrase I bandy about easily).

Why am I not moderator of the month?

thehemogoblin wrote:

coops wrote:

CarlosFerreira wrote:The shifting of HRT drivers to accommodate Sakon "What's that button for" Yamamoto is making me absolutely LIVID!

Carlos, my Moderator Of The Month, the nickname you've given him is the precise reason I think he's top banana (not a phrase I bandy about easily).

Why am I not moderator of the month?

Carlos praised my prose, and I am very easily bought.

thehemogoblin wrote:

coops wrote:

CarlosFerreira wrote:The shifting of HRT drivers to accommodate Sakon "What's that button for" Yamamoto is making me absolutely LIVID!

Carlos, my Moderator Of The Month, the nickname you've given him is the precise reason I think he's top banana (not a phrase I bandy about easily).

Why am I not moderator of the month?

'cause you've been away this month...

CarlosFerreira wrote:

thehemogoblin wrote:

coops wrote:Carlos, my Moderator Of The Month, the nickname you've given him is the precise reason I think he's top banana (not a phrase I bandy about easily).

Why am I not moderator of the month?

'cause you've been away this month...

I'm taking over in August. It's going to be thehemaugust.

thehemogoblin wrote:

CarlosFerreira wrote:

thehemogoblin wrote:Why am I not moderator of the month?

'cause you've been away this month...

I'm taking over in August. It's going to be thehemaugust.

I need a facepalm button!

It should be thehemaugust and Carlos Februairra, you both get a moderator of the month

thehemaugust sounds like some sort of evil spirit.

watka wrote:thehemaugust sounds like some sort of evil spirit.

Hmm, is that out of co-incidence, I think not.

redbulljack14 wrote:It should be thehemaugust and Carlos Februairra, you both get a moderator of the month

February isn't my month. I was told to dress up in "Autumn colours".

watka wrote:thehemaugust sounds like some sort of evil spirit.

Or some kind of potentially illegal F1 exhaust upgrade?

Wait till I do those pointless awards again, this year there'll be MODERATOR OF THE YEAR...

shinji wrote:Wait till I do those pointless awards again, this year there'll be MODERATOR OF THE YEAR...

And I'll soundly get my ass kicked, and that will be that.

thehemogoblin wrote:

shinji wrote:Wait till I do those pointless awards again, this year there'll be MODERATOR OF THE YEAR...

And I'll soundly get my ass kicked, and that will be that.

Yeah, eytl's got that one licked, no matter what.

Brands Hatch should be closed down:

Johnny Herbert, Henry Surtees, Seat Eurocup, and now this

Despite him complaining about it, Barrichello pulled of the most awesome F1 pass in years. Pass Of The Decade already.

watka wrote:Brands Hatch should be closed down:

Johnny Herbert, Henry Surtees, Seat Eurocup, and now this

Horrific accident. But caused by a wheel to wheel touch. Why do you blame the circuit.

Ross Prawn wrote:

watka wrote:Brands Hatch should be closed down:

Johnny Herbert, Henry Surtees, Seat Eurocup, and now this

Horrific accident. But caused by a wheel to wheel touch. Why do you blame the circuit.

Because of the bridge that got in the way. And the fact the track is so narrow there's barely any space for side-by-side.

Okay, the Surtees incident was a freak one, but the other 3 I mention were all made all the more dangerous by cars flying into/over barriers which are far too close to the track.

There's no place for putting prayers over the loudspeaker or on TV at NASCAR races.

thehemogoblin wrote:There's no place for putting prayers over the loudspeaker anywhere PERIOD.

Fix'd it for you.

DonTirri wrote:

thehemogoblin wrote:There's no place for putting prayers over the loudspeaker anywhere PERIOD.

Fix'd it for you.

Not quite. There's a place for it. Public events aren't it.

thehemogoblin wrote:

DonTirri wrote:

thehemogoblin wrote:There's no place for putting prayers over the loudspeaker anywhere PERIOD.

Fix'd it for you.

Not quite. There's a place for it. Public events aren't it.

But then why would you need the loudspeaker?

As for the Chris van der Drift crash, that was the same spot where F1 reject Gregor Foitek caused a massive pileup in 1988, crushing Johnny Herbert's legs. I don't think you can really blame the circuit too much. Its possible that you could alleviate it by straightening the kink before the bridge to eliminate the line change. This crash was largely caused by Julien Jousse's car having fuel pressure problems which caused him to slow so the initial contact was the result of that combined with his efforts to get off the racing line which goes to the left.

Surtees' was a freak accident, the Herbert/Foitek one was so long ago that I don't think you can compare the safety of the cars. Cavalho's was due to the armco flexing and vaulting his Leon into the air. Admittedly, that could be addressed.

EDIT: Officially, van der Drift's injury list is a broken right ankle, broken small finger on the right hand, severe skin graze on the left hand, possible fractures to two ribs and a shoulder blade. The other thing about moving the barriers back and dismantling that bridge is that everybody would claim that Brands Hatch no longer has danger and that it had been Tilke'fied and lost its soul.

Apart from Johnny Herbert's accident, I have been present at Brands Hatch for the three other accidents - maybe I should stop attending and it will all be safe...

Seriously, all these accidents happened on the GP loop, which is entirely bordered by trees, so widening might encounter problems from the environment lobby, and may increase complaints from local residents as some of their sound proofing would be removed. A Monza/old-Hockenheim-style chicane at Pilgrim's Drop might be the solution - this is approximately where the Superleague crash happened and Australia and Pakistan crashed in A1 GP a few years ago.

Just to show how wooded the GP loop is, here is a panoramic shot of Brands where you can see 95% of the Indy loop but none of the GP loop due to the trees (taken from the Paddock Hill grandstand):

watka wrote:Brands Hatch should be closed down:

Johnny Herbert, Henry Surtees, Seat Eurocup, and now this

You forgot another one - Jean Pierre Jarier's accident in 1983 at the start, where he was pitched into a barrier head on, and smashed his legs so badly that he had to retire from racing.

It wasn't Jarier, it was Johnny Ceccotto and a couple of years later it was Jacques Laffete.

I was going to mention Jo Siffert as well but that was a long, long way back.